CHAPTER XVII
At the age of twenty-nine, Jun Moxian exercised according to the amount prescribed by the homeless man as always. In the evening, when he returned to Qiaodong, Jun Moxian sat in front of the fire with the homeless man and roasted the fire. Jun Moxian said: "Old beggar, don't you have any family? It's almost the New Year, and I haven't seen you do anything or go home." The homeless man glanced at Jun Mo and said: "Who told you that you must prepare something for the New Year, as long as you feel comfortable, when is not the New Year?" And, again, I am not a beggar, I am called free and easy." Do you understand the true temperament?" Jun Moxian looked at the angry homeless man in front of him and didn't say anything.
The two of them sat quietly in front of the fire, just watching the flames rise up and down in the fire, and the flames illuminated the faces of the two people. Jun Moxian had been brewing for a long time, and suddenly said embarrassedly: "Old beggar, can you do me a favor?" The homeless man instantly looked at Jun Moxian with a defensive face. Looking at the appearance of the homeless man, Jun Mo sighed helplessly, but still plucked up his courage and said, "Can you lend me some money?" I will definitely pay you back when I have money later." The homeless man instantly turned into a miser, as if he had been stepped on by his tail, beat his feet and said: "Where do I have money, I am an old beggar, and I can't make money and I don't have a business mind, and I can't ask for food, I just rely on a little luck to find something to eat everywhere, no money, really no money." ”
Jun Moxian turned a deaf ear to the old beggar's words and continued to speak: "I still owe money to the owner of the pharmacy, and my grandmother said that the money owed to others cannot be New Year's Eve." The old beggar rolled his eyes and said, "Then you borrowed my money, it's not New Year's Eve." Jun Moxian shook his head and said: "This is different, the two of us get along day and night, the relationship can't be counted like that, and looking at your appearance, I will definitely not stay here for a long time, so I have to return the boss's money, although he doesn't care, but I said that I want to pay it back." The homeless man looked at Jun Moxian and sighed helplessly: "Don't open your mouth, I don't have much here, in case I want to use it if I marry a daughter-in-law in the future." Jun Mo said with a black line on his face: "Don't worry, I don't want your wife, I only need two hundred yuan, and I will definitely return it to you within a month." The old beggar widened his eyes and said, "Is there a bank around here?" Jun Moxian nodded. The homeless man said angrily: "Why don't you rob the bank, two hundred yuan, you think I am doing charity?"
Jun Moxian looked at the drama spirit in front of him expressionlessly, and after the homeless man "cried bitterly", he saw Jun Moxian looking at himself motionless and sighed: "I really don't, I'm just an old beggar, I really have no money" Jun Moxian continued to stare at him. The unbearable homeless man broke the jar and said: "Okay, I have it, let's do it for you, the way of the world has really changed, the master must please the apprentice, and the one who borrows money is the uncle." After saying that, he took out two hundred pieces from his arms and threw them into Jun Moxuan's arms, turned around and fell asleep angrily. Jun Moxian took the money and said thank you lightly to the homeless man. Turning around, his eyes narrowed into a crescent moon and smiled: "I knew that he was a good person, the kind that eats soft and not hard." "I got the money and was satisfied with memorizing my own pinyin.
The next day, that is, Chinese New Year's Eve, Jun Mo got up early in the morning, took the horse and swam in the lake, and then took the money and went out happily. The homeless man looked at Jun Mo, who had been humming a minor tune since he got up in the morning, and now he was leaving with small steps, and couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "When a man is rich, he becomes bad, this is not wrong at all. The world is big, or sleep is the biggest," he turned over and continued to sleep.
Jun Mo was a little excited to walk on the street, the whole street was lit up, and the faces of pedestrians were also filled with the joy of the New Year, and Jun Mo couldn't help but be infected. I counted the money and bought everything I wanted to buy. First went to the tomb of Granny Yang, Jun Moxian put the things for worship, lit candles, lit incense, knelt in front of the grave and said: "Mother-in-law, it's the New Year, Xiao Mo Wei came to see you, Xiao Mo Wei has no money to buy too many things, you will just order food, it may not be long before Xiao Mo Wei has to leave here, mother-in-law, you don't have to worry, I now have a very powerful master, although he still doesn't admit it, but he is a good person, Xiao Mo Wei will be obedient, you don't worry about Xiao Mo worry, Xiao Mo worry will come back to see you when you have time." After explaining everything, Jun Moxian respectfully kowtowed and left. The sky is also slowly darkening, there are gradually no pedestrians on the street, everyone rushes back to eat Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, looking at the lights lit everywhere Jun Mo can't help but urge himself to hurry up, there is still a lazy man waiting for him to go back to make Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
I walked to the pharmacy alone, and the owner of the pharmacy may also be reunited with the family, so the pharmacy has been closed. Jun Mo knocked on the door unhurriedly, and when he heard that someone inside had responded, he put the money at the door and secretly hid in the corner. The boss who heard the sound opened the door, looked at the empty street, couldn't help but be full of doubts, and was about to close the door when he suddenly saw the money placed at the door, he picked up the money in a daze, and counted exactly 55 copper plates. Raising his head and looking around, he didn't find any trace of that person, and he couldn't help but recall the scene at that time in his mind: "I went to other pharmacies to ask for 47 copper plates, and you gave me 20 copper plates, and I owe you a total of 67 copper plates, and now I pay you 12 copper plates, and I still owe you 55 copper plates." But I can't get that much money out now, but I will pay you back slowly in the future, thank you for your help. But now when I look up, I can't see that immature and strong figure anymore. The boss clenched the money tightly and returned to the pharmacy with a complicated heart. Jun Moxian, who was hiding in the corner, saw the boss take the money, felt relieved, and left satisfied.
Jun Moxian returned to Qiaodong with his things and took over the cooking work in the hands of the homeless man. The homeless man teased: "The little beggar hasn't come back for so long, I thought you hadn't seen so much money absconding with money." Jun Moxian also responded with a smile: "Yes, I almost couldn't help but run, but I just thought that if I met you in the future, you would calculate for me that I couldn't afford it, so I came back with my tail between my legs." The homeless man looked at Jun Moxuan, who was a little different, and didn't say anything, and sat quietly in the corner waiting for Jun Moxian to shout to start eating. Jun Moxian took over the cooking work only to find that the homeless man caught fish again today, and there were chickens, which was really hearty, plus the things he bought, the two of them could have a sumptuous Chinese New Year's Eve dinner.
After making dinner, Jun Moxian let the old beggar eat first, and he took the sacrifice of the candle out of the bridge hole, and the homeless man quietly watched Jun Moxian kneeling alone and wiping his eyes and kowtowing for a long time. Two people, one doing it, the other watching. I thought no one knew about the one who did it, and the one who watched it didn't say a word. Seeing Jun Moxian get up, the homeless man quietly walked back to the dining table and waited for Jun Moxian to come back.
Jun Mo entered the bridge cave, saw the food that had not been touched, and teased with a sour heart: "Old beggar, you are still waiting for me, I am back, is it drooling all over the ground?" The homeless man snorted and said, "It's too lonely to eat alone." Jun Mo smiled and didn't break him, and took out two bottles of wine from his arms and handed them to the homeless man, who was stunned and laughed: "You kid has a conscience." The homeless man poured a glass for Jun Moxian and then pinched the wine bottle and drank the heroic cow, Jun Moxian took a sip gently, although the mouth was still full of spicy, but he gradually got used to this feeling, and agreed with the homeless man's words that wine is a good thing.
The two of them sat by the fire and rarely spoke, eating and drinking quietly, although they didn't talk much, the atmosphere was exceptionally warm and harmonious. In Jun Mo's heart, the New Year should be like this. The sound of fireworks gradually sounded outside, the fireworks outside the bridge cave were brilliant, and the two people in the bridge cave smelled of wine and slept contentedly.
The lights of thousands of homes sprinkled the entire starry sky and illuminated the whole house. The warm light illuminates the way home, hoping that the lost will see and find their way home.