crush the rich

What Yue Ke asked was actually an extremely stupid question.

what to eatWhat do beggars eat?Naturally, they pick up other people's leftovers and eat them coldly.Miao Xiaojun is indeed more clever, but he is still a vagrant in essence. It is simply impossible for such a young child to support himself by selling his labor.Even they can beg, but from the looks of it, begging is useless, after all, there are too many beggars and the landlord's family is short of surplus food.

Even if rich people pass by, you may still have a little compassion when you see one or two beggars, but when you see the continuous beggars, even if you have good intentions and want to give a little, your heart will turn cold instantly.

The city itself is considered lively and prosperous, but at the same time, the law and order in the city is also very chaotic. Beggars are everywhere. According to the information that Yin Lian heard from ear to ear, many of them became beggars only this year.Compared with these people, Miao Xiaojun's experience as a vagrant can be said to be senior.

It is obviously a good year, so why are so many people reduced to beggars?

In fact, because the merchants collect grain at low prices, while the government collects taxes at high prices, the common people do not have any surplus this year.Originally, it was a bumper harvest, even if it was squeezed a little harder, it would be no problem to save some grain at home, and live half-starved... But the huge profits of grain made many people jealous, and increased the annexation of land.

Ordinary people are already living a hard life. A serious illness or an accident may deprive them of the capital to survive.These people, who are physically strong laborers, become tenant farmers. If they are in industrially developed areas, they can also enter factories or workshops to become workers. However, once they become tenant farmers, the original fifteen acres of land may be able to support a family. After renting, a person may have to cultivate dozens of acres or even more land, and the squeeze of labor is only second. The point is that there is not so much land that can be cultivated.

Not to mention those who are not inherently strong, or who just happen to be unlucky.

But Miao Xiaojun actually lived a much better life than these beggars in many cases.He answered Yue Ke's words honestly—in fact, for a vagrant like him, it was rare for him to really use the money, for example, when he borrowed the well from Mrs. He also didn't give money when it came to buckets and saponins.

Only when he was running errands for the big boss would he deliberately clean himself up.

And more often, he also works for others, but the rewards he gets are not copper coins, but various leftovers, old clothes that some people throw away, or sundries.

If Miao Xiaojun doesn't take these things, many people will throw them away, but if they are thrown away, Miao Xiaojun will have to grab them.Among these people living on the street, most of the beggars are not smart, and those who wander around are not diligent, but there are not none who are clever and hardworking. They know which restaurant always has more food left in the stale bucket and which restaurant will put it away. Throw away the leftovers directly, so at least you won't starve to death.

Miao Xiaojun has a good mind, a good memory, and almost knows the situation in the city, so he knows more - he even has some very shallow interpersonal relationships, for example, he got mixed up with the owner of the teahouse in the east of the city. The face is familiar, so sometimes he will help the other party to promote the refreshments in the building, and the boss will occasionally give him the leftover snacks that are about to go bad.Miss Wu's girl in the city is very lazy, so she will give some time-consuming, laborious or dirty work to Miao Xiaojun, and will give him some coarse grains and bread as reward.

Yue Ke listened to it, as if something stuck in her heart.

In fact, in this era, Miao Xiaojun is definitely not the worst, and Yue Ke must be very clear about this-not to mention the cruel scenes they saw on the road, but the wind and flowers in Yue Ke's own pen, life experience may not be the same. She is more merciful than Miao Xiaojun... Yue Ke described her life very realistically through the various books, newspapers, news, stories and miscellaneous notes she had read, even though there were still many novels elements, but its experience is enough to touch those who have seen similar scenes.

The novel will deepen people's feelings and bring readers into the spiritual world of the characters, so that those elders who are indifferent when they see the "wind flowers" on the roadside will wake up suddenly the next time they see a similar scene, and feel a little different from them. It resonates.

But before exploring Fenghua's heart little by little through words, Yue Ke may not be as indifferent as most people when she saw those street children, so she wanted to write such a story to convey something.But this is completely different from getting in touch with the heart of such a group in person.

Just listening to the things Miao Xiaojun encountered, she felt distressed.

Maybe it's because her character is too sensitive, even though Miao Xiaojun just described it in a normal tone, and didn't deliberately show misery or sensationalism - in fact, if he would, he would be willing to do so, but because Miao Xiaojun lacks such experience and ability , so the narrative method is always a bit dry and not moving enough.

But Yue Ke has never lacked imagination and brain power, so she cried when she heard it.

When she cried, Miao Xiaojun was also emotionally moved by her—this child hardly ever cries, even if he cries, he wipes away his tears silently by himself, but after several years, it is almost half a lifetime for him at this age Suddenly, someone began to love him so sincerely, which made him feel aggrieved naturally, as if he had really suffered a lot, and hugged Yue Ke and cried.

This time he cried, his description was not so passive and dry, but he took the initiative to cry to Yue Ke about the grievances of these years, crying about the sadness when his grandfather passed away, the helplessness of living on the street, and how he felt about the bad guys who bullied him. The resentment, and the grievance when I tried to survive in the cracks and faced the beatings and scoldings of others with a smile.

Only then did Yue Ke realize that the child was raised by someone—in fact, it was a matter of course. Miao Xiaojun is now eight years old, and he can barely find food on his own when he is on the streets, but when he was two or three years old, it was impossible for him to survive on his own .

Miao Xiaojun flung himself into Yue Ke's arms, crying until he fell asleep.Yue Ke looked at him, hugged him to the bed, and suddenly made a decision.

She beckoned Yin Lian to the next door, and then told her about her decision.

She wants to adopt Miao Xiaojun.

Yin Lian said: "Think about it, he is far more than the only poor child. If you, a single girl, adopt a child, you will be in great trouble in the future."

Yue Ke said: "Maybe there may indeed be some troubles. But Erya, I think I can do it. In fact, my life is much better than most people in this world... I have the ability to raise him."

Yin Lian was silent for a while, then said: "Then have you ever thought that maybe he just wants to find someone to support him, so he purposely sells himself in front of you?"

Yue Ke froze for a moment, thought for a while, and said, "How can it be so complicated... He is just a child. How can a child have such complicated thoughts? Besides, is a person really sad or fake sad... I don't know. It’s still worth it.”

Yin Lian said, "That's not necessarily true." Her tone was a bit erratic, as if she was recalling something, hooked the corners of her mouth, and said with a bit of sarcasm: "Ke Ke, do you know? This world Some people in the world are born with countless minds. Ah Jun is very smart, so smart that he doesn’t even need to play minds, and can take actions that are most beneficial to him only through instinct.”

Yue Ke was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Your words are too exaggerated..."

Yin Lian shook her head and said, "It's not an exaggeration. I'm not telling you bad things about Ah Jun, but I just want to remind you that this kid has a lot of thoughts, and he may even be smarter than him in terms of worldly relationships. If one day you If you find out that he is different from what you imagined, then it may be too late to regret it."

Yue Ke didn't think so at first, but Yin Lian's attitude was very solemn.After getting along for a long time, she realized that Yin Lian would never easily make unreliable judgments on key matters, so she hesitated for a while.

After Yin Lian noticed this, she said, "Keke, don't rush to make a decision, think about it first. Even if you really want to adopt him, you can spend a little time to observe and understand this child carefully. .”

Yue Ke thought about it and decided to listen to Yin Lian's advice.

So soon the day of the temple fair came.

In the past few days, Yue Ke observed Miao Xiaojun from time to time.Miao Xiaojun also seemed to have noticed that he would often have an uneasy expression, but Yue Ke still didn't think he was faking it.But Yue Ke also found out that this child is too mature, and he is often more sophisticated than her in handling things.

He doesn't understand many reasons, but he can always sum up his own reasons, and he can always hit the point.Sometimes Yue Ke asked him why he dealt with gangsters and others like this, and the thoughts and survival wisdom he expressed could even wake up Yue Ke.As Yin Lian said, Miao Xiaojun may not understand a lot of truths in many cases, but he will instinctively follow these truths.

Unconsciously disguising himself, unconsciously taking actions that are beneficial to him - the emotions he cried to Yue Ke that day must be true, but he chose to do this, maybe he did know that Yue Ke was soft-hearted and wanted to take advantage of her pity the meaning of.

Is Miao Xiaojun pitiful?He is really pitiful. Although at present, he has found his own way of survival, and he may be able to live longer than many beggars and orphans on the road, but he is too young after all, no matter how smart and strong he is, maybe a famine year Or a harsh winter could kill him.

But he's also scary.Yue Ke's temperament is very simple, she belongs to the kind of person with rich and colorful thoughts, but simple and direct life.In her eyes, Miao Xiaojun was like an overly complicated calculation formula, an overly tangled ball of thread. It was difficult for Yue Ke to judge whether he could truly understand the other party and learn how to get along with him.

But after observing for a long time, Yue Ke still told Yin Lian her thoughts after getting up in the morning to go to the temple fair:

"I still...want to adopt him."