Jiang Che was carrying noodles in his hands and eggs in his pockets, standing beside the path bent out of the mountain, alone in front of an old house.

In front of the house, there is a yellow mud road full of weeds, and the door is wide open, but the probe can't see people.

Jiang Che stretched out his hand and knocked on the door panel a few times, then looked inside, and the room was dark and no one responded...... He had to stand and wait patiently.

After a while, there was still no one in the door, but a person came out of the wall outside the door.

A woman who was not short, wearing a blue round-neck men's T-shirt and wide trousers, with a big braid that reached her waist behind her back, and a vegetable basket in her hand, appeared in front of Jiang Che.

"Who are you?" Seeing that there was a person standing in front of her house, the woman put down the vegetable basket and stood down and asked.

"Oh, I just came from the mainland today, and I'm staying in that shack in there for the time being. Jiang Che tried his best to smile harmlessly, and said gently, "You are the master of this house, right?"

"Hmm. The woman responded, thought about it, and said, "My mother-in-law is." ”

In a word, it can be heard that this family has a strong sense of dignity and inferiority, but this is not a matter that Jiang Che needs to care about, he said: "That's the case, I saw smoke coming from the chimney of your house......

The woman nodded in confusion, looking at Jiang Che with her eyes, as if asking: What's wrong with the smoke?

"I'd like to borrow it from your kitchen to cook a few bowls of noodles and fry an egg. Jiang Che said, "When I first came, there was nothing in the shack. ”

"Oh......" The woman suddenly laughed, nodded, and opened her mouth to say "OK".

But before he could say anything, an old lady in her sixties looked like she was wearing a halterneck apron in the old style of the dark blue countryside.

She came out, glared, and the woman went into the house without a sound......

The old lady glanced at Jiang Che and asked, "Then you have oil and salt by yourself?"

"This, no", Jiang Che said embarrassedly: "Even I want to borrow the dishes and chopsticks from you, and wash them after using them and send them back." ”

"Oh, that's all I have to use for everything", the old lady muttered to herself, and said to Jiang Che, "Fried eggs cost oil...... Well, count you ten dollars. Give money first. ”

Jiang Che put one hand in his pocket and touched the remaining two pieces...... I didn't answer at all.

"What, no?" the old lady finished speaking, glancing at the face on Jiang Che's hand.

At this time, in the house, the woman who entered the house first suddenly shouted: "Mother, where did you put your kitchen knife, why can't I find it?"

"On the board. The old lady replied with a little impatience.

"It's not on the board, you come in and help find it. The house said again.

"Tsk, it's useless at all. The old lady scolded, didn't care about Jiang Che, turned around and went into the house.

Jiang Che didn't leave, he didn't stay, he stood at the door, and heard the sound of a quiet conversation inside.

First, the old lady said, "Hey, I remember to put it here, where did I go?"

Then there was a rather unclear conversation, probably the two of them were looking for each other and asking each other.

Then the woman spoke, and she said, "I just asked, they just came across the sea today." We've been in the shack too, and there's nothing...... They are not easy either. ”

"Who is easier to co-author?" the old lady said earnestly: "Remember, the old people say, you can't eat poorly, you can't wear poor, and you can't calculate that you will be poor for a lifetime...... With your heart, everything has to be defeated. ”

Another inaudible conversation.

The woman somehow got out, came out of the house, looked back at the old lady and didn't follow, and hurriedly whispered to Jiang Che, "How many do you have?"

“…… I'm left with two pieces of two. Jiang Che didn't know why, but he still clenched his fist and took out the money in his pocket, opened it, and put it in the palm of his hand...... Pitifully two pieces of two.

"Hmm. The woman nodded, reached out and took the money, touched it from her pocket again, put it together, counted, glanced at Jiang Che, smiled, and suddenly said loudly: "Nine yuan three, the difference is seven cents...... Is it really gone? Well, okay. ”

After speaking, she motioned to Jiang Che to wait, turned around and went back to the house, and explained to the old lady: "The money is given to me, and it is seven cents...... I thought it was about the same, so I agreed, mother, what do you think?"

The old lady thought for a while and said, "Okay, okay, you can look at it for a while, let me use less oil." ”

…………

The kitchen knife was found in the crack of the stove against the wall, and I don't know when it slipped down.

The woman washed the kitchen knife, cleaned out the six large bowls and bamboo chopsticks that Jiang Che wanted to borrow, put them on the table, turned her head and saw the hot air in the pot, and reminded: "It's okay to go down, do you really know how to cook it yourself?" ”

"Yes. Jiang Che opened the lid of the pot, fanned off the heat and took a look, scooped a tablespoon of vegetable oil and dripped a few drops into it, re-covered, and said, "I'll wait." ”

"Oh, that's a different place, and the way to cook noodles is different. The woman said, "By the way, where are you?"

"Viet Giang Province, to the south. Jiang Che said, "What about you?"

"We are good at coming from the east", the woman said: "My name is Liu Suru, are you?"

"Jiang Che. ”

"Oh......" Liu Suru pointed to the dishes and chopsticks and said, "The six of you came?"

"Yes, what about you?" is probably a kind of politeness, if someone asks you, you have to ask back to be appropriate.

"We, my family of three came, but that day I was chased by the Hong Kong City police, and in the winter, I hid in the mud pond for a day and a night before I hid over...... Liu Suru smiled bitterly, picked up a kitchen knife and lowered her head to cut vegetables.

"Oh, that hurts. While speaking, Jiang Che stepped down and added oil and salt.

"Well, not really. Liu Suru said lightly: "I just didn't expect that I and my mother-in-law and the two women survived, but I was a young man, he didn't survive." ”

"......" came suddenly, Jiang Che was not good at comforting people, and he was not familiar with it, so he didn't know how to speak.

"It's nothing, it's been more than a year. My mother-in-law also said that my life is not good...... Liu Suru put down the kitchen knife in her hand, raised her hand, pointed a finger at her right eye, under the eye socket, and said: "Can you see it? ”

"This, in fact, is all superstition. ”

The noodles were in the pot, and after a few minutes, they were scooped up and crossed the cold river, Jiang Che divided the bowl, and added the soup...... Then, expertly superheated again, divide the noodles into six bowls.

"It's amazing to look at. Liu Suru smiled and said, "Let's fry the eggs in a small pot." After speaking, she brought a clean basket of vegetables, helped put the bowls of noodles into it, lined it up, and then said, "In this way, I will get you something to cover it in a while, and I will take it back." ”

"Thank you. After ordering the oil, Jiang Che knocked the eggs on the side of the pot, snorted, turned his head and said, "Then you also go into the city to work in the dark?"

"No, my mother-in-law ......" Liu Suru lowered her voice and said, "Don't look at her calculations, she looks fierce, in fact, she is very timid, you see just now, before I came back to ask you where you came, she didn't dare to come out to answer you, how dare she go into the city? On the other hand, we don't have relatives in Hong Kong City, and we have asked someone to introduce us to work a few times, but I don't want to let you go to drink, sing, and dance with others. ”

Jiang Che paid attention to it, Liu Suru looked like she was only twenty-three or four years old, and her eyebrows, eyes, figure, and appearance were not bad.

It seemed that she was supporting this homeless home, a little admired, Jiang Che nodded, and said, "Then how do you live?"

"You know the family who opened a small shop in front of you, right?" asked Liu Suru, looking up.

"You know, I bought these things from her. Jiang Che said.

"Well, his man is our fellow countryman, a county ...... Take care of me, let me and my mother-in-law help make steamed buns and sell them to the workers who load and unload. Liu Suru smiled heartily and said: "I can go on here, and I will look at it slowly in the future." ”

"Oh...... In this way, I just ate the steamed buns you made at noon. Jiang Che said with a smile.

"You just arrived, and you're going to carry a big bag?"

"That's right, make money. ”

The two of them said these words, and the eggs were fried, and the omelette was not too popular in the Western way these years, and it was used to frying it until the egg white was golden and fragrant.

Jiang Che carried the basket and thanked him repeatedly, guaranteeing that the things would be returned in a while and go out.

I didn't go too far, I couldn't help but look back at the old house, and think about it, the so-called life is real and magical, there are many ugly things in this world, but there are always people in a corner you don't know, even if they experience misfortune, they are the same tenacious and self-respecting survival, simple and honest to others.

Penniless, but there were six bowls of noodles, one of which was covered with a fragrant poached egg, Jiang Che thought.

Turning around, after a while, footsteps came from behind him, and Liu Rusu trotted all the way to Jiang Che and said, "What's the matter, just eat noodles......?" It's not very spicy, I made my own chopped pepper. ”

She handed over a canned bottle, which was red and looked bright.

"Those who have left their hometowns will not be easy to live, so you should be stronger. ”

Recklessness, probably means strong, Liu Suru regarded Jiang Che and the others as real penniless stowaways, encouraging, Jiang Che suddenly felt that she said that she was reckless, more powerful than being strong.

"Thank you. "No politeness, Jiang Che took it, because at this moment, he had already decided that he must return Liu Suru's six yuan and one cent...... With "interest".

"Sister, I'll tell you something. He said, "Tear moles are not bitter appearances, really...... Because, I'm a fortune teller. ”

…………

There was a lame, worn-out table in the shack, now stoned and scrubbed.

Jiang Che put down the big vegetable basket covered with a bamboo lid and said, "Wash your hands and get ready to eat." ”

Dong'er raised her hands and opened them to Jiang Che and said, "I've washed it clean, brother, look." ”

"Really. Jiang Che looked down and checked, looked up and said, "Why don't you wash that little face? It's all dirty like a little wild cat." ”

"This, Uncle Zheng said, he said that it can't be washed. Qu Dong'er said: "He said, today you are all tired, and tomorrow you will rely on me to beg for food and earn food...... Clothes and small faces should be dirty to be presentable. ”

...... "Lao Zheng, this is going to heaven."

Dong'er too, because of the guilt of losing her schoolbag, her concern is chaotic, and she wants to do something for everyone too much, but she was deceived by him.

Jiang Che had no choice but to take the "towel" he used when carrying a big bag, washed it in the mountain stream, wrung it out, and came back to carefully wipe Dong'er's little face clean.

It's time to eat.

Jiang Che turned an angle, avoiding Dong'er's gaze, and brought the noodles to the table bowl by bowl, put them in front of everyone, and put the chopped peppers on the table.

Five bowls of noodles, still steaming, Dong'er's little nose inhaled a few times, looked at Jiang Che, and said with a bright smile: "The noodles cooked by my brother are so fragrant...... My stomach growled, and I wanted to eat. ”

In fact, there is basically no condiment attached to the clear soup noodles, where does it have much flavor?

It has nothing to do with IQ, this is an instinctive wisdom and kindness, Dong'er wants to make adults feel that she is very satisfied and happy in a difficult situation through her performance, and she can also infect others and make the whole atmosphere better.

Jiang Che, Chen Youzhu, and Secretary Zheng looked at each other, and they couldn't help but smile with warmth and care.

It's funny to say, so down-and-out that I went to carry a big bag in exchange, a bowl of noodles covered with poached eggs on Dong'er's birthday actually made these three men, who are themselves increasingly popular, feel so satisfied, and have a great sense of achievement.

"Alright, the last bowl, Dong'er's. ”

Jiang Che raised his face high with both hands and slowly lowered it, and Dong'er's big eyes also moved.

"Wow......"

It's still a clear soup noodle, and the noodles are just a little, but there is an extra poached egg fried golden on top.

Qu Dong'er looked at it, stunned, looked up at Jiang Che and said, "Mine, there's an egg ...... inside."

She probably guessed. This is not difficult, because in the past, at home, when the days were difficult, on her birthday, her parents would also prepare two eggs for Dong'er, or a bowl of noodles covered with poached eggs.

"Yes, because we are Dong'er, we are eight years old today. Jiang Che smiled, reached out and rubbed her little brain, and said softly: "Be healthy and happy, live a long life." ”

"Be healthy and happy, live a long life. Chen Youzhu said the same.

"Be healthy and happy, live a long life. Secretary Zheng said the same, and reached out to pinch Dong'er's cheek by the way.

"Well, it turns out that my brother knows......" Dong'er tilted her head, and the water in her big eyes hidden in the stars suddenly floated and became more shining, and she said, "No wonder you have to carry so many big bags." ”

"Thank you, brother, thank you, Uncle Zheng, thank you, brother. Dong'er looked at them one by one, and choked up and thanked them.

"No thanks, fool, in fact, I wronged Dong'er today. Secretary Zheng rarely spoke seriously, and said seriously: "It was supposed to be the birthday of the little princess, but I was messed up by my brothers." ”

"No, I'm not aggrieved at all......" Dong'er lowered her head and wiped her eyes with her forearm, held back her tears, smiled brightly, and said, "I feel so happy now." ”

"I'm still happy, when I go back, Sister Chu knows that she will have to cut us. Secretary Zheng, who couldn't stand it for three seconds, deliberately looked panicked and quipped.

Everyone at the table laughed, and so did Dong'er.

"Then I won't tell Sister Chu this, let's not tell her about the past few days, or she should be worried. Dong'er turned her head to look at Secretary Zheng, smiled and said, "But I want to tell her something else, to say that Uncle Zheng lied to me all day long and asked me to parachute off the plane...... Bullying. ”

There was another burst of laughter, and the scene was joyful and warm.

The two sisters of the Zhong family, who realized it later, also said in unison, "Happy Birthday" and "Happy Birthday." ”

Start and eat noodles. Dong'er wanted to share the poached eggs, but everyone said no.

"The poached eggs are so fragrant, crispy on the edges. She said.

The other people ate just as happily, and the clear soup noodles were put aside with chopped peppers, which looked good and tasted pleasant.

"Brother. Qu Dong'er gently tapped Jiang Che's arm with her finger.

Jiang Che turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

"I'm done with the poached eggs, I'm going to eat the noodles...... Can you eat 'snoring' and snoring?" she asked with a little crampedness.

What is this called a question, Jiang Che smiled dumbly, looked at the few noodles in her bowl, and said, "Why?"

Qu Dong'er said: "It's very fragrant, very lively, very happy." ”

Jiang Che understood the meaning of this expression, and the reason why he asked was because he was educated, and he was not allowed to do so.

"Okay, Dong'er can say anything today...... Isn't that so?" Jiang Che lowered his head, even the noodle soup with noodles, and snorted as he ate.

Dong'er nodded happily, followed by a bite of food, drank the noodle soup, and 'snorted', but it was not as loud as Jiang Che, it was too quiet, so she clicked her mouth hard at the end, and added a tail note: "...... Ah, it smells so good. ”

Chen Youzhu, Zheng Xinfeng, and the Zhong sisters all laughed, and then did so.

Eating and laughing, Dong'er's silver bell-like laughter kept echoing in the dilapidated shack.

…………

After resting for a while after dinner, the sky darkened, the moon was small, and the moonlight was faint.

"Oh, I forgot to buy candles, and I don't have any money, are you afraid of Dong'er?" Zheng Xinfeng asked deliberately.

"I'm not afraid. Dong'er looked at him vigilantly, for fear that Uncle Zheng would have some tricks to deceive, although it was her birthday, but just now Uncle Zheng lied to her that she was not allowed to wash her face.

Zheng Xinfeng said: "Oh, then your two brothers went to return the dishes, chopsticks and baskets, it seems that they have come back, and they have made a fire behind the house, do you want to go and see it?"

"Not lying?"

"No lies. ”

"Then I want to see it. ”

"Walking. Zheng Xinfeng took Dong'er to the back of the house.

Turning the corner, there was indeed a fire, bright, and the firelight reflected people's faces red, but Qu Dong'er saw it, in addition to the fire, Jiang Che and Chen Youzhu, and in the hands of his brother, there was also a small cake...... A small candle that has been lit is inserted.

Qu Dong'er's past life has not yet touched the birthday of cakes and candles, but she knows it by reading books.

She still knows how hard her brothers are, how much effort they have made today, and how much preparation they have made......

"I wish you a happy birthday, I wish you a happy birthday...... "The Zhong sisters are more accustomed to Western culture and take the lead in singing.

After singing the birthday song, he taught Dong'er to make a wish and blow out the candles.

Dong'er was a little unaccustomed and slightly shy, but she still closed her eyes obediently and made a wish very seriously.

The first wish, Dong'er said reverently: "I hope that Uncle Biao is safe and fine." ”

The second wish, "I hope my brother will go well, punish the bad guys, and then this matter will soon pass." ”

The third wish, the Zhong family sisters reminded them that they couldn't say it, and Qu Dong'er muttered silently for a while.

"Alright. She puffed out her cheeks, blew out the candles, and divided the cake.

"The third birthday wish, you can't say it, you have to remember. While admonishing, the Zhong sisters were very curious about what Dong'er had made.

Jiang Che didn't care about this, stepped forward, took out a red bow hairpin with a pink origin, and said, "This is a birthday gift from my brothers...... Do you like Dong'er?"

Qu Dong'er looked at Jiang Che's palm, nodded vigorously, her eyes lit up, and said, "It's so good-looking." ”

Originally, on this birthday, Jiang Che, Zheng Xinfeng, Chen Youzhu, and Chu Lianyi would give Dong'er what would they give to Dong'er? Perhaps, very expensive clothes, brand-name children's watches, and shiny little crowns......

They can afford to send good things, expensive things, a lot.

However, if you think about it, maybe it's not as precious as this small three-dollar hairpin.

"Then, my brother put it on for you. Jiang Che was a little clumsy and put the butterfly hairpin on Dong'er's head, with a slight right position in the middle.

"Alright. He said.

Qu Dong'er stood up straight......

"Ouch, yes, a three-dollar hairpin looks so good on it...... In the final analysis, our winter is so beautiful. Secretary Zheng gave full play to his strengths and praised him.

Chen Youzhu smiled innocently.

The Zhong family sisters discussed very seriously, which of Dong'er's facial features is the best.

Qu Dong'er is happy.

…………

After eating the cake, sit around the fire, waiting for Lao Biao and Gu Tingle to come together, or Gu Tingle to come alone.

Hermione spoke quickly, blushing even more, almost the same color as Parvati's robes......" Jiang Che said slowly, and Dong'er sat next to him, with her little face sideways, listening quietly.

Secretary Zheng also listened very carefully. Chen Youzhu listened at the same time, and looked around from time to time.

But the Zhong sisters were completely distracted......

Suddenly catching a glimpse, the two were wiping their eyes, Jiang Che was puzzled for a moment, thinking, maybe it was really too miserable, and asked gently: "You guys, what's wrong, are you too worried?"

"No, it's not. It was my sister who just told me that I really wanted to have a birthday like this. Zhong Yin explained seriously: "I also think it would be nice to have such a birthday." ”

The sisters may have had a grand and wonderful birthday since they were children, but ......

Zhong Zhen continued: "The two of us didn't know before, but now that I think about it, the three of you are sweating profusely and carrying a big bag, no wonder you worked so hard, and you secretly went to buy cakes and eggs, so you silently prepared for a day...... I just feel that it's good to have such a good person, so distressed, I really envy Dong'er. ”

"Right?" Secretary Zheng answered: "You just want to be beautiful, and it would be good if you didn't sell it." ”

In fact, he just said to Jiang Che in private: I don't seem to have lived as relieved and fulfilled as I am today for a long time, I have sweated, I am tired and hurt, but I am in a very happy mood.

Jiang Che also has this feeling.

"Brother. ”

"Huh?"

By Jiang Che's side, Qu Dong'er was not affected by the mutual hatred between Zheng Xinfeng and the Zhong sisters at all, and said carefully: "I think what they said is very right, although this birthday is not with my father and mother, but it's so good, it's so good to snort and eat noodles, poached eggs are so fragrant, the small cakes are delicious, and the butterfly hairpins are so beautiful......"

PS：

1. Thank you for the blessings sent by the leader of the alliance [I can't run anymore] for Dong'er's birthday.

2. The plot of the port city part will not be too long.

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