Growth Volume Chapter 2: The Age of Sin
On the empty street, there were two figures, it was a beggar mother and son, the mother was not old, the child was still young, the two came slowly, the steps were heavy, there was a smell of tiredness on their bodies, and in their pale faces, there was a look of hunger and thirst that could not be concealed, such strangers did not know where they came from.
They walked outside the Warlord Mansion and heard a commotion inside, so they looked around, and the rest of the houses were closed, deserted, only the Warlord Mansion was unprecedentedly lively.
The mother smiled at the child and said, "Son, you are tired after a long day's walk, sit here and rest for a while, this big family seems to be making a feast, and my mother will go in and ask you for some food." ”
The child nodded, his face beaming with happiness.
After the mother confessed, she took out a broken bowl, bent her body, and walked against the wall, and when she saw the door, the mother shook her body and walked in.
When she entered the door, she saw the scene of cutting off her head and rushing blood, which frightened her and screamed.
This kind of thing has been seen a lot for her mother who has traveled all over the world, but now when she sees this scene, she is still extremely shocked, and she feels a slight chill in her spine.
"This place is horrible, find something to eat and leave, really don't want to stay longer. ”
She was more cautious, and in a gesture that would not anger anyone, she cautiously walked out into the crowd and begged for some food in a friendly manner.
The first time she begged for a good man, who saw her near, he was so frightened that he took a step back, and when he calmed down, he shouted angrily at his mother: "Stay away from me, if you stain my clothes, be careful to pull you up and cut me." ”
The mother quickly apologized and begged for mercy many times before the situation calmed down, after that, she ran farther away and asked other guests for food, but the next person was still the same.
The beggar's mother walked around and found nothing, and at last, in a corner, she found a round table where no one was sitting, full of delicacies, which had not yet been touched.
Suddenly, the temptation struck, and the mother planned to secretly stuff a chicken leg into her pocket.
She stretched out her hand, and when it was about to touch, it froze, and soon, he retracted his hand back and back again.
Why did she stop, because she knew that anyone who came here today who was dressed a little more properly could eat and drink, because they were all guests, and his mother was not, he was a beggar, and his identity was not good, as long as she took the food with her hands, it was called stealing.
In the end, the mother chose to continue begging, but she couldn't, she would find some dirty food on the floor, and no matter what, she wouldn't touch the things on the table.
The children in the house, when they went outside to play, walked around at the foot of the crowd was a dog, sniffing the food that the guests discarded at will.
I don't know when it started outside the house, there began to be a slight movement, Leng Mian noticed it, thought there was a lively look, grabbed a handful of melon seeds and stuffed it into his pocket, and looked for the excitement outside the house.
Leng Mian walked along the wall, the movement got closer and closer, and after a corner of the wall, he saw the following scene in a deep alleyway: three well-dressed children, surrounded by a little beggar in ragged clothes.
There was a strange smile on the faces of the three children, as if they were planning to do something to the beggar!
These three children are local little bullies, they usually like to bully the weak, the eldest of the three, is the biggest, strongest and most arrogant guy, standing in the middle, called Chu Zhengchun.
The remaining two people are called Ah Bao with a round face, and Pingzi is called Pingzi with a sharp head.
At this time, the little beggar seemed a little timid, as if he was being bullied by three children.
Leng Mian walked over to see the excitement, and the three children saw that it was Leng Mian, neither making a fuss nor saying a word, they just glanced at Leng Mian and focused all their attention on the little beggar.
Chu Zhengchun approached the little beggar, pulled his hair, and shouted: "Ask for food, this hair grows so tight, the food must not be bad." ”
The little beggar was already stunned, even if Chu Zhengchun was in pain, he didn't dare to speak, suddenly, a large handful of hair, a large piece of hair on the top of the little beggar's forehead was torn off, and his head was bleeding.
Seeing this, Chu Zhengchun raised the little beggar's chin and said, "Is it dumb?"
After saying that, he slapped the beggar twice and glared at him angrily.
The little beggar was not dumb, he was just frightened and stunned, and he didn't dare to speak.
Chu Zhengchun saw that he didn't answer, and he didn't feel respect, so he scolded him: "Your mother, you dare not answer Lao Tzu's words, don't speak, believe it or not, I will kill you." ”
The little beggar trembled all over, and his lips trembled terribly, and it was difficult for him to speak like this.
In order to make the boss happy, Bizi thought of a crooked idea, so he said to the boss: "Boss, this kid doesn't speak, why don't you strip his clothes, if it doesn't work, bring it over to the adults to see, let this guy also show his foreign appearance, see if he dares not to give the boss your face." ”
When Chu Zhengchun heard this, his eyebrows turned up, he was overjoyed, and he said, "Well, it's a good way, just do it!"
After sighing, the three of them turned their eyes on the little beggar, and their evil hands reached out towards him.
Soon the little beggar's clothes were torn, and he cried out in fear: "Don't, don't tear my clothes." ”
"Yo, I thought you were dumb. ”
"Big brothers, please, don't break my clothes, this is what my mother helped me with a hard time, don't break it!" the little beggar begged with a sad face.
"I'm stolen, I guess. ”
"I didn't steal, I came. As he spoke, it seemed that tears were already in his eyes.
"It's stealing!"
"It wasn't stolen!" he roared angrily, startling the crowd.
When Chu Zhengchun came back to his senses, he became angry and yelled at the little beggar: "Dead begging for food, what are you angry, Pingzi Bao, strip him naked." ”
After saying that, they started quickly, and in a short time, they stripped the little beggar of the essence, and he could only curl up there, shivering.
Chu Zhengchun threw away his clothes, looked at his naked body, and smiled proudly, he looked at the little beggar as if he was looking at a work of art shaped by himself.
This day is so cold, who made this autumn, the only thing that doesn't wear clothes in this season is the dead tree, the child can't, the child has to be like a spring tree, and he has to take care of it all the time.
The three of them bullied the beggar, beaming with pride, and suddenly, Pingzi exclaimed: "He seems to have urinated!"
The three of them looked down at him, and saw a bubble of yellow urine spilled, and for a moment, they laughed loudly, and they couldn't help laughing at the cold face who was watching from the sidelines.
Suddenly, a child rushed to him, protected the beggar at once, and covered him with a garment.
The child who rushed over was called Tomoko, a friend who beat him coldly, and he had a red turban tied around his head that he would always wear.
Chu Zhengchun recognized Youzi and shouted: "Youzi, what are you doing, this beggar was discovered by Lao Tzu first, and he is mine." ”
Tomoko looked back at them, full of anger, and he shouted, "How can you do this, beggars are not human!"
"Yes, if so, then I'm sorry, because I've never seen them as human beings, and as for you, I advise you to be nosy. ”
Because of Tomoko's appearance, Yaxing, who disturbed the cold noodles, also complained: "Tomoko, play a little bit, it won't be anything, you go away." ”
"No, I don't want you to bully him. ”
At this time, a middle-aged woman appeared, this woman was Tomoko's mother, she was far away, she saw Tomoko mixed with idle things, so she ran over, pulled Tomoko and scolded: "Tomoko, tell you to stop messing with these things, quick, follow me!"
When Tomoko didn't follow, his mother dragged him away and dragged him to a middle-aged man, and the group left here.
The storm in the sky has long been rolled up and is no longer stable.
The figure of the beggar's mother, still groveling in the war palace, she asks for food from the guests, unaware of the outside situation.
The clever dog on the ground, scurrying at the feet of the guests, sniffed out some food that was not clean for the guests, but it was enough to quench hunger.
In the alleyway, there was no guy in the way, Chu Zhengchun was relieved and bold, he took off the beggar's clothes again, threw them aside, and then the four of them laughed at him together.
This time, the little beggar couldn't take it anymore, and he yelled at the ugly four: "You guys go away!
At this point, he suddenly swallowed the words again.
After a short silence, there was another burst of laughter, and the man laughed at him and said, "Peace, I'll just say, only lowly people like you think of that kind of lowly thing." ”
The beggar's inner thoughts were laughed at, forcing him to shout again: "Peace is not a lowly thing, it is my dream, and you are not allowed to trample on it." ”
"Yo, you still dare to be stubborn, Pingzi Bao, call me!"
After saying that, the three of them rolled up their sleeves and beat the beggar severely.
Leng Mian applauded on the side, and threw him with the melon seed shell, saying, "Cheap, isn't it good to learn from me to be a war candidate?"
The fists of the three people smashed into the little beggar, and the little beggar's painful cries wafted everywhere in the alley at this time.
Soon, the fists of the three were stained with blood, and the little beggar's face was swollen, and blood oozed from the wound.
Seeing this, Chu Zhengchun shouted in horror: "Stop, stop!"
"Boss, what's wrong?" The two men moved their eyes to Chu Zhengchun, both of them were full of doubts, obviously they were having fun, why did the boss suddenly shout to stop.
"What's wrong with this kid? ”
"No, it won't. Pingzi Bao's tone of reply changed, and cold sweat broke out on their foreheads.
"Pingzi, see if he's still breathing. ”
Pingzi was afraid, and shook his head in response: "Boss, I don't dare, you try." ”
Chu Zhengchun clenched his fists and scared him: "Try quickly, or I will beat you!"
Pingzi had no choice but to listen to him, slowly reached over and touched the beggar's nose, and suddenly, he shouted: "Ah, out of breath, ah, really dead!"
"Then will they-" Chu Zhengchun's body trembled at this time, and the cold sweat on his forehead was absorbing the cool air in the air.
"If you kill someone, why are you also a lowly person!" Hirako was frightened.
"If you don't say it, no one knows. Po said.
"Yes, it's good if you don't say it, none of you are allowed to say it!" He looked around nervously, and found that there was no one on the street, and the alleyway was quiet. ”
When Leng Mian heard this, he smiled disdainfully, and said: "Heh, what does it have to do with me, and I didn't kill it, if you want to say lowly, it's also the business of the three of you, what does it have to do with me!"
Chu Zhengchun grabbed his clothes, clenched his fists, prepared to fight him, and said, "Leng Mian, if you think it has nothing to do with you, then it's okay, I'll send you down to see him now." ”
Seeing Chu Zhengchun's posture in a cold face, he was so frightened that he hurriedly swallowed his saliva, he panicked, and said with a smirk: "Zhengchun, I'm joking with you, don't worry, I will definitely keep this secret and bear this matter with you." ”
Chu Zhengchun saw that Leng Mian had acquainted with each other, so he let him go, and said kindly: "That's right, if we bear it together, we can be friends." ”
Then, he gestured to Pingzi and Po with his clenched fists, and then shouted, "What about you?"
"You're the eldest brother, how dare you not listen to you. The two said.
Zhengchun smiled proudly, his heart was happy, if he made a mistake, he could escape punishment, who would be unhappy.
Then they cleaned up the scene, and just as they were about to escape, a vicious dog came into the alley, sniffed at the little beggar's corpse, and began to bite again, taking the beggar's corpse as food.
The pleasing mother entered the alleyway, and happened to see this scene, she panicked, and immediately ran to drive away the vicious dog, he knelt down and picked up the child, no matter how she shouted, she could not wake up the little beggar, probably guessed what Hou, the mother's tears fell, and in the broken bowl she brought, there was half a chicken leg.
The four children were silent, and the mother's crying was the only sound, echoing for a long time in the alleyway.
After crying for a long time, her mother calmed down, and she asked Chu Zhengchun and the others: "How did my child die?"
"How did you die? Don't you see? I just got bitten to death by the dog. ”
Hearing this, the mother's eyes were angry at the dog, and she got up to chase the dog to vent her inner grief and anger.
She took the bowl and prepared to smash it on the head of the vicious dog.
"Don't, you can't kill that dog, it's from the family of the War Lord, and it's a lot higher than you. ”
This is Chu Zhengchun's blind fabrication, the dog is just an ordinary dog, where is it raised by the war marquis, however, this sentence seems to be very effective, the mother stopped, it seems that she can't resist this sentence, the powerful in her heart, not only a human being, but also a shadow that can never be resisted.
Slowly, she put down the bowl in her hand and just hugged the child and whimpered.
After that, carrying the little beggar on her back, she quietly left the land, a place that did not suit them, and their backs, full of sorrow and rain, gradually embedded in the twilight.
When the beggar's mother left, Chu Zhengchun breathed a sigh of relief, and soon, a smug smile appeared on his face again, and he said, "What, it's so easy to settle down, go, go in and play." ”
The four of them laughed, entered the War Waiting Mansion, and when the cold face returned to his mother's side, his mother asked him a question: "What's the matter, the life of the war is okay, do you have an idea now?"
"Well, it's really good to live a cheap life!"
"Then, from tomorrow onwards, you will have to practice martial arts hard. ”
"Mother, don't worry, I'll work hard, I must remember to give you a long face. ”
At this moment, just in time for the last carnival, the firecrackers crackled and crackled, and outside this small city, a Rui Beast Tianlu appeared and disappeared from time to time, which was enough to prove that this was an auspicious day.