Chapter 9: The Fat Man for Silver
In the era of gold scarcity, there is naturally no gold shop, only a silver shop, who has some treasures or something, you can take it to the silver shop for silver. Silver can be used in the market, because one or two for a thousand dollars, which is equivalent to the current 100 yuan bill, can be found.
As soon as the little fat man sat here, there was a young man in the store, so he greeted him, made a pot of tea first, politely, bent down and asked, "This master, you haven't been here for a few days." This is a polite remark, the little fat man nodded "um" and said, "You guys...... Haven't eaten yet? The young man said, "Yo, this master is in a hurry, and if you haven't eaten, I'll bring it to you." The young man brought me some snacks and fruits. The little fat man looked at it and said, "Is there any meat?" Chicken thighs and duck legs, the kind that is one large. ”
"No, sir," said the young man with a smile, "after all, it's not a dry restaurant, and we usually prepare some dried fruit snacks." In the past, the young man was the most clever and able to speak, so he took advantage of this moment to bring out a sentence: "What treasure did you bring for me?" Let the little ones open their eyes, right? "The little guy sees that this little fat man is not a frequent master, he is dressed in shabby and old clothes, and I don't know if he is here to eat and drink, politely polite, but I have to hurry up and talk about business! The guests are rubbing, and the young man has to bring out the topic, otherwise a few more people like the little fat man will sit down and "order", won't this have to change careers?
The little fat man didn't say much, he didn't come here to forage for food, he had something to do, so he took out a piece of cloth in his arms, put it on the table, and said, "Look." The young man cautiously lifted the cloth, opened only one corner, covered it again, and said to the little fat man, "Master, wait a minute, this has to be the shopkeeper's idea", and took the cloth to the counter.
"Shopkeeper, look at this ......"
The shopkeeper opened the cloth, looked at it for a while, walked out, and bowed to the little fat man's table: "You are very good!" ”
"It's good, it's good." The little fat man casually agreed. I haven't been here, and I don't know what the rules are, so sit quietly and watch what the shopkeeper says.
The shopkeeper glanced at the fat man, sat down, and asked: "Are you ......" At a glance, he knew that the little fat man brought this thing was not like what he should have, so he had to be guarded against, otherwise it would be difficult to go back to the yamen to investigate the case.
The shopkeeper means to ask the fat man what kind of work he does and how he gets the baby. How can the fat man know this! But he was straight, and replied in a rough voice: "Don't care who I am, everyone who knows me calls me fat." ”
The shopkeeper hurriedly gave up his hand: "Oh, fat man, haha, you can see it...... You have a lot of weight in this baby, so I would venture to ask you, where did you get it? ”
"I dug it out of the ground." The fat man said.
"Hehe, you're really good at laughing."
The fat man didn't laugh, he really dug it up. The fat man regretted it when he said it: if he didn't talk like this, whoever listened to it should only be joking. After thinking about it, he said, "Shopkeeper, don't ask too much, look at me, look at me." ”
The shopkeeper nodded again and again: "Ah, look at it, what's wrong with you?" ”
"Am I fat?"
"Hey, fat man, you are blessed with this figure......"
"Shut up!" Did I let you comfort me? Yes? The fat man slapped the table.
The shopkeeper was frightened, and he could choose good words to say, why did he have such a big temper? The fat man beckoned, and the shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then smiled, leaned over, and sent his ears forward. The little fat man lowered his voice and said: "There is a big old man~ There is a stupid little grandson in the family, how old is he, he can't eat, he is starving to death, and all the gods can't cure it, so it's because of me, na, look at me well, I don't know, I arrived two days ago, and his rice tank was empty!" It's not good to spread this thing, don't talk nonsense. "What's the matter, if the rice jar is empty, it must be the fat man's empty. He doesn't know anything else, but he often eats everything at home, and he can make up this kind of story at his fingertips.
Oh! Thinking that this fat man was rewarded for this, it is really the world's greatest, the shopkeeper listened to it, and admired it so much: "You are really good, this ~ is a craft, it is a craft!" He touched the cloth and said, "Fat man, this ......."
"What's wrong with this? Let's exchange money. "The fat man doesn't understand, anyway, I heard that he can exchange money here.
"Yes, yes," the shopkeeper wrapped in cloth, "how much are you going to sell?" ”
How much does it cost to sell? Hell knows! The fat man cocked Erlang's legs and pretended not to care: "What do you say?" ”
"Then ......" the shopkeeper hesitated, "I will say a number, if you think it is not appropriate, you can pay a price, we can discuss." ”
"You say, you say."
The shopkeeper stretched out four fingers, and the little fat man looked at it and thought, "Four taels? "Four taels of silver is not a problem for the silver shop, and for the fat man, I have never seen it so big! I haven't seen it, I haven't seen it, the fat man is not stupid, he should bargain, and the fat man said: "Then five taels!" ”
The shopkeeper's busy smile: "Haha, you ...... Don't keep making fun of me, didn't we say okay, I'll give four hundred taels, if you are too low, you can tell me the number. ”
"Four hundred taels!" As soon as the fat man slapped the table, the teapot fell to the ground. The fat man's eyes were about to pop out, and the shopkeeper thought he was angry. Waiting for the fat man to open his mouth and prepare to agree, the shopkeeper looked at the teapot that fell to the ground, and hurriedly said: "Don't worry, don't worry, ouch, you have a lot, don't be embarrassed by a small trader like me, five hundred taels, can you see it." The fat man opened his mouth, saliva was about to flow out, smacked his lips, and pretended to say: "Hey, forget it, okay, okay, that's it." ”
The little fat man came alone, where did he get so much silver? After discussing with the shopkeeper, the shopkeeper didn't say a word, and asked the young man to pull his own car, load all the silver on the car and send it to the little fat man's house. One by one, the wooden boxes were moved into the house, and my father and mother didn't know what they contained. Daddy gritted his teeth and was about to kick when he went up: "Huh! I moved so many rice buckets back! The old lady stopped on the side: "This is not a rice bucket, not a rice bucket." As soon as he lifted the lid and saw that it was neatly stacked silver, Daddy was dumbfounded...... The old lady cried when she lay on the box. The little fat man closed the door and looked back at his father: one stood like a wooden man, and the other cried into tears. Hurriedly stepped forward to help her mother and asked, "Mother, why are you crying?" The old lady wiped her tears, went into the kitchen and came out with a spatula, and chased the little fat man angrily, waving the spatula while chasing, and shouting without a word: "Yes!" I'll kill you...... Our family is poor, kill you! But you can't be without a conscience...... Don't run! Say, you...... Stand there! Where are you going, where are you going?! ”
Biological children, how can they be really ruthless? In the end, the old lady was also tired of chasing, and the fat man hugged her. The family of three sat down, and the fat man couldn't explain this matter in detail to the two, all in all, he explained it clearly to his father and mother, the money was clean, and he could spend it casually, and he emptied the family and caused his father and mother to suffer, which was also a reward. However, "no merit is not lost", he promised to help others, and he had to go out in a hurry. He took a cloth bag and filled it with some silver, and the fat man went out.