"Go back and tell your parents and Xiaojing that they didn't find me. And you don't have to hide it from the people who brought you here, because you're in trouble. ”

Before the Liufang fast in the early morning, Zuo Kui straightened Zuo An's clothes and patted him on the shoulder.

Zuo An had cried all night, and now his eyes were red and swollen. He looked at Zuo Kui, and couldn't think of anything else to say. The two looked at each other for a long time, and Zuo An finally left the street step by step.

Zuo Kui looked at him until he completely disappeared from view. He stood silently facing the direction of Zuo'an's departure.

"Your brother is better than you think." The fat boss shook his fan and said, "But you lied to him like that, is it really good?" ”

"The truth is always too cruel for humans, so humans are good at lies." Zuo Kui said: "Because there are lies, there is the practice of adding goodwill to lies." ”

Suddenly, Zuo Kui sighed for a long time, and the fat boss was slightly startled.

"Boss Zuo is so afraid of what will happen after that?"

Zuo Kui shook his head slightly and said, "Not really." My brother is an honest child, but my sister ......."

Zuo Kui's words were not finished. He was silent for a moment, as if remembering something, went to the store to fetch something, and handed it to the fat boss.

It was a peculiar birdcage, which appeared to be made of many withered branches:

"Checkout."

The fat boss took the birdcage, and the smile on his face suddenly became a little hollow. But the hollowness lasted only a short time, and the slick and obscene momentum returned. He couldn't stop laughing, but at the end he suddenly let out a high-pitched hum, which attracted the sideways eyes of passers-by.

A tall, thin owner of a nearby shop walked over, he was long, like a telephone pole. The whole face looks slightly withered, with a bronze complexion and thick hair.

"Boss Zhu, why are you so happy early in the morning?" The slender and tall boss said: "After tossing for a night, the spirit is quite good?" ”

Boss Zhu shook the birdcage in front of the tall and thin boss, and said, "I earned it from Boss Zuo." ”

The tall and thin boss looked at it and said with a smile: "It's still a little bit of something." ”

Boss Zhu glanced at him, and the smile on his face did not fade: "You, you." Cheng, I'm happy today, drink two cups together in the evening! ”

At the end, he glanced at the tall and thin boss again, and said, "Bring your things, hey." ”

The tall and thin boss smiled and turned around and went into the store.

Boss Zhu's shop sells all kinds of groceries, which is much more lively than Zuo Kui's shop. At the end of the day, there is a lot of water.

Zuo Kui, on the other hand, sat in the store and read a book for a day.

He thinks it's good, and he has business for several days in a row, which makes him upset.

The tall and thin boss's shop sells flowers and some woodware, and although his stall is not as lively as the fat boss, it is very lively. The flowers and plants will not be scorched by the scorching sun under the shade of the bamboo shed, and the thin and tall boss takes care of them carefully, which looks thriving.

Another day passed, and after the three bosses closed and took care of their shops, they gathered in Boss Zhu's backyard.

A square folding table sits in the middle of the courtyard, on which a traditional sand hot pot is set up, and side dishes and three pairs of cutlery keep the table empty.

The tall and lanky boss brought an old jar of wine, from which an emerald slurry was poured. The aroma of this pulp overflowed the entire courtyard, and the smell of Boss Zhu's saliva flowed down like a flood.

"Boss Gao, you are also generous, I thought this kind of wine would only be taken out on more important occasions."

Boss Zhu wiped his saliva and shook his fan.

"Look at your tiger roaring fish, snow ginseng mushrooms, withered grass and ......" Boss Gao tapped the plate containing the meat slices with chopsticks and said, "Medicine corpse meat." With so many delicious delicacies, of course, we have to pay attention to courtesy and exchange when we do business. ”

Zuo Kui sat upright, looking at the two of them and laughing. Seeing this, Boss Gao laughed and said, "Boss Zuo has been busy for the past two days, and his body is so tired that his bones are stiff." ”

Zuo Kui didn't smile either, and said calmly: "I have been in the industry for a short time, and I can't compare to the two." ”

The three of them toasted and tasted the delicacies, and several exotic ingredients became incomparably delicious under the concoction of the sand hot pot.

Take advantage of the joy of drinking, and do not feel late at night. The interest of the three of them became stronger and stronger, and they chatted more and more speculatively.

Boss Gao looked up, saw the birdcage hanging in the courtyard, and said, "Boss Zhu, tell us about the origin of this matter?" ”

Boss Zhu shook his fan, and there was a hint of loneliness in his smile. He drank a cup of jade syrup and looked at the starry sky outside the courtyard, his eyes fluttering.

When Boss Zhu was born, the world was not so complicated, and the environment of human beings and nature was much more balanced than it is now.

Of course, the balance is not gratuitous.

At that time, technology was still in its infancy for humans. In the face of the forces of nature, human beings do not have overwhelming destructive power, so that their greed is always restrained by reverence and cannot be expanded.

For his first memory in this world, Boss Zhu is already very vague. He remembered that he had more than a dozen brothers who had been fed together under his mother's womb. The damp breath in the old forest made him nostalgic, and the days when the brothers nested together did not feel cold.

The brothers did not all survive, and he was ignorant of grief, and it was the greatest happiness for him to have a full stomach every day, and going out to forage with his mother was the only thing he had to do.

For the hunter's bow and arrow, Boss Zhu's feelings are a little complicated.

Her mother didn't last long after the arrow. The wound did not heal as usual, and the blood that flowed out was inky.

Many years later, Boss Zhu learned that if the arrows were not simmered, it would be difficult for hunters to take down wild boars.

At that time, Boss Zhu howled and ran away, and since then he has lived alone in the dense forest. There was no longer a safe nest for him to shelter from the elements, and he had to get all the food himself.

And he himself has not been turned into food, probably because of the favor of God.

His first opponent was a large python whose mouth was open enough that even his mother could swallow it.

Not to mention him.

The vines entangled Boss Zhu's feet, and he cried in place, with nowhere to avoid. The python rushed over like electricity and opened its bloody mouth.

A bow and arrow accurately hit the python's head, followed by a rain of arrows, which shot the python through.

The python fell to the ground, and the core was hanging outside its mouth, right at Boss Zhu's feet.

The general led by the general commanded the soldiers to resist the python, and he arrested Boss Zhu with one hand.

"What a tender boar cub, it's a blessing at night." The burly general smiled and threw Boss Zhu to the soldiers, ignoring his struggles as nothing.

The hunting team returned to the city, and Boss Zhu was sent to the back kitchen.

He was afraid, but he didn't understand what despair was.

"Wow! What a cute little pig! ”

"Miss! It's too dirty, don't mess around! ”

The delicate young lady waved the guard's saber, cut the rope that bound Boss Zhu, and grabbed him and held him in her arms.

Boss Zhu stopped struggling.

That warmth reminded him of his mother.

"Daddy, let people keep it!" The young lady touched Boss Zhu's head and said.

The general laughed and agreed, and praised his daughter for not letting her shave her eyebrows.

Keeping a wild boar as a pet seems a little weird to the daughter's family. But Boss Zhu and Miss get along very well, he grew up quickly, and soon surpassed the average military dog. He became Miss's bodyguard, sharp-toothed and bared his fangs at anyone who wanted to get close to Miss.

Boss Zhu grew bigger and bigger, and soon he could no longer sleep outside the lady's boudoir. The servant built him a comfortable shack, but he didn't like it. His daily amusement was only the hope that the young lady would come and touch his head and feed him a lot of good feed.

When he finished eating, the young lady was nowhere to be seen.

Then Boss Zhu was stunned in place for a long time, and then wandered aimlessly in the circle until sleepiness hit and fell asleep on the spot. How long he has lived so mechanically and repeatedly, Boss Zhu can't remember.