Chapter 14: The Way of the World
Looking at Bai Ye, who was silent and only eating, she seemed to feel that the child in front of her was very cute, and her moist face became slightly red in an instant, and she was holding her chin and staring at the cute and charming face with all her attention.
At this moment, an old man in ragged clothes slowly came in from outside the Fu Lou, the broken fabric was sewn and sewn, the mud on the rag shoes was wet and dry, and a huge big toe was exposed in front of the shoe, and he limped in.
The young man in the store didn't want to intercept it, after all, this old man was also a regular customer, but he was just a regular customer who ate and drank, and those leftovers had nowhere to pour, but it was cheaper for this homeless man.
"Little mute..."
Before Mu Ling could open her mouth, a thunderous scolding voice came.
"You stinky guy who wants to eat! Get out of here! The new clothes I bought today were soiled by you, can you afford to pay for it?"
The young people around who didn't know the old man also echoed it, and each one said it more ugly than the other.
A middle-aged man who drank strong wine and nibbled on big meat teased disdainfully: "Why do you let everyone in this store, and don't want people to eat, it's really unlucky, unappetizing!"
As if he hadn't heard the young man speak, the old man just picked up the leftovers on the table and put them into his mouth.
Bah!
White spit splashed in the pile of debris, and the old man just glanced at it, then silently buried his head and continued to choose.
"That's the way of the world! There is no official and a half-job, and he is bullied everywhere! Now he has finally got the title of a showman, but he looks down on the teacher in the school! He deserves to only pick up some leftovers every day. If the behavior is too bad, I am afraid that the small shops will not dare to entertain him, and I am afraid that no one will know if he starves to death on the streets one day. ”
"Little Er!What is Xiucai?"
"Girl, don't you know the title of Xiucai? Hey, those things that are done by scholars, we hard-working people can eat enough every day, if everyone picks up the book, I'm afraid.."
Xiao Er shook his head, "I can't afford to eat!"
Scholar... Mu Ling's head was running at high speed, and he remembered what the weak man said before, Tong Sheng... Could it be that they are all people all the way, and he also said that Tongsheng is called reading.
Although I hardly set foot in the library pavilion, Grandpa Yue and other immortal servants often urge reading, although I hate reading, but Grandpa Yue often hangs a sentence in his mouth, "Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles!"
Reading is a good thing, there are people in the human world who love to read so much, why other people still despise it so much, I really don't understand!
Just when Mu Ling was very puzzled, there were more and more people who were teasing, and someone in the crowd said, "Old man, I heard that you have a full stomach for poetry, if you don't give you a few words, it won't be in vain that you will waste most of your life." ”
"No, no, it's not talented. ”
"As long as you say a couplet, you will be given meat to eat!" The old man excused himself many times, and finally compromised on the meat, and made one more request by the way, "Can you give me a sip of wine?"
"Okay! I'll say the last sentence! One color, two fragrances, three tastes float all over the world!"
"It's simple!" The old man made a few gestures, looking like an old man with a full stomach, and said slowly: "Five listens, six smells, seven looks, and visitors gather in all directions!"
Mu Ling felt good after hearing it! Grandpa Xiangyue exported poems, and now there are such excellent people in the human world.
couldn't help muttering, "Little mute, this person is so powerful!"
Bai Ye didn't want to pay attention to Mu Ling at all, and he didn't want to waste time watching the show with the public, it was really boring.
"Yes, it seems that you haven't studied in vain!" the young man from Shanglian couldn't help but admire.
"You just promised..."The old man twisted and pinched to remind him of the wine and meat that he had promised before.
"You want to eat meat!" the boy saw a big gray spotted dog at the door, and the saliva from the corner of his mouth was dripping to the ground. So he beckoned, and the big dog wagged his tail as if he had been doped.
"It's okay to give you meat! See if you can rob it! Don't blame me if you can't grab it!"
The guy picked up the chicken leg on the plate, looked at the person and a dog in front of him, and when he was about to hand it to the old man, he deliberately slipped off, and the dog smelled the meat and reacted very sensitively, and pounced on it all of a sudden.
The old man also refused to admit defeat, although the chicken leg was held in the mouth by the dog, but the old man was a living person after all, and his body volume was twice as large as that of a dog.
Although the speed of the robbery can't catch up with the dog, but it can still be pressed! The old man pressed down unceremoniously, and the man-dog battle broke out in an instant, and the old man clenched his fist and smashed it into the dog's head.
The big dog fluttered instantly, after all, it didn't dare to confront people, and after being beaten a few times, it humbly fled, and had to look at the old man from a distance.
Mu Ling wanted to get up and hug the chicken leg when it fell, but she couldn't break free of Bai Ye's palm.
Looking at this scene, a slight tear appeared in the corner of Mu Ling's eyes, she didn't expect that the human world would be so corrupt, and human nature had become selfish!
Mu Ling's cheeks were slightly red, and the tears were also noticed by Bai Ye, looking at the white and flawless face with a demented face, which was very pitiful.
The palm of his hand was also easily opened, and at this time, Mu Ling rushed out.
Mu Ling's head was blank standing in front of the guy, she only knew that the person in front of her was doing something wrong, which made people spurn, Mu Ling wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and yelled at the person angrily: "Why are you like this? Are you still human?"
The guy seemed to have heard a big farce, but he didn't expect a female streamer to come out openly.
The young man looked Mu Ling up and down, his delicate brows, his face seemed to be able to pinch out water, he had never seen such a beauty since he was born, so he smiled politely, and the corners of his mouth showed a trace of politeness.
"Girl, don't you know, this old man eats and drinks all day and has nothing to do, you look at that dog, feed it things and guard the door, flattering and wagging his tail, you are looking at this person, dirty! Even the dog robs the dog's job!"
"Then you can't do this to the old man!
"Look at him, dirty and smelly..."
Before the young man finished speaking, the old man's shaky hand gradually reached out to the young man.
The young man was so frightened that he hurriedly took a few steps back, and instinctively scolded: "What do you want to do, you old immortal!
"What you promised before, it's still wine, wine!"
The young man impatiently picked up the table and didn't finish half a bowl of wine, looked at the cool colorless liquid, and deliberately yawned, and the flying white foam instantly fell into the bowl.
When the young man was about to hand it to the old man, Mu Ling immediately stopped him and said, "This wine is very dirty!
The young man who was angry and wealthy suddenly changed his face, regardless of whether it was a beautiful woman or an ugly girl in front of him, and glanced at the nosy Mu Ling with disdain.