Strawberry Pops

The day before the winter vacation, Han Yang's report card came out, and he ranked first in the whole grade.

If it is a child of an ordinary family, maybe it will have an extremely comfortable vacation.Unfortunately, before Han Yang's winter vacation started, his stepfather Wang Sheng had already figured out where to go for him.

Wang Sheng's parents owned a small restaurant, and Wang Sheng's job was to help out there.This time, taking advantage of Han Yang's vacation, he brought Han Yang with him.

Wang Sheng's father falsely reprimanded Wang Sheng, "You are not afraid of tiring the child." Then, he stuffed a small red envelope into Han Yang's pocket, which was all polite.

When he turned around, Wang Sheng had already taken the red envelope from Han Yang's pocket.He led Han Yang to the back kitchen, a sink of bowls, "After washing, go out and help, don't be lazy."

Han Yang buried his head in the wash, Wang Sheng leaned aside and dozed off, and chatted outside with others when he woke up.From time to time, I would yell inwardly, "Come out and collect the table!"

Han Yang often memorizes the formulas in the textbook while washing the dishes.His life is boring, except for studying, there is nothing else to relax.

It was cold winter at this time, and the cold tap water caused many chilblains on Han Yang's hands. He was still wearing the dirty black coat, and after a long time, the greasy smell covered it.He wears plastic gloves to wash the dishes hard, and the wet ground will freeze due to water stains in the middle of the night.

On the low table not far away, the broken schoolbag was sewed with sloppy needlework, but it was still usable.

I don't know if it's because the New Year is approaching, but the restaurant's business is very good.

Naturally, when the business is good, there will be a lot of leftovers left at night, and Han Yang will often eat them secretly.He is in the period of growing tall, because of insufficient nutritional intake, he is shorter than his peers.

Wang Sheng is afraid of being misunderstood, so he often explains to guests, "This is my son, here to help."

At times like this, Han Yang always squeezed the hem of his clothes uncomfortably.

This time, when Wang Sheng was talking about what he said, Han Yang raised his head inadvertently, and saw Gu Nuan standing at the door of the restaurant, with a tall male Alha beside him.Han Yang remembered that this was Gu Nuan's alha father.

Wang Sheng greeted enthusiastically, "What do you want to eat, look at the menu yourself!"

Gu Nuan's father, Gu Yuanchen, had no intention of ordering food. He hugged Gu Nuan, not wanting the child's feet to land on the greasy and dirty ground.Tall and tall, he was out of place in this small alley restaurant and attracted the attention of many people.

Han Yang was pushed by Wang Sheng to open the beer caps for a table of guests, his slightly long bangs almost covered his dark eyes.He didn't sleep well last night, he was in a trance, and accidentally broke a bottle of beer.

Wang Sheng immediately slapped Han Yang on the head, knocking Han Yang to the ground.Wang Sheng cursed repeatedly, all kinds of unbearable words were as greasy and dirty as this restaurant.

This sudden action made Gu Nuan froze instantly, "Brother!"

Han Yang's head was buzzing, and he scrambled to the corner.

Wang Sheng hated him the most, raising his hand to hit him again, it was Gu Yuanchen who grabbed his wrist.

Gu Nuan, who was originally in Gu Yuanchen's arms, touched the ground, ran up to Han Yang, and hugged the dirty Han Yang, "Don't bully brother!"

At such a young age, he doesn't understand anything, and he seems to understand a little bit of everything.The beaten Han Yang didn't shed a single tear, but Gu Nuan was crying.

The tears were hot and fell on the back of Han Yang's hands, and the numb chilblains felt numb.

Han Yang suddenly thought of the few strawberry candies left in his schoolbag. The sweet and greasy smell was the same as that on Gu Nuan.

"Gu Nuan." He called Gu Nuan's name for the first time.

Gu Nuan choked up and responded.

"I'm dirty, don't hug me." Han Yang said.

Gu Nuan shook her head desperately, and cried, "I don't want him to hit you, I don't want him to hit you!"

"..."

Han Yang felt that Gu Nuan was really weird about a child, they were obviously not familiar with each other, why did they protect him like this, and even cried for him, obviously...even the "family" who was related to him by blood didn't shed tears for him. .

Han Yang's head was filled with countless question marks, and his nose was slightly sore unconsciously.

He forgot how he followed Gu Yuanchen out of the gate of the restaurant, he only saw Gu Yuanchen say something forcefully to Wang Sheng, and he should have returned some banknotes to Wang Sheng.

Winter passes so slowly that even people's breathing becomes slow.

Han Yang was sitting in Gu Yuanchen's car, holding a cup of hot milk tea in his hand, as if he was in summer from the harsh winter, his cheeks were slightly red, he was blindsided.

Therefore, Gu Yuanchen specially turned down the heating in the car.

Gu Nuan sniffed, his eyelashes were still wet, he helped Han Yang insert the milk tea straw, and chattered, "Brother, I'm going to my grandpa's house abroad to celebrate the New Year. So I want to come over and give you a New Year's gift, My dad and I picked out a schoolbag for you."

Han Yang asked puzzledly, "...Why did you give it to me?" He glanced at the dark blue schoolbag beside him, and thought that a certain student in the class had a similar one, and it was said that it was not cheap.

Han Yang could accept other people's food, but he didn't dare to accept such an expensive schoolbag. He bluntly rejected Gu Nuan's kindness, "I have my own schoolbag."

When Gu Nuan heard it, she drooped her head, "Don't you like it?"

Han Yang couldn't understand his attitude. Fortunately, Gu Yuanchen helped explain, "Xiao Nuan passed the No. 1 exam this time, and his father promised to give him a gift. He specially picked out a schoolbag for you, so you can accept it." Let's go. This is the result of his hard work, and he only wants to give it to you, a new friend."

Gu Nuan nodded hurriedly, and grabbed Han Yang's fingers to "act like a baby".

Han Yang was dizzy from the word "friend" and didn't refuse any more.

After sending the gift out, Gu Nuan instantly came to life. He shook his feet, "Brother, drink milk tea quickly! This is really delicious. Dad said I was too young to drink it often. But Dad is working overtime today, he I don't know I'm drinking milk tea." He said, holding his own cup, and took a few sips contentedly.

Then, Gu Nuan exclaimed loudly, "The milk tea is really delicious!"

Goo-dong, goo-dong, goo-dong.

If it wasn't because he couldn't stop crying just now, how could Gu Yuanchen buy him milk tea.

Gu Yuanchen said helplessly, "Drink less."

"Yeah!" Gu Nuan nodded vigorously, then turned to Han Yang and said, "Brother, why don't you drink?"

Han Yang swallowed and took several breaths.He drank milk tea for the first time, and it was really delicious.

With the help of milk tea, the atmosphere in the car eased down.Gu Yuanchen handed Han Yang the ointment he bought at the pharmacy next door when he bought milk tea just now, "Apply your hands before going to bed."

Han Yang took it carefully, and after seeing chilblain ointment written on the box, he habitually thanked each alms, "Thank you." As soon as the words fell, Han Yang's stomach growled softly.He immediately covered it with the sound of grabbing clothes, thinking that Gu Yuanchen hadn't noticed.

Gu Yuanchen glanced at the rearview mirror, with a gentle attitude, "Are you hungry?"

Han Yang shook his head in embarrassment, "...I, I'm not hungry." In the end, his stomach didn't show any face and betrayed him.

"Let's go eat something first, just as Xiaonuan and I haven't had dinner yet." Gu Yuanchen smiled, "Want to eat fried chicken?"

When Gu Nuan heard the fried chicken, her ears were almost pricked up, and she excitedly grabbed Han Yang's hand, "Brother, it's fried chicken!"

Han Yang was taken aback by him, and anxiously wanted to withdraw his hand.

Gu Nuan tried her best to tighten it, forgetting the sadness just now, and there were stars in her eyes, "Brother, the fried chicken is very, very delicious! It's crispy and crispy, and it's oily when you bite down!"

Han Yang swallowed again.

In my impression, Han Yang only ate fried chicken once, and it was when he just entered the first grade.

It rained heavily that day, and Han Yang was left in school without an umbrella.The teacher in the communication room asked him to sit indoors and wait for the parents to pick him up, but Li Li's phone was still disconnected.

The young Han Yang was hungry, he lowered his head and cleaned up the homework he had completed.

Seeing this, the teacher went to the cafeteria to order a meal for him.There are meat and vegetables, and the meat dish is a huge fried chicken drumstick.Han Yang had never eaten it, and he almost devoured the meal.

While eating, he thought of Li Li.

Li Li usually gets off work late, and it was already [-]:[-] when she got home.At this time, she will take out a double-layered lunch box from her bag, which contains cold meals.

In order to save money, she usually only orders three vegetarian dishes, and occasionally a meat dish, usually stir-fried pork slices with green peppers.Only at this time can their mother and son sit together peacefully and eat this simple meal.

But Li Li doesn't seem to like meat, so she often keeps the fried pork slices.

At this time, Han Yang would eat them all.

……

Han Yang couldn't remember what time Li Li picked him up that day, it seemed to be eight o'clock, or nine o'clock.

He only remembered that the rain finally stopped, and when he was preparing to go home, Li Li came to the school gate wearing a raincoat and riding a bicycle.

In the night, Han Yang looked lifeless, unlike children of this age, he was not lively or lovable at all.

The teacher in the reception room stuffed a few pieces of chocolate into Han Yang's schoolbag, and said to Li Li with a smile, "Han Yang is very smart. I saw that he can even do third-grade questions."

After hearing this, Li Li just glanced at Han Yang indifferently. She didn't even say a word of thanks to the teacher who helped Han Yang.

With a sullen face, she let Han Yang sit on the back seat of the bicycle, and said coldly, "Don't trouble me."

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