Chapter 32 The best place!
Early morning on the third day.
On the streets near the river, snack bars began their daily business amidst the whistling of the cold wind. The firewood under the stoves on the snack stalls became even more prosperous under the blowing of the cold wind. Bright and getting hotter.
The skinny man in single clothes slapped the sesame seed cakes "bang bang".
The chef from Liaodong skillfully opened the steamer, and instantly white steam came out, and the noodles were fragrant.
There is also a seductive old man with a beard, using bamboo tongs to take out the Hu cakes that are only cooked in the north, one by one, and place them in a bamboo dill like flowers. Even after being separated by seven or eight feet, you can still smell the fragrance.
There are also people on the street carrying poles selling candies and hawking them along the street.
In the midst of these shouts, the sleeping Ying Tianfu was gradually awakened, giving birth to a lot of life, and dispelling the cold air on the street.
Xia Zhibai walked on the foggy and frosty street, observing the various livelihoods of the people under Yingtian Mansion.
At this moment, Yingtian Mansion is full of life, looking like a prosperous and peaceful time.
If there weren't those homeless beggars.
Coming to the streets, as more and more people go out, the streets become more lively.
Xia Zhibai stopped at a bun shop.
He ordered thirty meat buns.
They are all big meat fillings.
I paid a full thirty coppers.
Xia Zhibai went to the wooden table at the outermost end of the shop. Without using chopsticks, he ordered another bowl of hot soup and drank it slowly.
Seemingly waiting for someone.
The store enthusiastically delivered the hot soup, and specially added some oil and salt to the hot soup. He had only encountered such a wealthy customer as Xia Zhibai in all the years he had been running a bun shop. Several times, my attitude was very good.
While others were looking at Xia Zhibai curiously, several beggars suddenly appeared not far away. The leader of the beggars stood on the street and looked around, seeming to see something. Say hello. Following the others, he walked towards this bun shop.
The shopkeeper's face darkened, he secretly said something bad, stretched out his head, pointed at the group of beggars, and started shouting angrily.
“You bunch of damn beggars, get out of here and take your money elsewhere.”
“I’ll have to beat you to death for delaying my business.”
“Damn beggars.”
The beggars were also frightened.
Don't dare to move forward.
Xia Zhibai frowned and said: "Shopkeeper, I found them."
The shopkeeper was stunned and a little panicked, and quickly said: "Sir, I, I, I, I I’m also afraid that if they come, it will affect your eating. I really don’t know that you called them here.”
“Here, I’ll call them over now.”
“No need.” Come on, wrap up the buns." Xia Zhibai shook his head.
He knew that after the store owner shouted, these little beggars would not dare to come here again.
He stood up, took the wrapped buns, and said: "Staff, although they are beggars, they do make a living by begging. They are not liked by others, but after all, they have not done anything evil or sneaky. If you don’t like it, just drive him away. Stop scolding him so loudly.”
“Yes, yes,” the store owner nodded quickly.
Xia Zhibai was not embarrassed.
The store owner is also worried that these beggars will make him unhappy and affect his business.
Of course, he could call all these little beggars over and ask the store owner to apologize, or even ask the store owner to serve these little beggars. But if he did, he would just exchange the identities of 'himself' and 'the store owner'.
There is no essential difference.
And what did the store do wrong?
He just doesn't want his business to be affected.
If it is really wrong, maybe it is the world that is wrong, why are there still beggars in the world.
Xia Zhibai carried a bag of steamed buns and walked towards a few beggars.
The leading little beggar only reached Xia Zhibai’s chest. He was estimated to be only thirteen or fourteen years old. In this severe cold weather, his upper body was bare, with only a rag hanging from his lower body. It was not fully covered and his feet were not worn. He was wearing shoes and holding a broken bowl in his hand. The hand holding the bowl was covered with frostbite and looked hideous.
The people behind the little beggar also looked the same.
Everyone was extremely embarrassed.
When Xia Zhibai approached, these little beggars huddled up, their faces turned blue from the cold, a few of them had their ears rotten by the cold, and their little feet were helpless. They rubbed each other alternately, trying to make their feet less cold.
Xia Zhibai is very familiar with the clothes these people are wearing.
I sent it out yesterday.
It’s just that he only gave one piece, and now there are five or six pieces standing in front of him. Looking at the size, I'm afraid there are more.
The world is tough.
This is the best place in the world.
“Brother Xia.” The leading boy said timidly.
Xia Zhibai nodded, touched the boy's head, handed over the buns wrapped in oil paper in his hand, and said with a smile: "Share them while they are hot, they are all big meat buns."
The young man's eyes lit up and he was a little in disbelief.
But despite the growling sound of his stomach, he still couldn't hold it back. He reached out and took it. As soon as he took it in his hand, he hadn't opened it yet. When he smelled the alluring aroma, he couldn't help but tear it up. , couldn't help but swallow a few mouthfuls of saliva.
Xia Zhibai didn't pay attention to the embarrassed young man. Instead, he looked up and looked around, trying to find a place to take shelter from the wind. These young men were too 'thinly' dressed.
And this is not the place to talk.
He asked: "Is there any shelter from the wind around?"
"Yes."
"There is a hole under the bridge and it is very warm inside."
"There is a forest over there, which can also block the wind."
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These teenagers know a lot about shelter from the wind, and they are all talking about it. He looked at it, but his eyes were fixed on the meat bun wrapped in paper, as if he was worried that if he didn't speak, the meat bun wouldn't be distributed to him.
Xia Zhibai did not express his opinion.
Just let the leading boy take him to the nearest place.
On the way, Xia Zhibai asked to share the meat buns, but although the young people in front of them were eager to see and salivate, they only ate the dough outside the meat buns.
Seeing the appearance of these teenagers, Xia Zhibai roughly guessed what was going on.
I’m afraid only a few will come.
They are leaving it for others who didn’t come.
Xia Zhibai did not expose it. Although he wanted to rescue, he could not save many people in this severe cold weather, and he could not afford to feed them.
If these people want to survive, they still have to rely on themselves.
Xia Zhibai raised his eyes and suddenly looked in the direction of the palace.
He believed that the news of his contact with these beggars must have fallen into Zhu Yuanzhang's ears.
What Zhu Yuanzhang would do, he didn’t know.
But what he knew clearly was that Zhu Yuanzhang should and must know about the beggars in Yingtian Mansion.
Zhu Yuanzhang didn’t do enough!
A moment later.
A group of people sat under a big tree.
Xia Zhibai looked at these timid teenagers and said straight to the point: "Hei Wa has brought you here. There are some things I should tell you."
"I need a few people who can People who work hard.”
"You can take care of the food, or give money."
"But I didn't tell you everything yesterday. I need you to leave Yingtian Mansion with me and go to Kaifeng." As if he thought of something, Xia Zhibai added: "Kaifeng is almost four hundred miles away from Yingtianfu, and the round trip takes almost twenty days."
"Because you have to carry things, you need to be strong."
"It's possible on the road. There is danger.”
“Go to the ground.”
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Xia Zhibai made a series of requests, but only two words fell into the ears of these young people.
Taking charge of the meal!
"I will go, I am strong."
"I can endure hardship."
"Me!"
(End of this chapter)