The man struggled to break free from the rope, not caring to put on his torn cotton-padded jacket. He staggered to the roadside and squatted beside the child. He tried to feel the child's breath, but his hand was still shaking.
He didn't feel the breath, but tears came out first.
"Xiao Shi, Xiao Shi, Dad is sorry for you. Dad didn't protect you well!"
People on the street were running away just now, but no one came out now. In the supply and marketing cooperative, there were only a few salesmen and Jiandan's group. They watched the people leave and didn't dare to speak for a long time.
The crying of the man outside was clearly heard by several people. Lin He and others had seen many similar scenes these days, but they were still very nervous and leaned against the counter without saying anything.
Li Yan and others were completely confused. They had heard that the city was a bit chaotic, but who could have thought it was so bloody? Several people hadn't reacted yet.
Li Yan and the other girls shook hands with each other, and sure enough, they were all cold.
"Where's Jiandan?"
Jiandan was outside the door.
After standing beside the child for a long time, the man was unaware and continued to cry.
Jiandan was short-tempered.
"Are you done?"
The man was startled and looked up with tears and snot.
"Why are you looking at me? Look at the child, I want to see you crying here?"
The man was surprised,
"You, you saved me?"
Jian Dan was impatient and a little hungry,
"See if the child is okay?"
The man lowered his head and laughed at himself,
"They are used to being domineering in this county, aren't you afraid that they will come back to retaliate against you?"
Jian Dan looked at him strangely,
"Why do you want to retaliate against me? Who saw what I did?"
"Haha, yes!"
The man held the child in his arms, reached out and stroked the child's little face, and after a long while, he slowly stood up,
"Auntie, comrade, can you help me take care of Xiao Shi for a while?"
Jian Dan just felt that something was wrong and wanted to refuse,
"What are you going to do? Isn't this your son?"
The man lost his hysteria just now, and he could be called gentle and elegant. He chuckled,
"I'll go back to get something, and then take the child away from here."
Really? Jian Dan still felt something was wrong, but after staring at the man for a long time, and then looking at the white and transparent little face in his arms, he still reached out to take it.
After thinking about it, they agreed on a place,
"I'll go to the state-owned restaurant and wait for you there."
The man nodded, stared at the child for a while, and turned and left.
Jian Dan added two more sentences,
"Hold on tight, I tell you, we won't wait for you if you're late!"
Jian Dan looked over just now, and the child turned a little when he was thrown over, and his body buffered a little. This time, the shock he received should be relatively large, and there is really no bone injury. What he needs is training.
Li Yan and the others came out trembling, and what they saw was the scene of Jian Dan holding the child. Suddenly, they were all shocked and no longer afraid.
"You really took it?"
"You can't just throw him on the road, right? I'm going to the state-owned restaurant to wait, what about you?"
Originally, considering that Li Yan and Lin Zhaodi might not be willing to let him go, I didn't say it. Now it seems that only that place is suitable for sitting and waiting for people.
Li Yan and the others must have discussed it, and nodded one after another.
"Let's go, too."
Going back to the house, she put on her backpack and carried today's harvest. Jiandan didn't care about anything else. She waved to Lin He and went straight to the state-owned restaurant a few doors away. Even her backpack and the things she bought today were carried by Chen Jianguo.
It was not time to go back at this time. The attached factories had not yet finished get off work. There were not many bad people in the state-owned restaurant. To be precise, there were only them.
Found a big table, put down the things, and put Jiandan on the bench next to him. When he put it down, hey, the child woke up.
Suddenly meeting a pair of big eyes, Jiandan was stunned.
"Jian Jian, what do you want to eat? Buns?"
"Ah?"
Looking at the child named Shengshi, the braised pork at her mouth turned into,
"I want a bowl of noodles, no spicy."
Jian Jian had no experience in taking care of children. The only children she was close to were Hu Zi, Xiao Hua and Hei Dan. The children were already grown up, so she didn't need to take care of them at all.
After thinking about it, she took out her kettle, which was filled with sugar water in the morning.
"Sister Yan, can you help me get an empty bowl?"
When she came back with the empty bowl, Li Yan was horrified to find that the child she had just held sat up, and Jian Jian took the bowl, poured half a bowl of water and handed it over,
"Drink water first."
After being tortured for so long, the lips of adults and children were all chapped.
Sheng Shi didn't say anything, looked at Jian Jian for a few seconds, took the water, drank it in a gulp, his eyes lit up, and then held the bowl and gulped it down in a few gulps.
Jian Jian thought to himself, this is not a stupid one, he can taste the sweetness in one gulp.
Several people wanted simple things, which were quickly prepared. Jian Da asked for another small bowl and gave half of the slim dish to Jian Da.
"Here, eat. Your dad said he would pick you up later."
Sheng Shi was also obedient and ate when he was told to.
However, after eating for a long time, there was no sign of Sheng Zhiyuan, and Jian Da couldn't help but feel nervous. What did this mean?
"It's on fire, it's on fire!"
Jian Da suddenly stood up. Why did he feel that the fire seemed wrong?
I ran to the door and saw the end of the street, which should be the back street, with thick smoke and a big fire. Passersby were talking about it.
"How could it catch fire? There is no strong wind today?"
"Yes! Hey, it seems to be over there. Emma, let's go. That seems to be where those people live?"
"Oh, it's true. Last time, we smashed Lao Chen's house and moved all the things in that yard over there, right?"
"No, it was moved over here. The house over here, the one on fire, seems to be the one they usually play in during the day. Is it here? The neighbors around here don't dare to speak. "
"Ah, if you say so, I remember that kid was scared and had a nightmare in the middle of the night, right?"
"Hey, come to think of it, aren't those houses in that area all owned by Old Sheng's family?"
"What are you talking about? You still dare to say it. Be careful that they will come to trouble you."
Although it was a mess, Jiandan could also hear the general idea. These soldiers smashed a lot of houses and took away all the things. One house was used to store things, and the other house was used for daily activities. Now the house where people usually live is on fire.
Touching his chin, he didn't need conspiracy theories. This thing was just wrong. It was too coincidental.
"Hey? Who bumped into me?"
A small figure bumped into her and ran to the corner in front. He turned back to show her the way. Jiandan pointed at himself.
"Call me?"
The child nodded vigorously and pointed behind him.
Jiandan was a skilled and courageous person. He said something to Li Yan, then walked in that direction and entered the alley.
"Tell me, who told you to call me here?"
The little beggar pointed behind her. Jiandan turned around and frowned immediately.