Chapter Twenty-Four: Zhuo Yan
Shuiyunju was full of voices, and more and more Cangzhou people who learned the news were rushing here, Zhang Bao was overjoyed, so he directly put down a posture of recruiting people outside the door of Shuiyunju. Zhuo Fei sat idle for a while, and after paying for the meal, Shi Shiran left Shui Yunju. Zhuo Fei has the intention to stay in Cangzhou to help Zhang Bao, but he is not yet 20 years old, I am afraid that it will only make Zhang Bao sick, not to mention that people are only recruiting Cangzhou locals, and his origin is unknown, Zhang Bao will definitely not take him in.
Leaving Shui Yunju, Zhuo Fei walked down the street with the purpose of strolling, and unconsciously slipped outside a shop. "Stinky food, it seems that the last lesson was not enough for you, wait and don't go, see if the master rewards you with a big pot sticker again." Zhuo Fei was walking aimlessly, and suddenly a figure rushed out of the shop next to him, Zhuo Fei hurriedly dodged, and the figure that rushed out of the store fell in front of Zhuo Fei with a snap, and before Zhuo Fei could see what was happening, he saw a few more people rushing out of the store.
Coming out of the back of the shop were three guys with handkerchiefs on their shoulders, Zhuo Fei looked down at the one who fell to the ground, and dared to be a beggar who didn't look very big. "Stinky food, didn't I say you're not allowed to come here again?" One of the guys who rushed out of the store reached out and grabbed the collar of the outcast, and while shouting and asking, he raised his hand and slapped the beggar on the ground a few times, Zhuo Fei looked, the beggar's face was already red and swollen in an instant, which showed that the strength of the guy was not small.
The beggar who was slapped did not return the mouth, but just tightly protected his waist and abdomen with both hands, even if he had been slapped and had a nosebleed, he just didn't say a word, let alone fight back or talk back. may think that beating such a beggar on the street is not a decent thing, and the guys who rushed out of the store immediately let go of the beggar who did not fight back, but the scolding in his mouth did not stop.
"Stinky food, this is the last warning, come to us again to make trouble, and Xiaoji will break your dog's legs." The leader threw down a cruel word like a businessman, and the leader spat a cruel word to the beggar who was lying on the ground, and then beckoned his companion to turn back to the store, and the passers-by who came to watch the excitement on the street immediately dispersed to go their own way, and no one would want to stop for such a beggar.
waited for the three guys to return to the store, and the bloodstained beggar slowly got up from the ground, and Zhuo Fei, who had been staring at him, suddenly found that the beggar who had been beaten and didn't fight back looked very old, but his height was almost close to that of an adult. Just patted the stains on his body casually, didn't bother to wipe the blood off his face, and the beggar with a smile on the corner of his mouth took out two steaming buns from his arms.
The blood dripping down his cheeks didn't affect him in the slightest, and he stood outside the door of the shop, and the bloodstained beggar took one bite at a time, and in the blink of an eye, he stuffed the two buns into his mouth. Zhuo Fei now finally knows why the three shop guys chased and beat this beggar, and it was strange to go to someone's shop to grab buns and not be beaten, but Zhuo Fei didn't expect why this beggar didn't fight back after being beaten, looking at his body, those three guys may not be the opponent of this goods.
Filling the two buns in his arms into his stomach, the beggar with a complacent expression stepped forward, and the place where Zhuo Fei was standing was exactly the direction where the beggar came from. People on the street can avoid this beggar, Zhuo Fei's standing figure is very conspicuous, the tall beggar walked over and looked at Zhuo Fei, and then grinned, and muttered: "What are you doing here?" It's going to rain, so it's best not to stay outside. ”
As he got closer, Zhuo Fei saw the specific appearance of the guy in front of him, the age of this thing would never be more than 20 years old, but the skeleton was very large, and he was wearing tattered clothes, but the whole person was like a strong bear. Zhuo Fei smiled and reached out and touched his nose, the other party's words just now had already made Zhuo Fei guess something from it, but this still needs to be confirmed.
The beggar muttered to Zhuo Fei and was about to continue walking, but unexpectedly, Zhuo Fei took a step sideways and blocked his way. The beggar was not angry, just took a step and was about to leave, but Zhuo Fei didn't want to let him go, once he took a step across and watched the way of the beggar, this time, the beggar stopped and glared angrily at Zhuo Fei who was smiling. "You're so big, you must have a lot of alcohol, how about I invite you to drink?" Full of oppression, this is the feeling that Zhuo Fei brought after being glared at by the other party, the other party didn't speak, Zhuo Fei had no choice but to laugh.
Hearing this, the beggar, who was originally glaring at Zhuo Fei angrily, opened his mouth and smiled, "Please let me drink?" But I don't know how to drink, can you invite me to dinner? It's good to eat steamed buns, I like to eat steamed buns, Lao Niu's steamed buns are the best! Seeing Zhuo Fei nodding indifferently, the beggar laughed, came up and hugged Zhuo Fei, dragged him and shouted, "Eat buns, go eat buns!" ”
Pulled by the beggar's side, Zhuo Fei only felt a smell rushing towards him, he broke away from the other party's pull, and just signaled the very puzzled beggar to walk in front and lead the way. In fact, there is no need for the other party to lead the way, because the old Niu family bun that the beggar said in his mouth is actually the shop where he robbed the bun just now, and the signboard of the old cow bun is hanging on the lintel of the store.
No beggar will be allowed to enter any restaurant or restaurant, this is the same in any place or country, even if Zhuo Fei has money in it, so he can only sit outside the door of the old cow bun shop with this beggar he just met and eat steaming steamed buns. Zhuo Fei kept counting the buns that were eaten into the stomach by the beggar, there were 6 old cow buns in a cage drawer, Zhuo Fei kept counting the 5 cages of buns in front of him, and finally slowed down, and when he finally checked out, Zhuo Fei was told that the two of them had eaten a total of 7 cages of buns.
"You're a fucking foodie." Shaking his head at the beggar who was called the second fool, Zhuo Fei took the fool beggar who had been successfully recruited to an inn, threw a few bills to the innkeeper, and the latter was busy boiling water, and then very politely beckoned the well-fed beggar to take a bath and change clothes. Taking advantage of the fact that the beggar was beckoned by the inn guy to take a bath, Zhuo Fei sat by the window on the second floor of the inn and looked obliquely at the street outside.
The Japanese have launched the 77 Incident, and used this to capture Beiping and Tianjin, Cangzhou is only more than 200 miles away from Tianjin, not to mention that the Japanese army has trucks, tanks and planes, even if the Japanese army is marching on foot, I am afraid that it can rush from Tianjin to Cangzhou in a day and night. Previously, in Shuiyunju, Zhuo Fei was still secretly applauding Zhang Bao's righteous deeds, but now looking at the people on the street outside, Zhuo Fei only felt a burst of sadness, because the people on the street were not aware of these at all, and they were still living their own small lives according to their past habits.
When Zhuo Fei was a soldier in later generations, he did not dive on the Internet and post in military forums, and many so-called scholars and experts in later generations blamed the eight-year War of Resistance on the corruption and incompetence of the national government, and Zhuo Fei once had the same idea. But when he really came to this era, he found that things may not be as those experts and scholars think, the Chinese have gone through thousands of years of civilization and have experienced dozens of dynasties, in other words, the Chinese may have become accustomed to the replacement of those in power.
The common people will only focus on the immediate interests, they will not care about the interests of the country, anyway, they do not know what the country is. Those in power will only focus on their own interests, so although the rule of the Manchus was overthrown during the Republic of China, there were still warlords large and small. The fact that the Japanese dare to fight in China to seek benefits is precisely because they see the character of the Chinese who are accustomed to infighting, and if the warlords in various parts of China are united, whether they are Japanese or Western powers, they will not have the opportunity to influence China's political situation at all.
Based on all of the above, Zhuo Fei plans to stay out of the matter, just want to be a rich man, live a good life and mix up the war that swept the whole world first. But after experiencing the vicious battle in the mountain village, Zhuo Fei was a little eager to fight in his heart, which was why he was unwilling to continue to stay in Shui Yunju, he was afraid that he would not be able to control it, so he would take the initiative to stay and help Zhang Bao and those people.
"In the future, you can follow me, my surname is Zhuo, since you don't have a name, then follow my surname Zhuo. From today on, you will be called Zhuo Yan, remember, it is the rock of the rock, and the nickname is called the stone. After taking a bath, the stench on the stupid beggar was no longer smellable, but the clothes found by the inn guys didn't fit very well, and the tight clothes made Zhuo Yan look a little funny.
"Since you can't change the world, you have to adapt to the world, otherwise you may be eliminated by the times." Looking at Zhuo Yan who continued to chew on the desk, Zhuo Fei's mood suddenly improved a lot, in such an era, maybe being a person like Zhuo Yan is also a blessing. The shopkeeper and the guys in the inn all felt that Zhuo Fei taking in such a fool as Zhuo Yan was a sign of the stupidity of many people, but Zhuo Fei knew that the guy in front of him who seemed to have insufficient brains was not a fool at all, Zhuo Yan just had no one to teach him since he was a child, and he couldn't understand some things.
"You kid can really eat, if you eat a few more meals like this, we will all have to go and ask for food." Looking at Zhuo Yan and three bowls of noodles and two large plates of meat and vegetables in his stomach in a blink of an eye, Zhuo Fei rubbed his forehead with a headache, this product's stomach is a bottomless pit. Cangzhou is too close to Tianjin, Zhuo Fei has no intention of continuing to stay in Cangzhou, he has fought with the Japanese army, and naturally knows that a rabble like Zhang Bao will not be able to resist the Japanese attack, so Zhuo Fei plans to leave here with Zhuo Yan.