Li Shixin had heard a saying before that people are particularly vulnerable when they are hungry.

Seeing Li Erchun crying for more than ten minutes, he sighed faintly: "Young man, can crying solve the problem?

In the face of Li Shixin's consolation, Li Erchun's neck stiffened: "I cry out comfortab......ly!

Fifteen minutes later.

With a huge grunt, Li Erchun finally stopped sobbing, looked at Li Shixin, who was staring at him with a smile on the side, and blushed: "Can't." ”

Li Shixin spread his hands: "Isn't this the end?" Young man, let me ask you, do you have these four yuan and five cents left?"

"Hmm. Li Erchun nodded.

Li Shixin thought about it and said silently: "It's enough." ”

"What did you say, old man?" Li Erchun didn't hear clearly.

"Oh. Li Shixin patted the dust on his body, stood up from the ground, and said with a smile: "I mean, young man, do you want to fill your stomach?"

"Yes. ”

The young man nodded, "But this little money...... Not even a bowl of noodles is enough. ”

"Haha. Li Shixin said with a smile: "I'll teach you how to eat a full meal!" The steamed buns in the noodle shop over there cost 6 cents each, you go and buy six, negotiate a price with the proprietress, and ask her to charge you three yuan and a half. Then go to the commissary over there to buy a bag of mustard for a dollar, and then go to the bank at the other end to pick up two glasses of free boiled water. ”

(O_O)?

The young man Li Erchun pondered for a moment and felt that something seemed wrong: "Why do I want to buy six steamed buns, I can't eat so much? Also, why should I take two cups of boiling water?"

Li Shixin turned his back and raised his chin slightly.

"Because your uncle, I haven't eaten. ”

......

Three steamed buns with shredded mustard went down, and drank a glass of boiling water slowly in the sun, Li Shixin felt super satisfied.

Looking at Li Erchun, who was stunned with half of the steamed bun in his hand, he smiled and said, "How about the young man, are you full, don't you want to cry?"

"Wow......"

didn't think about it, as soon as he finished speaking, the young man opened his mouth that was still holding the steamed bun and cried.

"Why am I so miserable? Others can make millions of dollars a year when they write novels, and I write a book to hit the streets? Why can everyone else get ahead, and I see that I am about to reach 30 years old and still achieve nothing......?

On the overpass, the young man snorted and cried. Seeing that Li Shixin had no intention of leaving, he sobbed and told his story.

Roughly, it is the story of an Internet street writer;

After graduating from college, he was arrogant and felt that ordinary work was not the life he wanted, so he resigned despite the strong opposition of his family and wrote a novel on the Internet. After writing for several years, he published nearly 10 million words, but he didn't say anything, and he completely broke with his family.

In the end, I had to move to Rongdian and rent a house, but recently because of the loss of manuscript fees, I lost my income, and the landlord deducted the rent of the computer for dinner, and cleared it out of the rental house.

"Everyone else can get ahead, why do I have to..." In the end, Li Erchun raised half of the steamed bun in his hand, and said hatefully: "I have to squat on the overpass and gnaw on this dry steamed bun?"

Faced with this question, Li Shixin raised his eyebrows and smiled.

"Let me ask you, young man, eating fifteen yuan of beef noodles is also a full stomach, and eating these six cents steamed buns is also a full stomach, since they are all full, what is the difference between beef noodles and steamed buns?"

In the face of Li Shixin's statement, Li Erchun pursed his mouth, "Old man, don't tell me the truth, it's all! Let me ask you, a bowl of beef noodles and a steamed bun are placed in front of you, which one do you eat?"

"Of course it's beef noodles!" Li Shixin was very honest.

Li Erchun spread his hands, "Isn't that the end of it!" Since there are things in this world that are better than basic needs, why not pursue them?"

Li Shixin pursed his lips and smiled, and said in his heart that this little fat man's mouth is quite powerful.

Lunch had already been deceived, and he was too lazy to talk nonsense with such a person, so he stood up with a net bag filled with bottles.

Unexpectedly, the little fat man came to the end, grabbed him, pointed to the net pocket and said, "Old man, what are you going to do?"

Li Shixin spread his hands: "Pick up plastic bottles." ”

"Heh!" Li Erchun sneered and said, "You now have about twenty bottles in your pocket, which is enough for you to eat a steamed bun at night." Then why are you going to pick it up?"

Li Shixin blinked his eyes, "Of course it's because of ...... I want to eat beef noodles at night!"

"......" Facing Li Shixin, a straightforward double-standard dog, Li Erchun was speechless for a while.

Seeing that the young man was holding back his anger and had nowhere to vent, Li Shixin said lightly: "Young man, do you know the difference between me and you?"

Li Erchun frowned and shook his head.

Li Shixin smiled, "The difference between me and you is that I just think that if I work hard to pick up enough bottles in the afternoon, I can eat beef noodles in the evening, so I will be very full and happy this afternoon, and if I can really achieve my goal and eat noodles at night, I will get even greater happiness." And you ......"

He pointed to the steamed bun in Li Erchun's hand and shook his head: "You are reluctantly gnawing on the steamed bun, thinking about why you can't eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas, when you can eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas, and why you can't eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas." ”

Seeing Li Erchun's stunned face, Li Shixin smiled slightly and withdrew his hand: "So you are distressed." ”

After speaking, Li Shixin lifted the net bag in his hand and turned around.

After taking a few steps and looking back, the young man was still staring at him, and he stopped.

"Boy, what's going on in the afternoon?"

Li Erchun shook his head.

"My old man is also a face-saving person, and he mixed up your lunch at noon, and if he didn't invite you back, it was not good to spread it on the rivers and lakes. Anyway, you're fine, why don't you go to the mall with my old man, and if it's done, I'll treat you to beef noodles in the evening, how about it?"

......

For an afternoon, Li Erchun was carefully observing the old man in front of him.

In the comprehensive shopping mall next to the Xicheng Bus Station, the old man wanders between the floors. Whenever I saw an empty bottle in the trash can, I carefully picked it up, unscrewed the cap, flattened the bottle and put it in the net pocket. Passing by the entrance of each store, I also smiled and asked the shopkeeper if he had any bottles or newspapers to throw away.

His movements were not fast, and the whole person seemed to be a video at 0.75 times the speed, shuttling between the four floors of the mall. But the net bag in his hand swelled rapidly before he knew it.

When it was time for the mall to get off work, the shriveled net bag already needed Li Erchun's help to carry it. There are more than 100 mineral water bottles in it!

In addition to these empty bottles, the duo also collected two large packs of advertising color pages.

"Look, twenty-two pounds of waste paper, eight cents a pound counts as seventeen yuan. The bottle is fourteen catties, one catty and one piece is five, and you are twenty-one. It's thirty-eight dollars, so take it. ”

It was getting late, and in a scrap purchase department near the passenger station, Li Shixin shook the scrap in his hand and raised his eyebrows at Li Erchun.

"What am I talking about? Enough beef noodles, right?"

He didn't know that Li Erchun's mind at this time was no longer on beef noodles.

Dragging a big suitcase and following Li Shixin around the mall for an afternoon as a coolie, Li Erchun was as tired as a dog.

"Old man, it's getting late. We don't have a place to live yet, you money... Let's see if there is a cheaper guest house, rent a bed, and let's squeeze together for a night!"

Hearing this, Li Shixin was happy: "Young man, dare to love me for working hard all afternoon, just to squeeze the bed board of the small hotel with you?"

Li Shixin smiled and waved his hand: "I will invite you to eat noodles when I say I'll invite you to eat noodles, as for where to stay at night...... I'll talk about it after I'm happy eating a bowl of noodles!"

Looking at the back of the old man walking away, Li Erchun stomped his feet.

"How did this old man survive until now!?"