It was almost noon, but the pedestrians on Xinqu Street were becoming more and more dense. There are ploughmen who rush home to accompany the meal, and there are idlers who have just woken up and gone out to forage for food. The food stalls on both sides of the street rise from white steam at the right time, exuding a fragrance to attract passers-by.

Lu Sanchuan inhaled the fragrance of the meat bun, and his stomach suddenly emitted a burst of dissatisfaction, and the sound of "gurgling" lasted for a long time, attracting the attention of many pedestrians. Feeling ashamed, he lowered his head and wanted to turn away.

And the mellow meat, fragrant and fragrant all came from all directions.

He had to swallow a mouthful of saliva, lowered his head and looked at his clenched left fist, and secretly thought: This only ten cents is used for emergency relief, although he is hungry at the moment, it is not a big problem, just endure it, just endure it. While thinking, his eyes were firmly fixed on the steamer in front of him, which was shrouded in thin steam.

The owner of the steamed bun shop noticed his longing eyes, and immediately put on a friendly smile, took out a steaming meat bun from the steamer with a bamboo clip and shook it at him, shouting: "Big meat bun with thin skin and a lot of filling!"

He followed the meat bun back and forth twice, although he was still weak, his right hand covered his lower abdomen, walked to the steamed bun shop with small and broken steps, stared at the steamed bun and said, "Shop, I haven't eaten for three days, can I give a bun?"

The owner of the steamed bun shop opened his left hand towards him and said with a smile: "The meat bun costs a penny, how many do you want?"

"I.." He clenched his left hand tighter, hesitated for a moment, and then replied, "I don't have any money..."

The owner of the steamed bun shop suddenly changed his face, stuffed the meat bun back into the steamer, and scolded him, "I don't have money to eat any steamed buns! ”

Lu Sanchuan half-opened his mouth, reluctantly watched the snow-white buns being swallowed back into the steamer by the strong white steam, sighed, and thought: This businessman doesn't know how to be hospitable, although I am not your guest, how can I speak ill of each other? But it is no wonder that the shopkeeper, after all, it is about livelihood, if he gives me a bun with kindness, thousands of hungry and poor people in this city will come one after another.

He shook his head, slowly opened his left hand, took out a copper plate and handed it to the owner of the steamed bun shop, "I'm tired, I want a bun." ”

Although the owner of the steamed bun shop no longer had a stinky face, he did not change his flattering expression, but after taking the copper plate, he sandwiched a meat bun, softened the color and said: "Although I said something a little ugly, don't blame me." After all, there is no such thing as a free lunch. ”

Lu Sanchuan put the remaining nine coins into his arms, took the bun with both hands, bowed shallowly to the owner of the bun shop, and said, "It is difficult to be born as a human being. If you have a good heart, I will be grateful, and if you had expelled me, I would not have been angry. ”

The owner of the bun shop suddenly felt a little guilty, stared at his face for a moment, then opened the steamer and took out a meat bun and handed it to him, "Young man, although I don't understand what you say, I know what you mean." I did go a little too far, and this meat bun can be regarded as an apology. ”

Lu Sanchuan was slightly stunned, quickly took it from the owner of the bun shop, bowed deeply to him, and thanked: "The shopkeeper is very gracious, Sanchuan is unforgettable!"

The owner of the bun shop suddenly laughed and shook his head.

Lu Sanchuan wanted to eat on the spot, but when he saw that his clothes were ragged and filthy, he was afraid of affecting other people's business, so he endured hunger and moved to an inconspicuous corner, tore off the bun skin one by one and sent it to his mouth, and only threw it into his mouth when the bun skin was about to be unable to wrap the meat filling. The two buns went down to the stomach, but they were just addicted, and the stomach was still empty.

He was struggling whether to use the remaining Jiuwen to buy some dry food and then go to Wuchang to look for Yuan Qiming, or to continue to spend his days in Jiangzhou, when he suddenly saw a group of people walking by.

His eyes followed, and he saw a person in the middle dressed beautifully, holding a blooming yellow flower in both hands behind his back, followed by four people in Tsing Yi, looking at this posture, the richly dressed man was about the rich son or the powerful, and the four people in Tsing Yi were entourage.

The pedestrians, who were originally in a hurry, saw the five of them coming, and hurriedly lowered their heads and retreated to both sides of the road, as if they were afraid of them.

The leader seemed to enjoy the treatment, raising his chin and humming a little song, and with each step, his riding boots slammed on the ground with a dull thud.

Seeing this, Lu Sanchuan unconsciously remembered the picture of three years ago in his mind, and said in a low voice: "It turned out to be Tong Qi." ”

Tong Qi swaggered in the middle of the road, shaking his head left and right, as if looking for something, after a while, he quickly collected his energy, and hooked his right hand attached to his waist, and the four of them gathered to tidy up his clothes. In a few moments, Tong Qi changed from an arrogant and domineering gentleman to a polite and handsome son. If you only talk about appearance, people will really regard him as a powder-faced scholar who recites classic poems and lyrics.

Tong Qi smiled, stepped on the breeze and walked behind a girl in a light red Luo skirt, and said in a loud voice: "Guan Guan has been closed for a long time, on the other side of the river, a slender lady, a gentleman is longing." ”

The girl was obviously frightened, and Jade Foot took a light step forward, leaning forward slightly before turning her head.

Not only Tong Qi, but even Lu Sanchuan was dumbfounded.

Although it can't be called a country and a city, it can be regarded as a hibiscus out of the water. The green silk is silky, a crescent moon is folded and pasted on the forehead, two thin and long willow eyebrows are bent above the clear eyes with a shimmering light, the nose is small and delicate, just right in the middle, and the two peach lips under it are not dyed and red. It's just that for some reason, there is a faint sadness in his bright eyes.

At this time, the girl's hands were recessed into the sleeves of her coat, and she was about terrified.

Tong Qi was stunned for a while, and he forgot about the yellow flower hidden behind him, until the attendant called out in his ear, "Young master, flower", he stretched out his hand forward, but the stem had been cut off, and the yellow flower hung his head. If Tong Qi didn't smile, he would also look polite, but he couldn't control the lust in his heart, and grinned, extremely obscene.

The girl's eyebrows furrowed, she snorted in disgust, and turned to leave.

Tong Qi stepped forward to catch up, opened his arms and stopped in front of the girl, his brain was racing and wanted to say some "looking back and smiling at Bai Meisheng, the six palaces have no color" and other rhetoric to please the girl, but he has never liked to read, only yesterday hurriedly memorized four or five lines of poetry for the purpose of filling the number, and now looked at the girl with two eyes straight ahead, full of clouds and rain and spiritual flesh combination, what "gentleman" and what "demeanor" have long been outside the clouds.

His stomach was empty, his anxious eyes were sparkling, and he suddenly found the yellow flower in his hand, so he stretched his hand forward again, and said in his mouth, "Beauty... Like a flower like jade!" The yellow flower had already broken its stem, and after he tossed it like this, the flower left the stem in an instant and fell to the ground.

He smiled awkwardly, but he had an inspiration and said improvisedly: "When the flower meets the beauty, he knows that he has lost his color, so he will cut off his head and brain." ”

Four entourages behind him, listening to him talk about "flowers meet beauties, self-knowledge of discoloration", suddenly overjoyed, there is a sense of satisfaction that the tree is planted in the end, eager to high-five and cheer and clap the forehead to celebrate, and listen to him talk about "cut off the head and head of the five horses and split the corpse", and fell straight from the clouds into the abyss.

Where will there be a girl who likes to listen to "five horses with severed heads and broken brains"?

Tong Qi didn't know it, thinking that his initial inspiration made up for all the shortcomings, so he looked at the girl stupidly, hoping to see the white and tender cheeks fly red.

The girl's brows furrowed even tighter, and her disgust overflowed, and she glanced at him with disdain, and hurried past him.

Tong Qi's eyes widened, he looked at the girl's shadow, and scolded in his heart: When did I, Tong Qi, be so despised like this? If you refuse to treat you gently, don't force Lao Tzu to be rough! He slammed the flower branch in his hand to the ground, stepped on his right foot, trampled the yellow flower to pieces, raised his hand and shouted to the girl: "Stinky bitch, you stop for Lao Tzu!"

The pedestrians who were watching the bustle around knew that he was going to sprinkle, and they didn't want to be stirred into it, so they lowered their heads and walked quickly.

The four attendants immediately stepped forward, like a human wall blocking the girl's way. One of them smiled and said, "Girl, my young master called you!"

Lu Sanchuan secretly screamed badly, turned his eyes left and right, and saw that there was no one around, and even the vendors left their stalls and ran away without a trace. He measured that if he turned a blind eye, the girl would be ravaged.

He stood up abruptly and shouted to Tong Qi desperately: "Tong Qi!

Tong Qi was startled by his sharp reprimand, thinking that it was a hero who was upset, he turned around curtly, and saw that he was ragged and filthy, and felt surprised, and only after a closer look did he recognize him, but he looked up and laughed, "Who should I be, it turned out to be a lost dog!" You are full of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness on weekdays, why don't you go with your father when he dies, but pretend to be a tiger here?"

Lu Sanchuan was hungry for a long time, his face turned pale, and when he heard Tong Qi's evil words, his face turned iron-blue. He looked around Tong Qi and glanced at the girl, and when he saw that the girl was looking at him, he had courage in his chest again, and said, "For the son of man, he does something and does nothing." My father is dead, and I want to live with my father's will and wishes!"

Tong Qi laughed even more, "Lu Sanchuan, Lu Sanchuan, pretend that you can pretend." There is one thing I have to remind you, I didn't dare to touch you last time because your father Lu Benchi was still alive, but today, you are the only one left. I, Tong Qi, am not a bully, so get out of here before I get angry. As he spoke, he put his hands behind his back and raised his head to the left to look at the sky, but he paid attention to the girl's movements, and thought: Girl, you see me so proud of the world, aren't you still moved?

Lu Sanchuan knew what he was planning, and he also knew that his choice would lead to different results. If Tong Qi is dissatisfied, a punch and kick are inevitable. It's okay to get a little hurt yourself, it's just that the girl... Morality is in the sky, life and death are not worth mentioning!

He smiled coldly and sneered: "The grasshopper shakes the tree, which is ridiculous. ”

Tong Qi only heard ten words, but he didn't know what those ten words meant. He wanted to ask the entourage beside him, but he was afraid that his image would be damaged, so he just coughed.

An entourage with a little wisdom immediately stepped forward and whispered in his ear, "Young Master, he said that you don't measure yourself. ”