Pudding walked from the river to the east gate, just as a carriage was about to enter the city, Pudding didn't even say hello, and jumped directly into the carriage. The handlebar style was just about to turn around and scold, but when he saw that it was pudding, he swallowed back the dirty words on his lips, and said in a somewhat flattering tone: "Pudding, where did you just come back from playing?" ”

Pudding held a straw in his mouth and said lazily: "I'm going to play in the water." ”

The handlebar said: "You have to be careful, the river has been haunted recently." Seventeen or eighteen people have already died, and it is said that the water ghosts are picking on you fifteen or sixteen-year-old dolls.

Pudding said: "Cut, don't use the water ghost to scare your young master, the water ghost will be unlucky if he touches me." ”

"Huh! The tone is quite big, I heard that in a few days, the prefect will come to worship the river god in person. You kind of capture the river god and fight for us Linzi people. ”

"Okay, but I'll have to borrow your carriage when the time comes."

The handlebar was stunned for a moment, worried that this villain would beat his idea of the carriage, and said cautiously: "What do you want the carriage for, it is all my belongings, and you can't borrow it." ”

"Stingy, how can the young master pretend to be a river god without a carriage, the river god must have a horse strong, right? If I pick it up, can I carry it? ”

Seeing that the pudding was joking, the handlebar style was relieved: "Hey, you kid blow it, let's see when the time comes." ”

After a while, when I arrived at the Ximen Bridge, although there was a stone bridge, there was no water under the bridge. Therefore, on the bridge and under the bridge, there is a large open space where all kinds of vendors gather, shouting, shouting, and the sound of gongs and drums are endless; Joining in the fun, showmanship, juggling, lifting birds and walking dogs are full of them...... It is very lively, and it is not only the center of the county but also the most prosperous place. Except for the rain and strong winds, it is crowded and bustling every day. Pudding jumped out of the car and entered the "Ho Kee Pawnshop" in the middle of the street. The owner of He Ji Pawnshop is a native of Zhejiang, and now Zhejiang businessmen are popular all over the country, and it seems that they are born to do business materials, and they are very good at trading.

Pudding entered, and with a glance, he knew that there was a pair of eyes staring at him from behind the counter. Sure enough, it was Wei Yinsheng, the shopkeeper of the pawnshop, who stared at him. A careful reader asked: Isn't it He Ji pawnshop, why is the shopkeeper surnamed Wei? The reason is that Lao He, the old shopkeeper of He Ji pawnshop, dragged his family to Linzi to start a business when he was young, and worked hard for many years, and finally put down a lot of money. After all, he was not familiar with the place, and in order to consolidate the foundation of the He family, he married a family with the local family surnamed Wei. Originally, Lao He had no children under his knees and only two daughters, so he simply recruited Wei Yinsheng as his son-in-law. Although the Wei family is a big family in the local area, it is far inferior to the He family in terms of money, so they are also happy to pick up a ready-made bargain. Isn't the result of Lao He's hard work all left to their Wei family in the end? However, they forgot that there was also a lever (Lao He's other son-in-law). For this reason, a lawsuit was triggered in the future, which is a later story, so I won't mention it for the time being.

Wei Yinsheng heard the sound of footsteps, thinking that business had come, and saw that the person who came was a young man dressed as a fifteen or sixteen-year-old civilian, and stood in front of the counter, which was only not much higher than the counter, and couldn't help but feel sluggish. The young man unhurriedly took out Huang Cancan's thing from his arms, Wei Yinsheng's eyes lit up, and his heart of slackness was gone, with his years of experience in appreciation, just a glance, he knew what the quality of the thing in the young man's hand was, and he didn't need to test it at all.

Pudding spoke: "I want to be this pendant." ”

Wei Yinsheng stretched out his hand to take the pendant, and took a closer look, it was a vivid little golden Buddha, although the character was small, the smile was melting, the eyebrows, eyes, mouth and nose were lifelike, golden and simple, obviously not a modern thing. Weigh it in your hand, weigh one or two, and the color is full. Wei Yinsheng felt a burst of joy in his heart, and looked the pudding up and down with a pair of gloomy eyes. All these subtle changes were in Pudding's eyes, and Pudding pretended to be frightened when he saw his gaze. Wei Yinsheng had a plan in his heart, put up a horse face, and asked sharply: "You ordinary boy, where did you get such things, I think they must have been stolen." ”

Pudding said, "Palm...... Shopkeeper, no...... It is not stolen, but it is...... Be...... My grandfather was sick in bed and had no money to get medicine, or he wouldn't have sold his ancestral belongings. ”

"Oh, who else is in your family?"

"Just an elderly grandfather, the two of us depend on each other, and they usually make a living by selling baked cakes, grandpa is sick, we haven't eaten for two days, the shopkeeper is good, I'm waiting for the silver to catch medicine for grandpa, buy rice and put it in the pot."

Wei Yinsheng saw that Pudding was dressed in an ordinary coarse cloth coat, and there were some straws on his body, and he looked embarrassed. There is no doubt about Pudding's words. Since everyone who enters the pawnshop, there are few who are willing, almost all of them are forced to be helpless for various reasons, Wei Yinsheng has seen a lot of such things, so he does not delve into the origin of the items, he hopes that others are as miserable as possible, so that his pawnshop business can be more prosperous. Wei Yinsheng was now thinking about how to get this pendant at the lowest price, so he asked: "Okay, for your pity, I won't investigate the origin of the pendant, and tell me how many silver taels you want to exchange?" ”

"I don't know how much the pendant is worth, so the shopkeeper will look at it."

Wei Yinsheng was happy when he heard this, thought for a while, and said, "Then I'll give it to you...... How about five taels of silver? ”

Pudding nodded and said, "Okay, just five taels." ”

Wei Yinsheng thought that this young man would bargain, but he didn't want to, so he agreed. I feel a little remorseful in my heart, this kind of stupid melon is a lot for him to give him two taels. Lust for profit, he reached out and took two taels of silver and stuffed it into the pudding's hand, saying, "Take it." ”

Pudding said: "Shopkeeper, this seems to be only two taels of silver." ”

Wei Yinsheng pulled up the horse face again, and snorted coldly: "This is too much for you, don't have a lot of trouble, go back and grab the medicine quickly." ”

Pudding said: "What kind of line is this, say okay five taels,—— or you give me the black bowl." Pudding pointed to a copper bowl behind the counter.

"This broken bowl is worthless, what do you want it to do?"

"I'm going to take it back to boil medicine for my grandfather, and they all say that the old copper bowl is very good for boiling medicine."

Wei Yinsheng really didn't take this copper bowl seriously in his eyes, the copper bowl was collected seven days ago with only one penny of silver, although it can be worth one or two silver when it is turned over, but it is far less profitable than the present. As soon as Wei Yinsheng pondered it, he added this copper bowl to him for a maximum of three taels of silver, and sent this idiot away. So he stuffed the bowl into the pudding's hand and said, "You have your mind this round, let's go." ”

Pudding said: "Since it is a pawnshop, I have to give a certificate, and I will redeem it in the future." ”

This is the rule of the pawnshop, Wei Yinsheng can't say anything, picked up the pen and opened the voucher, and said to the pudding: "If you want to redeem the property, you will be given seven days at most, and don't come after seven days." ”

Pudding didn't say anything more, and walked out of the pawnshop with his credentials.

Wei Yinsheng watched the pudding walk away, and suddenly changed his face, and his big mouth was so happy that he was almost grinning to the root of his ears. His wife, He Xiuhua, came out and asked, "Why are you happy like this?" It's been a shopkeeper for a few years, look at your unproductive bear. ”

Wei Yinsheng jumped in front of He Xiuhua and lit the gold pendant in front of her face. He Xiuhua has followed her father to take care of the business for many years, and she is also a connoisseur of knowledge, just one glance, her eyes were shining, and she asked urgently: "How much silver did you bet?" ”

Wei Yinsheng stretched out two fingers, and He Xiuhua said: "Twenty taels? ”

Wei Yinsheng shook his head, and He Xiuhua was a little disappointed: "Two hundred taels? ”

Wei Yinsheng said: "If it is two hundred taels, although we can still make money, it will not make your husband so happy, it is two taels!" My good lady. ”

"Haha, which stupid thing is missing a piece? - How long do you limit him to redeem it, and what if he has the money to redeem it?

"Hehe, I've inquired, a half-grown child, and a dying grandfather at home, haven't eaten for two days. Hearing that his grandfather was so sick, he bought a stone of rice first, and asked Lang Zhong to grab the rest of the medicine and didn't know if it was enough. Where do they get the money to redeem it? I think this pendant is already in our pocket. ”

"You dead ghost, why did you give him the copper bowl if you were such a foolish boy. The copper bowl is out of the warranty period, and I earn a tael of silver for nothing. ”

"Look at your stinginess, just one or two taels of silver are also in your eyes, as soon as this golden Buddha changes hands, I am afraid that there will be two or three hundred taels of silver at the top."

As the saying goes, it's not a family that doesn't enter the door, this dirty couple is happy to work.

Pudding came out with two large packets of medicine from Zijiang Pharmacy, walked through the streets and alleys, and after a while, came to a dilapidated house. The courtyard wall was only up to Pudding's chest, and Pudding shouted twice into the back room, and the door creaked open, and a woman came out. The woman said, "Pudding." ”

Pudding said, "Auntie, I grabbed the medicine for Big Tooth." ”

The woman said with a ashamed face, "Oh, how did you get the money?" It makes you break the bank again. ”

As he spoke, he took the pudding, and when he saw the bowl, he couldn't help but be stunned, and he didn't dare to take it for a while. Pudding shoved the bowl into her hand: "This is called returning to its original owner, and returning to ...... Return to Zhang. When the woman heard this, her eyes were moist.

It turned out that the man's surname was Zhang, married to Jiangdong Cao, and the two had a son, and the poor were cheap enough to feed, so they didn't have a proper name for the child. Seeing that his son was born with a pair of violent teeth, he simply called him Big Tooth. Later, the big tooth father fell and drowned while repairing the Zijiang Bridge, leaving orphans and widows to rely on each other. In order to make a living, Cao learned to make a living by frying fritters. At that time, the big tooth was still small and inseparable from people, so the Cao family made two large wooden barrels. A bucket with fritters, a bucket with big teeth, going through the village and the countryside, selling along the street, life is not easy. Later, the big tooth gradually grew, and I didn't know what medicine I had taken wrong, but he gradually revealed an amazing specialty - strength. When he was ten years old, when Daya followed his mother to sell fritters, Cao's suddenly flashed his waist. The ten-year-old Big Tooth actually put his mother in the big wooden barrel that had filled him and picked it up together. It really shocked the neighbors. Since then, Big Tooth has also become a well-known figure in the neighborhood. And the mother Cao no longer has to worry about not being able to pick up the barrel. Big Tooth was playing with two large wooden barrels, and she only had to shout after her.

Today, Big Tooth's strength has increased a lot compared to before. In order to go further and sell more fritters, Da Ya simply went to the blacksmith of Dongmen Wang to tailor and customize two huge iron buckets. One of the barrels had to have a special compartment in it, half of which was filled with fritters, and the other half had to be able to sit down easily. The blacksmith was stunned for a while, but later understood that Big Tooth didn't want his mother to go so far with him, and wanted to pick his mother to go. The blacksmith Wang was also a filial son, and he was very moved, so he let the money not to mention, and made him a maza out of pine wood, and put it in a bucket so that his mother could sit in it.

It is said that such a kind big tooth and such a poor mother and son should be favored by God. However, God has no eyes, and he has met the bad guys. A few days ago, Daya went to the east of the city to sell fried dough sticks, and when he passed by Xuncuifang, he met You Siniang sending a guest out. You Siniang was in a hurry, and the wind was strong at that time, so she blew You Siniang's skirt onto the oil-stained iron bucket with big teeth, stained with a little oil. You Siniang was reluctant and scolded the two of them. The big-toothed lady knew that they couldn't afford to provoke it, so they honestly took it and didn't dare to fight back. But You Siniang scolded and was happy, and even piggyback on the father who died with big teeth. When Daya heard this, he was anxious, and couldn't help but step forward and nudge You Siniang. How strong the big teeth are, this one pushed You Siniang to a back. How can You Siniang suffer this loss at her own doorstep? As soon as there was a shout, more than a dozen big men rushed out of the gatehouse. Although Da Ya has great strength, he has never fought with anyone since he was a child, and he can't use his strength alone, so he came up and called more than a dozen people to punch and kick, and the injury was not light. Cao's kowtow like pounding garlic, and promised to compensate You Siniang's clothes, but You Siniang and his gang stopped. Thanks to the big tooth and the tough body, the hardships when I was a child were not in vain.

After returning home, Cao's rummaged through the cabinets and lost all his savings, and it was not enough for You Siniang, and there was no penny to give Da Ya medicine. In desperation, she had to take out the only relic left by her husband to her mother-the copper bowl of the previous dynasty and take it to the Monkson pawnshop. But that one penny of silver is only enough for seven days of medicine for Big Tooth, and the mother and mother still have two mouths to eat. Just when he was overstretched and overwhelmed, Pudding came in the snow.

Pudding entered the house, the room was empty, and the pair of large iron buckets against the wall were particularly eye-catching, which was almost all the property of the mother.

Pudding shook his head and sat on the edge of the big tooth bed, and as soon as he sat down, the bamboo bed dropped significantly. It seemed that it was barely enough to bear the weight of Big Tooth alone, and Pudding hurriedly stood up. Big Tooth opened his eyes and saw the pudding, and immediately sobbed with a suffocated face. In fact, Big Tooth is seventeen years old this year, two years older than Pudding. But in their group of children, Pudding is the undisputed king of children. So, Big Tooth in front of the pudding, he doesn't remember his age at all. Pudding said, "What are you crying about? I almost burned a shrew to death with a fire at night (last night), which can be regarded as giving you a bad breath. ”

Big Tooth turned crying into laughter: "Pudding, when I'm ready, I'm going to learn kung fu, so that no one dares to bully me." ”

Cao Shi said worriedly: "Pudding, this matter is very violent, they know that you set the fire, if you know, what should you do, we can't afford to provoke those wicked people." ”

Pudding was also a little worried, and said, "I'll go back and see, I'm not afraid of trouble with me, I'm afraid that they will trouble my old cloth head, which is very bad." ”

Pudding is not afraid of heaven and earth, but he is afraid that Lao Bu will knock him with a cigarette bag and pot.

Before leaving, the pudding left one or two lines of silver, and the Cao family didn't want to live or die. Pudding said: "These two pieces of silver were paid to you by Wei Yinsheng." ”

Cao's mouth was wide open, and Pudding had already strode out of the courtyard. Out of Daya's house, he walked north along the alley, and his house was less than a mile away.