[75] I treat you as a brother

Zhan Zhao laughed when he heard this: "Why, what other unusual stories do you know?"

The clerk said: "Then you know a lot. The villain has received a lot of customers here and there, and naturally he has heard many novel stories. What do you want to hear, sir? Parents are short-tempered, emotional disputes, brothers and friends are respectful. Or siblings?"

Zhan Zhao said: "I don't want to hear that today, but I want to hear from you about your lady boss—why isn't your lady boss here today?"

Their proprietress is young and beautiful, and she is still single and has not yet married, so many of the guests who come and go come to ask him for this beauty.The clerk didn't suspect him, and smiled knowingly: "The proprietress went to the temple to offer incense, and she came back in the afternoon. If you want to find her, you have to come later."

Zhan Zhao asked strangely, "It's neither the first day nor the fifteenth day of the junior high school. Why did you choose today to go to incense?"

The clerk said: "Today is the birthday of the boss's wife's family, and she has to go every year at this time."

With a thought in his mind, Zhan Zhao lowered his voice and acted modestly: "Forgive me, but does your proprietress still have family members alive? Seeing that she came out to do business at a young age, how can the family be at ease? And she lost her voice, what is it?" Why?"

Right now, there is no one in the store, so the clerk threw the rag over his shoulder, took a stool and sat next to him, and said in a low voice: "I have heard a little about the proprietress's housework, but it's not true. Just listen to any story."

Zhan Zhao: "All ears."

"I heard that the proprietress's family was miserable when she was young. She lost her father when she was young and ignorant. She and her older sister, who was four years older than her, were brought up by their mother alone. At that time, there was a widowed mother-in-law above the old lady. The family of four is all women, and there is not even a man to rely on, so life... tsk tsk, it is hard." The man licked his lower lip and continued, "The old lady's mother-in-law is not in good health, and she is bedridden on medication all year round. There are only three or five days a month when she is in good spirits. In order to treat her mother-in-law, the old lady almost went bankrupt, but there are two children under her, so she can't make it through, so she had to take care of the whole family while doing some odd jobs outside. .Although life is hard, but in the end I can barely get by.”

"Until the proprietress was five years old, the old lady was accidentally infected with a cold and almost died. In order to treat her and take care of her, the old lady tried her best to pick up odd jobs. She worked hard day and night and couldn't withstand the illness. It fell down. At that time, the boss’s sister was already nine years old, so she resolutely took care of the whole family, shared the mother’s work, and shared the mother’s worries.”

"With the help of the eldest daughter, the old lady can rest assured and recuperate, and her condition is gradually improving. However, they owed a lot of money for medical treatment and medicine, and it is difficult to pay back even if they work. The old lady's body is going through this serious illness. Afterwards, things went from bad to worse, day and night were poor, in order not to burden the family again, late one night, the old lady got up secretly while the family was asleep...she hanged herself."

Having said this, the man paused for a moment, glanced at Zhan Zhao's expression, and then continued: "Fortunately, the old lady just got up at night, and when she heard the movement, she cried and saved the old lady. That night, The old lady hugged her mother-in-law and cried a lot. She told her mother-in-law that she had never regarded her as a burden. She had lost her husband and her mother-in-law was her only relative. The mother-in-law was deeply moved and burst into tears on the spot. That night After coaxing her mother-in-law to sleep, the old lady went back to her room and stayed up all night. Although she never regarded anyone as a burden, the current situation could not satisfy her, so after careful consideration and weighing, the next morning , she carried the whole family on her back and took the proprietress, who was only five years old at the time, out."

Zhan Zhao couldn't help frowning.Although the man didn't explain, he already guessed where the old lady was going to take her five-year-old daughter.

In some remote areas, some families are poor and unable to get rid of the blame. In desperation, they will sell their children who cannot afford labor into slaves to supplement their families.Although it is a pity, it is really helpless for them.

"The old lady sold her daughter reluctantly. I didn't expect that misfortunes never come singly, and I met a liar!" The clerk told the story and substituted his emotions. When he said this, he suddenly slapped the table angrily, and said with a frown, "That jackal cheated with money. After leaving the proprietress, he sent his accomplices to follow the old lady home, and exchanged the money with a bag of broken stones. What's even more annoying is that the old villain actually had evil thoughts in his heart, and tried to do something wrong with the proprietress Fortunately, the proprietress was smart and smart, smashed the head of the villain, and took the opportunity to run back home."

"In this way, everything is back to the original point." The man said, "The old lady knew that the old lady was going to sell her daughter, she couldn't cry, and wanted to commit suicide. The old lady tried to stop her several times, but finally she had to promise her that she would never do it again. But life is still going on, there is still no money, and there is still a buttock of debts waiting for her to pay back. The old lady settled for a few days, but she still couldn't hold on, so she wanted to follow the example of the ancients and bury her son for her mother. The eldest daughter knows. The eldest daughter and younger sister have always been close and friendly. Earlier, her mother was going to sell her sister behind her back, which made her heartbroken. Now that her younger sister has returned intact, she is naturally vigilant, afraid that someone will not pay attention. The younger sister was abandoned by her mother again. Now that she learned that her mother was so cruel that she would bury her if she couldn’t sell her daughter, she took her sister and ran away overnight, thinking: Isn’t there no money at home? Then she will find a way to get money. Can you be saved?"

The buddy is well versed in storytelling routines, and when he got to this point, he hooked the ending and mysteriously stopped talking.

Zhan Zhao was still waiting to hear what he had to say, and when he saw that he was on strike, he raised his eyebrows a little, and saw the clerk shaking his head, he understood, and took out a piece of broken silver in amazement: "Brother worked hard, I will use this little money to make myself a pot of tea , hot pot bar."

Seeing the money, the clerk eagerly took over the money, put it away carefully, and then continued with satisfaction: "No one was disturbed by the fact that the two sisters fled overnight. On the second day, when the genius was polished, the old lady came quietly. Go to the bedroom of the proprietress, and prepare to take her to the pit dug in advance, and bury it. However, digging out the loose floating soil in the pit... Guess what?"

Zhan Zhao squinted his eyes and made no reply.

The clerk had no choice but to announce the answer himself: "Maybe God is grateful for the old lady's filial piety, or maybe God loves what happened to the proprietress - when the old lady dug the earth pit, she found a pack of sparkling big ingots buried inside! With this money, all difficulties can be easily solved, and the old lady will no longer have to sell her daughter to bury her, and our lady boss can finally grow up safely and smoothly."

"However, there are some things that are not taken for nothing. If you get benefits, you will have to return them one day." The man tapped his fingertips on the table twice, pretending to be mysterious, "The old lady's family got the money, and they have to pay it back." He got out of debt and passed away one after another before he could enjoy a good life. In the end, there was only a proprietress left, who managed to earn a living and lived frugally, and used the remaining money to open such an inn. After years of hard work, painstaking efforts, Although it is not so rich, a wealthy party can support herself and make a living. If she meets someone who can see things too well in the future, she can also come up with a decent dowry and get married in a good way. To her, it is considered A nice ending."

Even if the story is over here, the guy's throat is smoking and his head is two times bigger, so he turned over the teacup and poured half a cup of tea to moisten his throat.

While drinking water, he raised his eyes to look at this guest, and thought silently: This young man is also really handsome, if the proprietress can follow him, he will be a man and a woman, a perfect match.

Just as he was thinking about it, Zhan Zhao suddenly knocked on the table and asked, "Why did you miss someone in the end of your story—where did you arrange for the sister of the proprietress?"

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Bai Yutang: I won't be here for a while, so why are they all in perfect harmony? ? ?