Chapter 56: Two Lovely Children
"Roasted sweet potatoes, fragrant and hot roasted sweet potatoes." On the side of the road, there was also a man pushing a tricycle and buying roasted sweet potatoes.
"Uncle, bring me a piece."
"Little girl, you're really here, there's only the last piece left, I'll go back as soon as I finish buying." The old man who bought sweet potatoes took a piece of roasted yellow sweet potato from the stove and handed it to Zhang Xin's hand, Zhang Xin sniffed hard, and the aroma of sweet potatoes suddenly got into her nose.
"Uncle, how much is this sweet potato?" Zhang Xin couldn't wait to break open the sweet potato and take a big bite.
"This is the last sweet potato of the year, girl, I'll count you two cents." Zhang Xin took out two cents from his body and handed it to him, and the uncle collected the money and said goodbye to Zhang Xin and left on the tricycle.
Zhang Xin was eating sweet potatoes while walking back, she always felt that there was a figure following her behind her, she turned around sharply and saw two little girls holding hands and staring at the sweet potatoes in her hands.
Zhang Xin walked over, squatted down and asked one of the taller girls, "What are you doing with me?" Can I help you? The slightly older girl pulled the little girl back and held her behind her.
"My sister wants to eat sweet potatoes, I haven't had the money to buy them, today I picked up two cents on the road, and I was about to go, when I saw the last sweet potato eaten by you." The girl stared at Zhang Xin's sweet potato as she spoke, her face revealing a slight timidity.
"Here you go, eat." Zhang Xin handed the sweet potato that the other half had not eaten to the little girl who had been hiding behind her.
The little girl stared at the big gray eyes, saw the sweet potato in front of her, and timidly looked at her sister who had been blocking her in front of her. The little girl in front nodded to her, and she took the sweet potato and ate it in a big gulp.
Zhang Xin looked at the little girl's gobbling up, she felt a little uncomfortable, she stood up, looked at her watch, it was almost time for lunch, she pinched the little girl's face, and smiled at them.
"You haven't eaten yet, let's go, my sister invites you to eat, what do you want to eat? Tell my sister. ”
"Meat, I want to eat meat!" The little girl who had been gobbling up sweet potatoes jumped up happily when she heard Zhang Xin's proposal to eat.
The big girl seemed to have concerns about Zhang Xin and didn't say a word.
Zhang Xin saw what was on her mind and touched her head, "Don't worry, I'm not a bad person, I see you cute, please finish your meal, my sister will send you home, don't worry." ”
The little girl nodded, took her sister's hand and followed Zhang Xin's back.
In the month of Layue, the restaurant owners closed their doors and went home to prepare New Year's goods, and the three of them went around the street to find a very small restaurant, Zhang Xin took care of them and sat down, and ordered a few dishes.
After a while, the dish came up, and the smaller girl really hadn't eaten meat for a long time, picked up the spoon and stretched it out to the plate, and the slightly older girl helped her put the meat in the bowl, and after glancing at Zhang Xin, she also picked up the chopsticks and ate it.
Zhang Xin looked at the sisters in front of him, and couldn't help but think of what happened to him and Zhang Ran in the previous life.
They quickly finished the two large dishes, and the faces of the two children were flushed.
"Now that you're full, my sister isn't a bad person, can you tell me what your name is?" Zhang Xin poured a glass of water and placed it in front of them.
"My name is Lin Mei, this is my sister, my name is Lin Shuang." The slightly older girl finally spoke.
"Where's your mom and dad?"
"My dad had an accident on the construction site a few months ago and is now lying motionless in bed, while my mom picks up scraps in the morning and sells some food at the market during the day. On the hour, we haven't eaten meat in a long time. As she spoke, Lin Mei's tears fell on the table.
"What a poor child." Zhang Xin touched her head, "I think at your age, you should be going to elementary school."
"My mother said that the family has no money, and she wants me to help at home, and when I am older, let me go out to work and treat my father."
"Do you want to get out, then?" Zhang Xin asked her tentatively.
"I don't want to go out, of course I don't want to go out, I really want to be like other children, carrying a schoolbag to school, but my father is like this, my mother is still sick and has to earn money, how can I go to school." Lin Mei said, big tears fell.
"Little sister, how can you say our life is like this?" Lin Mei asked with a crying voice.
This sentence suddenly asked Zhang Xin's heart, "Other people's lives are so carefree, why is only your own life like this?" Zhang Xin has thought about this sentence countless times in countless tortured nights.
She touched Lin Mei's crying face, the bitterness of life and the hardships of fate were vividly reflected in these two people who were connected by the same fate.
Zhang Xin looked at Lin Mei's desperate expression, and couldn't help but think of the despair in her heart after the death of her parents in the previous life.
Suddenly, an idea popped into her mind, and she sat forward and moved slightly closer to Lin Mei. He said in a slightly mysterious tone.
"Xiaomei, do you know, before people are born, they will always be kissed by the goddess again and then come to the world, because the goddess knows that people are born fragile and can't withstand frustration and pressure, after being kissed, the newborn child will be blessed by the goddess, and then come to the world, so that some disasters can be avoided and can grow carefree, but there is a group of people, but it is different, guess what it is?" Zhang Xin deliberately paused and asked Lin Mei.
"That group of people is just people who have not been kissed by the goddess, who have not been blessed by the goddess, and who are hated by the goddess. Just like me and Xiaoshuang, we are both unliked children. Lin Mei held Lin Shuang's hand tightly, lowered her head, and her voice became smaller and smaller.
"Haha, you're wrong." Zhang Xin cleared her throat and continued.
"That group of human beings turned into angels, those humans are the kindest and strongest human beings, the goddess believes in them, so she didn't kiss them, I want them to make good use of their kindness and strength to create a life that truly belongs to them, you and Xiaoshuang are the strongest and kindest human beings turned into angels."
"The strongest, kindest?" Lin Mei was skeptical.
"Yes, you have to live a good life, there is still a long way to go, my sister believes in you, and your life will definitely get better, just like my sister."
Lin Mei's eyes were shining, and she finally had the energetic appearance of a child.
Zhang Xin touched these two round little heads and thought to herself, "You must grow up well." ”
She took out her pocket, stuffed all the money on her body into Lin Mei's hand, and instructed, "Take this money and go back for the New Year, let your mother buy a cotton coat for the two of you, the weather is getting colder and colder, and you two can't be frozen and sick anymore."
Zhang Xin stuffed the money into Lin Mei's hand, and suddenly remembered something, took out a pen and paper and wrote the names of his restaurants and universities and his own names on paper.
"If there is anything you can come to this address to find me, if someone wants to invite you to dinner in the future, you can't just follow them, because those people may lie to you, you know?" Zhang Xin thought of the frequent cases of child abduction and trafficking recently, looked at these two well-behaved children, and wanted to tell them.
"Uh-huh, got it, sister." The two little girls nodded.
Zhang Xin sent them to the alley of their house, watching the two children holding hands and running into the alley, as if they saw themselves and Zhang Ran, if someone saw them on the street at that time, helped them, just cared about them, she would not be so desperate, desperate to the end of the choice to drink pesticides to end her life.
Maybe she really wants to think like what she said, she is also made of that group of angels, but she did not resist the cruelty of real life and chose to end her life prematurely.
"It should be that the goddess saw that she was so miserable in her previous life, so she gave her a chance to start again."
Now, since God has given her a chance to live again, she should make good use of it and do her best to help those who are desperate in life. Zhang Xin thought secretly.