Chapter 25 The twenty-fourth regular patrons and big patrons

Before a grocery store opens, there is always a lot to prepare and a lot of groceries to clear.Zhang Laoshi is doing these things.A person who has been running a grocery store for eighteen years, if there is suddenly a big bucket of salt or a big basket of eggs missing in the store, he will never be unaware.Zhang Laoshi didn't seem to notice at all. It rained yesterday afternoon, and the mud in the alley has not yet dried up.There was mud on his feet too, and it hadn't dried out.Did he go out just now?Where did you go?Why not admit it?Ma Rulong suddenly found that he was not only not honest, but also mysterious and strange.This is already the second time Ma Rulong has this feeling.

Zhang Laoshi is ready to open the door.He was about to pull the latch on the door, when Ma Rulong suddenly said: "Today we are closed for the day." Zhang Laoshi tilted his head and thought for a while before asking: "Is today a holiday?" "no." "Is there a happy event in our family today?" "No." "Then why don't we open the door today?" Ma Rulong could neither tell the real reason nor make up other reasons. He is not a good liar. "Because I'm the boss here." Ma Rulong said: "I said if I don't open the door today, I won't open the door."

Zhang Laoshi tilted his head and thought about it again. Although this reason was not a reason at all, he had to accept it. But someone in the room objected. "Today we still open the door as usual, what he said doesn't count." This was Xie Yubao's voice. Ma Rulong rushed over, already a little angry. "Why doesn't what I say count? Why do you meddle in my business?" "I don't want to take care of it, it's your friend who wants me to take care of it." Tie Zhentian said: "Because your grocery store must be open today, it must be open."

Ma Rulong couldn't figure it out. "Now they already know that I am Ma Rulong, the owner of this grocery store, and they may come to me at any time, why should I open the door to let them in?" "Just because they know you're here, you must open the door." "why?" "Because if the grocery store doesn't open, they will definitely break in." Tie Zhentian said: "Now that we have opened the door wide, they will not be able to understand our reality, and will not dare to act rashly." Xie Yubao continued coldly: "It seems that everyone in this place seems to be much more thoughtful than you think."

Ma Rulong had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.He had to admit that Xie Yubao and Tie Zhentian were more thoughtful than him, but what about Zhang Laoshi?Could it be that this honest man who has never walked in the rivers and lakes also thought of this. All four door panels have been removed, and the grocery store is open.Zhang Laoshi took a broken broom and swept the inside and outside of the door clean, as if he knew that a distinguished guest was coming, and expressed his special welcome.There was no movement in the alley. Tie Zhentian suddenly asked: "The person sweeping the floor outside is your buddy."

"yes." "What kind of person is he?" "He's an honest man." Ma Rulong felt as if he was lying to himself: "His name is Zhang Laoshi." Tie Zhentian's eyes sparkled. "I like honest people." There was obviously something deep in his words, "Only honest people can fool those treacherous, suspicious and insidious villains." villain. Ma Rulong understood his anger. "He believes that you are Ma Rulong. He can still kill Tie Zhentian first and then Ma Rulong. If he dares to do this, I admire him." Tie Zhentian sneered: "But he didn't dare, because he didn't dare to do it in front of others. On the other hand, if he breaks his promise and breaks his promise, he wants to make everyone in the world believe that he is absolutely an upright gentleman who hates evil and hates enemies."

He clenched his fists tightly: "I just wish I could kill such gentlemen with swords and knives, and kill them all." Xie Yubao suddenly sighed. "It's a pity that you can't even kill such a gentleman, and you are about to die instead." This is a fact, and no one can refute it. Why are the facts always so ruthless?so cruel?Xie Yubao said again: "Even if they can't figure out the reality of this place now and dare not act rashly, they must have surrounded the grocery store, so you can't even think about rushing out." There was a very strange meaning in her voice, maybe it was pity?Is it sad?Or ridicule?

"So you can only wait here, and I can only wait here with you. Anyway, they will come sooner or later. Maybe they are ready to send people to spy on the reality of this place first." Xie Yubao said: "To spy on the reality of this place It's not difficult because it's a grocery store and anyone can come and buy things." She continued indifferently: "When they come, I seem to have to die with you." This is also a fact, an indisputable, helpless fact. Xie Yubao stared at Ma Rulong. "I don't care if you really did those things before, I just want to ask you a word." The sentence she asked was like a whip: "You let me die with you for no reason, you don't know what to do in your heart. Can you have a clear conscience?"

The words had already been asked, and the whip was already on Ma Rulong.No, he can't have a clear conscience! "I can tell them that you are innocent," Ma Rulong muttered, "I can send you away first." "Where can you send me? Will they believe that I'm innocent?" She asked coldly, "You want me to be captured by them like a wild dog, tortured and interrogated by them?" Ma Rulong only felt that he was being tortured and whipped. "what do you want me to do?" "I just want you to return me a few things." "What do you want?"

"Return my true colors and my martial arts." Xie Yubao suddenly became angry and excited: "I don't know how you cheated me of these things. If you still have a little conscience, you should give them all back now." I." Ma Rulong had no choice but to return it to her.He didn't dare to face her, didn't dare to raise his head, he felt like a thief, he wished she really had a whip in her hand.He would rather be whipped and flogged, he would rather endure the cruelest torture than have a guilty conscience. At this moment, Tie Zhentian suddenly said in a deep voice: "It seems that your grocery store already has customers."

Every customer who came today may be someone sent by Master Jue to spy on them.Blue veins bulged out on Tie Zhentian's forehead. "Go and see what he's here to buy? Is he really here to buy groceries? Or is he trying to buy our lives." It was the little daughter-in-law with a big belly who came. Ma Rulong has already heard her laughter, she is not only the most nosy person in the neighborhood, but also the person who loves to laugh the most here. She smiles because she is in a good mood.She is happy because there is new life in her belly. Ma Rulong didn't go out to see, he was very relieved of her. "She's a regular customer and comes every day." "Come here every day? What do you come to buy?" "Come to buy brown sugar." Ma Rulong said: "She always thinks that brown sugar is like ginseng, not only nourishing, but also curing all diseases." People who can't afford ginseng have to buy brown sugar. Ginseng and brown sugar are both psychological sustenance, just like some people believe in God and some people believe in Buddhism. But today she is not buying brown sugar, Ma Rulong has already heard her saying to Zhang Honestly: "I know you will be surprised." She giggled: "Because I don't buy brown sugar today." "What are you buying?" Zhang honestly asked. "Buy salt." Salt is sold in the grocery store, and every family needs salt. It is not surprising that people come to buy salt every day. "How much do you want to buy?" Zhang Laoshi asked again. "Our family wants to marinate meat today. The saltier it is, the less it will lose its taste." The young daughter-in-law seemed to explain why she bought salt: "I want to buy thirty catties of salt." People in the grocery store come to buy salt every day, but few people come to buy thirty catties at once.An ordinary grocery store has at most thirty or forty catties of salt. The veins on Tie Zhentian's forehead were even thicker. "You want her to come in." He lowered his voice and said, "If she doesn't want to come in, grab her in." Ma Rulong didn't move. "Why don't you go?" "She has a big belly." Ma Rulong said, "I can't do this to a pregnant woman." "Even if you know she was sent by that hypocrite, you can't do this kind of thing?" "I can not." He can't do these things under any circumstances, and he refuses to do them.I would rather die than refuse. Tie Zhentian stared at him, and suddenly heaved a long sigh: "You are really a good person, I have never seen a person like you, there are not many people like you now." Xie Yubao suddenly sighed softly: "I have never seen anyone like him before." Zhang Laoshi has already told her: "The salt in the shop has been sold out, you'd better come back at night." The little daughter-in-law was still laughing when she left. It was ridiculous that there was no salt in a grocery store. Tie Zhentian said: "If you let her go, it means that you have told Master Jue that I am here, and you leave all the salt to me." Ma Rulong also knew this. Tie Zhentian said: "So I guarantee that the business of your grocery store will be very good today, and there will be a second customer coming soon." He was right.Not long after, the second customer has come to the door. The second customer was a big customer. As soon as he entered the door, he said, "I want to buy something." The man's voice was hoarse and deep: "I want to buy whatever you have." "Buy everything?" "Buy everything." The man said, "I want to buy everything."