Becoming the scapegoat

Author: Riding an ant to the market

Becoming the scapegoat

Ah Ju followed suit, not too far or too close behind Han Xiaokang.

Han Xiaokang stopped, and Ah Ju didn't move forward. She just squatted there, looking around in the corners to see if there were any medicinal materials to dig up.

It was really impossible to find any medicinal materials, even if they were wild Zheer roots, Aju had to dig some.

"When Wu Juren went back, why didn't you follow him?"

Han Xiaokang really had no choice against her.

To be honest, Aju followed quietly without provoking herself, let alone saying "please, just let me follow".

Then let alone fight!

Each side of the road faces the sky, and no one has the right to stop the other, right?

But in this deep mountain and old forest, there was a lonely couple like me and Aju nearby, so they couldn't cook together at night.

Who believes it?!

Since you can't get around her or get rid of her, you might as well face her calmly.

"Ah Ju, can you tell me why you have to follow me into the mountains?"

Han Xiaokang stopped and motioned for Ah Ju to come over so that we could talk more conveniently, "And I saw what medicinal materials I dug up and what small prey I caught. You don't seem to be very interested in these things, so you asked me to sell them all for money. What's more,

Why?"

"I dare not say it for fear of making you angry."

Aju changed from the dignified, natural and decent look she had before when the martial arts people were present.

Instead, he wrung his fingers and whispered.

Han Xiaokang smiled and said, "I'm not that stingy, just tell me why you did this?"

Aju sighed, "Actually, you helped me yesterday by asking my father to return the bride price. You really saved me.

But next, my father will definitely promise me to a worse man again, because according to my father's idea, only a worse man will be willing to give up a higher gift to marry me."

"Brother Xiaokang, maybe you don't know who my father is. He has been cautious and cautious all his life. He is not willing to eat or drink. He only likes to save money to buy land."

"Although land is no longer allowed to be bought and sold, my father can't make any money either."

"He married me off as early as possible, so that there would be less food for the family, and he could also get some money back to sell medicine to my mother, so that my brother could go to school in the district."

Hear this,

Han Xiaokang understood a little bit: when Wu Laoqi was in the old society, he saved some money frugally, and then bought some land from Wu Juren.

Wu Laoqi finally returned to the "small land" class.

My family has dozens of acres of land.

Wu Laoqi usually takes care of the land himself, and hires some day laborers when the farming season is busy.

Those little days were tiring and happy at the same time

But now Wu Laoqi's wife is sick, and he also has a son who is studying. He can't earn many work points, and Alexander's Wu Laoqi...

So he set his sights on Aju.

Speaking of Wu Laoqi's choice, it is not a big mistake because in their traditional concept, daughters are raised by other people's families.

Now his family needs money everywhere, and he still owes a lot of debt.

Others share grain and money at the end of the year, but Wu Laoqi's family is a famous "upside-down household" in the production team.

The so-called upside-down households are commune members who not only do not receive any money, but are also in debt to the production team.

Wu Laoqi really couldn't bear the financial pressure, and he couldn't show off his old face either.

After all, Wu Laoqi is still very famous in rural areas for doing farm work.

Everyone agreed that he was a good person to serve the dealer, and he was also a very hard-working, thrifty person.

Now he owes the production team money every year, which makes Wu Laoqi's little dignity suddenly trampled to pieces!

But now the question arises: Since the financial pressure on Aju's family is so great, why doesn't she hurry up and divide the money?

"I have no use for taking the money."

Aju explained, "Brother Xiaokang, you don't understand my father. He wants to break a penny in half and spend it. When ants pass by him, they have to pull the hair off his legs. Even if I have money,

All must be handed over.

More importantly, this will not affect my father. He will continue to find me a husband who pays a high price. No matter what kind of person the other party is, as long as the other party provides enough food, my father will marry me off.

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Last time he was a hunchback, and this time he is a consumptive man with tuberculosis. I don’t know what kind of man he will find for me next time."

Han Xiaokang looked up at the gloomy sky speechlessly, "So, you just run with me, and it's best to run alone, alone?

When word of this gets out, others will say you are some kind of night spirit, White Sand Dune.

And now, you are having an affair with a strange man. In this case, I am afraid not many people will dare to marry you, right?"

Han Xiaokang looked down at A Ju, "There are thousands of men in the world, why should I deserve my misfortune?"

Plop——

Aju knelt down heavily, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I, I really can't help it!

Woo hoo hoo, when I think of my dad at home, counting the few dollars of betrothal gifts over and over, holding the grain in his hands and smelling it little by little, I get scared when I think of my dad's greedy look.

!

I'm afraid that he won't know which cat or dog he will marry me to next time? Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu.I'm sorry, I'm really sorry."

There are many unfortunate people in this world.

Now that Han Xiaokang can't even take care of himself, what reason does he have to pretend to be philanthropic?

If your career hasn't made any progress yet, what qualifications do you have to start a family?

And the Aju in front of me is not her type either!

I have no idea about this at all, okay?

But if Aju is allowed to follow him into the mountains, he will bear an unclear reputation for nothing.

And this is exactly the result Aju wants.

In this way, it may be difficult to find anyone who is willing to come to her house to propose marriage in the future even with a lantern.

You haven’t taken a bite of your own meat, you haven’t chewed a piece of your bones, but your mouth is inexplicably oily?

What kind of thing is this?

But when Han Xiaokang saw the pale Aju, her crystal tears were dripping down one by one like broken pearls.

"Hey, get up, it's not the time to kneel now."

Han Xiaokang reached out and pulled Aju up.

Unexpectedly, Ah Ju, who looked like she had severe anemia, had unusually warm hands, "Let's make a three-part agreement first. First, there is no relationship between you and me.

Second, I hunt my prey, you dig your medicine, we each do our own thing and have nothing to do with each other.

Third, after I leave the mountain, we will act as if we don’t know each other. Okay?”

"Um."

Aju nodded, very seriously, "Brother Xiaokang, thank you!"

Thank me?

Listen to me, thank you!

What's going on?

After discussing this matter, it is getting late now.

According to the path mentioned by the Wuju people, if you walk another 6 or 7 miles, you will reach the entrance of the Dead Man Crying.

Moreover, according to the people from Wu Ju, if you want to catch scorpions while the dead are crying, you have to go out at night.

As for that, the main goal of my trip is to kill the iron-headed viper.

They like to crawl into dead branches and leaves in the early morning and rely on the warmth radiated from the humus layer to stay warm.

And in the morning, the blood temperature in these venomous snakes is too low.

This makes the snakes' movements become slower.

So early in the morning is the best time to catch soldering iron tips.

so,
To be continued...