The whole person looked shabby and tired, such a person should not have walked into an antique shop like this when it was not cold, but she herself couldn't tell why she had led her daughter in, probably today was her daughter's sixth birthday, and she really wanted to buy a gift for the child.

"Mom, it's very expensive, don't buy it." The little girl shook her head sensibly, but her eyes were fixed on the bracelet.

The thin little silver bracelet with a small bell on it jingles when you walk on it, how fun it is.

Dunzi sat at the counter and looked at the little girl opposite, thinking that there was such a child.

The little girl's face is round, like a small apple, but her face is not ruddy enough, and her hair is a little yellow.

"Miss Ye!"

Dunzi saw the little girl's eyes and knew that she must like this bracelet very much, but she had no way to make the decision, so she had to call Ye Limit in a milky voice.

The woman looked at the little girl sitting at the counter, with pink makeup and jade makeup, pink and white, and then looked at her child, the guilt in her heart became deeper and deeper, touching her daughter's soft hair and saying, "Nannan, today is your birthday, my mother will buy you a bracelet." ”

As soon as the curtain was lifted, the woman only felt that her eyes were bright, and the one who came out was really glamorous, so beautiful that people didn't dare to look at it squarely.

"Do you want it?" Ye Liang sat down and looked at the thin little girl opposite.

The little girl bit her lip, glanced at her mother, and lowered her head again.

She liked this little bracelet very much, but she knew that the money her mother earned from washing clothes was to buy noodles and rice, so how could the family have spare money to buy these things.

"Miss Ye." Dunzi gently pulled Ye Liang's sleeve, his eyes full of anticipation.

Ye Quan smiled, and that smile seemed to the woman like a blue sky, brilliant and dazzling.

The woman lowered her head and held her daughter's hand tightly, compared to the beautiful and delicate woman opposite, she looked like ...... The dirt under your feet is like this, so you shouldn't come in.

But thinking of her daughter, she finally mustered up the courage to ask loudly: "This, how much, I bought it." ”

"Five bucks."

Yes? A trace of helplessness flashed in the woman's eyes, five yuan, a bit expensive, the rice bought with these money, the mother and daughter can eat for a long time.

Ye Liang saw that her eyes flickered, and smiled slightly: "But seeing that this child is very close to me, I can give you a cheaper." ”

The eyes of the woman and the little girl flashed with expectation, and Dunzi also stared at Ye Limit nervously, she knew Ye Limit too well, Miss Ye was a miser, how much cheaper could she be?

"Do you have five cents?"

The woman stared at Ye Liang in surprise: "What? Five cents? ”

Ye Quan nodded: "Yes, five cents." Because...... You said it was your daughter's birthday, I think this little girl is very popular, even if it is to give the child a hope. ”

The woman was very happy, and hurriedly took out a handkerchief bag from her pocket, and after opening it, there were a few banknotes and a few copper dollars, she took out a copper dollar of five cents and put it on the counter, Ye Liang held the copper dollar in her hand, the coin was warm and carried the body temperature on the woman's body, she handed the little silver bracelet to the little girl, and asked softly: "Little sister, what is your name?" ”

"My name is Xiaoyu." The girl took the bracelet and put it on her wrist happily, shook it and said, "Mom, the bell is ringing." ”

"We are illiterate children, and when it rains on the day we give birth to her, it is called Xiaoyu."

The woman explained a little embarrassed.

Ye Quan nodded: "Xiaoyu, it's a good name." ”

The woman took her daughter's hand and walked out of the antique shop, the little girl looked back, night fell, the surrounding shops showed a dim light, she pointed to the sign of the shop and asked, "Mom, what is the name of that shop?" ”

The woman shook her head: "Mom is illiterate, Mom will save money to send Xiaoyu to study, and our family will no longer be blind in the future." ”

"That young lady is so good-looking." Xiaoyu shook her wrist, and the little bell jingled, "Mom, you listen, it's so good." ”

The woman took her daughter's hand and walked to the entrance of her own alley, where all the people lived were poor, and few people lit lamps and boiled oil when it was dark, only the bun shop at the entrance of the alley still had a faint light.

Lao Meng of the bun shop came out with a basin of dirty water, watched the mother and daughter come over, and greeted with a smile: "Lin family lady, where did this come from?" ”

"The child has a birthday today, take her to eat a bowl of noodles."

The lady of the Lin family whispered.

"Oh, Xiaoyu has a birthday." Lao Meng poured dirty water under the old locust tree at the entrance of the alley, nodded and said, "It's good, it's good, it's another year old." ”

Xiaoyu was very happy today, her mother bought her a small bracelet, and took her to eat a bowl of Yangchun noodles, the mother and daughter only ordered a bowl of noodles, the daughter took a big bite, the mother took a small sip, Xiaoyu finally drank up the noodle soup, licked the corners of her mouth and said, "Mom, it's delicious." "That noodle tastes so good, Xiaoyu thinks it's the best thing she's eaten since her father's disappearance.

Xiaoyu's family moved to this alley from their hometown last year, her father is a dock worker, tall, the flesh bumps on his arms are like small rats, and when he comes back from work, he will lift Xiaoyu to sit on his shoulders and run all over the alley, Xiaoyu is happy and a little scared, hugging her father's head tightly, and her father shouted: "Ah, don't cover your father's eyes, you can't see the road." Her mother wiped her hands with her apron and smiled as she watched the father and daughter play. But there are unforeseen circumstances, less than two months after moving to this alley, her father suddenly disappeared, and went out at night to say that a friend was married, to see if there was anything he could help, and when he left, Lin Niangzi also gave him a dollar and said that since he was a good friend, he would give more money, and he didn't come back that night. Mrs. Lin thought that she was making trouble at that house all night, and she didn't take it seriously when she waited for the happy event the next day, but she didn't expect to wait for another day and still not see anyone.

She was in a hurry, thinking to herself, could it be that she was greedy for a cup, where did she sleep if she drank too much? I took my daughter to the dock to inquire, and there was a person who went to follow the marriage and said that it was not right, your family Da Linzi went home the night before yesterday, drank some wine and walked and wandered, and we also said that we would not stay overnight, he said that Xiaoyu had a birthday, and he had to buy longevity noodles for Xiaoyu to eat.

Lin Niangzi walked a few laps along the way to her house for a happy event, and asked around, Shanghai is so big, who can remember that there was a drunk person passing by that night? Lin Niangzi went to the police station to report the case with the help of a few dock workers, and the police stared at those people, pouted and said: "These poor coolies, if they have a little money, they go to pour yellow soup, and if they drink too much, they will fight with people and be knocked unconscious, and they may throw lotus flowers in the Huangpu River, where can they find them?" ”

Lin Niangzi's eyes were red when she cried, she knelt down and begged for others, and the dock workers also rolled up their arms and sleeves to make a gesture to beat, and the police registered and blew people away, this city, people die every day and people are missing, gang vendettas, people are bought and thrown into the Huangpu River, one catches a handful, the police don't have time to investigate these things, the dock poor coolies like Da Linzi are like a drop of water, evaporating in a corner of this city, leaving only orphans and widows to live hard, and it has been a year in the blink of an eye.