Chapter 1,706 Extra: Night Watch

After setting off the firecrackers and paying homage to the ancestors, everyone gathered together to prepare for the New Year's Eve dinner.

On this day, regardless of age, gender, or superiority, everyone sat together, had a lively meal of dumplings, and spent the New Year comfortably.

After eating the dumplings, Daban and Erhe took the lead in doing the housework.

Cuizhu and Honghua also washed the bowls.

Daya came over with several boxes of snacks and placed them on the table. Everyone ate snacks and chatted to stay up late.

Shen He suggested: "Since it's the Chinese New Year, let's all talk about our own affairs and let us all get to know each other, okay?"

"Okay!" Uncle Wang was the first to respond, and then said with emotion: "Although I have been with you kids for so long, I still don't seem to know your situation. Let's start with me!"

A group of children responded one after another: "Okay, okay!" Uncle Wang's eyes were fascinated for a moment, and he slowly said: "I have been called Wang Er since I was a child. My father was also a prey. My mother fell ill when I was eight years old. My father wanted to pay off his debts. , hunting desperately, going where others dare not go, and hunting prey that others dare not hunt. As a result, one day, the boat capsized in the ditch. When I was fifteen years old, my father was disemboweled by a black blind man. I didn't even open my eyes. At that time, when I heard the news, I felt like the world was falling apart. It was Brother Shen's gang.

He helped me bury my father and gave me two taels of silver to live on. "

Brother Shen is Shen He's father, Shen Xiucai. "Brother Shen is two years older than me, and his health has never been very good. We both have the same problem, and we are both helpless. He is a little better than me. He has an unsatisfactory elder brother and eccentric parents. Of course, it doesn’t look good now.

Where to go. We brothers are dependent on each other, and those two taels of silver are the only money he has. He gave it all to me. I swore that day that I would treat my brother Shen well. "Later, Brother Shen was admitted to Tongsheng and then to Xiucai. When the yamen servant came to announce the good news, I was so happy that I went into the mountain myself and shot a deer as a gift for Brother Shen. Brother Shen relied on that deer to marry a wife, and he also married his eldest brother.

Got a wife. "Later, Brother Shen's parents died, and Brother Shen's eldest brother's family was troubled..." Uncle Wang's eyes became misty again: "I was bored with the trivial matters in Brother Shen's family, so I ignored Brother Shen. I didn't expect to hear him again." When the news came to Brother Shen, it turned out to be bad news. Brother Shen and sister-in-law were gone, leaving only Shen He, who was only five years old. Shen He's surname is Shen, and he is from Shenjia Village. Naturally, he was adopted by his uncle. I can't even take him back and raise him. And at that time, something happened to me. You all know

To be honest, when my wife gave birth, one of her bodies died and two of her lives..."

The atmosphere instantly became weird.

Without waiting for others to interrupt, Uncle Wang then added: "Fortunately, all this is over. Although I am still alone now, I am not alone anymore."

Shen He immediately said: "Second uncle, when Sister Xue gets married and gives you a fat boy, you won't be alone."

Uncle Wang chuckled and said, "I'll be content if I live a good life." After Uncle Wang finished speaking, Erhe, the boy, also followed suit and said, "There is no one in my family. They are all dead. When I was seven years old, a plague broke out in the village. , almost all the people in the village were dead. Those who were not dead escaped. My name was Gou Sheng at first, and then I sold myself to a human trafficker. I just wanted a mouthful of food. The trafficker sold me to a wealthy family. The people in that household were unkind and often beat and killed the young men. I took advantage of the chaos and escaped, and continued to walk around under the name Gou Sheng. Later, I was sold.

Entered Wen Mansion. I am Miss's person now, and I will be wherever Miss is. "

Daban glanced at Erhe sympathetically and said, "I thought my family was too poor and couldn't uncover the truth, so I was sold by my family."

"How could you be sold as a kid?" Uncle Wang asked.

Generally speaking, country people take men very seriously and will not sell them unless they really can't survive.

Daban laughed at himself and said, "Because I have a father who loves gambling, and he sold me to a casino to pay off his debt."

The people around him stopped talking.

This is so sad!

He was betrayed by his own father!

Daban continued: "After I left that home, I had nothing to do with that home. My mother was so angry that she cried her eyes out because of this incident. It is estimated that my mother will not live long after I leave."

Da Ya felt the same and her eyes turned red.

She was almost sold by her own mother!

How come there are such cruel relatives in this world? Daban said: "Later I secretly went to look for my home, but you can guess it, right? It's gone, everything is gone. The day after I was sold, my mother was killed in a head-on collision. Where is my father?" I don’t know, I can’t find anyone, who cares about the others.

Where is my life or death? So I don’t have a home anymore. The world is so big and there is only so much room for me. "

Shen He touched the heads of the two people. They were both miserable children.

After listening to their stories, Cuizhu lowered his head and said, "I'm different from them. I'm a family member."

The so-called family-born child means that both parents work as servants in wealthy families, so the child born will naturally be a servant in this family.

Cuizhu's father is a small steward of the Wen family, in charge of some chores in Zhuangzi.

My mother is a woman in charge of cooking in Zhuangzi.

Both of them have very low status, so after giving birth to Cuizhu, their status is not too high. So far, they are only third-class girls.

But being able to work in the big house of the Wen family, even if she is a third-class maid, is already very good.

Ordinary people can't be third-class maids.

Shen He thought of several big maids in Dream of Red Mansions, and he deeply understood Cuizhu's identity and background.

You know, Jia Zheng's official position in the Jia Mansion is the official of the Ministry of Works, and he was promoted to the official, which is a fifth-rank official position.

Wen Jianqing's father is a first-rank official, the Minister of Rites, and the gap between them is huge!

Therefore, Cuizhu's status is actually not low.

Shen He found this discovery very interesting.

Honghua said hesitantly: "I am also a child born in the family, but my parents came with the second wife as a dowry. My father manages a shop of the second wife, and my mother works with the second wife."

So Honghua has the highest status!

Although she is also a third-class maid, her parents' starting point is still higher than Cuizhu.

Well, this future is also limitless!

At this time, Shen He suddenly started gossiping and asked, "I heard that the ultimate goal of you maids is to become the concubine of the young master?" Shen He's words made Cuizhu and Hongye blush.