hold you in my arms tonight

When spring comes, the ice and snow melt.

Jiang Xun met a little girl on the bus.The girl wore a ponytail. Seeing that the school uniform on Jiang Xun was different from her own, she asked, "Which school are you from? What grade are you in?"

Jiang Xun didn't know which primary school uniform Jiang Min bought.His mind is filled with images of Chong'an Primary School.

At dinner that night, Yang Neng was in a bad mood because of the loss, the air pressure was very low, and he was always cursing while eating.Jiang Min secretly rolled her eyes a lot, but she didn't argue with him.

Jiang Xun just said: "Uncle, when can I go to school?"

Ah Guai was the first to be stunned, he knew that Jiang Xun had said something wrong.

Yang Neng laughed like he heard some joke: "School? Hahahaha, I'd forget if you don't tell me."

"Uncle, I want to go to school," Jiang Xun said.

Xie Yuan tugged La Jiang Xun's sleeve. He was born smart, and he learned a lot in half a year, such as observing words and emotions.

"You call me uncle, you are my nephew, we are a family," Yang Neng said with a gloomy face, "Back then, your grandfather said he regarded me as his own son, but he bought new clothes and bicycles for your mother, What did you buy? I wanted to do some business at that time, but he didn't give me a penny, now you tell me that you want to go to school?"

Yang Neng spit Xingzi: "Dream!"

Jiang Xun twisted his fingers, he couldn't understand what he meant, but he knew that he didn't want him to go to school.

Jiang Min laughed and fed a piece of ribs to Jiang Xun, and said, "My good boy, you are obedient and obedient. What's so good about going to school? Your aunt and I don't even know a few words. Why don't you live a good life now?"

"I think……"

Jiang Xun wanted to say something, but was startled by the sound of Yang Neng smashing the wine bottle.

Yang Neng got a little drunk: "What are you thinking? I'll give you a bite of food, it's all my good deeds!"

"Hey, don't go to school," Jiang Min scratched his face with his long nails, and his tone was not kind.

Where her fingernails scratched, there were traces soon.

Jiang Xun felt his face hurt, took a step back, and wanted to say something, but was preempted by Xie Yuan: "We don't go to school, let's go to bed first."

When Xie Yuan pulled Jiang Xun back to the room, he realized that Jiang Xun was already crying, and his face was full of tears.

"Jiang Xun, we rely on ourselves," Xie Yuan said.

Xie Yuan didn't want to be beaten or starved to death, he wanted to live well, even if his mother didn't want him anymore, but he believed that his father and grandpa would come to pick him up sooner or later.

Going to school is bound to be a requirement that will not be met.

Xie Yuan's so-called relying on himself is to secretly hide a little of the money he steals every day, then buy books and put them in his schoolbag, take them back to his room and hide them.When Jiang Min bought the schoolbag back then, she found a few picture books in it for the purpose of making a full set of plays, so she would not find out if she replaced the books she bought.

Xie Yuan has never been to school, his teacher is at home, and he is used to studying by himself.So he wants to learn it by himself, and then teach Jiang Xun and Ah Guai.

There is no sunshine in the days of Lanlin Lane. In this deep alley, there is only stagnant water and mottled walls that are difficult to dry all year round.Every time Jiang Xun walks through the alley, he always thinks, fortunately, Xie Yuan is with him, otherwise it would be too lonely to walk alone on such a road.

Xie Yuan and Jiang Xun went to the bookstore for the first time, because they had too little money, so they only bought a primary school mathematics book.

Xie Yuan put the book in his bag and took it back.He was not at all afraid that Jiang Min would find out that he spent money to buy books, because Jiang Min might not even remember what books he put away before.

Ah Guai saw the new book for the first time.He has been begging with a begging gang since he was a child, and was later sold to Yang Neng.

The boy never went to school, and the only time he came into contact with books was in the trash can—it was a winter vacation homework torn up by a primary school student.

A strange thought, the original brand new book is pure white.He dared not touch it, he was afraid that his hands would get it dirty.

Xie Yuan said, "I'll figure it out first, and then I'll teach you two."

Jiang Xun nodded.

Xie Yuan said to Ah Kuai: "Ah Kuai has an important task, and that is to watch Xiao Ye, so as not to damage it."

"Ono is very good," Ah Kuai said.

The well-behaved Ono sat on the bed and smiled happily.

The days of being with each other will never be too difficult, people who want to live hard no matter how difficult it is.For A Guai and Xiaoye, it was the years when they knelt at the train station, and for Jiang Xun and Xie Yuan, they were caught off guard after the drastic changes in the world.

Time is fair to everyone. People who live in the sunshine and beauty rush for a few years, and those who live in the dark struggle to live like years, but if you calculate it carefully, it is nothing more than that.

Jiang Xun gradually got used to the smell of Jiang Min's red nail polish, the smell of wine filled by Yang Neng and the beatings and scoldings when he was idle, and the darkness and coldness of Lanlin Lane.The more time passed, the more he missed Chong'an.

When he walked through the big square, he saw the news that Chong'an City had been basically rebuilt. A half-grown child stood in the square and cried.

Xie Yuan coaxed him: "Don't cry, don't cry."

It was already the autumn of [-].

In the autumn of 11, Xie Yuan and Jiang Xun were 13 years old, Ah Guai was [-] years old, and Xiao Ye was [-] years old.

This year, Chen San, the master of Xie Yuan and Jiang Xun, was imprisoned.Sentenced to five years for burglary.

Jiang Xun and Xie Yuan heard it when they were chatting with Yang Neng and Jiang Min. Yang Neng said that Chen San wanted to do something big. The burglary met the owner who left work early and it became a burglary. He hadn't left the community yet He was caught by the police.

Jiang Min gloated and asked Jiang Xun Xie Yuan: "Your master is in jail, are you sad?"

They don't want to answer the question.

Jiang Min felt bored, grabbed a handful of melon seed shells and threw them on Xie Yuan who was close, and cursed: "They are all boring gourds!"

After winter, Yang Neng went to Lin Province with a two-month-old baby boy.

That's what he carried away in the park.The child was taken out for a walk by the grandma. The grandma danced with other old ladies for a while, and when she came back, the child in the stroller disappeared.A family, the lives of several people, just changed.

Yang Neng would never take a stolen child back to Lanlin Lane. He had an appointment with a buyer in advance, and he stole the child according to the buyer's request, and then sent it directly after he got it.Back then, Xie Yuan smashed it in his hands, and he later developed a memory.

He earned [-] yuan from this order, and then he lost [-] yuan playing poker, and Jiang Min lost [-] yuan playing mahjong. It took just over a month.

If the couple loses money, someone will be unlucky.Among them, Aguai and Ono are the first to bear the brunt. Even though they are also unsupported children who also live in Lanlin Lane, healthy children and handicapped children face different things.

This winter, Ah Kuai suffered from severe frostbite on his legs, and there was hardly a piece of intact skin on his knees that had been kneeling for a long time.Ah Guai doesn't cry out for pain. If Ono accidentally touches him, his face will be twisted in pain, and no one will know.

"It wasn't that serious in the past two years." Jiang Xun gasped after seeing it, "I need to apply medicine."

"Myrrh, they won't buy me medicine either," Ah Kui said in a flat tone, "It's okay, it's been like this before, and it will be fine when spring comes."

"Then can you stop kneeling tomorrow?" Jiang asked.

"If you don't kneel, you will have less money. If you have less money, you will not be able to eat enough at night. If it hurts, just bear it. I am afraid of starvation." Ah Kuai said.

Neither Jiang Xun nor Xie Yuan dared to persuade Ah Guai not to kneel tomorrow, because they were too afraid of starving.In this house, hunger is always accompanied by darkness and cold.

Xie Yuan stared at Ah Guai's feet for a while, then went to the box under the bed and found a knitwear, which was the clothes he wore when he came to Liucheng.

Xie Yuan wrapped his clothes around Ah Kuai's knees, and said, "It should be better this way."

Ah Guai nodded and covered it with his loose trouser legs.

Xie Yuan and Jiang Xun were no longer just stealing wallets on the bus. Yang Neng was worried that someone would see that they looked familiar. Since they were caught and severely beaten two years ago, he began to let them wander around in Liucheng. Overcrowded place.

Two years ago, Xie Yuan hooked a young woman's purse with a wire. When he hooked it back, he caught the thread of her clothes and was caught straight.

The woman with a delicate face slapped Xie Yuan, who was only nine years old at the time, to the steps of the shopping mall.

Xie Yuan always remembered what she said.She said: "There are little bastards who were born by their mothers but not raised by their mothers!"

The woman seemed puzzled and kicked him several times with her stiletto heels.

At that time, Xie Yuan seemed to see Jiang Min, who had the same stiletto heels.Stepping on the body is like being pricked by needles.

Jiang Xun pulled Xie Yuan up and ran. After running for a long time, he realized that there was no one chasing him.

At that time, the child thought, it turns out that sometimes people do not live in the form of people.Those people in the quagmire live like ants.

And Yang Neng's calculations are loud, he will drain every drop of blood from these children

It was snowing, Xie Yuan and Jiang Xun stood on the overpass watching the snowflakes fall into the traffic.

"Jiang Xun, is it snowing in Chong'an?" Xie Yuan asked.

"There is also a lot of snow in Chong'an," Jiang Xun said, "Jiang Nan and I like to have snowball fights, and Jiang Yun likes to build a snowman. When she builds one, Jiang Nan and I will secretly knock it down for her, and then she will chase us to fight. "

Xie Yuan tried his best to think back, and said: "I don't remember that it won't snow in the capital, it seems to be, it doesn't seem to be."

Jiang asked: "Do you still believe that your father and grandpa will find you?"

"It will," Xie Yuan said, "But, why haven't they found it yet..."

Time passed by little by little, killing his anticipation and waiting day by day, why haven't they found him yet?

Xie Yuan was afraid that he would be shaken, and also afraid that he would not be shaken but he would not be able to wait for the result.In the summer of [-], his mother took him to Liucheng, which was too far away from home, and then left him in this strange and cold city.

Regarding home, he only remembered that it was warm there.

But he felt sorry for Jiang Xun even more. Regarding the memory of his family, Jiang Xun probably only had the snowman he built with his brothers and sisters in those years.

In the New Year of [-], Jiang Min won a lot of money by playing mahjong. After he was in a good mood, he bought a piece of clothing for each of his four children. It was the cheapest clothing on the street stall, but it was one of the few that they could not receive. one's gift.

Jiang Min bought candy for Xie Yuan and Jiang Xun, she prefers these two healthy children, although this so-called preference is meaningless.

"Don't give it to Ah Guai and Xiaoye, what kind of candy would two beggars eat," Jiang Min said, "You two are still cute, and I treat you as my own son!"

Xie Yuan nodded first.

Jiang Xun also nodded.

When they returned to the room at night, Xie Yuan and Jiang Xun put all the candy on the bed, and the three older boys said together: "Happy New Year."

It was rare for Ono to stop smiling, and spoke with great difficulty: "Happy New Year."

The voice was small and inarticulate, but they still heard it this night.