CHAPTER XIV
Money can take root, money can blossom and bear fruit, money can turn poverty into wealth, and money can also allow Tian Donkey to pull his dream down the clouds, hold it in his arms, and taste its sweetness and happiness. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
With the money in his hand, Tian Donkey'er walked out of the city in one breath, and walked for kilometers at night, trekking like a pilgrim on his way home, and at dawn he came to a small town. The exhaustion of walking, coupled with the torture of hunger, made him very embarrassed, and he looked no different from the ordinary beggar called Hanako. He stopped and looked at the bleak town in winter, the gray sky looked a little similar to the sky of his hometown, the pattern of houses and dilapidated and uneven buildings surrounded by each other, compared to the super city with only high-rise buildings, it was much warmer and more intimate, especially the smell of breakfast wafting from the streets and the kitchens of strangers' houses, exactly the same as the smell of multigrain porridge cooked by the mute old lady he had drunk when he was a child, no, it should be said, they tempted his stomach even more. In addition, the heat of his body was taken away by the cold air of his feet while walking, and he desperately wanted a bowl of porridge to warm his body, so he walked towards a breakfast restaurant on the street not far away.
"Yo, here? Something to eat? ”
As soon as Tian Donkey stood in front of the restaurant, the enthusiastic proprietress came to greet her.
"Oh, eat, eat......" Tian Donkey was infected by the gentle smile of the proprietress, and naturally took over the conversation, but suddenly he didn't know what to eat, because the breakfast in front of him, from steamed buns and fritters to small noodles, soybean milk mash eight treasure porridge, pickles and side dishes heated dishes, full of a signboard, there are many types and names, and most of them have not been eaten by themselves, so they can only face the fragrant food stunned.
"Then come in first, don't stand, it's cold outside, take your time inside"
The proprietress thought that the stunned Tian Donkey was hesitating, and she was afraid that the customer would slip away, so she hurriedly invited him into the store. Then, the handsome proprietress brought a cup of hot water for Tian Donkey.
"Drink a cup of hot water to warm up, it's really cold today"
"yes, it's cold, and besides, it's not cold when you walk, but it's cold when you're standing."
"Eat something hot, then?"
Standing beside Tian Donkey, the proprietress who was waiting for Tian Donkey to give an answer recommended it, making Tian Donkey warm and moving. He had never been treated so gently, so he almost burst into tears, so he hurriedly picked up the water glass, took a sip of hot water, and then nodded and replied, "Okay".
Immediately, the proprietress turned around and went to the kitchen to serve breakfast, taking advantage of this gap, Tian Donkey looked around at this small breakfast shop, and the door was full of birds. Perhaps, because of the winter, perhaps, because of the morning, in short, on this winter morning, there was only one donkey in the store who had breakfast.
The proprietress who brought the breakfast saw the confusion in Tian Donkey's eyes, so she put breakfast on the table and explained, "Hey, don't be strange, little brother, my family's business is getting lighter and lighter, since my family is gone, this shop depends on me alone, and there is no one to help, naturally, there are fewer people who come to eat, unlike usual, when the business is good, the two of us can't be busy at all, and we have to hire people."
"Oooh"
"Hey, don't talk about it, eat it quickly, I cooked you a bowl of Chaos, you take two sips while it's hot, I'll get you something else, a bowl of Chaos will definitely not be enough"
"Good"
Subsequently, the proprietress brought steaming steamed buns and sugar triangles, as well as a whole piece of green onion sesame flatbread to Tian Donkey, who had been tortured by hunger, was really hungry, so he ate two drawers of steamed buns, five sugar triangles and the green onion flatbread in one go. The proprietress who had been watching Tian Donkey'er was swept away, sat opposite Tian Donkey with a smile and accosted him.
"Little brother, have you eaten enough?"
"Well, it's all too much."
"That's good, that's good......"
"Boss, how much do you have to do all this?" As he spoke, Tian Donkey was ready to pay for the bill.
"Don't worry," the proprietress pressed Tian Donkey's hand and said.
"How can you not be in a hurry? The boss is also in business, so I should settle the bill after I finish eating."
"Yes, you're right, but I'm really not in a hurry, and ......" The proprietress swallowed a little embarrassedly, but after hesitating, she continued, "Young man, I think you are also a real person, so, I want to ask you, do you want to find a job?" ”
"Huh?"
"I mean, I look at you, it's probably the first time you've come out looking for a job, right? So, if you don't mind, just go to my store to work, the salary and treatment will not be bad, hey, to tell the truth, this cold winter, everyone is going home for the New Year, people like a big restaurant can't recruit people, I don't want to count on it, and there are many people who can't keep people, everyone wants to go home"
"That...... I'm home too."
"Oh, oh" The proprietress 's face was obviously lost, "That's it, go home, yes, go home, it's time to go home" The latter words are more like talking to themselves, and the word "go home" seems to evoke a certain past in the boss's heart, adding a trace of sadness to her lost face, but soon, the proprietress covered everything with a smile again, still smiled warmly, and asked Tian Donkey with concern, "It's okay, it's a good thing to go home, young man, what about your luggage?" ”
Yes, thousands of people who go home, in addition to longing for home, also carry large and small luggage, where they usually carry full of love for their families and the equivalent of expressing emotions, but they are empty-handed, like beggars. Tian Donkey'er can't tell the life he has experienced in a sentence or two, so he can only tell the truth.
"I don't have any luggage"
After hearing Tian Donkey's answer, the proprietress looked Tian Donkey up and down again, sighed softly, and then patted Tian Donkey's hand and said.
"Child, I understand, I understand, you don't have to say anything, this meal, you don't have to pay, just treat it as if I invited you to eat, and then go home, but, when you go home, you must have the appearance of going home, you must be decent, spirited, because of the hardships of going out, you can't take it home, no matter how hard it is outside, you must let the family believe that you are well-fed, warmly dressed, and have a good life, because you don't know, if you go out for a day, the family will worry about it for a day, and if you go out for a year, the family will be concerned for a year, No matter how long you go out, if you go back like this, your parents' hearts will definitely be uncomfortable."
The proprietress made Tian Donkey's nose sour again, and he understood that it was a kind reminder and a merciful mercy. At that moment, in addition to being grateful, he almost told the proprietress that he had no father and mother for a long time, and no one cared about him whether he was wandering or going home. To go home is just to go back to the land that once was, to go back and embrace your dreams, and to realize your ideal of life that you can't survive in a concrete city. However, the proprietress was not wrong in her words, so he nodded gratefully.
The proprietress smiled kindly again, and was about to clean up the dishes on the table, and Tian Donkey hurriedly took hands.
"Thank you, young man, don't bother you, I'll do it myself"
"It's okay, it's easy," Tian Donkey continued to ask as he held his hand. "Boss, are you really alone?"
"Yes"
"What about you...... These eat ...... Did you do it alone? ”
"It's okay now, I'm getting worse and worse in the future, it's estimated that it's enough to choke, speaking of which, I get up at three or four o'clock every morning to prepare, such as steamed buns, noodles, flower rolls and other pasta, I prepared it early, and the ingredients to be used the next day were prepared the night before, in fact, fortunately, there are few people, if there are many guests, I am really too busy alone"
"Then your family is gone, do you have any children?"
"Hey, what do you say, have you been......"
Speaking of children, the proprietress put away the dishes and chopsticks, paused, as if touching a thorn, stabbing the memory, after the pause, she smiled bitterly and shook her head to herself, and continued.
"I had a child, but I didn't have a good life and couldn't keep it. Since his father left, he has been bad at learning, he doesn't study well at a young age, he doesn't want to help in his own store, he says that he wants to go outside to break through, as a result, he went to work for others, but he didn't expect that there was a car accident outside and he didn't come back"
“……”
It turns out that in this world, people who are silently burdened with suffering and walk alone, not only Tian Donkey, moreover, they hide their sorrow well, coexist peacefully with suffering, and try to smile, and look at themselves, and once moved the idea of seeking death, now that I think about it, it is really stupid, ridiculous and ashamed, even, he didn't dare to look at the face of the boss lady anymore, I really wish there was a crack under the bottom immediately drilled in, and lowered his head in shame. However, he also absorbed spiritual strength, that is, he wants to live well, he will not live up to his young life, at least, he wants to run his life like this kind proprietress runs a breakfast shop.
The proprietress cleaned up the table, like a smile transmitter, and once again showed her smile to Tian Donkey, and said humbly.
"Hey, I'm talking too much, young man, I'm delaying your journey, when I didn't say anything just now, let's go home quickly"
As she spoke, the proprietress picked up the dishes and chopsticks and was about to walk to the kitchen, but Tian Donkey hurriedly stopped her.
"It's okay, it's okay, wait a minute......"
The proprietress turned around and looked at Tian Donkey, who smiled at her, touched her round belly and continued.
"Boss, I don't seem to have enough yet, can you make me some more? Whatever you want."
"Okay, the young man has a good appetite, I'll continue to do it for you"
With that, the proprietress happily went into the kitchen again. In fact, where can Tian Donkey still eat, he just found an excuse to support the proprietress, and then, took out 300 yuan from his body and put it on the table, wanting to use this way to repay the proprietress for her kindness and enthusiasm, and also wanted to use his meager strength to warm her life, so that she could continue to smile. Then, he quietly turned around and left the breakfast shop.
Tian Donkey felt that the blood all over his body was awakened by the hot breakfast, he counted the miracles on the road of his life, Ah Xia, the wallet, and the breakfast of the kind proprietress were all like a gift of fate, and appeared in his life one after another, and with such a miracle, what reason did he have not to live well?
Thinking and walking, the prosperity of the town in front of you should not be underestimated, and it can be said that there is everything. Tian Donkey didn't wander around for too long, but went directly to a barber shop, got a haircut, and then, went to a clothing store, bought a well-fitting clothes, and in this way, he looked new from head to toe. He even looked at himself in a suit and leather shoes in the mirror, a little strange, but also a little surprised, probably, this is what the proprietress said about the decent appearance. Fortunately, the donkeys who have wandered enough should return to their hometowns. In the end, it is the problem of luggage, just like the proprietress will be confused, if Tian Donkey returns to his hometown empty-handed, the villagers will be even more suspicious, in this way, not only will their scenery and dignity be greatly reduced, but also cause the village to gossip, because he knows too well the hometown where he once lived. So, he bought a big suitcase for himself, although he didn't know what to put in the suitcase, but if he didn't load it, he wouldn't install it, anyway, Tian Donkey didn't have any relatives to give gifts, so let it be empty, at least save energy. In this way, the well-dressed Tian Donkey carried a large empty suitcase and walked towards the bus station in the town, because he did not have an ID card, so he could not buy a train ticket, so he could only take a car.
He got into the car to go home.