Chapter 8: The Rich Beggar
Chen Kai wiped the table, first invited the grandfather and grandson to sit down, turned his head and took out a few pieces of change from the change box, put them in the tea jar of the beggar with broken arms and slopes, and said calmly:
"Don't beg with me anymore, you may look pitiful, but I see that your behavior is very uncomfortable. ”
The two middle-aged beggars were stunned for a moment, looked at each other without speaking, their faces were full of indifference, one dragged the slope, the other shook the sleeve, and turned to leave.
There was not much shredded green pepper and pork left in the pot, Chen Kai took it all out, and then used a wooden spoon to put hot rice for 3 people in the rice cooker and put it in a large bowl.
After all the dishes and rice were served, Chen Kai took out two pairs of disposable chopsticks and handed them to the two of them.
"Please eat. ”
Smelling the aroma of the rice, the little girl's thin cheekbones trembled slightly, and she kept licking her chapped lips with her tongue, swallowing one bite after another.
Looking at the old man timidly, he asked weakly, "Grandpa?"
The wrinkled old man looked at Chen Kai, then at the food on the table, hunched his back and lowered his head to put the burlap bag on the ground.
A pair of hands with exposed green tendons and thin and age spots pretended to tidy up their pockets, but secretly wiped their eyes with the back of their hands.
Immediately, he said to the little girl in a gentle tone: "Eat Xiaomin, remember to thank uncle." ”
Xiao Min laughed happily, and her originally yellow and waxy face seemed to show a little ruddy.
"Thank you, uncle. Xiao Min stretched out his little hand, grabbed the chopsticks, pulled a big bowl of rice, and ate it with shredded green pepper and pork.
Chen Kai felt a little uncomfortable, the little girl should only be eight or nine years old, her fingers didn't look like much fat, her nails were gray, and there were traces of abrasion on her fingers in many places.
The old man thanked Chen Kai and lowered his head to eat.
Chen Kai is very confident in the taste of his rice bowl, but looking at the gradually released appetite of the old and the young, Chen Kai has the illusion of making the dishes for the state banquet by himself.
Obviously, the grandfather and grandson haven't eaten for a while.
Hurriedly took out some more rice from the electric pot and added it to the two of them, and Chen Kai sat aside to rest.
After a while, the grandfather and grandson were full and took the initiative to clean up the plates.
"Leave it on, let it go, I'll do it myself. ”
Chen Kai hurriedly got up, the old man couldn't resist Chen Kai, stood up tremblingly, grabbed Xiao Min and was about to bow to Chen Kai.
"Oh, old man, don't be like this!" Chen Kai hurriedly put down the plate and supported the two.
"Thank you, boss, your rice bowl is really delicious. ”
Xiao Min also kept nodding beside him.
Chen Kai smiled and said: "The old man is polite, you can eat enough." ”
The two of them left with a thousand thanks, Chen Kai looked at the backs of the two, feeling a little emotional and a little embarrassed, and scratched his head unconsciously.
The business lasted for a long time at noon, and after cleaning up the stalls, he sat on the recliner under the shed for a while, and Chen Kai was a little unable to open his eyes due to the sun.
I was dazed and drowsy for a while, the breeze blew, and Chen Kai opened his mobile phone and took a look, it was already more than 4 o'clock, and he slept for more than an hour.
Chen Kai feels that he is usually a little lazy, but he is focused when cooking.
Earning money is motivation, and it's fun to watch other people eat.
Standing up and stretching, Chen Kai took a big sip of water with a plastic kettle, opened the water pipe and flushed his face.
Sober, Chen Kai got busy and made preparations for the night in advance.
Wash and rinse, it's almost time for school to end.
The stall owners are also starting to get busy.
"You two liars! and the face to ask for money!" a very angry shout came from the side.
Chen Kai and the surrounding stall owners couldn't help but turn their heads to look.
In front of a barbecue stand, a small young man in an army green T-shirt with a small head was indignant at the two beggar-looking men in front of him.
The young man Chen Kai recognized that he was the owner of the barbecue stall, named Ding Yuan, who was usually a very enthusiastic person, and he would say hello to Chen Kai when he passed by before leaving the stall.
"You two liars, you still pretend to be beggars to come here to ask for money, are you my family's money blown by the wind?!"
Ding Yuan's resolute face was unsettled, holding a pair of keys in his hand, pointing at the two people in front of him, trembling with anger.
Before the meal arrived, the surrounding stall owners stood scattered and watched in the spirit of watching the excitement and not worrying about it.
Chen Kai felt that the two beggars seemed to be a little familiar, shook the water on his hand, and also came to the barbecue stall.
Ding Yuan shook the key in his hand and said to the people around him, "Everyone take a look, this is the car key that fell from them."
They said that he was disabled and penniless since he was a child, his brother was born lame, and his brother was crushed by a machine and broke his arm.
Only then did Chen Kai see clearly that Ding Yuan was holding a car key in his hand.
Turning his head and taking a closer look, aren't these two people just the beggars who came to ask for money in the morning and the beggars with broken arms?
The embarrassed, embarrassed, and impatient expressions on the faces of the two disabled beggars changed and changed, and they found that they were being watched, and some did not know what was wrong.
Many stall owners on the side also discussed, with an incredible expression on their faces.
"So they're so rich!"
"I think they are pitiful, and they give five or ten dollars of change every time. ”
"Liar!"
"Aren't they disabled? How can they drive?"
Watching the people around me gather more and more, something unexpected happened.
"Give it back to me!"
The beggar with the broken arm jumped up with a whoosh, and suddenly stretched out his arm from under his coat and snatched the key from Ding Yuan's hand.
This beggar with a broken arm actually hid his arm under his clothes, and he was not disabled at all.
"You wait for me!"
The beggar at the foot of the slope said a cruel word, his legs were not lame, and he straightened up.
The two quickly squeezed through the gap in the crowd and ran out of the food street as if flying.
Chen Kai was a little surprised, he hadn't found it before.
Jingle bells, school bells rang, this farce delayed everyone's enthusiasm for doing business.
"Two more people asking for food!Where's the security guard?"
One of the stall owners pointed to a pair of figures who had just walked into the street, one old and one young, it was Xiao Min and his grandfather.
An impatient stall owner stepped forward directly and said to the grandfather and grandson: "Don't come in, it's time to do business soon, take advantage of the security guard's absence, or drive you out." ”
Xiao Min's grandfather trembled, his right knuckles, thin as dry wood, protruded, and tightly pinched the wooden cane in his hand, his face full of doubts.
"You guys come here in time for dinner, we haven't opened yet! Hurry up, I don't have any money for you today." Hu Yuqin's loud voice was particularly piercing.
"We ...... We didn't ......" The old beggar arched his back even more, and waved his hand a little bewildered.
"Let's go quickly, don't delay our business, and the security guards will come over without leaving." Another chubby stall owner next to him said while waving his hand.
Chen Kai saw that everyone's emotions seemed to have shifted from the liar just now to this grandson, and hurriedly stepped forward and said in front of everyone.
"This grandfather and grandson are really here to ask for something to eat, don't get me wrong. ”
"Xiao Chen, they also come every day, I think they are pitiful, and I have given them money. A female stall owner said unwillingly.
"That's it, maybe you've cheated enough money, just in time for your meal, and by the way, you just have a bully meal. The person next to him also chimed in.
"We didn't! Uncle invited us to eat!" Xiao Min's thin and sallow little face flushed with anger, and his right fist was clenched very tightly, as if he had been greatly insulted.
Chen Kai shook his head, "I said that you misunderstood, this grandfather and grandson ate a meal on credit with me at noon, but they didn't dare to approach my table, and they looked hungry." ”
"Really? I think they're like professionals, one old and one young just to win sympathy. "There were people around who were skeptical.
"How can a real liar come to beg for food, you see that this child is obviously lacking in nutrition. Chen Kai pointed at Xiao Min.
The people around looked at each other with suspicious looks in their eyes.
Chen Kai turned his head, bowed slightly, and said to the hunchbacked old man, "Old man, can you wait for me a little?"