Chapter 647: Once you send someone away, they won’t come back (1)
Chapter 647: Once you send someone away, they won’t come back (1)
From the very beginning, Xiangsi was just an insignificant little girl bought by the Liang family.
When she first arrived at the Liang family, her name was not Xiangsi!
At that time, she also had a name, her name was Xu Hongdou.
Back then, the Xu family could be considered a well-off family, and Xu Hongdou was spoiled since childhood, growing up carefree until she was six years old.
However, accidents happen unexpectedly, and a sudden disaster suddenly struck her hometown.
In desperation, she could only follow her family to flee north, and finally arrived at Anyang City after untold hardships.
Fortunately, the Xu family is kind-hearted, and despite the difficulties they encountered, they never cruelly abandoned Xu Hongdou just because she was a girl, and they never thought of "changing" her to another family.
Even considering that Xu Hongdou was still young, there was always someone by her side all day long.
After all, the Xu family knew that under conditions of extreme hunger, many people had already lost their humanity.
Along the way, it was not uncommon for people to exchange their own children with each other to fill their stomachs.
The so-called family ties and blood ties, once they are forced into a desperate situation where their eyes turn red with hunger, are just a piece of meat in the pot.
Let’s not talk about anything else for now, just talk about Xu Hongdou herself. She once witnessed such a heartbreaking and terrifying scene: the little girl next door who ran away with her family was taken into a room and disappeared from then on, never appearing in front of anyone again.
Although Xu Hongdou was filled with fear at the time, she did not dare to make the matter public at all. She just told her mother quietly when no one was paying attention.
When Xu's mother heard this, she was shocked and quickly covered Hongdou's mouth, signaling her not to mention it again.
"Hongdou, don't tell anyone about this. We won't eat a single bite of their food." Mother Xu hugged Xu Hongdou and warned her, "Follow your mother closely every day and don't leave me alone."
That day, the family brought a bowl over and said to the Xu couple with a smile, "This is the food I begged for yesterday. The person was kind enough to give me a bowl of meat. We can't keep it in this weather, so I'll share it with you!"
You don't have to retreat. When you have a good meal in the future, just share a bowl with us."
While saying this, the man's eyes kept looking at Xu Hongdou!
Mother Xu did not take the bowl, but instead held her daughter behind her, avoided the man's gaze, and said politely, "Since it is meat, it is naturally a rare thing, but we haven't had meat in our house for a while.
Eating these oily foods rashly may be bad for the stomach. After a disaster, epidemics are common, so our family won’t eat them. Thank you for your kindness.”
The man didn't expect the Xu family to refuse, and was a little stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses, glanced at the Xu couple angrily, and went back to where their family was.
That night, Xu Hongdou's parents changed the direction of their escape while everyone was asleep, and traveled overnight to get away from these people.
At this time, not doing the same thing as them is a "sin"!
Perhaps it was because Mr. Xu was an educated man after all, and he would never do such a thing as "exchanging his own children for food."
But the scene of that day is always engraved in Hongdou's heart and can never be forgotten.
Fortunately, after the Xu family separated from the "large group of refugees", they walked for another half a month and finally arrived in Anyang City.
However, the Xu family had little savings at this time, and life was becoming increasingly difficult.
In order to make a living, Hongdou's parents had to live with her in a dilapidated temple in Anyang City. Father Xu went out every day to find some physical work, while mother Xu took Hongdou to some wealthy families to ask if there was any work.
Although the Xu family were disaster victims, they were relatively clean, so Xu's mother gradually took up the job of washing clothes.
Unfortunately, most things in this world are like "When it rains, it pours; when the ship is late, it encounters headwinds."
Xu Hongdou's father was seriously injured during a labor incident, leaving the family completely without a supporter.
Not long after, my father passed away and my mother became ill due to overwork.
In order to pay for her mother's medical treatment, Hongdou took over Xu's mother's work at a young age and started washing clothes for others.
But I still couldn't keep my mother.
Later, in order to let his mother rest in peace and to have a place to settle down, he sold himself to the Liang family.
At that time, Xu Hongdou was not yet ten years old, and Liang Huaixin, the young master of the Liang family, was also just a boy who had just turned ten.
That year, Xu Hongtou, who had the same hairstyle as the maids in the Liang mansion, met this master when she was walking towards the kitchen with Liu Ma from the main kitchen.
"Hey, little girl, what's your name?" Liang Huaixin looked at the skinny Xu Hongdou and said, "When did my family buy a maid this young?"
Xu Hongdou was shocked when she heard this, and quickly explained, "My name is Xu Hongdou, I'm ten years old, but I'm a little skinny."
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