Ye Cheng

This time, Ye Cheng and the others were traveling together, as well as a family of three and a father and son. They all went out after seeing that Qian Xingliang took Ye Cheng to make money outside.In this business, except for Qian Xingliang, there is no one who can read and write, so everyone follows him closely along the way, for fear that he will get lost if he is not careful.

All the way from car to train, when they finally arrived at City C where Ye Cheng and the others had brought, they had to find a house for the other two families. After summing up several people, they were all crowded in the yard rented by Qian Xingliang, the rent was shared equally, and they could also help each other to cook and save some expenses.

So they built another shed in front of Qian Xingliang's yard. The couple lived in it, and the four children lived in Ye Cheng's original room. They only needed to add another bed. Qian Xingliang himself and Luo Cheng Fu lives in an outhouse.

Ye Cheng was still begging outside every day, and the other two children who had just arrived were brought by their own parents, and they were also around the streets and alleys. Even if they had no experience, they would still get some money after a while.

It's just that there are such a large number of people crowded in a yard, and there are always bumps and bumps. For example, Lu Mingyuan is at odds with the two children from the outside world. It is probably because the children in this house have income every day, and Lu Mingyuan is the only one. People wandered around and didn't ask for money, so the two children looked down on him a little bit, and usually didn't play with him, and they were very rude when talking.Lu Mingyuan has a bad temper and never wants to suffer, so fighting is inevitable.

One morning when Lu Mingyuan was brushing his teeth, he and Ye Cheng bought a toothbrush, whoever got up first would brush first.Then a child came out of the room, which was Luo Chengfu's son Luo Chaoyi. He walked over in a daze, saw that Lu Mingyuan was occupying the seat by the ditch, and pushed him domineeringly, trying to push him away. I couldn't stand firmly, and when I pushed, I fell into the ditch. The winter was not over at that time, and it was very cold in the early morning, and the water in the ditch was stinky and icy.

Lu Mingyuan managed to climb up from the ditch, and shouted at Luo Chaoyi: "What are you doing? Why are you pushing me?"

Luo Chaoyi usually looked down on Lu Mingyuan, and he might have felt a little guilty when he pushed him down just now, but seeing him be aggressive towards him now, he suddenly got excited again: "I just pushed you, what's the matter?"

"Try pushing me one more time, and I'll let you push!" Lu Mingyuan wasn't easy to mess with, and rushed over to beat him.

"You want to hit me? You little bastard that no one wants, who eats and drinks for free and is so arrogant, why don't you get out of this courtyard?" I don't know if the adults said something later, but Lu Mingyuan followed them to eat at that time, It can be regarded as everyone raising him together.

Luo Chaoyi usually likes to whisper to another kid named Qian Bin, and the two of them probably said the same thing behind their backs, but now they got anxious, so they blurted out cursing, after all, he is two years older than Lu Mingyuan, so casually Just reach out, and you can put Lu Mingyuan on the ground.

"I won't get out, I won't get out, why do you let me get out." Lu Mingyuan couldn't beat him again and again, his body was smelly and cold, so he started to cry.

As soon as he cried, Ye Cheng ran out of the house, Qian Xingliang and the others followed, and then saw Lu Mingyuan covered in black and smelly mud, crying and wanting to fight Luo Chaoyi, He couldn't hit him again, and was pushed back to the ground one by one.

"Chaoyi, what are you doing?" Before Luo Chengfu finished speaking, Ye Cheng rushed over and pushed Luo Chaoyi into the stinky ditch with a "plop". come up.

Now it was lively, Lu Mingyuan was crying too, Luo Chaoyi was crying too, the whole yard was boiling, and Qian Xingliang suddenly became one head and two big. "What's the matter? Is this going to be a big show in the morning?"

When he yelled, the two children didn't dare to cry loudly, and the adults didn't say much. Ye Cheng squatted on the ground to undress Lu Mingyuan. After coming down, Qian Xingliang went over to help.

"He said let me go." Lu Mingyuan didn't usually kiss Qian Xingliang, but for some reason now, he said that with red eyes.

Qian Xingliang didn't expect that this little wolf cub would know to sue him, so he froze for a moment and said, "Uncle didn't tell you to leave, so you don't have to."

Lu Mingyuan was relieved now, obediently asked Qian Xingliang to help him undress, took a hot bath and changed into clean clothes, and drank a bowl of ginger soup.

This morning's turmoil finally calmed down, but the children's war was far from over. Because Luo Chaoyi was pushed into the ditch by Ye Cheng, holding a grudge, he dragged another boy named Qian Bin, and from then on with Ye Cheng and the others Right on.

Lu Mingyuan is not a fuel-efficient lamp, he naturally hates Luo Chaoyi, and his temper is very bad, and he will catch fire at any point.From then on, the yard was no longer clean, and the children made a big fuss for three days and made a small fuss for two days, which made the relationship between the adults tense.Qian Xingliang was even more annoying.

One day when he was having a drink with the owner of the bun shop, he mentioned this matter, and the owner of the bun shop also complained for him, and brought some folks out properly, now he knows that being a good person is difficult.When it’s over, I will give him some advice. The old man Wu who repairs shoes in the alley has an empty room upstairs, and no one rents it. You can take your two children to ask, and you will only sleep there. I think It doesn't cost much.

So Qian Xingliang took Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan there the next day. The old man Wu, a shoemaker, is not in his sixties this year. It belongs to his own house. The downstairs is used as a facade. He usually works there, piled up a lot of broken shoes, broken umbrellas and miscellaneous things. There are two rooms on the upper floor, the front and the back. Empty, piled up some things, dust a foot thick.

"Just the two of them?" Old man Wu knew these two children. The shorter one was said to beg for food on the street every day, and the taller one wandered into their alley by himself. He also saw them in the first few days when he came here.

"Hey, it's just the two of them. They usually eat with me. These two children don't stay at home during the day, so they come to sleep at night." Qian Xingliang said quickly.

"It's okay to sleep, but I'm old and I'm afraid of noise. If they make me too noisy in the future, I'm going to coax people. Then don't say that my old man has a bad temper." This old man Wu has a bad temper. It stinks, and everyone who lives in this area knows it, but his cloth shoes and umbrella repair skills are really good, and the fees are affordable, so the business has always been good.

"No, I'll tell them more." As soon as Qian Xingliang heard this, he knew there was something wrong with it.

"I haven't been in the back room for a long time. It's very dusty. Clean it yourself," the old man said.

"Okay, that's no problem."

"That's fine, let's do it like this." Old man Wu pushed his reading glasses, bowed his head and continued to work.

"Well, Old Wu, about the rent..." This hasn't been discussed yet, so it's fine, Qian Xingliang smiled.

"What kind of rent do you need for a broken house, just live in it." Old man Wu's house is indeed broken, and because the downstairs is occupied by him, and sundries are piled up everywhere, it is probably difficult to rent it out if you want to rent it out. Qian Xingliang is Focusing on this, he thought that if he didn't have much money, he would buy a clean house out of his own pocket, but he didn't expect that Old Man Wu didn't want money for them to live in vain.

The adults in the yard were very happy when they heard that they could finally live with the children separately, but the other party didn't want their money, so they just said that the old man is good.Carrying buckets and rags to clean up, upstairs and downstairs, inside and out, dirty water poured out bucket after bucket, wishing to paint the small dilapidated building into a new one.

Then Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan lived upstairs in the shoe repair shop. The old man Wu didn't seem to like children as much as ordinary old people. In the first few days, he didn't pay much attention to the two children who lived in his house. It took a while to get to know each other slowly before finally speaking.

At first, it was because of the rainy days, Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan had no place to go, so he just stayed beside old man Wu and watched him mend his shoes, but old man Wu's business was very good every rainy day, because once the rain soaked, the shoes would be easy to peel off, people Umbrellas are needed when going out, and the business of repairing umbrellas has also increased.

When old man Wu was too busy, he saw the two children idle around, so he started ordering them around casually. At first, he couldn't help much, but the more he manipulated the children, the easier he was to manipulate them. Gradually, they also You can get started.

For example, someone's shoes have been glued, and after applying the glue, they need to be pressed to shape, sometimes it takes a long time to press, this job is the easiest to get started, and the two of them are idle when they go to sea, so I am very happy to help.There is also the repair of shoe soles. You need to find old shoe soles from the pile of junk in Mr. Wu's house. Ye Cheng and his family rummage through the pile of sundries. Sometimes they are not sure which one can be used. Find a few more for old man Wu to choose, and when you find more, you will find out the pattern.

When they get to know old man Wu gradually, Ye Cheng and the others will pick up old shoes and broken umbrellas when they are wandering outside, and they will pick them up for him. Old man Wu will take them over and look through them. The two can be happy for a long time.

Ye Cheng and the others usually go to the shoe repair shop after dinner, and it is usually still early. If old man Wu is in a good mood, he will teach them some crafts, such as grinding the soles of shoes and sticking the edges of shoes. The two sit down for two or three hours. I don't know if I'm tired, it's all just playing.Old man Wu didn't think they wasted materials either. He had a lot of broken shoes in his house, glue and the like, and he used up what he needed.

After learning this way for a month or two, these two children seem to be mending shoes like that. It is difficult for them to repair the upper of the shoe, but it is not a big problem to repair the sole of the shoe with glue.

When Ye Cheng and the others arrived at the store in the evening, they saw old man Wu clutching his stomach and crawling upstairs. Seeing Ye Cheng and the others coming, he asked them to help him close the store door. I have to go upstairs and lie down.

Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan hadn't even had time to close the door when a person hurried in from outside: "Where's Old Wu? My shoes are on the side."

"Upstairs, he has a stomachache." Ye Cheng felt that it was not good to call old man Wu down at this time, but the man ignored him and shouted at the top of his voice.

"Old Wu, old Wu, come down and sew my shoes for me, I'm in a hurry to get out."

"My stomach hurts, let Ye Cheng fix it for you." Old man Wu's tone was not very good.

"Don't ask a child to repair it for me, how does he know how to repair shoes?" The man refused.

"He can."

"Hey, these are leather shoes for me." The man said unwillingly.

"Who doesn't know your broken shoes, if he says he knows how, he will, and I will pay you a pair if it is repaired." Old man Wu has said so, and the man can't help it. He is also anxious to go out. Like now, for the poor, it is almost enough to have a pair of shoes that can be worn out at home.

Ye Cheng took the man's shoes. Fortunately, the opening was on the side, not very deep, and the difficulty was not too great.

"Hey, you really do?" The man seemed quite worried.

"Yes." Ye Cheng said concisely.

The man fell silent, and just stood by and stared at it closely, for fear of breaking it.

Ye Cheng tidied up the opening and put it back, glued it firmly, and then made a cut on the side of the sole.

"Hey, hey, lightly." When the knife went down, the man screamed, as if it had been cut on him.

Before Ye Cheng said anything, he just lowered his head to repair the shoes, and Lu Mingyuan beside him quit: "Can you stop shouting?"

Being taught a lesson by a little kid, the man felt a little embarrassed, so he stopped talking.

Ye Cheng used an awl to pierce the hole, crocheted the thread, and sewed a few stitches at the opening. The thread that passed through the sole was buried in the ditch just made. After tying the knot and cutting the end of the thread, it didn’t look very good on the bottom of the shoe. It shows the traces of being sewn, and avoids fraying the thread when walking. Basically, anyone with cloth shoes can do this skill, but Ye Cheng is only seven years old at the moment, and he does his work pretty well.

The man found out that Ye Cheng had repaired the shoes, and looked at them for a long time: "Hey, can it be repaired?" Then he left fifty cents and hurried out of the shop again, it seemed that something was really urgent.

After that, Ye Cheng gradually became able to help in old man Wu's shop, and Lu Mingyuan was able to do it too soon, and then word spread in their area, saying that there were two dolls in old man Wu's shop Repairing shoes is only so big, and it does a decent job.