"The shopkeeper is too humble, and the people in the rivers and lakes walk in all directions, and they have never been ranked by age. ”

The burly man shook his head with a smile, and couldn't help but feel ashamed.

"But the iron bull has been in this world for more than 20 years, and if it comes to understanding affairs, it is less than half of the shopkeeper. ”

"Brother Tie Niu praised it falsely, but he was just a poor cloth in the next place, a farmer's child. How can you know these great truths of dealing with the world, but they are more articulate. ”

The two exchanged a few words of greeting, and they didn't realize that half of the tea had passed.

"Shopkeeper, I heard that the guys in the restaurant all call you son. If you don't dislike it, Tie Niu will be called so, I don't know what you think?"

The burly man tentatively asked, cautious in his words.

"Brother Tie Niu is a few years older than the next year, and the younger brother should be called the elder brother. ”

"The son comes and goes, which is not in accordance with the rules, but also seems to be unruly. ”

The young man smiled indifferently at the figure in front of him, and his tone was steady and modest.

"It's just a title, if Brother Tie Niu is troublesome, just call him by name. ”

"How can this work?"

The burly man frowned slightly, and hurriedly retorted.

"It's better to ......"

"If the son doesn't mind, Tie Niu will dare to call a little brother. ”

"Little brother?"

The young man was stunned for a moment, and then whispered in his mouth.

"Tie Niu is just a whim, nonsense, Childe doesn't have to take it to heart!"

Before the young man could speak, the burly man's face changed at first, and he hurriedly spit out a voice.

"To me, that's the right name. ”

The young man bowed his head slightly and smiled at the iron bull.

Seeing this, the burly man secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Brother Tie Niu, I don't know that the old man in your mouth was sick yesterday, but it is true?"

Although the young man had already believed eight points in his heart, he still did not dare to be sure.

When the burly man heard this, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and his expression suddenly fell lonely.

"It's a long story, and I really didn't deceive the little brother. ”

While the two were talking, they suddenly heard footsteps outside the door from far and near.

"Baby, the old gentleman has arrived!"

The door creaked, and three figures stepped in one after another.

"Brother Tie Niu, this old Mr. Huang is the famous doctor I want to introduce to you. ”

The young man walked to the old man's side with a smile, turned to the burly man, and said.

"Junior Tie Niu, I've seen Mr. Huang!"

Hearing that the person in front of him was the famous doctor in the mouth of the young man, the burly man instantly stood solemn and bowed to the old man.

"Young people, don't be so polite.

"The old man has only been practicing medicine for many years, and he still has some ability to cure diseases and save people. ”

"As for the word famous doctor......

The old man smiled and shook his head: "Thanks to the love of the little knight, the old man is ashamed." ”

When the young man heard this, he also smiled and said nothing, and did not give any further explanation.

He knew that the old man was humble, and he never liked these false reputations.

"Everyone, don't stand, sit down and talk!"

The boy beckoned everyone to take their seats and walked to the door.

"Ah~ya~!"

Before the door closed, he heard a sudden exclamation from the young man's mouth, and he took a few steps back.

"Brother Mouse, what are you doing here, why don't you go in?"

The young man looked at the dejected gray-black figure in front of him with a depressed expression, and kept beating his chest up and down.

"Come on in, don't get down to business. ”

didn't wait for the gray mouse to respond, but saw the young man grab the sleeve of his body, and walked into the room without looking back.

"Master Waste!"

Tie Niu's ears and eyes were clear, and he had already noticed the movement outside the door.

Seeing that the gray mouse was dragged in by the young man, he hurriedly got up and smiled, and apologized.

"Master Qian'er, yesterday's incident was that Tie Niu was offended. ”

"If you're still angry, just vent it. ”

"Tie Niu is willing, there is no other word!"

The burly man didn't know the gambling contract set by everyone, and naturally he didn't know the reason why the gray mouse was full of sadness.

I heard the young man's nonsense again, and he really thought that it was because he started too hard yesterday, which caused such a consequence.

"Brother Tie Niu, you don't have to blame yourself so much, this matter has nothing to do with you!"

The stone waved his hand at the burly man, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he couldn't help laughing.

"Some people have to do some bells and whistles, and in the end they lift a stone and shoot themselves in the foot, and end up empty-handed!"

"Empty-handed?"

The burly man scratched his head, looking uncertain.

"Brother Tie Niu, you go on to talk about the old man's condition, don't pay attention to these. ”

The boy winked at the stone and hurriedly diverted the subject.

Before the words fell, I saw the burly man frowning slightly, and a trace of sorrow appeared in his eyes again.

"Sir, have you ever heard of such a disease?"

"The mouth cannot speak, the eyes cannot see. At the beginning of the month and the end of the month, he was swollen and in pain, but he did not worry about his life. ”

"Oh?"

When the old man heard this, he couldn't help but sigh lightly, his eyes full of surprise.

"How can there be such a strange disease in this world?"

saw the burly man nodding with a wry smile, and let out several sighs one after another.

"Our brothers have found countless famous doctors before and after, and tried all kinds of folk earthwork, which is a treasure of heaven and earth. ”

However, this disease is too rare and can never be cured, so I can only rely on the medicines sent by the Hengjin Chamber of Commerce regularly to relieve the pain. ”

"Hengjin Chamber of Commerce?"

The young man suddenly looked puzzled: "How can they know about the old man's illness?"

The reasons for this are quite complex. ”

"Even if it's a long story short, I'm afraid it will take a little bit of work. ”

The burly man's expression was gloomy, and he seemed to have an unspeakable secret.

"To tell you the truth, my brothers have been fatherless and motherless since they were children, and they are lonely. ”

"It's all up to the old man to save money and raise our group of babies by himself. ”

"What?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised, and their eyes were stunned.

"The old uncle's family lives in the suburbs of Qingzhou, and when he was young, he relied on his strength and strength to cut firewood from the mountains all the year round and sell it in the city. ”

"Our brothers are not related by blood, but they have lost their parents since childhood, or have been abandoned by their families, and their lives are equally miserable. ”

The burly man's tone trembled lightly, as if he evoked the unknown sourness in his heart.

"At that time, the mountains were full of trees and there was no one to rule them. ”

"The big families in the city like the old man's honest character, and the business is continuous all day long, and the supply often exceeds the demand. ”

He was alone in the old man's house, and he was simple and frugal on weekdays, so he saved a lot of savings. ”

"A few of us dolls wander all day, begging along the street to feed our stomachs. I also have to be faced, and from time to time I am bullied and humiliated by those ruffians and hooligans. ”

As for this, I saw that the burly man clenched his fists, and his eyes became more and more fierce.

"Brother Tie Niu, I don't want you to have such an experience. ”

The young man sighed, reached out and patted Tie Niu on the shoulder.

"And then?"

"How did you meet the old man?"

But seeing that Tie Niu sighed, he continued to tell the story.

"One day, on the way back from delivering firewood, the old man happened to bump into a few of our dolls and were beaten. ”

"Oh, this fucking dog day, the rich eat, drink and enjoy themselves, and the poor are not as good as pigs and dogs. ”

"In the end, it's just a meat bun, and people's hearts are ugly, that's exactly what happened. ”

"The old man was kind-hearted and rescued us and paid the store for compensation. ”

"Who would have thought that the black-hearted shopkeeper with a fat head and big ears would ask for a hundred copper coins as soon as he opened his mouth, and he was ashamed to shout that it was calculated according to the head. ”

"The old man has never been good at arguing with others, so he had to accept this unreasonable demand, and took us home in the midst of the cynicism of the people around him. ”

Tie Niu's tone paused slightly, and the corners of his eyes faintly glistened with tears.

"A hundred copper coins! I still remember it clearly, and I dare not forget half a cent. ”

"At that time, a whole bundle of good firewood was only five copper coins. ”

"Twenty bundles of firewood, the hard-earned money of the old man for several days was wasted. ”

"Later......"

"Later, my brothers stayed at my uncle's house and took turns helping him go up the mountain to chop wood and take care of the housework. ”

"Now that I think about it, how much work can a few dolls do with the strength of milking?"

"The old man never had the heart to let us suffer and suffer, saying that he went up the mountain to cut wood, but in fact he was very idle. Either lie on the bluestone and sleep until dark, or chase butterflies and play around for a day. ”

"There is no day when I cut some firewood in a serious way, on the contrary, I often do some unfortunate help because of carelessness. ”

saw the corners of the burly man's mouth slightly raised, and a smile appeared unconsciously.

"In those days, although life was a little harder, it was rare to be carefree. ”

"No more looking at people's faces, no more being bullied. ”

"For the first time, we, who were born unfortunate dolls, felt the feeling of home and felt what it was like to be well fed and clothed. ”

"The days went by like flowing water, and our dolls have grown into young men. ”

Later, for some reason, the government issued an official notice, closing the mountain and closing the road, and no more woodcutters were allowed to go up the mountain to cut wood. ”

"The old man has been pulling us into adults for more than ten years, and the family savings have already been spent, and we often can't make ends meet. ”

"Now I have lost the way to make money, which is tantamount to adding insult to injury. ”

"Our brothers saw the old man sighing all day long, and he was at the age of strong blood. ”

After thinking about it again and again, I simply gritted my teeth and crossed my heart. packed up and said hello to the neighbor's old man. took advantage of the old man's sleep at midnight, quietly slipped out of the house, and went to Qingzhou. ”

Tie Niu said nothing, and smiled indifferently at everyone, his expression full of aftertaste.

"It's really in response to the old saying, if you don't have a family, you don't know the price of firewood and rice, and if you don't do anything, you don't know your parents' kindness. ”

"I'm penniless, and I don't have much ability. It's easier said than done to find a way to make money in a short period of time!"

"Along the way, I have worked as a companion for other people, serving tea and pouring water, and worked as a coolie for the government, moving bricks and tiles. ”

"The beads of sweat fell to the ground and fell into eight petals, no matter how hard and tired you are, you have to grit your teeth and bear it, and you don't dare to relax a little. ”

"Everyone expects a pie-in-the-sky beauty to fall on their heads, and it's nothing more than a pipe dream. ”

"After the joy of poverty, I have to continue to work hard to support my family, but I just think about it. ”

Tie Niu's words were meaningful, and his expression gradually soothed.

"Just when our brothers were going to resign themselves to their fate and go with the flow. ”

"A big pie suddenly fell from the sky, smashing several of us into a daze, like a dream. ”