I stood behind him and whispered to him, his figure slightly turned his head to look at me, and after seeing my appearance clearly, he stiffly pulled the corners of his mouth and squeezed out a smile. Some of their sickly faces were bloodless, and they looked even more haggard than they had been yesterday.

"Ahh Girl, is that you, are you here to fetch water? ”

I nodded, but my eyes fell on his waist, which had been hunched up. After hesitating for a long time, he finally couldn't help but speak.

"Uncle, your waist..."

I asked him a little hesitantly, but I was afraid that something would be wrong, so I didn't go on. I just didn't think about it, and after listening to it, he smiled at me again, with a relaxed look, but his eyes were inexplicably empty.

"Thank you, girl, I'm fine, just yesterday... Alas, I'm sorry to make you ugly. ”

I vaguely sensed something, but I couldn't say exactly what it was.

"It's okay, it's okay, we were also struggling after we left yesterday, and we didn't help you much. By the way, that fat... Forehead... Contractor, has he always done this to you? Why don't you complain about beating an employee and arrears of wages? ”

Seeing that the middle-aged uncle's face was getting worse and worse, I hurriedly changed the topic.

"Girl, what you think is too simple, he's the overlord here, everything depends on his mood, those of us who work for him have no right to speak... Not to mention complaining, he is the son of the developer of these buildings, and if we go against him in the open, there will be absolutely no good fruit to eat."

I nodded thoughtfully, and something suddenly came to mind.

"Uncle, how is your daughter?"

My question blurted out, but I was met with a minute-long silence, and I subconsciously understood that I had said the wrong thing, and just when I thought he wouldn't speak again, his choked voice chilled my heart.

"She... It's gone... Hehe, she's strong, but she still hasn't waited for me to go back... She told me on the phone that she saw her mom... Woo... But... But how I wish she couldn't see her! Because, my wife passed away a few years ago... Woo woo... She took her away anyway... My daughter is my life... Say no, it's gone... Woo..."

The man in front of me was clutching his hair in pain, crying like a helpless old man, and the words that were suppressed in his heart seemed to be released in an instant, and he slowly turned from suppressed sobbing to crying regardless of his image.

I don't know when the salty taste at the corners of my mouth fills my mouth, and my fingertips unconsciously touch the strange appearance on my cheeks, and the crystal on my fingertips tells me that I cried... I don't know why I'm crying, maybe it's because I sympathize with this man, or maybe it's because I remember that I've never been a person in my life.

My father... I don't have a father...

The desperate cry in my ears pulled me mercilessly into the memory, no matter how I struggled, my feet still uncontrollably moved away from the ground, falling into the endless abyss...

"Grandpa, do I have a father?"

In the hazy scene, a little girl with a double ponytail jumps into the arms of an old man. The old man smiled kindly, and picked up the little girl and put it on his lap, but when he heard her question, he paused with his hand, but touched the little girl's head without a trace.

"What does Little Shadow say? Of course you have a father, but your father went to a far, far away place and was not with you. ”

The old man explained to the little girl in his arms without hurry, and the little girl thought for a while, and continued to ask questions to the old man in a milky voice.

"When will I see my father? I'd love to know what he looks like. ”

The little girl looked up innocently and giggled at the old man, who touched her head dotingly.

"When Little Shadow grows up, your father will come back, so our Little Shadow will grow up quickly now! You'll know what your dad looks like then. ”

The old man smiled heartily, took the little girl from his lap, and twisted the little wrinkled skirt for her.

"Yay! I want to grow up! I want to grow up! I'll be able to see my dad when I grow up! Grow up, grow up, grow up..."

The little girl jumped up and down with some excitement, and the two pigtails on the back of her head fell together, like two fairies dancing in the sun, happy and beautiful, and the old man's kind voice was warm and slow.

It's my grandfather...

In the hazy scene, another old woman appeared, and she walked up to the little girl with a plate of fruit.

"What are you talking about? So happy, look at our little shadow to be happy, come, take a break to eat some fruit, this time there is your favorite strawberry. ”

The old woman smiled and pinched a very plump strawberry from the fruit bowl and stuffed it into the little girl's hand, and the little girl was even happier holding the strawberry.

"Strawberry Strawberry, grandma is the best for me, I like grandma the most!"

When the old woman heard this, the smile on her face became even brighter.

"My little heart, don't jump, take a break, my grandmother is dizzy, this strawberry is sweet, you can taste it."

The little girl took a bite of the strawberry in her hand and smiled sweetly, but the old man next to her was reluctant.

"Little Shadow, don't you like your grandfather the most? Why did the old woman give you a little profit and you changed? ”

The old man pretended to complain with some jealousy, and the old woman next to him retorted unwillingly.

"Hey, you old man, my family's favorite is me, why do you have an opinion?"

The old woman crossed her hands on her hips, which should have been kind before, although the movements were a little rough, but it was used on the old woman with a little more cute feeling.

"Grandpa, what is a small profit?"

The little girl licked the corners of her mouth and looked at the old man innocently.

"Na, that's the one in your hand, that's the little profit your grandmother gave you."

The old man explained with some anger, and the little girl looked down at the strawberries in her hand that she had not had time to eat, and suddenly realized, she giggled, and smiled like a sunflower.

"Grandma, I still want a small profit! I still want it! ”

As soon as the little girl spoke, the old man froze, and the old woman was stunned for a moment, and then smiled brighter.

"Okay, good, my sweetheart, as much as you want, grandma will give you as much as you want, haha."

The old woman glanced at the old man who was still stunned with a provocative eye, looked at his funny expression, and smiled.

The old man came back to his senses and looked helplessly at the little guy jumping in front of him, looking helpless. The old lady took the little girl in her arms and provoked the old man with a triumphant gaze, and the old man twisted his head to the side in anger.

These two people don't look like they're over half a hundred years old at all, they are more like a pair of lovers than that, you love each other deeply...

Grandmother...

I stretched out my hand to touch the face that was so close to me, but my fingertips ruthlessly passed through the picture, and a sense of loss invaded.

A tear falls out of her pupil, and the picture cuts.

"You're a wild kid without a father! My mom told me that. ”

The immature voice first appeared in the scene, and it gradually brightened up in front of me, here... School...

"You're talking nonsense, my dad went far, far away! When I grow up, I'll go to him! ”

The little girl angrily pushed the girl in front of her away.

"Boom!"

"Ahh Bleeding... Go and sue the teacher, Liu Wuying hit someone. ”

The girl who was pushed down by the little girl, one of the center of gravity was unstable and planted backwards, but the back of the head hit the corner of the table impartially, and a few drops of bright red blood oozed from the fragile skin in an instant, which frightened the children who were watching on the sidelines, they screamed in panic, and a few of them ran out directly to complain to the head teacher.

The little girl was frightened, and her body couldn't help but tremble when she saw so much blood for the first time.

"I have a dad... Daddy, where are you... Woo woo... I'm afraid..."

The little girl hid in the corner, hugged herself, muttering to herself, she sobbed helplessly, like an abandoned wild cat, longing for a warm embrace.

I wanted to hug her, I wanted to tell her: Don't be afraid. But I can't, I can't touch her, and I don't even have the qualifications to wipe her tears. I could only look at her silently, and the bitterness in my mouth filled my sense of taste, letting me know what it was like to feel distressed and helpless.

I don't know when, the tears have already soaked through the placket, the picture in front of me has long disappeared, a breeze blows, I completely sober up from the memory, there is no one in front of me, the middle-aged man has long left, I lost my soul and walked to the dormitory, there were countless times I almost fell down on the way, but I was able to stabilize my body and continue to move forward without reluctance.

"Second child, are you back? Give me the kettle, you've worked hard! Hey? You didn't fetch water, did you? ”

As soon as I walked in the door, Pepper ran over and took the pot in my hand, and her puzzled voice sounded in my ears, and I came back to my senses.

"Oh... I just met with something and forgot about it, I'm sorry Pepper, why don't I go again. ”

As she spoke, she was about to take the kettle from her hand, but her hand holding the kettle flashed and staggered my hand.

"Second, what's wrong with you? How is it like losing your soul? Is something happening? ”

Pepper sensed something was wrong and asked me anxiously.

"I'm fine, maybe I got up too early this morning, and my mental state is not good, I'll be fine in a while, don't worry."

Pepper seemed to see something, but nodded obediently and didn't say anything more.

"Huh? Why haven't the two of them gotten up yet, didn't you ask you to call the two of them when I left? ”

When Pepper heard this, she immediately made a bitter face.

"It's not that I didn't call them, I've been calling them since I beat you out, but they just can't afford it, the third sister is a little better, she woke up once halfway, but she muttered a few words and then lay down and fell asleep, and she couldn't pull it up. Boss, I really can't do anything, she doesn't move, no matter how I yell at her, she doesn't seem to hear. ”

Pepper cried and lowered her head in frustration, and I rubbed my forehead with a headache, which was difficult. When I was living in the dormitory before, only Zhou Jie liked to lie in bed at first, and then we got along with each other for a long time, but I didn't expect the third child to be damaged by him. They adhere to the principle that they don't sleep at night and wake up in the morning.

I thought about it for a moment, and suddenly a good idea came to mind, and a mischievous smile appeared on the corner of my mouth.