The Tight Embrace of the End Times

When the beggar stretched out his hand, Nian Xia was taken aback, he yelled nervously and unconsciously, and quickly shrank to Wang Shuo's side.

Wang Shuo said angrily, "Who are you? Where did you come from?"

Uncle Wu directly put down the bowls and chopsticks, stood up, stopped the beggar with one hand, and stretched out his arm with the other hand, waving the back of his hand outward, frowning tightly, and said impatiently: "Go, go, go, go ……,hurry up."

The beggar leaned forward cheekily and persistently, and when he saw the blue vegetable salty broth, his saliva flowed out, and when he saw the yellow cornbread, he simply swallowed his saliva, and his stomach let out a cry in response to the occasion, The beggar continued to shout: "Give me a stutter. I haven't eaten for several days. For the sake of being an old man, just give me a few bites."

Uncle Wu snorted: "Old man? It's not bad to deceive a group of young people, and you even deceived me. I think you are no more than 40 years old. You are called an old man. According to you, I am also an old man."

The beggar continued to shout: "Yes, yes, you are not an old man, but I am disabled, look at my hands, look at my hands, I have to come out to beg for food because my hands are broken."

It was blocked by Uncle Wu's body before, and everyone noticed the beggar's left arm. The sleeves there were empty from the middle, and it was obvious that the arm was missing from the elbow joint.

The frightened Nian Xia felt sorry for the beggar, stepped out from Wang Shuo's side and said, "He is indeed pitiful, just give him something to eat."

Uncle Wu said angrily: "When you are young, you are easily confused by appearances. When you get older and experience more things, you will know how to tell the difference." He turned to the beggar again and said: "You This age is also in the prime of life. If it is usual, it will be a period of rapid development of a man's career. Yes, you are missing a hand, but there are many things you can do. Isn't this place close to the sea? Ah, every high tide in the sea leaves a lot of small fish and shrimps. Be diligent and pick up some to eat every day, so you won’t be hungry. Also, why do you have an [-]-year-old mother and a three-year-old child? It's nonsense, it's all a lie."

The beggar didn't pretend to be a pitiful rascal anymore, but said with a bit of pain: "In my life, I will never rely on the sea for food again." After saying that, he bent over and turned around to leave.

Nian Xia still couldn't bear it, and looked at Wang Shuo pleadingly, Wang Shuo said in a deep voice, "Okay, come over and have some food." And he gave up a seat.

Uncle Wu still wanted to say something, but seeing that no one else objected, he swallowed the objection he wanted to say.

The crowd opened up a bit, and let the beggar sit down too. Nian Xia filled him with vegetable and savory broth, and grabbed a few pieces of corn cakes and put them in the beggar's hands. The beggar drank a bowl of porridge in one go. He slammed his lips loudly, and some tears came out of his eyes. He sighed and said, "I said I have an eighty-year-old mother and a three-year-old child. Of course, I made it up. After the end of the world, I have been begging for food for so long. Either I was beaten or I was scolded, I really didn’t expect to get a stutter today, but I’m really a lonely family, one person is full, the whole family is not hungry, come, kid, give me another bowl.”

With that said, he stuffed the bowl to Nian Xia.Nian Xia glanced at the people around him a little bit wronged, and filled another bowl for the beggar.

The slickness in this beggar's bones seems irreversible.

Gu Hai asked curiously, "You said you couldn't get a meal, so what do you usually eat?"

The beggar smiled: "There is food everywhere, grass, bark, worst of all, there is Guanyin soil."

Both Gu Hai and Nian Xia were stunned. They both knew that people would eat anything when they were extremely hungry, but they still couldn't accept the person's own admission of eating dirt.

The beggar didn't think about Nian Xia's friendship with food for him at all, and said with a sneer, "It's rare to see, these two little kids have such a good life." There was a lot of jealousy in that expression, and he couldn't forget to sigh while eating the cake: " Now, it’s not the same as before, before begging, you would pay ten or hundreds of yuan into the money bowl, but I’m not used to it, now, it’s hard to get a stutter.”

Nian Xia was surprised again: "You, you used to beg for food? Didn't you have a job?"

The beggar said disdainfully: "White-collar workers don't earn as much as I do at work. I can earn money just by lying there. How wonderful!" The beggar's expression was actually nostalgic for the old days.

Uncle Wu said angrily: "Old liar."

The beggar heard it and didn't take it seriously.

The beggar then said to Nian Xia: "Be careful in the future, don't be easily deceived by others. Learn more from your brothers, they are all better than you. To be honest, the money I collected before , and most of them are given by people like you."

Nian Xia is a kind and intelligent person, he could hear that the beggar's words were for his own good, and said with a warm smile, "I know, but you..., uh..., I don't know yet What do you call it? Don’t beg for food. You can support yourself without a hand. It’s great to support yourself and help others, so that you won’t be beaten and scolded. On the contrary, people will like it. You, thank you, isn't this better?"

The beggar was stunned, because Nian Xia's smile, or his words, reminded the beggar of something a long time ago.

"In the past, my surname was Chen, so you could call me Beggar Chen. No one called me by my first name. I might not even be able to react when you called me. I was a child of an ordinary fisherman. I knew since I was a child that I would also want to As a fisherman, I also went out early and returned late, I also struggled, and I was young..."

According to the beggar, he was born in a fishing village by the sea in Yanghai City, where people have been fishing for generations, from a small fishing boat to a large gas fishing boat that requires the cooperation of dozens of people. Looking back, you are still fishing, and you are still making a living in the stormy sea. Danger is everywhere.

Beggar Chen is the most common fisherman. He bought a fishing boat in partnership with fellow villagers.

"In those few years, I caught up with a lot of fish. I caught up with the good times. My pockets were full. Really, I was full of energy and motivation every day. Although I made a lot of money, I still wanted to save some more money. To start a small business and marry a daughter-in-law, you may not understand our psychology, generations of fishermen, of course some people are used to this kind of life, do not think much, and are content with this kind of life, but more people dream I want to get rid of the fisherman's skin, I don't want to fight the wind and waves, I don't want to smell fishy every day, I don't think that in the end, the fishy smell seems to blend into your bones, no matter how many times you wash it, it's useless, no matter how much money you earn Do it, but most people still can’t get rid of their fate. The children of fishermen all get married early and have children early, so they can’t save money at all. I want to get rid of it with all my heart. Money, start a small business, have other ways of living, find a wife, have a child, not too many children, two are enough, I will train him with all my heart, and train him into a college student, if not later... "

Later, when the beggar and his fellow villagers were fishing, they met a shark. The shark was very big and powerful, and the surrounding waters were disturbed by him. The shark caught in the net began to swim in the opposite direction, trying to break through the fishing net. Escaping, the fishing boats were all driven by it, the beggar and his fellow villagers also used their greatest strength to pull the fishing nets, in an attempt to keep the shark, the shark began to be pulled a little bit like a fishing boat, and was pulled out of the water little by little.

"Later, the shark was unwilling to be caught like this, and was still struggling hard. Finally, he rammed his head into the fishing boat. The fishing boat was hit hard and shook endlessly. The shark, the shark didn't stop after being hit once, and the fish would surely die. It started hitting the fishing boat again and again, and the fishing boat could no longer maintain a stable position. The fishing boat kept tilting and shaking, and everyone on board was shaken to this side. I was still holding on to the fishing net at that time. How big was the impact, and finally I let go of the fishing net, but was catching up with the shark's impact again. I accidentally fell into the sea and struggled a few times in the sea. I saw the shark's big mouth open towards me. I was really scared at the time. I closed my eyes and completely forgot that I could swim. The next moment, the severe pain hit, and the shark bit off my left hand. The severe pain made me awake, and my companions on the boat were also I called my name loudly, and threw a circle of rope down. I don’t know where the strength came from. I swam a few meters quickly, grabbed the rope, and my companions pulled me into the boat. Finally, we lowered the fishing net and let the shark swim. gone."

The people around listened to the beggar's words silently, not knowing how to comfort him with words.

The beggar smiled: "That time was the last time I was on a boat in my life. If possible, I wanted to stay away from the sea, but I can't help it. My brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces are still at the seaside. I can't leave. "

Gu Hai couldn't help but ask, "What happened later?"

The beggar said: "Later, my fellow countrymen sent me to the hospital for treatment. It was very dangerous and saved my life."

Nian Xia disagreed: "Don't say that about yourself, life is precious."

The beggar twitched the corner of his mouth: "Although I survived, I am afraid of going on a boat from now on, even being afraid of going near the sea. Not to mention my situation, but only to say that I am not fit to stay on a boat anymore because I am missing a hand. I am a disabled person, and my family helped me apply for the minimum living allowance for the disabled, but I was still young at the time, in my thirties, how could the minimum living allowance be enough for me? I hate fishing boats, but I have grown up so much. I can’t do without the fishing boat. All my things are fishing boats, which are all given to me by the sea. After leaving the fishing boat, I’ve run out of money. I’m a useless person again. In the end, I was sent to the hospital by my family again because I drank too much and my stomach was perforated. I almost died again, and I dare not drink again.”

Nian Xia said: "It's a good thing not to drink. Next, you should find a better life. But, how did it become like this?"

The beggar said: "I want to find a job to live a good life, but I have no skills, and now I don't have a good health. Where can I find a job. In the end, a big sister from the Disabled Persons' Federation introduced me to a job in the factory. I also really want to live a good life, but the rules in the factory are strict. For people who grew up on fishing boats, this is such a difficult thing to bear. The factory wages are low, so I want to work hard for a few years. It's impossible to find a woman who doesn't mind my disability and live a good life, but I still insist on it, and I always insist on it, because I don't know what else I can do, but at this moment, one thing completely It crushed me, and it crushed my dignity as a human being."

Everyone thumped in their hearts, the leak in the house coincided with continuous rain, they must be talking about the beggar, the last straw crushed him, making him what he is now, beyond recognition.

"I was working in the factory, and my younger brother called me. He said that my mother was sick and was in the hospital. He told me to hurry there. I hurried there, but the doctor said that the operation would cost hundreds of thousands. It can be cured after surgery, but how can we pool hundreds of thousands? I begged my grandpa, sued my grandma, and borrowed it for nothing. I have said all the good things in my life, and I have given all my dignity I lost everything, but I still can't make up enough money for the operation. My old lady saw it, she asked to go home for her birthday, and that day happened to be her birthday, so we bought her a big cake, gathered together like foreigners, and gave it to her. She sang a birthday song. After we fell asleep, the old lady went out by herself. The next day we searched the whole village but could not find her. Later, her body was washed ashore by the waves, and the family members just I know, the old lady did not run away from home because she was afraid of embarrassing the family, but jumped into the sea. The old lady has never had a good life in her life, but she is really kind to us children. She would rather die than embarrass us. From then on, I am afraid The sea, but I love the sea, that's where my mother died, that's the way she loved us, but I'm loathing myself again, I always think that I'm useless, that's why I drove my mother here For the sake of it, I want a lot of money, I want my old father to live a good life, you know, when people get old, there are always various problems, I want my old father to have money to treat diseases when he gets sick." The beggar said here , Wiping his eyes, no matter how he ended up on the road of begging, his original intention is moving.

Everyone knows that the beggar must encounter many unfavorable things in the future. When a person is unlucky, he often feels that everything he encounters is not smooth, but as long as he survives, the rain will pass and the sky will clear. this day.

How did the beggar end up on the road of begging?He first said that he was a loner, and then he mentioned his brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces. What happened after that?