"I said, old man, tell me about the magic of this stone, which is worth a gold coin. ”

"Listen, boy, the rest of the story will make you realize how small you are and how wide the world is. ”

Seeing the old man talking in a passionate voice, he nodded awkwardly, because he had already felt the strange stares cast by passers-by.

Then the old man began his story.

The creator God created the whole world, and the world was originally a whole.

At the beginning of Hongmeng, there are four seasons in the world, day and night, giving birth to all things.

Perhaps, the gods felt that the world was too lonely, so there were people.

At first, the world was interesting and pleasant, and the gods poured hope on the world, but people were not satisfied......

Together, they built a towering Tower of Babel, and the actions of the people angered the gods, who sent a thunderbolt that split the continent into four and sank the tower.

And this sacred stone comes from the kingdom of heaven where the gods live.

"I thought you were going to tell something! Isn't it just a legend, there is nothing here that people don't know, don't say it, you keep the stone for yourself, here are two copper coins, I will give it to you for free." ”

The old man tapped the ground with his cane and muttered, "You who have no faith, you will go to hell, and you will be punished by the gods and burned by the fire." ”

Now he just wants to kick the old man, he is kind to charity, and he curses himself, it is really good to repay.

Suddenly, the old man's face changed, he looked at the sky in the distance in surprise, pointed to the distance in his hand, and muttered in his mouth: "God...... Trace. ”

"What", how is this possible, Ye Xianze, immediately looked back.

"What kind of miracles are there?" Ye Xianze said speechlessly.

The sky was still blue and white, and not even a bird had flown off.

I said...... Damn it, old man. Ye Xianze scolded.

What a miracle, this old man took advantage of his own turn to change the money bag around his waist into a stone, and the old man was able to disappear without a trace in this short period of time.

He really wanted to strangle the old man, this was a month's ration for them.

"Old man, get out of here" Ye Xianze didn't care about what was at this time, and shouted loudly.

But his voice was soon drowned out in the crowd, this was a bazaar, how could the voice of an individual compare to the voice of the crowd.

After asking passers-by to no avail, he thought of reporting to the official that he must arrest the old man.

The stone was evidence, so he put it in his pocket and went to the Sheriff's Office.

As soon as he entered the door, he anxiously shouted, "Sir, I want to report the crime." ”

The officer gave him a pen and paper and motioned for him to fill out the form.

His hand holding the pen trembled slightly, and he said with difficulty: "I can't read, sir, can you help me write?"

"Less, so many people report the case every day, if everyone asks me to write, wouldn't I be too busy to die, if you can't write it, we won't be able to file a case here." ”

Looking at the man's indifferent face, a surge of anger welled up in him.

"I warn you, don't make trouble here, my knife is not easy to mess with. ”

In desperation, he could only walk out, he hated himself for being so stupid.

At this time, a man came up and said, "Boy, do you want to make money? ”

Ye Xianze had lost his mind at this time, and hurriedly agreed: "What kind of work, how is the money calculated." ”

"My name is Lao Bing, I specialize in introducing work, I have a job here, the more you work, the more you get, there is no problem with a silver coin a month. ”

Xian Ze, who was in urgent need of money, didn't ask carefully, and asked directly: "If you don't have freedom to work, can you go home?"

Lao Bing took a puff of cigarette, slowly spit it out and said, "No, but you can ask for leave, you can ask for two days a month, how about it!"

Ye Xianze agreed without thinking about it, he offered to go home first, and the man readily agreed.

When he got home, his sister had already cooked the meal, and she pulled Xian Ze to sit down.

Ye Lin said angrily: "Brother, why have you been gone for so long, the food is going to be cold." ”

Although there were only three dishes of wild vegetables and one plate of meat dishes, there was still very little meat, but both of them ate happily.

Vegetables are more expensive than meat in this country, and meat is relatively much cheaper, but it is still relatively expensive for them.

After eating, my sister began to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, and Senzawa said, "Let me come! ”

"Eh, brother, you're so strange, usually, no matter how you call it, you can't be called, you're so active today, something is wrong!"

"Tell me quickly, is there something hiding from me. ”

Ye Xianze's funny appearance of wanting to stop talking made his sister laugh non-stop.

However, he finally said it, because after being cheated out of money by the old liar, the remaining money was only enough for one person's living expenses, and he had to go out to earn money to support the two.

So he spoke: "Xiao Lin, I'm going out to make money, you ...... Yes, take care of yourself. ”

Xiao Lin put her hand on her brother's forehead, then measured herself again, and said playfully: "I don't have a fever, how can I talk nonsense, and how can you bear to leave such a lovely sister of yours." ”

Xian Zeqiang smiled and said: "No way, our money was cheated away by an old liar, if we don't go out to work, we will starve to death this month." ”

"My brother is such a fool that I knew I couldn't let him go alone. Ye Lin said angrily.

Then both of them were silent, and after nightfall, Ye Lin lay down and fell asleep, but Xian Ze couldn't sleep at all, and the already small room looked even more desolate and lonely under the moonlight.

Looking at this grass hut barely sheltered from the wind and rain, with cooking utensils, a mat, a quilt and some clothes, these are the only belongings in this family.

He gritted his teeth, and finally made up his mind that if he wanted to make money, he must give his sister a good living environment, and he vowed to live in a big house in the future, with a full set of furniture.

He got up, looked at his sister's lovely face, and he was determined to make money, and he didn't need to pack it at all, because he didn't have any luggage at all, and it was simply sorted out.

After tidying up, he crept to the door and opened it.

At this time, a hand grabbed him, it was Ye Lin.

She had already burst into tears, her voice trembling from crying, and the hand holding him had become strained from overtension.

"Woo woo ~ brother...... You...... Don't go, don't leave Xiao Lin alone, you promised your mother. ”

His heart ached, he didn't want to stay with her, but he couldn't, he could be poor, but he couldn't let his sister follow him to be poor and starving.

He hugged his sister and said, "Brother can't stand you, brother must go, take good care of yourself when I'm away, I've already told Uncle Zhang, he will take care of you when I'm away." ”

Ye Lin said with tears in her eyes: "Brother, I don't want it, brother...... If you want to go, take me with you!"

"No, Xiao Lin, this is my responsibility, my mother said let me take care of you, I have to go. ”

He knew he had to be ruthless, or he would never be able to leave.

He let go of his sister, but Xiao Lin's hand was still tightly gripping his arm, and he pulled Xiao Lin's hand away with difficulty, but because he held it too tightly, his nails had sunk into the flesh, and the pain caused by the blood marks was far less than the pain caused by the heart.

"Brother, I'm sorry" Looking at her brother who was injured by herself, Ye Lin cried again.

"No, it's ...... Brother, I'm sorry for you. With that, he ran out.

He told himself that he couldn't turn back, he covered his ears and ran as hard as he could.

After Ye Lin saw it, she also chased out, but where could she run past her brother, the road was dark at night, and there was no trace of her brother, she could only squat on the ground alone and hug her head and cry, she hated herself for being useless, she cried weakly, and her shouting became hoarse.