The next day, according to the experience of the lame man's guidance, Ling Nan made a simple makeup for himself, and said that he had two cardboard boxes with the shopkeeper at the grocery store.

A cardboard box is used for money. One opened it for propaganda purposes, and he wrote three lines of words on the cardboard: "The family is in great trouble, and the mountains and rivers are exhausted; Helpless to beg, Xie She broke silver; Good people are safe, and gratitude is eternal. ”

He felt that these words were enough to explain what had happened to him, and he did not worry that no one did not understand, not sympathize, and not give charity. He's confident.

Then, in front of a large shopping mall, on the side of the entrance of the large shopping mall, where there are more people coming and going, put the cardboard boxes and honor plates in place, and wait with your head down.

Gradually, however, he became a little disappointed.

Waves of people passed, and occasionally someone threw a few coins or a dollar or two bills into the cardboard box. Some people stopped to look at the words on the paper shell and left, and many more walked over without even looking at it.

Ling Nan didn't dare to look up at those people of all kinds, coming and going, lowered his head, and looked at the hurried footsteps with his eyes, looking at the cardboard box containing money.

The hearts of the world cannot be fathomed. He heard the comments of passers-by, the words of nasty or sarcasm, or pitiful words.

It seems that many passers-by read the words on the begging sign, which was written as a lie, used to cheat money or gain sympathy, and many passers-by did not believe it.

He felt uncomfortable, but so what? At this point, he still has to live, then he has to endure it, and he has to learn to be happy.

For the first time, the begging experience on the first day made Ling Nan deeply feel the indifference of human feelings and the color of people's hearts.

In the morning, Ling Nan only received a dozen gross tickets and some coins.

Counting out only thirteen or fourteen yuan, he sighed: "Although human nature is sad and human feelings are weak and numb, there are always kind people who stretch out warm hands. ”

It's not bad, it's not a waste of effort in the morning. Even if it goes on like this, it will be several times better than going to work in a month.

"Be positive, persist and persevere!" Secretly Ling Nan cheered himself up, he didn't want to give up halfway, he believed that as long as he persevered, he would gain more and more.

At noon, he bought a steamed bun and continued to set up a stall after eating.

This time, instead of not speaking, he kept saying, "Good people, help, good people help." ”

This time, his voice caught the attention of the people who came and went. Many people stopped to look at the contents of the cardboard he had written. Then, without speaking, some walked by, and some took out their wallets.

1 yuan, 2 yuan, 5 yuan...... In less than three hours, the cardboard box was covered with money. He left three $5 bills, and without counting them, he put all the other money in his pocket.

Hehe, the good people who give alms also gather and share the time? It seems that the person who gave alms in the afternoon had nothing to do in his heart, and he had time to flash good thoughts, so he got together, right? Ling Nan thought about it and felt a little funny.

If you want to live, you have to continue. Gradually, he also thought about it a little.

Well, he continued to recite his begging scriptures......

Just as more and more people stopped in front of Ling Nan, a man in a suit and leather shoes came out of the mall and shouted to Ling Nan: "Eh, if you want food, stay away from here." ”

Ling Nan glanced at him and ignored him.

The man in the suit walked over and said with an unhappy expression: "You said you want food, did you hear that?" Go over there! ”

As he spoke, he kicked the cardboard box at his feet.

"Why don't you give me the money? I'm here and it's not affecting your business, so what are you doing with me? Ling Nan raised his head to look at the man in the suit and stood up.

The man in the suit looked at Ling Nan and thought, he was not a disabled person, but a young man who looked healthy, had a strong body, and had neat hands and feet. Such people don't look for jobs or go to work, and they are really shameless in begging here to make quick money.

"I'll give you money? You have hands and feet to deceive passers-by and affect the image of the mall, and it is polite not to arrest you. You leave happily, I don't care about you, and if you stay any longer, I will be polite to you. ”

The man stood opposite Ling Nan and said, Ling Nan was also very unconvinced: "You people in the mall are pretending to be chicken feathers with me?" You're welcome? I see how you're welcome? I'm barefoot and afraid of you wearing shoes? Joke! ”

Seeing Ling Nan being so tough, the man suddenly became angry: "You ......"

Ling Nan didn't even look at the man and squatted in place.

The more people passing by to see the excitement gathered. Someone started talking.

"What is this guy talking to a guy who asks for food?"

"Looking at the slippery and slippery, and can't get along with a person who asks for food, this person's heart is really crooked."

"It's not easy to ask for food, it's not difficult at home, it seems that no one can save this face, right?"

The man also seemed to feel a little embarrassed when he heard the discussion, and at this moment, he was not leaving.

Seeing this, Ling Nan ignored the man anymore, and if he couldn't leave, he picked up the writing sign and inserted it into the cardboard box, and held it up to face the onlookers: "The family is in great trouble, everyone is okay." ”

The man felt bored and moved towards the mall, like a shopping visitor leaving slowly.

The end of work has passed, and the flow of people has gradually decreased.

Ling Nan packed up the begging supplies, the first time he started work, he hadn't found a place to live at night, he planned to find a place to live first, he couldn't go to rent a house to live in, because he couldn't afford that kind of expense.

He can't be very demanding, as long as he can shelter from the wind and rain.

He walked a long way to a very old neighborhood and found an abandoned newsstand, where he stopped. He felt it was a good place to stay.

The disused newsstand was placed in an open lot at the head of a residential building, and the clearing around the newsstand was overgrown with weeds and discarded tires scattered among the weeds.

It is clear that this abandoned newsstand has been unused for a long time and has been left there as garbage.

The glass of the newsstand has been shattered, the door has been twisted, and the iron sheet outside the newsstand has been badly corroded in some places, and torn in others.

Ling Nan found a few bricks, smashed the rusty iron sheet and door flattened, and found a few pieces of plastic sheeting and some waste cardboard boxes from the garbage can, cleaned up the newsstand, covered it with waste paper shells, and then cleaned up the broken glass on the window, and clamped the plastic sheet on the leather strip next to the newspaper window.

He looked through more than a dozen garbage bins in the community, and picked up a leather box that was still intact without a lever and two quilts that were not broken but very old, and to see that they were still clean, he hung the quilt on the branch of a tree, and found a wooden stick to knock out the dust in the quilt.

Then, satisfied, he returned to the newsstand, first covered the bottom with a paper shell, then spread the quilt on the thick open paper shell, and put two bricks under one end of the quilt as pillows.

While the sky was still bright, he took out the day's income and counted: "It's not bad, 230 yuan!" He was happy in his heart, the money was definitely worth a month's salary of an ordinary office worker.

He took out some change, and then carefully packed the rest of the money.

He came to the street stall, bought a few steamed buns and a bottle of water, returned to the scrap kiosk and sat down, ate the steamed buns with cold water, and slowly tasted the meat filling in the buns: "It's fragrant, it's so fragrant." ”

Not having eaten enough at noon was equivalent to being hungry for a day, and at this moment, he felt as if it was the best delicacy he had ever eaten.

Looking back on the experience of these two days of depression, he now feels very content.