Chapter 162 Handover

  Leaving Wang's house, he traveled for two days and two nights relying on his little sister's water bag and cornbread, and only found his cousin's address after asking all the way.

I thought I could ask my cousin to help find my parents, but I never thought my cousin would say that the government posted a notice half a month ago to ask people to claim the portrait. up.

  He was completely dumbfounded, he didn't believe that his parents would leave him, until his uncle found the portrait of the notice issued by the government that day, and became an orphan for a while, he was confused, and was later taken in by his uncle to help in the pharmacy.

My cousin, whom I hadn’t seen for many years, got involved in gambling. Not only did he lose all the income from the pharmacy, but he also owed a lot of foreign debts. A few days ago, those debt collectors came to the door with knives, and my uncle promised to sell the pharmacy. Give money, those talents have nothing to do.

Originally, he thought he was going to be displaced again, but he didn't want to meet Engong to sell medicinal materials by accident. When he learned that his cousin's shop was going to be sold, Engong bought the shop directly. He could see that his cousin didn't want to support him. Said that if he was willing to stay, he would be paid back for food and housing.

  He has no other thoughts now, he just wants to work hard, help his benefactor run the shop well, and repay the grace of salvation.

  Jiaojiao watched him cry suddenly, pursed her mouth and didn't know how to comfort her, she secretly tugged at Dad's robe with her little hands.

  Wang Zhuangzhi was talking to Boss Song when he felt his daughter pulling him. When he looked back, he saw his daughter staring at Song Dong's direction eagerly. He followed his gaze.

  Song Dong lowered his head at the corner of the door, he could vaguely see the tears on his face, and Wang Zhuangzhi understood what his daughter meant.

  Boss Song on the opposite side was still laughing and bragging that he was going to the capital for a while, but Wang Zhuangzhi didn’t chat with him any more, and interrupted him: “Boss Song, let’s sign the paperwork.”

   "Oh, good, my red clay is ready."

  Wang Zhuangzhi couldn't write, so he pointed at a thick Wang with a brush, and then made a handprint with red mud.

   Boss Song also wrote and stamped his fingerprints, then took out the house deed that he had prepared earlier from his pocket and handed it to Wang Zhuangzhi, and said with a smile: "Brother Wang, I will entrust this shop to you."

Wang Zhuangzhi opened the deed and took a look at the house deed. Seeing the official seal underneath, he conveniently took out nine one-hundred-denomination banknotes, and said with a smile, "I came in a hurry. I don't have any change. Boss Song will give me the change." gone."

The five hundred taels in the house is the whole, the one thousand two hundred taels for the bracelets in the town is also the whole, and the five thousand taels given by the shopkeeper of the restaurant are also the whole. Two taels of silver are only about forty taels, not enough to fifty taels.

  Boss Song saw the bank note, rubbed his hands together, picked it up, and said with a smile, "Oh, brother Wang is such a happy person."

   After counting, Boss Song was a little embarrassed again. He didn't have a total of two taels of silver in his pocket at the moment. He was busy packing today and there were no customers in the shop. How could he find him with fifty taels of silver.

Suddenly, he looked at Song Dong at the door, coughed lightly and said, "Brother Wang, you don't know, Song Dong's father and I are distant relatives, our two families have nothing to do with each other, I will arrange his parents' funeral Yes, now I'm in ruins, and I still owe a few hundred taels of foreign debt."

  Wang Zhuangzhi didn't understand what he meant, so he waited for him to continue.

Boss Song sighed for a long time, and said with a sad face: "I don't have any money to look for you, and this kid can do a lot of physical work now, so you can keep it as a clerk, and you don't need to pay money, but stutter." Just do it."

  Wang Zhuangzhi was stunned when he heard what he said, what about his uncle, who is he?

  Song Dong at the door froze when he heard that, he guessed it was the same thing, but when his cousin said these words, he felt so uncomfortable, he turned around and ran outside while clenching his fists.

   "Brother Song Dong."

  Jiaojiao hurriedly put down the snacks, walked to the door and looked in the direction Song Dongli was running away, then turned her head and looked at her father helplessly, "Father, brother Song Dong ran away in anger."

   "Hey, Dad will look for it later, he won't be far away." Wang Zhuangzhi was afraid that his daughter would also run out, so he stepped forward and picked him up.

Glancing back at Boss Song, he lost the politeness just now, and said lightly, "Boss Song, since you want to sell Song Dong to me, I don't want the fifty taels of silver either, and you don't want to bother him in the future. "

Boss Song looked a little worried, and made excuses: "I can't protect myself now. His parents' burial also cost a lot. Song Dong can't spend money on food and drink at my place these days. When I encounter difficulties, I need him five Ten taels of silver is not much."

  Hearing these words, Wang Zhuangzhi didn't answer, turned around and walked outside with Jiaojiao in his arms.

  Seeing this, Boss Song didn't care so much. He happily held the bank note in his hand and went straight to the backyard to get the package.

  After selling the pharmacy, he didn't even think about repaying the debt. He used the Polygonum multiflorum to buy a boatman whose family was seriously ill.

  The capital is so big, he didn't believe that these people could find him.

  …

  Wang Zhuangzhi had just walked for a while with Jiaojiao in his arms when he saw Song Dong sitting under a tree looking into the distance.

  Jiaojiao secretly said to her father: "Brother Song Dong was sold by his family, he must be very sad."

  Wang Zhuangzhi sighed when he heard this, he is also a poor child, his parents are gone, and now his uncle is like this, the pain in his heart may only be known to him.

  Wang Zhuangzhi saw candied haws for sale in the distance, so he took Jiaojiao to buy two bunches.

  Handed one bunch to Jiaojiao, and he walked to Song Dong's side with the other, and handed the candied haws to his hand.

  Song Dong saw a bunch of candied haws, looked up and saw that it was En Gong, his nose was sore, and tears fell down uncontrollably.

  Two months ago, his parents bought candied haws for him to eat. At that time, he thought it was too sweet and didn't eat it. The picture was still there, but why didn't his parents?

Wang Zhuangzhi put down Jiaojiao and walked over, patted him on the back, and comforted him: "Son, it's not worth it for your cousin to be sad, you still have a long way to go in the future, and we can live a long life with our own abilities." Alright, in the future you can stay at Uncle Wang's pharmacy with peace of mind, as long as Uncle Wang is another day, no one will drive you away."

  Song Dong couldn't hold back, and threw himself into Wang Zhuangzhi's arms, sobbing and crying.

  In just two months, it seemed like a lifetime of suffering. He tried hard to restrain his emotions in front of outsiders.

  At this moment, he couldn't bear it anymore.

  Wang Zhuangzhi's eyes were also a little wet. He couldn't help but think of the feeling of helplessness when he was separated from his family and brought his family to the earthen house. At least he still has his wife and children. Poor Song Dong has nothing.

  Wang Zhuangzhi couldn't help empathizing, he hugged Song Dong and patted him comfortingly, and gently persuaded him: "It's okay, don't be afraid, Uncle Wang will be your family in the future, if you need anything, please tell me."

  Song Dong choked up and cried, and said in a hoarse voice, "Thank you, Uncle Wang."

  (end of this chapter)