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Chapter 5 Living to Endure

The little teapot is really unfavorable. Since he suffered unrestrained disasters and his embarrassing situation have made him realize many philosophy of life, and his bad habits in his two lifetimes have been greatly restrained. However, he still couldn't expect that he was so proud that he was beaten up by Sister Yi, who was so hurt by face-stricken by a joke, and then drove him out of his house.

In the dark night, the little teapot and three brothers who were driven out stood at the entrance of the alley and were trembling. The fourth brother, Rodfa, had to return home alone because his parents were strict in control. Ma Gan led the little teapot and Wu San to the west, quickly bypassed a bamboo forest, touched the wall of Xilai Temple, and entered an abandoned small land temple, which was temporarily settled.

The hemp rod lit two dried tung oil see the environment clearly. In this dilapidated temple, which was three meters long, there were more than a dozen little beggars lying in a row, each in ragged clothes, curled up in the thick straw and slept quietly, not caring about anything.

The "Xilai Temple" next to the city wall in the west gate is a Lama temple. It has a history of more than 400 years. It covers a wide area, has towering buildings, huge trees form forests, and is exhausted by pine and cypress. Regardless of the scale of the building, the number of halls and the degree of luxury, it can be ranked among the top among hundreds of temples inside and outside the city of Chengdu. However, if the incense is too strong, it can only be considered to be a medium-sized one. The reason is that this temple has almost become a special temple for bannermen in the city, and ordinary people cannot come.

The wet winter night was so cold, and the three brothers had to lie down in the corner of the wall. Ma Gan was worried that the little teapot was so sad that he felt resentful. Soon after he lay down, he whispered: "Brother, don't blame Sister Yi. When I saw her hit you, I cried while beating you. I guess she was really sad. There were so many people who couldn't let go of her face. I drove you out in anger. After two days, Sister Yi will get angry and I will accompany you back and admit that she is wrong to Sister Yi. You were raised by her. You can't be angry with her because of a few beats."

The little teapot sighed quietly: "Oh... I don't know that she is good to me. If I have relatives in this world, there are only her and you three. I always think that she is my real sister, I am too bastard, and I always cause trouble for her. Thinking about it, I am still living so cowardly, and I feel so uncomfortable!"

"Brother, don't think about it. At worst, I will beg my dad tomorrow and ask you to join our brother Lao Hui Nantang and then go to respect Sister Yi after making money." Wu San interrupted in a muffled voice.

Ma Gan slapped Wu San on the forehead: "Is there anyone who helps you so much? Why don't your brothers do it again? Besides, can your father agree? Even if you can't even get in, how can you introduce the guy to it? Even if you can really get in, you're still a good person to be a good man and sell coolies. When will you get rich? You, you, the pig's head, sleep!"

Wu San has been practicing martial arts since he was a child. He is also a fighter who is desperate for life. However, for some reason, among the four brothers, he is most afraid of his second brother Ma Gan, so Ma Gan never dares to fight back when he beats and scolds him. It seems that he has formed a habit.

Ma Gan turned to the teapot: "Brother, don't think too much. I will stay here with you in the past two days. No one cares about this place. I will spend the night here if I enter the city late and can't go out. I'll be the second home."

The little teapot nodded: "Are you the ones sleeping here?"

"Well, the oldest of these dozen people is ten years old, and the youngest is probably five or six years old. They are young and cannot do heavy work. The women who cook firewood and cook are rushing to do it. Qu said that he will not take in the people who eat rice, so he drove all the young people out. No matter whether they are dead or alive, there is no way, so I have to bring them here to settle down and teach them how to beg for food. I can't get close to the territory full of people in the west of the city. There are more than a dozen people there who have occupied the territory a few years ago and cannot tolerate us outsiders. They can only go to the north of the city, but there are more and more people and few foods, and begging is getting more and more difficult. Four of them have starved to death in the past six months. There is no way. I have only come here for two or three days every second. If I can, I will try my best to help, and finally no one dies." Ma Gan's voice became lower and lower.

Xiao Teapot heard the sadness and helplessness from Ma Gan's words, and then guessed why Xiao Teapot secretly dug the grave: "You have been taking care of them for the past six months?"

"I can't take care of you! Maybe one day I can't keep it myself." In the darkness, Ma Gan took out the jade pendant in his arms, touched it and stopped talking.

The little teapot felt a heavy chill in his heart, sighing and lying on his back, racking his brains and not knowing how to solve this problem.

Just as Wu San on the left was snoring, the little teapot finally thought of a safe way, turned his head and leaned closer to Ma Gan's ear: "Are you asleep?"

"No." Ma Gan slowly wrapped the jade pendant and put it in his arms.

The little teapot whispered: "Do you think this is good? I'll ask the shopkeeper for a leave tomorrow afternoon. You go to Longxing Street and Gufo Lane with me to try your luck. During this period, I visited that place several times and saw the British consulate and several foreign watch shops. Since nothing has happened, it's better to go to the foreign shop by biting the bullet. If you are lucky, you can sell the jade pendant in your arms."

Ma Gan suddenly sat up: "Brother, that's the territory of foreigners! Who dares to provoke foreigners after eating leopards these days? If you don't do it well, you will be in prison!"

The little teapot pulled the squid stalk and lay down: "Word it down, why are you anxious? Am I discussing with you? Besides, foreigners are not devils. Haven't you seen many Chinese people who help them sell goods? The spring water, vegetables and meat they drink every day are also bought from local merchants on the street? Aren't their business companies making money from us Chinese? Why can't we do business with foreigners? You are not afraid of stealing and robbing, what are you afraid of when doing business?"

Ma Gan was stunned. It seemed to make some sense to think about it, but he was still worried: "But the origin of this jade pendant is not correct! What if..."

"That's a big deal! Who told me that you want to go to a pawn shop? Oh, if you go to a pawn shop, you are not afraid of danger, you are not afraid of being bullied by those pawn shops that eat people and don't spit bones, you are not afraid of doubting that your jade pendant is incorrect? Why do you get scared when talking about foreigners? "The little teapot scolded angrily.

Ma Gan was anxious: "What are my bad life? When we were fighting outside, didn't I rush to the forefront? When did you and the fourth brother hold me and don't let me take action? I just didn't say it, hum!"

The little teapot smiled and said, "Isn't this the end? That's it. After lunch tomorrow, you come to me. I will advance some wages from the shopkeeper, and then we will go to the shop selling jewelry on the gouaf Street. After that, we will go directly to the Longxing Street Foreign Shop."

"Wait! Why are we going to go to gouans Street for nothing?" Ma Gan asked in confusion.

The little teapot replied angrily: "I said you are a smart person, why are you so stupid at this time? Go and buy a half-new and old jewelry box, and you also need to be beautiful. Then put the jade pendant in your arms inside, and people rely on clothes and horses rely on saddles. If you want to sell it for a good price, you have to do this. This is called packaging. Do you understand... You don't understand it even after you say it, sleep!"

Ma Gan couldn't sleep at all. He opened his eyes wide and looked at the black roof. His mind was filled with the words of the little teapot just now. He thought about it and the more he thought about it, the more it made the more reasonable it was. He turned around to exchange his experience with the little teapot, and found that the little teapot had fallen asleep against Wu San.

At dawn, the little teapot was awakened by a crying sound. When he sat up, he found that Ma Gan was holding a little girl who was five or six years old, thin and lonely, and kept comforting her.

The little teapot quickly crawled over and said, "Is he sick?"

Ma Gan nodded: "I'm hungry even if I beat you up."

The little teapot looked around and said anxiously: "This is not possible! The few people by the wall seem to be unable to move. In this cold weather, if they have such an empty stomach, they can only wait for death... In this way, my third brother and I will go back first, go to the Fanji Noodle Restaurant in Qianjie Street, beg the shopkeeper Fan Hulu, beg him to credit a tray of buns and a bowl of rice porridge, and ask the third brother to send it over quickly. I won't follow you and have to hurry to go to work!"

"Brother..."

Ma Gan's thin face was twisted, and his slender eyes were wet.

"I have to go quickly... The third brother, get up, get up soon... The third brother, come with me!"

"Ah? Oh..."

In Qianjie Noodle Restaurant, the little teapot was begging for a long time, but the chubby shopkeeper Fan Hulu refused to agree. The little teapot was so anxious that he couldn't help it. With a "boom", he knelt in the pool in front of the door, and then his forehead hit the stone slab and kowtowed violently. The "boom" kowtow sound made all the customers in the store look over.

Fan Hulu, the shopkeeper who loves face and is afraid of losing his reputation, had no choice but to agree, and after asking Xiaochatou to be a security guard in his sister's name, he ordered the waiter to give Xiaochatou a tray of buns and a wooden basin of white porridge.

After the small teapot was knocked and thanked him, he also got up like a flying, took the food, and carefully stuffed it into Wu San's hand, watching Wu San go away, and then thanked Manager Fan again, turned around and hurried to the teahouse.

There were no guests in the teahouse yet. When the little teapot was quickly in, he found that Manager Deng was lying weakly on the counter, holding his cheek with his hands, and his face was frowning. He didn't even look at the little teapot that greeted him.

The little teapot went to the back and finished his work with the guys, tidied up his clothes, hung his clean towel on his arms, and came to the counter carefully, thinking about how to prepay for the shopkeeper. Unexpectedly, before he could speak, Manager Deng's voice was already heard: "Son of Turtle, where did you spend the night last night?"

"Ah? You... know?" The little teapot was stunned for a moment and then lowered his head.

"I didn't open the door, so your sister came to cry, "Your sister is a helpless girl's house. Is it easy to pull you up? You can't be without a conscience!" Manager Deng looked at the small teapot with displeasure.

Xiao Teapot felt very sad: "You always scolded you rightly, scold you rightly! I will never make my sister angry again... That's right. I heard that Uncle Wu was in poor health. He had retired and returned to his hometown in Pi County the day before yesterday. I thought, you must be worried about finding an updater, right?

"I'm honest. If you always trust your nephew, how about letting your nephew take over Uncle Wu's class? Don't worry, your nephew has changed his past and has become a new person. And your nephew only wants to have a nest to shelter from the wind and rain, not to pay 600 cents of money for the night watch every month, but just ask for your nephew to live in the small house behind you."

"Huh? Why did you, a turtle son, become erotic and smooth today? You can say a few more genius words and grow up!" The surprise on Manager Deng's face flashed, and he asked sternly: "You are a heartless disobedient guy, you are just going to make your sister angry. What's wrong with your sister getting angry? Your sister has loved you for so many years?"

The little teapot quickly explained: "No! You always listen to your nephew's explanation. Actually, my sister also wants me to be independent sooner. She said that I am old and can no longer live in Baicui Building as I did before. But you also know the situation of my nephew. Even if I want to make an apology for myself and my sister, I have no place to fight for you! Now, Uncle Wu is gone, and my nephew can only beg you to give me a chance. If you always look down on me and think that my nephew is still an ignorant grandson, just act like a nephew and say nothing, and my nephew just accepts his fate."

After saying that, Xiao Teapot bowed, turned around and walked towards the back hall, and began to work hard.
Chapter completed!
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