Yangzhou, Oriental Dart Bureau.

In the past, the "world's first dart" is now a door, and things are not people.

In the inner courtyard, the noise of several children added some life to the cold courtyard.

"Why am I a thief again? I want to be an officer and soldier. A six-year-old boy tilted his head and pouted angrily.

"If you don't want to be a thief, who should be a thief?" said another boy who was four or five years older, "and a few of us look like thieves like you." ”

"You look like a thief, I want to be an officer and soldier. The toddler retorted unconvinced.

"If you don't steal, we won't play with you. The young man said to a young girl of the same age beside him, "Yes?" ”

"If you don't play, you won't play, I'll go play with my eldest cousin. The toddler turned to the side.

"Big sister won't play with you little brat. Xiaolin, let's go to the street and play. The girl named Ziyue pulled the young man and said.

"Okay, but what if my mother finds out?" the young man named Xiaolin frowned.

"Let's stop playing for a long time, just go home early. Ziyue whispered to Xiaolin.

"I'm going too!" The young child on the side heard that the two were going out to play, and immediately came back to their spirits.

"Haha, aren't you going to play with us?" Xiaolin smiled, "Let's go Ziyue, let's not take him to play." ”

Ziyue Xiaolin and the two ran away after speaking, they didn't mean to wait for the child at all, the child only chased out with his buttocks, but he was afraid of being discovered by adults, so he didn't dare to shout at all.

The three children sneaked out of the courtyard gate, Ziyue Xiaolin and the two ran and hid in front, and the young children chased after them in the back, their little faces flushed. Ziyue shouted to the young child behind him, "Little knife, you are going to catch up with us, we will play with you." ”

"Say, talk, count, count!" the young boy who called the knife panted in the back.

"Count, count. Come on!" Xiaolin said as he jumped on Gao'er and waved at the knife.

Where could the knife catch up with Ziyue Xiaolin, and after passing through a few streets, the two disappeared. The knife stared around with a pair of eyes, and where could he still see his cousin and cousin, so he had to hang his little head and pout and walk down the street.

As he walked, the knife blinked, and he couldn't remember the way home. Where to go? Knife sobbed as he walked. Unconsciously came to a restaurant, the food was fragrant, and my stomach was rumbling.

Xiaodao walked straight into the restaurant and looked at the tables of diners inside. The shopkeeper saw that a young child came in alone, and he looked dressed like a little beggar begging for food, nor a child of an ordinary people's family, but like a child from a big family.

The shopkeeper walked up to the knife, bent down and asked with a smile, "Little friend, whose child are you?"

Xiaodao looked up at the shopkeeper and said, "I'm not looking for anyone, I just can't find my way home." ”

"Then tell your uncle which family you are, and your uncle will send you back. The shopkeeper smiled slyly, thinking in his heart that he might be able to earn some bounty now.

"What are you doing?" said a child of about six or seven years old.

"Go, go, go. While playing, there are you everywhere. The shopkeeper stopped the kid with one hand and pushed him away.

"Get out of the way, he's my friend. The child struggled to break free from the shop.

"The little kid still has friends, get out of the way!" The shopkeeper's face sank, and he pushed the child to the ground with one palm.

"I don't believe you're asking him!" the boy scrambled to his feet, pointing at the knife, and winked at it.

"He's your friend?" asked Xiao Dao, pointing to the child.

Knife didn't know what to do, but he nodded when he saw the child wink at him.

"I'll just say he's my friend, you still don't believe it. The boy rushed over and took the knife's hand, "Let's go, let's play." ”

The shopkeeper looked around at the diners, and understood that it was inconvenient to deal with these children in this public, so he looked at the backs of the two children, and couldn't help but sneer, so he shook his head and left to greet the guests.

The two children came to the door of the store, and the child who came from the store said to Xiaodao: "My name is Bai Shijiu, what is your name?"

"My name is Hu Tianci, my nickname is Xiaodao, you can also call me Hu Xiaodao. ”

"Thank you for believing in me and treating me as a friend. I'll call you a knife, so it's a little more palatable. Bai Eat and Drink said with a smile.

"Of course, children will definitely not lie to children! Then I will also call you Xiaobai, which is a little more pleasant. Hu Xiaodao also said with a smile.

"Okay, then we're really good friends now. ”

"Yes, good friends. ”

The two little children jumped hand in hand.

"Why did you come here alone?" asked Hu Xiaodao in vain. Hu Xiaodao told the story of eating and drinking in vain.

"Since your cousin and cousin don't want to play with you, you can come and play with me in the future, anyway, I don't have any friends except you. Bai ate and drank with his little hand and patted his chest.

"Okay, I'll come out and play with you later. Hu Xiaodao also learned to eat and drink for nothing, patting his chest and saying.

"Haha..."

"Okay, I'm going back, otherwise my mother won't find me, I'll be in a hurry. Hu Xiaodao pouted.

"Okay, but do you know the way home?" asked Shiro, with concern.

"I'll go back the way I came, and I should be able to find it. Hu Xiaodao looked in the direction he came and said.

"Then I'll send you!"

"Okay, what are you going to do when you're back?

"Don't be afraid, I'm quite familiar with this piece. ”

The two children walked together along the road where Hu Xiaodao came to the Oriental Dart Bureau.

After about half an hour, Hu Xiaodao finally saw his home not far away, jumped up and said excitedly: "It's here, it's here soon, you see it's my home." ”

"Wow! it's so magnificent!" Bai Eat and Drink looked up at the gate of the former world's first dart game, and couldn't help but open his mouth. The so-called emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, even if the depressed Oriental Dart Bureau is compared to the Yangzhou restaurant that is like a cloud, it can make the white eat and drink with the mouth wide open.

Hu Xiaodao couldn't help but feel a little proud when he saw Bai eating and drinking. He tugged at the sleeves of Bai Shi's shirt and said, "This is the main gate, I can't enter from here, and it will be miserable for my mother to know that I ran out to play." Let's go, let's go to the back door. ”

The two children came to the back door, and after meeting for the next day of playing together, they went back after eating and drinking.

As soon as Hu Xiaodao entered the backyard, he heard the cries of his cousin Dongfang Lin and cousin Dongfang Ziyue, as well as the scolding of his aunt Wang Lianxiang, "Tell me yourself, how old are you both, you are not sensible at all, if you don't get the knife back today, don't you want to eat?"

"We didn't tell him to go out, he ran out on his own. Dongfang Linchao's mother Wang Lianxiang pouted.

"You're still stubborn!" Wang Lianxiang raised the rattan in her hand and was about to whip Dongfang Lin.

"Sister-in-law, they are all children, and I can't blame them! I'd better go out and find out. Dongfang Xiu on the side hurriedly grabbed Wang Lianxiang's waving arm.

"Yes, yes, what are you angry at the child! You should go out and find it!" said the old lady Zhao anxiously as she knocked on the ground with her cane.

"Mother, grandmother, aunt, I'm back. Hu Xiaodao ran towards the crowd.

Dongfang Xiu hurriedly rushed over and grabbed Hu Xiaodao, choked and said, "You dead boy, where did you go? ”

"I'm sorry! Mother, the knife will never run around again. Hu Xiaodao wiped his cheeks with his little hands to help his mother Dongfang Xiu.

Dongfang Xiu Since what happened six years ago, Hu Xiaodao has become her only hope now, although she is not her own, but in her heart she is closer than her own. She wants to train him to be a man like her eldest brother Dongfang Jin and her husband Hu Canghai. So she loves Hu Xiaodao, but she is also strict.

"Xiaodao, do you know that you are wrong today?" Dongfang Xiu asked with both hands on Hu Xiaodao's shoulders and solemnly.

Hu Xiaodao looked at his mother and nodded with a small mouth.

"You told my mother what was wrong with you?"

"I've worried you. ”

"What else?"

"And..." Hu Xiaodao clasped the back of his head with his small hand, unable to think of it for a while.

Dongfang Xiu pointed at Dongfang Ziyue and Dongfang Lin and said, "Your behavior today has caused your cousin and cousin to be beaten, you should go and apologize to them." ”

"Oh!" Hu Xiaodao nodded, walked over to Dongfang Ziyue and Dongfang Lin and said, "Cousin, cousin, I'm sorry!"

"Hmph!" Dongfang Lin twisted his head to the side, looking unappreciative.

"Well, although you apologize, you must be punished for doing something wrong. Cousin, cousin, because you haven't eaten yet, you have to go to the pile for half an hour before you can eat. Dongfang Xiu said to Hu Xiaodao.

"Mother..." Hu Xiaodao pleaded to his mother while holding his stomach, "Can you stand on the stump after eating?"

"No! I still have to practice calligraphy after eating. Dongfang Xiu's tone did not have half room for maneuver.

"Oh. Hu Xiaodao knows her mother's temper, although she loves herself very much, she is also unusually strict with herself. Although he was only a six or seven-year-old child, he never disobeyed his mother. So he obediently walked to the side and stood up on the horse's footpost.

The old lady Zhao and Wang Lianxiang wanted to dissuade them, but when they saw Dongfang Xiu's solemn face, they had to shake their heads. Dongfang Lin came to Hu Xiaodao and made a grimace, and then ran away with Dongfang Ziyue.

Hu Xiaodao's eyes were soaked with tears, but he stoiced not to let it slip off, and Dongfang Xiu's eyes were moist, and she stood opposite Hu Xiaodao and looked at him quietly.

"Mother, why don't you go to dinner?" Hu Xiaodao asked as he looked at Dongfang Xiu.

"My mother is here with the knife, and the knife made a mistake because my mother didn't teach you well. ”

"I'm sorry! Hu Xiaodao pouted, tears came out of his eyes, and he couldn't help sobbing.

Dongfang Xiu walked over slowly, squatted down, held the little face of Hu Xiaodao with both hands, gently wiped the tears with his thumb, and the deep three scars on the right cheek, and couldn't help but remember that when he picked up this child, this is also a hard-working child, he should have a bizarre background when he can meet in that kind of place, and I don't know if his biological parents are still in the world, no matter what, I have to train him to be a person who stands up to the sky. So he whispered: "Child, a man should not shed tears easily, nor can he easily say sorry, because a man should not let others be hurt for his mistakes. ”

"Hmm!" Hu Xiaodao listened to Dongfang Xiu's words and nodded as if he didn't understand. Because in his heart, his mother's words must be right.

Hu Xiaodao stabbed the horse, and Dongfang Xiu stood here to accompany him. After about half an hour, Dongfang Xiu let Hu Xiaodao put it away. Hu Xiaodao exhaled, slapped his thigh with his small fist, and then beat his waist. Dongfang Xiu saw it in his eyes and felt pain in his heart, but when he saw his son's funny actions and wanted to laugh again, he couldn't help but smile and shook his head, then reached out and pulled Hu Xiaodao, and the mother and son went to eat together.