"Stinky boy, you have to get so much money today, and you still have the face to eat, I don't have you to eat today, get out!" a sloppy and rough-looking man kicked a three- or four-year-old boy out of the way and said viciously.

The skinny little boy got up without saying a word, stood in the corner, lowered his head, looked at the half of the steamed bun that fell to the ground, swallowed his saliva, and didn't dare to move.

This is a small village on the outskirts of Wuhan, and the dilapidated yard has moved in with these two strange people, one big and one small. The man took the little boy out to beg during the day and drank alone at night. Neighbors greet them, men always answer coldly, sometimes neighbors see that the man beats the child hard, so he goes up to persuade two sentences, then the man will always say viciously: "I beat my own son, I can beat as much as I want, how old are you, do you care?"

When the neighbors saw his fierce look, they didn't say anything more, and in the spirit of sweeping the snow in front of their houses, they shook their heads and left.

It always rains drizzly during the Qingming Festival, which is annoying. It was raining outside again that day, and instead of taking the little boy out to beg, the man hid at home and drank alcohol, while the little boy lay on the ground and played with a small toy he had picked up the other day.

"Alas, this bad weather, the rain is endless, delaying Lao Tzu to make money, if you let this kid lie in the rain and ask for money, will you ask for a little more? Forget it, this kid is sick and Lao Tzu has to spend money to buy medicine for him, it's not worth it. The man was drinking wine while watching the rain outside the house, when suddenly there was a knock on the door outside the courtyard.

"Lao Li, where is the death, open the door quickly, I sent our daughter to you, open the door quickly." A woman's loud voice came from outside the door.

Lao Li smiled, picked up a broken umbrella and walked out, opened the door, and saw a middle-aged woman with short hair, the woman was holding an umbrella, half of her body was already wet, and she was still holding a little girl in yellow clothes with two tweets in her arms.

Lao Li poked his head out and looked outside, on a rainy day, people were hiding in the house to watch TV or play mahjong, and there was no figure on the street Lao Li then put his mind at ease and led the woman into the house.

"What the hell is this weather, it's raining in Xinzheng, it's still raining when I come to Wuhan, I drenched my mother thoroughly, I worked hard and risked losing my head to do this trip, and I was so angry with this living sin. The woman put the little girl down, shook the rain off her body, and said with a curse.

"Be quiet, don't let others hear, there are people living next to here!" Lao Li glared at the middle-aged woman and said in an accentuated tone.

"Yo, you know you can't let others know about this bad thing? Look at your cowardice. The middle-aged woman glanced at Lao Li with disdain.

"Say it again, believe it or not, I'll kill you, as if you didn't do something bad, you have a conscience, don't do this. Lao Li raised his fist and scolded the middle-aged woman viciously.

When the middle-aged woman saw Lao Li's appearance, her momentum immediately softened, and she said with a dead face: "Cut, let's half a catty to eight taels, don't say anyone, you quickly let the children here go to the back room, let's talk about the price." ”

Lao Li pointed to the little girl standing next to him and said to the little boy: "You take her to the back room to play, give her your toys to play with, close the door, don't you go quickly, the skin is itchy again!"

The little boy was still standing in place and watching them talk dumbfounded, but when he heard Lao Li's words, he shuddered, hurriedly picked up the toy and took the little girl's hand and went to the back room, and then quickly closed the door.

"Alas, you don't know how dangerous it was for me to do this, and I almost lost my life. The middle-aged woman patted her chest and pretended to be afraid, so as to show that this time she had made a lot of efforts and took a lot of risks to succeed, so that she could ask for more money.

Lao Li looked at the non-stop rain outside the door, and said to the middle-aged woman: "Anyway, this rain can't stop for a while, just sit down and talk slowly, anyway, I'm idle and have nothing to do, and I can't go out to do business, so I should listen to stories for fun."

"Then I'll tell you slowly, I'm okay anyway, I'll wait for the rain to stop before leaving. The middle-aged woman sat down on a stool and began to tell the story of what she had experienced in the past few days.

"Didn't I go to the field that day to pick some peach blossom branches to sell in the city, and suddenly I received a call from you, you said that you want to have another child, two or three years old, obedient, easy to train. ”

"Well, that's what I said, and then?" said Lao Li cooperatively.

"Then I hurriedly picked dozens of peach blossoms and put them in the basket and entered the city, hey, this time I didn't go to our small county, I went directly to Zhengzhou by car, there were many people, I guess it's good to start." I took the train to Zhengzhou, and when I arrived at the train station, I wandered around the area, selling peach blossoms and looking for children to see if there was a chance to start. Alas, don't say it, the young people are really coaxing now, I will tell them that this peach blossom means good, symbolizing the beautiful love of spring, and the peach branch can ward off evil spirits, get a branch inserted in the head of the bed can not invade the evil and attract wealth and treasure, those fools can buy one by one, a twenty yuan is bought, half a day's work is all sold, earn hundreds, alas, now the young man, take an object out, no matter what you say, he will buy it......"

"Stop, stop, I don't want to hear how you sell flowers, I just want to hear how you got this kid. Lao Li saw that the middle-aged woman was running the train with her mouth full of endless talk, so he quickly stopped her and brought the topic back on track.

"Yo, you look at my mouth, I can't control it, I'll tell you ah, I sold flowers there for an afternoon and didn't see any suitable candidates, I found a small hotel next to the train station and stayed for a night, and the next morning I got up and went out to start looking, and at noon I really saw a child, he went to the supermarket to buy something, I saw a marshmallow seller next to me, so I quickly bought a marshmallow, I went over to hand the marshmallow to the child, the child ate not to mention how happy he was, just when I was about to take the child away, suddenly a policeman came from the side, I always felt that his eyes were always glancing at me, so he didn't dare to startAfter a while, the child's mother came out and asked me who I was, and I said that I looked at the child cute, and then I pointed to the vendor selling marshmallows next to me, and said that I saw that the child was cute, and I kept looking at the marshmallow, so I bought him a marshmallow to eat, and the child's mother also asked the child to tell me thank you, Auntie, there was no danger, and I also hurried away after they left. After two more days, there was still no suitable one, so I took the car to Xinzheng, the place is small, try your luck, if I don't find the money I earned this time, I plan to go home, and come out after a while, after all, I can't do a loss-making business, right?" The middle-aged woman drank saliva and moistened her throat.

"Don't stop, go on, how are you doing after you arrived in Xinzheng?" Lao Li was interested, and when he saw her stop, he urged anxiously.

"If you're in a hurry, I'll drink saliva. After I arrived in Xinzheng, I went outside to wander around, and saw a market, so I walked around the door, but the market was crowded, and I didn't have much hope, just when I was about to leave, guess what?" The middle-aged woman stopped again, and looked at Lao Li without speaking.

"Ouch, my aunt, you hurry up and say it's okay, don't keep hanging my appetite here. Lao Li hurriedly urged.

The middle-aged woman nodded with satisfaction, and then said: "I saw a car stopped at the door, and a mother and daughter got out of the car, and the little girl was two or three years old. After a while, they went into the market, the little girl clamored to eat lollipops, the woman didn't buy her, I quickly bought two, look at this and that behind them, quietly followed, the woman bought some burning paper and dark coins, it is estimated that it is the grave, I just remembered that day is the Qingming Festival, this is terrible, I thought that if I can't do it this time, I will hurry back to my hometown to go to the grave, I also want the ancestors to bless me to make a fortune, hey Lao Li, have you gone to the grave?"

"What grave did I go to, my parents have all died a long time ago, and the ancestral grave doesn't know when it was dug up by those fools who can't die well, and I scolded in the village for three days when I was angry, and those people just bullied me and had no ability and no power, so I came out to run the rivers and lakes. Alas, don't talk about this, and then talk about you. Lao Li lit a cigarette and said.

"The woman went to the toilet after buying the burning paper and the dark coin, I thought I didn't have a chance, but I still didn't give up, I thought about waiting, but the little girl came out by herself after a while, I quickly went up and coaxed her with a lollipop, and then took her away, the girl was also solid, didn't cry, I didn't dare to run, walked two steps and turned a corner and hurried away, it was raining that day, there were not many people outside the toilet, no one paid attention to me, I was relieved to go out boldly. You also know that if you do what we do, you have to change places quickly after you get it, so I hurried to the train station and bought a ticket from Xinzheng to Changsha, I didn't dare to buy Wuhan, for fear that people would chase me back when the time comes. ”

"Okay, even if you have a lot of thieves, you know that it's not bad to keep a hand. Lao Li nodded appreciatively.

"You don't know, when the security check was about to pass, the girl cried, crying fiercely, I hurriedly coaxed her, asked her what's wrong, she didn't speak is crying, crying for a while The train station staff came to ask what was going on, I was so scared that my heart was about to jump out, and I quickly said that I took my daughter to find her husband, and I forgot to bring food when I went out, and the child was hungry, and asked them where they could sell food. They pointed me to the supermarket, so I quickly carried her to the supermarket, bought some milk bread, and gagged her so that she didn't cry. After getting in the car, I saw that it was raining outside, so I named her Xiaoyu, and kept calling her Xiaoyu all the way, and she agreed. I didn't expect it to rain all the time when I came to Wuhan, this ghost weather, I was angry. ”

"Yo, you've had a great trip. Lao Li snuffed out the cigarette butt and said slowly.

"That's not it, Lao Li, I have spent so long, suffered so many crimes, and died nine lives, I can tell you, you have to give me at least 20,000, otherwise I will be sorry for this trip. The middle-aged woman finally got to the point.

"A female baby, not a male baby, is 20,000, at most 5,000. Lao Li began to bargain, he knew that there was a lot of leeway.

"What? 5,000? You got it yourself, and you still sent it away, forget it, old acquaintances, 15,000, I'll leave if it's low." The middle-aged woman pinched her waist and glared.

"It's only five thousand, you can take it away, as long as you're not afraid of being caught. Lao Li looks like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water.

"Gotta get it, I'll give in one more step, 10,000, I've already cut it down, don't deceive people too much. ”

Lao Li didn't think that five thousand could be bought, seeing that the feminine face was red and her neck was thick, and he also knew that the other party had made a lot of determination, so he also took a step and said: "In this way, let's fold it, seven thousand five, no, eight thousand, eight thousand, okay?"

"Eight thousand, who did you learn from this bargaining, I haven't seen you like this, so I don't believe it?"

"You can think about it, you can earn 8,000 yuan in three or four days, which is more than I earn in a month, is it easy for me to return to my capital? I have to take care of this child's eating, drinking, and Lazar, how much heart do you have? 8,000, do you want love? ”

"If you have it, eight thousand is eight thousand, and now it's settled, I don't pay on credit. ”

"Of course, it's cash, I'll get you the money now. Lao Li smiled and walked to the back room.

In the back room, two children were playing with toys together, and suddenly the little boy asked, "What's your name?"

The little girl raised her head and said, "Xiaoyu, what about you?"

"My name is Xiaofeng. ”