Small wood

It had rained before, and the street was still very wet. When the wheels of the car rolled over the paddy fields, water was splashed with a splash. Amu lay on the window of the car, his eyes were dazzled by the wind, and it turned red after a while.

When he got out of the car, the driver asked him worriedly, "Little Master, are you really alright?"

Amu shook his head: "It's okay, thank you Uncle."

"It's all right?" He put a hand on his shoulder suddenly, leaned into his ear and said, with a smile in his voice.

Amu was startled, the voice was so familiar to him, he didn't look like a serious person, he hurriedly grabbed the hand on his shoulder and pulled it off, pinching it on his fingertips: "Qian Sheng? It's really you, these people God, where have you been?"

Qian Sheng squeezed A Mu's hand instead, turned around to look at it: "Well, it's not bad, my hands have become fat in just a few days, Gu Lin took good care of me."

Amu frowned and pulled his hand back, pinching the half-doubting self, still feeling the same, not fat at all, he rolled his eyes at Qian Sheng, knowing that this person likes to talk nonsense.

"You are Zheng's carriage? Go back, I have nothing to do today, take this wood to the street."

The groom responded and drove away.

Qian Sheng smiled, took out two round ingots of silver from his cuffs, put them in front of Amu to show off, and said triumphantly, "Come and play with me."

Before Amu could speak, Qian Sheng dragged her away.

The two walked back and forth like this, Amu lowered his head, not interested, Qian Sheng put his hands behind his back, like walking in the courtyard, he only took one step out of three steps, and the two of them walked for a long time before looking at two stalls. He also glanced at it and left, not listening to what the street vendor said.

The third stall was a candy maker. Qian Sheng didn't know what he said, which made the stall owner's daughter giggle. Go again next time.

Qian Sheng stuffed one of them into Amu's hand, and bit the other one himself. Amu saw that it turned out to be knotted wood with all the textures and colors. He turned his hand curiously. Then he looked at the one in Qian Sheng's hand. Unexpectedly, Qian Sheng was licking the sugar man's head, and Amu got goose bumps all over his body.

The sugar man pinched Amu, his head was made a bit bigger, and his eyes were also big. He wore the same blue clothes as him, and had a small bun on his head. He just made a crying face, his eyes were dark and watery, and his Tears dripped down his face and his mouth was drawn down.

Amu hurriedly tugged on Qian Sheng's sleeve: "No eating."

Qian Sheng just laughed: "Why can't I eat it? I paid for the sugar man I want, and besides, you have it too."

Amu remembered the money the housekeeper gave him, and hurriedly took it out: "I'll give you the money, don't eat this."

Qian Sheng turned around the sugar figurine in his hand, stroked his chin and thought for a long time, and then swallowed it in one gulp, biting it cleanly: "No."

Amu was so angry that he didn't really want the one in his hand, but the sugar figurine was pinched according to his image, and Qian Sheng licked him in the end, how disgusting it was.

"Now I'm fat, and my face is bulging like a meat bun." Qian Sheng pinched his face, and took out another one like a magic trick: "I'll give you this one."

Which one is another sugar man, a sugar man who still looks like him, but with a round face, a round bun, and a round body, only the eyes are curved into a curved line when smiling, and the mouth is also upturned , looking extremely happy.

Amu took it carefully: "This...is really pretty."

Qian Sheng laughed again, leaning over to lick his face, Amu hurriedly took the sugar figure back and put it on his chest to protect him: "You are not allowed to touch it!"

A girl's laughter suddenly came from the candy stall that was a little far away. Amu looked over and saw that the little girl was smiling at him, covering her mouth and blushing.

Embarrassed at being seen, Amu frowned and asked Qian Sheng: "What did you say to them, why are you staring at me and laughing?"

Qian Sheng ignored him and walked forward by himself.He was wearing old clothes he found somewhere, it was dark red upon closer inspection, just like the cassock of the old monk, although the clothes were dirty and old, the exposed wrists were as white as porcelain, and he was full of smiles. With a peachy face, no matter how you look at it, you don't look like a beggar, but like a bad son of a rich family.

Amu snorted, raised his hand and pulled the clothes behind his buttocks: "Say it quickly."

Only then did Qian Sheng stop, and scratched Amu's chin with his fingers: "I told them that the little boy wet the bed last night and was shy and sad. Let them pinch a crying face for me to tease him, and then pinch a smiling face to coax him. , Finally pinch a piece of wood and tell the little boy who wets the bed to go back and sleep directly on the wooden bed, it oozes fast and tasteless."

Amu crunched the sugar stick in his hand, his face was burning with embarrassment, and his neck was red. He was about to think of some words to hurt this person, but he rubbed his hair and smiled. She told him, "I've been teased and coaxed, and I'm in a better mood."

Amu was stunned, and looked at the smiling candy figure in his hand, only then did he realize that Qian Sheng was trying to make him happy.

He patted his face: "how do you know I'm not happy?"

Qian Sheng smiled, and pulled his chin down: "It's as long as a donkey's face, it's not about being unhappy."

Amu lowered his head, his head was empty, and it was full of pictures of his mother talking to the housekeeper. For some reason, he thought of Gu Lin again, and asked Qian Sheng directly, "Do you know Mr. Gu?" Who is it?"

Qian Sheng looked at him, his eyes were squinted, but he was a bit serious, he smiled again, and said in a foolish way: "A man."

Amu pouted: "You know what I'm asking."

The spring rain has started again, and when the wind blows, it will fly in layers, like a thin mist.

Qian Sheng was good at catching the rain, but as a result, his hands were covered with needlepoint-sized water mist beads, which were covered and wet.

He said: "It's raining, go back to the temple, let me tell you a story first."

Amu nodded hurriedly, protecting the two sugar figurines from the rain.

As soon as they arrived at the temple, those little beggars were also hiding from the rain there. They yelled again when they saw Qian Sheng, and when they heard that he wanted to tell a story, they happily sat in a row, hugging Amu and staring at Qian Sheng quietly. .

Qian Sheng lit firewood to get rid of the humidity, and sat upright for a rare moment, which made everyone a little nervous.

"This story starts with Mr. Gu. He was infatuated all his life and only loved his first wife. But the first wife had not given birth to a child. The situation forced him to marry a concubine. The concubine gave birth to two children. They are both sons. The old man Gu dotes on the two children very much. Unexpectedly, in the second year, the main wife also conceived a child, and it was a boy. Gu was so happy that he was going crazy. Unfortunately, the first wife gave birth prematurely, and the first wife died when the child was born. Master Gu was full of resentment towards the three sons, thinking that he killed the first wife, but he also loved him, because he was the only one left by the first wife. child."

Amu's heart was pounding, he raised his ears and listened carefully, he realized that the third son was talking about Gu Lin.

"Because the third son was born prematurely, his body is really weak. He is inferior to his two elder brothers in everything, but he was born by his regular wife after all. Master Gu hopes that he will inherit his mantle in the future. He treats the third son severely. Severe beatings and scolding, the child was already weak, and was almost beaten to death several times. When he was ten years old, his body was only like that of a six or seven-year-old child. Master Gu knew that if this continued, the child would be useless, so he I found the most loyal subordinate, the Lin family."

"The head of the Lin family is also an infatuated person. He only has one wife and one son. Master Gu was cruel. After taking away the only son of the Lin family as a bargaining chip, he sent his third son there, claiming that his third son was sent to recuperate elsewhere."

"Why did you take the son of the Lin family away? Wouldn't it be better to give it to him?" asked the little beggar.

"My own son is here, how can he still be nice to other people's sons? Besides, Mr. Gu doesn't want others to know about it. The best way is to switch the two children." Qian Sheng said, he didn't laugh, The eyelashes drooped slightly, and the shadows fell in the pupils, making him look particularly unpredictable.The little beggar who asked the question shivered and shrank, and continued to listen carefully.

"More than ten years later, Mr. Gu was seriously ill. He wanted to take his son back and wrote a will. Everything in the future belonged to San'er. Who knew that Er'er knew about it. Er'er planned to kill him long ago. Mr. Gu, who was seriously ill, wanted to fight for the family property and ruined the will. Unexpectedly, Mr. Gu had a serious heart and gave the will to the teacher who was close to him. The second son couldn't find the will, couldn't eat and sleep every day, and finally joined forces with his elder brother , arrested the whole family of the Lin family, and found San'er who was hiding in the Lin family. They hated San'er because Mr. Gu cared about San'er since he was a child, and in the end he wanted to give San'er all his property. They locked up San'er and tortured him day and night, San'er was stubborn and didn't make a sound, while Er'er whipped the iron, branded and cut his flesh."

Wiping his tears, the little beggar asked Qian Sheng angrily with his fists clenched: "San'er is so pitiful, he did nothing wrong, and Master, why didn't you show the will!"

Qian Sheng rubbed his nose, smiled and said, "Master is so timid, Mr. Gu can be killed, if he shows it early, he will die too."

Amu's heart was so blocked that his nose was so sore that he couldn't see clearly because of the choking. He asked sullenly, "What about later?"

"San'er was rescued by Master Gu's old department, and met a good person, took good care of him, and then he got better." Qian Sheng looked at Amu with a smile, and dragged a long tone when he said the good person.

Amu turned his face away: "And later."

"Knowing that San'er has escaped, Er'er hated it even more. He killed all the members of the Lin family, even the servants. For this reason, he wanted to make San'er suffer."

The beggars, who had never heard of such a cruel thing, all took a breath, and some of them were timid, almost crying.

Amu clenched his hands, raised his eyes to look at Qian Sheng: "What about Saner?"

Qian Sheng also looked at him, his eyes were as deep as a black pool: "The Lin family has been kind to the third son in nurturing him, and the second son has revenge on him for killing his father. No matter what, he has to take back the family property and kill him." Second son."

No one spoke for a while, and suddenly there was a sound of horseshoes outside the temple. The groom happened to drive a car to pick up Amu. Seeing a group of children surrounding Qian Sheng, he asked, "Is this telling a story? Is it over? Come and listen."

Qian Sheng smiled at him: "The story isn't over yet, but I've already finished what I wanted to tell."

The carriage scratched his hair, he didn't understand, he smiled honestly, and asked Amu: "It's over, shall we go back, young master, it's getting dark."

Amu stood up in a daze, and followed the groom into the carriage.

The beggars in the temple did not move, they were still immersed in the story that was somewhat cruel to them.They thought that begging day and night without father and mother was pitiful enough, but they didn't expect such terrible things to happen when they had father and mother.

Huanxin hugged her knees, with a complicated expression, she asked Qian Sheng: "The Lin family you are talking about, is it the Lin family who were beheaded by the whole family before?"

Qian Sheng got up casually again, lay down on his side and picked up the red-hot firewood to stir the fire: "Little girl is quite smart."

Huanxin's complexion changed, red, white and white were like magic tricks, she stammered and said, "Then, Mr. Gu, isn't it... isn't it..."

Qian Sheng hooked the corners of his lips and didn't answer, but there was no smile in his eyes.

Huanxin thought for a while, frowned and stood up: "No, I'm going to tell Brother Mu, it's too dangerous."

Qian Sheng shook his head to stop Huanxin, still watching the crackling flames in the fire, and said softly: "He's not an idiot, don't go."