An autumn rain and a cool, the southern autumn neck is short, and it will be winter in a blink of an eye.

In the war years, there is also the entire tea market in winter, tea sales can not go up, not only in the Qingshuijian market is not good, what is worse is that the Mei family's tea house in Shanghai is also declining day by day, the news is not as good as day by day, Xia Chunguang is in a hurry, but there is nothing to do. On the contrary, Mei Leyue comforted her, the market has always been like this, and it will be good to stay up until the New Year.

Xia Chun is not as generous as Mei Leyue, and her heart should respond, but she is thinking about going to Shanghai to see it, take a walk, and think about whether there is any way to save it. But she's a woman, and it's not a matter of showing her face after all. This was delayed.

The emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and Xia Chun still has a huge family business to take care of, and the funds ahead are not enough, so the family's disposable expenses are much less, and Xia Chun desperately reduces the amount of food and clothing. Fortunately, there are not many people who need to serve now, only Xia Chun and Mei Wendian are left in the family, and they are treated with special treatment during special periods, and the housekeeper persuades her to quit some servants to reduce labor costs, but Xia Chun is kind-hearted, and where is she willing to quit those old servants who have witnessed her growth, so she has been struggling to support it. There are a few young and strong long-term workers who are interested, and they think that they can still do something, and they don't want to burden the Mei family anymore, so they took the initiative to leave to work in other families, and even worse, they directly picked two flat shoulders, and they didn't know where to go outside to beg for a living. Xia Chun gave these people the passage fee, not much, when it was her heart, she was a little envious of them, they could fly freely like birds, unlike her, who had nails in their feet and had to stay.

Although she also knows that they envy her even more, she was born without worrying about food and clothing, as long as she does her duty as a Hui merchant woman.

Whoever makes the world bad will live like ants, and everyone has their own way of living. How not a lifetime?

The calendar of October was torn to the ninth day, and Xia Chun specially instructed the autumn cicadas to wake himself up early the next day.

It turns out that the Mei family has always had a custom of giving alms at the door of the house every ten days in November and the lunar month to help refugees and beggars welcome the new year. At this time in the past, Mei Wenzi and Mei Lebao should also come back, the mother-in-law was also happy, the family was happy, standing at the door of the house every morning, a bowl of porridge was distributed, and then Xia Chun grew up, and she also ran to join in the fun, she was serving porridge to the beggars under the command of her mother-in-law and Mei Lebao, very strange, obviously they didn't know each other, but when those people said thank you, Xia Chun could also feel sincerely happy.

The person who gave porridge with her this year was Lin Yuefeng. When Lin Yuefeng heard Qiu Cicada say that the Mei family had this tradition, he said that he wanted to participate in it with a dead face, on the grounds that he was also a little beggar back then, and he couldn't forget his roots. Xia Chun is not good at refusing, so he can only agree.

So there was a scene of a few people giving porridge at the door, the cold wind was freezing, but there was still hunger on the road, a bunch of people from the Mei family found a corner, put a few cauldrons, and when they opened it, it was steaming, and in front of them, the people who came to receive the porridge had already lined up in a long line.

Qiu Cicada was smiling and organizing order, while Xia Chun and Lin Yuefeng were soliciting people to give them porridge to drink. Mei Wendian was not there that day, so she went to study at a private school.

Lin Yuefeng only has one hand, but the most people come to his side, I don't know why, those aunts and little girls all come to Lin Yuefeng's side. From time to time, they were still laughing and whispering, not knowing what they were talking about. Lin Yuefeng was not angry or annoyed, he just stood there and let them "observe".

Among them, there was a little girl who lined up for two rounds, but Lin Yuefeng didn't find it, but she was still pulled out by the autumn cicada.

The little girl didn't look very old, about ten years old, but she looked quite like Xiao Xia Chun at the beginning, with two big eyes rolling and flashing with a rare aura.

Qiu Cicada grabbed the little girl, pointed to a bowl of porridge in her arms, and asked angrily, "Everyone can only get one bowl of porridge, don't you know?

The little girl was dexterous, slipped behind Lin Yuefeng, grabbed the corner of Lin Yuefeng's clothes, and drank the white porridge in her arms in one go, her big eyes flashed at the autumn cicada, very pitiful, "I don't know." ”

Seeing that Lin Yuefeng was there, Qiu Cicada was really embarrassed to get angry, and scolded angrily in a low voice, "You little kid, you're still cheating." ”

"Girl, I see that you are as beautiful as a flower, why do you scold people at will?" there is no ......tutor, "I don't know, you didn't say, how could I know?"

Qiu Cicada pointed to a large white paper pasted in front of the cauldron, "Look here, it is written in black and white on white paper: each person is limited to one bowl." ”

The little girl stuck out her tongue at the autumn cicada, "You also said, it's white-paper-black-word, it's a word, and I don't know words, how can I know it?"

Qiu Cicada leaned his waist and asked angrily, "What's your name?"

The little girl raised her eyebrows, and she was quite proud when she said her name, "Yadan." ”

Qiu Cicada couldn't laugh at once, "What a bullshit name, duck eggs, what about my eggs......"

The girl "tsk" twice, "What's the matter, isn't this name good?" Master said, the great hidden in the world, peace is blessing, don't always want to be specialized, isn't it good to be plain?"

Qiu Cicada put her hands on her chest, but she was impressed, "Yo, I've read a few books." ”

Coincidentally, the girl was arranged, she wiped the corners of her mouth, straightened her clothes, and said generously, "One-armed hero, another bowl." ”

Qiu Cicada was still a little angry, preventing Lin Yuefeng from not wanting to give it to her, who knew that Xia Chun reached out first and took the initiative to give it to the girl, "Here, go back and eat slowly." ”

Ya Dan took the porridge and smiled sweetly at Xia Chun, "Thank you, beautiful sister, in fact, this part is for my younger brother, who has been sick for the past two days." ”

Qiu Cicada was shocked: I see. She thought that the girl was really here to mischievous.

Xia Chun touched the girl's head, "Good." ”

After speaking, Xia Chun deliberately took some steamed buns from behind him, wrapped them in newspaper, and handed them to Yadan.

Yadan praised Xia Chunlai and spared no effort, "Beautiful sister, you are so good, you are really a good person." ”

Lin Yuefeng said at this time, "Then I'm not?"

Yadan held the steamed buns and porridge in her arms, and grinned, "You too, you are all good people, good people are born a pair!"

Qiu Cicada hurriedly rushed over to block her little mouth, "Phew, you can't talk nonsense." ”

Xia Chun was worried that it would be inconvenient for Ya Dan to go back alone, so he asked Qiu Cicada to send it off for a while.

The two walked on the road, Qiu Cicada hugged the steamed bun for Yadan, and asked curiously, "Hey, duckling, can you ask again, why did you go to this uncle twice to serve porridge?"

The girl's little face turned red, "Because the one-armed hero is handsome." ”

Autumn Cicada: "......"

Looking at the back of the girl leaving, Xia Chun twisted her head that was slightly stiff because of the long time of serving porridge, she didn't know at that time that this girl would subvert all the fate that she should have done step by step later. She wouldn't even know that most of the so-called "life" has already been written in her bones.

The remaining two continued to give porridge to the people behind, Lin Yuefeng caught the gap and praised Xia Chun, "It's still Miss Xia's kindness, in fact, what Qiu Cicada said is right, everyone can only receive one bowl, and the girl did break the rules just now." ”

"The rules are set by people, and they are made for these exceptions, otherwise where can exceptions be called exceptions?" Xia Chun chuckled, "Besides, isn't Mr. also a kind-hearted person?"

Lin Yuefeng shook his head, "I'm not, I've experienced this, so I pity her, Miss Xia was born rich and noble, and she also has a heart of compassion, which is really rare." ”

Xia Chun was about to answer, a touch of hair fell down on her forehead, her hands were covered with rice grains, and she really couldn't get out of her hands, Lin Yuefeng saw it, stretched out his right hand, and gently flicked it away. Xia Chun saw Lin Yuefeng's eyebrows again, men and women don't kiss, this action is too ambiguous.

But there are too many people here, and it is lively, although no one pays attention to them, but Xia Chun himself is already unhappy. She is self-aware and self-disciplined. It belongs to the self-knowledge and self-discipline of a married woman.

"Thank you, sir. Xia Chun turned his head and went around to the side, stunned.

The two of them began to give porridge to the beggars again, and after a while, Mei Wendian came back with his schoolbag, he didn't know what was going on, he jumped and squeezed between Lin Yuefeng and Xia Chun, and took the long spoon in Xia Chun's hand, "Sister Xia Chun, I'm back, I'll help you and the one-armed hero." ”

"One-armed hero......" Xia Chun covered his face, thinking to himself that today's children are so impolite?

"What's wrong?" Mei Wendian was puzzled, he had always called it that, Lin Yuefeng was also a new-school person, stressing democracy, freedom and equality, and he had never said anything.

Lin Yuefeng sneered and patted Mei Wendian's head, "It's nothing, it's just that I met a little naughty egg like you." ”

Mei Wendian pouted and disagreed, "I'm not a little naughty egg, I will be a man who will support the Mei family in the future." ”

Xia Chun pursed his lips and snickered, saying that the boy was late in maturity, and he really had to wait until Mei Wendian grew up, and he didn't know when.

Mei Wendian came to Xia Chun again this day to ask for tuition and study tour money, saying that Mr. Private School wants to pay, and in a few days Mr. will take them to Qixia Mountain in Jinling City to study, I heard that Nanjing is now ginkgo biloba golden, maple leaves are like fire, a scene full of autumn rhyme, Mr. Private School wants to take them to enjoy autumn.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and another servant came, saying that there was an old mother in the family who was seriously ill and needed medical treatment, and came to pay Xia Chun's salary in advance for the next few months.

In the past, these were nothing, but there will be more in the future. Xia Chun was ruthless, and secretly ran to the pawn shop, ready to pawn a few pieces of his own jewelry, the pawn shop owner with a small beard recognized the goods, recognized one of the bracelets as high-grade goods, looked left and right, it was very precious, "This bracelet, tsk, but the best ice jade, the girl really doesn't want it?"

"It's all outside the body, it's useless to keep it, it's better to use it to save people's lives, be it," Xia Chun put the bracelet on his hand, tried it, observed it repeatedly, and then turned it off and handed it to the pawnshop owner, "But you have to remember to save it for me, and when the next year is good, I will definitely come to redeem it." ”

The pawnshop owner put the bracelet on his chest, "That's not, the Mei family has always been famous, Hui merchants are Confucian merchants, pay attention to benevolence, righteousness, etiquette, wisdom and faith, and have always been committed to helping others. ”

Xia Chun smiled bitterly, "It's just that who would have thought that God would not favor the Mei family, and came to ...... one after another unexpectedly"

The pawnshop owner was already a little old, and he was used to seeing the ups and downs of the red dust, so he took the initiative to comfort Xia Chun, "Mrs. Mei, everything has a fixed number, don't worry too much, you are so kind, you will definitely be blessed." ”

"May it be as you say. ”

Looking at Xia Chun's departing figure, the pawnshop owner shook his head, "It's a pity that I lost to the harmful Rite Sect at a young age." ”