The sky was covered with dark clouds, and the torrential rain smashed on the city wall one by one to make a "popping" sound.

The invisible chill also came with the rain, besieging the entire city. Pedestrians on the road hurried to their way, and everyone longed for the warmth of the fire at home.

The boy in the winter clothes who came out of the inn was also hurrying to something with the steamed buns he had just bought from the restaurant.

The boy in cold clothes is surnamed Zhao Xiaoyu, according to his mother, because it rained lightly on the day he was born, so he named him Xiaoyu, which is auspicious.

Ordinary people's families, there are not so many particulars about choosing names, although some are like girls' names, but this child has been called Xiaoyu since then.

As for his father, it is said that his father died on the battlefield.

What's more unfortunate is that his father was executed by the officers of the Qin army when he was a deserter, so the government did not give his family any compensation.

It is said that in a battle to the death, his father shouted that he could not die with his son at home, and was caught when he turned to run away.

Because of his father, his mother was taken away to work as a coolie, and now I don't know if she is still alive.

Therefore, Zhao Xiaoyu's life has nothing to do with the word "auspicious" for a long time.

Of course, Zhao Xiaoyu didn't think about the past so much today, for him, leaving his parents at the age of four has long been blurred in his memory.

At this moment, he is counting today's harvest in the rain, Li Yitian's reward is 20 wen, and the solicitor got 9 wen from the boss, and he has earned a total of 29 wen today.

There are also two steamed buns and half a plate of pickled cucumbers in the leftovers given by the boss, and there is actually half an egg that I don't know who eats the leftovers.

Usually begging for only four or five cents a day, where can you earn so much money and still eat eggs? Today is really a rare bumper harvest.

Zhao Xiaoyu pinched a pickled cucumber, pinched off half an egg and put a little egg white into his mouth, chewed it carefully for a long time and was reluctant to swallow it.

Finally, when I chewed the egg whites in my mouth, I swallowed them with my saliva.

At that moment, Zhao Xiaoyu's dirty little face was full of happiness. After eating these things in his mouth, Zhao Xiaoyu wrapped the rest of the things again and carried them in his arms to prevent the heavy rain from drenching the steamed buns.

Zhao Xiaoyu cautiously turned all the way into a dilapidated alley, which had long been uninhabited, and now there were only some dilapidated houses that had been abandoned for a long time.

Now the doves occupy the magpie's nest and live in those dilapidated houses, all of whom are homeless people such as beggars and street children.

There was an old man with a broken leg sitting on the ground at the entrance of the alley, the old man's surname was Yan, he was once a figure in the underworld, and later he was found by the enemy to kill the whole family, he himself was cut off a leg, and he could only beg along the street.

When Old Man Yan saw Zhao Xiaoyu coming back, he beckoned to him from afar, waving and shouting, "Xiaoyu, come here, come here." ”

Zhao Xiaoyu responded with a "hey" and trotted over.

Zhao Xiaoyu arrived in front of the old man Yan, and the old man took out a dark copper plate from his tattered clothes, handed it to him, and said, "Xiaoyu, this is what grandpa left today."

You take it and save it, and when you have saved enough money, you can eat a better meal. “

Zhao Xiaoyu took the copper coin and said to Old Man Yan with a smile: "Grandpa, this is what you hid from your grandmother, right?"

I'm not afraid that grandma will find out and make trouble for you. “

Old man Yan glared: "She dare! This is what Grandpa gave you babies to replenish their bodies, and no one can take them away." “

It turned out that there were men and women in the beggars in the alleys, and they all had their own territory.

There was a female beggar surnamed Ma who didn't know the rules here when she first came, and she took up someone else's territory, and was beaten by a few homeless people.

Old man Yan resisted the female beggar several times, and the female beggar was so moved that she was determined to live with this man who was more than 20 years older than him.

Since then, the two of them have been asking for food together, and all the money they want is under her control, but the old man will hide a copper coin for Zhao Xiaoyu every day.

He didn't say it, and the female beggar pretended not to know, she knew Old Man Yan's past and knew that her man wanted to save face, so she often just secretly felt distressed.

After Zhao Xiaoyu said goodbye to the old man, he entered a very large dilapidated house, which is usually not inhabited by beggars.

Because the house is too big, it is cold on rainy days and winters, and it is easy to collapse. But when Zhao Xiaoyu walked into the yard, three children ran out and shouted "Brother Xiaoyu" to greet him.

Zhao Xiaoyu looked at the three of them and laughed happily: "Big cow, dog, little stone, do you three have dinner today?"

The five or six-year-old girl he called Xiaoshi rushed to answer him: "It's coming, Brother Xiaoyu, we are all full, and we have left you half a piece of bread." “

Zhao Xiaoyu looked at their reactions, and then reprimanded them with a straight face: "Nonsense, I can't tell if you have eaten enough or not? “

Seeing that Brother Xiaoyu seemed to be angry, Xiao Shi's mouth was about to cry.

A seven- or eight-year-old boy named Gouzi hurriedly defended her: "Brother Yu, don't blame Xiaoshi, it's all my idea."

If you have anything to eat, you will give it to us first, and we will say that you haven't eaten it, and you have to give us everything you get yourself.

If you want to blame me, blame me. ”

Zhao Xiaoyu rewarded the two children with a brainstorm, but the smile spread on their faces in the voice of the two "oops".

Zhao Xiaoyu crossed his hands on his hips and said with the appearance of a little adult: "You two know how to lie to me, you are not as honest as a big cow, and you will tell me the truth about everything." ”

The child called Da Niu scratched his head with a simple face and a smirk of "hehe".

Zhao Xiaoyu paused for a moment and then continued: "But, we can all eat enough today! Brother, I made a lot of money today." ”

After saying that, he angrily put his tattered money bag in front of them.

The dog hurriedly opened the money bag and counted them one by one: "One, two...... Twenty-nine! Wow, Brother Yu, did you steal Sun Butcher's money bag today? Oops!"

As soon as the dog finished speaking, he was hit on the head again. Zhao Xiaoyu looked proud: "I helped Shopkeeper Liu pull a guest today, twenty Wen was rewarded by the guest, and Jiuwen was given by Shopkeeper Liu."

I spent a penny to buy two steamed buns, plus leftovers, and today each of us can eat steamed buns and vegetables!"

The three dogs cheered, and the four children gathered around the fire, each holding a steamed bun and eating some pickled cucumbers.

After eating, their young faces showed happy expressions, it felt so good to have a full stomach, they didn't want to move anymore, and the house didn't seem to be so cold.

At this moment, Zhao Xiaoyu took out the half egg and handed it to Xiao Shi like a trick and said, "Xiao Shi, you are the youngest of the four, and this half of the egg is for you to eat." ”

Xiao Shi stared at the egg and shook his head, swallowed his saliva fiercely, and forcibly resisted the temptation of the egg and said, "Brother Xiaoyu, you are the hardest, you can eat this half of the egg." ”

Zhao Xiaoyu said: "I have already eaten the other half at the shopkeeper, and I hid this half." Hurry up and eat. ”

Xiao Shi happily took the egg, and when he was about to bite it, he saw that the big cow and the dog were staring at the egg intently.

So she hesitated for a moment and broke the egg whites in half and divided them both in half.

The dog hurriedly shook his head and said, "I don't want it." ”

Da Niu scratched his head and took it with a smile.

The little stone stubbornly handed it to the dog and said, "I eat egg yolks, you eat egg whites, and we eat them together." ”

So the three of them put the egg in their mouths together and chewed it for a long time before swallowing it, and then the three of them smirked at me, I look at you.

Zhao Xiaoyu secretly swallowed his saliva, looked at them and smirked.

The next morning, Zhao Xiaoyu continued to go out to beg for a living.

Da Niu and Xiao Shi were about to go out to beg when they were pulled by the dog, and Xiao Shi looked at him puzzled: "Brother Dog, what are you doing?"

The big cow also looked at the dog silently.

The dog smiled and said, "What do you think, yesterday Yugola's guest gave him twenty copper coins, so rich people, if we steal his money bag, won't we be able to eat eggs every day in the future?"

Big Bull and Little Stone nodded desperately in agreement with the dog's clever idea.

Children struggling on the line of life and death do not have the moral concept of stealing, because not doing so means hunger, it means cold, it means there is no way to live.

So the three children came to Shopkeeper Liu's inn, and according to Zhao Xiaoyu's description of Li Yitian and the two men and one woman, they locked the target of having breakfast.

According to the pre-agreement, Xiaoshi took the wildflowers picked by the roadside and shouted: "Buy flowers, buy flowers, beautiful little flowers are five for a penny." ”

Xiaoshi walked up to Li Yitian and said, "Uncle buys flowers?"

Li Yitian couldn't laugh or cry when he was shouted by this uncle, especially when he was a five or six-year-old girl in front of him.

Although his psychological age is only twenty years old, he has a strange feeling. This feeling is sour!

At this moment, the dog and the big cow also surrounded Li Yitian with flowers.

The larger bull blocked the sight of Mo Lin and Wu Handsome Guy, and the dog deftly untied Li Yitian's money bag, and then hid it in his clothes.

Li Yitian was unconscious, smiled and said to Xiao Shi, "Okay, then I'll buy it for a penny." So saying, he put his hand on his waist.

The three children's faces turned pale in an instant, and the three of them didn't think about what to do if the guests bought flowers and found that the money bag was missing.

Just when the children were nervous, Li Yitian's surprised "huh" almost scared their hearts out of their throats.

Unexpectedly, Li Yitian said: "I'm sorry, my money bag seems to have been forgotten in the room." I'll buy your flowers next time you come. ”

Xiao Shi hurriedly replied: "Then you continue to eat, let's go." After saying that, the three little ones flew away.

Angkor looked at the figures of the three children galloping, and said with a smile: "Interesting, go and see?"

Li Yitian smiled and said, "Of course." ”

Before the three of them could leave, they were stopped by Shopkeeper Liu. It turned out that Shopkeeper Liu watched from the side for a long time, but he was afraid that he would be beaten if he called a few children on the spot, so he didn't dare to speak.

Shopkeeper Liu wiped the cold sweat on his head, nodded and said, "Don't be angry, it's just a few children." Otherwise, how much money did he steal from you, and I will pay you for them, what do you think?"

Li Yitian joked with him: "Shopkeeper, I have ten taels of gold in my money bag, are you sure you can afford it?"

Shopkeeper Liu was stunned for a moment, and his soul let out a meaningless syllable: "Ah?"

Li Yitian patted Shopkeeper Liu's shoulder with a smile and said, "Shopkeeper, you are a good person."

Don't worry, I didn't mean to hurt those kids. ”

After saying that, the three of them searched for the direction in which the child had disappeared.

Shopkeeper Liu hurriedly wiped his sweat and shouted into the house: "Mother-in-law, mother-in-law, come out to look at the store for me for a while, those three little children are in trouble, I have to hurry up to find Zhao Xiaoyu." ”

A rather beautiful woman in her thirties came out, she was so beautiful that people couldn't help but wonder how the daughter-in-law of the shopkeeper Liu had taken a fancy to him in the first place.

Shopkeeper Liu hurriedly found Zhao Xiaoyu, who was fishing by the river, and explained the cause and effect.

The child was so frightened that he had no master, and kept asking the shopkeeper Liu: "What should I do?"

Shopkeeper Liu dragged him to the alley, and said as he hurried: "I think those people are also good people, and they shouldn't embarrass your younger brothers and sisters."

When you get there, you quickly apologize to others, and return the things to others, and then we will compensate for what people say. Maybe that's it. “

The child looked embarrassed and said, "But, I don't have any money as a shopkeeper." “

Shopkeeper Liu relieved him: "Hey, uncle will give you a cushion first, count it as your uncle's loan, and then pay it back slowly." “

While the child was afraid that his younger siblings would be abused, he was moved by the selfless care of the shopkeeper Liu, and cried out with a "wow" for a while. The dirty little face was sobbing and sobbing silently.

He can only keep this kindness in his heart silently, hoping that he will have the opportunity to repay it in the future.