"Steamed buns......"

"Steamed buns......"

"Freshly Released Meat Buns......"

With the shouts and shouts of the street vendors, the sleeping Fengyang City started a new day.

Fengyang City, although it is a small city, but because of the coastal relationship, it is relatively rich, although there are disputes in the world, but for the time being, it is not possible to fight here, so that the people who are not worried about war are also considered to be rich, so that small traders on the street can be seen everywhere.

It's just that since that day, there have been many refugees pouring into Fengyang City.

Because of the gentle policy of the big man above, the city lord did not drive away too much, and some people settled down in Fengyang City. But more often than not, there are beggars who have nothing to do and have no power to make a living.

"Uncle, I want four meat buns. ”

A small black hand spread out, and handed the two stained copper plates in his hands to the uncle who sold the buns, and the owner of the small hand was a dirty little beggar, who was more than half a person tall and skinny.

"Wait. ”

After that, the uncle of the bun shop habitually took two big white steamed buns from the cage drawer, wrapped them in oiled paper, and gave them to the little beggar, without even looking at the two copper plates in the little beggar's hand.

After waiting for a while, he found that the little beggar did not happily take the steamed bun in his hand as usual, the uncle of the steamed bun shop frowned, and after reacting, he looked at the little beggar and said suspiciously: "Meat buns?"

"You still have to eat meat buns! I can't beat you!"

Immediately, the uncle of the bun shop was furious, put down the steamed bun wrapped in oiled paper in his hand, and picked up the broom next to him to fight.

However, the little beggar resolutely stretched out his hand and handed it to the uncle of the steamed bun shop, staring at the uncle's angry eyes, his eyes were firm, and he said resolutely: "Four meat buns!"

"Huh?"

At this time, the uncle of the steamed bun shop gradually shifted his attention from the "meat buns" to the dirty little hands of the little beggar, frowned and asked, "Where did the money come from?"

You must know that since the little beggar first came to the steamed bun shop to "ask" for steamed buns, he has never paid the bill, and the uncle who sells the steamed buns has never received a penny, so that looking at the copper plate in the little beggar's hand, he was a little distracted for a while.

There are many little beggars in the city, and many of them are unable to do those heavy jobs, and they have no skills, so some people learn some "crafts" from the splashes in the city and make a living from them. It's just that the little beggar in front of him is too honest on weekdays, even if he faints on the side of the road with hunger, he doesn't want to do those things - this is also one of the reasons why the uncle of the bun shop is willing to give alms to the little beggar.

"Hehe, a few days ago, I helped Steward Li in the east of the city carry things, reward!"

The little beggar smiled, as if he knew what the uncle of the bun shop was thinking, and explained: "It's not stealing!"

The Li family in the east of the city, I heard that the old man was a big official in the national capital Tai'an City, leaving only the old lady of the Li family to retire in Fengyang City. The old lady is compassionate and can't see these poor people, so it is common for the Li family to occasionally do good.

Hearing the little beggar say that the copper plate was not stolen, the uncle of the steamed bun shop seemed to be relieved, but if this was the case, the uncle still frowned and said: "It's only two copper plates, you want to buy four meat buns? Just give you two." ”

After that, he put down the broom in his hand, put the steamed bun back in the cage drawer, and re-selected the two largest meat buns, quickly wrapped them in paper, and stretched them out to the little beggar, as for the copper plate in the little beggar's hand, he never looked at it.

"No, four!"

The little beggar shook his head, still firmly: "If the money is not enough, I will go to earn money to pay you back in the afternoon." ”

"You ......"

After hearing this, the uncle of the bun shop was angry again, and looked down at the broom he had just put down.

When the lady of the bun shop who was greeting guests heard the movement, she waved her hand and slapped the uncle without looking back, and shouted: "Give it to him! ”

Seeing that his mother-in-law lost her temper, the uncle of the steamed bun shop suddenly lost his words, silently opened the cage drawer, and picked out the two largest meat buns among them, wrapped them carefully in oiled paper, and put them on the copper plate in the hands of the little beggar together with the two meat buns before.

The meat bun is not small, and it is even larger than the thin body of the little beggar.

The little beggar took the meat bun, held it in his arms with one hand, and put the two copper plates on the table lightly with one hand, turned around and ran, shouting as he ran: "Uncle, one bun has two copper plates, I still owe you six copper plates, I will pay you back......"

The lady of the bun shop turned around, glanced at the uncle, and whispered: "When you are growing up, let's get him some meat buns next time." ”

"Hmm. ”

Uncle Bun Shop nodded, hesitated for a moment, looked at the two copper plates on the table, and said, "Then this money ......"

The lady of the bun shop said, "Take it." ”

After hearing this, the uncle reached out and picked up the copper plates on the table one by one, but people who were used to touching the copper plates felt that the copper plates today seemed to be a little heavy.

"Alas, the boss and the lady are really kind-hearted. ”

Some old customers on the side of the shop saw the scene in front of them and sighed: "Since that day, this little beggar has come to this Fengyang City, and he has come to the shop to beg for food." ”

While busy with the work in her hands, the lady of the bun shop said softly: "It's all poor people......"

"yes, it's all poor people......"

After sending off the guests, the lady of the bun shop looked up in the direction where the little beggar disappeared, and the scene when she first saw the little beggar came to mind: a little beggar in tattered clothes and dirty was standing on the side of the bun shop, staring at the steamed buns in the cage with wide eyes and not saying a word, her squirming neck seemed to be swallowing saliva, and the uncle of the bun shop took a broom and shouted to the little beggar: "Go, go, go! If you don't go, I'll kill you!"

The little beggar didn't know if he was so hungry that he couldn't walk, or if he was attracted by the fragrance of the buns, he couldn't move his steps at all, just quietly looked at the cage drawer in a daze.

The lady of the bun shop who was greeting guests on the side heard the movement, turned around and stopped the uncle, stared at the little beggar a few times, and waved her hand to beat the uncle like this today, and shouted: "Get him a few steamed buns!

Since then, the little beggar will occasionally come to the bun shop, and he will not speak, just staring at the steamed buns in the cage drawer. Seeing this, the uncle of the bun shop would pick out the two largest steamed buns from the cage drawer, wrap them in oiled paper, and hand them to the little beggar, who took the steamed buns, thanked him, turned around and left.

Since then, when the bun shop opens its door, you can see something like fresh fish or pheasant on the threshold.

............

The little beggar held the four big meat buns in his arms and ran all the way to his home, a ruined temple outside the city. Although the broken temple is broken, it can also block some wind and rain, and the most happy thing for the little beggar is that there is a well at the gate of the broken temple, and the well water in it is very sweet.

Over the years, the little beggar has survived by relying on this broken temple and this well.

Running all the way to the temple gate, the little beggar pushed open the temple door in a panic - the wooden door with only half a plank left, full of scarred wooden doors.

The little beggar walked into the temple, and looked at the warmest corner of the temple - next to the burning bonfire, a pile of dry grass "bed", "bed" lying on the "bed", the man with gray hair, face covered with blood, holding in his arms a long sword wrapped in linen, although he was wearing a robe, but as if he had been slashed by ten thousand swords, all scarred, his eyes closed and motionless, not just dead but alive.

The little beggar walked forward quickly, put the meat bun in his hand aside, gently pushed the man, and whispered, "Hey, hey...... Are you still alive? Look what I've brought you back, Meat Buns!"

"Ahem...... Ahem......"

The man heard the little beggar's shout, coughed a few times, slowly opened his eyes, calmed down, looked around, stared at the little beggar, and chuckled: "It seems that you saved me." I can't die for the time being, and I have to keep my sword and bring it back, cough ...... cough ......" said that, he covered his mouth and coughed violently.

After all, he is the apprentice of the first person in the world, although he is confident that he can win alone, but he still can't stop the joint hands of the people, it should be when he fled, he was injured by the sword qi to the heart, thinking of this, he held the long sword in his arms tightly with his hand, and there were tears flashing in his eyes.

Seeing that the man was not dead, the little beggar breathed a sigh of relief, showed a row of neat teeth, and smiled at the man: "It's good not to die, it's good not to die, my mother said, as long as you live, there is hope......"

As he spoke, he lowered his head a little gloomily, maybe he missed his mother.

The man looked at the sad little beggar and asked, "Are you from Xichu?"

"The Western Chu Kingdom is gone, how can there be any Western Chu people......"

The little beggar shook his head, raised his head again, raised the meat bun in his hand, and smiled at the man: "Here you go, meat bun, I ran all the way back, it's still hot, you eat it!"

The man looked at the meat buns in the little beggar's hand, grinned, and laughed, "Where did you get the meat buns? You can't afford to buy so many meat buns, right?"

Between the words, I really didn't believe that this little beggar who made a living by breaking the temple could ask for so many hot meat buns.

"The uncle and lady of the bun shop are very good, sometimes I can't find anything to eat, and I am so hungry that I can't help it, so I will go to the bun shop to ask for two steamed buns to eat. Uncle gets me the biggest one every time!"

The little beggar said happily, then stood up and walked towards the well at the entrance of the temple, he also knew that every time the uncle of the bun shop gave him the steamed buns, it was the largest one left in the cage drawer.

"You eat first, I'll go fetch water. ”

The man looked at the steaming meat bun in his hand, then at the back of the little beggar walking towards the well, and shouted, "What about you?"

"I'm not hungry......"

Before the words fell, a "coo" sounded in the temple, and the little beggar quickened his pace towards the well.

In less than a moment, the little beggar walked into the temple with a broken bowl full of gaps but unusually clean, handed the bowl to the man, and said, "Drink, eat and drink to your heart's content, and you will be ready quickly." ”

The man took the bowl, but put it aside, looked at the little beggar's dirt and dirty little hands, and was silent for a moment.

"What's wrong with you? I've washed the dishes every day, and I've drunk the well water every day, so it's fine. ”

As he spoke, the little beggar turned his hands behind his back with some uneasiness.

The man held the meat bun in his hand and said to the little beggar, "We have never been masked, why are we so good to me? You haven't eaten this meat bun yet, have you?"

"No, I ate it on the way. ”

Maybe he is not good at lying, the little beggar's face is a little red, but fortunately, his face is full of dirt, and the light of the broken temple is not enough, so he can't see clearly.

"Hehehe. ”

The man looked at the little beggar and smiled without saying a word.

Under the gaze of the man, the little beggar slowly sat on the ground, slowly lowered his head, and said softly: "I'm afraid that you will die, I don't want to see anyone die in front of my eyes again!"

"Alas......"

When the man heard this, it seemed that a thousand words were stuck in his throat, he stretched out his hand and rubbed the little beggar's unkempt hair, and said with a smile: "I'm old, I can't eat so much, I'll eat two, you eat two, okay?"

"Hmm. ”

The little beggar nodded.

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