Returning to the inn, I entered the door and turned left and stepped up the stairs, but when I looked up, I saw a thin figure standing quietly at the corner of the second floor, holding a few knotted decoctions in his hand, which was the little beggar that Xiao Cong thought had been thrown off.

Xiao Cong looked back at the shopkeeper who was standing in front of the counter on the first floor with a flattering face, then looked at the little beggar, and asked:

"How did you get in. ”

The little beggar replied honestly:

"I gave the shopkeeper a broken spirit stone, and he allowed me to wait here. ”

"How do you know I live here? ”

"I saw you go out here the day before yesterday, and I lived in the northernmost alley of this street. ”

"Uh, this ......"

Before Xiao Cong could speak, the little beggar said eagerly:

"I inquired with the shopkeeper, my brother lives here alone, it doesn't matter if my brother is not a monk, I can be your attendant, and I can do anything as a cow and a horse in the future, as long as you take me with you and leave me a bite to eat. ”

"But......" Xiao Cong just wanted to say something more, but as soon as he saw the beggar's big eyes full of begging pity, he stopped talking, he pursed his lips, and said softly:

"Little brother, it's not that my brother doesn't help you, it's just that my brother is going to a far, far away place, and it's really inconvenient to take you with him. ”

"Brother, I can endure any hardship, if I really can't keep up with you in a place, you just put me down, I'll continue to beg for a living there, anyway, it's the same wherever I ask for food, I won't drag my brother back." ”

The little beggar prayed urgently.

Xiao Cong finally relented, and thought a little in his heart,

"It's fate, since it's fate, then I'll help him, take him to a wealthy place to continue begging, it's better than being bullied here all day long, it just so happens that I also lack a small follower, keep him by my side, and I can hide my identity. ”

Then he patted the little beggar on the shoulder and said with a smile:

"Okay, then my brother will take you for a ride and find a good place for you. ”

The little beggar was overjoyed when he heard this, dropped the decoction and knelt on the ground, and the sturdy Chong Xiaocong kowtowed three times in a row, and kept muttering in his mouth,

"Thank you, brother, thank you, brother......"

Xiao Cong hurriedly leaned over and helped the little beggar up,

"This gift is too heavy, my brother can't stand it, the man has gold under his knees, kneel to the sky, kneel to the ground, kneel to his parents in the middle, you will no longer be a beggar in the future, and you don't have to kneel to others casually, remember, except for your parents and your teachers in this world, no one else is worthy of your kneeling, and I am not worthy of your kneeling, this is the backbone of being a human being, remember?"

The little beggar looked at Xiao Cong's eyes steadily, nodded vigorously and said:

"Remembered. ”

Xiao Cong took the decoction in the little beggar's hand with one hand, and slowly went downstairs with the other hand on the little beggar's shoulder, and suddenly turned his head and asked:

"By the way, I don't know your name yet?"

"My name is Dog. ”

The little beggar replied with a serious face, looking up at his dirty little face.

Xiao Cong couldn't help laughing,

"What's your last name?

”

"I don't know, I haven't met my parents, my grandmother raised me, she named me Goudan, people say, cheap names are easy to feed. The little beggar's face was still quiet.

"Oh," Xiao Cong nodded lightly, dumbfounded for a moment, knowing that he had mentioned the sadness of the little beggar, and then smiled again, and said:

"You can support yourself now, and grandma can rest assured, so don't call the name dog in the future, how about I help you come up with a better name?"

"I listen to my brother. ”

"Then it's called Hongxiang, I knew a child with a similar fate to you, his name is Hongsheng, but he is now living a good life, I hope you can live a good life after changing your name, and you should be lucky." ”

"Uh-huh, thank you, brother. ”

Saying that, the two of them had already walked down the stairs, and when they passed by the counter, Xiao Cong handed the decoction in his hand to the shopkeeper, and said:

"The troublesome shopkeeper sent someone to fry these medicines one by one, and sent them to my room in the morning and evening. ”

The shopkeeper agreed, smiled and took the medicine with both hands, and the two continued to walk out, but the little beggar asked again:

"Brother, where are we going?"

Xiao Cong replied with a hint of pleasure in his tone:

"Let's go, my brother will take you to make some suitable clothes. ”

The words fell, and they had gone out of the door and converged into the bustling flow of people.

From now on, Xiao Cong was finally able to say goodbye to the hard life of being alone for more than a year, even though the road of cultivation was long and lonely, but it was always good to have someone by his side, even if it was a hurried passerby.

After staying in the ancient city for a few days, Xiao Cong and Hongxiang left on foot, since he had already said that he was not a monk, then this blind had to continue to make up, and he could not reveal the true deeds until he had to do so, first, he felt that teaching Hongxiang to cultivate was not necessarily a good thing, and secondly, he felt a little hurt Hongxiang's heart, anyway, he was not in a hurry to go home, and it didn't hurt to play like a thorough ordinary person on this return trip.

Along the way, he walked around the mountains and rivers, with Hongxiang by his side, Xiao Cong was served comfortably, serving tea and pouring water, rubbing his back and shoulders, cooking and washing and polishing his boots, the diligent and cheerful Hongxiang can be regarded as letting Xiao Cong pass the addiction of a gentleman, and he can also be regarded as knowing where the unenterprising playthings of his three unsuccessful brothers came from, they are all habitual!

So, even if it's enjoyable, he doesn't want to repeat the mistakes of those three embarrassing things, and within seven days, Xiao Cong sternly "warned" Hongxiang that he could no longer serve so diligently, and his reputation was that he was a positive, enterprising, healthy and independent person!

Hongxiang, the little guy, is also obedient, since then, he has not rubbed Xiao Cong's shoulder and beaten his back, except for making a fire and cooking as usual, he usually does some small things, keeps to himself, is quiet and lovely, and is very well-behaved.

Stopped and stopped all the way, and unconsciously came to a city again, the two of them casually found a medium-sized inn to live in, opened two rooms, one room for each person, Xiao Cong took Hongxiang out of the city during the day, and when he came back at night, he locked himself in the room to practice, and

Hongxiang is not allowed to disturb, Hongxiang asked the reason, he made up a nonsense, boasting that he is a businessman, he has to go to the street to look for business opportunities during the day, and come back at night to sort out the research information, and say that the business to get rich is fantastic, Hongxiang believes it, so he obediently stays in his room at night, but of course Xiao Cong will not let the little guy be so bored and idle, how to say that sentence, "Wasting time is a waste of life, wasting other people's time is tantamount to making money and killing people!" He bought a few books for Hongxiang to read, and led them into the "door" by the way, Hongxiang was happy and hungry for literacy, Xiao Cong always saw that the light in the next room was still on every night when he got up at night.

(End of this chapter) I want to talk about "Magic Book for Respect" with more like-minded people, pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~