Chapter 10 Debt repayment is a matter of course
The next day, in the early morning, the wind and snow were heavy.
Yu Chen, who had sent Mr. Zhao away, got up, lit a fire to cook and filled the Five Organs Temple.
Looking out the window, the wind and snow were blowing, and the room was also cold.
However, Yu Chen has entered the congenital, this cold is nothing to him, and he doesn't have to be like in previous years, only by hiding in the quilt can he feel the slightest warmth.
But there are good and bad sides to everything.
Although the benefits of the innate body are endless, there are also some disadvantages.
Like what...... Appetite.
Looking at the yellowed porcelain bowl on the table, Yu Chen looked helpless.
Since birth, his appetite has increased day by day.
In just two meals, I ate the rice of the previous three or four days, and I need meat to supplement my nutrition.
He calculated that the silver that used to be able to live for a month was now only enough for five or six days.
If this continues, I am afraid that the money accumulated over the years will not last long.
While thinking, he looked at the Sutra of Salvation in the inner scene.
I thought if I could think of some way to make money?
Not to mention the rich, but at least to eat and drink enough.
And at this moment, his extremely keen hearing made Yu Chen hear the sound of mourning and music in the distance in the wind and snow.
He put his mind down and pushed the door open.
In the midst of the wind and snow, a funeral procession came up the mountain.
It's no different from the funerals of the past.
The Taoist priest opened the way, the Han carried the coffin, and the descendants wore linen and filial piety.
It's just that the young woman holding the portrait made Yu Chen look at it twice.
- He has some impressions of this woman, she is a vendor of a time-honored tofu shop in the market on Youfang North Street, Yu Chen used to frequent, and the woman also knew his miserable background, and often erased Yu Chen's odds, which can be regarded as a beautiful person.
But at this moment, even if the woman saw the young man looking at the grave, she had no intention of talking, but just held the portrait with a sad face.
On the Qingfeng Mausoleum, some poor people are buried.
So not surprisingly, after a simple burial ceremony, the group went down the mountain in a heavy snowstorm.
Only Yu Chen was left standing in front of the door and was silent for a long time.
Because the familiar glow permeated the grave.
Yu Chen hooked his hand, and in the ghostly light, there was an illusory ghost, slowly coming.
She was dressed in a shroud, her face was like tree bark, she was unusually thin, and she couldn't stop chattering,
"Two taels of money...... Two taels ......"
This seems to be an eerie and terrifying scene to ordinary people, but Yu Chen has long been accustomed to it, closing the door and saving people to go through the exhibition.
A golden light shot out, and immediately pulled the ghost shadow to the bank of the Huangquan River.
At the same time, at the frontispiece of the Sutra, smoky gray characters reappear.
【All Wishes for Nine Qualities】
[Debt repayment]
[Time limit: none]
【Reward】
Immediately afterwards, a picture scroll like a marquee appeared in front of Yu Chen's eyes.
The deceased's surname is Sun, who is over the age of old, because he can't bear the heavy snow and cold, and he walks away without illness and disaster, which is considered a joy and mourning.
And Yu Chen, who has had several experiences, also knows that generally this kind of deceased will not leave any wishes.
As for the old lady Sun in front of her, she didn't blink her eyes, and the reason for this was related to the gold and silver.
Let's say that Mrs. Sun's life is simple, and since she was young, she has made a living selling tofu in the markets around Hanqiao.
She has a son who works as a porter at the Zhengde Chamber of Commerce in Tianqiao.
Later, her son married a neighbor's woman and was happy.
But the good times didn't last long, last spring, Mrs. Sun's son was hit by an unfastened cargo because of an accident, and he died.
This time, Mrs. Sun lost her son, and her daughter-in-law Sun lost her husband and became a widow.
It was also this year that Mrs. Sun was sad and couldn't afford to get sick, and the tofu shop was managed by her daughter-in-law Sun.
Fortunately, the Zhengde Chamber of Commerce still has a conscience and lost two taels of silver to the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law.
But at the beginning of this year, I don't know how this matter was heard by the pig killer who was a tyrant on Youfang Street.
This pig killer's surname is Li, he has a big shoulder, a round waist, a horizontal face, and his real name is unknown, but he is generally called Li Er in the market.
To say that this Li Er is not a good person on weekdays, he often relies on the pig-killing knife to shout five and six in the market.
As soon as there is a little contradiction, he scolds others.
However, he is strong and strong, and because he has been killing pigs for decades, ordinary people dare not provoke him easily.
It's really a scoundrel.
After learning that the neighbor's Mrs. Sun was compensated two taels of silver for her son's death, this guy came to the door several times, saying that he wanted to repair the house, and semi-forcibly borrowed two taels of silver. But it seems that he is worried that Mrs. Sun will report to the official, and she has written an IOU in style.
This borrowing is more than half a year, and the deadline for the IOU has long passed.
During this period of time, the business of the tofu shop was not good, and the daughter-in-law Sun suffered from an illness, and the money in the family was still a little short after making up the money.
Mrs. Sun and her daughter-in-law had to go to Li Er to repay the money, but they didn't know that this guy was arrogant, not only did he not pay it back, but he also snatched the IOU, tore it up, and drove the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law out of the house.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are frail and sickly, and what can they do in the face of the bully Li Er, they have no choice but to accept their fate.
This is not over, to make matters worse, this day is freezing, and Mrs. Sun's body is already weak, after all, she didn't survive this winter, kicked her legs, and left!
But before she died, she was still thinking about the two taels of silver.
It's not because I fancy money more, but my daughter-in-law Sun, waiting for the two taels of silver to grab medicine and see a doctor!
In this way, it turned into a last wish, and he died without turning a blind eye.
After a while, I watched the scenes one by one.
Yu Chen opened his eyes, and he already knew everything in his heart.
I can't help but sigh in this world, bullies are rampant, and good people are uneasy!
I was ready to go out at night to get back the two taels of silver for Mrs. Sun.
- If it was before, he would definitely have nothing to do with this bully Li Er.
But now, it's different.
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The sun was setting and it was dark, and the wind and snow were still there.
The dome is cloudy, and the moon is not visible.
On the inaccessible Qingfeng Mausoleum, a pitch-black figure descended the mountain.
Weishui County, north of Youfang Street, next to the market, a shop.
Heavy snow obscured the ground, but the smell of pig blood was still faint.
Yu Chen walked to the empty street and looked at the blackened sign on the shop - Li's butcher shop!
Yes, right here, not in the wrong place!
After thinking for a while, Yu Chen, who was covered in black and covered in black clothes, did not break into the butcher shop directly, but took out the paper figure of Mrs. Sun that he had prepared during the day and knocked on the door.
From time to time, a loud voice came from the shop.
"Who? I don't sleep in the middle of the night! ”
Immediately afterwards, the door opened, and Li Er, who had a big waist and a round waist and fierce eyebrows, walked out, his face was red, his ears were red, his body was full of wine, and he was steaming.
But after pushing the door open, Li Er didn't see any figure, frowned, and scolded: "That dog day pretends to be a ghost!" was discovered by Grandpa Li, and cut you with a pig-killing knife! ”
With that, the door slammed shut.
Sitting at the table in the middle of the shop, he grunted again.
"Li Er......"
Li Er took a sip of strong wine, and took two chopsticks of cold pork ears dripping with oil, and was just about to send it to his mouth, when he heard someone in the shop, as if someone was calling his name!
Li Er's face changed, he stood up, lifted the heavy pig-killing knife on the cutting board of the stall, and looked around.
"Li Er......"
Suddenly, the voice sounded again, like a cry and a complaint, extremely penetrating!
Li Er turned his head to take a look!
I saw that behind the two hanging pork fans, a rickety figure slowly walked out!
This figure did not touch the ground, her face was pale, she was dressed in a shroud, her eyes were blank, and she didn't see any movement, just floating towards herself!
Li Er shuddered and clenched the pig-killing knife in his hand!
Then the figure continued,
Li Er...... Li Er...... Li Er......"
Sen Sen complained, as if he came from the Nine Shades Purgatory, and the wind and snow howling outside the shop were even more incomparable!
Even Li Er, who kills pigs and sheep all year round, can't help but have cold hands and feet and stiff all over!