stardust

Today is the annual big market day.

Yang'er got up early, waiting for his father to take him to the market, he had been looking forward to it for a long time.

Dad said outside the house: "The weather is fine today. Let's go, Yang'er!"

Yang'er ran out of the room in a flash.

Before leaving, A Niang took out another fresh green pear and stuffed it into Yang'er's cloth pocket, and smiled and told the father and son not to be reluctant to eat.

Along the way, Yang'er always took out the pears that A-Niang gave him, and gently sniffed the fragrance, the skin of the pears was a little glowing when touched by his little hands.

Father laughed at him: "This is a fruit, not a stone. If you touch it again, it will be broken. If you want to eat it, eat it. When you go to the market, Father will buy you other fruits."

Yang'er smiled sweetly, put the pear back into the cloth bag gently, shook his head and said, "I'm not hungry, I'll eat it later when I'm hungry. Dad doesn't need to buy fruit for me, save the money to buy clothes for Mommy."

Father patted Yang'er's head approvingly, and the father and son continued on their way.

When we arrived at the market, there were people coming and going, selling and buying things, and it was very lively. Yang Er happily walked around with Dad.

At this time, a sloppy old lady exuding a peculiar smell leaned on a cane and held a broken bowl to beg among the crowd.

Everyone bounced away like avoiding the plague, the girls covered their noses and mouths with their handkerchiefs in disgust, and the young masters yelled directly: "Get out of here, you stinky beggar!"

One of the young master's attendants also poked the old woman with a sword hilt, and the old woman staggered and almost fell to the ground.

"Old man, be careful!" A priestess wearing a gauze hat supported the old woman. Everyone looked at her attire and sword, and they seemed to be a master of swordsmanship. They immediately dispersed, pretending that nothing happened, For fear of getting into trouble.

The priestess didn't say anything, she just helped the old woman to a corner and sat down, then took out two white steamed buns and gave them to the old woman.

The old woman's cloudy eyes lit up instantly, she took the steamed bun and gnawed it while thanking the priestess.

The female Taoist priest nodded, stood up and walked straight away. She didn't seem to be a nosy person.

Only then did the group of people secretly feel relieved and withdrew their sneaky glances.

Yang'er and his father watched and bought daily necessities all the way, and when they passed by the old woman, they found that the old woman was beating her chest with her hands. Yang'er immediately ran over and asked, "Grandma, what's wrong with you?"

The old woman mumbled, pointing her finger at her throat. Everyone looked at her funny face and laughed loudly: "Damn old woman, you deserve it, you won't choke to death!"

Hearing these taunting words, Father withdrew his foot that was going to help, and stood there looking at Yang'er.

Yang'er ran to Father's side and whispered, "Daddy, can you give me a water bottle?"

Father took down the kettle and handed it to Yang'er, who ran to the old woman with the kettle and handed it to her.

The old woman snatched the kettle, "Gudong, Gudong", drank two big mouthfuls of water, and then recovered, took another two mouthfuls, and then returned the kettle to Yang'er, and then lay down in the corner of the wall basking in the sun without saying a word. Didn't say "thank you".

Yang'er didn't care, and returned to Dad with the water bottle. Dad smiled and touched Yang'er's little head, and the father and son continued on their way.

The two went to a vegetable stand to buy vegetables, and the stall owner smiled and said, "Your boy is really a kind child, but unfortunately, for that dead old woman, helping her is useless. You don't know, she used to be a The most vicious old bustard on the street has killed so many girls from good families, and now he deserves what he deserves...Three pennies, come, give this sweet potato to you, kindheartedness is a good thing."

Dad handed the money to the stall owner.

Yang'er glanced at Dad, and after getting Dad's consent, he took the jelly with both hands and said politely: "Thank you, Uncle!"

The stall owner waved his hand and smiled, "What a good boy, you're welcome!"

Yang'er put the jicama in Father's basket, then took Father's hand and continued on the way.

"Father, is a wicked person always a wicked person? But when we met her, she was not doing evil, and she was very pitiful." Yang'er asked softly.

Father touched Yang'er's little head thoughtfully, and then said: "We can't control what others do, what matters is what we do, as long as we have a clear conscience. Let's go, Sun It's almost sunset, we have to go home quickly."

Yang'er nodded, and walked out of the market quickly, holding Father's hand.

On the mountain road, Yang'er ran into the female priest, who seemed to be waiting for them.

The female priest walked up to them, saluted and said, "I have lost all my money, and I am very hungry now, can I borrow some of your dry food?"

Dad returned the courtesy and replied: "I'm sorry, our dry food has already been eaten, and now we only have some radishes and potatoes. If you don't mind, Taoist priest, please take it yourself."

The female Taoist priest shook her head lightly, she seemed to be a little regretful, and was about to leave when Yang'er suddenly took out her own pear from her cloth pocket, grabbed the corner of Taoist priest's clothes and said, "Here you are!"

The female priest turned around, took the pear from Yang'er's hand, said softly: "Thank you!" and then drifted away.

Dad touched Yang'er's little head again and asked, "Don't you feel bad? You have seen it many times along the way and you are not willing to eat it."

Yang'er raised her small face and said with a smile: "I don't feel distressed, I am very happy in my heart."

Dad held Yang'er's little hand tightly, and walked home, "It's good if you're happy in your heart."

The female priest looked back from a distance, and seemed to have heard this sentence.

It's nice to be happy in my heart.