Ma Dagui did not immediately search for the corpses of other Japanese pirates, but untied the several-meter-long chain from Zuo Tian's hand. The other end of the chain was tied to the corpse of a wolf dog. He removed the stone that was holding it down, then took hold of the chain, climbed up to the edge, and pulled hard toward the opening until it was free. The wolf-dog was fat and warm, and it had just been smashed to death.
Just get rid of it. Ma Dagui lamented to Liu Zhen: It has a keen sense of smell. If we don’t get rid of it, the Japanese pirates will get rid of our family. Today I am going to skin and eat this wolfdog.
Keep your voice down! Liu Zhen pointed at the sleeping child in her arms and whispered, "This wolf dog is bigger than the male wolf you skinned the day before yesterday." Ma Dagui said proudly that I would use its skin to make a coat for my child.
Liu Zhen held the bag of gold bars in her hand and said to Ma Dagui, if you go down and touch each dead Japanese pirate corpse, you might be able to find a few gold bars. Ma Dagui jumped out of the trap, removed the rocks, and touched the pockets of 12 Japanese pirates one by one. He found 60 yuan in cash, and the rest were mostly Japanese papers, snacks and other less valuable sundries and food.
What also makes Ma Dagui happy is that almost every Japanese pirate has a knife. Some have a peach-shaped handle with a short handle; some have a moon-shaped handle with a long handle; The cold light was shining; some knives were tied with brown ribbons, with blood stains on them and a smell of blood.
Ma Dagui moved the bodies of the Japanese pirates and found a total of 13 butcher knives of different types. These were the butcher knives used to kill the Chinese people. Picking them up, Ma Dagui felt a feeling of common hatred, mixed with the pleasure of revenge.
At this time, he stepped on a stone that was pressing on the Japanese pirate's body, squatted hard, and jumped onto the edge of the trap using the reaction force. He asked Liu Zhen to hold the child and return to the hut with a bag of gold bars. Here I was eating the pirate's biscuits, and feeling energetic, I used a Japanese pirate's sharp knife to dissect the wolf dog's corpse, tied the bright red dog meat one by one with the removed chain, and wrapped the hairy wolf dog around. Pick up the skin and walk along the stone path back to the hut.
He discussed with his wife and hid the various shapes of butcher knives from the Japanese pirates for self-defense. He buried the gold bars deep in the Vulture Mountain without telling anyone. When he was in urgent need, he took them out one by one and gave them to the pawn shop to pawn money. He left it to his son Ma Sheng as an asset.
At that moment, Ma Dagui completed the matter according to the negotiated opinions and went down the mountain to summon the villagers to watch him clear up 13 Japanese pirates by setting traps and pushing rocks. He also led everyone to roll up their sleeves and shovel soil to fill the traps and bury the bodies of 13 Japanese pirates to eliminate the unpleasant smell. Afterwards, he and his wife cooked the wolf and dog meat in the hut until it was delicious and rewarded everyone.
After that, Ma Dagui's deeds of annihilating the Japanese pirates spread in the village. He has become a hero in people's minds and is praised everywhere. Soon he joined the advance force of the Liaodong Army and was named a vanguard to defeat the enemy. After that, he conquered the east and west, traveled thousands of miles, and never returned to his hometown.
After her husband joined the army, Liu Zhen moved back to her original tiled house from Vulture Mountain, and of course she quietly transferred the gold bars back to her family home. Whenever she had no money, she would go to a pawn shop to pawn a gold bar. The money she pawned was enough to cover the living expenses of her mother and son for about four years.
After spending the five gold bars, Ma Sheng turned 20 and his mother died of illness that year. Before her death, her mother pawned another gold bar for him, and took out the remaining four gold bars from the cellar to him. She also told him that you must learn a trade, or else you can pawn these gold bars in the future. Once the money is gone, there's nothing you can do.
In the early years, there were rumors that his father was unfortunately killed in a hand-to-hand battle with Japanese pirates. At that time, Liu Zhen cried every day and was extremely sad. She did not remarry and placed all her hopes on her children. But she only pampered her children and did not know how to educate and discipline them. As a result, the children became lazy and could not endure hardships in studying, so they naturally gave up on their studies. As the saying goes: waste comes from playing, ruined by following.
Liu Zhen realized about her children's education in her later years, but it was too late. Ma Sheng couldn't listen to anything, was unwilling to pay, and only wanted to enjoy. After burying his mother, he pawned the remaining four gold bars at once, filling a bag full of money. The owner of the pawn shop looked at him and joked, "This money will be enough for you to live for 20 years."
Ma Sheng pawned so much money at one time, and there was no leakage. There were good and bad sides. The good thing is that the matchmaker from the neighboring village saw that he had money and introduced him to a partner. The bad thing is that some people with evil intentions saw that he had money and wanted to take advantage of it.
Everyone nearby knew that he was lazy by nature. Not only did he not do any serious work, he even neglected to cook. I often feel hungry, so I grab a handful of money, walk to the house where the smoke is rising, and say to the owner, can I give you a piece of money in exchange for a meal?
no problem, no problem. The owner mostly said this while taking the coin he handed over, stroking it with his fingers and looking at him with a smile. He wore a long robe and a mandarin jacket, which was not old-fashioned, but was so dirty that anyone who came close to him could smell a disgusting stench.
At this moment, the master looked at him and teased him, why not find a wife who can cook, wash, and take care of the housework for you? Ma Sheng said, there is a matchmaker named Wu who is helping me introduce her. I gave her some gifts as a reward. If the matter is done, I will thank her again. The master let him into the house and asked him to sit at the dining table to wait for the meal. He said with great interest that if Matchmaker Wu doesn't agree, I will do it for him. I can pay him some reward at that time.
Unexpectedly, Ma Sheng, who was so hungry that his stomach growled, was not interested in this topic. He said, I came to your house for dinner, and now I will only talk about food. The host also agreed and said humbly, "I don't have any delicious food in my house. I'm afraid the simple meals are not to your taste."
Just make some good food!
Where is the money?
After exchanging a few words with Ma Sheng, the host could tell that Ma Sheng was not thinking much. He continued to say that he was poor and had no money to buy delicious food. He also emphasized: Can you give more money? I can buy delicious food for you.
Being so excited by his master, Ma Sheng immediately took out a handful of money, threw it on the table and said, is this much money enough? The owner looked at it and counted it silently. There were 13 coins in total. The money at that time was valuable, and the owner knew it and nodded with a smile. He quickly collected the money and told his family to go to the market to buy some fresh meat for cooking.
After having dinner at the host's house and drinking some wine, Ma Sheng was the easiest to show off. His face was flushed. When he returned home, the door opened for no apparent reason. He walked into the inner room inadvertently, took off his shoes, and suddenly I washed my feet, went to bed as sleepy as possible, and fell asleep snoring.
It was afternoon, and it was already night when he woke up. The first thing he thought about was which house he should go to for dinner. When he touched his pillow, there was no money bag. It was empty, as if it had been dug through. , he got out of bed anxiously, lit the soybean oil lamp and searched all over the house. He neither found the bag with money nor a penny. He was so anxious that he burst into tears.
This is no joke. Having no money means cutting off the source of livelihood. You have to work hard like other villagers. Otherwise, there will be no harvest. Simply put, there will be no food. He is also a very lazy person, and has developed a habit of laziness. He does not even cook by himself, but relies on others. If he does not have money to maintain his laziness, his life will be very miserable.
At this moment, his cry alerted an old carpenter. The old man put the carpentry tools by the door, entered the room and asked him why he was crying. He cried louder and louder, with tears dripping from his eyes. The old man listened for a long time before he realized that he was crying because he had lost his money, so he helped him search the house for the cloth bag containing the money, but of course he couldn't find it. The old man knew that he was alone and had a difficult life, so he persuaded him to learn carpentry from him. You can still make money if you become a teacher in the future.
