I remember when I was still in elementary school, there was a brainwashing extracurricular book that was popular in my class. I forgot the name of the book, but it was probably just a little story, like a fable. One of the stories is a flat-headed boy who looks like Li Lei in an English textbook, and on the way to school, he met an old man who was about to fall down and wanted to cross the road, so he opened his nostrils and spewed out a mouthful of air, and then put the breakfast that his parents gave him on the way to school in his schoolbag, and then he went to help the old man cross the road.

After crossing the road, the old man happily touched his head and asked, "What is your name, little friend?" This child made a team salute in a very standard posture and said, "My name is Red Scarf!" After the old man left, the child took out his unfinished breakfast from his bag, only to find that it had spilled and soiled his textbook. This was originally a very sad thing, but this child comforted himself with a super precocious mentality and said, it's okay, I helped others, and I am very happy.

In fact, this story still played a certain positive role in my childhood, except that I would never be stupid enough to put breakfast that I knew would overflow in my school bag. It's actually telling us that the joy of helping others is just a small thing that makes us happy all day long.

What if your help seems stupid to outsiders? Would you choose to continue to do so?

For about a week before we met Hu Zongren again, he and I would often call each other, but there was one more person on the phone, and that was the Taoist girl named Zhao Jing before. Although we are not familiar with her at all, but through some of my contacts with Hu Zongren, I still heard a little bit of information about this girl, only to know that she is not a local teacher in Chongqing, the master is an old-timer but there is almost no intersection with us, we have only heard of the name of this master but have never seen it, after learning art from the master and returning to Chongqing, and I and Hu Zongren, because I did not go to college, the relationship between the education level is not high, So I had to take on the burden of supporting myself at this age.

And I heard that this girl has been pursued by many peers since she entered the mountain gate, but because she is proud of her own personality and believes that she is a girl, she is somewhat difficult to approach. Although Hu Zongren and I both got Zhao Jing's phone number, no one dared to call, because I knew that if I called, I might not even attract a scolding, which ruined my mood, and also shattered the little image she had in our hearts.

A week later, Hu Zongren took Fu Yunni to visit my house, and by the way, he also asked me to go with him the next day to investigate the case. Since Hu Zongren and I have been messing around these days, Sister Cai understands, and Fu Yunni is grateful to me, but once upon a time, such endless investigations have become an inherent part of our lives. I suddenly realized that I hadn't taken Sister Cai to the movies for a long time, I hadn't asked my friends out to sing and drink for a long time, and I hadn't thought about anything other than work for a long time.

So when Sister Cai and Fu Yunni went to wash the dishes together, and Hu Zongren and I were lying on the balcony smoking, I said to him, have you thought about what I told you that day? He asked me with a puzzled face, what is the matter? I said that I should quickly find a day to get married, and then bring your old lady here to live together. He said hey, you're still thinking about it, I'm almost forgetting. I said that after I told you that day, I also thought about it myself, Sister Cai has been with me for so many years, and I am not too young, it seems that it is time to get married.

Hu Zongren spat out a puff of cigarette and said, Do you know what it means to get married, that is, you must properly let go of everything you are doing now, otherwise you will not be responsible for your family. In fact, I also thought about it, and after I gradually began to flicker a little bit about these things in the industry recently, and I got a little tired of it, the idea of getting married early became stronger and stronger in my heart. I said that I plan to propose to Sister Cai within this year, and then pick a day to have a wedding next year, do you want to propose marriage with me first, so I can also give your family Fu Yunni a reassurance, you see that her mother died, and her father was completely cut off from Hongchen, and there will be a few chances to see Fu Qiang in the rest of his life, no one can say, Fu Qiang's arrogance is destined to be a leader, there is no way to have many friends, look at it, who else can you treat Fu Yunni sincerely, and take your mother over after marriage, Fu Yunni also has someone who can call her mother.

Hu Zongren thought about it and said, let me think about it more. I said, then you won't be with me when you propose? He said that whoever wants to be with you, you have stolen the limelight! In fact, I proposed with another friend, but it turned out to be the opposite, because I was nervous and forgot to speak, so my friend stole the limelight.

I asked Hu Zongren, do you know anything about tomorrow? He said he knew a little, but not much, and that it was a fast food restaurant that came to us. I said, "Does that mean we're going to find a sponsor for lunch and dinner tomorrow?" That's pretty much it, he said.

Early the next morning, we met at the place where Hu Zongren had agreed with me in advance, which was located in Shapingba. Shapingba District has always been because of the relationship between many famous schools, everyone regards this place as a place full of books, but in fact, the roads in Shapingba are relatively narrow and old, and most of the urban traces in the early days of reform and opening up can be found in this district. It is precisely because of the narrow roads and complex road conditions that the center of Shapingba has always been one of the most congested areas in Chongqing.

This fast food restaurant is located on the pedestrian street of Shapingba District, and is a very well-known fast food restaurant. After calling the manager at the door of the restaurant, there were too many people in the store, and we were afraid that the content of the conversation would be heard by others and cause a bad impact, so the three of us stood outside to talk.

The manager is an eldest sister in her thirties, surnamed Xie, but because of the hat that belongs to this fast food restaurant, she also stands out in the crowd. I even think that standing on the side of the road and making the eyes of passers-by is itself an advertisement, and I should really ask them to charge for advertising. In a brief conversation, I got a general understanding of the cause of this case.

Here's the thing, in the last two months, a strange thing happened in their store, the cause was a student working girl in the store who was studying nearby, because fast food restaurants are generally paid according to the hourly wage, so working part-time in fast food restaurants is the choice of many college students in the neighborhood. At 11 o'clock that night, there were not many customers in the store, and the remaining couples who might have been watching a midnight movie were still whispering in the store. At this time, the sliding door opened, and a white-haired grandmother wearing floral cloth clothes and black cloth pants, short and a little hunchbacked, holding a white umbrella with a crooked handle in her hand, did not order, but sat directly by the door, using the umbrella as a crutch, and sat there motionless, looking out the window.

Manager Xie said that at that time, our waiter thought that the old man was probably tired and wanted to rest, so out of kindness, he made a cup of hot water for the old lady with a paper cup and said that she would rest before leaving. When I heard this, I couldn't help but silently approve, I had seen such a news before, a poor grandmother walked to a fast-food restaurant and said to the salesman, please give me a bowl of soup, I just need soup, I only have one dollar. Then the clerks served the grandmother a rich meal, and told her that she didn't want your money, and said that you are hungry, so let's eat.

When I saw the news at that time, I was very moved, and I thought that maybe a small act that many people have inadvertently taken once it is seen by everyone, maybe it will become a role model and an act worthy of appreciation. Maybe the salesman who served the grandmother a big meal was a shrew in her life, gambling and drinking, beating and scolding children, but at that moment, her heart was the cleanest. So when I heard the store manager Xie say about their clerk's actions, I was very admired, even though it was just a little sister of a student, even though it was just an inconspicuous cup of hot water, it warmed the hearts of everyone who believed in Zhiludao.

The store manager Xie went on to say that the old lady said thank you to the girl after taking the water, and from that day on, almost every day at this time, the old lady would definitely appear in the store on time, and every time the girl poured a cup of free hot water the same as the first time, but she said that every time until the old lady left, when she cleaned up the table, she found that the water had not touched at all.

In fact, Hu Zongren and I immediately guessed something when we heard this, but out of politeness, let's let Store Manager Xie finish it first. Manager Xie went on to say that several times when the old lady came, if there was someone near the door, she would usually stand outside the door first, and wait until the person at the table had left before coming in, giving people the feeling that she didn't want to cause trouble to others. But every time she appears, it's almost 11 o'clock at night, and gradually it seems to have formed a tradition, this grandmother always smiles at the student sister who gave her hot water at the earliest, and sometimes the sister doesn't go to work that day, other colleagues will also serve her hot water, but she has a little disappointed expression, because the time lasts for a long time, so the staff in the store are used to the old *** every day, but no one thought about the grandmother who was still walking outside at 11 o'clock at night, Something is wrong in itself.

Sure enough, the store manager Xie said that until last week, the student girl clerk was serving other customers when he was being found fault by a male customer, so there was a small dispute, the old grandmother was also sitting there, but our waiter was holding a cup of hot milk that was supposed to be served to other customers on the tray, and under the difficulty of the male customer, the milk was spilled, and the whole cup was poured on the face of the old ***.

Did she not show any hot or shocked expression? Hu Zongren smiled and asked. Manager Xie said with a serious and scared face, yes, that's it.