Chapter 6 Section five

What was even more frightening was that the man had lumps all over his body, whether it was on his head, hands or neck, there were crowded lumps everywhere.I really don't know which bold barber cut the hair on his head.Although it was close to the first month at that time, but the weather was still cold, he stuck his tongue out of his lips, exhaling and inhaling like a dog. I don't think I have trypophobia, but when I saw that, I immediately felt nauseous. Immediately, the aunt's expression became ugly, she took out a few dollars of change from her pocket, crumpled it into balls and threw it to the man, scolding: "Hurry up, we are eating!"

The aunt's reaction is not difficult to understand.A few years ago, at this time, there would be people singing and delivering paper from door to door to beg.Singing is usually a local ditty such as the so-called blessings for safety, congratulations and fortune. There are various types of paper delivery, and the paper is all palm-sized red paper, but the words written on it vary widely.Some wrote inexplicable things such as "Don't listen to children's words and listen to your king's words carefully", "Gentlemen and leopards turn into villains" and other inexplicable things, and some wrote "Gong Xi Fa Cai and a bumper harvest", "Spring returns and the earth is renewed".

No matter what their form is, they are nothing more than asking for some money. The format has changed over the years.Most of the people who came to beg were dumb and disabled, and they didn’t say congratulations, and they didn’t give away strange red papers. Many people pay attention to auspiciousness at this time and do not want them to stay at the door for a long time. Most people send a little money for comfort, and some people hate this way, no matter how long the beggars stand at the door, they will not pay. This extremely ugly visitor was naturally begging for money.His success rate is obviously much higher than that of ordinary beggars, and he can hardly hold the thick stack of banknotes in his hand.It is estimated that many people will pay him without waiting for him to enter the door.

My aunt drove the man away like a plague god, and hurriedly closed the door. "What a plague god! He stinks badly!" My aunt flapped her hands in front of her nose desperately. Mom thought about it. The uncle said embarrassingly: "Hey, don't interfere with our meal. The beggars nowadays are trying their best to make people disgusted. Only in this way can you give them money quickly to drive them away." Mom patted the table, suddenly realized and said: "Isn't that person just now the one who played the trumpet at the second grandma's funeral? He was the one who peeled off the dog's skin and asked others to roast it together! How did it become like this? Almost didn't recognize it!"