Lu Shihagi was a talkative person in the past and now, the only difference was that he was able to put his heart into everyone at that time. Later, in order to save his life, he eliminated the risk factors in his verbosity, and finally left with dispensable nonsense and understanding interpretations. Neither too rigid nor too sharp. This way you can survive smoothly.

However, the idea of "living smoothly" will be scoffed at by him before, at that time, Lu Shihagi had no desire to survive, and only thought about death all day long, but he didn't dare to let him die.

At that time, he was about twelve years old, and his name was not Lu Shihagi, but simply "Hagi". Kohagi, Hagi, Ahhagi, it's all right. Lu Shihagi's favorite thing to do is to visit the market, as long as he doesn't bring any money. The market at night is very noisy, and there is a constant stream of people, so you can sneak a few food here without being noticed. He was born thin and small, with a white face, and a pair of eyes that were bright and sincere, which was very deceptive, and the little vendors were at ease when they saw him, as if it were a little comfort from the busy life and the repetition of the sore wrist, a touch of light, a burst of relaxation—this was also an advantage for the lovely little child, but not for the old beggar who raised him, and when people saw a beggar with a dirty and broken leg appear in a place of pleasure, they were always annoyed that he had ruined the atmosphere of the place, and therefore wanted to drive him away. And wherever Lu Shihagi went, someone wanted to say a few words to him, and then gave him half a bowl of wontons, a string of meat skewers, and two plum blossom cakes for nothing. He took it with a smile and said, "Thank you, uncle." From how delicious the things were, to his own tragic life experience, he could say it with his teeth and teeth, and if he said it too many times, he would no longer feel sad, only those who listened for the first time would be shocked, or those who listened for the second time would say, "Don't let him say it, it's so pitiful!"

"It's okay, it's okay. Lu Shihagi smiled and said, "It's all in the past, uncle wants to hear it, I can't go back." ”

The uncle who sold skewers hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, you say, uncle, listen!"

"My name is Hagi. Hagi is the grass prefix, the autumn of the next autumn. Hagi is a type of flower. I didn't have parents when I was a child, I was picked up by my grandfather by the river, and my grandfather didn't want me to fall back into the water again, so my surname was simply Lu, Lu of land. I was about four or five years old, and I don't remember anything. I'm going to drown any later. Now I ask for food every day, and when I grow up, I want to earn a lot of money for my grandfather. ”

Those who hear it weep, and those who see it are sad. So Lu Shihagi was able to get a free delicacy and temporarily cushion his hunger - snacks are not enough, in order to have a small number of varieties, and he is still unsatisfied. If someone pushes a cart out of the food stall to sell big steamed buns, it is to be treated by peers, which is really incomprehensible. That's not what Lu Shihagi wants, but there's nothing he can do.

And the market is not open often, and most of the time Lu Shihagi still has to go hungry. After fainting from hunger a few times, he wanted to die a little, but Nian Zai's grandfather raised him with hard work, gritted his teeth and forgot it.

Lu Shihagi remembered introducing himself firmly, even if he didn't know how to write those words. The "grandfather" in his mouth, the old beggar who took him in, didn't know, but when he picked up Lu Shihagi, the piece of paper that fell out of him was written like this. He couldn't read, so he asked someone, and after others said it three or four times, he still found it difficult to remember, so the person used word formation, which eventually became Lu Shih's way of introducing himself. So with such forcible recitation, he finally did not lose his name.

He could write soon after. Otherwise, he might not have been able to write, or he might not have survived at all.

The adventure began at this moment, but Lu Shihagi at the time did not realize it. He walked around the various vendors, removing the part he brought for his grandfather, and he could only eat three points full. He smiled and took a few piping hot chestnuts, turned his head and smiled and tossed them into half a bowl of small wontons. It doesn't matter if it's delicious or not, as long as it fills your stomach, let alone it's so hot. It hurt so much that he laughed stiffly and burst into tears. At this time, the small wonton bowl at the beginning was already full of messy food, as if it had all entered the human stomach and stirred up, who made the stomach have no sense of taste. The person who asks for food does not deserve to have a sense of taste, this is the life he should live.

He thought about it sullenly, and lost his mind, only to bump into someone just as he took a step, and he screamed, and the contents of the bowl spilled on the clothes on the other side—oops!

The way of survival that grandpa taught him is: no matter when, it is your fault if you provoke others - admit your mistake quickly!

So Lu Shihagi immediately bowed and said, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry." He was about to speed up his pace, but he had just quickened and was about to slip away, when he was suddenly grabbed by the collar at the back of his neck, and his feet were off the ground in an instant.

When he heard the person next to the man, that is, the person who was carrying him, he said angrily: "The dead boy is called Hanako, does he have long eyes? Do you know who this is? It is the fourth prince of the dynasty!"

This sentence was like a blow to the head, a thunderbolt on a sunny day, Lu Shihagi's face was pale, the man threw him to the ground hard, he knelt down with a plop, and the whole person's soul was emptied, and he kowtowed mechanically: "Adults spare their lives, adults spare their lives, I am blind, I have eyes and do not know Mount Tai." ”

He heard a sneer: "Do you know how expensive the prince's clothes are? The price of the little fabric that you have splashed is something you can't afford in ten lifetimes! And this belt, look at it with your blind eye, and see if there is gold, or cyan, do you know how to do it? First, make the gold into a base according to the pattern of flowers, outline the grooves with fine soft gold wire, apply glue, and then paste a circle of feathers around the neck of the kingfisher, and then inlay it with pearl jadeite, coral agate...... If this belt is destroyed, will you be able to pay for it?"

Lu Shihagi's head was dizzy when he heard this, and he was so frightened that his legs and teeth were weak, he only knew that he had created a big disaster, and he didn't know how to end it, thinking that he couldn't afford to lose it anyway, and he couldn't avoid a beating, so he simply said: "I can't afford to pay it." Adults, adults just hit me. ”

Let's take a beating, it's not that I haven't been beaten.

But when he thought of the whole bowl of things that had been spilled, he felt so distressed that he choked up as he spoke—it didn't matter what he did, but these were for his grandfather to eat, and he spilled them like this, as if all his previous efforts had been in vain.

At this time, the man he had hit spoke.

"What are you doing, scaring this kid. He walked in a hurry, and it was normal to bump into someone, not to mention that I suddenly came over and bumped into him, it was mine, isn't it, why are you forcing him like this?"

"This ......"

As he spoke, he squatted down in front of Lu Shihagi and looked at him with a smile, "I'm sorry." What's your name?"

No one will treat you well for no reason, either because he actually wants to harm you, or because you have something he can take advantage of. After thinking of this, Lu Shihagi was a little alert, but after all, he saved himself from being beaten, and at this moment, he owed something. He had to answer well.

"Lu Shihagi. ”

"Which autumn is it?"

"I only know that Hagi is the grass word, and the autumn of the next autumn. I didn't have parents when I was a child, I was picked up by my grandfather by the river, and my grandfather didn't want me to fall back into the water, so my surname was Lu, Lu ...... of Lu"

Entering the familiar self-introduction session, Lu Shihagi felt a lot more relaxed. Only then did he dare to raise his head and look at the young man in front of him, known as the Four Princes: he was dressed in gorgeous clothes, his face was brilliant and dazzling, and his eyes were gentle like water. He squatted down and looked at himself, which was already very respectful, and he didn't expect the other party to say: "Isn't it - the water dwelling knows the stone fish wave, and the mountain dwelling is a thousand chapters?"

Lu Shihao was stunned for a moment and said, "Maybe, I can't read." Maybe. ”

He had never seen anyone guess his name. Keeping his name may be to find his biological parents, a vision, a kind of expectation.

"Yes. It's a rare word. Good name, good name. ”

Lu Shihagi felt very grateful, but gratitude was grateful, and he was still distressed, so he wiped his tears and sobbed and said, "Your Excellency, please get up, thank you for not killing." ”

"Okay, I'll get up. The fourth prince got up with a smile, and by the way, as soon as Lu Shihagi's body took off, he hugged him closely, and deliberately avoided the annoying stain.

Lu Shihagi was a little nervous. He didn't know what he wanted to do, but his premonition was not very good, it was for the sake of the four princes that he was very kind and good-looking, so he barely suppressed his crankiness, maybe this was also the advantage of the four princes, at this point, he suddenly found that he and the other party had the same thing, ah, the things that the nobles have are all good things, so this trait he has is also beautiful. Thinking of this, Lu Shihagi realized: Maybe he asked for the same things as those small vendors, but maybe he would ask for more.

He understood what he wanted. Not only him, but the people around the four princes also understood, and no longer gave opinions, but stayed quietly aside.

The fourth prince hugged Lu Shihao with one hand, and raised one hand to wipe his tears: "Don't cry, don't cry." Are you scared?"

"No, my lord......" Lu Shihagi said, "I want to give grandpa food, all the ...... spilled"

The popularity around the four princes smiled: "Xiao Huazi really has no eyesight, and he still talks to our four princes about these rags! Look, Your Highness, you don't want to think about it anymore—"

The fourth prince said coldly: "He has been begging here all day to have these, or go back to honor his grandfather, can he not feel distressed?"

The man hurriedly said: "Your Highness spare your life, the little one is cheap! The little one doesn't dare to say it anymore!"

Lu Shihagi was still sobbing, and the fourth prince said, "I'm really sorry, go back with me and give you something to eat, okay?"

Lu Shihao suddenly cried: "I'm not hungry, I don't want to eat, my grandfather is still hungry." ”

"This ......," the fourth prince smiled helplessly, "Then I'll send it to you, okay?"

Lu Shihagi felt that this was not bad, so he nodded and said, "Okay, when will you send it?"

"The sun is about to set. Ah, just enough for me to go back and forth. In an hour, at the entrance of the market tonight, bring your grandfather to wait for me, okay?"

Lu Shihagi said without hesitation: "Okay." ”

The fourth prince raised his eyebrows, but he became suspicious and asked, "Do you believe me like that?"

Lu Shihagi smiled brightly: "Of course! The Lord is a human being, and everything he says is true-"

Don't have any more thoughts. Don't have a need, don't need compensation, leave with your whole body, and leave safely, this is the best choice. Whether what he said is true or false, you can ask for things again, but there is only one life.

Just an excuse, of course he had to go down the stairs.

But the bazaar will close tomorrow.

Thinking of this, Lu Shihagi became sad again, but because he had finished speaking, the performance was over, and only a little sadness from the corners of his eyes and eyebrows would leak out, but it was not obvious.

After seeing the four princes leave, Lu Shihagi turned around and turned back the way he came, to see if the bowl of food that had been spilled on the ground was still in place, but at that time, there was only a pile of black paint left and I didn't know what to do. He always felt that it was not good to give this thing to his grandfather. I ate clean things, but the ones I gave to my grandfather were dirty and easy to have diarrhea, and I always couldn't get over it in my heart. But it's even worse if you don't eat, you have to have face, and it's important to live.

After struggling repeatedly, Lu Shihagi made a decision: he wanted to betray the trust that others had given him. Just this time, even if it's the last time. The beggar is home all over the world, and it's a big deal to change places with his grandfather. Bianjing is too prosperous, things are too expensive, and you may be able to survive in other places, but there is really no chance in Bianjing.

If you want food, don't have a reckless heart.

After making up his mind, Lu Shihagi silently recited "Don't panic" five times in his heart, and walked towards the market with righteousness.

He stared at the stall with many people, trotted over there with a cigarette, squeezed a little gap in the crowded crowd of buyers, and his thin hand was like a lotus root, grabbed three or four small shortbreads, and quickly smoked them back.

The stall owner seemed to notice him, and shouted to this side: "Hey, did you give me the money!" However, this voice was quickly drowned out in the crowd again, Lu Shihagi took the opportunity to run away, and the "little beast don't run...... behind him" dissipated in the wind, and giving up the business of the next forty cakes for the sake of four cakes was really not worth it.

The shortbread filled with plum vegetables and meat has just been baked, and it is still hot, and the crispy skin is slightly cooled by the wind, but when you bite hard, the hot filling and crumbs fall into your mouth together, and your tongue is so hot that you have to dance. Lu Shihagi grabbed so hard that the crust of the pie was torn by him, so his fingers were burned, he endured the pain, took the cake and quickly approached his chest, stuffed it into the placket, and snorted hot through the clothes, but Lu Shihagi was so nervous that cold sweat came down.

Won the first battle, but it was not a cheat but a steal, and there was no need to communicate with people. Lu Shihagi adjusted his breathing, and looked around, the stall where he had taken a skewer of barbecue just now was still open, and there were a lot of people—quite a few, but not as many as the shortbread side. There are not many people, but there are a lot of things in this string, and it is not very tight if there is one less string. Lu Shihagi plucked up his courage, kept his smile on his face, and walked briskly, but he had a stone tied to his heart and kept sinking.

Before that, the stall owner had always been an amiable person, smiling when he saw everyone, smiling at the barbecue, smiling at the money, and smiling brightly when he handed the barbecue to others, as if they had generously given themselves something, which was his supreme glory. His temper is particularly good, some people said that his barbecue is not fresh, he immediately picked up five skewers and handed them over without saying a word: "Look at the new ones." "He is also the one who has eaten the most for Lu Shihagi. It's delicious, it's massive, and it's solid meat. Lu Shihagi also plans to pick a good person to bully.

And when Lu Shihagi walked over, his eyes had already passed through the few people in front of the stall to see him, so they laughed. Before Lu Shihagi could speak, the stall owner also took the lead in speaking: "Xiao Hagi, are you here?"

The shout caught attention, and the men looked back at him with confusion and hostility in their eyes.

Lu Shihagi had no intention of letting people notice him, after all, he was going to deceive people and steal things. But he couldn't, and the heat of the shortbread in his shirt pressed down on his chest through several layers of clothing. He had to smile and say, "Ah,...... Hello uncle. ”

"Hagi-chan, have you eaten dinner? The uncle beckoned to him, "Yes, come." ”

“...... I don't know why, but after all, he hasn't done anything bad to him, Lu Shihagi still walked over, probably to maintain the last bit of friendship with this uncle.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he walked over, the uncle slapped him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "This kid has always loved to eat my barbecue, and he has never had a problem every time." Why is your child uncomfortable when he eats? Isn't it, Hagi?"

Lu Shihagi reacted quickly, and immediately realized that this was a consumer dispute, since he ate his things, of course he couldn't have no conscience, so he nodded violently with the mentality of "this person is touching porcelain" to show support.

However, what he thought in his heart was that maybe it was because he only ate a small skewer at a time - Xiao Hagi, you are too unconscionable.

But if you don't know why, who knows if it's being used.

"You can't say that, maybe—" said the man who had come to ask for the Dharma, "for a moment, "maybe it's a trust!

The uncle still smiled good-naturedly: "Why is my son like this, I really wake up laughing in my dreams." He looks so cute, sell him to the official master, what else do I sell!"

Although this sounds uncomfortable, Lu Shihao didn't care, and introduced his origin with a smile: "No, I picked it up by my grandfather, and I'm a beggar for food." ”

The buyer seemed to have grasped something: "Oh, the one who wants rice, hey, look, the one who wants rice-" He craned his neck and sneered, grabbed three skewers of barbecue and threw them on the ground, and took a sip, "This thing will only be eaten by those who want rice!"

The uncle's eyebrows turned into eight figures, and he smiled miserably: "You can't say that, if you don't eat, others are still waiting to eat." And this is what your son wants to buy for himself, so you can't say that your son wants food, right?"

"That's my son is ignorant!" the buyer was so angry that he almost started to do it, "You don't care what my son thinks, but he ate this skewer yesterday and ended up vomiting and diarrhea, how can this be fake?"

"I don't know how much your son ate yesterday, how can I be sure that as soon as he eats my food, that's it? You can't just because I'm a stall setter, you have to come and embarrass me!"

"He eats his own home-cooked vegetables every day, so how can it be like that? He just ran out and bought this, and then it will become like that! Tell me, what exactly are you selling? Is it mutton? Or chicken, or dog meat? Maybe it's a dead mouse caught on the side of the road that has chopped it up and added some spices to make it into a filling!"

Lu Shihagi finally understood what was happening. When he understood, the stall owner's uncle exploded: "What do you say? I've been doing it so hard for so long, and the quality of the products is guaranteed, otherwise, why don't others come to me, and you have to keep an eye on me?"

The buyer was unrelenting: "That's because you didn't sell things in Bianjing before, and the bazaar was opened once every few months, and others had long forgotten about it!

As soon as these words came out, most of the vendors present stung up, and they turned their heads to express their dissatisfaction: How do you talk, everyone is here for life. The uncle shook his head again and again and sighed, and said, "That's it, what this guest said is also angry." He feels sorry for his son, and I can understand that since he doesn't want to believe me, then I'll just pay him some money. ”

"What's the use of losing money, I want you to clean up the bed and fuck off!" the man said, "People are going to lose their lives, and you still have the face to open a shop here?"

Saying that it was too late, Lu Shihagi ran forward, jumped up and grabbed five skewers of meat in his hand, and chewed it up: "It's no problem for me to eat! Look, am I going to eat to death? Not only do I want to eat it today, but I also want to take it back to my grandfather to eat, and see if he will have diarrhea after eating it!"

Everyone looked at him dumbfounded, at this time Lu Shihagi contributed his most natural acting skills, of course, it is also the desire of his heart, he has never eaten meat so much, after eating one skewer and taking three skewers, looking at that person while eating, his eyes are full of justice and anger. Although the onlookers next to him stood on the uncle's side, they didn't dare to really try it because they weren't sure if there was a problem with the meat.

Lu Shihagi ate a mouth full of oil, brushed with a layer of egg liquid roasted mutton fat and thin, with a strong spicy atmosphere, crispy on the outside, fresh and tender on the inside, salty and spicy taste gave rise to moving tears, Lu Shihagi ate mutton while it was hot for the first time, the aroma of a piece of fat roasted in the middle was overflowing, oily and soft, it was a collection of flavors and a feast of taste.

"Eat more, Hagi! You can eat all the mutton here! Eat slowly, if you can't finish eating, you can take it all away! Look, look, he eats without anything, and he eats so deliciously, how can there be a problem?" The uncle was very moved, and he also straightened up, crossed his waist and said, "Think about it again, is it because your son has a bad stomach and is sick with a cold?"

Lu Shihagi nodded violently, and thought to himself, he is so smart, and grandpa will have to eat it later.

So Lu Shihagi successfully took more than a dozen skewers of mutton back and brought them to his grandfather to eat. Grandpa first ate the shortbread, and while eating, he asked him where he got so much mutton, was it stolen or robbed? Lu Shihagi said neither, and then described the situation at that time.

Grandpa will be suspicious: "Is it really good meat, is there nothing wrong?"

Lu Shihagi said: "How can there be a problem? I have eaten it, and it tastes the same as before! Grandpa, you eat it, the hot mutton skewers are particularly delicious!" While picking up a skewer, he tore off the meat, "It's so fragrant!"

Creak.

He bit down on something hard.

"What's wrong, Hagi?" Grandpa asked.

"Sheep bones. Lu Shihagi said, "Grandpa, you have to be careful when you eat." ”

He spat out a piece of white forest.

Both stared at the ground.

Grandpa watched it for a long time, and then said abruptly: "Xiao Hagi, you lost your teeth?"

Lu Shihagi licked all his teeth with his tongue and said, "No." ”

"And whose tooth is this?"

Lu Shihagi's face immediately turned white.

At the same time, a sharp pain of lightning and thunder slashed from the abdomen to the top of the head, turning into a thousand wisps of pouring down on his body, his hands and feet twitched, his mouth foamed, he wanted to vomit and couldn't die, grandpa was busy hugging him, "How much did you eat? He must have taken the meat of the poisoned man and sold it as mutton!"

"Five strings. He struggled as hard as he could, and his eyes darkened for a while, "Grandpa, quick, send me to the gate of the market......"

"What's the use of going there?" said the grandfather hurriedly, "We just want food, do we still have to go and ask for an explanation? What's the use of that? It's better to stay here, maybe it's better! You won't die, don't worry, you won't die." ”

"I'm going to die. Lu Shihagi gritted his teeth and said, "However, maybe someone will save me there." You ask that guy for money, and he'll give it......"

"Oh?" said Grandpa, "is it true?"

"It's true......" Lu Shihagi no longer had the strength to speak.

"Alright, let's get over there. ”

“...... Good. ”

Hopefully there will be. I hope so.

All his hopes were staked on this moment, the one who casually agreed, and the one who didn't believe it was himself. It can only be desperate, like believing that the stars can be plucked, the moon can speak, and that they are special to others. Before a person dies, the mind is always very ethereal.

At this moment, he hoped that what the four princes said was true, then he could at least live until the time he came.