Chapter 127: One-legged boy
Only then did the little fat man see the manager Wang, and saw that he was not tall, and his complexion was relatively dark, just like the color of wheat when it was ripe, and like the color of some cement in the field. When they saw the ruler of the king, the ruler of the king also saw them.
"Manager Wang, I brought it to you. Scarface nodded in front of Manager Wang, and the little fat man immediately thought that in the past in Xianjian Villa, Uncle Qin fed that pug.
Manager Wang glanced at the little fat man and Ding Hao, and that look was like picking pork in front of a pork stall in the market. The little fat man was extremely uncomfortable in the face of this kind of look. However, people are under the eaves and have to bow their heads. At this moment, you must not show your disrespectful attitude. Otherwise, all the efforts made before will be wasted.
"Hello, Mr. Wang. The little fat man also learned to nod his head with Scarface, and immediately, he thought of the pug again.
Manager Wang nodded and said, "Long Chen, you go back to guard the door first, these two people are handed over to me." In the eyes he looked at the little fat man and Ding Hao, there seemed to be a trace of arrogance and a trace of disdain.
It turned out that this scarface was called Chen Long, he nodded, turned his head and walked out, and never looked at the little fat man and Ding Hao again. Although he took the money from the little fat man, now that he has installed the two of them, his task will be completed.
"You two come with me. After Mr. Wang finished speaking, he walked along a path in the garden with figure-eight steps. The little fat man and Ding Hao followed behind Mr. Wang and walked in the corridor of the garden. There are countless exotic flowers and plants planted in the garden, and as far as the eye can see, the red is delicate and the green is bright. All kinds of floral scents, sandwiched with the smell of the earth, are rolled into the nose. The garden is so beautiful that it seduces/lures some small birds, chirping in the trees, and seems to envy the beauty of this garden.
The little fat man and Ding Hao registered, and Manager Wang arranged accommodation for them again, which was a dozens** shop. The places with good feng shui in the middle have been occupied by others, and only the position against the wall remains. The location against the wall is relatively damp, and when you sleep at night, there are often "cute" small animals such as centipedes and tide insects, and you will have "close" contact with them. The little fat man and Ding Hao were forced to be helpless, but fortunately, they came here just to go undercover, and they didn't have to be here all year round. Otherwise, within a year, they would probably be sucked dry by these insects.
With a place to stay, Mr. Wang left them alone. Tell them to get everything ready today and officially work tomorrow. After explaining all this, Manager Wang still walked his high-spirited eight-figure steps and disappeared from the vision of the little fat man and Ding Hao.
The little fat man discussed with Ding Hao and decided to go to the inn to pack up his things first. In that inn there were not only the clothes they were wearing, but also their deposit of a tael of silver. When the discussion was completed, when he walked out of the palace gate, that Chen Long still nodded at the little fat man and Ding Hao for the sake of the silver.
After the two of them left the palace, they were not in a hurry to return to the inn. Because it was still early, the two of them just had to catch up with the palace for dinner before dark. Tomorrow will be reduced to the subordinateness of the human family, and there will be no such freedom in the future. The little fat man and Ding Hao are ready to spend the last half day and take a good look at Penglai City.
Penglai City is very lively, and when you walk on the street for a day, you can see the bustling crowd. The ears were filled with all kinds of cries, mixed with the sounds of some vendors pestering and scolding customers. If you look closely, you will see some vendors, such as a middle-aged man in his four years old selling pears, pulling a young man in his twenties, and selling the pears in his basket endlessly. It seems that the young man won't let him go without buying him a few pounds of pears. The young man may have been afraid of the body of the pear seller and Kong Wu's strong arms, so in desperation, he had to take out the broken silver and buy a few pears, and then let the young man walk away. There are countless such forced buying and selling.
Little Fat Man and Ding Hao, when they were in Lianyun City, were used to this kind of thing. All they can do now is turn a blind eye. There were a few seemingly ruffian Chubby, and when they saw the little fat man and Ding Hao, they knew that they were outsiders. When they tested whether the two men were allowed to slaughter the lamb, the little fat man waved his fist. His burly figure, with fists the size of a child's head, was more intimidating than any language. Perhaps, they also saw that the little fat man and the two were not good men and women, so no one dared to come to them.
The little fat man is very satisfied with this, and it seems that it is not all bad for people to grow fat. The two were walking, when they suddenly heard someone whispering: "Big brother, give me some money, I'm dying of hunger." The voice was full of desolation and resentment, and the voice was inaudible, as if it had not eaten for several days. When the little fat man heard this cry, he looked down on the ground, and saw a little boy of twelve or thirteen years old, lying on the ground in tattered clothes. The clothes on his body were in tatters, and he didn't know how many days he hadn't washed them, so he couldn't tell what his original color was. The little boy was unkempt and his face was covered with dust, and if it weren't for his bright eyes, which glowed brilliantly, they would have been no different from a stone carving. The little boy lay on the ground and couldn't open it, looking at the little fat man and Ding Hao with pitiful eyes, holding a crockpot in his hand. There was already some broken silver in the crockpot, which may have been given by the good Samaritans who had given him pity. One of the little boy's trouser legs was empty. It turned out to be a one-legged boy, no wonder he couldn't stand up. While the little boy crawled, the empty trouser leg was always unwilling to be lonely and swing around.
At a young age, he lost a leg. In this society, the loss of a leg is the loss of labor. There is no income without labor. Such a person, if he has no relatives and no reason, has no friends to help. can only be reduced to the streets, begging for a living, but this child is still so young, the flower of his youth has just bloomed, and it is about to wither, which makes people feel sorry for him. Ding Hao reached into his pocket, took out a few pennies, squatted down, and gently put it into the crockpot in front of the one-legged boy. When the copper coin touches the crockpot, it makes a crisp sound, like the wail of a sad man, and like a sigh for a one-legged boy. By the time the sound had disappeared, the little boy had already crawled away with the crockpot. The little boy held the crockpot with one hand and propped up the ground with the other, pressing the ground hard. Then with the rubbing of that only foot against the ground, crawl forward. It's like an earthworm rolling in the dirt, which makes people unbearable to look at.
Ding Hao's eyes kept following the figure of the little boy and refused to leave. From the look of pity on his face, it seemed that he was sympathetic to the little boy.
"Ding Hao, have you noticed that there is something wrong with this. ”
Ding Hao, who was in a daze, didn't react for a while after listening to the little fat man's words, he asked puzzledly, "Big brother, what's wrong?"
The little fat man's fluttering eyes, as the little boy's creeping figure slowly advanced, he seemed to be groaning, and after a while he said, "Have you noticed, although the little boy seems to be crawling aimlessly." However, his eyes looked at the two people over there from time to time. I saw that every time the little boy saw them, there was always a hint of fear in his eyes. ”
Ding Hao listened to the little fat man's words, took a closer look, and sure enough, it was as he said. This one-legged boy, crawling for a while, would always turn his head and sneak a glance at the two people not far behind him, drinking tea in the shade of a tree. The little boy just glanced at it, then quickly turned his head and pretended to be nothing. However, Ding Hao listened to the little fat man's words and had already paid attention. Sure enough, when the little boy peeked at the two men, there was a deep fear in his eyes. It seems that this matter is not so simple.
Looking closely at the two people drinking tea, I saw that these two ** were both in their thirties. One of them had short fluffy hair, and a round face full of beard, and from a distance, he looked like a lion who had become a fine spirit. The other was thin, with one leg crossed, on the stool in front of him. He took a peanut kernel with chopsticks, threw it into his mouth, glanced at the one-legged boy not far away, and snorted coldly in his nose, revealing a look of disdain.
Why was the one-legged boy so afraid of these two people? Why did these two people be so dismissive of the one-legged boy? Did they see any connection? If so, what was their relationship? There were so many questions that the little fat man didn't figure it out for the time being. Even the little fat man can't figure it out, Ding Hao, who has always looked at the little fat man, can't figure it out even more. At this moment, Ding Hao's head felt that half of it was filled with water, and the other half was filled with white flour. It's okay if you don't move, but when you move, your head is full of mush. The little fat man lowered his head and frowned, not knowing what he was thinking.
"Big brother, what should we do?" Ding Hao is now in a mess, and he doesn't know what to do. Now he has no choice but to ask the resourceful fat big brother for advice.
The little fat man thought for a while and said: "Now, we can't move around, let's not say that we are in the tiger's den, and we are in danger of losing our lives at any time." Moreover, this situation does not allow us to startle the snake. Well, let's follow this little boy tonight and see where he goes back to sleep, and then make plans. ”
Ding Hao felt that what the little fat man said made sense, and the two of them came to a tea shop. While drinking tea, they decided not to go to the palace tonight, and waited until dawn tomorrow to go with their luggage.