Chapter Thirty-Nine: Picking Up Apprentices

Seeing that Xiaoyanzi took so many fritters, Uncle Qin and his wife were shocked: "Xiaoyanzi, you take so much?" Has he finished eating a little baby? ”

Xiaoyanzi said in a childish voice: "Uncle, you don't know how much he can eat, and a bunch of children in our yard can't eat him." ”

"Really? Just such a skinny boy? Uncle Qin hadn't finished speaking, but he found that the baby had already put two fritters into his stomach, and one in each hand, and he stuffed them in his mouth in the blink of an eye.

"Oh, my God, it's true that you dare to love, isn't this a starving ghost reincarnated?" Looking at his eating appearance, I really have to believe it. ”

Uncle Qin was amazed while looking at it, and then asked, "Whose child is this?" ”

Lan Ge'er smiled and said, "I picked it up on the street." ”

I laughed and said, "Speaking of him, it's really similar to pick it up." ”

Speaking of this child, it has to be said that two months ago, when I was returning home from the kitchen outside, I saw a group of people surrounding the roadside, out of curiosity, I squeezed in to take a look, but saw a boy holding an old woman. The old woman closed her eyes and said nothing.

"Look at this child, it must be stupid, this old woman has been dead for a long time, and he is still holding it, but he just doesn't lose it."

"Alas, I don't know whose child it is, and I don't say anything when I ask him."

"Now in this world, I really pity the poor. The raw ones starved to death. ”

"In these years, there are not a few people who starve to death, and you don't know that there are people dying of hunger every day on the banks of the Yellow River in Xitou."

"Alas, this kid is really pitiful, no one cares, and it is estimated that he will not be able to hold ......"

"Aunt Wang, you look pitiful, why don't you stutter."

"Old Chengtou, what you said is light, why don't you give charity." Everyone said that they all felt that the child was pitiful, but no one helped, for no other reason, they couldn't take care of their own family.

"Alas, these days, who can take care of anyone, I think this kid is probably dumb."

There were some familiar people around, I inquired, it turned out that I didn't know whose child it was, I had been staying for nearly a day, no one asked and didn't speak, just hugged the old woman, at first someone asked the old woman, but the old woman didn't speak, and finally a man saw that the old woman had been dead for a long time. starved to death.

At that time, it scared everyone.

But the child just hugged him for a day, and he didn't move, which still attracted a lot of viewers.

Looking at the child's blank expression and the slightly gray face of the woman in her arms, my heart was sour.

This is something that would never happen in modern times, but in ancient times, it was a common thing.

I asked the kid a few questions, but he still didn't answer, as if he was really dumb.

Thinking of this, I asked for some food from Xie Jianfeng's arms behind me, it was the food I left behind in the kitchen, I originally wanted to give it to the children, but now, let's give it to him.

When I put the food next to the child, the child finally looked up at me.

I smiled. Seeing that he was wearing thin clothes, and now that the weather was getting colder, and seeing that the night would be even colder, I was afraid that he would catch a cold, so I took off his clothes again and wanted to drape them on him.

But the boy twisted, apparently not accepting my clothes.

At this time, the people around said: "Look, it's still Master Song's benevolence, and he gives food and clothing." ”

"That is, Master Song has a lot of ability, and he will get a few taels of silver when he goes out to cook."

I didn't care what everyone said, I just sighed, put the clothes beside him, and then took Xie Jianfeng home for a walk.

But I didn't take a few steps and felt that something was wrong, and I could hear everyone around me talking, and when I turned around, I was startled.

It turned out that the child had followed me with the dead old woman in his arms.

Xie Jianfeng wanted to drive him away, afraid that he would scare his younger brothers and sisters when he went home with a dead man, but the boy didn't speak or leave. Xie Jianfeng is the most powerful among the children, but he can't push him at all.

When I saw that the boy could not be driven away, I let him follow.

Before entering the door, I tried to tell him that he could not enter the door, but found that he did not mean to enter the door, but sat not far from the door, taking the food I had just given him, and trying to feed the dead woman.

"A-Niang, there is something to eat, the child will not eat, I will give you something to eat, you can open your mouth to eat some, eat some......" The boy did not speak loudly, and kept trying to feed his mother.

But his mother never ate what he fed him again in her life.

Xie Jianfeng opened his mouth and said, "What else are you feeding, it's also a white ......" I hurriedly stopped Xie Jianfeng.

The boy also ignored what Xie Jianfeng said, but stubbornly wanted to stuff it into his mother's mouth.

"Eat some, A-Niang, I'll never finish eating in the future, I'll give you something to eat first, A-Niang, open your mouth and eat some......" The child was talking and his stomach was growling, obviously hungry.

The child's words poked my heart so sour, I couldn't hold back it for a while, and tears flowed down.

I looked at the boy and stepped forward and said, "Your mother may want you to eat first, why don't you try to let your mother eat after you have eaten." ”

At this time, the boy suddenly raised his head and said, "How do you know that my aunt let me eat first?" But I can't eat it, I'm done eating, and my aunt won't have to eat it. ”

I smiled and pointed to the door behind me and said, "You can eat at ease, this is my house, and after you finish eating, my house still has enough for you and your mother to eat." ”

The boy thought about it, and was no longer polite, grabbed the food and stuffed it into his mouth, but the small mouth was surprisingly edible, it was simply filled, I was busy asking the children at home to prepare water again, but the water was not taken, and the pile of meat with five or six catties was eaten by himself.

My younger siblings and I were dumbfounded!

This baby is too edible. A full five catties of meat, there is nothing left to eat!

After the baby finished eating, she raised her head and looked at me in a daze.

As soon as I took a look, I immediately understood: this is still to be eaten.

Then he asked the children to take another meal, and took two catties of pasta, and dried it up again.

It really scared the hell out of all of us.

Looking at his lean Barra's body, where did all those things go?

When he was finished, he looked up again and looked at me with piercing eyes.

I shook my head helplessly and smiled, and asked the children to take two catties of steamed buns.

This might be a bit better.

By the end of the day, he knew how to feed his mother.

"Auntie, I'm sixty percent full, you can eat some."

My head is covered with a cloud, this is only sixty percent full, my God, what a big stomach, it seems that this child's mother is purely poor by this child.

With this amount of food, it is not a rich and noble family, who can raise it.

Lan Ge'er also heard the sound and came to watch it for a long time, and at first he took pity on him, and he also moved the idea of adoption. In the end, he directly gave me a sentence: "We don't dare to adopt this baby, we can't afford to raise it!" ”

Also, one person arrived at the amount of food for a group of our children.

I saw that he still couldn't feed his mother, and I burst into tears.

I was just thinking about how to persuade him, but suddenly he looked up again and said, "I want silver." ”

When I heard this, the children around me were not happy.

Xie Jianfeng said angrily: "Why are you like this, you eat so many things, don't say anything, and still want silver, do we owe you?" Let's go, let's go! ”

As he spoke, he wanted to drive him away, but he couldn't push him.

I paid attention, don't look thin, the baby is still quite strong, just now holding his mother and following us is not close, there is no panting at all.

Seeing that Xie Jianfeng was going to call several other older brothers to drive him away together, I hurriedly stopped and asked Nawa curiously: "What do you want to do with the silver?" ”

"I'm going to find Lang Zhong to see my aunt."

My heart trembled, I was really a filial son, but it's a pity...... It's late.

Xie Jianfeng said: "Are you stupid, your aunt is dead, and no one can look down on it." ”

Before Xie Jianfeng's words fell, the boy suddenly looked sideways, his eyes were like swords, and there was a fierce light that came out, making Xie Jianfeng take two steps back without inadvising.

We didn't expect this baby to be only twelve or thirteen, and it would have such momentum.

That look, I looked at it and my heart was abrupt.

Fortunately, when the boy saw Xie Jianfeng retreating, he didn't really think about anything, but said stubbornly: "My aunt is not dead, she is just hungry." ”

I asked, "And how many taels of silver do you want?" "When they saw me say this, everyone was anxious, and they all advised me not to give him two taels of silver, who knows if he was a liar or not.

But I stretched out my hand to stop the multitude.

Nawa said: "I don't know, I don't know how many silver taels Lang Zhong needs to be optimistic about my aunt." ”

I took out five taels of silver from my body, and if I was really sick, it would be enough to see a doctor.

The baby was not polite, took the money and hugged the woman in her arms and left.

Looking at his neatness, everyone had a feeling of encountering a liar.

I didn't speak.

I thought to myself, even if he is a liar, I will admit it.

After walking a few steps, the baby suddenly stopped, as if thinking of something, turned around and bowed to me: "Thank you, Master." ”

Then, without waiting for me to speak, he left.

I wondered for a moment: "Jian Feng, why do you say he calls me Master?" ”

"It's not like I heard people on the street call you Master just now."

Oh, I see.

Ignoring Nawa, he turned around and went home with the children for dinner. Unexpectedly, I slept until midnight, and a terrible cry sounded, which scared me into a cold sweat, and Xiaoyanzi jumped on the bed in fright.

"Brother Yong, there are ghosts!"

"No...... Probably, this world ...... No ghosts. "My duck said in his throat, not to mention how ugly it sounded.

"Brother Yong, why did your voice change?"

I rubbed my neck, felt better, and said, "It's okay, I was a little twisted just now, and I changed my voice." "Actually, I know in my heart, it's not that I twist, I change my voice, it just scares me! This voice in the middle of the night almost didn't scare me, if it wasn't for the little swallow running over first, I would dare to run to her first.

Now the little swallow is scared

I said in my heart that there are no ghosts, but I don't know if there are really no ghosts in this world, I can bump into ancient times with such a bump, it's hard to say that there is anything in this world that is impossible.

I just felt more stable in my heart, and I heard a howl in my throat!

I'm scared and my hair blows up!

"Who!" I howled with courage, and the little swallow in my arms trembled!

After waiting for a long time, the cry was still the same, but fortunately, I listened to it more and felt more stable.

I saw that no one went out in the courtyard for a long time, but there were a few more little guys crying, thinking about it, this courtyard is the biggest in me, it seems that I can only go to see what is going on.

The boss is unwilling, grandma drips, and the old is scary.

I took a wooden stick and walked out tremblingly, but I saw that Lan Ge'er had already walked into the yard, and I was ashamed. A few years older than her, let the family come out first.

I walked to the gate of the courtyard with Lan Ge'er, and I could hear that it was indeed a cry outside the door.

Holding hands and going out, he almost lost his breath, and outside the door was the baby holding his mother and crying during the day.

"That baby, what are you crying about, it's the middle of the night."

"I ...... Lang Zhong is ...... Say...... My aunt died...... No one showed it! ”

There was silence in my heart for a while, yes, this person is dead, and no one has the ability to see it alive.

"I ...... No...... A-Niang died...... Yes...... Hmmm......"

Lan Ge'er and I looked at the baby very pitiful, asked about the situation and comforted, and finally coaxed the baby not to cry.

I wanted him to enter the house and felt that it was not good luck to let a dead person into the courtyard, but in the end I didn't think too much about it and persuaded the baby to enter the courtyard. Let him rest in the grass hut next to him first.

The next day, under persuasion, I found a piece of land for the baby to bury his mother, and so far, the baby has followed me, and has not changed his words, calling me master, and over time, I recognized this apprentice.