Chapter 301: Horror World? I Just Want to Fall in Love with Plants (16)
Chapter 301: Horror World? I Just Want to Fall in Love with Plants (16)
When Wang Yiyi heard the quarrel, she suddenly put away her cane and ran away.
She was so familiar with this road that she didn't look like a blind person when she ran.
Xingchen and Yundui looked at each other and rushed towards the alley.
There were vegetables and loofahs scattered all over the ground at the entrance of the alley. An old man was lying on the ground trying to pick up the vegetables and loofahs. A few thugs standing nearby were trampling the loofahs one by one.
"My vegetables, get out of here, get out of here!" The old lady tried her best to protect the melons and vegetables in her arms, and used her walking stick to drive away the feet that were stomping around her, "Go away, you who are struck by lightning!"
“Grandma Wang!” Wang Yiyi yelled at the entrance of the alley, rushed over, threw away her blind stick and hit the hooligans, while shouting into the alley at the top of her lungs, “Dudu, dudu, dudu!”
"Fuck, this blind man is here again!"
Wang Yiyi's blind stick flew up into the air. Those people dodged and tried to snatch her stick. She was able to identify their positions by sound, and fought and retreated at the same time, never exposing her back.
Before the hooligans could snatch her stick, they heard the roar of Dudu getting closer and closer from the other end of the alley. Then Dudu appeared behind the men, roaring wildly and tearing at them.
Xing Chen resisted the urge to go over and help, and Yun Dui gently held his wrist.
I can’t help them, at least not openly for the time being.
Wang Yiyi and her friends are just a group of old, weak, sick and disabled people in the alley. They are not worth being scared of, so until now, it’s just these ruffians who come to cause trouble and make them feel uneasy.
But if Xing Chen joins in, after he leaves, the combat power to deal with this group of old, weak and sick people will have to be upgraded.
More importantly, Wang Yiyi is experienced in combat and wields the stick with great vigor, and has not fallen behind so far.
The man and the dog worked together in perfect harmony and finally beat the gangsters and made them flee in panic.
Wang Yiyi was such a docile girl, but she stood at the alley with her hands on her waist and cursed at the gangster until his figure completely disappeared.
Xing Chen went to help Grandma Wang up from the ground. The melons and vegetables on the ground had been trampled into a mess. Grandma Wang sighed with heartache.
Wang Yiyi came back and touched Grandma Wang up and down, "Grandma Wang, you are not hurt, are you?"
"I'm fine," the old man tapped the ground with his cane angrily, "Yiyi, how about you?"
"I'm fine too."
"These wicked, smoking things have made our lives miserable since they came. It's a pity for the dishes."
Yundui bent down and put the scattered vegetables and loofahs on the ground that were not crushed into a plastic bag and handed it to Grandma Wang.
Grandma Wang looked at him and Xing Chen, "Yiyi, who are these two?"
"The customers in the store heard Aunt Qing and I talking about the things in the alley, so they followed me in to take a look."
"Oh, these two are so good-looking," Grandma Wang waved her hand, "Yiyi, go and get busy."
"I'll take you home first. Your uncle's taxi won't be back until midnight. I'm already back, so you don't have to sit at the entrance of the alley."
Grandma Wang’s house is the first one in the alley. After entering the door, there are thick branches across the wall of the small courtyard, covered with loofah vines, and long loofahs hanging down from them.
There is a narrow path paved with red bricks in the yard, leading to several houses, and the rest of the area is planted with vegetables.
Coming out of Grandma Wang's house, Wang Yiyi led the way and said, "Almost every small courtyard here is like this, with loofah vines climbing on the walls and green vegetables and winter melons planted on the ground. If we can grow more at home, we can buy less when we go out."
"Why did Grandma Wang take the vegetables to the alley?" Xing Chen asked in a gentle voice.
“That was her old stall. To enter this shantytown, many people had to walk along the bridge in front and pass by the entrance of our alley. Grandma Wang had been selling needles and thread at the entrance of the alley since she was young.
The weather is warm these days, and the vegetables in the yard are growing very fast. If she can’t finish them, she takes them to the entrance of the alley, and it’s good if she can sell them for a few dollars.”
"Aren't you a relative of her?" Xing Chen asked again.
"No, I am not related to anyone here. I was abandoned by my family at the entrance of the alley when I was young, and was picked up by everyone and given to my adoptive father who had no children. My adoptive father is also disabled. I grew up by picking up garbage and receiving help from everyone in the alley."
This is almost a history of suffering full of blood and tears, but when Wang Yiyi said this, there was no gloom on her face and she was always smiling.
She was like an oriole with broken wings but trying hard to fly. In her cheerful voice, she introduced every household in the alley to Xingchen and Yundui.
This uncle is henpecked and always complains about his wife's strict control behind her back. However, his wife fell seriously ill, so he worked as a deliveryman for fifteen hours a day to earn money for her medical treatment.
The aunt had a loud voice and was very scary when she cursed. But every time she bought something delicious, she would secretly save some for the girl who was not related to her.
The uncle of another family is an old smoker. He married for many years but his wife didn’t get pregnant. They had a bad relationship and quarreled every day. Two years ago, his wife finally got pregnant and gave birth to a daughter. He loved her so much that he quit smoking, saying that it was not good for the child to be exposed to secondhand smoke.
......
It was clearly a barren land of suffering, but in her mouth it was full of laughter.
Every family has its own troubles, and every family also has its own warmth and happiness.
The three of them walked to a half-open old wooden door near the end of the alley. Dudu ran over and pushed the door open with his two front paws.
"Dad, I'm back." Wang Yiyi's voice was clear and pleasant.
The man in the wheelchair in the yard was watering the vegetables on the ground with a red plastic ladle. He raised his head quickly when he heard the shouting, "Yiyi, Dudu suddenly rushed out and scared me. Is there someone causing trouble at the end of the alley again... Hey, there are guests today."
"Dad, two customers of the flower shop saw someone causing trouble at the end of the alley and were worried, so they sent me back."
Father Wang waved at them and said, "Thank you, thank you."
Xing Chen looked at the two empty trouser legs of Father Wang in the wheelchair. A wave of sadness surged in his heart. He tried to pretend nothing had happened and smiled at him.
"Wang Yiyi is a heroine. She beat all the bad guys away by herself. You raised your daughter well. We couldn't help you. You don't need to thank us at all."
Father Wang was very enthusiastic. Seeing that it was getting late, he hurried to cook, wanting to keep Xingchen and Yundui at home for dinner.
Wang Yiyi directly refused Wang's father, saying that they both had something to do later.
Before Xing Chen could speak, she said to him directly: "Didn't you say you had something urgent to do on the way and would leave after dropping me off? You guys go and do your work first, and come to our house for dinner when you have the chance."
Xing Chen understood that she was deliberately making excuses for him to refuse.
The students who graduated from that school were either rich or noble. Given her family's background, she was afraid that Xing Chen would feel embarrassed to reject Wang's father's kindness, so she directly refused to invite Xing Chen to dinner.
Xing Chen paused, said nothing, and followed her words to say goodbye to Father Wang.
Wang Yiyi sent them to the door.
Xing Chen stopped at the door, turned around and asked her: "Don't you blame us for not helping you at the alley just now?"
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