In late December, Meng Yiming and his family were about to leave.
The mother gave the nanny her final salary and let her go.
That night, his parents went out to say goodbye to a friend, leaving Meng Yiming alone at home.
He heard a knock on the door, opened it and saw it was Erni.
It was snowing outside, Erni's head and clothes were covered with snow, and she was still barefoot.
"Er Ni, why are you here so late? Where are your shoes?"
Erni was shivering from the cold, her teeth chattering when she spoke, and she couldn't speak clearly.
Meng Yiming let Erni into the house, where there was a fire. After warming herself for a while, Erni said, "Mom said you guys are leaving soon."
Meng Yiming nodded, "Well, where are your shoes?"
Erni lowered her head, "Grandma took it away."
Meng Yiming was furious. "Why can't you be more tough?! If she wants it, you give it to her?!"
Erni lowered her head even lower, "If you don't give it to me, grandma will beat me."
Meng Yiming: “…”
Erni stretched her hand out from her sleeve, holding a small fish woven from gray wool, half the size of a palm.
"Brother, this is for you." Erni said, "I don't have buns or candy, I only have this fish."
Meng Yiming asked: "Where did it come from?"
"My mother knitted it."
The nanny knitted a sweater for Fuguier, but there was only a little yarn left, so she couldn't knit anything else.
Erni asked the nanny to weave a fish for her.
The nanny has been pregnant for more than seven months. Everyone says that you can tell she is pregnant with a son by looking at her belly. The nanny has been in a good mood recently, so she knitted this fish for Erni.
Meng Yiming suddenly felt a sour feeling in his nose.
Erni gave him the best she could.
Meng Yiming took the fish and said, "Don't worry, I will definitely come back to find you."
Erni said, "I'm going back."
"Wait a moment." Meng Yiming found a pair of his shoes for Erni to wear, "I'll take you home."
It was so late and it was still snowing outside. He was really worried about a little girl of seven walking alone at night.
The shoes were too big, and they fell off with every step Erni took, making it impossible for her to walk at all.
Erni took off her shoes again and walked barefoot on the snow.
Every step Erni took seemed to be stepping on Meng Yiming's heart, and his heart felt painful and cold.
"Er Ni, aren't your feet cold?"
Erni said, "You won't feel cold after walking for a while."
Yes, after walking for a while, you will feel numb from the cold and no longer feel cold.
This is the longest journey Meng Yiming has ever walked.
Several times, he wanted to take Erni with him, but he held back.
His parents would never agree!
Meng Yiming felt powerless.
He himself is still dependent on his parents for support, so how can he have the ability to support Erni?
Finally, after sending Erni to the door of her home, Meng Yiming stopped and said, "You go in quickly. I won't go in."
Erni was still holding his shoes in her hand and wanted to return them to him.
"Here are the shoes for you. Wear them when you grow up."
Erni nodded stupidly and went home carrying her shoes.
Meng Yiming did not leave immediately. He stood at the door and eavesdropped for a while.
Sure enough, after a while, the voice of Erni's grandmother came from inside.
"You dead girl, where have you been so late at night?"
"Why don't you die outside?"
"Whose shoes are these?"
"You went to find him, why didn't you follow him? What are you doing back?"
"You money-loser, what are you going to eat now that their family is gone?"
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Meng Yiming was so angry that he rushed in angrily and saw Erni's grandmother beating Erni again.
Meng Yiming yelled, "Stop hitting me! Are you human?"
Erni's grandmother lost her previous enthusiasm. "Who do I think he is? What does it have to do with you how I discipline my granddaughter?"
Meng Yiming questioned her, "Do you treat her like your granddaughter? You don't give her food or clothes, and she doesn't even have shoes in the snow!"
Erni's grandmother said, "I'll take care of my granddaughter as I please! If you can't stand it, take her away!"
I have to say that Grandma Erni is good at picking out the key points.
After these words were spoken, Meng Yiming fell silent.
But the anger in his heart burned even more fiercely. He cursed Erni's parents who were hiding in the main hall: "Don't you have any conscience? You gave birth to her, how could you bear to treat her like this?"
The nanny turned away and said nothing.
Erni's father said, "You don't even have the right to speak in our family!"
Erni's grandmother was cursing beside her, "Your family didn't care about Erni. You should have stopped caring in the first place. Now that the whole family is gone, what will happen to Erni in the future?"
Meng Yiming had never heard of it.
So, Guan Erni has become his family's responsibility?
Erni's grandmother scolded again, "Erni's mother is about to give birth again, and now she has no job to earn money. How are you going to let our family survive?"
What old witch?!
His family is moving away, so naturally the nanny can't work anymore. Is this his family's fault?!
Meng Yiming couldn't bear to listen any longer, so he grabbed Erni's hand.
"Let's go!"
Erni stood there motionless, looking at him with tears in her eyes and shaking her head.
She didn't cry even when her hand was broken, but at this moment she cried.
Whenever Meng Yiming thought about it later, he felt heartbroken.
Perhaps, at that time, Erni had already realized that she was a burden, and she didn't want to be a burden to him anymore.
Erni's grandmother pushed Erni and urged her, "Go! Follow him!"
Even Erni's parents shouted in the main hall: "Why don't you go!"
Erni used her other hand to push away Meng Yiming's hand, tears streaming down her face, "Brother, please leave quickly."
Erni's head and shoulders were covered in white. She walked barefoot in the snow, her big eyes filled with tears.
"Brother, you are a good person. I will remember you."
Meng Yiming felt pain from his heart to his chest.
This was the cruelest and saddest thing he had ever experienced in his fifteen years of life.
"Wait for me!" He turned and ran.
He didn't want Erni's family to see him crying.
Along the way, he felt deeply powerless and only wanted to become a capable person as soon as possible.
He also understood what his father and teacher said: only a person who does not depend on others is qualified to do what he wants.
When I got home, my parents were already there.
His mother looked at his red eyes and asked, "Where have you been? What happened?"
Meng Yiming pleaded with his mother, "Mom, let's take Erni with us. She's so pitiful."
Meng Yiming talked about what happened today.
The mother said, "Yiming, don't worry about Erni. Their family is a rotten bunch."
Meng Yiming: “…”
The mother continued, "The babysitter knew she couldn't do her job anymore, so she secretly took ten dollars from me yesterday. I have no evidence, but who else could it be?"
"With a family like this, anyone who gets involved will be unlucky," the mother said. "You've done your best to help her, but that's all you can do. Erni can only blame herself for being born into such a family."
After hearing this, Meng Yiming's father's face was heavy. "We should leave here as soon as possible in the next two days."
Who knew that early the next morning, Erni's parents and grandmother came to the door.
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