Chapter 66: First Encounter
The woman didn't expect Lili to react like this, she looked stunned, and stammered, "You, you, you are a little beggar, stealing my family's horn cake, right?" ”
There were more and more people gathered around, and they did not expect that a little beggar would answer like this, muttering and pointing even more.
"I'm not stealing!" replied aloud, puffing out his chest and stoning out loud.
When he retorted loudly for the first time, he was still very nervous, and his lips kept chattering. This was the first time he had quarreled with outsiders at the age of ten. However, his heart was full of anger at this moment, for he saw that the girl who was at the corner with him was bowing her head, and there were already tears on one cheek.
Cursing the deceased relatives of the other party in front of others is a very vicious practice. This woman, as the girl's aunt, even scolded the girl and her mother, which shows that her affection is hateful.
"You little wild seed, still hard-mouthed?" The woman scolded and quarreled very well, and when she saw that she was not convinced, she said softly, "Everyone will give me a comment, this little beggar steals my horn and doesn't say anything, but also has a heartbeat, what kind of world is this? Bully me a lonely woman's family......"
The people around listened to the woman's words and criticized him a lot, but some people saw that he was not old and poorly dressed, and persuaded him not to worry about it anymore.
How could he have been accused by so many people, and he wanted to directly refute that "this horn cake was given by the girl", but looking at the side and sobbing quietly, the poor girl couldn't bear to say anything more, so she had to say instead, "I ate your horn cake today, and another day, I will give you money." ”
Seeing that the woman was soft, she gave him a blank look, and after snorting coldly, she just wanted to speak......
"Smack!"
At this moment, a young man squeezed out of the crowd, and without saying anything, he raised his hand and slapped Lili, and at the same time pointed to Lili's nose and scolded, "You little beggar, you are so bold, you dare to talk back to Ru Niang!" The young man's sudden slap was very forceful.
Xiao Li suddenly felt that the right cheek was hot, and his vision was a little blurry, and he shook his head before he could see the person who was doing it. How could he have been beaten like this since he was a child, and for a while he had a breath in his stomach, his eyes full of grief and grievances.
The young man who did it was a little thin, pointed, and wearing a black muslin shirt, which seemed to be a helper of a large family. Although he was scolding him with his mouth, his eyes were always wandering on the woman at the door of the restaurant, and he was not even, but he actually wanted to win the woman's favor.
The woman named Ru Niang was also stunned when she saw that she was beaten, but she smiled at the man in black shirt.
"Auntie, I gave him that horn cake, you, don't blame him. The girl did not expect to be beaten by the lonely, and hurriedly opened her mouth to explain, and she had been holding back her crying before, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she immediately began to sob.
"You white-eyed wolf!" the woman scolded angrily.
"Huh, huh" Xiao Li lowered his head and stroked his cheeks, constantly panting, hearing the woman reprimanding the girl, he immediately raised his head, stared at the woman and said righteously, "I haven't eaten for two days, this girl saw that I was pitiful, and took a piece of horn cake to eat with me, she is so kind-hearted, how can you bear to insult her so much?"
"Although you are not obliged to show mercy to me, why do you accuse me of stealing, and why do you insult me!"
After he had finished speaking at the woman, he did not wait for her to refute, but turned to the young man who had just started his work, and said, "I have stood here, and I have not disturbed you, nor have I eaten your food, what is your business? Why are you beating me?
"Aren't you acting like this to show this lady and make her feel good?"
After finishing the words in his heart in one breath, he did not have the slightest nervousness, and in an instant, he no longer looked like a teenager who had no experience in the world, but was no longer afraid and dared to speak out.
"You, you little beggar, it's reasonable to eat other people's food for nothing!" the young man never thought that he would contradict him, and he also broke his heart's plan, and was a little embarrassed for a while.
"I didn't eat for nothing!"
"Since it's not for free, then give the money quickly. ”
"In a few days, I will give the money to this horn. ”
"After a few days, if you don't give the money, I will twist you and go to the criminal office!"
"You slapped me, and I will twist you to the torture office!"
"Oh, you little wild seed, you don't want to live anymore, do you?"
"I'm not a wild seed, I don't want to live, what qualifications do you have?"
"How much is a piece of horn cake, why bother with a small child, doesn't this make others look down on you? I will pay for the horn cake!" At this time, a middle-aged woman walked out of the crowd and spoke.
"Yes, is it necessary?" a few others chimed in.
Ru Niang wanted to be angry with her, but she didn't want to make it like this, and she didn't want to make such a trivial matter to the criminal office and ruin her reputation, so the corners of her mouth raised, and she raised her voice and said, "I'm not worried about this kid, it's just that I mistakenly thought that he stole my family's horn cake, so I was angry for a while, and I spoke more heavily, it was just a misunderstanding." ”
"Everyone also knows that my Ru Niang is not that ruthless person, if I had seen this child before, I would have sympathized with him, not to mention a horn cake, I am willing to give ten or eight. Now that the matter is clear, how can I ask for this child's money again? It looks like it's going to rain again this day, so let's disperse earlier!" Ru Niang said, inadvertently standing alone.
The man in the black shirt saw that the momentum was not right, and he didn't dare to reprimand loudly, but he still felt that Lili had refuted his face, and he was angry, so he walked to Lili's side and scolded in a low and vicious voice, "Hmph, Xiaohuazi, count yourself lucky, get out, you can come to this place too!"
Xiao Li wanted to shoot back, "This road is not your family's, you are the oldest, why let me go!", but he had scruples, so he didn't speak, and instead arched his hand at the few people who helped him speak, as a sign of gratitude.
Although he was scolded and slapped, his chest was full of indignation, but after he turned around and walked a few steps, he still stopped, turned his head, and smiled at the girl.
But the girl just hung her head and looked down, and she didn't see her smiling at her.
It wasn't until the moment he turned to leave that he made up his mind, "It's time to go home!"
Children also have their own ideas, but due to experience and experience, the ideas are not necessarily right, so the responsibility of the elders is mainly to guide the children.
Just like the lonely at that time, he ran away from home in a moment's rage, and what he did was extreme and lacked consideration, but for him at that time, running away from home was his idea and his insistence, and there was no right or wrong.
After leaving the town, he frowned. Because when he thinks of the previous things, he is like a fish in his throat, and his heart is depressed, and if he leaves like this, he is afraid that he will be depressed and depressed every time he thinks about it in the future.
"Do you hate the woman named Ru Niang for insulting you?" the Blood Jade Tiger Demon, who was sitting on top of the tortoiseshell, asked.
"I never hold a grudge. The pitiful situation I was in at that time was not a capital to be sympathized. No matter how pitiful you are, others are not obligated to help you. Besides, at that time, I did eat her things without money, and she was dissatisfied, and she scolded two sentences, which also had her reasons. ”
"Well, it's rare that you can think of this, which shows that you are not a person who only cares about yourself, but what you have to do is not to reason with me. The Blood Jade Tiger Demon said, nodding.
"Naturally not, it's just the background to the funny story I want to tell. ”
"Oh, then I'd like to know how your story could have a hilarious follow-up. ”
Actually, this is not the story that he prepared before, but for some reason, after arriving here, the story of running away from home eight years ago has been pouring into his heart, and after a little hesitation, he talked about the events of that year and talked about comfort.
There are two kinds of giving in the world, which will move the recipient the most, one is to insist on doing the same thing for a long time, the key to this kind of giving is not the size of the thing done, but the length of time; the other is when you are most embarrassed and difficult, when everyone is blind to you, there is a person who gives kind help at the most critical moment.
The girl with dimples on her lips when she laughed was undoubtedly the latter, and because of this, even after all this time, she was always grateful.