Born with the bones

I sneaked out of the Taibai Building, all the way safe and sound, luckily.

With two chicken legs in my arms, I was already satisfied, and I didn't have the idea of ​​stealing any more, so I dragged my hands behind my head and started to stroll around the street.

When I was almost tired from walking and the sky was almost dark, I ran to the overpass where I slept last night, planning to spend another night, and thinking about starting to look for a better firewood house tomorrow.

But when I arrived at the bridge hole, my place had already been taken by several people.

It was a big beggar beating a little beggar, and several other beggars were laughing and watching.The little beggar tightly pursed his lips, his black face was covered with mud mixed with blood.

The little beggar closed his eyes, and for some reason, I suddenly remembered the scene before I was sent to the temple.

The big beggar kicked the little beggar, but I felt a little pain for no reason.

So I said, "Hey, what are you doing on my property?"

The beggars who were watching looked at me with contemptuous smiles, and the big beggar who beat me turned his head with a look of disdain, "This is my territory, you brat with no hair, you are quite courageous!" ah."

I curled my lips and said, "You can say whatever you want, I'm sleepy, you guys go away quickly. I won't be staying here in a few days, so it's up to you."

The beggars were not happy about it. The beggar who beat him kicked the little beggar away and said, "It's a big tone. I wanted to let you go. Now it seems that if you don't beat me, you won't accept it."

I waved my hand, looked at his thin body, and said nonchalantly, "Brother, I don't have any demands, what do you want, but let me sleep."

The beggar sneered and raised his hand to call me.I took a step back, posing for the move.

But the moment my hand touched him, I felt bad in my heart. Although I have practiced some martial arts, and I have never lost a fight with those local hooligans, but as soon as this big beggar made a move, I realized that he is not an ordinary street beggar. .

He grabbed my shoulder and threw it to the top of my head, and then threw me back. I felt like my whole bones were falling apart, but he lifted his foot again and kicked me back hard!

I wiped half of my body on the ground for several meters, until I bumped into the little beggar who was curled up on the ground, and the two of us hugged each other and rolled for two or three meters.

The big beggar sneered and said, "Okay, little brat, sleep well, and don't let me touch you again."

He took the beggars and walked away. My eyes were full of sweat from the pain and blood from wiping, which mixed together and smeared on my eyes. I watched their backs leave vaguely.

I let go of the little beggar and lay back, the pain from my body was hard to ignore.

I grinned and moved my body, but luckily I could barely stand up.But I didn't want to stand up anymore, I touched the chicken leg in my arms, it should not be lost, my heart was settled, and I lay down on the ground in a large font and started to be in a daze.

When I was in a daze, I thought about a lot of things, wondering where to get food tomorrow, whether I could sleep in this bridge hole, whether those beggars would turn back and continue beating me, wondering if those people were the legendary gang of beggars... …

Suddenly, there was a soft voice like a puppy whining: "Do you hurt?"

I suppressed the pain and looked to the side. It was the little beggar who had kept his eyes closed all the time. Now he opened his eyes and was looking at me with teary eyes.

I said angrily, "It hurts, it hurts me to death, what can you do?"

The child stopped talking, and I felt his determination to force back the tears, but the control was not enough, and the golden beans fell down one by one.

I couldn't help but rolled my eyes.

The little beggar looks about five or six years old. The old man said that I am 12 years old now, so do the math, when I was raised by the old bald donkey, I was probably that old.

Thinking of this, I took out the two chicken legs from my arms, got up and sat on the ground with great effort, opened the oil paper bag and handed the chicken legs to the little beggar.

"Hey, are you hungry, eat something."

Later, the little beggar lived with me for many years. He didn't like meat, but he always liked to eat chicken legs when he was sad.I asked him why, and he said, usually I am in a bad mood because of you, every time I gnaw on a chicken leg, I feel like I am gnawing on you.I looked at the messy gnawed chicken leg in his hand, and felt a little indescribable, so I asked him, I am so handsome and handsome, how do I look like a chicken leg?

He thought about it carefully, and replied: Probably because it is greasy and not tasty. I don't like it the least, but I want it the most.

You see, I really don't understand what he said.He has been like this since he was a child, his mind goes back and forth a thousand times, and he gets lost whenever he goes around.Now when I handed him the chicken leg, he swallowed, but didn't take it, and said softly, "You...you were seriously injured...you...you eat..."

I said helplessly: "Whoever told you that whoever is seriously injured should eat. Whoever is hungry should eat, understand?"

But he still didn't pick it up, he was chattering.

I'm getting impatient, this chicken leg is my treasure, I think the little beggar handed it to him pitifully, he didn't appreciate Dade calling him big brother, yet he dared not take it.

I rudely stuffed the chicken leg into his hand and shouted, "Eat it!"

The little beggar was frightened by me, he stared at me with his round glasses, then sat up, took the chicken leg, and gnawed on it in small bites.

His teeth are not yet full, so it is a bit laborious to chew, but his movements are gentle, like those children of noble families who always love to come to temples to pray, sitting upright, as if eating is a terrible thing.

He finished eating one chicken leg and glanced at me, I raised my eyebrows, he hesitated for a moment, then finished the other chicken leg as well.

To be honest, when I gave the chicken legs, my heart ached, but I don’t know why, seeing this little beggar gnawing on the chicken legs while pretending to be not hungry at all, I was inexplicably happy.

Although I couldn't see the little beggar's appearance clearly, I liked his eyes quite a bit, so I said, "If you ate brother's chicken leg, you will belong to him. From now on, you will hang out with him, and he will take you to eat delicious food." .”

He nodded, and I continued, "But looking at your slow look, I guess it's a burden when stealing things. I have to train you well..."

"I don't steal."

The voice was as thin as a mosquito moan, I almost missed it, "What?"

The little beggar stared at me with his dark eyes, "I don't steal anything, so don't you either."

I was annoyed by this little offender, and watched him say nothing.

He didn't dare to look into my eyes, and lowered his head aggrievedly, "I... I was caught by them because of stealing, so they beat me... I... my first time stealing... this ……this is not good……"

I asked: "If you don't want to steal something to eat, then you will starve to death."

The little beggar looked at me, "We... we can do other things, I... I can learn martial arts, and when I grow up, I can move things. I... I saw a lot of people moving things by the water ...you can earn a lot of money and eat a lot of steamed buns..."

He probably meant the men who moved the goods by the port.Those people have no money, and I can't bear to steal them.

I continued to lie down, ignoring him.But that kid didn't know what to do, so he leaned over again and pushed me, "Don't steal things, okay, let's move things together and earn money..."

I reluctantly rolled over to avoid his hand, "I don't want to do that kind of thing."

The little beggar continued to grumble, "But stealing is not good. If you steal other people's money, they will be hungry. You can't make others hungry just because you are hungry..."

I was so annoyed, I sat up with a swipe, "What the hell are you trying to do! If you annoy me again, I'll throw you out!"

When the little beggar was yelled at by me, he was taken aback for a moment, and then started dropping golden beans.

I had a splitting headache, and when I sat up suddenly just now, my back was so painful that it was about to burst, "Stop crying, steal if you don't... you... don't you want to learn martial arts and strength, I... I I will take you to learn martial arts tomorrow...don't cry!"

The little beggar blinked, suddenly became happy, and nodded quickly.

It was already dark, and I lay down with my arms on my back, my hands behind my head, and the little beggar also lay down.After a while, probably because I felt cold, I kept leaning towards me furtively.

I complained, "You're so dirty." But I didn't push him away, nor let him stay away from me.

I asked him, "Hello, my name is He Sheng, what's your name?"

The little beggar said, "I... I don't have a name..."

"No name?" I was a little surprised. People like me have names, but this little beggar has no name.

"Can you give me a name?" asked the little beggar.

"Okay!" I was suddenly a little happy, as if adding ownership to my belongings, "Well, what's it called..."

I thought of the pair of red phoenix eyes in the Taibai Building this afternoon, the corners of the eyes slightly curved when smiling, very beautiful.

"Then...then you believe it...it's called...long follower!" I looked into his eyes and said, "From now on, you will follow me, and you have to follow me all the time, and you are not allowed to leave without my permission. If you If you dare to leave, my uncle will tell you that you must live or die, hmph, do you understand! Follow me forever, that’s what it means, do you understand!"

The little beggar's eyes were bright, "What does Xu mean? Does it mean permission?"

"Yes! It's permission." I said with high spirits, "My uncle promised you to follow me all the time! Are you very moved?"

The little beggar giggled, "En! Good! Then I will have a name in the future, so I will call it Xu Changsui..."

I promise you to follow me all the time, and you must also follow me all the time. If one day you dare to leave first, then I will let you go forever.