Chapter 173 [Strange old man]
The old man was already close and could vaguely see his face, but seeing that the old man was covered in scars, I don’t know how much harm he had suffered before.
He was holding a jar in his hand, with clear water splashing inside, and he was carrying a long thing on his back, looking like a long wooden pole.
But this is just a guess, because the outside of the wooden pole is wrapped tightly with rags, and it may be something else besides the wooden pole, but A Yao has very little knowledge, so she could only think that this thing should be a wooden pole.
I just don’t know why the old man carried a long wooden pole.
At this time, the old man approached and before he arrived, he laughed at first. Unfortunately, his face was covered with scars and his smile looked very ferocious.
Fortunately, several children were familiar with him, so they didn't feel afraid. Instead, they made faces and said to the old man: "Blame old man, are you here to cheat Humacai again?"
The old man laughed loudly, obviously liked these children very much. He raised the ceramic jar in his hand and winked and said, "I'm not a liar. I brought clean water here. You have to drink water for food, otherwise you will be choked by the squid cake..."
He stopped here, looked at the snot-sucking child and laughed strangely, deliberately elongated his voice: "For example, there is a doll. When eating, he likes to eat voraciously. As a result, he was choked and rolled his eyes. Last time I slapped my back and saved it..."
The child was very embarrassed when he was nervous and suddenly "sucked" again. He quickly covered his nose with his hands, for fear of being laughed at by everyone.
At this time, the children had surrounded the old man and asked, "Hey, hey, weird old man, why do you find water every time? Sister A Yao said it is difficult for her to find water."
The strange old man seemed very proud and held the pottery jar and showed off: "Because I know martial arts, I run faster than a horse, and I can find water far away..."
"You brag!"
The children obviously didn't believe it, and they chattered and exposed him, "If you know martial arts, why don't you make money? You can't even afford to eat. Every time you come to cheat our squid cakes. The old man, you're so bad that you will cheat the children and cheat our squid cakes."
The old man laughed, rubbed a little guy's forehead, and asked jokingly, "You have exposed it. Will you drive me away? I will never give me a pancake again, so that the old man will starve me to death on the road."
The children suddenly fell silent.
They are all orphans, from the group of refugees in Chang'an. Many of their parents starved to death on the way to fleeing famine. This is a memory that the young mind can never erase.
The children suddenly grabbed the old man's hand and tried hard to comfort him, "Blame old man, you don't have to be afraid. Our sister A Yao is very kind. She will give you something to eat every time..."
Speaking of this, it seemed that it was not very convincing. He added: "If you bring clean water for us to drink, we can treat you as you are not a liar."
Among them, there was one of the kindest little Nannan. She was climbing up the old man's thigh at this time, and her little face said with a silly face: "Even if you are a liar, we will not let you starve to death. You are an old man. The old man should have a bite of food and drink. This is Brother Li Yun... Oh no, this is what our master told us. The master said that you should be kind to the elderly."
The strange old man laughed and hugged the little Nannan in his arms, teasing her, "I didn't expect that you actually understand this principle at such a young age. Grandpa feels very pleased. I like you little Nannan the most."
The little Nannan was very happy, her face was flushing. She put a little finger in her mouth and bit it. Suddenly, she said sweetly: "Old man, how many shisha cakes are you going to eat today?"
The old man laughed again and deliberately scared her: "I'm very hungry today. I'm going to eat five shiba cakes in one go. Is it okay, cute little Nannan."
Little Nannan was a little worried, fiddled with her fingers and calculated for a long time, then raised her little head with a frown and said pitifully: "Can you eat less, otherwise you will eat Nannan's portion too."
The old man laughed and nodded repeatedly, "Okay, okay, but you have to call me grandpa, otherwise I must eat five shiba cakes, otherwise I will starve to death on the road."
Xiao Nannan pursed her lips and asked indifferently, "Blame old man, why do you always ask us to call you grandpa?"
The strange old man reached out and touched her nose, as if he was making up a lie: "Because I am an old man, the old man must be a grandfather. Even if your master sees me, he will have to call me uncle..."
"You brag!"
A few children next to him shouted, chattering around him, "Our master is a prince, and the prince will not call you uncle. Although you are very old, you are very poor. When the poor see the prince, we will not call you uncle."
"Hahaha!"
The weird old man started to laugh.
At this time, A Yao had already found a piece of grass next to the road, untied her package and spread it on the ground. She first divided a portion of the veal cake according to the number of children, and then handed two pieces to Baoer. Finally, she found that only one piece was left. A Yao swallowed her saliva while the person was not paying attention.
She did not leave the last piece of shiba cake for herself, but stood there and waved to everyone, shouted to the old man, "Come here too, we have to continue our journey after eating."
No one noticed that a light flashed in the monster old man's eyes, so deep and so satisfied.
This gaze flashed, and the old man instantly turned into aging again. He walked over with little Nannan and swallowed vegetarian vegetarian cakes with the children.
Only A Yao was present and didn't eat it. The girl turned her head and swallowed her saliva quietly. She was also very hungry, but she was too kind and she couldn't bear to refuse the old man, so she gave her food to the old man.
Only Baoer was very smart and suddenly handed over one of his pancakes and said tactfully: "Sister Ayao, if you don't eat them, I won't eat them."
As he said that, he raised another cake and said angrily: "If you don't eat it, I'll throw away all two."
A Yao was stunned.
She knew that Baoer had a tough temper. If she rejected Baoer's pancake, Baoer would definitely do what she said, but she had no choice but to bear it.
Baoer then smiled sweetly, suddenly turned around and glared at the weird old man, and snorted: "You can deceive Sister Ayao, but you must not deceive me. I see that you are pretending to walk, and you will not be out of breath at all."
The strange old man coughed and suddenly panted. A Yao quickly pulled Baoer to his side and whispered: "Don't be harsh on him, he's very pitiful."
Baoer's face turned red with anger.
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Chapter completed!