Seventy-seven meeting GL

The 14th year of Tianlang Dikun and the 16th year of Xiling Hongjia

14 years ago, on the streets of a small town in Xiling

The troupe has been here for the second month.

Due to the cyclical performances in the west of the city all day long, it has gained some momentum this month, and people of all ages come to watch it every day.

Ordinary people have never seen such flexible acrobats, and those funny characters who rely on their mouths to make a living, all of them think it is very fresh.

In the courtyard at the west end of the city, there are poorer families in this small town gathered. On the edge of a slightly dilapidated courtyard, a little boy about nine years old slipped out. He was wearing simple and patched coarse clothes. The theatrical troupe came out of the small courtyard where the troupe was staying, and ran towards the small vendors across the street with brisk steps.

She looked like she was being raised by a theater troupe to do odd jobs. These days, many theater troupes would adopt some orphans to feed them and teach them some skills, so as to help the theater troupe save the cost of recruiting people.

The little boy wiped his dirty hands, searched through the greasy coarse clothes, and finally took out a few copper coins, counted them carefully, and handed them to the owner behind the stall.

"I want a bunch of candied haws." The little boy said while leaning on the cart at the head of the stall on his toes.

He is very thin and thin, not tall, but has a delicate appearance. What attracts the most attention is the pair of beautiful big eyes on his face, which reveals his wit even without speaking.

At this moment, the little boy is putting his head on the bamboo cage, looking in through the opening, with the tip of his nose raised high, as if he could smell the sweet smell of candied haws.

Speaking of which, it was the first time I tasted that sweet taste last month, and thinking about it, my mouth watered.

"Finally got enough money? You little cunning, how many times have you passed by my stall?"

The boss half-smiled and half-sarcastically said, taking a look at the money handed over by the little boy, he couldn't help but slanted his mouth and eyes, "There's still one money missing!"

Impatiently, he lifted the bamboo cover with holes and took out a bunch of small candied haws.

"I'm kind, I'll sell you this time, and I'll have to do it next time!" the boss muttered, putting the copper coins into his pocket.

"Thank you, boss! You are a good man, and a good man will live a safe life!" The little boy's eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hands to take the candied haws. He has been in the opera troupe for several years, and he was very slippery, and he just said a word of blessing.

Just as she was talking, a middle-aged woman poked her head out from the courtyard where the theater troupe stayed. The middle-aged woman looked around, and when she saw the little boy who was hanging around the stall, she immediately pulled an ugly face.

"Hey, you little bastard, where did you get the money to buy candied haws! Did you steal my purse?!"

The little boy looked back, and his beautiful eyes immediately widened with fright. He grabbed the candied haws tightly, turned around and ran away, stepped on the cloth shoes with half of the bottom off, hunched over and sprinted out of the alley go.

"Stop, do you hear me? Still running? It looks like I won't beat you to death!" The middle-aged woman's anger suddenly rose to another level, and she also lifted the plain linen stitching and stained skirt, and trotted He chased after him.

The little boy was short and flexible, and he came to the main road after leaving the alley, and she hid quickly.

Seeing that the woman was about to catch up, he looked at the candied haws in his hand, feeling very distressed.Eat it, it's too late, don't eat it, if you are caught, you will be confiscated. He waited for a month until today, and he can't surrender easily!

As he was thinking of a way, he suddenly saw a little girl on the side of the road, about four or five years old, wearing a jacket of indistinguishable colors, and braided with fast-knotted shofars, squatting in a corner shivering.There was also a little dog with knotted fur and mud spots all over her body, lying beside her.

The little boy was too busy to think about it, so he rushed over, avoiding the dog's vicious warning, "Little sister, help me get it! I'll come back to get it later!" He swiftly stuffed the candied haws into the little girl's hand, " Don’t steal it, hear me! I’ll beat you when I eat it!”

Leaving behind a series of crisp threats, the little boy continued to flee, and disappeared into the crowd under the chase of the woman.

The little girl in the corner was a little stunned, with a dirty little face showing a strange sallow color. She squeezed into the corner and hugged the puppy beside her without saying a word.

"Finally got rid of it." Seeing the middle-aged woman walking away, the little boy emerged from behind a pile of tattered groceries, and laughed happily.

Along the way she came, she ran and jumped happily all the way back.

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the alley, he saw a group of little beggars surrounding the little girl from a distance.

The leading little beggar drove away the barking dogs with stones, and cornered the little girl.

"Where did you get the candied haws?" Several young beggars were about eight or nine years old, and the oldest one was probably in his early ten years old.He stared at the candied haws in the little girl's hand, his eyes straightened.

"Little one, hand it over honestly, and we won't beat you!"

The little girl watched them vigilantly, silently carrying the candied haws behind her back.

The little girl was short, and the candied haws were dragged to the ground when she put them behind her back. Seeing the dusty candied haws from a distance, the little boy couldn't help but grieve, and his heart ached!

"Will you give it?" Seeing that the little girl was small, but her attitude was somewhat firm, the little beggars got angry.

"Take it out!" The little beggar in the lead became impatient, "You two, catch her for me!"

The little beggar stepped forward and pushed the little girl to stagger, while the rest of the little beggars grabbed her disheveled braids and pulled hard, bringing the little girl to the ground.

The little girl was in pain, her eyes were red, she held her mouth and cried out of grievance, she cried loudly, let go of the gourd in her hand, and hugged her head silently.

"It hurts..." The little girl burst into tears, and the place where she was pulled was burning with pain.

She was too young to know how to resist. Although she was trying to be strong, she was no match for the eight or nine-year-old boys.

The little beggars left her aside and went to pick up candied haws on the ground.

I picked it up and blew it, one for you, one for me, three times, five times and two, all of them went into the stomach.

Everyone relished the taste, wishing they could make a few more sticks.

The little girl's tears were not dry yet, she couldn't help swallowing while watching them eat deliciously, she was so greedy that she couldn't speak, she looked quite pitiful.

The little boy who saw all this from a distance was so angry, he was already outraged by these little beggars bullying the little girl, not to mention, the candied haws he had been thinking about fell into the mouths of these "thieves"!

It's just that, after all, he has been in the theater troupe for a long time, so he has some good eyesight.Now that he rushed forward like this, not only would he not be able to grab the candied haws back, but he might also get a fat beating himself.

A good man doesn't suffer from immediate losses. He has been beaten a lot when he grows up, but he doesn't want to ask for trouble.But without teaching these little beggars a lesson, it would be hard to vent their anger.

"His grandma's bullied you, Uncle Lan!" The little boy spat angrily to himself, just out of anger, when he suddenly heard the familiar yelling and cursing from a middle-aged woman behind him, his heart lit up, and he suddenly felt idea.

In the next second, the little boy rolled up his sleeves and rushed forward, pointing at a group of little beggars, cursing and yelling, "You give me back my purse! You give me back!"

"You are unreasonable, you are bullying! I will fight with you!"

The middle-aged woman heard the little boy's high-pitched voice from a long distance away, and immediately rushed over holding her breath.

I saw that the little boy was entangled with a group of little beggars, and they were fighting hard.There was also a silly little girl beside her, timidly hiding by the side, silently picking up sticks of candied haws on the ground and sucking them.

"Ah, ma'am!" The little boy looked at the woman, as if he saw a savior, "Ma'am, save me! They keep beating me! They even took your purse!"

"Little bastards!" The middle-aged woman didn't think too much, seeing this group of beggars being so wild, she disliked them very much. She cursed, "How dare you bully my little basket?" As he said, he took off his cloth shoes and held them in his hand, and went forward to whip these little beggars.

Although the little basket was adopted by her, it is different from these beggars who no one wants to hang out on the streets.Aunt Su made a clear distinction in her heart.

"Mother, hit them! Hit his grandma!" The little boy cheered loudly from the side.

The little beggars were originally monk Zhang Er who couldn't figure it out, but when they saw the little boy coming to support him, and the woman's appearance was really fierce, they couldn't help feeling timid, didn't dare to say any more, and ran away in all directions.

"Thanks to the aunt! The aunt is really amazing!" The little boy turned his anger into joy, and flattered him with a smile.

Aunt Su chased the little beggar away, and when she came back to her senses, she felt that something was wrong. She stepped forward and picked up the ear of the little boy called "little basket", and said angrily, "Stop talking nonsense, you little slicker, what are you doing?" Where's the ghost? Come back with me! I'll settle the score with you when I get back!"

The little basket screamed exaggeratedly, and was led by Aunt Su's ears and walked forward. As she walked, she suddenly remembered something.

He stopped and looked back at the little girl in the corner.

In the corner, the little girl huddled up and sat on the ground, with short legs and short hands, and she was slowly taking the collapsed puppy beside her into her arms.

The dog's dirty head was hit by the little beggar's stone, bleeding all over the floor, but he was still hanging on his breath, roaring and weakly licking the little girl's hand.

The little girl didn't speak, she shrank and hugged the puppy tightly, her little face was dazed and miserable.

It was getting dark, and no one cared about her, and no one came to take her home.

Does she have no family?

The little boy's heart suddenly felt sour, as if he had been hit by something.

She doesn't seem to know that she has been abandoned by her parents, and she doesn't seem to know that now she has no one to rely on.

The little boy turned his head away, as if he had something on his mind, with his back on his back, his shoulders drooping and his head shrunk, he walked a few more steps, trying not to look back at the little girl.But as he walked, he couldn't help but look back.

The five-year-old girl didn't move, she just sat there quietly.Judging by her appearance, no one cares about her for many days, maybe, no one will come to pick her up forever.

Just like that winter, after the seriously ill mother sent herself to the troupe, she never came again.

It is said that the following year, there was a lot of snow, and my mother died in a remote village.

The little boy lowered his head, and a burst of intense grief surged in his heart, which was too unbearable for him as a young man, so that he felt a little dizzy and couldn't breathe for a while.

He raised his head, with red eyes, and asked the middle-aged woman cautiously and tentatively, "... Madam, can we take that little sister back?" He begged the middle-aged woman, "She looks so pitiful." .”

The middle-aged woman turned her head to look at the little girl and sighed.Why doesn't she know that the little girl looks very pitiful?What a crime, I don't know which cruel parents are willing to abandon their daughter like this.

"Take it back? You are a charity hall as an opera troupe!" Aunt Su had a fierce and hard-to-provoke face, and she spoke unceremoniously. "How many people can't eat these days? We came all the way, people starved to death on the side of the road, and the theater troupe was almost drinking the northwest wind! One more person would have one more mouth, and someone would pull her to eat and drink, what do you think? Let Aunt Su die a few years earlier!"

Her little money is not enough to support them both!Living in this troubled world, it is not difficult for her to be a woman!

"I'll save mine, and she will eat half and I will eat half, okay?" 'Little Basket' seriously suggested.

"You're like a starving ghost, you only eat half of it? It's good if you don't steal food everywhere! I say little ancestor, so you don't bother me!"

"Auntie, please, please save her! If this continues, she will definitely not survive!"

Xiao Lanzi begged, "I will take care of her in the future, and I promise not to affect your performance on stage, and when she grows up, she can also work in the theater troupe!

To put it simply, how much food does a five-year-old girl have to eat for free before she can become a working adult? !Aunt Su didn't want to make such calculations, and she didn't want to share this matter. A "little basket" was enough for her to toss about.She grabbed the little basket and was about to leave without saying a word.

"Stop talking to me, hurry up and leave, the theater troupe has to rehearse a new play at night, and I won't be able to catch dinner when I go back."

"Auntie, auntie..." Xiaolanzi yelled, staying put and refusing to leave. "Just take her back, look at how much she is wearing, it will be the beginning of winter soon. She will freeze to death on the street!"

"Hey?" Aunt Su said cruelly, "I said you child, why are you so self-willed today? You don't even listen to what the aunt says, right?" If you don’t go, I’ll go! If you don’t want to go back, don’t come back!”

Aunt Su was so upset that she turned around and walked back.

These days, raising a dog is difficult, let alone an individual? !She, Su Nianqing, is not some kind of Avalokitesvara who saves suffering, so why should she take care of one or two?Aunt Su got angry when she thought about it, she put down her little basket and went back.

Although Xiaolanzi was clever, he was only a nine-year-old child after all. Seeing Mrs. Su throwing her hands away, she panicked for a moment and lost her mind.Looking back at the bright-eyed little girl full of innocence, bitterness and grievances welled up in his heart. He sat beside the little girl, buried his head, and began to cry.

"The puppy is dead." The little girl pointed at the dirty dog ​​beside her that had died, and looked at the little basket.With a wow, she also started to cry desolately. Although the child didn't understand what was going on, her emotions were the most direct. The girl became tired after crying for a while, and soon fell asleep leaning on the shoulder of the little basket.

The author has something to say:

Hmm... I've received all your update reminders, and I really feel like I'm going to make a fuss hahh.Thank you for your understanding of the slow update, I have been really busy recently.

However, the advantage of postponing the update is that when some inspiration comes, when switching scenes, it is not constrained by the previous article at all.I still like to write independent scenes, it will be more interesting.

And everything I want to write, when the dust of the work is settled, I will write it out one by one.Updates will be very, very, very, slow during this time.Let me first say sorry to everyone.

Finally, the weather is getting colder, everyone keep warm, see you soon!