Yesterday, when I got home, I still couldn't help being made noisy by my mother. However, after the quarrel, my mother was still concerned about her children. She told Lin Manliu not to sneak out to play without any reason in the future. If he wanted to go out, he must tell his parents. Inform instructions.
The naughty boy is still thinking about what the woman in black told him yesterday when he met her before leaving the alley. Did others escape from being naughty like me when they were young? He should listen to her and not go out in the next few days.
The young man in a short shirt thought about what happened yesterday and continued to help his family take care of the business in the shop. His mother could only make old-fashioned snacks and roughly wrapped candied haws, and almost no one would come. Nowadays, everyone goes to Xicheng. I rarely come here to buy things at the nearby market. Even if I do, the only ones that visit most are the wine shops and the experienced stargazers who set up fortune-telling stalls.
"Ahem...". There was a sound of coughing from the back room. It was my mother’s illness that she hadn’t recovered from during the winter. The boy hurried in to ask about his mother’s health, “Mom, why don’t I go out and buy you some medicine? Yesterday, I didn’t go out to deliver cakes to people. I just had some money, so I went to buy you some medicine and came back to drink...".
As the boy said this, he was about to run back to the shop in front of him to go out to buy medicine, but was stopped by his mother, "You don't have to go. Mom, just take a rest. You see, I haven't coughed in a few days. It just happened suddenly today. It's okay." of".
Lin Manliu could only give up when his mother said this, but what he didn't know was that it was just because he often sneaked out to play, or because he didn't take a good look at the shop and often wandered around the shop. His mother was coughing at home. There are more and more. The young man continued to return to the front of the shop and waited to see if any customers would show up.
Most of the space in the small shop is used to display Hecheng's pastries. There is also an area on the counter dedicated to inserting candied haws. There is not much space for the boy in a short shirt to move around in this room. He helps the customers to get them. To remove things, you need to drill out through the small hole next to the counter, and then drill back out.
I thought that these teenagers could only start to complain. It's really not a problem to grow faster than their peers. Clothes can be changed every year. Even this shop is sometimes troublesome to get in and out by yourself. At this time, suddenly there was the sound of stepping on the threshold next to the door, and someone said in poor Mandarin: "Little boss, do you have any delicious pastries in this shop? Give Taoist Master some."
Lin Manliu looked up and saw that it was one of the two people in the alley yesterday, and he happened to meet that person face to face. Someone's eyes lit up and he said, "Have we met somewhere? Let me think about it... Oh, by the way, you little bastard, did you eavesdrop on Master Dao yesterday?" As he spoke, the person opposite The man in the Taoist robe was about to reach out to grab the young man behind the counter, and instantly grabbed his collar.
He yelled loudly: "You dare to listen to everything, don't you? Look, Master Dao wants to let you, a little brat, know how powerful we are at stargazing." As he spoke, he was about to slap the boy in a short shirt on the face.
His mother seemed to hear the noise in the back room and hurriedly ran out to dissuade him: "I'm sorry, Taoist Master. I don't know what made my child unhappy. Taoist Master, please just let my child go." As he spoke, he started coughing again, and tears flowed down unconsciously.
It seems that the man in Taoist robes came and grabbed the collar of the young man in short shirt with increasing interest, and shouted at the woman: "Your child spoiled my stargazing event. If I don't show him some colors, we will go to see the stars." How can Xing Guan preach and lecture in Fengcheng? If your children are not well behaved, you, a woman, don’t even look at her! Hand over all your money and valuables so that we can visit Xing Guan and ask for a good omen for your shop. Business will be booming from now on, hahahahahahaha.”
The boy who was being dragged by the collar looked at his mother begging this man and couldn't help clenching his fists. However, the man's grip was so strong that he couldn't make a sound, so he had to spit on his face. , this completely angered the man in Taoist robes.
"You little bastard dares to spit in your Taoist face. I will do justice to God today and punish you, a naughty child, on the street to show the people of Fengcheng. Let's see who dares to think that my visit to the Star Viewing Temple is wrong. reason". As he said this, he grabbed the boy in a short shirt and took him out of the shop. Just as Lin Manliu was about to chase her out, the man in Taoist robes kicked him back into the shop. He also spat at the door of the shop and muttered something that he could not hear clearly. if.
The boy in a short shirt was caught on the street of Dongcheng by a man in a Taoist robe. There was a fortune-telling stall with the same Taoist robe as the man next to him. Apparently they arrived at the place where they gathered, and several people wearing the same style of robes saw that something was going to happen here and followed them.
"Folks, come and take a look. This kid is dissatisfied with the persuasion and teachings of our Xingxing Guan. He even spat on the poor man just now. Such people are the sinners who influence everyone to accept my teachings from the Xingxing Guan. Ah, today we have to make everyone feel at ease in front of the villagers, and what kind of punishment will be given to those who hinder the prosperity of everyone's business and affect everyone's acceptance of my kindness."
"Isn't this the kid from Lin's who sells cakes in the city? He is the wildest and my child has been bullied by him before."
"Yes, yes, that's him. His mother's illness has never been cured because he was so angry. It doesn't make people worry about anything."
"If a child like this is not sent to school by his parents, and runs outside every day without discipline, how many children will he spoil? Priest, please punish him as soon as possible. I am afraid that he will spoil my children in the future."
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Faced with the rhetoric from Taoists and the abuse from neighbors in the streets, the young man felt that he had returned to the days when he was bullied by the neighborhood kids in the alleys. When he was a child, he was blocked by his peers and could not go home. When he returned home late at night, he had to go home again. I was punished and beaten by my parents, and now when I grow up, I am caught by the stinky Taoist priests on the street, and I am still ridiculed by my neighbors.
The little flower that just bloomed in my heart yesterday is about to wither again. Why, why was it like this before and still like this now? What did I do wrong?
"It's not shameful for you Taoist priests to humiliate a fourteen-year-old or fifteen-year-old child, right?" A familiar female voice sounded from the end of the street.
I saw a woman wearing a curtain and black clothes walking slowly from the end of the street, with a long object wrapped in a black cloth behind her back. The Taoists followed the sound and looked at the woman over there. Suddenly a Taoist said: "That is the person who broke into my jurisdiction of Xingguan Mountain a few days ago and injured my disciples of Xingguan. Brothers, please stop her quickly and I will inform the elders in the city!".
When the woman in black saw that the person who was speaking was about to run, she strode forward and passed the boy in a short shirt. She chuckled and said, "You must be very unlucky." As he spoke, he quickly chased the man who was trying to run away, kicked him with a whip and knocked him to the ground.
The surrounding Taoists quickly gathered around. At this time, the woman in black held the black cloth wrapped thing behind her with her right hand and said to the people in front of her: "The Taoist priests who patrol the mountains at the foot of the Star Celestial Temple in Southern Xinjiang also want to stop me. Come on together." "Let's go." She said and slashed the long strip of black cloth behind her back to the ground in the shape of a sword. The Taoists were obviously frightened by her move and were shocked.
Taking advantage of everyone's astonishment, the woman in black swung the object and threw it at the Taoist priest closest to her. The man put his hands across his chest and tried to block it, but when the long black strip came into contact with the Taoist's arm, he heard a whole bone shatter. crack.
"Kakakaka". The Taoist priest flew out following the sound. The other Taoist priests were so frightened by the scene before them that they prepared to flee. The woman in black obviously had no intention of pursuing him. She looked at the young man lying on the ground and said, "What are you doing lying on the ground?" Why didn’t you run away when no one caught you just now?”
Lin Manliu looked at her blankly and asked, "Aren't you going to chase...?"
"Why are we chasing them? Do I have to kill them all? It's enough if they run away. Besides, if so many people come together, can I beat them?"
"All right......".
