CHAPTER XVIII
On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Jun Mo got up early in the morning. After getting up, I started to chop vegetables with noodles, and I had to eat dumplings on this day. Although he didn't know what the meaning of these traditions was, since his grandmother had brought them like this before, he had to stick to these habits. Even if Grandma is no longer there, he will pass on these spirits in another way.
Dough is a technical job, too much water is too thin and chewy, too little water is too dry and inelastic. Fortunately, Mo Chou has always liked to eat these noodle things, so Jun Mochou has continuously improved his cooking skills in the midst of repeated failures. It's just that it's pitiful that Mo Chou is being "raised" by Jun Mochou as a guinea pig, but fortunately, Mo Chou is not a picky eater, and he will eat cleanly whatever his brother does. Jun Mo thought of Mo Chou unconsciously, and didn't know if he had eaten dumplings. Touched his face casually and shook his head to let himself not think about it, the first day of the new year should be happy, the new year should have a new atmosphere, and in an instant, Jun Moxian also became a big cat.
After the homeless man woke up, he looked at Jun Moxian who was busy and felt very relieved, he gradually got used to the life of two people, it seemed that it was not bad to have a quiet and ordinary life like this, but he didn't know what to think of and shook his head helplessly.
At the dinner table, Jun Mo was in a good mood, and said to the homeless man with excitement on his face: "Old beggar, this dumpling is very distinctive, there are copper plates in it, and there are also pepper peanuts, see which of us is lucky enough to eat this coin." With a smile on his face, the homeless man sat down on the ground and began to gobble it up. The homeless man suddenly spoke: "Little beggar, I am going out for a while, and you can take care of yourself during my absence, and when I come back next time, we should be leaving here." Don't shrink the amount of exercise set for you, I'll come back to take the assessment, but I won't take you away if the assessment passes. Jun Mo smiled worriedly: "It's okay, you can go, I can do it alone, I'll wait for you to come back here." ”
The homeless man doesn't look as laid-back and casual as before, but a little preoccupied. Jun Moxian didn't know what he was thinking, so he sandwiched a dumpling and said: "Old beggar, grandma said that the first day of the new year should be happy no matter what, this is a beautiful wish, and it is a gesture that should be made to welcome the beginning of the new year." I haven't read a book, but I think that's how it should be. The homeless man smiled after listening to Jun Moxuan's words, took out a red envelope from his arms and handed it to Jun Moxuan, Jun Moxian was stunned, he hadn't seen this thing for a long time, since his parents left, just insisting on living had made him physically and mentally exhausted, he never thought that he would be able to get this thing in his lifetime, and he was stunned for a while. The homeless man said impatiently: "You will live with this money during my absence, you have something to do every day now, you don't have to pick up the rags, exercise well." ”
Jun Moxian took the red envelope and squeezed it tightly in his hand. I sandwiched a dumpling and put it in my mouth, and when I ate the peppercorn-flavored ones, my mouth was numb, my nose was numb, and my heart was numb. The homeless man looked at Jun Mo and teased: "Don't be like this, I'm still waiting for someone to rely on when I'm old." Jun Moxian instantly said with a bright face: "It's okay, I'll raise you." The homeless man smiled and didn't speak, he ate the dumplings that Jun Moxian gave him, and immediately called out, Jun Mowu looked up and saw the coin spit out of the homeless man's mouth, and instantly became happy, the homeless man was happier than he ate the copper coin, since the homeless man could eat the coin, the new year's fortune must be good, thinking of this, his eyes were bent into two crescents. The homeless man saw the joy on the young man's face at the moment, and his heart also opened up, and the good fortune of the New Year seemed to dilute a lot of sorrow in his heart, and the New Year should have a new atmosphere, it seems, it is like this.
Jun Moxian stood at the head of the bridge and looked at the back of the homeless man who was gradually moving away, waved his hand lightly and said, "Old beggar, I am waiting for you to come back." After jumping off the bridge, he began to take a horse step, this is his own business, he does not need the old beggar to supervise, after jumping off the horse step to swim in the lake and then memorize words, go out to pick up rags, run alone on the river embankment at night, the life of the day is very simple, but it is also very fulfilling, and the body is getting stronger day by day.
Jun Moxian was collecting the tattered Xiao Chen as usual, selling the scrap and preparing to go back to the bridge cave to rest, but he didn't want to be attracted by the scene in front of him. Two beggars, one old and one young, stopped a girl, and a female beggar was lying on the ground. The girl was cornered by them, and she was not allowed to call on the phone, so she had to go with them. Where had the girl seen this kind of formation, and she was so frightened that she lost her face. Jun Moxian knows these people, this is a begging gang that has deceived many people. Their modus operandi is very routine. At the beginning, it was to touch porcelain, and then someone came out to help prevent others from leaving, and finally cheated others out of their money before letting them go. Later, the routine slowly improved, some people fell to the ground, and some people came out to help pull the offender and not let him go, at this time, there were "fair" people who came out to help speak and exposed their lies, so that the offender lost some money, and the "justice" gained trust with the offender and others would thank him with money, if the offender was a young and beautiful woman and did not know what would happen, such a trick was unpleasant. Most of the people they choose to deceive are stunned young people or young women, because this kind of people are the most lacking in social experience, easy to be deceived, and easy to be intimidated by them, and the success rate is also very high. Because most of these people don't want to make things bigger, they often think that they are unlucky and choose to settle things, so they are becoming more and more rampant.
What I was most afraid of when I took Mo Chou was to meet these people, for fear of taking myself captive and committing crimes with them. I didn't dare to appear at the place where they were active all along, but I didn't expect to meet them in this way today, and Jun Moxian was in a dilemma. If you go up to help the girl, you will definitely get into trouble, but if you don't help the girl, you don't want to go, because you know this isolated situation best. He is such a person, he is so embarrassed that he has to pray for the kindness of others to live, so he believes that there is true love in this world, so he meets the owner of the pharmacy, and later meets the kind and kind Granny Yang, and now he meets the homeless man who has no shape but treats him sincerely, if he turns around and leaves because he is afraid of trouble, he will not only be blamed by his conscience, but also unworthy of the kindness of these people.
The helpless Jun Moxian rubbed his face and walked up firmly and said: "Sister, I reported to the official, and the uncle from the pharmacy will come over immediately, don't be afraid, if you are injured, we will take him for treatment, but we will not accept deception, and the big brother will be here soon." The young beggar saw Jun Moxian coming, and glanced at Jun Moxian viciously, that kind of look made Jun Moxian feel very uncomfortable, like being bitten by a poisonous snake, which made him feel uncomfortable. But Jun Moxian still met the young beggar's gaze.
The young beggar looked at the girl, and then at Jun Moxian. Seeing Jun Moxian's resolute eyes, he couldn't judge the truth of his words for a while. Secretly calculated the gains and losses, if Jun Moxian really called the police, caused social repercussions, he didn't have to mix, when the time came, the deceived people stood up to correct, maybe what he was going to face was not the glamorous wine but the disaster of prison, even if Jun Moxian lied to him, he couldn't bear much loss, and it was not too late to find time to clean up Jun Moxian in the future. Thinking of this, the woman who kicked the ground twice shouted, "Get up and go." Then he turned his head and sneered at Jun Mow, "Little beggar, let's play slowly." ”
Jun Moxian watched this group of people gradually walk away, and instantly lost the momentum of the calm and calm just now, like a deflated ball, exhaling heavily, and his back was already wet. Then he looked up and smiled and said to the girl, "Sister, it's okay, I'll send you to a crowded place, and then you can go home." The woman was already at a loss by the change in front of her, and nodded stunned. Jun Moxian sent the girl to the market and turned around to leave. The girl came back to her senses at this time and hurriedly asked Jun Moxian his name, Jun Moxian smiled and shook his head and said: "I am just a little beggar, if my sister meets a little beggar on the street in the future, if she has change, just give them a little, because that may be their day's food money." After saying that, she waved her hand and left, and the woman looked at Jun Mo's back in the distance.