Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Brothel boy

But it was said that Han'er was sitting in a sedan chair, being carried around for sale, and after sitting all afternoon, no one thought of asking her to come out to breathe or relieve her hand.When she arrived at the Qingfeng House, she already felt extremely anxious and was restless in the sedan chair, but she didn't dare to make a sound.At last the sedan chair stopped in Qingfeng Hall, she heard the bearer go away to drink tea, Lu Laoliu and others went to the outer hall again, far away from the concierge, gently opened a corner of the sedan chair curtain and looked out. It was already night and she saw the sedan chair parked in an empty yard, it was pitch black outside, and there were lights shining from a few houses not far away.She was terrified in her heart, she didn't dare to get out of the sedan chair, and she also felt anxious and unbearable. In her panic, tears rolled out involuntarily.

At this moment, footsteps were heard suddenly, and a person walked towards the sedan chair.Han'er hurriedly put down the car curtain and retreated into the chair.But hearing the sound of footsteps coming to the sedan chair, when the curtain of the sedan chair was lifted, a person poked his head in.In the darkness, I saw the man was thin and small, he seemed to be a child, holding a small oil lamp in his hand.When the child saw her, he gasped and said, "I'm blind, there really is a bride in the sedan chair!"Holding up the oil lamp and approaching her face, he asked with a smile: "Little girl, why are you crying?"

Under the faint yellow light, I saw that the child had delicate features, and his appearance was actually very handsome.Han'er looked carefully, only to realize that it was a little boy, about eight or nine years old.Han'er rarely met boys of similar age, so he dared not speak to him, lowered his head, and tears flowed more urgently.The little boy looked at her for a while, made a grimace, and said, "The sedan chair is pitch black, what's the fun?"You come with me, I will take you somewhere else.After speaking, he held her hand and pulled her out of the sedan chair.Han'er hesitated, but she was not as strong as the little boy, so she had to follow him.

The boy took her into an empty room by the courtyard and put the oil lamp on the table in the middle of the room.Han'er looked up, but saw a five-foot-high statue of a god riding a horse and holding a knife, with a long beard hanging down his chest, white eyebrows and red eyes, which was very strange; beside the statue were foxes, weasels, hedgehogs, snakes and mice, etc. animal.She didn't know that the statue was the white-browed god who was regarded as the patriarch by the brothel girls, and these animals were the five immortals and five kinds of animals worshiped by the brothel girls, but she was surprised and scared at the same time.

The boy pointed to a chair and said: You sit.Han'er sat down, full of hesitation and fear, for fear that You Jun and others would find out that she had slipped away, and would hunt him down in the future, and felt even more impatient, but couldn't speak, blushing and crying continuously.The boy asked: why are you crying?This place is much more comfortable than a sedan chair. Are you unhappy that I invite you to sit here?Han'er shook his head.The boy said: Why don't you speak?Han'er bowed his head and remained silent. The boy became impatient and said: Are you dumb?Han'er shook his head.The boy snorted and asked again: Why are you crying?Han'er still didn't speak.The boy turned his head away and said angrily, "I don't have time to chat with you. You can talk if you like, and you won't let it go."Seeing that her mouth was still tightly shut, she asked: Are you hungry?Han'er shook his head.The boy asked: Are you sick?Han'er shook his head again.The boy asked a series of questions in succession, and Han'er just shook his head.Finally asked: Do you want to pee?Han'er stopped shaking his head.The boy laughed and said: So the little girl wants to pee!It's not easy?Come on, I'll take you to the hut.As he spoke, he led her out of the room, walked zigzagging along the corridor for a while, and came to a hut.Han'er smelled the stench of the latrine, and urgently needed relief, but also was afraid of the smell, so he hesitated for a while before finally entering the latrine.

When she came out, she saw the boy waiting outside the door, flapping his hand back and forth in front of his nose, as if laughing at her.Embarrassed and annoyed, Han'er turned her head away.The boy smiled, led her to the original empty room, and asked as he walked: Hey, I see you are not a new girl recruited in our restaurant, what are you doing here?Didn't you just buy it from another house, escaped and hid in our museum?My mother never takes in girls from other families, I advise you to go back early, so as not to be beaten up by your mother later.He turned back to look at Han'er, only to find that she hadn't followed him, so he stopped and said, "Why didn't you leave?"Do you still want to go to the toilet?

Han'er stood there, looking down at the tip of his shoe, without making a sound. The boy looked at her carefully, and noticed that she was well dressed, and she didn't look like a newly bought little girl. He felt even more strange, and asked, "little girl, where did you come from?" Han'er burst into tears and said, "I was arrested and said that I would be sold."I want to go home! The boy shook his head and said: I knew you escaped.The person who captured you will be looking for you everywhere at this moment, and you can't just hide in our yard forever.Han'er was so anxious that tears welled up in her eyes, and asked: "Then what should I do?"

The boy looked like he had nothing to do with himself, and said: How do I know?Turning around and walking, Han'er had no choice but to follow, and not long after, the two children returned to the empty room where the weird statue was.Han'er thought of Wu You's ferocious faces, and felt fear in his heart: If they find out that I have run away, they will be very angry.But since I escaped, how can I go back to the sedan chair and obediently let them sell me?Where can I escape to?what do I do? The boy took out two plates of snacks from nowhere, put them on the table, and said: Come, try the famous snacks of our Qingfeng Restaurant.This is sweet-scented osmanthus mille-feuille cake, this is lotus seed peanut crisp, and the green one is jasper pea yellow.You eat some, then go out quickly after eating, lest they come in to search for you and drag you out, that would be ugly.

Han'er saw that the dim sum was exquisitely made and beautiful, and he was hungry, so he wanted to reach out to eat it, but when he heard his last words, he was startled and couldn't help crying again.The boy came over and patted her on the back and said: Don't cry.You love to cry so much, how can you mess around in this misty shop in the future?Hearing his gentle tone, Han'er couldn't help but burst into tears, saying: I want to go home, I miss my parents! The boy sighed: There is no way.Where is your home?Judging by your accent, you seem to be from the north.Han'er said: "My family is in the capital."The boy said, "Suzhou is thousands of miles away from Beijing, and you can't go back by yourself. Why don't you give up your mind."

Han'er knew this early on, and when he heard him say it, she burst into tears, crying: Mom and Dad must miss me so much.They must have sent people to look for me everywhere in the capital, but they never thought that the bad guys would take me so far away.Dad, he is only my daughter, and he loves me the most on weekdays. How could he think that these two villains would run into my garden in the middle of the night and arrest me? The boy wondered: Who is so bold, who doesn't abduct people in remote or crowded places, but breaks into your house in the middle of the night to arrest them?Could it be a robber?Han'er shook his head and said: They are not robbers, they are guards in the palace.In fact, they arrested the wrong person at all. After they found out, they wanted to kill me to silence me, but then they changed their minds and brought me here to sell.She recalled the scene of that night, so she talked about the situation at home and the time before and after she was taken away.However, Zheng Hanqing entrusted her to hand over things, and Aunt Rui ran away with her daughter. Because Zheng Hanqing warned her not to disclose it to anyone, she did not say anything.

The boy looked at her sideways, listened to her while eating his snacks, and finally asked: Who is your father?Han'er said: "My father's name is Zhou Mingdao, and he is currently the Minister of Rites and a Bachelor of Huagaidian University.It wasn't long before her father was appointed, and the family was really lively when he was appointed, so at a young age, she still remembered her father's official title clearly.The boy laughed and said, "What's the matter with the book and the book? Flowers cover it?"University scholar, is it a high official?Han'er nodded and said: Yes, he is a high official. The boy looked her up and down, sneered, and said: I don't believe it, what kind of official lady are you, little brat?At that time, most of the girls who were sold into brothels were from peasant families or poor families. Their parents were so poor that they had to sell their daughters. Some of the girls who were stolen were from middle-class families. Being abducted is indeed extremely rare. Hearing that he doubted her own background, Han'er was anxious and angry, and said: I didn't lie to you, why would I lie to you? The boy was noncommittal, grabbed the remaining dim sum on the plate, wrapped it in a handkerchief, handed it to her, and said: "Whether you are a rich lady or a daughter of a poor family, you will never be able to get out again when you come to this smoke and water alley." go.This snack is for you to eat, let's go out now. Han'er was full of bitterness along the way, You Jun, Wu Gang and Lu Laoliu only treated her as a commodity, or simply as a pile of money, without saying a word to her.After finally meeting this little boy, at least he regarded her as a person and was willing to listen to her, so he couldn't help pouring out all his pain.She knew that the little boy was no older than her own age and could not help her, but now she vomited a lot of bitterness to him, but he showed no sympathy for her, and just drove her out, feeling very sad and annoyed, and refused to accept any snacks , stood up and walked out the door. But the boy stepped forward and took her hand, and said: "Wait a minute, I haven't asked your name yet."Han'er waved his hand and said: You are not a good person, I won't tell you.The boy smiled and said: Look at your temper, you might be a rich lady from an official family.Whether I am a good person or not is hard to say.That's all, you call me good brother three times, and I'll take you home. Han'er was stunned, and said, "Are you taking me home?"Do you know the way?The boy said: I have never left Suzhou, how can I know the way?