At five or six o'clock in winter, there is only a white hole in the sky, and most of it is still dark and gloomy.

He Huan stood at the door, feeling as if she hadn't woken up yet, and couldn't help yawning.

"Where are you going to take me so early? Bird hunting? ”

"It's pretty much the same."

Zhou Shen pulled her out, and after going out, he found that the temperature was extremely low, and he went back to get her a thick scarf.

"Let's go, let's go have breakfast first."

The two had a bite to eat at a 24-hour café in the downtown area, and seeing that He Huan was sleepy sporadically, Zhou Shen coaxed her to drink another half cup of coffee.

When he went out, He Huan's spirit was obviously much better, and the whole person was lively.

The car was parked in the parking lot of the office building opposite, and you had to walk through a street.

"You wait here for me, I'll go and drive the car over." Zhou Shen proposed, afraid that she would be cold.

He Huan stood at the door of the café and took a breath, the morning air smelled of damp dew, and he felt refreshed when he inhaled it into his lungs.

"Let's go, I'll pick up the car with you, I like the air."

Zhou Shen saw her frozen pale face and red nose, and laughed: "Okay." Then he put his hat on her head and led her through the deserted streets.

The shops on the street are not open, the street lights are still on, and occasionally the window lights of clothing stores penetrate the morning fog, so it feels as if there are only two people in the world, she and Zhou Shen.

He Huan couldn't help but peek at the man next to him with his spare eyes, his face was calm, and his lips were pursed.

He Huan didn't know where this man was going to take her now, but she felt that even if she didn't know the purpose, she was willing to go all the way with him.

"You often wake up so early?" He Huan asked.

Zhou Shen nodded: "At least three or four times a month." ”

"Why?"

"Sometimes it's an early flight, sometimes it's where we're going for a while."

"Oh... It's hard, too. He Huan replied stupidly.

Zhou Shen pulled down the hat for her again, covering the frozen red ears on both sides: "It's very hard, maybe even harder than you." ”

When the two walked to the entrance of the parking lot, the sky was already white, and Zhou Shen was about to pull He Huan in, but she suddenly shouted.

"Wait a minute." Then she quickly ran away.

Zhou Shen raised his eyes and saw He Huan running to a place a hundred meters away and stopped.

There seemed to be a small stall with a small folding wooden table, a red plastic bucket next to it, and a mess of bags.

The stall owner was an elderly mother-in-law, hunched back, wearing a thick blue cotton jacket, and her silver hair was blown up by the wind.

He Huan ran over to tell her what she didn't know, but her mother-in-law suddenly turned around and glanced at Zhou Shen, smiling, her face was wrinkled.

Then the mother-in-law began to pound on the small wooden table.

Zhou Shen was far away, and he didn't know what he was doing, but in the end, He Huan pulled the bag to the mother-in-law and loaded things in.

Soon He Huan ran back with two bags and stuffed one of them into Zhou Shen's hand.

"What is this?" Zhou Shen held the soft thing in his hand, and it was still a little hot.

"Rice balls, you can taste them."

He Huan had already opened the bag in his hand and took a bite, his face full of joy.

Zhou Shen took a look, but it was just a rice ball with stuffing, so delicious?

"You didn't have enough breakfast just now?"

"I'm full."

"Then why are you running to buy this thing?"

"Because the old woman is pitiful, his only son died in a car accident a few years ago, and his daughter-in-law took her grandson to remarry, no one cares about her, she will come here every morning and evening to sell rice balls."

"......" Zhou Shen didn't expect this answer.

"You know her?"

"I don't know each other, I used to work in a restaurant near here, and I did her business a few times, and then every time I saw her come out to set up a stall, I would go and buy a rice ball." He Huan took another bite, and the dry fritters inside were revealed.

"She is really pitiful, in order to avoid the chengguan, she can only come here early in the morning or after 9 o'clock in the evening to set up a stall, but in fact, few people buy her rice balls during this time period, but she still gets up early every day and is greedy for night, because she has to earn money to support herself."

"But you can't help her on your own."

"I know, but if I buy her more, maybe she can go home half an hour earlier, you see how cold it is." He Huan rubbed his hands, and the rice balls cooled down all of a sudden, "I used to work around here, and when I went back to school at night, I would come here to buy a rice ball and keep it for breakfast the next day." ”

He Huan smiled, not thinking how great his actions were, but the smile on his face looked particularly bright in the morning light.

She will use her toughest side to resist the cold of life, and she will also use her softest side to warm people who are as hard as her.

She knew that everything she did was very little, and she knew that she couldn't change anything, but she kept doing it.

Small people, small shoulders, she made Zhou Shen experience a completely different life, and also let Zhou Shen see a completely different world.

"You taste it, I also specially asked my mother-in-law to add a sausage to it." He Huan urged Zhou Shen to eat.

Zhou Shen opened the white plastic bag and took a bite, the rice ball was already a little cold, and it was difficult to swallow.

He Huan saw that his face was embarrassed, and smiled: "I'm sorry, are you not used to eating these things." ”

"No, it's the first time I've eaten it, but it seems to taste pretty good."

"Really?" He Huan was happy again all of a sudden, "Actually, it's really not bad."

"Well, probably the most special breakfast I've had so far."

The most personal breakfast.

After Zhou Shen finished eating two bites, he raised his eyes to look at the stall, and occasionally pedestrians passed by but no one stopped.

The old man stood in the wind for a long time, looking disappointed, and finally went to the steps behind him and sat down, his gray eyes fixed on the empty street corner.

Perhaps because of the cold, she folded her hands and curled them into her bulging old padded jacket.

At first glance, the front of the gorgeous mall is shrunk into a dilapidated figure, and behind her is the window of a women's clothing brand owned by LA'MO, and the price of any item in it can be worth her income from sleeping here for a year.

"He Huan."

"Huh?"

"She can't set up a stall here."

"No, I've been driven by the chengguan several times."

"That's not what I meant." Zhou Shen pulled her body and made her spin around, "Where do you see this?" Yecheng's city center, with its malls and office buildings, and high-end restaurants and cafes all around, makes it impossible for people to eat balls for breakfast, so she simply didn't find the right market and consumer groups. ”

“……”

"So you should go and tell her to change her place to set up a stall, find a place with a dense number of residential buildings, or a school and a floating population nearby."

After Zhou Shen dialed it a little, He Huan suddenly realized, swallowed the rice ball in his mouth and looked at him in a daze: "Yes, why didn't I think of it before." ”

"Because you're not a businessman."

"A cunning businessman?" He Huan joked and wrapped the rice ball in his hand, "Then you wait for me a little longer, I'll go talk to my mother-in-law." ”

The girl ran away again, too fast, the hat on her clothes fell off, and her long hair flew wildly in the morning light.

At that moment, she made Zhou Shen see freshness and hope, as well as hard work and kindness to life.

He Huan ran over and muttered to the old man, and then pointed at Zhou Shen.

The old man turned around and bowed slightly to Zhou Shen this time, with a smile on his face.

Soon He Huan ran back again, panting.

"Let's go."

"You told her?"

"Well, yes, she asked me to say thank you to you."

"No, I didn't do anything."

"But your words are very effective for her, and the effect may be better than I bought her rice balls." He Huan sincerely thanked Zhou Shen, looked at the rice ball he was holding in his hand again, and smiled: "If you can't eat it, it's left." ”

The two walked side by side in the morning light, the fog gradually dispersed, He Huan was in a happy mood, but it was still cold, so cold that he kept rubbing his hands and sighing.

Zhou Shen glanced at her, and quietly took her hand and held it in his palm.

Ten fingers interlocked, side by side.

The streets are sparsely populated by pedestrians, who walk quietly in the morning light, and the winter days don't seem so cold anymore.

Zhou Shen: "What did you say to that mother-in-law when you went to buy rice balls just now?" Why did she smile back at me? ”

He Huan: "You want to know?" ”

Zhou Shen: "Can't you say it?" ”

He Huan: "Yes, I said I was going to buy two rice balls today." One eats by herself, and the other is for the uncle over there, and the uncle eats a lot more, so she wraps an extra sausage in it..."

Zhou Shen: "......"

After taking the car and getting back on the road, Zhou Shen turned on the heating in the car.

"It's a long way, you can get some sleep."

He Huan didn't ask much, she was willing to go with him wherever she wanted anyway.

"Okay, then I'll get some sleep." She nestled in the passenger seat and closed her eyes, and when the car had not driven out of the city, Zhou Shen found that she had fallen asleep, her head tilted, and her hair blocked half of her eyes.

The morning sun had already emerged from the clouds, and the golden light jumped on her face one by one, illuminating half of her face almost transparently.

While waiting for the red light, Zhou Shen took off his down jacket and covered her.

She moved dimly, wrinkled her nose, and quickly rolled over and fell asleep again.

Zhou Shen looked at He Huan sleeping soundly, his heart was at peace he had never had, and for such a moment, he almost convinced himself that he wanted to live with her for the rest of his life.

"He Huan, wake up!"

Hazy, He Huan felt that his body had been pushed a few times, and when he opened his eyes, Zhou Shen's face was close in front of him, and he was unbuckling her seat belt.

"We're here."

"Arrived?" She stretched out on her chair and opened the door and got out of the car.

In front of them were a series of green hills, halfway up the mountainside wrapped in a white ribbon of mist, and their car was parked on a path into the mountain.

"Where is this?"

"The back mountain of Huange Villa, I'll take you fishing." Zhou Shen also got out of the car, put on his down jacket, and took out fishing rods and other tools from the trunk.

He Huan didn't expect him to bring her here.

"Fishing? Where is there a place to fish? ”

"Yes, you'll find out in a moment." Zhou Shen carried the bag containing the fishing rod to his shoulder, turned around and took out a scarf from the car, and wrapped it around He Huan's neck.

"It's colder in the mountains than outside, so I'll let you wear more in the morning." When he said this, his brows were furrowed, and there was some reproach and helplessness in his words, like an elder training a child.

He Huan could only shrug his shoulders and quibble: "You didn't say that you wanted to bring me to the mountains." ”

"Is that my fault?" Zhou Shen smiled faintly, surrounded He Huan with a scarf, wrapped his ears and nose in it, closed the hat for her, and finally showed a pair of big black eyes.

He Huan let him toss.

"Let's go, into the mountains."

Zhou Shen tied a knot with the scarf behind her head, patted the opening, lowered his head and carried a square canvas bag in his hand, which contained tools such as fish food and fishing line.

"I'll help you carry some." He Huan saw that his things were quite heavy.

"No, just bring the little bucket in the trunk."

"Oh." He Huan carried the bucket with a fart, his head was tightly wrapped and followed Zhou Shen into the mountain.

It was really cold in the mountains, He Huan couldn't stand it at first, and gradually walked farther, entered the grove, and the sun poured in, which made it a little warmer.

"How much longer?" He Huan pulled down the scarf that covered his face and asked Zhou Shen a little.

Zhou Shen pointed ahead: "Soon, you will arrive out of this forest." ”

After walking for about a few minutes, the light in the forest became more and more abundant, and several turns in succession, like a mountain road turning, and in the blink of an eye, it was an open place.

He Huan gasped and pulled the scarf under his chin.

"It's so beautiful here."

In front of me is a small piece of flat land on the mountainside, and the palm-sized river is embedded in the flat land, like white jade in the green mountains.

What's even more amazing is that the clear water on the mountain is constantly pouring down the rock wall, and finally all of it merges into the small river.

"It's the snow that melts on the mountain, and the snow flows into the stream, and the stream eventually flows into the creek, so that the river is always alive, clear and green, and it doesn't freeze even at such low temperatures.

"Will there be fish in here?" He Huan didn't believe it.

Zhou Shen smiled: "Yes, but there are not many of them, and I can't guarantee that I will catch them every time I come." ”

"So you come a lot?"

"When the company isn't busy, I basically come once a week."

Zhou Shen had already taken out the fishing rod, hung the fish food, took out two folding stools from his bag, and handed one of them to He Huan.

He Huan saw that he was very serious, not like he came to play.

"The fish here is particularly delicious?"

"Born to grow, I haven't been fed, I'll make it for you to taste later." Zhou Shen smiled, "But there is no guarantee that we will be able to catch it today, it depends on luck." After speaking, he took one of the slightly shorter fishing rods to He Huan.

He Huan was stupid: "Fish for me?" I haven't fished before. ”

"Try it, and the odds of catching a fish will double for two people." He walked back to fiddling with his fishing rod.

He Huan saw that he was so serious, which made her nervous, as if if she couldn't catch a fish today and couldn't complete the task, it would be very serious.

After the preparations were completed, Zhou Shen sat on the stool and began to concentrate.

He Huan also followed his example and sat down obediently, got off the fishing rod, released the line, and waited......