Ding Sha sat at the table with her belly bulging, slapping the small account book. "Let's do the math and see how much money we made!"
Xiao Jun didn't like this kind of detailed and tedious work, so he moved a stool and sat aside, watching Ding. He saw her frowning and biting the pen, calculating the income of their small family seriously and solemnly.
He was very familiar with the way Ding Sha wrote, because in the past ten years or so, he had hidden in the village's not-so-good school countless times and secretly watched Ding Sha.
He had just been abandoned by his mother at that time. He was thin, small and dirty. Other children avoided him, threw stones at him, and said he was a piece of trash and that no one wanted him.
The adults were kind to him on the surface, but secretly called him a disaster star, saying that he was unlucky for his parents and had a hard life.
Xiao Jun didn't understand at that time. He thought it was his fault and felt wronged. Even if others snatched things he had worked so hard to get, he silently hoped that they would forgive him and play with him.
It's so scary to be alone in such a dark and big room.
Xiao Jun smiled when he thought of this, and suddenly felt that he was quite funny when he was a child.
You are a little bastard that no one wants, who cares about you
Ding Sha raised his head and asked, "What's wrong?"
She looked at Xiao Jun in confusion, "Did you speak just now?"
"No," Xiao Jun touched her head lovingly, "Hurry up and do the math. It's time to rest after you're done. Didn't you say we're going shopping tomorrow?"
Watching Ding Sha continue to work hard on his calculations, his eyes, which had been cold because of the memories, warmed up again.
There was nothing worth remembering about his childhood, except for meeting Ding Sha.
The day he met Ding Sha, he was really hungry. The harvest was poor that year and no one in the village had extra food to share with him, so he climbed to the back mountain to dig wild vegetables and fruits to fill his stomach.
But the edible things had already been dug up by the women in the village, and even the soil was almost dug away.
Xiao Xiaojun was so hungry that he felt dizzy and dizzy.
Finally, I couldn't help but sat on the hillside and cried.
Maybe he cried so sadly that he attracted a beautiful, fair-skinned girl over.
Xiao Dingsha asked him, "Why are you crying? Did someone bully you?"
The little man also has to save his face. Little Xiaojun wiped his tears, stopped crying, and even burped.
Before I could say anything, my stomach growled loudly.
Xiao Dingsha suddenly realized, "You are hungry!"
She took out something wrapped in a small clean handkerchief from her pocket, and when she opened it, she saw a golden millet cake that tasted sweet and tempting. Xiao Xiaojun swallowed his saliva almost reflexively.
Xiao Dingsha sat beside him, broke it into two pieces of the same size, and gave one piece to Xiao Xiaojun.
He was extremely hungry and didn't know what to refuse. He just felt that the millet cake was fragrant and sweet, and it was soft when he pinched it, so he stuffed it into his mouth ravenously.
Ding Sha saw that he was eating quickly and knew that he was very hungry. After hesitating for a moment, he gave him the other half.
After eating two pieces, the burning hunger was slightly suppressed, and Xiao Xiaojun felt embarrassed.
Ding Sha smiled and asked him, "Is it delicious? I made it myself."
Xiao Xiaojun was still savoring the taste in his mouth, "It's delicious, but not very filling. If it were a steamed bun this big, I would be full."
Xiao Dingsha was stunned for a moment and a little angry, "You really are..."
She wanted to find words to say, but couldn't find any for a moment, and finally got up and left angrily.
Xiao Xiaojun didn’t know why she was unhappy, he just thought the millet cake was so sweet and the little girl was so pretty.
Later I found out that Xiao Dingsha had given him all his lunch and went to school on an empty stomach.
Xiao Jun, who had been hungry all year round, felt that being hungry was the most uncomfortable thing in the world. The little girl actually gave him her lunch!
Xiao Xiaojun thought that he must repay her, but he had nothing and didn't know how to repay her. He remembered that the older children said that a life-saving favor should be repaid with one's own body, so Xiao Xiaojun secretly decided to repay her with his own body!
He secretly ran to the village school to watch Xiao Dingsha in class, watched her sit upright with her textbook in hand and recite aloud obediently, watched her secretly shed tears when she couldn't solve a math problem, and watched her pigtails staggering as she walked home from school during the busy farming season.
I watched it for ten years after I started.
Ding Sha grew into a graceful girl with big eyes and an oval face, quiet and pretty.
Young men from all over the town secretly like her, but because of her rejection they can't help but secretly slander her.
This is how Xiao Jun developed his fighting skills.
Ding Sha complained to him while applying medicine to him, "Are you going to fight again?"
Xiao Jun had a bruise on the corner of his eye, but he grinned nonchalantly, "They are more seriously injured than me, it's okay!"
Ding Sha glared at him, "Still fighting in a group?"
"What group fight? I was just one against many!" Xiao Jun retorted unsatisfactorily.
Ding Sha deliberately pressed the corner of his swollen eye.
"It hurts, it hurts!" Xiao Jun almost jumped up.
Ding Sha then slowed down his movements, "I've already told you that I don't care what they say, so don't keep hurting yourself."
Xiao Jun disagreed, "Your mouth is as dirty as a septic tank. If you don't wash it, it will stink."
Ding Sha knew Xiao Jun wouldn't listen, so he could only buy more medicine and keep them at home.
The year Ding Sha graduated from high school, her stepmother arranged a marriage for her. She wanted to marry her to a widower in the village so that she would have money to send her stepmother's younger brother to study in a big city.
Ding Sha knew that man. Not only was he old, he also beat his wife.
Ding Sha knew he had to leave, otherwise his life would be ruined.
She stole her household registration booklet and separated her household, then saw Xiao Jun at the village gate, carrying a bag, smoking a cigarette, with a gloomy look in his eyes, wondering what he was thinking.
Ding Sha walked up to him and tears started flowing before she could say anything.
Xiao Jun threw away the cigarette, and wiped away her tears carefully with his rough fingers that smelled of tobacco, and held her in his arms, "Don't cry, I'll take you away."
They boarded a train overnight to an unknown place, buying tickets at random.
There were a lot of people on the train. Xiao Jun held Ding Sha and let her sleep in his arms. He didn't dare to sleep. He stared at this completely unfamiliar world vigilantly like a wolf cub.
The only thing that kept them company was the smell of tobacco on Xiao Jun, which gradually grew stronger.
They only breathed a sigh of relief when they arrived in Nanjiang City.
After getting off the train, Xiao Jun was a little overwhelmed at the entrance of the busy station. He saw many young girls holding cups of something white like egg custard. He turned around and saw that the store next to him was selling it. He asked Ding Sha to sit down and went to buy a cup of something called double skin milk.
Ding Sha's expression was one of surprise and anger.
The two of them shared this cup of cold, sweet and soft snack that was white and tender like tofu, but much more delicious than tofu.
The red beans are all sweet.
Xiao Jun came back to his senses from his memories, stood up and went to the kitchen.
When Ding Sha raised her head, she saw Xiao Jun with a warm and gentle smile on his face, and he handed her a cup of double skin milk.
"Remember this?"
Author's side note: Oh my god, I'm super busy today, but I'll get back to it as soon as possible!! (I'm so full of energy, as if I'm not slacking off hh)