Work for food

The money brought was almost over, Yan Yongnong counted the money again, and in addition to the fare to go back, there were a few gross slots left, two five-cornered and three two-cornered.

"I'm hungry. The child looked at Yan Yongnong. Yan Yongnong took out two crumpled slots from the bottom of his pocket and bought a loaf of bread. Yan Yongnong turned all his pockets upside down and showed the child: "Look, these twenty yuan can't be moved when the sky thunders, this is the fare to keep me back, I can't accompany you here for a lifetime if I can't find your parents, the journey home is so far, it takes a day or two to take the car, I can't walk back." You see, if we use up all these slots, we won't be able to find half a penny anymore, and we will starve to death here if we don't drink or eat. What do you think we should do now?"

"I don't know?" replied the child.

"We might as well go back to the mountains, where we will not die of dry and starvation, where we will drink and eat. Yan Yongnong offered to go home.

"No, I don't go to the mountains, I hide in the deep mountains and old forests, how can my father find me if he doesn't have clairvoyance? I'm going to stay here and wait, there are many adults here, people from all over the world come here, and there must be people in my family who also come here, so one day I will meet acquaintances I know. The child hurriedly objected.

"But I can't wait here with you, I still have a family to support, and I starved them to death at home for you alone? Besides, we have been looking here for more than a month, and we have searched all over the streets and alleys and have not seen any revelation to find you. I watched it on TV every night, and you weren't in so many missing person commercials. Maybe your dad forgot about you and won't look for you. ”

"Absolutely not, why haven't you forgotten your family for so long? My parents will never forget me. ”

"Okay, you're waiting here alone, I have to leave anyway. ”

"No, what if you leave my child's house and someone else arrests me and sells me again?"

"It's just right to sell, I got out, and no one bothers me anymore, it's a great thing!" Yan Yongnong joked.

"You said that you will take care of me until you find my parents, and if you don't leave me, you don't want to rely on you! You just won't be allowed to go. The kid said word for word.

"We are not immortals, we have to pay money for food, drink, and a place to live, but our money is gone, and we can't go to the tree to pick leaves for money! Not a penny has let me accompany you here to bite stones? This is not better than our mountains, there are no stones, only the northwest wind to drink. ”

'This street is full of people who can eat and drink and live, and I don't believe that we will starve to death here.' ”

"I'm telling you, we don't have a way to beg for food here, I'm a rural person, I can only do farm work, and I can't find a job in the city. Maybe your family is not here at all, and it is in vain to wait here for a lifetime, and your father will not know that you are here if he is not a god. I don't think you should be in a hurry to find your parents, you have to take your time, you go back with me first and look for it while you live. ”

"But this time, you'll send me to an orphanage again." The child said worriedly.

"Who did you listen to? Don't be a fool of yourself, right? Okay, I promise you: from now on you will live in my house for as long as you like, and I will never starve you if I have food. ”

The car home is tomorrow morning at eight o'clock, joy and excitement fill Yan Yongnong's chest, and his heart has already flown back. The two of them still ate a loaf of bread together at noon, and now it is nine o'clock in the evening, but dinner has not yet been served. The child was much more settled than usual, and quietly crawled on Yan Yongnong's back, because he knew that Yan Yongnong's pocket was empty, and the noise was in vain.

Yan Yongnong originally wanted to support the family lunch at noon the day after tomorrow, but the child was hungry. You have to try to get something into the child's belly, and there is no way to do it except to please him.

It turned out that at home, he rescued others and helped others. Now it was his turn to reach out to someone else, and he was ashamed to speak. 'Wen Qian forced down the heroes'. If it weren't for the sake of the child, he would rather starve to death.

Just across the street, there was a small restaurant that was about to close, Yan Yongnong saw some fresh rice on the steamer, and begged for the first time in his life:

The boss who was smiling and settling accounts with customers turned around to see Yan Yongnong and them, thinking that they were here to eat, because he didn't understand Yan Yongnong's words. "What do you want to eat?" asked the boss.

Yan Yongnong pouted and repeated what he had just said with the help of gestures.

"I'm still begging for food for a long time. "The boss's face is like a June day, and it turns from a sunny day to a dark cloud. The snarky gaze made people feel embarrassed, and the mean words made Yan Yongnong want to find a hole to get into immediately.

"I sell this rice for money, and I am not a rich man, and I can't afford to give porridge. You're a big man, strong, good hands and feet, and you're too embarrassed to bring a child out to beg for food?" the boss continued

"Boss, we're not begging. Yan Yongnong whispered.

"When * and set up the archway. You obviously begged me for a bowl of rice just now, not begging for food, but calling for transformation. Let me tell you, I'd rather put my leftovers in the trash than feed others. ”

"I mean, we don't make a living by begging for food, we have been out for ---a long time," Yan Yongnong said in a low voice.

"All right, all right, I have heard this kind of deception more than a thousand times, and I am even more touching than you say: my hometown has been flooded, my house has been set on fire, my family has fallen ill, my money has been stolen, and so on. You still have to learn this kind of lie, oops, I really don't have time to rub my tongue with you, whether you beg for food or not, it has nothing to do with me. I am the same age as you, born with a hard life, I can't stop my hands and feet from morning to night, and my bones are so tired that I fall apart. Look, there's still this big pile of briquettes to move to the utility room, and I'm exhausted. Go, go, don't get in my way. The boss said.

"Boss, can I help you move the briquettes and change the bowl of rice?" Yan Yongnong said.

"Oh, what did you say? all moved?" the boss asked Yan Yongnong as he re-examined.

"Yes, just change the bowl of rice. Yan Yongnong said.

"Well, that's pretty much it. People, diligent, diligent, good food, lazy and lazy, no rice to cook. "The attitude of the owner was much better.

Yan Yongnong rolled up his sleeves and began to work, and the shopkeeper filled a bowl of rice and said to the child: "Come, child, eat! You are innocent and do not deserve to be starved." Alas, you child, the king of Hades told you to reincarnate and become a human, and you will go to Ma Marili, and you will not choose anyone else. ”

The kid came in, he didn't go to the meal, he went straight to Yan Yongnong to help carry the coal.

"Hey, you're quite sensible! There is backbone. It's a pity that you cast the wrong baby, and you followed this father, but you suffered, and you should have been in kindergarten at this time. But you don't have enough food and clothing, let alone education. The boss looked sorry, nodded first and then shook his head.

"He's not my child, he's been tricked out by traffickers, and he happened to run into me, and I'm taking him out to find his family. Yan Yongnong didn't want to plead, he and the store were only one-sided, and there would be no chance to meet in the future, and he despised him and had no second witness, so there was no feeling of embarrassment when he met again. Now I see that the shopkeeper has repeatedly insulted himself, so he can't help but give some explanations.

"It's not your child, pick it up, don't make up a lie about begging for a bowl of rice, right?" the boss only understood the first sentence. He was extremely skeptical of this statement.

"If I lie to you, I'm not a human ----," Yan Yongnong swore.

"Hey, don't talk to him, he doesn't treat you as a human being anymore!" the child said to Yan Yongnong in dialect. Then he said to the boss in Mandarin very dissatisfied: "You are not a good person, you are a vicious person!"

"It's true, you two speak with different accents, I don't understand everything you say as an adult, and I understand what the child says later. It seems that I really misunderstood you and misunderstood you?Where did you come from?"The boss confirmed from the accents of the two. Take care of them.

"We came from the big town of Chongqi County. Yan Yongnong couldn't say this sentence in Mandarin, so he asked the child to translate it.

"Too lazy to tell him. The boy turned around and carried two briquettes and left.

Yan Yongnong borrowed the boss's bookkeeping pen and wrote his address in his hand.

"Oh my God, I've heard of this place, a big mountainous area, far away from here!" said the boss as he scanned the two faces with his eyes, and after careful comparison, he said: "You have no similarity, ah, man, I'm sorry, I really misunderstood you, and I have said a lot of unpleasant things now I take them back, please don't be surprised." "The owner was both surprised and regretted.

"Big brother, don't say that, it's not an exaggeration to know, I won't blame you. I know you're a good person, but we're the ones who bothered you, and it's us who say 'I'm sorry'. Yan Yongnong wrote down the call with a pen.

The change in the boss's attitude and his enthusiasm opened up the chatterbox that Yan Yongnong had been pressing on his heart for many days. As he worked, he talked with the shopkeeper, and told him a rough picture of what had happened with the boy, and their conversation was like a riddle, and if someone who knew two languages listened to their conversation, he would laugh his waist. Yan Yongnong can understand Mandarin but can't speak, after he says a few words that he can say, the boss guesses, explains, and plays with these words, and when he closes Yan Yongnong's meaning, he connects "exactly, exactly!". If the boss misunderstood the meaning of running away, Yan Yongnong also connected "No, no, no, no, no", so Yan Yongnong changed a few words for the boss to guess.

The boss was deeply moved and once again apologized for his actions and words at the beginning. Yan Yongnong also repeatedly explained that he didn't care about the previous things for a long time, and thanked him again and again for his trust in him later. So they met and hated each other and became friends who talked about everything.

The boss said: "Brother, it's not me, although I am a person who aims at the bottom of the pot, I have read a few books of "Mai Picture Book", and I know a little about physiognomy. I have noticed that you child: the corners of heaven and earth are full, the hall is shining, and the eyes are shining, and you are an extraordinary piece of material. He will have a great achievement in the future, if he is serious and send him to study, he will not be a champion in the future, and I will pick out an eye for you. Don't secretly laugh at me in your heart, 'rats crawl and call themselves hooks', everyone who has passed under my nose can see it in their liver and lungs, quasi-evil! You may not believe it at this time, but after more than ten years of verification, you will call me a god. ”

"Thank you for your golden words, I also think he is a promising child, but it's a pity that he is from someone else's family, and he will eventually return to his biological parents. Either way, I wish he could be a dragon from above. Yan Yongnong was a little melancholy.

"Brother, it's not me saying you, you are a good person and a duty. But to be too responsible is to be stupid. You don't want to think that China is so big, and losing a child is like a needle falling into the sea, where to find it? You have the money and energy to take him around, so you might as well adopt him. This child has a head, you raise him and send him to study well, and you will have you in the future. The boss persuaded.

"I haven't thought about it yet, all I'm thinking about is helping him find his biological parents. Besides, this child is too stubborn, it is rare to cultivate a family, and other people's flesh is cut and mended on his own body is not sticky. Yan Yongnong said.

"This is only temporary, he has no relatives, no reason, no support, who will go if he doesn't go after a long time? ”

Besides, my family lives in the mountains, and the conditions in all aspects are poor, which is not conducive to raising children, so don't harm him. ”

"Brother, let me discuss with you, you picked up this child, and you have no intention of adopting him, so you want to send him away, so you might as well give him to me." My wife raised two girls and got married, and I thought my son was going crazy and was about to raise a boy. You will give up my wish! He will not suffer with me, and I will treat him twice as seriously as my own girl. As for all the time he has eaten, used, and spent yours, and the time you have delayed, I will pay you double, okay?"

"Don't dream, I won't be your son. Without waiting for Yan Yongnong to speak, the child's urn sounded and interjected.

Yan Yongnong didn't answer the shopkeeper's words first, and deliberately teased the child: "Aren't you going to stay here and wait for your parents? I don't want to leave you here alone, for fear that you won't have anything to eat or a place to sleep." Now it's okay, his family is willing to take you in, and he wants to recognize you as a son. So hello, I'm also separated, where is the good thing! That's it, you can live in his house for the time being and wait for your parents, it is better to wait for your parents, and if you can't wait for your parents, you will be a son for him for life!"

"I will never be his son!" the child cried out.

"Why don't you want his son? He has money at home, you can eat whatever you want, and you can have whatever you want, isn't it good to follow him to enjoy happiness?" Yan Yongnong continued jokingly.

"Hey, you're starting to hate me, aren't you? want to leave me here. In the end, you still love money, and you exchange me for money. Well--- Eun----Mom and Dad, where are you?" the boy cried.

"Okay, I was just joking with you, can't you see it? I won't lose you, let alone sell you. I will hand you over to your parents with my own hands. If I don't find your parents for a day, I won't leave you for a day?" Yan Yongnong comforted the child.

"Alright, alright, I'm going back to the mountain with you. The child stopped crying.

"You're not looking for your parents?"

"No, I can't find my parents here, when I grow up and have the ability, I will look for them in bigger and farther places, and I will definitely find them." Let's take a ride back. The child picked up Yan Yongnong and was about to leave.

"Look at you, you haven't finished the work you promised others, and you can't break your trust with others. If you don't have anything to eat, and you don't have anything to hold on to your stomach, how can you have the strength to climb the 'dragging ridges'? People are iron and rice are steel. Besides, if you want a ride, you won't have a car until tomorrow. I still have one more thing to make clear to you, you can't keep calling me 'hey' and what do you call me all the time? Anyway, if you think about your dad all day long, then call me 'dad' when I'm your dad. ”

"I only have one dad. At most, call you 'uncle'. ”

"Call me 'Dad' and change your dad? Alas, whatever you want to call it, it's not like no one calls 'Dad'!"