Chapter 47 My name is Sloppy
The slovenly old man screamed again, "Oh my, oh my, come and see, someone is really going to be beaten to death!"
Li Baisong stepped forward and grabbed Li Laoer, "Brother, I'm fine. He drank too much and may not be sober. Let's go."
The happy ones give in to the principle, and Li Baisong cherishes his life very much.
Li Laoer didn't really want to get into a conflict with anyone, mainly because the old man looked like he couldn't take a beating, and if something really happened, he wouldn't have the money to compensate. Li Baisong gave him a way out, and Li Laoer put down his fists with a curse.
The people around saw that the old man was a drunkard and was just making gestures and not really attacking others, so they didn't think he was so kind as to stop people from leaving.
Seeing the three siblings about to leave, the old man on the ground refused to let them go. "You can't leave. You spilled my wine. You have to pay for it."
Li Yulan's face flushed with anger. "You're such a scoundrel! It was clearly you who was drunk and bumped into my little brother. You spilled the wine because you lost your balance, yet you're still blaming me!"
The sloppy old man stiffened his neck and said, "How am I a scoundrel? I said you guys hit me, so you guys hit me. I don't care. Anyway, you can't leave unless you compensate me for the wine."
Li Baisong stopped Li Laoer who was about to raise his fist again.
"This old man."
"What do you mean by old grandpa?! What are you looking at me with? You have poor eyesight at such a young age! Hiccup..."
Li Baisong readily changed his tone, "Big Brother."
"Hey, that's right, I'm not that old. I just have a little gray hair. It's called... premature gray."
The people around watching the fun couldn't help but twitch their lips. You have a face full of wrinkles but you look young and fair. You really know how to flatter yourself.
It's shameless of you to be on friendly terms with a teenager when you're half buried in the earth.
"He's really a deadbeat." Someone spoke fairly.
The sloppy old man glanced at the man and said, "I'm an old scoundrel and I don't want you to care about me. I'm relying on you. If you say another word, I'll blame you right away!"
The speaker hurriedly squeezed out of the crowd and slipped away.
"What are you looking at!" The sloppy old man angrily drove one person away and continued to rage at the others, "If you keep looking at me, I'll get on with you!"
The others curled their lips and hurried away.
He didn't ask them to come and see it. It's really unreasonable.
These three siblings are so unlucky to be cheated by such an unreasonable deadbeat.
The three siblings who were sympathized with: "..."
Li Yulan tugged at Li Bosong's sleeve and said, "Little brother, let's run too."
Forget it, there’s no point in getting involved with this kind of person, so I’d better leave now.
Li Laoer looked around. Are there any other accomplices?
Li Laoer couldn't help but think of Huai Bo. Could this be Huai Bo?
Thinking of this possibility, Li Laoer's blood ran cold.
"Xiao Wu, we won't suffer a loss right now."
"You are not allowed to leave until you pay me for the wine!" The old man was quick to grab Li Baisong's sleeve.
Li Baisong couldn't break free. "Big Brother, we are just country bumpkins. We don't have any money. We really can't compensate you for the wine. How about I go over there and buy you some meat buns?"
"You think you can get rid of me with just a meat bun? What do you think of me? I won't eat anything that's not a delicacy."
Li Laoer almost blurted out the word "Huai Bo" and wanted to test it, but he didn't dare. What if it was true?
Li Laoer had no choice but to go up and pull the old man's hand, "Let go of my little brother, we really have no money."
I shouldn’t have come here if I had known! Li Laoer is regretting it now.
The old man snorted coldly, "How can you be without money? Don't you still have to go to school?"
"Big Brother, I was so poor that my husband sent me back home."
"Really? Then your family must be very poor. Hmm, you look so shabby and you don't look rich. It's really unlucky."
Li Baisong and the other two: "..."
How could the old man opposite say that they were dressed in rags when his clothes looked even rager than theirs?
"Alright, alright. I'm a magnanimous old man and won't bother with you little brats. So, you take care of me for ten days, and the matter will be settled. It just so happens that I don't have a place to eat or stay today."
Li Lao Er: "..." How come he always runs into anyone? Does he have the word "unlucky" carved on his head?
This time the old man took the initiative to let go of Li Baisong and urged him, "Come on, come on, take me to eat, I'm hungry."
Right now, Li Laoer and Li Yulan tacitly pulled Li Baisong and ran away.
They ran out of the street and then stood at the corner of the alley, kneeling down and gasping for breath.
"Phew, I was so scared. Did you see clearly that he was wearing a fake face?"
"Probably not." Li Baisong was uncertain.
"Isn't he Huai Bo?"
"What?!" Li Yulan realized it belatedly and suddenly jumped up. "I, I, I, I can't say it. Second brother, if the money is robbed again this time, mother will beat you to death. I don't want to be stripped and tied up. My reputation will be ruined."
"Don't panic, Fourth Sister. I don't think it's the same person as last time."
"Isn't it the same person from last time? You guys are running so fast, my old bones are almost falling apart."
The three siblings were so frightened by the old man who suddenly appeared at the entrance of the alley that they almost fainted.
"You, you, you..." Li Laoer stuttered and couldn't speak clearly. It was fine when he didn't think in that direction. The more he thought in that direction, the more panicked he became.
How does the saying go? Scaring yourself is scarier than a ghost.
"I, I, I, what do you mean by I? Alcohol makes cowards brave. You look like you should drink more." The old man held out the wine jug in his hand. "Take a sip of my wine, and I guarantee that your stuttering will stop."
"Uncle Huai." Li Baisong tested confidently.
"What Huaibo and Songbo? My name is Sloppy!"
Li Baisong and the other two: "..."
"You're really not Uncle Huai?" Li Lao Er popped his head out from behind Li Baisong. "Don't you know Master Liu?"
"I don't know him! Did you recognize the wrong person? Do you have a grudge against those two people?" the sloppy old man asked with a frown.
"No, we don't know them." Li Laoer shook his head like a rattle.
"Hmph." The sloppy old man sneered. "I don't care whether I know you or not. We agreed on ten days of food and lodging. You can't afford even a single day less. Let's go and get me an inn."
Seeing he couldn't get rid of him, Li Baisong had to negotiate, "Big Brother, we really don't have the money to put you in an inn. If you really want compensation, we can only take you home. We live in the countryside, an hour's walk up the mountain. We only have wild vegetable porridge to eat and a simple wooden bed to sleep on. There are no delicious delicacies. You've come to the wrong person by relying on us."
Li Laoer and Li Yulan nodded repeatedly, indicating that this was the case.
Li Laoer's hands were a little restless, and he really wanted to go forward and tear the old man's face in front of him to see if it was his real face.
Isn't that beard a sticker?
The sloppy old man looked over and met Li Laoer's dog's sneaky gaze.
Li Laoer was so scared that he immediately shrank his head.
It seems that these people really have some little secrets. Alas, ordinary people have a hard time.
Forget it, the master should do the work for the apprentice. I have to ask that kid to buy him three pots of good wine!
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