49. Penniless
However, there are often porters from other places passing by, and it is normal to live in this inn, and at dinner, a group of more than a dozen local porters, and also bought wine to drink, just some peanuts, rice, pig's head meat or something, and shouted three and four together, it is estimated that they have no work tomorrow, otherwise, such a nonsense to drink the sea, can they do heavy work tomorrow?
Sangou didn't pay attention to their eating and talking, found a corner by himself, put the money in his close-fitting pocket, and fell asleep.
In fact, Sangou couldn't sleep all of a sudden, except for the hot room and the mosquitoes flying around, mainly thinking about last night's events in his mind.
When I come home in a month, will my father be able to spare me? Can Mingyue really divorce Shoucheng? Can you really marry me? How will you face the defense of the city in the future? This is definitely going to make a fuss, what will the people in the village think of me?
There are a bunch of problems, I didn't think it was okay, but this time, I found that one was more difficult than the other, which was really a headache; Alas, I have a headache to think about, I simply don't want to, sleep; So in a daze, Sangou had one dream after another.
These dreams are either his father tying him up and beating him; Either Mingyue is the bride, but the groom is not him, he is guarding the city; Either the people in the village despise him and point fingers behind his back; Either in school, Ming Cheng Shoucheng ignored him anymore and looked at him coldly......
The next day, the three dogs woke up, not so much that they were woken up by mosquitoes and heat, but that they had many dreams all night, and their heads hurt and they woke up with a headache.
When I woke up, I went to touch the money in my underwear pocket for the first time, and when I touched the emptiness, Sangou's heart "chuckled" and jumped, and the hair stood up, so I quickly touched it again, and I went up and down in the bed, and turned it over, and the "huge money" of the nine oceans and some odd and mediums just couldn't find it.
Oh my God, what's going on, I obviously put the money in the pocket of my underwear and tied it with a cloth strap, and then I woke up, why is it gone?
The movement was so loud that it finally alarmed everyone else; Thinking about the biggest sum of money in his life, he was stolen after only one day on his body, and the three dogs lost their souls, and the whole person was in a trance.
Sangou sat on the ground weakly, his eyes were dull, the person next to him felt that something was wrong, called him, he couldn't hear it, Sangou only saw the mouth of the other person open towards him, but he couldn't hear what people were saying.
The shopkeeper thought that the three dogs were sick, and asked people to carry the three dogs to the bed, and after most of the day, the three dogs came back to their senses, and they were so anxious that they wanted to cry, but they couldn't cry, and they wanted to cry without tears.
The shopkeeper slowly asked what was going on, and after such a big incident, the boss hurriedly found someone to go to the police station to report the case; Later, two policemen also came over and asked Sangou and the store some basic information.
When checking in the store, I found that the two out-of-town pickers were missing last night, and the owner said that these two people went out early in the morning, saying that they were going to pick up the goods, which was normal in the past, and the three dogs had not woken up at that time, and they didn't know that someone in the store had stolen money, so it was impossible to stop people.
A policeman took a clerk to the goods yard outside the north gate and looked for the two people. Another policeman stayed in the store to continue the investigation, that is, to see how much money the person who lived in the hotel had, and if he had more than eight or nine oceans on him, he must be the object of suspicion, and a person with so much money would not live in such a poor store.
Second, except for the three dogs, the people who live in the store are basically porters, all of them are hard-working people, and it is impossible to have so much money in their pockets, but it is true that the picky lady who stayed in the store has a little copper plate on her body, and even very little silver horns.
The police touched all the beds, clothes, baskets, etc., and the store's cupboards and cash boxes (there were only two or three oceans), the front and back of the house were carefully checked, and even took a ladder to the roof to look for it, but there was no trace of the money.
After most of the day, another policeman came back, saying that he had not seen anyone, so he basically suspected that the two had done it, and it was just a suspicion, and the case could only be closed if the evidence of the stolen money was caught and the evidence was present.
It's just that this person is in a vast sea, and he may not be able to catch it all at once, the police recorded some information, and went back to the police station first, saying that after finding the money, he would give it to Sangou School.
That's all it takes, Sangou was suddenly penniless, and he didn't even have breakfast; What to do? Go home? It's impossible, even if you starve to death, you can't go home, you will be beaten half to death by your father when you go home, and you lose so much money at once, so you won't be beaten to death directly.
Besides, this money belongs to Mingyue, Mingyue was afraid that he would not accept it, so he deliberately said that it was lent to him, no matter what people say, this money is not his own after all, and he must pay it back.
But now, what do you want to pay? Ten oceans, at that time, for a farmer's family, must have been a huge amount of money, many farmers have never had an ocean in their pockets for several years, and the whole family does not have so much savings in a year.
For the whole morning, the three dogs lay on their backs on the bed, staring at the roof with stunned eyes, not moving. The shopkeeper took pity on him, and did not urge him to renew the bed fee, which was not worth a few dollars a day, and the shopkeeper thought, even if Sangou occupied a bed.
In the morning, the store also handed Sangou two steamed buns, but this one was not until noon, Sangou didn't feel a little hungry, none of the steamed buns moved, I really don't know what to do, I want to die, all thoughts are gone, all thoughts are gray, all thoughts are discouraged, and the feeling of all thoughts is like this.
The local porters of more than a dozen people did not leave today, and it is estimated that they are still waiting for the goods, or waiting for the boss of the goods; But today they deliberately didn't make a big noise.
Looking at this little brother lying on the bed in despair, everyone felt a little pity for him, but they couldn't help it, just quietly discussed the various situations of the case.
The sun gradually set in the west, Sangou still didn't move, the clerk wanted to go up and call him, the shopkeeper waved his hand at him, walked over himself, sat on the bed next to Sangou, and said to Sangou:
"This little brother, you see, you haven't eaten all day, what do you want to eat? I'll get you some. ”
Sangou didn't feel like he reacted for a moment, and after a while, he shook his head.
"Little brother, I know you're uncomfortable, this is not a small amount after all, but you are young, and the road ahead is long, and the money you make is not only that, so if you want to open something, what about money, no matter how much it is, it is all outside the body, and the body is your own, don't break it, then the loss will be greater."
“……”
"Alas..... as for this accommodation, don't worry, I won't drive you away, you can rest assured that you can stay, if you think it's not good to live in vain and eat for nothing, you can help me take a hand and do some small work, that is, the little things of sweeping and washing."
“……”
"Alas......"
The shopkeeper sighed, shook his head, stood up and looked at Sangou, and left.
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