"I quickly carried him ashore, called a taxi, and took him to the town hospital. The captain of the boat said slowly, "After hanging in salt water for two days, his high fever has subsided." He was discharged from the hospital on the afternoon of the third day, and a total of 1,856 yuan was paid. I said this money, you call your home to ask for it, and you will pay me back when it arrives. He said his family was poor and had no money. I said forget it, you go home. If you don't have any money, I can buy you a ticket back. This kid is very strong, and said that I will help you work on the ship and pay you the medical bills. I said I didn't have much work on the ship. He said, then I'll pick up garbage and sell it, and sell it until the money is returned to you. ”

Xiao Shi sat there with his head bowed, motionless as if he had committed a crime. Lei Xiaobo became more and more pitiful and liking this child.

I stopped him from doing so, but he took an old woven bag and stubbornly jumped on the boat and left. The boat boss grinned with a relieved smile on his face, "I thought he wouldn't be coming back." After dark, he came back with the empty bag. He jumped on the boat and handed me the 82 yuan he had saved, saying that he would return it. If I want him money, it will be too hateful, and if I don't want him, he will not want it. He looked at me earnestly and said that I have no place to live, so let me live on your ship. I said I couldn't sleep in the cabin, it was too stuffy. At first, I was a little uneasy, and instead of letting him sleep in my cabin, I let him sleep on the board, in the cabin hole. Later, when I saw that he was a good boy and reliable, I let him sleep in my cabin. After that day, he went out early and returned late every day to pick up garbage, earning dozens of yuan to more than 100 yuan every day. He gave me every sum of money, and I kept an account for him. So far, he has picked up 4,287 yuan. Sometimes, I ask him to help with moving things and keep a record of his wages. ”

As he spoke, the boat boss went to the cabin in the middle of the ship and took out an exercise book and handed it to Lei Xiaobo to read. Lei Xiaobo looked at the journal above, and couldn't help but cast his admiring gaze at Xiao Shi.

Xiaoshi's name is Meng Xiaoshi, and he is a member of the study committee of the class in school. Although his family is poor and his clothes are poor, because of his good grades and positive performance, he is still favored by some female classmates in the class. There are at least three beautiful female classmates in his class who have a crush on him and pursue him. In this high school entrance examination, he was admitted to Hongshan Middle School, a county key middle school, with the first grade in the class, so he was reluctant to drop out of school and had to earn his own tuition to go to school.

"He told me about his family and his grades. I also encouraged him to earn money and go back to school. The boat boss continued, "I keep an account for him every day, and I don't really want his money. He said that he had to earn 10,000 yuan before he could go back to school before August 30, but it was impossible at all. He had done his best as a child, but by the end of the month he could only earn more than 6,000 yuan at most. So I thought about it, and when the time comes, I'll give him 10,000 yuan to go to school. But in the last few days, he suddenly became restless and a little irritable, and I asked him why, and he said that the family wanted him to go back. A college student village official wants to help him go to school. I said that you have met a good person, go back quickly, and don't suffer this here again. He said that I would not go back until August 30. My family is poor, so I need to earn more money to support my family. Today, I asked him to help by cleaning up the garbage on the boat and putting it into bundles, so he didn't go out to pick up the garbage. At noon, he received a phone call, he panicked and hurriedly turned off the phone, and then looked in a daze. I asked him, and he didn't say anything. Later, he received another phone call and said to me, "Someone is coming to me, I can't let them see it, it's too embarrassing, and I won't go back until the end of the month, when I buy a new outfit." So saying, he hid in the hatch and told me not to say anything anyway. ”

This is the reason why he didn't let his mother come, Lei Xiaobo sighed in his heart after hearing it. How much does this kid have to walk to pick up so much garbage every day?!

Thinking of this, Lei Xiaobo looked at Meng Xiaoshi and said, "Xiaoshi, you are such a good boy, your spirit touches me." Wen Meilin also nodded in admiration and said, "Yes, I haven't seen it yet, it's amazing to be such a strong child!"

Zhu Yafang felt sorry for her son and loved her son, so she wiped her tears while listening. Only then did he say to his son: "Xiaoshi, you have to thank this uncle, fortunately you have met a good person." Otherwise, your life is gone. ”

Xiao Shi nodded sensibly. Zhu Yafang said again: "Xiaoshi, how did you spend the first few days when you started to come out?"

Xiao Shi lowered his head and was silent, and after a while, he raised his head, looked at his mother, and said with a childish face: "The first few days are the most bitter." When I got to the city by car, I didn't have any money to eat. I was so hungry that I wanted to find a job, but after looking for a day, a restaurant didn't want me, and they all said they didn't dare to use child labor. By night, my stomach was so hungry that it hurt. But I was penniless and didn't dare to steal, so I had to squat on the side of the road and write a few words on the ground: I have no money to eat, please help me, thank you!"

Lei Xiaobo's heart tightened. Wen Meilin frowned. Zhu Yafang was even more dumbfounded, and her eyes turned red again.

"But very few people threw money at me. Meng Xiaoshi said indifferently, "I sat in an aisle for more than an hour, and it only cost 23 yuan." He went to buy four steamed buns and a bottle of mineral water. After eating it all, my stomach felt a little better. I didn't have a place to sit at night, so I had to sit in that aisle, asking for money while resting. The first day was fine, no one came to catch me. The next morning, the chengguan came to chase me and said they would arrest me and put me in the aid station. The first time, I escaped. But in the afternoon, I was caught by a chengguan and taken to the city aid station. The people at the aid station gave me good food and good sleep, but they planned to send me home. When I heard this, I took the opportunity to go to the toilet in the middle of the night and escaped over the wall. I want to earn money to go to school, what should I do when I go back?"

Each of the four listeners listened with a flurry of hearts and relish.

Meng Xiaoshi became more fluent the more he spoke: "The next day, I started running from small restaurant to small restaurant again, and finally a small restaurant asked me, but I only took care of food, did not pay salary, and I didn't do it." Later, I went to the construction site, and one of the construction sites was willing to accept me, but the salary was only 120 yuan a day, and I didn't do it. I said that people have two or three hundred yuan a day, why do you only give me 120 yuan a day? The boss said, "You are too young to work." I said I could do the same work as adults, but for the same pay. He didn't give it, so I left. At night, I still couldn't afford to stay in a hotel, so I had to sit in the aisle for the night. The mosquito bit me, and I was covered in red lumps. Mosquitoes are not scary, but they are scary little hooligans. That day, I sat until about 10 o'clock in the evening, when suddenly three young people surrounded me, and one of them was a man with a tattoo on his body, and he shouted at me, "Where are you?" What are you doing sitting here? I realized that something was wrong, and I got up and ran, but the tattooed man chased after me and grabbed me, and without saying a word, he slapped me. I was beaten so much that I wanted to fight him, but there were three of them, and I couldn't beat them at all. The tattoo man pointed at me and scolded, since I didn't even have a place to sleep, he would do it with us. I refused, I froze there and refused to go with them. The tattoo man started coaxing me, and he said, you follow us, make sure you have good food, good sleep, good clothes, and good chicks to play with. ”