expression on his face, waving his hand as he would to chase off a beggar, saying: "No work, no work! Get out!"
The more Ah Q pondered over these matters, the more puzzled he became, for, thought he to himself, these families have often needed my help in the past; it cannot be that there is suddenly nothing to do; without a doubt, there is something strange about the matter. Having made it his point to find out, he discovered that whenever there was something to be done, they called Little Don. Little D was the son of an impoverished family; he was thin and poor. He stood, in the eyes of Ah Q, even lower than Wang-hu; but how was it to be known that in the end Little D would have taken his rice bowl from him? Thus, the indignation which Ah Q felt was even more violent than it would have been on ordinary occasions; and while he strode along and his rage was at its height, he suddenly flung his arm upward and sang out, "My hands will seize a steel whip to flog you . . ."
A few days later, he did finally encounter Little D in front of the spirit wall before the Chin house. When enemies meet, their eyes glitter more brightly, and thus Ah Q strode up to the place where Little D stood.
