The bag was placed on Zhou Xiang's shoulders. Zhou Xiang tried hard to carry the bag and slowly walked out of the supply and marketing cooperative. It weighed more than 30 kilograms, almost as much as his own weight.
After walking out of the supply and marketing cooperative, he put the bag against the wall, opened the bag, put his hand in, and instantly the milk powder and malted milk entered the space.
Zhou Xiang carried the bag, which weighed only a few pounds, along the wall to the corner and threw it all into the space. He was so tired.
I went to a state-owned restaurant to replenish my energy and ordered a plate of braised pork and a bowl of rice.
Looking at the big bowl of rice, Zhou Xiang was stunned, forgetting that the bowls of this era were large coarse porcelain bowls.
"Sister, can I buy a bowl and go?"
"Sure, fifty cents." The waitress grinned. She was forty years old, but was still called sister by a little girl.
Zhou asked for an empty bowl, took out half a bowl of rice, ate half a bowl of braised pork, put the braised pork into the bowl of rice, paid, and took the bowl out.
As I walked along, I didn't find a chance to throw the bowl into the space because there was a little tail following me.
Zhou Xiang turned around and asked the dirty little girl who looked only three or four years old, "Why are you following me all the way?"
"Yaya is hungry." Heihei's fingers were still in his mouth, being sucked.
Zhou Xiang bent down and pulled out her dirty finger, "Eating your finger will hurt your stomach."
The little girl was so scared that she quickly put her fingers behind her back and said, "No, my stomach doesn't hurt. I don't have money. I need to buy medicine."
Zhou Xiang pinched a piece of lean meat and put it into her mouth. The little girl smiled happily, revealing her white teeth on her dark face.
"It's delicious. It smells really good."
Zhou wanted to put the bowl in her hands, but he felt a little worried when he saw that she couldn't hold the bowl with both hands.
He brought the bowl back and asked, "Where is your home? Take me there, and I'll bring this meat home for you."
"Brother, scold me and don't bring anyone home."
"Don't be afraid, if your brother dares to scold you, I will beat him up."
The little girl thought about it, nodded, turned around and led the way.
Zhou Xiang followed her, turning left and right, and finally arrived at the gate of a small courtyard. The little girl pushed the door open.
"Brother, I'm back and I brought my sister back with me."
A boy of six or seven years old quickly ran out of the dilapidated and low house.
"Who are you?" he said as he pulled the little girl behind him.
"My name is Zhou Xiang. This little girl was hungry. I saw her when I came out of the restaurant. I have some leftover food in my bowl. If you don't mind, give it to her!"
"Take it away, we don't need it." The boy said with his neck stiff.
Zhou Xiang sat down on the small bench in the yard. "Yes, you have backbone. You won't eat the charity given by others, but have you asked your sister? Is she hungry? Is she willing to eat?"
Sometimes integrity cannot be eaten, it can only cause yourself to suffer and your loved ones to suffer.
Anyone who has their kindness rejected by you like this will be unhappy. No one owes you anything. I just feel sorry for the hungry little girl.
For someone like you, no one would care if you starved to death. You are so strong-willed, I believe you would rather starve to death than let your sister starve, right?"
He waved to the little girl and said, "Little sister, come and eat. Your brother has backbone. He can be full by gnawing on his backbone. You can't compete with him."
The little girl looked at her brother and said nothing.
The little boy looked at his sister's dark and thin face, turned his head away and said nothing.
The little girl didn't dare to go in front of Zhou Xiang.
The atmosphere was tense. At this moment, there was a noise in the house and the little boy quickly ran into the house.
Zhou Xiang took the bowl and walked into the kitchen without hesitation. He found a pair of chopsticks and fed the little girl. The little girl looked back at the house while eating, afraid that her brother would suddenly come out.
Zhou Xiang thought the little girl was only half full, so he stopped feeding her. "You've been hungry for a long time, and if you suddenly eat too much, your stomach will hurt."
The little girl covered her stomach and said, "No, no."
Zhou Xiang put down his bowl and chopsticks and asked, "Besides you and your brother, who else is at home?"
"Grandma, grandma is lying in bed. She has no money and can't go to the hospital."
After hearing this, Zhou Xiang felt that the little boy was too hateful. He only knew how to be tough. Humph, how much is integrity worth? Are family members not important?
Zhou Xiang walked into the room. It was very dark inside. He stood there for a while to adjust himself before he could see everything clearly.
There are two rooms, and the main room outside has only a broken table and a few benches.
A faint voice came from the inner room, "Qiangqiang! Your name isn't Qiangqiang, but it means you're so stubborn. The girl outside was right. You'd rather go hungry, but what about Yaya? Isn't she hungry? She's only three years old!"
"Grandma, if we rely on others' charity, we will really become beggars. They call me a poor beggar all day long. If I really accept it, what will others say?"
Zhou Xiang couldn't help but reply, "Is your face more important? Or is your family more important? I don't believe that there are no neighbors to help you, but if you push it away, who would be willing to put their face in the cold shoulder?"
For your face, your sister is starving; for your face, your grandmother is lying in bed and unable to get up. If you don't accept your neighbors, don't you still have the neighborhood committee?
If you don't even ask the neighborhood committee for help, who else can you ask? If you don't ask anyone, will everyone starve together? If your grandmother keeps dragging things on like this, what will happen to you and your sister if something happens?
You are too foolish and pedantic at such a young age, unable to adapt, and dragging your family members into suffering."
The old lady on the bed looked at the girl in front of her. The little girl was only about ten years old. She spoke in a very eloquent way, and her grandson lowered his head because of what she said.
Luo Shaoqiang lowered his head and thought for a long time, then raised his head and looked at Zhou Xiang, "What do you think I should do now?"
"Tell me about your family first. How do you live?"
"My father was a soldier and died. My mother ran away, leaving us three. We usually live on my father's pension, which is barely enough. This month, my grandmother fell ill, and all the money was spent on her medical treatment. I also borrowed money."
Zhou wanted to raise his hand to hit him, then put it down, raised his hand again and put it down again, and finally pointed his finger at his forehead in hatred.
"I've never seen anyone as stupid as you. You're so stupid! You're the relatives of martyrs! You enjoy the highest treatment. If you have any problems, go to the neighborhood committee and they will definitely come to help. If they don't come, go to your superiors! Who dares to bully the relatives of martyrs?
Don't you treat what children say as bullshit? Sometimes children's words are more hurtful than adults'. If you care about these things, you will never be able to finish worrying about them for the rest of your life.
You live for yourself and your family, not for other people's gossip.
If someone asked you to jump into the river, would you go? A few words of insult, and you take them seriously. If someone dares to say something serious, you can sue him because you are a martyr's relative, sue him for defamation, sue him for disrespecting martyrs' relatives.
You have a good hand of cards, but you hold it in your hand and don't play it. If you were my brother, I could beat you half to death. Now, go to the neighborhood committee immediately and report the situation at home. They won't dare not come."
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