Chapter 31
The beggar and the cat, a strange life experience!
Chapter 31 The beggar and the cat, a strange life experience!
The Yellow Emperor Palace is located outside the Shang capital of this world, but it is not far away, only thirty or forty miles away.
There is a small town next to the Yellow Emperor Palace, but it is not so much a small town as it is a village with the name of the town.
Xutu Town is the name of this town.
However, the name sounds very imposing, and the population of the town, excluding those passers-by, is no more than 200 households in total.
That is to say, thanks to the intersection of three provincial roads and one national road near Xutu Town, this place looks quite prosperous.
Starting from Xutu Town, whether you are going to Songyang Academy, Shaolin Temple, Zhongyue Temple on Songshan Mountain, Shangdu, or going south to leave Luodu Prefecture, there are direct provincial or national highways.
Therefore, although the local population here is small, there are many people who come and go on weekdays...
To the east of the town is a piece of farmland, to the northwest is a farm that raises three animals and five animals, and in the middle is the largest number of various commercial shops. A town happens to have two main roads that cross the entire town, dividing the town into two parts. three.
Living by farming, raising livestock, opening inns and restaurants, and doing business in various small shops, Xutu Town, a small town that looks a little weird.
At the back door of a restaurant in the town center, a skinny little boy was carrying a tattered basket, wearing ill-fitting and stained clothes, and lying on his feet was a tabby cat that was blind in one eye and missing a front leg.
squeak-
The back door of the restaurant opened, and a fat man with a plump forehead, wearing a greasy chef's uniform, but with a very amiable smile came out.
"Xiaoqi, you have been waiting for a long time. Come, here is your wages for today."
The fat uncle took out a brand-new paper note from his pocket. This was a state-issued psionic currency note with a minimum denomination of one and a maximum denomination of [-].
"Thank you Uncle An!"
Xiao Qi, who looked like a little beggar, reached out to take the paper note worth ten spiritual energy coins from the fat uncle's hand, and thanked him obediently.
"Good boy, Uncle Lai just happened to have a customer who ordered some pancakes today, so you can eat them."
The fat uncle smiled very kindly, his two small eyes were almost narrowed, he reached out and took out a small cloth bag from the chef's uniform, and put it in the tattered basket behind Xiao Qi.
Xiao Qi thanked the fat uncle again before turning around and leaving. The cat under his feet also limped along the dark alley, walking towards the east of the town.
The fat uncle returned to the back kitchen, and the young man who was washing the dishes next to him asked puzzledly.
"Boss, although the pine mushrooms that little beggar sends every day are of good quality, but the quantity is only so small, why do you still want to accept them?"
"Little Qi lost his parents when he was three or four years old. It's not easy for a child to live alone at such a big age. Although everyone in the town doesn't have the ability to adopt him, they will help if they can."
Speaking of which, the fat uncle suddenly paused, and then kicked the young ass who was washing dishes.
"Hurry up and get to work! What are you asking about! You owe me more than 100 dishes to pay for the meal!"
The young man who evaded the order by eating Bawang Meal but failed to escape shrank his neck, squatted there obediently and continued to wash the dishes.
The fat uncle walked to the chef's seat and stood up. Thinking of Xiao Qi's appearance, he sighed again.
In fact, he didn't finish what he said just now. The reason why Xiaoqi became a beggar and lived on the street, with no one to take care of him, was something else...
On the other side, Xiao Qi, who was like a little beggar, walked slowly towards the east of the town.
His home is over there...or in other words, the place where he sleeps at night is over there.
Along the way, Xiaoqi lowered her head and shrank her neck to avoid the main road, and occasionally raised her head to look at places such as biscuit shops, bun shops, convenience stores, and clothing stores.
Looking enviously at these places, Xiao Qi looked at them for a while before continuing to walk with the lame cat under her feet.
Passing through one of the two main roads that divide Xutu Town into three, there are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road. On the contrary, there are gradually more and more fields planted with various crops.
Xiao Qi shouted happily when he saw a dark-skinned middle-aged man wearing a straw hat shirtless.
"Uncle Feng!"
The middle-aged man who was watering a low fruit tree heard Xiao Qi's voice, his hands froze unnaturally, and his face was complicated, but he put down the bucket and looked at Xiao Qi who was trotting over.
Xiaoqi ran over excitedly, because she was afraid that the lame cat would not be able to keep up with her, so she leaned over and hugged the cat in her arms before running over.
But when he got closer, Xiao Qi noticed that Uncle Feng had a different expression than before, and this expression was very familiar to Xiao Qi...
The smile on the dirty little face gradually disappeared, seeing Uncle Feng's expression of guilt, distress and fear, Xiao Qi twitched the corners of his mouth and tried to smile.
"Uncle Feng, you don't need to talk about it. I know, they have come to look for you, right?"
"Hey, Xiao Qi, uncle, I'm sorry. But your sister Yulan will take part in the school examination next year, and you can't stop practicing at this time. So..."
Xiaoqi interrupted Uncle Feng, and said with a smile: "It's okay, Uncle Feng, haven't I been here for so many years. What's more, if you didn't let me live here, Uncle Feng, I'm afraid I would have been here three months ago. He died in that heavy rain."
"This, I... oh!"
Uncle Feng looked at Xiao Qi who bowed his head to thank him, and felt very distressed, but remembering those people's previous behavior, he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only let out a long sigh.
"Little cat, where do you think we should live tonight?"
Saying goodbye to Uncle Feng, Xiao Qi hugged the cat and walked aimlessly in a depressed mood.No matter how hard he pretended to be strong, he was still just a child less than ten years old. Walking alone on the road at the moment, looking around but not being able to find where to go, it still made this suffering child Some urge to cry.
The cat in his arms licked Xiao Qi's palm and let out a soft cry, as if to comfort him.
Xiao Qi forced a smile, and just walked aimlessly like this, and unknowingly came to the gate of the Yellow Emperor Palace outside the town.
Xutu Town is located in the southwest of the town. It was evening at this time, and Xiao Qi happened to be facing the setting sun that was about to set.
Squinting his eyes, Xiao Qi vaguely saw two figures in front of the gate of Huangdi Palace.
Subconsciously, Xiao Qi shrank her body and lowered her head, trying to avoid the two people and go to the backyard door of Huangdi Palace.
Xiaoqi remembered that there was a small pavilion there, although it was not windproof, it could shelter from the rain.Now that we're all here, we'll spend the night here tonight. Anyway, it's not the first time Xiaoqi has come here...
"...Are you reading that right?"
When Xiao Qi lowered his head and wanted to go around the gate, he was seen by two people standing in front of the gate, who seemed to have said something, and one of them suddenly said in surprise.
Just as Xiao Qi was going to walk along the fence to the backyard gate, a figure that was very tall compared to Xiao Qi's thin body stood in front of him.
Xiao Qi subconsciously stopped and raised her head, looking blankly at the very clean and handsome big brother in front of her...
"go!"
Then, before Xiao Qi could react, the very handsome big brother in front of him grabbed his hand, not shying away from the dirt and dirty clothes on his arms.
"You, what are you going to do? Let me go! I don't know you!"
Xiao Qi should have been very panicked, but for some reason, there was a sense of intimacy from the big brother in front of him.
So, even though he shouted like that, his body was extremely honest, and he followed the big brother without any resistance.
Hearing Xiao Qi's shout, the big brother stopped suddenly, leaned over slightly, and asked calmly, "What's your name?"
"Everyone calls me Xiao Qi..."
Xiao Qi was stunned for a moment, and answered the question blankly.
"My name is Lu Xing, I know you now, come with me."
After finishing speaking, Lu Xing disliked that Xiao Qi was too slow to keep up with him, so he hugged Xiao Qi and walked straight to the inn in the town.
Behind him, Qiu Wanbai folded his hands on his lower abdomen, and followed Lu Xing step by step.It truly expresses the words "perfect attendant" to the fullest.
(End of this chapter)
The Yellow Emperor Palace is located outside the Shang capital of this world, but it is not far away, only thirty or forty miles away.
There is a small town next to the Yellow Emperor Palace, but it is not so much a small town as it is a village with the name of the town.
Xutu Town is the name of this town.
However, the name sounds very imposing, and the population of the town, excluding those passers-by, is no more than 200 households in total.
That is to say, thanks to the intersection of three provincial roads and one national road near Xutu Town, this place looks quite prosperous.
Starting from Xutu Town, whether you are going to Songyang Academy, Shaolin Temple, Zhongyue Temple on Songshan Mountain, Shangdu, or going south to leave Luodu Prefecture, there are direct provincial or national highways.
Therefore, although the local population here is small, there are many people who come and go on weekdays...
To the east of the town is a piece of farmland, to the northwest is a farm that raises three animals and five animals, and in the middle is the largest number of various commercial shops. A town happens to have two main roads that cross the entire town, dividing the town into two parts. three.
Living by farming, raising livestock, opening inns and restaurants, and doing business in various small shops, Xutu Town, a small town that looks a little weird.
At the back door of a restaurant in the town center, a skinny little boy was carrying a tattered basket, wearing ill-fitting and stained clothes, and lying on his feet was a tabby cat that was blind in one eye and missing a front leg.
squeak-
The back door of the restaurant opened, and a fat man with a plump forehead, wearing a greasy chef's uniform, but with a very amiable smile came out.
"Xiaoqi, you have been waiting for a long time. Come, here is your wages for today."
The fat uncle took out a brand-new paper note from his pocket. This was a state-issued psionic currency note with a minimum denomination of one and a maximum denomination of [-].
"Thank you Uncle An!"
Xiao Qi, who looked like a little beggar, reached out to take the paper note worth ten spiritual energy coins from the fat uncle's hand, and thanked him obediently.
"Good boy, Uncle Lai just happened to have a customer who ordered some pancakes today, so you can eat them."
The fat uncle smiled very kindly, his two small eyes were almost narrowed, he reached out and took out a small cloth bag from the chef's uniform, and put it in the tattered basket behind Xiao Qi.
Xiao Qi thanked the fat uncle again before turning around and leaving. The cat under his feet also limped along the dark alley, walking towards the east of the town.
The fat uncle returned to the back kitchen, and the young man who was washing the dishes next to him asked puzzledly.
"Boss, although the pine mushrooms that little beggar sends every day are of good quality, but the quantity is only so small, why do you still want to accept them?"
"Little Qi lost his parents when he was three or four years old. It's not easy for a child to live alone at such a big age. Although everyone in the town doesn't have the ability to adopt him, they will help if they can."
Speaking of which, the fat uncle suddenly paused, and then kicked the young ass who was washing dishes.
"Hurry up and get to work! What are you asking about! You owe me more than 100 dishes to pay for the meal!"
The young man who evaded the order by eating Bawang Meal but failed to escape shrank his neck, squatted there obediently and continued to wash the dishes.
The fat uncle walked to the chef's seat and stood up. Thinking of Xiao Qi's appearance, he sighed again.
In fact, he didn't finish what he said just now. The reason why Xiaoqi became a beggar and lived on the street, with no one to take care of him, was something else...
On the other side, Xiao Qi, who was like a little beggar, walked slowly towards the east of the town.
His home is over there...or in other words, the place where he sleeps at night is over there.
Along the way, Xiaoqi lowered her head and shrank her neck to avoid the main road, and occasionally raised her head to look at places such as biscuit shops, bun shops, convenience stores, and clothing stores.
Looking enviously at these places, Xiao Qi looked at them for a while before continuing to walk with the lame cat under her feet.
Passing through one of the two main roads that divide Xutu Town into three, there are fewer and fewer pedestrians on the road. On the contrary, there are gradually more and more fields planted with various crops.
Xiao Qi shouted happily when he saw a dark-skinned middle-aged man wearing a straw hat shirtless.
"Uncle Feng!"
The middle-aged man who was watering a low fruit tree heard Xiao Qi's voice, his hands froze unnaturally, and his face was complicated, but he put down the bucket and looked at Xiao Qi who was trotting over.
Xiaoqi ran over excitedly, because she was afraid that the lame cat would not be able to keep up with her, so she leaned over and hugged the cat in her arms before running over.
But when he got closer, Xiao Qi noticed that Uncle Feng had a different expression than before, and this expression was very familiar to Xiao Qi...
The smile on the dirty little face gradually disappeared, seeing Uncle Feng's expression of guilt, distress and fear, Xiao Qi twitched the corners of his mouth and tried to smile.
"Uncle Feng, you don't need to talk about it. I know, they have come to look for you, right?"
"Hey, Xiao Qi, uncle, I'm sorry. But your sister Yulan will take part in the school examination next year, and you can't stop practicing at this time. So..."
Xiaoqi interrupted Uncle Feng, and said with a smile: "It's okay, Uncle Feng, haven't I been here for so many years. What's more, if you didn't let me live here, Uncle Feng, I'm afraid I would have been here three months ago. He died in that heavy rain."
"This, I... oh!"
Uncle Feng looked at Xiao Qi who bowed his head to thank him, and felt very distressed, but remembering those people's previous behavior, he didn't dare to say anything, so he could only let out a long sigh.
"Little cat, where do you think we should live tonight?"
Saying goodbye to Uncle Feng, Xiao Qi hugged the cat and walked aimlessly in a depressed mood.No matter how hard he pretended to be strong, he was still just a child less than ten years old. Walking alone on the road at the moment, looking around but not being able to find where to go, it still made this suffering child Some urge to cry.
The cat in his arms licked Xiao Qi's palm and let out a soft cry, as if to comfort him.
Xiao Qi forced a smile, and just walked aimlessly like this, and unknowingly came to the gate of the Yellow Emperor Palace outside the town.
Xutu Town is located in the southwest of the town. It was evening at this time, and Xiao Qi happened to be facing the setting sun that was about to set.
Squinting his eyes, Xiao Qi vaguely saw two figures in front of the gate of Huangdi Palace.
Subconsciously, Xiao Qi shrank her body and lowered her head, trying to avoid the two people and go to the backyard door of Huangdi Palace.
Xiaoqi remembered that there was a small pavilion there, although it was not windproof, it could shelter from the rain.Now that we're all here, we'll spend the night here tonight. Anyway, it's not the first time Xiaoqi has come here...
"...Are you reading that right?"
When Xiao Qi lowered his head and wanted to go around the gate, he was seen by two people standing in front of the gate, who seemed to have said something, and one of them suddenly said in surprise.
Just as Xiao Qi was going to walk along the fence to the backyard gate, a figure that was very tall compared to Xiao Qi's thin body stood in front of him.
Xiao Qi subconsciously stopped and raised her head, looking blankly at the very clean and handsome big brother in front of her...
"go!"
Then, before Xiao Qi could react, the very handsome big brother in front of him grabbed his hand, not shying away from the dirt and dirty clothes on his arms.
"You, what are you going to do? Let me go! I don't know you!"
Xiao Qi should have been very panicked, but for some reason, there was a sense of intimacy from the big brother in front of him.
So, even though he shouted like that, his body was extremely honest, and he followed the big brother without any resistance.
Hearing Xiao Qi's shout, the big brother stopped suddenly, leaned over slightly, and asked calmly, "What's your name?"
"Everyone calls me Xiao Qi..."
Xiao Qi was stunned for a moment, and answered the question blankly.
"My name is Lu Xing, I know you now, come with me."
After finishing speaking, Lu Xing disliked that Xiao Qi was too slow to keep up with him, so he hugged Xiao Qi and walked straight to the inn in the town.
Behind him, Qiu Wanbai folded his hands on his lower abdomen, and followed Lu Xing step by step.It truly expresses the words "perfect attendant" to the fullest.
(End of this chapter)