Why not hang yourself on the southeast tree

Chapter 370 Magpie: Bravely Say NO (1)

In an old Beijing alley, there is a courtyard with three entrances, where many families live crowded together.

A veritable slum.

An elderly couple in their seventies, one was surnamed Sun, Sun Guoqiang, and the other was surnamed Chen, Chen Danli.

He lived in one of the 15-square-meter houses for more than years.

These fifty years have covered almost all the important moments in their lives.

Get married, have a daughter, go to work, live your life, marry your daughter off, and continue living your life.

In the blink of an eye, his back became hunched and his hair turned completely white.

Time is a blunt and slow butcher knife...

At the entrance to the courtyard, there are two rows of electricity meters densely packed together, and it takes a lot of twists and turns to get to their house.

Outside the Sun family’s door, there is a 2-square-meter wooden shed, which is equipped with a simple stove and a washing machine.

There is a toilet inside, which makes the kitchen and bathroom integrated.

Unfortunately, you can only pee, and you have to go to the public toilet and queue up for a big defecation.

Almost all the children who grew up in the slums have settled down elsewhere. As young people, who would want to go through so much trouble?

There are anti-theft nets outside the windows facing the corridor, and a lot of pots and jars are piled up inside.

In the corner, a magpie built a nest.

This magpie is Wang Defa.

It is black and white, with only the tips of its wings being blue.

In the 91st life, he became the epitome of good luck, loved by everyone and flowers bloom wherever he went.

Sun Guoqiang was naturally happy that the magpie came to his house, and he fed it millet, peanuts and various beans three times a day.

It was cold, and the magpie looked listless and lifeless. It refused to run away even when Sun Guoqiang pulled it with a clothes hanger.

(Wang Defa picks up the pot lid next to him and slams it on the pot: Haha… don’t get close to me, I just want to sleep.)

Sun Guoqiang was still in high spirits, and even had the crazy idea of ​​trying to trick the magpie into speaking human language.

After trying for a long time, I still can’t find the right method…

No success...

He is always laughed at by his wife, who says he has become a naughty boy as he gets older.

The old couple, one is a retired traditional Chinese medicine practitioner and the other is a retired textile factory worker. Normally, they should not live in such a slum.

Huh——

The couple had a daughter who married a man from another place and had two granddaughters.

When their daughter got married, the old couple gave her a two-bedroom house in the third ring road as a dowry.

Originally, there was enough space for everyone to live in, with one room for my daughter and son-in-law, and one room for my granddaughter and her sister.

As a result, the son-in-law brought his parents from his hometown to live with him, and the house was no longer big enough.

Just a few years ago, when my child was about to go to elementary school, my son-in-law insisted on moving to a house in the school district. After checking his savings, he found that he was still two zeros short of the house he liked.

The daughter, who has been in a state of confusion ever since she fell in love, has been troubled by the whole family. She returns to her parents' home with a hungry stomach and once again drains the old couple's savings.

After working hard all his life, he saved a million yuan for retirement, but it was only enough for 30% of the down payment on a house in a key school district, except for buying a house.

The love of the parents is far-reaching.

For the sake of his two well-behaved and sensible granddaughters, Sun Guoqiang was happy to do so. At worst, he could just accept the hospital's re-employment and continue to take patients' pulses.

An appointment with the old specialist costs one hundred yuan, and after deducting various handling fees, he can get more than sixty yuan. He sees ten or eight patients a day, which is enough to at least support the lives of the two elders.

[At just over seventy, it’s time to make a breakthrough. 】

The son-in-law said this jokingly.

Sun Guoqiang rolled his eyes at him, regretting that he had nipped in the bud when his daughter first started to fall in love early in high school.

The legendary Phoenix Man might have already taken root in the Sun family.

[Dad, Mengmeng is going to take a piano exam this Saturday. Can you take care of Tiantian for two days? ]

Before the son-in-law finished speaking, Tiantian had already thrown herself into her grandfather's arms and acted coquettishly.

What could Sun Guoqiang say? He just laughed and agreed.

After the son-in-law left, the grandfather and grandson huddled together in front of the security window, playing with the pot lid on the magpie's nest.

(Wang Defa: ...Why are you so annoying? Bang, bang, bang, bang, you don’t want to sleep?!)

Unexpectedly, the next day when Tiantian came back from fighting class, her tender little face didn't even show a smile.

【What's wrong, Tiantian? 】

There was a hint of panic in Tiantian's eyes. She squinted her eyes and shook her head, saying it was okay.

[Tiantian, grandma made candied sweet potatoes, which is your favorite. Come, help grandma taste it! ]

【Ga? 】

Wang Defa poked his head out from under the pot lid. It was sweet potato shreds. I wanted to eat it!

(??﹃??)

Tiantian put a piece into her mouth, making a smacking sound but without tasting anything.

Sun Guoqiang glanced at his wife and thought, oh no, this kid is worried.

Why won’t you say it? It’s really frustrating.

The couple both had weak teeth, and they watched the plate of sweet potato shreds become cold and hard.

Just like the night before, Tiantian lay in front of the magpie in a daze after dinner.

【Ga----】

Wang Defa stared, feeling cold and hungry, and his eyes kept glancing at the lonely candied sweet potato left on the dining table.

Tiantian understood and slowly stood up to bring the entire plate over.

[Little bird, you eat it, I don’t want to eat today! ]

Wang Defa was not polite at all. He lifted the lid of the pot with force and dived into the plate of food.

duang——

So hard! So sweet! Sticky!

Tiantian squinted her eyes and felt like laughing. She couldn't help but stretch out her fingers to touch the wing feathers that were glowing bright blue under the light.

Wang Defa's eyes blurred, and a long-lost skill was activated, and a scene flashed -

In a large classroom of more than 50 square meters, with no desks or chairs, a dozen girls of different sizes did warm-up exercises under the guidance of a coach, and then put on boxing gloves to practice simple fighting techniques one-on-one.

Tiantian was among them, throwing soft punches with a powerless sound of "Ha", as if she was just playing.

Then the coach ordered everyone to pass the ball to each other. The girl opposite Tiantian didn't control her strength well, and Tiantian fell down holding the ball. Her back of the head hit the wall and she burst into tears.

The coach waved his hand for everyone to continue, and took the little girl Tiantian to the next room, where he touched her from head to toe, even her chest.

Tiantian felt strange and scared, and refused to let the coach take off her clothes.

The coach said with a grim expression, "You didn't perform well today, so you won't get a red flower. I will tell your mother that you didn't train seriously."

Wang Defa’s pointed mouth was still stuck in the sweet potato and he couldn’t pull it out. He wanted to jump up and curse!

Circle him and cross him out, that coach is lewd and threatens the children!!!

Beat him to death!

Tiantian didn't dare tell her grandfather that she was no longer as good as her sister. If her mother knew that she was not serious in the training class, she would be spanked.

The magpie was circling abnormally above the little girl's head. Sun Guoqiang saw it. He stretched out his hand, but unexpectedly the magpie landed on the back of his hand.

[Gah—the fighting class coach bullied Tiantian, call the police, call the police quickly! ]

Sun Guoqiang was startled and took a half step back.

【Wh…what? 】

【Ga----】

Wang Defa had no choice but to tell the old man exactly what he had seen, so that the old man would not disbelieve him.

Sun Guoqiang was so angry that he picked up a fruit knife and wanted to rush out the door.

Seeing that it was getting dark outside, I remembered that the training class was locked after Tiantian got out of school.

[Don't be impulsive, don't be impulsive, let me ask clearly first. ]