A lot of things happened during the Spring Festival this year. In the end, the truth came out. It turned out that it was a high-definition student who made paper and defrauded his uncle's money. His uncle fell ill in anger and died in three days.
The relatives and friends of the Hu family guarded him as if they were on guard against thieves. Not to mention lending him money, they wouldn't even let him take a bite of the leftover food. Mr. Qingsheng sold the last pair of sandalwood boxes at home for two yuan. They were his mother's dowry. He always wanted to keep them as souvenirs, but was reluctant to pawn them. But I was addicted to smoking, so I didn’t care about it anymore. I used the two yuan to buy a small piece of longevity ointment. When I got home, I couldn’t wait to light the cigarette, fell on the bed, and took two strong puffs. My body was as light as before. In the fog.
At this moment, he felt as happy as heaven. The experience of being looked down upon, insulted, and bullied every day was no longer important. After taking two more puffs of cigarette, I suddenly found something black lying on my broken bed. Taking a closer look, it turned out to be a big mouse lying on the corner of the bed. This mouse must be much older, its beard has turned white, and it is about the size of a cat. It was smoking the smoke from the high-definition pipe next to it. It seemed that it also knew the benefits of this longevity medicine, sniffing and enjoying it greedily.
The student found it interesting and said to the big mouse: "Are you also addicted to cigarettes? It seems that you are just like me." After that, he took a puff of cigarette and blew the smoke on the mouse with his mouth. The mouse seemed to know that he was not Smoking didn't mean anything at all and wasn't afraid of him. He raised his head to catch the smoke coming towards him. After a while, he seemed to have had enough and crawled away slowly.
For several days in a row, this big mouse came to smoke with the high-definition student every day. The high-definition student was looked down upon by everyone and had no friends around him, so he doted on the mouse. Sometimes the mouse came a little late, but the high-definition student would tolerate it and use it. Smoking cravings await it.
But the good times didn't last long. There was only a bed and four walls left in Mr. Qing's home. He no longer had money to buy cigarettes. He was depressed and helpless. He sighed and said to the mouse: "Mouse, mouse, I have no money today." , but I don’t have money to buy Fushou ointment, so I can’t smoke this flavored cigarette with you.” After saying that, I couldn’t help but sigh.
After hearing what he said, the mouse turned around thoughtfully and walked away with bright eyes. When it got dark, the mouse brought back another silver dollar and placed it on Mr. Gao's pillow. The high-definition student was so shocked that he went to the city that night and bought a piece of Fushou ointment. When he came back, he burned it under the lamp and spit it out in big mouthfuls. He and the mouse were soaked and sucked it all.
The next day, the mouse picked up three more silver coins. The HD student was so happy that he didn’t know what to say. He remembered an allusion he had learned when he was in private school, and said to the mouse: "The person who knows Guan Zhong is Bao Shuya. You know I am poor, but you are really my best friend. If you don't mind, we will become Jinlan brothers." From then on, we became brothers with this mouse, called him "Brother Rat", ate, drank, smoked and chatted together. Make a nest for it with cotton wool on the bed and let the mouse sleep on the bed.
The relationship between man and mouse is no less than an irreconcilable friendship. The mouse goes out every day and brings back silver coins, ranging from one or two to three or five. From then on, high-definition students no longer have to worry about food and clothing. Many years later, my grandfather recalled those days and always said that it was the happiest time in his life.
After more than half a year, the high-definition student gradually became rich, but didn't he say that he was lucky enough to meet a good friend, but unfortunately met a villain. The high-definition student should be destined to be poor, so he was chosen by the villain. People are watching.
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There is a gangster in the village named Wang Ergangzi. He is different from Mr. Gao. Mr. Gao has at least made a fortune and has been the "Master Gao" for more than 20 years.
Wang Ergangzi's life was not so easy. From the eighth generation of his family to his own generation, he had never worn a pair of pants that did not expose his buttocks. He watched the high-definition student's family business fail, gloated at his misfortune, and even beat and insulted him on his birthday. Bazi, bullying the tall young master who had bullied him in the past, in order to find inner balance.
He felt very strange recently. He was born into a poor boy who didn't do any work. He pawned everything he could at home and most of his relatives were dead. Why did he smoke at home every day? Where did he get the money to buy cigarettes? Maybe this kid has become a thief. I might as well keep an eye on him quietly, catch him stealing, send him to the government, and exchange for a few ocean bounty.
However, after observing for a while, I found that except for occasionally going to the city to buy some food and cigarettes, the high-definition students basically stayed at home and never communicated with anyone. The less they knew where their money came from, the more confused Wang Ergangzi felt. anxious.
One day, Mr. Gaozi went out to buy groceries. Wang Ergangzi took the opportunity to climb over the wall and entered his house. He rummaged through the boxes and cabinets to see what Mr. Gaozi's secrets were. Suddenly, he found a big mouse sleeping on the bed. Wang Ergangzi grabbed the mouse and threw it into the stove. Pour a pot of boiling water into the pot, then cover the pot with a lid, thinking that when the high-definition students go home to drink water, I will watch and play.
Before Wang Ergangzi could go out, the high-definition student came back and blocked the room. When the student saw that the big rat in the pot had been scalded to death, his eyes suddenly turned red, and he picked up the kitchen knife and started chopping it. Wang Ergangzi was stabbed more than a dozen times. Fortunately, the high-definition student was a heavy smoker and had soft hands. Although Wang Ergangzi was slashed many times, he was not fatally injured. Covered in blood, he fled to the security team for help. The captain of the security team was from a local warlord. Relatives were inviting the warlord to drink at that time. The captain saw that this was a big deal, killing people with a knife in broad daylight. Isn't there any royal law? Quickly order a few people to tie up the high-definition student.
Gao Qingsheng was escorted to the entrance of the hall. The security captain asked sternly, why did he kill Wang Ergangzi with a knife?
The student burst into tears and choked up what happened, and finally sighed: "I thought I was poor. Without this mouse, I wouldn't be alive today. Unexpectedly, my negligence killed Brother Rat, although it was not my fault." He died because of me. How could I bear to lose such a good friend? I am responsible for all the work. Since I hurt Wang Ergangzi, I can let him die or be punished. I just ask the commander to let him go. I will go home and bury him, and my Brother Rat will die with peace of mind.”
Before the security captain could speak, the warlord next to him sighed and said to Mr. Qingdao: "Grandma, not being ungrateful is benevolence, not being treacherous is righteousness. You treat mice like this, let alone humans? I miss your benevolence and righteousness. , seeing that you are helpless, you can join the army as an adjutant with me from now on."
The barrel of a gun is political power. In troubled times, the words of military strategists are king's law. The warlord leader ordered his men to whip the gangster Wang Er, venting his anger on Gao Gaosheng, and then asked Gao Gaosheng to go home and bury the mouse. The student put the mouse corpse into a wooden box, dug a hole and buried it. He cried for a long time before going to the warlord leader.
As the saying goes: When you are hungry, eating chaff is as sweet as honey; when you are full, eating honey is not as sweet as honey. When a person is in poverty, even if others give him a bowl of porridge or a piece of cake, he will be grateful. What's more, the mouse gave the high-definition student so much money. Of course, the mouse's money was also stolen. The sage said that if you don't drink stolen spring water, you will die of thirst, but that is the moral standard of the most sages and sages, and it is difficult for the ancients to achieve it, let alone a mediocre person like Gao Qingsheng? I once heard that if you smoke at home, over time, the flies and mice in your home will become addicted to cigarettes. This is absolutely true.