The first rain of the new year is as urgent as an arrow and as dense as silk.

It was a shower at dusk that suddenly fell from the sky and quickly dispersed the crowd walking outside.

When the rain just fell, Su Miao and Su Chan went to buy things before coming back, fortunately they brought umbrellas, and the two of them carried a string of boxes and umbrellas to go home, the rain was very heavy, and there were already a lot of puddles on the road in less than half an hour.

Su Miao looked at the gray sky above her and sighed worriedly.

"Are you worried about Ning Le?" Su Chan walked beside her, glanced at her side face, and asked softly.

Su Miao was slightly stunned.

"You have been absent-minded for the past two days, and you have been inquiring about Fengzhou from time to time, asking if Ning Le has come back, aren't you worried about him?"

"I'm a little worried, indeed." Su Miao was silent for a moment, and said lightly, "There is no news from Ning County's order, and I don't know what crime will be sentenced, and Ning Le doesn't know where to go, if he really returns to his hometown or finds a way, it's okay, but neither of these things are so easy to do." He never came back, not even a little news, and he didn't know what had happened. ”

Su Chan was silent for a long time, and said lightly: "I'm afraid it's not good." ”

Su Miao also thought so, but she never said it, and now that she broke it, she felt even more worried.

Changle Town is also a county seat no matter how prosperous it is, and there are almost no people on other roads except the main street on heavy rainy days. At this moment, out of nowhere, a faint strange sound came, and two or three people smiled proudly, and their tones were all full of distorted cruelty and contempt:

"Why did you lie down, aren't you quite powerful. In the past, you didn't ask our brother to practice boxing, why are you cowardly now! Get up! Stand up and keep fighting! If you don't stand up today, you'll be a grandson! Ning Le, no one is your backer. What does it feel like to be trampled under Lao Tzu's feet now, isn't it particularly pleasant? Hahaha! ”

In a short and narrow alley, Zhu Er, one of Ning Le's former friends, stepped on Ning Le's face, and his facial expression was a maniacal laugh twisted into a ball, and that smile was full of comfort, pleasure, and contempt.

"Grandson, Lao Tzu fought with you!" Ning Le struggled to get up from the ground like a mad lion, and his already bruised fist swung vigorously towards Zhu Er and the others!

He looks very wolfy. There were many old wounds on his face, and now new ones had been added, and his clothes were in disarray. His hair was also unkempt, and he was beaten by the rain, making it look more and more dirty. It was as if he had gone through a long journey, and he was out of shape because of extreme exhaustion. Looks sluggish. His eyes were blue and black, and such a tired body was burning with fierce anger at this time. A pair of hollow eyes became more and more red because of Zhu Er's words, and the sharp tiger teeth were also exposed, and in the heavy rain, he was like a beast that had lost his rationality in extreme anger, knocked down Zhu Er, and then pounced on him and sat on him with a flurry of fists. It's just a pure fight, it's just a pure vent of anger, and there's no discipline at all. In this way, he was quickly pulled up by Sui San and Qiao Si and was beaten in the stomach. Two fists are hard to beat with four hands, and the picture of being blocked by three people on the wall and beating together can be called "tragic".

After Ning Le knew that he had been deceived by the cell boss, and he couldn't find a middleman, his father's life and death in prison were uncertain, and now was not the time to let him care, he had to hurry up and think of other ways, but no matter what the solution, the first thing he needed was money, and he thought of his former friend. Penniless and unable to think of a way in Fengzhou, he had to walk all the way back because he had no travel expenses, and when he arrived in Changle Town, he couldn't wait to knock on his good friend's door from house to house, but was told that the owner was not there.

He thought that they were really not there, that they could not ignore him, that they were good friends, that he had never been stingy in spending money for them, that he would help them when they asked him for help, and that they had no reason to ignore him.

After the subordinate replied, he closed the door, and did not invite him in to wait, although Ning Le felt a little sour in his heart, he only thought that the subordinates were not sensible, and he was unwilling to call the door again, so he sat at the door and waited for the rabbit. Finally, at dusk, when he waited for Zhu Ermen, who was staggering and swaying with the smell of woman's fat powder, he couldn't care much, and greeted him with great expectations, because of strong expectations, the eyes that had long lost their luster became bright again. He couldn't wait to ask for money, not to mention that he had spent a lot of money on them in the past, and they often didn't pay their debts, they were all rich children and they were not short of money, he looked at them expectantly, he thought that they would definitely lend him money.

The three burps did not speak, they had a slight smirk that he had not noticed because he was too expectant, and then they looked at each other, and then led him into the alley, and beat him together!

"Why?" He asked incredulously.

"Why?" Sui San sneered disdainfully, "This kid actually asks why?" I say you're not a fool! He grabbed his hair and lifted his head, and said contemptuously, "Can't you see it, my brothers have already seen you unpleasantly, if it weren't for your Lao Tzu is county order, we would have beaten you up a long time ago!" Now it's okay, you've let people arrest you, and we can finally get out of this evil breath! ”

"What do you mean? I've always treated you as friends! Every part of his body was trembling and aching because of the injury, Ning Le closed one of his bruised and swollen eyes that he couldn't open, squinted at him with difficulty with the other eye, gritted his teeth, and asked word by word with an unsmooth breath.

"Friends?" Qiao Si laughed out loud and shouted to his companion with mockery, "Did you hear that? He even said friends! ”

The other two also laughed, and Zhu Er took a sip of disdain:

"It's disgusting! Also friends? It's just eating, drinking, and playing with women together, if it weren't for your father being a county magistrate, Lao Tzu wouldn't have bothered to make friends with a fool like you! How about you also keep your eyes open and use your brain more? Ah, anyway, even if you keep your eyes open, you still can't use your brain, because you're a fool! Hahaha! “

Ning Le's eyes shrank violently, incredulous, sad and angry, trembling and saying angrily:

"I've spent so much money on you. You owe me so much money, and now you say such things, you, you, you are too much! ”

"Excessive? Ha ha. Your grandson really talks like a! You spend money that you want, when did the brothers owe you money, do you have an IOU, dead boy, you don't have blood spewing people there! ”

In an instant, along with self-esteem, it was as if many things were shattered in the chest. The feeling of such a shattering feeling is not anger, not hatred, but coldness. The cold from the inside out, the rain poured on the body, as if the blood in the whole body was cold:

"Brute! Your grandchildren are all fucking brutes! ”

"Yo, I still have the strength to scold. It's really hard today! Brothers. And then beat! Sui San said loudly.

So the sound of banging fists and feet sounded again, but it was muffled by the sound of the rushing rain, and it was so muffled on the wet ground that it was almost inaudible.

When Su Miao and Su Chan walked over, they saw Ning Le wolf lying on the ground unbearably, being stepped on by Sui Sanyi's feet, the three of them had drunk too much wine before, and now they spent a lot of effort and felt more and more tired, and after they had enough, they glanced at Ning Le lying lifeless in the rain.

"Boy. Remember, don't be too arrogant! Sui San finished speaking. He smacked Ning Le's face, raised his chin at the other two, and the three of them staggered away humming a little song.

The smug back and pleasant whistle were once again covered by the rain, as if there had never been a zài, only Ning Le lay motionless on his side in the puddle, covered in bruises and ragged clothes.

What a wolf!

After a pause, Su Miao walked over slowly, came to Ning Le, who was curled up in a ball and lying in the rain, squatted down, and moved the umbrella above his head.

The sky was full of dark clouds, the rain was pouring around him, a wisp of shadow covered him, the rain seemed to stop abruptly, Ning Le opened an eye that could barely see clearly, and looked at her with a vacant look.

"Do you want to come to my house?" She asked softly, softly, but not covered by the rumbling rain, and it came into his ears very clearly, as if it had broken his heart.

Ning Le looked at her with an eye close to the ground, paused, and suddenly laughed, desolate and self-deprecating, the sound intermittently reminded Su Miao of the gramophone that skipped the needle. Laughing and laughing, his lips began to tremble, and trembled more and more, and tears welled up, mixed with the rain on his face that had not yet dried, and at last there were more tears than rain, and he began to whimper, and then he could not hold back any longer, and began to cry out loud.

Su Miao squatted on the ground and looked at him quietly.

Su Chan stood behind her to help her hold an umbrella, looking at Ning Le with a pair of eyes, without a trace of fluctuation on her calm face, and she couldn't see any expression.

……

Ning Le went home with Su Miao, and before he reached the door, he began to have a fever.

Su Chan gave up the room and moved to Su Xian's room by herself.

"I'm picking someone up again." Su Xian looked at Ning Le, who was talking nonsense in the quilt after Su Yan had changed into clean clothes, and complained, glancing at Su Miao, "Don't make it a habit for you to pick it up." ”

As soon as the words came out, everyone else looked at the aftertaste. When I saw them, I looked over, touched my nose, and turned my face away.

"Poor man, Lao Tzu's life and death are uncertain, and there is no mother, how can this half-grown boy be good in the future!" Mrs. Su began to count the strings of beads and chant the Buddha again, and she didn't know if her family situation was improving or she was getting older, and her compassion seemed to be increasing day by day.

"Ning Xian Ling took care of us so much in the past, and Ning Le often came to patronize business, he has nowhere to go, let him live in our house for the time being. I'll go and decoct him with medicine, Xiao Weiwei, you have to take good care of Xiao Lele. Su Miao said with a smile.

"Why me?" Aftertaste was taken aback and hurriedly asked.

"There are only two men here, you and Yan'er, and Yan'er still has to go to school, so it's not good to be infected. is also a member of the 'Picked Up and Downtrodden Group', so get along well! She patted him on the shoulder, smiled, and went out.

What "was picked up and brought back to the down-and-out group"? Speak of people like stray dogs!

He looked at the other people in the room, Mrs. Su and the Hu family had already followed out, Su Xian glanced at him, and said decisively:

"Thank you!"

"......" Su Chan left with the eldest sister without saying a word.

"Great! I can sleep alone in bed tonight! Su Yan cheered.

The aftertaste twitches the corners of the eyes.

"Back to the eldest brother, you have to be careful, don't be infected with the wind chill too." Chun Niang reminded worriedly.

"Then it's better if you stay." Aftertaste glanced at her and said.

"I have a daughter's house, it's inconvenient, and I still have a lot of lyrics to review and sort out, and I don't have time." Chunniang smiled shyly and went out without looking back.

They left one by one, and looked back at Ning Le, who was having a high fever, and frowned, what a trouble!

Ning Le's biggest advantage is probably that his body is good, and after pouring a bowl of medicine, the fever will subside in the middle of the night, so he will go back to sleep irresponsibly.

Early the next morning, when Su Miao came to check, she didn't find an aftertaste, but saw that Ning Le, who had been asleep, had woken up.

"You're awake, do you want to eat?" She asked.

Ning Le looked at her blankly, and after a long while, he asked softly in a rough and gritty voice:

"This is your home?" Before he could speak, the wound on his face hurt uncomfortably, and his expression was distorted for a moment, but he did not cry out for pain.

"Hmm." Su Miao sat on the round stool next to the bed and asked, "Do you want to drink water?" ”

Ning Le didn't answer, but lowered his eyes and was silent for a long time, and then, as if he had made up his mind, he looked at her suddenly with shame and suppressed his self-esteem, and said dryly and tightly:

"Ah Miao, can you lend me money? I want to see my dad! ”

Su Miao was slightly stunned, looking at his eyes looking straight at her, behind the blazing eyes was trembling cowardice, panic and desolation. After a pause, she replied with a smile:

"Yes."

"Really?" He abandoned his pride and said this, but he didn't expect her to agree, not that he didn't want her to agree, but he didn't have much hope, and she actually agreed without hesitation, he was shocked and asked in disbelief.

"Really." She nodded and said with a smile, "Write down the note, and I'll pay it back in the future." ”

"Good, good!" Ning Le nodded his head into a chicken pecking rice, and the sudden ecstasy made his whole person suddenly brighten, and even the wound on his face was not so painful.

"But before that, let's eat, you can't do anything without the body. I boiled pumpkin soup. Su Miao said with a smile as she took a porcelain cup.

Ning Le didn't answer before his stomach screamed, and he didn't refuse in embarrassment.

Su Miao set up the kang table, put the porcelain cup on the kang table, the orange sweet and tender pumpkin soup is filled with the fragrance that makes the heart soft as if falling into a dream, the pumpkin is seeded, washed and cut into small pieces and steamed, mashed into a puree and stewed with cool mint leaves into a paste, mixed with honey and mixed well, and then scooped a spoonful of purple-red mulberry jam at the top of the pumpkin soup, sweet mixed with slightly sour, the cool and refreshing mint, smooth and delicate, melt in the mouth, seem to make people forget all their troubles.

Ning Le hung his head and took a bite, but unexpectedly, his eyelashes trembled, and two big tears rolled down and fell into the pumpkin soup. (To be continued......)