Country M

Dragging her tired body, early in the morning, at 5 o'clock, walking on the cold and windy street, a middle-aged Asian woman wrapped her shabby coat.

Although it is not particularly cold in country M in August, but for a woman, the only thing that can withstand the wind and cold is this dress, her eyes are dim, and the whole person has no energy, like a walking corpse, turning from the street into the alley, stepping on the dirty water, and coming to a dilapidated house.

I can't use the word house to describe the building in front of me, the windows have no glass, the door is only halfway, there is a little fire in it, after stepping in, the woman finds her own place, there are seven or eight people living here, all of them are very poor people, they have no home, no source of income, they usually live by begging, except for women.

The silent cry can feel the sorrow in the woman's heart from the shaking shoulders.

It's been seven years.

She has lived like this for seven years, just because all her documents were snatched away by that man, and she wants to go to the embassy to help her, but every time she goes to the embassy, she will notify her of the closest person here after verifying her identity, and the people close to her will not have a second except that man, as long as that man appears, her life will go to hell.

So

The woman would rather spend the past seven years wandering outside than meet the man.

She was very homesick, she missed her previous life, she didn't know why her relatives would leave her in an instant, she resisted immigration, but the resistance was ineffective, she wanted to find her sister, to find her nephew, but she didn't have that strength.

In the past few years, she has not saved any money, and every time she sees someone who can't survive, she will generously support, and there are not a few people she has helped, but she will never be able to help herself.

Crying because of missing, crying because of helplessness, soon, she stopped crying, because life has to go on, life will not let you and accommodate you just because you cry.

California

Coming out of the airport, Zhang Xian took the keys to find the rented car.

Xu Xian pushed the suitcase and carried a bag, which was in her arms from beginning to end.

After getting in the car

Zhang Xian opened the note and entered the address of the restaurant he found into the navigation.

"Let's go, let's go see Auntie"

The words were said by Xu Xian, and she could feel Zhang Xian's slightly trembling hands at this time, which was a kind of excitement and a kind of worry, because he didn't know what kind of scene he would see, what kind of words he would say to his aunt, and what kind of facts he would know.

The distance is not particularly meta

Thirty minutes later

Diagonally across from S Restaurant on a street in San Francisco.

"Arrived"

Xu Xian tidied up his clothes, looked at his makeup in the mirror, and after confirming that there was no problem, he reminded Zhang Xian, who was still sitting in the car and did not mean to get out.

"Have you arrived?"

Of course, Zhang Xian knew that he had arrived, and the car he parked immediately looked at the restaurant across the street the moment he parked.

There are a lot of people in the restaurant, and the guests who come and go interpret the word hustle and bustle vividly and exquisitely.

It was a Chinese restaurant, and the waiters were all Asian, and he couldn't be sure that it was his aunt, whom he hadn't seen for years, and he seemed to have forgotten her face a little.

"Get out of the car"

Xu Xian got out of the car first, at this time someone needed to be a booster, walked to the driver's seat, opened the door, stretched out his hand, Zhang Xian took a deep breath and grabbed Xu Xian's hand, standing on the ground with both feet, but he couldn't take a step, and he didn't know why he couldn't take a step.

in the past

Even in the face of an enemy much stronger than himself, he can take a brave step, because he knows that if you don't take the first step, you will wait to be bullied by others, and that courage doesn't know where to go, the courage to see the sword and gun still charge forward, and the courage to rush up and fight when he sees an enemy dozens of times his size surrounding.

It's ironic to say that this is such a person, and when he faces a middle-aged woman he hasn't met yet, he is a little scared.

Feeling the temperature from the palm of his hand, Zhang Xian turned his head to look at Xu Xian, who was very firm and gentle, as a man, he knew that he couldn't continue like this.

"Let's go, eat some of the food in this restaurant. ”

No matter what kind of topic is said, they both know that it is the topic that they can't do without in the end, and people who don't like to detour at all suddenly start to detour, how panicked and nervous they should be.

"Jingle Bell"

Pushing open the door, the wind chimes rang, and it was so clear even in a lively environment.

The business in the store is very good, there are many people eating, I found an empty table, sat down and came three minutes before a waiter came up: "Hello, may I ask what to order?"

When he got the menu, Zhang Xian didn't move

Xu Xian smiled and communicated with the waiter, and after ordering a few dishes, the waiter asked in Huaxia, and nodded after getting the answer, she thought she was from Huaxia, so she would use Huaxia to talk.

In a foreign country, if you meet your compatriots, it must be an ecstatic thing.

When the food was served, the waiter didn't know what was going on, and said, "We also have one here from country H." ”

Xu Xian glanced at Zhang Xian, she didn't dare to make any decisions, and in the end she just smiled.

During the meal, Zhang Xian did not say a word about his aunt, only occasionally glanced around the restaurant, he was looking, but never saw it.

Time is ticking.

After eating for almost four hours, when it was time for proofing, the customers in the store were almost gone, and Zhang Xian saw a familiar figure when the waiters were preparing to open the meal.

"Knock knock, knock knock"

The sound of her own heartbeat echoed in her ears, is it her, the aunt who has loved her since she was a child, why is her back bent, why does she feel so weak.

That table was not far from Zhang Xian and them

There were eight people in total, and after sitting in a circle, no one spoke, just took the dishes and chopsticks and began to eat, the quiet atmosphere made people a little unbearable, and after a few minutes, I don't know who it was, pointed to Zhang Xian's table and said a few words.

Eyes began to focus in this direction

Zhang Xian and Xu Xian did not avoid their gaze, and among the eight people, the moment one of them saw Zhang Xian, the whole person directly stiffened, and the bowl in his hand fell to the ground with a 'poof' and shattered, and the chopsticks also fell after him, just like that, his eyes widened and his mouth grew up.

Zhang Xian's heart trembled, he also saw that gaze, of course, he recognized that woman, it was the purpose of coming to country M this time, the aunt he hadn't seen for a few years.

"Crunch"

It was Xu Xian who was the first to get up, walked directly towards the table, then squatted beside the woman, put away the broken bowls, picked up the chopsticks and put them on the table, and shouted softly: "Auntie, we are coming to you." ”

Just one sentence, a very simple sentence, I thought I would get an answer from my aunt, but as a result, Xu Xian, who was very close, just saw the tears flying out of my aunt's eyes, and her figure of running away in a hurry, my aunt ran away, and after confirming the facts, she chose to run away, aimlessly, and turned around from the kitchen position and ran out of the door.

"What are you doing, chase after it!"

After coming back to his senses, Zhang Xian quickly got up and chased out, Xu Xian explained the current situation in English, and then chased out, the owner and staff of the restaurant put down the dishes and chopsticks, and chased the situation outside the door with curious eyes.