Those who work in the coffin shop

With a humble and begging tone, she was buried in the mist, as if it could dissipate with the wind.

She was really skinny, and the bright red padded jacket was extremely out of place on her body, as if she had stolen someone else's clothes.

The kitten in his arms was dying after gasping for breath, breathing in pain with his mouth open, and could take his last breath at any moment.

In the night, Bo Si stared at the person and the cat. The little girl was crying sadly, her face covered with ashes and tears. Seeing that Bo Si didn't answer her, she sniffed again and begged hoarsely: "Please, Save it."

Bao Si smiled, bent down slightly, and squatted halfway in front of the little girl. At that moment, the little girl looked at him with a moment of stupidity in her eyes.

"Do you know that if you want me to save it, you have to pay the price?"

Bao Si's voice was gentle and sweet, as if it was just the most common concern and greeting.

"The price means, do I have to give money?"

The little girl was very anxious, but she also said the truth: "I have no money, our family... is very poor."

"Then what can you give me?"

Suddenly, the little girl thought of something, her eyes widened for a moment, and she beamed with joy, "I have this!"

She touched her neck and pulled out a piece of jade pendant from her dirty collar. She grinned and opened her mouth, her eyes were still red and swollen, "I can give you this, this is what my grandma picked up when she was picking up trash. Grandma said, this is a good thing, it can bless me to grow up healthy, I will give it to you, please save my cat."

As she spoke, she took off the jade pendant and handed it over obediently.

Bo Si didn't refuse, took the jade pendant over, put it in his palm, and played with it for a while.

The little girl looked at him expectantly.

There is nothing special about this piece of jade, there is no exquisite texture or ancient handwriting, but it is extraordinarily warm and transparent, touching it in the palm of your hand can make people feel clear and refreshed.

Bo Si's callused fingertips gently stroked the surface of the jade. Strange to say, he had a very special sense of familiarity with the jade, as if after thousands of years, the jade had finally reached his hands.

However, he never remembered how this jade had any relationship with him.

The kitten's breathing became weaker and weaker. Gradually, its pupils lost distance and its body temperature dropped. The little girl felt it and cried out, "Don't!"

Bo Si looked at the kitten, he held the jade pendant tightly, stretched out his hand, and gently smoothed the kitten's fur.

His hand seemed to carry the most magical power in the world. Where he touched, there was a glowing blue light. Soon, the bloodstains and wounds disappeared, and the kitten's eyes gradually brightened. The tail moved, and then, he half-closed his eyes in enjoyment, raised his chin, and let Bosi caress it heartily.

"The cat...it lived...it lived!"

Seeing this, the little girl cried out in surprise.

The orange cat licked its fleshy little paws, and the little girl hugged it excitedly. She stood up from the ground, her ugly little face blushing: "Thank you, it is really alive, you are a good person, you really You didn't lie to me!"

nice guy?

Hearing these two words, Bao Si's pretty lips curled up slightly with sarcasm.

"This, give it back to you."

Bo Si spread the jade pendant in front of her.

The little girl was taken aback, puzzled: "Don't you want it?"

"This is something your grandmother picked up and gave it to you. In a sense, it doesn't belong to you, and the price I want is your own."

The little girl obviously didn't understand: "My own stuff?"

"The customers who come to my store come with wishes, and if they come true, they will pay the same price or even more. Your wish is to save this cat, but why do you want to save it?" ?”

"I've fed it for a long time, it's my friend and I want it to live."

The little girl's answer was not special, and she almost blurted it out.

Bao Si looked at her, his deep eyes still had no emotion, and the smile on his mouth had no warmth, it was just a hypocritical sign.

"You don't have anything of value on you. It seems that you can only use your own blood as the price to save this kitten."

"My blood?"

"Not only blood, but how much blood the kitten bleeds, you have to use your own blood to make up for it. I will also transfer the fatal wound on the kitten's stomach to your body. For you, the wound The wound is trivial, but it makes you uglier."

Hearing this, the little girl laughed foolishly: "It's okay, I'm already ugly, everyone calls me ugly."

From then on, the little girl had a scar on her stomach, and the little girl replaced the blood from the kitten's injury with her own blood.

But the little girl didn't feel sad at all, on the contrary, she was very happy.

That night, the little orange cat obediently followed the girl. When Bao Si turned to leave, the little girl looked at his back and suddenly said, "Thank you."

"Don't thank me, you paid the price, it's a deal."

Bo Si didn't look back.

"But, if you don't help me, I can't make it live by myself."

The little girl said in a low voice, "Also, I want to ask you to do me a favor."

Bao Si stood still, "What's the matter?"

"I can't raise this kitten myself, but it's really pitiful. It's been wandering outside and beaten. Now that it's alive, can you adopt it? In fact, it can't eat much. You just need to feed it every day. It's just a little bit of food."

Bo Si turned his head coldly, "The orange cat can't eat much? Are you kidding me?"

"..." The little girl faltered, and her voice became even smaller, "You can feed it a little less, and let it have a home... My family can't afford it, and my grandmother raised me, which is already very hard... "

Bo Si looked at the little girl.

The little girl also looked at him pitifully.

The little orange cat looked at him with the same expression and opened a pair of big watery eyes, sweeping its tail from time to time.

"..."

For the first time in his life, Bo Si felt that the business was losing money.

"You put it there."

"You promised!?"

The little girl was so happy that she jumped up and hugged the orange cat in circles, "Ah Tu! You have a home now! You are no longer a stray cat!"

Bo Si frowned: "Ah Tu?"

"Yes."

The girl smiled and said, "Because I am ugly, people call me Ah Chou. Ah Tu is a native cat and a stray cat. I named him this, is it easy to remember?"

"It's easy to remember, so let's call it Ah Tu."

Since then, there has been a fat orange cat named Atu on this long street that is covered with mist every night.

Atu is very naughty and often messes up the things in the store. Whenever Bosi wants to clean it up, he will show a weak and helpless but edible expression. Bosi eats soft but not hard, so he can only throw a few pieces away The small dried fish was given to him, and Atu ate it with great relish. One person and one cat fell into a vicious circle like this. Bossina Atu became more and more helpless, and Atu also succeeded in growing and getting fatter...

There are still many customers coming to the store every night. Every customer will see this scene when they enter the store. A handsome man is lazily leaning on the sofa, and a fat orange cat looks disdainfully. Sleeping at the man's feet, very harmonious.

When Bo Si didn't know, Atu would fight fiercely with a cockroach every late night. In order to prove who is the number one pet(?) around Bo Si, the sad little cockroach fought countless nights, After all, he was no match for the advantage of the natural enemy, and was almost bitten off by Atu...

During that time, the little cockroach hid in tears and never saw anyone again.

Atu was by Bao Si's side, and the little girl would come to the store every now and then.

Every time she comes, she is very happy.

"Ah Tu, are you being good by the boss's side?"

Ah Tu yelled "Meow Meow Meow" at her, as if to say, who will be good if I am not good?

Not far away, Bao Si sat on the sofa, drinking tea, and let out a cold snort.

"Boss, this is the scone my teacher bought for me today, for you to eat."

After teasing Ah Tu, the little girl timidly walked up to Bo Si, and carefully took out a steaming scone from her bag, and handed it to Bo Si cautiously, as if feeling embarrassed and afraid of Bo Si She disliked it, but she summoned up all her courage and whispered: "Today, the teacher said that I got good grades in the exam. To encourage me, he bought me this cake. I want to give it to you as a way to help me." Thanks for raising Atu."

Bao Si glanced at her and said, "No need, you can eat it yourself, this is what the teacher bought for you."

The little girl lowered her head and said, "I don't have anything else to thank you... You have raised Ah Tu so well. I will be very happy if you accept this cake."

"Why do you feel happy?"

Bao Si chuckled helplessly. He looked at the various scars on the girl's arms and face, which were obviously left after being bullied. Some were fresh, and some had scabbed for a long time. Bo Si could Imagine her experience at school, but I don't understand why she can laugh every time, "You are so ugly, don't you know that you will be uglier when you smile? You still laugh often, no wonder people call you ugly .”

Hearing this, the little girl was lost for a moment, and defended herself sadly: "I look the same whether I smile or not... Actually, my name is quite nice. My grandmother said that my name was given to me by my mother." Yes, my surname is Wen, and my name is Wen Chuxia, a nice name, right? Unfortunately, my mother passed away when I was very young."

"Wen Chuxia?"

"Yes, I'll write it for you."

The little girl was carrying a schoolbag, and took out the paper and pen from the schoolbag in twos and twos, and wrote down the words Wen Chuxia in a neat manner.

Looking at her name, Bao Si said with a smile: "The name sounds nice, but you are so ugly."

"I know, everyone who's ever met me says so."

"You are a girl, and you will definitely not be able to marry in the future."

"No!" The little girl was a little anxious, stomping her feet and shouting: "Grandma said, there must be someone who can see my inner self, really like me, and accept everything about me."

"That's all lies." Bao Si said flatly, "There is no man who doesn't care about a woman's appearance. If you look like this, you are destined not to meet true love."

"Then you are so good-looking, have you met true love?"

The little girl asked him back.

Bo Si smiled lightly and said, "I'm different from you."

"It doesn't matter if I don't meet true love." The little girl said, "I have grandma and Ah Tu, and I can still come here often. I think I am very happy, and I don't need anything else anymore."

"Happiness?" Bao Si looked sideways at her, "Do you know what happiness is?"

The little girl said seriously: "Today the teacher bought me scones. This is happiness."

"However, you were bullied at school, compared to scones, which are just the most insignificant existence, you don't have any wishes, don't you want to change everything?"

The little girl shook her head and said: "I don't want to change, I think it's good now, they bully me, I will still face them with a smile, anyway, I am ugly, I can't change if I want to, even if I am sad every day, I’m still the Chou they say, so why don’t I be happy every day? Grandma said, we are poor, and we need to do our best just to live. On the basis of doing our best, I can still get This scone, what a blessing it is."