Chapter 279 This day is a short hundred years
On the long street, two figures ran along the snow.
Most of the pedestrians passing by gave them a strange look: Are these two people sick and the wolf chased them? Why did they run so happily?
The one in front was Shisheng. He kept turning back while running. Xiaowu stuck out his tongue to chase after him. His expression on his face was quite funny, but his smile came from the heart.
Shisheng saw that Xiao Wu was smiling so happily and his mood became much brighter. At this moment, a group of idle men who had nothing to do when they were squatting on the corner of the street and had nothing to do to see the two of them running so well, so he asked curiously: "Hey! Brother, why are you two running?"
"Someone gave out silver in front!" Shisheng was amused, so he said vividly: "It is said that one person has two taels of snowflakes and silver. If you go late, you can't get it!"
People are really interesting. If you say someone fell down in front of you, no one would be willing to help him, but when you heard the good thing of giving money, the idle guys' ears suddenly stood up like rabbits: There is also this good thing? Well, maybe there is really, or these two people are full and run so fast?
So the people stood up and ran after their butts. Their posture and expression were even more hungry than the wolf was chased away.
There is a saying that goes like this: There are many dogs in the village. Whenever one barks, other dogs will bark with you when they hear it. If you ask why it is called? It will answer you: I don’t know, anyway, if everything else is called, just join in the fun.
That's right, join in the fun. At the beginning, only Shisheng and Xiaowu were running wildly, and after listening to Shisheng's words, five idle men joined. In this way, not long after, the people on the whole street actually ran with them.
"What happened?"
"What's the matter? Someone gave money in front of you. Keep up!"
"Really or not?"
"Can I still lie to you? My elder brother told me that each person had 10 taels of snowflakes and silver, and he also gave him two quilts! It was too late to go!!"
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In this way, Shisheng and Xiaowu led hundreds of people to run wildly in the snow in the north. Everyone who didn't know the truth was panting, while Shisheng and Xiaowu laughed. For Xiaowu, this may be the first time that it had run so freely in its life. At that moment, it only felt like it had become the wind. The sky and the earth were allowed to gallop. What a happy feeling!
But this pleasant "walking" was time to end, because more and more pedestrians joined, which led to the attention of the patrol officers and soldiers in the city. Seeing the officers and soldiers running towards them, Shisheng grabbed Xiao Wu with quick eyes and hands, and then stopped and turned around and crawled into the alley.
When they left, the people who followed the trend and ran. Faced with the questioning of the officers and soldiers, they looked at each other in front of each other, and after they reacted, they cursed: His grandmother, the grandson said he had given money? The silver was not seen, and he also attracted these soldiers who bullied people like a guardian dog!
Just as the people following the trend were angrily cursing, Shisheng and Xiaowu had already run away, and Xiaowu stuck out his tongue and seemed to be feeling unsatisfied. Shisheng couldn't help but feel happy when he thought of what had happened just now. At this moment, Xiaobai and Zhiyuan also rushed up. Their eyes were red, and they had obviously just cried. Shisheng saw something was wrong and asked them: "What's wrong with you two?"
"No, where is Xiaowu?" Zhiyuan did not look at this matter directly, but smiled at Shisheng and said, "Why is Xiaowu missing?"
"He was still here just now." Shisheng came back to his senses and found that Xiaowu, who should have been squatting beside him, had lost his trace at this moment. So they hurriedly followed the footprints on the snow and left this alley, which was the poor street in Beiguo City. This street was separated from the place where the rich lived, but it was undoubtedly two worlds. But they saw the broken houses on both sides of the street, and the window paper was covered with wind, and they lived with poor families who could not eat enough or wear warm.
As soon as the three of them left the alley, they saw a little girl squatting on the ground crying on the street not far away. The little girl looked like she was twelve or thirteen years old. The little girl was dressed in torn clothes and carrying an equally ragged bamboo basket. The beans contained in it were all over the floor. She was picking up the beans. Because of the cold, several fingers were red and swollen, just like carrots. The little Wu squatted in front of her to help her pick them up. While Xiao Wu put the beans mixed with snow water into the basket, he said to the little girl: "I will help you pick them up, don't cry?"
Shisheng smiled and thought: Hey, this kid, it turns out that he met the little girl here, it's enough.
While nodding his head gratefully, the little girl carefully picked up beans with her frostbite hands. Seeing this, Shisheng and others walked up to help the little girl pick up beans. Seeing that the little girl was frozen like this, Zhiquan felt a little reluctant, so he took off his cloak and put it on the girl's body. At the same time, he asked with some distress: "Girl, you are so cold that you still have to pick beans in the snow, your hands will be frozen."
"It's okay not to pick it up." The little girl said with tears in her eyes: "These beans were bought by my mother for the money she sold for her sister. My sister saved us so that we didn't have to starve to death. They are as expensive as my sister's life, so how can I pick them up?"
More than thirty years have passed, and although the northern country has changed hands, the transaction of slaves has nothing to do with the king. No matter who the king is, there will always be poor people who cannot survive and sell their children.
Xiaowu was stunned. What a familiar scene to him. Once upon a time, was its fate not being sold by the "master" like this little girl's sister?
But it is a dog, and they are humans! Even though he is already an adult, why do he still encounter such sad things?
Perhaps in this environment, there is really no difference between humans and dogs.
Zhiyuan found that she didn't know what to say, and Xiaobai was also a child from a poor family. Naturally, she understood that these people living at the bottom were suffering. Seeing that the little girl was pale and thin, she was obviously hungry, so she took a piece of cake from her bag. Although the little girl looked very eager after seeing the cake, she still held back and didn't eat it. Instead, she carefully put the cake into her arms.
Seeing this, Shisheng sighed and understood that the girl wanted to take the cake home to pay filial piety to her, so she asked Xiaobai to give her all the dry food. The little girl was flattered and couldn't help but thank the people, and then she started eating it voraciously. While Xiaobai stroked the little girl's messy hair lovingly, she whispered to her: "Eat slowly, it's not enough, my sister will buy it for you, you will be full......You. Did you say your sister was sold by your mother?"
"Yeah." The little girl swallowed a mouthful of cake hard, then choked and said, "My father and mother want to do things, I was raised by my sister. But my mother said, if we don't sell my sister, we won't be able to pass this winter, and it's useless for me to cry. I fell asleep yesterday. When I woke up again, my sister disappeared. I cried and I, but my mother told me, "My sister has become money and it's useless for crying..."
Yes, it’s useless to cry, because this little girl cannot change her destiny, and her sister’s destiny is destined to be sold. In the end, it becomes food for her family to fill her hunger, so why don’t this little girl dare to cherish it? That’s not beans. It’s clearly her sister!
The tragic things in the world are nothing more than that. Seeing that the little girl was so young and had to bear such a heavy fate, Xiao Wu, who empathized with her, finally couldn't help it and said to her: "You, do you want your sister to come back?"
"I think." The little girl cried, "Why don't you? If there is a choice, I would rather starve myself than leave."
After hearing her words, Xiao Wu turned his head and looked at Shisheng. Shisheng nodded, then hugged the little girl and said, "Okay, let's help you bring your sister back."
While speaking, Shisheng took a step without hesitation. He had such a personality. Now he was interested in anything that could do the opposite of "fate". Moreover, this may be just a small task for him, but for this girl, it was enough to affect her life.
On that day, they searched for a long time in the place where several slave merchants gathered in the city. God paid off. Finally, in the afternoon, they found the little girl's sister. If it were not controlled by the overall situation, Shisheng really wanted to kill these human traffickers and let them go all their efforts, but what could this be? If these slave merchants died, other slave merchants would come here to bribe slaves, because without them, those poor families would starve to death. It can be said that as long as this troubled times continue and as long as the world is not peaceful, such a tragedy cannot be stopped.
The slave merchants set up the price, but only paid three taels of silver to exchange for people. There was nothing to say. To put it a little, Shisheng wanted to buy all the slaves at that time, but when the slaves heard that he had bought them, they let them go home, most of them were unwilling to leave. The reason was very simple, because they would starve to death after they returned home.
Just like that girl’s sister, although Shisheng saved her this time, what about the next time? Who can guarantee whether her parents will sell her again?
Looking at the sisters who were hugging each other, Shisheng felt more and more that this chaotic world had been too long.
In order to help them survive this cold winter, Shisheng took out some broken silver from their bodies and gave them the sisters to thank him. To them, the separation and reunion were like a miracle. At that moment, they all regarded Shisheng as a living Bodhisattva who saved the suffering. Shisheng shook his head and said to them: "Don't thank me. If you want to thank me, thank this guy. He asked me to save you."
While speaking, Shisheng pointed to Xiaowu beside him. This was true, because Shisheng's original intention was to satisfy Xiaowu's wish. Xiaowu was obviously embarrassed by the thanks from the two sisters. He saw him sticking out his tongue and keeping saying, "Don't, don't do this, I can't afford it, I really can't afford it."
You can be so proud. Shisheng thought in his heart: Although he is a dog, he is more humane than some people.
While watching the two sisters go home, the sister walked in front of her. Without going into the fertile way, the little girl suddenly turned her head and saw her trotting all the way back to Xiaowu. Xiaowu looked at her red face and was confused. The little girl mustered up the courage and smiled at Xiaowu pantingly, "Little brother, the girl's name is Ye Zi, what are your name?"
"Xiao Wu." Xiao Wu said blankly.
The little girl nodded, then stepped forward and grabbed Xiaowu's hand and said to her, "Brother Xiaowu, thank you. When you helped the girl pick up beans, you said you wanted to play with the girl, but today my sister is back. The girl wants to go home to accompany her sister...... Can I see you again tomorrow? The girl will definitely accompany you. Will we play together again then?"
Xiao Wu looked like he was sixteen or seventeen years old last year, and he was not much different from that little girl. This was the beautiful age when he first fell in love. Xiao Yezi seemed to have a first love for Xiao Wu, and his heart was warm at this time. He really wanted to be with this kind-hearted little brother every day.
But she didn't know that Xiao Wu had no tomorrow.
After listening to their conversation, the three of them smiled first, but their smiles slowly turned a little sad. To their surprise, the little Wu did not have any sad expression. At that time, he was just stunned. After he recovered, he smiled and said, "Okay."
"Then it's decided." The little girl was very happy, and then she mustered up the courage to take off her old scarf with her head and put it on Xiao Wu's hand. Although the scarf was torn, it was indeed a precious thing for the little girl to keep warm. Now she gave this scarf to Xiao Wu, and then said shyly: "Tomorrow morning, will the girl be waiting for you? See you all the time."
After saying that, the little girl stretched out her little finger again, Xiaowu smiled and hooked her, and then said, "Well. See you all."
Seeing that he agreed, the little girl left happily. Xiao Wu just stared blankly until the figures of the little girl and her sister disappeared on the street. At this time, the clouds dissipated, and the dark red sunset reflected on the snow, pulling Xiao Wu's shadow for a long time.
Xiaowu seemed very happy. This was his day when he was reborn as a human being. He had no lofty ambitions or earth-shaking influence. Of course, there seemed to be no regrets.
Because it is a puppy, it is so small to the whole world.
Xiao Wu tied the matching towel around his neck, tied it in a mess, as if it was tied up randomly, but this bondage did not take away its freedom. On the contrary, it made it feel warm. Perhaps, this is emotion, and emotion is a kind of happiness bondage.
In the last time, Xiao Wu still wanted to use it on the walk it like, and Shisheng and the others walked quietly with it and left the city. Until the sunset was about to set and the afterglow was dim, Xiao Wu stopped, sat on a stone, and said to Shisheng and the others happily: "I am so satisfied. I have never been so happy. Thank you, thank you, thank you, you kind-hearted adults."
"Just like it." Shisheng looked at Xiaowu and sighed: "But you don't have to thank us, because we didn't help you. Apart from taking a walk, the half-day scene was used to help the little girl find her sister. Will you... have any regrets?"
Yes, it can only live for one day, every minute and every moment is very precious. Now that it is about to die, will there be any regrets before it dies?
Xiao Wu's answer was once again beyond Shisheng and the others' expectations.
Xiaowu stroked the scarf on his neck, and then said happily to them, "How could there be regrets? Although it only lasts for one day, I became a human being and saw a different world. Although this day is short, I am indeed happy, because on this day, I met you kind friends, ran on the street, heard the sound of the dream wind, and... I finally got a sincere feeling. How wonderful is such a 'life'! So, how can there be regrets?"
At that moment, Shisheng was really shocked.
Yes, although Xiaowu's life is short, to a certain extent, it is also happy. He has made friends, helped others, and got love. Time is ruthless, but because of this ruthless time, what Xiaowu gets is perfect. Snow falls and snow stops. In a snow, the world was once short-lived. Friends who are willing to run with him crazy will not wither and have no setbacks, but will only be frozen in the moment when they just bloom.
At that moment, Shisheng then understood what true happiness is. Xiaowu’s day and Xiaowu’s life, although it is dull, this is happiness.
Compared to the eternal sun and moon of thousands of years, a person's life is nothing more than one day, or even a moment, but why does such a short life still make you feel numb and confused?
Few people can understand such a superficial truth.
Shisheng was really taught. The sun set and Xiaowu's life was about to pass away. After he finished speaking, he smiled embarrassedly and scratched his ears and continued, "What I said is true. I really have no regrets, but I just have a little reluctance."
After saying that, Xiao Wu turned his head and looked at the North King City shrouded in the afterglow of the sunset. Then it whispered: "I don't know how the master and the others are. Why haven't they come to me after playing the game for so long?"
And at this moment, Zhiquan said to it with some reason, "It's not a game! That's not a game!"
Xiao Wu looked at the piano and saw that the piano said to it very sadly: "Xiao Wu, they have killed you, why do you still think about them?!"
When he said this, Zhiyuan actually covered his face and started crying, crying while constantly saying sorry. Shisheng looked at Xiaobai, and Xiaobai sighed, and then he told the reason why Zhiyuan cried: It turned out that Zhiyuan knew the general Xiaowu mentioned.
He was the enemy of Zhiyuan's father. In the court and the country, the forces of each party were divided into two factions. Both sides wanted to kill each other. Such open and secret struggles had already begun when Zhiyuan was young. Unfortunately, the official who sued the monarch was Zhiyuan's father, Prince Akatsuki, the northern country.
It can be said that although Xiao Wu's death is innocent, it cannot be separated from Zhiyuan's father. Although it is a dog, it now appears in front of several people as a human being. Who can tell the right or wrong of this complex causal cycle? But after all, that person is his father, and seeing the victim of power with his own eyes makes Zhiyuan feel even more and more regretful.
So, she wanted to satisfy Xiaowu's wish as much as possible before, but when she saw that Xiaowu was still having fantasies about the nobles who harmed him, Zhiyuan finally couldn't help it and got out of control.
When Xiaowu heard this, he was obviously stunned for a moment. He lowered his head, and then sighed sadly: "Sure......isn't it really a game?"
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry." Zhiyuan said with a sob: "Your death is a big reason for our family. He is my father. If you want to hate him, just hate me."
"Why do I hate you?" Seeing that Zhiyuan was crying very sadly, Xiaowu came to her and squatted, then gently licked Zhiyuan's hand with his tongue, and then said with tears in his eyes: "You are a good person, you are all good people. Although my life is bitter, it has all passed, but, just......"
Xiaowu still cried, until the end, it found that it still couldn't hate it.
"It's all over, it's all over." Xiao Wu said a few words repeatedly, and then said to them again: "Thank you, actually I just figured it out... I am the 'fate dog of the misfortune'. As long as I'm here, everyone will not be happy. I shouldn't have been born, right?"
After saying this, Xiao Wu collapsed on the ground. Its situation was different from the previous hard-to-sleep tree. The moment of passing was about to come, and its body had begun to lose strength. Maybe it was because of "emotion" or because of some other reason?
And just as it was about to fall into a coma, Xiaobai suddenly shouted to her: "No, you are not the evil dog of the misfortune master. I remembered that you are the "lucky star" that can escape the suffering of the master! Really, I promise you!!"
Xiaobai was actually always recalling, and at this moment, he finally remembered that when she was young, the elders who taught her animal tricks had talked about the Dog Sutra to her. According to the experience of their ancestors, there were great loopholes in the Dog Sutra to describe this white-tailed black dog. This dog is Yingtian's blessing star and only enters those families that are about to be rare. If you take good care of it, you will have greater blessings when the disaster passes.
Unfortunately, few people can survive that level.
Xiao Wu, whose consciousness is hazy, became happy after hearing Xiaobai's words, and he saw it murmured: "Really?"
"Really!!" Xiaobai said hurriedly.
"It's great..." Xiao Wujin felt his strength and then said intermittently to the people in a grateful tone: "I'm not a fierce dog, I'm not... Thank you, I'm really happy... By the way, the god you are looking for, I once asked me to tell you that he is here now, right in the royal city, waiting... waiting for you."
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