Chapter 8: The Little Beggar

"How do you know so clearly?" Xiaozhi glanced at the eldest lady.

The eldest lady paused to wipe her tears, and said: "Alas, there was a great drought in my hometown that year, and all the family members died, so there is really no way to live, otherwise who would want to come out and beg." Alas, you said yes, and begged all the way, but I couldn't walk anymore, so I stayed in this ruined temple. Alas, this little stone was still picked up by me, that night, I was going to come back late from dinner, and I saw such a big doll lying in the mud on the road, just like now, I was going to die, and I was reluctant, so I dragged it back. Alas, I knew that he was in such pain every night, and my heart, alas, sometimes I think that I would rather die on the side of the road. ”

The eldest lady burst into tears, shouting to the sky and beating the ground, and Xiaozhi once again enjoyed the attention of the whole house, and in the dimness, she only saw some vague shadows. The people in the ruined temple were all saddened by what happened to the little stone. Parents in the world, even if they are begging, want to give their children a hot meal. Little Stone's parents and family are simply inferior to beasts.

Xiaozhi looked at the boy who was about the same age as Xiao Peng, helped him wipe the sweat on his face, gently held his hand, and said in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, I'll give you something to eat, it's not poisonous, maybe you'll be more comfortable." ”

Xiao Shi was speechless in pain and nodded with difficulty.

Xiao Zhi turned his back to everyone, took out a red bean fruit from the bamboo basket, handed it to Xiao Shi's mouth, fed him one bite at a time, and threw the pearl-like round core into the grass, and then looked at Xiao Shi, which was no longer moving......

Belch...... He's dead?

Twig's palms were sweaty, trembling and reaching out to probe his snort, although his breathing was weak, fortunately it was quite even, so he fell asleep......

Relieved, Xiaozhi muttered in his heart: "I just said that the red bean fruit is not poisonous!"

Seeing that Xiaoshi was sleeping peacefully, Xiaozhi gently broke his fist, his palms were wet, and several deep nail marks were pinched out of his palms.

Twig thought for a moment, and reached out to untie Little Stone's clothes, more precisely strips of rags.

"Oh, what are you doing?" The eldest lady stopped crying, she didn't hear the movement of the little stone for a while, she just touched it to see how he was, who knew that she happened to see the scene of the little branch being up and down on him.

Before Xiaozhi could speak, the eldest mother clutched her chest and howled: "He's still so young, he's still sick, can you do it......?"

Xiaozhi had already helped Xiaoshi get dressed, thought about it, interrupted the eldest mother's voice, and said, "I'm wiping his sweat, he is sweating all over, and if he falls asleep like this, he may really get sick." If you make any more noise, he'll wake up. ”

The eldest lady paused, and the beggars who were about to get up not far away also paused.

The beggar with a scar on his face asked, "You said he was asleep?"

The beggar with the broken arm continued, "When did he fall asleep?"

The hunchbacked beggar rolled over and said, "I can still hear him grunt in pain every time I go out before dawn." ”

The lame beggar was more pragmatic, jumped over and took a closer look by the moonlight, and found that the little stone was really asleep, and was amazed, and jumped back to report to the group.

The eldest lady sat down next to the twig, and the twig moved to the side.

The eldest lady leaned her head again, her eyes shining, and asked in a low voice, "Hey, I said did you give him something good?" I just saw that you took something out of that basket and fed him something, and then he fell asleep, which is also incredible. ”

Xiaozhi smelled the smell of the eldest lady's hair, moved to the side again, and said, "You are dazzled, I don't have anything in this bamboo basket, hey, I will dig it for yourself, and everything you dig out will be yours." ”

The eldest lady took the bamboo basket, reached out and touched it for a while, and then fell down, not even taking out a mouse droppings, and returned the bamboo basket to the twig, frowning: "This is really strange, I obviously saw it." Is it really that he is old and his eyes are not good? But this little stone has been sore for years, why did you get him well as soon as you came? I have never seen him fall asleep. ”

Xiaozhi made up blindly: "It may be that after a long time, this poison has no effect on him, and I just happened to encounter his last poison." Haha, I'm really a lucky star. ”

The eldest lady nodded thoughtfully, "It makes sense......"

"I said there was something good where it was my turn, alas, I fell asleep. The eldest lady muttered and threw herself in the haystack.

The entire ruined temple was completely silent, and then there was a flurry of snoring......

At dawn the next day, the little stone jumped up from the haystack and searched every corner, but found no beggar from last night, but only a kernel in the haystack.

It was dark and he was confused, the man didn't look like a beggar, but his face was gray, his hair was a little unkempt behind his head, and the clothes he was wearing were dirty but not tattered, and he couldn't remember anything else, but he would never forget the big eyes that reflected the bright moonlight.

He asked everyone, but they all said they didn't know when the man had left. Aunt Lu was even more regretful, and sighed repeatedly: "What a good seedling, that pitiful appearance, whoever sees it can't give a few more copper plates." ”