I am born with insufficiency

Chapter 28

As expected, the sky in the afternoon became more and more dreary, covered with dark clouds, and the sea lost its previous tranquility, replaced by raging waves, and a storm was approaching.

Gu Buquan was worried that the reed mat would not be able to cover Miss Qiao'er, so he hurried back.

The chaotic crowd in front of the Zhu Mansion has dispersed.

Unsurprisingly, Qiaoer was abandoned by Tang's father and son after all, only Qiaoer's mother was still standing there stupidly, still muttering: "I shouldn't, I shouldn't have given Qiaoer the longest life." .”

Gu Buquan was taken aback, and Ling An beside him was also visibly shocked, saying in unison: "Fate!"

Previously, Qiaoerniang was crying and talking, Gu Buquan only thought that she regretted letting Qiaoer marry into Zhu's house, until now she understood that what Qiaoerniang said was fate.

"Qiaoerniang, are you going to manage your fate?"

Qiaoerniang nodded half-foolishly: "I shouldn't have put Qiaoer's life on the longest deadline, I shouldn't..."

Gu Buquan asked anxiously again: "Qiaoerniang, who did you ask for fate? Where is fate?"

"Liming Qianzhuang." Qiao Erniang murmured.

"Liming Bank? Where is it?"

Qiaoerniang shook her head in confusion: "I don't remember. The referrer said that living people can avoid ghosts when crossing the Naihe Bridge. He recited a curse for me. I smelled a very strange aroma. By the way, there was also the smell of alcohol." .”

"Anyway, I was in a daze when I went there. When I came back, I slept on the big roller in my yard. It was already early in the morning when I woke up. I only remember a small room in a square shape. There was a candle in the room. Grandpa Wuchang sat in front of the case. , black and white jade box to test fate..."

As Qiaoerniang spoke, she suddenly stopped and looked around nervously, "Shhh, the referrer said it was a secret, and revealed that King Yan was going to punish him. I didn't even mention Wang'er's father and Wang'er."

She muttered: "Father Wang'er regards money as life, and treats me as a human being. I will live longer than them, and then everything will be mine, mine!"

Hua rang the bell and grabbed Qiaoer's mother and asked, "Then why didn't you cast your own life, but Qiaoer's?"

Qiaoer's mother suddenly smiled, and said mysteriously: "Vote for yourself, it's called life, and for others, it's called to place an order. Qiao'er could have lived 98 years, and she still has 80 years of life, so the more you save, the more interest you will get." , give it to me when the time comes, and it will allow me to live for several more years. Besides, if you cast her life, it will be her life that is frozen."

Hua Yaoling's eyes widened: "The risks are hers, but the benefits are yours?"

Qiao Erniang nodded of course.

"That's natural. I gave birth to her in October, and I gave her life. How about taking some risks for me? It's just that I made a bad calculation. At that time, I thought that Dali Niang only lived two months longer." , it’s not very cost-effective, so I voted for Qiao’er with the longest deadline, hey, he didn’t survive the freezing period after all. Hey, it’s a miscalculation.”

"Dali?" Gu Buquan was startled, she had also heard about Dali Niang's death and resurrection.

Dali is a boatman, and Master often hires him to carry coffins, so I don't know him well.

Dali Niang is a sick child, mother and son depend on each other, living in the most dilapidated thatched hut at the westernmost end of Maple Leaf Town.

One night half a year ago, Dali Niang coughed for a long time and swallowed without a mouthful of phlegm.

The neighbors are all enthusiastic people, and they wanted to help take care of Dali Niang's funeral, but Dali refused.

Surprisingly, the next morning, Dali's mother's familiar cough sound came from Dali's house again, but Dali's mother was frightened, but he saw Dali helping his mother out to bask in the sun.

Under the sun, there are people talking and laughing, as if they were real people.

According to Dali, it was he who got the interest by reasoning his life, and Black and White Wuchang gave his life to his mother.

"The more you live is the interest." Dali emphasized again and again.

Everyone is skeptical, but it is an indisputable fact that Dali Niang is alive again.

It was probably at that time that rumors about Liming Qianzhuang began to spread in Maple Leaf Town. It was a good deal to extend one's lifespan without reducing one's own lifespan.

However, Dali Niang died after only two more months of life, and Dali always regretted that he hadn't put more lives in order to let his old mother live longer.

When Gu Buquan came to deliver the coffin, he paid more attention to it, and made sure that Dali Niang was completely dead, and there was no sign of coming back to life.

After burying Dali Niang, Dali disappeared. There are rumors that he went to another country with a foreign ship to beg for a living.

So now I want to ask Dali about the situation at that time, but I can't ask him.

Qiaoerniang was still muttering: "I shouldn't have invested in the longest term from the beginning, I should have invested in the short term first, and then continue to invest when it expires. Anyway, the freezing period is shorter. Hey, it's all my fault that I didn't invest for a while. Forget it, I have nothing to lose, why is my life so miserable?"

As she spoke, she pulled the flower bell and shook it desperately and asked, "You said, why is my life so hard?"

Hua Yaoling was overwhelmed by the question, and couldn't help crying: "I still want to ask why my life is so hard. The money I saved for several years is gone. Who should I ask for reasoning?"

"Black and white are impermanent, there are risks in reasoning, and one must be cautious in casting one's life, sincerity is not to be deceived."

Qiao Erniang muttered to herself again, "Only those who are predestined can manage their fate. I have to ask, since I am said to be a predestined person, why is my life still so hard?"

Gu Buquan stared blankly at Qiaoerniang's back as she staggered away, feeling a nausea rolling in her chest.

Growing up in a coffin shop, she has seen a lot of ruthless people, but she has never seen parents who treat her own daughter like nothing. The Tang family really made her mad. vision.

Ling An was probably also stunned, until Qiao Erniang had gone away, he just remembered and asked: "Who recommended it?"

Gu Buquan regained consciousness and chased after him.

"Qiaoerniang, who are you going to ask, the referrer? Is it the stranger in the cloak?"

She always felt that the mysterious man in the cloak was absolutely inseparable.

Qiao Erniang brushed her away, revealing a strange smile, which made people look at her heartbroken, even after a few steps away, the flower rattle could not stop shivering.

"My darling, I thought Qiao Erniang was the most useless, but it turns out that she is a ruthless person."

Qiao Erniang went all the way to the east in a frenzy.

Hua rattles and shouts at her: "Hey Qiaoerniang, your home is on the west side."

But Qiaoerniang turned a deaf ear to it.

Gu Buquan thought about it, then ran towards Lizheng's house.

"I'll bring you."

Ling An came from behind, holding Gu Buquan's arm and walking like flying, she almost reached Lizheng's house without touching the ground.

"Did the stranger in the cloak come?"

Lizheng and his son sat paralyzed on the floor in the house, muttering: "It's gone, it's gone, the family is ruined."

"What's going on?" Ling An asked, grabbing Li Zheng's collar, and Li Zheng's expression was as stupid as Qiaoer's mother.

Tang Wang replied bitterly: "It's all my damn mother. I don't know when I will put all the house deeds and land deeds on that foreigner. I gave him all the money in the family before I gave up. Otherwise, after tonight, we will die." Homeless."

"Where is he?"

Gu Buquan slapped the only remaining ingot of silver in front of Liqian.

Lizheng's eyes lit up when he saw Yinzi, but Ling An held him down as soon as he stretched out his hand.

Li was in a hurry to ask for money, so he said vaguely, "I just left."

Ling An turned his head and chased out the door, only heard the dull "hehehe" laughter in the strong wind, but did not see the trace of the cloaked man. Peaked hats raced along the friezes.

"Black and white impermanence?"

Ling An was secretly taken aback, it turned out that what Qiao Erniang said was not crazy, there was indeed something strange in Maple Leaf Town!

Tracking all the way, I saw black and white shadows jumping into the coffin shop, and disappeared in an instant.

Coffin shop?Ling An's whole body tensed up suddenly.

(End of this chapter)