"Okay, I won't cry!" Tiger quickly touched his eyes; he couldn't let Erni look down on him.
Erni whispered to him, "How much money do we have left?"
Tiger took out a notebook from his worn-out satchel. "I keep accounts here."
Erni picked up the notebook and flipped through it. The largest expense was her grandfather's surgery, which cost nearly 100 yuan. Then there were the hospital deposit and the food they had bought for the family during this time. She calculated the final amount.
"That means we have less than 20 yuan left."
"Yes." Erhu took out a steamed bun from his bag. Because it had been sitting for too long, it was already very hard. He forcefully broke off a large piece and gave it to Erni.
"Don't worry about money right now, eat something quickly, or you won't be able to hold on."
Erni picked up a steamed bun and ate it while thinking about how she could get another sum of money as soon as possible.
She thought of stealing again, but if she got caught, she would either be sent to the law enforcement office or get a beating!
Those adults don't care about the hardships of children; they only want to vent that their things have been stolen.
Of course, stealing is wrong, but I can't think of any other way to make money.
At this moment, the wealthy man thought to himself, "If only I were a little older."
You can go out and work as a nanny to earn money.
Tiger took out the money he had saved from selling ice cream from his pocket.
I have a few dollars here.
"Where did you get the money?" Erni asked.
Looking into your sharp eyes, Tiger could only tell the truth.
“It was Sanwa who gave it to me. He often goes out to sell ice cream when we’re not around.”
"He's only six years old!" Erni exclaimed, looking at the money in his hand. "Where does he sell ice cream every day?"
Tiger was worried that Erni would beat them up when she got back. "He said he works at the train station and sometimes even collects and sells garbage."
Don't be angry. Everyone is growing up. They know money is important, and they don't want to lose their grandfather either.
Erni stared at the few yuan and thought of Sanwa, who was small in stature, selling ice cream at the train station every day and picking up recyclables from the garbage dump—things she knew nothing about.
"I'm just feeling bad inside; I'm powerless."
"I don't have the ability either!"
"Tiger! I really want to grow up now, so I can work as a nanny in someone's house and earn a sum of money every month."
"I want to join the army!" Tiger became spirited when he talked about his ideal. He straightened his clothes and then, like in the movies, walked around Erni.
"How do I look? Am I handsome?"
“It looks really good!” Erni said.
Tiger sat down again. "So don't be unhappy!"
Erni leaned her head slightly against Huzi. She had been so tired lately, bearing everything that an adult should bear, especially when the doctor explained Grandpa's condition to her.
She found those words difficult to understand, but she had to try her best to comprehend them!
"I really want to become rich, so that I can solve everything."
"Yes, I will!" Tiger said.
Erni slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep; she was simply too tired.
Tiger saw that Erni was asleep and didn't dare to move, because she hadn't slept for a long time.
I don't care about him, and sometimes I even find a place to sleep by myself!
Erni was the first child her grandparents adopted. Because she was frail and sickly, her grandmother had to worry about her the most.
When her grandmother died, Erni cried the most and eventually fainted.
That's when he realized what death was: once a person dies, they disappear and can never be seen again.
Tears streamed down his face, and he wiped them away with his hand.
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Lu Zhixia woke up from her sleep and realized that Zhou An'an was using her as a pillow. He was sleeping so soundly that she could only slowly push his legs back.
I slept for a while on the train during the day, but now that I've woken up, I can't fall back asleep. I peeked out the curtains and saw that it was still quite dark outside, not yet dawn.
Looking at my watch in the moonlight, it was just past 3 o'clock.
Zhou An'an reached out and touched nothing, then subconsciously opened her eyes. She was momentarily dazed before realizing that they were in a bed at a guesthouse.
"Can't you sleep?"
"You're awake too?" Lu Zhixia asked.
“Yeah!” Zhou An’an rubbed his eyes and sat up. “I slept too much on the train, otherwise I wouldn’t be awake now.”
"It'll be dawn in a little over two hours." Lu Zhixia simply drew back the curtains.
The moon is very bright tonight, and the stars around it are also very bright.
So they sat together and looked at the moon and stars outside.
"Xiaxia, do you think there's another world above the sky?"
"There probably are!"
"What kind of world would that be?"
"A world different from ours!"
"Oh, that's just a waste of your breath!"
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