Chapter Seventy-Three: The Little Beggar's Experience
After the little beggar was full, Zhou Qinghai turned around and left, taking the rest of the buns and walking aimlessly while eating. When Zhou Qinghai walked, he always felt that something was wrong, and subconsciously looked back. The little beggar was still following him. Zhou Qinghai told the little beggar, "Haven't you eaten yet?" The little beggar shook his head and told Zhou Qinghai that it was not. Zhou Qinghai said, then why are you still following me. The little beggar still just looked at Zhou Qinghai without saying a word. Zhou Qinghai said Little beggar, I'm wandering the world, I don't know where I'm going, don't follow me. After Zhou Qinghai finished speaking, he turned around and looked at the busy crowd and the dazzling array of goods around him. Zhou Qinghai stopped at a place where he was buying shoes and saw that the little beggar was still following him. Zhou Qinghai said I told you just now, why are you still following me. The little beggar finally opened his dirty little mouth and told Zhou Qinghai that his father and mother were dead, and he was alone, and he would either be beaten to death or starve to death here, uncle, you should take me away, I will wash your clothes, sweep the floor, cook, I can do a lot of chores, I won't eat you for nothing.
Zhou Qinghai squatted down, looked at his former self sympathetically, and told the little beggar that he was not afraid that he would spend his money in vain, but that he himself didn't know where to go, and the place he went to was very dangerous, and he was afraid that the little beggar would be hurt. The little beggar rolled up his trouser legs, which had several bright red snow hates and tooth marks. The little beggar told Zhou Qinghai that this was three days ago when he was hungry, he saw a broken bowl in front of a rich man's house, which contained leftovers, I knew that the dog food of the rich man's house, I was very hungry at the time, and I saw that there was no one around, and there were no dogs, so I picked it up and began to eat, and just after a few bites, a servant of the landlord came out with a vicious dog. The landlord's servants saw that I had eaten their dog food, and immediately scolded me for being a robber, let go of the vicious dog, let the vicious dog bite me, I threw down the bowl and ran quickly, but where could I run past the vicious dog, and was bitten by the vicious dog a few times, I was so frightened that I cried, it was a few uncles and uncles who passed by who saw that I was pitiful, and drove away the vicious dog, and I was lucky enough to pick up a life, you are in danger there, and it is a big deal to die, so I can be hurt because of my uncle.
Zhou Qinghai picked up the little beggar and said Uncle will take you with you today, I can't guarantee that you won't be hurt, but I guarantee that you will feel dignity and warmth while you are alive. The little beggar's dirty face blossomed. Zhou Qinghai asked the owner of the shoe seller to take out two pairs of shoes, one large and one small. The little beggar pushed Zhou Qinghai away with his little hand, saying that I ate and drank my uncle for nothing, and I had already made my uncle break the bank, and I couldn't let my uncle spend money for me. Zhou Qinghai squatted down, holding the little beggar's leg with one hand, and putting his shoe on the little beggar's foot with the other hand. Zhou Qinghai took off his shoes from the little beggar's feet again. The shoe shop owner said that this little beggar's shoes are so dirty, how can I ask for them if you wear them. The little beggar said to the shoe seller, "I'll wipe it for you." The shoe seller said that your body is so dirty, the more you wipe it, the dirtier it gets, you must buy shoes. Although Zhou Qinghai experienced a lot of similar things when he was a child, those memories were forgotten in the warm life of Huashan, and seeing that this boss was so powerful in his heart, the anger in his heart suddenly surged to his face. Zhou Qinghai's face turned red, he picked up his shoes and told the boss, why are you people so unsympathetic, a child is pitiful like this, you don't give the child a pair of shoes, and you want to blackmail us. The owner of the shoe seller looked at the simple Zhou Qinghai, and said with a wicked smile that businessmen are treacherous and businessmen, the important thing for me is silver, and everything else will collapse to me. Zhou Qinghai threw the shoes in his hand on the boss and said I originally wanted you to wrap the shoes for us, we bought it, you bastard, this is silver.
The shoe seller looked at the silver in Zhou Qinghai's hand, saw Zhou Qinghai's angry face and sword, and was afraid in his heart, wrapped the two pairs of shoes of Zhou Qinghai and the little beggar, and respectfully handed them to Zhou Qinghai.
Zhou Qinghai walked to a clothing stall, bought a set of clothes for the little beggar and himself, and then asked the little beggar where there was a bathhouse. The little beggar often begs in Luoyang and is very familiar with all the places here, so he will take Zhou Qinghai to the bathhouse after a while. The little beggar entered the bathhouse for the first time, saw the hot water in the bathhouse, took off his clothes simply and rudely, jumped into the bathhouse with a "poof", and played in the bathhouse. Zhou Qinghai slept in the middle of a stroke all the way, his body was full of the smell of mud and sweat, Zhou Qinghai took off his clothes, put his clothes away, and jumped into the bathhouse.
Although the little beggar has been weathered, but the essence of his heart is still very cheerful and kind, after this moment with Zhou Qinghai, he has become very familiar with Zhou Qinghai, the little beggar picked up the water with his palm, and pushed Zhou Qinghai's body, Zhou Qinghai said You little troublemaker, stop quickly. The little beggar ran to the other side of the bathhouse and continued to play in the water. Zhou Qinghai looked at the little beggar with a smile and began to take a bath by himself. After taking a bath, Zhou Qinghai bathed the little beggar. When they came out of the bathhouse, both of them had changed into new clothes, and the little beggar jumped up and down to look at his new clothes, and ran forward with a lively jump.
At night, Zhou Qinghai slept in a room with the little beggar, and Zhou Qinghai lay on the bed, thinking about his purpose of going down to Huashan, thinking that he was wandering all the way and doing nothing. The little beggar stood at the window and said to Zhou Qinghai, uncle, I have never lived in such a good room, let alone an inn, I saw the crowd and houses outside through the window, and I felt great. Zhou Qinghai didn't answer, still thinking about what happened just now. The little beggar continued to look east and west on the side. ‘
The little beggar ran for a day, felt tired, took off his shoes, climbed into bed, and slept next to Zhou Qinghai. Zhou Qinghai covered the little beggar with a quilt, and then remembered to ask the little beggar about his father and mother. The little beggar told Zhou Qinghai that he lived in an ordinary family in Luoyang, and his father and mother were ordinary farmers. One day I went out to play, a group of robbers broke into their house and killed my father, and my mother shouted and told Qi Xiaocao to run away for my safety, let him run quickly, don't go home, someone is going to kill them. Mom was killed by robbers on the road. A neighbor heard my mother's shouts and whispered to me, and that's how I started begging. Zhou Qinghai looked at Xiaocao with tears on his face, and said Did the government solve the case later to avenge your father and mother? Xiaocao said that since then, I don't dare to go home, I don't know if the government has solved the case, but I estimate that in an ordinary family like us, if someone dies, the government will not care about us?