Chapter Thirty-Six: A Man and a Boy
After Duan Yi reconciled with Qingchen, the most obvious change was that his gaze changed from looking out of the window every day to looking at Qingchen.
Watch her grind coffee grounds, watch her latte art her coffee, watch her squeeze cream, watch her smile at other male customers...... Eye-catching, dazzling, Duan Yi sighed, secretly unhappy in his heart, but he didn't want to make Qingchen angry, so he could only watch her talk and laugh with others. Although just some inconsequential words.
"Sister, are you two reconciled?" First Question.
Qingchen smiled and said nothing, and after a while, he said again, "It's okay." ”
"I'll just say that you reconciled with the two sessions, but it's a pity......" Chu Chu wanted to say and stopped.
Qingchen looked at her suspiciously, "What is a pity?" ”
"It's a pity that I originally wanted to win such a handsome guy." She said with a grin.
Qingchen shook his head, he couldn't deny her words, Chu Chu was a mouth cannon, just trying to be cool for a while, in fact, she wouldn't do such a thing.
"At the beginning, did you have anyone who looked at the right eye?" Speaking of this, Qingchen remembered that she hadn't mentioned her feelings.
At the beginning of the flower, the leaves floating on the coffee were scattered, and it was a mess, so I had to start again.
"Nope." She shook her head.
"Sister, this coffee is ruined." Chu Chu said apologetically.
"It's okay, you take it and give it to the handsome landlord to drink, and I'll make another drink."
Duan Yi was still typing on the keyboard, and Chu Chu put the coffee on the table, "Brother, drink coffee." ”
"Thank you."
"You're welcome, what are you doing here?" At the beginning, I looked at the colorful data and line charts on the screen.
"Stock trading, can you understand?"
Chu Chu shook his head, "I don't understand." ”
"Let me tell you?"
"No, no, I'm just a high school graduate, what do you know." She laughed at herself.
Duan Yi smiled and shook his head, "If you want to understand, it would be good to be attentive, some things actually have nothing to do with academic qualifications." ”
Chu Chu pouted, just wanted to go back to the bar, and saw two people standing next to the pillar outside, one big and one small, the man looked a little vicissitudes, wearing a dirty black mask, the body was a faded green overalls, and the little boy next to him was still wearing a thick cotton coat, only to the man's waist, the chapped face was obvious, and there were two lines of snot hanging on the side of his mouth.
"Sister, there are two people outside, they seem to want to come in......"
Qingchen listened to her slur, and looked at her line of sight, indeed wanting to come in, especially the child, looking at the pastries on the counter.
Qingchen asked Chu Chu to go back to the bar and watch, and opened the door and went out.
When the man saw Qingchen come out, he obviously took a step back, his weather-covered eyes had dried up, and he couldn't see a trace of light, after being tortured by life.
"Hello, how can I help you?" She stopped a few steps away from them so that it wouldn't bother them.
The man didn't speak, and Qingchen spoke again, "I just saw you standing with me for a long time, and I wanted to ask you if there is anything I can help you with." ”
"Sister." The little boy called out to her.
Qingchen was a little surprised, and then smiled softly and responded.
The little boy saw her smile, as if greatly encouraged,
"Sister, I want to eat cake."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man jerked the boy over and looked at him with a slightly fierce look in his eyes. Qingchen looked at the two of them a few more times, said wait a minute, and turned around and entered the store.
Duan Yi saw her pick a larger cake from the glass cabinet, pack it, turn around again, and hand the box to the little boy.
The little boy was a little timid, looked at the man on the side, and then at Qingchen.
Qingchen squatted down and looked at him gently, "Take it, don't you want to eat it, take it quickly, my sister thinks you are so cute, I will give it to you." ”
The man lowered his head, did not look at the dust, nor did he look at the little boy, the little boy understood, and took the cake.
"This is a hazelnut cake, do you have an allergy to this? If you can, will my sister change it for you? ”
The little boy held the box tightly in his arms and shook his head vigorously, "I won't, sister, I can eat, thank you, sister." ”
Qingchen smiled, touched his head, got up and wanted to go back to the store, when the man spoke,
"Thank you." The voice was hoarse like a broken bellows.
Qingchen felt that this voice was a little familiar, and looked back a few times, not too impressed, she shook her head and said politely.
There weren't many customers in the store, so she sat next to Duan Yi.
"Why are you still so soft-hearted?" He asked, typing.
Qingchen supported his jaw and looked at the two people who hadn't left yet, I don't know if it was father and son or grandchildren,
"Saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter, do you understand?" She withdrew her gaze.
Duan Yi chuckled, and suddenly remembered something,
Seriously, "You don't talk to men in the future." ”
"What's wrong again?" She was puzzled.
Duan Yiben was unhappy, and her tone was not so good, so she had a calm face and said two words coldly.
"Nope."
Qingchen wanted to open his mouth to comfort him, but his eyes glanced at the two people standing motionless outside the door, and reached over to pat Duan Yi comfortingly,
"Don't be angry, I'll go out and have a look."
"I'm with you." He got up and took her by the hand.
It was a little windy outside, Duan Yi walked in front of her to block her, his clothes were blown by the wind, rubbing against Qingchen's arm.
"Why don't you leave?" Instead of asking the man, she crouched down again and asked the little boy.
The little boy didn't speak, and the box in his arms was squeezed out of shape, and the cream got on the plastic shell.
In the middle of the sound, the light dust squatted a little numb, and helped Duan Yi to stand up.
"Why don't you come in and sit down?" She asked, looking at the man.
Duan Yi glanced at the man a few times, and after a few seconds, the man nodded embarrassedly. Qingchen was a little depressed in his heart, obviously he was not doing well, but he had a bodhisattva heart, and he couldn't see the suffering of the world.
If it's not really difficult to a certain extent, who is willing to accept other people's handouts with a shy face.
Qingchen arranged a corner position for the two, not to discriminate against them, but to make it convenient not to disturb others, and they could eat quietly.
"Is it okay to drink milk?"
The man couldn't let go of it, and shook his head frequently, "Plain water is fine." ”
Qingchen nodded, and turned back to let Chu Chu prepare a glass of milk and a glass of warm water. The little boy gulped down the cake with a slice of white flowers on his lips.
He thanked vaguely, "Thank you, sister." ”
She sat down, "This is yours?" ”
The man gave her a quick look, then lowered his head, "My son." ”
She nodded, wanting to ask some more things, but she didn't know what to ask, for fear of hurting others, so she could only look at the little boy in silence.
"I, we'll stay for a while, and I won't bother you." He spoke, his tattered voice a little creepy, and through a mask, it seemed as if he couldn't hear clearly.
"It's fine."
After pondering for a while, Qingchen spoke again, "Did you encounter any problems?" ”
The little boy had finished a whole hazelnut cake, burped quietly, and took another sip of milk.
The man shook his head, nodded again,
"A few days ago, I just lost my job, my child was sick, the money was spent in a few days, and I had to eat cake for several days, so I had no choice but to stand in front of the store with a cheeky face. I also have physical problems, I can't do any heavy work, I can't do heavy work, and others don't want me. ”
He said slowly, word by word, and smashed on the heart of the light dust.
"I'm glad I met such a female bodhisattva as you, thank you, thank you."
He said thank you several times in a row.
Qingchen sighed slightly, "It's okay, I'm honored to be able to help you, can I ask, what kind of illness do you have?" ”
"Leukemia."
Three words crush a family and crush two generations.
In fact, it is not only leukemia, but other diseases as well. For rich people, money can continue their lives and prolong their lives, as long as they are delayed, it is good. But it's not the same for the poor, and once they get caught by these diseases, it means that they have to be prepared to go bankrupt.
Some people may choose to give up this life, and when they are cornered, tiger poison will also eat children.
Qingchen opened his mouth and didn't say anything, and in the end, all the comfort was replaced by only three words.
"It's going to be fine."
"Don't worry." As if he felt that his words were a little pale, Qingchen added another sentence.
The man nodded slowly.
"Sister, come here!" Hatsuchu called her.
Qingchen responded, the man's gaze stayed on Qingchen, and Duan Yi looked at the father and son thoughtfully.
Chu Chu forgot about a coffee practice, let Qingchen go over to take a hand, she just walked with her front foot, and Duan Yi sat down on her original position with her back foot.
"Is the cake delicious?"
The little boy nodded happily, "It's delicious." ”
Duan Yi reached out and touched his head, raising his eyes to look at the man sitting across from him.
"Have we met before?" He asked.
The man's body froze visibly for a moment, and then he lowered his shoulders and made a hoarse voice in his throat,
"Did you recognize the wrong person?"
Duan Yi leaned forward, the man was frightened by his movements, and leaned back, with obvious horror in his eyes. He watched Duan Yi take away the tissue box in front of him, his eyes turned from panic to panic, and he lowered his head in a hurry.
"Dad, are we going back? I haven't taken my medicine today. The boy asked his father obediently.
The man muttered a few times and did not speak, Duan Yi casually wiped the table with a tissue.
After a few minutes, probably unable to stand Duan Yi's eyes, the man got up and pulled up his child.
"Let's go, let's go home."
The little boy hurriedly drank the last sip of milk, licked his lips contentedly, and followed the man. Qingchen had just finished his work, and when he saw that the father and son were leaving, he hurriedly stopped them, picked up the cake that had already been packed on the side, crossed the bar, and sent it out.
"I don't have anything to help you, this cake is a little bit of my heart, you keep it for the child to eat, so that he can be happier."
The man excused himself, and Qingchen changed hands and gave the cake to the boy.
"My brother should be happy when he eats the cake." She told the child.
The father and son had already walked out of the road, and suddenly heard someone calling, and when they looked back, it was light dust.
She ran over panting and shoved a little money into the man's hand.
"A little heart, please be sure to accept it, if you want to eat cake in the future, you can come to the store to find me."