Ye Cheng

In this way, the little beggar Ye Cheng also had a follower. Although he usually just sat on one side, and sometimes fell asleep while sitting, Ye Cheng still felt very happy because he finally had a companion again.

Qian Xingliang would still deliver meals to Ye Cheng at noon every day. At the beginning, he still ordered a meal as before. Later, seeing that Ye Cheng would buy steamed buns every morning, he simply asked him to buy more. Instead of rice, I added an extra vegetable dish. The two children ate steamed buns with the dish, and it was delicious.

The steamed buns in those days were cheap, and you could buy seven for one yuan. They were big and strong. Sometimes Ye Cheng and Lu Mingyuan could finish them, and sometimes they couldn’t finish them. Steamed, it is still very soft and fragrant.

Not long after, they met the girl named Meili again. The girl's surname was Chen, her name was Chen Meili, and her father was Chen Wenmiao, a man with a good temper.

Chen Meili's family is begging in this city. It is said that they will send her back to elementary school this autumn. In fact, this girl is only eight years old now, but she is tall. In addition, she has been running around with her parents since she was a child. The old fritters are very old, so they look more mature than their actual age.

Her mother and younger brother are also here, because the younger brother is still too young, less than four years old, so her mother always keeps close by her side. It is said that women with children are more likely to get money.

Chen Meili's uncle's family also lives with his family, and the two families go out together, and they are more courageous, not afraid of being bullied, especially for rural people like them who can't read a few big characters, it is common for them to go out and get angry If there is a relative by my side, it is easy to talk to each other about something.

The two children of Dagang Dahai are very difficult to manage. They were sent back by their family two years ago, and they were asked to study hard in their hometown, but they just refused to stay in the village. around.Chen Meili said that his uncle's family will go back this autumn when the school starts, and they will watch Dagang Dahai at home, and they may find other livelihoods instead of begging.

After getting acquainted with Ye Cheng and the others, Chen Meili began to teach her begging experience. Her family came to this city earlier than Ye Cheng and the others, and his parents didn't go to work like Qian Xingliang. They all walk in this city, and begging is their occupation, so this family is very familiar with this city.

When and where in this city, the flow of people is the largest.When and where is the best way to get money.Chen Meili casually said a few words, enough for Ye Cheng and the others to be dumbfounded, especially when they met a lot of people here, where a new store opened and where a wine was held today, this kind of thing must be joined in the fun, the host In order to ask for auspiciousness, most of them give money very readily.

As Chen Meili became more and more familiar with Ye Cheng and the others, Qian Xingliang naturally became acquainted with Chen Wenmiao and his wife. Chen Wenmiao and his wife are very nice people. Sometimes when they get any news, whenever they encounter it, they will tell Ye Cheng and them. One sound.

Gradually, Qian Xingliang and the others also listened to the advice of Chen Meili's family, and followed them to several places that were said to be good for getting money.Chen Meili's favorite thing is the movie theater. She said that as long as a man and a woman are together, she will ask for money, and she will give it.

Begging for food is different from doing business. It doesn't mean that if you stay in one place for a long time, you will have many repeat customers.On the contrary, if you stay in one place every day, those people will see you when they pass by there every day, then over time, they will become less and less willing to pay.Therefore, Ye Cheng's recent income tends to decrease.

Chen Meili said that the money she asked for would have to pay tuition fees in the future. Like Ye Cheng, when will she be able to collect enough tuition fees for a semester?In fact, Ye Cheng also wanted to study very much. When he was in the village, he was particularly envious of those children carrying schoolbags in groups.

So he listened to Chen Meili's words and changed his way of begging.For example, when he was at the entrance of a movie theater, every time he walked in front of a couple, if the other party did not move, he would whisper: "Give me some money."

Sure enough, as Chen Meili said, it is very easy to get money at the entrance of the cinema, especially when a man and a woman are together, so for a long time, Ye Cheng wandered around the cinema.

Of course, there were also times when things were not going well. Ye Cheng has changed his begging method now. Although his income has increased, he has more faces because people don't like being entangled by little beggars.Usually, if you are a soft-hearted person, even if you are not very happy, you will pay for a coin or two to get rid of it. Some people are not so soft-hearted, but if you are more civilized, you may frown and avoid it. He yelled directly: "Go away."

Ye Cheng has also been scolded by people, it is nothing more than "stinky beggar", "stinky beggar" and so on. Basically, most people would not scold him too harshly. After all, he is just a beggar, and he is so young, so anyone who has some sympathy Anyone with a heart will not embarrass him.

But not everyone is like this. For example, this evening, Ye Cheng was still asking for money in the square in front of the cinema. When he walked up to a man and a woman, the other party was chatting vigorously, so as usual, Ye Cheng stretched out his hand He tugged at the man's sleeve. Usually in this situation, according to Ye Cheng's recent experience, the man may pay the money quickly, or he may be impatient and let him go.

But the man's reaction was surprisingly strong. With a backhand swing, Ye Cheng was thrown to the ground, and the bowl in his hand was knocked over, and the coins in the bowl jingled all over the floor.

"You bastard, what are you doing? Are you dependent? Can you afford to tear up my clothes? Ah? Why are you people so shameless? What do you want if you have hands and feet?"

"Where are your family members? Let them come over, I have to ask, if such a little child doesn't learn well, will I teach you to beg for food?"

"At such a young age, you know that you are dependent on others for money, and when you grow up, you will be a social hooligan. What do you look at? No one dares to say anything even if I beat you to death today!"

"Smelly beggar, dare to tear my clothes, what is this place? This is the entrance of the movie theater, do you know? Do you know what the movie theater is for? Do you know the place where you watch movies, to be ripped off by such a dirty thing like you , I am still in the mood to watch a movie? Ah!?"

On the square in front of the cinema, most of the people staying are young people watching movies. Young people are not like those aunts who love to join in the fun. They just turn their heads and take a look here, and they see a tall, thin man in his thirties It's nothing unusual for a man to scold a beggar, so he ignores it.

"It's okay, you can't go yet, the movie is about to start." The girl who was with the man probably felt a little embarrassed, and began to urge impatiently.

"It's the beginning, let's go in." The man turned his head and changed his face. After talking to the girl with a smile, he turned around and spit, and finally lifted his foot and left.

Ye Cheng squatted on the ground and picked up the scattered coins one by one and put them back into the bowl. One of the coins was stained with the man's saliva. He picked it up and wiped it on his pants before putting it back. bowl.

After picking up the coins, he looked up at the couples in the square who were still smiling, and suddenly became a little scared. Instead of continuing to ask for money, he walked to a corner of the square with a bowl in his hand and sat down.

This man is too fierce, many times more fierce than the uncle in the village when he is angry. Although his uncle is very fierce, he is not very afraid, but when this man scolded him just now, he was afraid in his heart, afraid of that tall man The man would really hit him, fearing that if he was really beaten to death, no one would come to help him.

Ye Cheng sat under the wall like this for a long time, and when he finally regained his composure, he found that the broken bowl was gone.Not far in front of him, Lu Mingyuan was holding the broken bowl in his hand, and was standing in front of a young couple with his head down. The beautiful and fashionable girl smiled and said something. The young man opposite him He quickly reached into his pocket to take out the money.

The young Ye Cheng didn't think about where Lu Mingyuan was when he was scolded just now, and what expression he used to hear himself being scolded by others.He only knew that Lu Mingyuan was asking for money for him now, so he was very happy, wiped his nose and hurried over.

Lu Mingyuan didn't often ask for money, but sometimes when Ye Cheng went out to beg, he would follow him, and sometimes he would sit far away.

Qian Xingliang never asked him to beg, he had already taken Lu Mingyuan to the police station to register, and the comrades at the police station asked him to take the child in for a while, and when there was news of Lu Mingyuan's parents, they would send someone to notify him. Qian Xingliang would go to the police station to inquire about the situation when he was free, but he never got anything.