In the evening, with the old man's order, the three cages were pulled ashore. This afternoon was not in vain, each of the three ground cages contained dense crabs, and there were more than 300 crabs lying on the ground. Loading the crab into the car, Wei Hong took out five taels of silver from his arms and stuffed it to the old man: "Uncle, you have been busy with us all afternoon, this money is regarded as your hard-earned money, please be sure to accept it." ”

At first, the old man thought that he was obligated to help, and he didn't mean to ask for money at all, otherwise he wouldn't have been so angry at first. At this time, seeing this white flowery silver, the old man's attitude changed one hundred and eighty degrees, and he waved his hand again and again: "No, no, it won't be so much." My bad old man has an afternoon, how can it be worth so much money, if you have to give it, give it a tael of silver. No, no, no, one or two pieces of silver is also a lot, and it will be enough to give five hundred wen. "The old man's family of five is busy working for a month, and he can't earn 500 yuan, and he is already bold when he asks for 500 yuan.

Wei Hong didn't agree, and forcibly stuffed five taels of silver into the old man's arms: "Uncle, you only have one cage yourself, and you went back to borrow two in order to help us, but you helped us a lot." You just have to accept this money, my brother collided with my sister-in-law before, and it should be a loss. Besides, these crabs don't know if they are enough, and if they are not enough, they will have to trouble you again in the future. If you give too much this time, it's a big deal that I won't give it to you next time. "Wei Hong is not stupid, don't say five hundred wen, even fifty wen is enough for the old man to enjoy a day. The reason why so much money is given is not to wipe Cheng Chumo's asshole and tease women from good families, it's not good to hear this thing go out. If Lao Cheng, who is far away in the capital, knows about it, he has to pick his skin.

Feeling the heavy weight of five taels of silver in his arms, the old man thought, don't say that next time, I will accompany you to catch crabs for a year, and I will be happy. Seeing that Wei Hong insisted on giving, the old man was no longer hypocritical, so he accepted the silver and gave Wei Hong a big gift to thank him.

The money given to the old man was only a separate labor fee, and as for the pond that had another owner, the crabs caught were worth as much as they were worth. Wei Hong sent a servant with money to the owner of the pond, while the rest of the people dragged the crab back to the house.

It is said that this old man's surname is Sun, and the people in the village call him Lao Suntou. Carrying three ground cages in both hands, and carrying the five taels of silver given to him by Wei Hong in his arms, the old grandson never closed his mouth along the way, always with a smile. A family of five has been busy for a year, and they can earn at most three or four taels of silver, and they earn more in this afternoon than the whole family earns in a year. In the past, I was always worried that my son would not stay in the middle, and when I got old, my son would not be filial, and I would have no hope. Now that he has five taels of silver in his hand, he can be regarded as having a coffin book, so he doesn't have to look at his daughter-in-law's face in the future, how can this not make the old grandson happy.

When returning the cage to the two old men in the village, the old man saw that the old grandson always had a smile on his face, so he jokingly asked: "Old grandson, go and help others catch crabs today, and they will give you benefits." ”

The old grandson said in high spirits: "It's a little bit." ”

The old man pouted: "Look at your shrewdness!" I've heard that the one who asked you to catch the crab was sent by the capital to kill rats. Since you are from the capital, you naturally have money, and you will only be given a little benefit? Who believes! ”

Lao Sun Tou snorted, threw down the cage and left, for fear of letting others know that Wei Hong gave him five taels of silver. On the way home, Lao Sun's eyes rolled, and he suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly changed the route, not going home, but running to the nearby county seat first. When I arrived in the county seat, I found a shop, exchanged five taels of silver for four taels of silver and a thousand dollars, weighed two catties of fat pork with my hands, and then went home.

Four taels of silver is not big, but the volume of 1,000 yuan is not small, and the old grandson divided the 1,000 yuan into two parts, and buried 500 yuan under the locust tree at the entrance of the village. Then carry the pork home, when I got home, it was late, the family was waiting to eat, and I was very happy to see the old grandson carrying two catties of pork back.

The daughter-in-law hurriedly trotted over, took the pork, and said with a smile: "Dad, this pork was given to you by the son from the capital, right?" Hehe, Dad, you haven't worked in vain this afternoon. It's not easy to put pork in summer, so I've been to oil, and we'll eat it tomorrow to make up for my father's body. With that, he took the pork and left.

Seeing that his daughter-in-law was gone, he hurriedly whispered to Lao Suntou: "Dad, the son from the capital gave you money, right?" No matter how much money you give, you can take care of it, don't let my daughter-in-law know, or I'll ask you again. The son is useless, he can only take care of the food and clothing of the family, and he can't afford anything else, this money, you and your mother can buy something if you want to eat in the future. ”

The old grandson knew that his son was filial, but he still didn't tell the truth, after all, if he leaked his mouth and was known by his daughter-in-law, it would be a big deal. At the moment, he just nodded, took out three hundred wen from his arms, put it on the table, and said with a smile: "The distinguished guest in the capital gave my father five hundred wen yuan, which is my father's work fee this afternoon." The 300 yuan will be given to you, and I will keep the rest with your mother. ”

The son glanced at his daughter-in-law who was oiling pork, waved his hand again and again, and whispered: "Dad, you can take it, since your son married your daughter-in-law, you have even quit drinking." With this money, you will buy wine and drink it, and your son will honor you. ”

The old grandson smiled slightly: "What kind of wine are you drinking, you just let your daughter-in-law take this money, your father and your mother are old, they can't spend a few dollars, they can have something to eat, and they can sleep on a hot kang in winter." Besides, if your father doesn't take out a penny, your daughter-in-law will find out about it later, and it will be a bad thing. ”

While they were talking, the daughter-in-law came back, and when she saw the three hundred Wen Qian on the table, her eyes lit up: "Ah! Dad, did the boy in the capital give you this money? ”

Lao Sun nodded noncommittally: "Yes, people gave me a total of 500 wen, and I will take out 300 wen for the two of you, except for the money to buy meat, I will keep it with your mother." Later, if my good grandson wants to eat something, my father can take out the money to buy it for his grandson. ”

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