Chapter 5

Because I lost my bank card and ID card, I can only go to the bank to report the loss temporarily and verbally. I must get my ID card before I can report the loss officially.

Because it is an orphan, it is very troublesome to apply for an ID card. I went to the Civil Affairs Bureau and the police several times, and it took several days to finally get the temporary ID card. All the fees in it were borrowed from Aunt Li.

Every time I go out, I promised to come back, but Aunt Li always waved her hand with a smile. I couldn't repay her trust with such trust, and I just hoped to get the new card as soon as possible to get the money back to her.

As for the house I slept on when I woke up, it was the house of a mute woman. She gave me the bed and slept in a mixed room next to me. It was originally used to pile things, but the environment was extremely poor, with bundles of linen bags by the wall.

How could I keep her sleeping there? When I woke up, I changed the house with her. At first she didn't want to do it, but I was so fierce and coaxed that she reluctantly moved over.

Actually, I have always been a little confused about why the mute woman is so kind to me. One day, I accidentally talked about this issue with Aunt Li, and Aunt Li sighed: "Axiu actually has a son, and she always has a photo of a boy on her body... I don't know very well. I heard that the child died in an accident..." Aunt Li paused, "If nothing happened, he might be as old as you now."

I nodded with enlightenment, it turned out to be a transference effect.

Maybe I appeared just the right time, maybe I looked a little like her child, but in short, a certain point in me probably triggered her memory of the child, so she transferred all her feelings for her son to me.

I felt relieved but lost. But forget it, as long as I get the money quickly and pay back the favors of Aunt Li and the mute woman, I can leave with confidence.

The day I got the money, I bought some vegetables outside. Because Aunt Li’s wife and children were working outside, the three of us happily had a meal.

After dinner, I packed up the table and handed over the money I had borrowed from Aunt Li for a long time. In fact, I gave me 1,000 yuan for food and accommodation here for a long time. However, Aunt Li still stubbornly counted the money and returned it to me. The two of them pushed for a long time and finally, Aunt Li and I were pushed out by Aunt Li. Before I could react, the door closed in front of me with a "bang".

"Xiao Mu, Aunt Li would help Axiu carry you into the door, not for your sake! She kept the money by herself, and sometimes when you spent money!" Aunt Li yelled at me through the door.

"Li..." I opened my mouth and found that my voice was choked, so I quickly coughed and cleared my throat, "Aunt Li, thank you for your long care." Aunt Li responded to me and gave me a few more words.

I turned my head to look at the mute woman. She was obviously confused by the series of actions of Aunt Li and me, and looked at me foolishly. I smiled, pulled her back to her room, put the 1,000 yuan in her hand, and pointed to the cabinet and kept asking her to put it in. Although the mute woman was stupid, she knew how to use money and usually kept the money for selling waste paper and plastic bottles.

She still looked confused when she was half holding the money. I was a little worried and thought that it would be better to ask Aunt Li to help take care of her when she left later.

"I'm leaving. Thank you very much for your care during this period. Please keep the money well and don't show it to others except Aunt Li." Although I knew that she might not understand what I was talking about, I still couldn't help but repeatedly telling me.

I turned around and opened the door again. I was about to go out but my hand was pulled by someone. I turned my head and the mute woman stuffed the money to me, then pointed at the money and opened her hands and gestured desperately.

I looked at it for a while but still couldn't understand what she was expressing. Seeing that I was still stunned, she simply found the key from my pants and bag and turned to open the locker by the wall. Then she pushed open a few torn clothes piled up on it, fumbled at the bottom of the cabinet for a while, took out a bulging yellow cloth bag and walked up to me again, and stuffed the cloth bag with joy and pride on her face.

I opened my bag and saw old and wrinkled money tickets for cents and one dollar.

I looked blankly for a long time, then carefully stuffed the 1,000 pieces into the cloth bag, put the bag in her hand again, and turned around and walked out the door.

The mute woman ran to me anxiously, put her bag in front of me again and again, and shouted hoarsely, "Ahhhhh".

I took a deep breath and looked at her expressionlessly, "This is yours, I don't want it. Please keep the money well, I'll leave."

I've never spoken to her like this, and there was a look of injury in her eyes.

I felt so depressed that I didn't want to stay for a second longer, so I turned around and rushed out. After running a few steps, I was pulled back and yelled, "I'm not your son!!! Look clearly! I'm not him!!" The mute woman was stunned by fear, and then she began to cry "whimper", but her hands still held me tightly.

Aunt Li hurriedly opened the door and ran over when she heard the sound, holding the mute woman's hand to comfort her. I was a little embarrassed and was about to speak, but Aunt Li waved at me clearly, "It's okay, Xiao Mu, go, I will look at her."

I nodded, pulled the mute woman's hand down, and left the place as if I ran away.

The crying sounds behind me became louder and louder, and I gritted my teeth and kept running forward. I don’t know how long it took until I had no strength at all, and I stopped and supported the wall on the side of the road and gasped.

My face was wet, and I reached out and found that it was full of tears. I bent the corners of my mouth to laugh, but I made a strange cry in my throat... Finally, I couldn't help but squatted by the wall and covered my face and started crying.

I don't know what strange reaction this is. Someone is so kind to me. Although she is a mute and a fool, I should be happy, but now I feel so uncomfortable that I can't stop crying.

It must be too warm and beautiful, but this warmth and beauty are like a light breeze, so illusory that I dare not expect it. I am afraid that if I can reach out my hand or not, I will be sad again.
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