Although I don't want to, but no matter what, I run a pawnshop at home, and I can do anything. Although there was such an ordinary kitchen knife in front of him, it couldn't be an ordinary kitchen knife anymore, so he reluctantly opened the golden mouth: "Fifty Wen." ”

As soon as she heard this price, Aunt Gong Jian's legs were weak at that moment, she almost fell to the ground, and she worked hard to let herself, still nervously holding the high counter, begging bitterly: "Shopkeeper, this is too little." No, I bought a kitchen knife for 300 yuan. ”

Na Chao Feng snorted contemptuously: "I don't care how much you buy, a kitchen knife, even if it's brand new, it's only 200 yuan." Whoever let you, if you are fooled, you will have to spend 300 yuan to buy such a kitchen knife. Besides, we are running a pawnshop, not a charity hall. Do you suffer a loss, and we have to follow suit?"

Uncle Gong Jian still kept begging: "But the shopkeeper, according to 200 wen a new kitchen knife in time, your price of 50 wen is too little." I just bought this kitchen knife yesterday, or is it brand new? ”

Hearing her say this, the court was even more impatient: "I don't care if you are brand new." This is a pawnshop, do you understand?" Speaking of this, he suddenly thought of something, looked up at Aunt Gong Jian, and then said: "If you die, I can give you a little more money." ”

Aunt Gong Jian seemed to see a glimmer of light, and hurriedly asked cautiously, "Die." Shopkeeper, I don't know how much it will be worth?"

I saw that Chaofeng's lips moved: "Sixty Wen." After speaking, before Uncle Gong Jian had any reaction, she pushed the kitchen knife forward and said, "You don't like it properly, that's the price." If you don't want to, you take a kitchen knife, turn around and leave, don't waste our time here. ”

Aunt Gong Jian was stunned, she never thought that the road that God had guided her was so difficult. She is now facing a dilemma, if she takes this fooled kitchen knife and returns home, the man will definitely beat her violently. After all, because of his own reasons, he spent so much money to buy this ordinary kitchen knife. I didn't get back a cent of the three hundred dollars, and I couldn't get any better.

But if you give the kitchen knife to death, it will only be sixty yuan. If you take it home, it's only sixty cents, which is less than one-third of what the man originally gave. Now Uncle Gong Jian doesn't know how to choose. No matter how she thought about it, she felt that her fate would be miserable.

Seeing that Uncle Gong Jian was still hesitating there, the courtiers of the pawnshop were already impatient: "You woman, should you be or go? Hurry up, we still have to do business." ”

His reprimand scared Uncle Gong Jian. There was no time to hesitate, she gritted her teeth and simply pushed the kitchen knife to the counter again, "When, I'll die." After saying this, Uncle Gong Jian seemed to have exhausted all her strength.

She had made a decision, and it was sixty dollars anyway, and it was better to go back than to take the kitchen knife that didn't seem to be useful.

Soon, the court Feng wrote the ticket, and took out sixty dollars and pushed it to Uncle Gong Jian, and then reached out to put the kitchen knife,

Collected at the counter.

And Uncle Gong Jian was holding the pawn ticket and the sixty yuan, and she didn't know how she got out of the pawnshop. She felt that her heart was still pounding, her head was full of cranky thoughts, and she didn't know what she should do next.

But even though she didn't have any instructions in her head for her body, she instinctively took the road back to the village. At this time, it was already sunset, and on the way back, Aunt Gong Jian felt that the weather seemed to have suddenly turned into a cold winter, her body was stiff, and the whole person seemed to be walking in the ice and snow, and every step forward was extremely difficult.

She kept persuading herself in her heart, it's okay, it's okay. No matter what, you also gave birth to three children for their Lao Gong family. And the most important thing is that your youngest son is very good at reading, Yaozu will definitely be able to pass the children's exam next year, and then he will soar step by step. As long as the youngest son is there, there is nothing to be afraid of, there is no need to worry at all.

Besides, I have been working as a cow and a horse in the old palace family all these years, and serving their masters, which can be regarded as no merit, and there is hard work. Three meals a day, laundry and cooking, these things are not all done by herself.

Although this matter is nothing to say, it is not good to talk about it every day. Those people are accustomed to your dedication, and gradually, they forget their own contributions.

Now it's just right, if it's hard for the family, just make this matter clear to him. Don't think that you can't see it, but the head of the house thinks that these things are very simple to do. The women in the village are like this, but what is the situation of other people, the men of other families have to work in the fields, but this is not the case with their own families.

When his own oil bottle is poured, he will not help him if he is in charge, but will only shout at himself to work. In this case, I have to remind the master, if you make yourself a good person, see who cooks and washes for him, sews and mends, who can still serve their daily life?

After thinking about these and making enough psychological hints, Aunt Gong Jian felt that the whole person seemed to slowly wake up again. When she really came to consciousness, she realized that she was almost in the village.

At this time, she pressed her chest and carried the purse that only sixty coins she had, and once again she was a little worried and scared.

But no matter how scared Uncle Gong Jian was and how she rubbed on the road, she was finally about to usher in the step of stepping into her yard.

It was getting dark, and it was impossible for her to delay outside for too long, could it be that she could still spend the night outside, so after hesitating, Aunt Gong Jian still stopped wandering at the door, raised her hand and pushed open the courtyard door, and cautiously stepped into the courtyard.

She thought that she was so careful that she shouldn't have made any noise to alarm the people in the family, but she didn't expect that she would still be heard by her own family when she entered the door so quietly. And the most direct reaction was that as soon as he entered the door and closed the courtyard door again, he listened to the head of the house and greeted himself.

"You lazy woman, why haven't you come back now? ”

( = Old Song)