Night fell.

In a straw hut, it should be a firewood room, filled with neatly stacked dry firewood and bales of hay. Not in one piece

Large open space, covered with thatch.

The three of them were lying neatly in their clothes, yes, these three people were the prince's father and son.

Because of the fatigue and nervousness of the day, the two children have finally relaxed, and they have fallen asleep peacefully.

The prince himself, with his hands under his head and his eyes looking straight at the roof in the dark, did not seem to be sleepy.

In the afternoon, the grandfather crawled to the edge of the stream, hoping to get some small fish, shrimp and the like to satisfy his hunger. When they got to the water's edge, they were dumbfounded: Don't

said that there are no small fish and shrimp in the stream, but there is, and there are no fishing tools, so there is no way to get them. The three of them can be said to have not eaten for two days, all

I'm a little dizzy from hunger. Although the water is free, after drinking a stomach of water, you can feel the water in your stomach even when you walk

Son, but I'm still hungry.

The three of them walked aimlessly downstream along the river, hoping to find some miracle or encounter a rabbit that had been killed by a collision.

As we walked, the river gradually opened up, and farmland appeared not far from the riverbank. Just when the three of them are desperate for the rabbit, a farmhouse appears,

And curling smoke.

Liu Ju and Xiao San'er glanced at each other, their eyes were full of joy, of course, Bao'er was still that Bao'er, not sad or happy, and her eyes were dull.

Liu Ju tidied up his clothes and stepped forward to knock on the door. A moment later, the door opened, and out of it came a middle-aged man with a broken left arm.

I saw this: a dignified body and a dignified appearance. A pair of eyes shot cold stars, and the two curved eyebrows were like paint. The chest is broad, and it has the power of being invincible

Wind. Liu Ju hurriedly took a step forward, moved his hands down from his forehead to his chest, and bowed over:

"Be polite on your feet. In the next three father and son fell here. I asked your master for some rice and food and stayed overnight, hoping that your master would have mercy. Liu Zhixin

Worried, his voice was so low that he couldn't even hear it. even made up his mind that if the host refused, he would immediately run away.

From the surprise of seeing others, along the way, Liu Ju silently and repeatedly worded in his heart, how to speak. From a prince to a wilderness

People begging for food, this is a difficult mental journey. The dignity of the heart and the education since birth, everything in the world is at my disposal, and only people ask for it

I, how can I beg someone!

But the current situation is that either dignity is exchanged for life, or life is used to maintain dignity. Dignity, is there anything else? Liu Ju laughed in his heart self-deprecatingly

Laugh, from the moment you walk out of the palace gate, the body and dignity are divided into two, the body walks out of the gate, and the dignity remains in the gate forever. as

If he is alone, he may give his life for the so-called dignity; Now, Liu Ju looked around and looked to his left

The two sons on the right, one older and one younger, the eldest who stayed in the palace, must be more than lucky, I can't think for the world, just let me be my own

Son, think about it. What starvation is a small thing, a big loss of temperament, to hell with it.

The man with the broken arm glanced at the three of them, father and son, and without hesitation, he turned sideways and said, "Come in."

Liu Ju hurriedly bowed down and thanked him. Entering the courtyard, the master led the father and son to the east corridor, turned to Liu Ju and said:

"My family only has this firewood room for temporary living, I hope the guests will not dislike it, wait, send some wheat cakes over"

"Thank you, master, my father and son are very grateful," Liu Yi bowed and thanked. Things in the world are so wonderful that you never know the end without a beginning

Bureau. Dignity is a really strange thing, you care about him, you need to take care of it for the rest of your life, and when you give up, you just have to open your upper and lower lips

Combine. Liu Ju passed the threshold of opening, as if everything was logical, and his speech was also polite.

A moment later, the man with the broken arm brought a rattan basin containing seven or eight wheat cakes and a jar of water. The father and son swept away the clouds with a gust of wind.

Liu Ju's eyes staring at the roof, finally couldn't resist Zhou Gong's call, and soon fell asleep. In addition to the small point of the black bracelet on the wrist slowly

The turn, the night without words.

In the early morning of the next day, the father and son woke up almost at the same time. After a brief freshening up by the well in the garden, he led a large and a small one

The child, standing respectfully under the porch of the main room, the three of them moved their hands down from their foreheads to their chests at the same time, bowed, and Liu said, "Thank you, master."

Great grace, my father and son will never forget. "Turn around and want to leave.

"Wait"

The door of the main room opened casually, and the big man walked out of the house quickly and came to Liu Ju, with the same big salute

"Xian. Virtuous brother... Suddenly slammed his right hand into his left palm, "Little brother, I'm a rough person, and I really can't say anything like this." I

Look at the elder brother, you must not be an ordinary person, why did you fall into trouble, I don't ask, dare to ask the elder brother, where do you want to go now? What's the plan? I

Originally, it was a chief, what difficulties does the little brother have, I may be able to help a little, brother. ”

"Thank you brother for your kindness, my father and son are down, they have no food and clothing, no fixed residence, and they want to send a letter to Guguan to find a livelihood."

"That's right, I thought my brother was going south to the county seat. I worked together in the county government in a few robes in the county, and my brother was also knowledgeable and knowledgeable

I also want to recommend you to them, and you can also find a place to eat. So, it's a pity. ”

"Uncle, can you give us some more wheat cakes?" A childish voice sounded, and both of them were stunned for a moment.

"Little San, don't be rude!" Liu Ju scolded.

"Hehe" The big man said twice, reached out and touched Xiao San's head, turned his head and shouted to the house: "Get some wheat cakes"

"No"

In a moment, a thin lady came out of the house, wearing a light blue dress and curling her sideburns, which was not undeniably elegant. There were more than a dozen in the basket in his hand

Wheat cakes.

"Thank you for the bread," the junior took the basket.

The woman was blessed and went back without talking.

"Thank you, brother"

"Take care all the way, brother"

Liu said goodbye again. After going out to find the main road, the three of them set off all the way south.

"Food," Bao'er muttered, and suddenly came out of nowhere. For Bao'er's self-talk, the two of them have long been used to it, and they are not surprised when they see it.

"This is begging food, not the food that comes to me" Xiao San quit, although he has just learned, he still understands the meaning of food that comes to him, not a good word.

"Huh? What's the difference? Bao'er didn't react, and Liu Ju immediately took over the topic. I exchanged my dignity for food, although I passed the barrier in my heart, and my heart was deep

There is still a trace of shame and unspeakable, and I also think that this is food that comes from snorting.

"Of course it's different"

Liu Chang seems to have suddenly opened up a lot recently, many times when he followed his brother and sister to learn, when Taifu lectured to his father, he talked about it and heard it

It seems that I have a clear memory all of a sudden.

"Begging is begging; The food that comes here is sighing. Xiao San slowly reasoned, "The beggar is asking for me, and the beggar is giving alms." When Duke Wen was in the past, he also begged for food in the wild.

The savage also humiliated Duke Wen with clods of soil, and no one in Duke Wen and his party was angry. Think about it, if the savage of the year threw a wheat cake on the ground, to Wen Gong

Say, "Come, eat!" What will be the result? The savages will be chopped into meat sauce by Gong Wen! Whew, it's not even almsgiving, it's like feeding a dog, it's an insult to people

Insulting words. ”

。。。。。。 Hearing his youngest son say this, Liu Ju's heart also relaxed a lot, that's right, begging, there is nothing to be ashamed of, as small as begging

Isn't food the same when it comes to praying to God? They are all asking for help from others, and asking God is not necessarily nobler than asking for food.