At noon, the two of them stayed at the old woman's house to eat, and the local beef stew, a hot cauldron, and freshly boiled milk wine, filled the house with a rich fragrance.

Xiao Luo was a little unaccustomed to eating the beef, but he liked milk wine very much, and he drank one cup after another like a gluttonous cat.

By the time Yi Zeran noticed her movements, the girl was already flushed with alcohol, especially the two bright colors on her cheeks, which made people a little unable to take their eyes off.

The old woman smiled and looked at the tacit understanding between the words and deeds of the two, and returned to the kitchen in a very good mood to cook a soft and fragrant flatbread.

Xiao Luo broke half of it and gnawed slowly, and Yi Zeran chatted with the woman with a kind face.

The old woman originally lived in a tribe deep in the grasslands, and the whole family lived on dozens of sheep.

One winter, the father and son went out to herd sheep, only to encounter heavy snowfall that had not been seen in decades.

The place was so desolate that by the time the rescue team arrived, the two men had frozen into hard corpses.

All the sheep on which the family depended were also dead, and the daughter-in-law got the news and took the only money and left.

The old woman supported her young grandson on her own with her own craft, and later the government subsidized her and moved her young grandson to this modest house.

Although life is poor, it can make do.

Xiao Luo's eyes were hot when he heard it, but the old woman still smiled happily, "It's useless when I'm old, and I'm dizzy when I get to work. ”

Bana is her grandson, 16 years old, who dropped out of school last year and went back to the grassland to herd sheep.

Xiao Luo tilted his head to the open window, and the heat on his face dissipated a lot, "The old man has a good body, and only those who are children can go out with confidence, you should relax." ”

The old woman looked at the young girl in front of her, and from her eyebrows, she could roughly see a little bit of the local's thick eyebrows and big eyes, but on the whole, she didn't look like a local.

Maybe it was those beautiful eyes that made her feel close involuntarily, "What a good boy, it's rare to have a young man with a gentle temper like you." A few days ago, Ah Hua was still arguing with her daughter, no matter how old she is, she is still disobedient. ”

Xiao Luo's mood was a little low, just because of her sentence "What a good boy".

In fact, she was not a good child, but in the face of the old man's relieved smile, she couldn't say a word.

Yi Zeran patted the back of her hand and stood up.

The sun outside was not so intense, and before I knew it, it was already afternoon.

Xiao Luolian packed up the things beside him and stood up.

The old woman, knowing that the two men were leaving, turned and went into the bedroom, and came out with an extra cloth bag in her hand.

The bag contained a lot of bits and pieces, including food and handmade crafts.

Xiao Luo naturally refused to accept it, but the old woman was very resolute, so she had to stuff things into people's arms, and told the two of them to come back to see her when they came back.

The old woman's conditions were too difficult, Xiao Luo said that she didn't want anything, and between excuses, Yi Zeran pulled the corner of Xiao Luo's clothes.

With a glance of his eyes, the man somehow put a stack of bills under the tablecloth.

Well, just buy all these things.

Xiao Luo put away the cloth bag and said goodbye to the woman obediently.

Out of the door, a brand-new off-road vehicle was parked on the opposite corner, Song Boyuan leaned against the door to smoke, and saw Yi Zeran extinguishing the cigarette butt and walked over.

Smelling the thick smell of smoke, Yi Zeran frowned, "Didn't you say that you can't smoke during working hours?" ”

Song Boyuan's face was a little red, and he was silent for a moment before he mustered up the courage to ask Yi Zeran, "Can I go back to City C after this matter is done?" ”

Yi Zeran glanced at him with disgust, "What's the matter, I quarreled with my girlfriend again?"

What's more, even his parents quarreled together, saying that he wanted to work and not go home.

Song Boyuan didn't speak, looked at Xiao Luo with an embarrassed expression, turned around and walked to the off-road vehicle and pulled the car door.

Yi Zeran naturally knew his situation, and got into the car without saying a word, and pulled Xiao Luo, who was a little sluggish, by the way.

Half an hour later, the three of them came to the house rented by their mother, two old earthen houses, and the furnishings in the houses were extremely simple.

A bed, a table, and a big red box for clothes.

There was no toilet in the house, so Xiao Luo walked around to find a rudimentary toilet under the poplar tree a few meters behind the house.

It is hard to imagine that my mother could live in such a difficult environment for months and have to endure the pain of illness all the time.

A young woman in the neighborhood saw someone driving into the yard and came to the door with her child in her arms a short time later.

The child was naughty, and climbed on the small bed as soon as he got to the ground, and the little arms and legs tried many times but did not go up, and the woman smiled and picked up the child.

Turning his head and asking Xiao Luo again, "What do you have to do with that woman?" ”

spoke Mandarin that Xiao Luo could understand, but the content made people feel uncomfortable.

Yi Zeran really frowned.

After all, she was her mother's neighbor, and Xiao Luo explained to her in a good-natured manner, "I am her daughter." ”

The woman looked her up and down, but her last gaze fell on Yi Zeran.

The man has a completely different skin from the grassland man, with fair skin and handsome appearance, and the station becomes a scenery of its own.

The dark face was a little hot, but the woman had always been bold, and she stared at Yi Zeran without moving, "What about this man?" ”

Yi Zeran glanced at him vaguely, and his thin lips opened: "Who am I, it seems that I don't need to explain to you." ”

Turning his head to look at Song Boyuan, who was standing in the corner with a sad face, "Send off guests." ”

In a very unceremonious tone, the woman naturally understood what he meant, but she still refused to give up, and asked Yi Zeran who she was.

Over there, Song Boyuan had already picked up her son from the bed and ran out of the door in a few steps.

The woman had to go out to look for her son, and the door was closed.

Xiao Luo sighed softly, her mother's life was much worse than she imagined.

No one interfered with her, so Xiao Luo sat on the bed and sorted out her mother's belongings.

Most of the red boxes were filled with clothes, and the winter clothes were thick, and after taking out two pieces, they were much empty.

The clothes were folded one by one, and a white envelope lay under the empty box.

Xiao Luo's eyelashes twitched, and he took out the envelope.

The first sentence at the beginning made Xiao Luo almost cry: Luoluo, my dear daughter, mother is sorry for you.

She closed her eyes and took a deep breath before continuing to read: I got the hospital checklist on the fifth day of the fifth month of May, and that day I sat alone under the hospital building and thought about it all night, why me? Why does fate want to hurt me over and over again?

I thought about treatment, secretly took out my savings book at night to calculate my family's savings, and went to the hospital to ask the doctor again and again. Giving up treatment was a deliberate choice I have made to this day, but every time I think of my daughter who is wandering alone in a foreign land, I can't help but hate myself.