Thanks for the invitation: In ancient times, people shared children

Chapter 210

It’s so late, we can’t stay on the street any later.

If I want to find another place to live now, where can I find it? I might as well climb over the wall and go back during the chaos. Those people will leave sooner or later anyway.

And they are not here, what should Pumpkin do when he goes back?

Looking at the empty house, it must be so scared. Don't think that they don't want to keep the cat anymore and it will run away from home. Then she will be left without a cat.

Besides, it's just a cat, and it would be dangerous for it to be facing so many people. What if some unscrupulous person wants to catch the cat and threaten them?

No matter what Aunt Yu said, the child was unwilling to leave like that, and the two of them finally climbed over the wall and went back.

Those people didn't catch the person, so they came back and knocked on the door for a while, but finally left in a group. No one knew where they lived, but they came again before dawn the next day.

This time they were smarter. They squatted quietly by the wall of the front door and sent a few of them to guard the back wall, as if they would not give up until they caught the person.

Pumpkin was frightened and woke up early in the morning, but he refused to run out to play. Instead, he was bored and destroyed things in the house. He pushed the water cup, pulled down the clothes on the clothesline, stood on the edge of the water tank, and stuck his head to the water surface with his furry mouth. Aunt Yu picked him up before he could stick out his hateful tongue and put him next to the water bowl.

But Pumpkin was not satisfied. He grunted twice, overturned the water bowl with one claw, and ran towards the water tank with his tail raised.

It is understandable that a stubborn donkey will give birth to a stubborn offspring.

Aunt Yu thought darkly: If I throw it into the vat and drown it, it will behave itself.

But in the end, he still couldn't bear it, so he found a large curtain to cover the mouth of the jar and found a heavy object to press on it.

Pumpkin struggled for a long time but failed to dig out the broken stuff. He squatted on the ground and meowed wildly, seeming to curse very dirtyly. After meowing enough, he walked away. He still refused to drink his own water, but put his paw into the laundry basin in the yard, scooped up some and licked it slowly.

There are dirty clothes soaking in it, but it doesn't mind.

Since the food tastes better at other people's homes, the water must taste better too.

The child understood.

But she couldn't understand why those clothes were so dirty. They weren't her own, but were washed by Aunt Yu at someone else's expense. As soon as they were soaked, the dirt came out and was about to turn the clean water into dirty water.

It drinks like this without any care, how can a child kiss its mouth?

What a bad cat.

The child was a little disgusted with it, but still squatted in the yard and watched it.

Aunt Yu whispered, "Young lady, stop looking. Why don't you just walk along the wall?"

The child can do it, but: "If you break the tiles, the neighbors will scold you."

How could Aunt Yu not know this? Not only would they scold her, they might even ask her to pay compensation.

But even if she doesn't go to work, she will still be deducted from her salary. After all the calculation, it seems more appropriate for her to be scolded and have to pay a few tiles as compensation.

"It's no big deal to curse them. Just apologize to them later. If they broke any tiles, just give them new ones. Be careful when you go up there, don't fall."

Aunt Yu was afraid that she would be late, so she urged her to leave.

The child was dejected and refused: "I'm not a monkey."

What's the difference between wanting to climb over the wall and having to climb over the wall?

Besides, kids these days only climb over walls when no one is paying attention.

When children grow up, they also want to save face.

The neighbors got up early, and they all stared at her as soon as she climbed up the wall.

Aunt Yu also felt that it was not very decent, so she opened her mouth but didn't force her in the end.

"Going down here isn't a solution. We still have to explain things to them."

While thinking, Aunt Yu looked for a broom and a hatchet in the yard. After looking for a long time, her eyes fell on the child.

Those are not effective and are prone to accidents. Her daughter is more useful.

Aunt Yu took the child to open the door.

Pumpkin ran into the house.

As soon as the door opened, they surrounded us, their anxious eyes full of bloodshot and dark circles under their eyes.

It seems that many people did not sleep well last night.

They said, “Finally, it’s out.”

Then they seemed to not know what to say. After a moment's silence, they started talking again.

Some people said they were willing to pay, some kept saying nice things, and some just begged.

No matter what is said, the thing being sought is the same.

They hope their loved ones will return home and want to see their bodies if they are dead.

If there is no corpse, then we can summon ghosts.

It sounds like it can be negotiated, but the children can't do it.

Yesterday she told Aunt Yu that she could write to Waiya and ask her to help find it.

But Aunt Yu said that such uncertain things should never be told to anyone, otherwise if they couldn't find it, those people would blame them.

So today the child just said no.

No matter how they persuaded, yelled, or cried, the child only had one sentence: "I can't do it. I really can't do it."

The hope that I had finally gained was gone.

How could they accept this? They talked for a long time before leaving, and everyone looked very sad.

Aunt Yu cried with them, and the child felt uncomfortable.

How could something good turn out like this?

Seeing that she was late again today, Zhang Fengci asked her a few questions and advised her that life is probably not satisfactory, so if she thinks more positively, it won't be a big deal.

The children couldn't listen either.

He took care of the crops in a listless manner, ate his meal and then went back to work.

Yundou told her that she had secretly hidden the family's money yesterday, leaving only an empty box and some scattered copper coins there. Her mother had not found it yet, and her brother Candouwei didn't know about it either.

The child praised her courage and reminded her again:

"Don't betray me, even if your mother hangs you up and beats you."

Yundou patted his chest and said that everyone should take responsibility for their own actions and he would never implicate her.

The child reluctantly believed it.

She felt very reluctant, as she felt that she would not be able to hide it if it were her.

But since he was told that, the child didn't want to spoil the fun, so he forced a smile and lied, "I believe you."

Occasionally.

Then I told her about my troubles.

Yundou returned the favor and offered her some bad advice: "They just want to feel at ease. If you really feel bad, just find some bones for them and trick them."

Child: “How?”

"That's easy. There are lots of bones in the kitchen every day. You pick some and bring them back. Then, act like a witch, roll your eyes, foam at the mouth, and pretend to be possessed by a ghost and talk to them."

Yundou has met a fortune teller. Her father believes in her very much and asks her to look into everything he has. She always pretends to be possessed by her grandparents and then speaks in a very convincing manner, but no one knows whether it is true or not.

The child's heart skipped a beat, but he still shook his head.

She was not as courageous as before, and after finally persuading them to leave, she was unwilling to cause any more trouble.

Moreover, they will take these bones back for burial. We can't ask them to kneel down and burn paper in front of pig and sheep bones during festivals.

It's not appropriate. Besides, she doesn't know what those people's families look like, so she can't pretend to be one.

Yundou spread his hands and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. You can't really go and find bones for them."