The bear child of the Red Chamber, Jia Cong

Su Cheng slipped away from home and left a letter to her parents, saying that she went to Taiwan to watch Jia Tanchun get married.Su Tao was furious and ordered people to chase after him on fast horses.It was Yang Guotai who said from the sidelines: "My lord, I have known the eldest lady for a long time, and I know something about her temperament. Since she ran away secretly, why did she write where she is going so clearly?"

Su Tao thought about it, this girl is very clever, knowing that I will arrest her, why bother to explain her whereabouts?Nai thought to herself, "Could she have feinted? Where else would she go if she didn't go to Taiwan?"

Yang Guotai said: "I don't know about the humble job. Will you go to the capital? Missy grew up in the capital."

Su Tao thought for a while: "Send two people out, one way south and one way north." Yang Guotai agreed to leave, and smiled secretly in his heart: Miss will definitely not go to Taiwan, nor will she go to the capital.Since I left a letter saying that I have gone to other places, it is likely that I am still in Jiangxi.

Yang Guotai guessed right.Su Cheng knew very well that he was not Chen Ruijin, and running a long distance alone could not guarantee that he would be in danger, so he went straight to Jia's horse shop with the token of Rongguo Mansion.The shopkeeper's surname is Zhou, who recognizes her and hurriedly greets her.Su Cheng winked, and the two dodged to the back.With a smile on the corner of Su Cheng's mouth, he said sternly, "My grandfather tested me to see if I have the ability to leave the house and survive. Shopkeeper Zhou, I don't have much money, so maybe I can feed myself?"

Shopkeeper Zhou immediately smiled and said, "What are you talking about, Missy? When Missy comes to our shop, she is full of splendor."

Su Cheng said: "I'll help you with the work, if there is anything I can do, just tell me. Otherwise, even if I don't eat for nothing from the Su family, I'll become a free eater from the Jia family." She thought for a moment, "You fellows eat What do I eat."

Shopkeeper Zhou was a little embarrassed: "This..."

Su Cheng waved his hand: "Even the military training is here. Can your guys' food be worse than the military training?"

Shopkeeper Zhou said with a wry smile: "...then... Miss, let's try it first." After hesitating for a moment, he said, "The meals of the Taiwan government army are excellent."

"It's okay, I'm just here to experience life." Su Cheng looked at shopkeeper Zhou with a smile, "Don't worry, I will never cause you trouble. No one knows who I am, just treat me as a new odd job good."

Shopkeeper Zhou sighed: "Missy only cares about her appearance, she is not a part-time job."

Su Cheng blinked: "What do odd jobs look like? I'll take a look and imitate their posture."

Shopkeeper Zhou glanced at her, and without saying a word, called a clerk over and said, "Take this girl to the packing department." Su Cheng was still wearing a maid's clothes, and looked at the clerk with a blessing.Shopkeeper Zhou said slowly from behind, "Ordinary female workers who do odd jobs will not be blessed." Su Cheng stuck out his tongue.Hearing this, the clerk glanced at shopkeeper Zhou, and shopkeeper Zhou replied with a look of "just go".The man led Su Cheng away.

The packing department is at the back of the horse row, and the doors and windows of the huge house are fully open, and the inside is not separated.There were eight rows of short long tables neatly arranged, and many people sat beside the tables.Looking at the age range from seven to thirteen or fourteen, [-]% of them are girls.The seats of these little girls and boys are quite far apart, and there are two trolleys behind them, and they quickly take out boxes and bags from the trolley tied with red cloth strips, tie them up with hemp rope, and put them into the trolley tied with blue cloth strips superior.Su Cheng and his buddies walked in, no one looked up at them, just busy with their own business.

Su Cheng frowned and asked, "Why are they all such young children?"

The guy said: "Although they are small, they are good at doing things."

Su Cheng said, "Isn't there a bigger one?"

"The third grandma said, use them as much as you can. At least you can have a full meal working in our horse shop."

Su Cheng was surprised: "According to what you mean, they can't get enough to eat at home?"

The guy said: "Every household has limited food rations, so naturally the males eat first."

Su Cheng thumped inside.She really never thought that there are so many people who can't get enough to eat.His eyes flicked across the faces of a group of girls, and he suddenly realized that there was not even a single one with a slightly upright appearance, they were simply a group of little girls without salt.Suddenly thought of something, shortness of breath, trying not to tremble, and asked: "These are all plain. Is there no better-looking ones to work?" I prayed to the gods and Buddhas all over the sky, and hoped that it would not be the same as what she thought.

Things backfired.The guy said casually: "All the good-looking ones are sold. Our female workers here are all ugly, and they don't want to sell people's teeth."

Su Cheng smiled wryly.She was still thinking about opening a girls' school a few days ago.Where to buy a house and how to hire a husband are all planned.I don't think the daughter of an ordinary family can't even eat, so what kind of books do she still study?Nai sighed in a low voice: "I only think that I will never 'why not eat minced meat'..."

The man said again: "This girl must be from a rich family. You put your appearance among them, and it doesn't look like you at all."

After a moment of silence, Su Cheng said softly, "Is it because he looks good that he has been sold to a brothel?"

"Only those who look good can buy a kiln, and it can cost a lot of money. Most of my mothers are looking forward to selling their daughters to a kiln. As long as they are not ugly, most of them are sold to wealthy families in other places as maids. It is also low. The stronger ones can be sold to Zhuangzi to work. But if the children can be raised strong, is there any need to sell them?"

"Boys are actually about the same."

"Men are better. When a man grows up, he can work in the fields, and it's not expensive to buy a daughter-in-law."

Su Cheng nodded: "I never thought it would be this far." But after thinking for a moment, "How many workshops are there like your Ma Xing?" The clerk gave her a sideways look, and wrote on his face——Miss, are you kidding me?Su Cheng pursed his lips, "Isn't Jiangxi a land of fish and rice? How come you can't even eat?"

The man said: "There are bandits in some places. Where there are no bandits, doesn't the land go to the rich?"

Su Cheng thought for a while: "Now that the Mei family and the Xie family have fallen, the relatives of the Xie family have also fallen. The land can be confiscated and distributed to ordinary people for farming. Mmm... Priority is given to growing potatoes. It doesn't matter if they ripen quickly. Land, let’s fill our stomachs first.”

The man laughed and said, "Young lady was sent by the magistrate's family."

Su Cheng smiled wryly and said, "It's sort of it." Nai sighed, "The magistrate is only busy asking questions now..." He raised his eyes and glanced at these little girls, "Even if the government divides the land, it's not their turn for the time being. I'm full. We need to open more factories where women can work." Nai looked down at herself, "I really don't look right for me." She turned and went out.The man followed naturally.

Su Cheng went outside to undo his bun, braided a big braid behind his head, tied it with a handkerchief, and asked with a smile, "How is it?"

The man said honestly, "Hands and face are too white, and clothes are too neat."

"Where is the kitchen?"

The man then led her to the kitchen.Su Cheng got some soot and smeared it on his face and hands, but he still didn't look like a female worker.Su Cheng sighed: "Forget it, that's it. They are still young anyway."

The guy said: "Young lady still want to go?"

"Go." Su Cheng said, "I need to know what they will do."

The clerk then arranged a seat for her and called a little leader to teach Su Cheng how to tie boxes.The little boss looked about twelve or thirteen years old, his eyes were squinted, and he looked dark.Su Cheng casually rolled up his sleeves, revealing his snow-white arms, and was also taken aback for a moment.The guy couldn't help laughing a few times.Su Cheng said awkwardly, "I used to work in a rich family."

The little boss said with a straight face: "I didn't care where you did things before, but now you only listen to me."

"understand……"

Su Cheng is smart, tying boxes and bags is not a difficult task, and in the blink of an eye she can also be quick in both hands and feet.The little boss saw that she was doing well, so he left.At first, Su Cheng's hands and feet were quite quick, but after half an hour of doing it, he became tired.The workers in the field were all younger than her, and she was too embarrassed to take a break, so she had to keep working.And the other children are obviously faster than her, and Su Cheng is the slowest one.

It was only at noon that Su Cheng knew how delicious the food in the Taiwan government barracks was.It's just that she didn't have a grain of rice left - she was really hungry.After the meal, the little girls had a rest.Seeing Su Cheng's good-looking appearance, a few brave ones came to talk to her.Su Cheng originally intended to strike up a conversation with them, and was happy to get together.

By the time she got off work that day, Su Cheng had already gotten acquainted with the girl at the station next to her.The girl's name is Xiaoque, she is 12 years old, and her father is a mason who lives in Nail Lane in the north of the city.She was the one who spoke to Su Cheng first, her mouth was more dexterous than her hands and feet.Although he looks plain, he is very cute when he smiles.Because Su Cheng said that she was alone and lived in a Taoist temple in the south of the city, Xiao Que asked her if she would like to go to her house for a meeting.Su Cheng originally wanted to help her father understand the people's sentiments, and also planned to open a factory where girls could work, so he agreed.

The two girls went to Xiaoque's house together, but her father and brother hadn't come back yet.Her mother was chasing a few mischievous younger siblings and scolding her very loudly, Su Cheng looked amused.Xiao Que hurriedly pulled her mother and said, "Mom, I brought friends to play."

Her mother scolded casually: "There is no rice in the house, and you still bring people to eat? Do you think the rice is pulled out of your mother's ass?"

Su Cheng hurriedly said: "I'll go back to the temple to eat, I don't need to eat at your house."

Xiao Que also said angrily, "Mother, you are the only one in a hurry when there is food to eat." Nai squeezed her mother's hand, turned her head and smiled at Su Cheng, "Don't pay attention to her, let's go play inside. Don't you want to see the cloth flowers I made?" Su Cheng hurriedly smiled at her mother, and followed Xiao Que in.

I saw that the room was messy and dirty, there were several thumb-sized spiders crawling on the four walls, and an old plank bed was laid across, with three broken pillows and a thin quilt piled up on the bed, with reed flowers showing through the quilt.Su Cheng felt a little sad.Xiao Que just searched for a long time in a lame wooden cabinet by the bed, muttering: "Why is it missing?" Turning her head, she smiled and said, "Sister Zhang, wait a minute, I'll ask my mother, but she has taken it elsewhere." Bounced and ran out.Before Su Cheng could say a word, she disappeared.Su Cheng suddenly had a strange feeling in his heart, always feeling that Xiao Que was a little too happy.

After a while, Xiao Que ran back with a smile on her face, holding four or five cloth flowers in her hands, and said with a smile: "My mother didn't take it, but my sister hid it. Sister Zhang, how are you doing? "

Su Cheng took a look and praised: "They are all rags, it's rare to be able to make it like this."

Xiao Que raised her face and said, "You obviously know how to do it too, let me see if you do one too?"

Su Cheng said, "I'm not good at it."

"Do I believe it?" Xiao Que shrugged her nose, "Sister Zhang looks very dexterous."

Su Cheng said: "I really haven't learned it before." She looked at Xiaoque's and thought, "It must not be difficult to learn."

Xiaoque immediately said: "I'll teach you!" and happily picked up the flowers to teach her.Su Cheng was not interested in making flower knots since he was a child, and didn't want to learn this.Pian Xiaoque was full of energy, so he could only listen to her.Xiaoque first took apart a cloth flower and slowly made it for her to see.He took another flower apart and said, "I'll do it again, you see."

Su Cheng said: "No need, I've already met." He took the loose cloth corners and did as Xiaoque said.

Xiao Que stared at her with a good eye until she finished everything, which was exactly the same as the one that was removed.Can't help exclaiming: "Sister Zhang, you are too powerful!"

Su Cheng smiled and said, "It's just a good memory."

Xiaoque showed ecstasy on his face, as if he had picked up a gold ingot, and praised: "I knew you are very smart at the first glance, sister!"

Su Cheng felt a little uncomfortable inside, and looked sideways at the window: "I almost forgot, I have to rush back to clean the yard. Xiaoque, I'm going back."

Xiaoque hurriedly stopped her: "Why sweep the yard? It's okay if you don't sweep for a day."

"Nonsense. Since it's my errand, how can it be difficult to do it?" Su Cheng bypassed her and left.

Xiao Que was anxious, grabbed Su Cheng's arm and begged: "Good sister! Don't go, I finally brought a friend home, why don't you let my elder brother see it?"

Su Cheng frowned: "It doesn't make sense. Men and women can't kiss each other, why did your friend show me?"

Xiao Que was at a loss: "What's thin? We're all pretty thin."

Su Cheng shook his head, trying to break free from her hand.I don't want Xiaoque to hold it tightly, which makes Su Cheng's arm hurt.Su Cheng was annoyed, and stretched out his other hand to grab Xiao Que's wrist and twist it.Xiao Que let go with an "oops".Su Cheng rubbed his arm and said, "Forget it, I've seen the flowers anyway, so I'll go back now." He picked up his feet and left.

Xiao Que ran after her and caught up: "Don't go, don't go! Mom—Sister Zhang wants to go—"

Their house is too small, there is a very small yard outside the house.Little Que Niang hurriedly ran out from the next door: "Miss Zhang, don't leave! I've already cooked your meal!"

Even though Su Cheng was a fool, he could see that this family had bad intentions. He turned around and looked at the two of them, reached out and touched the hand from his bosom. The gun came out and he held it in his hand, and said with a sneer, "No need. I have food. "

One of Xiaoque's younger brothers rushed to the door and closed it with a "boom", shouting, "You can't leave! My brother won't have a wife if you leave!" Su Cheng was stunned.She stood there in a daze for a while—she never dreamed that Xiao Que coaxed her home to find a wife for her brother, and the two of them only met today.

Then Xiao Que said anxiously: "Sister Zhang! I have two older brothers, you can choose which one you want to marry! Don't go!"

Su Cheng looked at their family for a moment, then suddenly smiled, and twirled the revolver gun a few times in his hand: "I can kill you all in an instant, do you believe it?" I don't recognize pistols.Su Cheng smiled wryly, and murmured, "What kind of mess has my father inherited! How can this be taught..."