The old man pointed to Gao Le's little hand holding his shirt, and argued: "It's obvious that he is holding me, I ......."

The old woman scolded: "You took the little money he worked so hard for, and if he doesn't catch you, will he still arrest us?" ”

A septuagenarian stood up and rebuked, "You give him back the money the child begged for." ”

Passers-by scolded angrily: "That is, whoever asks for it is whoever, and you are not allowed to take the child's money!" ”

"Give it back to him!"

"Give it back to the kid!"

The old man's head was a little dazed, and he finally saw half of his pupils under a pair of heavy eyes, and said hurriedly: "Boy, you tell them that I am not your grandfather, this matter has nothing to do with me, you can say it quickly." ”

Gao Le pursed his lips, "wow", and cried even louder: "Grandpa, don't you want me, I only have one relative, grandpa, you are a relative, I don't want this money, I can't eat, you let me starve to death, woo woo......"

The old man was a little overwhelmed by everyone's accusations, and said hurriedly: "Hey, you say, what do you want to do?" ”

Gao Le cried and stretched out his hand to him, "Give me back the money." ”

"How much?"

Gao Le raised two fingers: "Not much, twenty wen." ”

"Twenty Wen?"

The old man suddenly had a feeling of being loveless, and said with a bitter face: "I have to have twenty wen in my pocket, do I still need to be called Hanako?" ”

Gao Le grinned and cried again: "Grandpa, you just don't want to pay me back twenty wen, it's okay to give me ten wen, I'm hungry, woo woo ......"

Everyone pointed at the old man again, and the old man had no choice but to compromise, "Okay, okay, you let go, I'll take it for you, can't I take it for you?" ”

"No, you'll run away as soon as I let go?" Gao Le was consumed with him.

The old man helplessly reached out and took out ten cents from his sleeve pocket and stuffed it into his hand: "Na, that's all I have, no, really no." ”

Gao Le held ten cents in one hand, grabbed his shirt with the other hand and didn't let go, crying: "What about the other ten? You are skinny, and you don't give it to me, big sisters, big brother gives me a comment, it's not easy for me to ask for some money, in order to save this money, I only eat one steamed bun a day......"

Hearing this, everyone was indignant, and a middle-aged woman walked out and said to Gao Le: "Good boy, it is really hard to meet such a grandfather, don't expect him to give it, in this way, I will give you two cents, not much, it is enough to buy two steamed buns." She shoved the two pennies into Gao Le's hand.

The woman took the lead, and immediately a young man stood up, took out five or six pieces from his sleeve pocket, and stuffed them into Gao Le's hand.

"Child, don't expect your grandfather to raise you, you have to learn to support yourself, keep the money you earn in the future, don't give it to him, he wants to use the money to let him earn it himself."

So one after another people came out to stuff him with money, one with a copper plate, and some with three or two copper plates.

Gao Le looked at the money in his hand, and was so moved that he couldn't fit it in a small hand, he finally opened the old man's clothes, sobbed and held the money, and excitedly bowed to these well-wishers to thank him, shouting "big sister" and "big brother" in his mouth.

The old man felt as if a layer had been poked off on his face in the midst of everyone's fingering, turned around, and turned his back to everyone.

After a long time, everyone finally dispersed, and the old man breathed a long sigh of relief, and when his eyes looked at Gao Le, Gao Le was holding a pile of copper plates in both hands and looking at him with a smile, and there were still tears on his face.

He stuffed all the copper plates into the placket of his chest, raised his hand and patted his bulging chest, and said ostentatiously:

"Grandpa, forget the ten cents you owe me, I won't ask you for it."

The old man's eyes were really so small, and he could see half of his pupils almost equivalent to ordinary people's round eyes, and he was speechless at the moment.

Xiao Gaole took out the money from his bosom again, counted four and gave it to the old man.

The old man was more and more dumbfounded, and said, "What do you mean by this?" ”

Gao Le shook his head and said: "I'm not greedy, just earn it, you help me find my brother, although my brother hasn't found it yet, but I can't let you work in vain, this is the hard money I gave you, how about it, I'll be righteous?!" ”

The old man pinched the four pennies and couldn't cry or laugh.

Gao Le took the money and went to the steamed bun shop on the side to buy six white-flour steamed buns, the guy wrapped them in paper and gave them to him, he took two and stuffed them to the old man, and said generously:

"This is for you, eat, I'll eat two, and two more to eat on the way."

The old man looked at the steamed bun in his hand and said stunned: "Give me the steamed bun?" Don't set any traps for the old man, right? Boy, I'm your lifesaver, and if I hadn't caught the cart in time, you might have been sent out of town. ”

Gao Le said: "Uncle, don't worry, I will not pit you, the life-saving benefactor." ”

"Oh, that's a nice thing to say, then you give me back my six texts."

"I've got it for you."

"You only gave me four texts."

"Aren't there two steamed buns?"

"Steamed buns, steamed buns? Two steamed buns are worth six Wen? The old man was dumbfounded.

Gao Le nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, of course it is not worth six wen in the steamed bun shop, but it is worth six wen when I give it to you." ”

"Why?"

"Because my two steamed buns sell for six wen."

“……”

"Nothing to say, right? I have nothing to say, I'm leaving. Gao Le turned around and left.

The old man grabbed him and asked, "Where are you going?" ”

Gao Le said: "I'll go find my brother." ”

The old man said: "I lost six cents on you, but I won't care about you, I'll give you an idea, I have some brothers, they can help you find your brother together, there are many people." ”

"Your brother?"

Gao Le looked at the old man and pouted: "Your brother, isn't it still a bunch of old people, do you plan to let them help me find my brother with a crutch?" ”

The old man said with a serious face: "Boy, I said that I will help you, like you to find your brother, you haven't walked half the way, it is estimated that you will have to lie down tired, if you believe me, I will teach you the magic exercises, and ensure that you will travel three hundred miles a day without panting, do you believe it or not?" I can help you. ”

"Divine deeds? You? Gao Le looked at the old man, his eyes full of distrust.

The old man scratched his head and said, "It's getting dark, let's find a place to eat." ”

Gao Le held up the steamed buns: "I have steamed buns." ”

"No, follow me, if you don't go again, the city gate will be closed." Without saying a word, he grabbed his arm and threw him behind him.

Before Gao Le could react, he suddenly found that he was lying on the old man's back, and before he could speak, the old man ran away, and there was a gust of wind in his ears, and the shops on both sides of the long street quickly fell backwards, he felt as if he was flying like a bird, and he was in danger of being thrown out at any time, and he hugged the old man's neck tightly with both hands.

At the moment when the city gate was about to be closed, the soldiers who closed the gate saw a flower in front of their eyes, and a figure "swished" out of the crack in the gate......

One of the soldiers rubbed his eyes and asked, "Hey, what did you just see passing?" ”

Another soldier shuddered and said, "Ghost." ”

The soldier shrank his neck in fright, and said with frightened eyes: "My mother, close the door quickly." ”

……

The old man walked like a fly, "flying" across the road, "flying" into the jungle, "flying" up the mountain, and finally stopped.

Gao Le was lying on the old man's back, his head was raised high, his eyes were terrifying, the broken hair on his forehead had stood up, and he was still holding the bag of steamed buns tightly in his hand, his expression was sluggish, and his whole body was motionless, as if he had not recovered from the "flight" just now.

The old man slapped his ass with his backhand and said, "What, don't you enjoy the free ride?" It's here, come down quickly. ”

Gao Le was shocked by his body, and only then did he react and hurriedly jumped down.

"Obediently, it's terrible, so fast, this is 'divine action'?"

The old man said "um" and said, "How is it, do you want to learn or not?" ”

Gao Le asked, "How long will it take for me to get to Tanzhou?" ”

The old man said, "One day." ”

Gao Le asked again: "If it is like yours, how many hours will it take at the earliest?" ”

The old man held up a finger.

"An hour?" Gao Le's big eyes almost squeezed out of his sockets, "Really? ”

The old man said seriously: "Boy, only you will deceive me, and I will not deceive you. Didn't I just run for an hour? Say, if you want to learn, if you are willing, if you are willing, you will go in with me, if you don't want to ......"

He raised his hand and pointed to the way: "You are at your own convenience, whether the two of us have fate or not is all in your thoughts." ”

Gao Le swallowed hard and said, "Okay, but I'll tell you first, I'll learn from you first, but if I can't learn, forget it, don't force me, I'll crawl to find my brother." ”

The old man smiled: "Don't worry, as long as you learn from me, you just want to climb, I'm not happy yet." ”

Gao Le looked around, only to realize that he was stepping on soft grass, surrounded by dense jungle.

Gao Le asked blankly, "Where is this?" ”

The old man said, "My family." ”

"Your home? Do you live in the woods? Gao Le looked at him incredulously, raised his hand and rubbed his nose: "Uncle, are you living in seclusion?" ”

The old man smiled and said, "Yes, seclusion." ”

Gao Le pouted: "Just your ragged clothes, no one steals and no one grabs the land, do you need to live in seclusion?" ”

The old man was not angry, as if he was afraid that he would suddenly regret it, he grabbed his arm and said, "Go, there is my house in front." ”

After walking about a hundred steps forward, a high-walled compound suddenly appeared in front of me.

Gao Le was stunned: "Uncle, there is a big house in this forest." ”

The old man did not speak, but raised his hand to push the door and dragged him in.

The courtyard looks very magnificent from the outside, and the courtyard is quite large, but the ground is full of weeds, and the pond in the courtyard has long been out of water, revealing dry stones, and even weeds have grown in the cracks of the bluestone slabs under their feet.

A row of houses looks half-new, and each room is even darker, without a trace of light, especially in the deep mountains, this house looks a little eerie.

At this time, the old man let go of Gao Le's hand and said, "From now on, you will live here." ”