The two walked side by side.

Qin Ruhai couldn't help but ask, "Little sister, what's your name?"

Zhong Ling said: "Zhong Ling, the clock of the alarm clock, the dexterous spirit, you can call me Ling'er, my mother always calls me that." ”

"This name is good, Zhong Ling, Ling'er, that's good, I'll call you Sister Ling'er in the future." ”

"To be fair, it's time to say your name. ”

"Hehe, my name is Qin Ruhai, by the way, who is in your family?"

"There is also a younger brother, called Zhong Qi, my father was in a car accident and left, my mother found us a stepfather, and my brother and I don't like him very much. ”

"Why is that?"

"He has someone outside, Mom knows, but she can't control him, he usually doesn't go home much, when he is in a good mood, he will buy me and my brother good food, and when he is in a bad mood, he will beat and scold him at every turn, Mom can't help it, I always say to endure it first, and it will be good when we grow up." ”

"Oh, in that case, why didn't your mother divorce him?

"My brother and I want to go to school, my mother has no job, we can't live without him, so the past five years have been making do, recently they have been in a lot of trouble, my brother is clamoring to buy toys, my mother squeezed out the money stolen to buy an electric engineering truck toys of more than 300 yuan, after my father knew, smashed the toys, and beat my mother in front of me and my brother, and now there are scars! In order to supplement the family, I came out to sell flowers, but I never could be as enthusiastic as others, I bought twenty-six bouquets of flowers from the flower shop, but so far only two bouquets have been sold, alas, although my stepfather does not care how much money I can make, but if he sees me go back like this, he will be furious. ”

"In that case, why did you refuse me to buy your flowers? You're stupid, aren't you?"

"When you looked at me on the other side, I had already found you, but I only saw you alone, and besides, you have a foreign accent, it is obvious that you are here for a vacation, today is the Qixi Festival, it is a good day for brothers and sisters to date, and you are alone, I don't want to force you to break the bank, if you can't sell these flowers tonight, I can return them to the flower shop at a low price tomorrow, although it will be discounted, but it will not be all rotten in your hands, so you don't have to do that." ”

"So you can see it! Hehe, that's good, I'll help you sell all the flowers first, and then send you home, anyway, I'll be here to do nothing, so I should hand over to you, a little friend." ”

"Big brother, you are so nice, there will definitely be a good reward. ”

"Hehe, I hope it's almost there, you sit and wait here, I'll go and win over customers for you, I believe that we will work hard together and will sell out these soon." ”

"Thank you big brother for your help. ”

Qin Ruhai smiled and walked into the distance.

Zhong Ling stood in place and waited, looking at the passers-by coming and going, but he still didn't take the initiative to ask for solicitation, just waited there stupidly.

Qin Ruhai hid in the shadows, seeing that he was anxious in his eyes, and then came up with a good idea. Avoiding Zhong Ling, he quickly went to the small supermarket on the street to change the change, and when he saw a young man of the same age as him, he came forward to stop him, and gave them money to buy flowers from Zhong Ling, and they could buy as much as they could, and they didn't want to give change.

Most of the people agreed with his idea, and went to Zhong Ling to buy flowers with the money. One, two, three...... More than a dozen passers-by bought two bouquets and three bouquets, but what made Zhong Ling strange was that they left as soon as they got the flowers, saying that they didn't need to give change, which seemed extremely generous and generous.

Zhong Ling first caught up with the two of them, and resolutely withdrew a few pieces of change, but the others had already crossed the zebra crossing, and it was too late to chase them, and he didn't see Qin Ruhai coming, so he was afraid that he would not be able to find them, so he was so anxious that he circled around the same place.

Qin Ruhai walked over at the right time, stared at her empty flower basket and asked, "Ling'er, what about your flowers, they are sold out so quickly?" I just went over to buy some drinks and bread, and I haven't told anyone yet, this is too smooth, right?"

Although Zhong Ling was suspicious, he saw that he was carrying a bag of drinks and snacks, and quickly believed him, so he said: "Yes, I also feel very strange, after you left, soon passers-by came to take the initiative to buy flowers, and they were all two or three bouquets of bouquets, and in the end, no one wanted to give change, and left me in a hurry, is it my good luck?"

Qin Ruhai smiled and said, "It should be, since your flowers have been sold, we should also go home." Take it and quench your thirst with a bottle of drink. ”

Zhong Ling took the drink and hesitated for a moment before twisting the cap, but only took a small sip.

Qin Ruhai was a little embarrassed when he saw it, but when he thought of Li Xiaoli's conspiracy against him, he quickly understood, helped her carry the flower basket, and went to the side of the road holding hands.

Then, the two of them left.

Under Zhong Ling's guidance, the car drove away from the central city and stopped on the side of the road in a residential area in the suburbs half an hour later.

Qin Ruhai paid the fare first, and walked down with Zhong Ling.

Zhong Ling was a little hesitant, on the one hand, she wanted to invite Qin Ruhai to her home as a guest, but she didn't tell her parents in advance, for fear of being blamed, and on the other hand, she didn't want her parents to see her bring strangers home, she felt that her family was not good, and she was afraid of being laughed at.

Qin Ruhai had already seen this, so he took the initiative to say to her: "Ling'er, I'll accompany you over to have a look, and I'll take the car back to the hotel in a while." ”

Zhong Ling had no choice but to agree with a red face, and then led him into the depths of the alleyway.

The houses on the side of the road are still neat, but the more you go inside, the more crowded and dilapidated you feel, through the faint light of your mobile phone, you find that there are ruins everywhere, and the appearance of the houses is becoming more and more unsightly, and some are even more dilapidated than the houses of middle-income families in Fenghuang Village.

Approaching the end of the alley, Qin Ruhai couldn't help but ask, "Ling'er, what kind of work does your stepfather do?

Zhong Ling thought for a while and said: "I heard my mother say that he has changed many jobs, he used to work in a repair shop, and then went to a restaurant to do odd jobs, but then he went to a shopping mall to work as a stevedore. By the way, big brother, what do you do?"

Qin Ruhai said lightly: "I have been opening a company before, but then I sold it when something happened, and I haven't thought about what business to do now." ”

Zhong Ling didn't ask, turned around, pointed to one of the low and dilapidated gates and said: "Big brother, start counting from here, the third is my house, this is a centralized resettlement point in a shantytown on the outskirts of the city, and each family's housing is exactly the same size and pattern, when I was a child, my brother and I would always make mistakes!"

Qin Ruhai took a cursory look, the construction quality of the courtyard wall is very poor, almost no shadow of cement, most of the walls made of grass and mud have fallen, mottled, ugly, the houses are not high, they are all neat and uniform flat roofs, the gate is very simple and rough, the door posts and the top of the door have not been painted, let alone tiled, it looks bare.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of Zhong Ling's house, I heard the crying and complaining of the women in the courtyard, which was mixed with the howl of a little boy.

Zhong Ling hurriedly broke free of Qin Ruhai's hand and pushed the door hard to enter, only to find that his parents were arguing again, and Zhong Qi was crying on the front steps of the room.

Qin Ruhai was a little embarrassed, but he still followed her and walked in.

Zhong Ling's mother, Yang Cuihua, hurriedly ran over, hugged Zhong Ling and cried, "Ling'er, go with my mother, I can't stay in this house for a day." ”

Zhong Ling also forgot about Qin Ruhai's existence, and immediately cried and asked, "Mom, what about Zhong Qi? We can't leave him alone to be wronged here!"

Yang Cuihua immediately saw Qin Ruhai, quickly stood up, and asked while wiping her tears: "...... are you?"

Qin Ruhai suddenly saw this kind of scene, and he didn't know how to persuade him, so he stepped forward and said, "Hello auntie, I am Zhong Ling's friend, I sent her over after dark." What the hell is going on here?"

Yang Cuihua pointed to the side of the hall and cried: "At noon today, I took Zhong Qi to visit the door, but who knew that he brought a wild woman into the house. I want to divorce, but he won't give Zhong Qi, what should I do now? Zhong Qi will definitely be wronged if he follows him, I don't worry. They are all children born to me and my ex-husband, he doesn't love Zhong Qi, and in the end he said that as long as he can give 100,000 yuan, he can take two children to divorce and live alone, and where can I go to find so much money to come back? Zhong Ling Zhongqi is the meat that fell from my body, and I can't bear to regret any of them!"

Zhong Ling hurriedly dissuaded: "Mom, the eldest brother is a guest, don't say this again, don't worry, I'll go talk to him." ”

Yang Cuihua hurriedly stopped her and said, "Ling'er, don't go over, he is angry, and if you provoke him, he will kill you, or let's go outside and hide for a while, and then talk about it later." ”

Zhong Ling cried and asked, "Mom, let's go, what should Zhong Qi do?" No, we can't go, Zhong Qi will be tortured if he stays here." ”

Yang Cuihua was also very anxious and flustered, and cried again: "Then what should I do? He has already dared to take others home, can he still live this life? No, now you have to go with me, no matter where you go, as long as we are here, we will not leave Zhong Qi alone." ”

Zhong Ling had already seen that Yang Cuihua wanted to take her away, and Gao Fei couldn't care about Zhong Qi's life or death, so he immediately cried and begged to take Zhong Qi with him if he wanted to leave, or he would stay.

Qin Ruhai couldn't stand it, so he said to them: "Auntie, Ling'er, don't worry about it first, wait for me to go over and ask." With that, he walked towards the hall.

Before Yang Cuihua came back to her senses, Zhong Ling had already rushed forward and pulled Qin Ruhai's sleeve, crying and dissuading: "Big brother, this is our family's private matter, and you can't solve it." You go back first, I'll persuade my mother to stay, I'm sorry for today's facts, let you go so wrong, you don't care about things here, it's not once or twice that they are so noisy, and when I persuade for a while, it will ease down!"

"Big brother, it's none of your business, something like this happened at home, it shouldn't be told to you, you go quickly, he will inevitably bump into you when he comes out, Ling'er is right, I was confused just now, it's not a matter to leave Zhong Qi, let's talk about it after tonight, no, I'll find a neighbor to comment, anyway, there will be a way to solve it! Come with me, this is not a place for you to stay for a long time." After speaking, he took Qin Ruhai's hand and walked towards the gate.