Chapter 30 Beggar
Li Yuan came to a small county town at the foot of Liangshan Mountain.
"The atmosphere here is auspicious, and it doesn't look like there are any demons causing trouble..."
Li Yuan looked around, somewhat unsure of the direction.
He thought for a moment and decided to go eat first.
The sky is big and the earth is big, and eating is the biggest thing.
As a young man in the 21st century, Li Yuan's soul still loves food very much.
However, to his great disappointment, the "delicious food" in this small county town was just so-so.
Although it is separated from Qian Kingdom by thousands of miles, the taste is basically the same.
After randomly ordering a few plates of meat slices, Li Yuan was thinking about how to fulfill the request of the Liangshan Mountain God.
While he was thinking, he suddenly felt a gaze coming from the window.
Li Yuan turned his head and found a dirty little face outside the wooden window, staring at the slices of meat on the table.
"Want to eat?"
Li Yuan pointed casually at the table.
After a long time, the little head outside the window nodded timidly.
"If you want to eat, come in and have something to eat. I'll treat you." Li Yuan waved his hand.
But for a long time, the dirty child did not come in.
Li Yuan thought about it and moved closer to the window: "Come over if you want to eat, I'm not teasing you."
The child outside the window, whose linen clothes were covered with patches, lowered his head when he heard this:
"If it's dirty, you'll get beaten."
In the restaurant, the adults were enjoying food and wine. Their clothes were not fancy, but neat and tidy.
The child stood barefoot by the window, looking at the open door of the restaurant and the low threshold, which seemed like two worlds apart.
Seeing the child's timid appearance, Li Yuan waved and called the waiter.
The waiter came running over, smiling:
"Sir, what can I do for you?"
As soon as Li Yuan arrived, he generously ordered a table full of meat dishes. It was obvious that he was a generous guest.
Looking at the flattering waiter, Li Yuan picked up a plate of uneaten meat slices and pointed out the window.
"I'll treat that kid to this plate of meat."
"Go and bring it to him."
The waiter glanced out the window and immediately frowned.
"Why is this poor beggar guarding outside my house again?"
"If he disturbs our guests' meal, I will beat him up right away!"
Li Yuan knocked on the table: "It's just a child!"
The angry waiter saw that the guest in front of him was unhappy, and immediately said:
"Don't be angry, sir. You have the final say. I will give him the slice of meat right away."
Li Yuan nodded and watched the waiter carry the meat out and hand it to the child.
He didn't need to eat in the first place, and as he was thinking about something, he lost interest in eating and turned around to leave through the side door of the restaurant.
But what he didn't know was that when the waiter turned around and saw him leave, his expression suddenly changed.
He snatched the plate full of meat from the beggar boy's hand.
With a ferocious look on his face, he said viciously:
"You bastard beggar, if you dare to come near the restaurant again, I will beat you to death!"
The beggar child had just taken the plate of meat and swallowed his saliva. Before he could reach out to take the meat, the whole plate was snatched back.
He was thin and hadn't eaten meat for a long time. His face was pale and skinny, and his belly was shriveled.
The beggar child didn't have the strength to snatch it back, and suddenly became anxious:
"This meat was given to me by that gentleman!"
The waiter spat fiercely on the ground: "Pah!"
"This plate of meat costs 30 coins. How can you, a beggar, afford it?"
"The guests are just pretending to be nice because they feel sorry for you. I won't indulge you!"
"I tell you!" The waiter held the plate in one hand and grabbed the beggar child's ear with the other.
"If you weren't in the way, the customer might have spent more!"
The waiter had a fierce look on his face and blamed the beggar child for delaying the restaurant's business.
The beggar child had tears in his eyes, his ears hurt, his whole body was shaking with fear, and he dared not make a sound.
The waiter had an arrogant and disdainful look on his face.
"Get lost now! Stop wasting our time making money!"
The beggar child left crying, his bare feet treading on the ground and among the gravel.
He didn't understand why something given to him by someone else would be taken away by another person.
And he was so ferocious, as if his existence was a mistake.
The child was running and crying, with tears on his dirty face.
He walked aimlessly on the street, and people retreated wherever he passed.
The child did not beg, nor did he go back to his shelter. He just cried like a lonely soul with nowhere to go.
However, as he walked, he seemed to see a strange yet familiar figure.
The figure from behind looked lazy and he completely ignored the eyes of others, walking in a rather unruly manner.
Looking around, he smiled faintly and his posture was free and easy, like a free and unrestrained soul.
After the child confirmed it, he trotted over.
"grown ups!"
The little beggar called timidly.
Li Yuan was strolling on the street when he suddenly heard a childish voice.
Li Yuan looked back and found that it was the beggar child.
Li Yuan smiled kindly, nodded, and continued walking forward.
The beggar child bit his lip and followed Li Yuan.
The little beggar followed Li Yuan, thought for a moment, and said softly, "Thank you for your reward, sir!"
“That plate of meat smells delicious.”
Li Yuan's free and easy figure paused.
He stopped and turned to look at the beggar child.
"You obviously didn't get to eat that plate of meat, why are you thanking me?"
There was not a speck of oil on the child's mouth, nor was there any smell of meat on his body. He did not look like he had eaten meat at all.
Besides, there is no way a seven or eight-year-old child could finish that big plate of meat so quickly.
The beggar child thought about it and tilted his little head.
"My mother once said that anyone who wants to help me, even if they only give me half a copper coin, is my benefactor."
"If I miss something, it means I am not destined to have it."
Li Yuan's heart trembled, and he looked at the dirty and messy child in front of him who was thinking, and smiled:
"Your mother taught you very well."
"but......"
Li Yuan changed the subject and said, "If you want to get something, fate alone is not enough. You need to work hard on your own."
“Sometimes, you have to be bold.”
The child seemed to understand something and bit his lips lightly.
His young face was covered in dirt, making him look quite pitiful.
"Today, I will help you vent your anger." Li Yuan hesitated for a moment and said with a smile.
The child tilted his head and looked at Li Yuan, with a puzzled look on his face.
Li Yuan had already guessed what happened at the restaurant window after he left.
He shouldn't have interfered, but this child is very sensible.
Li Yuan looked up at the sky.
"If mortals have their own destiny in life, meeting me is also a kind of fate!"
He seemed to understand something and murmured.
After a while.
In that restaurant.
Li Yuan walked in again.
The waiter was greeting other customers. After he finished, he saw Li Yuan sitting by the window again. For some reason, his heart skipped a beat.
His eyes changed, then he smiled and walked over to her.
"Sir, what dishes would you like to order?"
The waiter smiled obsequiously.
He felt that Li Yuan probably didn't know about that, and even if he did, he wouldn't make things difficult for himself for a beggar.
Li Yuan looked at him calmly, and suddenly said, "Give me another serving of the same meat as before."
The waiter froze for a moment, then said with a smile: "Sir, you just ate an hour ago. How can you eat again now? Can you eat so much..."
Li Yuan smiled with a kind face.
The waiter also smiled, bent his waist and legs.
"none of your business?"
The waiter was frightened by these cold words.
He couldn't tell whether Li Yuan was talking about what happened now or what happened before, but he could already hear the anger in Li Yuan's tone.
A silver ingot was thrown onto the table. The waiter couldn't help but take a peek at it. He swallowed quietly, his eyes shining.
What Li Yuan threw out was several taels of silver.
Enough to buy three tables of meat.
"Yes, yes, I'll serve you the food right away."
The waiter's face turned into a fawning smile again, and he hurried to prepare the meat.
At this time, Li Yuan called out softly, "Come in."
“This time, no one dares to hit you.”
A timid little figure appeared at the door of the restaurant, hesitant and nervous.
But in the end, I took that step.