I don't know when the sky began to drift snow, at first, it was only sporadically floating, and then it turned into goose feather snow, like the soft and light feathers of the snow eagle, one after another, at a glance, the world is already white, white has become the only color, as if filling the heaven and earth.

Such heavy snow is extremely rare in the ancient city, compared to those who have warm firewood and houses, Xiaochen'er has no shelter from the wind and snow, and there is no firewood to keep warm. What's worse is that Xiao Chen'er only has a shabby linen shirt that can't even completely cover her body.

It's not that there are some abandoned abandoned houses in the ancient city, but they are occupied by some slightly stronger beggars, and with a thin body like Xiao Chen'er, they can only sleep in the lanes in the streets. However, perhaps it was Xiao Chen'er's luck that when his body was almost frozen, he found a chicken coop hidden by the eaves at the back of a dilapidated hotel.

Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Chen'er immediately got into the chicken nest, there were more than ten chickens in the chicken nest, and they were huddled together at the moment, perhaps because of the cold weather, Xiao Chen'er's appearance just made these chickens slightly confused, and soon, as Xiao Chen'er squeezed into the chicken flock, these chickens re-huddled, and by the way, Xiao Chen'er was also surrounded inside.

Although the smell was terrible, Xiao Chen'er didn't care at all, because he felt the warmth from the chickens surrounding him.

Perhaps, he can survive this snow, with such thoughts, Xiao Chen'er gradually fell asleep.

When Xiao Chen'er woke up again, the snow had stopped, and a round of cold and whitish sun appeared in the sky, which was very dazzling, but the sun shone on her body without the slightest temperature, and the wind still made people feel bitterly cold.

Xiao Chen'er carefully glanced at the outside of the chicken coop, there was no trace of anyone in the snowy alley, he carefully walked out of the chicken coop, and the moment he left the chickens, Xiao Chen'er shivered, and his body, which was finally a little warm, instantly became cold. Glancing back at the chicken coop, although he was very reluctant, he still gritted his teeth and got out of the chicken coop.

In front of the chicken coop, because of the eaves covering, there was no snow, Xiao Chen'er shrunk his feet, carefully walked to the edge of the snow, rolled his eyes, and took a big step hard, although he had been mentally prepared, but when his bare feet fell into the thick layer of snow, the strange cold that penetrated into the bone marrow still made Xiao Chen'er stumble, and almost fell directly into the snow.

But Xiao Chen'er stabilized, grinned and walked a few steps into the depths of the alley, after her feet were gradually numb from the cold, Xiao Chen'er did not rush to leave, but walked back and forth in the alley, until the first few footprints in front of the chicken coop were mixed in all the footprints and no longer distinct, Xiao Chen'er left the alley.

The method is very rough, but it also reduces the risk of being discovered to a certain extent, after all, there is not a single chicken missing in the chicken coop, and this is also done in order to stay here overnight in the future, for Xiao Chen'er, this is undoubtedly a chance to live, he is naturally cautious.

For those top-level characters, living may be for enjoyment, or fighting for power and profit, for most ordinary people, living may be a little hard, but it is not difficult, but for Xiao Chen'er, living is to live, in order to live, he must grasp all the opportunities he can encounter.

Leaving the alley, Xiao Chen'er shrank and looked at the closed door along the street, Xiao Chen'er sighed, and stiffened towards the dilapidated house in the city where the nearest beggars were concentrated. Although the hope is very slim, maybe some beggar will take pity on him and reward him with a bite to eat.

When approaching the house, Xiao Chen'er saw at a glance that the already dilapidated house had collapsed more than half, and after all, this dilapidated house still did not withstand the heavy snowfall.

However, when he saw the collapsed house, a bright light flashed in Xiao Chen'er's gray eyes, and a force surged out of his body at the moment, and he actually trotted into the house. Entering the house, Xiao Chen'er saw at a glance an exposed arm under the collapsed house, no, to be precise, he saw the clothes wrapped around that arm.

Without hesitation, Xiao Chen'er rushed over, grabbed the arm and pulled it out, but the snow and bricks and wood pressing on this person were too heavy, and Xiao Chen'er's strength was too small, how could he pull it? But Xiao Chen'er was not discouraged at all, and began to use his hands to scrape away the snow and bricks pressed on the corpse.

After a long day of hard work, seeing that Xiao Chen'er was about to dig out the corpse, he only heard a bang, and the clothes on the arm of the person he had been dragging were torn apart by him, revealing an arm burned by the flames.

"How could those big people in the imperial capital pick this time to come over, it's cold and snowy, so that we have to clean up these stinky rats. ”

"Don't complain, if it weren't for the ice and snow, these stinky rats all gathered together, we can't create such an 'accident' so easily, you must know that although these stinky rats are smelly, but there are always some literati who are full of food and have nothing to do, they will write two sentences of sour words and crooked poems to give them 'justice', if we clean them up on a large scale, it may cause a lot of turmoil. ”

"Again, it's better to be 'accidental', let those literati blame the damn weather, or blame the adults who are eating with oil. ”

You Fang's face suddenly turned pale, and from the conversations of those people, he clearly judged two points, first, the collapse of the house here was not an accident, but man-made, the reason was that there were big people who were coming to inspect, and the officials in the city wanted to clean up the homeless people and beggars in order to make a good impression on these adults.

Second, that is, if he is discovered by these people, there will be absolutely no good end.

The footsteps and conversations were getting closer and closer, Xiao Chen'er's eyes quickly swept around, and finally found a dog hole half-hidden by frozen dead grass in the corner of the east wall, and with all his strength, Xiao Chen'er ran towards it.

"There's movement inside, is there any stinky rat that has escaped?"

"By the way, no one is really going to see how these rats died. ”

The footsteps behind him became urgent, the soles of Xiao Chen'er's feet slipped, and his whole face fell heavily on the frozen and stiff floor, and blood flowed out of the corners of his mouth and forehead.

Xiao Chen'er didn't dare to stay, and crawled with a roll, and finally escaped from the dog hole at the moment before those people entered the abandoned yard.

"Cut, I guess it came out of nowhere, a hungry wild dog or something, don't worry about it, hurry up and dispose of this corpse to be true. ”

"If you want me to see, just find a place and set it on fire. ”

"What to burn, these corpses can be ......"

The sound behind him became smaller and smaller, and Xiao Chen'er stumbled all the way into the cedar forest, until she couldn't see the abandoned mansion at all, and then collapsed in a snowfield, her head was dizzy, and her body seemed to be caught in a cold sea with ups and downs, and the only feeling left was cold, biting cold.

Is it finally going to die?

Why does it seem that there are footsteps, are those people who have found him?

If you die, you will be liberated......

However, Xiao Chen'er finally woke up and found that she had collapsed in the alley opposite in front of a dilapidated and dilapidated hotel.

How did he get here?

Forget it, whatever, he hasn't died yet, so he has to continue to work hard to live.

Thinking in his heart, when he went to the chicken coop to sleep warmly at night, Xiao Chen'er didn't continue to walk, and stopped on the side of the road outside the hotel, this position, you can see the old man in the hotel through the door of the hotel, of course, most of Xiao Chen'er's eyes were attracted by the few dishes left on the table.

Just when Xiao Chen'er fantasized about how delicious the dishes on those plates were, and how satisfying they were to eat in their mouths, Xiao Chen'er found that the old man actually picked up the plate and walked outside. Although he had that idea, Xiao Chen'er didn't have any hope, he didn't think that the old man would bring those dishes to himself, maybe for the ** in the alley.

However, things seem to have taken a turn for the better, and when he reached the door, the old man accidentally spilled the plate, and seeing that he turned around in disappointment, if he went to ask for it now, perhaps the old man allowed himself to eat it in order to save himself the cleaning.

So, Xiao Chen'er ran over, but when he was still a few meters away from the old man, Xiao Chen'er suddenly remembered the smell on his body, so he hurriedly stopped, but it was so close......

Xiao Chen'er glanced at the old man carefully, and sure enough, the old man wrinkled his nose, and raised his hand slightly, as if he wanted to wave his sleeves, but the next moment he withdrew his hand again. For some reason, Xiao Chen'er felt a warm current in her heart.

Courageous, Xiao Chen'er opened her mouth and begged: "Grandpa, can I eat these?" Weak mosquitoes and flies, real weak mosquitoes and flies, it's not that Xiao Chen'er doesn't even have the strength to shout, but a warm heat that blocks Xiao Chen'er's nasal cavity.

"No, you can't eat these things......"

When she heard the words that the old man almost blurted out, Xiao Chen'er suddenly felt extremely afraid, not because of the fear of not being able to eat food, but a fear that seemed to be about to lose something more precious than life.

At that moment, Xiao Chen'er almost felt that all her strength was drained, her body was shaky, and she shouted almost in despair: "Grandpa, I'm really hungry, don't worry, I just need these on the ground, I will help you wipe the ground clean, I won't stain your place, please." ”

Seeing this, the old man was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly took a step towards Xiao Chen'er, Xiao Chen'er's body stiffened suddenly, and he staggered back quickly. The night came quietly, and Xiao Chen'er retreated, and her body seemed to be drowned in darkness.

Silence, unprecedented silence, Xiao Chen'er has never felt that life is such a luxury, the dim candlelight in the hotel has become dim little by little, it seems that it will disappear in the next moment, and he Xiao Chen'er seems to be about to fall into endless darkness forever.

"Come, kid, grandpa will take you to eat. ”

What a warm and loving voice, so unreal, and so far away, Xiao Chen'er looked at the old man blankly, as if he was having the most beautiful dream, how he would like to never wake up. It wasn't until the old man stretched out his hand and was about to touch Xiao Chen'er that Xiao Chen'er suddenly woke up and quickly retreated.

"Dirty, Xiaochen's body is dirty, it will dirty grandpa's hands. ”

"Give it to grandpa. ”

The old man had a straight face, but Xiao Chen'er felt extremely warm, and Xiao Chen'er was more grateful than those who smiled and threw leftover food to him.

"Give it to grandpa. As the old man repeated again, Xiao Chen'er finally stretched out his hand.

The old man grabbed Xiao Chen'er's hand and said, "Let's go, go to dinner with grandpa." ”

The little shop is warm, although it is also very shabby. Regardless of the cold outside, rain, snow, wind and frost, the hearts of the people in the house are warm. A big bowl of hot cooking cakes, but it is the first delicacy in the world, Xu is very hungry, Xiao Chen'er, who is focused on eating, does not realize that the old man has left.

After eating, Xiao Chen'er saw that her grandfather was not here, and thought that the dishes scattered on the door had soiled the ground, so she immediately ran over, tore off a piece of cloth from her body, and carefully wiped it. was wiping, suddenly felt that he was being hugged, and when he turned around, Xiao Chen'er saw the old man who was full of tears.

"Come, poor little fellow, I've suffered you all these years, if you want, I'll be your grandfather from now on, and this is your home. ”

Xiao Chen'er struggled a few times at first, and kept muttering the words of her own dirty body, but after hearing the old man's words, she stood still, and finally, she cried bitterly, and fainted while crying.

When he woke up, Xiao Chen'er found that he was sitting in front of the stove with his grandfather in his arms, and the fire made Xiao Chen'er's body warm, but Xiao Chen'er thought that the arms of the old man holding him were warmer.

"Does the little one have a name?"

"Grandpa, my name is Xiaochen. ”

"Xiaochen, what about the surname?"

"Xiaochen doesn't have a surname, and Xiaochen was also taken by myself. ”

"Oh, you took it yourself? Xiao Chen'er is so smart, she can choose her own name. ”

"What's the matter, Xiaochen just eavesdropped on the lecture of the academy teacher, and this word was mentioned in it, Xiaochen thought it was suitable for me, so he stole it and used it. ”

"So, how old is Xiaochen?"

Xiaochen didn't know, since Xiaochen could remember, Xiaochen had been wandering everywhere for four or five years. ”

"Then you don't know your birthday?"

"I don't know. ”

"Then Xiaochen is willing to celebrate his birthday with his grandfather, how about August 2nd, look at your appearance, you are only eight or nine years old, then even if you are ten years old, how about it?"

"It's all up to Grandpa. ”

"Okay, let's celebrate our birthday together in the future, hahaha. ”

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