Chapter 9: Autumn Maple
"Big brother! My grandfather hasn't eaten for three days, and he's almost fainting from hunger, can you save him? ”
At the end of the street in Shiyang Town, the little girl in front of her entered the only inn in the town, and was saying the same thing to Su Jiulin to a fourteen or fifteen-year-old boy who was eating vegetarian noodles.
The young man was dressed in white, brightly dressed, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and a handsome figure. At such an age, he already exudes a sense of masculinity. On the other side is an old monk of some age.
When the girl had finished speaking, the boy stood up. Then he bowed to the girl first, then took out the baggage, took out the money bag inside, and put it in the girl's hand.
The girl held the money bag in her hand and looked at the young man, but she was stunned for a moment. She had seen before that there were at least three taels of silver in the money bag! At this moment, it was all given to her!
Seeing that the girl didn't react, the boy said, "Go and buy some food for grandpa, and say hello to grandpa on my behalf." ”
"Okay," the girl finally reacted, and hurriedly bowed in thanks, "Thank you, Childe!" ”
As soon as the girl walked out of the inn, she turned into a side alley, where there was the young man and the old man who had taken the stick before.
The three of them were originally together, the old man's name was Lan Changqing, the girl's grandfather, and he was one in fifty this year; The young man's name is Yan Xiu, who was adopted by Lan Changqing since he was a child, and he is fourteen years old this year; The girl's name is Lan Lan, and she will be twelve years old soon.
"What about people? Why didn't you fool people? Yan Xiu saw that Lan Lan had come back alone, so he came out of the hiding place.
"What's it called? He gave me all the money. As she spoke, Lan Lan took out the money bag, shook it, and fell out of three taels and five pieces of broken silver in her hand.
Seeing so much silver, Yan Xiu and Lan Changqing hurriedly stepped forward to divide the silver.
Lan Lan hurriedly jumped back and dodged the two of them. Then he put the silver in his money bag and said, "This time I will keep it!" ”
Seeing this, Yan Xiu also squeezed out a smile on his face, slowly stepped forward, and said softly: "Good sister, my good sister, give it to my brother." With that, he reached out again to take it.
Lan Lan hid the money bag behind her, then dodged sideways, and then said, "It's not a kiss!" ”
Hearing this, Lan Changqing stepped forward and wanted to take the silver, but the girl dodged it again.
"I'm my grandfather!" Lan Changqing saw that Lan Lan was still dodging, and he was so anxious that he stomped his feet.
"Not really!" Lan Lan raised her head, pouted, and was determined not to give them two.
At this time, Yan Xiu and Lan Changqing looked at each other and smiled together, and then the two of them stepped forward at the same time to grab the money bag in Lan Lan's hand.
One on the left and one on the right, Lan Lan couldn't dodge, and in an instant, the money bag was snatched away.
"I don't follow!" Lan Lanteng sat on the ground and wanted to cry, "You two are bullying me!" ”
"You cry, I will give it back to you when you cry tears."
Yan Xian and Lan Changqing divided the silver, and after dividing the silver in three or two clicks, he continued: "No more, every tear that comes out can be counted." ”
Because Yan Xiu was adopted by Lan Changqing before Lan Lan was born, and he grew up with Lan Lan, so he knew very well that Lan Lan had never cried since she was a child.
Lan Lan was helpless, sat on the ground and pouted.
Seeing Lan Lan like this, Yan Xiu shook his head, walked up to her and squatted down.
"Okay, okay, I'll give you more, I'll give you one or two, grandpa one or two, and you one or two and a half cents." As he spoke, Yan Xiu turned his head to look at Lan Changqing again, "Grandpa! ”
At this time, Lan Changqing was still smiling and biting the broken silver one by one, and when he heard that he was going to give it to Lan Lan, he immediately disagreed, and said, "I want to give it to you, don't count me..."
After Lan Changqing finished speaking, he didn't hear any movement anymore. Looking at it again, Yan Xiu and Lan Lan were looking at him with complaining eyes.
"Hey! Okay, okay......" Lan Changqing walked in front of Lan Lan helplessly, and reluctantly left only one or two pieces of silver for himself, and gave the rest to Lan Lan, "Let's go down, hurry up, think about where to go next, otherwise I will be discovered by those two stupid boys later." ”
"Let's go to Chongqing City, let's have a good meal first." Yan Xiu rubbed his hands and smiled weirdly, then looked at Lan Changqing.
"Well, well, well, I agree." Lan Changqing glanced at Yan Xiu, and also laughed weirdly, agreeing, "Two votes in favor!" Depart Chongqing City! ”
With that, the three of them left the town and went to Chongqing City.
"Lan Lan, why don't you speak, it's not like your character." Lan Changqing saw that Lan Lan hadn't spoken since just now, and she didn't look like her lively personality at all.
"I'm wondering what that boy can eat when he has no money..."Lan Lan lowered her head and walked absentmindedly.
"Which son? The white one? Isn't there a monk next to him, that monk must be rich, don't worry. ”
"Nope." Lan Lan was still listless, "I saw that the old monk's bowl of noodles was all turned into fate. ”
Yan Xiu looked disdainful and said, "Let me tell you, that kind of rich son, a gentleman, he paid to help me and my grandfather in fire and water, and he was accumulating virtue for himself." ”
Lan Lan glanced at him and stopped talking.
At this time, Su Jiulin was still looking for Lan Changqing and the three of them in Shiyang Town.
Finally, after looking for another half an hour, I gave up completely.
"Although this town is not very small, it is not big, I haven't found it for so long, I must have left a long time ago..."Su Jiulin sat on the stone steps at the end of the street, and he was no longer entangled.
Then Su Jiulin began to walk slowly around the town, and now he only hoped to find Su Mingnan quickly.
It seems that when he finds Su Mingnan, he has something to rely on.
However, until dark, Su Jiulin didn't find Su Mingnan.
In the town, there were no more people moving around, and Su Jiulin found an abandoned temple on the outskirts of the town to rest.
And inside the temple, there were already three beggars. There were two eight- or nine-year-olds, and one in their thirties and forties, and their legs seemed to be defective.
"Goo... "Su Jiulin, who hadn't eaten for more than four hours, ...... his stomach began to grow. Moreover, he only ate a loaf of bread at noon.
Su Jiulin slowly untied the burden, took out the cake and ate it. He only had two cakes left, and before he found Su Mingnan, he only had these two cakes.
"My Cake!"
Who would have thought that as soon as Su Jiulin took a bite, the two young beggars rushed over and snatched away the bread in his baggage and mouth.
And the beggar, who had inconvenient legs, was not slow, and had crawled to the two young beggars and grabbed the bread.
Su Jiulin hurriedly stepped forward to snatch it back, but before he waited for his Uncle Nan, he didn't want to be starved to death.
Unexpectedly, the cake was not grabbed, but he was knocked to the ground by two punches.
Su Jiulin hurriedly got up and was about to step forward again, but saw that the three of them were already living on their own side, the cakes had been stuffed into their mouths, and their cheeks were bulging.
Su Jiulin was very helpless and retreated to the corner of the wall.
"It stands to reason that I haven't been here for two days, Uncle Nan should be waiting for me, right...... No, Uncle Nan may not be able to find me and go to Dale Township again. It's also possible to go to Chongzhou City, right! It must be like this! ”
Su Jiulin sat in the corner and decided that he couldn't wait for Su Mingnan tomorrow, so he would go to Dale Township to find him. If you can't find Dale Township, you can go to Chongzhou City to find it, and you can also find your father Su Mingfeng.
Su Jiulin, who was tired from a day's work, didn't think about it anymore, leaned against the corner of the wall, and slowly fell asleep.
Early the next morning, when the sky was still bright, Su Jiulin was woken up hungry and found wild fruits in the nearby mountains and forests.
It was true that two fruit trees had been found, but the fruits had already been picked, so Su Jiulin had to go back to the town and continue to wait for Su Mingnan.
It's not a market today, and there aren't many people walking around the streets.
Now Su Jiulin, walking on the street, as long as he sees that he can eat, he will swallow saliva. But he couldn't hold back his face to beg. During this period, he only begged for water to drink, but he could never open his mouth to beg for food.
More or less, it has something to do with Su Hehai's education of him.
However, although he was very hungry, Su Jiulin's spirit was still very good, and he didn't feel tired in the forest at all.
Su Jiulin squatted at the end of the street, it was close to noon, but he never saw his Uncle Nan. He had been hungry for twelve hours.
At this time, the young man and the old monk who had broken the silver for Lan Lan yesterday walked out of the inn, carrying their burdens and about to leave. Because they gave all the money to Lan Lan, they no longer had the money to pay for today's house.
Su Jiulin habitually looked at someone twice, hoping that it would be his Uncle Nan, but unfortunately it was not this time, and he found that it was a monk with a teenager.
The young man also saw Su Jiulin, who was squatting at the end of the street and looked like a beggar.
The old monk and the young man walked past Su Jiulin and walked out of the town.
"Goo... "Su Jiulin can't remember how many times his stomach has screamed.
He lowered his head, looked at his stomach, and began to talk to himself: "Alas, I didn't ask my grandfather at the beginning, when I was dying of hunger, is begging for food considered spineless..."
Suddenly, the young man and the old monk who had walked over before walked back and stood in front of Su Jiulin.
Su Jiulin saw the two of them standing in front of him and looking at him, he hurriedly got up, also learned the monk's gestures, folded his hands, and then saluted the two: "Is there anything wrong with the two of you?" ”
This is a Buddhist etiquette, and Su Jiulin's mother once taught him.
As soon as he finished speaking, Su Jiulin's stomach began to bark again.
The young man first returned the salute, then opened his baggage, took out five copper coins and three steamed buns, handed them to Su Jiulin, and then said, "Please accept it." ”
The five cents were returned to the boy by the shopkeeper when he checked out just now, and the steamed buns were the dry food for the boy and the old monk.
Looking at the three white-faced steamed buns, Su Jiulin's eyes were straight, and he couldn't help swallowing his saliva.
But Su Jiulin still pushed the steamed buns and money back, and said, "I can't accept your kindness." ”
Moreover, he also noticed that the young man had no other money and dry food in his baggage, only clothes, and he could not accept it.
"We'll be able to make ends meet." The young man was expressionless, as if he knew Su Jiulin's concerns, and handed the steamed buns and copper coins to Su Jiulin.
"My name is Qiu Feng, you can return me in the future." After speaking, the young man did not stay any longer, and left with the old monk again.
"Qiu Feng?"