Old Man's Begging Stick

The beast bared its two sharp teeth, Ah Heng heard its heavy breathing, and smelled the bloody smell of the beast.The pressure from this ferocious beast is more terrifying than the tiger in the daytime. This is probably the monster that Old Wentou and the others talked about.

"Roar—" the beast roared in a low voice, and in the night, Ah Heng saw the vigorous figure of the beast hiding behind the tree.Even with the cover of twilight, Ah Heng still clearly saw the copper coin markings on the golden fur of the beast. It seemed that it was a leopard.But... There is such a big leopard. The leopard is bigger than the tiger.

Ah Heng confronted the leopard with a begging stick. To be honest, he felt that he was no match for the leopard.But you have to try, maybe you can win a chance

"Roar—" The leopard had no intention of fighting, and moved its two ears back.Then Ah Heng saw a blur in front of his eyes, and a gust of wind blew by. Ah Heng only saw the black and yellow leopard dodging a few times before disappearing into the dense forest.

Ah Heng breathed a sigh of relief and put down the begging stick to wipe the cold sweat off his head: "It's so dangerous..." Isn't it so dangerous? After just a short while, Ah Heng felt that his vest was sweating. You must know that he procrastinated today. I have never been so nervous with a tiger.

A Heng pushed aside the bushes in front of him with a begging stick, and saw a five-meter-square stone under the shade of the trees behind the bushes.There were bloodstains on the stone, Ah Heng bent down to touch the blood, it was dark and smelly.It seems that the leopard was poisoned and rested here, but ended up breaking into its territory.

After saving his life, Ah Heng walked towards the small ruined temple with the dilapidated herb basket on his back.There are such terrifying beasts in the dense forest, no wonder old Wen made repeated orders not to allow Ah Heng to go out at night.In other words, if you really encounter such a beast, let alone at night, even in the daytime, you have no chance of winning.

The door of the ruined temple was half-closed, and old Wen huddled in the door, looking at the path leading to the dense forest.A tall figure on crutches seemed to appear at the end of the path under the moonlight. Old Wen panted heavily, and then opened the tattered door with his insensitive hands.

"Aheng—" Old Wen stood in front of the small temple and stretched his neck to watch, he called uncertainly, "Is that you? Answer—"

Old Wentou came out to see if there was any trouble outside. He was old and his eyes were dim, so he had to call a few times every time he went out.In case Ah Heng gets lost in the woods, he may be able to find his way back by hearing his voice. Of course, there are risks in doing so. In case of attracting wild animals in the forest, old Wentou's life will be confessed .

"It's me." Ah Heng's voice was still so low and hoarse, like someone who had been thirsty for a long time.

Old Wen felt relieved when he heard Ah Heng's voice. He didn't see the lantern in Ah Heng's hand, so the candle must have been burned out.

Old Wen tremblingly walked towards Ah Heng from the small path, and blamed him, "You child, why have you been here for so long without being injured?"

A lot of herbs were stuffed in the basket on Ah Heng's back. Hearing old Wen's rambling, his heart seemed to be stuffed with soft grass.

In the twilight morning light, the fragrance of herbs came from the small ruined temple.Ah Heng and Old Wentou carefully processed the herbs, which are now being gurgled and boiled in the small clay oven.

"It's almost there." Ah Heng brought a broken bowl and poured out half of it with brown herbs.Old Wentou hurriedly stretched out his hand to carry it: "Come here, I'll come, the dog has grown so big, he hasn't taken any medicine yet." There was still a bit of excitement in his words

Old Wen pretentiously blew on the hot concoction, and Ah Heng helped Ergou up.

With just one mouthful, Er Gouzi yelled "嗤".

The old Wentou said happily: "Ah Heng, you are really a genius doctor. Gouzi was still unconscious just now, and now he woke up after being touched by the medicine!"

Er Gouzi's eyes were full of tears: "Hot—"

The old warm-headed beggar had an outburst of nature, and he muttered: "Where is it hot..."

Old Wen lowered his head and took a sip of the concoction, only to hear a sound of "噗——", and Lao Wen sprayed Ergou all over his face with a sip of the concoction.

"Hey, it smells so good, but it tastes so bitter!" Old Wen felt that his whole mouth was numb, "This herbal medicine is also bitter..." So, old Wen, you drink it because you think the herbal medicine tastes good.

Ah Heng wiped his face, and pointed to the small clay stove: "The medicine juice is enough, not only the dog wants to drink it, but you also need to drink it, Old Wentou."

Old Wentou's face turned darker than the medicine juice in the bowl. He carefully poured the medicine on the second dog while begging for mercy: "I am not sick and painless, so I don't drink it, let the dog drink more. "

Li Ergou who couldn't resist in the fever: ...No!I don't want to drink!

Ah Heng asked Er Gou to lie down, and then explained in a good voice: "You and Er Gou were both injured. This herbal medicine can dissipate blood stasis and relieve pain. You are welcome to drink more."

Holding half a bowl of medicine juice on his head, Old Wen couldn't laugh or cry: "Is there no good medicine in this world?" He once secretly picked up dates from the traditional Chinese medicine dregs on the road and ate them. Although they tasted like dates, they were still more bitter than sweet.

The medicine Ah Heng decocted smelled much more fragrant than the one made by the pharmacy clerk, and it was also bitter.

Ah Heng picked up a broken bag, and he was going to go out to beg.Hearing this, he blurted out: "Yes, there are many delicious medicines in this world..." Which medicines are delicious? Ah Heng couldn't tell why.

"Ah Heng, where are you going?" Seeing that A Heng was in a daze for a while and was about to go out, Old Wen quickly called out.Ah Heng walked forward slowly, leaning on a stick: "Go and ask for some food."

I did pack a lot of things yesterday, but both Ergou and Old Wen were injured, and Ah Heng consciously shouldered the burden of supporting his family.

But Ah Heng didn't have much talent for begging, and when he came back at noon, the cloth bag was empty.Fortunately, there are stocks at home, Ah Heng bit yesterday's rotten steamed buns and remained silent.

"Ah Heng, what are you thinking?" Old Wentou put a small piece of pickle lump in A Heng's hand.Ah Heng said slowly: "Old Wen, I don't want to beg for food." It's not good to reach out and ask others for it.

"I have hands and feet. Even if I become a hunter, it's better than begging for a living." Ah Heng held the black begging stick, and he always felt that what he did was shameful.

Old Wen sighed and patted Ah Heng on the shoulder: "Who wants to beg for food, but it is really difficult for old, weak, sick and disabled people like us to support themselves."

Ah Heng's words caused old Wentou to remain silent for a long time.Er Gouzi also felt that his aura was not right, so he leaned over and poked Ah Heng's waist: "Did someone give you a bad face this morning and scold you?"

Ah Heng looked at Ergou, he couldn't reach out his hand to beg for things all morning, but he didn't hear anyone scolding him.

Just staring at the sky in a daze, Ah Heng felt that his chest was tight and uncomfortable.He shouldn't have lived like this...

Ergouzi was chattering about the method of begging to Ah Heng, but Ah Heng was distracted again.

Old Wentou sighed: "Gouzi, you can leave Ahheng alone, don't bother him." Old Wentou could see that Ahheng is a capable person, maybe he will soon Leave here to find your own way of life.

After all, relying on the pity of others to earn a living is unreliable. Why doesn't Old Wen know this truth, but he can't change the status quo.Everyone who comes out to beg has his own unbearable past, but if there is a way, who is willing to trample on his dignity without clothes and food

In the small dilapidated temple, the trio of beggars were eating silently.Suddenly there was the sound of chaotic footsteps outside the ruined temple, and the Xiaoer of Xinghualou was sweating, and he rushed into the ruined temple: "Strong Aheng! Our boss' old enemy is here to trouble him again! You Go and have a look!"

"Let's go." Ah Heng put down the rotten buns in his hand, and walked out of the ruined temple leaning on a begging stick.

Old Wentou and Ergouzi looked at each other, and old Wentou suddenly thought of something: "Who is the opponent of Xinghualou?" Ergouzi scratched his cheek: "Will Xinghualou have an opponent?"

It is said that beggars are the most well-informed, but Old Wentou and Li Ergou know which store in Xiaoyan Town has food waste, but they don't know much about other gossip.After all, the sphere of influence of these two old and weak groups is in the most lucrative area. In a place as high as Xinghualou, they don't even have the qualifications to grab food waste, let alone know who the enemy of Xinghualou is.

Ah Heng was not walking fast, and the waiter in the shop was sweating anxiously: "Strong man! Ancestor! Can't you walk faster!"

Ah Heng didn't look sideways: "I'm sorry, I can only walk so fast."

The waiter in the shop was anxious and angry: "Ancestor! You passed by so slowly, our boss is going to be cold!"

Walking to the entrance of Xinghua Building, I saw a dense circle of people in front of Xinghua Building, and several burly men stood in the crowd to prevent the group of onlookers from entering.The leader of the big guy with flowery arms saw the waiter bringing Ah Heng back, his sharp eyes swept over Ah Heng a few times, and then showed a dismissive expression.

Ah Heng looked up at the second floor of Xinghua Building, he felt that something was on the second floor, and he had already seen through him.This feeling is very bad, Ah Heng feels that he has been stripped naked and exposed to the eyes of others.

The author has something to say: Gouzi: Ah Heng is slow, eating feces can't keep up with hot ones!

Shop Xiaoer: Strong man, can you hurry up!

Old Wentou: Man, don't hurry up!

Stupid author: Old Wen, you overturned.