My footsteps suddenly stopped, and I couldn't help but look at the weak boy in a daze, only to see him staggering up from the vegetable ditch, and then lowered his head and silently reached out to touch the flat pole, instead of ...... Instead of slapping the dirt on him...... Seeing this, my heart suddenly churned with turbulent waves, what kind of encounter did this teenager have? In his innocent childhood, he should have grown up carefree and happy, but he had to provoke this heavy price that did not belong to him at all.

And the angry scolding like a fierce shrew came from the house, what kind of hearted woman is this? Listening to the voice, this person should be a relatively young woman, but her voice is deep, and the initial feeling is that she is a stout straight fat body, she scolded this teenager so angrily, she must be the closest person to this teenager, is it her child? No, no, I can't imagine that a mother would be willing to inflict such a cruel punishment on a child, how can she endure the deduction of a meal anymore if she is weak and weak...... It's really puzzling!

The boy slowly put the two wooden barrels away, and it was evident that most of the water in the buckets had been emptied, so he had to pick them up again, and turned his head to a well not far away, and I knew that perhaps for this breakfast, he was ready to make up for his mistakes, so I could not look any further, and immediately hurried to the vegetable field, and shouted to the thin figure with his back to me: "Child, you wait! ”

I really wanted to call him a little brother or little brother, but in this remote mountain village, these honorific titles were not promoted, but the straightforward words were more effective, and sure enough, the little boy slowly stopped, then turned his head to look at me, with a slightly wary and slightly puzzled gaze, glanced at me lightly, then turned his head again, and continued to walk towards the well.

In the trouser leg that was already filled with mud, every step would leave a very small footprint on the ground, and I was deeply touched in my heart, maybe this is me when I was a teenager, but I wanted to be scolded and even beaten by a mother like this, so that I could have a place in my heart and a person to rely on......

With a deep sigh, I suppressed the sourness in my heart, and strode to the little boy's side, and then the little boy turned to look at me, but he didn't say anything, just looked at me so blankly, I found that his gaze, in addition to being a little wooden and sluggish, actually revealed a trace of indifference that should not belong to his age.

I said directly: "Child, I don't want you to repay you, and I'll give you food, so I can help you finish all this work, right?" ”

The little boy looked at me with almost incredulous eyes, but soon, he neither nodded nor shook his head, just turned around tremblingly, ready to hit the water, I was suddenly angry and funny in my heart, this little boy, there are still a lot of things hidden in my heart, since you ignore me, then I must also help you, saying that it is to help you, but also to help us in the boyhood of the same disease!

I pulled the rope and smiled at the young man: "Since you were born in this world, don't be afraid of anyone, not to mention that the vegetable field is not something you can take care of alone, let me help you." ”

I thought that my goal should have been achieved this time, but the little boy reached out and put it on the rope in my hand, and I felt in a daze that he seemed to use all his strength to make me stop, and I stopped and looked at him.

His eyes were slightly red, and then he didn't care about wiping away the tears that fell from his eyes, but said word by word: "Actually, I'm not afraid of her!" ”

"You ......" I froze, I actually saw a deep and heavy resentment in the eyes of a boy about seven years old, and this resentment was so terrifying that I couldn't help but shudder, but I still asked, "Why do you say that?" Could it be that it was your mother who scolded you just now? ”

The little boy didn't speak, but he didn't have any rebuttal, I took him as acquiescing, and then he looked down at the well, as if looking for something, and after a while, he said in a trembling voice: "My grandmother is afraid of her, but I am not afraid of her, what I am doing now is what my grandmother often does......"

"What did your grandmother do? Your grandmother...... How old is she? "Actually, I should be able to see something, but I couldn't help but ask, and I knew he would tell me.

Sure enough, when the little boy mentioned his grandmother, his head was slightly raised, and there was a soft aura in his eyes, which was a kind of extreme dependence, and his eyes were telling me that his grandmother was no longer in the world, but in heaven......

"Who are you?! Why are you talking to my child?! ”

Suddenly, a blast from the distant courtyard gate instantly broke the soft breath in the little boy's eyes, and also woke me up with a slightly sour feeling, I looked up, only to see an adobe block in front of the courtyard door, I don't know when there stood an ugly and sturdy young woman, her pair of goldfish eyes stared at me, extremely unfriendly, I immediately heartbroken, give her a big white eye!

I said directly: "This sister-in-law, I am the one who has passed all the way, and I see that this child is very laborious, so I want to come forward to help, but please rest assured, I will not eat a grain of your family's rice, nor will I ask for a drop of water from your family, please sister-in-law, please don't misunderstand!" ”

When I said these words, I clearly felt that the little boy's hands were trembling, trembling slightly, I was very strange, he kept saying that he was not afraid of this woman, but he still showed timidity, it seemed that he was still afraid, and it was from the heart.

"Yo?" The young woman was slightly surprised and said with a little sneer: "I don't see it, there are still so many good people beating in front of our house, since this little brother wants to help, then I naturally have nothing to say, just don't be tired of the work, hehe!" Of course, if the little brother runs away halfway through, I won't chase you for wages, hehehe~~~"

For the first time in my life, I felt that a person's laughter was so disgusting, and I could feel what kind of family such a weak teenager grew up in, so I grabbed the rope and smiled in return: "Don't worry, I won't ask you for a penny!" ”

If she still has a trace of human affection, if there is still a trace of affection in her human nature, she can also hear the meaning of my last sentence, I deliberately raised the volume to say this sentence, but to my disappointment, the woman not only did not blush a little, but smiled even more happily and said: "Then let you work harder, I'll prepare more boiled water to quench your thirst, hehe!" ”

The young man may have been really tired, and after the woman entered the house, he suddenly leaned against the edge of the well and sat down, and said in a choked voice: "Kind little uncle, you shouldn't help me like this, even if you help me today, what about tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow?" I'm still going to do it every day, if only my grandma were still around...... Then we can be half of the people, and we won't be hungry......"

Hearing this, I suddenly woke up, hurriedly took out two white-flour steamed buns from the package and handed them to the young man, and said with a slight smile: "It's the first time to be a little uncle, hehe, I'll reward you two with white steamed buns, eat quickly." ”

The boy stared at the white bun in my hand, his eyes suddenly looked straight, and after a period of confusion and panic, the boy caught the two buns, and opened his mouth to bite a big bite, chewing vigorously in his mouth, and gave me a rare innocent smile in a slurred voice: "Thank you, little uncle!" ”

My eyes were slightly hot, and I hurriedly waved my hand and smiled: "Eat slowly, don't choke, by the way, what's your name?" My name is Chu Qi, hehe! ”

Maybe it was the first time he heard my strange name, the young man tilted his head slightly to look at me, and then continued to gobble down the white bun, and then said vaguely: "I don't know what my big name is, I was called a nickname by them as soon as I was born, Duozi, Uncle Chuqi, you can also call me Duozi, well, the white bun is really fragrant, I haven't eaten such a fragrant white bun for a long time......"

Multiple sons? Multi-child ...... I smiled bitterly, I knew that the meaning of this young man's name was certainly not to ask for more sons, but to ...... Alas! Is it really too much? Since it is too much, it is a hundred times better to give it away than to suffer such a hard life!

By the way, what about the father of many sons? Why is it that his mother is talking from the beginning to now, but there is no figure of his father, I immediately asked, "Duozi, how many relatives do you have in your family?" ”

Duozi had already eaten half of the second white bun, and when he heard this, he said very calmly: "My relatives are only grandma, but she died a few days ago, so ...... I don't have any relatives! ”

"A few days ago?" I hurriedly asked, "What was it a few days ago?" Seeing that your mother is not very old, then your grandmother should not be too ...... Can you tell me why she died? ”

What Tako said next startled me, only to see him point to the well in front of us and say, "Here, my grandmother jumped into this well and drowned, Uncle Chuqi, I ...... I miss my grandmother so much......"