Across the street, there were some barns selling singing and storytelling, and the girl's scream immediately attracted everyone to watch.

Lu Daya also came over with a paper bag, and looked at the crowd, it turned out to be the grandson who was singing, the grandfather fell to the ground motionless, and the erhu fell to the ground crookedly, I don't know what was going on, a nine- or ten-year-old girl lay on her grandfather, shaking her grandfather's body and crying bitterly. The grandfather and grandson were in tatters, their feet were bare, and listening to the accent, they seemed to be refugees from Shandong. In the spring and summer of last year, there was a severe drought in Shandong, and there was a catastrophe in 41 counties in northern Luxi, and countless refugees went north out of Shanhaiguan to seek a living in the northeast, some from the sea to Lushun, and some passed through Jinwei by land, so there were a lot more refugees in this Tianjin Acropolis since last year.

Lu Daya stood for a while, listening to the people around him, the grandfather and grandson have only been in this column for ten days, they make a living by singing, and the business has not been good, others have not eaten anything for several days, and when they are thirsty, they drink some snow, and in the morning the grandfather took out half a cake for his granddaughter to eat, but he didn't expect that before noon, the old man fell.

The girl lay on her grandfather and cried, and the people next to her looked at her and no one cared. A middle-aged man couldn't look at it, came out of the crowd, reached out to probe the old man's snort and took a hand, and finally opened the old man's eyes and looked at it, and finally sighed, "Child, your grandfather has gone." Let's mourn and change. ”

As soon as the girl heard the middle-aged man's words, her eyes rolled, her throat gurgled, and she fainted. The middle-aged man stood up, tried to help the girl up several times, but retracted his hand, and finally gritted his teeth, stomped his foot, and walked away from the crowd. There's no way, it's all ordinary people, and everyone has a few mouths to eat, and it's really powerless.

People just looked at the grandfather and grandson lying on the ground, no one dared to step forward, and some people began to discuss, whether this girl would be taken away. Everyone was muttering, a figure came out of the middle, Lu Daya saw that it was the young man selling candy paintings across the street, a big bald head is easy to recognize.

The young man came in, carefully examined the situation in the field, took out more than 20 silver dollars from his pocket and said to the onlookers, "Uncles and aunts, please raise your hands and take care of this child." The child's family just left, and his body was thin, and he was dizzy. The old and young masters of our Jinwei can't watch it, and they can do something to help. Thank you, boy. Boy, here are some silver dollars, please move the little girl to a warm place, get some food, all the gentlemen who help, one piece per person, as a thank you gift. If there is a little left, there is still a good heart, and when the little girl wakes up, she will help Zhang Luo to help the little girl bury her grandfather. Thank you, thank you!" he said, waving at the crowd.

Lu Daya looked at the young man like a fool at the moment, you only earn one or two cents in your business, and you will take out more than 20 silver dollars to save people, and the loser is not so defeated, this is at least your two months' water.

At that moment, there were old artists who told stories and sang songs, and they were willing to help with this, saying that a few meals were not worth much, and they would not take a penny for themselves, and they would keep the money for the little girl's grandfather.

Lu Daya nodded, the old artist of Tianqiao is here every day to make a living, and he eats with his virtue, if he ignores the life-saving money that the young man gave to the little girl, then there will be no place in Jinwei in the future

The young man thanked the old artist at the moment, handed them the money, then looked at the girl on the ground and sighed, walked out of the crowd again, and returned to the street, but did not do business anymore, but jumped off the burden. Lu Daya thought about it, after spending so much money, it is estimated that he will be beaten when he goes home, how can he still be in the mood to sell sugar paintings.

At noon, Lu Daya slipped the sugar cake and chattered with a mother-in-law at home for a long time to take the enamel basin home, this enamel basin is also very expensive, one costs 2 silver dollars. The son and the girl in the family are very fond of sugar cakes, and the little girl also kissed Lu Daya a few times, and Lu Daya was so happy that she couldn't find the north. Originally, the mother-in-law still complained a little, Lu Daya shouldn't buy sugar cakes, complained that it was expensive, but when she heard Lu Daya's explanation, it was only five cents, and she was happy at the moment, this business was done. Lu Daya struck while the iron was hot and told the story of what happened in the overpass in the morning to her mother-in-law, and the mother-in-law also cried when she heard it, and the two complained about the world, the warlords fought every year, the people were struggling to make a living, and selling children and daughters were everywhere.

The next day, because Lu Daya wanted to collect money today, he followed the mule cart into the city, and got yesterday's vegetable money from Jia Ye, and he was also satisfied, and he was ready to go to the overpass, find the young man who sold sugar paintings, and buy more sugar cakes, and his daughter-in-law said that sugar is expensive in the village, let him buy more, and he can resell it in the village. Lu Daya wanted to contact young people, if he could sell himself a little more.

Lu Daya took a bath as usual, ate big oil cakes and millet porridge, and then came to the place where the flyover was yesterday, and found that there was a roll of broken quilt in the place where the young man set up a stall to sell sugar paintings yesterday, and sat the little girl from yesterday, burying her head in her knees without saying a word, stepping on the ground, and finally wearing a pair of shoes, but they look old, it is estimated that whose old shoes were changed, not bought.

The young man didn't come, and the little girl just sat there and didn't speak, and Lu Daya stepped forward and asked, "Little sister and the others, where is your grandfather?"

As soon as the little girl nodded, she heard Lu Daya ask about her grandfather, her eyes were red, and tears fell, "Uncle and uncle helped me bury my grandfather." ”

Lu Daya then asked, "What about your family?"

The little girl shook her head and didn't speak, what else does this mean, in this era of war and chaos, the designation is gone. Lu Daya sighed, and just wanted to comfort the little girl, when he saw a figure in the distance carrying a burden, and it was the young man who came over in a flash. When the little girl saw the young man coming, she quickly stood up, and when the young man arrived, she knelt on the ground with her legs and prepared to kowtow to her benefactor.

Lu Daya only felt that his eyes were sparkling, and he didn't see the young man's movements, but he saw that the little girl had been helped up by the young man, and the young man said, "Little sister, we are all compatriots, the emperors of the Qing Dynasty are finished, and the sons and daughters of the Republic of China do not kneel to anyone." ”

When the little girl heard the young man's words, she hugged the young man's thigh and cried loudly, "Sir, sir, you want me! I can do anything!"

The young man sighed and asked, "What about your family?"

The little girl wiped her tears, "They are all dead, my father and mother are sick and dead, my brother and grandmother are freezing to death, and now my grandfather is also dead." Cai'er has nowhere to go, sir, pity Cai'er, Cai'er has nowhere to go!" The little girl's cry made the surrounding crowd silent for a while, these years, such a tragedy has been staged everywhere in the land of China, who has never died.

The young man touched the little girl's head, was silent for a while, and didn't know what to remember, and said, "Okay, Cai'er, you will follow me in the future and be my sister." If you have a bite to eat from your brother, you won't be hungry for your sister!"

Everyone clapped their hands, "The young man is so good, save people's lives, and win the seventh-level floating slaughter!" Cai'er listened, buried her little face in the young man's pants, flushed, and whispered in her mouth, "Brother, brother." ”

The young man took out a handkerchief, squatted down, and wiped Cai'er's face, "What's Cai'er's surname?"

Cai'er whispered, "Han, my name is Han Cai'er." ”

The young man patted Han Cai'er's thin face, took Han Cai'er's hand, and said, "My brother's surname is Lu, and Lu of Mount Tai and Xiao Lu is called Lu Xihua, and in the future, you Han Caier will be my sister Lu Xihua!"

Lu Xihua then stood up and said loudly to the crowd around him, "Today, I, Lu Xihua, accept Han Cai'er as my sister, please be a witness, from now on, there will be a sister who eats a bite, a sister who wears me, and a sister who has my one-yuan flower." Today, I, Lu Xihua, am happy, and the sugar cake is given away, limited to two pieces per person, and I don't take a penny!"

Lu Daya originally thought that this young man named Lu Xihua was a fool, so he found an oil bottle to drag, but when he heard the last few words, he immediately smiled, "Brother Lu, bring me two!"