The sky is bright.
Hong Jiu squatted in the ditch near Shanxi Alley, and regardless of whether the stream flowing through thousands of households was dirty or not, he stretched out his arms and scooped scoops and scoops with a broken earthen pot, and it was a good scrubbing from head to toe.
The skin that he rubbed was almost torn, and the green water reflected in the stream, and the messy hair on his head was neatly tidied up. He felt like a dog, and he straightened his back with satisfaction.
Of course, this was just his own satisfaction. In fact, even with his scruffy rags, no matter how hard he washed it, he couldn't get rid of his identity as a 'beggar'.
That's right, Hong Jiu is a beggar, and a 'famous beggar'—one of the most famous beggars around Shanxi Lane.
The reason why he can become a 'famous beggar' is because he is obviously more lazy than others, and relying on his clever mouth, he can always have a good harvest and live a hundred times more nourishing than others.
"Ninth brother, ninth brother!"
At this moment, two little beggars flew over, and before they could get close, one of them, fourteen or fifteen years old, held up the broken bowl covered with wooden boards in his arms and said proudly, "Ninth brother. , listen to this voice, it's very festive!"
"Caught?!"
Hong Jiu was overjoyed when he heard the words, and strode up to meet the two of them, staring at the broken bowl, as if he was looking at a cornucopia.
"Of course! Brother, if I make a move, can I still have a run
The little beggar was showing off, carefully opening a gap, and saw a magpie sticking its head out of the bowl, 'scum, scum' screaming endlessly.
"It's all work with it!"
Hong Jiu laughed, stretched out his hand to grab the magpie out of the bowl, tied it with a straw rope and held it in his arms, raised his hand and greeted: "Go, Brother Jiu will lead you to please!"
"Have fun~!"
The two little beggars cheered and followed Hong Jiu across the street to the front of an inconspicuous courtyard.
Hong Jiu stopped, made a gesture of silence, and then touched the flower magpie in his arms, stroking the feathers, and said in his mouth: "Good man, you have to work hard today, otherwise If the ninth brother can't get the happy money, he can only use you as a tooth sacrifice."
During the conversation, the two little beggars were already squatting side by side in the corner of the wall, Hong Jiu was not polite, stepped on their shoulders and climbed to the top of the wall, put the magpie on the wall, and pressed the straw rope tied to the magpie under the tile. .
After setting up the mechanism, he leaned on the wall and glanced inward for a few more times. When he saw that there were a few double happiness stickers on the window of the inner room, he jumped down happily, hehe smiled and said, "Second son, there really is someone like you, Sure enough, we are getting married today!"
The second son rubbed his shoulders and showed off proudly: "That's not it, I heard what this old mother said with my own ears, how can it be fake?!"
The little beggar next to him also competed to show his merit and said, "What are you doing? If I hadn't found out that there are two beautiful sisters hidden in this house, and some high-ranking officials came to the door every now and then, you would come here specifically to investigate. information?"
"But you insisted that it was an 'outside house'. If I hadn't found out, that sister is a concubine to be married, wouldn't you miss it..."
"All right!"
Seeing the two quarreling, Hong Jiu scolded impatiently: "The magpie didn't make a sound, but the two of you are arguing endlessly!"
The two little beggars quickly stopped talking.
But after a long while, I heard a few 'scumbags' from the wall, and the voice was hurried and loud.
Hong Jiu's eyes also lit up, and he hurriedly gestured to the two little beggars to avoid them, then took out a pair of bamboo boards from his arms, and waited for the magpie to make a few noises, and then he came to the door. Whispering on the bamboo board, he sang the lotus falling:
"My bamboo boards are slamming, and I'm praising a family of goodness. To say that this family is not easy, there has long been a magpie called Chacha - this magpie has a mouth, and good things must happen!"
He sang in rhythm here, and when the old woman heard the movement, she opened the door to a gap and looked around, only to see a beggar with a white face standing outside, she couldn't help but wonder: "You are really good, how can there be no daylight? Are you here to beg?"
Hong Jiu slumped his shoulders down, and sang with a smile on his face and slanted his shoulders flatteringly: "The magpie branch is called Chacha. It must be a noble person who wants to make a fortune.
Today was originally the big day for the family, and Hong Jiu was full of auspicious words again. The old woman couldn’t force him to leave. She was thinking about giving away some leftovers when she heard someone ask: "Mother Wu, who is here?"
Then Ma Wu hurriedly said respectfully, "Madam, you're a beggar. She said that she heard a magpie cry in our family, and I was in a hurry to congratulate our family."
While speaking, a well-dressed middle-aged woman came out from inside, looked at Hong Jiu a few times in surprise, and before he could speak, Hong Jiu sang happily: "Look at the door to the left and right, and walk out from inside. A blessed person, the heaven is full, and the longevity and longevity will not end; the earth and the pavilion are round, and the enjoyment of wealth, honor and splendor is endless and endless!"
Hearing his sweet mouth, the wife couldn't help laughing out loud. She got her wish and finally married her daughter to a wealthy family, so she went back to the house for the first time, took more than two taels of silver, and threw it to Hong Jiudao: "I will reward you for these auspicious words!"
Hong Jiu took the silver in his hand, couldn't help smiling, knelt on the ground with a thud, and said crisply: "Mrs. Xie! If you are going to do business, designate a warehouse full of gold and silver; if you want to marry children, designate Timber to import! "
The latter words were right on the wife's mind, so she smiled and said, "What a sweet mouth—Wu Ma, reward him with the half pot of chicken soup left over from our family yesterday, and then give it to him. A few white flour buns!"
Having said that, he went back to the courtyard on his own.
"Thank you, Mrs. Xie, for the reward!"
Hong Jiu kowtowed twice happily, holding the broken clay pot, waiting for the woman to give away half a pot of chicken soup and a few big white steamed buns lit with cinnabar, which was another huge thank you.
"Ninth brother, this time we really made it!"
When Wu Ma also returned to the courtyard, the two little beggars approached happily, staring at the clay pot of chicken soup with bright eyes, their saliva drooling uncontrollably.
"Look at the success of the two of you!"
Hong Jiuyi stared, raised his hand in high spirits and said, "Go, go back to the temple, tell the girl to heat up this chicken soup, and let's open the meat too!"
The two little beggars let out a cheer, and were about to leave with Hong Jiu surrounded, but Hong Jiu suddenly stopped and looked back at the corner of the wall, saying, "Wait first, since that Queer helped us, we can Can't not…”
"Hongjiu!"
Before Hong Jiu could finish speaking, someone suddenly snorted coldly in the slanting line. Hong Jiu followed his reputation, but saw four beggars suddenly appear in the alley in front of him. Missing half of the left ear.
This person is not someone else, but he is the most powerful beggar-headed deaf boss near Shanxi Lane!
Bad luck!
How could he be blocked by this fellow? !
Hong Jiu cursed inwardly, secretly winking at the two little beggars, but smiling happily: "Hey, isn't this the deaf boss? What wind brought you here?!"
As he said that, he seemed to be about to meet him, but he led the two little beggars and turned around and ran away!
After just running two steps, Hong Jiu realized that there were still five beggars, who were staring at him and stopped behind him.
Seeing that he was attacked from the front and back, Hong Jiu knew that he was doomed, so he turned around again, and the bachelor sent the chicken soup steamed buns forward, and said loudly: "Deaf boss, I, Hong Jiu, have confessed today, something. If you take it away, I will respect you as a brother!"
The deaf boss sneered and said disdainfully, "Ms. Shao Te and Lao Tzu are sloppy, how do you think I didn't see the silver?"
After a pause, he sneered again: "If I'm looking for you today, it's not for any money, but to set up rules for you, so that you know who the world is in this Shanxi Lane!"
Saying that, he raised the mallet in his hand and said, "Brothers, give this grandson some color!"
With this order, the nine beggars immediately double-teamed and surrounded Hong Jiu and the others, but they saw sticks like rain, chicken soup flying around, and a few white-flour steamed buns rolling back and forth on the ground...
Even though Hong Jiu was quick-tempered and open-minded, his body was notoriously thin, and he was not an opponent one-on-one.
In a blink of an eye, he was beaten to the ground, but he just protected the two little beggars, clenching his teeth without saying a word!
"okay!"
The deaf boss saw that he was almost beaten, so he called to stop his subordinates, and then the cat waist took the broken silver from Hong Jiu's arms, and then said triumphantly: "Sun Thief~ Lord, I will teach you to be a good boy today, and in the future If you get the money, remember to send it to your deaf master—I don’t want all of your money, I’ll do it in twenty-eight!”
As he said that, he stepped on Hong Jiu's back again, lowered his head and sneered: "If you don't want to give your Lord a confession, then it's fine. If the left and right Lord find out once, he will break one of your fingers, and wait until all ten fingers are broken. If it's over, I'll do away with your dog's claws who know how to steal fish!"
After finishing speaking, seeing Long Jiu's bloody head lying on top of the two little beggars, he was still silent, and the deaf boss couldn't help but get annoyed again.
With a wink, a man immediately stepped forward and fixed Hong Jiu's left hand on the ground.
The deaf boss raised the mallet in his hand and grinned: "Even if you break the rules for the first time today, I will leave you a mark and a long memory!"
The two little beggars started to cry in fright, and pleaded in a shrill voice: "The deaf boss is kind, let's spare our ninth brother this time!"
"Bah~!"
The deaf boss spat thick phlegm on Hong Jiu with disdain, and scolded: "What is he? How dare you call him Brother Jiu in front of me?! Just rush here, and I have to leave a mark for him!"
Having said that, after swinging the stick round, it will hit Hong Jiu's tail finger!
wow~
At this moment, Wu Ma suddenly pushed open the door and came out. Seeing the chaos outside, Hong Jiu was pinned to the ground again, and hurriedly shouted: "What are you doing, what are you doing? Release that person!"
If it were an ordinary beggar, and being reprimanded like this, I would have been timid in my heart.
Unexpectedly, the deaf boss was arrogant and nervous. He turned his head and pointed at Wu Ma with a stick and scolded: "Old Goddess, whose crotch is not fastened tightly, and leaked your old thing?!"
When the beggars around him heard this, they all burst into laughter.
Seeing that there were so many of them, Wu Ma subconsciously shrank back, but then she remembered something, straightened her back and jumped out, scolded her with her arms crossed: "What a dog without eyes! My family The second young lady is going to marry the 'Shen Duan' Grand Master Sun today, which has disturbed this big happy event, and Master Sun carefully ripped off your skin!"
As soon as the deaf boss heard the words 'Sir Shen Duan Sun', even if his spine softened, he didn't dare to shout anything. He paid a few guilt charges, and then ran away like flying.
Those of his subordinates were reluctant to bear the spoils on the ground. You scrambled to pick up steamed buns and chicken, and then went to Sa Yazi.
At this time, Hong Jiu also got up with the help of the two younger brothers, and cupped her hands to Wu Ma: "Auntie's life-saving grace, Hong Jiu will never forget."
"It sounds like someone who has read books, but why do you have to be a Hanako?"
Wu Ma muttered, seeing his bloody head, she couldn't bear it anymore, so she turned back to get a few steamed buns, and sighed: "The good chicken soup has been ruined, and now there are only a few steamed buns to give. you guys."
Hong Jiu was grateful again. When Wu Ma returned to the courtyard, he was not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he gritted his teeth and climbed to the top of the wall to release the magpie, and then limped away. .
Thanks to book friends 'Black Flag, Dongfang Tuo' for their reward.