Grandpa spent the whole day wandering the street in front of the sewing shop, but he didn't see any more millet.

The sun went down, and the lights of thousands of homes went on. Daddy was still walking around there.

After Li Yaodong placed the child, he went to the street to take a look, and found that his grandfather was standing alone on the street, like a scarecrow forgotten in the field.

"Ma Xiucai?" Li Yaodong shouted.

Daddy didn't react.

Li Yaodong walked closer and shouted a few more times.

Daddy still didn't react. He stared blankly ahead of the void with no expression.

Li Yaodong pushed his shoulder. Array Saint Madness.

Grandpa woke up at this time, was startled, looked at Li Yaodong, and said, "Why did you come suddenly, I didn't hear a sound?" ”

Li Yaodong said: "I shouted at you several times just now, but you didn't hear it." ”

Daddy said incredulously, "Really? ”

"Yes. Isn't Xiaomi coming back? ”

"yes...... She didn't want to see me. ”

Li Yaodong sighed.

Grandpa asked, "By the way, is your son okay?" ”

"Well, thank you, if it weren't for you, my son wouldn't be fine by now. You're his reborn parent, and I have to thank you. ”

Grandpa smiled miserably, waved his hand and said, "Don't thank me." There are times in life when you have to have it, and there are times in life when you don't want it. You correspond to the first half of the sentence, and I correspond to the second half of the sentence. ”

Li Yaodong comforted: "Ma Xiucai, don't say that, Xiaomi will come back." ”

After standing for a while, Li Yaodong asked, "Otherwise, let's go back first." ”

Grandpa said, "I'll wait and see, maybe as soon as I left with my front foot, she came with her back foot." ”

So, Li Yaodong accompanied his grandfather until late at night, and stood until the lights of thousands of homes went out.

Grandpa couldn't bear it when he saw Li Yaodong yawning next to him, so he followed Li Yaodong back to his pawnshop. That night, my father spent the night in Li Yaodong's pawnshop.

When Li Yaodong prepared face water and foot wash for his father, his father mentioned him and said, "In the future, you should bring the child to the pawnshop less, and let him stay at home." ”

In addition to a few pawnshops, Li Yaodong also has a large mansion in the middle of nowhere. That's where he really is.

Li Yaodong heard what his grandfather said, so he asked, "You mean it's not good here?" ”

Grandpa said: "Not only here, all pawnshops are not very good, not suitable for children under the age of twelve." ”

"Why is that?"

"Pawnshops, many people mortgage their things here, some redeem them after a while, and some don't even think about getting them back. The things that are redeemed are often the things that others value and need. If you don't redeem it, you can't afford to redeem it in the middle of the road, or you don't want it very clean. If you open a pawnshop, you will inevitably encounter some unclean things, and this place is not very suitable for people. ”

"You mean, some unclean stuff in my pawnshop is not good for my kids?"

Grandpa said: "It's nothing when I came here during the day, but when I entered the door with you just now, I saw two people standing at the door of your pawnshop, both dressed in Qing Dynasty costumes." ”

Li Yaodong gasped and said in fear: "I didn't see it when I entered the door." ”

"I think they have something to do with what you have in your pawnshop, so I'm staying here. Is it okay for your child to live in this kind of place for a long time? Daddy said.

Li Yaodong looked outside and whispered, "Are they still at the door?" ”

Grandpa nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Li Yaodong brought the basin with the poured water to his grandfather and asked quietly, "Can you help ask them what they want?" ”

Grandpa washed his face, wiped it dry with a hand towel, and said, "I can't communicate with them." I pretended not to see them when I came in, and they thought I couldn't see them. ”

"I know you deliberately pretended not to see it so that they wouldn't get entangled. But they keep standing here, and I don't feel comfortable. You ask them what they want, and I'll give them what they pawned. Li Yaodong begged.

Daddy said, "You know that I don't want them to get entangled." The same goes for you. What if you send these two away today, and there are new ones tomorrow? Once they know you're going to deliver it, they'll come here every night, right? If you give everything that comes, will you still be able to open this pawnshop? ”

Li Yaodong was worried, bowed his head and said, "Yes." If you send one, you will have another, and if you send it to me bankruptcy, you can't finish it. Ay. ”

Grandpa nodded and said, "That's right." I'm in a similar situation to you. If I take care of these two, there will be thousands and thousands of people coming to me. I can't do it for the rest of my life. So if it wasn't for the special circumstances, I pretended not to see it. ”

Li Yaodong sighed and said, "Alas, that's true......," he said, while taking away the washbasin and serving the foot-washing basin to his grandfather.

Grandpa hurriedly said: "I'll come by myself, I'll come by myself." ”

Li Yaodong watched his grandfather wash his feet, and said unwillingly: "Ma Xiucai, I want to ...... You might as well go and ask me what they want. I want to fulfill their wishes, and it is two to be able to satisfy two. With that, he handed his father the clean towel for washing his feet.

Seeing that he was so attentive, Grandpa had no choice but to nod and say, "Okay, I'll go out and have a look later and ask." Daddy took the towel and wiped his feet clean.

After washing his feet, Grandpa poured the foot-washing water and face washing water into a basin, then walked out of the door and stopped at the door.

The two men were a man and a woman. The man had long braids, was skinny, and had a sallow face, like a hungry ghost. The woman's hair is coiled high, round and jade, slightly thicker, and a little bewitching.

Because Daddy pretended not to see them when he entered the door, and when Daddy walked up to them, they didn't take a look at Daddy. They thought that Grandpa had come out to pour water, and he just happened to be standing in front of them.

But my father said, "If you don't stand a little away, my basin of water will be poured on you." ”

When the two heard Daddy say this, they were taken aback and hurriedly moved their eyes to Daddy.

"You...... Can you see us? The hungry ghost asked.

The bewitching female ghost looked her father up and down, and raised her hand to dangle it in front of her father's eyes, testing if she could really see them.

Grandpa nodded and said, "Of course I can see it." When I entered the door just now, I was afraid of frightening my companions, and I just pretended not to see you. Come on, why are you standing here and not leaving? Is there something you are looking for in the pawnshop? ”

"yes, yes." The hungry ghost replied hurriedly.

The female ghost also nodded repeatedly.

"Then why don't you go in?" Daddy asked.

The hungry ghost pointed to the door and said, "There is a door god guarding it." ”

Grandpa looked back and saw that there were two door gods posted on the door of the pawnshop. But the god's paper had been torn and faded. It was supposed to be red, but now it's white. It was supposed to be a boxy brush portrait the size of a palm, but now the middle piece is missing, and only four irregular horns can be seen, and the hands and feet of the door god can barely be seen.

Even such a door god sticker made the male and female ghosts dare not enter the door, and only stood at the door and watched.

Daddy poured the water out and asked, "What do you want?" I can talk to the pawnshop owner and he will give it to you. ”

The female ghost was surprised: "Really? ”

The hungry ghost also asked, "The boss is so generous?" But we don't have any money. ”

"The boss doesn't want your money, just say it." Daddy said.

"Is there no other quid pro quo?" The hungry ghost asked.

The female ghost whispered: "He seems to be Ma Xiucai from Thrush Village...... Speaking should count. ”

Grandpa nodded and said, "I'm Ma Xiucai." How do you recognize me? ”

The female ghost was a little frightened, and said, "There are many ghosts like me who have been rectified by you, and my friends often mention you in front of me. ”

Grandpa showed guilt and said, "Alas, many times I am also entrusted by others, and I don't want to disturb your friends. Except, of course, those who do evil. ”

"Is it true that you said the boss would give us what we want?" The female ghost may have also heard of her father's words, and at this time, she believed her father's words more, and there was a light of hope in her eyes.

Grandpa nodded and said, "Yes." What do you want? ”

Without waiting for the female ghost to answer, the hungry ghost replied, "I want a bowl of blue and white porcelain!" It was a bowl that I used when I was alive, but it was sold and ended up here. ”

"Bowls? A bowl that you will never forget? Daddy asked.

The hungry ghost said, "That bowl is the testimony of my life." I have used that bowl since I was a child, and I have used it until I am old, from the prosperity of my family to the middle of my family, and I have used it until I am poor. When I was dying, I asked my family to sell the bowl for some money to supplement the family. After I died, I still thought about the bowl, and I couldn't bear it. ”

"I see." Grandpa nodded.

"It's because I lost it that I couldn't eat after I died, so I fell into the way of a hungry ghost, and I became hungry like this. When I come across food, it turns into flames, and I can't get close enough to eat it. ”

The female ghost next to her heard the hungry ghost say this, and sighed: "So miserable? ”

The hungry ghost nodded and said, "Yes, so I want to take away the blue and white porcelain bowl that has been with me all my life, only it can hold my food." I shouldn't have resold it at the last minute. ”

Daddy nodded and asked the female ghost, "What do you want to get back?" ”

The female ghost said: "I want to return a mirror, a carved bronze mirror." ”

"Is this mirror important to you?" Daddy asked.

The female ghost said: "I was a prostitute when I was alive, and I had to use this mirror to put on my makeup every time I picked up customers. It was it that accompanied me through my most beautiful time, so I will never forget it after I die. Without it, I couldn't rest my mind, as if I didn't know who I was. ”