"You said that if I can put the big water tank into the small water tank, you will let our family go?" Lamei asked.
The old rich man was stunned for a moment and looked at the water tank next to him, "Well, that's what happened."
"You are a big family in the village, so you have to keep your word." Lamei said.
"Yes, it counts." The old rich man looked at the big and small water tanks. They couldn't put them in at all. This girl must have gone crazy. So he generously called in several witnesses from the neighbors.
The wintersweet witness came and repeated what the old rich man said. No one had any objection. Then he stepped forward, picked up a stone and smashed the big water tank!
"You, you!! You pay for my big vat!" The old rich man's heart cramped and he almost collapsed. If anything in the house was broken, his heart would be pulled out. It hurt from the inside to the outside, and even his wife died.
It's not that uncomfortable.
Lamei calmly put the broken pieces of the large water tank into the small water tank piece by piece, and it just fit in.
"You smashed it, it doesn't count!" The old rich man covered his heart, and the nine concubines behind him were all snickering. The old rich man turned around and glared at them fiercely, so they had to hold back their laughter.
"You didn't say beforehand that you couldn't smash it. People with a good reputation have to keep their word and can't bully us honest people." Lamei said bravely, and she risked her life.
The witnesses all felt that Lamei was right. The old rich man suffered the loss of being dumb. How could he be willing to accept it?
"Wangmei, I'm talking about three things. Putting a big tank into a small tank is just the first one, unless you can do all three." When the old man's plan failed, he soon came up with another plan. Making things difficult for others was his profession.
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"Then, what's the second thing?" Lamei asked.
"Have you seen it? Let the sun shine into the house where I sleep." The old rich man pointed to the sun and then to his bedroom. It was a shady place. Even if the window was opened, no sunlight came in, all day long.
All.
The witnesses shook their heads, and now the wintersweet is about to end.
"I, I'll come back tomorrow." After Lamei said that, she went to find Sister Haitang without looking back.
Bai Haitang thought for a moment and said a few words in her ear.
The next day, when witnesses were present, Lamei stepped on the ladder to the roof and uncovered all the tiles. The midday sun hit the ground inside the house.
In the second level, the old rich man lost again.
"If you do the third thing, I will abide by what I said. Do you see this?" The old rich man took out a long straw rope and waved it in front of everyone.
"Burn it into ashes, then braid it into a rope and wrap it around the house." said the old rich man.
What? Ashes can be woven into ropes! This is intentional. Everyone is not optimistic about the fate of wintersweet.
Lamei took the rope and left angrily, knowing that she was deliberately making things difficult, and Sister Haitang couldn't save her now.
Bai Haitang laughed out loud after hearing this.
"This is the simplest. Just wrap the rope around the house and then burn it." Bai Haitang said.
"Ah, yes, why didn't I think of that?" Lamei suddenly realized, and it was over.
After Lamei left, Bai Haitang felt that this incident was caused by him. If he didn't help her apply makeup that day, the old rich man wouldn't pay attention to her. It was right to help her solve it. If the old rich man did anything harmful again,
, be careful, I'll get some sulfuric acid for you to drink.
Wintersweet passed the customs successfully and returned home happily, trusting and grateful to Sister Haitang even more in her heart.
I couldn't help but steal an extra freshly laid egg from home and cook it for Sister Haitang to deliver quietly.