Jiang Chengcheng is eight years old, from the surrounding village, her mother gave birth to a child out of wedlock, and she left her to her grandparents after giving birth.

Dad works outside, almost never comes home, I heard that she has married and had children in the field, she usually lives with her grandparents, the old man is old and has no money, he can't take care of it, he barely manages to eat and drink, and the rest is casual.

Therefore, Jiang Chengcheng's self-care ability is still stronger than that of children of the same age, but no one has taught her how to do it, and all behaviors follow the instinct of survival.

He washed himself as his brother had instructed, and staggered to his side, grinning at the missing front tooth.

"Orange Orange is doing awesome, go, go brush your teeth. ”

Two cheap plastic cups are side by side, the original owner's toothbrush is no longer hairy, Jiang Chengcheng's is very new, and it is still pink.

There is a strawberry-flavored children's toothpaste next to it.

Jiang Chengcheng was praised, took the initiative to pick up the toothbrush and squeezed the toothpaste, and brushed it up after learning his brother's movements.

Due to long-term malnutrition, she started to change her teeth relatively late, and the original owner didn't know much, when the two of them first arrived together, she had a toothache and caries, and the original owner forced her to brush her teeth every day, and the new teeth were white and clean, and she finally looked a little human.

There were a few cartons of pure milk piled up in the kitchen, and some things that seemed expensive and impractical, and they shouldn't be here at all.

Xie Zhiyan's brows tightened, and he told Jiang Chengcheng to make the bed, he found a soaked broom in the yard, and finally cleaned the house, and there was a place to put his feet.

Fortunately, there is also a shabby but dry quilt, which can only be put on the bed first, and this is the only way to pass tonight.

"Brother, tell a story. ”

The washed Jiang Chengcheng has soft hair, clear eyes, and is full of dependence and trust on him.

She said happily, as if there was nothing to worry about in this world.

"What do you want to hear?" Xie Zhiyan stretched out his hand to cover her with the quilt, and asked a little cold on a rainy night.

"That's what you said about the little prince who lives in the stars that day!" Jiang Chengcheng lay down obediently, looking soft and harmless, like a small animal in swaddling clothes.

Xie Zhiyan smiled, reached out and stroked her little face, making her close her eyes.

"Once upon a time, there was a pilot whose plane broke down and he had to make a crash landing in the desert......"

The sound of breathing around him became even, Xie Zhiyan looked at the rotten glass window by the faint light, it was still raining outside, and sighed silently.

He's really got to take over a mess now.

Sixteen years old, no ID card, wandering for three years, picking up a little girl who is also away from home, the two brother and sister are commensurate, and currently rely on petty theft to pick up garbage and fight to support themselves and their sister.

Why did the supermarket owner do it, in addition to not being a good person himself, there was also the original owner who didn't pay on credit at his house.

The reality is worse than imagined, the original owner's family is very poor, and her mother finally couldn't bear this endless poverty when the original owner was nine years old, and chose to divorce and leave.

The original owner was a stubborn child who followed her mother all the way to try to get her mother home, but failed.

Later, after her mother remarried, she soon had a child, and he returned home by himself, and his father was silent and uneducated, and he had no explanation for his half-grown son, only kept smoking cheap cigarettes, and was always sad.

Xie Zhiyan kept flashing some fragments in his mind, perhaps because the young man's emotions were too persistent and intense, and the information he got was not comprehensive.

It's like a narrative essay, a little upside down, but it doesn't prevent him from understanding.

......

The next morning, the sky cleared.

He stared at Jiang Chengcheng after drinking the milk and eating the rest of the bread, which was also what the original owner did every day.

Although the original owner is very casual with himself, as long as he lives, whether he is sloppy or dirty, but for Jiang Chengcheng, the original owner has put a lot of thought into it.

It is conceivable how the seventy or eighty-one cartons of milk in these supermarkets came from, and most of the beatings on their bodies were due to this reason.

"My brother is out, Orange is good at home, do you remember what my brother said?"

Jiang Chengcheng nodded, "Well, I remember, you can play in the yard when no one is around, and someone will lock the door in the house." ”

"That's good, my brother came back to bring you a gift. ”

Xie Zhiyan touched her dog nibbling bangs and left the house in her expectant eyes.

The sun was still a little hot, the water of yesterday had receded, and there was still dirt left on the narrow concrete pavement, and the people on the street saw that the gloomy little rabbit cub was still walking by with his head down as usual, and no one paid any attention to him.

Xie Zhiyan thought for a moment and walked towards a construction site that he could see.

At this moment, the construction site is in full swing, in a few months, a house will be built here, Zhang Feng is the contractor of this house, everyone calls him Brother Feng, and he is urging people one by one.

“...... Sixth, what about the people you are talking about, what? Can't come? What did Tuoma say at the beginning, can there be a big worker and two small workers, and the progress of the project on my side is here......"

Xie Zhiyan stepped forward, Zhang Feng had already noticed him, and he stood quietly and didn't move, thinking that it was a child who ran out to play, so he hurriedly waved his hand, "Go, go home and play, it's not responsible if something happens here." ”

"Brother Feng, are you recruiting people?"

Zhang Feng stopped when he turned around to leave, and looked back carefully, this kid had an honest face and grinned little white teeth.

It was in tatters, barely a piece of clothing, but—

"No underage recruitment!"

"Brother, brother, listen to me, I'm 18," Xie Zhiyan hurriedly ran over to stop him, "I just look thin, but I'm energetic, I don't believe you let me try." ”

Zhang Feng's footsteps didn't stop, as if he hadn't heard it, his heart was clear, there were all kinds of people on the construction site, who was not pitiful for his life to earn hard-earned money, he couldn't be pitied.

"Leather monkey, what about the brick carriers, a cart is here!" Zhang Feng suddenly roared, looking at the blood vessels on the messy forehead on the construction site.

Soon a voice responded, "What can I do, you can split me, no one is idle!"

At this moment, Zhang Feng saw the thin child who was about to run away when the wind was strong and pushed the wheelbarrow carrying bricks and cement, and quickly stacked the bricks neatly in a cart, without asking a word, and pushed directly in the direction where the monkey was.

Not to mention, there are no two strengths that can't do this job, and the leather monkey was stunned when he looked at the boy unloading the bricks.

"Brother Feng, this young man you newly recruited can do it, he looks thin and energetic!"

When Zhang Feng heard this, he only felt that his head hurt, and he didn't pay attention to him, thinking that this bear child would walk away by himself after a while.