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"Skewers, skewers, hot skewers!"

People are old and their bodies are not resistant to frost, so Aunt Li and her wife put on thin cotton jackets early.

Their padded jackets were all replaced by their sons after they wore them out. The two of them smoked all day long, and they always splashed some oil and soup on their bodies, so they never bought new clothes, not to save money—that's what they said when asked.

Working on the stove in the autumn breeze can be described as hot on the chest and cold on the back, which is not pleasant, but they are used to it and have to get used to it.

Aunt Li looked up at the sky and said to her wife: "Boss, it's dark, let's close the stall." ”

Hearing this, her wife looked at the old man's mobile phone suspiciously, "It's dark, but it's still early, it's just over seven o'clock, don't we usually close the stall at nine o'clock?"

Aunt Li and her wife set up a stall across the road from Qiyuan Pet Store, selling breakfast in the morning and skewers in the evening, getting up early and working late to earn hard-earned money, although it is not much, but it is enough to maintain the family's livelihood and provide for her son to go to high school. The son is growing up safely day by day, which is the greatest relief for their old couple.

It's now past seven o'clock in the evening, and although the rush hour for office workers has passed and most of the students have gone home, there are still some scattered pedestrians on the road. From time to time, people stop in front of the stall to buy skewers, take them away, or sit down to eat.

If you collect the stall a little later, you can make more money.

Aunt Li looked at the Qiyuan pet store opposite worriedly, glanced at her wife, and said in a low voice: "The past two days have not been peaceful, so let's close the stall early." ”

The lights were still on, and through the floor-to-ceiling glass doors, you could see that there were still a few people inside, including the young store manager.

She secretly felt sorry for Zhang Zi'an, why didn't she follow her advice and quickly close her doors to avoid the limelight? Isn't it waiting to be bitten when she competes with those mad dogs?

My wife didn't agree, so she pointed to the meat and fish skewers in the tricycle and said, "It's not sold out yet, it's all gone bad overnight!" There's not much left, and I'll leave when it's sold out. ”

Aunt Li's eyelids jumped vigorously, making her flustered and unaware, but she forgot which eye was jumping wealth and which eye was jumping disaster. Since this is the case, it should be a disaster.

"No, let's go! My heart is very panicked!" Aunt Li shook her head resolutely, "I'm afraid something is going to happen." ”

My wife pointed to the pet store and said, "What are you panicking about when you see that people are not panicking, why are you panicking?"

At this moment, another customer on a bicycle stopped to ask about the price of the skewers, and the wife immediately changed her smile and happily sold it to the customer.

Aunt Li was furious, and her voice was raised, "What do you mean it has nothing to do with us?

As soon as the customers saw the stall owner arguing, they stopped buying skewers and rode away with their pedals.

At the mention of sadness, my wife widened her eyes, "I forgot, how can I forget?"

He jerked up his sleeves, revealing a dark red scar on his left arm that was more than three inches long.

"You ask if it forgot!"

This is the memorial of that horrible night.

Uncle Li was also a bloody man back then, how could he watch people smash his shop? At that moment, he picked up kitchen knives, pots and spoons and fought hard with those people, but his fists were invincible with four hands, and he was killed and laid down in two blows.

How can the lesson of blood be so easy to forget?

When Aunt Li saw this long scar, her eyes immediately turned red, and she sat on the chair prepared for the guests, wiped her tears and complained: "You haven't forgotten? I think you just forgot, remember to eat or not, you can't see the situation clearly? That store manager has offended people like us, maybe he will ...... at any time."

The wife lowered her hand and was silent.

"I know. He said in a hoarse voice.

Aunt Li patted her thigh and said, "You know, do you know why don't you hurry up and leave......?"

"I know, so I can't go. My wife said.

"You ......" Aunt Li raised her head in amazement.

"Our store was smashed, and you can't bear to watch other people's stores be smashed?" My wife's temples were bruised, and her eyes were full of anger, but this anger was not aimed at Aunt Li, but at those scum.

Aunt Li stood up tremblingly, pointed at him and said, "When ...... What are you going to do? I'm telling you, don't be reckless! Last time those people slashed your arm, what if they stabbed you in the stomach this time? If you have three long and two short, how will my child and I live!"

The wife sighed, and the anger in her eyes gradually extinguished.

"I know I'm past the age of recklessness. "But I still can't go, I'll stay here and at least call the police and call an ambulance for the boy." ”

Aunt Li looked at her wife in disbelief, and her eyes gradually overflowed with respect from the initial shock and incomprehension. After being married for so many years, she has looked at him with shy eyes, angry eyes, complaining eyes, and hating iron and steel, but it is the first time she has looked at him with respectful eyes.

She only considered the safety of her family, and she thought that she had done her best to warn Zhang Zi'an. Zhang Zi'an did not heed her advice, it was his own business. However, the wife who is usually silent is more like a man who stands up to the sky than anyone else at this time!

People will always worship heroes, even if it is just an ordinary hero.

The wife was a little embarrassed by her, turned her head awkwardly and said, "You go first, I'll stay here until nine o'clock, and then I'll go back." You go back to spend time with the children first, and I'll keep the things for me to pack. ”

Aunt Li didn't say anything, just picked up the rolling pin from the car body and put it in her arms. Anyway, their clothes are all their son's old clothes, and they wear them fat and big, not to mention carrying a rolling pin, it is no problem to carry two or three.

She showed her attitude.

The wife looked at her deeply and nodded, knowing that persuasion was useless.

"Skewers! Let's have a skewer! Hot skewers! It's cheap! A skewer for a dollar!"

The couple greeted passers-by more enthusiastically.

As long as there are enough people gathered here, maybe it can deter those mad dogs, right?

As the minutes passed, there were not many skewers left, and the couple's mood gradually relaxed.

The pet store is getting fewer and fewer people, only the young owner and a customer are left, and it will probably close soon.

You should be able to get through this day safely, right?

The life of the poor is to survive one day at a time.

At 7:45 p.m., with a sharp sound of brakes, a van without a license plate stopped on the opposite sidewalk.

The couple's hearts tightened suddenly.