Two years later.

Siping City is not a big place, but it is located in the Songliao Plain, which is the south gate of Jilin and one of the three granaries in the northeast, as mentioned earlier, because of the special geographical location, this Siping as a transit station of the railway hub, several reinforced regiments are stationed here, the number of the army is more than a normal division, and it has also become a military city.

At the beginning of spring this year, the humidity in the air was relatively high when the snow melted, and it was a little cold, that is, the kind of frozen people who did not freeze the ground, but the locals also adapted to it, and they did not feel any discomfort, especially the kind of fat thick, and they were not afraid of cold.

There is a place called Lishu County in the north of Siping, it is an ordinary rural scene, there is only one road leading to Siping, usually people who come to the north will pass through this path, there is such a restaurant near Siping, there is a kind of pasta cooked food, according to the situation at that time, although the restaurant opened the place, but the passenger flow is not small, mainly there is still selling meat, which is not small for people at that time.

When there is a shortage of materials, supply and marketing tickets will be issued, and the goods are limited, and you don't want money to have that ticket, so for some poor people, those days are more tight, unless they have their own livestock, if they go out to have a meal, this meal still has meat in it, it is not cheap, it is better to eat some noodles or something, then it is called affordable will live, save money for supply and marketing tickets to buy some cloth for the head of the family to change a few clothes.

This small restaurant has no name, and it is still privately opened, which is now capitalist in nature, which is not allowed by the state, but because the place where he opened it is relatively remote, and he has not hung up the door, and he has been doing it quietly, and there are really many people who go to eat.

It was noon, and the two flat-roofed tiled houses in the main house were full of diners. Most of them are workers in work clothes, and some of them are still discouraged and don't know what dirty work they do, all of which are not easy people. It stands to reason that they can't afford to eat the stir-fried food with meat, but the meat sold in this restaurant is cheaper, much cheaper than the one on the market, and the meat tastes and textures very good. So there are all kinds of people who come to eat, but most of them are working workers, taking advantage of the lunch break, they come over every three or five times to eat a bowl of big meat noodles or dry fried meat to improve the food.

There is a wild child who has no father and mother nearby, and every time he eats, he goes to the restaurant, although the boss is very annoying to him, but once he saw that the child squatting at the door of his house in the winter is really pitiful, so he gave him some food. This guy is good, he is used to coming every meal, and he didn't rush away if he wanted to.

said that the boss was busy at noon that day, and the wild child didn't come after a while, and the little guy didn't come to bother him, but he was a little uncomfortable, and he was worried about whether the child had an accident. This boss is also good-hearted, at least he often takes care of the child's food, which ordinary people really can't do.

Where's the child? Why haven't you come yet? Suddenly, I heard the door pushing. The boss quickly came out of the back room, thinking it was a wild child. But he didn't expect it to be a young man he hadn't seen before, who looked to be in his early twenties, and after reacting, he quickly wiped his hands with a rag and came to the door and said, "Brother eat?" I'm a restaurant, I can do anything! Come on, come in! ”

Because there are many people passing by, this restaurant does not have a façade, so only acquaintances know, and there are also passing by who happen to come in and take a look before they know that there is a restaurant.

The young man carried a bag on his shoulder. The clothes he was wearing were neat and clean, and he was wearing a pair of hard-soled rubber shoes under his feet, which looked more capable, and he looked like he had come from somewhere. Seeing the boss greet him, the young man walked into the house with his feet raised. With a slight chill, he sat on the short kang by the wall of the house.

The short kang is not the kind of soil kang in our impression, because the room is small, and there is no way to put a chair on the wall after placing a few tables, so it is on the edge of the wall that is as high as the stool with a turning head, and then plastered with plaster, and then covered with a thick cotton quilt.

The whole family worked in this restaurant, and the boss's son usually served the dishes, and after beckoning his son to hurry up, he came to the young man who had just come in and asked him what he wanted to eat. Simple pasta dishes such as noodles and noodles, complex ones are expensive, stir-fried dishes and everything.

The young man casually put down his bag, put his arm on the table, looked around the people in the room, then looked at the boss, and said to him with a smile, "Comrade, bring me a bowl of noodles." ”

The boss saw that the young man was in good shape, so he asked more: "Brother, do you add noodles and meat?" ”

After hearing this, the young man laughed and said, "Brother, how much does it cost to add meat?" ”

"At most, adding meat is the price of two bowls of noodles, how about not being expensive?" The boss grinned.

The young man blinked and looked at the table and said with a smile, "Brother, why is your meat so cheap?" It won't be that."

"No, no, no!" The boss hurriedly waved his hand in a low voice to explain.

The reason why he was nervous was because a while ago the animal was sick and infected a lot of domestic animals, and the dead animal meat could not be eaten, most of them were disposed of and burned, but there were still some people who sold the sick meat as cheap meat for money, and as a result, many people were infected with the disease and died a lot, and the local public security had just cracked it, arrested all the people involved, and sentenced them to what kind of crime of endangering the people, it sounded quite scary, and people dared to buy meat to eat after a long time.

The boss glanced behind him to make sure that no one saw him, so he sat next to the young man, rubbed his nose and said embarrassedly: "Brother, don't be too loud, I tell you, that meat is definitely not the meat of a sick and dead animal, but some animals that I caught in the mountains and down, and the meat is mixed together and I can't eat anything, so it's cheap." If this had been placed in the past, the meat in the mountains would still be expensive! Isn't it? ”

The young man pursed his lips and smiled, looked at the boss and said, "Then the troublesome brother will bring me a bowl of noodles with meat." ”

The boss got up with a smile and shouted into the back kitchen as he walked: "A bowl of big meat noodles, add more meat!" After speaking, he turned his head and smiled wryly at the young man, and went in to get busy.

It stands to reason that this was originally a very harmonious and calm restaurant, and suddenly the sound of the door opening broke the calm with only the sound of eating and drinking, and a dirty child ran in from the outside, with a black thing on his face, his hair was quite long like a bird's nest, and he didn't know how to wear a cotton jacket for a few years, and the whole person was dirty from top to bottom, and he knew that he was a little beggar at a glance, and he brought in a smell after entering the house.

Several of the people who ate were acquaintances, and they were all surprised. But the dirty boy was particularly panicked this time, and after entering the house, he quickly closed the door with his backhand, stared at the two small eyeballs and gasped, as if he was frightened by something, and then after hearing the sound of footsteps outside the door, he shouted softly and jumped directly inside, hiding under a table, which was the table where the young man was sitting.

The boss came out of it with a smile, but at a glance he saw the dirty child hiding under the table, so he quickly ran over and put the noodles on the table, beat the child with the rag in his hand, and scolded: "Hey! Why are you kid running under the desk, get out of here! Go to the back and eat, come out! After speaking, he raised his face and smiled at the young man with some embarrassment.

But the dirty boy trembled all over and grabbed the table leg and didn't let go, a pair of small eyes fluttered everywhere, and said to the boss in a trembling voice: "Uncle! Someone is going to kill me! You're going to save me! ”

Not only the boss, but even the people who ate all laughed after hearing this, although the boss was also laughing, he was a little embarrassed, afraid that this child was too dirty to make people look at it without appetite, so he reached in and dragged him, and shouted: "What are you talking nonsense about this kid!" Hurry out and get out! You're dirty and rubbing people's pants again! Don't make a fuss! Hurry up and come out! Uncle is going to be angry! ”

The dirty child trembled and pointed at them and said: "It's not nonsense, those people they want" As soon as the words came out, there was a bang at the door, and two people came in from outside the door, one tall and one short, both wearing blue workers' uniforms, and the two stood at the door and looked around the house several times, and saw the dirty child hiding under the table, and there was a strange look in his eyes.

"Brothers, two? Dine? The boss was startled, but then reacted and hurried up to greet him.

But the shorter man pointed directly at the dirty child and said in an unkind tone: "That little cub is your son?" ”

The boss was stunned for a moment, glanced back at the dirty child, then shook his head and asked, "What's wrong?" What's going on? ”

"That kid just stole our money, and we're going to take him away and take him to the Public Security Bureau." The tall man blurted out directly with a cold face.

The boss frowned and said, "Impossible! That kid can't steal money! Is there a misunderstanding? ”

As a result, the short one directly stretched out his hand to push the boss away and scolded: "Misunderstanding is a fart!" Get out of the way! "I almost didn't roll over when I pushed the boss, and I didn't know what to do when I sat on the ground.

The people who ate were in the mood to watch the excitement, no one would help the dirty child, but when the child saw the two people, he was so frightened that he couldn't speak, and the flesh exposed by the dirty little face turned a miserable white, and he said with a crying voice: "I didn't steal your money, you are bad people!" ”

"You little thief still dare to bite people fucking indiscriminately, see if I don't knock out your teeth, let you talk nonsense and don't learn well!" The short man had a very violent temper, and walked over directly with his legs raised, and the momentum looked a little scary.

The dirty boy was terrified to the extreme, and then as soon as he turned around, he hugged the leg of the young man next to him, and shouted with a crying voice: "Brother, I am your long-lost brother, these bad people want to kill me, you save me!" Brother! ”

"Damn, you little cub still dare to recognize people, it's not good, hurry up and follow me!" The short man had already reached out and grabbed the child's arm, and the dirty child, who was already thin, was pulled out directly from under the table, and picked it up like a chicken, and was about to turn around and go out, but he didn't expect the young man to whisper: "Hey! Put the kid down. (To be continued......)