The cannon fodder female supporting role stirs up trouble in period literature

Under the gazes of these male educated youths, Hua Rendong's expression became a little stiff. She waved at Xia Yu and said, "Xia Zhiqing, come with me."

Xia Yu followed behind Hua Rendong and walked to the side, flattering him, "Leader, is there anything else you want to say?"

The lackey's appearance made Hua Rendong raise an eyebrow. Not knowing what he was acting out, she cleared her throat and pointed at the young man who was writing a blackboard newspaper. She said seriously, "It's not right to bully an honest man like this when it comes to the work assigned to you, right?"

Xia Yu scratched his head innocently. Before he could explain, the bespectacled educated youth who was writing furiously got anxious and said, "Leader, he didn't bully an honest man. He promised to give me his pen."

After saying this, he touched his shirt pocket with care, where was a nearly new pen.

Hua Honeysuckle looked at Xia Yu's shirt pocket and found that the place where a pen was previously pinned was empty.

He was given a can of pork for peeling corn and a pen for writing a blackboard newspaper. Xia Zhiqing's way of commanding people was so simple and unpretentious.

After walking a little further away and finding an open space where they could not be easily eavesdropped, the two of them gathered together. Hua Rendong reported to Xia Yu in a low voice all the contents that he had just written down in the notebook.

"There is an old man named An in the cowshed. He was sent down from Beijing two years ago. Because of his old age and poor legs and feet, he can only do some work such as cutting grass and cleaning the cowshed. According to the old ladies in the village, there is an educated youth named Chu Ming who goes to the cowshed every few days. He and old man An would whisper to each other for a long time. Some people in the village suspect that they are doing improper transactions. The evidence is that not long after old man An was sent down, Chu Ming also came down to the countryside. After he came, old man An became fatter than when he was first sent down.

Of course, it is not ruled out that Chu Ming was entrusted by someone to take care of Mr. An.

There is a mother and son in the east of the village. The mother's surname is Liu. When she was young, people called her Sister Liu. In recent years, some people have started to call her Aunt Liu. No one knows her specific name. The son is called Zhang Wei. The mother and son came to live with their relatives when Zhang Wei was seven years old, but the relatives they lived with were gone, so the mother and son lived in the house left by the relatives. In a blink of an eye, Zhang Wei is twenty-six years old, and Aunt Liu has not arranged a marriage for him. He loves to run to the mountains during the slack season. Every time, except for chopping some firewood, he has never caught any prey. It is not ruled out that he is a disguised spy. He does not marry a wife because he is worried that he has too many secrets and is afraid of being exposed.

There is an old widower named Zhao Laojiu in the west of the village. He also fled from famine when he was young. He married a woman who also fled from famine in his early years. He used the two gold bars brought by his wife to renovate his house. But she died of dystocia half a year after she got married, and the child was never born. He has been living alone for these years and rarely interacts with the villagers. Two years ago, he built a stove at home and made wine at home all day. He didn't sell the wine, but kept it for himself. When he drank too much, he would lie down anywhere for a whole day.

Zhao Laojiu was a solitary person and was extremely cruel. Some people suspected that his daughter-in-law's difficult childbirth was also related to him.

It is said that last year a scoundrel from another village broke into his house at night to steal something. Unexpectedly, he was drunk and smashed the man's head and stuffed it into a wine jar. If a neighbor hadn't heard the noise and came out, the man would have been drowned. Later, the family paid him a jar of wine and redeemed the man. Occasionally, he would go to other villages to collect grain and exchange it with people for grain with liquor. I heard that the wine he brewed is not bad. "

Xia Yu put his face close to Hua Rendong's notebook and took a look. The page was covered with densely written words, here and there. He could only recognize a few names in the notebook. He couldn't see any connection between what was written on the notebook and what she said.

Hua Rendong reached out and pushed his head away, and continued as if nothing had happened, "And this girl called Money Loss is about to be sold to an old man by her own father. The most urgent thing is to rescue her from the wolf's den."

Xia Yu looked in the direction where her finger pointed. There were no words written on it. Instead, there was a drawing of an angry human face. It was round, with upside-down eyebrows, a "chuan" character drawn between the eyebrows, and a ball of flame drawn on top of the head.

Seeing that Xia Yu didn't respond, Hua Rendong glanced at him. Xia Yu quickly said seriously, "How can a girl be called a money-loser?"

Hua Rendong was satisfied and said angrily: "This is just a matter of the child having no mother. It's a long story. The girl's biological mother died early, and her father married a stepmother and became a stepfather..."

When the two arrived outside Xu Baoshan's house, they could see a girl washing clothes in the yard through the open door.

The girl had a dark face and was as thin as a knife. Her long, dry hair was tied into two braids and piled behind her head.

She was carrying a boy who looked about three or four years old. He was grabbing her hair with one hand and pulling it hard. With the other hand, he made a fist and beat her head with all his strength, yelling in a childish voice: "I told you not to buy me candy! I told you not to buy me candy! I'll beat you to death, you money-loser!"

After scolding for a while, he actually opened his mouth and bit the girl's head hard.

The girl endured the pain on her scalp, lowered her head and rubbed the clothes in her hands vigorously, but big tears could be seen falling into the washtub, and she couldn't tell whether she was sad or in pain.

Hua Rendong only took one look and was sure that the girl washing clothes in front of her was the money-losing girl that Aunt Dou mentioned, and the child on her back should be the youngest son of his biological father and stepmother - a boy.

Such a young child is so vicious, which shows that he has been taught a lot by words and deeds.

Hua Honeysuckle asked, "Are you Aunt Dou's niece?"

When the girl heard the voice, she hurriedly wiped her face with her sleeve, then looked outside and saw a man and a woman standing outside the door, both of whom had extraordinary temperaments.

"You are……"

Hua Rendong smiled and said, "I am a staff member sent by the Municipal Women's Federation. I came to the village to do publicity work on preventing abduction, fraud and domestic violence. When I was visiting the village, I heard people mention you. They said that your father and stepmother wanted to marry you to an old man who was about the same age as your father. So I came to do a home visit and wanted to ask you, is this true? Has anyone forced you to marry someone you don't want to marry?"

Upon hearing this, the girl hurriedly shook her head, "No, no one forced me, I did it voluntarily." She looked as if she was afraid that if she spoke a little slower, someone would mistake her for a kidnapped woman and rescue her. There was no sign of reluctance at all.

Hua Honeysuckle frowned, "Voluntarily marrying a man who can be your father?"

The girl nodded without hesitation, "Yes, I volunteer!"

This time, Honeysuckle didn't understand. If she said she was willing because she was afraid of being beaten, there was no sign of unwillingness on her face. Could it be that Aunt Dou had misunderstood?

After exchanging a glance with Xia Yu, they finally decided to go in and have a chat first. If they were really sure that the girl was willing, they couldn't force her not to marry, right?