I only drank a bowl of tofu pudding in the morning. At the beginning of the fourth class in the morning, Ye's stomach sang an empty plan in the sound of reading, which was neither painful nor itchy. What worries her most is that the silence in the classroom will undoubtedly expose her hunger when she writes the text later.

Fortunately, the teacher changed the previous teaching steps, and there was great pressure near the end of class. In the second half of the class, the teacher even told a few jokes to ease the atmosphere and burst into laughter inside and outside the classroom. When the bell rang, Ye was relieved.

Imagine all kinds of cooking and soup in the canteen. Ye's mouth suddenly produces saliva, and the saliva that keeps pouring out is swallowed down his throat. At least two bowls of rice should be eaten in the future, and Aunt Cai should add half a spoonful of vegetable juice soup.

Through the teaching building, the entrance of the canteen is surrounded by students of all grades. Some people ran away laughing. "I thought what happened, so I posted a notice with a big drum. Now, who is still struggling to eat meat? I hope the canteen will not open. "

The bulletin board reads:

The supply of pork ingredients will be suspended from now on, and the school will supplement other meats to ensure the nutrition of students. I hope to know.

Sure enough, Ye, who was standing at the back of the team, saw that the plates carried by the students in front were full of beef, baked potatoes, pepper fish and braised chicken with mushrooms. It is really delicious!

Ye took the student ID card and pointed to the card reader in the dining window. There is a red light on the screen, and there is no deduction prompt. She paused for two seconds, scanned the student ID card in turn, and it was still a red light.

"This classmate, your card balance is insufficient. Go to recharge first, the next one. " The aunt in the kitchen poured all kinds of dishes that had just been cooked back into the vegetable compartment, and the students behind her crowded up.

Actually, the aunt in the kitchen didn't give a hint either. Ye soon guessed that the meal card was in arrears, and 200 yuan had spent almost a month. For the lowest meals in 5 yuan, this is the result of her extreme frugality.

Red-faced and out of the team, Ye played two spoonfuls of rice in an empty place, scooped up soup in the soup basin, and a few pieces of shredded eggs were stretched out. When no one was looking, he added some thick soy sauce and stirred it evenly. He hid behind the kettle with a basket and bowed his head to eat.

After the meeting in the playground, I walked into the classroom. The whole class ate dinner and spread the snacks I just brought back from school on the table to communicate with each other. Ye Xiangmin walked back to his seat and rested on his desk for a while.

My eyes are closed, but my heart is beating drums. How should I speak? The last time I asked my uncle for money to buy extra-curricular books behind my aunt's back, my aunt later said that she didn't take her seriously, which made my uncle very embarrassed. What if she doesn't give it to me directly?

I have to go back in the afternoon anyway. Although I don't want to see my aunt's gloomy face, other difficulties can be overcome. Only money is the hardest thing, but if I don't ask them for it now, I will be hungry for half a month.

I thought about it. As long as 100 yuan, it's a big deal not to eat in the morning and buy two packs of mustard tuber the next day. I haven't seen grandma and Ding Dong for half a month, and I miss them very much.

2

The chemistry teacher is summing up knowledge on the blackboard. The students in the back row kicked the stool with leaves. She stubbornly moved the stool forward. The students are kicking harder and harder, and the frequency of vibration is really annoying. She blocked one ear and wrote in a notebook with her right hand.

"Your lame uncle is here!"

When this sentence got into Ye's ear, the students looked out of the window one after another. My uncle Li Anping smiled and gestured to her. The teacher nodded by default, and she went out from the back door of the classroom with a surprised expression.

My uncle won't come to school to find her easily. This is the first time this semester is drawing to a close. Is grandma sick? Ye Xiangmin thought.

"I'm in a hurry to send stew. It should still be hot. You ate it during the break. " Li Anping's cheeks are purple, his nose is full of tears, his hair hangs behind his head, and he is holding a wool hat. I think I came by tricycle.

"Uncle me" Ye Xiangmin bit his lower lip, afraid to look into his uncle's eyes and whispered, "Do you have money?"

"I left in a hurry just now, so I shouldn't have brought money." Li Anping put his hat under his arm and fumbled for his pocket. "Well, about a dozen dollars." The largest denomination was a five-dollar bill, which he gave her.

Ye didn't answer, my aunt had the final say, and my uncle had already reported the money in advance. She asked my uncle this question, but she was lucky. The school meal card system only accepts 50 or 100 whole currency, which is not enough.

Li Anping saw her mind, "is it not the cost of living? I'm sorry, I didn't think it over so carefully. Come back this afternoon. If I'm not at home, ask your aunt to have the money waiting for you. Don't worry. "

Ye's tears seemed to gush out from her eyes. She doesn't want her uncle to see them. She pretended to look back in the corridor and choked and said, "Thank you, uncle, I'm going to class."

Li Anping didn't stop and put on a wool hat. His back looked like an old man. He is no longer tall and straight, dragging a long and short step, and his sleeves are polished. Through the railing beside the corridor, Ye saw him nodding at the school gate. She was afraid of hitting his eyes and slipped into the classroom.

My aunt is a thrifty woman and her family is not well off, but during the Spring Festival, her food is mainly vegetarian, that is, pork is mostly treated at low prices, Ye thought.

As soon as the steam-filled insulation cover is opened, fresh and tender meat will come to my face. Ye regretted filling his stomach too full at noon, and picked up a soaked soup with chopsticks. It was a square mahjong. She froze. This is not a piece of pork at all.

Black skin, light fat in the middle, thick lean meat and deep red color. She searched in her head, beef? Mutton? I took a hard breath of hot air, and there was nothing without any taste!

"Wow, you are eating dog meat. The dog meat hot pot I went back to eat yesterday was much hotter than yours. I didn't even put a pepper in it. Not authentic, no taste! " The little fat man at the same table walked past Ye's desk with a serious face.

I didn't drink a mouthful of soup. Tighten the lid and put the thermos under the seat. What did the teacher say in the later class? Ye Min was puzzled, and a sharp head and gray body hair appeared on the blackboard. Ding Dong, who has been with her for nearly ten years, wagged her tail. In the 26-degree air-conditioned classroom, her palms are cold.

In summer, there are many mice here, and Ding Dong is the hero who guards the flour and oil drums. After the cold weather, the mouse disappeared. Ye, who went back on vacation, listened to her aunt's scolding for more than ten times and eight times. "Just stay idle and get in the way. The dog hair is sloppy and dead. One day I will stew you to save my heart. "

Manager Ye thinks the first half of the sentence is aimed at her. Apart from a few shady awards, she can't make any contribution directly related to money. She was grateful that her aunt didn't drive her away. So after entering junior high school, students are looking forward to going home at the weekend. She is afraid of embarrassment and can try not to answer.

If my aunt really stewed Ding Dong, she swore that she would never go to school again. She can't wait to get rid of everything she has. She will go far away and never want to go back to the ends of the earth.

three

If her parents were still alive, Ye's life would never be so hard. Like other students, she is a treasure in the hands of her parents.

One weekend afternoon in her third grade primary school, a family of three visited the pedestrian street. My mother said without warning that she would take a family photo. Obviously, there is a digital camera at home, and my father immediately agreed. Ye Xiangmin was hugged by his parents, and the sweet time was fixed as eternity.

After dinner, mom cleaned up in the kitchen, while dad Yuzryha went downstairs for a walk. She fell into a puzzle game, but she couldn't refuse. She raised the alarm clock of her electronic watch for half an hour, and then happily took Ding Dong downstairs.

Before the alarm clock went off, she was stunned by the sirens of several fire engines. There was a fire at home and smoke billowed from several windows. She was stopped by the security guard dozens of meters away.

Later, it was investigated that there were residual chemicals in the storage room, and parents who ran logistics and transportation temporarily squeezed goods, which led to tragedy.

After that afternoon, Ye has been thinking about whether her mother had expected anything before taking a group photo and left some thoughts for her lonely days in the future. Accompanied by remorse and guilt, she blamed herself for not calling her father, delaying her mother, or insisting on playing games at that time. The three of them should be reunited in heaven.

The closest person is my uncle who was born lame. My uncle who has never given birth to a child regards her as his own. Because of the blow to health, my grandmother's health is getting worse every day. My eyes are dim and I can't see clearly, my legs and feet are clumsy, and I have been in bed for a long time. Grandma Waiting is her favorite Ding Dong. Although they are dogs, their feelings have long been like a family under one roof.

The whole class knows that she is an orphan. At the beginning of the first year of junior high school, the teacher told her about her family's misfortune with her consent. Many people cried red on the spot. At first, they were really sympathetic. Xiaokang classmates bought her stationery as a gift. The teacher was especially kind to her, paying for her daily necessities and arranging her to lead various activities. Her grades are among the best. When honor became the envy of people around her, the shadow behind her was infinitely magnified, and she became

Ink always appears inexplicably on the back of clothes, and stools often disappear. One day, because of the arrangement of the duty table, a classmate pointed at her nose and scolded, "Why do you always put me on weekends?" What are you proud of? You are not an orphan. We pity you for having a mother or a father. If you are stubborn, don't take advantage of everyone. "

On students' birthdays, my parents ordered three layers of cakes to be shared at school, but she didn't. When organizing a field trip, everyone has all kinds of food and drinks in his backpack. It is true that she has no classmates. She is a poor object, and what she eats in her mouth can't be repaid.

From then on, she never dared to hold her head high in the crowd. She remained above average in her usual exams, and didn't show her true level until the end of the term. After the holiday, she heard no gossip. She is afraid of being compared by others, of being concerned by the crowd, of finding her own position and moving forward silently.

four

After getting off the bus, Ye ran all the way and panted back to his uncle's rented home. About forty or fifty meters away, she hurriedly shouted "Ding Dong, Ding Dong, come out!" The door was half open, but nothing happened. In the past, at this time, she didn't need to call, and Ding Dong would sprint to meet her.

Holding the curtain and breathing, Ye stepped into the room. My aunt Chen Hong is kneading dough. A row of stainless steel pot is full of flour. Chen Hong lifted a piece of kneaded dough and pulled it into the pot with all his strength.

"Aunt, I'm I'm back."

"hmm." Chen Hong didn't know whether she let out a scream from her nose or throat. She blew her hair in her mouth, wiped her forehead with her cuffs, and her face was stained with flour.

Ye looked around, but nothing happened. Seven or eight minutes after she entered the door, there was no sign of jingling. She shouted in a hoarse voice, "Dingdong, Dingdong ..."

"Don't call it. It's closed in the back room because it's out looking for trouble. You think I will beat it all day. " Chen Hong propped up the dough, but it was as trivial and difficult as life, and it could be broken into slag with enough strength.

When did Ding Dong learn to get into trouble?

Ye Xiangmin smiled apologetically at Chen Hong and opened the back door. This is grandma's room. She stood by the bed, her legs jingling. When she saw Ye, she jumped in front of her and rubbed her legs and shoes with her head.

Ye Xiangmin heaved a sigh like a false alarm, picked up Ding Dong and hugged him, like an old friend who hasn't seen you for a long time.

Ding Dong grabbed her trouser legs and wanted to go out. "You little thing, you always play wild. You should be content. "

"Xiangxiang, you are back." Grandma sat beside the bed, with a pillow behind her, and reached out to pull her. She let go of the jingle and walked over.

"Grandma, I'm back."

"The school food is not good, and you have lost weight. Hey, if only your mother were here. " Grandma hung her eyes and stood by with her tongue out and her tail wagging.

"Grandma, you promised not to be sad. Don't cry. When I grow up, I will repay my uncle and be good to you. "

"I'm afraid I can't wait for that day."

Ye Xiangmin smelled the thick gypsum as soon as he entered the door. Just now, she was just looking for Jingling. She followed the source of the smell and looked at grandma's legs, which were particularly bloated and fat, as if they were blocked by something, and there was a piece of white tape dragging outside at the heel.

Grandma muttered, "People are old and will die in two days, and they will drag down the living."

"Grandma, what happened to your leg?"

Ye tried to roll up grandma's trouser legs, but they couldn't roll up at all, like protective film and cotton pad.

"Don't bother, my leg is going to waste, and I'm used to it. Now it's oozing out again. It's not easy for your aunt to earn money to wait on me all day. The medicine boxes they eat are piled up. "

Ye Xiangmin couldn't listen. She looked at a pile of bloody pieces of waste paper in the trash can and realized that grandma's diabetes was much more serious.

There are two self-study classes in the afternoon, and Ye is in no hurry to get back. She took off her coat, rolled up her sleeves and stood up. When she asks for money in the future, I hope my aunt's face will look better.

Chen Hong ignored her attentions, covered the dough, washed her hands, drank a glass of water, fumbled for 200 yuan money from her inner pocket and handed it to Ye. "Your uncle told me after coming back from school. This 200 yuan is more than enough for half a month. "

"Too many, too many." Ye Xiangmin was at a loss, and her flour-stained hand didn't know whether to pick it up. Chen Hong stuffed the money into his trouser pocket. "Take it, we didn't let you live a good life at this point. Don't be so busy. I don't have to go to the toilet for the work you do, and I will do it later. "

Ye was surprised by my aunt's decisiveness in giving money this time, and her face was not so ugly. She put on her coat and prepared to go back to school.

It's time to say goodbye to grandma and dingdong. Ye said, "Grandma, I'm going back to school. I will accompany you every day during the winter vacation. Dingdong, you should take good care of grandma and don't make menstruation angry. "

Chen Hong came and threw a fried chicken leg on the ground in case Ding Dong ran away from the door. He quickly closed the door and urged Ye, "Go home quickly and study hard."

In the back room, he shouted "woof woof woof", but Ye walked slowly and always felt something was wrong.

Just as I was leaving the gate, I met my uncle and another man. The man has a deep scar on his face, as if he had visited my uncle before. They carried an iron cage with dense eyes and slowly moved into the narrow door.

Rushed to the leaf and said, "I won't send you. Pay attention to safety on the road. "

After two steps, I heard Chen Hong's sonorous voice. "It's not that you don't know the mind of my idiot. You haven't caught a fart in your life. Now you and big brother have meat to eat. If you had a better life, you wouldn't have to fry fried dough sticks. I dream of opening a breakfast shop. "

On the way by car, Ye patted her thigh. Hey, I forgot to ask what kind of meat it is just now. Will her uncle be angry if she plays it back on the stove without moving chopsticks?

Afraid of my uncle's anger is second, and she is more worried about her grandmother's illness. On the way, the bus stopped at an advertising booth. As the new year approaches, all kinds of expectations are greatly exaggerated. It says, "How many wishes do you have in the new year?"

If you really count, it is estimated that there are hundreds of wishes. Ye Xiangmin held out his palm and pressed his thumb, little finger and ring finger backwards to make a V-shaped gesture. I wish my grandmother good health and my aunt a comfortable life.

She really wants to repay them for coming. She thinks it is unrealistic at this stage. After all, she is only 15 years old.

five

Ye spent two days happily at school. Shortly after Friday, the mock test paper issued by the teacher seemed super simple to her. She decided to go back to see her grandmother and stay for one night before going back to school.

When I went back, I just caught up with Chen Hong Taomi. Ye Xiangmin called "Auntie" sweetly.

Chen Hong wondered, "why did you come back today? Shouldn't we review our lessons now? "

"The school is on holiday. I'll stay for one night and go back tomorrow morning. "

Grandma's legs are still wrapped like that. Ye knows that her grandmother in her seventies will definitely not go to the hospital. She is not afraid of dying in the hospital, but for the economic consideration of her son and daughter-in-law.

Ding Dong was not at home, and Ye stayed outside for a quarter of an hour. Before she came in, the wind hurt her face. She asked Chen Hong, "Auntie, is Ding Dong out again?"

Chen Hong stammered, "Well, by the way, your uncle just took him out for a walk and should be back. You go into the house and tell your grandmother that it is not good for your aunt to stay on the threshold in cold weather. "

Go straight inside and see the iron frame on my uncle's back in the tunnel last time. It is covered with a black cloth and something is rattling inside. Ye wanted to have a look, but was stopped by Chen Hong.

"Don't grasp by hand. Don't be vague about what you shouldn't see. Go back to the back room. " Chen Hong obviously with anger and boredom, Ye Xiangmin vomitted to stick out your tongue and walked away.

"Grandma, what's outside?"

"Do evil." Grandma shook her head. "Don't ask again, make my aunt angry."

Ye Xiangmin rubbed his grandmother's shoulder and listened to what was going on outside.

Chen Hong answered the phone. "Don't worry. The door is open and everything is ready. "

Noisy footsteps ran in and the ground moved. Li Anping shouted, "Shut the door quickly."

Ye wanted to open the door to see what was going on, but she was caught by her grandmother. "Girl, you are a child. There is nothing you can do. "

The sound of beating sticks, the sharp sound of iron, and the barking and jumping of animals broke the silence. I heard a stranger say, "Li Anping, when your legs and feet are bad, you are quick. This is really a shot in the arm. At this rate, we can all get rich. Blow a needle quickly. Don't let it scream and be heard. I will contact the restaurant immediately and wait for the money. "

According to Ye's IQ, she can guess what happened outside even if she didn't see it with her own eyes. She thought that the dog trap on TV was far away from her, and now it happened in the hospital separated from her by a wall.

Reminiscent of the generosity of my aunt two days ago, the money must have been pried from the dog. Suddenly, Ye, who was sitting quietly in the room, felt very uncomfortable.

The simple oil pumping fan is accompanied by the symphony of pots and pans, and the fragrance of dishes floats out from the door. My uncle pushed open the door to give grandma a meal, and Ye He sat down at the table without saying anything. A total of several dishes she didn't dare to look up, Ang Lee usually give her two chopsticks dishes from time to time, after sweeping the rice in the bowl, she hid back to grandma's room.

"The child's life is bitter and depressing. The bigger, the more introverted. " Li Anping said with a frown.

"Hey, brother cheers, cheers, don't talk about troubles."

It was dark, and strangers came in and out again. Ye took the opportunity to pour water, only to see people drag the limp dog out of the iron cage and throw it into the van.

After midnight, she and her aunt slept in the big bed in the attic. When she finally fell asleep, she was awakened by a nightmare. In her dream, Ding Dong was tied up and a group of people were sharing food around the stove.

six

In the dark, there were several coughs choked by smoke. Ye Xiangmin sat up from the bed like a conditioned reflex, and saw a shadow standing outside the screen window, lifting the thin quilt, and the residual temperature on the bed quickly disappeared. She couldn't help shivering, quickly put on her clothes, put on her shoes on tiptoe and opened the bedroom door.

There was a movement of turning over and shaking the bed board from behind. Chen Hong, wrapped in a quilt, muttered impatiently and pulled the quilt to cover her head.

The attic floor is made of wooden boards, and the light shines from the bottom in the gap. Dark yellow beams of different lengths can see piles of fried dough sticks downstairs, emitting a burning smell of oil.

Li Anping leaned against the screen window to smoke. After fighting in the oil pan for nearly seven or eight hours, he looks a little tired. Grease stuck to his hair and there were two symmetrical masks on his cheeks. Ye smelled a thick greasy gas, mixed with the smell of cigarettes.

"Xiang Min, you will help make breakfast later. My aunt is going to deliver fried dough sticks. I have something to do when I sleep. " Li Anping took off his bib jacket and the dust jumped into the air. He threw his slippers aside barefoot and fell asleep in the bedroom without waiting for Ye's reaction. The wooden bed that can't bear the load creaks.

There are many stars in the courtyard. Ye lifted his chin with a small stool and looked up at the starry sky. It is said that people will become stars when they die, and their parents never tell her where they are. I forget how long I haven't slept. I have to read and exercise early in school, and she will make the bed here.

It's ok to kill time in summer. I put a cushion on the flour bag and fell asleep. It was bitterly cold in winter, so menstruation put down the quilt. Grandma's bed is only one meter and two wide, and she is always crowded with her when she is not sick. Later, my uncle picked up a spring bed from nowhere and moved it at the dinner table, cleaning it up during the day. Ye lay for almost a year, and the steel wire rusted and broke. In her dream, she fell from a big hole to the floor.

She seldom goes home after junior high school, just like Li Anping fried fried dough sticks at night, and she can't go to bed until dawn. Ye Cai woke up at this time, pretending to be amazed. One morning, Ye slept in a cage and found her uncle snoring among a pile of flour. From then on, she had a kind of concentration. When the biological clock was locked in Ang Lee on time, her ears were alert as soon as there was a sound.

Ye Xiangmin silently recited a sentence, boiled the boiling water, helped grandma wash her face, and two simple dishes were served. Li Anping was brushing his teeth when Scar man came in.

"Hurry up, don't delay the event." Scar man urged.

"Then skip breakfast and get down to business first." Li Anping released a Ding Dong and tied a leash around the dog's neck without saying hello. Two people and a dog hurried out.

Ye Xiangmin is anxious to give her grandmother a meal. "I want to buy a book. Take your time. "

She followed quietly and crept like a detective.