Don't have money anymore?

  The sky is still unenlightened, and the desolate rain is bewildering, making this world even more bleak.

  A certain noodle shop! Only shining with a faint light, in the rain, it looks even more elegant.

  There were very few people inside, and there wasn't even a warm atmosphere.

  Tang Ke Xin walked quickly to the front of the noodle shop, peering through the glass window. Inside, she saw a woman around fifty years old, wearing a light gray short-sleeved shirt and black trousers, sitting by the window with her hands clasped together. She looked a bit absent-minded and somewhat sorrowful as she gazed out at the rainwater, her facial wrinkles deepening her worn appearance, making her look even more pitiful.

  Tang Ke Xin's heart felt a pang, and she slowly got up to the window, her hand lightly touching the transparent glass, gently stroking it, as if caressing her mother's face, reluctant to go in...

  The landlady came before her mother and asked: "What are you going to eat today? Still plain noodles?"

  The mother raised her head in a slightly panicked manner, looking at the boss's wife's disdainful face, and smiled somewhat awkwardly, saying: "I... I... I'll wait for my daughter to arrive, then I'll eat..."

  The boss's wife gave her a cold look before turning and leaving.

  Tang Ke Xin's eyes turned red as she looked at her mother's hunched figure, tears rolling down uncontrollably before quickly wiping them away. She walked into the noodle shop and said to the old lady boss: "Boss, I want a bowl of beef brisket noodles with an extra 5 yuan worth of beef brisket."

  Li Xiulan suddenly lifted her head, looked at her daughter, and her eyes turned red. She quickly lowered her head again.

  Tang Ke Xin looked at her mother, then slowly walked over and sat in front of her, saying with a bit of heartache: "A bowl of noodles only costs a few dollars, if you're hungry just eat first..."

  "There's none..." Li Xiulan hastily forced a smile as she looked at her daughter and said: "I was waiting for you to eat together."

  Tang Ke Xin understood and said to her mother: "No money left, right?"

  Li Xiulan didn't dare to make a sound, she just felt a little guilty and lowered her head, her hands nervously rubbing her fingers together. Every time this happened, she was extremely sorry in her heart for her daughter.

  Tang Ke Xin looked at her mother with a mixture of helplessness and concern, wanting to say something but ultimately remaining silent for a moment. She placed the bottle of red wine on the table, took out this month's salary from her uniform pocket, and gently put it on the counter, pushing it in front of her mother before asking: "Is that man... treating you well?"

  "Okay..." Her mother's eyes shone with trembling tears, not daring to fall, only saying: "It's just that sometimes when we don't have money at home, I...I lost my job again, and he gets a bit angry, complaining that I can't earn any money. Today...he kicked me out, telling me I must bring back some money, if not, he won't let me in the door..."

  Tang Ke Xin nodded understandingly and said: "I see... the money on this table, you can take it away. It's not much, just enough for you to get by for a while. When I find a new job, I'll give you more. Does he still hit you?"

  After father went to prison, mother remarried a gambler who often dragged her around to fight.

  A faint, pitiful smile appeared on Mother's aged face.

  Tang Ke Xin looked at her mother like that, and her eyes immediately overflowed with a hint of reluctant tears. She choked and said: "Mom... if you really can't take it anymore, let's live together, don't follow him anymore, okay? I'll definitely take good care of you! That bastard..."

  Everyone's collection situation has been good recently, and today I'll add an extra chapter!