Chapter 56 Nowhere to Go

Author: Bo Mi

Chapter 56 Nowhere to Go

Zhao Hui was chasing after him when he suddenly saw several men around him swishing past him and chasing after him. He was a little confused. When he chased after him again, the man who snatched his sweet potatoes had been pinned to the ground by several people.

When the man in the old cotton-padded jacket saw him running towards him, he picked up the dried sweet potatoes on the ground and waited for him to come over with a cold face.

"Boy, you can't do this. Why don't you sell all the sweet potatoes you have to me? You're like a mouse moving. If you are robbed again, you may not have good luck in getting them back." When he walked up to him,

The old cotton-padded man stuffed the bag of dried sweet potatoes into his arms with a calm tone, without even a smile on his face.

Zhao Hui looked at this man with some fear, but did not respond.

He knew this man, he heard others call him boss in the black market.

The old man in cotton-padded jacket, Wu Laohei, the boss of the black market here, saw the boy in front of him looking at him with a frightened look. He couldn't help but let out a toothache and waved to him.

"Let's go."

Zhao Hui was still a little stunned when he saw that he actually let her go. He hesitated and moved his feet twice. Seeing that the man really didn't care about him, and had even turned around and started to go to the person who robbed him of his things, he was convinced that this person was really the one who wanted to go.

He gave the thing back to himself.

Zhao Hui walked for a long time on the street holding the dried sweet potatoes in his arms in a daze. Somehow, the words of the black market boss suddenly rang in his ears: "Boy, you can't do this..."

Yes, Zhao Hui also knew that he couldn't do this.

In fact, when he came to sell dried sweet potatoes for the second time, he vaguely noticed that someone was following him, but he cleverly avoided it. Because he escaped, he kept a lucky mentality, thinking that maybe the person following him was just someone.

If he happened to pass by, he might not do anything to him because he was a child, but after what happened just now, the luck in Zhao Hui's heart was completely gone.

Those people want to steal things, and they don't care whether you are a child or not.

Or else, just sell the dried sweet potatoes to that black market boss? That man doesn't look like someone who would be greedy for something like this.

Zhao Hui thought like this, and his hands holding the sweet potatoes tightened unconsciously.

In fact, if he had not met Wu Laohei today, what Zhao recalled was that if something happened, he would not sell the dried sweet potatoes, but would just put the dried sweet potatoes at the Fang family, and give all the ones that could not be eaten to the Fang family.

But now that he met and heard what Wu Laohei said, he wanted to exchange dried sweet potatoes for money, because he wanted to go to school, and he needed money to go to school.

In this way, Zhao Hui wandered on the street for a long time, finally gritted his teeth, turned around and returned to the black market to find Wu Laohei.

Wu Laohei originally thought that Zhao Hui had been scared away a long time ago, but he didn't expect that he could come back again. He fulfilled his promise and accepted the dried sweet potatoes at the black market price.

Until he took the money and left the black market, Zhao Hui was still shaking.

Before going to see Wu Laohei, he thought about what to do if this man kept his word. But it turned out that he kept his word and had no intention of fooling him just because he was an adult.

When Zhao Hui saw that Wu Laohei had really given him the money, he only kept a few dozen kilograms of dried sweet potatoes for eating, and gave the rest little by little to Wu Laohei. He didn't even weigh him again, just thinking about this.

Just give him some money, it's easier than selling it himself.

And Wu Laohei is indeed very reliable. Every time he has someone weigh him before giving him money, he really doesn't take advantage of him at all.

In this way, Zhao Hui sold all the dried sweet potatoes for a total of twelve yuan and thirty-three cents.

It was the first time he had so much money in his hand. Zhao Hui felt a little dizzy every day when he walked, and he was always worried about losing it.

But this was money, not food, and he didn't trust anyone to hand it over.

In the end, Zhao Hui found an iron box in the rag collection place in the town, carefully put all his belongings in it, and when no one was at home, he hid the iron box in a hole in the eaves of his home, and then stuffed it with earth.

live.

He knew that his father, mother, and younger brother were too lazy to repair the leaky house with thatch, and they didn't even pay attention to this place.

After hiding the money, Zhao Hui began to review the arithmetic that Shen Yuxiu had taught him before. After all, Shen Yuxiu had to go to school every day and did not have much time to teach him Pinyin every day. He took advantage of Shen Yuxiu's time to go to school and did some math by himself.

Review what you have learned every day until you are familiar with it, and next time you will take advantage of Shen Yuxiu's Sunday break to ask for new knowledge.

As time went by, the weather gradually became colder. When it was still warm, Zhao Hui didn't feel anything, but when it got colder, he became a little unbearable.

The cotton-padded clothes he wore were several years old. They were good for simple wind protection, but useless for keeping out the cold. Unfortunately, his parents didn't earn enough work points and didn't allocate much firewood, so they could only burn one kang at home.

And because he didn't bring back any food this year, his parents didn't have a good look on him now. When they saw him leaning towards the kang, they sent him away to find food and drink.

Zhao Hui really couldn't stand his parents, so he simply went out during the day and didn't come back until he went to bed at night.

But he couldn't stay at home, and he didn't know where to find a place to keep warm. Fang's house was the place he wanted to go the most, but he also knew that it was someone else's home. He could go there occasionally, but he couldn't stay in someone else's home every day.

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In desperation, Zhao Hui started to stay one day at the host's house and one day at the west's house. But it is not easy for every household now. He runs to other people's homes every day. People think he is here to make a living, but after a long time, he has nothing to do.

Even his grandfather and uncles have a good face.

Slowly, Zhao Hui stopped going to those people's homes, but it was too cold on the street, so in the end he walked to Fang's house without knowing it.

Walking into the yard, Zhao Hui looked at Fang Youshun who was weaving baskets in the house through the glass window. He wanted to go in, but didn't know what to say. Finally, he squatted quietly at the door with his sleeves in his hands.

Fang Youshun finished knitting a basket and tied up the end. He was about to put the basket in the warehouse and get some cotton locust slivers to go in and continue knitting. Unexpectedly, he almost tripped over Zhao Hui who was squatting at the door as soon as he opened the door.

"When did you come? Why didn't you come in?" Fang Youshun looked at Zhao Hui at the door, whose face was purple from the cold, and was very surprised.

Zhao Hui didn't expect that he would come out suddenly. He was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say. He just glanced at the basket in his hand, quickly took it and asked, "Grandpa, where do you want to put it? I'll put it for you."

"In the warehouse." Seeing his initiative, Fang Youshun smiled and pointed in the direction of the warehouse.

Over there are all the baskets and baskets he made this winter.

Zhao Hui heard this and quickly walked over there with the basket. Fang Youshun looked at his thin back and smiled helplessly. He also walked over and picked up a bundle of cotton locust slivers that he just got today. Zhao Hui put down the basket and saw

Zhuang quickly grabbed the cotton locust sliver and carried it into the house.

After entering the house, he directly placed the cotton locust strips on the ground in the middle of the house without anyone's instructions, squatted down and began to measure the thickness.

These days, when he comes here, he often does these tasks smoothly and knows how to do them.
Chapter completed!