In the fourteenth year of the founding of Daze, the country was rich and the people were strong, the people were civilized, and there was wealth and peace everywhere. But Rao is such a national condition, and it is inevitable that there will be a miserable situation of being lonely and wandering, without clothes and without food.

In the severe winter, the sky is late, the wind is tight and the clouds are low, although the wind is very thin, but it is very sharp, and it blows people in a hurry. There are also a few snowflakes falling. The enticing aroma wafts through the streets and alleys, and it's time for families to prepare for the New Year's meal.

There is a commercial street in Jiangzhou City, called Xinshi Street, and the shops on the street are lined up. A young man named Hanako walked along the base of the wall, he hugged his shoulders, his steps were fast, and he looked around.

He looked like he was fourteen or fifteen years old, his face was dirty, and only two eyes were smart. The upper body is torn cotton jacket, the shoulders and cuffs are exposed cotton, and the waist is tied with straw rope; Patches of rotten pants on the bottom, dragging a pair of shoes that were obviously much bigger than his feet. The dirt deposited by history can no longer see the original appearance and style of this shoe.

As he walked, he saw that the light was still on in front of him, and his expression trembled, and he immediately came to his senses. When I got closer, I saw a middle-aged man moving through a page of the door panel to close the door.

"Shopkeeper, give me dry food!"

The man turned his head and looked at the little Hanako, "You want dry food?" I haven't eaten it yet! ”

Little Hanako stood in front of the door, a little wooden. He looked across the street, but there was no one, and went on his way.

He came to the front of a hotel. The plaque of this hotel is still magnificent, with a decent regular script, red letters on a black background, and "Zhengde Restaurant" written on it. The pairs on both sides are also wooden, and they are also red letters on a black background, with the top "no one is good at food", and the bottom is "there are guests who often come to fill the house with incense". He was just about to lift the curtain on the door of the hotel, but a poor old man had already lifted the curtain.

Hanako got into it, and the curtain fell.

There were no customers in the store, and the light was dim, except for a two-inch-long candle on the hole in the wall connecting the stove to the store. The fire head is small, only illuminating the small hole, lining the darkness and coldness of the surroundings.

Xiao Hanako smiled sweetly at the old man, and the corners of her mouth raised two sweet pear vortices. Although he was cold, he smiled happily: "Uncle Niu! ”

Uncle Niu was wearing a cotton jacket with patches, most of the washing was white, but it was still clean and neat, with a towel on his shoulder.

Uncle Niu sighed, and pulled Xiao Huazi over, "I haven't been restless all day, seeing that the snow hasn't stopped, and I still feel like a wind knife in the house, where have you been?" ”

Xiao Hanako didn't speak, and went to the stove in the middle of the smoke, and quickly picked up the firewood ashes with his hands and feet. came back and said "hehe" to Uncle Niu, and picked up a rag to wipe the tables and chairs.

Uncle Niu looked at Xiao Huazi helplessly, turned around and looked out the window, and grabbed him, "Are you going to eat today?" ”

Xiaoxiaohuazi scratched her head and smiled, "It's too cold, and everyone is closed, so you can't hear me shouting." ”

Uncle Niu smacked his lips, pulled him to the back of the stove and brought out a bowl of leftover rice, and watched Xiao Huazi finish eating it with soup and water.

Little Hanako was obviously very hungry, and she didn't see any effort, but she had already swept the soup clean. Anyway, there was something sticking to the bottom of the bowl, and he wanted to pound it into his mouth, but he tried several times but failed, and he was unwilling, so he picked out the tip of his finger and licked the tip of his tongue into his mouth, extremely satisfied.

Uncle Niu took out a white cloth bag from his arms, "I have eaten half of this cake this day, I always think of you, eat it quickly, it is cold at night, you pad it." ”

Xiao Hanako took half of the cake, the three-fold noodle cake, the size of his palm. After looking at it carefully for a while, I wondered whether it was better to swallow it in one bite or to taste it slowly and have a more endless aftertaste.

At this time, the curtain moved, and the restaurant was served.

Uncle Niu didn't care about calling Huazi, so he hurriedly greeted him, shouting in his mouth, "You two want to eat something, fresh vegetables from the shop, chicken, duck and fish, the taste is authentic, and you are satisfied." ”

Xiao Hanako saw that the two people who came in were middle-aged, a man and a woman, like husband and wife.

"Let's have two side dishes, and then make noodle soup." The man commanded Uncle Niu.

Xiao Hanako picked up the gap and slipped out along the wall of the restaurant, and just reached the threshold, one was caught off guard, and slipped down the steps with a "swish". Shengsheng gave him a hard fall, his head touched the threshold, and he fainted without pain.

"But okay boy? Poor thing, don't break it in this snow. ”

Xiaoxiaohanako blinked her eyes and covered her ankle with an "oops", but forgot that the real pain was in her head.

When Uncle Niu turned around from the back hall, he was shocked to see Hanako and the guests sitting together, and he was at a loss in a panic. "Xiaobai, what did you say, come to Uncle." As he spoke, he looked back inside. The master in charge of the spoon, that is, the owner, has just gotten up to work, and it would be great if he was discovered.

Xiaobai looked at Uncle Niu with a pair of round eyes, "Hehe, Uncle Niu, this lady rewarded me with food, I told you that today I went to worship Guanyin Bodhisattva and her old man's house, and now I really met a Bodhisattva!" Hey! ”

"Haha, this kid can speak, yes, my lord is happy today, man, add another meat dish, and let my wife be a kind and compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva."

Mrs. was checking Xiaobai's injuries, and when she saw that she didn't hurt anything, she was relieved. rubbed Xiaobai's unkempt hair again, and tugged at his clothes, "That's it, come back with me to do some rough work, how much will you eat in one mouthful?" ”

Xiaobai was overjoyed, but he didn't dare to make it, so he only looked at the man sitting next to him. A pair of big watery eyes are clear in a not bright room, and a pair of pear vortices at the corners of his mouth always have a shallow smile.

"This kid looks smart, I think it's okay, since Mrs. has accepted you, I should do this good deed with my Chen family." The man burst into laughter again.

Xiaobai seemed to forget that his feet hurt, turned over from the stool and fell to the ground, knelt down and bowed, "Thank you lord and madam, the two are Xiaobai's reborn parents, I must honor the second elder." After that, he kowtowed three times in a row, and shouted crisply, "Dad, mother." ”

Uncle Niu picked up the towel and wiped his eyes, nodding vigorously at Xiaobai. Xiaobai also took the time to wink at Uncle Niu with big eyes, still looking happy, but there were faint tears in those eyes.

"Don't just drink noodle soup, eat more eggs and meat, it's half a size, eggs grow the body, and it also keeps hunger." The mother spoke softly and kept giving the little white vegetables.

Xiaobai can have a mouthful of hot soup to drink, it is the New Year, but he feels panicked in his throat and eyes, he wants to cry and hold back, he only nods vigorously, whimpering and unable to speak.

"He doesn't know how long he's been hungry, and he's afraid of eating such a hard thing at once, don't worry about stuffing him, there will be more days in the future, which is better than our kid." Dad is half angry and half relieved to persuade my mother. This woman has never seen the world, and she was distressed when she met a poor child when she came out. He has been running around all year round, and he doesn't know how much he has seen, but he has long been accustomed to it, and he is not surprised.