Ye Cheng

Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan begged for food during the day, and bought some food with the money they asked for when they were hungry, took a bath by the river in the evening, and slept in a nest at any place at night.Although there is no shortage of clothes or drinks, but for some reason, after being out for a long time, I really want to go back.

"Do you think Uncle Qian has come back?" Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan sat under the wall to hide from the sun. The scorching sun in summer made people dizzy. The two of them hadn't taken a good bath for several days. Both are uncomfortable.

"I don't know." Lu Mingyuan scratched on the ground with a stone in his hand.

"Shall we go back and have a look?" Ye Cheng asked again.

"What if I get arrested?" Lu Mingyuan was obviously still worried.

"I don't know." They were a little frustrated. Although the two of them had lived without their parents for a long time, at least they had someone to cook and eat and a place to sleep in the past, and they didn't feel that they were nobody. The child who wants to come out now, the feeling will be different immediately.

"You two little bastards!" The two of them were hesitating when old man Wu's loud voice came from over there. Neither of them thought that this old shoe repairer Wu could still find here. In the high temperature of ten degrees, Lao Wu came over under the scorching sun, and grabbed the two children under the wall to take the bus.

"Is Uncle Wu back?" This is what Ye Cheng wants to know most now.

"Come back? He is illegally employing child labor, how can it be so easy to come back?" Once the sun was shining, old man Wu's temper became even worse.

"We also took pictures." Lu Mingyuan confessed honestly.

"Just shoot it, who the fuck is staring at you two little bastards all day long?"

"Didn't you say that everyone who took pictures was arrested?" Old man Wu held Ye Cheng's hand, and his legs hurried to keep up with his speed.

"That's why you ran away? You're afraid of such a worthless thing." The fifth old man's tone finally became better. "You two are still young, and the comrades in the Public Security Bureau are very busy, so they can't keep an eye on you every day. Don't worry, you'll be fine."

A few people took the bus back to the familiar alley, and as soon as they entered the alley, someone said to old man Wu: "Look, old Wu, I'm not mistaken, it's them, I always see them on the west side of the city these days .”

"I didn't bring you back when I saw you, what a fart." Old man Wu said angrily.

"Hey, this is not my doll, how can I bring it? Those who don't know think I am a human trafficker." The man said.

Old man Wu stopped talking. This is not his family's doll, but he is not short of it. You can't say this in front of the two children, so you don't say anything.

"Hey, Old Wu, I said you are not afraid?" the man asked again.

"My old man is doing the right thing, what are you afraid of?" Old man Wu opened the door and entered the house with his two children, took out a watermelon in the corner and broke it.

"Illegally employing child labor is a crime." The man was an acquaintance, and he didn't want old man Wu to invite him, so he reached for the watermelon himself.

"Hey! I didn't give them money, and I didn't confiscate their money. I hired child labor!" Old man Wu was happy.

The man was startled, bit a mouthful of watermelon in his mouth, gave a thumbs up and said: "High!" Then he took the watermelon and went out.

"What are you looking at? Eat watermelon." Old man Wu left his two children and half a cut watermelon in the front room, and went to the back to wash his face. It was a hot day, and he was sweating when he walked around.

Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan were a little uneasy at first, fearing that people from the Public Security Bureau would come and arrest them as well, but after staying for a few days, they found that there was really no movement, so they gradually relaxed.

The landlord of the house that Qian Xingliang rented, heard that Qian Xingliang had been arrested and that the two children were living with old man Wu, so he opened the door and let them in, packed some clothes and came out, but did not move other things because the house had not arrived. For a while, Qian Xingliang didn't know when he would come out.

In summer, it was very hot, so they usually went out to beg for food in the morning and evening, and helped Lao Wu in the store at other times.

It's not that the comrades at the police station in their district don't know that Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan live in the home of Old Wu, a shoemaker, but since the two children live well there, they don't bother to be that bad guy.Anyway, the policies of the higher authorities were changed one after another. During that time, the beggars were caught tightly. Qian Xingliang and the others were also unlucky, and they just caught up.

Later, old man Wu asked Ye Cheng the address of his village, wrote a letter to his village, and delivered it to Cai Jinzhi. Knowing how to write someone's name, you can only ask a little bit from the mouth of a child, which is really unreliable.

But Cai Jinzhi finally received the letter, and asked someone to reply to the old man Wu, saying that Ye Cheng only needs to be healthy, this child has a hard life, no father and no mother, and there is no way to survive back to the village. Help the old man, stay with him for a while longer, let him ask for more money back, in the future he can read a few grade books, know a few words, don't be blind...

After Lao Wu read the letter, he sighed and wrote back another letter, which was regarded as a promise.

Besides, Ye Cheng and the others, these two children often go to the vegetable market recently. Every morning, the vegetable market is the most crowded and busiest time, and most of the aunts and aunts who buy and sell vegetables are also very nice, although they have to ask for a green onion He countered the price, but he was not stingy at all when he gave them. Every time he went to the vegetable market, he could earn a lot of money.

I also gradually became familiar with the curly-haired lady who sells cooked food.The proprietress's name was Gao Jinhua, she was in her early thirties at the time, she was married before, but because she couldn't have children for several years after marriage, her husband's face was not good-looking. There were often quarrels at home, and after quarreling, they eventually got divorced.

Gao Jinhua is the youngest daughter of the family, and there are two older brothers. Her parents are in the cooked food business. Both sons have married. The daughter goes home to help after divorce. She buys cooked food at the vegetable market every day, and the old couple work at home. .

All the people she knew made Gao Jinhua hurry up to find someone to marry, but she didn't think so. She felt that life was better than when she was in her husband's house, so she dragged herself off and refused to marry, thinking about adopting her in the future. A child, that's how it goes all his life.So when she saw Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan, she was overjoyed. According to her, it doesn't matter much if they are both raised.

But how can her parents agree to this kind of thing? In their opinion, since the daughter can't bear children, they should find a second-married man. The ex-wife will give birth to their son and daughter, and they can live their lives as usual.In addition, Gao Jinhua's two elder brothers have become more and more prosperous in the past two years. They both work in government agencies and are looking for anything. Why can't they help their sister find a good man?

So their Gao family has been unable to reach a consensus on this matter, and they have never mentioned whether to adopt or not.But Ye Cheng and the others didn't know these things. They knew that Aunt Jinhua was kind to them and often treated them to noodles. He sometimes bought her steamed stuffed buns from his alley, and she said it was delicious.

After being in the vegetable market for a long time, the number of people who gave money gradually decreased. At the beginning, Gao Jinhua would often bring back to Ye Cheng and the others the things that could not be sold at his stall and were not easy to sell the next day. Later, I got acquainted with the vendors nearby, and they would often let Ye Cheng and the others go over to get something.

"Ye Cheng, Ye Cheng, come here." Ye Cheng and the others were helping Gao Jinhua close the stall that day, when someone called over there.

"Auntie." Ye Cheng called out as he went over.

"Hey!" The woman waved her hand, with a pretty smile on her face: "I'm already old, don't call me Auntie, call me Da Niang."

"Ma'am." Ye Cheng changed his words obediently.

"What a good boy. Auntie has a few meat pies that are not sold out. Take them back and eat them." She put three or four meat pies in Ye Cheng's bag, as well as several large and small pieces.

"Thank you, ma'am." Ye Cheng was very happy. That boy Lu Mingyuan loved eating meat pies. He and old man Wu both loved eating meat pies, but meat pies were not cheap. Old man Wu only paid a few cents for mending his shoes, and he earned a lot of money in a day. It's less than a dozen or 20 yuan, and the money they want should be kept for tuition fees, and they can't be spent indiscriminately, so they have always been very frugal on meals.

Compared to Ye Cheng, who is more obedient and obedient, Lu Mingyuan, who has an awkward personality, is quite popular in the vegetable market. Those adults like to tease children when they are not busy with business.

For example, there is a couple selling dry goods in their vegetable market. They have a daughter who has just turned three years old. That girl has been attached to Ye Cheng ever since Ye Cheng gave him half a bun. , screamed so annoying that Lu Mingyuan was so annoying, the adults saw it, and it happened that Ye Cheng was not here at this moment, so they made fun of Lu Mingyuan.

"Lu Mingyuan, you know that Huanhuan will marry Ye Cheng when she grows up, right?" Huanhuan's mother said to Lu Mingyuan.

"Ye Cheng doesn't want her." Lu Mingyuan didn't take it seriously, what's so good about a fat girl who loves a runny nose.

"Why don't you want her? Huanhuan's father will make money. We will buy them a big house in the future. We have agreed with Ye Cheng."

"Yeah, anyway, Ye Cheng doesn't have parents. After they get married, Huanhuan's parents will be Ye Cheng's parents. How nice it is."

"Look, we have a house, a wife, and parents. If we have a child in the future, we will have everything, right?"

There were some people nearby who chatted with each other, and these people were idle, so they teamed up to trick the children.

"Ye Cheng won't marry her!" Lu Mingyuan was anxious, clenched his fists and blushed.

"Let me explain far away, don't follow Ye Cheng all day long, Ye Cheng is going to beg for a wife, you should also find a girl, and let her buy you a big house to live in in the future." Huanhuan now Her father also spoke up. When a man tells a lie, he always looks very real, so Lu Mingyuan was deceived.

"Who wants to live in a big house?" Lu Mingyuan was so anxious that he wanted to growl when he spoke. It happened that Ye Cheng came back with the meatloaf at this moment. He ran over and kicked Ye Cheng: "In the future, I will I will buy you a big house! You are not allowed to marry Huanhuan!"

When he yelled, the whole vegetable market heard it, and everyone burst out laughing.

After several days, Lu Mingyuan refused to go to that vegetable market again, and Ye Cheng was not allowed to go, but a few days can dilute a child's memory, but obviously not for an adult.So when Ye Cheng took Lu Mingyuan to the vegetable market again, everyone would often make jokes about it.

Yo, Lu Mingyuan is here, come on, auntie, let's see how much money is in my pocket, oh, tsk, this is not enough to buy a house...

At the beginning, Lu Mingyuan knew not to speak with a blushing face, but gradually he also knew how to retort: ​​"I'm still young, don't worry."

"Why are you not in a hurry? Ye Cheng almost ran away with Huanhuan."

"No, I've already told Ye Cheng." This sentence is definitely a lie.

When the adults saw what he said, Ma Shan changed his target to tease the little girl named Huanhuan: "Huanhuan, Lu Mingyuan has already told Ye Cheng that he doesn't want you."

"Oh, what should I do, he doesn't want such a beautiful girl as us..."

The little girl was made to cry after doing this three times, and Huanhuan's father hurried over to put out the fire: "Hey! Don't bully my daughter!" After that, he began to coax his daughter: "Huanhuan, good boy, Dad will buy you a big house. Ah, we don't want Ye Cheng anymore, let's get another one."

"Brother Cheng Cheng!" The little girl expressed her position while twitching.

"Oh, ok, ok, we still need Brother Cheng Cheng. In the future, Dad will buy a big house and let Ye Cheng and Huanhuan be his wives." What an irresponsible promise...