That afternoon, Qian Wagguan happily walked on the country road carrying a load of paint buckets, humming the song of getting rich. Suddenly, he saw an old bald man wearing green and black coarse cloth lying on his back in Tiancheng. There was also a small wooden box with a handle in his hand.
Qian Wagguan rested his burden and muttered to himself. I walked over and took a look. The old man seemed familiar to me. Then I came to Tian Cheng to see more clearly. The bald old man had fainted and his eyelids were closed, as if he was sleeping.
Qian Wagguan smiled slyly and asked, "Are you going to die?" I know you, you are the famous Cheng Shimason in Chengjiazhuang. Maybe I have money on me. It seems that I am very lucky today. There is a full 10,000 coins in the paint bucket resting on the road. How much money do you have on you? Don't blame me for being greedy for money, I want to find it and spend it as change. Now without knowing it, it seems that you, Cheng Shijiang, are going to die too, and the money will have no effect on you, so why not let me, a living person, get some benefits.
When Qian Wanguan said this, he squatted down, touched Cheng Shijiang's body, and searched all the pockets of his inner and outer clothes. He didn't find a sling of money, but only a handkerchief with a line of words embroidered on the edge: love. His wife Gong Juan gave Cheng Wanli to her husband.
Qian Wagguan said to himself, "It turns out that this mason Cheng's name is Cheng Wanli, and he has the same name as me!" It's just that I'm too poor and don't have a penny.
Qian Waguan took a closer look at the small open wooden box. It was full of chisels, chisels, hammers and other tools for making stone mills.
He snickered for a while, but still said to himself, it would be great if you brought tens of thousands of coins like Fu Dexing. If I searched them all, I would just smash you to death with the hammer in your wooden box, and then carry your body to Wang En was thrown into the river by the bridge to keep company with Fu Dexing, but you are not worthy of me.
Qian Wanguan was holding a handkerchief and stuffing it into the pocket of the mason's coat on the way back. With a roll of his eyes, he took out the handkerchief and put it into his pocket.
Qian Wanguan turned around and walked along the rural road carrying the paint load. He passed by the Cheng family's tiled house and saw Gong Juan with her head wrapped in a cloth sitting in front of the house picking up the soles of her shoes. He put down the paint load, walked over quietly, took out the handkerchief from his pocket, and waved it in front of Gong Juan.
Gong Juan looked at him in surprise, recognized the familiar handkerchief, and asked, "Wan Guan, why is my Lao Cheng's handkerchief here with you?"
Qian Wanguan thrust the handkerchief into Gong Juan's hand and said, "I don't want your old Cheng's handkerchief!" I'm here to report that your old Cheng is ill for some unknown reason. Then he turned around and stretched out his hand, then said, "He fell asleep on the field in the field over there. I couldn't wake him up." I took out a handkerchief with your embroidered words from him and gave it to you to make you believe it.
Gong Juan put down the work of picking up the soles of her shoes, stood up, and asked with a look of panic on her face, is it true?
Qian Wagguan said for sure that it was true. I was passing by a field with a load and saw a man lying on the field. I walked over and took a closer look and recognized that it was your old Cheng...Cheng Shimao, who came here to tell you a message.
Gong Juan said, thank you. I immediately asked someone to go to the farm and carry Lao Cheng home.
In a daze, Cheng Wanli walked into a hall. He asked in confusion, where is this place?
The torture instrument officer of Hades said, this is Hades. Mason Cheng, I specially invite you to come here to make a stone mill with a radius of four meters.
Cheng Wanli asked in surprise, so big? What is it for?
Yin Chajia, who was standing aside, glanced at the torture officer of Hades. When he saw that he didn't answer, he came closer to Cheng Wanli and hesitated to speak.
Cheng Wanli continued to ask: What is it for?
Yinchajia replied, it's annoying.
Cheng Wanli asked more and more surprised, who is Mo Mo?
Yin Cha Yi replied, that bad guy is spending thousands of dollars. There is also a corrupt official who took bribes.
The torture officer of Hades frowned and shouted, "Stop."
Yincha A and B were so frightened that they trembled and then said nothing.
Cheng Wanli said, I have never chiseled such a large stone mill in my life. The stone mills are used to grind flour and so on. I have never heard that they are used to grind people.
The torture officer of Hades said displeasedly, "You only need to worry about cutting stones and grinding them, and don't worry about other things."
Cheng Wanli said, the stone mill with a radius of four meters is so huge, how much will I pay?
The torture officer of Hades said, "I won't lose you, just a thousand coins."
Cheng Wanli said happily, OK!
At this moment, Cheng Wanli, who had been carried home from Fanzhong Tianchong, was placed on the bed. Gong Juan first touched her husband's chest, and there was heat. Now she touched it again, and there was still a little bit of heat. She touched his nostrils again and his nostrils were still twitching slightly.
Gong Juan looked at her son and said, Cheng Shijie, your dad is still breathing. There should be no problem. He seems to be sleeping. I pushed him several times, but he couldn't wake up.
Cheng Shijie came to the bed and called his father several times, but his father was still asleep. He reached out and pinched his father's nose. And he shouted, "Dad, wake up quickly, wake up quickly, why don't you wake up!" At this point his voice became choked.
Gong Juan said, stop pinching. We both have to keep an eye on him. There's no way he won't wake up. He will wake up sooner or later. Just wait patiently!
Three days later, Gong Juan went to the pigsty to feed the pigs and suddenly heard her son shouting: Dad is awake.
Gong Juan threw away the pig food bucket and the pig food spilled all over the floor. She didn't care and quickly left the pig house and went to the main room. She bent over to the bedroom to take a look. Sure enough, Shijie's father was sitting up on the bed. At this time, Cheng Shijie kept calling him daddy, his face showing joy.
Cheng Wanli spoke, "Oh, the underworld has asked me to dig a huge stone mill in the past few days, so I just rushed back today."
Gong Juan asked in confusion, old man, what did you say?
Cheng Wanli repeated his words again.
Cheng Shijie, who was standing in front of him, reached out to touch Cheng Wanli's hand as if he didn't believe it, as if he was worried that he was not a human being but a ghost.
Cheng Shijie said, Dad, I thought you were dead, but you came back to life?
Cheng Wanli laughed and said, I am not a heinous villain and I will not die.
Cheng Shijie looked at Cheng Wanli and said, Dad, I want to touch you to test whether you are a human or a ghost. If you are a ghost, your hands must be cold and not warm. Now there is heat on your hands, which means you are human.
Cheng Wanli said, Shijie, you are still afraid that I will die. Didn't I say that I am not a heinous villain and cannot die? This time I went to Hades to chisel a very large stone mill. I heard from the messenger that it was used as a torture instrument to grind down those heinous criminals. As he spoke, he looked mysterious.
Gong Juan said, you are still telling me, didn't you just fall asleep for three days? Isn't it just a dream? What you are talking about is sleep talk. Stop talking about it.
Cheng Wanli's argument was not just talk in his sleep, it was true. I chiseled a stone mill for Hades and received a bounty of 1,000 coins. If you don’t believe me, I’ll show it to you. So I groped in my coat pocket, but nothing came out, and then groped in my trousers pocket, but still nothing came out. I felt very embarrassed, so I asked myself, oh, what happened? When I left Hades, the official in charge of the torture instruments did give me 1,000 coins. Why is it gone now?
Cheng Shijie said, Dad, stop talking in your sleep.
Cheng Wanli frowned and continued to argue, "I didn't talk in my sleep. When did dad lie?"
Gong Juan said, don't talk nonsense, our family has to thank others for their money.
Cheng Wanli asked with a stern face, what did you say?
Gong Juan replied, no one knew that you were sleeping on Tiancheng. If Qian Wanguan hadn't found the letter, if you had been sleeping on Tiancheng for three days and nights without anyone taking care of you, and you were exposed outside, even if you didn't die, you might have been snaked or something. bitten or killed. Therefore, our family must thank Qian Wagguan.
Cheng Shijie said, Dad and Mom were right, our family should thank Qian Wagguan.
Cheng Wanli blinked and said, but...
Gong Juan asked, old man, what?
Cheng Wanli said, I don't want to say it, it's best to call Qian Wanguan, I have something to say to him.
