The small ones are back, but the big ones are gone.

Xiaohua Niang didn't know what to feel in her heart, she only knew that she couldn't let her husband know about it.

That man who knows how to be gracious and righteous, if he knew that the daughter of the eldest brother who saved his life fell into the hands of traffickers, he did not fulfill his responsibility, what should he be like if he regretted it!

Erdan sat on the small bench, and the surprise of Xiaohua's return turned into the pain of not having a sister. He lowered his head, clutched a few pine nuts in his hand, wanted to cry and endured it.

"First, don't let your dad know about it!" Xiaohua Niang choked up and instructed Xiaohua, "Wait for him, wait for him to get better, let's go and get Damei back, find it back!" ”

Even if it is a child, Erdan knows that this is to comfort himself, and it is impossible to achieve it. But what can he do?

A patient lying on the kang, the mouth of the family waiting to eat, no one has to bow to the cruel reality and difficult life.

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A cold wind blew, the smoke from the mining area wafted, and the rancid smell of rotten pit wood penetrated my brain. Coal dust was scattered in the air, gray, and it made people feel suffocated.

Shen Chen frowned slightly and walked into Zhuangzi.

The mine has not yet been worked, and the Zhuangzi is deserted, and it is only when you go straight to the entrance of the "Ding" street that it can be regarded as having some vitality and liveliness.

Although there are fewer off-duty miners talking and chatting, there are still a few customers waiting on the side of the road to mend shoes, repair lamps, and sell rags.

The busiest is still the little girl who sells maltose, shouting "Good sweet sugar, good sweet sugar, good sweet candy just out of the pot!" "My throat was a little hoarse, but the candy was barely sold, and there was a layer of dust on it.

"Sister Da Mei-" The second girl who sold candy stopped shouting, ran over, and said with a look of surprise: "You're back." ”

Shen Chen squeezed out a smile, nodded, and said, "Well, I'm back." You're still selling sugar? ”

"If you don't sell sugar, what do you eat?" Erniu didn't hear the abnormality of Shen Chen's words, her face darkened and she laughed again, "Sister Da Mei, it's good that you're back, everyone is worried about you, I, Lanzi, and Juanzi miss you!" ”

Shen Chen smiled, very moved in his heart, what a child of this age said was sincere.

As soon as she opened her mouth, she heard the second girl's stomach gurgling. As if it were contagious, her stomach made the same sound, and it was then that she felt hungry.

The second girl was not ashamed of this, she also heard the voice from Shen Chen's stomach, blinked, picked up a piece of candy and handed it to Shen Chen, "Sister Da Mei, you eat sugar." ”

Shen Chen hesitated for a moment, looked at Erniu's sincere eyes, pursed the corners of his mouth, reached out to take it, and quietly wiped the dust on the sugar with his fingers before putting it in his mouth, and made a praise, "It's so sweet, this sugar is delicious." ”

The second girl smiled happily, and when she saw someone passing by, she hurriedly shouted a few words according to the old words. When the others walked by, she turned her head to look for Da Mei again, only to find that Da Mei had already walked away.

She was a little disappointed, but she still had to make a living, and some hoarse shouts rang out in the street again.

Alas, the second girl sighed softly, looked at the candy that couldn't be sold, and felt sad again.

A hand came from behind and gently patted Erniu's shoulder, she looked back and looked at Damei's smiling eyes, and then a white-faced steamed bun that was still hot was handed over.

"I'll treat you to a bun." Shen Chen raised his eyebrows with a smile on his face.

"You, this, Sister Da Mei-" Erniu's eyes widened, and she didn't know what to say.

"Take it, eat it!" Shen Chen stuffed the steamed bun into Erniu's hand, she was still holding a paper bag, took out the white bun from it, and looked at Erniu as if she was taking a big bite.

The second girl smiled, took the bun and sniffed it, took a small bite gently, chewed it carefully, and swallowed it slowly. When she brought the bun to her mouth again, she hesitated, reluctantly took it back, and whispered, "I'll keep it for my little brother." ”

Shen Chen's smile froze, people think of their family, and they are selfish? Not quite, but she didn't fully understand the difficulties of the poor people's lives, and she found some money from the traffickers and went on a big deal.

Shen Chen took out another steamed bun from the paper bag, put it in the basket of the second girl, and said in a deep voice: "You eat, this is for your little brother." Well, I'll go first! ”

"Sister Da Mei-" The second girl was stunned, and when she looked up again, Shen Chen had already walked away quickly, and only saw a back.

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Little flower cat, meowing,

Don't wash your face, put it in the mirror,

Left photo, right photo,

Angry beard - meow!

After Xiaohua finished singing, she rolled her eyelids again, opened her small mouth, and pounced on Shen Chen like a cat, shouting, "Meow, meow!" ”

Shen Chen smiled and pulled Xiaohua over, touched her head, pinched her face, and then turned over and got off the kang.

When she returned home, she put the bun down, fell on the kang and fell asleep.

"It's so late, why haven't you slept yet?" Shen Chen yawned, walked to the basin, and washed his face carelessly.

"Sister, my mother said that when you wake up, I will cook for you." Xiaohua was like a fart worm, following behind Shen Chen.

Oh, Shen Chen agreed indiscriminately, paused for a while, and then asked, "What's wrong with my uncle's illness?" ”

"My mother grabbed three pairs of medicines, and my father was a little refreshed after eating them."

Xiaohua sat on the edge of the kang next to Shen Chen, tilted her little head to look at this sister, and asked, "Sister, how did you come back?" What about the traffickers? When you came back, your mother asked you, and you said that you killed him and buried him, which frightened your mother. ”

That's what I said? Shen Chen rolled his eyes, remembered that he had dealt with it so casually and fell asleep.

Although it is the truth, it can frighten this honest aunt. Well, you have to think of a rhetoric that will reassure them and explain the sudden richness.

Xiaohua just blinked and looked at her sister, watching her frown, roll her eyes, and touch her chin in deep thought.

Gentle footsteps sounded, Xiaohuaniang walked in with the food, glanced at Shen Chen a little timidly, and said in a low voice: "Da Mei, let's eat!" ”

Shen Chen looked up at his aunt, this lie was almost made up, squeezed out a smile, and said, "Auntie, have you eaten?" ”

"Eat, eat." Xiaohuaniang put the food on the small kang table, sat diagonally on the edge of the kang, and looked at Shen Chen from time to time with some dodge.

Two steamed buns, a small plate of pickles, and a bowl of red porridge. Shen Chen was not polite, eating and drinking, but this red sorghum porridge tasted really-

"Da Mei—" Seeing that her niece had almost eaten, the aunt cautiously opened her mouth and said tentatively: "You, this, won't you leave?" ”

"I'll be gone in a few days." Shen Chen swallowed the food in his mouth, handed the remaining half of the bun to Xiaohua, and said, "I'm full, you can eat it while it's hot!" ”

Xiaohua glanced at her mother, got her approval, hurriedly took it, ate it in two bites, and pushed half a bowl of sorghum porridge to her again.

"That, I was sold to a big family in the town, and the family was quite kind, and asked me to accompany his young lady to study in the foreign school."

Shen Chen continued to speak before Xiaohua Niang: "They saw that I was honest, so they made up some money and gave me a few days off to go home and clean up." ”

As he spoke, Shen Chen took out the remaining money and handed it to his aunt, "I don't have any use for it, keep it at home to buy some food, and grab a few more medicines for my uncle!" ”

"This, this Qian aunt can't ask for it." Xiaohua Niang pricked her hands and stumbled and said, "Get around, isn't this selling you?" If it spreads, it won't be poked in the back! ”

"Then don't talk about selling, just say I'm going to work in the town!" Shen Chen said indifferently: "The young lady of that family is kind-hearted, I may be able to go home from time to time, or take some money to supplement the family!" ”

The little flower girl is simple, and she has never seen much of the world. Although she will be skeptical, it is easier for her to believe this set of statements when it comes to killing and burying human traffickers as Shen Chen said.

"It's not easy to find a good family, it's still a good job, don't worry about your family." Xiaohuaniang reminded kindly: "What about this money, I will add you some clothes, clean up the profits, and buy some food to eat a few full meals at home." In this way, when you leave, your aunt can also put snacks. ”

Lily neat? Shen Chen grabbed his hair, it's really troublesome, let's cut this thing short first!

"Auntie, bring the scissors, cut my hair short, and cut it into a boy's head." Shen Chen looked at his aunt's somewhat shocked expression, and explained: "It's too long, it's easy to get lice, and the young lady is most afraid of this." ”

Xiaohua Niang was a little relieved at this time, and muttered and walked out, "It's short, but it's not too short, how can the girl's family cut it into a boy's head?" ”

has to be cut into a boy's head, Shen Chen knows that he still has to fool, but this has a beginning, and it will be easy to do. When she turned her head, Xiaohua had already eaten all the buns and porridge in her stomach, and not even a single grain of rice fell in the bowl.

"Tomorrow, my sister will take you out to buy flatbread to eat." Shen Chen looked at his sister's thin face, a little sad, and left some money in his pocket, so let the children eat a few more bites!

"The flatbread is delicious." Xiaohua swallowed her saliva and smiled to show her little tiger teeth.

"What about Erdan?" Shen Chen was a little strange, my brother, why didn't he come to take a picture.

"I went out with Brother Xiaomao." Xiaohua blinked, and added, "They muttered something about reclaiming the basket. ”

Shen Chen frowned and thought about it, and somewhat understood. It is not once or twice that the children pick up charcoal and are snatched away by the overseers of the mine and the heads, this is because the bones are hard and the temper is long, and they even want to take it back.

But- Shen Chen pursed the corners of his mouth, turned around and ran out, almost colliding with Xiaohuaniang at the door. Hearing her aunt calling her from behind, Shen Chen didn't stop, ran out of the yard, and went straight to the gangue mountain.

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The searchlight on the gangue mountain slowly swept back and forth, illuminating the small railway that came up from the mouth of the big well.

Shen Chen hid in the shadows and looked at the mine carefully.

There are two layers of power grids around the mine, and the overseer's house is next to the wellhead. The power grid door under the gangue mountain was not closed, and there was no post, and the gangue truck only came out once in half a day.

"Wang, Wang, Wang!" A large dog suddenly sprang out from under the overseer's house, barked a few times, and then squatted down in front of the door and did not move.

Shen Chen moved quietly, changed his angle, and finally saw a black shadow more than thirty meters away from the overseer's house, hiding behind a minecart.

Because of the big dog's surveillance, this black shadow was in a dilemma, moved a few times, and then hid back, anxious enough.

Empty and worried, Shen Chen could only star, unable to exert his strength and unable to speak.

At this moment, the puppet army on the watchtower at the gate of the mine shouted again, "Whoever is lying there, come here, or shoot!" ”

The puppet army was so bluffed, the black shadow couldn't hold his breath, and hurriedly turned around and crawled out of the mine.

The dog heard the movement and barked again. The black shadow was even more frightened, and increased his speed, climbing straight to the gangue mountain, meeting up with another black shadow, and running quickly.

Something went wrong in the busy, and a figure kicked a shovel on the gangue mountain in a panic, clanging, and the shovel rolled down all the way. The watchtower shouted again, and the two black shadows hurriedly lay down again.

"What are you doing on your stomach? I've seen you. "Two puppet soldiers walked towards the top of the gangue mountain, and the bolts of the guns were pulled loudly.

The dog's eyes are really sharp, and they can be seen in the dark. Xiao Mao grabbed a stone and whispered to Erdan: "Anyway, I can't run away, come and give him a guy." ”

Erdan hesitated and said, "Otherwise, let's go over, I didn't take anything from them anyway." ”

Xiao Mao blinked and hesitated, not knowing what to do.

At this moment, the gangue not far away rattled again, and then snorted twice in a low voice, like a wild dog.

"Damn*, where did the wild dog come from, it scared Lao Tzu." The puppet army let out a sigh of relief.

"I said that there is no one, even if there are no wild dogs, maybe it is the gangue that slows down, and the shovel slides down on its own." Another puppet soldier acted as an afterthought.

"afterthoughts." The puppet army snorted, shrunk his head into the collar, and said angrily: "Go, go back to sleep." ”

The puppet army spoke, slowly walking away, Xiao Mao and Er Dan breathed a sigh of relief, and also understood that these two guys were bluffing just now, and they were almost fooled.

Xiao Mao and Erdan slipped down the gangue mountain, and heard the small train roaring and rolling to the ground, and a pillar of light illuminated both sides of the roadbed. The two hurriedly lay down again, and waited for the little train to pass before they walked listlessly towards the village.

"This bear dog—" Xiao Mao was a little unwilling, and scolded hatefully, "I have to kill it." ”

"How?" Erdan was less courageous, and he was more depressed than Xiao Mao, and asked sullenly: "Do you have a way?" I almost got caught, but I didn't do it. ”

Xiao Mao thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No." After saying that, he said no more, and walked forward in silence.

"Stupid." A reprimand startled the two children, and they turned their heads in amazement, and saw Shen Chen turning around them.

Erdan blinked his eyes twice, recognized it, and shouted timidly, "Sister." ”

"Sister Da Mei." Xiao Mao was scolded for being stupid, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, but he still reluctantly said hello.

"A few broken baskets are worth a few dollars, can you afford to take such a big risk?" Shen Chen walked up with a calm face and said, "If I really shoot you, is it worth losing my life?" ”

"Didn't you shoot?" Xiao Mao argued.

"Don't think about grabbing baskets in the future." Shen Chen breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Just for a broken basket, if something happens to you, what will happen to the family?" You have to think about everything, and you can't do it randomly. ”

Xiao Mao bowed his head and was silent, obviously unconvinced.

Erdan felt that this matter had something to do with him, and Xiao Mao was not robbed of the basket, so he hurriedly smiled and said, "Sister, we know." Xiao Mao is also for me, that hemp pole is hateful, and robbed me of the basket. ”

"Alright, go home, don't venture out in the future." Shen Chen turned around and left, and the two boys didn't see her frowning slightly and meditating.

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