Liang Hong put down the wine glass and continued: "That night, the boss paid me a salary of 90 yuan and paid Wang Zhiqiang 10 yuan for the travel expenses. Originally, I planned to take my salary home to celebrate the New Year with my grandmother and little sister, and after the new year, I would renovate the thatched house in my hometown, and leave the rest of the money for my little sister to study, and then I would go back to the county restaurant to continue working. But I couldn't withstand Wang Zhiqiang's pampering, so I agreed and came to Yunhai City with him. Since my parents died, my family has been so poor that I can't open the pot, and I really want to earn more money so that my grandmother and little sister can live a good life. ”

"You two only have a hundred yuan, and the travel expenses are not enough, right?" Lu Yao asked.

"At that time, we didn't know how much the toll, we went to the train station to ask the conductor only to learn that there is no direct train to Yunhai City in our county, and we want to transfer to the neighboring provincial capital, and the ticket price is 50 yuan. In order to save money, Wang Zhiqiang took me to climb the train. The first time we climbed was on a train pulling coal, and when the train had been running for a week, we realized that we were going in the opposite direction. We climbed other trains, and it took more than two months to reach Nanguang Railway Station. Liang Hong said.

"You've spent all your money in the past two months, haven't you?" Lu Yao asked.

"Isn't it? When we arrived in Nanguang City, we were penniless. At first, I followed Wang Zhiqiang to beg near the train station, and because we didn't know each other well, I ran to a place where we shouldn't beg, and I was beaten up by other beggars. Later, when we were looking for food in the garbage can, we found a map, and we begged all the way along the national highway, and it took more than a month to reach Yunhai City. ”

When he said this, he licked his chapped lips, and Lu Yao immediately poured him a cup of hot tea, and he said gratefully: "Thank you!"

He took two sips of tea and said: "When we arrived at the checkpoint, we couldn't enter the city because we didn't have any border permits, so we followed a few people to drill culverts into the city in the middle of the night. We went to the city for more than half a month, and saw some new construction sites, as well as roads under construction, full of barren mountains, fish ponds, orchards, vegetable fields, and few high-rise buildings, which was too far from our imagination.

In order not to starve, during the day, in addition to begging, we went to crowded places to sing songs, and we were so hungry that we rummaged through the garbage cans for food. At night, we either slept under the overpass or at the door of the shop, and we also lived on the mountain when we encountered a temporary residence permit.

Like this, we stayed up for another two months. That day, we walked to the door of the toy factory next to us and saw that it was recruiting, and the factory would not ask for this condition, so I didn't pay attention. But Wang Zhiqiang saw that the recruitment sign said that the canteen was going to recruit a pastry chef, he had studied white cases for more than a year, and he wanted to give it a try, but he didn't have an ID card, so he borrowed it from me.

At that time, he said that if he came into the canteen as a pastry chef, our accommodation problem would be solved, and he would find a way to find a canteen supervisor and recruit me as well. Neither of us wanted to continue wandering, so I lent him my ID card, but I didn't expect him to apply.

For the first week he entered the factory, he would bring out some steamed buns for me to eat every day, and then he ignored me and didn't return my ID card, so I had to go out alone to beg. Tears glistened with tears in his eyes as he said this, but they never came out.

"When he came out to open this noodle restaurant, did you come to him?" Lu Yao asked.

"I have looked for him, that time I just walked into the alley, I saw him come out of the noodle shop, he took me to the side of the road where there was no one and told me that my ID card was lost by him, he gave me 50 yuan, which is compensation, and told me to go outside to find a job, not to come to the noodle shop to find him, otherwise he will beat me.

He also said that he already has a girlfriend and doesn't want his girlfriend to see a brother like me and lose his face, I really didn't expect him to be so ruthless. At that time, I cried and begged him, we could pretend that we didn't know each other and let me go to the noodle shop and give him a hand. I don't want a salary, just food, and he doesn't agree. Liang Hong choked up.

"Have you been begging on the streets of the neighborhood for a few days since then?" Lu Yao asked.

"I also got out of the customs and was ready to beg all the way home, but I was afraid that I would be eaten by wild beasts halfway, so I could only continue to beg in Yunhai City to make a living. Liang Hong replied.

"Do you still hope that Wang Zhiqiang will find out his conscience and help you?" Lu Yao asked.

"Yes, I think people have a conscience, we have been together in a restaurant for more than a year, and I usually give him all the delicious food. We came to Yunhai City together with a lot of hard work, and we begged for a few months, he shouldn't be so ruthless to me. So every two months, I go outside the noodle shop.

But he didn't accept me, and even scared me, saying that if he saw me near the noodle shop again, he would tell the messy people to beat me to death. Since then, I have never dared to beg near the noodle shop. It was only the year before last that I heard that he had returned to his hometown, and I dared to come to this street. Liang Hong said.

"Why don't you go to the welfare home in the past few years? They will buy you a ticket back to your hometown. Lu Yao said.

"I've been to the welfare home a few times, and it's the coldest time of the year, so I go to the welfare home to escape the cold. They also said to buy me a ticket, but I refused. My grandmother is not in good health and may be long gone, my little sister should be given away, and I am an orphan when I go home. The situation in my hometown is even worse than outside, and I would rather die outside than go home and suffer. Liang Hong said indifferently, and there was no sadness on his face. But Lu Yao can feel the pain and helplessness in Liang Hong's heart, he has deeply felt the warmth and coldness of human feelings and the cold of the world, and after experiencing so much suffering, now he is more sad than dead.

"Your little sister's name is Xiaohong, and when you left home, your grandmother was already blind, right?" Lu Yao asked calmly.

"How do you know?" Liang Hong trembled, staring at Lu Yao with wide eyes and asked.

"Four years ago, my lover and I, when she was Wang Zhiqiang's girlfriend, we went to your home together, and we went to the address on your ID card. Your ID card has not been lost, Wang Zhiqiang has been using it all those years. Lu Yao said.

"Have you seen my grandmother and little sister?" asked Liang Hong excitedly.

"We met, and I also left a little money for your grandmother's medical treatment, and renovated the house, so that your little sister can go to school, and I have been supporting them all these years, and I have also asked your village chief to arrange for a nurse to take care of your grandmother's life.