He asked, "Daddy Xiaohua, are you all raising these chickens to sell?"

Xiaohua's father shook his head: "Those who are not sold are raised to lay eggs." ”

"Oh?" Chen Yang asked curiously, "Are these eggs?"

He pointed to the poached egg on the table with his chopsticks. Xiaohua's father nodded and laughed honestly: "Yes, these are the eggs." ”

"Where to sell, how much does it cost?" Chen Yang asked.

Xiaohua's father replied truthfully: "Well, we all take it to the town to sell, generally the big ones can be sold for one dollar, and the small ones can only be sold for five cents a piece." ”

Chen Yang was really scared this time!

Such delicious eggs are only sold for one dollar?

It's a terrible thing!

Although it is said that eggs are not as delicious as chicken, in any case, they are also eggs laid by these local chickens, and the taste naturally cannot be compared to ordinary eggs.

Chen Yang just ate a poached egg, the taste is delicious, like the grass sprouts in March, but also like the plum frost in the wax moon, a bite will make people forget it for a long time.

Maybe Xiaohua's family doesn't know how delicious their eggs are, but those who buy eggs must know that these eggs are like a delicacy that fell from the sky to the mortal world.

Therefore, every time Xiaohua's eggs arrive in the town, they will always be sold out.

But Xiaohua's family is too simple and simple, they did not raise the price because of the good sales of eggs, but because some eggs were too small, and then at the instigation of customers, they only sold them for five cents.

If these eggs are sold to Chen Yang, if he doesn't sell them for ten yuan each, he will be sorry for the hen that lays the eggs.

"It's so cheap. Chen Yang shook his head and said, "Eggs like this should be sold for ten yuan each." ”

Listening to the price of ten yuan, Xiaohua's father was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "Ten yuan a piece? Some fish only sell for eight yuan a catty, and my egg is sold for ten yuan, who would want it." ”

"Of course there will be people. Chen Yang thought for a while and said, "Otherwise, you give me ten eggs, and I'll help you sell them." ”

"Huh?" Xiaohua's father looked at Chen Yang with a confused expression.

The man was a stranger to him. Although he could see from this man's face that this person was not a bad person, as the saying goes, knowing people and knowing faces does not know their hearts, what kind of person the other party is, it takes a long time to understand it.

Although eggs are not a precious thing, for Xiaohua's family, they are the source of life.

Therefore, it is understandable that Xiaohua's father hesitated.

Tang Lifen saw that Xiaohua's father didn't speak, so she smiled and said: "Xiaohua's father, you can rest assured, although Chen Yang is not a good person, he is not a bad person, I can assure you that he will never do anything against his conscience." ”

Since even Teacher Tang said so, Xiaohua's father has no worries.

He said briskly: "That's okay, I believe in Mr. Tang." In this way, when you go back, I will fill you with a hundred eggs, and after you have sold the eggs, you can give me a hundred yuan, and the more you sell will be yours. ”

Chen Yang smiled and said, "Actually, ......"

I didn't say anything, but I had a flash of inspiration, and I thought it would be better not to say anything.

As the story goes, when a doctor wants to go into the operating room for surgery, his family stuffs him with a red envelope and begs him to do his best to treat their loved ones.

The doctor silently accepted the red envelope and put it in his pocket.

Seeing this, it's time for a lot of people to scold this doctor.

However, when the doctor came out of the operating room and told the family that everything was going well, he took out the red envelope and said, "I just accepted your red envelope to make you feel at ease, as a doctor, it is my responsibility to save lives and help the wounded, and you can take the red envelope back."

Chen Yang felt that he could follow the doctor's example, first pretending to agree to Xiaohua's father's suggestion, and then telling him the truth when he really sold the eggs for money.

He Chen Yang helps people and never charges any fees.

Although he is not a bodhisattva who saves suffering, but always has a benevolent heart, isn't this what everyone who is born as a human should do?

Chen Yang nodded and said, "Okay, let's just say it." ”

Tang Lifen was a little disappointed.

She originally thought that Chen Yang would help Xiaohua's family for free, but she didn't want to, it turned out that Chen Yang still wanted to profit from it.

However, after thinking about it, she felt that since this was suggested by Xiaohua's father, she naturally couldn't blame Chen Yang.

However, there will be a little disappointment.

Children always eat faster than adults, so before a few adults are full, Xiaohua takes the lead in putting down chopsticks and bowls, and then runs to the side and takes out textbooks and scratchbooks and other items from her schoolbag, and begins to concentrate on reading.

The candlelight was dim and dim, but Florets were clearly used to it.

Chen Yang saw her hanging her head, concentrating on previewing the textbook, and writing on the sketchbook, so he couldn't help but say: "Daddy Xiaohua, Xiaohua has been reading in such light for a long time, which is not good for her eyes, why don't you buy her a solar lantern?"

"Solar lanterns?" said Daddy Xiaohua with some embarrassment, "Then, that should be very expensive." ”

In fact, Xiaohua's father also thought about buying a solar lantern for Xiaohua before, but he heard that the solar lantern does not need to be plugged in, and it only needs to be placed under the sun to store electricity to make the electric light shine, so he dispelled this idea.

He felt that such a high-tech thing must be very expensive and expensive, and it was absolutely impossible for a family like them to afford, so he didn't even dare to ask.

Chen Yang said with a smile: "Actually, it's not very expensive, the cheap ones are more than a hundred, and the expensive ones are more than three hundred." ”

"More than a hundred?" Daddy Little Flower's eyes widened, and then smiled.

If he had known that he could buy a solar lantern for more than 100 yuan, he would have bought it a long time ago.

Watching Xiaohua read a book in the faint candlelight every day, of course he felt distressed.

Now that he heard that he could buy a solar lantern for more than 100 yuan, he was very happy, thinking that he would go to open the honey in two days, and when the honey was sold, he would buy a solar lantern for Xiaohua.

"Dad, I've finished writing a piece of paper. Xiaohua raised the scratch paper in her hand, flipped the paper full of words, and showed the front and back sides to her father.

On that thin piece of paper, the front and back sides were crawling with dense words, like ants.

Haha, is this little girl showing off her diligence and studiousness?

Chen Yang smiled: "Xiaohua, you are so diligent, how can you be like Junhui, you can't write a page of scratch paper in a week." ”

Receiving Chen Yang's brother's compliment, Xiaohua smiled embarrassedly, and then looked at her father again: "Can I tear it off?"

Daddy Xiaohua nodded, his eyes flashing, but he didn't speak.

Xiaohua's mother's expression also dimmed a lot.

In stark contrast, the little flower that had torn off the scratch paper with dense fonts was happy to have won the 5 million jackpot.

She tore off the paper and ran to another room in the dim light like a cat that had caught a mouse.

Chen Yang and Tang Lifen both sensed that something was wrong with the atmosphere. Why does Xiaohua look completely opposite to her parents?

Why?

Although they were puzzled, they didn't know how to ask. So, I had to continue eating.

Xiaohua's room is not large, but it has windows on three sides.

So, the brilliance of the bright moon jumped in through one of the windows, gently caressing the countless pieces of furniture in the room.

A small wooden cot.

A small stone desk.

A bamboo pole hung from the ends with vines hanging under the roof.

There are no hangers on the bamboo poles, but there are quite a few things hanging on them.

There were clothes, dried flowers, a plastic bag with a few small candies, and a brand new pair of shoes that didn't look like an adult that Xiaohua could wear......

In addition to these, there are some very strange things in the room.

Xiaohua ran to the stone desk, spread the scratch paper in her hand on the table, and then turned the scratch paper into a thousand paper cranes in three or two strokes with a very skillful movement.

After folding the crane, she picked up a small stone on the desk, then held the stone tightly and drew a word on the wall.

On the top of the word, there are countless 'positives'.

After that, she picked up the crane, threaded it through a black thread to sew clothes, and tied it to another crane hanging under the roof.

There were already five hundred and fifty-one cranes in the room. There are already a hundred and ten squares on the wall, and there is one more than one horizontal.

So, my sister has been missing for five hundred and fifty-one days.

Xiaohua stood straight in the middle of the dark room, choking back tears, looking up at the glittering moon outside the window, clasping her hands together, and making a wish that she repeated day after day in her most pious attitude: "Fairy of the moon, please let my sister come home early." As long as you let her go home, I am willing to live ten years less, twenty years less. ”

[That's what I used to say to the moon.] Then one day, during the summer vacation of my fifth grade, I had nothing to do at noon, and I folded a thousand paper cranes, and then not long after, an aunt from the village came to my house and told me that my sister had called Xinwu Village and asked me to pick her up in Xinwu Village in an hour.

She's coming home!

On that day, I rode my bicycle like a winged horse to the new housing village a few kilometers away.

On that day, the wind was as light as my sister's hair, and the sun was as warm as my sister's palm.

It has been more than three years since my sister lost news that day. 】

Whether there are immortals in this world or not, no one knows.

But as long as we have faith in our hearts, what we hope for will happen. Our wish will come true.

Xiaohua knew that as long as she prayed to the moon every day, the moon would be able to hear her.

As long as she folds thousands of paper cranes every day, those lovely paper cranes will definitely be able to turn into real white cranes when she is asleep, fly into the distance, and bring her thoughts and expectations to her sister.

As long as she does more good deeds, she will definitely be able to move God and put all the good fortune on her sister.

She's so young, that's all she can do.

The moon is so bright tonight, I think it must be able to hear Xiaohua's wishes.

After Chen Yang and Tang Lifen had a full meal, they took the hundred eggs packed by Xiaohua's father and left.

Originally, Tang Lifen wanted to spend the night on the top of the mountain, but Chen Yang didn't give her face at all and refused mercilessly.

Tang Lifen was a little dissatisfied: "Why can't you spend the night in the mountains?" When she got into the car, Tang Lifen still complained a little, "Such a good camping opportunity was ruined by you." ”

Chen Yang couldn't cry or laugh: "Eldest sister, I still have a few months-old child at home." ”

This reason made Tang Lifen irrefutable, and she was relieved: "Okay, it seems that next time I can only find another opportunity to come in." ”

Chen Yang sent Tang Lifen back to the dormitory first, and then went home.

By the time he got home, the hour hand on the Bagua Clock had already run behind 10.

"Why did you come back so late?" the third aunt yawned, got up from the chaise longue, and asked in a low voice.

Chen Yang took off his shoes and replied, "I went to Taoyuan Village with Teacher Tang." ”

"Hey, Xiaoyang, you let me say what you are good about, how can you go on a date in the mountains? You think it's the sixties and seventies. Nowadays, young people should not all go on a date to drink milk tea, eat supper and watch movies or something. Why are you so outdated?"

Chen Yang looked up helplessly: "Third aunt, Teacher Tang and I went to Junhui's classmate's house for dinner, not on a date." ”

"Isn't that the same?" the third aunt disagreed, "Just date, just date, what age is this, and what is there to be embarrassed about." In the evening, when Xia Hua came to ask me where you went, I told her that. ”

"Huh?"

Summer flowers!

Chen Yang slapped his head and shouted, "Oops, I forgot about Xia Hua." ”

"What's the matter with Xia Hua?" asked the third aunt puzzled.

"Didn't I tell you last night, today I helped Xia Hua take the yam and sell it by the way, and the money is still on me. Chen Yang looked at the clock, it was already half past ten in the evening.

For city dwellers, it may be half past ten o'clock when the nightlife begins, but for a mountain village like Shiraishi Village, it is late at night.

He hesitated: "Third aunt, do you think I want to send the money to Xia Hua now?"

"Still don't. The third aunt vetoed without thinking, "It's so late now, Xia Hua must be asleep, if you go to call her door now, there may be some foul language in the village tomorrow." ”

Chen Yang nodded.

It seems that I will have to send it to her again tomorrow morning.

Summer flowers, you should go to sleep.

She wouldn't be stupid enough to wait for him.

Chen Yang smiled and went to take a bath.

Xia Hua didn't sleep.

The moon is bright tonight. She sat in the yard with the yard lights on, enduring mosquito harassment while sewing the frayed clothes of her younger siblings.

From time to time, she looked up at the entrance of the courtyard, but each time she could only see a dimness.

When I went to sell mountain pepper in the evening, I heard that Chen Yang had a date with Teacher Tang, but I don't know if I have come back now.

She wanted to ask the fourth uncle how much the yams were sold for, but she was too embarrassed to speak.

thought in his heart that when Chen Yang came back from a date, he should send her money.

However, I waited all night, and I still didn't wait for Chen Yang.

She looked up at the moon with some disappointment.

The gossip bell in the room rang with the sound of a bell, and it rang twelve times.

It's already twelve o'clock.

Chen Yang shouldn't come.

Xia Hua packed up her things and glanced at the gate of the courtyard again. The entrance to the courtyard was still dark, with no flashlight and no human figure.

So, with some frustration, she turned around and went into the house.