Chapter 4 Chapter Four

Haifei pushed the half-eaten bread aside, thinking about his rough fate. Tomorrow would be the fourth day he arrived in Bethlehem. The red robe he brought with confidence was still on the back of the animal intact. In the burden on the board.The animals were already tied up in the cave behind the inn. There was a lot of noise in the inn, but he didn't seem to know it at all, he just frowned and stared blankly at the unfinished dinner on the table.The same questions that have plagued every salesman in history came to him. "Why don't people listen to me? How do I get their attention? Why do they close the door before I speak? Why don't they take any interest in what I have to say? Are people in this town that poor? What if they Say I like my robe, but I can’t afford it, so what can I say? Why do many people tell me to go back in a few days? If I can’t sell this robe, can others sell it? Every time I have to knock on the door When I was waking up, I felt an unspeakable fear in my heart. What is going on? How can I overcome this fear? Am I selling it more expensive than others? "

He shook his head, dissatisfied with his failure.Maybe he wasn't fit for the job, maybe he should go back to re-feeding the camels and continue doing hard labor for a few coppers a day.How wonderful it would be if he could sell the robe and go back to meet its master!What did Bossaro call him?young warrior?At this moment, how he wished that he could return home with a herd of cattle in full glory! He thought of Lisa again, and of her snobby father Kanai.So, he quickly dispelled these hesitant thoughts.Let's stay on the mountain for another night, watch your luggage, and try your luck tomorrow morning.This time he had to do everything possible to persuade everyone to sell it for a good price.Gotta start early, at dawn.Say so and so to someone you meet, and you may soon be returning to the Mount of Olives with your money.

He thought of his master as he gnawed at what was left of his bread.Bo Saro must be satisfied with him and proud of him, because he did not give up halfway and fail.It took a little longer to sell a robe in four days, but he knew in his heart that he could sell things in four days this time, and then he could learn from the master how to sell things in three days, and then two days.There will come a day when he can sell many robes in an hour.At that time, he really became a famous salesman. Leaving the noisy inn, he walked towards the cave where the animals were tied.The weeds were frozen in the cold air and covered with a thin layer of frost. When he stepped on them, the blades of grass crackled and complained brittlely.He planned not to go back to the mountain tonight, but to spend the night with the donkey in the cave.

Although he now understands why other salesmen don't want to visit this small town, he still firmly believes that tomorrow will be a lucky day for him.Every time he was turned down, he would think of other salesmen who had said that there was no business here.But didn't Bosaro sell a lot of robes in this area many years ago?Maybe times have changed, and besides, Posaro is a great salesman after all. There seems to be a light in the cave, which may be a thief.Thinking of this, he quickened his pace and rushed into the entrance of the cave with a stride.Unexpectedly, the scene in front of him made him heave a sigh of relief, and the idea of ​​catching the thief disappeared.

A candle barely stuck in a crevice in the stone wall.In the dim candlelight, a bearded man and a young woman are close together.In the stone trough where the hay lay at their feet, a baby was sleeping.Although Hai Fei didn't quite understand, but judging from the baby's crumpled crimson complexion, the baby was born not long ago, the young couple and the baby caught cold, and the cloak on Shang's body was completely covered on him, only the sleeping baby was exposed. face. The man nodded towards Hai Fei, and the woman beside him moved her body and approached the child next to her.No one spoke.Hai Fei noticed that the woman was shivering, and then realized that her clothes were thin, unable to resist the damp and cold in the cave. He looked at the child again, and saw his small mouth opening and closing, as if smiling at him.Watching and watching, a strange feeling flowed into Hai Fei's body, and for some reason, he suddenly thought of Lisa.The woman was trembling again, pulling him back from the dream.

In this way, after a painful struggle, the future big entrepreneur walked up to the donkey, carefully unwrapped the package, and took out his robe.He unfolded it and stroked it lovingly.The red color of the robe was like a burning fire in the candlelight.He saw two company logos embroidered on the robe: a circle within a square frame, and a small star.In the past three days, the robe had been hung on his sore arms countless times, and he could even recognize every fiber of the robe.It was indeed a fine robe that, with care, could last a lifetime. Hai Fei closed her eyes and sighed.Then, he walked quickly to the small family in front of him, knelt down on the straw beside the child, gently removed the tattered cloak covering him, and handed them to the man and the woman respectively.The couple, overwhelmed by Hefie's self-assertion, watched as he unfurled his cherished red robe and wrapped it tenderly around the sleeping baby.

Hai Fei led his little donkey out of the cave.The kiss the child's mother had left on his face was still wet.In the night sky directly above his head hung a star as bright as he had ever seen it.He stared at it intently until his eyes were filled with tears, and then he rode his donkey back to Jerusalem.