No smiles, no compliments.

Only scolding, only beating.

Diudiu's tears were flowing out of her eyes.

After a moment, her little heart ached again.

She thought of the food that had been thrown on the ground.

And the burger that was trampled to pieces.

Those were good things.

She remembered the time she was in the neighborhood and saw a girl of her age eating a burger.

That was the first time she had ever seen a burger.

She was curious, not knowing what it was, and kept staring at it.

The girl told her that it was especially delicious.

It had chicken in it, and tomatoes, and cucumbers, and sweet and tangy buns.

Also, it had sweet and sour ketchup.

The girl's description made Diudiu's mouth water.

The girl's eyes suddenly rolled, "Do you want to eat?"

Diudiu nodded vigorously.

The girl put the burger toward Diudiu's mouth.

Diudiu was about to open her mouth, but the girl suddenly took the burger away.

She looked at Diudiu with mockery, "You want to eat burgers! Ask your mother to buy it! Don't look at mine! You little bum!"

After that, the girl left, leaving Diudiu standing there alone, motionless.

All the children in the neighborhood didn't play with Diudiu.

Because Diudiu's clothes were the worst.

There were even a lot of holes.

Other little girls had their mothers tie their hair.

All kinds of beautiful hairstyles.

Ponytail, twist braid, crochet braid.

But Diudiu had no one to tie her hair.

Her hair was always a mess.

Even in the beginning, she didn't have a comb.

There was only one comb in the house, but her mother wouldn't give it to her to use.

Her mother said it was for her to use.

Then one time, Diudiu found a broken comb in the trash.

She was so happy that she took it back and washed it.

After that, she could brush her hair neatly.

But she couldn't tie her hair in pretty pigtails like other children.

Even though her hair was neat, the other children still didn't want to play with her.

They called her bum, a child that no one wanted.

...

From the day she saw the little girl eating a burger, Diudiu felt that burgers must be the most delicious food in the world.

So Diudiu was so excited to have a burger today.

She even wanted to bring it back to her mom to try.

She thought that maybe when her mom tasted the most delicious food in the world, she wouldn't scold her and beat her up.

But she didn't think that she was wrong ...

...

It was getting darker and darker.

Diudiu still couldn't fall asleep.

She thought about the food that was thrown in the garbage can.

She was so heartbroken.

This was good stuff. How could she throw it away?

If the kind-hearted lady knew about it, she would be very sad.

Diudiu thought it over and then quietly got out of bed.

She went into the kitchen.

A bag of food was lying in the trash.

Diudiu wanted to pick it up and put it back in her room.

But then she thought, if her mother saw it, she would scold her.

Diudiu decided to eat it.

Tomorrow she would tell her mom that she had dropped the trash.

Anyway, it's in her tummy, so her mom wouldn't see it.

That way, such good food wouldn't go to waste.

And she didn't let down that kind lady.

Diudiu picked up the food in the garbage can and ate it.

The food was very dirty after being thrown to the ground and then into the garbage can.

And some of the food was trampled to pieces.

But Diudiu didn't mind.

She had no one to cook for her since she was a child.