Chapter 20: The Working Life of the Coffin Shop (Part II)

The boss has two daughters, the eldest daughter has already been married, according to custom, the second daughter should stay at home to recruit a son-in-law, for the second old pension to send the end, the boss's mind is to choose a favorite son-in-law among the guys, provoke the beam of his family. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

All along, the boss's wish has not succeeded, he once fell in love with a guy, this guy wants to have one, to have someone, to do things are reliable, but as soon as he inquired, people already have a favorite person, and one is Maotou, this child is very good at things, but it is hairy, not practical, the second daughter often says good things about him in front of him, but the boss still feels that to hand over such a big family business to such a person, he is not at ease.

After the big tiger came to the coffin shop, the boss appreciated the skills of the big tiger and liked the real strength of the big tiger, the boss thought that although the coffin shop was not a big business, it was much richer than the common people, and the person who could inherit the family business as a son-in-law should be a person like the big tiger.

After having this idea, the boss intended to let the second daughter recruit brother and Dahu contact, in order to deepen their understanding of each other, Zhaodi, originally young, the idea is also very simple, the father asked him to take care of the big tiger, she treated the eldest brother from time to time to the yard where the big tiger worked, handed him a towel, sent a water or something, nothing else.

Seeing Brother Zhao's concern for the big tiger, he made the hairy head who wanted to be a son-in-law jealous, he thought that this was not a problem of recruiting brothers, but that the big tiger wanted to become a son-in-law in one step, and deliberately approached Brother Zhao, so a war caused by jealousy kicked off, but the big tiger behind the curtain didn't know it.

After officially becoming a coffin shop, the boss arranged for Dahu and Maotou to sleep in a room, which provided conditions for Maotou to vent his dissatisfaction, Maotou every few days, poured a bowl of water into Dahu's quilt, and at night, when Dahu got into the quilt and was ready to sleep, he found that the quilt was always wet, but because it was dark, it was inconvenient to dry, and Dahu had to endure and cover it for a night.

And Maotou covered his head and hid in the quilt to steal fun.

Something like this happened more than once, and Dahu was not sure that Maotou did it at first, but he became suspicious of Maotou, and because he didn't catch it, he passed it silently, but the matter didn't end because Dahu didn't say anything.

Within a few days, there were dead rats in the big tiger's bed, which made the big tiger unbearable, he felt that Maotou's actions were beyond naughty and stubborn, but to challenge people's bottom line, Dahu decided not to be silent, he wanted to catch Maotou's evidence and let the boss give a comment.

That day, Dahu deliberately told Maotou that he was going out at night and asked him to leave the door for himself, and Maotou happily agreed.

When it was dark, the big tiger returned to the courtyard, he did not enter the house immediately, but stood under the root of the window, through the hole in the window paper, to see everything that happened in the house, only to see Mao Tou holding a big bowl of cold water in his hand, walked to the place where the big tiger slept, opened the big tiger's quilt, went inside, and took out a thing from his trouser pocket and stuffed it into the quilt, and then closed the quilt again, after the hair head finished this, he got into his own quilt, just when the hair head thought that he had succeeded again, the big tiger kicked the door open, Walk towards Maotou's bed.

The big tiger pulled the hairy head out of the bed, the hairy head mouth was still very hard, and he said to the big tiger:

"You're crazy, what are you dragging me so well? Don't forget, I'm your brother. ”

"Senior brother, thanks to what you said, you said, what did you just do on my quilt?" Big Tiger asked.

"What can I do, nothing, I'm sleepy and need to sleep." Maotou quibbled.

"Okay, I'll open the quilt, if I find that you have done something, let's take the quilt and the things in the quilt and go to the boss to judge, okay?" Big Tiger said.

"What? Judges? Maotou asked.

"Yes, go to the boss." The big tiger shouted loudly.

The big tiger opened the quilt and saw a large wet quilt and a dead mouse, the big tiger rolled up the quilt, took the dead mouse and walked to the boss's yard, Maotou was scared, he grabbed the big tiger and said:

"Big Tiger, I'm begging you, don't go to the boss to judge."

"That's not good, you've tossed me enough these days, it's because of bad rest, when I was working that day, I was almost cut by an axe, and if it goes on like this, I have to let you toss into a mental illness, and I have to let the boss know what to say today." Dahu said and continued to walk towards the boss's yard.

"Big Tiger, I'll kneel down for you, please don't go." Maotou suddenly knelt down for the big tiger.

Maotou's move, shocked the big tiger, in the big tiger's view, Mao Tou has always been self-righteous, he is willing to kneel for himself, there must be a hidden behind this, the big tiger stopped, Mao Tou took the opportunity to snatch the big tiger's quilt, he whispered to the big tiger, tonight he covered the big tiger's wet quilt, let the big tiger cover his quilt, and promised to dismantle the big tiger's quilt again tomorrow, see the 180-degree turn of the big tiger, the big tiger did not insist, the two returned to the house.

After Maotou returned to the house, he took out a bottle of liquor and a bag of peanuts from his cabinet, he invited Dahu to drink with him, Dahu told him that he didn't drink, Maotou said, even if he accompanied him, he would drink a cup of more or less, Dahu took the wine glass and Maotou and drank it.

After drinking, Maotou said to Dahu:

"Big Tiger, do you know why I always have trouble with you?"

"I don't know, it's because I don't know that I'm angry, do you say what you do is called personnel?" Big Tiger asked.

"I know that I am not doing personnel, but you know how aggrieved I am in my heart, just because of you, all my hopes will be disappointed, and the matter between me and my brother Zhao will also fail." Maotou said.

"Why do you talk more and more about me, the more confused I become, how can I still have something to do with Brother Zhao, today you just spread out your words, I want to hear what's going on." Big Tiger said.

Maotou told Dahu that it had been five years since he came to the coffin shop, and from the first time he saw Brother Zhao, he had fallen in love with Brother Zhao.

Maotou also told Dahu about his life experience.

It turned out that Maotou is not from here, his home is thousands of miles away, because there are many buddies and brothers in the family, and the family is poor, the parents intend to give Maotou to others to raise, but the parents asked several families in the nearby village, and no one is willing to adopt, Maotou's brother is a little older, can do some hard work, and was taken away by a family as a sheep herder, seeing that the younger children in the family are crying all day long, the parents really can't help it, so they think of a bad trick to abandon Maotou.

That day, Maotou's father came to the market with Maotou, he bought a rock sugar gourd that Maotou dreamed of eating, Maotou saw the sugar gourd, he forgot everything, he only cared about eating, he didn't take care of his father, just when Maotou focused on eating, Maotou's father hid in a place that Maotou couldn't see, and when Maotou finished eating the sugar gourd, when he remembered his father, his father was no longer there, Maotou began to cry, at this time the father who was hiding in the distance looked at Maotou's pain, and did not come forward to comfort Maotou, Instead, he continued to hide from a distance and observe Maotou.

Why did my father choose such a lively market to abandon Maotou, he thought that the people who came to the market were at least better than their family conditions, if they were taken away by one of these people, then Maotou's fate might change, it was better than being starved to death in his own home, Maotou only knew that he couldn't find his father to cry, some of them asked Maotou, where did his parents go, Maotou shook his head, Maotou's father found that although Maotou cried, he refused to leave that place a step, maybe at his young age, he could only think of leaving here, His father could no longer find him.

The father hid in the distance and watched his son cry and he also cried, and he later moved the idea of not abandoning Maotou, but at this time, a middle-aged man in his forties came to the spearhead, after he asked Maotou, he was going to take Maotou away, Maotou because he thought that his father came back to him, so no matter how the man dragged him, he just refused to follow the man, the sky gradually got dark, the lively scene of the market became a depressed open space, children are naturally afraid of the dark, Maotou is no exception, he finally followed the man.

The man took him back to 'home', and as soon as he entered, a woman with a mouth full of wine yelled at the man:

"Damn, where did you run all day, just bring back such a child, don't end up smashing it in our hands, you have to take care of him eating and drinking, it's hard to find a home this year."

"I'll look for it tomorrow, you can make do to get some food for the child tonight, and you won't be able to sell it when you get hungry when you turn around."

The woman muttered reluctantly to the kitchen.

Maotou is only a few years old, and he can't understand what they say, such as going down to the house, smashing his hands, and can't sell it, but he can see that the two adults don't want to see him, and the woman brings a bowl of paste to Maotou, and Maotou drinks it.

When Maotou opened his eyes the next day, a woman in her fifties came to the 'home', the woman touched Maotou's face and body, just like buying a livestock, just like buying a livestock, just about looking at the teeth, Maotou was tossed by the woman for a while, and the hostess went into the house to negotiate the price, maybe the price could not be negotiated, the woman came out of the house with a strained face, pushed the door open and was about to leave, just bumped into the man back, the man entered the house and discussed with the hostess for a while, the hostess agreed.

The woman led Maotou away in a donkey cart, and I don't know how long she went, the woman took Maotou to a family, this family has three daughters, and there is a lack of a son, and the three sisters are still very friendly to Maotou, they saw Maotou and pulled Maotou to play outside, maybe the price was right, the woman did not bargain with this family, the woman left, and Maotou stayed in this family.

When Maotou grew to the age of eight, he learned from the words of adults that his father's name was Zhao Quanli, a bricklayer, and his mother's name was Sun Shumin, who did housework. In addition to taking care of his little brother, he also has to help with household chores.

When Maotou didn't do well, his mother grabbed his ears and scolded:

"Eat white food, it's useless, get out of the way."

A year later, his mother gave birth to a son, and now he became completely superfluous in this family, and his father could still protect him, and after having two sons, his father also began to beat him, not to mention his mother, although several sisters were okay with him, but they had no status at home, and they couldn't protect him, Maotou couldn't bear the hunger and beatings, and ran out of that house in the middle of the night.

Maotou has lived a wandering life since then, and the hardships do not need to be expressed anymore, until he was seventeen years old, when the coffin shop lacked a handy worker, Maotou was fortunate to be selected, and since then he has taken root in the coffin shop.

Maotou regarded the coffin shop as his home, and the boss and the boss as his parents, he fell in love with Brother Zhao, and wanted to become a son-in-law to provide for the second old man, and Brother Zhao also liked him, he originally thought that as long as he passed the boss again, he would have the hope of becoming a member of this family, but he didn't expect the appearance of the big tiger to disrupt his steps.

Maotou's narration made the big tiger more sympathetic to Maotou, more than ten years of life without a home, so that Maotou longed to have a home, his desire is much stronger than ordinary people, it seems that he wants to do his best to help Maotou realize this wish.

The big tiger also opened his heart to Maotou, and he said:

"Maotou, I came to the shop to earn money to support my family, I never thought of anything else, and I won't in the future, I hope you will treat me as a brother in the future, and brothers will be honest with each other, if you have already told me what to say, the two of us will be fine for a long time, and it will not let me sleep on the wet quilt, and in the future, our brothers will have something to say on the surface, and no one is allowed to hide it, do you say it."

"That's good, I apologize to you once again for my actions." Maotou said.

"If I don't take you to the boss today, and you don't tell me the truth, are you afraid that the boss will know about you, and you will have no fun with your younger brother, don't you say?" The big tiger deliberately teased his hairy head.

"Maotou, I was joking with you just now, but what I'm going to tell you now is the truth, since you like to recruit brother, get along with her generously, if Brother Zhao is willing to let you be a son-in-law, the boss can still oppose it, the key is that you have to impress the boss with practical actions, so that he willingly recognize you as a door-to-door son-in-law, you just suspected that the boss wants me to be a door-to-door son-in-law, to tell you the truth, I will not consider marriage after the age of thirty, you can put your heart in your stomach."

"Really? Why? Maotou thought that the big tiger was fooling him.

"Really, Maotou, your background is indeed sympathetic, but to a certain extent, I envy you, the whole family is not hungry when one person is full, but I, hey, let's not talk about me today." Big Tiger said.

"Big Tiger, what do you say I should do, so that the boss can willingly recognize me as a son-in-law?"

"First of all, you have to really treat the coffin shop as your own home, help Zhaodi run this family, you can't be like other guys, what time do people work, what time do you work, you have to let them see that you are a man, you can support this family by your own efforts, so that they can rest assured that Zhaodi will be handed over to you." Big Tiger said.

"Big Tiger, I will definitely do a good job and never let my brother and boss down."

Since the two of them finished talking that day, Maotou is like a different person, and he doesn't pick fat and thin when he works, and no matter how late he finishes his work, he will tidy up the yard before he is willing to go back to the house to rest.

The change of Maotou surprised Brother Zhao, although she liked Maotou in the past, but also hated Maotou's sneaking and slippery problems, the reason why Brother Zhao didn't dare to mention her and Maotou's affairs to his father was that he was worried that his father disliked Maotou's problems too much, and saw Maotou making changes with practical actions, Zhaodi was also happy in his eyes, but the boss ignored Maotou's changes and Zhaodi's thoughts, and he has been investigating according to his own ideas. Son-in-law', after a year of investigation, the boss believes that Dahu is the best candidate, and it is time to have a showdown with Dahu.

After finishing work in the evening, the boss made an exception to let Dahu go to his house to eat, Dahu felt strange, usually the guys eat together, today the boss asked himself to eat alone, there must be something in the middle, Dahu couldn't guess and went as promised.

After sitting down, the boss deliberately spent his wife, and only the boss and Dahu were left in the house.

The boss got up and poured a glass of wine into the big tiger's wine glass, the big tiger hurriedly stood up and filled the boss's wine glass, and at the suggestion of the boss, both of them dried the wine in the wine glass, and after the wine was dry, the boss spoke:

"Big Tiger, I didn't have anything else to call you here today, I just want to pull a family, you have been working with me for a year, you know the situation of my family almost, people say, 'There are three unfilial pieties, and no queen is great', but I have already seen it, don't look at my two daughters, but I am quite content."

"What's wrong with my daughter? You can still honor your parents. Dahu said.

"Yes, my eldest daughter is sensible and obedient, and the second daughter is well-behaved and cute, my brother got married in the year before last, and there is only one brother left in the family, and I am getting older and older, I always want to find a good guy to be a son-in-law in the shop, and support this family, I am not afraid of your jokes, I have not been looking for it, and it may be that my vision is too high."

"You should listen to your daughter's opinion." Dahu took the boss's words.

"When you say this, what does Brother Zhao know? I have to help the adults check the gates, to tell you the truth, since you came, I have been observing you in the dark, I found that you are a good craft, you are a person worth relying on, today I want to give you a real foundation, if you have no one else in your heart, I want to give you a brother-in-law, you come to be this son-in-law. ”

"Boss, this is unacceptable, you can value me, I am very grateful, but I have to tell you the truth, I appreciate your kindness, but I can't accept it." Dahu refused.

"Do you already have someone in your heart? Still can't look down on my family's recruitment? The boss asked.

"No, you listen to me tell you slowly, my situation is a bit special, I am now working hard to earn money, is to support two families, one is my parents, the other is my master and mother, for them I once swore that I will not consider my marriage before the age of thirty, I want to provide security for their later life, Zhao brother is a good girl, she will definitely find her own happiness, I will sincerely bless her."

"Does your master and mother have no children?" The boss asked.

"No, don't people say 'master and apprentice are like father and son', I am their godson, so I have to do my filial piety for them."

Then, Dahu told about the sincere feelings between the master and apprentice and the 'father-son' friendship between the master and the inseparable during his apprenticeship.

After listening to Dahu's story, the boss was moved by his filial piety, affection, and daring to take responsibility, and he expressed his respect for Dahu's decision.

Dahu thought, since the boss mentioned the topic of recruiting sons-in-law, it is better to tell Maotou and Zhaodi about it, and let the boss focus on Maotou, before bringing up this topic, Dahu told the boss about Maotou's changes these days, which is considered to be a foreshadowing, and then said the fact that Zhaodi and Maotou have each other in their hearts.

The boss proposed that the essence of the hair is good, that is, there are too many small problems, and it is still a little unpractical to let him be the son-in-law, and the big tiger kindly reminded the boss that it is the younger brother and the hair head who will live a lifetime in the future, as long as the two of them love each other, the persuasion of the big tiger has played a role, the boss said that he is willing to consider, in the eyes of the big tiger, the boss said that he is willing to consider, basically acquiescing to the relationship between the brother and the hair head.

What happened next made the boss have a deeper understanding of Maotou.

That day, the boss decided to give the guys a day off, why would the boss give the guys a day off? It turns out that every month to the wax moon, the coffin shop business is unusually hot, and it is not clear what the reason is, many years of high or perennial bedridden people, generally can not survive the wax moon, this year's wax moon is no exception, the big tiger and the guys connected a dozen orders, almost all of them are large households, in order to catch up with the coffin, the big tiger and the guys have been working overtime for several nights, and now it is finally completed, the boss is happy to give the guys a day off.

Maotou and Zhaodi were originally scheduled to go out for a day, but it was inconvenient for Zhaodi to come to menstruation, so they temporarily decided to cancel the plan to go out.

At this time, four masked men broke into Zhaodi's house, and they held long knives in their hands to force the boss to take out the family's money, and the boss would easily take the money to them, so these people tied up the boss and shouted, 'If you don't take out the money again, you will kill the boss with a knife'.

The movement in the boss's house attracted the attention of Maotou and Zhaodi, the two of them walked to the door of the boss's house and saw that four masked people were threatening the boss, Zhaodi was about to shout when he saw it, and Maotou covered his mouth with his hand and took him back to the house, and whispered to Zhaodi, no matter what happened, hide in the cabinet and don't come out, in short, he will protect the boss from harm.

Seeing that the guys are not there, only Maotou is a man at home, Brother Zhao said to Maotou, you still secretly ran out to the police station to report, with your own strength, you can't fight the four of them, Brother Zhao's words reminded Maotou, he told Brother Zhao, while the kidnappers have not found out yet, it is better for you to go to the police station to report the case, I am a man after all, I can deal with the kidnappers for a while, Brother Zhao felt that Maotou's words made sense, so he secretly slipped out of the back door to report the case.

Maotou deliberately pretended not to know about the kidnappers, and swaggered and shouted' The boss entered the house, just caught by four masked kidnappers, they asked Maotou to hand over the money, Maotou said to them, where the money is, I know very well, but I have a condition, must let the boss go, in the case of confirming the boss's safety, I will hand over the money to you, otherwise you can't get the hammer, the kidnappers will not do it as soon as they hear it, they said, if the boss goes to the police station to report the case, not only can not get the money, but also have to be arrested by the police, Maotou said, with my head, you can rest assured.

After listening to Maotou's words, there was a disagreement between the four kidnappers, the two kidnappers agreed with Maotou's statement, advocating that the boss should be released, taking the money and leaving, the two kidnappers did not agree with Maotou's words, they advocated detaining both of them in their hands and forcing them to hand over the money, and in the end it was the small leader who made the decision, he was eager to get the money and agreed to Maotou's request.

Seeing that the boss walked out of the yard safely, the kidnapper put the knife on Maotou's neck and asked Maotou to hand over the family's money immediately. The dead fish doesn't open its mouth', the kidnappers scolded Maotou for not keeping his word, and made a not deep cut on Maotou's neck, they didn't want to kill Maotou, but to scare, Maotou was not intimidated by the cut, he thought in his heart, Zhaodi must have arrived at the police station and reported the case, the police will come soon, he told himself to hold on, no matter what, he can't let the kidnappers take the family's money away.

In fact, Maotou didn't know where the boss's money was, and it was estimated that the kidnappers didn't necessarily know about this kind of thing, but the kidnappers searched all corners of the house and only found some small money, and they pressed the treasure on Maotou, and Maotou didn't tell the kidnappers that he didn't know where the money was, and it was estimated that the kidnappers wouldn't believe it, just like that, after a stalemate of more than two hours, Zhaodi rushed into the yard with the police.

The kidnappers saw that the police were coming, and they planned to break the net, they held the hair head hostage, and put the knife on the neck of the hair head, if at the beginning they only cut a small hole in the hair head's neck, then now they are in the emergency situation, they will not take into account the depth of the mouth on the hair head's neck, the hair head's neck was cut by the knife again, the blood kept flowing, in order to ensure the life of the hair head, the police did not dare to act rashly, Zhao brother looked at the blood on the hair head neck, distressed, she said to the kidnappers, Let go of the hairy head, she will give the money to the kidnappers.

At this time, the kidnappers, no one believed their words, they set up Maotou and the police to confront, the police did not want Maotou to die in front of their eyes, so they talked to the kidnappers about the conditions, the kidnappers said, at the moment their only requirement, is to leave here as soon as possible, the police agreed to the kidnappers' request, but the kidnappers did not believe that the police would let them go easily, and offered to take Maotou with them.

At this time, the boss board also rushed home, so where did the boss go in these nearly two hours?

It turned out that after the boss was released, he did not go to the police station to report the case, but went to his eldest brother to find a way, his eldest brother opened a warehouse not far from the county seat, the boss meant to let the eldest brother bring some people from the warehouse to rescue Mao Tou, the reason why he did not dare to report the case was also afraid that the police would come to provoke the kidnappers, which would be even more unfavorable to Mao Tou and even have the possibility of losing his life.

The people brought by the boss saw that the police were present, and they did not take action, but when they heard that the kidnappers were going to take Maotou as a hostage, the boss still stood up, and he said to the kidnappers that as long as the hairy head was released, he would hand over the money to the kidnappers, and the effect was the same as when Zhao Di said, the kidnappers now did not care about the money, but were afraid of being arrested by the police.

Several policemen combined, simply agreed to the kidnapper's request first, to save Maotou's life, seeing Zhao Di crying for himself, Mao Tou said to Zhao Di, take care of his parents at home, he will be fine, it was his words that touched the boss, at the moment of life and death, Mao Tou still thought about Zhao Di and himself, he swore in his heart that if Mao Tou could come back safely, he would agree to Zhao Di marry Mao Tou.

In the end, Maotou was taken away by the kidnappers as a hostage, after entering a forest, the kidnappers and Maotou disappeared, the police went in to search for a while, and finally found no trace of the kidnappers, the police had to temporarily give up the pursuit, they asked the boss to wait for the kidnappers at home, and keep in touch with the police station in time.

Maotou followed the kidnappers to the mountain, due to excessive bleeding, Maotou's consciousness was a little blurred, and he didn't know where he was being taken, and in the blur, he heard the kidnappers talking:

"This kid has a really big life, and he hasn't died after shedding so much blood."

"Boss, if you want me to say let's let him go, the police already know that we have kidnapped him, and if he dies here, we will have another human life on our back."

"Why don't we find him a Lang Zhong and help him stop the bleeding from the wound."

"It's all nonsense, if we can find Lang Zhong, the police can also find us, this kid is of no use to us now, or wait for it to get dark, you carry him down the mountain and throw him, don't let the police find out, if this kid has a big life, maybe he can come back to life, even if he dies, he doesn't die in our hands." The Boss made a decision.

The kidnappers took advantage of the darkness to put Maotou at a junction at the bottom of the mountain in all directions, at this time Maotou was already unconscious, what is called 'no coincidence is not a book', and experienced it on the big tiger again.

Said earlier that the big tiger took advantage of the holiday to go home, he also wanted to rush back to the coffin shop before dark, just when he walked at the intersection of the mountain, he tripped over something under his feet, the big tiger subconsciously bent down to see what it was, when he found that there was a person lying on the ground, the big tiger quickly picked up the person, because it was dark and the hairy face was covered with blood, the big tiger couldn't see the appearance of this person clearly, he couldn't care so much about carrying people and running.

When Lang Zhong asked Dahu to pay the money first, Dahu found that all the money on his body was handed over to his parents, and now he was penniless, Lang Zhong saw that Dahu had no money and went out to catch up with Dahu, and Dahu had no choice but to carry Maotou back to the boss's house.

At this moment, everyone in the boss's family is also suffering from Maotou's affairs, especially Brother Zhao, who didn't feel it before, but now that Maotou has no news, Brother Zhao's heart is dead, looking at Brother Zhao's sadness, the boss is also sad, just when everyone is passively waiting for Maotou's news, Dahu carried Maotou into the yard.

When the boss asked Da Hu, where to carry back the individual, Da Hu said the simple experience, the boss asked the guy to invite Lang Zhong, Zhao Brother also came over, when she saw the clothes on Maotou's body, screamed, the boss thought that Zhao Brother because Maotou had no news, his head was stimulated, and he hurriedly came over to comfort Zhao Di, Zhao Di said loudly:

"Brother Big Tiger, you can save Maotou."

Brother Zhao's voice also blinded the big tiger, hairy head? How could he be lying at the intersection with his face covered in blood? What's going on?

"Brother Big Tiger, I'll tell you later, I have to make a basin of water to wipe the blood off Maotou's face." Zhao Di went to the kitchen to fetch water.

After Brother Zhao wiped the blood off Maotou's face, Dahu saw that it was really Maotou, and Maotou was still unconscious.

Lang Zhong went outside to invite Lang Zhong's guy to come back with Lang Zhong, Lang Zhong looked at the mouth of Maotou's neck, and told the boss that it was not hurt, Zhao Brother cried and begged Lang Zhong to wake up Maotou quickly, Lang Zhong said, Maotou is not a big problem, but he lost too much blood, he smeared medicine on the wound of Maotou's neck, and told the boss to drink more black chicken soup and the like, put some red dates and wolfberries in it to replenish qi and blood, and rest for a period of time should be fine.

Brother Zhao's mother hurriedly stewed black chicken soup for Maotou according to Lang Zhong's words.

Seeing that Maotou was fine, at this time, the boss told Da Hu about the kidnapper incident that happened at home, and patted Da Hu on the shoulder and said:

"Big Tiger, it was you who saved Maotou's life, and I thank you for this great benefactor on behalf of my brother."

"Boss, don't say that, Maotou is the object of recruiting my brother and my senior brother, this is what I should do, don't say, the two of us are fateful, the kidnapper threw Maotou at the intersection, and I happened to pass by the intersection, the time and place are just right, you say, this is not fate." Big Tiger said.

"Big Tiger, I used to think that Mao Tou was like a child who didn't grow up, just like his name, hairy and hairy, but through today's incident, I changed my opinion of Mao Tou, he didn't care about his own safety, he saved me from the kidnappers, and when he was kidnapped by the kidnappers and almost lost his life, you know he said a word to Brother Zhao, so I can't forget it now, he said, 'Brother Zhao takes good care of his parents at home', when did you say it, there is still blood on his neck, and he still thinks about us in his heart."

"Boss, Maotou has grown up and is sensible, you can agree to his marriage with Brother Zhao, you can rest assured that Brother Zhao will follow Maotou." Dahu took the opportunity to say.

"Big Tiger, I just want to tell you about this, I want to wait for Maotou to recover his body, I will do the marriage between him and Brother Zhao, your aunt and I are also older, the coffin shop business, I also want to hand it over to them after they get married, your aunt and I will show them the children at home, and enjoy the joy of family." The boss said.

"Boss, I agree with this idea, you also said that looking at people is mainly based on character, you can rest assured, the wedding of Maotou and Zhaodi, we will definitely make it lively, and ensure that you will not be affected by the second elder." Big Tiger said.

"Big Tiger, with your words, I put my heart in my stomach." The boss said.

Maotou's body recovered under the care of Zhao's brother and mother, and after recovery, Maotou learned that his life was saved by Dahu, he took Dahu's hand, and was moved and didn't know what to say.

The wedding of Maotou and Zhaodi was successfully held under the management of Dahu and his friends.

The boss abided by the agreement at the time, he was no longer the boss, but gave the position of the boss to the small couple of Maotou, he and his wife lived a quiet life, but Maotou still humbly asked the boss and the buddy when he encountered difficult things, he especially listened to the opinions of the big tiger, he regarded the big tiger as the backbone.

I remember that as soon as Mao Tou took over the coffin shop, he encountered a thorny problem.

A guy in the shop is called Qiangzi, he has been a buddy in the shop for a few years, he speaks little on weekdays, but the work is still very beautiful, it is because of this, the old boss admires him very much, and Maotou did not treat him slowly after becoming the boss, and he was handed over to do any intimate things.

This time, too, Maotou they entered a batch of wood from the warehouse, and the owner of the warehouse had already made an appointment to pay the money to the other party, just because Maotou had just become the boss, and many things in the shop needed him to take care of, so the payment was delayed.

Qiangzi did these things is not a matter of a day or two, Maotou did not think elsewhere at all, at noon, Maotou still did not see Qiangzi back, he was worried that Qiangzi had an accident halfway, so he sent a guy to the warehouse to inquire about Qiangzi's whereabouts, who knows, the owner of the warehouse said that they had never seen Qiangzi at all, he brought a message to Maotou, after settling this account, he did not want to cooperate with Maotou again, saying that Maotou did not keep his promises.

The guy vigorously brought the boss's words to Maotou, Maotou thought, this strong son has been out with the money since the morning, and he has not come back yet, and he has not handed over the money to the warehouse, what is wrong in the middle? It is more than half an hour's journey from the coffin shop to the warehouse, and it is still a prosperous road, so it stands to reason that there will be no robbery and robbery.

Maotou saw that Qiangzi's face was covered with blood, and quickly asked Zhaodi to bring a basin of water to Qiangzi, and after cleaning the blood stains on his head, Qiangzi told Maotou what happened.

According to Qiangzi, in the morning he took the money given to him by the boss, went to the warehouse, just when he walked ten meters away from the warehouse, his head was hit by something, and when he woke up, he was lying in a cornfield, he felt a lot of pain in his head, so he subconsciously touched his head with his hand, saw the blood on his hands, only to know that he was injured, he touched his pocket again, and found that the money was gone, and then he reluctantly walked out of the cornfield, asked a passer-by, only to know that this is already far away from the county.

He inquired all the way back to the shop, when Qiangzi was telling, the big tiger had been observing Qiangzi on the side, he found that Qiangzi's eyes were dodging, especially when it came to the time when the money was gone, he barely looked at Maotou, due to the large amount of this batch of payments, Maotou proposed to go to the police station to report the case, Qiangzi immediately showed a panicked look, Dahu called Maotou aside, and said to Maotou, don't rush to the police station first, he will talk to Qiangzi for a while, let him recall the whole process carefully, if there is no harvest, It's not too late to go to the police station again.

Although Maotou didn't know the true intention of the big tiger, he believed in the big tiger, so after taking the strong son to stabilize his mood, the big tiger called the strong son to his house, and he said to the strong son:

"You are also an old buddy in the shop, your character has always been praised by the boss, and we are also recognized, but, today's events are a little strange, which can't help but make me think more, you carefully recall what happened since you got the money, so that we can help you analyze who did it, you are here to remember more than to go to the police station to remember, do you say?"

"Yes, but I just remember someone gave me a little behind my back, and I told you everything about the rest of the story." Hadron said.

"Okay, I'll ask you a few questions, and you'll answer me truthfully." Big Tiger said.

"Just ask." Hadron said.

"What time did you get out of the bunk?" Big Tiger asked.

"Eight o'clock in the morning." Hadron replied.

"What time did you walk ten meters from the warehouse?" Big Tiger asked.

"Ten o'clock, no, it's nine." Hadron replied.

"Have you been anywhere along the way?" Big Tiger asked.

"Didn't go anywhere." Hadron replied.

"Okay, you can rest at home today, and tell me if you think of anything." Big Tiger said.

Seeing that Qiangzi returned to his house, the big tiger pulled the hair head and walked out, the two people came to the street, the hair head asked the big tiger what he was going to do, the big tiger said, you will know in a while, half an hour later, the two people came to the door of the warehouse, at this time, the big tiger told the hair head of his suspicions.

Dahu said that it took half an hour to walk from the shop to the warehouse, and Qiangzi said that when he walked ten meters away from the warehouse, he said that it was ten o'clock at first, and then changed it to nine o'clock, and the time was obviously wrong.

After listening to Dahu's analysis, Maotou also felt that Hadron was suspicious, and he said to Dahu:

"Since there are so many suspicious points in the strong son, we should go to the police station to call the police, if we can't ask it, the police will be able to ask it."

"However, once the police determine that Hadron is the person who pays for the goods and keeps it for himself, then he will have to go to jail, I still have that opinion, try to do the work of Hadron as much as possible, let him realize the seriousness of the problem, and it is better for him to speak the truth of this matter himself, and it can be regarded as pulling him." Big Tiger said.

"Alright, just do as you say." Maotou said.

Qiangzi was not practical at this time, especially when Dahu asked him questions, his answers were full of loopholes, he was afraid that Dahu would force him to tell the truth, and he was afraid that he would be taken away by the police, and at this time, Dahu and Maotou came to him again.

This time he didn't waste time, but went straight to the point, and Dahu asked Qiangzi:

"We walked again just now, from the shop to the warehouse for half an hour at most, but you walked for an hour, the extra half an hour, where did you go? You have to answer truthfully. ”

"Oh, I forgot to mention it just now, I also bought a bun and delayed it for a while." Hadron replied.

"Where did you buy the buns?" The big tiger asked.

"I bought it on the street." Hadron is determined.

"As far as I know, the only bun shop on the street is now being renovated, and the scattered stalls only sell chaos and pancakes." Big Tiger said.

"Anyway, I can't remember exactly, so I just bought breakfast." Hadron said.

"No, didn't we have breakfast together in the shop in the morning? How did you just finish eating and you're hungry again. Maotou said.

"Qiangzi, you have to be clear, why we didn't choose to call the police, but repeatedly gave you the opportunity, because we haven't been disappointed in you yet, and we want to give you a chance to be a new person, if you go to the police station and do a big prison, the rest of your life will be over, now give you another half an hour, if you are obsessed and don't tell the truth, then we have to choose to call the police, think about it." Big Tiger said.

Half an hour passed, and Hadron finally told the truth of the matter.

Because the strong son has always been valued by the boss, when the boss is inconvenient, some business things, including checkout, are handed over to him to do, come and go, the strong son is targeted by a ruffian on the street, the ruffian has a good match, called Susu, on weekdays to sell as the main means of making money, she and the ruffian became a partner, the ruffian helped her to solicit business, she helped the ruffian sell herself to make money, the ruffian observed the ruffian for a long time, he also knew that the ruffian often went to the store, so he began to play on the ruffian.

That day, Qiangzi just walked out of the shop not far away, he saw a woman fall to the ground, he wanted to bypass the woman, but the woman grabbed him and screamed a 'big brother', saying that her foot was broken, let Qiangzi help her home, Qiangzi had to help the woman go home, into the door, Qiangzi was leaving, just now the woman who was limping, suddenly pushed Qiangzi to the bed, and moved to Qiangzi, in the process of Qiangzi's resistance, the woman tore her shirt, exposed her breasts, and shouted, 'Come on, Someone is going to rape me', and as soon as the woman's voice fell, the ruffian appeared in front of the strong son.

The ruffian said to the hadron:

"What's the matter? Is it official or private? ”

"Big brother, that's not the case, she pushed me to the bed." Hadron explained.

"You are a big man, do you dare to do it? So you say, what's the deal with her clothes? The ruffian said.

"She did it herself, I didn't touch her." Hadron said.

"It seems that you are going to repay the debt, okay, Susu, let's hand this kid over to the police, we can't control whether we are beaten or punished." The ruffian said.

As soon as Qiangzi heard that he was going to hand him over to the police, he was afraid, he was worried that when he went to the police station, the woman insisted that she had raped her, and if there was a ruffian to testify, he would be allowed to go to prison, and it would not sound good to spread out, so he had to follow the ruffian's conditions privately.

When the ruffian saw that the hendron had taken the bait, he said that he wanted the hendron to take out ten oceans and cut it off at one time, and the hendron would go to the ocean, and the hitcher knelt down for the ruffian on the spot, and he said that when his boss gave him a payment, he would give all the money left to the ruffian, and ten pieces of the ocean would kill him, and he couldn't afford it.

At this time, Su Su came over and put his arms around Hadron's neck and said:

"You're really dead-headed, you don't have it, it doesn't mean that your boss doesn't, don't you often go to help the boss go to the warehouse to settle the bill? Wouldn't it be rich to find a way to deduct the payment? ”

"I'm giving you a chance, if you can't come up with the money, I'll take Su Su to your shop, when the time comes, I'll let your boss and your guys know what kind of person you are, you have to weigh it carefully, which one is light and which one is heavy." The ruffian said.

Coming out of the ruffian, the hadron pondered, and he thought of all the ways he could think of.

In the end, he still had a crooked idea, and Qiangzi wrote and directed a farce of being robbed.

After Qiangzi came out of the coffin at eight o'clock in the morning, he came to Su Su's house, he gave the money to the warehouse to Su Su and the ruffian, Su Su and the ruffian promised Qiangzi, this matter is not indebted, Qiangzi came out of Su Su's house, and went to the outside of the county, he chose a place where no one was, picked up a stone from the ground, and looked at his head, because of the excessive force, he fainted on the spot, and when he woke up, it was almost noon.

According to the prior design, Qiangzi returned to the coffin shop with a bloody face, giving everyone the illusion of being robbed, but, under the repeated questioning of Dahu, his plan was still exposed, and Dahu suggested that Qiangzi go to the police station to report the case, be sure to catch Su Su and the ruffian, and return Qiangzi to a fair and recover the loss of the coffin shop.

Dahu and Maotou followed Qiangzi to the police station, and the police, under the leadership of Qiangzi, blocked Su Su and the ruffian at home, although the ruffian denied it in every possible way and refused to admit it, Su Su still confessed the fact of designing and framing Hadron and obtained the payment.

Through this incident, Qiangzi has a deeper understanding of Dahu and Maotou, if it is said that in the past they were just the relationship between the boss and the buddy, the buddy and the buddy, then now, they have become a brotherly relationship, the brother is like this, when you succeed, he will hide aside to share, when you encounter difficulties, he will help you, when you go astray, he will pull you, just like the boss treated Dali back then.

The business of the coffin shop is good, the income is also guaranteed, when Dahu is free, he goes to the school to talk to Mr. Zhang, talk about his heart, that day, it is already dark, the coffin shop to the school's journey, it takes about 20 minutes to walk, Dahu walked on the street and walked to the school gate, he saw that the lights in Mr. Zhang's dormitory were still on, and he walked towards Mr. Zhang's dormitory.

When Da Hu approached Mr. Zhang's door, Da Hu overheard several people talking in the room, he stopped, and he heard one of them say:

"The present society is a society in which people eat people, and if the poor people want to be free from oppression and turn themselves into masters, they must wage a resolute struggle against the bureaucratic compradors and the remnants of feudalism, and only in this way can they win equal personality and equal status."

"We can't take the fight for equality as a slogan, we need to go deep into the people, arouse the people's right to fight for democracy and freedom, and turn this call into action." Another added.

"I think the focus now is to work public opinion, and before the consciousness of the masses is aroused, we must use newspapers to propagate democracy and freedom and oppose exploitation and oppression, and we can also consider running our own publications, which will be much more convenient for publicity." Mr. Zhang is talking.

The conversation of several people continued, Dahu now has two choices, either leave quickly, or knock on the door immediately, continue to stand at the door with the suspicion of eavesdropping on other people's conversations, and finally, he chose to leave, just when he was about to turn around and leave, Mr. Zhang pushed the door out, Mr. Zhang found Dahu, and must have guessed that Dahu heard their conversation, so he took Dahu to the school playground, Mr. Zhang took the initiative to ask Dahu, did he hear anything just now, Dahu has nothing to hide in front of Mr. Zhang, He confessed to telling Mr. Zhang that he had heard part of it.

Mr. Zhang asked Dahu:

"As a carpenter, talk about how you feel after hearing what you just said."

"To tell you the truth, I can't understand a lot of your conversations, and I can't tell you how I feel." Big Tiger tells the truth.

"Really? What words do you not understand? Say it and let's talk about it. Mr. Zhang encouraged Dahu and said.

"You have all talked about democracy, freedom and equality, these things don't seem to be the things that we ordinary people care about, we just have to work hard and earn money to support our families." Dahu said what he thought in his heart.

"Then tell me, in your impression, democracy, freedom, and equality should be something that people care about?" Mr. Zhang continues to inspire the big tigers.

"Don't laugh at me when I say it, I think it should be those who don't worry about food and clothing, and don't have to look at other people's faces to live, such as some people who come to our coffin to lay down the coffin, when they are alive, they live a life of spending all day and drinking, and when they come, they have to use high-quality wood to make exquisite coffins, such people are worthy of talking about democracy, freedom and equality." Dahu gave the example of a coffin shop.

"The reason why the common people live such an embarrassing life is because of social inequality, the root of this inequality lies in those powerful people, exploiting and squeezing the blood and sweat of the common people, and the common people have to live a miserable life, and they spend all their time drinking, they rely on the common people to accumulate wealth, and the common people rely on the small money they give to them, and live an embarrassing life, this is undemocracy, unfreedom and inequality, we can only live a good life by overthrowing this system." Mr. Zhang tried his best to use simple and easy-to-understand language to make Dahu understand.

"What you said is a fantasy, we live in a real society, we don't have income if we don't work for a day, we can't support ourselves and our families without income, and our ancestors have been like this for generations." Dahu still didn't understand the meaning of Mr. Zhang's words.

"Big Tiger told you so, your ideas represent the feelings of thousands of workers, and it is more difficult to change for a while, but I hope that you will think more about the problems I just raised on the road of life in the future, and think about it from a different angle when you encounter problems, your vision will be broader than now, and you will become a person who can make a difference."

Mr. Zhang told Dahu that he still had friends waiting for him in the house, and he asked Dahu to go back and reminisce about their conversation, and if there was anything he didn't understand in the future, he could talk to him at any time.

Mr. Zhang returned to the dormitory, told the conversation with Dahu to the people present, he advised everyone to adjust the way of thinking, why did Mr. Zhang propose to adjust his thinking after meeting with Dahu, it turned out that the people in Mr. Zhang's dormitory were all **** liaison officers in the county, Mr. Zhang was already a **** probationary party member long before Li Yongtai's case, due to identity reasons, Mr. Zhang's identity with Dahu has always been the school's director of education, and he originally focused on newspapers and magazines. But Dahu's words made Mr. Zhang realize that it is necessary to focus on the toiling masses and propagate revolutionary principles.

There is a good reason for Mr. Zhang to adjust his strategy, Dahu is a member of the toiling masses, and he is also a member of the masses with some cultures, even he thinks that democracy, freedom and equality seem to be out of reach of him, and if he is an ordinary people, this idea is even more deep-rooted, most of the toiling masses have no culture, newspapers and magazines cannot understand, and they will not play any role in their propaganda, but if they change their thinking, disguise themselves as various identities, and go deep into the toiling masses at the bottom of life. We will be able to get in close contact with their real thoughts and demands, and we will be able to do a good job of targeted publicity, arouse the public's self-awareness faster, and make democracy, freedom and equality no longer a slogan.

After returning to the coffin shop, Dahu's heart couldn't calm down for a long time, he began to ponder Mr. Zhang's person, pondering what Mr. Zhang said, although he still can't fully understand the meaning of Mr. Zhang's words, but he can confirm that Mr. Zhang is doing big things, and the people who talk to Mr. Zhang in the house must also be people who do big things, everything they do is not for themselves, but for the public, although Dahu can't say clearly, but he understands a truth, anyone who thinks about others in case of trouble, is willing to lend a helping hand, Those who are not greedy for personal gains and losses are good people, and Mr. Zhang is such a good person.

Dahu recalled all the things he had known about Mr. Zhang for so many years.

In order to treat Kim Changwon's leg injury, he found Mr. Zhang; The relationship with Meizi changed, and when he was almost desperate, he found Mr. Zhang; Master injured his foot and neck, and he found Mr. Zhang; After Li Yongtai's murder, he found Mr. Zhang in order to "keep people under the knife"; when he was framed by Zhou Peeling at school and locked up by the police station, Mr. Zhang organized a sit-in between teachers and students to force the police station to release him; when he lost his job, Mr. Zhang introduced him to work in a coffin shop.

Every time he encounters difficulties and finds Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang is trying his best to lend a hand, Dahu believes that such people are the saviors of the poor, and if there are more such people, the poor will have a good life.

After that conversation, Dahu often chatted with Mr., after each chat, his heart suddenly opened up, and he also understood a lot of truths that he couldn't think of in the past, Dahu told himself over and over again in his heart that if he could, he wanted to be like Mr.