Jiang Lonely went to the ATM of the savings bank, tiptoed into the password, and withdrew a hundred yuan.

I went to the commissary next to me to find change and called Jiang Qiu, who was in the city.

I pressed a string of numbers on the old-fashioned landline, holding the earpiece and listening to the movement over there.

Jiang Qiu brushed his teeth in a daze, there was a shock in his trouser pocket, he took out his mobile phone, it was a familiar landline number, quickly rinsed his mouth, and pressed the answer button.

"Son, what's wrong?"

Jiang Lao smiled, and the hand holding the earpiece tightened again: "Dad." ”

"What's wrong?" Jiang Qiu walked to the balcony of the rental room and put away the clothes that had been dried last night while talking to him.

Jiang Lao held the earpiece and asked very quietly, "Can I live at my grandmother's house?" ”

Jiang Qiu was stunned for a moment, thinking of his old mother's virtue, and felt faintly uneasy in his heart: "What's wrong?" ”

"Grandma often goes to play cards, and I'm scared at home alone and want to go to my grandmother's house."

"That's right." Jiang Qiu thought for a while, "Then I'll send you some money later, and you can give your living expenses to your grandmother." ”

"Thank you, Dad."

"What's polite, I need money to talk to Dad!"

"Dad, I just got the money, and I'm going to buy all the textbooks!"

"Well, that costs a lot of money, I'll give you more, read more books, and ask the teacher if you don't understand, do you know?"

"Well, I see, Dad, then you pay attention to your body, I'll go find grandma."

"Okay."

Jiang Lao gently put the earpiece back and gave the money to the boss.

The boss was an elderly lady, and she held her reading glasses on the bridge of her nose: "Child, next time I go to call somewhere else, I can't open it, I want to go home and rest." ”

Jiang Lao thanked respectfully: "Okay, thank you grandma." ”

Jiang Lao turned back to the ATM of the savings bank and took out all the money in the card, put it in his schoolbag, and carried the schoolbag back to his chest.

The market is bustling with people, and some vendors are pushing large carts around the sidewalk.

Because the price is cheap, there are naturally more people, and the road is blocked when there are more people.

Jiang Lonely walked around several stalls before he walked to the place where he had just been separated from his grandmother.

Wang Qiran led Dai Wei in front of a calligraphy and painting stall, take a look at this, take a look at that.

Wang Qiran didn't know which small painting book was good, the patterns in it were fruits and vegetables, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and the others could only be recognized.

She couldn't make up her mind what to buy, so she recognized a few words, and Wang Qiran had a headache.

I felt that I was being touched by someone holding Dai Hui's hand, and I thought it was a human trafficker.

Hurriedly dragged Dai Hui into his arms, if it weren't for Dai Hui's "brother".

Wang Qiran really thought that someone was kidnapping the child in broad daylight.

"I'm lonely." Wang Qiran's heart eased, and he looked at him with some fear: "Why don't you squeak?" ”

Jiang Lao naturally took Dai Hui's little hand: "Grandma, I've called you several times, and Hui Hui also knows that I'm coming, and she's hungry." ”

"Look at me". Wang Qiran was so busy that he asked the boss to calculate the money for the painting book he chose.

After giving the money, he put the painting book in the bamboo back basket, picked up Dai Hui, and asked Jiang Lonely to follow.

A time-honored restaurant has breakfast, breakfast has steamed buns, soy milk fritters, as well as rice noodles, steamed dumplings, fried dumplings, fried buns, fried rice noodles, fried bait blocks, boiled bait blocks, boiled rice balls, fried hemp balls......

At the small boxy dining table, Jiang Lonely and Dai Hui sat there, watching their grandmother come over with a plate and a sea bowl.

The plate is served with steaming steamed dumplings, and the sea bowl is filled with steaming boiled rice noodles topped with charred meat foam and chopped green onions.

Wang Qiran went to serve two bowls of soy milk, cut the two fritters into small pieces and soaked them in the soy milk until it was soft, and then fed it to Dai Hui.

Jiang Liao took a small bowl and divided a small portion of rice noodles out, and most of the meat foam was also dialed over and handed to his grandmother.

Wang Qiran was slightly stunned, watching Jiang Lonely eat his own quietly, and his heart warmed.

glanced at Dai Hui again, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, no matter who it was, someone loved it, it was good.

After eating and drinking, Dai Hui also had a lot of energy, jumping up, she took Jiang Lone's hand and walked forward vigorously.

Jiang Lao didn't want to go fast after eating, so he picked her up, scraped the bridge of her nose and said, "Don't go fast just after eating, your little belly will hurt." ”

Dai Hui was puzzled for a while, then went to pat her little belly, and smiled: "Stomach pain!" ”

Jiang Lonely was made to cry and laugh by her, and when there were only three of them on the road, Jiang Lonely put his hand into his schoolbag and held the money in the palm of his hand.

"Grandma". At the same time, he had already handed her the money: "I told my father, I will live in your house in the future, my grandmother often goes to play cards, and I dare not be at home alone." ”

Wang Qiran looked at his hand, probably guessed it, smiled faintly, and took it calmly: "Okay." ”

In front of the stall selling clothes, Wang Qiran bought a set of clothes and pants for Dai Hui, and also picked a set for Jiang Lone.

Passing by the jewelry stall, Wang Qiran picked up a bow hairpin and took a small black head rope.

Passing by the bookstore, Jiang Liao wanted to buy materials, so he brought Dai Hui in.

Wang Qiran walked slowly behind, and as soon as she came in, she noticed that there were a lot of books here, more than that small bookstall .

It's just a pity that she can't read, and she can count the words she recognizes on ten fingers.

Wang Qiran was waiting at the door, and saw Jiang Liao holding a stack of books, and he had to hold Dai Hui in his hand, so he hurriedly went over and picked Dai Hui up.

I thought he only bought one or two copies, but where would he have thought that one would be a dozen copies.

Jiang Lao paid the money and put the materials in the schoolbag, putting them so carefully, for fear that if he was not careful, he would scratch and crumple the books.

Wang Qiran walked in front with Dai Hui in his arms, thought about it and asked Jiang Lonely: "Xiao Lonely, she speaks later than other children, see if you can teach her some simple ones, and when she arrives at school, she won't have to learn everything now, it's too slow to start." ”

Jiang Lone's eyes suddenly twinkled like the only shining star in the dark night, he patted the bulging schoolbag and smiled happily: "Grandma, I bought a lot of fairy tales." ”

Wang Qiran's heart melted, her face was full of kind and kind smiles, she freed her hand to touch his head, sighed in her heart, and said in her mouth: "Really sensible!" ”

It was noon when I came back, and the hot weather made people sweat and sweat when they took a step.

Dai Hui is tired, and he has to hug him after walking a few steps.

Wang Qiran bought a lot of daily necessities, and now halfway through the road, she only feels more and more heavy, and she has no strength at all to hold her again.

Dai Wei stood there aggrieved with tears in her eyes, and cried lightly twice.

Jiang Lao hung his schoolbag cross-legged on his chest, walked up to Dai Hui, and squatted down with his back to her.

Dai Wei lay on Jiang Lone's back, and after a while, he fell asleep, grabbing Jiang Lone's collar with his little hand.

When he got home, Jiang Lao gently carried Dai Hui to the bed and covered it with a small thin blanket.

He just came out and walked over to the faucet and tried to unscrew it.

The tube was scorched hot by the sun, and the hot water was used to rinse the sweat on the face.

The clothes were soaked with sweat, and large beads of sweat flowed down from his head, and Jiang Lonely wiped his face and couldn't tell whether it was sweat or water.

His hands propped up on the hot wall, his chest heaving, panting, squinting and resting for a while.

I have a thought in my heart, I must work hard to get out of this big mountain pass.

Jiang Lao went home under the sun, there was no one at home, the door was still locked, and no one had even moved the bench at the door, obviously no one came back.

Jiang Lao took out the key to open the lock, pushed open the door and went in, took a plastic bag and put a few clothes, took a back basket and put all the books in it, and put all the paper and pens in the house into the back basket.

When Jiang Lonely walked out with the basket on his back, he saw Lu Tantan walking slowly with an umbrella.

Lu Tantan didn't return last night, stayed in the commissary for a night, and came back unsatisfied after winning.

Seeing Jiang Lone's posture, he didn't bother to roll his eyelids, and walked straight to the house without saying a word.

She didn't sleep all night, she was so sleepy that she changed her slippers and flushed her feet to the faucet, and then went back to the house to catch up on sleep.

Jiang Liao saw that she was closing the door from the inside, and her voice sounded loudly: "Grandma, I went to my grandmother's house, and I haven't come back recently!" ”

"Whatever you want!" The words fell.

"Bang". A sound fell on Jiang Lone's ears.

Seeing that the door was closed, Jiang Lone's eyes darkened a lot.

Jiang Lonely's hand tightly grasped the strap of the back basket, gritted his teeth, and returned to his grandmother's house with a sigh of anger.

Wang Qiran was choosing vegetables, and was throwing the unwanted vegetables in the chicken coop outside the yard, and when he saw him coming back, he hurriedly went to take over the back basket on his body.

It's full of books.

Wang Qiran put the basket in the bedroom and said to him, "You can sleep well, and you will be called when the meal is ready." ”

Jiang Lonely was so tired that he had no strength, he sat on the edge of the bed panting, wiping his sweat and nodding.

Jiang Lonely was almost resting, the sweat on his body dissipated, and he was about to tilt his head against the pillow, only to see Dai Hui turn over and roll to his side.

Dai Hui muttered in her mouth, speaking indistinct dream words, the blanket was also pressed under her, and her two white calves were on the edge of the bed.

Jiang Lonely smiled slightly when he saw her like this.

Gently correcting her sleeping position, and after covering her with a blanket, he himself was next to the side, and he was about to fall asleep.

I heard the sound of horses' hooves outside, and got up again to see what was going on.

Wang Qiran put the cart on, laid a mattress inside, and put a pillow.

He helped Zhan Zhan to lie down again, turned around to take the bag, and saw Jiang Liao standing at the door frame, one foot stepping out.

"Grandma, where are you going?" Jiang Lao asked.

"Xiao Lonely, your grandfather's leg hurts, I'll take him to the hospital to take a look, the rice is almost ready, you can stir-fry some vegetables and eat the leaves first."

Wang Qiran had already led the horse out of the yard as he spoke, and looked back with some anxiety: "Xiao Lonely, pay attention when you burn the fire." ”

"Hmm." Jiang Lonely responded gently.

The sun was shining brightly at noon, and under the blazing sun, Wang Qiran drove the carriage to the hospital.

From time to time, he looked back at the sleepy Jiang Zhan, and saw that he frowned, knowing that he was in a terrible pain, but he didn't dare to hurry too fast, and it was even worse if he was upside down.

"Xiaolan and Dai Zhao don't raise leaves, just give it to Jiang Qiu!"

Jiang Zhan said this coldly.

Jiang Zhan half-squinted at the hot sky, white clouds fluttering, and the breeze was slightly dry.

After Jiang Zhan said this, he regretted it a little, but naturally he couldn't take it back.

Wang Qiran realized it later, and suddenly stopped, staring at Jiang Zhan like a knife cone, and asked coldly: "Whose child is Dai Hui?" ”

"Xiaolan and Dai Zhao, have you seen the two of them take care of her once?" Jiang Zhan stood up in pain and looked directly at Wang Qiran face to face.

Wang Qiran was speechless, and was about to say something, but he heard Jiang Zhan muttering softly.

Jiang Zhan closed his eyes and recuperated, shielded himself from the scorching sun with his hands, and the words in his mouth were thin: "Jiang Qiu likes his daughter, but he didn't get his wish, and if he gave him a good home, he can also have a good home." ”

Wang Qiran clutched the rope tightly, exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, wiped the fine sweat from the corners of his forehead, and sped up to the hospital.

When Lu Tantan appeared outside the courtyard of the Jiang family, Jiang Lonely, who was chopping vegetables in the kitchen, was stunned, put down the kitchen knife, wiped the water stains on his hands, and walked out.

Lu Tantan is wearing a sunhat, sunscreen sleeves on his hands, and a pair of shiny low-heeled leather shoes under his feet, which can be used as a mirror.

She asked condescendingly, "Do you have a house key?" ”

Jiang Lao responded gently: "Yes!" ”

Lu Tantan yawned slightly, "Yes, the big black dog at home remember to feed me, and I'll go back to my parents' house for a few days." ”

Lu Tantan didn't wait for Jiang Liao to speak, pinched his waist and left.

Jiang Lao stir-fried the vegetables with biogas, and when he served them, he heard a "bang" in the bedroom.

Jiang Lonely ran in.

Dai Hui didn't know that he had fallen out of bed, sat there rubbing his eyes, saw Jiang Lonely, ran over barefoot, looked up at him, and called him in a glutinous and delicate manner: "Brother! ”

Jiang Lao put on her shoes and took her to the bathroom.

Dai Hui washed her hands, came out to look around, and shouted, "Grandma." ”

No one answered, and she stepped over the high threshold to the kitchen.

Dai Hui was still looking for people everywhere in the house, only to see a thin and tall Jiang Lone.

She looked up at him and called out to him softly, "Brother, where is grandma?" ”

"Grandparents are not at home, let's eat first, okay, I'll take you to play later!"

Jiang Lao set up all the dishes and chopsticks and lifted Dai Wei into the chair.

Jiang Lonely picked up vegetables for her, and saw that she was full of oil, and her face was confused, and suddenly a cute little girl dangled in front of her.

The leftovers were all packed in a big bowl, Jiang Lao led Dai Hui back home with him, opened the door and went to the firewood room.

As soon as it was poured in, the big black dog also went to eat.

Jiang Lonely felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly took Dai Hui out.

But it was too late.

Mountains of wood, about the size of an adult's arm, rolled down one after another, smashing the big black dog underneath, and only a few barks could be heard, and only the slight whimpering of the dog remained.

The bowl in Jiang Lone's hand fell to the ground and fell apart, and the fragments were sharp.

Dai Wei was frightened by this sudden noise, and took Jiang Lone's hand in a daze.

But he pushed her far away, sat on the ground, and the pain made her grin and cry.

Jiang Lonely fell down in the bowl and the firewood rolled over.

pushed Dai Hui out, although the strength was not too big or small, and he was also worried that he would hit his head, break his feet, and touch his hands.

Jiang Lao was overwhelmed by the firewood, and both feet were pressed by the firewood, making him unable to move.

Seeing Dai Hui crying aggrievedly there, she got up and patted her ass and came to him.

At that moment, Jiang Lonely was scared.

There was a lot of firewood behind him, so he shouted, "Leaf, go outside and call someone." ”

Dai Wei wiped her tears and ran outside with her little short legs.

Dai Hui shouted something, and Jiang Lonely inside couldn't hear a word clearly.

The firewood fell a few times and hit the back of his head, enough to make him dizzy, his vision blurred, and his consciousness began to weaken.

Jiang Lao raised his hand with difficulty, gently pushed away the firewood behind him, plucked this one, chased down the other, and smashed his calf again.

His face turned pale in pain, Jiang Lonely reluctantly pulled out of the firewood together, but as soon as he stood up, the whole person fell.

There was no feeling up and down the whole body, and even the only light in front of him did not reappear, and Dai Hui's shadow was instantly swallowed up by the darkness.

Dai Hui went out and couldn't find anyone, so he cried on the way.

But after crying for so long, no one heard it, and no one came out to see if it was someone's child and what happened.

Dai Wei stopped crying, and recalled what Jiang Lonely said in her little head.

She thought of a man she had only met two or three times, and she didn't remember the name or appearance.

I only remember that he was in the tenth house to the left of his brother's house, and there was a tall locust tree and a cherry blossom tree still in full bloom in front of his house, and there were many red cannas planted under the trees.

Dai Hui remembered this, and was terrified along the way, so he trotted to find him.