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Lai Gou'er had never been so cheerful and happy, smooth as a loach, he quickly shuttled through the crowd, and when he was on the edge of the crowd, he looked back happily, and found that he had already thrown off the two stupid foreigners, and his heart was a little settled. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Stepping on the blood-like afterglow of the remnant sun, Lai Gou'er hummed an unknown song in his mouth, and gradually disappeared from the street, and the brilliant red glow stretched his body to the old elder. Occasionally, he can still hear the crackling sound of firecrackers from someone's house, and he doesn't know whose family is doing good things in red or white, but how to listen to it is so pleasing to the ear, and there is no longer the noisy and noisy taste of the past.

Walking on the rugged path full of mud under his feet, the lady of the family pulled her long sleeves and tightened the wattle cloth and quickly splashed a scoop of water, splashing on the muddy and dusty path, almost splashing him. Someone else's lady poked out her rouge-covered pink face from the broken door of her house, and was staring at the passers-by on the muddy path with sharp eyes. All this, in the eyes of Lai Gou'er, it seems so different, in the past, he was splashed out of the dirty water almost splashed on his body, he would have a good mouth scolding, and at this time, which flying out of the dirty vegetable leaves slapped on the back of his head, he would gently take the dirty vegetable leaves off the back of his head, and then gently throw them on the side of the road.

Two rows of low earthen houses, from a distance, look like two scarred dying dragons lying on the side of the muddy and dusty path, and the dim light directly illuminates the hearts of the people. Whose cooking smoke attracts people's home, whose house is still brightly lit, and whose family's food fragrance arouses a lot of warmth in the hearts of passers-by.

The low shacks, the dusty paths, and at the end of which were even more dilapidated mud huts, and when the mottled wooden doors were opened, there was a small courtyard, and everywhere there were walls of stones that had been picked up out of unknown places, and were a man's height. The withered grass growing everywhere under the corner of the wall is even more dying, waiting for the next spring, to grow tenaciously again, to see if it can grow as high as the wall.

Lai Gou'er pushed the door in, and only a candle the size of a soybean was lit in a house that had not yet collapsed, and from the house came a burst of coughing and a few childish voices. Raising his head to look at the last ray of light that was about to be swallowed by ink, he couldn't help but hold the heavy money bag in his arms, and then he felt better in his heart, and walked forward. He ignored the wind and rain on both sides of the collapsed earthen wall, which could no longer withstand the long-standing wind and rain, and with a bang, it collapsed down, scattering the earth and crushing the withered branches and grass.

The "creaking" sound of the door opening, the slight footsteps interrupted the frolic in the room, and immediately, there was a jumble of feet in the room. A few heads poked out of the half-hidden broken door, and when they saw the comer, the childish faces full of dirt and messy hair showed a warm smile, clean, pure, innocent and innocent.

Several seven or eight-year-old children, who were in rags and did not have a single full cotton coat on their bodies, walked out of the room, their faces smiling comfortably. It's just that the dim candlelight can't shine out their innocent hearts and their beautiful faces that are covered by messy hair.

Lai Gou'er looked at the group of little beggars who were dressed in rags, but full of sunny smiles, his heart seemed to be pulled up by something, and he forcibly held back the tears rolling in his eyes and did not let them fall. He opened his arms and embraced the beggars into his arms, and at this moment, he felt that it was all worth it, even if he was beaten by the old servant last time and lay in the ruined temple for half a decade, he felt that it was worth it.

"Brother Dog, why did you come back so early today, were you bullied outside again?" A dirty-faced child looked up to his childish face and asked him. Then came the gossip of questions. In their eyes, this big boy who is no better than him is their backbone at this moment. If he doesn't have any gain, then they will starve with him, but they will not necessarily be much better off than he will go out.

"No, my brother has gained a lot today. Brother will wait for you to eat the pork knuckles of the Xiao family's lady, but it's good, this time my brother will let you eat enough, it's good. Lai Gou'er patted his chest and replied proudly, as if in this world, in addition to the tofu flower of the Lin family's lady, the braised pig's trotters of the Xiao family's lady are the most delicious. And when this group of guys pass by the Xiao family lady all day long, they can't help drooling, but what they get is that the Xiao family lady lifts the broom and chases and beats wildly, although the Xiao family lady will occasionally be kind and give them a couple of braised hooves, but that can't solve their hunger.

"Of course it's true, when did my brother lie to you. When the time comes, you will let go of your belly and eat, don't worry, make sure that you eat until your belly breaks, how about it. Lai Gou'er pinched the cheek of the little boy who looked up at him, and then wiped the stains on the child's face with his hand, which showed a little red in the white skin of fine jade, and a few grass wool sticking to the messy hair, if you look carefully, you can find that this little boy is actually a little girl, a delicate face inlaid with two black jade-like eyes, and she must be a beautiful embryo when she grows up.

"I believe in Brother Dog, my brother will never lie to us." When the girl heard this, she immediately smiled, and when she laughed, she revealed her two shallow dimples. The other three children echoed, hugging the elder dog as if they had found a haven for a long time.

"Xiaobei is still sensible, okay, hasn't the old man's illness gotten better?" Lai Gou'er's eyes fell on a child who looked like a tiger with a sturdy head, "Xiaodong, you are their eldest brother, the old man is sick, you have to take good care of him, what is the situation now." ”

The boy named Xiaodong said with a sad face: "It's still the same, I always cough all the time, Brother Dog, or you sell me, and then ask the doctor to treat the old man, okay." ”

Hearing Xiaodong's words, Lai Gou'er felt like something was blocked in his heart, he opened his mouth but couldn't say anything, he only knew that his nose was sour, as if something was swirling in his eyes. He glanced at the other three children, and saw that their faces had darkened, and they looked at him with a timid gaze. It seems that he will really sell that little east, and then it will be their turn.

After adjusting his emotions, Lai Gou'er said sharply: "Nonsense, how could my brother sell you, and I will have to mention this matter again in the future." Let's go, let's go see the old man, and then go to get the medicine, brother, I hit a big fat sheep today, and you won't starve again in the future. ”

Hearing Lai Gou'er's harsh words, the hearts of the four children also fell, and a warm sunlight suddenly shone into their hearts, and their gloomy faces suddenly became active again.

In the only remaining earthen room, a candle the size of a soybean flickered, and in the dim candlelight, an old man was cowered on a couch, and from time to time a foul smell emanated from the old man's body. And the four little beggars who went in, plus the big beggar, did not have the slightest hint of impatience.

The old man let out a coughing sound from time to time, and a pair of cloudy and deep-set eyes were struggling to open, and the breath of breath hinted that he still had signs of life that could collapse at any moment. A pair of thin, wrinkled old hands were like two fleshless claws. An ill-fitting cotton coat tightly wrapped around his thin body, and his head was draped in a messy and casual manner.

There was a touch of sadness in Lai Gou'er's eyes, he didn't know much about this mysterious old man. He only remembered that on a snowy morning, he carried the old man who had fallen on the side of the road and no one cared for him, back to his own place, which was the declining courtyard. Since then, I have added another burden, and it is not a small burden. Since then, the old man has been coughing every day, and what shocked him even more was that as the old man coughed, there was still a trace of blood on the corner of his mouth.

The old man was unable to move, and his feces and urine were all pulled on this bed, but fortunately he and the four little beggars took care of him, which saved the old man's life. He felt that the old man's life was like a candle the size of a soybean that flickered in the house, which could be extinguished at any time, but each time it was stubbornly lit after a long flicker.

Although the old man's eyes were open, Lai Gou'er knew that he was still asleep, and it was strange to say that the old man ate such a meal a day, and he was asleep every day, and he only woke up once a day, and every time he woke up, he drank a bowl of porridge, and then fell into a deep sleep again.

I have thought of many ways to cure this old man, but I don't have a silver tael that I can ask for a doctor, second, I don't know what medicine to grab, and third, this old man hasn't said a word since he saved him, and I don't know how to start. Even the old man's name and his family didn't say, which is really a problem, a problem that has puzzled Lai Gou'er for two or three years. It's just that in recent times, the old man has woken up more often, but the number of coughs he has also increased, and each cough will bring out bright red blood, which makes him worry for a while.

He knew that if he didn't invite a doctor to treat him, the old man might not live long, so the old man's condition was also what he was most concerned about. As for the situation of the other four children, except for the girl named Xiaobei, who made him a little worried, the other Xiaodong, Xiaonan and Xiaoxi didn't bother much.

Seeing that there was nothing too unusual about the old man, the five beggars withdrew from the earthen house and came into the courtyard, where they had been holding a big stone in their hearts, just as the inky night came rushing in.

This courtyard was left to him by Lai Gou'er's parents, only since he was sensible, but when Lai Gou'er was ten years old, his parents both disappeared, leaving him with such a dilapidated yard and two or three crumbling earthen houses.

Since then, he has never heard of his parents, he has only heard of the notice posted in the government for several years, but there has been no news of his parents. Then he gave up, at least he still had a place to live. It's not that he didn't think about selling this dilapidated courtyard, but look around, which one is a rich owner, besides, even rich people won't look at such an area, so he didn't even do a good job of selling his own courtyard.

Lai Gou'er has always begged for the West as a beggar, and he has been eating hundreds of meals and began to grow up, and then he did some things like stealing chickens and touching dogs. On the street, which was three or four alleys away from here, which shops and stalls had not been touched by him, perhaps because everyone was an acquaintance, they would turn a blind eye. If there is a businessman from out of town, it is even better, you can steal as much as you can.

While begging and stealing, Lai Gou'er is already familiar with this line, and occasionally misses, but when others see that he is only a child, most of them are not embarrassed by him. And he only fooled around in the western part of the city, and never crossed the line.

The four little beggars in the east, south, west, and north were picked up by him on the road, perhaps they were all beggars, and the resonance of that kind of sour feelings led them to live together. Five beggars formed a beggar family, Lai Gou'er became the backbone of the family, the tofu flower of the Lin family lady became an indispensable meal for them every day, and the pig's trotters of the Xiao family lady became the most luxurious aspiration in their lives.