two fools

The person lying in the middle of the temple opened his eyes slightly when he heard the voice, glanced at the three of them, and said a little impatiently, "Here you are?"

The beggar bent forward to please him and said, "Beggar head, I am really sorry to keep you waiting for so long. I have already told them severely on the way."

After finishing speaking, he said in a low voice: "You also know...these are two idiots..."

The beggar's face softened a little, and he thought he shouldn't be too fussy with the idiots, so he waved his hands, sat up straight and said to the two idiots, "You two."

The two idiots waited quietly for him to speak, and the beggar head continued: "You two are considered an exception to join our Chengbei Beggars' Gang. Normally, I wouldn't let idiots in, let alone the two idiots."

"But now we are fighting for territory with the beggar gang in the south of the city, so we have to expand our enrollment. Are you two clear?"

At the end, he raised his voice, showing an air of anger. The two idiots didn't know it, so they looked at the beggar with winks. The beggar nodded slightly, so the two idiots also nodded slightly.

Seeing the movement between them, the beggar frowned and said, "What are you doing flirting with each other? You don't understand this little bit?"

After he finished speaking, he sighed again, and said, "Forget it, hand over all the money you have on your body, and then you take them to get a set of clothes."

Er Fool only had seven copper coins left on him. Hearing what Beggar Tou said, he just took them out of his pocket, but held them in his hand, and didn't hand them in.

The head of the beggar knew what he was thinking, and said: "One cannot be a beggar unless he is desperate. If you care about the money, then you don't need to join the gang."

When the beggar heard what the beggar head said, he was really afraid that the second fool would be stuck there, so he stepped forward and walked to the second fool, took the money out of his hand, handed it to the beggar head, and said with a smile: "Beggar head, don't be angry." , I’ll teach them a lesson in a while.”

The beggar really didn't want to see these two idiots, so he waved his hands and said, "Go down."

The beggar bowed and walked out with the idiot and the second idiot.

The second idiot stopped talking the whole time, but the idiot looked left and right, and asked the beggar, "beggar, why are we going?"

The beggar said: "Take you to get the clothes. Every new entrant to the guild can get a suit of clothes."

He patted his body and said: "This is beggar's clothes, your clothes are too clean, you don't look like beggars at all."

When the weather was warm before, the fool would be dragged to the river to take a bath by the second fool every two days, and the clothes were also washed by the second fool, so it looked cleaner.

The beggar saw that the second fool didn't say a word, knowing that he didn't complain deep down in his heart, thinking that he had said something nice about himself, now it's better to say a few cold words to leave him alone.

So he lost his face and said in a low voice: "If you don't want to be in the beggar gang so much, I'll go back and find the head of the beggar right now, and ask him to let you two go back."

"But you have to think about it. When you go out this time, no matter how cold it is outside, you can't go back to the Beggars' Gang."

Just at this time, a gust of autumn wind blew from the south, blowing away Er Fool's loose hair.

The idiot had been staring at the second idiot before, but now he could see the expression of the second idiot clearly from under his hair, and leaned forward involuntarily.

The fool wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes, feeling a little sad himself.

"Second idiot, if you don't want us to go, don't cry."

The second idiot looked up at him with red eyes. The idiot wanted him to be happier, so he smiled at him.The big eyes are bent into the shape of a crescent, but the smile revealed is full.

The second idiot lowered his eyes, took the idiot's hand off his arm and held it in his hand, and said half-soundingly: "Let's go in."

The beggar heaved a sigh of relief after hearing this, and was afraid that the two of them would really leave if they couldn't think about it.

He led the two fools to get their clothes, dressed them and took them to another ruined temple.This is the place where the bottom beggars gather. There are about [-] beggars living in a ruined temple.Now people go out to beg during the day, and at night, the whole room is full of people with no place to put their feet.

The beggar led the two of them to the side where he was lying, pushed the rotten straw mat beside him to reveal an open space, and said to the two fools: "From now on, you two will lie here, and the three of us will stay here together." sleep."

This place is really narrow, the idiot and the second idiot glanced at each other and said, "Can we go back to our own home and sleep."

The beggar said: "You two sleep in the temple outside by yourself, won't you freeze to death in winter?"

The idiot let out a groan, but soon became happy again, and pulled the second idiot to sit down and said, "Second idiot, now you don't have to be afraid of winter."

The second fool nodded, and the beggar smiled the happiest. He took two steps forward and sat opposite them, and said, "I've settled down, and I have to tell you about our taboos and market conditions for being a beggar."

"Our profession of beggars has a history of hundreds of thousands of years. Although we are the lowest people in the world, we can't be self-deprecating."

"I think back then we were among the beggars, and there were many famous people, such as our leader, the patriarch Wu Zixu, who was the first talent among the beggars. I think I lived as a beggar back then. After he got down, he would fight for his life alone in the later stage and get revenge."

"There is also the emperor of the Luo Kingdom and the prime minister of the Ren Kingdom. They all came from our beggars. So although we are beggars now, it may not be possible for us to turn around later."

His last words were for the second idiot, I just hope he can think about it a little bit.

He didn't know if the second idiot listened to it or not, but the idiot was fascinated by it.Wei Wei stared at him with wide eyes, and said in surprise: "It's so powerful."

The beggar said: "That's not true, so you two can stay here with peace of mind, maybe one day you will be prosperous."

His cake painting is quite big, which relieved the depression in Er Fool's heart a lot.

The beggar said: "There is a special way in our profession."

He stood up and took the broken bowl at the side, bent down and said: "When you are in front of others, you should bend down and hum a congratulatory speech."

He hummed a few words: "This is the only way to get money."

"At that time, look around the street more, and try to catch people who are well-dressed and fashionable. Women are softer than men, children are softer than adults, and scholars are softer than martial arts. Catch soft persimmons, you will stay in front of them, say a few pitiful words, and I will give you the thin-skinned and soft-hearted ones."

After finishing the demonstration, he handed the bowl to the second idiot and said, "Come and try."

The second fool looked at the bowl and then at the beggar. The beggar's hand in front of him did not move back, just waiting for him.The second idiot looked at it for a while, then took it from his hand, stood up, bent down like him, and said: "Well-intentioned people...give me a reward."

The beggar pressed his back with his hands, making him bend in an arc.

"Who will give you money if you bend straight like this? You have to bend as if you can't straighten up again, so that you can arouse sympathy."

But no matter what the beggar said, what the second idiot learned was not like it.The beggar sighed and decided to turn his target on the fool.

But the idiot is also stupid, although the waist is better than the second idiot, but he can't remember the libretto, he stutters, which makes people angry.

After working for a long time, the two of them didn't learn anything, but touched their stomachs and said they were hungry.The beggar only felt angry and wanted to scold them a few words, but they didn't do it on purpose, and their wide-eyed eyes were pitiful, so you couldn't say anything.

The beggar had no choice but to sit on the ground and sigh.

After autumn, the noon sun was no longer dazzling. The beggar bought three pancakes, and the three of them sat in the sun and ate them together.After eating, the beggar asked them to watch from the sidelines to see how he was begging.

The two fools watched quietly, and saw how the beggar was despised by others, how he got the money, how he was scolded and driven away.

The second idiot's hand on his side was clenched tighter and tighter, and his state was so strange that even the idiot next to him noticed the difference.The fool picked up his clenched hand, spread out his palm, and found that it was red inside.

The fool carefully blew to him, and when he raised his eyes to look at him, his voice lowered unconsciously.

"Second idiot, what's wrong with you?"

The second idiot shook his head, held the idiot's hand by the way, and said in a low voice, "it's okay..."

He couldn't explain his feelings clearly, there was no pain or itching on his body, and there was no sign of injury.But it was like being pressed by something, heavy and tired, and it was difficult to breathe.

His strange beggar also knew in his heart that he didn't push him too hard, he only said to let him take his time.So for the first three days, beggars were begging, while the fool and the second fool stood in front of their broken bowls and watched.

Occasionally a fool would follow along and get a copper coin or two, which was enough for them to eat.Until the fourth day, the appearance of a disciple from a rich family broke this status quo.

At noon on the fourth day, the beggar went to buy pancakes, while the second fool and the fool stayed where they were and continued to beg.After four days of study, the fool is much better than at the beginning, and the congratulations in his mouth can also be said for a while.

He memorized the formulas spoken by the beggars, and kept his eyes on the people who came and went.The beggar said that a person with a sachet on his waist, a folding fan, and clothes of various colors is a rich man.

The fool remembered it clearly, so he looked back and forth on the side of the road.When such a person appeared, he immediately went to lie down in front of him, and kept saying in his mouth: "Young master, rich and powerful, please do me a favor, take pity on me, the beggar who hasn't eaten for three days..."

Most of the time, the idiot's state is not like a real beggar, and few people will give him money, but today the idiot met stopped.

This young master was still young, and his blue and white clothes set off his gentle appearance.But between actions and words, it is not what it seems on the surface.

When the fool hugged him and lay down in front of him, the servant next to him was about to drive him away, but he stopped him.

The young master seemed to be easy to talk to, and he didn't reprimand him when he saw the fool like this, but just asked, "Is this one next to you with you?"

The one next to him was talking about the second idiot, the idiot nodded, and only heard him say: "Then let him come."