Ling Nan lay on the bench in a daze.

No one can understand his feelings at this moment, just as a person standing on the shore will never understand the feelings of a person who falls into the water, and few people will have that experience.

The flashing neon lights on the streets, and the speeding cars passing by on the road, didn't attract any attention from him at all.

It was already dark, and only the dim street lamps on the side of the path in the bushes made the perimeter of the bench where Ling Nan was not so dark.

A lame man on crutches and luggage in his hand limped up to the bench.

Seeing a person lying on the bench, he picked up his cane and touched it gently: "Hey, little brother, get up, this is my place, please let go." ”

"Where are you?" Ling Nan, who was suddenly disturbed, sat up suspiciously, and looked around, it seemed to be a roadside green park. I looked at the ragged cripple in front of me again, not very old, but in his thirties.

He thought to himself, this is a public place, how can a bench become a place for people?

Seeing that Ling Nan didn't speak, the lame man put the dirty luggage on the bench and squeezed Ling Nan, sat down on the side and said, "Why don't you go home, brother?" Is it homeless? ”

A sour smell came from the luggage, Ling Nan was a little disgusted, he moved his butt to the side, and asked, "What do you do?" Why here? ”

The lame man looked at Ling Nandao by the light of the street lamp: "Do you ask me?" I, hehe, a stinky begging for food. What about you? ”

"I, something happened to my family, I have nowhere to go, so ......" Ling Nan didn't continue.

He then asked the lame, "Why do you want to eat?" ”

"Alas! My family's house was washed away by a mudslide, my brother is still disabled, and the money from odd jobs is not enough, and I heard from a friend that begging in the city is better than going to work, and I have no place to live anyway, so I quit my odd job and came out to beg. "The cripple seemed to be saying something that was neither salty nor bland, and his face was not wavering.

In fact, in the dim light, Ling Nan couldn't see the cripple's expression clearly.

Ling Nan thought that this buddy was also killed at home, lost his residence, was forced out to beg, and he happened to have no job and no place to live, so he was a little sympathetic to this old man, so he asked: "Then how much can you earn in a month?" ”

The lame man hesitated for a moment and said: "This is really hard to say, it is not easy to do the work of begging, so let's say that one hundred and eighty yuan a day is not good, and when it is good, if you are lucky, you will have more income if you meet a good Samaritan." ”

Ling Nan pinched his fingers and was very surprised, thinking that there was a play. At present, even if he has a job, the monthly salary is only two or three hundred yuan, this brother is so powerful, and his income is so much one hundred and eighty a day?

Ling Nan decided to apprentice temporarily, and immediately clasped his hands into fists and said, "Master is above, please accept me as an apprentice!" ”

When the lame man heard that Ling Nan wanted to worship him as a teacher, he was a little overwhelmed.

I want to eat a flower by myself, what kind of teacher do you worship, what kind of jokes? He did not hesitate and categorically refused.

"Young man, you are young and have hands and feet, let's find a serious job, doing something is better than this, this wind and rain is very bitter and dirty, after all, it is not a long-term solution, and there are people who can't do it, you can't do it. What kind of teacher? ”

The cripple didn't understand Ling Nan's current situation, and he said this out of kindness.

However, he didn't know that Ling Nan had no way to solve the current predicament, so he wanted to find a way out of life as soon as possible.

Only by making up your mind to start from this part is the fastest way to make money and the only way out.

He thought that he should find some classmates with whom he had a good relationship in high school and borrow some money or borrow money to live for a while.

But after thinking about it, after all, he is a rich second-generation in the eyes of those familiar people, and even though his father is bankrupt and his family changes, people will also think that your skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

Who could have believed that he would be so downcast? This is something that no one else can believe even if they are killed, and this is the tragic reality.

Besides, even if someone lends you, how much can they lend you? What can you do with that money? Don't you have to pay it back?

So, instead of being cheeky and maybe eating behind closed doors, making people look down on and laugh at you, it's better to stand up in a low-key way!

He can only bury all the pain and unhappiness deep in his heart, bravely face difficulties, and find a way to improve himself in the face of adversity.

He truthfully told the lame man about his situation, and took out seven dollars, a third of his current possessions, to buy cooked food and a bottle of wine at the nearby grocery store.

I went to the snack bar and borrowed two pairs of chopsticks and two cups, and laid out two large cardboard boxes under the street lamps in the park, and invited the lame man to eat.

Seeing that Ling Nan sincerely invited him to dinner, the lame man felt that this young man was befriendable, as if he had found a soulmate, and he was very grateful for Ling Nan's actions, so he was not polite.

Sitting on the ground, the two began to drink and talk.

The lame man said, "In any case, I still advise you, young man, that begging is not done by people, and if you have a little ability to do anything else, even if you earn less, don't do this." ”

Ling Nan was a little incomprehensible, he just wanted to make money and pay off his debts as soon as possible.

He already knew that I had fallen to this point, so why did this buddy keep telling me not to do it?

The cripple didn't know what Ling Nan was thinking, and continued to talk to himself.

"Don't look at me doing this now, I can't help it, I'm temporary. Let's not talk about bitterness or not, it's the white eyes of others, all kinds of expressions that don't look at you, and you can't bear it, you have to endure it. In addition, you have to avoid checking, and you have to find a place to sleep at night, especially on rainy days, so as not to make yourself sick. And you have to endure no place to shower, all kinds of dirty smells, and even prevent someone from stealing. Anyway, I'm worried every day. ”

After listening to the cripple's further explanation, Ling Nan understood the reason in his heart, thinking that this cripple was actually for his own good.

However, it was of no use to his current situation.

He doesn't need reason now, he doesn't need sympathy and kindness.

"Brother, I understand your feelings, and thank you for your kindness, but at present, I can't help it, so I have to start with this."

Ling Nan did not hesitate and decisively asked the lame man to help take him tomorrow. He thought that perhaps, only this way, in the immediate future, was the most promising and fastest way to realize his money, find a way to repay his debts, and take revenge.

And the lame man thought, this kid turned out to be a rich second generation, hehe, even if he is down, people are afraid that the camel is bigger than the horse, right? In short, he must be better than himself, but I don't know why he is so willing to be down, and he wants to share a piece of the pie with him in this place.

The cripple didn't agree with anything, so he told Ling Nan some begging essentials and requirements, and asked him to do it himself.

Because, there is also competition in this industry, and begging also depends on the fate of oneself and the benefactor, and the two of them together are equivalent to robbing each other of business, and the effect will not be good, so the lame man cannot beg with him.

Ling Nan seemed to have guessed the lame's mind, and felt that this was indeed the truth.

Letting the lame man take him to beg together is equivalent to him taking food from the lame man's rice bowl, so what about whether the money from begging will be given to the lame man?

It makes sense to give some, but that is tantamount to working in vain and wasting time.

If you don't give it, people always can't take you, obviously, it's not realistic.

Ling Nan smiled bitterly in his heart, it turned out that there were scriptures that were difficult to read.

Forget it, it's better to ask for others than for yourself, and it doesn't matter if you do it yourself.

There will be many experiences in a person's life, and there must always be a first time.

There's no escaping that.