Chapter 142: Death
"One hundred taels of silver is already a lot, you are just an ordinary Jade Guanyin, it is not worth anything at all, if I didn't see you pitiful, I wouldn't have given so much silver, if you want to be it, if you don't do it, get out of here, don't delay me in business."
The pawnshop shopkeeper with a monkey-like face with a sharp beak and cheeks glanced at Liu Sheng, who was holding Yu Guanyin tightly, and said impatiently.
"But, but a hundred taels is really too little, shopkeeper, please, add more."
The family of the deceased will ask for a hundred taels of silver, and the grandmother is now sick again, even if she is rescued from prison, she may not live for a few days without money for medical treatment.
Yanagi couldn't help but shed tears at the thought of his grandmother, who might be separated from yin and yang.
"It's a hundred taels of silver, and there is not a copper plate more, should you be right? I can tell you, as long as you leave my door, you won't have this price when you come back, I don't believe you can go to other homes and ask, don't be sorry, there will be no more higher than me. ”
Picking up the tea bowl at hand and taking a sip of tea, the pawnshop owner sneered.
"Yanagi, if you hesitate any longer, your grandmother may die in prison."
"I, I should!"
Thinking that he used up all the money in his family and went to prison last night, and saw his sick and dying grandmother, Liu Sheng gritted his teeth and took his grandmother's most precious ancestral white jade Guanyin.
In any case, he couldn't let his grandmother die a miserable death in prison.
"Hey, that's right, take it, a hundred taels of silver tickets."
With a smile, the pawnshop shopkeeper handed Liu Sheng a silver ticket of one hundred taels, and then snatched the white jade Guanyin in his arms.
"Press your handprint on the pawn ticket, and you can roll, don't affect my business!"
The pawnshop owner waved his hand at his subordinates, and immediately two fierce-looking men came up, one held down Liu Sheng, and the other grabbed Liu Sheng's right hand, dyed his thumb with cinnabar, and pressed it heavily on the dead pawn ticket.
After the ticket was signed, the two guys threw Liu Sheng out of the pawnshop like a chicken.
"Grandma, Yanagi has come to save you!"
Liu Sheng looked at his red fingers, wiped the tears on his face, put the silver ticket in his arms, and walked towards the yamen.
"Humph! If you're lucky enough to come up with this hundred taels of silver, okay, the other party has withdrawn the lawsuit, go to the prison and take your grandmother out. ”
Outside the Yamen prison, a cell boss looked at the withdrawal list that Liu Sheng had brought and waved at him.
"Thank you, thank you, cell boss!"
Liu Sheng got the quasi-letter, and immediately ran into the prison quickly, and found the sick unconscious grandmother from the innermost and darkest cell of the cell.
"Grandma, my grandson has brought you home."
Looking at the unconscious grandmother, Yanagi wiped the tears on his face, gritted his teeth and stepped forward, carrying his grandmother on his back.
Because of the difficult life at home, Liu Sheng has helped with the work since he was a child, but he has a little strength. He carried his grandmother on his back and stumbled all the way back to his dilapidated home.
"Giving birth, is it giving birth? Where am I? Am I home? ”
After Liu Sheng wiped his grandmother's hands and face with warm water, Mrs. Liu suddenly woke up.
"Grandma, grandma, you're awake, it's great. Grandma, you're home, it's all right, it's all right! ”
Seeing that his grandmother had woken up, Yanagi immediately pounced happily.
"It's okay, it's really okay? Sheng'er, did you sell the ancestral white jade Guanyin? ”
Old Lady Liu's originally pale face suddenly improved a lot, and she slowly sat up and grabbed Liu Sheng's hand.
"I'm sorry grandma, the bitter one hundred taels of silver is willing to withdraw the lawsuit, the grandson can't let grandma suffer in vain, let alone watch grandma suffer in prison, so ......"
Hurriedly supporting Mrs. Liu, Liu Sheng was a little afraid to face his grandmother's eyes.
"You! Hey, forget it, the husband is not guilty of his crimes, the white jade Guanyin left in your hands is always a disaster, if it's gone, it's gone. Silly child, how can grandma blame you, it's just that grandma may not be able to accompany you anymore in the future. ”
Mrs. Liu raised her hand and touched the top of Liu Sheng's head, her eyes were full of love and reluctance.
"Can't stay with me? Grandma, what are you talking about, the grandson doesn't understand. ”
Looking at his grandmother's expression, Yanagi had an ominous premonition in his heart, and he forced himself to laugh, pretending not to know how to look at his grandmother.
"Silly boy, no one can live forever, but it's a pity that you will have to live a difficult life on your own in the future.
I think that your grandfather was also an official in the court, if he hadn't been framed and convicted, your grandfather and father would not have been beheaded, and your mother would not have followed your father sadly, leaving you, a poor child, to live with my wife.
It's grandma who is useless and makes you suffer. In the future, grandma is gone, you have to take care of yourself! ”
Lovingly looking at her grandson, who was about to catch up with her height, Grandma Liu's tears couldn't stop flowing. She raised her hand and took the already tearful Yanagi into her arms and gently patted him on the back.
"Good, don't be sad, grandma will go to see your grandfather first, you have to live well......"
With the last stroke of her hand on Yanagi's back, the old lady suddenly fell into Yanagi's arms, and there was no more sound.
"Grandma'......"
Holding Mrs. Liu's gradually cold body, Liu Sheng howled and cried. He didn't expect that he would also sell the ancestral white jade Guanyin, in exchange for being separated from his grandmother.
Liu Sheng's cry attracted the surrounding neighbors, everyone is poor, and they take care of each other on weekdays, seeing that Mrs. Liu has died, people are sad and sympathetic, and quickly help Liu Sheng bury Mrs. Liu.
The one hundred taels of silver that sold the white jade Guanyin were given to the bitter master, and Liu Sheng had no money in his hand, so in the end he could only wrap the body of the old lady Liu in an old mattress and bury it at the foot of the mountain.
"Shopkeeper, Master Duan and Pei Guangyuan are here today, in their respective private rooms."
In the back hall of the Qiaoyi Club, Xie Shuheng was checking various props and preparing for a performance for a while, when Hongling came over.
"Well, did Master Duan bring any news when he came over today?"
"There's no news, just the usual ones who came to see the show."
Shaking his head at Xie Shuheng, Hongling reached out to help sort out the props.
"Okay, let's get ready to start performing, by the way, let the people who monitor Pei Guangyuan's private room be careful."
After counting the props, Xie Shuheng waved his hand to the actors waiting on the side and asked them to take the props, while lowering his voice and saying to Hongling.
"I understand, everyone has been doing it for so long, and they have long been proficient, so you still don't worry."
glanced at Xie Shuheng, Hongling had an opening performance today, and after taking away his red ribbon, he hurriedly ran towards the stage.
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