Chapter 33: Paper Man

After a while, Xiao Yan'er's mother also walked to the side of the street with Xiao Yan'er in her arms, and when she saw that the sun hadn't left yet, she couldn't help but be a little surprised, "Why are you still here?" ”

Sunshine smiled helplessly, "I've been waiting here for a long time and haven't waited for a car, and I don't know what's going on, I'm still in a hurry." ”

The woman sighed softly, looked at the sky that was gradually darkening, and said helplessly, "It's dark, you can't go." ”

"If you can't go, you can stay, but fortunately there is a hotel here." Sunshine smiled, "I'm really good enough to carry it today, so that the little guest will be thrown halfway up, or I will be there early now." ”

The woman looked at her hesitantly for a long time before finally saying again, "It's not safe for you to live in a hotel alone, if you don't dislike it, go to my house to live, it's just that the house is a little broken." ”

"That's fine, and you can save some money." At this point, Sunshine can only agree.

When Xiao Yan'er heard that Sunshine was going home with her, she was overjoyed, and stretched out her hand to let her hug, Sunshine wanted to take it, but the woman hugged Xiao Yan'er and walked in front of her.

"This kid is made like a mud monkey, don't bury your clothes." The woman turned her head and explained softly.

The town is not big, walk through a main street, burrow into an alley, and you will arrive at Xiao Yan'er's house. The woman opened the dilapidated wooden door and let in the sunlight. By the moonlight, Sunshine walked into the small courtyard and looked around: this place was indeed very dilapidated, only two dilapidated grass houses, and in front of the houses were planted some green vegetables and green onions that she did not recognize.

Following the woman into the house, a damp smell came to the face, and the room was black and empty, without a single light.

The woman found half a candle and lit it, let the sunlight into the back room, and went to the kitchen to light the fire and cook.

Sunshine looked at the dilapidated furnishings in the house, and suddenly felt that he had come to a poor mountainous area, and saw that the county seat was still built very decently, but he didn't expect the town below to be so dilapidated.

Xiao Yan'er couldn't stay in the house, so she ran to the yard to play with the sunshine. The moonlight outside was dim, but it was better than the inside of the house, the sun squatted on the ground with her and played with stones, Xiao Yan'er was very happy to have someone to play with her, and the corners of her mouth kept smiling.

"Xiaoyan'er, how long have you been living here?" Sunshine asked her as she threw stones and grabbed them with great interest.

Xiao Yan frowned, thought for a long time before saying, "I don't know how many years it has been, this place is not good, they all bully my mother." It's still where we used to live, with friends to play with and something to eat! I'm always hungry here, and my grandparents don't give me anything to eat. ”

"Xiao Yan'er still has grandparents, do they live with you?" Sunshine asked.

Xiao Yan shook her head and pointed outside, "They live in a big house, and my mother and I live in a small house." Sister, I'll take you to the front to play, there's something fun in front! ”

As he spoke, he took her hand and walked to the door, saying as he walked, "I hid good things in the well in front, my mother doesn't know, can I show you?" ”

Sunshine smiled, but the woman ran out from behind, pulled Xiao Yan'er, and said to her apologetically, "I'm sorry, I can't draw matches at home, I can't make dinner, can you help me buy something to eat?" ”

Sunshine listened a little suddenly, and was stunned for a moment: How can the host open his mouth to find a guest to eat? The folk customs here are too innocent and simple, right?

When Xiaoyan heard her mother say this, she covered her mouth and cried sadly, crying and making trouble, "Mom, I'm hungry, I want to eat!" ”

"Xiao Yan'er, don't cry, my sister will buy you something to eat." The sun coaxed her, and she stood up and was about to leave.

"Go out from the back door, keep going forward, the road is not good, don't look back, don't go to the fork in the road, look at the door with the lights on!" The woman shouted behind her, but her soft voice could be heard far away in the night sky.

Sunshine walked alone on the almost empty street, and occasionally an old man or lady passed by, looked at her with a blank face, and then passed by. The sun gradually felt that the night wind was a little cold, and there was always a feeling of being peeped at behind her, and gradually this feeling became stronger and stronger, she was a little depressed in her heart, and walked forward without looking back, but fortunately, after walking not far, she saw a store in front of her that showed light.

She stepped in, and was faced with several shelves, on which were placed some pastries, fruits, incense, candles, paper money, and so on. In the corner was a small cash register, where a man in his twenties was smoking and playing games next to the computer, filling the room with the pungent smell of smoke.

The man saw someone in the store and stood up to greet her, "Hey! Dude, what to buy? ”

"Bring me something to eat." Sunshine said as she picked out some beautiful cakes and a few apples and oranges, thought about it and turned her head and asked, "Do you have yogurt or chocolate or something?" ”

"Yo! It turned out to be a little girl! I really didn't see it! The male shopkeeper grinned widely, revealing a mouthful of beautiful white teeth, "Old girl, I'm not a grocery store here." You're from out of town, aren't you? What are you hanging around here in the middle of the night? ”

Sunshine looked left and right beside the shelves with his hands in his pockets, and smiled disapprerovingly, "I'm dangling to buy something." How much is that white candle in pack? She asked him, pointing to a large bag of white candles in her hand.

"This is five dollars a pack." The shopkeeper held a cigarette, tilted his body to look at her, spit out a smoke ring and smiled.

"Such a big candle is only five yuan, it's really cheap, bring me two packs!" Sunshine held the cake and fruit in one hand, and two packs of candles in the other, and continued to search, looking up and seeing the paper money on the shelf, she couldn't let go of her hand, so she had to ask him to help take two dozen down.

"Old girl, I'll give you a bag to put it all in." The shopkeeper took a large black plastic bag and filled it with everything she had bought.

Sunshine looked at it and signaled that he was enough, so settle the score.

"Exactly thirty dollars." The shopkeeper laughed.

Sunshine squinted his eyes and smiled, "Dude, I bought you so many things, it's cheaper!" ”

The shopkeeper pouted and smiled, "Old sister, how can you bargain for buying this thing?" ”

"Then you can give me this." Sunshine walked into the corner, took out a small paper figure and smiled at him, "This dress is very beautiful." ”

The shopkeeper swallowed, his smile stiffened a little, and he said unnaturally, "That's not clothes, it's a dummy." ”

"Oh, do you have clothes? Give me one. Sunshine put down the paper man and asked him.

"I'll find it for you." The man took a few puffs of cigarette and dug out a few brightly colored paper clothes under the shelves and put them in her plastic bag.

Sunshine saw that he gave a few more pieces, and he didn't say much, paid the money and thanked him, and went out with a full load.