Chapter 2 Woe is also blessed

I saw a child of about seven or eight years old standing in front of the old blind man's case, dressed in thin linen clothes, loose and saggy, very ill-fitting, obviously not his clothes, the clothes had big holes and small eyes, with a few patches, and at the same time hung with mud, the hair had not been washed for a long time, it had been knotted, and the face was blue and red.

"Dao ······" The little beggar wanted to speak and stopped. The old blind man stretched out his left hand and held it in front of the little beggar, and in his palm lay five copper plates. The little beggar was stunned, "I ······" Poor - the old blind man has inconvenient eyes, and the little baby is tired of running errands for me, and there is a small shop selling steamed buns on the side of the drunken fairy building, help me buy a basket of steamed buns."

The little beggar was worried about the five copper coins, and walked timidly towards the west city gate. The hour has passed, the sun has risen, and the town is gradually returning to the bustle of the day. Pedestrians are getting denser, shops are gradually opening, and all kinds of itinerant small vendors have begun to shout in the early morning.

"Brother Wu, bring me two white-flour steamed buns, and count them back" A woman wearing a square scarf on her head added fire to the stove while washing the clothes in the wooden basin on the side.

"Fine". The little black fat man is neat and tidy. Look, this is called a simple folk style, and the letter is the head.

The little beggar was infected by this long-lost liveliness and steadfastness, and his steps unconsciously stabilized, and his three-year wandering life was washed away in an instant.

“······” The little beggar raised the copper coin in his hand to almost eye level, and handed it to the owner of the bun shop without saying a word. The boss's surname is Zhou, the old man in the small town, pushing up for three generations, the old Zhou family has taken root in this small city, and they all opened this bun shop. It is said that these three generations of steamed bun shops, how can the accumulated family wealth be enough for him to change the door and open a restaurant, but this week the second child just doesn't talk about that light, it's not that his second week's spirit is not high enough, it's that the ancestral industry is difficult to move, this is the duty of the people in the small city.

Zhou Lao Er looked at the little beggar in front of him, with pity and surprise in his eyes, it was not that he had never seen a beggar, but he had never seen such a small and miserable beggar. Because of the relationship between Liu Dashan and his wife in the city, the alms of porridge and food every once in a while, and the simple customs of Linxia County, which can't see others miserable, so the beggars in the city are living well, and they don't want to live and work in peace and contentment, but food and clothing can still be solved.

The appearance of the little beggar in front of him is obviously just arriving in Linxia County. In addition, a little beggar, where did the five copper plates come from? Zhou Laoer's steamed bun shop has been four copper coins in a cage since the beginning of the great-ancestor, and the banner on the flagpole handed down by the great-ancestor is clearly written next to it, why did the little beggar hand over five?

Zhou Lao Er was surprised and hesitated, and at the same time found that the little beggar was even more cramped, his eyes unconsciously glanced to the left. Zhou Lao Er leaned over along the little beggar's line of sight, and saw the old blind man sitting upright nodding with a smile, and Zhou Lao Er immediately understood the old blind man's intentions. But I still can't understand it, I haven't seen this old blind man care about anyone or anything in the past three years, let alone take care of this idle matter, I insist that there is someone who can enter the eyes of this old blind man, and the eighteen thousand households in this city are the young master Liu Wen Liu who quarrels with his old blind man every morning.

Zhou Lao Er was puzzled, his hands and feet were not idle, he took the copper coin and threw it at the money box on his side, and opened a cage with his hand. Zhou Lao Er bent down to pick it up, it was inedible, and he was about to throw it into the swill bucket on the side, but found that the little beggar was staring at the bun in his hand.

"What, can you eat?" the little beggar didn't speak, but the sound of swallowing saliva caught up with the thunder. Zhou Lao Er handed the two buns to his side, the little beggar didn't know whether he was hungry or excited, he took it with trembling hands, and he didn't care whether it was hot or not, he kicked it in his arms, bowed, and turned around to run back.

"Hey, if you take this bun that doesn't cost money, don't want it if you spend money?" The little beggar remembered to get down to business, turned around and took a whole cage of buns handed over by Zhou Laoer, bowed again, and then returned to the old blind man's case, respectfully put the cage of buns on the table, and still didn't speak.

The old blind man reached out and touched a bag and handed it to the little beggar. "The boss has already given me two, it's enough" There was a bit of pleasure in the timid voice, and there were some indescribable things.

"The second child was almost locked into the crack in the ground that week, can he be kind enough to give you more buns?" the old blind man teased loudly.

"The boss may have accidentally dropped two buns on the ground and gave them to me", the little beggar seemed to be a little angry because he had inhaled the heat of the buns in his arms. Although he didn't say it, he knew in his heart that Boss Zhou deliberately dropped two of them to give him buns, maybe Boss Zhou didn't want him to keep this kind of trivial matter in his heart and did it deliberately, but he valued the kindness of these two buns a little more.

His little beggar has endured hardships in the past three years, and he has seen a lot of things, and some things will be understood if he understands them, and he doesn't have to deliberately say it, each has its own reasons.

The old blind man is also a cool man, and he picked up the buns and ate them directly, without twisting at all, and with a straight mouth. The little beggar took out the bun from his arms and ate it, what is not ash and soil, when he was about to starve to death, even Guanyin soil had also eaten. A seven or eight-year-old child, how can two buns be enough, but the little beggar knows, love must be accepted, but more importantly, you must know the proportion, and people are not your long-lost father, why should I forgive you, just because you are a child?

After the two finished eating, the little beggar didn't wait for the old blind man to open his mouth and ran to deliver the cage drawer to Boss Zhou. The old blind man can't see it, but it's not nonsense to be old and good, at least not in the old blind man.

"There is enough water and food, the sun is coming up, this is a good time to sleep, I can't see with my eyes, but I can't sell children" The old blind man leaned lazily on the bamboo chair he was sitting on. The little beggar shrunk down next to the chair and fell asleep, the rising sun sprinkled on the little beggar's body, and also sprinkled on the little beggar's heart, the only time in three years that he slept so solidly and so peacefully.

When I woke up, it was already three strokes in the sun, and it was noon. The little beggar also knew that it was time to leave, and although he was young, he already knew not to cause trouble to others, and not to trouble himself. The little beggar got up and bowed deeply to the old gentleman who was reclining on the bamboo chair, and whether the old blind man knew it or not, he turned and walked towards Midtown, but it was not the heavy steps he had when he first came, or perhaps because it was not so cold. The old blind man, not knowing whether he was sleepy or something else, leaned back in his chair and nodded slightly.

The sun is to be sunburned, and the rice is to be eaten. The little beggar left the west city, still walking along the official road, although the city is not big, but measured by the feet of a seven or eight-year-old child, it is not small. The little beggar was looking around as he walked, or rather, searching, looking for a place to live at night. It's okay in the wilderness, you can sleep wherever you go, and if you really give it to some fierce birds and beasts, you will eat it. But there will be rules and territory in the city, so the little beggar has not dared to ask for a word in the city since he entered the city. What's the matter, is it that you don't get beaten much, or does it hurt to be beaten?

But when I searched and touched, I really didn't see a so-called beggar, let alone anyone in charge.

But this is not a matter of starvation, either the heart is horizontal, the eyes are closed, at most another beating, the pain is painful, as long as you don't die, it is better than death. When the little beggar thought of this, he really turned his heart on the side and began to beg for food along the street.

But this is also strange, usually to have a full meal is difficult, this today just went to four households, not to say that they are full, they have to eat, at this time it is indeed a meal, but this has not seen every family to give, it used to be difficult to knock on the door, but what is this today, next to the four, every family has leftovers, and they are all like ready, more like they are all calculated, could it be that the people who live in this city are fortune tellers? So that the little beggars plan to stay in this Linxia City and not leave, at least eat a few full meals before leaving.

In this way, the little beggar stayed in Linxia City for ten years, which was the place where the little beggar stayed for the longest time in three years. The little beggar decided to leave, and if she didn't leave, she was afraid that she really didn't want to leave, so how could she do what she had to do. The place where the little beggar has lived in the past three years, only this place is different, and there may be warmth here in the future, but it is not as deep as the warmth of the little beggar here and now. Even if you decide to leave, maybe you will say goodbye forever, so let's say goodbye once. So early in the morning, the little beggar waited under the big locust tree at the West City Gate, and when the time was over, he saw the old blind man carrying a blind cane and a big box behind him, coming slowly from the West City Gate. Although his eyes were closed, his pace was unusually steady, and he walked straight in the direction of the old locust tree, as if he could see it, no wonder, after all, he had walked for so many years.

"Stand there stupidly, come and help" The little beggar didn't intend to make a sound, he wanted to bow silently and say goodbye, but he didn't think about it, but it was the old blind man who spoke first. The little beggar hurriedly caught up with it, took the box, not to mention, it was really heavy, if there was another piece of yellow rune paper in it, he wouldn't be able to lift it. The little beggar didn't say a word, but lifted the box under the locust tree, and silently helped the old blind man put things away. The little beggar didn't think much about it, and placed the materials of the items on the case one by one when he first saw the old blind man, and touched the same position as that time, so that the old blind man could use and hold it easily.

"Hey, I said the old blind man, you can, I haven't seen you all night, take in apprentices" Liu Wen's loud voice can wake up eight streets, Liu Wen looked at the little beggar while walking. "I said the old blind man, why did you coax him here, you didn't even want to give you a piece of clothing" Liu Wen turned his head and looked at the little beggar again, "I said that you are honest, you don't even give you a decent piece of clothing, you follow him?" The little beggar turned his head to look at the old blind man, and then looked at the little boy, "I am either a Taoist apprentice, or a beggar." "When will you be able to have a righteous line in your next life, I see, your father's feet are itching again." "I said, old blind man, don't open any pot and mention it." "Don't be poor in my place, hurry up and ask you to go to your morning class." "Don't look at him Liu Wentian is not afraid, but at the mention of his father, he is still stunned in his heart. Liu Wen didn't say a word, and went to the student's house. The little beggar didn't say much, and he didn't plan to say more, so he turned around and walked in the direction of the bun shop. It was a coincidence, and the two teenagers walked in the same direction, and the old blind man behind him stroked his beard and smiled.

As soon as the little beggar arrived outside the shop, before he had time to thank him, he saw that the flagpole in front of the shop suddenly fell eastward, and then turned his head to see that he Liu Wen was heading eastward. didn't have time to think about it, and the little beggar didn't know where to react, so he took two steps forward, and a fierce tiger pounced on Liu Wen. Liu Wen was suddenly pushed from behind, fell a dog and ate something, and was about to have a seizure when he turned around, but he saw a person pressed under the big flagpole of Zhou Laoer's house, and immediately understood what had just happened. Three steps and two steps to the flagpole to see, it turned out to be the little beggar just now, at this time he was unconscious, I don't know whether he is dead or alive.

Liu Zhai was already very close to this, and when he heard the movement here, everyone was still in shock, and they didn't see when Liu Yuan arrived, let alone how he came. After all, Liu Yuan was used to seeing big scenes, so without saying a word, he stretched out his hand to hold up the flagpole and threw it to the side, more than three meters high, and the flagpole with a thick bowl mouth made Liu Yuan throw it out two feet away. Fortunately, the bottom end of the flagpole was on the cage shelf of the bun shop, otherwise it would have been made into Liu Wen's cake, and it would have been made into a beggar's cake.

"Go and ask Dr. Qi, and then go to the student's mansion to explain this matter to Mr. Cheng, please go home after class too early" Liu Yuan's tone was unquestionable. Liu Wen was stunned, he didn't have time to think about it, Liu Yuan had already pulled Liu Wen's consciousness back to reality in an instant, and Liu Wen ran away. At this time, Liu Yuan turned his head to look at the old blind man, with a puzzled expression, and the old blind man turned his face to the east. "Why bother?" Liu Yuan opened his mouth with only two words, and his voice was weak. "Follow the trend, what is the powerless" The old blind man's lips moved slightly, but he didn't make a sound. Liu Yuan was no longer much, and returned to his mansion with the unconscious little beggar in his arms. The old blind man pinched a trick in his hand, and the yellow rune paper on the desk burned out silently.