"Auntie, how do you sell this watermelon?"

"Ten dollars and three catties, can you get some young man? You can try before you buy! ”

A simple middle-aged woman noticed that the young man's eyes lit up as he looked at the watermelon, and hurriedly greeted.

"No, no, I'm just looking!"

"It's okay, I won't charge you for a piece!"

"This ......"

"It's okay, you taste a piece."

As she spoke, the middle-aged aunt had already handed a piece of cut watermelon to the young man.

"That'...... Then please pick me a bigger, better ripe watermelon! Thank you."

The boy looks like he is about fifteen or sixteen years old, 1.80 meters tall, and his body is thin, but his body proportions look very comfortable, wearing a washed and slightly whitish blue school uniform, and his facial features are quite handsome, especially a pair of eyes, which seem to contain aura, but his face is slightly pale and a little malnourished.

Under the persuasion of the melon seller, the boy finally made up his mind and took out a crumpled ten-dollar piece from his trouser pocket.

……

The boy's name is Lu Yao, and he is an abandoned baby who has been abandoned since he was a child.

was kindly adopted by a down-and-out family in his forties back then, and the two have been dependent on each other ever since.

The down-and-out household is called Lu Yiqian, a bachelor who does odd jobs everywhere to make a living, but he likes this child very much, and he feels very fateful to let this baby follow his surname and name Lu Yao.

Of course, all this was told to him by Lu Yiqian after Lu Yao's memory.

Later, when Lu Yao was in school, the two settled in Shuangta City, a border town in Xinlu Province.

Shuangta City, a border city of China, is adjacent to Kazakhstan.

There are many ethnic minorities such as Mongolian, Hui, Uyghur and Kazakh living here, and the folk customs are simple.

Of course, the people are simple and simple, but the local economy is also quite far behind other inland cities in China.

Because it is located in a border town, the transportation is not very developed, and the only railway has only been planned in the past two years and is still under construction, so there are no large factories, and the economic pillars are only tourism and agriculture.

When Lu Yao was six or seven years old, he was injured in an accident and went to the hospital for examination, and was found to have a rare congenital heart disease.

This news made the already embarrassed father and son even worse.

Since then, Lu Yiqian has been more concerned about Lu Yao, and good things are eaten by Lu Yao first, and he will eat them only after Lu Yao has finished eating.

But I don't know why, Lu Yiqian only asked Lu Yao to call him godfather, not father.

With the passage of time, Lu Yao is now sixteen years old and has grown into a big guy, but Lu Yiqian's body is deteriorating.

This is not suitable for the summer vacation, Lu Yao also wants to help his godfather share some of it, because others said that there is a new food processing factory that is recruiting a large number of people, and they are given a salary of 4,000 yuan a month for food and housing, so they came to apply.

As a result, less than a week after going to work, Lu Yao's heart attack occurred three times, and in the end, the personnel department of the factory said that they would not let them continue to work, so they were dismissed together.

Just when the two of them were worried, a hard worker looking for a job told the two of them that there were many kinds of large local households, and every day they recruited odd jobs in the labor market on the street that counted the money on a daily basis, no matter what kind of work, they would be given 100 yuan for one day, and the two of them began to work as soon as they started agricultural odd jobs.

However, the temperature has been changeable in the past few days, the flu hit, Lu Yiqian had a continuous high fever, and he couldn't go out to work, so he could only lie down in bed to rest, and what's worse was that he had to spend part of his money to buy medicine every day.

In this way, before dawn every day, Lu Yao has to rush to the market and try to find some work that can end early in the afternoon.

Although the city of Twin Towers in summer is not as exaggerated as the three famous furnace cities in China, it is also hot enough.

The sun burns on the bare skin, and it hurts hotly.

When he went home at noon, Lu Yao saw watermelons being sold on the side of the road, and remembered that his godfather had a high fever on a hot day, and his lips were cracked like the fields cracked by the sun, so he felt really uncomfortable, so he spent ten yuan to buy one.

In fact, although he has been a little poor and a little hard with his godfather over the years, Lu Yiqian has never forgotten to educate him to be a positive, optimistic, and open-minded person.

Moreover, it is gratifying that Lu Yao also did the same.

Before he knew it, Lu Yao had come to the small courtyard where he and his godfather lived.

"Godfather, I'm back, look what I brought you back." As soon as Lu Yao entered the "gate", he quickly adjusted his mood and left all the troubles outside behind.

In fact, it is not so much a gate as a wooden fence, but this section of the fence is tied with two wires that can be interlocked with each other.

In addition to two bed boards made of bricks and a few simple pieces of furniture that are necessary for daily life, there are only some books in Lu Yao.

Lu Yiqian was lying on one of the slightly larger beds at the moment, and there was only a thin mattress on the bed.

Hearing Lu Yao's voice, Lu Yiqian reluctantly moved to the wall, wanting to sit up against the wall.

"Godfather, what are you doing, you are still sick, hurry up and lie down."

As soon as Lu Yao entered the door, he saw that his godfather wanted to get up, so he took three steps and two steps, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Lu Yiqian, signaling him not to get up.

"Godfather, look at what I brought back to you."

Lu Yiqian was not reluctant, and lay down again, Lu Yao lifted the watermelon above his head and shook it.

"Where did the watermelon come from? Didn't I tell you not to buy these things, we have to save up money to see you? cough cough ......" Before he could say a word, Lu Yiqian was already coughing so much that he couldn't speak, and his face was flushed.

"It's okay, godfather, don't you see I'm okay now, sometimes what the doctor says is not necessarily right." After a pause, Lu Yao said again: "The doctor told us at the time that I had a heart problem, and if I didn't have surgery before the age of fifteen, I guess I wouldn't live to be fifteen years old. So thanks to Godfather's blessing, good people have their own good rewards, Godfather, don't worry about me, I'm fine. ”

"You, you, you, will say these things to make your godfather happy......"

Seeing Lu Yao's lively and cheerful appearance, Lu Yiqian's psychology became even more uncomfortable.

In recent years, Lu Yao's heart attacks have become more and more frequent, in order to save him enough money for surgery as soon as possible, they have moved several times, living farther and farther away from the school, and the conditions are getting worse and worse, which also causes his studies to be delayed more and more, he was originally an excellent student, and he has now fallen out of the top 20 in the class.

Lu Yao used an old kitchen knife to carefully cut the watermelon in half, then dug it out piece by piece, held it with both hands and handed it to his godfather, for fear of accidentally falling to the ground.

"Godfather, hurry up and eat some watermelon, on this hot day, you eat more, maybe your illness will be cured."

"Child, you eat, godfather is not thirsty, you have to go to work in the afternoon, you eat."

The two of them pushed each other, and finally watched Lu Yao eat a piece before Lu Yiqian began to eat.

"Godfather, I'll get it for you and put it in front of your bedside, I'll go to work, I'll do it fast in the morning, I should be able to come back early in the afternoon, and when I come back to help you out to breathe, so that your body can recover quickly."

"It's okay, you pay attention to your body, if you feel tired, rest and rest, don't hold on."

"Got it, godfather, you rest, I'm leaving."

After arranging everything back and forth, Lu Yao gently closed the "courtyard door" and trotted towards the place where he was working.

The midday break was short, and he had to rush to work.

Although it was already afternoon, the sun was still hot and poisonous, and the sun had made layers of skin on his arms.

To be honest, if it weren't for heart problems, Lu Yao would have grown into a strong guy.

Although he is only sixteen years old, his height has reached about 1.80 meters, and he looks thin on the surface, but in fact, he has a body of muscles, and he has worked hard for his livelihood all year round, and has done a lot of physical work.

The place where the two live is relatively remote, and at this point in the afternoon, there are few pedestrians in the alley.

"Help, help......"

Around the corner in front, there was a sudden and urgent cry for help.

Kindness?

What's going on?

Lu Yao didn't think much about it, and quickly ran in the direction of the voice calling for help.

Around the corner, I saw a young gangster wearing a red vest, a big gold chain around his neck, and airplane hair that looked like killing Matt, with a wicked smile on his face, blocking a young girl in a white dress in the corner.

The thug laughed and kept touching the woman's hair and face with those dirty hands.

A discerning person understands at a glance what is happening.

"Help me, help me, ah......" The girl in the white dress saw someone coming. It's as if a drowning person has grasped a life-saving straw, and there is hope for life in his heart instantly.

This is a very beautiful girl, seventeen or eighteen years old, with skin like clotted fat, delicate facial features, plain face, black ponytail, under the backdrop of a white dress, like a white lotus, especially the moment she turned her head, giving Lu Yao a feeling of amazement, like a big star on TV.

"Beast, let go of that girl......" Lu Yao saw this scene, a classic line, and shouted out without thinking.

"Where did the little crumbs come out, let go? Do you want to come? Ridiculous, get out of the way, stinky boy, don't be nosy, dare to play hero to save beauty before the hair is complete? You dare to meddle with my affairs, and you dare to meddle without inquiring about your master's name! Get out! ”

When the thug saw that someone was ruining his good deeds, he was angry and scolded impatiently.

Lu Yao was young and vigorous, and he had a great sense of justice in his heart, and when he saw that the other party was so arrogant, he stepped forward and wanted to push this man of the money master away.

"Little bastard, you ...... Find you dead! ”

Qian Ye was about to use words to scare him away, but he didn't expect to meet a stunned young man, and he did it with himself without saying a word.

Boom!

He directly threw a heavy punch at Lu Yao, who was already close.

Although the sense of justice was bursting, Chong Guan was angry, but Lu Yao was only a student after all, and he had no experience in fighting, so he was caught off guard and was beaten back several steps, the corners of his eyes also bloomed, and blood flowed down his cheeks.

A heart-piercing pain came from the corner of his eye.

Lu Yao directly wiped the blood on his face with his hand, and without the slightest hesitation, he rushed towards Qian Ye again.

Qian Ye looks like an old Jianghu at first glance, and how rich his fighting experience is, it is not at all comparable to a rookie like Lu Yao.

Within a few rounds, Lu Yao was beaten by Qian Ye and his nose was blue and his face was swollen.

The rickety station is a little unstable.

The girl in white on the side, seeing this scene, was not only touched in her heart, although she was also scared in her heart, she did not run away, but shouted for help and rushed over to help Lu Yao.

Fortunately, there were also people nearby who heard the sound of calls for help and fighting, and slowly walked towards this side.

There was a sound of footsteps in the alley.

Seeing this, Qian Ye knew that he couldn't get any bargains today, so he could only run away.

"Little bastard, I remember you...... You wait for Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu will not let you go easily. ”

Qian Ye dropped a cruel word and walked away.

Seeing that the other party had already run away, Lu Yao breathed a sigh of relief.

But at this time, he suddenly felt his heart beat wildly, and a feeling of weakness spread throughout his body, and suddenly his eyes went black, his whole body went limp, and he fell to the ground uncontrollably.

"What's wrong with you?"

When the girl in white saw Lu Yao fainting on the ground, she was so frightened that she hurriedly called an ambulance.