11. Wooden fish who owe money
"What do you say? What's the old coming? ”
"Nothing." Tan Mo didn't explain what he meant in detail, he casually changed the topic: "What is the fathead fish father doing?" It's right to ask his son to go down the mountain and say that his daughter-in-law is right, what are you looking for me? ”
When Ge Xiaoluo and Ge Xiaogu heard this, they quickly shook their heads, and then Ge Xiaogong said: "Who will marry a fathead fish, black and fat, unless a girl is blind." ”
"That's it." Ge Xiaogu said to the help, the fathead fish bullied the two of them with their weight advantage, and it is of course a vilification to be able to slander at this time.
Tan Mo grimaced, looked at the two little novices, and did not speak.
He just changed the subject, and the two brothers flew directly with the topic......
Seeing Tan Mo's appearance, Ge Xiaogu realized what he was here for, so he hurriedly said: "His father is looking for you, it seems that he is looking for you to ask for debts." ”
"Looking for me to get a debt? When did I owe him money? Tan Mo touched his bald head, very puzzled, let alone him, it was the Tan family's little novice before he crossed over, he had never gone down the mountain, how could he be in debt with his father who was a butcher?
But since everyone is here, and Bai Guzi calls him over again, then go over. If you want to see the Tan family being lost and try to take the opportunity to make a profit, then there is no way!
Because he has no money, he is poor jingle bells.
The inner courtyard of the Lotus Temple is already close to the top of the mountain. This outer courtyard is close to the foot of the mountain, and the surrounding environment is also relatively flat. This is convenient for the people down the mountain to come to offer incense, as well as to take care of these little novices.
I don't know if it's because of the relationship between the spiritual roots, Tan Mo has been extremely energetic since he woke up, as if he had taken some big tonic.
Walk all the way.
Ge Xiaogu and Ge Xiaogong were stunned and didn't catch up with Tan Mo, and were thrown out by him for a long time.
The little novices in the outer courtyard were chanting the scriptures, and the sound was bursting, like the sound of reading a book, but compared to the crisp sound of reading, the chanting sound sounded like all awkward syllables.
Most of the novices could not read, and they recited the scriptures, but they memorized the pronunciation.
From morning to night, I still have to be hungry if I don't learn, so I naturally learn quickly.
Tan Mo's passing by alarmed many little novices. Naturally, they all recognize "Tan Mo", and now Tan Mo has not appeared for seven days, and the matter of Tan Mo being admitted to the inner courtyard has already spread throughout the outer courtyard, and these little novices all look at Tan Mo with envy.
In their opinion, if they were admitted to the inner courtyard, they did not have to worry that they would be driven down the mountain by the time they reached the age of fourteen.
In the Lotus Temple, three meals a day, full meals.
If you go down the mountain, you'll have to worry about your stomach all day.
Most of these little novices grew up hungry, and coming to the Lotus Temple may be the first time in their lives to eat full, and they have tasted the taste of being full, so how can they be willing to leave such a life?
The route of this outer courtyard was in Tan Mo's mind, although there were some places where he came for the first time, but as soon as he walked by, relevant pictures appeared in his mind, which made him familiar with it.
Soon, Tan Mo found a white bone with a horse's face.
It's in a monastic house for guests.
In addition to the white bones, there was also a strong man in a burlap robe. This strong man is very burly, sitting there like a bear, but this strong man is extremely restrained at this time, a rough face carefully looked left and right, two big hands full of calluses looked uneasy, put on the table in front of him, as if he was afraid of dirty table, so he quickly took it down, and then put it on his lap.
It's just that the pants are full of ash, and as soon as he put his hand on it, he immediately slapped a burst of black ash, which made Bai Guzi frown slightly, but he didn't say anything.
Now, this strong man is even more restrained.
Tan Mo walked in from the outside, and saw all this clearly, he had a wooden face, folded his hands, nodded and saluted the two of them, and then said, "Senior brother, donor." ”
"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be, Young Master Tan!" The strong man hurriedly said.
When Bai Guzi saw Tan Mo coming, he nodded in response: "This is Zhu Shizhu is a butcher in the town under the mountain, you should also have a little impression, he has sent meat to your family a few times." ”
"Yes, yes, that's it." Fathead Fish's father Zhu Butcher hurriedly took over the conversation, "I met you once Young Master Tan, I don't know if you have any impression, once your father was not satisfied with the meat I sent, and asked for less money, I was not happy to quarrel, and then your father asked the workers to drive me out." ”
When Tan Mo heard this, he seemed to understand that before he crossed over, Tan Dadao and Fathead Fish, two little children whose personalities would not clash with each other, would not be able to deal with each other.
And the fathead fish is avenging his father?
So Tan Mo nodded, he didn't actually have this memory in his head, but listening to what this Zhu butcher said, then it should be really good.
Seeing Tan Mo nodding, Bai Guzi continued: "After you went up the mountain, Zhu Butcher sent meat to your family several times one after another, and your father gave money once a month. Then, there was an accident this month, and your father's meat money last month has not been given to Zhu Butcher. ”
Tan Mo understood now, it turned out that he was really looking for him to ask for debts.
However, he really has no money!
Where did he get the money for an eight-year-old novice?
So, Tan Mo had no choice but to confess to Bai Guzi that he had no money, and then frantically hinted at Bai Guzi and wanted to borrow some money from him.
Bai Guzi nodded after hearing this, as if he understood the meaning of Tan Mo's words, but he didn't take out the money to Tan Mo, but looked at Zhu Butcher and asked, "Little junior brother, how much silver does his family owe you?" ”
In the area of Luowan Town, the silver and copper coins of the Qing court are still very good, and some other silver dollars from other places can also be circulated here, that is, some silver tickets printed by the anti-king cannot be used here.
"A total of fifteen taels of silver. If you give copper coins, you have to give twenty-five taels of silver. Zhu Butcher raised his eyebrows, knowing that there was a play, so he hurriedly said. He came to ask for debts, and he didn't expect Tan Mo to give money, he had already heard that Tan Mo had donated all the Tan family's family business to the Lotus Temple, so his purpose was very clear, he came to ask the monks of the Lotus Temple for money!
Bai Guzi heard this, and after being stunned for a moment, he blurted out: "This copper coin is worthless again?" ”
"Yes, a while ago, a big official was defeated and fled to Luowan Town with his people, and a large pile of silver and copper coins poured into the town at once, not only the copper coins are worthless, but the silver is also less valuable than before. Otherwise, I wouldn't have opened my mouth to ask for fifteen taels of silver. When Zhu Butcher heard this, he couldn't help but sigh again and again.
In this chaotic world, the meat in his hands will not be easy to sell!
You have to worry about being blackmailed and robbed!
Bai Guzi sighed, and then said: "The abbot said that this account is directly counted on the Lotus Temple. Together with the three net meat money of the temple last month, I will give you a piece. ”
"Thank you, Master Lotus! Thank you, Master of the White Bones! And thank you, Young Master Tan! As soon as he heard that he could get the money, Zhu Butcher hurriedly thanked him and thanked them one by one.
Tan Mo folded his hands and returned the salute.
When Bai Guzi sent Zhu Butcher away, Bai Guzi said to Tan Mo: "Little junior brother, senior brother said, this money is not for you, but for him to borrow from you." If you want to pay it back, you have to calculate the interest. Now that the value of the silver has depreciated, the interest rate must also be changed, and it must be raised a little higher. ”
Tan Mo: "......"
Can he say a dirty word to suppress the shock?