The sun sets in the west and the tired birds return to their nests.
The beggars who had been busy outside all day returned one after another to their dilapidated courtyard - the Beggars' Gang.
When everyone heard that Li Xiaoer had woken up, they immediately came in waves, one after another, to visit Li Xiaoer.
The first ones to arrive were Zhaodi and the other kids who were the same age as Li Xiaoer.
Li Xiao'e was a little scared.
Due to malnutrition, they were all short and thin, with large heads and dry, yellow hair. Their ill-fitting adult clothes barely covered their bodies, tied at the waist with a hemp rope to prevent them from sliding down.
On the dark and dirty faces, only bright eyes can be vaguely seen.
"Brother Xiaoer, we are great today. Look, each of us has dug a basket of wild vegetables." Wangcai, the shortest one, spoke first and pulled out the basket hidden behind him.
The brown basket was filled with wild vegetables, including gray vegetables, toon, dandelion... and even some wild vegetables that Li Xiao'e couldn't name.
Wangcai looked at Li Xiaoe with a look of seeking praise.
The other children were not to be outdone.
"Little Brother, look at me."
"Little Second Brother, I have quite a few too."
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Everyone looked up, waiting for Li Xiao'e's praise.
Li Xiao'e seemed to see a group of hungry puppies wagging their tails at her.
"Well, you...you all did a good job today, great!" Li Xiao'e squeezed out those words dryly.
When everyone heard this, their mouths opened wide, revealing their big white teeth.
The tail wagged even more happily.
Everyone was vying to tell about the fun things they did when they went to pick wild vegetables today...
Only Zhaodi remained silent and shyly pulled out her vegetable basket. On her basket, on a slightly larger leaf, lay a few red fruits the size of her little finger.
Zhaodi took out the fruit and placed it in front of Li Xiao'e.
This is March Bubble.
When Li Xiao'e was a child, she ate this fruit in her hometown in the countryside. The fruit was red, sour and sweet, and tasted very good.
The red fruits, placed on the green leaves, look even sweeter, more attractive and more delicious.
At this time, Li Xiao'e, who was hungry, saw these March bubbles, his eyes lit up and his saliva couldn't help but secrete quickly.
Swallowing hard, Li Xiao'e picked up a March bubble and put it in his mouth.
The sour and sweet juice bloomed in Li Xiao'e's mouth...
This was real food. Li Xiao'e half-closed her eyes in enjoyment. Finally, she felt a sense of satisfaction. She had never imagined that one day she would feel so satisfied with a single March bubble.
I stretched out my hand, wanting to eat another one, but Uncle Li, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, had already snatched it away, the whole thing, including the leaves.
Li Xiao'e was shocked.
This old man's hand speed is extremely fast.
Are you stealing my food?
Li Xiao'e used her eyes to denounce the old man's evil deeds.
"Waiter, you can't eat anymore. You just woke up and haven't eaten anything. This is too sour and not good for your stomach. I'll give it to you after you've eaten." Uncle Li advised earnestly.
"Hmm..." Li Xiaoer snorted and reluctantly agreed.
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"Thank you!" Li Xiao turned around and sincerely thanked Zhaodi.
"No, no, no need, no need." Zhaodi waved her hands excitedly.
Xiao Er has helped her a lot. This is what she should do. If it weren't for Xiao Er, she doesn't know if she would be alive now...
So now Zhaodi is very grateful to Li Xiaoer and puts Li Xiaoer first in everything. It can be said that she is Li Xiaoer's number one supporter.
Zhaodi stayed with the other children for a while, then left. Children from poor families have to take on responsibilities early. This is the Beggars' Gang, even poorer than the poor, so the children have to take on responsibilities even earlier.
After they came back from looking for wild vegetables, they had to go to the nearby area to collect some firewood and fetch water...
Not long after Zhaodi and the others left, two old men who looked the same age as Grandpa Li came in.
Both of them had white hair and beards, and their faces were full of wrinkles left by wind and frost.
"Waiter, are you feeling better?" Uncle Zhou, the oldest man, looked at Li Xiao'e with care.
Before Li Xiao'e could answer, Mr. Zhou, who was standing beside her, squatted down in front of her, stretched out his right hand in front of her, opened his clenched right hand, smiled foolishly, and said incoherently, "Waiter, eat, it doesn't...it doesn't hurt...it's sweet."
On the withered hand, only a layer of skin remained, a piece of pale yellow sugar lay prominently. Perhaps the person holding it had been tightly gripping it, and the sugar had melted a little.
"Second brother, you..." Uncle Zhou couldn't help but have tears in his eyes.
Who said his brother was stupid? Look, doesn't his brother know how to repay kindness? He's much better than some of the heartless people in this world.
Li Xiao'e was stunned... not knowing how to react. This Zhou Erye clearly had some issues with his brain.
"Eat...eat...eat quickly..." Zhou Erye raised his right hand eagerly, wanting to feed the candy into Li Xiao'e's mouth.
Looking at Zhou Erye's eyes as innocent as a baby's, Li Xiao'e couldn't help but sigh.
Li Xiaoer, what great thing did you do to save the universe that even a silly old man is so nice to you.
Li Xiao'e grabbed Zhou Erye's right hand and said to him with a smile, "Second Grandpa, look, there's a big bird in the sky."
Mr. Zhou Er raised his head foolishly and looked at the roof. Suddenly, something was stuffed into his mouth. He licked it with his tongue and it tasted sweet.
It turned out that Li Xiao'e took advantage of Zhou Ye's distraction and stuffed the candy in Zhou Ye's hand into Zhou Ye's mouth.
Li Xiao'e, who has been following her grandmother to sell goods from door to door since she was a child, is very good at observing people's words and expressions.
When she saw the silly Mr. Zhou Er took out the candy, she swallowed hard. He obviously wanted to eat the candy, but for her, he forced himself to hold back and even gave the candy to her.
"Sugar... sugar..." Mr. Zhou Er pointed at his own mouth and then at Li Xiao'e.
"I also have candy in my mouth, it's so sweet. If you don't believe me, Second Grandpa, try it." Li Xiao'e lied sincerely.
Mr. Zhou believed it and ate the candy in his mouth seriously. It was so sweet that he smiled foolishly.
This scene was seen by Uncle Li and Uncle Zhou. They exchanged glances and smiles appeared in their eyes.
Uncle Li: Although he has lost his memory, he is still my kind-hearted, well-behaved and sensible waiter.
Uncle Zhou: Xiao Er is so good to us brothers, I want to repay him well.
After a while, Uncle Zhou and Uncle Zhou went out to do their work.
One after another, several waves of people came to visit Li Xiao'e.
Some of them brought a bunch of spring wildflowers; some of them brought a sweet potato the size of a baby's fist; some of them brought a bird's egg that they had finally found...
Let Li Xiao'e deeply experience the life of being the group's favorite.
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