(2) Return to the old business
A year ago, at the end of a remote street in Ruoqiang City, a plainly dressed girl led a vegetable basket covered with cloth to the door of a dilapidated temple, and stepped into the already dilapidated temple.
Although it is a little desolate, the strange thing here is that there is not a trace of cobwebs to be found, some candlesticks and tables for placing tributes in the temple are neatly arranged, a somewhat detached Anita Buddha statue is spotless, although the roof leaks a large hole, but it is enough to block the sunlight above the Buddha statue.
The girl put the basket in her hand on the tribute table, worshiped the Buddha statue, and muttered in a low voice, "Anitabha, don't blame it." He took a few steps back, tilted his head and shouted under the tribute table: "Banxiu, get up and eat, lalalala."
At this moment, a monk who was over half a hundred years old blocked his ears, then shrank his feet to his chest, bent his head to his knees, and rolled out from under the long table with his eyes closed.
The group on the ground sniffed in the direction of the basket, and finally opened his eyes and said, "Today, there are mushroom balls that are the favorite of poor monks, Xiaoxi, have you found it in your conscience?" He quickly jumped up from the ground, patted the dust on his hands, and lifted the basket of cloth while swallowing his saliva, and took the chopsticks for a while.
Luo Xiaoxi shook his head, covered his face and said, "Banxiu, in addition to not gambling, prostituting, eating meat, and not drinking, where do you still have the appearance of a half-point monk?" ”
"Creek, you're missing a little."
Banxiu stopped the chopsticks in her hand and tapped her head with the chopsticks, she sighed through her fingers and said, "I'm sorry, I'm missing your head." ”
While half-cultivating in rags, he said while eating: "No, no, no, the poor monk has great merit here, although it is not allowed to speak of purifying sentient beings, but after all, the poor monk picked you up from the only stream in Ruoqiang, and raised you with hard work, this is already a great merit, Ani Buddha Buddha." ”
So, since she can remember, Banxiu has taught her to turn into a relationship, but as she grows older year by year, he taught herself how to steal the money bags of those rich people, and said that they do a lot of evil, steal some of their money and give it to the poor, which is to accumulate virtue for them, and when she was sixteen years old, she did not learn the Dharma, but learned the ability to run away over the wall. She was eighteen years old and still tricked her into stealing, she should have suspected that the person in front of her who respectfully recited Ani Buddha in front of the Buddha statue, then turned around and ate again.
"Okay, my embroidery is finished today, so let's come over for dinner tonight."
Banxiu put away the chopsticks and bowls, put the cloth on the basket, handed it to her and said, "You don't need the ability to escape over the wall, you have to work so hard to do these laborious work, it's really self-inflicted." ”
It's good that he doesn't mention it, but when she mentions this theft, she gets angry, why should she be the thief who is scolded by people when she has hands and feet? Besides, she Luo Xiaoxi decathlon, is she afraid that she won't be able to support herself?
Luo Xiaoxi took the basket, glared at him, and said, "I'm willing, I'm happy, I'm willing." I...... Gone"
In this way, Luo Xiaoxi took the embroidery to the silk village to exchange for silver, and as soon as he went out, he saw a man in his thirties dragging a little girl forward.
The little girl was dressed in a dress that had been sewn in several places with uneven stitches, and her thin hand was holding the man's hand while trying to slow him down, and she cried with tears on her face, "Father, please don't sell me...... Father, I don't want ...... Please don't sell me. ”
"Look, if any of you pity her, even if you buy her for five taels of silver, I can save her from dragging her to such a far place, and save a few dollars in the car."
Luo Xiaoxi looked at the one, two, and five cents in his hand, although he hated it in his heart, he still took it back and walked straight forward. And the man behind her said and picked up his daughter sitting on the ground, and said viciously: "Lose money, Lao Tzu has raised you for so many years, I thought that I would wait for you to mark some good points and go to the Qinglou to negotiate a good price, but I didn't expect you to look so ugly after so many years, forcing me to go all the way to sell you to that person as a companion." ”
"Father, don't...... Father"
Luo Xiaoxi was walking forward, and when he heard a few "pops" behind him, he couldn't help but stop. She clenched her fists and turned to a remote place, and took off her neat outer coat, which was actually made up of several layers of cloth like the woman just now, and she untied her headband, and used mud to make her face dirty.
Luo Xiaoxi, who looked like a down-and-out beggar, stared at the pedestrians coming and going with his sharp little eyes as soon as he came out, and suddenly, he saw a lonely young man in the distance, walking towards this side.
turned out to be a fresh face, and looking at the texture and pattern of his clothes, he knew that this son was either rich or expensive, and he might be able to give her a lot of money, so she wouldn't have to steal it today, it's really an old eye.
So, she lowered her voice, stepped forward and hugged the child's leg, and said very sadly: "This kind son...... Have mercy on me, I'm ...... I haven't eaten in days. ”
Xu Ning didn't panic, but grabbed the hand that was pulling his clothes, although it was rough and a little dirty, it was difficult to hide the white skin on his wrist, "You have hands and feet, instead of bowing your head to my son in this humble place and losing your self-esteem, it is better to rely on your own ability to have enough food and clothing." ”
She wanted to, too, but if she didn't make a move, the girl would be sold by the black-hearted father. In other words, this son is quite elegant, why do you have to carry her self-esteem?
"Childe, I've ......"
"Well, I still have a few pastries here, you can go find a job after eating." Xu Ning handed her the pastry in her hand as she spoke, and when she saw that the other party didn't answer, she forced it over. "You don't have to say thank you, and you don't have to think about repaying it."
She even played the trembling feeling when she was starving, but he still didn't take out a silver or two, and she looked at the corners of his smug mouth, which clearly saw through her purpose and laughed at her expression. She is a dignified thief who will kneel down to a weak son and beg today, which is really a shame to be killed.
So, she took the bag of pastries and hugged him, and when the other party pushed her away in disgust, she said "Thank you, child" and ran away.
Xu Ning looked at the figure who was running extremely fast, the corners of her mouth twitched, and she smiled: "I want to be biased...... Ben Gongzi's money, you are still a little tender. ”
As he was talking, Xizhou came from the opposite side and asked, "Why is Childe smiling so happily?" ”
"Cut, it's just a beggar who came to cheat your son-in-law out of his money, but your son-in-law saw through it, and he ran away with a bag of pastries. He doesn't look at who this son is, and how much money is my money...... I...... The money bag is gone. ”
Xu Ning subconsciously looked in his arms and touched it, but after touching it all over again, he still didn't find his money bag, Xizhou covered his mouth and smiled, seeing his son's gaze, he had to say seriously: "Does that son need Xizhou to go and recover it?" ”
"No need, I thought he wouldn't be able to cheat me on my money, so I didn't see him clearly."
Xu Ning stepped forward and patted Xizhou's shoulder, smiled and said, "Anyway, there are only a few taels in that money bag, and it's not worth our trouble." ”
"Anitabha, have the sons of rich families been picking on the door like this when they go out these days, not even five taels of silver?"
In the corner on the other side, Luo Xiaoxi spread the silver coins in the money bag on the palm of her hand, she went back to her old business, and she only stole five taels or eight dollars, so angry that she threw the money bag on the ground and made up for it a few more times.
Then he took off his clothes that had been patched with many patches, turned the clean navy blue men's clothes upside down, and then bundled up his dirty hair with a headband, and then took out a hat from the cloth bag on the cuffs and put it on the dirty head, and ran forward while wiping his face.
"Slow"
Luo Xiaoxi looked at the pair of figures in front of him who were about to get into the car, and said while panting, "Her ...... Can the deed of sale bring? ”
"Brought, if this son wants to buy my daughter, five taels and five dollars."
Luo Xiaoxi looked at the driver who was driving, and a vicious look swept over, and he crossed his waist and said, "If you dare to support such a black-hearted thing as selling your daughter, be careful that I tell your wife." ”
"How do you know I'm guilty?"
The driver of the car took out four yuan, saw her draw her fist, closed her eyes and said: "I don't have any income today, you have messed up my business for no reason, I ......"
The coward, who didn't see his fist falling on him, saw that the other party took four silver coins and hurriedly ran away, Luo Xiaoxi took out five taels and one yuan to make up for it, and handed over the money with the other party and delivered the goods with the other, but the man hesitated for a moment, and said: "The money I asked someone to write the deed of sale and this girl's meal money today are always five dollars, if you don't give her enough, you will have to earn this money today before leaving." ”
is really black-hearted, so pit his daughter carefully and be retributed. After cursing in her heart, she gave him the money, and he proudly gave the deed of sale to Luo Xiaoxi and left.
The little girl saw that as soon as her father left, she was about to step forward to snatch the deed of sale in Luo Xiaoxi's hand, but fortunately she grabbed her hand quickly, and saw that her wrists were full of bruises and endured the pain, not crying or making trouble, so she let go of her hand and said, "Your name is carp, right, if you destroy this deed of sale, presumably your gambler father will definitely catch you and sell it again." So...... Only by keeping this deed of sale intact can you get rid of his shackles, and even if you get into trouble, you will no longer be the daughter of that bastard. ”
The carp froze, staring at her with big eyes in disbelief. Luo Xiaoxi slowly handed over the deed of sale in his hand and said, "Now that you have heard it clearly, you will hide it carefully." ”
The carp looked at the paper in her hand, touched it, pushed it back, and asked, "How does Childe know that my father is a gambler?" ”
"Your mother died of illness, didn't she?"
The carp looked at it carefully, and it took a long time to realize that she was the sister who secretly gave her money, and she immediately cried out loud with a sour nose, and said in a sobbing voice: "No, my mother is ...... It was given alive by his father...... To the killing. ”
Luo Xiaoxi patted her on the back while wiping her tears, and said, "In the future, you will live with your sister." ”
She now only has seven dollars left, she has adopted stones and aquatic plants, and now there is one more carp and she has to send food to Banxiu, and this money can only squeeze the surplus food at home for three days, and the embroidery work will take about ten days, I am afraid that she will not be able to survive for so long, and now, how can she be good.