The boy was awakened by a knock on the door. He looked outside vigilantly and heard Song Jinxiu's voice.
He quickly jumped out of bed and opened the door.
Song Jinxiu's hand was still raised in the air as she knocked on the door.
"You're up so early!" Song Jinxiu handed him the lunch box in her arms.
"You eat first. I have to go to work now. I'll come and talk to you at noon." After saying that, he left without even entering the room.
The boy opened his mouth, retreated back into his room and locked the door.
He found a secluded corner in the room to hide his lunch box before going out to wash his face.
I already ate yesterday, so I can’t eat anymore today. After all, everyone has very little food, so I can’t be ungrateful.
He wants to plan his future.
He definitely couldn't stay in his original village anymore, and his mother had come here to escape famine, so he didn't even have any relatives outside.
I thought about the surrounding villages, but I didn’t know which one could accommodate me.
After thinking about it, he thought that since he could earn work points in exchange for food, the villagers should not reject a labor force that was about to grow up.
As for living, you can just build a thatched hut.
But straw is quite precious nowadays, so it’s okay to just make do in a shabby house in the village.
Thinking this way, life seems to have hope again.
The weather can't continue like this forever. After a few years of good harvests, I will earn more and more work points and be able to save a lot of food.
Then he could send some to the kind sister. He had heard that life in the city was not easy either. Not only was food rationed, but even vegetables were rationed.
Then I can order more vegetables for her every year, and as for myself, I can just eat wild vegetables.
In autumn, you can also pick mountain products. If you are lucky, you may even pick up pheasants or rabbits.
Thinking of meat, the boy swallowed unconsciously.
It was soon noon, and when there was a knock on the door, the boy realized that he had been in the room for the whole morning.
He walked over to open the door a little nervously. He was wearing clean clothes and even the straw sandals on his feet had been washed yesterday.
Song Jinxiu stood outside the door with a smile on her face. "Can I come in?"
"Okay, okay." The young man quickly stepped back a few steps to make way.
Song Jinxiu walked in and closed the door.
Then he took out two multi-grain steamed buns from the bag and handed them to the boy: "You must be hungry. This is for you."
"I'm not hungry, I'm not hungry. I already ate yesterday. You can leave it for yourself!" The young man waved his hand and said.
This is steamed corn bread. The aroma of food lingers on the tip of his pen. He has never smelled such a fragrant steamed corn bread.
"Yesterday? Didn't I bring you breakfast this morning?" Song Jinxiu asked puzzledly.
Did I remember it wrong?
"Yes, I still have it here. I can't bear to eat it. I'll just eat the porridge today. Thank you." The young man said a little awkwardly.
He ran to the corner and took out the cooled porridge.
Because the weather was too hot and there was no well here, the boy was afraid that the porridge would go bad, so he put it in a cool corner.
He carefully held the bowl of multi-grain porridge with more soup and less rice.
Song Jinxiu didn't say anything more. She put away the two steamed buns, sat on the stool and asked the young man.
"What's your name? Where are you from? How old are you? What are your future plans?"
"My name is Huang Xiwang. I'm from Xiaolugou Village, but I probably won't be one soon. I'm fifteen years old this year," said the boy.
He told Song Jinxiu his plan again, then looked at her nervously.
"I will definitely pay you back double for my medical expenses, housing expenses, and food today."
Song Jinxiu thought about the boy's conversation. She didn't know how feasible what he said was.
But I remember the village chief said before that it is difficult for an outsider to integrate into a village.
If she wasn't so popular, she might have been ostracized by the village.
But she looked at the person in front of her. His cheeks were sunken, he was dark-skinned, and he was skinny. There was no beauty at all.
Also, although he is fifteen, he looks like twelve or thirteen, which doesn't look like a member of the labor force at all.
Song Jinxiu felt that the other party had neither stunning beauty nor strong fighting power, so it was a close call!
"It's a good idea. You can give it a try." Song Jinxiu thought a lot, but still nodded and said, "Do you have a favorite village?"
The young man nodded and then shook his head: "I seldom leave the village, but I have heard about the general reputation of the nearby villages.
I can try them one by one, as long as there is one who is willing to accept me."
"How about this, you go and try it first. If it doesn't work, you can come to find me at the tobacco and alcohol counter in the department store." Song Jinxiu said.
"I don't mean anything else. Meeting is destiny. Besides, at least I saved you.
It would be reasonable for you to come and say hello to me after you settle down, right?" Song Jinxiu said.
"Yeah!" Huang Xiwang nodded. He still wanted to repay the other party.
"Do you live far from here?" Song Jinxiu asked.
“It’s not far, my previous village was only a few kilometers away from the city.
The village I want to go to is also nearby." Huang Xiwang said!
"That's good. I'll wait for your good news then." Song Jinxiu exchanged a few more words with him and roughly understood his situation.
I can only say, it's quite miserable.
When he was a child, his grandparents passed away one after another, and later, his father also died in an accident.
Only he and his frail mother were left.
My mother has a soft personality, and everyone in the village wants to touch her.
As a result, there were fewer and fewer things in the house, and the life of the orphan and widow became more and more difficult.
Even in the cafeteria, the two of them ate the worst food.
But those two years were happy, at least they could eat enough.
Eventually his mother collapsed from overwork, and he had to shoulder the burden of supporting the family at such a young age.
When there was a famine, life became even more difficult for the mother and daughter.
Not long ago, after his mother passed away, everyone in the village said that he was a jinx and that his entire family was unlucky.
Perhaps the famine was caused by him, so they used various methods to seize his house and drive him out of the village.
Let this disaster star stay away from the village.
All kinds of vicious words came out like crazy.
What happened next was that the disheartened boy met Song Jinxiu and was rescued by her.
The two of them parted ways. Huang Xiwang touched the steamed buns and the half-eaten lunch box on his body, and felt warm in his heart.
He borrowed this lunch box from Song Jinxiu and will return it when he comes in a few days.
Because he had already eaten yesterday, Huang Xiwang was reluctant to eat it all at once today.
I plan to keep it and eat it slowly. If it weren't for the current weather, it could have been kept for several more days.
As for the steamed corn bread, Song Jinxiu left it to him before she left, and told him to put it on his account and remember to return it later.
He went to the village he had his eyes on with full of expectations.
There are still many good people in the world, and I must not let her down for saving my life.
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