Chapter 436: Besides, don’t you owe me enough?
She didn't want to do that, but the world was too cruel to an orphan like her and her widow. She had no money to treat her child's illness, and no ability to give her a complete family. Even on New Year's Eve, when every family was having the New Year's Eve dinner together, she couldn't even find a dollar on her body to buy food for her child.
The more Zheng Xiaolian cried, the sadder she became, and the more upset she became, as if she wanted to cry out all the grievances she had suffered over the years.
Song Wenlin, who was standing by, also heard what the child said.
At this moment, he suddenly realized that Zheng Xiaolian really wanted to die holding the child.
At this moment, he was actually very grateful that he suddenly wanted to come and have a look tonight.
If he hadn't come, would the mother and daughter be just two cold corpses?
When he thought of this, Song Wenlin felt that even breathing was painful.
Without any hesitation, he strode forward and pulled the two fluttering men up.
He pulled Zheng Xiaolian, who was still crying and a little dazed, and helped her onto the back seat of the bicycle.
"Sit still and follow me!"
Song Wenlin didn't ride. He knew that Zheng Xiaolian was married, so he was always careful about his behavior. But seeing that she and the child were too cold, he simply took off his cotton coat and put it on Zheng Xiaolian.
Zheng Xiaolian didn't want it, but Song Wenlin looked down at the child.
"You're not cold, but the child is! Put on some clothes!"
After saying this, he pushed his bicycle on the empty street against the wind and snow.
The snow had almost stopped by then.
The ground was covered in white. The dim street lights stretched their shadows out long, and the sound of firecrackers continued to ring in their ears.
But Song Wenlin's mood was different.
My heart feels as heavy as the bicycle with people on it.
During the Chinese New Year, not many restaurants are open, after all, everyone has gone home to celebrate the New Year and have reunion dinners.
There was no way Song Wenlin could take them home, so he pushed the cart directly to the nearest hot pot restaurant.
This branch was just opened some time ago, and he bought all the items in it himself. He is also the main person in charge now, so he remembers that there are still a lot of ingredients that have not been used up in the kitchen.
Stopping at the door of the hot pot restaurant, he took out the key and opened the door.
But Zheng Xiaolian was holding Xiaoxiao and staring at the sign at the door in a daze.
After he opened the door and turned on all the lights inside, he noticed that the mother and daughter had not come in yet.
"Xiao Lian, come in?"
Zheng Xiaolian was a little hesitant because this hot pot restaurant was very popular in Beijing. She had heard of it, but she didn't have the money to come and eat.
Zheng Lijun has been there to eat with his coworkers a few times. After coming back, they kept saying that the food was delicious. It seemed that being able to eat here was a matter of pride for them.
But Zheng Xiaolian never thought that Song Wenlin would have any relationship with this store.
She walked into the store carefully holding Xiaoxiao, fearing that she would dirty the clean floor.
She looked around and asked in a low voice: "This, this store, is it you who opened it?"
Song Wenlin nodded, then shook his head.
"My sister and I opened this business together! Come and sit down! You and the kids wait for a moment, I'll go to the kitchen to see what's available!"
After saying that, he turned and went into the kitchen.
Zheng Xiaolian held Xiaoxiao in her arms and found a place in the corner to sit down awkwardly. The stools here were actually soft sofas.
The outside looks like leather, so nice.
For fear of getting it dirty, she only dared to sit on the edge.
When Song Wenlin brought out the shabu-shabu hotpot, he found that she seemed particularly nervous.
Xiaoxiao was held in her arms and sat on her lap the whole time, and she didn't even dare to let her move.
Song Wenlin placed the pot on the table and lit some charcoal underneath.
Only then did he take Xiaoxiao over.
"Come on, Xiaoxiao, uncle will give you some candy!"
He was looking for food in the kitchen just now, and he unexpectedly found a bag of milk candy and a bag of fruit candy. These were the leftovers from the year-end benefits he gave to his employees.
He gave the two bags of candy to the children and brought out the washed and cut vegetables.
He cut the sausage, soaked the black fungus, and also found some cabbage, radish, winter melon, vermicelli, and dry noodles.
There wasn't much meat left, but it was still enough for the mother and daughter to have a few meals.
The mutton was frozen hard and was cut into slices by him, and the pork ribs were cut into thin strips.
Seeing how many things he had produced, Zheng Xiaolian felt really embarrassed.
"Wenlin, that's enough, stop it, just eat the noodles!"
Song Wenlin smiled and said, "The child is young, how can he only eat these nutritious foods?"
As he spoke, he took out five eggs from his pocket like a magic trick.
Watch the soup in the pot start to boil.
Just crack the eggs into the mushroom soup pot on the other side.
"This mushroom soup is good for your health. I know you like spicy food, so here is a spicy hot pot. Eating something spicy can also drive away the cold!"
At this time, the air was already filled with the aroma of mushrooms and the fragrance of spicy hot pot.
Zheng Xiaolian said she was not hungry, but her stomach had already betrayed her.
The "gurgling" sound is particularly abrupt in the quiet hot pot restaurant.
Xiaoxiao giggled and said, "Mom is hungry!"
As she spoke, she rubbed her belly, tilted her head back, and looked at Song Wenlin with a wronged expression.
"Uncle, Xiaoxiao is hungry too. Xiaoxiao hasn't had a full meal for several days!"
Song Wenlin rubbed her head with concern.
"Xiaoxiao, be good. Eat as much as you want today. Uncle will make sure you are full!"
Xiaoxiao was very happy when she heard that. Suddenly, as if she remembered something, she looked up at Zheng Xiaolian opposite her.
She pursed her lips and said, "But, uncle, my mother has no money..."
Zheng Xiaolian didn't expect her daughter to say such a thing, and her face was filled with panic.
He rubbed his hands together nervously.
"Well, Wenlin, I, I owe you this meal. How much is it? I will pay you back later!"
Song Wenlin waved his hand: "Why are you being so polite to me? It's nothing. Just eat!"
As he spoke, he suddenly looked at her intently.
"Besides, how much do you owe me?"
These words made Zheng Xiaolian on the opposite side relax.
She smiled guiltily, but her eyes passed Song Wenlin and looked out the glass window.
"Yes, I owe you too much, so much that I can never repay you in this lifetime..."
Song Wenlin helped her mix the ingredients in the bowl.
Tell her how to eat.
It was Zheng Xiaolian’s first time eating such hotpot and she obviously didn’t know how to start.
Song Wenlin simply made himself a bowl and ate with the mother and daughter.
I don't know when, snowflakes started falling outside the house, but there was warm sunshine inside the house.
The steam rising from the hot pot, carrying the flavor of life, warmed Zheng Xiaolian's face and her heart.
It made her feel that being alive was not such a bad thing.
It was the first time that Xiaoxiao enjoyed her meal so much.
Song Wenlin ate while feeding her. Xiaoxiao looked at her uncle in front of her and felt so happy.
After the meal, Zheng Xiaolian helped him clean up the table.
Watching Song Wenlin lock the door, she hugged Xiaoxiao and smiled at her.
"Thank you for today, Wenlin!"
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