The uncle is a native of Kenan. His parents and above are all farmers. He built a small yard in this Sanmen market.

After the reform of Sanmen City, the uncle also found an odd job in the city - repairing shoes for others. While collecting rent from the houses rented to others, he also earned pocket money for repairing shoes.

The days were also very uncomfortable.

Until his old house was finally listed as a target for demolition by the government following the demolition trend, he still did not stop his shoe repair work.

He still runs a small shoe repair stall every day, not far away, just at the entrance of a street in their area.

It's a busy market there, and people come and go every day, and the flow of people is very large. The uncle's business there is pretty good.

The uncle has been setting up a stall there for a long time, and the vendors around him have all gotten to know him. Seeing that he, an 'old neighbor' who has been with him for decades, is still single.

The neighbors around him became anxious on behalf of the uncle. They kept arranging various blind dates for him. After all, there were not many rich people like the uncle who had a house waiting to be demolished.

Although he is a bit older, he is good-looking, tall and strong, so he is not afraid of finding a good wife.

However, the uncle has always been in a state of evading the girls introduced to him by the neighbors. The neighbors all thought that the girls did not satisfy the uncle.

So one girl after another was introduced to the uncle. Finally, the uncle couldn't stand the fuss of so many aunts and uncles, and finally told the truth.

It turns out that although the uncle is from the demolition generation and has been labeled as a rich man, there is a reason why he still works as a repairman for people's shoes.

The uncle has been setting up a stall at this intersection. He is actually waiting for someone. A little girl with whom he has been secretly committed to for life when he was very young.

But the girl hasn't come back for a long time.

When the seven aunts and eight aunts heard what the uncle said, they all shook their heads and then dispersed like birds and beasts.

Back when my uncle was only fifteen or sixteen years old, Sanmen City was not what it is now. It was a large urban area.

At that time, Sanmen City was still like a small town. Although it was large in area, it had a small population. Most of the people living here relied on farming for a living, and my uncle was no exception.

The uncle's family is a medium-sized household in the town. Next to her house, there lives a little girl whose parents have divorced. She is a family who moved here from another place in the spring when the uncle was sixteen.

The little girl is not very old either and looks to be about the same age as her uncle.

The little girl lives with her father, who has a bad temper. Every time the uncle sees the little girl, her body is always bruised and purple.

Later, the little girl would occasionally look back at the uncle who had been staring at her. The two of them would always look at each other and smile, then go back home.

After so long, the uncle also started to try to talk to the little girl. The little girl was still a little resistant to strangers.

Her originally smiling face would become panicked as soon as she saw her uncle preparing to approach her, and then she would run back into the house.

But over time, the little girl discovered that the uncle did not have any ill intentions, so she allowed him to approach her.

"How did you get this injury on your body?" The uncle stood in front of the little girl. The little girl was squatting on a big stone in front of her house, looking at the sunset in the distance.

After a long pause, he replied: "My father has a bad temper. Every time he drinks, he beats me. He does all these beatings."

The little girl said, the expression on her face did not change, and she looked a little indifferent.

The uncle looked at the little girl like this, and something in his heart was touched, so he quickly asked: "Then why don't you run away?"

"Run away?" The little girl in her prime seemed to be touched by this word. Her expression changed. She stared at the uncle for a few seconds in surprise, then lowered her head in despair: "I can't run away. Dad will definitely

He will find me, and by then, he will beat me even harder, I'm afraid.

Moreover, even if I run away, I have nowhere to go. There are mountains and deep forests all around here, and if I run in, I’m not sure whether I can come out.”

The little girl seemed frustrated and buried her head in the folded arms.

At that time, the uncle was still young and ignorant, so he blurted out without thinking: "Do you want me to take you? I know the way to the province!"

The little girl was stunned, not only her, but the uncle himself was also stunned after saying this.

But as soon as the words were spoken, the young and energetic uncle's eyes turned from childish to sharp for the first time: "As long as you say a word, I will take you away!"

"Are you telling the truth?" The little girl also responded and said hurriedly.

The uncle nodded fiercely: "A manly man, whatever you say is like water thrown out, every spit will make a hole, and you will never regret it!"

The little girl smiled so happily for the first time since her parents divorced. She stared at her uncle's bright eyes, opened her mouth slightly and said, "Thank you, but dad can't live without me. If no one takes care of him, he won't be able to survive."

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The uncle didn't expect that the other party would answer him like this, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.

The little girl stood up from the ground, turned around and returned to her house.

It was also that day that the uncle found out that the little girl's name was Liu Jiamei, that she was the same age as him, but six months younger than him.

The uncle stood by the door, his figure stretched out by the only corner of the setting sun.

The days went by like this, and in the blink of an eye, it was the third year. Not only did Liu Jiamei's injuries not go away, but they also increased in number every once in a while.

Girls all love beauty, but Liu Jiamei, who is in her prime, wears long sleeves and trousers in the summer to cover up the bruises on her body.

All this was seen by the uncle, and he watched it for three years.

In the uncle's home, after the little girl and her daughter moved in, the uncle's parents often talked about the single father and daughter next door.

Every day during meals, we talked about what was going on at the home of single parent Liu Jiamei. Finally one day, we were having lunch at my uncle’s house.

His father and mother continued to talk about the single father and daughter next door very directly. Whenever the uncle arrived at this time, he would quickly strip off the noodles in the bowl and then go back to the room.

But this time, just as he quickly finished the rice in the bowl and was about to wash the dishes and go back to the room, what his mother and father were talking about reached his ears.
Chapter completed!