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Chapter 4
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"Old lady, mother, why did you go like this?"

In broad daylight, the world is bright, and in full view of everyone, our Young Master Zhang, dressed in filial piety, stumbled onto the boat on which the beautiful tigress was riding, with tears streaming down his face, knelt down in front of the coffin with a bang, and kowtowed like garlic, While weeping as if losing a loved one, he cried and shouted, "Old lady, mother, open your eyes and have a look! Your unfilial nephew, Zhang Haogu, has come to see your old man. Old lady, I can't think of the last time Once the capital is farewell, it will become eternity, what will you do after you call your nephew?"

"You... who are you?" The beautiful tigress on the boat who was so murderous in front of the Wu family brothers just now was dumbfounded. She even forgot to kneel down to return the salute. She couldn't remember any relatives in Linqing City.The pretty maid who was guarding behind the coffin was also very strange, she hurried over and pulled the tigress by the sleeve and asked, "Miss, do we have any relatives in Linqing? Why haven't I heard you tell the master?"

"I haven't heard of it either? This guy must have misunderstood someone, right?" The pretty tigress was even more confused.At this time, Zhang Shitou also ran onto the boat, first placed the sacrifices and the funeral ceremony in front of the coffin, then solemnly kowtowed three times to the coffin, and finally pulled the young master Zhang who had been crying so hard, his eyes were red Tong Tong choked up and said: "Young master, you can't come back to life after death, young master, please express your condolences. Otherwise, if the old lady knows, she won't rest in peace when she sees your body broken from crying."

"Go away! I just want to cry!" Our Young Master Zhang pushed away the well-meaning Zhang Shitou, and cried with red eyes: "I lost my money doing business in the capital. If the old lady didn't see me pitiful, Give me food and travel expenses to go back to my hometown, I would have starved to death in the capital long ago! Received the kindness of a drop of water, the spring will repay you, the old lady has such great kindness to me, she is my reborn parents If I can't repay the old lady's grace of reinvention, am I still a human being?" After finishing speaking, our young master Zhang took a few more steps on his knees, climbed onto the coffin and continued to cry—that heartbroken cry, even Hard-hearted people will soften at hearing.

"Master, you are really a good person who knows how to repay kindness." Zhang Shitou was very moved by our young master Zhang's righteousness, and couldn't help but also shed two lines of tears that were wiped out by Lao Jiang.The beautiful tigress and the maid over there just realized the smell, first they were surprised when the second lady did such a good deed, and then they were worried that our young master Zhang was crying to the wrong person to make a joke, so the master and the servant hurriedly knelt beside the coffin and kowtowed Returning the gift, the beautiful tigress asked cautiously: "Young master, are you sure it was the little girl's second mother who rescued you in the capital? The little girl has never heard about it from the second mother. Did the young master recognize the wrong person?"

"Miss, is your surname Xiong? Will the old lady's body be transported to the capital?" Our Young Master Zhang asked in tears.The pretty tigress nodded, and answered honestly: "My son is right. The little girl is indeed surnamed Xiong, and she is from Jiangxia (now Wuhan), Hubei, but the second mother is from the capital. There was a big change in the little girl's home the day before yesterday. I went to the capital first, but Erniang was very angry and sick. In Jiangxia, she couldn't get sick, so the little girl had to stay in Jiangxia's hometown to take care of her. I never thought that Erniang would finally pass away years ago, and left her will. Buried back to her hometown in the capital, the little girl had no choice but to carry the coffin to the north with her maid, Xiu'er, firstly to fulfill Erniang's last wish, and secondly to go to the capital to meet her father and brother."

"That's right, Xiaosheng did not admit the wrong person." Our young master Zhang wiped his tears and said: "The old lady has done good deeds all her life, and she once helped Xiaosheng when she was in poverty. Xiaosheng's greatest wish is to repay the old lady's help." Ende, I never thought about the old lady but..." At this point, our Young Master Zhang was sobbing, unable to utter a complete sentence for a long time.

"Strange?" The beautiful tigress was skeptical of our Eldest Young Master Zhang's words, and asked again: "Then how did you know that Erniang's coffin is docked at Linqing Pier? The young girl didn't report it to you?"

"Miss Xiong, it's all because of this spirit card." Our young master Zhang pointed to the spirit card in front of the coffin, choked up and said, "Isn't the old lady's name clearly written on it? Today Xiaosheng accidentally saw it at the pier. I became suspicious of the old lady's coffin, and I was afraid of admitting the wrong person, so I asked the servants to inquire about it, and only then did I know that the coffin... pretended to be my great benefactor!" Said, our young master Zhang He covered his face and burst into tears again.

"Our young master's bragging is really less and less drafting - he doesn't even know his own name, yet he has the face to say that he knows the characters on the spirit card?" Zhang Shitou murmured in his heart, but he didn't dare to show the slightest bit on his face. He just choked up his sobs and lied for Young Master Zhang: "Miss, it was a villain who took the liberty to ask the boatman about your background, and then reported to the young master. If Miss doesn't believe it, you can ask the boatman for a confrontation."

The pretty tigress turned her eyes to the captain who was squatting at the stern repairing the ship, the captain nodded and admitted that this was indeed the case, and the pretty tigress was relieved and began to look carefully at Young Master Zhang.But we have to admit that our Young Master Zhang is not bad in appearance, with delicate features, red lips and white teeth, a slender figure and a gentle manner, which basically makes an ignorant girl feel good and safe.At the same time, the beautiful tigress also noticed the libation ceremony on the sacrificial plate, which was a full 50 taels of silver. This can be said to be a life-saving timely rain for the tigress who was shy due to the drastic changes in her family.So the beautiful tigress immediately became very fond of our young master Zhang, and she was very grateful, and she believed in our young master Zhang's words completely.

"Mr. Zhang, it's rare for you to miss your old love and come to pay homage to the second mother who died unfortunately. My daughter is here to thank you." After completely trusting, the beautiful tigress rarely showed a shy expression, and first expressed her deepest gratitude to our young master Zhang. After saying a thousand blessings, he said with excuses: "But the funeral ceremony of 50 taels of silver is too heavy, the little girl really dare not accept it, and I hope the young master will take it back."

"Miss, we don't even have the money to go ashore to buy dry food." Xiu'er, the maid next to her, was anxious and reminded her quickly.The pretty tigress glared at the servant girl, her pretty face flushed a little.Over there, Young Master Zhang observed his words and expressions, and rushed to say: "Miss Xiong, a mere gift is not a respect, and please accept it. Xiaosheng does not dare to delay Miss's schedule, so I will take my leave." After finishing speaking, our Young Master Zhang asked The coffin kowtowed three times, then led Zhang Shitou to get off the boat and left without knowing it.

"Mr. Zhang, please go slowly." The beautiful tigress has a new love for our young master Zhang——Master Zhang sent a heavy funeral ceremony, and he didn't even ask her name. The tiger was heartbroken, and at the same time secretly regretful.The maid Xiu'er over there couldn't wait to pick up the ingot, and happily said to the tigress: "Miss, this time you don't have to be a jewellery, this time you don't need to be a jewellery, that Mr. Zhang is really a kind man what."

The beautiful tigress nodded, and added: "He is still a modest gentleman who is well educated and reasonable."

Before the words were finished, the beautiful tigress' feet suddenly slipped, and her body involuntarily leaned against the cabin. At the same time, the owner who was squatting at the stern and repairing the ship shouted, "It's bad, the bottom of the ship is broken!" Zhang Da, who had already walked away, The young master turned around when he heard the sound, and also screamed: "Miss Xiong, please get off the boat quickly! Zhang Shitou, quickly ask someone to bring the old lady's coffin to the shore, and it must not touch the river!"

Fortunately, there is generally a lack of everything on the canal wharf, except that there is no shortage of boatmen, porters, and stevedores. After Zhang Shitou, the loyal servant of Young Master Zhang, threw out a large handful of copper coins, dozens of boatmen and stevedores rushed up immediately. The boat whose bow was already in the water was lifted up, and the coffin on the boat was lifted ashore abruptly, and did not fall into the river as the boat tilted.Seeing this scene, the beautiful tigress who was almost fainted from fright just now breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately yelled at the boatman without thinking of thanking our Young Master Zhang: "What kind of broken boat are you? You almost killed my second mother's mother!" The coffin has sunk into the water, what do you say?"

"Yes, yes, return our order money, and we will lose it with us." The pretty and lovely maid Xiu'er also yelled loudly, a bit like her tigress lady.Our Young Master Zhang here is not happy anymore, he turned around and shouted: "Miss Xiong, and this girl, is it time to care about money now? The old lady's coffin is important, please take a closer look to see if the coffin is damaged or not. Hit the river?"

Our young master Zhang's reprimand was full of righteousness and righteousness, which made the beautiful tigress and the beautiful maid blushed, and hurriedly let the boatman come to check the coffin. Fortunately, the coffin didn't even get half a drop of water on it. , and no breakage.At this time, the boatman also came over and explained with a mournful face: "Young master, miss, I'm really sorry, the villain's boat has been in disrepair for a long time, and it often seeps. It was too heavy, and it knocked a big hole all at once..."

"Forget it, forget it, people make mistakes, no wonder you. Fortunately, the coffin of the old lady did not touch the water, otherwise I will never forgive you." Our young master Zhang waved his hand and let it go In order to hold the boat owner accountable.Seeing what Young Master Zhang said, the beautiful tigress was too embarrassed to continue to pursue it, so she asked the boatman: "Then can your boat be repaired? When will it be repaired? If it can't be repaired, we have to change the boat."

"Fix it, of course it can be repaired." The boat owner seemed to be afraid of being asked to return the money for the boat, so he quickly replied: "The villain's son has already gone to buy materials, and he will repair it as soon as he buys it. There is no way to fix it, at least until tomorrow morning.”

"Tomorrow morning, where shall we stay tonight? Is Erniang's coffin going to spend the night in the open air?" The beautiful tigress was a little worried—even though she was not short of money to stay in the inn, ordinary inns would not allow coffins to enter the store. what.The servant girl Xiu'er interrupted and said: "Miss, let's change to another boat. This boat is so broken that we can't even sit on it."

"Miss Xiong, please forgive Xiaosheng for interrupting, it is unlucky to change the coffin." Our young master Zhang kindly reminded: "In order not to disturb the old lady's spirit in heaven, according to Xiaosheng, the lady should stay in Linqing overnight until the ship is repaired." It’s better to go again. Besides, I’m afraid it won’t be that easy to find a boat to transport the coffin temporarily.”

Young Master Zhang’s words are quite reasonable. People these days are superstitious. It’s unlucky to pull out an empty coffin, let alone a coffin containing a dead person—that’s why the beautiful tigress paid a high price to hire such a coffin in Zhenjiang. An old wreck that is falling apart.Of course the beautiful tigress knew this truth, and couldn't help but feel even more worried, "Then what should I do? I don't know if the inn here allows coffins to enter the store?"

"Miss Xiong, don't worry." Our young master Zhang waited for these words, and immediately put on an old-fashioned look, patted his chest and said: "Xiaosheng has a lot of houses in Linqing City, so Xiaosheng asks someone to go Make an empty courtyard and let the coffin of the old lady go in for the night, and Miss Xiong and this girl can also live there to rest for the night.” ——Our young master Zhang said this, Ma Jun and Ma Jun who were hiding in the crowd to watch the excitement Wu Ershao and the gang of dudes suddenly realized, and they all screamed in their hearts, "Fuck, today's 50 taels of silver is lost! After entering Gou Shao's house, does this beautiful tigress still want to come out innocent?"

"This...isn't appropriate?" The beautiful tigress was a little tempted, and politely declined with a blushing face.Our young master Zhang looked very serious, and said loudly: "Miss Xiong, you must not say such a thing, the old lady treats me as much as a mountain, don't say that her coffin stayed overnight at Xiaosheng's house, that is, she was buried in Zhang's house." In the ancestral grave, what's the problem? What's more, Xiaosheng wants to take this opportunity to invite some monks and priests to recite scriptures for the old lady to repay the old lady's kindness."

The beautiful tigress cried out in her heart that she was lucky, her family was suddenly hit by a catastrophe, relatives, friends and old colleagues of her father were afraid of getting into trouble, so they cut off contact with her family one after another.I didn't expect that the person Erniang accidentally saved would lend a helping hand so enthusiastically at this moment, donating money and effort to help her family without fear of taboo-how many good people are there in the world who know how to repay their kindness?At that moment, the pretty tigress didn't refuse anymore, but said shyly: "In that case, I would like to thank Mr. Zhang. The young lady Xiong Hu will never forget your great kindness."

(End of this chapter)