for evil

One winter snow and one cold, the heavy snowfall in Yiyang this year was neither too early nor too late, but the sudden snowfall really dealt a severe blow to the people in the city who were troubled by disasters. Soldiers in the city came and went, busy Pick up the homeless refugees who froze to death in this cold night, starving and dead everywhere, and there are fewer people on the street.

The little beggar stayed to take care of the little man, and did not go out of the street. The three of them went out, saying that freezing to death was better than starving to death, wrapped themselves in rags, and went out as if they were dead.

There were only three people left in the ruined temple, the little man, the little beggar, and the nagging old Taoist.

The old Taoist said he was staying overnight, but when he woke up just in time for the heavy snowfall, the old Taoist refused to leave shamelessly and tearfully, Kuhaha pointed to the heavy snow outside and begged everyone: "Go out at this time, are you asking me to leave?" Die!" None of the people in the ruined temple had a hard heart, looked at this trembling old man, and finally nodded in agreement.Lai Da said coldly: "As soon as the snow stops, you will leave, do you hear me?"

The old Taoist agreed, and stayed happily.

The old Taoist roasted his hands with the firewood burning in the temple, and chattered: "How old are you two?"

The little beggar kept sneering at this old guy who cheated and cheated, and said coldly: "I don't know."

The old Taoist didn't seem to see his disdain, and continued to talk cheerfully: "I also have an apprentice, who is the same age as you, maybe nine or ten years old, very smart, and I thought he would inherit me. Mantle, but no chance."

The little beggar stirred the half bowl of hot porridge that was burning on the fire, but didn't answer.

The old Taoist continued: "He is dead..."

The little beggar beat his hand.

The old Taoist stared at the sparkling firewood, feeling a little lost: "He died of starvation. When he died, his legs were only as thick as hemp sticks, and he hadn't eaten a bite for five or six days. After that, all the people in the Taoist temple died , only my other disciple and I were left, we went all the way south, we wanted to enter this Yiyang City to beg for a bite, but the child's life was miserable, after all, he still didn't make it to the city."

The little beggar paused for a while before saying, "It's not easy to live these days."

The old Taoist smiled: "You are very enlightened. I am short of an apprentice. Why don't you call me Master and I will teach you how to practice Taoism? Just follow me?"

The little beggar said: "Why follow you? You can't protect yourself, so following you will only starve to death?"

The old Taoist said: "You don't know, I have a younger brother in Hailing. It is said that his Taoist temple is quite famous in the local area. I want to look for him. How about it? Do you want to follow me to see, you can't do it forever beggar?"

The little beggar said: "I am willing."

The old Taoist shook his head, speechless, and turned his head to see the little man who was wrapped in a quilt and looked at him with big eyes, so he said: "I didn't say that, even if you don't think about yourself, you still have to think about it." Think about your little brother."

The little beggar glanced at the little man, and said leisurely: "He is not my younger brother, my family members are all dead, and I am the only one left."

The old Daoist was stunned for a while, and then he could hold back a sentence: "It's not easy to live these days." Then he said: "People around me are also dead. Since we are so destined, otherwise, you should follow me and wait for the snow to stop. , how about we go to Hailing?"

The little beggar glared at the noisy old man: "Speak again, you don't have to wait until the snow stops, you can go to your junior brother now."

The old Taoist shrank his shoulders, and finally stopped talking, but he still couldn't hold back, looked at the little man, and said leisurely: "This little boy, I will follow you to eat and eat, and the illness has been dragging on like this. If we continue, we will end up starving to death or dying from illness..."

The little beggar froze for a moment, glanced at the bewildered little man, and fell into deep thought.

The old man fell silent and didn't speak any more.

The entire temple was filled with the sound of firewood burning, and I don't know how long it had passed, so long that the old Taoist who was roasting firewood was a little drowsy, and was suddenly awakened by a word from the little beggar.

The little beggar said: "You are right, when the snow stops, you can take him away."

The old man stared wide-eyed: "What did you say?"

The little beggar said: "I said, take him away!" At the end, he grinned and added: "Don't you lack an apprentice? I think this kid has a lot of wisdom, you take him away!"

The little man opened his big round eyes, half understanding, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Yeah, okay..." The old man responded in a strange way.

It snowed heavily for five days in a row. When the snow stopped, the old man took the little man on the road.

The little man was lying on the back of the old man, but his eyes were fixed on the little beggar.

Hooked Nose said from the side: "This little boy is exquisite and translucent. He doesn't belong to our profession at first glance. It's a pity to follow us. You can take it away, maybe you can really become a fairy, and you can also help us. Hahaha……"

Lai Da instructed: "You guys have to be nice to this kid. Although we met by chance, we fed this kid with the rations we saved. If we really go to Hailing in the future, I saw that this kid lost a few catties and a few taels, but I want to get it back from you."

The old Taoist smiled: "Naturally, he is also my disciple."

The little beggar stepped forward and said to the little man: "Follow this old man well, follow us and not run away, maybe there is still a way to survive by following him, it is also very good for you."

The little man blinked, his eyes were foggy, and he stared at the little beggar.

The little beggar waved his hand: "Let's go."

The old Taoist nodded, and prepared to leave with the little man on his back.

The little beggar tightened his cuffs, looked down and saw the little man holding his little hand, raised his head, saw the little man's eyes, full of reluctance.

The little beggar was stunned, pulled him away silently, and laughed: "Let's go, maybe you can live a better life in the future, it is always good to have a stable place."

The old man left with the little man.

From then on, the old Taoist gained another apprentice, the villain gained a way of life, the little beggar lost a piece of burden, and everyone got their own place. The little beggar felt that there was nothing wrong with this, but there was an inexplicable concern in his heart, which he couldn't explain...

At night, the little beggar sat on the threshold and looked at the stars. The more he looked, the more he felt that the stars looked like the bright eyes of a little man.He suddenly said: "Eh? Do you think I am quite suitable to be a Taoist priest? That old man wanted me to be his apprentice. I remember that the fortune teller also said that I have a fairy fate... this..."

The hooked nose rubbed his legs and giggled aside: "If you want to follow, just follow. Children of your age need a companion. I think you are good to that child. It may be too late to chase after tomorrow. You don't like We, we've already made up our minds, we've been so confused in this life, you're still young, maybe you can change your life?"

After hearing this, the little beggar didn't say a word, and he didn't fall asleep all night.After thinking about it all night, the next day, I resolutely ran to the East.

The place where I met Lao Dao and the others was a small village outside Yiyang City. The village had become a deserted village due to the famine. I searched the whole village but could not find a single villager. Only Lao Dao and the villain were sitting on a big rock in the village. Eating dry food.

Seeing that the little beggar didn't say much, the old Taoist only said: "God's will."

When the little man saw the little beggar, he frowned and smiled.

The three of them headed east all the way, stop and go, walked for more than a month, and finally arrived at Hailing.