girl riding a horse

Chapter 37 We'll Come Up With a Good Solution

Shen Liuzhen looked at Guan Yifei again, and asked, "Aren't you going to line up?"

Guan Yifei clutched his aching stomach, and with the only remaining dignity of a teenager, he said awkwardly: "Just now Xie Yuan gave the money, and I have already bought a lot, enough to eat."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and told the children who were slightly younger than him: "Eat something, find some branches and grass, and come back. Let's plug the hole in the house first."

"Okay..." Several people walked away in response.

Guan Yifei took advantage of the opportunity and sat on the open space in front, like a stray dog ​​who was injured and needed to breathe, suffering, hoping that time would take away his pain little by little.

The youngest children didn't realize so much.

Immersed in the happiness of having something to eat, they instinctively sat down next to their most trusted big brother, gathered into a small pile, and held buns or pancakes in their hands, eating in small bites, as if tasting What a delicious delicacy, he narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.

Seeing this scene, Xie Yuan and Shen Liuzhen couldn't help but fell silent.

Although they are both children and live in the same county, their living conditions are very different. Such a day is something they never imagined...

Shen Liuzhen walked over, lifted the hem of his clothes, and sat down on the open space beside him, looked at the young children around him, and said:

"I'll take you to heal your wounds."

Guan Yifei clutched his ribs, gasped and said, "I'm a poor man, there's no need to treat it, just boil it over and it will be fine. If you are really kind, why not keep the money and send it back with food later."

He is really thick-skinned, but he can't make people feel real disgust.

Xie Yuan let go of the reins, and also sat down next to Shen Liuzhen.Looking at the distant sky without speaking.

The sky here is not different from the sky at home, the blue sky is clear and the white clouds are long, but the people on the ground live differently.

Just like that, they sat silently for a long time, and there was a commotion and fighting sound in the distance. From the sound, it sounded like a dispute caused by queuing.The yamen servants in the yamen also came, shouting and cursing to maintain order.

Xie Yuan remembered the question in his mind just now, and asked Shen Liuzhen: "Did you see me when you came here just now, in the alley of Qianjie?"

Shen Liuzhen sneered disdainfully:
"I'm not a fool, your horse is tied outside, and that man..." He poked Guan Yifei's direction with his chin, "He stood alone in the alley, staring at me with eyes like donkeys Look, there's obviously someone hiding behind it."

"Then why did you just leave? Did you take my father's errand?...My father asked you to come here to make soup cakes?"

"I came to ask you to go back. The teacher probably didn't know that there were so many refugees here suddenly." Shen Liuzhen said.

"You were looking for me? Then you pretended you didn't see it and passed by... Do you think I will believe your words?" Xie Yuan frowned and asked.

"What's the matter? I haven't come out to play for a long time. I've been studying hard all day long. I'm sorry. I'll go shopping a few times before I go back to you. Do you think I can be like you, so free every day?"

These words directly hit Xie Yuan's sore spot, who the hell cares about this kind of freedom?
Especially when Shen Liuzhen said this, Xie Yuan clenched his fists so angry that he was about to hit him on the head and face.

Shen Liuzhen quickly raised his arm to cover his face, and began to act obediently again: "Ayuan, Ayuan, calm down, what did I say wrong?"

"Which is wrong? I think you know it well and deliberately!" Xie Yuan raised his fist and gritted his teeth, "If you really think my freedom is so good, why are you so greedy in the morning and night? Use your set of skills to resist beatings Take it out and don't go!"

Shen Liuzhen's eyes protruded from the back of his sleeves, carefully peeping at Xie Yuan's expression, with an innocent light shining in his eyes, he called out pitifully:
"A Yuan..."

Then there is no other word.

Xie Yuan looked at his big rabbit-like eyes, couldn't swing his fist down, so he gritted his teeth and let it down, and began to look at the sky and sulk.

Shen Liuzhen lowered his arms with lingering fear, suddenly thought of something, took out a small paper bag from his arms, opened it bit by bit, and stretched it out obediently to Xie Yuan's eyes.

Xie Yuan didn't want to talk to him, but the thing held in front of her was too close, and the sweet smell wafted up again. She lowered her eyes and looked, it turned out to be dried persimmon horns that had been sunburned and yellow...

Xie Yuan pursed his lower lip subconsciously, pulled out his eyes angrily, and pretended not to see them.

Shen Liuzhen raised his hand and said, "This season... it's not easy to find this. It was an old man on the side of the road who ran out of food, so he took it out to exchange."

Xie Yuan was in a stalemate for a while, but finally he couldn't resist the temptation, and to save Shen Liuzhen, he reached out and took one and chewed it in his mouth.

Seeing this, Shen Liuzhen smiled triumphantly, the two small dimples on his cheeks were deep, sweet as hell.

Xie Yuan gave him a disgusted look, reached out and grabbed the paper bag, stuffed two more into his mouth, and handed it to the child next to him.

When Shen Liuzhen saw that he was carrying something like a baby, and was just casually given away by Xie Yuan, the expression on his face immediately became unnatural, and he leaned into her ear and whispered:
"Do you know how much food I exchanged for that? Now food is getting more and more expensive... It would be nice if you could keep it for yourself, and you won't be able to eat any more."

Xie Yuan didn't turn his head back. Seeing those children passing on the news one by one, he couldn't help feeling sad, and said, "I don't want any more, but they are just snacks. When autumn comes, there will be more. You have so much food for them to eat." How nice."

Shen Liuzhen leaned into her ear and said, "...the old man who sells persimmons has nothing to eat."

The breath he exhaled made her ears and eyes itchy, so she raised her hand in disgust, and asked Guan Yifei:

"What do you usually rely on for food?"

"They are all orphans without father or mother. What else can they rely on? Begging, stealing, if they have nothing to eat, they go to rob." He said these words as a matter of course, without a trace of shame.Suddenly remembered something, raised his eyes and asked:
"Will the person who was taken away come back?"

"No." Shen Liuzhen stretched his head, looked at him and said.

Guan Yifei's expression was very skeptical, but seeing Shen Liuzhen's serious face, he finally said: "Every time we beg for a large part of the money, we have to hand it over. In exchange, they protect us from living here and prevent the house from being destroyed by others." People snatched it away. I'm glad he was captured, but can you help us hold such a shelter from the wind and rain? There were few people here before, but now there are so many refugees. We are just a few children...we can't beat so many grown ups."

Xie Yuan and Shen Liuzhen looked at each other, and they both saw the absurdity in each other's eyes: just such a dilapidated place still needs to be robbed and preserved, which makes people feel an indescribable sadness.

"We will figure out a good way." Shen Liuzhen stretched his neck, walked around Xie Yuan in the middle, looked at Guan Yifei and said seriously.

(End of this chapter)