It's still Aunt Li, who helps to weigh the barley, and collects money.

A bag of rice, a bag of noodles, was soon empty.

Barley, asked them about the direction of the hospital

Li Shuzhen told her before leaving, because the barley said that her mother would look for her, and the two made an appointment to meet in the hospital, so everyone dispersed at Uncle Li's house.

At that time, the people in the city only had a quota of 12 catties per adult, and even half a catty of grain per person was not enough for a day, and the state-run government also needed grain and food stamps to buy grain, so basically every city family could not have enough to eat.

For this little girl, everyone was very happy to come to sell such cheap grain, but it was also like a thief. After buying it, I went back while people weren't paying attention.

Li Shuzhen also repeatedly told Qingli that in the future, if she sells anything, you can come to her house first, so that it is safer. After thanking Aunt Li, the barley began to walk towards the hospital.

Soon after she walked out of Li Shuzhen's house, she found that there was a little boy who followed her from a distance, staring at her, since those people came to buy fish, the little boy had been there, and when she came back, she also saw him. She ignored him and walked on, for she was really anxious to see her mother, and wondered how she was.

Who knows, she walked fast, and when she looked back and saw the child, she followed quickly. This made Qing Barley can't help but think of it, as if he was a devil behind him.

She took two quick steps and came to a corner, where she stopped. Sure enough, the little boy hurriedly followed. As soon as he saw the barley, he stood around the corner, looking straight at him.

The little boy immediately lowered his head in embarrassment. Two little hands tangled together.

The little boy looks like a young man, although his face is yellow and thin, but he is very handsome, with red lips and white teeth, and his age is about the same as his little brother. But the body is a little thin, and it has a fight with the children of the third aunt's family.

"What are you doing with me?" The barley asked with some curiosity.

The little boy said a little shyly, "My mother is sick, and I want to buy her some fish to eat." But I don't have any money. After saying that, he looked at her pitifully.

The obedient voice of the child did not seem to be local, and the barley did not know the situation of the child's family, so he asked, "Where is your father?" And don't you have grandparents, don't they care? ”

The little boy hesitated, but still said, "Dad was taken away, grandpa, grandma is not here, I don't know what to do, mom is sick." After speaking, there was already a hint of crying in his voice.

Hearing this, Qing Barley already had a rough guess in her heart, and the little boy's life experience at this time was estimated to be more pitiful than her.

"What's your name, my name is barley, and I'm nine years old."

The boy was a little shy and wrapped his little hands around the corners of his clothes on both sides, lowered his head and whispered, "My name is Xia Hao, I am ten years old this year, you are younger than me, you should call me brother."

The barley was a little speechless, this child obviously came to ask her for food, and he was so stubborn. Obviously a guy who loves face, probably, trying to ask for fish from himself is something that makes him embarrassed and embarrassed. , Okay, people are older than themselves, and it doesn't hurt to call my brother "That Brother Xia Hao, you wait for me here for a while, I'll go find my mother, and then bring you a fish,. ”

Qingli thought, this child is not easy, for the sake of his filial piety, he can help him.

The barley took the basin and hid in a place where the little boy could not see, there was only one public toilet around, she simply hid inside, found that there was no one, got two fish out of the space, and by the way, put some vegetables and rice in her pocket. The child's mother is sick, there are no adults at home, there is no money at home, and it is estimated that the food is gone.

She staggered over with her things, and Xia Hao, who was waiting in place, saw that the little girl named Barley had so many things in her hand, and hurriedly ran forward to help.

"Sister barley, why did you take so many things?" the little guy asked very familiarly, and even called out the name naturally.

For this beautiful little boy, Qing Barley still has a good impression, "Xia Hao, do you have nothing to eat at home?" ”

Xia Hao nodded a little embarrassed, "Well, my mother sent the food at home to my grandparents and father, and my mother could also help people deliver newspapers door-to-door to earn money, but when she got sick, she didn't have any money to take it, so it became like this, and you should call me brother, I am older than you." ”

For the little boy's insistence, Qing Barley really has no way to take him, "Okay, I'll call you Brother Xia Hao in the future, right?" ”。

When Xia Hao heard Qing Barley say this, his little face was suddenly filled with a happy smile, "Well, I will call you Sister Barley in the future, let's make up our minds." ”

Qingli estimated that Xia Hao's previous life should have been good, and there may have been an accident in the family, so that the child didn't know what to do for a while.

"That Brother Xia Haohe, I brought you some rice, I guess it's enough for you to eat for a few days, what about this fish, I'll go back with you and stew it for your mother, and I'll come back to see it when I'm free." I still have something urgent, so I'll leave first. ”

"Won't you go to the house to find a door?" Xia Hao looked at Qing Barley Dao with a little disappointment.

"Next time, next time, I will definitely go to recognize the door, I really have something urgent this time, goodbye Brother Xia Hao"

The barley was afraid that the little boy was chasing him, so he immediately scattered the duck and ran away. Because it takes 30 minutes to go to the hospital, but it costs two cents to take the car, because two cents can buy a match, two erasers, and a pencil, so the barley decided to use it.

Because there is no watch, the barley doesn't know what time it is, so I have to watch the sun, it's not noon yet, so I don't have too much urgency, even if my mother is discharged from the hospital today, I have to take the only shuttle bus at three o'clock in the afternoon.

By the time the sun reached noon, barley found a hospital. Hospital at this time. There is a small state-run restaurant just across the street from the hospital. The barley was a little hungry at this time, and as soon as he walked in front of the state-run restaurant, he smelled the smell of vegetables, and the barley knew that it was the smell of meat buns.

But she couldn't buy it, this meat bun cost five cents a piece, and she sold 100 catties of rice, 100 catties of white noodles, and more than 10 catties of green vegetables and nine fish, and sold a total of 36 yuan of six jiao, seven yuan and seven jiao and two cents. I bought one hundred and fifty pounds of cornmeal, and spent twelve dollars and four cents.