Chapter 861: Strange Stall Owner
The stall owner looked like a teenager, sitting on a small wooden stool, holding his chin with both hands, staring at his stall in a daze.
The child looked malnourished, but his eyes were black and white, and his eyes were very pure. Li Yi sighed softly. Looking at the clothes on the child, he knew that he was from a poor family, because many places on his clothes were patched, and it was obvious that he had been wearing them for several years.
In the 1990s, such scenes were not uncommon. After the park was demolished, no one knew where the child went. Li Yi didn't know what he was thinking, but Xu Qingnan had already walked up.
"Little boy, don't you have to go to school?
It's the first day of school, right?"
Hearing Xu Qingnan's words, the child came back to his senses in a daze, looked at the beautiful big sister in front of him, and subconsciously said: "It's a long vacation now, I came out to help my father sell things..."
Li Yi reacted immediately. Yes, it was a long vacation in October, and it was normal for the child to appear here. When Li Yi looked at the schoolbag next to the child, he immediately realized that the child had even brought the schoolbag.
It should be filled with homework or something like that, right?
While thinking about this, Li Yi smiled and said: "Little boy, how much is your pair of insoles?"
The child immediately became interested and said: "Insoles are 30 cents! There are some small accessories here, and this sister must look good wearing them!"
"These small accessories are not expensive, there are 20 cents, 30 cents, and 50 cents!"
Li Yi smiled and nodded. In fact, the price is secondary. Seeing this scene, buying a few can be regarded as supporting the child.
Xu Qingnan saw Li Yi pick out two pairs of insoles, then picked up a few small accessories, gave the kid two yuan, told him not to change, then put the things into the bag, and pulled himself away from the stall. He felt sorry for him and said subconsciously, "Are we just leaving like this?"
Li Yi paused for a moment, shrugged his shoulders, and said, "What else?
What should I do?
Throw a few hundred yuan at him?"
Xu Qingnan was a little confused, and said subconsciously, "This kid has come out to sell goods by himself, which means that the family situation must be bad. We We should help him, give him a little more money..."
Knowing that Xu Qingnan was still soft-hearted, Li Yi smiled bitterly and said: "We are not helping him at all, but will make him dissatisfied with us. Let's put it this way, I will just throw money to him, do you think he will really accept it?
No!"
"He will only think that we are pitying him! It's true that he is poor, but he is doing business now! This is called self-esteem! If I give him a few hundred yuan, he will definitely not accept it!"
Xu Qingnan seemed to understand something, nodded, and stopped talking.
Li Yi looked in the direction of the child, seeing that he was holding two yuan in his hand, and he looked so happy, and he actually felt bad in his heart, but he knew that his ability was limited after all, and the situation of this child could actually motivate his growth. It is better not to point fingers at other people's lives too much.
After walking around the park twice, Li Yi and Xu Qingnan were actually ready to go back. The scenery of the park was indeed good. There was a small lake in the middle with several swans on it. Many elderly people were standing by the lake to feed the swans. After Li Yi took Xu Qingnan around the lake, Xu Qingnan seemed to have found the feeling of high school and school.
The two sat by the lake, and Xu Qingnan smiled and said: "Do you remember that time when you stuffed poplar hair into the hole of the girl's desk and were punished by the teacher to stand?"
Li Yi immediately remembered it, nodded with a wry smile, and said: "There is no way, who let them exclude you first?
They said that you and Qingyao were not my father's children, and they were picked up. In fact, I secretly put a real caterpillar in it, so the teacher made me stand in class..."
Xu Qingnan and Xu Qingyao, the two sisters, are actually very good people, but their grades are better than each other. This was the case when Xu Qingnan was in school, and the same was true when Xu Qingyao was in school. However, there is another point that the two sisters are similar, that is, personality.
Xu Qingnan is introverted and gentle. She won't take the initiative to talk to other people, but she won't refuse even if she encounters help from strangers. However, Xu Qingyao is different. She is a bit withdrawn. Xu Qingnan is worried that she won't be able to make friends, but Li Yi is not very worried, because Xu Qingyao's temperament is like this. If you force her to open her heart, it is very likely to have the opposite effect.
So Li Yi has been guiding Xu Qingyao all the time, instead of blindly asking her to make more friends. From the heart, the two sisters are actually very kind. Although Xu Qingyao doesn't get along with other girls, she will secretly take some leftovers to feed the cats and dogs on the street. Li Yi has seen such scenes more than once.
Lying on the lawn, Li Yi smiled and said, "Sister, if you pass the exam this time, it will be a part of your college dream. This opportunity is hard-won, but you don't have to be so nervous, you know?
Every time you are nervous, your left hand will grab your right wrist..."
Obviously, Xu Qingnan didn't expect Li Yi to observe so carefully. Her pretty face suddenly turned red, and then she followed Li Yi's example and lay on the soft grass.
"Of course I know what you said, but I don't want your efforts to be in vain, so I will try my best! I will definitely pass the exam!"
Li Yi smiled when he heard it, sat up and patted the dust on his body, took Xu Qingnan's hand, and said, "Let's go, we will go back now, Teacher Wang will be here soon!"
Xu Qingnan nodded, stood up, and walked side by side with Li Yi towards the exit of the park.
The park has three entrances and exits, but in different directions. The entrance they came in from before was the closest to the hotel where they lived, so Li Yi still planned to go out from here.
Just when I came to the square I passed by before, I suddenly found something wrong.
Because several people gathered at the stall of the child just now, they were talking about something and pointing.
Xu Qingnan also noticed this situation and immediately tugged at Li Yi's sleeve. Li Yi nodded to show that he understood, and then walked up with Xu Qingnan.
"Excuse me, please make way!"
When they arrived next to the stall, they found that the child was squatting on the ground.