[Rebirth] King of Theater

In an era of relatively blocked information, it is not easy to find someone.

Although Al and Ben Foreman in the previous life were a pair of good friends, they were familiar with each other, and they often got together to chat (confession).However, some specific details, such as "where did you live more than ten years ago", are obviously impossible to mention in detail in the chat.What's more, when I was chatting casually at that time, I didn't know that such an unscientific thing as rebirth would happen one day.

Therefore, Al can only rely on some small information brought out during the chat, such as "I especially liked the small biscuits sold by a certain store at that time", "There is a tailor-made suit shop near my house. The tailoring skills here are particularly good." In this case, I patiently pondered for a long time, and circled a general area.

In this way, there is no need to look for a needle in a haystack.

Moreover, once the general scope is determined, it will naturally be much easier to find a relatively well-known loan shark.

But considering the distance back and forth, Al was not in a hurry to set off immediately.

He ran to a bakery on the corner first.

As the saying goes, the children of poor families are the first to be in charge of the family, which is not true at all.

While the other kids only knew how to eat and play, Al was already running up and down the street helping people with chores.Therefore, the clerk at the bakery knew him. Seeing him wandering in front of the shop, he couldn't help asking, "Al, what are you doing here?"

The clerk is an Italian immigrant, and his accent always has the whine of a Sicilian dialect.

Al immediately shrewdly used the same dialect to get close, and put on a pitiful look, covering his stomach: "I want something to eat, a piece of bread, half... the cheapest, and the leftovers are fine."

Although hearing the local accent in a foreign country makes people feel kind...

But the clerk still hesitated: "But you, you have no money!"

If it is a normal 13-year-old child, there is probably no way to retreat at this time.

But in his previous life, his whole family died and he was alone all the time. Al, who struggled to survive in the society, never knew how to write the word 'give up', and he had already honed his face thick enough.

So, he put on a weak look, and talked about his father who was exhausted at work; his mother who had a big belly but only shed tears day and night; His younger siblings are too young, and the family can’t get rid of the pot. Of course, he is the worst one. He hasn’t eaten anything decent all day and night. If no one shows mercy, he may be like the little match girl in Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tales. The same corpse on the street.

At that time, information was underdeveloped, and people hadn't accepted the crazy sales shock of "you are worse than me, and I am worse than you" in the Internet age.

Therefore, it is particularly easy to be touched.

What's more, Al is now articulate, and when he talks about the tragic situation at home, he chooses words and sentences with special skill, which is exaggerated and sensational, which makes people cry.But he grasped a degree wisely, he didn't blindly sell miserably, making people bored, and he didn't beg too much for mercy like ordinary poor people, or kidnapped morally, with a look of 'you are not kind if you don't help me', but with A kind of helplessness only for adults.Especially when it came to the end, he didn’t even mention the bread, but sadly mentioned that it was not easy for his father to support the family. In the end, the little adult looked very considerate, and sighed softly: “Everyone’s life is not easy. "

Such a villain obviously pretended to be pitiful and asked for bread at the beginning, but as he talked, he became considerate of others, and put on an attitude of "I know it's not easy for you, even if you don't give me bread, I don't blame you" Understand the attitude, making people feel sad and funny at the same time.

The clerk relented.

He thought, "This kid only wants half a piece of leftover bread, and it's nothing worth giving it for nothing." Then he secretly looked around, and after confirming that the boss was not there, he quietly took a piece of bread that had been left for a few days, but it was actually unsalable. The hard bread that went out was stuffed into the child, and at the same time he waved away and said, "Go! Go!"

Al immediately thanked him in a low voice, took the bread very wisely and ran away.

After running far, he stood on the side of the road and devoured the bread. Because there was no water, he choked and rolled his eyes for a while, but his flat stomach was full, and he finally had a way to survive successfully. Glad to feel.

At the same time, the symptoms of dizziness, weakness, and weakness caused by hunger gradually disappeared, and the strength reluctantly returned to this fragile little body. He licked the bread crumbs on his fingers, and then patted With a small belly, he thought contentedly: "Okay, I can go on a long journey now, and I don't have to worry about starving to death halfway."

Thus, Mr. Ben Foreman, a loan shark, received this...

The youngest, poorest and ugliest client he has ever met in his life.

In fact, Al didn't know how he cheated in his previous life. As he got older, he actually looked better the longer he got.

You must know that there are countless handsome men and beauties in the circle he mixed in later, but even in the most star-studded occasions, he never let people ignore him even if he stood low-key in the corner.

However, he probably didn't feel it himself.

The main reason is that he was too ugly when he was a child, and he was so ugly that he miraculously looked good later, and he felt unreal.

now...

Congenital premature birth, acquired malnutrition, and these few days of starvation all lead to the worst state of the person.

As for how bad it is...

Have you ever seen a puppy in the moulting period?

The lanugo hair has just faded, the new hair has not grown fully, the hair color on the body is deep and light, thin and thick, unlucky, and there are a few bald spots. When there is hair, it is obviously a round face with a bright smile. Now it is moulting, that is A monkey face full of bitterness and hatred!

Al is no different from a moulting puppy right now, with black curly hair that is dry and messy, like a firewood pile, and occasionally a few sticks poking upwards in a daze, his face is yellow and thin, his head is big and his body is small, he walked Shaking like a penguin, there is always a feeling of falling down at any time, the small nose is very pointed, and the green eyes are round, but the former looks a bit like a villain in a cartoon, and the latter may be hungry, like a will-o’-the-wisp The same faint light.

In addition, he dresses very beggarly.

Holes were worn out at the knees of the trousers. The big patched coat was obviously not for adults. It didn’t fit at all. The wide sleeves were rolled up and folded. The toe is obviously worn out, and the dark toes inside can be vaguely seen.

But nonetheless.

Standing in front of Mr. Foreman, this child has a neither humble nor overbearing attitude that adults do not possess.

You know, people these days are very simple and uneducated, and they can't tell the difference between borrowing money and borrowing money.

They don't know that the latter is about human relations, while the former is just a business relationship between you and me. Therefore, even if you know that you have borrowed money, you have to pay interest in the future, and you don't lose money to the creditor. But every time I came to borrow money, I often acted as if I was asking someone to borrow money, with an embarrassing and ashamed look, stammering, hesitating, muttering a sentence in my mouth and turning it around seven or eight times, but I couldn’t simply Speak out, listen patiently for a long time, don't know what they want to say.

But Al was different.

There is a mature soul who has experienced many battles in his seemingly immature body. He calmly put on a candid attitude, and introduced himself politely as soon as he came up.

Because he knew that Mr. Foreman was a red-haired Irish immigrant, he deliberately spoke with an Irish accent, roughly speaking about his name, where he lives, how old he is, and the number of people in his family. After a brief introduction , the conversation turned to the most important aspect: "I heard that I can borrow money from you. I want to borrow 50 yuan. You can give me the highest interest rate, and the term is one year."

During this process, he didn't even stumble, and he spoke every word smoothly; his attitude was also very calm, he neither felt inferior to himself because of his poverty, nor was he cynical, or negative emotions of depression and sadness, calm. Jing said everything that should be said clearly.

Mr. Ben Foreman had never seen such a borrower, staring at him, speechless for a moment.

Until Al realized something was wrong, he raised his head in surprise, and looked at him suspiciously with those green eyes that seemed to be talking, as if asking, "Is there something wrong?"

Of course not!

Mr. Ben Foreman almost wanted to shout.

Are you really only 13, not 30?

Even if an adult came to borrow money, he would not be able to perform better than you are now!

But when the words came to his lips, he stopped again.

At the same time, his gaze involuntarily stopped on the pair of tattered shoes on the child's feet, and suddenly he said, "Where did you say you got it from?"

Al didn't quite understand what this question had to do with what he said about borrowing money.

But considering the other party's future creditor status, he still answered this question: "Rod Street [note]."

"How did you get here?"

"Come over."

"But there is a full twenty kilometers away from here!"

"So I walked for over six hours."

"...Aren't you tired?"

"A little bit, but if you can borrow money, you won't be tired."

"But why, why, is there no adult in your family? Just let you be this one, this one..."

Mr. Ben Foreman was both shocked and incomprehensible, and couldn't help asking.

Al would be somewhat annoyed if someone else kept asking questions like this, even if they didn't reveal anything on the surface.

But because of the friendship with the patient in his previous life, he clearly knew that Ben Foreman was not malicious, so he repeated what he said to the bakery clerk without hesitation.

This time it is the normal version.

Because the clerks in the bakery are low-level citizens, they inevitably prefer some exaggerated and dramatic things in their preferences. If they want to arouse the sympathy of the other party, they can only say so.

But Mr. Ben Foreman is different. Exaggerating the drama makes people feel like a lie.

Therefore, he didn't have so many sensational and tearful descriptions, but just explained a few words flatly, his father was exhausted, his mother couldn't do anything with a big belly, and his younger siblings were still young, so he had to stand up to support the family ...

It's not that Al is inherently cunning, it's because he has learned all kinds of tricks in dealing with people early on in his previous life.

What's more, although he knows how to speak more satisfyingly, he also guards his bottom line. For example, although there are different versions of the same thing, they are all true in the final analysis, and he is not lying or deceiving.

But just this, Mr. Foreman was stunned.

"Poor boy," he murmured sadly.

Al smiled, didn't take it seriously, and didn't feel how pitiful he was.

But the more he is like this, the more people feel sorry for him. He is still so young and his bones haven't grown strong yet. He has to carry a home that can crush him in a minute...

At this time, Mrs. Foreman, who had been doing needlework by the side and had no intention of interfering with her husband's work, intervened rarely.

It was a very neat woman. While wiping her tears, she pushed her husband hard and shouted, "You miser! What are you talking about, this kid just borrowed 50 yuan, give it to him quickly! If any stinky beggar asks you for money, don’t you always give them a few dollars out of kindness? Now that a poor kid asks you to borrow money, why are you dawdling!”

"I, I didn't say no to borrowing it."

While arguing, Mr. Ben Foreman took out the money: "You women are the best at messing around. I borrowed money to do business a few days ago, and you scolded me for being fake and generous. Now I haven't said anything, and I'm accusing you I'm stingy..."

Is that a thing?

Mrs. Foreman was so angry that she beat him hard!

Mr. Ben Foreman put on an honest look of being beaten and scolded, and he didn't fight back.

Wait for the two couples to have a little quarrel.

The kind gentleman walked over with a smile.

He bent down, stuffed 100 yuan into Al's small palm, and said in a coaxing tone, "Here, take it! The money is yours now, and you can pay it back whenever you want."

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PS. Don't doubt your own knowledge level, there is no such place, I made it up, don't research it, it is overhead, or it is a parallel world!