Chapter 2 Usatos
Yu An decided not to use the last hundred dollars. He carefully stuffed the money under his pillow, but then felt uneasy and moved the money again, stuffing it inside his pillowcase.
The little guy sat on the edge of the bed and thought for a while. He was already a three-year-old boy, and he had to support himself with his own hands!
Yu An nodded firmly, his eyes sweeping across his bare little room and landing on the plastic bag on the floor. He immediately jumped off the bed and picked up the bag.
Now, he's going to pick up plastic bottles to make money!
Yu An remembered that the aunt in the supermarket told him that he could use the empty water bottles he picked up to exchange for money from Mr. Wang on the street, and the money could be used to buy ice cream.
Yu An once bought ice cream when he had more money. It was delicious but very expensive.
If he could make a lot of money by picking up bottles, he would reward himself with an ice cream, Yu An thought, and walked along the roadside with the bag in his hand full of energy, lowering his head and looking around for empty bottles.
Soon his bag was filled with two or three bottles. On the way, he met an old man who was also carrying a bag and picking up bottles. The old man's bag was much bigger than his plastic bag and was almost full of plastic bottles.
Yu An stared at the old man's urea bag with envy, then looked at the plastic bag that only contained two or three bottles. He decided to follow the old man to see how he found the empty bottles and learn from his experience.
I saw the old man rummaging through the trash can with pliers, finding an empty bottle from a pile of garbage, crushing it and throwing it into the urea bag.
After searching one bucket, move on to the next.
Yu An followed the old man carefully and after observing for a while, he found that this method was not suitable for him because he was not even as tall as the trash can.
Alas... I can only pick up the bottles on the ground.
Yu An turned around and left in disappointment. At this moment, the old man suddenly called him.
"Kid, where are your family?" The old man frowned as he looked at his washed-out clothes and the plastic bag in his hand. "You only give birth but don't raise them? Young people these days..."
Yu An could tell that the old man was dissatisfied with his family. He only had his grandmother, but she was a very good grandmother. Yu An couldn't help but speak up for his grandmother, "Grandma is very good."
"What about your grandma? Why doesn't she care about you? And what about your mom? Do they want you to pick up trash outside?"
"I don't have any parents, and grandma... Grandma is dead." Yu An pursed her lips, her lake-blue eyes filled with moisture, "But grandma loves me very much, she likes me the most..."
No matter how long it takes, Yu An cannot get over his grandmother's death. The memories of that night are too tragic. Every time he touches them, he bleeds. It is a scar that even time cannot heal.
The old man was stunned for a moment, looking bewildered. He put down the urea bag, wiped his dirty hands on his clothes, and touched Yu An's head. "I'm sorry, child, it was grandpa who said the wrong thing, grandpa..."
The old man choked up. Facing such a poor child, what could he, a scavenger, do? The old man was stunned.
After a long time, the old man took out an empty bottle from his urea bag and put it into Yu An's plastic bag. A look of embarrassment flashed across his sun-tanned face. He sighed, picked up the urea bag and continued to pick up the garbage.
Yu An looked at the old man's back, then at the plastic bag filled with things. He trotted forward and bowed his thin back solemnly, "Thank you, Grandpa."
The old man smiled and waved him away.
Yu An took the bag of plastic bottles and went to Grandpa Wang on the street. He raised the bag high in his hand, mustered up his courage, and said to Grandpa Wang at the top of his voice, "Grandpa Wang, can I exchange these for money?"
Grandpa Wang looked at the child. He knew Yu An. It could be said that everyone around here knew this child. The home invasion and murder case that year caused a sensation in this small mountain village. This child, as a survivor, had lost his family. People around him helped him in every way they could.
"Come, let me weigh it." Grandpa Wang put Yu An's bag of plastic bottles on the electronic scale. It showed less than one kilogram. Grandpa Wang smiled and said, "Well! Great. Come here, Xiao An. Here, I'll give you five dollars."
Yu An didn't know that his bag of plastic bottles was not worth a single dollar. He happily took the five yuan bill and touched it again and again. His lake-blue eyes sparkled, and he said shyly and excitedly, "Thank you, Grandpa Wang."
Grandpa Wang smiled brightly and rubbed Yu An's little head with his calloused hands. "Next time, if you still have these, bring them to me and exchange them for money."
Yu An nodded heavily, and left with the five yuan in his hand, feeling satisfied. On the way home, he heard a faint humming sound coming from the bushes beside the road.
I’m so hungry…
He stopped and curiously pushed aside the branches. There was a little dog lying in the grass. The dog was wet all over and was licking its fur pitifully.
When the little dog saw Yu An, it subconsciously arched its back and breathed at him. Yu An had never seen such a ferocious dog, so he stepped back timidly.
The little dog bared its teeth at him: [Go away!]
Yu An has been able to understand the inner thoughts of these animals since he was a child. His grandmother told him that this was his own ability and he must not tell others.
He looked around to make sure no one was around, and said in a baby voice, "Puppy."
The little dog was stunned for a moment, then seemed to sense his harmlessness. It slowly approached him, wagging its tail and making a flattering sound in its throat, "You won't hit me?"
Yu An shook his head, and the puppy jumped around happily twice.
Yu An tentatively touched the little dog's head. The puppy raised its head obediently, rubbed his little hand, and licked his fingers enthusiastically.
Yu An's eyes were full of smiles. Looking at the skinny body of the puppy, he stood up and took a look. Then he took the five dollars he had just earned and went to a nearby store to buy a two-dollar sausage.
He struggled to open the packaging of the sausage, swallowed his saliva, and handed the sausage to the puppy, "Little dog, eat."
【like! 】
The puppy ate the ham while wagging its tail happily. After finishing, it circled around Yu An's legs enthusiastically. Yu An refused to leave even when he tried to chase him away, and followed him back to the tin house.
It is a very happy thing to have a puppy whose eyes are full of you. Yu An was clung to by the little dog several times and smiled with his eyes curved.
He bent down, picked up the little dog, and whispered to it in his ear, "I don't have much money, you can't eat sausage every day... But I can pick up empty bottles to feed you."
Yu An hesitated for a few seconds, but changed his words. He said that he had no good food to eat because many delicious foods were very expensive, but the ham sausage for the puppy was very cheap. As long as he picked up more bottles, he could give it to the puppy.
Thinking of this, Yu An's eyes gradually became firm, and his little fists clenched tightly. He must work harder to pick up trash!
The little dog wagged its tail quickly, [I like you! ]
The puppy rubbed Yu An's chin with its head, its eyes filled with its little master. The puppy didn't care whether its little master had money or not, it only knew that it had a home.
With the company of the little dog, Yu An felt much better. He named the little dog Monday because today was Monday.
In the story his grandmother told him before, the protagonist named the people who accompanied him after the days of the week. Little Yu'an had no idea how to name a good one, so he simply followed the protagonist's example and named the puppy that accompanied him Monday.
On the night he adopted the puppy, Yu An was half asleep when he heard Monday, who was sleeping beside him, growl in fear. He sat up with sleepy eyes and said, "Monday, I'm sleepy~ Let's go to sleep."
Monday's earthy yellow eyes were fixed on the iron gate. Sensing danger, he straightened his back and breathed towards the door.
Yu An realized something was wrong and immediately perked up and looked towards the door. In his shocked eyes, a thin arm without bones crawled in from the gap in the door.
Yu An's breath was choked, and he hid in the bed in panic. Seeing Zhou Yi still glaring at his arm and growling, he hurriedly picked up the puppy and huddled in the quilt, "You're a bad guy. Zhou Yi won't go, be a good boy."
The puppy has a keener sense of danger. Although it is also very scared, it bares its teeth and barks at the arm in order to protect its little master.
"It will be fine soon..." Yu An closed his eyes tightly in fear, his small body shaking unconsciously, "We sleep and wake up and it will all be gone."
He had encountered this situation several times. As long as he closed his eyes and waited for a while, the monster in front of him would disappear when he opened his eyes again.
Yu An counted secretly in his heart: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5...
At this time, huge creatures wandering around in space were wriggling their tentacles. They were gray in color, with circles of strange black patterns scattered on their bodies. Even time and space were slightly distorted around them.
His powerful tentacles ignored the radiation in space, easily grabbing other creatures around him and throwing them into his fang-filled mouth. No living thing could escape wherever he passed.
The various space life forms that were fleeing in all directions were shouting using their respective species' communication frequencies: [Uzathoth is coming, run quickly!!!]
[Help, help! There are Uzathoths here too! What sins have I committed to encounter them?!]
The Usatos are dangerous and mysterious. Most of them hunt alone. The probability of encountering an Usatos in the vast universe is extremely small. The unfortunate ones can only wait in despair for the tentacles of the Usatos to crush them.
But suddenly, all the Usatos were stunned, and the frightened whimper of a cub echoed in their minds, so frightened and helpless that it was enough to break their heart.
The Uzathoths were all shocked. Their tribe actually had cubs? And the cubs were crying?!
The powerful immortals were extremely surprised, but their love for their cubs was imprinted in their genetic sequences, and the Usatos spoke in the communication channel within the race.
[Someone's child is crying, go comfort him.]
[He can't even take care of his own cubs. He's so useless! If I were this parent, I'd hang myself out of shame.]
"How can you scare a child?! What good are you?! If you can't take care of a cub, send it back to the tribe!"
【……】
The cub's parents have not responded, and the Usatos have launched a huge spiritual search, but found nothing, as if the cub has no parents to take care of it at all.
The Usatos were stunned for a few seconds, then realized a possibility, and with joy in their hearts, they waved their tentacles and rushed towards the direction of the cub.
Cubs without parental supervision can be taken care of by other members of the tribe on a first-come, first-served basis!
When the Usatos arrived near the blue planet, they were shocked to find that there was already an Usatos there, and his aura was very strong.
The Usatos who didn't get the initiative were very depressed. They all wandered around the planet, with countless tentacles swinging around in frustration, and they cursed their fellow who was already next to the cub hundreds of times with envy and jealousy in their hearts.
Today is a depressing day as I didn’t get any cubs.
The Usatos did not rashly enter the near-Earth range. They found that the space of this planet was very fragile and could only withstand the power of one Usatos. If one more came, the space would collapse.
It doesn't matter if the planet breaks, but it would be bad if the little cubs were hurt.
The parents who were worried about their children scolded the irresponsible parents of the cubs and rushed back to the origin of the Usatos race.
Inside the huge temple, several strange black and white creatures floating in the air were calling out to the master of the temple.
[Boss, we found a poor cub without parental supervision on a remote planet. I want to be its guardian, is that okay?]
[Go to hell! I've taken care of cubs before, so this little cub should continue to be left to me!]
[You'll only raise a lawless, annoying kid. You can't touch this cute cub!]
Even though they had never seen the cubs, several Usatos parents had already imagined the adorable little angel from Yu An's soft and weak baby voice. In order to fight for the custody of the cubs, several Usatos waved their tentacles and whipped each other.
But as the fight went on, the Uzathoths discovered that the boss who used to hate the noise the most never showed up. They stopped fighting and looked at each other with their lake blue eyes.
[Boss, are you there? ]
【……】
There are only a few of the Usatos race, so it is obvious which one is missing. On second thought, the identity of the one who is around the cub is self-evident.
The Usatos fell silent, pretending that they had not proposed anything just now. They ran to the planet where the cubs were and continued to reinforce the dilapidated space of the planet.
Wait a little longer, baby, they will come to pick him up soon!
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