As a young man, Lolchen-Loach attended an elementary school in southwestern Indiana.

The primary school was full of poor people who couldn't even pay the tuition, and he, like that Abraham, only paid the first month's tuition, and then went to elementary school for four months.

The difference is that in these four months, Abraham not only learned to listen to books, read and write, but also learned economics, mathematics and speeches, and even boring accounting books, long legal papers, and all kinds of geographical surveying and mapping with relish.

Typical small village as a subject.

Lorchen-Loach only learned to dig birds' nests.

They were the same elementary school they were kicked out of the same day.

On the day they leave school, the two paupers jump into the icy August stream next to the school and catch a day's worth of fish for their graduation trip.

When it gets dark, the two finally realize that it's time for their friendship to end.

"Don't be sad, Abraham!" Lorchin was a year older than Abraham, so he thought he was a little better and needed to comfort his little brother. "A person as good as you will definitely get ahead in the future!"

"Hmm!" Abraham clutched his nose and said, "You too!" What do you want to do in the future, Lorcelium? ”

"Me?" Lorqin looked up and thought for a moment, and said loudly: "I don't know, maybe I'm going to be president, right?" I heard that the president lived in the white palace and that thirty servants herded cattle for him! ”

"Come on, Lorqin, the president won't herd cattle!" Abraham laughed: "The president is the head of state elected by the American people, and he is the head of state and the commander of the three armed services in the spirit of the separation ......of powers."

"Stop, stop, stop talking!" Lorqin interrupted his chatter and said, "What do you want to do in the future?" Abraham! ”

Abraham thought for a moment and replied, "I want to open my own grocery store and sell candles and soap or something!" ”

Lorchen laughed.

They said goodbye before nightfall, and Lorchen decided to steal the 10 cents his mother had pressed under her pillow and go to the big city; Abraham couldn't, he had an alcoholic father at home that he needed to take care of.

Both of them are poor eggs, but between the poor eggs and the poor eggs, there is still a huge ladder of fate. At that time, Lorqin and Abraham were unaware, but when they both grew up, they began to sigh infinitely when they recalled the very different decisions made by the two of them on this day.

Lorchen felt that if he had a living father at the time, even if that father was drunk, had an affair and liked to beat him, it didn't matter, as long as there was. Maybe he wouldn't have chosen to leave his hometown that night and wandered around.

Abraham felt that if he hadn't been dragged down by that broken family, maybe he would have walked from big city to big city and earned piles and piles of dollars like Lorcel, instead of being as poor and accomplished nothing.

In this way, almost thirty years have passed in a blink of an eye.

It's been almost 20 years since Abraham's grocery stores closed, and Lorchess has long forgotten his dream of becoming president.

In these thirty years, the two men did not see each other again, but their 'friendship' was deepened by letter after letter.

They share the same sickness, but they envy each other's lives.

……

It was in the turtledove's box that Lorchen-Loach wrote a letter to Abraham.

"Listen, Abraham, a chance to change your destiny has finally arrived!"

"I've got a big deal for your law firm that is about to go out of business, so be sure to come to Fort Laramie right away! Well done this ticket, it's worth your life's business! ”

"Don't think about what to run for, you have to keep your feet on the ground. After all these years, don't you understand? That's not something people like us in the mud can count on! It's simply not practical! ”

"See, what have you done all these years? The grocery store is down! The accountant didn't get in! The surveyor exam is eliminated! Law firms are also collapsing! have been reduced to being door-to-door sons-in-law......"

"Wake up, Abraham! Dry something practical! ”

"Come to Fort Laramie, let's do a big business together!"

……

To make his letter more convincing, Lorchen included a $50 slip in the letter as Abraham's travel expenses.

He also found a postman he knew, gave him a $1 tip, and told him to deliver the letter as quickly as possible.

When he returned to the box, he found that the turtledove had left early.

The young guy named Crescent Moon was waiting for him in the box with a smaller guy. If he remembered correctly, the little fellow's name was Sturgeon and Smoked Fish, and he looked as innocent as an ugly mole.

"Did the letter get out? Mr. Loach? ”

"It's out, Mr. Crescent!" Lorchen replied earnestly. He knew that the young man named Crescent Moon in front of him, although he looked excessively young, was one of the people that Turtledove trusted the most. Just when he went out to deliver the letter, he also bought a turtledove by the way.

"Ikaruga left early, but he asked me to stay and assist you in handling the affairs of the lawyer's team." Crescent said, "It's important, you know. ”

"Yes, I understand!" Loach said. "Rest assured, my friend Abraham is definitely the best lawyer I have ever met!"

Crescent nodded in approval. "We certainly believe he is an excellent lawyer, and we have no doubt about your vision," he said. It's just this defense, you need to know that it's not enough to just defend Red Cloud's innocence-"

The loach was stunned for a moment, wasn't it a defense of innocence?

"We need the sheriffs to go through a serious and careful investigation, let the lawyer team go through a wonderful and full debate, and then the court will make an authoritative and fair ruling, and this tragic scene in the gladiatorial arena was a riot started by a group of deranged gamblers, and Red Cloud led the gladiators to quell this riot!"

"Uh......", as a witness who witnessed the whole thing, Loach felt that such a request seemed to be a bit excessive.

"I know what you're thinking, Mr. Loach!" Crescent smiled and said, "Don't worry, the police chief, Mr. Armand, and the Judge of Fort Laramie, Mr. Perkins, will make a fair ruling!" ”

The loach nodded, if that was the case, it wasn't impossible.

"And there's one thing I can let you know in advance," Crescent Moon said, "Red Cloud will be the head of the militia regiment at Fort Laramie after healing from his injuries." The Mayor of Laramieburg, Mr. Peter Davis, will be here to honour him for his courage in the Colosseum! I think he'll thank you for your help. ”

The loach laughed and shrugged.

"Where did Mr. Crescent Moon! It is an honor for me and Abraham to defend a hero like Red Cloud. As the best broker in Fort Laramie, it is our duty to uphold the fairness of the market and society! ”

Let's try it soon, everyone. 】

"That's right, that's right." The crescent moon said: "In the future, Fort Laramie will only become fairer and fairer!" ”

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