I was worried, and I saw another more cute little boy standing at the window, and Mingjie's younger brother Xiaoling standing outside the window, cute and full of spirituality, compared with this naughty and Mingjie, it was a completely different feeling. After thinking about it, he made up his mind, although he was younger, if he was as smart as his brother, he should be able to go to school, so he couldn't help it, so he talked to Mingjie's parents at night, let this child come to school too, find someone to keep an eye on Mingjie, and let him restrain a little.

Xiao Mingjie saw her younger brother and ran out of the door, holding a few cabbages in her arms, covered in mud, and half of her pants were dirty.

"Xiao Ling, why did you fall into the mud?"

"A big yellow dog always followed me, and when I crossed the river, I was squeezed out of the mud. ”

"No interest, being squeezed out of the mud by a dog, stupid to death. Mingjie couldn't cry or laugh, and took a few cabbages held by Song Ling.

"What are you doing with a few cabbages?"

"Mom said to send a few cabbages to the teacher's house. ”

Xiao Mingjie nodded, just in late autumn, the cabbage in this field is growing very well, each one weighs a few pounds, stretched out his hand to pinch Song Ling's lovely face and said: "Go home and change your clothes, whose old dog, wait for me to go home and break its two legs." ”

Teacher Li Junlin came out and also saw Xiao Ling covered in mud and water, and before he could ask what was going on, Xiao Ling had already flipped his long sleeves and ran. That piece of clothing is obviously the clothes worn by his brother Mingjie, the cute appearance makes people hurt to death, the autumn frost in the morning has just melted, and I don't know if the child is frozen.

"Xiaojie, call him back quickly, don't get frostbite. ”

Xiao Mingjie smiled and said: "My brother will not get sick even if he is put in the snow and frozen for two days." ”

Where did Li Junlin know the meaning of Mingjie's words, Xiaoling's body is special, when it is cold, as long as he puts his fingers in the water, the surface of the water will freeze, and when he stands in the wind, he will feel cool when he is sharp. slapped Mingjie lightly on the head and scolded him: "What nonsense? Now I'll put you in the water to see if you can stand it." ”

Xiao Mingjie stuck out her tongue, ran to the teacher's wife, Su Yunlu, with the cabbage in her arms, and shouted happily: "Sister Yunlu, my mother sent you cabbage, but I don't know if you like it or not." ”

Su Yunlu looked at Li Junlin, this is not the first time to receive food and vegetables from the villagers, every time it is delivered, although the amount is a little less, it is enough for two people to eat for a few days. These villagers, if they give them money, will be anxious with you, and they will be very angry. Li Junlin only shook his head and signaled to accept it, Mingjie is even more difficult to mess with.

At the end of school, a few children who ran out of the door almost hit the old village chief's burden of carrying firewood, and the children were so frightened that they avoided it, they were a little afraid of the old village chief. Only Xiao Mingjie walked around a few times, wondering what the old village chief was doing with firewood.

"Get out of the way, little bastard, and beware of me beating you. ”

Teacher Li Junlin hurriedly greeted him out and asked politely, "Uncle, what are you doing here?"

The old village chief smiled honestly, and the voice of the coarse mine said: "Winter is coming, we are close to the sky here, it is very cold in winter, it is easy to snow, send you some dry firewood, the people in the city can't stand the cold, come to this ravine, you have to take care of your daughter-in-law." ”

Since coming here, the old village chief has taken care of himself many times, Li Junlin said with some panic: "Uncle, we have caused you so much trouble, we can't stand it!"

The old village chief pulled away Xiao Mingjie who helped untie the rope indiscriminately, where could he get it open, if he couldn't untie it, he would definitely break the rope, the old village chief untied it and stacked the firewood, and then turned back to Li Junlin and said: "You are our great benefactor here, the village is far away from the town, no one cares about the children going to school, and the village is poor and can't afford to hire a teacher." You are here, these children go to school and don't charge money, and I, as the village head, can only do so much. ”

Teacher Li Junlin, whose breathing was already trembling, endured it and said, "Uncle, you don't have any children to go to school here, I really can't stand it?"

The old village chief looked up to the sky and said with a smile: "Teacher Li, although I don't have any children to go to school here now, I can come to school with you soon." ”

"Uncle, do you really want the teacher to stay in this ghost place for the rest of your life? I don't want to live here for the rest of my life, and die poor. ”

Xiao Mingjie interjected and talked nonsense, leaving the old village chief with nothing to say. Li Junlin didn't know what to say, this was never the place where he had settled in his life, so he smiled and felt guilty. Mingjie also said a wordless sentence, he was a little child, what he thought of and what he said, and his mouth was open.

The old village chief patted Mingjie on the head, Mingjie twisted away and didn't let him touch, glaring at Mingjie, the old village chief smiled and said: "No matter how long you live, Mr. Li, you are our child's eternal benefactor." ”

Xiao Mingjie looked at the firewood, and felt that it was still not enough, so he said: "Uncle, is your small temple still built, the pillars there are no longer ready, I think it is better to split it into firewood and send it here to burn the fire and cook." ”

The old village chief looked at Mingjie, and suddenly remembered something and said: "I feel strange, how could a good pillar break, it must be you kid who is making trouble." ”

Xiao Mingjie dodged away from the old village chief, lowered his head and whispered: "I didn't do it, who knew that the pillar was not reliable, and it fell apart as soon as it was done, and it almost hit my head." ”

Li Junlin couldn't help laughing, and the old village chief pointed at him and said, "It's really a good thing that you kid did, and the people in the village must have picked your skin when they know it." ”

"It's useless anyway?" Mingjie quibbled.

Li Junlin also asked strangely: "Uncle, what are you doing in the temple?"

The old village chief wanted to speak and stopped, where could Xiao Mingjie hide his words.

"There are ghosts in the village. ”

The old village chief scolded angrily: "Don't talk nonsense." ”

Where Xiao Mingjie is afraid of him, he will run away.

The old village chief only turned around and said to Li Junlin seriously: "Don't listen to this little ghost's nonsense, he was spoiled by his parents, he has to be disciplined and disciplined well, teacher, you have a good temperament, other children don't have to care, but this kid is the only one who has to be beaten hard and has to become a talent." ”

Li Junlin smiled, and the old village chief took his burden and left. Mingjie caught up with the old village chief, talking to the old village chief while walking, this kid is very good at being reasonable and playing, the old village chief sometimes can't argue with a child, an old and a young you go away in the sunset, an old and immature voice echoes between the countryside, Li Junlin can't help but be moved, what a good childhood.

In the evening, Teacher Li Junlin came to Mingjie's house, the purpose was to hope that Xiao Songling would also go to school to attend classes together. Part of the reason is that Mr. Li Junlin took a fancy to this extremely cute little boy, and the other reason is that there is someone who can watch Mingjie and control this kid a little.

Since Mr. Li Junlin spoke, Mingjie's parents agreed. Song Ling can go to school, but the happiest thing is Mingjie, his father reprimanded Mingjie to restrain a little, and sat silently next to him without speaking.

It's dark, I haven't heard Xiao Haitao's cry for a long time, and tonight I heard his heart-rending cry, as before, with Xiao Haitao's crying and his seriously ill mother, the cry of mother and son seems to be accompanied by forever, crying heartbreaking.

The crying was getting closer and closer, Xiao Haitao ran in from outside the door, rushed to Mingjie's mother's arms, and cried and shouted: "Auntie help me, Dad is going to sell me ......." ”

As soon as he heard that his father was going to sell him, Mr. Li Junlin, who was sitting next to him, was very surprised, Mingjie's parents had already heard about it, and they really had no choice but to sell their children.

Then followed by Xiao Haitao's father, a skinny and tall man, seeing that Li Junlin was also in the house, with a somewhat sluggish face in indifference, and was also made full of tears by Xiao Haitao's crying, he walked in front of Mingjie's mother and grabbed Xiao Haitao.

Xiao Haitao, who was crying heartbreakingly, grabbed Mingjie's mother's clothes, but refused to let go, Xiao Haitao's father was angry and wanted to forcibly hug Xiao Haitao, but was pushed away by his mother.

"What do you want to do, the child doesn't want to, you just let him go. ”

Teacher Li Junlin also came over and stopped Xiao Haitao's father.

"It's a shame that you're still his father, why are you so ruthless. ”

couldn't catch Xiao Haitao, and was stopped by Li Junlin, Xiao Haitao's father actually held his head and squatted down, a big man cried like this, even Li Junlin was frightened, he had never seen a man, crying so sadly and desperately.

"However, people have already designated to buy only Xiao Tao, I'm really... There's really no way around it.... ”

Mingjie's father came over, pulled up Xiao Haitao's father, walked to the crying Xiao Haitao, and said softly: "Xiao Tao doesn't cry, but if you don't follow, your mother's illness will never get better, listen to your uncle's words and follow your father." ”

Xiao Haitao looked at Mingjie's father, stopped crying, and the little child sobbed and felt distressed.

Mingjie, who is lively on weekdays, saw this scene at this time, stood beside Song Ling in a daze, took Song Ling's little hand, and felt very sad, is there so many ruthless parents in this world, Xiao Ling was abandoned by his parents, and now he wants to see his little companion who follows him with his own eyes, sold by his parents?

Seeing that Xiao Haitao's father was about to step forward to hug Xiao Tao, Ming Jie blocked in front of him and shouted at him: "I won't let you take Haitao away, it's too ruthless for you." ”

Mingjie's voice was so loud, her mother pulled Mingjie away, hugged Xiao Haitao, looked at Haitao's father and said, "Haitao and his father, is there nothing you can do, Xiaotao is your biological son." ”

Xiao Haitao's father cried again, this is no longer a man's cry, so helpless and so sad, so that Mr. Li Junlin, who originally wanted to persuade him, didn't know what to say, get out of the way, there are some things in the world that you can't manage if you want to.

Many people came outside the door one after another, filling the room with a lot of discussions, all saying that they were too ruthless.

Xiao Haitao's father stood up, pushed away a few people who were talking, and yelled at everyone: "Xiao Tao is my son, what does it matter to you if I sell him, you are all good people, I'm not a human being, get out of the way!"

No one spoke anymore, only the man's gaffe cry and Xiao Haitao's heart-rending cry, and the sound of dogs barking outside the door.

Xiao Haitao's father was stubborn and suppressed everyone, but when he walked in front of Mingjie's mother, he couldn't help crying again, knelt on the ground, and cried to Mingjie's mother: "Sister-in-law, I know that you usually hurt Xiaotao, and always let him eat at your house, but I have no choice, you let me take it away." ”

Xiao Haitao's seriously ill mother, no one can do anything when such a thing happens, in order to cure Xiao Haitao's father is about to fall ill, so he hopes that the money from selling the child can cure his mother's illness. Mingjie's mother softened her heart and let go of Xiao Haitao, his father hugged Xiao Haitao and turned around and left, and Xiao Haitao's screaming cries and dog barking came from outside the door.

The people in the village couldn't help it, they started to talk again, shook their heads and followed, and someone accused Xiao Haitao's father behind his back, and his voice was fierce.

Xiao Ling, who had not spoken, held back for a long time and fainted on the ground.

Mingjie was frightened by this sudden situation, and shouted Song Ling in panic, Dad quickly picked up Song Ling, touched his little hand cold, and his mother was even more frightened and cried, this is too sudden, it may be that Song Ling saw this scene, evoked the painful memory in his little heart, and fainted in a hurry.