For the favor of Mr. Shen

"You come with me, I will support you, provide you with education, and prepare delicious food for you."

Shi Yiqing bought a [-] cents ice cream at the canteen next to the dam in the village, and sat down on a small stone pier to eat.

After a while, several children came over in groups, bought food in the canteen and went to play at the foot of the big banyan tree beside the dam.

They also saw Shi Yiqing and called him from a distance.

Shi Yiqing looked around, confirmed that they were calling him, and walked over slowly, not daring to ignore them.

"Hey, your grandpa finally gave you money." A tall and thin child said.

Shi Yiqing: "It's not from grandpa."

"Who gave it to you? Could it be that your dad is here?"

"Hahaha." The children roared with laughter.

Shi Yiqing lowered his head and pursed his mouth slightly, the ice cream in his hand turned into a sticky liquid and dripped on the ground. They laughed at him because he always said that his father would come to pick him up.

At that time, he thought that his father was just on a mission.

Seeing that Shi Yiqing didn't speak, someone said, "Isn't it? Then your mother got divorced and came to pick you up, right?"

Another burst of laughter.

Shi Yiqing was angry and scared, but he only dared to say: "It's Dad's friend who came."

"Then he will pick you up? Didn't you say that you want to go back to eat fried chicken burgers and ice cream with more than ten yuan?"

"Yes, yes, and I have to drive to the lake to camp."

"And the carousel hahaha."

Shi Yiqing felt wronged and anxious, hated them so much, what I said was true, there really were fried chicken burgers, delicious Haagen-Dazs, camping and playgrounds.

"It's all true!"

"Then what are you doing here?"

"Yes, do you think you are really a prince in trouble?"

Their jeers rang in Shi Yiqing's ears, making his neck flush with anger.

The child didn't know how malicious these words were, he just thought it was funny to make him deflate, and felt that it was very fulfilling to make this arrogant child submissive.

Shi Yiqing didn't understand, he was just telling the truth, when they asked themselves, they said, these are the things my father lived for.

"Will your dad's friends take you camping?"

Shi Yiqing: "Yes."

He didn't know if he would, but he said it anyway.

Shi Yiqing was alone, he couldn't say it, and he didn't dare to hit him, so he could only worry about it.

Just as he was suffering, he saw the child who was willing to talk to him approaching. He wanted to run over as if he had seen a savior, but he fell face-to-face inadvertently.

When I got up, I found that my jaw was bleeding and my arm was scratched.

Shi Yiqing restrained himself from crying, but the group of children behind him were already laughing like crazy, and even two of them ran over to imitate him in wrestling.

"You guys are too bad!" Shi Yiqing yelled, and tears the size of peas fell down patteringly, which caused others to laugh even louder.

Shi Yiqing couldn't bear it any longer, and boldly threw the half-melted ice cream in his hand in front of them.

He still didn't dare to throw it at anyone.

What should I do if I am injured, my father said that I can't fight, if I have any difficulties, I can find my father, although I don't have a father now.

Seeing the two leading children approaching, Shi Yiqing was so frightened that he burst into tears.

"Hey! What are you doing!"

The children all looked towards the canteen, and it was the owner of the canteen who came out. Shi Yiqing, who saw a few children crying loudly, thought they were beating someone, and hurried out to stop them, and sent someone to call Shi Yiqing's adults.

It was only when someone came that Shi Yiqing dared to cry unrestrainedly, venting crazily.

It was the kid who was willing to talk to Shi Yiqing who was looking for grandpa, and grandpa and that uncle followed behind him.

Shi Yiqing ran over and threw himself into his grandfather's arms, but his grandfather immediately pushed Shi Yiqing away, walked over to the group of children and yelled at them, telling their family members to come over.

"Let me see?"

Shi Yiqing raised his head and saw the uncle's frowning brows. His eyes... looked like his father's. His father also had the same look when he was injured by playing around.

Dad said he felt sorry for himself.

This uncle feels sorry for him, Shi Yiqing judged.

Shi Yiqing was sobbing, and raised his chin to show his uncle. The hole was about 2cm long and was bleeding all the time. The uncle gently pinched his chin and looked at it, comforting him: "Does it hurt? Uncle will take you to the hospital right away."

Shi Yiqing didn't speak, crying until his nose was covered with tears.

"Who hit you? Tell uncle." The man held his face and asked, rubbing his two thumbs gently under his eyes to wipe away tears.

Shi Yiqing looked at him, not knowing how to explain the cause and effect.

The man pointed at the child being scolded by the grandfather, "Did they hit you?"

Seeing the man's concerned eyes, Shi Yiqing nodded mysteriously.

The wound on the chin was too shocking, the man couldn't bear to waste any more time, and said to him: "Grandpa is going to avenge you, uncle will take you to the hospital, okay?"

Shi Yiqing: "Okay."

The man picked him up, Shi Yiqing's gaze met the boy who called him, his expression was a bit puzzled, thinking that no one hit you, you fell it yourself.

It's wrong to bully, but it's also wrong for Shi Yiqing to lie.

But he still said nothing, and slipped away quietly home.

The dirty Shi Yiqing put his arms around the man's neck, he hugged Shi Yiqing with one hand, and covered the wound on his chin with toilet paper to stop the bleeding.

At the entrance of the village, there was a car, and the man put him in the back seat.

"Come on, hold your chin by yourself and sit still. We're going to the hospital now."

"Thank you uncle."

The man pulled out a bitter smile: "Good boy."

It took about 10 minutes to drive to the town. Shi Yiqing gradually got used to the pain in his jaw. Maybe he was tired from crying, so he leaned on the back seat and didn't speak, occasionally sucking his nose.

When he arrived at the hospital, the man continued to hold him and walked in.

Shi Yiqing was injured on his hands and face, his legs were fine, but the man still hugged him.

The outpatient doctor let out a sigh when he saw the wound, which frightened the man, "Is it serious, doctor? Will there be scars if you need stitches?"

The doctor frowned and prepared something to clean the wound: "It's not very deep, no stitches are needed, but you have to watch the child so that he doesn't move around, so that the wound heals well and doesn't crack. Prescribe some medicine to remove scars and remember to apply it every day."

Shi Yiqing gritted his teeth tightly, the disinfection was really painful, but he didn't dare to cry.

The man hugged him and squeezed his hand: "It's okay, just bear with it, and uncle will buy you something to eat later."

The doctor smiled: "The kid is so brave, he will be fine soon."

The man looked at Shi Yiqing, a very well-behaved child, just like the master said, why grandpa didn't like him.

Of course, Grandpa didn't directly say that he didn't like him, but said that Shi Yiqing was so coquettish that he would cry at every turn, that he couldn't help with any work, and that even a muddy figure would cry and make a fuss, which was very annoying.

On the way back, the man asked him, "Did you quarrel with grandpa today?"

Shi Yiqing nodded.

"Why are you arguing?"

"Grandpa broke my clay figurine."

"Do you like it very much?"

"Well," Shi Yiqing looked up at him, "Dad made it."

When Shi Yiqing mentioned his father, the man's expression was full of unbearable, especially now that his chin was still wrapped in gauze, his body was dirty, and his hair hadn't been cut or washed for some time.

The man took him to a barber shop, had Shi Yiqing's hair cut, and then took him to the supermarket in the town to buy new sandals and clothes.

But Shi Yiqing, who was wearing new clothes and shoes, still looked dirty, because he didn't pay attention to hygiene and his skin was very dark, so it was useless to change clothes temporarily.When he saw people, he always lowered his head and secretly looked at them. During the past six months at his grandfather's house, he had become like this.

Shi Yiqing hadn't been to town for a long time, and when he saw pineapples on the roadside barbecue stalls and fruit stands, his eyes were staring with greed.

"Want to eat?" the man asked him.

Shi Yiqing nodded cautiously, her eyes sparkling.

The man looked at his chin, and thought of the doctor's advice not to eat too much chewing food these two days to avoid the wound from opening, so he said to him, "I can't eat it now. When the wound is healed, can grandpa bring you over to buy it?"

The light in Shi Yiqing's eyes disappeared, and she lowered her head sadly.

The man thought for a while and asked tentatively, "Will grandpa buy you something delicious?"

Shi Yiqing shook his head.

The summer night came late, it was already past six o'clock, and the sky was still very bright. The end of a street in the town was seen, and the end of the street was in the direction of the sunset. The orange sunset hit the man's firm and well-defined face, and his brows slightly Frowning, as if thinking about something.

"Uncle." Shi Yiqing called him suddenly.

The man came back to his senses, maybe he was silent for too long and the child thought he was angry, so he timidly explained: "I won't eat, don't be angry."

"Ah Qing, can I call you that?" The man put him down, and the two of them were bathed in the orange glow, with a warm glow on their melancholy faces.

Shi Yiqing nodded: "Yes, Dad also calls me Ah Qing."

"You come with me, I will support you, provide you with education, and prepare delicious food for you." The man looked into his eyes seriously and said.

Shi Yiqing was stunned with surprise, he didn't know what to say, he wanted to leave, he always hoped that his father would come back alive to pick him up.

But this person is not Dad.

The man put a pair of big hands on Shi Yiqing's shoulders lightly: "Uncle protects you and prevents others from bullying you."

Shi Yiqing blinked, this uncle is father's friend, he said he would protect himself.

"it is good."

The two laughed together.

The man said, "My name is Shen Mu."

"Shen Mu?" Shi Yiqing tilted his head.

"Well, do you have any impression?"

Shi Yiqing smiled, and stopped laughing when his jaw hurt a little, he said: "Father's apprentice."

"Yes, I am Shen Mu, your father Shi Yang's apprentice, you will call me Uncle Shen from now on."

Shi Yiqing said with the cute voice unique to children after a long time: "Uncle Shen."

"good."