It is the basic etiquette of the royal family to dress neatly at all times, and it has become a habit that on the way to escape, as long as there are conditions, they will consciously freshen up.

Liu Chang stepped forward and slammed the door. A moment later, the door opened, and out of it came a middle-aged man with a broken left arm.

"Who are you looking for?" When the middle-aged man saw Liu Chang standing in front of the door, he seemed to be stunned, his eyes naturally looked around, and immediately found a large and a small one standing not far away, retracted his eyes, looked at Liu Chang with some vigilance, and asked.

"I'm here to ask for food, but it's the first time I'm asking for food, and I don't know how to ask for food, do you know what I mean?" Liu Chang was a little shy, this was the first time he asked for food, and he really didn't know what to say, so he just told the truth.

"You're together?" The man didn't mind what Xiao San said, he just glanced at Liu Ju and Bao'er who were standing not far away, then retracted his gaze, looked at Liu Chang and asked.

"Ah, yes, that's my father and my second brother" Liu Chang also glanced back, then looked at the man's gaze, and replied without humility or arrogance.

"You don't look like you're asking for food, are you?" The man said suspiciously, beggars shouldn't all be unkempt and obscene, no matter who they see, they are uncles and aunts, have pity on me, haven't I eaten for three days?

"Yes, we don't know what to do." Liu Chang answered the man's question seriously, and he didn't even mean to bend his waist, not like he was here to ask for food, but more like he was here to make an appointment.

"Who" At this time, an old man's voice came from the courtyard.

"A few people who don't know how to ask for food." The man with the broken arm turned his head and said to the people in the courtyard.

"What else is so interesting? Don't let them in yet. The voices in the courtyard were a little excited.

"Come in" The man with the broken arm turned sideways and used his only remaining arm to greet Liu Ju and his son, who were standing in the distance.

"Thank you, uncle" Liu Chang hurriedly bowed and thanked the big man.

Seeing the master's greeting, Liu Ju also hurriedly stepped 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 Ju was worried, and his voice was so low that he couldn't even hear it. This is also the first time that such a solemn salute has been made to people other than parents and teachers.

From the surprise of seeing others, along the way, Liu Ju silently and repeatedly worded in his heart, how to speak. From being a prince to begging for food from savages, this is a difficult mental journey. The dignity of my heart and the education since I was born, everything in the world is at my disposal, only people ask me, how can I ask for others!

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 smiled self-deprecatingly in his heart, from the moment he walked out of the palace gate, his body and dignity were divided into two, and his body walked out of the gate, and his dignity remained in the gate forever. If he were alone, he might have given his life for the so-called dignity; Now, Liu Ju looked around at the two sons who were following him, one older and one younger, the eldest who stayed in the palace must be more than lucky, I can't think for the world, let me think for my son. What starvation is a small thing, a big loss of temperament, to hell with it.

Planning is planning, determination is determination, but when it comes to the end, he still can't take the last step, and in the end, the third son knocked on the door that was like a moat in his eyes. However, these few words, he slipped his back and said them smoothly.

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, and entered the courtyard, this courtyard, the general layout is similar to that of the Dalijia, the main house and the east and west compartments, there is also a well in the courtyard, and a stone mill, the difference is that there is a granary behind the west chamber, which is very high.

"You're the one who doesn't know how to ask for food?" In front of the door of the main house, there is a low table, next to which sits an old man about fifty years old, on which there is a clay pot and a clay bowl, and a clay plate with some melons and fruits on it. It seemed that he had just finished dinner, and there was a woman next to him who was filling a crockpot with water.

"Yes, sir. It's the first time we want to eat, and we don't have experience yet, so please forgive me. ”

Liu Chang hurriedly took a few steps forward and bowed down to salute the old man.

"Oh, what a good boy, come to Uncle's side and let Uncle take a good look." The old man greeted Liu Chang with a smile.

Liu Chang didn't twist, he walked in front of the old man generously, standing in a proper manner, without the slightest pretension or embarrassment.

"It's really not like asking for food, look at this spirit, look at the clothes are so straight. Why did you come out to ask for food? Disaster in your home? The old man's eyes looked down from top to bottom, and from small to top, looking carefully, and his eyes were full of joy.

"Back to my uncle's words, yes, there was a disaster in the family. The grain that has just been harvested has been burned" Liu Chang regarded the Dalijia as his own home, but it was not a fire. But I still feel inexplicable about the enthusiasm of the old man, there are good people in the world, but it doesn't have to be so good.

"How old are you this year?" The old man was still enthusiastic, looking at Liu Chang with a smile, just like seeing a nephew who came to pay New Year's greetings.

"Five years old."

"Five years old is good, five years old is so tall? What a good boy. Come, eat an apple" The old man took out an apple from the fruit bowl and handed it to Liu Chang.

"Uncle, can you give me another one? You see, neither my father nor my brother did. Liu Chang looked at the apple in his hand, then looked back at Liu Ju and the second brother who were standing in the middle of the courtyard, looked at the old man with expectant eyes and said.

"Okay, I'll give you another one." The old man didn't hesitate, picked up another one and put it in Liu Chang's other hand.

Liu Chang took two apples, came to Liu Ju, and handed one apple to his father, and the other to his second brother Bao'er. Liu Ju didn't know what to do with the apple, and wanted to take a bite immediately, but he was a little embarrassed; And the second brother Bao'er didn't have any worries, as soon as he saw the apple in his hand, he directly began to open his mouth and bite it.

"Why didn't you keep one?" Seeing Liu Chang coming back empty-handed, the old man asked curiously.

"I'll just talk to the old man"

"Still a filial child." Speaking of this, the old man's eyes were dim for no reason, and his mood was a little low: "Big sister, beckon them to stay and send them some food." ”

After saying that, he got up and went back to the house.

To Liu Chang's surprise, the woman standing next to the old man pouring water and waiting, although she didn't say a word from beginning to end, there were obvious tears in her eyes.

"Yes, father." The big man looked at the old man's back and replied.

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. 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 need to open and close your upper and lower lips. Liu Ju crossed the first threshold of speaking, as if everything was logical, and his speech was polite and temperate.

A moment later, the man with the broken arm brought a rattan basin containing seven or eight wheat cakes and a jar of water.

"Uncle, have we caused you any inconvenience?" Seeing the man with the broken arm put down the food and was about to withdraw, Liu Chang hurriedly asked.

"Oh?" Dahan was stunned for a moment, immediately came back to his senses, glanced at Liu Chang, and said apologetically: "What a clever ghost, you don't have to mind, today is the death day of the dog, speaking of which, he is as old as you." My father and my son see you... ”

"Yes, I'm sorry" Liu Chang quickly apologized.

"You guys use it slowly," the big man said, and went out.

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. Except for the black bracelet on Xiao Budian's wrist slowly turning, there was nothing to say all night.

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 took the two children, one older and one small, and stood respectfully under the porch of the main room, and the three of them moved their hands down from their foreheads to their chests at the same time, bowed, and said: "Thank you for your great kindness, 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 think you must not be an ordinary person, why did you fall into trouble, I don't ask, dare to ask brother, where do you want to go now? What's the plan? I'm originally a chief, what is the problem of the little brother, I may be able to help a little. ”

"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 work together in the county government in a few robes in the county, and I see that my brother is also knowledgeable and literate, and I want to recommend you to them, so that your father and son can find a place to eat. So, it's a pity. ”

"Uncle, hasn't the prince gotten up early? I want to say goodbye to the announcement. Liu Chang stepped forward and pulled the placket of the man with the broken arm and said to him.

"The little boy has a heart. You don't need to see each other, so as not to remind my father of the sad past" The man with the broken arm glanced at the upper room, squatted down, touched Liu Chang's head, and his expression was a little gloomy.

"Why is that?" Liu Chang asked with some puzzlement.

"Alas, I also had a son, who died young. If he was still alive, he would be five years old. As old as you. ”

"Uncle, can you give us some more wheat cakes?" Liu Chang was a little embarrassed, struggled inwardly, and finally said it.

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

"Hehe" The big man said twice, reached out and touched Xiao San's head, stood up, 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. In the basket in his hand was a dozen wheat cakes.

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

The woman was blessed and went back without talking.

"Thank you, brother, thank you eldest sister" Liu Ju also hurriedly thanked him.

"Huh?! Hahaha" The big man with the broken arm laughed: "The big sister is me, and I am called the big sister." ”

"Huh? Your name is Big Sister? ”

"Yes, I have been frail and sick since I was a child, and my father was afraid that I would not be able to support him, so he took a woman's name. It's really godlike to say, after changing my name, I have never been sick, and my body is getting stronger and stronger day by day. The big sister's gloomy look swept away, and she straightened her chest intentionally or unintentionally.

"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.

"Hey, father, have you noticed it, the second brother's situation seems to be much better," Liu Chang circled around his brother and said in surprise.

"Really?" Liu Ju became excited, if Bao'er's condition improved, it would be great news.

"Didn't you notice? This morning, when we said goodbye to the owner, the second brother also saluted very well, and he still remembers what we said yesterday and the day before yesterday. Liu Chang replied affirmatively.

"Really? Is it? I'll give it a try, Boa, how many are these? Liu Ju stretched out two fingers, stretched out to Bao'er's eyes, and asked expectantly.

"Hey, what's the problem? Marital problems! ”

"What? Marital problems? Liu Ju turned his two fingers over and over a few times, but he didn't understand what the two fingers had to do with marriage, and shook his head in disappointment.

"Second brother, second brother, tell me, what is the food that comes from the mouth?" Liu Chang looked at his father's disappointed expression and was a little unwilling. Facing the second brother, he walked back and talked to the second brother.

"Two little squirrels. Let's fight tigers"

"No, no, it's 12345, go up the mountain and fight the tiger"

"Huh, fight the tiger, big tiger"

"Walk well" Liu Ju looked at the junior who was walking backwards, and quickly corrected it, he already has a stupid son, if he falls stupid again, he won't be able to live.

"Why does the second brother have such a big reaction to the food that comes to him?" Liu Chang checked the burden on his back, and there were more than a dozen wheat cakes he wanted to come.

Liu Ju looked at Liu Chang, who was talking to himself, opened his mouth a few times, and finally endured it without squeaking.

"If you don't respond to the food that comes to you, maybe you're a freak" This is Liu Ju's heartfelt words.

"Second brother, this is begging food, not food for babbling" Liu Chang watched the second brother return to a state of not speaking, turned around, took the second brother's hand and walked side by side with the second brother.

At the same time, he did not give up and continued to talk to the second brother.

"Is there a difference?" Bao'er didn't react, but Liu Ju took over the topic. I exchanged my dignity for food, although I passed the verbal hurdle, I still felt a trace of shame in my heart, and I also thought that this was food that came from the mouth.

"Of course it's different, 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 Jin Wengong was in the past, he also begged for food. 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 time threw a wheat cake on the ground and said to Gong Wen: 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. ”

"Ahh I finally understand, why did Wu Shang kill that Huansha girl, father, do you also have the idea of killing their family? As he spoke, Liu Chang suddenly stopped, looked at his father with straight eyes, and asked in a serious tone.

"Me? Nonsense! Liu Ju was really taken aback, Xiao San was right, he really had the idea of killing them, even if he set up a monument for them afterwards... Thinking and thinking, Liu Ju unconsciously left a cold sweat behind his back.

"Confucius also begged for food, and the other party he begged for food was still a beggar。。。。。。" From his father's tone, Liu Chang knew that he was right, so he shook his head helplessly and sighed.