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    Chapter 1

    Chen Wan was woken up in the morning by the sound of a child being beaten in the yard next door.

    The plot of land where her family lives is the most densely populated area in the entire Jicheng City. The same-colored houses from the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China have long lost the quaint style of more than a hundred years ago. In addition to the original residents, there are also some old houses allocated to  The nearby printing and dyeing factory is a family area.  In the old days, the mansions of wealthy officials and gentry were now inhabited by the lowest class people in Jicheng. There were usually several families living together in a courtyard. Anyone who spoke louder could be heard next door, so Aunt Liu's slap slapped her in the house.  At the same time as the child's buttocks were crying, there were voices of persuasion from all around, the old man's cough in the morning, the call for the child to come home for breakfast, accompanied by the crisp call of the thrush raised by the second uncle opposite and Aunt Liu in the distance.  A must-do homework every day - hanging your throat, the whole Zhuque Lane suddenly comes alive with the first ray of sunshine in the morning.

    When she saw that it was getting late, she complained to herself, quickly got up, got dressed, and made the bed.

    I took the toothbrush cup and walked to the yard, turned on the water faucet and filled the water. My uncle walked in.  "I closed it late yesterday, and I said I would wait for you to sleep a little longer before calling you."

    "Get up when you wake up." She responded vaguely with a mouth full of toothpaste foam.  Last night, when Aunt Li's married daughter from the backstreet came home, she set up a few banquets at Chen Wan's house to entertain relatives and familiar neighbors.  They are all old neighbors, and everyone is not well off. My uncle was embarrassed to collect a lot, so he only collected a token amount, but he was busy all night.  It was after ten o'clock that the people dispersed after drinking, and they tidied up for another hour before going to bed.

    After wiping her face, she saw her uncle turning into the kitchen, so she followed him in.  "Uncle, you go and rest, I'll do it." As she spoke, she snatched the barrel from her uncle's hand. Gong Ziqiang didn't fight with her and let her carry it out.

    "Xiaoyu hasn't gotten up yet?" her uncle asked.

    "He hasn't woken up yet. Let him sleep a little longer on Sunday. Uncle, I'm going out first."

    Her uncle scolded the little brat with a sullen face, nodded to her, and walked back, thinking he was going to tell Xiaoyu to get up.

    The barrel weighs more than ten or twenty kilograms. She couldn't carry it before, but now she can do it.  When she walked to the front yard, there were a few sparse guests, all familiar neighbors. She greeted them with a smile and said good morning.  Auntie was busy downstairs. She carried the bucket over and replaced the empty bucket.

    Her family is an old resident of Zhuque Lane, and the yard she lives in is one of the most spacious here.  It¡¯s just that after my uncle was laid off, it was difficult to maintain his life. Thinking that he still had some skills, he divided the yard into two parts. The front yard was used as a store, selling breakfast, cooking and simple banquets. The middle was the kitchen, just like the banquet last night.  If there is not enough space in the front, we will use the courtyard in the middle to place two tables.  Their house is at the entrance of Zhuque Alley. Although the residents of Zhuque Alley rarely eat out, they occupy the land near the front street and occasionally do some passing business, so they can barely support their four people.

    Business is always slow on Sunday mornings, with very few people coming to eat noodles.  The bean curd was easy to sell, so after a while, she went in again and brought out a large bucket.

    Her aunt was in poor health, and she looked even more haggard than usual after getting up early and working late at night. Chen Wan pushed her aunt to let her go in to rest. Her aunt felt sorry that she couldn't look after her, "I'll hold on to it first, your uncle will be out in a while.  Come, bring a bowl of tofu pudding to Grandma Li."

    "Grandma Li is a five-guaranteed household in the back street, and her relationship with her aunt is as far away as possible. My aunt is kind-hearted, thinking that the old lady has bad eyesight and has no children, so she will always help whoever can help.  Chen Wan held the bean curd in her hand and the fifty yuan that her aunt had given to Grandma Li in her pocket, and walked along Zhuque Lane Street to the back street.

    In fact, Zhuque Alley is very beautiful from the outside. The white walls, blue tiles and gray overhangs are seen as you pass by. However, the walls are not too white and the tiles are very worn. The green strips and stone streets have not been maintained for many years and are full of potholes and accumulation.  During yesterday's autumn rain, you had to avoid a small puddle within a few steps.  Zhuque Lane Street is lined with old houses on one side and the Qingshui River on the other.  The Qingshui River used to be a moat in the early days. I heard the old people talk about how they could catch fish in it when they were children. Now it is filled with silt, combined with the domestic garbage of nearby residents and the wastewater discharged from the upstream printing and dyeing factory, and it looks colorful.  It's usually better, but after yesterday's rain, the mud in the river channels swelled up, and the stench was overwhelming.

    Chen Wan remembered that she was so excited when she smelled this smell when she first lived in Zhuque Lane. Now it has become a part of her life. It seems that the environment can change a person in so many ways. Even her personality has changed a lot.  , she is no longer the impetuous and lively little girl she used to be.

    As she quickly walked to the corner of the back street, a car drove quickly behind her. The speed was so fast that she couldn't dodge it.  Zhuque Street was not wide, and could barely accommodate one lane. Before she could press against the wall, the car had already passed her, splashing water on the ground, and she was all over the street.The pants are all wet.

    She cursed secretly, lowered her head and patted the mud on her pants.  The car stopped suddenly in front, then moved back a little, and stopped next to her.  She looked up and met a pair of eyes full of surprise. Then the surprise faded and he looked straight at her with interest.  She suddenly panicked, but her face turned cold. She stood up straight and walked forward.

    "Oh, that." The man called from behind.

    She walked a few steps faster, but the man slowly caught up with her in a car.  "well."

    ¡°Two steps further was the back street. Chen Wan stopped and turned around to look at him.  The man stuck his head out of the car window again, his eyes looking directly at him with obvious meaning.  He looks to be in his mid-twenties, how can he be so uneducated despite his age?  Chen Wan's ears felt hot and she kept cursing secretly.

    She glared at him, but he smiled, very vivid in the sunshine.  She grew colder and stepped forward.

    "well."

    "What to do?" She turned around and asked aggressively, "The road here is originally narrow, so you can't drive in. Also, there is water all over the ground. Can't you drive slower? What if you hit the children and the elderly in front of you?"

    That person probably didn¡¯t expect that she would be so aggressive. He was startled, and then he smiled, his teeth were so white.  "Don't be afraid. I won't do anything to you in broad daylight. I just want to ask you, is Chunyang Temple here?"

    Chen Wan was a little embarrassed when he said what he was thinking. She pointed forward, "Go straight ahead, then turn left. There is a yard with an old locust tree." After saying that, she didn't dare to look at him anymore and took two steps forward.  Step by step into the back streets.  (Remember the website address: www.hlnovel.com
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