Yushanfang

Chapter 2 Two: The Cause of Things

This is to buy food for Xiaoyan, they haven't eaten for three days, how can they give him the money they got for food after so much trouble!
Lin Xiang felt a sharp pain in his waist, and was immediately kicked.

"Go away!" The strong man kicked and beat Lin Xiang as if venting his anger.

Lin Xiang gritted his teeth tightly, and tightly held the fingers protecting the jar, his body was in severe pain.

She stood up straight with her hands on the ground, staring straight at the strong man with round eyes, "Go away, this is mine!" Her eyes were so cold that she wanted to eat him.

The strong man paused, his eyes met Lin Xiang's, and he immediately took two steps back as if he had been choked.

Suddenly feeling a pain, Lin Xiang's dark fingers were already cut open by the broken jar, and blood gushed out.She glared at the stumbling man.

The strong man pointed his finger at Lin Xiang's nose: "Little bastard...don't think I'm afraid of you..." But Lin Xiang was still staring at her without fear, like a leopard that eats people.

The strong man was a little scared, he swallowed his saliva, his body became cold for some reason, and he shrank his neck, cursing: "You, what are you! How dare you look at me like that!" He waved his big palm in front of him.

"Crack!" A crisp sound.

Lin Xiang felt a heat on one side of his cheek, and his ears started ringing instantly. He felt that all voices were cut off from her, and the loud noises of strong men cursing and swearing could not be heard clearly.Then came a hot burning sensation on the cheek.

Immediately, I saw the burly man walk away sideways with a crooked step, and he was still cursing: "What the hell...see if I'm going to gouge out your eyes..."

Lin Xiang bit his lower lip tightly, his eyes suddenly filled with tears, which were so hot that he wanted to fall.

"Don't cry!" Lin Xiang sniffed, blinked hard, then lowered his head silently.

Seeing the broken things and scattered copper coins all over the place, I felt more and more uncomfortable.

There is no way to get this jar.

Distressed, she picked out the copper coins one by one and put them in the palm of her hand. Only then did she see that her fingers were turning red.

The other hand stroked it and couldn't help touching it. It turned out that the blood had dried up, and she didn't even realize that she was cut.

Counting the twenty copper coins one by one, and seeing that one was right, Lin Xiang clenched his fingers tightly before holding the money firmly in his palm.Standing up, Ignoring the pain in my body, I started to walk forward quickly.

"Boss, bring me five meat buns." Lin Xiang said crisply as he stood alone in front of the dimly lit shop.

The man who was in the cage turned his head and saw a scrawny half-grown child, wearing thin and dirty clothes.

"Boss, bring me five meat buns." Lin Xiang thought that the other party was looking down on her because he was motionless, and repeated it again, stretching out his dirty palm: "I have money."

The shiny copper plate lay on Lin Xiang's palm.

After a while, the man sighed when he saw this, nodded and said: "Just wait." Then he turned around and took out a paper bag from under the shop, and reached out to open the cage drawer, only to see the thick fog rising suddenly.

Inside the cage lay big white and round buns, freshly steamed and warm.

The man reached out and picked out five, then raised his head and saw Lin Xiang staring at the buns in his hand motionlessly.Sighing, the man picked two more from the inside, put them in a paper bag, wrapped them up, and handed them to Lin Xiang.

Lin Xiang frowned, staring at the paper bag with some hesitation, for a moment, he still said: "I... I only want five..." The voice was thin as gossamer, timid.

The buns cost two Wen apiece, although she has twenty copper coins, she can't spend them all at once, she has enough food today, but she still has some leftovers for tomorrow, if she uses them up all at once, if she doesn't get any money tomorrow, she should be hungry with Xiao Yan Stomach.

"No money, the extra two are for you." The boss laughed twice and looked at Lin Xiang.

Lin Xiang subconsciously wanted to refuse, but swallowed the words he wanted to blurt out.

That's right, what capital does she have now to reject other people's kindness?

With a sudden sore nose, Lin Xiang looked up at the man and said, "Thank you..."

Then he stretched out his hand timidly, and handed the copper plate in his palm to the man in the bun shop.

"come back next time."

Lin Xiang ran to the side holding the warm paper bag, the boss's words just now echoed in his head, and suddenly a feeling of warmth surged into his heart.

After running for an unknown amount of time, Lin Xiang turned into a small alley, and then saw a dilapidated small temple, and walked in quickly with a "chuckle".

"Xiao Yan, I have meat buns to eat today."

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"Sister, it's delicious." Lin Yan chewed the bun with his ashen cheeks, and gave her a satisfied smile.

Seeing his younger brother devouring the meat buns, Lin Xiang felt a little sour.

How could they have lived such a life without food in the past?

She and her younger brother traveled here together.

It happened to be New Year's Eve that day, and she and her younger brother were setting off cannons in the courtyard of their home. Who knew that the cannonballs exploded suddenly, and what should have been a happy festival turned out to be only gloomy in an instant.

"Sister, you can eat too." Lin Yan took out a white and fat bun from the still warm paper bag, and stuffed it into Lin Xiang's hand.

There are four buns.

Lin Xiang looked down at the steamed stuffed bun in the paper bag, hesitant in his heart, his stomach growled, but the hand holding the steamed stuffed bun refused to move.

"Sister, why don't you eat?" Lin Yan looked at Lin Xiang suspiciously, his complexion changed, and he was surprised: "Sister, I told you if you are not feeling well. I also go out to beg for food during the day, but you just don't like it." Let me go..." He muttered loudly.

Lin Xiang smiled helplessly when he heard the words, but did not refute.

Begging... Really need to abandon a lot of self-esteem and kowtow to others on the ground. If she didn't even have to eat, she would never do this kind of thing, so she didn't want her brother to suffer.

Lin Xiang took a bite of the white and fat buns close to his chapped lips, and said with a smile: "After eating, I'm not sick at all, so don't worry about it."

Forget it, there are four more, it should be fine if she only eats one.

In an instant, it was hot, and the delicious soup flowed into the mouth through the tip of the tongue. The broth was neither salty nor bland. The stuffing made of cabbage and minced pork was seasoned just right. With the original sweetness of the light maltose, the light sweetness combined with the fresh and fragrant filling instantly brings an unparalleled sense of happiness.

"It's delicious." Lin Xiang had a happy smile on his face.

She hasn't eaten cooked food for three days. These days, she and her brother have been living on cold water and hardened steamed buns bought three days ago. How can there be anything delicious?

After killing a steamed stuffed bun in a few mouthfuls, Lin Xiang couldn't get enough of it, but she really couldn't bear to eat it, and held back the saliva that kept flooding in her mouth.She stretched out her hand and fumbled for a few copper coins from inside her thin blouse.

While eating the buns, Lin Yan exclaimed at the first sight of those copper coins: "Ah! We also have food tomorrow."

Lin Xiang nodded with a smile, and stroked his brother's hairy head with one hand: "You are too thin, eat more."

Before she and Lin Yan crossed over, she was 25 years old and Lin Yan was 19 years old, but after crossing their bodies, the girl was eight years old and the boy was only four years old, and each was thinner than the other.

Suddenly, a gust of cold wind rushed in from the wide-open temple door, and the two of them shuddered from the cold.

Lin Xiang quickly stood up, walked to the gate of the temple in a few steps, and closed the two tattered wooden doors with a creak.

It's just that there are two holes in the door, but it's better than nothing.

Sitting in the dry yellow straw, Lin Xiang supported his head with his thin hands while watching his brother eat, while thinking about what to do in the future.

I can't keep begging for food like this, and I'll be full when I'm hungry.

(End of this chapter)