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Chapter 129 Niu Tianci Biography (23) - The Hermit Sells Pears

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While tidying things up, someone came to Mr. Hu, saying that his old mother-in-law was waiting for him outside the city, and there was something very important.Master Tiger left, Tianci looked at this alone, moved that, and put up small sticks casually. A group of people came in, with Grandma Lei leading the way.When Tianci saw her, he froze, like a toad seeing a snake.A man trapped Mrs. Crescent Moon in the backyard, and another man pulled Tianci to the door: "Look at us moving things, every sound or movement, look at this!" A knife pointed out from his cuff, gesticulating on Tianci's flank for a moment.There was a gondola at the door.

Tianci didn't dare to move, and stared blankly at the men and women carrying things out, moving very quickly.Grandma Lei Gong pouted her sharp lips, raised her head, and moved one after another, very fairy-like. Looking at it, Tianci felt amused, and he appreciated the status they gave him—everyone seemed to be his servant , and he supervised their relocation, his status is very high.Although the knife never left his side, he felt that he had to enjoy it in time. He smiled, and sometimes he helped: "drop a fan on the ground, old lady." He can't offend them, but he will Imagine optimism.

There are so many people to work, and in less than a meal, the car is already full of soft things and small items that are easy to move.The very polite representative of everyone with the knife hidden in his sleeve said to him: "I will keep the big wooden utensils for you. We are relatives, so we can't kill them all, right? Goodbye!" Tianci thought that this kind of politeness was almost comparable to that of the people in Yunshe, and he couldn't be rude: "Thank you everyone! If you want, let's do it again!" "Then there's no need. We're all busy and don't have that time. Goodbye." Everyone parted reluctantly.

The desks, the chests, and the chests were all left where they were; the chests within the chests were all empty.Not a single chair was left.A fan fell from the base of the wall—the one Di Erye sold him.Tianci picked up the fan, feeling at a loss.Mrs. Crescent Moon came running from the backyard, but the kitchen didn't move, only two bags of noodles were removed.Tianci is not worried, nor angry, and walks around the house with his head down, without any ideas or thoughts. Master Hu was stunned when he came back: "The plan to divert the tiger away from the mountain! Where is the old mother-in-law! You just watch them rob it honestly?"

Tianci felt that "tune the tiger away from the mountain" was very appropriate: "What if you are dishonest? There is a knife on the rib!" Lord Tiger started ordering things again to see how many wooden utensils there were; besides, there were still some odds and ends in the storage room.Tianci stopped Master Hu: "Master Tiger, take a rest, how do you know they won't come back to pull the wooden utensils?" "Dare! Come again? Human life!" Master Hu was so angry that his face turned purple. "That's why it won't fit. I'm so bored, go to sleep!" Tianci went to the Westinghouse, and the quilt on the bed had been removed, so he just lay down.

Although Master Hu was not afraid of killing people, he didn't dare to go to Lei Gong's grandmothers. They were members of the Niu family, so how could he manage them.He had no choice but to throw the wooden utensils out immediately, and sell them for as much as they could sell, before they really came back.Some of the things in the kitchen were kept, as well as the bed and two boxes, and the rest were all sold.He went to the street to find second-hand dealers, and told Mrs. Tiger to lock the door until he came back. Those things were only sold for more than 150 yuan, and they were bought by the three joint ventures. It seemed that Yuncheng was going to be broke.Mr. Hu must have remembered that the table was bought for more than 30 yuan, but someone said it well: "Who wants this kind of old stuff now? Who buys a table for more than 30 yuan? It's a good thing, but You have to hold it in your hand, and you may not have a buyer in your life. You are an old man!" This last compliment made Lord Tiger cry.old man!Master Hu became ruthless and sold it; it was better than being robbed again, although it was not much worse than being robbed.

With this little money, Tianci had another idea. He planned and imagined, such as opening a small shop with Mr. Hu, or going to Shanghai together. There were too many ideas, and he couldn't say which one was better.Such wild thoughts made him happy; he wanted to cry watching Mama's box and Pa's bed being carried away.Lord Tiger doesn't let go of the money, and tells Tianci to stop talking nonsense.Master Hu has an idea, he will rent three rooms first, and then talk about other things.He asked Mrs. Crescent Moon to sew the money bills to the inside of his coat, and he went out to look for a house.The godsend the party to Mr. Hu's ability, well, let him do it; it's good for someone to do things, he can only imagine.

The rent is good, Master Tiger bought two chairs, because the chairs were snatched away.The table is supported by boards, so there is no need to buy them.There is nothing lacking in the kitchen, and we can cook as soon as we move there.Only the handling is left.Tianci's face turned pale, and tears welled up in his eyes; this really has to leave home!There are only a few things left!He couldn't bear to part with those two crabapple plants, and that backyard - a treasured place for practicing darts and knives!Can't move during the day, is my mother willing to move during the day when she is alive, and only move two empty boxes and some crushed coal?Mom is cute, those rules are cute, if mom is alive, she won't fall into this situation, no!Even if Dad is alive, he can't be so empty.He had rebelled against Mom and despised Dad; now, he was like that himself!He forbade Mr. Tiger to carry them during the day, and waited until the sun went down, since there were not many things anyway.He is not afraid of anything else, isn't he afraid that people from Yunshe will see him?

Lord Tiger doesn't listen to this. "You don't have to worry about it, we two will move; can you look at the door cross?" Tianci guards the gate alone, so there is no need to make a fuss, this is true!He hates himself, he has no ability, no strength, what on earth is he doing?You can only play, you can only spend money, you only know a little bit of ostentation, what can you do?He deserves to suffer, he has no complaints. After a while, Master Hu and his wife have finished transporting their things, and the inspectors have also arrived, so it's time to go.Tianci refused to take that threshold, this step would cut his past from his future, he knew it.Nineteen years of comfortable and warm life, outside the threshold is another world.He refused to cry, but the tears fell down involuntarily.He limp there.Master Hu also had red eyes, grabbed Tianci, and walked out repeatedly.They didn't dare to turn their heads, and they could clearly see the black spots on the two stone piers in the doorway.

The three rooms Mr. Hu rented were the west rooms, and there were seven families in the courtyard, with about thirty children.The widest ones are postmen, most of them do small business, and there is also a cart puller.The stove is all in the yard, the children are all in the yard, and it seems that the yard has never been swept.The entrances of the three west rooms are very small, and if a large table of eight immortals is set up, no one will have to turn around.Master Hu used wooden boards to support Zhang Chang's case, which was just right.The entrance is small, but the roof is high, because there is no roof.Bedbug blood was painted all over the walls.Tianci lived in the north room, and the tigers lived in the south room, with the kitchen in the middle.

Godsend can't stand this.The paper on the window was full of holes, and one or two eyes looked at him in each hole, and probably half the children in the courtyard were here to visit. "Bian Nao Piao'er," "You're still wearing filial piety," everyone observed and reported.Master Tiger was already very tired, and fell asleep on the bed, as if the three rooms were very cute.Tianci also collapsed on the bed, looking at the black wooden rafters on the roof, with many dust ears hanging from the rafters.He can't sleep.He would be ashamed to death at the thought of gathering at the people's home in Yunshe, composing poems, and drinking tea in a small cup. Lord Tiger woke up and went out to buy food.The couple ate Wowotou and bought three steamed buns for Tianci alone.The dish is fried pickles.When Tianci saw Shan buying steamed buns for him, he became angry. "Why do you look down on me? I can eat rough!" "Okay, I won't buy it for you in the future." Tianci put a piece of steamed bread in his mouth: "It's delicious; isn't this the same noodle as the pancake at Shiliupu? It's delicious." "I won't say that after eating for three days," Master Hu also gave the steamed buns to Tianci's hands. "Say, what are we doing?" "We?" Tianci wanted to display his genius again. "Don't talk nonsense, tell the truth!" Master Hu warned head-on. "Really? I'm out of ideas." "We still have more than a hundred here, how about a small business?" "Ask me to go to the street to shout?" Tianci picked up the steamed bun unconsciously. "I yell, you manage the bills, set up a fruit stand; I will be listed." "Ask me to stand on the street?" "Still in the house?" "I won't do it!" Tianci couldn't stand and sell things on the street: "I can write and write, and I will find work, at least as a secretary." "Where can I find it?" Godsend doesn't know. "If I die of starvation, I will be the first one, I can see it." "The truth!" Master Hu was not polite at all. "You are the young master, and the young master is a waste, let me tell you." Tianci couldn't resist, he was such a waste.His class produced only petty officials, businessmen, and trash.He was afraid that Lord Tiger would be angry, Lord Tiger was his only and best friend.If he offended Lord Tiger again, he might really be in danger of starving to death.He agreed, let's do a small business, who told him he had no idea.After agreeing to this, he will think again; he is afraid that he will not have an idea, and once he has an idea—no matter who it is—he will think about it carefully.He will put himself in the speculation.Since he wanted to walk into a way, he has realized it; being a chivalrous man, being a poet, being a gifted scholar, and selling fruit are all interesting.Interest makes him forget pomp and status, this is play.He thought about it: the north side of Lao Hei's shop is good, there is a short fruit stand there, and it is sheltered from the wind; in case of heavy rain, you can store things in Lao Hei's place.When I think of this, I think of "Bee", I should visit her, she is also an old friend. After eating, he stood at the door of the house and looked at the neighbors.He thinks this group of people is also interesting, they will become his friends, and he will also start a small business.They have no rules, speak loudly, and stare at the child casually, but they are also very kind, and they all nod to him and let him sit in the room, even women do the same.They ate in the yard, talking loudly about their own affairs: what used a fake money note, what fooled a five-year-old doll, they were not ashamed, and even proud, they talked.It's easy for Tianci to figure it out: everyone in the city is a liar, big liars with a lot of money, small liars with little money, money is everything.There is only one real good man, according to him, the old man Ji. The old man does not lie.He thought of Mother Ji, would she still come to the city?Mr. Tiger has no time to take care of the neighbors, he is busy with everything.Tianci can't get in the way, he can only come up with plans that seem to be useful but seem useless. He imagines that the fruit stand can be turned into a fruit game, and Master Tiger is the one who refuses, and he can also write poetry.He had to tidy up the stalls very beautifully, and when there were watermelons, he had to put a red label on them, and write "Tribute honeydew melons" in Wei Bei's characters.He needs a name, "Lengxiangzhai"!Poet's Fruit Stand!He is very proud. It is the weather in April, and there are not many fruits in the market.Lord Tiger made two "cannons" of cherries, some small pears, bananas, and green apricots; with candies decorated with floral paper and raisins in a red box, it looked like a stall.Tianci advocates placing green apricots on small plates and covering them with spinach leaves.Lord Tiger doesn't have that kind of heart.Master Tiger put the goods on the table roughly, but Tianci looked down on him.When Master Hu went to eat at home, he tore off the bamboo hoop from the basket and cut it into thin sticks.Then play with the fruit again, arrange it into towers and various piles, and if the fruit does not obey the order to roll, they use bamboo sticks to insert each other, as if making beans.There is also a red cherry inserted on the pear, which is quite beautiful.Master Tiger almost went mad when he came back: "I have inserted all the pears, what's the matter with you? You?" Tianci no longer cares, stole some money, went to buy a few small books, sat behind the stall, He read it carefully and called himself a hermit.He is Jiang Taigong, and one day a wise king will come to visit, so he will be the prime minister.But when he was looking at the stall alone, a buyer came. He was very good at asking for a price. If he wanted 10 cents, he wanted 40 cents.He had learned this from his neighbors in the yard, and he thought it was true.Since everyone is a liar, the small businessmen should be cheated even more, and they should cheat reasonably.Dad has a lot of money and wants to earn more, and he still counts all day long when he has a white beard, let alone just setting up a fruit stand.When he is happy, he is very good at talking, showing his storytelling skills, and using his imagination, he can tell the fruit buyer that he must eat a pear right away.His pears cure all diseases: "Old lady, take a pile, only fifteen in a pile, just for coughing! Look at this little pear, the color is the color, and the taste is the taste. Taste one first, it doesn't matter if you buy it or not. I Get a customer! Authentic Beishan Xiangbai pear." The old lady didn't eat it for herself, but bought it for her children.He immediately changed his words: "It's better for children to eat this, just to digest water." Old men, young men, and big girls will all eat his pears; his pears can even cure scarlet fever.As he talked, he himself really believed what he said, so he had to eat one too, because he felt a bit of a headache.After eating a fruit, he opened a box of raisins, read a book, and casually ate it.He is not happy to catch up, everything is a pile of dime, take it.The children who met Lao Hei passed here, and the fruit can be taken casually.The children will pass here when Master Tiger is not at the stall.Sometimes when Lord Tiger sees it, Tianci will say: "I will keep an account for them!" From the mouths of the children, he knew that "Bee" was married and the two big boys were already helping Old Hei in the shop.Now this group is a rising star; Lao Hei himself is not allowed to know how many children he has. "Bee" got married, and married a paper shop guy.Tianci felt a little uncomfortable, so he took two packets of candy to the children: "Send it to the bees!"
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