The woman told Zhong Kui that there used to be an old man who often came to the shop to look at these handicrafts. Later, when the willow bonsai came out, the old man came more and more often to look at it, coming every afternoon at a few minutes after 4 o'clock. Just to look, that is.

Don't buy.

The workmanship of this willow branch bonsai is exquisite and complicated as you can imagine. It requires a lot of endurance and skills to do this. Therefore, it is the only newly released high-quality piece with a high price tag; 300 yuan.

The old man seemed to be collecting money, but he didn't get enough for a while, but he still came to see the bonsai as usual, rain or shine. He looked at it for several hours, and he reluctantly left until it was time to turn on the lanterns.

Later, when the old man finally collected enough money and came in a hurry, he found that the bonsai had been sold to an unknown woman. Later, the old man came less often. The last time he appeared, he was haggard and had become very weak.

Hearing the other party say this old man, "What's the old man's name?" Zhong Kui thought of the old man Zhao and asked hurriedly.

The woman nodded and said, "At first, I was too lazy to talk to him. Later, when we got to know him better, I asked casually and he said his surname was Zhao."

"Then, do you know why he insists on coming to your store to see these handicrafts?"

"As far as I know, this old Zhaotou has a naughty character and is very playful." The woman said with confidence. After speaking, the woman's eyes fell on the willow branch bonsai he held in his hand again, and she continued to ask curious questions

Said: "You haven't promised me yet, where did you get this?"

Zhong Kui shook his head and did not answer the woman's question directly. Instead, he said in a roundabout way: "It shouldn't be like this. He might be doing it for something else."

While Zhong Kui was discussing the topic with the landlady, Zuo Xiaomu was also attracted by the exquisite handicrafts.

He immediately took out the money and bought a sailboat.

The seemingly quiet shop lurked an unforeseen evil spirit. Zhong Kui sniffed, pretending to be fine, and looked around...

When they were about to leave, the landlady asked again: "Brother, you haven't told me how you got this willow branch?"

Zhong Kui looked at the woman and replied calmly: "A girl named Liang Yuzhi gave it to my sister." As he spoke, he glanced at the woman indifferently. It seemed casual, but he was still keenly aware of it.

The look of fear and panic flashed across her face

It seems that the woman not only knows Liang Yuzhi as a person, but also knows many things.

Zhong Kui remained calm and looked at a small closed door inside. He was naturally curious about this kind of small door, and his sixth sense told him that the biggest secret should be behind the small door.

And often the secrets hidden behind the small door are greater than what can be seen with the eyes, and maybe a lot of truth is hidden behind the small door. For the sake of safety, he doesn't want to alert the snake for the time being, and the situation here is not clear yet, so he can't reveal the truth.

, making the other party suspicious.

After coming out of the handicraft store, Zuo Xiaomu was still looking at the newly purchased sailboat wrapped in exquisite wrapping paper with fascination.

Zhong Kui wanted to take a look at Old Man Zhao's home before there was any news from Ran Qin.

Old Man Zhao's family lives in the west of the county. From their location to Ximen, you need to pass through Qingyang Town, including the junction of Jinsha Town, and then pass a small bus station before you can reach Ximen.

There is also a gray-haired woman in Old Zhao's home. She is Old Zhao's wife. She bursts into tears when talking about Old Zhao, and her old eyes are almost blinded by tears.

In the intermittent narration of Old Man Zhao's wife, Zhong Kui finally understood the cause of Old Man Zhao's death.

It turns out that Mr. Zhao has been a diligent and frugal person all his life. He and his wife were married to cousins, which is the legendary marriage of close relatives. His wife gave birth to two daughters for him. Both daughters are very cute, but unfortunately, they are a bit born with deficiencies.

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When the eldest daughter was eight years old and the younger daughter was four years old, Mr. Zhao went to the market to buy rice. At that time, when buying rice, he would feel it in his pocket and appraise it.

Finally he bought rice. This bag of rice cost him two months' salary and was two months' ration for a family of four. Mr. Zhao pushed the chicken bus to buy rice and placed the rice bag on the chicken bus at the door of the market.

When I saw people buying rice cakes, I wanted to buy one for my wife and daughter at home to try.

The entrance to the market was already crowded with people, and it was market day. The flow of people was even greater. After buying the rice cakes, when I looked sideways, I didn't know when the thief who had been stabbed a thousand times carried away a bag of rice.

Old Man Zhao was stunned at that time, and was stunned like a thunderbolt. After a long time, the crowd at the entrance of the market pushed him, who was standing at the door, and he burst into tears.

"Oh my God! What a sin have I done! Why didn't you just take my life away? A thief who suffered a thousand cuts, you stole my family's food rations, what's wrong with my family?"

Live?" He cried so much that the whole world was moved, and he burst into tears, making the onlookers sigh.

Old man Zhao was originally an open-minded and good man, but after he lost the rice, he became very confused. Because the family's rations were lost, the two growing children were hungry and fussy all day long, so his wife had no choice but to give up.

I had the nerve to go to the market and pick up the rotten vegetable leaves that the vegetable vendors couldn't sell and make soup to satisfy my hunger.

It is true that misfortunes never come singly. When there was a famine, the little girl fell ill. After she recovered, her legs became disabled and could not be straightened, as if she had polio.

Fortunately, Mr. Zhao's mental illness gradually improved. He loved his daughter even more, but his eldest daughter's physical condition was always very weak. He went to the temple to ask for a fortune saying that his daughter would be assigned to a man who had a rough life and had gone through countless hardships.

When you get married, your health will naturally improve.

It's a pity that this woman has no savior, so she can only be regarded as fate but not fate. During her illness, it happened to be the time of Zhong Kui's disaster. Later, I was lucky enough to see her in the morgue, and she was already separated by yin and yang. Fate is always fate, and it is unknown.

Everything was arranged, otherwise Xiaodie would not have rashly seduced Zhong Kui and made him have sex in his sleep.

Hearing this, Zhong Kui had a guilty look on his face. Apart from a few words of comfort, he had nothing to say.

Old Man Zhao's soul coincided with what his wife told him, which showed that Xiaodie was indeed the marriage secretly arranged by Zhong Mingfa and Old Man Zhao as a joke.

Next, Old Zhao’s wife also told that Old Zhao had brought back a bunch of Five Emperors coins from somewhere. As she said that, she took it off her neck and showed it to Zhong Kui.

The Five Emperors' Money was connected in series on a thin red ribbon. What you see now is that it no longer has the original red color. Mr. Zhao was worried about his wife, so he gave the Five Emperors' Money to his wife, but he was indulged in the dream of missing his beloved daughter.

die.

Zhong Kui learned from Mr. Zhao and his wife that Mr. Zhao always seemed distracted when his little daughter was sick. He ran around here and there, going out on time every day, and would not come home until dusk was approaching.

.Because of this, his daughter did not even see him for the last time, so he felt extremely guilty, and his heart disease worsened and weighed him down heavily, both physically and mentally.

The two old people had been living separately for a long time and each occupied the same room. Mr. Zhao didn't get up on time. His wife felt strange and went to push the door open. As you can imagine, the door to the room could not be opened. She called the neighbor to help push it open, only to find that Zhao
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