Chapter 20: A bowl of hot noodle soup
In the blink of an eye, the weather temperature dropped sharply in the blink of November to the end of the month.
Although the climate in the central region is not as cold as in the north, it is still cold and humid.
The "home" of the big cement pipe became cold and bitter at night.
A dirty and tattered single dress made Ling Nan tremble. He covered a few pieces of broken sacks on his body, and covered them with a layer of paper shells, which finally blocked a little cold wind.
Trembling, I fell asleep in a daze for a while, and was woken up by the freeze for a while.
Unconsciously, I stayed up until dawn.
A new day has begun.
The weather was not very good and the sky was gray.
Ling Nan moved, raised his head, his pale and spiritless face, looked out of the cement pipe, briefly tidied up, and walked to a new location.
At a street corner, he put up a plaque and a cardboard box.
After a good night's rest, no food in the morning, and facing the cold ghost weather, he was like a shivering dog, looking longingly at the passers-by, hoping that the kind people could give a little "gluttony".
Perhaps because of the cold weather, the days of begging are even more unbearable.
The people came and went in a hurry, and no one cared about the shivering beggar at the corner of the street.
And that carton was empty for a long time.
But the people behind the cardboard box are still so persistently looking forward there, he is waiting for one hope after another, however, the hopes are still not ignited one by one, and they are dashed one by one.
It seems that the seasons are so cruel, and winter not only makes people cold, but also chills.
The beauty of winter has become the flaunting of those who are full of food in the greenhouse, and they are so idle that their eggs hurt and come out to fight for tooth sacrifices.
Ten years in the cold window, four years in college, Ling Nan thinks that he has become a down-and-out model, will he become an inspirational joke?
Time can make people forget all pain, forget all unpleasantness.
But he still has to continue, time is hope for him, and it is also a bitter journey with no end in sight.
The few pedestrians on the road seemed to have something to do with the weather, and they hurried by with a calm face, and the only passers-by were still passing around Ling Nan.
This early winter that has just arrived, in addition to cold, there are disappointments, loneliness, tears, and nowhere to go.
He remembered Hans Christian Andersen's poor little match girl.
That little girl used to make many children today feel very indifferent when they read it, because no one has ever experienced that kind of suffering, and no one knows what it is like.
There have been many whys and doubts about the little girl in people's hearts now.
Is it impossible for a little girl to be difficult?
That's because the roast goose is tired of people nowadays and disdains to eat it; Matches have made people nowadays feel no role and the meaning of warmth, and that is because people have become numb to the meaning of warmth.
But for that little girl, roast goose and warmth were the beautiful dreams she dreamed of.
Isn't Ling Nan the shadow of a little match girl today? He thanked Hans Christian Andersen for giving him a companion and allowing him to truly understand the suffering and helplessness of the little match girl.
The snack bar across the road has not been in or out for a long time.
However, the glass of the windows has been fogged by the heat of the store, and it is difficult to see the scene inside the store.
At this moment, the door of the small shop opened, and a woman dressed in a cotton flower dress came out with a bowl of steaming noodles and walked across the street.
"Young man, I see you've been here for a long time, and you haven't eaten yet, have you? Eat it while it's hot. ”
The woman in the cotton dress looked at the beggar with kind eyes. The beggar was stunned for a moment, and when he looked up, he saw that the woman in the cotton coat who had come out had already stood in front of him and spoke to him.
Hearing the woman's voice and looking at the bowl of hot noodles, a warm current surged into Ling Nan's heart. Two lines of heat hung on their cheeks in an instant.
"Thank you, big sister."
Ling Nan didn't say much, and took the chopsticks and the bowl of noodles with a trembling hand.
After the woman handed it over, she didn't speak again, turned around and walked across the street, Ling Nan looked up at the woman's back and the sign of the snack bar across the street, "Spring Peach Snack".
The woman was a very ordinary-looking woman, but she was very beautiful in Ling Nan's heart at the moment, and a bowl of hot noodle soup left a deep imprint on him in his heart.
A bowl of hot noodle soup is not a valuable meal, but for Ling Nan in the cold and hungry, it is a charcoal in the snow, at this moment, it is far more precious than a meal of thousands of yuan.
There are many times in life that you don't need to add icing on the cake, but there are always people who like to keep icing on the cake; But when people need to send charcoal in the snow, few people go to the snow to deliver charcoal.
As a result, those who are the icing on the cake tend to be selectively forgotten; Those who are sent in the snow often make people remember it for a lifetime.
A bowl of hot noodle soup is eaten quickly. Ling Nan sent the bowl into the snack bar, went to the sink to wash it, and handed it to the proprietress .
"Thank you, big sister." As he spoke, Ling Nan took out a yuan and handed it to the proprietress .
"Little brother, no need, it's not easy for you."
The proprietress refused to accept the money and asked, "What's your name?" ”
"My name is Ling Nan." Lingnan Road.
"Ling Nan, you just call me Sister Chuntao." The proprietress said heartily, "It's cold, Ling Nan sees that you are in good health, why are you begging?" It's hard to do it when it's cold, so it's better for you to stay in the small restaurant of my sister to help, I'll provide you with food, and I'll give you some pocket money every month. If you want to live in the store, it's better than outside. ”
"Sister Chuntao, thank you for your kindness, I'll take a look at another place, I'm not here with you."
Although Ling Nan was moved, he didn't want to cause trouble to others, and he didn't want to tell others about his privacy, because it didn't make sense.
But he remembered the enthusiasm of the eldest sister and the warm bowl of hot noodle soup.
Some people say that following the poor will suffer poverty, and following the rich will become a dragon.
That is the nonsense of chicken soup for the soul, deceiving and fooling the poor who want to get rich, making them take out the little change left in their pockets and hand it over to a so-called reasonable person, and it is also called "new thinking", "new wisdom" and "new business opportunities".
What else is the bullshit truth that "you don't manage your money and ignore you" that has made many people fall into the trap they have laid out?
So why doesn't he do it if he can make money? But babbling to others? Because he is also short of money, he can't do it, only through this method to sell reason, you believe him and win.
If you are not diligent, not self-reliant, you will never be able to change yourself, and it will always be a dream to expect other people's "chicken soup for the soul" to become rich.
For others, except for a little pity, it will not change your life, everything has to rely on yourself!
Begging in this place is out of the question.
On the streets, in the bustling places, the once lonely figures have disappeared.
Ling Nan wants to change places again.
By the way, in the market and shopping mall, there is a lot of people and you can also take shelter from the cold.