Sarah noticed that someone was wearing her sneakers and was a little absent-minded in class.
During the recess, the students were chattering and laughing. Sarah was still worried about the shoes. She was walking back and forth on the playground, her eyes still lingering on the feet of her classmates. Suddenly, she saw what she was looking for.
The target. The little girl wearing her shoes was leaning against the wall, holding a small bag of jam in her hand and sucking it.
Sarah walked to a place not far away from her and looked down at the pair of shoes. They were hers, yes! She raised her eyes again and stared at the little girl. The little girl still went her own way and ate happily.
When the school bell rang, the little girl put the jam in her jacket pocket and ran towards the classroom. Sarah looked at her retreating back and stood there thoughtfully.
After school, Sarah hid behind the cement pillar and stared at the school opposite. The girls poured out of the school gate chirping. After a while, the little girl appeared. She crossed the road and ran into the alley where Sarah was.
La avoided her sight and followed closely.
Follow the other party all the way to an alley.
The little girl skipped through the alley, and Sarah trotted closely behind her. Suddenly, the little girl threw her arms and started running, and Sarah also quickened her pace. But she stopped in front of a door.
, Sarah hid in a corner from a distance and observed.
The little girl knocked on the door and stepped aside. The door opened, and a woman stood at the door and looked out. The little girl suddenly jumped in front of her from the side: "I'm back."
And because of this, Ali was late again.
Ali slowed down his pace, panting heavily, and crept in. At the same time, he cautiously looked towards the principal's office. The door of the principal's office was wide open, and there were waves of phone rings coming from inside.
Upon seeing this, Ali ran up the stairs with a long stride. Suddenly, he stopped at the corner of the second floor and took a few steps back involuntarily. The principal came down the stairs with his hands behind his back and asked, "Why are you late again?"
He stretched out his hand holding a wooden ruler and pointed at Ali's shoes: "You can't say that your shoes are wet this time, right?" Ali was speechless.
"Come down." The principal called him down the stairs, and Ali followed obediently.
"Come on, come on." The principal stopped at the door of the building, pointed outside, and made a "please" gesture. Seeing that Ali remained silent, he added: "Go home and ask your father to come."
Tears suddenly filled Ali's eyes, he raised his index finger and replied: "Report to the principal, my father is at work."
Principal: "Then ask him to come over tomorrow."
"He also has to go to work tomorrow." Ali said, tears streaming down his face.
Seeing his pitiful look, the principal softened his attitude a little: "Then please invite your mother."
Ali: "Principal, my mother is sick."
The principal thought Ali was lying again and felt disgusted: "I won't listen to any excuses. Irresponsible students should be punished." Then he slapped Ali on the back with a wooden ruler and shouted at him: "Get out, get out!"
Ali had no choice but to wipe his tears and walk towards the school gate. By chance, the bearded teacher came towards him and asked with concern: "What's the matter, Ali?"
After briefly asking what happened, the bearded teacher led Ali towards the principal.
"Don't leave yet." He asked Ali to stop a few meters away from the principal, and walked over to intercede for him.
Bearded teacher: "Good morning, principal."
He pointed at what Ali was saying. The principal still had a cold face, and the bearded teacher finally said: "He is a good student and very orderly."
After finally getting the principal's approval, the bearded teacher called Ali: "Mandiga, come here."
Ali then stepped forward, and the principal said with an indifferent expression: "For Mr. Jia's sake, I will forgive you this time. You won't do it again next time. Go back to the classroom." Ali raised his index finger and wanted to say something, but he stopped him.
Live: "Go back."
Ali went up the stairs dejectedly.
Bearded teacher: "Thank you so much."
The principal said coldly: "You're welcome."
Now that we know that the shoes have been worn, of course we have to look for them.
So, Sarah led her brother to the little girl's house, looking determined to win. As they walked, Sarah pointed to a door in front and told Ali: "That's their house over there."
Before he arrived, Ali heard movement at the door. He stopped and listened, and then ran away before he could call his sister. Sarah also followed her brother and ran to the corner to hide.
The door opened, and the little girl ran out first and hid in the corner next to the door. Then, a blind man walked out of the door and shouted: "Ruoya, Ruoya? You little naughty, what are you playing again? Are you there?"
where?"
The little girl named Ruoya suddenly jumped out and threw herself on her father's back.
The father hugged his daughter affectionately and kissed her little face: "Little naughty. You are so naughty."
Ruoya's mother came out and hung the basket around her husband's neck. Ruoya picked up her father and started to leave.
Dad asked worriedly: "Is there anything else you want to bring?"
Mother: "No. Ruoya, come back after buying the bread."
The brother and sister walked home silently. Ali glanced at his sister, but didn't know how to comfort her.
Originally, they could have confidently asked for the shoes back, but obviously, they gave up the idea because they saw the little girl's home and her father was blind.
Her family's financial situation is no better than that of Ali's family.
This made Ali and Sarah unable to speak.
The camera switched again and came to the hut next to the mosque.
Ali's father made cups of tea, then took out a few handfuls of candy bars from his white pocket and put them into the aluminum basin. The sound of chanting continued, and his father suddenly burst into tears sadly. He took out a handkerchief from his trouser pocket and wiped his eyes.
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Outside the mosque, Ali and a friend knelt on the ground to collect the shoes that the adults had taken off, arranging them neatly one by one.
Dad shouted through the cabin window: "Come back for tea."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Ali and his friends got up to serve tea. A boy next to him shouted: "Ali, bring out the candy."
A memorial service was being held inside. Ali and his friends were carrying plates, serving tea and sweets to the adults.
In the evening, there were tools such as spades and scissors on the table in front of Ali's father. He picked up a pair of pruners and played with them a few times before asking, "You really don't need these?"
The old man standing opposite him replied: "No need, don't worry."
Dad: "I wish your kindness will be rewarded."
Old man: "Thank you."
Dad took the spray bottle again and turned it over and looked at it.
Back home, her mother, with the help of Sarah, twisted the removed yarn into a ball. She asked her husband worriedly: "Can you do it?"
Dad sat aside and whittled a piece of wood, and said disapprovingly: "It's just spraying pesticides on the trees and tidying up the garden. It's nothing. And it doesn't cost anything. I borrowed the tools from He Zan. Sometimes he doesn't go to work on vacation and goes to the city.
Go, he only saved a little money in this business..." He quickly whittled a wooden handle, inserted it into the shovel and tried it, then continued, "Tomorrow is Friday, Ali and I are going to the city.
Let’s go. It’s fun anyway, maybe I can make some money.”
Ali and his father came to the city together. This was an urban scene completely different from the environment where Ali and the others lived. There were many high-rise buildings, wide roads, clean streets, and overpasses extending in all directions.
His father pedaled his bicycle hard under the scorching sun and was already sweating profusely. Ali sat on the bicycle beam and looked left and right. Modern high-rise buildings and giant billboards passed by in front of his eyes, making him dizzy.
The father and son rode along the overpass into the distance.
Just going to the city to be a gardener was not as easy as imagined. The first house Ali and his father came to, they were almost treated as bad guys.
The second family was also violently evicted.
The third and fourth houses all returned without success, and were even chased away by dogs.
After the father and son got rid of the dog, they turned to another street and looked back with lingering fear to make sure that the danger had passed before they stood still. The father pinched the front tire and found that the tire was flat. He put the bicycle down on the ground and tiredly
Sitting on the curb, Ali also sat down next to his father.
Dad calmed down and took out a handkerchief to wipe the sweat from his neck. Ali looked around and suddenly saw a faucet outside the house opposite, which was dripping water. Ali ran over without Dad's permission and used
Then he started drinking.
After a drink, Ali raised his head and called to his father: "Dad, do you want some water?"
Dad was pumping air with the pump he carried with him and replied: "No need." Ali then drank again. He was really thirsty.
Suddenly, a boy's childish voice came from the intercom at the door next to him: "Who? Who? Hello? Why didn't you answer? Have you left?"
Ali walked closer and chatted with him: "I'm here. Ask your dad if he needs a gardener."
This family is a little different from before. Only the boy Alex and his grandfather are at home.
Alex invited Ali to play with him, but Ali wanted to find work with his father and refused.
Ali and his father walked forward in the afterglow of the setting sun.
Not far away, Ali's shout came from behind: "Ali! Ali!" Hearing this, Ali turned around and saw Ali standing at the door of his house waving to them. An old man with white hair in pajamas was also there.
He waved his cane to signal them to go back.
Ali and his father looked at each other and smiled knowingly.
The two came to the yard of this house. As soon as they entered the yard, Dad was shocked by the scene in front of him. The yard was full of various trees, flowers and plants, and it was like a small garden.
Grandpa introduced the situation to him: "I have some fertilizer for you. After applying the fertilizer, you can spray pesticides. Especially the cherries and apricot trees I planted by myself. I spray pesticides on them every year. Once a year, I spray pesticides on them.
I didn't spray it last year, and two trees died."
Dad hurriedly agreed: "Okay. Okay."
Yali took Ali's hand and started to rub it: "Ali, let's go play ball, okay? Let's go."
Grandpa: "Go ahead, just have me and your dad."
Ali looked at his father, who nodded in agreement: "Go, son."
Ali and Alex were swinging on the swing, talking and laughing happily...
Dad covered his mouth with a handkerchief and sprayed the trees, flowers and plants...
Ali and Alex were playing on the chairs;
Dad loosened the soil for the big trees;
Ali and Alex were swinging on the swing with footballs and toy elephants in their arms;
Dad is fertilizing the flowers and plants;
This is undoubtedly a very happy thing for Ali and his son, and of course it may also be for Alex.
After finishing all the work, grandpa handed a wad of banknotes to Ali's father: "Thank you for your hard work, this is your salary."
Alex's grandfather was very generous and gave him more salary. His father shouted to his son who was squatting on the ground playing ball: "Ali, we have to leave." Ali got up and went to say goodbye to Alex. At this time, Alex was already tired from playing.
, fell asleep leaning on the swing.
Ali picked up the toy elephant that he had dropped on the ground and placed it next to him. He couldn't help laughing when he saw Ali sleeping soundly with his head tilted to one side.
Grandpa: "When I come back, I will call you again."
On the way home, the father and son were riding bicycles on the boulevard. The temporary success made the father full of beautiful fantasies about the future. He excitedly talked about his future plans to his son: "I can take a month's vacation.
I work overtime and work nearby in the afternoon. We can live a better life and buy whatever we want. We can buy a motorcycle, a dressing table, an iron and a big refrigerator for my mother, and we can also rent a bigger house.
You can buy a lot of things.”
Ali took over the conversation: "Buy Sarah a pair of shoes."
Dad readily agreed: "No problem, you can buy a pair too."
Ali: "Buy it for Sarah first, hers is already worn out."
Dad: "Okay."
The father and son rode down a hill, and the car seemed to have lost control. The father felt something strange and quickly pressed the brakes. It turned out that the brakes had failed!
The father panicked and shouted: "Ali, hurry up!"
Ali's body tensed up in fear and he closed his eyes: "Dad, stop!"
Father: "The brake is broken, hurry up!"
The father tried to slow down the vehicle by putting his feet on the ground, but in vain. The bicycle still slipped down the slope at an extremely fast speed.
Ali shouted at the top of his lungs: "Dad, stop!"
"Don't let go!" The father had no choice but to drive towards a big tree on the roadside. As a result, there was a "clang" and the father and son, as well as the car, fell to the ground.
It was getting late, and a small truck was driving on the city's main road. Ali and his son were sitting in the back car. His father had a bandage on his head, and Ali had already fallen asleep in his father's arms, exhausted both physically and mentally. His father stroked him lovingly.
He was holding his son's hair. The broken bicycle was lying in front of them, and the front axle wheel had been damaged by the collision.
Back home, my father poured a glass of boiled water and swallowed a few pills. He leaned on the quilt and let out a long sigh of relief. My mother was mending clothes under the dim light.
Ali was lying on the other end of the carpet, his eyes open and eavesdropping on his parents' conversation.
My mother talked about the landlord coming to ask for rent again.
Apparently the family's financial situation is still dire.
The next day, after school, Sarah hurried out of the school gate and rushed into the alley. The ballpoint pen her brother gave her fell out of her schoolbag. Sarah didn't notice at all. After running a few steps, she squatted down and put her shoes away.
Then keep running forward.
Ruoya, who was following behind, picked up the ballpoint pen and called Sarah loudly: "Little sister, wait a minute! Your pen!"
Sarah didn't hear it and ran away.
Ruoya chased after her, but when she turned a corner, Sarah had already disappeared.
