Early this morning, the countryman in front of him transported pears to sell on the street, and his pears were sweet and fragrant, but the price was very expensive.

The ragged old road passed by, and wanted to ask him for a pear to eat, but he was scolded and scolded by him.

The two were entangled in this market, and gradually attracted onlookers from passers-by.

Seeing that there were more and more onlookers, Lao Dao's face still did not show the slightest shame, he just pointed to the cart of pears and asked with a smile:

"Your cart of pears is estimated to be hundreds, I just want to beg for one to satisfy my hunger, so you don't have much loss, why are you angry?"

The villagers who watched the excitement on the side also coaxed.

"You're going to give him one to taste, what a big deal. ”

"That is, pick the worst-looking bad pear and give it to him, and it's not worth a lot of money. ”

"Everyone looks up and doesn't look down when they do business, why are you so stingy?"

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And the countryman was also said by everyone to be anxious, and he refused to agree if he was stiff or alive.

"My pears are all crisp and sweet, if you want to eat them, you can buy them with money, five cents a piece, why should you give them to him for free. ”

"This pear was planted by my own hands with Aya, carried water every day to remove insects, and carefully cared for more than half a year. If he is seriously ill, or if his hands and feet are crippled, why should I give him two?

was also made a little crying and laughing by the rigidity of the villagers, and the young man in a nearby teahouse was called by the shopkeeper to give an ear to give instructions, holding three or five copper coins in his hand, and running towards this side.

"That Taoist priest, the kindness of my shopkeeper, let me buy pears with you for five copper coins to eat. People are also the rules of doing business, so you don't have to dwell on it anymore. ”

So saying, he gave the five copper coins to the countryman.

The villager's face improved a little this time, and he picked a big shiny pear from the cart and handed it to the young man.

"Fusheng Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, please also ask the little brother to write your family for me. ”

Singing a promise, Lao Dao took the pear from the man's hand with a smile, and then turned to face the crowd of onlookers, shouting loudly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we monks will not be stingy, I have the best pears here, let me take them out and invite everyone to share them. ”

Some people in the crowd thought it was funny, so they stood up and asked him:

"You monk is so strange, since you have pears, why don't you take them out and eat them yourself, and have to ask for them?"

The old way was dusty, and he was not annoyed, but he just smiled and sold it.

"I need to seed this pear pit to grow big, sweet pears. ”

After that, he just wiped the surface of the pear with his tattered sleeve, and then ate it in a big gulp, and after a while, all that was left was a pear pit.

The crowd of onlookers was also curious about his words, and they all stared intently to see how he used the pear core in his hand to grow pears for everyone to eat.

After eating the pears and taking a sip of the juice in his hands, Lao Dao took out a small hoe from his arms, walked two steps out of the crowd, found a remote place and dug a small pit a few inches deep, buried the pear core in it, and covered it with soil carefully.

Then, turning again, he asked:

"Is there any layman who will give some water to water with me, so that it may grow quickly. ”

was whetted by the miraculous operation of the old way, and the kind shopkeeper responded with a smile.

"I wonder if Changwo soup is available?"

Wo soup is hot water. Watering plants with hot water is obviously a joke from the shopkeeper.

Unexpectedly, the old man actually nodded with a serious face.

"You have to do it. ”

At this time, the shopkeeper was also interested, and specially asked the young man to pour the prepared cold water and make a basin of hot water again.

The Taoist priest took the hot water and poured it little by little down the place where the pear pits had been planted.

After a while, young shoots sprouted from the newly dug pit and gradually grew into a leafy pear tree, and then blossomed and bore fruit, growing large and beautiful pears.

Everyone could see that even the countryman who had a quarrel with the Taoist priest before was also watching the scene in front of him intently.

"Come on, come on, I'll invite you to eat pears. ”

Quickly climbed up the tree, three or two, Lao Dao picked a handful of pears and jumped down from the treetops, and shared with the crowd who were watching the excitement.

After three or four trips back and forth, all the pears of a tree were divided, and even the countryman got one.

Looking at the pears in his hand, the countryman's Adam's apple squirmed, hesitated for a while, and took out five copper coins from his bag to return to the old man.

"I took your pears, and the money will be returned to you. ”

The old man didn't seem to expect the other party's actions, so he was stunned for a moment, but he didn't accept it with a smile.

After delivering the pears, the Taoist priest took out a shovel and worked hard for a long time before he shoveled down the pear tree, and then carried the branches and leaves on his body and left calmly.

Until the old road went away, everyone couldn't stop talking about the scene that happened before.

Grow pears out of thin air for everyone to eat, this is simply a means that only the gods have!

But at this moment, the countryman who returned to his cart suddenly cried -

"What about my pears, what about my cart of big pears? Who stole them for me?"

Everyone was shocked, and when they looked back, sure enough, the cart of big pears pushed by the countryman before had disappeared without a trace, and they had already reacted sensitively, looking at the pears that they had eaten half of in their hands.

Where I still don't understand, it is clear that the master of the game Hongchen can't get used to the stinginess and rigidity of this countryman, and deliberately uses tricks to trick him.

"It's the demon road, it must be the demon road, it's he who replaced my cart of big pears! That's my family of six for the second half of the year, how can our family live without that money?!"

The countryman's eyes were red, and he pushed away the crowd and chased straight in the direction of the old way.

It's just that after a short time, he returned the same way, and only found a wooden stake like a car handle in the corner of the wall, but the Taoist had long disappeared without a trace.

Some passers-by pointed to the handle of the car and exclaimed, and were surprised that the shape of the broken wound would coincide with the broken handle of the countryman's cart.

The countryman, who has lost all hope, is like a piece of wood, standing in front of his cart, motionless like a walking corpse.

Some passers-by couldn't bear it, and they had eaten the pears given by the old way before, so they took out a few pennies from their sleeves and put them on the cart.

It's just a drop in the bucket, more people consciously take advantage of it, and they have already sneaked away, how can they care about the life and death of the countryman's family, and after collecting it for a long time, the countryman only collected one-tenth or twelve of the money.

After noon, the autumn sun shone lazily on the pedestrians, but it could not bring the slightest warmth to the countrymen.

The cart walked near a water's edge, and the villagers suddenly stopped, looking at the Hongjiang River and were silent.

At this moment, a young man's bony hand reached out from the side and brought it to him with a slightly worn money bag.

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Thanks to Shao Tianji for the 300 starting point coins tip.