Chapter 208: The Boatman and the Beggar
"Boatman, catch up with the ship in front of me. "On the bank of the Huai River, a young man dressed in gorgeous white clothes and with a face like a crown of jade said eagerly to a boatman wearing a hat and a robe.www.biquge.info
"This son, I'm using this to cross the river, but I can't catch up with the boat in front," but after saying this, he looked the young man up and down and muttered in a low voice: "Even if I can catch up, but why should I chase it, I still have to ferry here." ”
Although these words were whispered, they were still listened to by the young man in white, or that the boatman deliberately said it to him, but now he can't take care of it much, the boat room he wants to chase is a painting boat, and today a poetry and painting tasting meeting is held on it.
"Okay, boatman, how much money can you make by ferrying here for a day, I'll give you ten taels of silver, you hurry up and catch up with the boat in front." The young man in white said helplessly.
"Ah, ten taels of silver, okay, son, sit down!!"
Soon the ferry boat set off, and it was impossible for such a small boat to catch up with the big ship in front, but I don't know why it was such a boat, but it caught up with this painting boat not long after the big boat traveled, which can be described as a miracle.
Even the young man on the boat was dumbfounded, even if he had already come to the edge of the painting boat, others could not believe it.
"I said, Childe, don't be in a daze, hurry up and give me the money, I have to go back. The boatman looked at the young man in white and said.
"Oh, oh, oh" The boy in white nodded like a chicken eating rice, and after taking ten taels of silver to the boatman, he was pulled onto the painting boat in a daze.
After receiving the silver, the boatman slowly returned to the ferry, waiting for people to get on the boat, at this time the boatman just raised his head, and the sight was a delicate young man, not at all like a boatman who helped people cross the river, this person was the cow calf who was refining the heart of the red dust.
In order to break through the innate realm, he chose the identity of a boatman, and in order to truly integrate into life, he was still a philistine boatman, as if he had just turned the corner to ask for the guest's money.
"Alas, there is no useful insight here, and it seems that I should choose the next profession. Niu Xiaoniu said with emotion.
Then the next day it was discovered that the boatman at the ferry had changed, and the boatman who had been a philistine but had a very fast boat was gone.
However, the beggar in the city found that there was a new unkempt beggar today, this beggar was very bold, and went to the door of a steamed bun shop to eat, but was soon beaten away by the owner of the steamed bun shop, but the beggar did not give up, and after being beaten away, he came to the door of a restaurant.
This time the beggar was even more miserable, after being beaten severely by a few juniors in the restaurant, he was thrown into the street, despised and disdained by the people who came over, and some people even spat on him.
The beggar was very stiff, and after a while he stood up again, but it was staggering, causing the passers-by on the road to keep dodging, for fear of being touched by the beggar.
Finally, after a long day's work, the beggar, who had been beaten several times, came to the door of a small restaurant, which was very small, with only three or five tables, but it was very clean.
Seeing the beggar at the door, the owner of the restaurant walked out, and the beggar thought that it must be another beating and insult, but he didn't expect that the boss would bring him three steamed buns and two dishes.
"Eat, look at you too. The middle-aged man looked at the beggar and said, then turned and walked in.
The beggar looked at the food in his hand, his eyes full of emotion, and then sat down cross-legged on the spot and swallowed it heavily.
After eating, the beggar found a place with water, washed the three plates, put them at the door of the restaurant, and left, without thanking the owner of the restaurant.
Although the beggar did not thank him, the owner of the restaurant looked at the clean plates on the floor and could not understand them.
The next evening, the beggar dragged himself to the door of the restaurant, and the owner of the restaurant brought him some food.
After that, for half a month, the beggars would come here every evening, and the owner of the restaurant would prepare some food for the beggars every day, and the two lived in peace like this.
Until this day, when the beggar was eating, three thugs came to the small shop and said very arrogantly: "How about it, do you pay the protection fee, if you don't pay, we guarantee that your restaurant will not have business in the future, and in the future, you can only entertain the beggars hahaha"
"I won't pay it, even if I don't have business for a month, I won't pay it. The restaurant owner looked at the three of them and said.
"Okay, that's right, I'll see how hard you can be, we're from the Tigers, more than half of the restaurants and restaurants in this city pay money, but if you don't pay, it's good, I'll see if you can do it, let's go, give him some color tomorrow." ”
Soon the three thugs left, the restaurant owner looked at the back of the three people leaving with a blue face, and then looked at the beggar eating at the door, and felt sad in his heart, could he really only compromise?
The next day the beggar came to the door of the restaurant early, and he sat in the corner outside the door, and sat without speaking.
At ten o'clock in the afternoon, more than a dozen thugs armed with sticks came, and as soon as they came to the door, they shouted loudly: "Brothers, smash me, I will see if his mouth is still hard." ”
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Hearing the words of the leading gangster, the three gangsters immediately wanted to make a move, but suddenly three sounds of breaking the air came, and the three gangsters suddenly covered their arms and fell to the ground.
"Ah, my hand is broken!!"
Seeing the appearance of the three people, these little gangsters didn't dare to do anything to you, and the leading gangsters looked around for a while and suddenly shouted loudly: "Who, who, get out of here!"
But even if he shouted for a long time, but no voice answered his words, the owner of the restaurant was already desperate, but when he saw such a situation, he suddenly didn't know what to say.
Seeing that no one answered for a long time, the thugs tried to smash the restaurant again, but as soon as they moved, three thugs fell to the ground wailing.