People who often walk around Xiasong West Road or have lived here for generations will always see a man begging for a living. He is not very old, at least 30 years old, but his epilepsy seems to be particularly serious. Even ordinary people with epilepsy see this man. They all had to take a long detour, for fear that this man would go crazy and hurt themselves. Therefore, even though he was not a wealthy businessman, nor was he the son of a high-ranking official, the reputation of this crazy man was actually quite loud. Many people would always hang out after dinner. He said that the crazy man who was wrapped in dry grass all day long seemed to be able to survive this winter with a very good body. If he was not insane, just relying on this very cold-resistant body, even if he was doing hard labor , it is estimated that he can also save a lot of money, but it is a pity that he is too crazy.
Rumor has it that it’s not that there aren’t good-hearted people in the surrounding city. There were several kind-hearted and well-off people who wanted to invite this crazy man to take care of the home, or to use their strength to buy things for the family. Unfortunately, they haven’t been invited yet. When he came to the house, the crazy man started acting crazy, either breaking someone else's jade screen worth hundreds of gold, or biting a servant in the mansion on the way. Several times before and after, the wealthy family heads came to invite him with kind words, and when the crazy man left, he was often beaten out with a long stick by his servants and guardians. I don’t know who should blame those servants and guardians. Black, that crazy man really can't be judged by common sense. Fortunately, although this crazy man is often beaten until his mouth and nose bleed, his body bones are indeed strong. After two days, he is walking around the streets as usual, in many shops. Most of the remaining meals would be thrown to the man. Quan should be doing good deeds and doing good deeds, which would prevent the man from starving to death.
It was snowing again today. The man slept in the grass until dusk. Then he hurriedly got up and went to the corner. After shivering a few times, he curled his lips with satisfaction, smoothed his dirty hands, smoothed his hair, and walked leisurely. Zai took a step forward and went to the streets to get a half-full meal.
Men have never looked forward to seeing winter very much, but the reason is obvious. This winter is too cold, and it is inevitable to feel freezing in the middle of the night. What's more, at this time of year, everyone is hunkering down at home and not going out. Even if the shops are open, the opening hours are becoming shorter and shorter. If you can't ask for food, let alone when the new year is approaching, no one will think that your family is rich, so you often return without success. Furthermore, based on your facial features, I don't know how much better than those young men in rich clothes. For example, although today there are many messy buns that are smoothed and uneven, they are still better than those half-girls who want to apply makeup and powder when they go out. The pretty girl is smitten?
So the man felt very unlucky, spat into the snow, put his hands into his tattered clothes, rubbed his empty belly, thinking about where he would go to beg for food today, and then quickly turned around. He pulled out a few rags whose original appearance was no longer visible from the snow beside the tattered straw mat, and ran excitedly towards the pawn shop a few streets away. His legs were really nimble, even though the snow on the road buried the solid On ice, an ordinary person would slip in three steps, but this man never even swayed, and his steps were always steady.
The pawnshop was opened by an honest old man. In his early years, I heard that he was also a half martial arts practitioner. Occasionally, one day he became enemies with a famous thief in the world. He fought for his life and actually cut and killed the thief. After picking up the thief's package, it was filled with gold and silver. Later, when he saw the thief again, it was in the execution ground. The latter's head fell to the ground, and the old man realized that he specifically selected officials with rich families to target. After running around in the world for several years, he still couldn't escape, so he thought of withdrawing from the world without making any announcement. He settled here, used the remaining gold and silver to get married, and bought a pawnshop like this. It was not considered rich, but it was. Don’t worry about food and drink.
It was this pawn shop that the crazy man was looking for. While the old man was still sweeping away the snow in front of the door, he quickly ran to it and handed the pile of clothes that could not be seen as clothes to the old man, "Old man, Can the clothes be worn or not?”
The old man knew that this man was crazy, but he was worried that this man would suddenly become ill. He coughed twice, but still asked slowly, "I am open for business. If business comes to my door, of course I will do it. How much copper do you want to pay?"
The crazy man paused for a moment, with a confused look on his face. He picked up his fingers and thought about it for a long time before he confidently said, "It's thirty taels of silver. If you plan to make a counter-offer, you should get at least twenty taels."
The sudden north wind almost choked the old man, and he couldn't help but swallow a cold breath. But when he turned around and planned to curse a few words, the old man looked at the man with a very serious expression, and he seemed to really think that this pile of rags was worth two cents. Thirty taels of silver, so he stopped cursing for a moment and said angrily, "It's not that I can't accept it, it's just that if I accept it, I will be sorry for my family."
Come and try it quickly. 】
The crazy man came forward, ignoring the dirt all over his body, and said with a flattering smile, "As you look towards the end of the year, you will accumulate virtue and do good deeds. Even if you let your family down once, you won't starve to death. How about you do it and take it easy?" That is, twenty taels is too much, ten taels, ten taels is enough.”
But the old man still shook his head apologetically and continued to clear the snow.
In desperation, the crazy man's eyes suddenly turned red. He hurriedly touched all over his body, and finally took out an emerald green sword spike from his arms. He handed it to the old man without any explanation, "This object is worth a hundred taels of silver. Don't worry." I don’t know, but it’s quite valuable. Can I exchange it for sixty taels? Will it work or not?”
After repeated pressure, the old man still had a good temper. He picked up the sword spike and slowly looked at it from the details. It took him enough time to look at a cup of tea. He sighed and shook his head and handed the sword spike back to the crazy man. But he didn't say anything until he saw that the man seemed to be going crazy, so he lowered his eyebrows and sighed, "I can give you five taels of this item at most. If it's more, I can't do anything about it, old man, otherwise I'll find another place." "The old man really wanted to say that this sword spike is very good, but it is not worth one tael of silver anyway. To add five taels to it is to do good deeds, but it is difficult to say this.
But this time the crazy man no longer hesitated, grabbed the sword spike, put it in his arms, turned around and left.
When he walked back to the straw where he usually slept, the man carefully took out the sword spike, wiped it clean with snow, let his hands turn red from the cold, sat silently in the snow without saying a word, turned around and struck hard in the air. A palm, and after this palm in the dilapidated old alley that was supposed to be motionless, a red dragon suddenly appeared out of thin air, staring at the crazy man with an evil expression.
"Such a good item would cost you a hundred taels if sold."
A young man dressed in white walked into the dilapidated alley amid the white snow. He waved to the eager red dragon. The latter swayed and swam past the man. His figure suddenly faded and turned into a red rope again. Put it on the young man's wrist.
The man has not walked into a restaurant to have a drink in many years. He has been there a few years ago, but unfortunately he has stopped going in just a few times. Nowadays, there are always a few vicious thugs in Xia Song Restaurant. Guard, if a beggar like him who is penniless from head to toe walks into a first-class restaurant and can eat delicious food without giving any money for the first time, he will at most be beaten and thrown out of the door. When we go to other places, people have already passed their anger in advance, and without saying a word, they are just a meal of sticks. No matter how rough-skinned and thick-skinned they are, they are beaten two or three times a day, and they are hungry, those ruthless thugs will be beaten with sticks. He felt more and more heavy. It might not hurt the man's muscles and bones, but the pain was very real. In the end, he didn't dare to walk into the restaurant.
But just now, the young man in white clothes wanted to treat me to a drink. Although he looked inferior to me, he secretly thought that he was pleased with the words, so he agreed without thinking, and walked to the largest restaurant in the city. He went straight upstairs, but there was no trace of the thugs until the drinks and delicacies were served by a well-built woman.
For a full hour, the man did not even let go of the edge of the plate and the bottom of the bowl. He was so furious that he almost burst into tears. It was not until the eighth jar of wine was brought up that he finally couldn't stand it any longer. He loosened his clothes, waist and trousers, and looked up in surprise. He glanced at the young man in white who was always sitting upright.
Although I don’t know why such a good thing is happening, the young man in front of me has such an imposing manner that I barely know that he is not an ordinary person, not to mention that there seemed to be a red dragon following him just now. I may have misjudged him, but he is definitely not an ordinary person, so The man smiled awkwardly and silently wrapped up his open clothes. When he looked at the young man, he grinned frequently.
The young man in white was unmoved, but turned to look at the woman in the room who was also surprised by the man's belly. The latter quickly came to her senses, and the Hengqin started singing in her lap.
The man simply held his head up with one hand and listened to music while drinking.
"Like that old man, I also want to do business with you. The price is very high. I want to buy the sword spike in your hand."
"Now that we have had enough food and wine, who will sell personal items? If you don't pay a thousand taels, you won't sell them." Clearly focused on listening to the music, the man still took the time to reply, but his expression was a little comfortable. I don't know if he was lucky that he didn't get sick today, or that he was lucky to be able to do it. He was full of wine and food, but his eyes kept staring at Qin in front of the woman's knees, frowning and relaxing at times.
"Just one thousand taels."
The crazy man turned his head and looked at Yunzhong again, "Two thousand taels."
"Not expensive."
"I mean two thousand taels of gold."
"I also said two thousand taels of gold." Yun Zhong put down the cup and asked casually, "But even if I give you gold and silver that is equivalent to a country's treasury, it will still be the same in the end. Since it is on the top of my heart, Just hold the items carefully and don’t always think about selling them to others.”
The man turned a deaf ear and stared blankly at the piano in the woman's hand. Now that the lights were lit in the restaurant, the girl who sang the song looked at the man again and suddenly felt that this well-known crazy man must be quite handsome as he was so tidy.
"This song doesn't sound good. It's far worse than anything I've ever heard."
In the snowy night, the man returned to the alley again, wrapped in grass and swept away, but he was not sleepy for a while.
It is best not to meet each other with objects in arms and wine in cups. Whenever they meet, the smell of wine will be ten times stronger. I think of scraping bones and cutting flesh with wine.
