Chapter 21: Begging on the streets

After the flower demon simply dealt with Ye Chen's injuries according to Lin Zhentian's instructions, he ordered someone to carry him to the streets of Wushuang City and throw him down.

At noon the next day, Ye Chen woke up and found himself leaning against a broken wall, and after seeing a few copper coins in front of him, he found that he was in the middle of the city.

The flower demon simply dealt with his injury, although it was no longer red and swollen, it was still unbearable, and he felt the pain of drilling his heart when he moved.

He stared at the copper coin in front of him, but he didn't even have the strength to reach out and pick it up.

At this moment, a beggar suddenly came to him, holding a bamboo pole in one hand and a broken bowl in the other.

"Hey, buddy, who are you, why haven't I seen you before?" the beggar pulled at the strands of hair and looked at Ye Chen carefully.

"I............ Just came. Ye Chen glanced at him and said.

"I've been paying attention to you for a long time, what's the matter? Are you paralyzed? Why can't you move?"

"I'm injured, don't you see it?" Ye Chen glanced at him and said angrily.

In his impression, beggars are lazy people, and most of them are able-bodied, but they are unwilling to work their own, and they have to beg others for alms.

"Yo! Who's messing with you? Tell me. ”

The beggar did not get angry when he heard this, but sat down. They are already idle, and when they see a new 'companion', they naturally have to get to know each other.

"Don't you bother, make fun of me, don't you? Ye Chen roared.

"Hmph! It's all mixed up like this, and it's still virtuous, it's strange if you don't starve to death. ”

Seeing that Ye Chen was angry, the beggar glanced at him with disdain, grabbed a few copper coins on the ground and left.

Seeing that he took the money, Ye Chen didn't care, he couldn't move now, and he couldn't buy food if he had money.

After a while, the beggar ran back again, and there were a few hot steamed buns in the broken bowl.

"Come, eat it while it's hot, and after eating this meal, you may be able to eat it when you will be able to eat it. ”

The beggar stuffed a big steamed bun into his mouth, and then handed it another to Ye Chen.

"Do you think I can eat it now?" Ye Chen glanced at the steamed bun and turned his head to the side.

"Yes, you're paralyzed and can't move, come, I'll feed you. ”

The beggar was not polite at all, and sat directly next to Ye Chen and stuffed the steamed bun into his mouth. Ye Chen saw him stuffed over, and turned his head to the other side.

"What are you pretentious? Obviously you were still swallowing saliva just now, but you want to pretend to be high. ”

The beggar directly broke his head, pinched his mouth open and stuffed the steamed bun in.

"Come, tell me how you ended up in this field. ”

The beggar, picking up the dust on his body a few times, picked up the steamed bun and devoured it, a big steamed bun, and he swallowed it in a few bites.

"I said, boy, don't look down on us beggars, these three hundred and sixty lines, the line is the champion, this is also a kind of knowledge. For example, this Wushuang City is so big, and there are countless famous families and powerful families of various sects, but I know all of them. Anyone who is a little famous here, I know his name, where he lives, what he likes. I'm the know-it-all in this Peerless City!"

The beggar said to Ye Chen very proudly, and then picked up a steamed bun and nibbled on it. Seeing that he was eating so deliciously, Ye Chen suddenly cooed twice alone.

"Look, you're hungry, don't pretend to be reserved, no matter what you want to do in the future, it's still the most important thing to save your life at the moment. ”

The beggar reached out and pulled the steamed bun in his mouth, leaving a large piece in Ye Chen's mouth. Ye Chen thought about it, although he looked down on beggars, what he said made sense, and then he began to chew.

"That's right, you can't get along with anyone, you can't get along with yourself! This is everything outside the body, only life is your own, you have to take good care of yourself. ”

When the beggar saw Ye Chen eat it, he just waited for him to swallow it, and then stuffed the steamed bun into his mouth. This time, Ye Chen didn't hide anymore, opened his big mouth and took a big bite.

When the steamed buns were finished, the beggar kept chatting with him while begging with him. Although Ye Chen annoyed him, he took care of himself so much, and he couldn't say anything.

The beggar told Ye Chen that his name was Ergou, and he had no father or mother since he was a child, and he grew up so much by eating hundreds of meals.

Towards evening, the two did not ask for a copper plate. Probably because don't look at Ergou's sound hands and feet, he is unwilling to give him alms.

"It seems that I'm going to fish again today......" Ergou looked at the fewer and fewer pedestrians and touched his stomach.

"What are you fishing?" Ye Chen asked.

Ergou kept chatting with him, but he ignored him, this was the first time he took the initiative to ask him today.

"What else can I fish, leftovers, I know a restaurant where they pour their customers' leftovers into the barrels at the back door every day. I often go there when I can't get any money. Go, I'll take you. ”

Ergou got up unhurriedly and stretched his waist, and after glancing at Ye Chen, he remembered that Ye Chen couldn't move.

"I'm sorry, I forgot that you can't move, or else, I'll take you to my resting place, I'll go and catch it and bring you some back......"

The second dog carried Ye Chen as he spoke, and Ye Chen, who was in pain, screamed directly. Walking through the bustling streets, Ergou took Ye Chen to a dark alley and got in.

The alley was full of debris, and Ergou's so-called dwelling was nothing more than a broken mat and a black quilt, but fortunately he also set up a shelf with a layer of rotten tiles on top to prevent the rain from wetting the only quilt for heating.

Ergou told Ye Chen that he had picked them up by the river. Every year on a hot day, there is a lot of water, and there is always something 'good' washed down from upstream.

After settling Ye Chen, he went out with his broken bowl again. He returned after more than an hour, and the broken bowl was still full of food.

"Here you go, eat quickly. I'll tell you, the food in this restaurant is delicious, and if I have a chance to develop, I must go in and have a good meal. ”

Ergou handed the broken bowl to Ye Chen with one hand, and picked his teeth with a bamboo stick on the other.

Ye Chen glanced at the bowl in his hand, which contained a few pieces of fat meat and half a leftover fish. Although Ye Chen was hungry, he still couldn't accept eating what others had left, he declined Ergou's kindness and lay down with his eyes closed.

Ye Chen's reluctance to eat was also expected by Ergou, he had just started begging, and he had not yet passed the threshold in his heart.

Ye Chen didn't eat what he brought back, and Ergou didn't get angry, seeing that Ye Chen didn't eat it, he grabbed a piece of fat and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it in a big gulp. After a while, a bowl of food was eaten by him.

He lifted the quilt and got in, next to Ye Chen.

"Don't follow me tomorrow, we'll be in one place, and when it's time to eat, you will come to me and take the money to buy food." Ye Chen said.

"What do you mean, you, I'm dragging you down?" replied Ergou unhappily.

"No, you're talking too much, I'm hurt now, and I like to be clean. ”

"This ...... It's okay, I'll carry you out tomorrow, and I'll find another place myself. Ergou thought about it and felt that what he said made sense, so he nodded.

The next day, the two of them slept until they woke up naturally, and after carrying Ye Chen to the downtown area, the two dogs went to find a place again. Before leaving, he didn't forget to teach Ye Chen the begging method, so that he could show his pitiful side.

In order to send him away quickly, Ye Chen had to keep nodding his head in agreement. After the second dog left, looking at the pedestrians coming and going, Ye Chen did not keep complaining as he said, but leaned against the wall and closed his eyes.

At noon, Ye Chen was woken up by Ergou in a daze. As soon as I opened my eyes, I saw the smiling faces of the two dogs.

"You kid can do it! I got a dozen copper plates in the morning, and the method I taught you is feasible!"

The two dogs held the copper plates in their hands and counted them one by one. He thought that Ye Chen had used his method to get so much money. As everyone knows, Ye Chen has never moved since he came to the present, and he has slept until now.

Seeing that Ergou was so happy, Ye Chen was embarrassed to tell the truth, so he smiled along.

"We got so much money in the morning, and with a lot of effort, we could eat roast chicken in the afternoon." ”

After counting the money, Ergou kicked ten copper plates in his pocket, and took four copper plates to buy steamed buns.

After a while, he ran back with four steamed buns, eating them by himself and feeding Ye Chen.

Ye Chen was afraid that he would annoy himself again, so he drove him away as soon as he finished eating. Ergou wanted to talk to Ye Chen for a while, but he was afraid that he would worry about affecting his 'business', so he just listened to Ye Chen's words and left.

In the afternoon, when Ergou woke him up again, Ye Chen found him holding a roast chicken in one hand and a pot of wine in the other.

"You got the money from there to buy these?" Ye Chen glanced at him and said.

"Isn't it all your credit? You begged for about twenty copper plates in the afternoon, and when I came, I saw that you were sleeping soundly, and I couldn't bear to wake you up, so I took the money and went to buy roast chicken. No, there were still a few copper plates left, so I made another jug of wine. Ergou smiled and shook the wine jug in front of him.

"Let's go! After eating here and being seen by others, they won't give us alms, let's go back and eat slowly. ”

Ergou laughed and picked up Ye Chen, got up and walked towards the alley.