The snow kept falling, and the streets of Xiangyun Town, which was originally lively, became much more deserted with a goose feather snowfall, and it looked like a white and dustless land. The lively Xu Ji pawnshop has long been closed, leaving only the signboard fluttering with the cold wind, leaving the footprints on the street that are busy for the New Year's goods, and the little two who sell buns on the street are still shouting, planning to go home as soon as possible after the sale, so as to reunite with his wife and children for the New Year.

Under the stone lion across the street was a thin little boy in thin, tattered wet clothes, shivering in the biting cold wind. Still, the boy's eyes were now staring straight at the small bag of flour that had been left behind by someone on the ground, and he kept looking at it, wondering, wondering if he had seen it wrong. After a while, the boy quickly picked up the flour and stuffed it tightly into his arms, and although the bag had become cold and hard, he held it in his arms, which was hope, the hope of survival.

He doesn't know who he is? Where did it come from? What's the last name? Where is home? It was all like a fog to him, and he was a lost child in the fog, unable to see the direction and where to go. He only knew what he seemed to have been through, but he couldn't remember it, he had been wandering since the beginning of his memory, drifting aimlessly like rootless grass, and he didn't care when it was over, as long as he could live.

The boy wanted to bypass the Qin family's compound, the richest in the town, and ran to the ruined temple at the edge of the village, because he didn't want to be seen by Qin San, the Qin family's housekeeper, he was a well-known bully in this village, although he was tall and thin, he had a hunchback, a sharp and thin face, small and upturned eyes, and two long beards, and the whole appearance was like a "shrimp", so everyone privately called him Qin San with a shrimp face. Last month, the boy was caught by him, and accompanied his little master to practice archery, naturally the boy was the target, and the inaccurate arrows that flew randomly made him almost lose his life, and at night, the shrimp-faced Qin San also asked the boy to do coolies, otherwise he couldn't even drink rice porridge once a day, and in less than a month, he was scarred all over his body, and the kind Gu Granny quietly saved a little food from his own meal and gave him medicine for him, so that his life was saved, and helped him escape from the house with high walls and tiles.

Skirting the Qin family compound, the boy ran to the cold and warm ruined temple, which was small and dilapidated, full of weeds, rats, and broken idols, and the occasional grass snake. But since the boy escaped from the Qin family's compound, he has been hiding in this dilapidated temple. Fortunately, there were some haystacks in the temple, and when it was cold, he would get into them, so that it was safe and warm. The statue in the broken temple is very badly damaged, only one statue of Kuixing is still intact, although some flying ribbons are missing, and the color has fallen off, but the expression on his face is still hideous and terrifying, he glared angrily, holding a Kuixin pen, as if recording the injustice and ugliness of this world. Every day when the boy wanders on the side of the street, he can always see some evil deeds of bullying and dominating the market, and when he returns to the ruined temple, he will be stunned by this hideous statue, as if expecting him to get rid of the traitor and help the good, but after each time, he will always have the same dream, many little ghosts are waving long knives around him, many people around him are dead, the sky and the earth are blood-red, a hideous person waving a long knife at him, and then he seems to have fallen into an abyss, pitch black, All he could hear was the wind whistling in his ears and his own screams of terror. This same dream really made him wonder if he had ever been a heinous bad boy, just like the little young master of the Qin family, or worse than him, maybe his current situation was a kind of retribution. The boy really didn't dare to think about this, it would make him tremble and scared involuntarily, and it would make him afraid to think about what the past would be like.

Although the life in the temple is miserable, fortunately, there is no restraint and there is no bullying from others. Some of the people in the town called him Xiaohua, some called him Bunny, and he didn't care what he was called. The kind-hearted Gu mother-in-law said that he was a hard-working child, although he lived a very hard life, but the boy also had happy times, so she said that the little black dog born by the watchdog of Uncle Zhang's family in Dongcun often ran to the temple to steal his dry food to eat, and every time the boy found out, so the person and the dog scuffled together, but each other would not hurt each other, after a period of frolic, they always shared half of the dry food, and over time, the boy and the dog became good friends, from time to time, Xiao Hei would also show a little kindness, and dug out some bones from nowhere to give to the boy, But he never accepted this "generous gift" from nowhere, and always returned it politely every time. Sometimes he couldn't get anything to eat in the town, so he had to go to the woods outside the temple to dig some wild vegetables or catch a bird or two to satisfy his hunger, at first, he didn't know what wild vegetables could be eaten, but after a while, the boy not only knew what he could or could not eat, but also what was good or bad.

On this day, pure white snowflakes began to float all over the sky, and they swayed their white bodies to fall from the sky, and with the whistling north wind flying all over the sky, they were so elegant, so noble, so intoxicated by the company, in their dance, the earth became white and immaculate, but also brought unbearable cold. Ruixue Zhaofeng year, Chinese New Year's Eve is coming, families are busy preparing New Year's goods, eating New Year's dinner, the so-called every festive season to miss relatives, but where is the boy's family? Another Chinese New Year's Eve, he didn't want to sleep in the grass as usual, he was missing, but he didn't know who he missed, but he couldn't help but feel sad in his heart, he also wanted to have a home. So, he decided to go to Granny Gu, because she was the person who cared about him the most in this town, and the thought of this made the boy's heart warm, and he ran to that warm place with all his strength.

After a while, he came to the door of Granny Gu's house, and through the broken window paper, he saw Granny Gu preparing the New Year's dinner, and her little grandson was pestering her, screaming for food. Her hair was gray, her body was thin, and her complexion was slightly dark, but it was evident that she must have been a girl of signs in her youth, and that time had not only robbed her of her youth, but tortured her into an unkempt old woman. Listening to the people in the town, Granny Gu was originally a maid of a large family, because of her beauty, she was forcibly married to a poor old man by her wife, but when she was only twenty-eight years old, her husband was beaten to death again, leaving her and her six-year-old son alone. Two years later, the daughter-in-law remarried because she couldn't stand the poor life, and now only Granny Gu and her four-year-old grandson are left to rely on each other. Looking at Granny Gu's weather-beaten and wrinkled face, her hopeless and gloomy eyes, her body oppressed and deformed by life, and her big hands full of calluses, wounds, and swarthy hands, it was really sad.

At this time, I only heard Gu's mother-in-law's little grandson Fu'er shouting in a childish voice: "Mother-in-law, you lied to people, you said that you wanted to buy meat for Fu'er to eat, but you eat porridge, you lied to people, you lied to people, I want to eat meat, I want to eat meat!" Woo....... ”

Granny Gu looked at her hungry grandson with a sad and helpless expression, and comforted: "Good Fu'er, don't make trouble, mother-in-law really doesn't have money to buy meat, mother-in-law is old, and she can't do her work anymore, you, if you are really hungry, you can bite your mother-in-law, mother-in-law won't live long anyway, woo ......, how can you live these days?" ”

Fu'er whimpered, hugged Gu's mother-in-law's neck and said, "Mother-in-law, Fu'er is not hungry, Fu'er doesn't want to eat meat anymore, the meat is not delicious, woo ........" ”

Granny Gu hugged her grandson tightly and sobbed, "Fu'er is so good, really good......." ”

Seeing the two grandparents and grandchildren crying and hugging each other, the boy really had an indescribable feeling in his heart. He realized that he couldn't go in, and he couldn't go to trouble Granny Gu anymore, so he turned around and hurried away. Walking out of Granny Gu's house, he wandered aimlessly on the street, thinking about the bleak scene of Granny Gu and Fu'er, and then looking at the rich people's spending and glittering lights in those mansions, the boy really had an indescribable hatred, why did a good person like Granny Gu have to suffer, while a bad person like the Qin family could call the wind and rain, is it so unfair? The anger and grief in his heart were surging like waves, as if he was about to melt the ice and snow in this winter, and he kept asking himself, what should he do for Granny Gu? What to do ......? At this moment, a noise interrupted the boy's train of thought, he raised his eyes, and saw that the Qin family mansion was full of guests, full of lights, and a joyful atmosphere, today is the Chinese New Year's Eve, and it is the birthday of the little young master of the Qin family, it is a good day for the Qin family to be happy. The boy quietly slipped to the door of the mansion and looked in, the ancestor of the Qin family was sitting in the center, and the little young master was snuggling up to her, with a proud and joyful face. Today's little young master is the center of the whole family, and I saw that he had a cloud dragon bun combed on the top of his head, a small gold crown, a silk brocade robe, and a tiger-headed gold and jade short sword tied around his waist. Surrounded by Master Qin, Mrs. Qin and some squires, these were all known by the boy, only a middle-aged man in a plain robe with a beautiful face had never seen him, but it could be seen that the little young master had great respect for him. At this time, the sumptuous New Year's dinner is about to begin, with all the chicken, duck and fish meat, which is really greedy! ...... he really wanted to eat the oily fatty meat, the boy suddenly thought that he could try to get some meat to take back to Granny Gu and Fu'er, but how to get it? Since the last time he escaped from the Qin family, he has been avoiding them, especially the shrimp-faced Qin San and this little young master, and now they have to face them again, I don't know what the result will be. To steal, to steal ...... while there are many people, no, no, absolutely not, how can a manly man steal, to whom does he seem to have sworn to be a good man, how can he do such a bad behavior, the boy hesitated. In the end, he put his heart sideways, he thought: what should be faced must be faced, no matter what the result is, since he is a small person, why not just ask for it? Thinking of this, he gritted his teeth, straightened his chest, and walked towards the Qin family hall. Despite this, the boy's heart felt suffocated by fear, and the sound of his fierce heartbeat made him feel ashamed. But no matter what, he still walked in persistently.

When the boy was still two feet away from the hall, someone kicked him hard, and the boy lost his center of gravity for a while and fell to the ground, only to hear the man scold: "Hey, this little rabbit cub has the courage to come back, Lao Tzu won't let you take off your skin, Lao Tzu won't call Qin San." As he spoke, he dragged the boy to the backyard.

The boy was anxious in his heart, and struggled and shouted: "Today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, if you beat me to death, your Qin family will get retribution next year." ”

The shrimp-faced Qin San was furious, and swung a big fist and hit the boy in the abdomen, and suddenly, the boy felt the blood and qi of his internal organs churning, and his eyes turned black.

At this moment, the lady of the Qin family walked out and asked, "Qin San, what is the matter?" It's a lot of commotion. ”

The shrimp-faced Qin San hurriedly stopped and replied: "Madame, it was Xiao Yuhua who used to accompany the little young master to practice martial arts, and sneaked into the mansion, afraid that he was trying to steal something, so I taught him a lesson." ”

The boy hurriedly shouted, "I didn't, I'm not here to steal, I want to ask for something to eat, I haven't eaten for days, ma'am, okay, give me something to eat!" ”

Before Mrs. Qin could answer the boy, she heard the old lady of the Qin family in the hall ask, "What is the matter?" The New Year's is not quiet. ”

Then the boy was lifted into the hall again and thrown to the ground with a heavy blow. The little young master looked at him disdainfully and snorted proudly. And Master Qin was unhappy, because the appearance of the boy disturbed his good mood.

Old Madam Qin spoke: "Where did you come from, and what are you doing here?" ”

The boy hurriedly said, "I'm hungry, I want to beg for some meat!" ”

Qin San, who was on the side, screamed: "Little rabbit cub, do you give your face back?" ”

The boy looked at the old lady expectantly, hoping that she would have a bodhisattva heart. But the old lady glanced at him lightly and said, "Today is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, and it is my good grandson's birthday, so everything is decided by the little young master." As soon as this statement came out, the boy's hopes were completely dashed, and he had to pay the price for this stupid action.

Hearing this, the little young master walked up to the boy with great vigor and showed off his gorgeous clothes in front of him, he was indeed very beautiful today, but the boy was in the mood to see it. I only heard the little young master say in the tone of a slave owner: "Xiao Xiaohua, I haven't seen you for many days, I thought you were dead outside, what, you're back again, don't you miss the master's fist?" Speaking of which, I haven't practiced for a long time......" Before he could finish speaking, he threw a fist and slammed the boy to the chest, and suddenly, the boy only felt a stuffy pain in his chest, and his blood was churning, as if someone had stuck his neck and chest, making him unable to breathe.

The boy didn't know what strength was supporting him, but he kept gritting his teeth to keep himself going, and the thoughts in his heart were still strong. At this moment, Madam Qin couldn't help but shout: "Qi Tian, don't kill anyone, just give him a piece of meat and let him go!" ”

Hearing this, the little young master said reluctantly: "Mother, I just want this kid to know that our Qin family is not a place where you can come and leave if you want." ”

Mrs. Qin said: "However, if you beat him down like this, I am only afraid of ......." ”

Before Mrs. Qin finished speaking, Master Qin interjected: "Okay, just teach a lesson, don't forget that you still have to toast your master!" ”

Maybe it was Master Qin's reminder, the little young master glanced at the middle-aged scholar on the seat, pondered for a while, turned to the boy and said, "Okay, you said what dishes you want on this table, and then we will discuss the price of the dishes." ”

The boy wondered if he had misheard, and his face was full of joy, and he cried out in the loudest voice he had ever known, "I want that roast chicken." He pointed to the largest and fattest roast chicken and remained motionless, fearing it would fly away.