The air is crisp and cool in autumn, and the breeze is blowing.
It is now time for nearby villagers to have breakfast.
Hearing the noise at the entrance of the alley, villagers carrying rice bowls had already come out and looked towards the entrance of the alley.
"How can an adult chase and beat a child?"
"That's right, judging by the way the child is dressed, he is obviously a child from a poor family. Why bother him?"
"This is not a child from a poor family. This is a homeless child without a family. I have seen him several times picking up vegetables and leaves to eat on the roadside."
"Let's go and have a look."
At this moment, Xiao Chen had already closed his eyes tightly.
Although he was full of anger, it would be a lie to say he was not afraid when faced with a wooden pole with a thick arm.
The man had a sinister face and a tall body. He was carrying Xiao Chen, who was no higher than his shoulders. He saw that the wooden pole in his hand was about to fall on his head.
Among the villagers who hurriedly gathered around, some of them were timid. When they saw this scene, they stopped and turned their backs, not wanting to see the bloody scene.
However, after waiting for a long time, the bar did not come down. The collar that tightly tightened around the neck was gradually loosened.
When he opened his eyes, the wooden pole as thick as his arm rested three inches away from his head.
On top of the bar, there are two hands.
One is the hand of the man chasing him, and the other is the hand of the fat man he just bumped into.
The man's face showed surprise and disbelief, while the fat man looked at each other quietly with a faint smile.
"Old man, take your hand away. If you don't, I'll beat you too." The man said fiercely.
Seeing this scene, the villagers nearby started talking again.
"Why is this man like this? Just now he wanted to beat a child, and now he wants to beat an old man."
"Those are the most popular people on the street. They bully others just because they have money."
"Let's go up and try to persuade him," someone suggested.
"No, that person has relatives who work in the county government, and we can't afford to offend him."
"Then we just watch like this?"
"What should we do? Can we afford to offend the government?"
It seemed that he heard the villagers' comments, and the man became even more proud.
"I count to three, if you don't let go, I'll beat you too," the man shouted.
"one"
"two"
"boom"......
A shadow passed in front of Xiao Chen's eyes.
A few feet away, the man fell to the ground like a dog eating shit. Also falling to the ground with him was the wooden pole as thick as an arm.
Xiao Chen's eyes were wide open and his mouth was half-opened, looking at everything in front of him in disbelief.
The villagers nearby were also stunned and stood aside, forgetting to eat.
"Have you eaten?" It seemed that everything in front of him had nothing to do with him. The fat old man looked at the thin little beggar in front of him with a smile.
Hearing the question, Xiao Chen came back from his surprise. Although he had only had one radish leaf to satisfy his hunger till this morning, he did not want to exchange it for anyone's sympathy.
"Eat." Xiao Chen replied.
Although he said and ate stubbornly and hypocritically, a growling sound in his stomach exposed all his lies.
As if he didn't hear Xiao Chen's answer, the old man took out a greasy piece of meat from an unknown animal from his waist and stuffed it into Xiao Chen's hand: "Eat it."
Looking at the piece of meat in his hand, Xiao Chen's tears welled up in his eyes again.
At this time, the man in the distance had already struggled to get up from the ground.
He stretched out his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and then grabbed the wooden pole that fell beside him: "Old guy, do you know who I am? If you dare to hit me, do you want to die?"
He shouted as hard as he could, but he didn't dare to step forward at all.
As if he didn't hear it, the old man patted his chest and looked at Xiao Chen: "I bumped into you just now. This meat should be regarded as compensation from me. Eat it quickly."
After saying that, he stretched out his big greasy hand and wiped it on Xiao Chen's face a few times: "A man won't shed tears easily. Don't cry anymore."
This sentence not only did not stop Xiao Chen's tears, but made him cry "Wow".
Just when the old man wanted to comfort him again, Xiao Chen tore off a large piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth.
He cried and took a bite of meat. The tears flowed from his face to his mouth, as if they were adding seasoning.
This operation shocked the old man.
The villagers nearby looked at Xiao Chen who was crying and eating at the same time, and they also laughed out loud.
However, the man in the distance felt extremely angry when he saw that the old man ignored his shouting.
When I heard the laughter of these villagers, I thought it was a mockery of myself.
"You poor devils, if you dare to laugh at me, I'll see if I don't beat you to death." With that, he was about to rush towards the villagers.
The old man who had been smiling just now turned cold for a moment. Like lightning, the figure flashed back to Xiao Chen.
But the man who had been shouting just now lay on the ground again, motionless.
Those villagers didn't know whether they were threatened by the man's words or frightened by the old man's behavior. One by one, they stopped talking and scattered.
Pulling Xiao Chen up, the old man hurried away towards the outskirts of the town.
After passing through several villages, the old man stopped in front of a dilapidated old temple.
"This is my home, how does it feel? Isn't it grand?" The old man laughed at himself and walked in.
In the ruined temple, the head of a clay Bodhisattva originally enshrined was removed and thrown away for unknown reasons.
On the ground, a pile of dry straw and a broken pot that was still cooking something were all the old man's belongings.
"The house is in chaos, find a place to sit by yourself." After saying this, the old man picked up a tree branch and began to stir up the contents of the pot.
Although the piece of meat was in his stomach, it was no problem for Xiao Chen to withstand hunger for two or three days. However, when he smelled the aroma wafting from the pot, he couldn't help but come around.
.
At this time, food is everything, who is in the mood to find a place to sit. Besides, apart from the pile of dry straw, there is nowhere to sit.
"What kind of meat is in this pot?" Xiao Chen rubbed his nose and almost drooled.
"I said it was beef, do you believe it?" The old man chuckled.
"letter."
"Do you believe it when I say it's mutton?"
"letter."
"You believe everything I say, do you still have any position?" The old man threw his butt and carried Xiao Chen to the side.
"Yes. However, I want to eat meat right now, so I believe whatever you say." Xiao Chen squeezed to the pot again.
"You still want to eat meat." The old man raised his hand and knocked Xiao Chen on the head. "If it weren't for you today, I would still be able to steal it. No, I could also buy a big rooster."
"Yeah, I know, this is a pot of chicken." Xiao Chen shouted happily.
"Pah", the old man hit me on the head again, "If you can only eat chicken, I will buy whatever I see. This is a half-pot hodgepodge."
