Jiang Sheng quietly told Xiao Wu yesterday that today is Xiao Nian and my birthday, and he is going to take us to the town to buy cakes to eat.

Xiao Wu has always been greedy, Niu Aihua hurts him so much, when he takes Xiao Wu to the market, Xiao Wu sees a shop selling pastries and naturally yells to eat.

In those days, it was good to have two or three shops selling shortbread and croissant in a town, not to mention selling cakes, and the three of us chased all the way to the town at eight o'clock in the morning, when the sun had just risen.

I looked at the bun shop on the side of the road at the mouth of the alley, the aroma wafting from the hot steamer, and swallowed a mouthful of saliva.

Mother didn't make too many dumplings last night, mainly for us to taste, my father is the pillar of the family, and he has the strength to work and make money when he is full, so half of the dumplings are eaten by my father. My mother didn't eat a few dumplings in the morning, she gave them to me and Jiang Sheng, and Jiang Sheng gave me half a bowl of his.

Rao is so, I was still hungry after walking to the town, Xiao Wu couldn't walk after seeing the buns, his eyes looked straight ahead, and he drooled greedily, he said: "Jiang Sheng, why don't you save the money to buy cakes and buy buns, there is nothing more delicious in this world than meat buns." ”

Jiang Sheng grinned and said, "Jiang Rong's birthday must be cake, and the buns can be eaten but they should be eaten less." ”

Jiang Sheng said that he stepped forward to buy two steamed buns, let us sit on the small table in front of the shop and eat slowly, Xiao Wu and I were happy, gobbling up the meat buns into our mouths, and he also asked for three bowls of laba porridge.

After we finished eating the buns, we walked to the old street of Qiantang Town, near the New Year's Pass, the street was full of vendors with some New Year's goods, Xiao Wu and I followed closely behind Jiang Sheng, and asked three pastry shops all the way to find one that sold cakes.

At that time, there was a fluffy cake at the bottom of the cake, covered with a layer of cream, Xiao Wu and I drooled when I saw it, Xiao Wu said: "My mother bought me a sugar cake last time, not a cake, but sweet." ”

I yelled to taste it, and Jiang Sheng said, "Take it home and give it to my mother to eat." ”

Xiao Wu and I had to follow Jiang Sheng back the same way, I yelled for me to carry the cake, and Jiang Sheng told me not to drop it and give me the cake. When passing by the mouth of an alley, Jiang Sheng suddenly stopped, and we followed his gaze and saw Zhao Zhuang looking at us.

Zhao Zhuang's eyes turned red when he saw me, and he picked up a stick on the side of the road and chased after him, Jiang Sheng immediately took my hand and ran forward, Xiao Wu also ran with us, Zhao Zhuang chased behind, chased all the way out of the old street of Qiantang Town, crossed the alley, and arrived on the way back to Sanlitun.

"Momby's wild calf, I have to hack you to death today!" Zhao Zhuang chased after him in a hurry, and when he saw that we were going to run away, he opened his mouth and scolded.

Zhao Zhuang roared angrily in his mouth, speeding up like a madman, I heard his voice getting closer and closer and glanced back, my feet slipped and fell to the ground, and the cake in my hand fell to the ground with a bang, drawing far away.

I whimpered and cried out, "Brother, cake." ”

Jiang Sheng helped me up, Xiao Wu held the cake box that had been crooked, the three of us continued to escape, Zhao Zhuang was so tired that he stopped panting, and followed us for a while, but he didn't follow again when he saw that he couldn't catch up.

We stopped to rest when we saw that Zhao Zhuang didn't chase after him, Xiao Wu was tired and sweaty, and he smeared some cream on the cake on his hands, he put it in his mouth and wrapped it, and said, "It's so sweet." ”

I wiped my tears, scared and distressed, Jiang Sheng said: "It's okay if you don't dip it in the soil, if the cake is broken, you won't take it back, make do with it." ”

Jiang Sheng said and opened the cake box, there was only a wooden spoon inside, he first scraped off the top layer of cream and fed it to my mouth, then scraped another layer and fed it to Xiao Wu, and finally scraped a spoonful to eat himself.

The three of us were giggling and eating the cake, and soon forgot about being chased and killed by Zhao Zhuang just now.

After eating the cake, Jiang Sheng threw the cake box aside, took out a clean handkerchief from his pocket to wipe his mouth for Xiao Wu and me, and then asked, "Is it delicious?" ”

Xiao Wu and I both nodded, and Xiao Wu said, "This cake is so expensive, enough to buy three catties of pork." ”

Jiang Sheng said: "Go home and ask your mother what your birthday is, and I will buy you a cake for your birthday." ”

"Brother, I have a birthday next year." I yelled with some jealousy.

Jiang Sheng nodded and said, "Well, my brother will give you a birthday every year in the future." ”

Jiang Sheng's words made me and Xiao Wu cheer, but none of us expected that a disaster would soon sweep in, and no one mentioned the word birthday again in the years that followed.

Zhao Zhuang was a bad person in my childhood impression, I would dream every night in those days that he would come to chase and kill me, and every time I was scared to wake up, Jiang Sheng would also be awakened, and then he took me in his arms, patted me on the back and comforted me, without saying a word, until I fell asleep peacefully.

And in those days, Zhao Zhuang didn't go back to Sanlitun, he seemed to be very afraid that his father would tie him to a tree with a rope and beat him.

Last year, Qiaojiazhai to the west of Sanlitun once had a case where the father dropped his son on the tree and beat him, the son was idle all day long, and was beaten by his father on the tree, and he was beaten to death, this matter was in the newspaper, and the people in Qiantang Town knew it, so Zhao Zhuang, who was beaten since he was a child, was very afraid that his father would hang him on the tree with a rope and beat him.

The next day, the three of us finished breakfast and went to the wheat field behind the tunzi, which was separated by a step from the big stone bridge, and there were several haystacks in between. Xiao Wu took the ball and Jiang Sheng to kick on the field, and I ran after them.

Suddenly, there was a coughing sound from the haystack behind me, and I was startled and stared blankly at the haystack.

Jiang Sheng and Xiao Wu also heard the cough, the temperature in this winter was very cold, and few people went out early in the morning, let alone hiding in the haystack.

Xiao Wu boldly lifted the straw mat covering the haystack, and a foul smell came to his face, and he fanned his nose in disgust, and then looked down at the inside of the haystack, where there was a hole in the grass, and a woman was leaning in it, her face pale.

The woman was the madwoman who had disappeared for a few days, and she looked dying at this time, and her clothes were still as thin as before, and the woman glanced at us standing on the wheat field, her eyes were misty, and she coughed.

Jiang Sheng lowered his head and was about to walk into the cave, but Xiao Wu stopped him and said, "Don't go in, she is crazy and will arrest people." ”

Jiang Sheng frowned, hesitated for a moment and went in, he bent down and tried the woman's forehead with the back of his hand, and then said to us outside the cave: "She has a fever, Jiang Rong, you go to my suitcase and bring the antipyretic medicine, and bring some food and a cup of hot water." ”

I nodded and ran home, where my mother was knitting a sweater at home, and when she saw me hurriedly opening Jiang Sheng's suitcase, she asked me what I was going to do.

"My brother asked me to take it, and one of them is sick." As I spoke, I poured another teapot of hot water and took two pieces of dried steamed buns before running out of the door.

"Whoever is sick, you will take medicine for others to eat?" The mother shouted behind her, but did not chase after her.

When I arrived at the wheat field, I handed over the things to Jiang Sheng, and the woman saw the steamed bun in Jiang Sheng's hand and suddenly showed a thirsty gaze, Jiang Sheng said: "You drink saliva first and then eat, this steamed bun is dry, you will choke." ”

The woman didn't seem to understand, so she suddenly began to untie her trouser belt, twist her waist and hips, and hum in her mouth, Jiang Sheng hurriedly stopped her when she saw this, and threw the steamed bun beside the woman.

The woman picked up the steamed bun and devoured it, Jiang Sheng blew the water in the tea jar, and then put the antipyretic tablets in the tea jar, the woman was choked uncomfortably, and drank it regardless of the tea jar.

Xiao Wu said: "Jiang Sheng, there are often some homeless people and mildew women in the tunzi, and now no one cares, let's let the adults drive her away, if she dies here, I won't dare to come here to play." ”

I hummed and said, "Brother, I'm scared too." ”

Jiang Sheng's eyebrows frowned slightly, he had never seen a person starving to death, so he couldn't bear it, and said, "Then you can't just let her die of illness and starvation." ”

After the woman finished eating the steamed buns, the water in the teapot was also drunk, she looked at Jiang Sheng, there was some fear in her eyes, and put the teapot on the bottom of Jiang Sheng's feet.

"Auntie, what's your name? Where are the people? Jiang Sheng asked.

The woman didn't seem to hear it, she kept staring at Jiang Sheng, occasionally showing a kind smile, Jiang Sheng picked up the teapot and said, "Look, she doesn't hurt people, if she is still here these days, use this teapot to send water to her to drink." ”