happy event

Chapter 350
Dongfang Qiu didn't want to pay attention to that person at first, but he really looked at that person pitifully, so he casually threw the bone towards him.The beggar-like slovenly ghost was startled at first, and quickly dodged. When he realized that it was the mutton bone he was looking forward to, he whimpered happily, and desperately lay down on the ground to pick up the bone.

Seeing this man's distressed appearance, Dongfang Qiu couldn't help scolding mockingly, "You dog."

When Dongfang Qiu's subordinates heard this, they all laughed.

The beggar who picked up the bones froze for a moment, lowered his head, looked at the pile of bones held by his dirty hands, and tears dripped on the bones.

Dongfang Qiu couldn't help being puzzled, and carefully sized up that person's face.

Out of the corner of his eye, the man saw Dongfang Chou sizing him up, dropped his bones and ran away as if to escape.

The group of subordinates laughed wildly, "Hahaha, just now you looked at those bones like a vicious dog, and then threw them away in a blink of an eye? You really are a dog who doesn't know good or bad."

But Dongfang Qiu walked out of the inn while these people were laughing, and his subordinates were still laughing, only to realize that their leader Dongfang Qiu had disappeared.Looking around, there was no sign of Dongfang Qiu.

All the people stopped laughing and ran to the window to look around, but they still didn't see anything.

Beside the abandoned well, the man who picked up the bones in the inn just now was sitting there, holding a dead branch in his hand, and using the dead branch to draw circles on the ground.The ancients said that this is called painting cakes to satisfy hunger, but no matter how this person draws, he feels that what he painted is just a face, and the features of that face are vivid in this person's mind. Concubine Bo's face when she persuaded him was still the face of Dongfang Chou, the leader of Maitreya, and the serious look of the young emperor when he talked to him and entrusted him with important tasks... In the end, all the faces disappeared, leaving only those laughing in the inn His human face.

The man simply threw away the dead branches and stopped doing unnecessary struggles.

The sound of blacksmiths striking iron came from the ear, one click at a time, very rhythmic.

The blacksmith saw that the man was watching his work carefully, so he joked, "Why? You don't want to beg for food, but you want to come to blacksmith?"

With a rough voice, one could tell it was an authentic prairie man.

Because this area is located on the border, there are people from Daqi and people from the grasslands.No matter who it is, they are here for a bite to eat, just like this blacksmith.

The person standing by the dry well smiled dryly at the blacksmith twice, and then looked at the blacksmith seriously.I kept thinking about a question in my mind: This blacksmith's arms are so powerful, he must be full, right?What did he eat?Mutton bones?No, it must be those delicious lamb knuckles?

Thinking of this, the man lowered his head in frustration, because the face of the person who laughed at him appeared in his mind again.

The blacksmith wondered, "What's wrong with you?"

The man did not speak.

The blacksmith asked again, "Are you hungry? It looks like you haven't eaten for several meals. Come on, I don't have anything good to entertain you in this blacksmith shop. There is only half a bowl of leftovers from lunch. If you don't mind, Just let me bring it to you."

The man stared at the blacksmith without speaking, his eyes were full of expectation.

Although the blacksmith was dull, he understood what the man meant.Quickly put down the work in hand and walked into the back room.After a while, the blacksmith came out with a large bowl.

The man's eyes immediately became greedy when he looked at the big bowl. The top of the bowl was covered with a thick layer of green vegetables, which were oily green. A few leaves turned yellow due to too long time, and there were some black things under the vegetables. , After taking a closer look, he realized that it was eggplant. Although it was a bit burnt, but in his eyes, it was simply a delicacy in the world, and he wished he could grab it and eat it right away.

Under the eggplant is rice, which is yellow, and it can be seen that it is made of aged rice.

However, in his opinion, all of these are delicious things.

The blacksmith handed him the sea bowl, and he took it respectfully, nodding gratefully to the blacksmith.

The blacksmith laughed and said, "I've become a beggar, what are you still so particular about? I'm just a blacksmith, not an official." After talking with a smile, he continued to forge.

His hand holding the sea bowl was a little nervous, for fear that he would overturn the bowl if he didn't pay attention, and lose all the food in his mouth.

With a blacksmith watching from the side, he felt awkward, so he turned around and started eating hard.The food came into his mouth, the feeling of having not eaten for a few days, and suddenly his mouth was full of food made him feel at ease. It seemed that at this moment, everything else was not important. Fame and wealth were not important, winning or losing was not important. meals.

With two strokes, he ate most of the rice in the bowl, but he didn't dare to eat the last half of the bowl.

After hesitating for a long time, he turned around, looked at the blacksmith for a long time, and then grinned, "I... can I take the rest...?"

"It's okay, you can take it away, but I have to keep the big bowl. In my room, there is only one complete bowl. If you take it away, I will have to grab it with my hands next time I eat."

For the blacksmith's kind jokes, he only felt warm in his heart, but instead of laughing, his heart was sour, and instead he had the urge to cry.

The blacksmith found a small half of a banana leaf for him, wrapped the rest of the meal in the banana leaf and handed it to him.

The man only bowed gratefully to the blacksmith. The blacksmith had never seen such a thing before, and just smiled foolishly.It wasn't until the man turned around and took two steps that he realized, and shouted, "Hey, I still have some things here, you can take them."

After all, he ran into the house quickly, and when he came out, he had a few more white and yellow pancakes in his hands.

He insisted not to take it, but the blacksmith was also stubborn, so he just stuffed the pancake into his hand, and said with a naive smile: "Don't look down on this white flour pancake, although it doesn't look big, but you can eat it with cold water, and you will be full." .”

He was stunned for a while, and finally with trembling lips, he said, "You...why did you give me so much?"

These days, he has seen too many, there are abuse, there are punches and kicks, there are snatches between beggars, this is the first time that it is so heart-warming.

The blacksmith said: "Hey, where have you been talking about? How can such a small thing be called too much? Who hasn't been in trouble? When I was in trouble, if it wasn't for an old man on the side of the road to eat half a bowl Pass me the rice, I’m already starving to death. Although my life is not easy now, I still have a life. You too, don’t break the pot, everything will be fine.”

The man nodded to the blacksmith, and he gained strength after eating full, and his curiosity also arose, "How did you get into trouble back then?"

The blacksmith gave him so much, he couldn't help but want to care about the blacksmith's affairs.

The blacksmith scratched the back of his head with his dirty right hand, and said with an indifferent expression: "Hey, it's nothing, but I committed some crimes and was imprisoned by the court. Daqi's law is no better than this grassland. It's easy. But this border is good, although it's a bit chaotic, you don't have to be afraid of offending the court after all."

Daqi?Court?
"Who saw you? Are you going to be locked up?" The man became even more curious when he heard about Da Qi.

Speaking of this, the blacksmith's eyes were filled with mist, and he still shook his head, "It's been a long time, so don't mention it, who told us not to take a detour? Do we have to meet the majestic Lord? My horse was frightened, Almost hit Lord Zongzheng's carriage."

……

The man felt that a bolt from the blue sky hit his head directly.

Seeing the man's eyes dodging, the blacksmith wondered, "What's wrong?"

"Oh, it's nothing, I just thought there was something else suddenly, thank you."

After all, he ran away as if fleeing.

The blacksmith looked at his fleeing back, and couldn't help laughing and cursing, "A poor beggar can still have important things."

bang-bang-

The sound of iron striking followed closely.

Dongfang Qiu followed that person all the time, and that person didn't expect that he would be followed at the border between the grassland and Daqi, so he just focused on running and didn't think about anything else at all.It's just that the blacksmith's words kept echoing in his mind, over and over again, making him unable to hide.

The man came to a dilapidated shed. Dongfang Qiufei was on the beams of the shed. The beams of the shed were extremely fragile. Dongfang Qiu had to use his internal force to control his body so as not to step on those beams.

As soon as the man entered, an old man and a child lying in the dilapidated shed became frightened and shrank towards the corner of the wall.

The man hesitated, choked with sobs, and said, "Don't worry, I'm not here to steal your things. I have something to eat here, and you can eat it."

With that said, he walked towards the child.The child was only five or six years old, his whole body was dirty, his face was covered with dirt, his facial features could not be seen clearly, only his dark eyes were still rolling.

The child was so frightened that he was about to cry. The man hesitated, stopped, put the banana leaf wrapped with food on the ground, and put the white flour pancakes with finger prints on the ground. After the meal, he turned and walked out.

Both the child and the old man were so hungry that they immediately became hungry when they smelled the food.The child hurried over and picked up the banana leaf carefully, as if what he was holding was not a meal, but a Buddha.

The child's nose was almost touching the food, and he inhaled the aroma of the food vigorously, but he didn't eat it immediately, but handed the banana leaf to the old man's side, "Grandpa, here it is."

"Son, what if there is poison?" The old man is not afraid of death, but the grandson is still young.

The child's nose twitched, "There is nothing to be afraid of, grandpa, even if he dies, his grandson will also want to be a full ghost. Eat quickly, the food is not sloppy, it must taste good."

"You eat too."

……

Hearing the conversation in the dilapidated shed, the man standing at the door burst into tears.

Dongfang Qiu who was standing on the dilapidated shed was even more confused.

Dongfang Qiu chased the man all the way to a small river, "Lord Zongzheng, please stay safe."

Dongfang Qiu was the first to greet the people who were sitting on the stone by the river in a daze.

The man turned his head, his washed face was full of doubts, who is this man?
Seeing Lord Zongzheng's doubts, Dongfang Qiu immediately tore off the naked beard on his face, "Master Zongzheng is really a noble person who forgets things so much, even I don't remember."

(End of this chapter)