Seventy Little Heads

There was an old woman who was setting aside the small table. Seeing the young man coming back, she asked a question, and the young man replied. The old woman came over and touched Xiaoqian's forehead, said something to the young man, and then turned around. Turn on the fire rack.It was time to start cooking.

"This is my family's business, and it only opens at night." The two of them heard this sentence twice before they understood it. The boy's Mandarin is really not very good.

The two of them didn't know what to do, they stood there at a loss for a moment, the boy and the old woman were still looking at them while they were talking, Goudan and Wang Xuan could only greet each other with smirks.

"My grandma told you to sit first, wait, and wait until you can eat."

It doesn't matter whether the two of them understand his Mandarin after leaving a sentence, they went to help.

People from other stalls next to it also opened one after another, which feels very strange.The two had no choice but to sit down on the low stool, and then the height of the two felt a bit abrupt, with their legs shrunk, and their knees were almost higher than the small low table, which made them extremely uncomfortable, and their thighs could not be hidden under the table.There was no place for the legs to rest, as if they were about to fall backwards, the two moved the stool away from the table and sat wide open.

"I'd better just squat down." The stool is so short and narrow that it really feels like it's going to fall backwards.

Goudan talked to the boy, got a small knife, and cut the watermelon he brought. Now he cut more pieces, and the watermelon petals were thinner.Then he waved to the young man and the old woman, the young man waved his hand, Goudan pointed to Xiao Qian who was sleeping on the stroller.The two biggest pieces were given to him and the old woman.

Then Goudan and Wang Xuan started to eat watermelon, but they only ate a small piece, and the food was served.There are two large plates of fried noodles, and I don't know what is put in. It is so chopped that I can't see clearly, but it smells very delicious.

The two thanked each other, picked up the stir-fried noodles and blew them up to eat. First, the stir-fried vermicelli should have enough oil, and it should be hot and soft. "It's very delicious."

The boy raised his chin with a proud look, and when he saw this bastard, he felt that he and Xiaoqian were indeed brothers.

The stir-fry noodles are very rich, thinly sliced ​​lean meat, pork liver, shredded seafood, chopped green onion, garlic and a little chili, it is delicious anyway.

The two of them were hungry for most of the day, and they ate very quickly.The boy also knew how much food the two had, and they fried it in super large portions, and they didn't even use those small plates, but two small iron basins.The cooking skills were recognized by Goudan and the two, and then the boy went to the small cart to wake Xiao Qian up.

I really grabbed my shoulder and woke up.

Xiaoqian muttered, rubbed his eyes, walked to the table where Goudan and Wang Xuan were sitting and sat down after a while, and then the boy put a large plate full of fried noodles in front of him.

Goudan was surprised, "I thought you would sleep until tomorrow."

"My brother thinks it's not good to sleep without eating. No matter how sleepy I am, he has to shake me awake. It's better to get up quickly so as not to be shaken." From past experience, even though Xiaoqian was sleepy, he wanted to get up. I always felt that my brother didn't want to get up in the middle of the night to get him food, and he didn't like the trouble, so he just shook him up to eat and then went to sleep to save trouble.Because he used to sleep until midnight when he was hungry and asked his brother to get up to make food. Since then, as long as he went to bed without dinner, his brother had to shake him awake, and crying was useless.

Xiaoqian skillfully removed the chopsticks from the bamboo tube on the table, "Is it delicious?" The two nodded, "Not bad."

At the stall where the three of them ate, the young man brought them three servings of clear soup in small bowls. Xiaoqian pointed to it and said, "This is clear soup, don't drink it."

The soup has a fresh and slightly fishy smell. "This is conch and shrimp skin. It's a little fishy but delicious, and it relieves the greasiness. Once you get used to it, you will like it."

"Have you eaten what's in it? It's a good thing. My house has enough ingredients. If it's other places, you might not be able to eat such good dried shredded seafood. After all, even if it's here, it's not cheap."

"My grandma's frying is even more delicious, but he is too old to stand for a long time, so he will be beaten. Now he is the main force of my brother."

Wang Xuan put down the small soup bowl. The soup tasted really good.

"How many jobs do you and your brother do every day?"

Xiaoqian looked up at him, "I only occasionally do some tour guide bargaining work when I am on vacation, and the income is not much and not fixed each time. I come here at night to help clean the dishes and clean the table. It is very easy. Usually I have to go to school .” It means that what he does is not work at all.

"Your brother helps out in restaurants during the day, and then comes here to cook at night, so what if he goes to school during the day?" How is the time allocated?

"My brother doesn't go to school anymore, he graduated from junior high school, and he doesn't want to study anymore. He is not a material for learning. Now he has two jobs every day, the restaurant and here. Now he makes money to study for me, and I will make money to support him in the future. Etc. If we earn enough money to open a restaurant, my brother can be the boss." Xiaoqian wiped her mouth and told about her brother.

"It's not easy."

"As for you, the jobs I received and those from others are all very old adults. I have never seen you so, so young. Just like my brother."

"Ha, we, of course, came here out of curiosity to have a look."

Xiaoqian snorted, he didn't know whether to believe it or not, anyway, he grabbed the watermelon on the table and gnawed it after finishing his fried noodles.The appetite of a small person is also considerable.

Goudan and Wang Xuan don't usually eat spicy food except pickles, the main reason is that Wang Xuan doesn't let them eat too much.This time, he sips the soup and eats the stir-fried noodles with big mouthfuls. Because of the large portion, he is slower than Xiaoqian.

They ate this stuff for the first time, and it tasted really good. The main reason is that there is meat, and the oil is also willing to put it, which is very delicious.For those who grew up eating pickled vegetables, they are more likely to eat salt, and dishes with a slightly stronger taste are more suitable for both of them.

Goudan also cut half of the big watermelon and asked Xiaoqian to send it to his brother and grandma.Xiaoqian did not refuse to send them one by one.

"Phew, it's really delicious to have a piece of sweet and cool watermelon when you're full."

Wang Xuan didn't care about Goudan, who was full and sighed, and paid the bill.Xiaoqian took it, and then naturally ran to find change for Wang Xuan.

Then the two settled today's tour guide fee and bargaining commission, and Wang Xuan settled Xiaoqian's employment fee on the spot.

Xiaoqian took the money calmly, and said that she could come over to take care of their food stall business when she came in the future.

The two agreed and bid farewell to them. After walking a certain distance, they looked back and saw the little guy busy cleaning up the dishes and cleaning the table, and finding stools for the guests to sit on.Their stalls also began to be patronized by other customers.

"It's really hard work." The boy who was still sleepy just now can work immediately after eating, "Maybe that's why he grows so short."

The 11-year-old child looks really younger than his actual age, and he doesn't know how he can persuade others to hire him. It must be quite difficult at first, after all, who would hire a kid.How many people did you wait for before you were hired by others and earned your first hard-earned money.How many times do you get rejected before you succeed?

"It's not easy for anyone." I used to feel that I had a hard time when I was a child. I was an orphan at a young age. I almost died in my uncle's house to earn a living. Later, I lived with Goudan's family, but Goudan's family was also poor. , Ye San often pours cold water on his stomach when he is hungry, and there is a sound of water in his stomach when he walks.In the winter night, it was too cold to sleep, and my hands and feet were as cold as big radishes.At that time, Goudan and I didn't want to do anything else every day, just trying to fill our stomachs, no matter what, wild vegetables, birds, and insects would do.

Thinking about life at that time was difficult now, but he was also happy.

Sure enough, there are still many children in this world, just like him and Brother Goudan, who also had a difficult time when they were young. I don't know what kind of struggle and luck, but they have grown up.

At the very least, he and Goudan had grown up, and they were very lucky not to die early due to hunger, cold, or disease.

"What do you think?"

Goudan hugged the remaining big watermelon and rubbed Wang Xuan with his shoulder.

"It's okay, just thinking about our childhood."

"I don't want to recall anything if I have something to think about. The whole day's memory is just hungry, which is very uncomfortable."

Wang Xuan just laughed, this is Brother Goudan, he seldom looks back on the past, the good and the bad, the past is over, and the days seem to be going well.Just like he won't be moved to cry when he watches a sad movie, and he won't feel sympathy when he sees other people's similar childhoods. In his view, others are others, and he is himself.No matter how pitiful others are, it is not him, how do you feel?

As for his own pity, it is as if no one else can take his place.

And "you see that Xiaoqian and his brother are down? Why do you do that? He is very capable, what is there to sympathize with, I don't know how many adults are not as capable as him, if I was as capable when I was young We won’t be hungry all the time, according to you, shouldn’t we sympathize with those useless adults? They don’t live as well as Xiaoqian. Xiaoqian is very capable.”

This person is like this, and his focus will never be the same, but, "You are right, Xiaoqian and his brother should be admired for their ability, right?"

Goudan nodded.

"Brother Goudan, you were very capable when you were young, really. If it weren't for you, I might have starved to death." It's just that the social situation at that time couldn't be compared to now, and no matter how capable you were at that time, there was no chance to show it. The environment in which Xiaoqian lived in his childhood was also different, which makes it appear that others are more capable than you.The ability of children in the city may mean that they are good at making money, but in the countryside at that time, if they could find food everywhere without starving themselves, they were very capable.

At that time, although Uncle Li earned work points every day, he didn't have to deal with it when the harvest was not good.He always couldn’t get enough to eat no matter what, and Uncle Li was too honest. To be honest, during the most difficult times, he and Goudan really relied on him and Goudan to wander around every day to find food, and sometimes he could save some for Uncle Li. Son.

The two talked all the way back to the accommodation before stopping.