In Dehua City, on Chengdong Street, a beggar boy in a tattered cotton coat is chasing an old yellow dog with a meat bun in his mouth, and their direction is opposite to Chengdong Street, west of the city. From time to time, a dog and a beggar boy crashed into the ground, "Where did the wild dog and the barking son come from?" "Stop, I'll have to pay for breaking something," and from time to time there were shouts and curses from the stall owners, and of course there were several stall owners who tried to catch the boy and the dog, but none of them succeeded.

"Bang", the young man accidentally crashed into the person in front of him, only to hear the sound of "ouch", the person fell to the ground, the young man stood up and looked at it, it was a strong teenager. The young man let out a "huh" and looked at the sturdy young man who fell to the ground in surprise.

"Xiaohu, why are you here?" The boy clearly knew the sturdy boy who had fallen to the ground.

"Ouch, it's hurting me, Xiaofeng, you're trying to murder your brother," shouted the sturdy young man called Xiaohu, apparently not angry at being knocked to the ground, he stood up and patted the dust that stuck to his body. The little tiger has a sturdy body, a tiger head, a red fluttering face, and a white breath from time to time, although the two teenagers are of the same age, but the strong figure of the little tiger is obviously a little shorter than the beggar boy named Xiaofeng.

"I'm here to find you," the sturdy young man hurriedly took the beggar boy's hand and said, "Go, follow me to a place." ”

"Where are you going?" Xiao Feng looked at Xiaohu with a puzzled expression, "Huh", Xiao Feng suddenly found a new continent, stared at Xiaohu's body, shook off Xiaohu's hand and circled around Xiaohu, "Tsk, it's still a new padded jacket, when will your father make a new padded jacket for you." ”

"Ah, you'll know when you go," Xiaohu ran towards the north of the city with a small wind, and the old yellow dog with a bun in his mouth obviously found that the boy didn't chase him, and the bun didn't know when it swallowed it, and with a low whine, he also turned around and chased after the two teenagers.

Xiaohu is Xiaofeng's first friend who came to Dehua City, and it can be said that he is the only friend so far, when he first came to Dehua City, Xiaofeng was almost hungry to death, and it was Xiaohu's father, a simple and honest blacksmith, who saved him. In the end, Xiaofeng politely refused the attention of the old blacksmith and began his life as a beggar in Dehua City. However, Xiaohu's family will also help him from time to time.

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These days, the first good old man Chen in Dehua City does not seem to be in a very good mood, because his old mother Mrs. Chen, who is just the age of ancient Laixi, has passed away, of course, this is not the main reason, Master Chen invited the Taoist priest in the Qingxu Taoist Temple in Lushan to do things, and the Taoist temple came to an old Taoist priest and a small Taoist priest, but the old Taoist priest had a request, saying that he wanted fifty pairs of teenage boys and girls to cry spiritually,

Master Chen doesn't understand, why does the crying spirit have to be a boy and a girl, and it has to be fifty pairs, Master Chen's family is also prosperous, the old lady is directly related to the family, and there are dozens of people in the side line, so many people's cries are not enough.

The old Taoist priest explained that the old lady drove the crane to the west should be a great omen, and the old man Chen is the first good in Dehua City, with supreme merit, and the boys and girls have pure yang and pure yin energy, and the Taoists say that yang and yin can meet, and the cry shakes the heavens and the earth, so that the old lady's soul can be purified more before she can directly ascend to heaven.

Where does Master Chen believe it, but Lushan Qingxuguan has a long history, and it is said that the founder of the Taoist Temple is related to Lao Tzu who rode a green ox west to become an immortal. But he had no choice but to post a notice outside the courtyard, a boy or a virgin was rewarded with a silver or two, and if he cried well, there was an additional reward.

As soon as the notice came out, there was an endless stream of people who signed up, although Dehua City is not a big city, someone has already started to sign up, and there are hundreds of people who sign up in the morning, and one or two lines of silver can be an ordinary person's expenses for a month or two. The old Taoist priest screened out forty-nine boys and fifty girls, and the last boy remained. Old Man Chen was puzzled, but it was not easy to ask the old Taoist. Old Man Chen kept walking around the hall, and the old Taoist priest didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, leisurely drinking the Longjing tea produced by Wu Yue.

Not long after, a family member came to report that two teenagers had come from outside, a young man dressed like a beggar, and a sturdy young man wearing a new cotton jacket.

"Here," the old Taoist priest said lightly, and Old Man Chen sighed and ordered the family to bring the two in.

"It's over, it's over, I'm afraid that we won't have our share," Xiaohu complained, "It's okay, I don't want to go yet, I was wronged by asking me to cry for those people." Along the way, Xiaohu roughly explained the whole incident to Xiaofeng.

"It's a tael of silver, it's enough for our family to eat for two months, and besides, Master Chen is a great benevolent person in our Dehua, Mrs. Chen is gone, I think even if there is no reward for those one or two lines, there will be many people who will go." Xiaohu explained to Xiaofeng unwillingly.

At this time, there were not many people outside the gate of the Chen Mansion, and the young people who were not selected began to leave the Chen Mansion, and the selected ones were brought into the mourning hall by the family members. Xiaohu thought that the registration was over, and in frustration, Xiaofeng walked up to a nurse at the gate of Chen's Mansion and asked, "Is the registration over?" ”。

"There is still one missing," the family Ding glanced at Xiao Feng, and replied impatiently, obviously because Xiao Feng was dressed as a beggar, he had a look of disdain for this, but he did not refuse to answer because of this, obviously the family in the Dehua Shoushan Mansion also had a certain amount of correspondence.

"Then the two of us sign up," Xiaohu, who was originally depressed, immediately became excited when he heard that there was still hope, Xiaofeng smiled faintly, and stood aside, he didn't think about signing up to cry for others, just accompanied Xiaohu over, hoping that he could be selected, so he asked the nurse next to the gate. The family hesitated for a moment, but still told them to wait at the door, and he went back to report.

Xiaofeng looked around boredly, the gate of Chen's Mansion was painted with vermilion lacquer, and there was a plaque engraved with the golden words "Chen's Mansion" above the gate. On either side of the gate are two stone lions with their fangs bared, and four steps down from the gate lead to the street. Looking at these, Xiao Feng felt inexplicably sad, and seemed to remember the sad things in the past.

"Huh", a voice came from the gate of the Chen Mansion and entered Xiao Feng's ears, interrupting his thoughts, and he turned his head to the gate. At this time, a little Taoist priest came out of the gate, wearing a gray Taoist robe, about thirteen or fourteen years old, the little Taoist priest was very fat, the Taoist uniform was almost tight on his body, and his round belly was shaking in his steps, and the flesh was shaking in circles.

The little Taoist priest walked in front of Xiao Feng, looked at him with both eyes, Xiao Feng also looked at the little Taoist priest, the little Taoist priest held a chicken leg in his right hand, and held a handle whisk in his left hand, he bit the chicken leg in his mouth, and wiped the oil stain on the corner of his mouth with the sleeve of his left hand from time to time.

"You two, you don't give a salute when you see this immortal dao." Xiaodao shook his snot with his toes high, and said loudly to Xiaofeng and Xiaohu.

Xiaofeng and Xiaohu were stunned for a while, they didn't expect that a little Taoist priest would come out at this time, and it was such a fat little Taoist priest who was younger than them.