The rich have an ugly duckling

Several red lanterns were hung on the South Street of the capital, and the long tassels swayed gently in the morning breeze.

In the twelfth lunar month of winter, even the poorest areas in the capital have a bit of a New Year flavor.

As soon as Chen Wu opened the door, the rustling north wind came in.He was shrinking his neck, with a dirty vegetable basket in his arms, tightly clutching the hard-earned five yuan in his chilblained hands, and hurried to the direction of the market.

It was still early this time, and Chen Wu went back and forth a few laps along the selling stalls, wanting to see which one was the cheapest.

He was too embarrassed to ask, and he didn't know how to pick vegetables, so every time he bought vegetables, he would point to the ugliest and most wimpy ones.Taste is not important, the most important thing is to fill your stomach without spending money.

I don't know if it's the Chinese New Year. There are a lot more vegetable farmers here on South Street today, but all the vegetables they sell are good.

When passing by another stall selling pumpkins, Chen Wu glanced at the children beside the aunt.

The child was dressed thickly, sitting on a pony tie next to him, holding a bunch of candied haws in his hand, each of which was wet from being licked.

Chen Wu didn't notice it himself, he walked back and forth several times, his eyes always chasing the bunch of candied haws soaked in saliva.It's been a long time since he had a sweet tooth.The only time he ate candied haws was when his mother was around.He always remembered that taste, sweet with a bit of sourness, making it unforgettable.

The pumpkin aunt came to the south of the city for the first time today to sell vegetables. She saw a dark child walking back and forth with a vegetable basket. What are you wandering around for?"

Chen Wu's footsteps stopped, and he said in a soft voice: "Ma'am, I'm shopping for vegetables."

The aunt opened her mouth wide and asked in surprise, "Are you 5 years old? Why do you still come to buy vegetables by yourself?" It is said that the children of the poor have long been in charge of the family, but this is the first time she has seen such a young girl who has come to buy vegetables by herself.

Chen Wu clenched the handle of the vegetable basket in his hand, and the aunt looked a little nervous: "I'm 5 years old, and I'm 7 years old this year."

The aunt shook her head, looked at him pitifully, and asked him: "Have you decided to buy anything? I have some pumpkins here, do you want to eat them? If you want to eat them, I will give you a cheaper price."

Chen Wu asked in a low voice, "How much is it?"

The aunt said: "Pumpkins are sold by the catty. Let me count you fifty cents per catty."

Chen Wu had a general idea about money, and felt that fifty cents a catty was quite cheap, so he nodded quickly: "Then I want a big one!"

The aunt laughed at him: "You little baby, this pumpkin is as big as ten catties, and you can't move it. Just take this small one, it's just as sweet!"

Chen Wu could only nod his head.

The aunt weighed the pumpkin, which weighed three catties. She looked at the five yuan in Chen Wu's hand, and deliberately asked Chen Wu, "This pumpkin costs one yuan and fifty cents, how much should I ask you for?"

Chen Wu put the basket on the ground, frowned, and began to snap his fingers.After breaking it for a while, I found that it would not count.

Most of the people in the south of the city market knew Chen Wu, and they usually gave him some money directly after they had done the calculations. No one was so wicked as to cheat him out of money for such a poor kid.To be honest, Chen Wubai could add and subtract integers within ten with his fingers, but fifty cents obviously stumped him.

The aunt found it funny when he looked serious, so she stuffed the change into Chen Wu's hand: "Okay, don't forget it, go back and ask your mother to cook more food, and see how thin you have become. Thin and ugly."

Chen Wu carefully stuffed the money into his pocket, put the three-pound pumpkin into the basket, and lifted it up with some difficulty.

The aunt stopped him again: "Little baby, do you want to eat candied haws?" Then she turned to the child sitting next to her and said, "Dongdong, give one to my brother."

The child Hushi was not happy, so he immediately hid the candied haws behind his back, and looked at Chen Wu with warning eyes.

Chen Wu's face turned red, but his skin was too tanned to be seen.He hastily said: "No need." Then he turned and ran away.

At night, Chen Wu was still thinking about it while lying on the hard wooden bed, so that his mother whom he hadn't seen for a long time appeared in his dream.His mother bought him a bunch of candied haws, and they walked together on the way home holding his hand. Just walking, his mother disappeared, and he was left alone. He waited for a long time and no one came. Pick him up and finally start wailing.

Waking up in the middle of the night, the pillow was wet, and Chen Wu quietly wiped away his tears.He is not a child who loves to cry. His mother has been gone for almost three years, which is too long for a child. He doesn't even remember his mother's appearance, only a gentle and beautiful figure is vaguely left in his mind.

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The village in the city is one of the few places where migrant workers gather in the capital.The residents here are all migrant workers from all corners of the country to work in the city. The epitome of their life is the true portrayal of the people at the bottom of the capital.

Chen Wu's father, Zhuang Weimin, was originally from the Northeast. Ten years ago, he and his fellow villagers came to the capital to work.

Eight years ago, Zhuang Weimin met Chen Fangli who had just come to Beijing to work.Chen Fangli is from the south. She just got married in her hometown, but her husband is a lazy man with a bad temper who always beats her. She heard that someone in the village had made a lot of money working in the capital, so she followed her secretly.

The woman just over [-] was unaccompanied in the capital, and she was taken advantage of by others because of her pretty face. Later, she met the tall and handsome Zhuang Weimin who took good care of her, so she wanted to rely on her.

Zhuang Weimin himself has a family, but he has been wandering away all year round, no one is watching him, and his thoughts have long since floated.

Among the migrant workers in the city, there are not a few people who make up "temporary couples" with each other. Zhuang Weimin is envious when he sees the workers around him in pairs. At this time, he happens to meet the young and beautiful Chen Fangli, and he can't bear it anymore. Take the initiative to care about the girl who just arrived in the capital.

The two got married within half a year and became another "temporary couple" in the village in the city.

The two have been working together for three years, and there are some small conflicts between them, but generally speaking they are very affectionate, and they are still a little bit reluctant when they return to their hometown at the end of the year.

It's just that the seemingly stable and harmonious relationship was broken by Chen Wu's birth.

After three years of peaceful life, both of them let down their vigilance, and forgot to take measures after having sex without a condom. Chen Fangli became pregnant with Chen Wu.Chen Fangli, who has no experience, didn't realize something was wrong until she was four months old. She went to a small hospital for an examination and wanted to abort the child, but the doctor said that her uterine wall was too thin and it would be difficult to get pregnant again after a miscarriage.

Chen Fangli, who regards childbirth as extremely important, could only give birth to the child without telling Zhuang Weimin and her husband in the countryside.

This unpopular child just came into this malicious world.

What is even more unfortunate is that the child is born with two sets of reproductive systems.

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