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Ye Li sat next to the beggar with his broken bowl in his hand, "Big brother, have you eaten?" ”

The man sighed, "Let's be beggars, it's not certain when we can get it, let alone eat on time, little brother, why do I look at you, what's the matter, from out of town?" ”

Ye Li nodded, "Well, my family has suffered a disaster, and I really don't have anything to eat, so I begged all the way over.

Alas, just rushing to have a bite to eat to survive, who would have thought that it is not easy to stutter, even if I want to drink saliva.

As you saw just now, I actually wanted some water to drink, and I was hungry and thirsty, and I was chills. ”

Ye Li said pitiful, and the male beggar sighed, "Yes, let's go and ask for a stutter first, and by the way, I will ask for saliva for you to drink." ”

Ye Lile nodded happily, "Hey, thank you for your care." ”

However, seeing that the male beggar was on crutches, Ye Li hurriedly helped from the side.

The man said very boldly, "It's okay, I'm used to it, my leg is broken, I didn't have the money to treat it now, let's go, I'll take you to ask for water to drink." ”

The man took Ye away from the place where the poor lived, compared with the big family, where a small house was next to a small house, the male beggar knocked on the door of a family, and out came a kind old lady.

"Auntie, give saliva to drink, the child is hungry, first pad with water."

The old lady glanced at the two people in front of her and sighed, "Wait—"

After speaking, he turned around and entered the house, and the old man not only brought hot water to Ye Li, but also sent out half a bowl of hot porridge.

The male beggar nodded and thanked the old man, "Alas, the world is difficult, and it is not easy, so let the children eat with it." ”

After Ye Li drank the water, there was a heat on his body, and as for this half bowl of porridge, he didn't want to live or die, "No." This is what you want, I can't eat it, let's walk around later, maybe we can get it again. Big brother, you eat first. ”

The man seemed to be really hungry, and seeing that Ye Li didn't eat it, he poured it into his stomach directly.

Then he wiped his mouth sweetly, "Okay, I'll take it out for a walk." ”

Hot water in the stomach. It doesn't seem to solve the problem of hunger, now that he is used to three meals a day, he is really a little hungry if he doesn't eat this meal.

I knew this earlier, eat more in the morning, or bring a steamed bun out to be hungry, Ye Li regrets it now.

The male beggar said as he walked, "Brother, looking at you, your face is still tender, we can't be careful about being cheeky when we ask for food, otherwise you will be hungry."

And it's also a science, you have to look at it. What kind of people are generous, what kind of people are kind-hearted, some people will not give ...... if they ask for it"

Ye Li estimated that this beggar may have been lonely for too long, and he nagged him about the experience and taboos of asking for food along the way, but he didn't expect to ask for a meal, there were such big twists and turns in it, and the test was not only a matter of face, but also a matter of exercising people's eyes.

Seeing a noodle stall in front of him, the beggar immediately became happy, "Little brother, our dinner has been settled." ”

The beggar led Ye Li to the front of the noodle stall. Without the male beggar to speak, Ye Li started the first speech of his begging career with the broken bowl, "Uncle, aunt." Give me something to eat, I haven't eaten in two days......"

The noodle stall husband and wife, seeing Ye Li and the two of them coming over with a broken bowl, sighed, "There is a surplus over there, if you don't dislike it, just pick it up and eat some." ”

The proprietress said that the guests ate the leftover soup and water, and she was also afraid of bad practices. It's all recycled, and the dry ones plan to go home and keep them to eat, and the business is not easy to do, and eating at home is also a problem, so you can save a little, as for the soup, you can keep it and take it back to make soup or feed the pigs, after all, there is oil in it.

The male beggar walked over happily, "Then thank you, boss, boy, we both have a bowl for each person, we can't be too greedy, we have to give others some leftover." ”

Looking at Ye Li like that, the proprietress couldn't bear it, "It's okay, you can drink more soup if you want to, it's too cold this day, look at this child's clothes, you can freeze out of the disease if you don't do it well." ”

Ye Li looked at the dots of oil in the noodle soup and the small pieces of noodles left, and felt a little worried, how can this be eaten, for more than a year, his mouth has been fed by Yue'er and their family, and he can't remember what the food is like.

Especially the bowl in front of me, I don't know how many people eat leftovers, and I don't know if the person who eats has any problems, but don't infect him.

Seeing the male beggar's puzzled eyes, Ye Li gritted his teeth, closed his eyes, and poured the bowl directly into his mouth, he couldn't taste what it was like at all, the bowl of noodle soup was already in his stomach, although the noodle soup was cold, but the kind proprietress also poured hot water for the two of them.

"Come, the noodle soup is also cold, drink some hot water to warm up."

The proprietress only thinks that these two people are the two of them, seeing that Ye Li's toes are exposed, she still feels a little unbearable, no matter how bad her own conditions are, but on such a cold day, she will still let the children wear warm and warm.

Ye Li's mouth has become sweeter now, and he keeps thanking others, the two of them are full of water, and two beggars of one size nest under the wall to bask in the sun, without warm clothes, they can only warm themselves up in this way.

Ye Li regrets it now, he should wear an extra padded jacket inside, this cold wind blows, his shoes are torn, and his clothes are torn.

And he felt that it would be a long time to sit like this, and if he took this opportunity to find a job, he might be able to earn two more money.

"Hehe, boy, you have to say which line of things to eat, you haven't been in the industry for long as you see you, let's be beggars honestly, if you work while being a beggar, isn't that robbing other people's jobs?

Each line has its own rules, and you will understand it after a long time, so follow me to learn it in the future. ”

In fact, Ye Li was a little strange, how big the male beggar in front of him was, and he couldn't see his face at all.

The man sneered when he heard this, "Alas, I've been a beggar for a long time and I've almost forgotten my real name, boy, remember, my surname is Li Xinzhong, if you want to be honest, you are about the same age as my dead son, you have to call me uncle, alas, you can call me whatever you like."

Anyway, it doesn't matter if we're all beggars in the future. But little brother, I have to ask you for one thing, we beggars don't know which day to live and which day to die.

If one day I am gone, you send me back to my hometown and bury them alone, they have been alone for too long. I have to be with them when I die. ”

Ye Li still wanted to ask, but before he could ask, the man continued to talk about his family affairs.

"When I was a soldier, the people of Yebei invaded the border, and my daughter-in-law and children were killed. When I came back, I saw two graves, I wanted to take revenge, but I can't do it with this leg, anyway, it's not interesting to live at home, looking at the family Qiē I think of the two of them, it's better to come out, which day is the day of life, and there is no energy......"

Ye Li listened to Lin Xinzhong's story, and also saw a line of tears left by a Zheng Zheng man at the moment because he missed his dead relatives, in those somewhat desperate eyes. He saw not only longing, pain, but also struggle, and too many emotions that he couldn't decipher for a while.

An old man and a young man sat under the base of the wall chatting and basking in the sun, Ye Li listened to all kinds of stories, and begged for two copper coins by the way, but the harvest was not good, and the total was only four yuan.

"Alas, the common people are having a hard time, and we can't get more money there, but something is better than nothing, come, take it. Save it for tomorrow when you don't have a meal to buy a steamed bun to eat. ”

In the evening, Ye Li finally realized what the master meant, the beggars were also divided into three, six, nine and so on, Li Xinzhong and they lived in a broken temple at night.

There is no gate in the temple, and when you walk to the door, you can see that there is a fire in the house. There was also a broken pot on the fire, stewed in it, although I don't know what it was, but I could smell the fragrance in the air, and the beggars around me swallowed saliva one by one.

Ye Li didn't understand a little, did he want to add food to them at night?

But the little beggars' actions shattered his initial thoughts. This cooked thing first honored the beggar lying inside, and looked at the little beggars, his eyes were obviously reluctant, but he still gave the boss all the food he wanted to eat.

And they were still cautious, and when the sturdy middle-aged beggar was full, they shared the rest of the soup with everyone, but in his opinion, it was not enough to stuff his teeth.

Ye Li originally wanted to go to the fire, but Li Xinzhong stopped him, "Don't go up there, people like us in this place are not qualified to sleep." ”

Ye Li glanced at the man inside a little strangely, although the clothes were also broken, they were much better than them, at least the cotton jacket and cotton shoes were not so broken.

"Hey, lame, why did you bring a new face and tell him about our rules here?"

Li Xinzhong nodded and said, "Yes, boss, this is our filial piety today." ”

Originally, I asked for four cents and gave three cents to a middle-aged beggar, but the man was too little.

frowned and stared at the two of them, "What's the matter, why is there so little today, look at your waste, it's not as much as these small ones, give me more energy tomorrow, more points, what are you doing with this." ”

Ye Li snorted, and just wanted to speak, but was pulled away by Li Xinzhong.

"Boy, don't mess with him, this person has a little kung fu in his hands, but it's not something we can provoke, and it's useless to be beaten, why bother, bear with it, it's good after a long time."

Ye Li didn't know what was going on here, he was a newcomer, and when he came out, the master asked him to stay here for a long time, so the current situation can only be endured first, and it is not too late for him to clean up this person when he understands the situation.

Now he is no longer the single and weak child who first arrived in Jianye County, and it is not a problem for him to deal with a few people now, and he doesn't pay attention to this house.

But he still followed Li Xinzhong to the door without saying a word, and saw that there was straw on the wall, and he also helped lay it out, and there was no futon, so the two of them could only lie down with their clothes together.

The words of the beggar leader came from behind him, "Cripple, let the new kid understand some rules in the future, you are all an old man, you understand everything here, since you brought this person back, you had better take care of that kid, don't know how to die when the time comes." ”

When the beggar spoke, there was silence in the room, and no one dared to give the boss eye medicine at this time, Ye Li didn't understand what else was in it, but now was not the time to ask, so he could only sleep with his eyes closed.

For this kind of life of sleeping without washing his face and feet, and sleeping on straw, he still couldn't adapt to it for a while, and he always felt itchy all over his body, as if lice were crawling, and he couldn't sleep over and over.

In the middle of the night, he was still awakened by the cold, and when he looked at the beggar's head and the bed, he wondered, why did they all ask for food, why was this treatment different.

The next morning, when he went out to beg for food, he asked the doubts in his heart.

"Alas, there are leaders in all walks of life, and we beggars are not included in this line, he is our little head here, in fact, there is a big head on it.

Speaking of which, it's not impossible for a few of us to join forces to beat him, but he still has a head on top of him, and it won't be of much use to beat him.

Because soon the head above will bring a group of people over, and it will be light to cut you, and some will be directly kicked out of this place, and even worse, it is estimated that the small life should be gone.

So try not to conflict with those people, unless you have enough strength, uncle's legs are here, although he is dissatisfied, he can't do anything.

Look at those little children, I see that they are also reluctant, but they have no choice but to live in a daze with one eye closed.

I'm also a father, and I won't do it if anyone bullies my child like this, alas......"

With a long sigh, he exhausted all the helplessness and unwillingness in his heart, but he couldn't change the status quo, and it was hard for him to take care of himself.

Ye Li lowered his head and tightened the torn cotton jacket on his body, it was so cold this day, and he was still cold after sleeping this night.

"Uncle, I'm just unwilling, why should we give him all the money we can get so easily, and I won't say anything to my younger brothers and sisters, after all, we have to take care of the weak.

But you look at him like this, the food and drink are all close to him, and then the money has to be handed over to a part, what is left of us, if we don't continue to starve today, how can we have such good luck every day. ”

Li Xinzhong sighed, "We have to live such days every day, we are used to it, good boy, since you call me uncle, listen to uncle, don't mess with them, uncle will really not be able to help at that time." ”

Ye Li grabbed Li Xinzhong's arm, "It's okay, I'll listen to you, unless I have this ability, otherwise I will be obedient." ”

In fact, I have some thoughts in my heart, it seems that these beggars are quite organized, but I don't know who the biggest leader is, and if he has the opportunity in the future, he will really meet each other. (To be continued.) )