By the time Xiaofeng finished washing the pot, it was already dark, and Lao Li took them to the back room. There are two beds in the inner room, one large and one small, Lao Li usually sleeps in a big bed, and Xiaofeng sleeps in a small bed.

"Xiaofeng, you let her sleep with you, and tomorrow morning, get up and go into the city with me. ”

Of course, Xiaofeng knew what to do in the city, so he hurriedly climbed into bed, and beckoned Xiaoyu to come up, although the bed was very low, but it was almost higher than Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu couldn't climb up no matter how she climbed, and finally Xiaofeng pulled her up.

Lao Li turned off the light and was about to go to bed, Xiaoyu started crying, Lao Li turned on the light and scolded: "Cry, cry, why cry, can't you sleep?"

Xiaoyu choked up and said, "Mom... Mom sleeps with her arms in her arms... Mom... Mom..."

Lao Li angrily pulled up Xiaoyu, slapped her on the ass twice, and then said: "Let you find your mother, let you find your mother, don't mention the word mother again in the future, mention it once I beat you once, do you hear?"

Xiaoyu cried even more, Lao Li threw her on the bed, and hit Xiaofeng, causing Xiaofeng to sit up in pain.

Lao Li turned off the light, let Xiaoyu cry there, and fell asleep with his head covered, after half an hour, Xiaoyu was probably tired of crying, and fell asleep groggy, Xiaofeng covered her with a quilt and began to sleep.

Early the next morning, the rain outside stopped, Lao Li got up to make breakfast, of course, breakfast is no different from the dinner the day before, it is still a pot of porridge and a few steamed buns, and with pickles, it is a meal.

After Xiaofeng woke up, he woke up Xiaoyu, pulled her to catch some water with the washbasin, wiped her face indiscriminately, and took her to sit at the dining table and wait for dinner.

After a while, Lao Li finished the meal, served a bowl to each of them, and ate it by himself.

After eating, Lao Li called the two little ones over, took out a photo and said to Xiaoyu, "Do you know what this is?"

Xiaoyu shook her head.

Lao Li continued: "Look at the clothes this person is wearing, remember, and this Dazhan hat, this kind of person, called the police, they are bad people, they specialize in arresting children like you, and they beat you every day after they are arrested, and they don't give you food, let alone lollipops, so ah, if you want to see people wearing this kind of clothes, run quickly, understand?"

Xiaoyu nodded as if she didn't understand.

Lao Li took out a few more coins of different denominations and said to Xiaoyu, "Do you know what this is?"

"It's money. Xiaoyu said.

"Alas, that's smart, do you know what the money is used for?" asked Lao Li.

Xiaoyu shook her head again.

"Money, it's a good thing, you give it to me, I can use it to buy you delicious lollipops, understand? The more you give me, the more lollipops I can buy for you to eat, so do you know how to get the money?" said Lao Li step by step.

Xiaoyu was still shaking her head.

"This is what we will do in the future, in a while, I will give you a bowl, and you, just follow Brother Xiaofeng to the street and kneel there, and those who pass by, seeing that you are pitiful, will throw money into your bowl. You have to remember that the people who throw you money are the good people, and the people who don't throw you money are the bad people, understand?"

Xiaoyu was still shaking her head, and her little head couldn't accept so much information at once.

"Forget it, you can't remember all that, you just remember that bowl followed Xiaofeng, what did he do, did you, understand?"

Xiaoyu nodded lightly, indicating that she knew.

"Alright, let's go. Lao Li nodded with satisfaction and went out with the two children.

The village is not far from the city, half an hour's walk away. The dirt road that had just rained was full of stagnant water, and Xiaoyu followed Lao Li and Xiaofeng to stagger.

Lao Li looked back to see if the two of them had kept up, fortunately the two of them did not fall behind, but Lao Li found that Xiaoyu's clothes were too clean, not like a beggar at all, so he walked over and kicked Xiaoyu into a puddle on the road, Xiaoyu was covered with mud, and sat on the ground and cried.

"Don't cry, I'll beat you if I cry again!" Lao Li threatened fiercely, Xiaoyu was so frightened that he closed his mouth on the spot and got up without saying a word. Lao Li turned around and continued to walk with satisfaction.

Xiaofeng thought that Xiaoyu was beaten because he was walking slowly, so he hurriedly went up and grabbed Xiaoyu's muddy little hand, and quickly followed.

Xiaoyu had never walked such a long way, and she fell several times on the way, and she cried after walking for a while, Lao Li impatiently picked her up and walked forward.

It seems that this girl still needs to practice. Lao Li thought to himself.

When they came to the edge of the city, Lao Li didn't dare to go too far to the city center, although there were many people, but there were also many police, so he took them to an urban village.

"Come, you two just work here, Xiaofeng, teach her what to do. Lao Li led them to the door of the vegetable market, handed each of them a broken bowl, and walked elsewhere, but he didn't leave, just sat in an inconspicuous place and smoked a cigarette and looked at them.

At this time, there were not many pedestrians on the road, so Xiaofeng pulled Xiaoyu and knelt next to the entrance of the vegetable market.

"You remember, as long as someone passes through this, you say, please ask a well-wisher to give me some food, give some money, remember these simple things first, and then as long as someone throws money into it, you say thank you, thank you, understand?"

Xiaoyu nodded as if she didn't understand, and Xiaofeng didn't say anything. After a while, Xiaoyu said to him, "Brother Xiaofeng." ”

"What's wrong?" Xiao Feng looked at her.

"I hurt. Xiaoyu said in a milky voice.

"Where it hurts, I'll take a look. Xiaofeng asked with concern.

"It hurts here. Xiaoyu pointed to her knees on the ground.

"The pain has to be endured, so that it can be more pitiful, the more pitiful we are, the more money they give.

"But, it really hurts. Xiaoyu was tee-eyed, and she was about to cry.

"Oh, don't cry, wait a minute, I'm going to figure it out. Xiaofeng stood up, looked around, and saw a foam board thrown not far away, so he ran over and took it, handed it to Xiaoyu and said, "If you put this pad underneath, it won't hurt." ”

He pulled Xiaoyu up, put the foam board on the ground again, made Xiaoyu kneel on it, and said, "Doesn't it hurt anymore?"

Xiaoyu nodded lightly.

Soon, there were more pedestrians on the street, including white-collar workers who were in a hurry to get to work, hawkers who came out to set up stalls, aunts who went to the vegetable market to buy vegetables, and owners who rode tricycles to buy goods to small restaurants. Everyone is in a hurry, rushing for their own lives.

Xiaofeng saw that there were more people, so he pulled Xiaoyu and began to shout: "Kind people, please give us something to eat, have mercy on us." ”

Xiaoyu didn't shout at first, it was Xiaofeng who was shouting all the time, and slowly, she would also shout two sentences with Xiaofeng.

Passers-by also saw them, but most of them simply ignored them and went their separate ways. In this busy and boring society, everyone is struggling to survive, and it is already very good that they can manage their own affairs, how can they have the leisure to pity people who have nothing to do with them. Besides, who doesn't pity me, why doesn't anyone pity me? A lot of people think so.

Occasionally, someone passing by will throw some change from grocery shopping into their bowls, and then Xiaofeng will pull Xiaoyu and quickly say thank you.

By noon, there were not many people in the vegetable market, and the two little ones were already shouting with dry mouths, and their kneeling legs were numb, and they couldn't stand up.

Lao Li walked over, went to the vegetable market to buy a few steamed buns, and bought two bottles of mineral water, and when he came out, he handed each of them a steamed bun, and unscrewed a bottle of mineral water for them, let them sit and rest, and then continued to shout after eating, and then walked away to eat steamed buns elsewhere. Before leaving, he also took away all the money in the bowls of the two little guys, counted them, and it was only more than two hundred yuan, thinking about whether it was time to change places in the afternoon.

Xiaoyu sat on the ground, her stomach was hungry and gurgling, she gnawed on the steamed buns that had been cool, and when she was gnawing hard, she suddenly coughed, Xiaofeng saw it, and quickly picked up the water and poured it into Xiaoyu's mouth, and choked Xiaoyu again, coughing more violently, which made Xiaofeng anxious, and stomped on the spot and didn't know what to do.

After a while, Xiaoyu stopped coughing, sat on the ground and cried. A passer-by saw her crying very sadly there, and she was still holding half a steamed bun in her hand, and felt pity, so she went to the side and bought a bottle of hot milk and gave it to Xiaoyu, who took a sip and felt very sweet, so she turned from crying to laughter and said thank you to the man.

The man sighed and asked, "Why did you come out to beg at such a young age, and you are all parents?"

Xiaoyu didn't know what to say, but Xiaofeng next to her said: "She is my sister, and our family is poor and can't afford to eat, so she came out to beg for food." My dad was sick and couldn't earn money to support us. This is the rhetoric that Lao Li taught him before.

"Do you have a place to stay?" asked the good Samaritan again.

"We had a place to stay, not far from here. Thank you. Xiaofeng replied.

"Alas, it's really pitiful, I have a hundred yuan here, you can take it and buy something to eat, don't eat steamed buns, it's not nutritious. The good Samaritan handed them a hundred dollars and left.

"Thank you, uncle, thank you. Xiao Feng said hurriedly, and then looked at the hundred-yuan bill in his hand with a smile, he knew that as long as he had this biggest money, he would not have to be beaten today, and he would have something to eat.

"Brother Xiaofeng, you drink, this is delicious. Xiaoyu handed the milk in his hand to Xiaofeng, Xiaofeng was not polite, took a sip directly, and handed it to Xiaoyu.

Xiaoyu smiled happily, took another sip of milk, and then nibbled on the steamed bun.