The one hundred and ninth round, Hong Sanjiu

Feng Ping was scolded by the old beggar for a night, and he was so angry in his heart, thinking that he had eaten steamed buns for himself, relieved his urgent need, and could be regarded as saving his life, he was grateful in his heart, so he stopped getting angry. I wanted to say a few words to refute it, but I thought that after he laughed at himself, he might still take out something to eat for himself, and he looked forward to it, so he forcibly held back, and insulted him without returning the favor.

No, the next morning, the old beggar woke up, and after sneering repeatedly, he went away without giving himself anything to eat. Feng Ping was furious, but he was powerless, so he couldn't. Thinking that he was a good young man, he would be reduced to this, and he was teased by an old beggar for no reason, and he lost his face. Thinking back to the old beggar's words, he let himself die, and his heart was suddenly disheartened, all thoughts were discouraged, and the thought of dying also came out. However, I am really afraid of death in my heart, and it is okay to think about this thing randomly, but if I really want to die, how dare I? If I see myself starving to death, I will not dare. Therefore, this thought was only fleeting, and it was immediately dispelled.

Feng Ping lay on the bed made of broken boards and was stunned for a long time, thinking that he couldn't die just yet, and he had to live hard no matter what. Suddenly I thought that if I was always lying motionless on the bed like this, it would not be a matter after all, but I was afraid that if I was delayed for a few days, I would die sooner or later. Thinking of this, I panicked, shook my head, squinted my eyes, and inadvertently glanced at my clothes, and saw that my body was dirty, a little stinky, and I hadn't taken a bath for several days.

Feng Ping is a human being, cowardly by nature, greedy for life and afraid of death, without any face, as long as he can survive his life, he is willing to do anything. Thinking of this idea at the moment, if he got the treasure, he said that he would do it, without hesitation, he acted immediately, barely supported himself, followed the example of the old beggar, tore the brocade clothes on his body, fished a few lumps of wet mud from the ground, smeared it on his face, threw away the bun on his head, and scattered his hair, and found a wooden stick in his hand, and picked up a broken porcelain bowl from the side of the road, cheeky, from house to house, begging along the street, and eating with a mouthful.

He was originally a rich man, he had fine clothes and fine food on weekdays, high beds and soft pillows, and was used to the days when he opened his mouth and stretched out his hands when he was used to food, at this time, if he was asked to do some coolies and make a small amount of money, he was too hard and refused to do it. If he was allowed to beg on the street, as long as he was willing to stretch out his hand and lose face, he would be able to get it, which was easy, and he naturally did it. Wandering all the way, he saw that many people on the street did this without food, and it must be easy to think about it, so his confidence was greatly increased.

However, after all, the life of a beggar is a begging business, and he often looks at people's faces without saying anything, and he is bullied by others. If others look pitiful and sympathize with them, they will be willing to give some money and goods to help them. If you look awkward, and at the same time give alms, you will definitely cast strange eyes, speak coldly, and humiliate in every way. There are even some people who make trouble, not only do not give charity, but also come to give you a punch and kick, punch and kick, only to say that today is unlucky, meet a beggar, and rush his fortune. What's even more infuriating is that there will be people who claim to be members of the beggar gang, according to the rules of the beggar gang, according to the rules of the beggar gang to collect protection fees as usual, except for the brothers of the gang, the rest of the wandering beggars are charged, clearly marked with the price, two dollars a month, if not, from now on don't want to beg for food in this land, if you pretend to pay, delay and do not pay, once found, immediately add up your fists and feet, let him get out, never want to come back in the future, and then beg at will in this place, free to enter and exit.

The homeless beggars know the key, and everyone wants to join the beggars and seek refuge. But this beggar gang has a lot of rules, everyone wants to enter, but not everyone can get the opportunity to enter at will, and there are very few who can really enter, and there are very few. And this gang rules are quite strange, but anyone who joins the gang, regardless of men and women, must be introduced by someone in the gang on their behalf, recommended to the elders of the beggar gang, and after the elders are interviewed, they will only be approved after passing the qualifications, and they must be able to join the gang. And this quota is also limited, with a monthly quota of ten people, which cannot be exceeded. The reason for this is that the situation is chaotic, there are too many beggars, and the beggar gang, as an emerging gang, can only protect the safety of a few beggars and eat together. And these beggars who join the gang must be physically strong, be a martial arts training material, or be knowledgeable and able to give some ideas in the gang, otherwise, they will not be included. And these people who join the gang are selected, and the masters in the gang will definitely teach martial arts every month and cultivate them, hoping that they will become talents as soon as possible, and can take charge of themselves in the gang and contribute to the gang. Therefore, Feng Ping's begging career is really extraordinary and unusual.

Fortunately, when Feng Ping got up in the dilapidated house, he picked up a rectangular wooden plaque, which was engraved with the words "Nine Bags of Disciples", and a red stamp mark next to the word was the three characters "Hong Sanjiu". Feng Ping saw the wooden sign at first, he didn't know what it was, and he didn't care, he thought it was fun, so he took it with him. Don't want to, go out, beg along the street, meet someone to collect protection money, panicked, the wooden card fell out of the arms, the person saw it, picked it up from the ground to see, recognized the mark on the card, it was the seal of the gang leader, straight he is a beggar gang, maybe or the gang leader newly accepted the closed disciples, on seniority, he also had to call him a teacher, respectful, he was not embarrassed, let him go, did not charge protection fees, therefore, Feng Ping also because of the blessing of misfortune, escaped a catastrophe, begging at the same time, cheaper than others, barely able to make a living, get a food and clothing。

Feng Ping saw that this wooden sign was important, but when anyone in the beggar gang saw it, he would definitely be respectful to himself and dare not be arrogant. At first, he was timid and did not dare to ask. Later, when he became bold, he immediately asked questions. Only then did I know that this wooden card is extraordinary, it is a token of the beggar gang, and only the people who are close to the gang can have it, and others want to get it, but they may not be qualified. Knowing that he had a baby, he was so unhappy, every time he saw the wooden card, he would think of the old beggar from time to time, and he said that he was so careless, and even such an important thing would fall, so cheap himself, wouldn't it be a blessing? For fear that he would suddenly find it one day and ask himself for a wooden card, he deliberately changed his place of residence and found a dilapidated house far away from the market, and lived quietly, but he did not let him find himself. Even if he found himself, he deduced that he didn't know, and he was confused, so he just didn't tell him honestly, told him where the wooden card was, and what he meant in his heart, he just wanted to occupy the wooden card himself and not return it to him.