The fat man made a strange sound in his throat, and looked numbly in the direction of true north.
I reached out and patted the fat man on the back of the head. The fat man was like a puppet on strings, walking straight north.
After walking for seven or eight minutes, when they reached the next fork in the road, as if there was some mysterious force guiding the fat man, the fat man turned around numbly, and then turned to the left fork in the road.
I followed behind without saying a word, and just walked with the fat man for a long time.
After walking for more than an hour, we arrived at a paper-making shop in the south of the city!
After arriving at the door of the store, the fat man stood directly at the door, as motionless as a sculpture.
I pinched my fingers and then punched the fat man hard in the stomach.
"Wow--"
The fat man suddenly opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of fishy liquid, and then he finally recovered.
"W-why am I here?"
The fat man looked at me tremblingly and asked.
"Stop talking nonsense! Let's go, find a place to sleep, and come back tomorrow morning!"
I'm too lazy to explain so much to him. Now that I've found the location, the rest will be easy to handle.
Whether this matter can be resolved peacefully depends on whether we can reach an agreement with the other party early tomorrow morning.
"No? Are you going back now?"
"If you believe me, come with me now. If you don't believe me, then do whatever you like!"
My eyes widened, and the fat man suddenly became more honest.
"Of course I believe you, of course I believe you!"
The fat man obviously wanted to say something more, but when I glared at him, he retracted his words as soon as they came to his lips, and nodded hesitantly.
Seeing him nodding in agreement, I left with Fatty and found a small hotel nearby to stay for one night.
After all, this is a paper-making shop. If someone knocks on the door at night, it would be a ghost if they can open the door...
The environment of the nearby small hotel is very poor, but after all, I grew up in the deep mountains and old forests. Compared with the environment in the Taoist temple, the environment here is much better.
The fat man seemed to be tossing and turning, lying on the bed all night, sighing and turning over. This made me so angry that I wanted to drag him out and give him a beating.
I simply closed my eyes and started practicing the guidance technique taught to me by my master.
When I opened my eyes again, the day finally dawned, and the fat man was snoring loudly.
Seeing that it was already past eight o'clock in the morning, I stood up and kicked the fat man in the butt.
"Wake up, it's time to get down to business!"
"Get up so early..."
The fat man mumbled and looked at me while talking, with a look of grievance on his face.
"Stop fucking talking nonsense. If you keep trying to tease me, I'll just turn around and leave now!"
Originally, I was not tired of this boy's life, but this boy actually dared to complain here. The more I thought about it, the more angry I became.
"I'll get up, can't I get up?"
While the fat man was talking, he turned over and sat up directly, and then washed himself briefly.
By the time we finished checking out and came out after breakfast, it was already nine o'clock in the morning.
When I came to this paper shop again, the door finally opened, but apart from the paper people and horses, there was only an old woman sitting there.
"Hello, mother-in-law!"
I walked in directly with the fat man, then looked at the old lady with a smile and said hello.
"You can pick whatever you want to buy!"
The old lady was sitting on a lounge chair nearby, her eyes closed and not even looking at us.
"We're not here to buy anything!"
After I looked around for a while, seeing no one around, I spoke.
"You're not here to buy things, are you here to find a job? I don't have any work for you here, so you'd better go somewhere else!"
"I think you misunderstood, we are here today to pay back the money!"
As I spoke, I stretched out my hand towards the fat man.
The fat man was stunned for a moment, and then handed me the bag of tips.
"Are you fucking sick? Don't you understand that you have to pay back the money?"
Seeing the cowardly look of that damn fat guy, I felt really angry. At this point in time, this guy still doesn't understand what he's going to do next?
After hearing what I said, the fat man reacted and quickly took out two hundred yuan from his pocket and handed it to me.
I stared at him blankly. I didn’t even know what to say about this kid at this time. Hasn’t this guy heard that it’s easier to ask God than to give him away? You took two hundred yuan from someone, didn’t you?
No need to pay interest?
Looking at my dumbfounded eyes, the fat man shrank his neck, and then he took out two hundred yuan from his wallet again.
I was really speechless for a moment, this damn fat guy really wanted money rather than his life.
"Take as much as you have, take out all the money you have, don't leave a penny left!"
I lowered my voice and stared at him angrily.
The fat man had a grimace on his face, then he quickly took out his wallet and handed over all the money in it. Then he took out a little change from his pocket, and finally patted his pocket and signaled me
It's all here.
"Young man, I don't know you, I don't think I've ever lent you money..."
After the old woman lying on the couch heard what I said, she finally stood up and looked at me with a pair of cloudy eyes.
"Mother-in-law, don't tell lies in front of real people. This brother of mine is young and ignorant. He offended my mother-in-law. Please let me go this time! This is all the money he has. Please forgive me!"
Although it is said that the old woman used witchcraft to do this, after all, it was a fight that one wished to suffer.
It was the fat man who was greedy himself and could not blame others for harming him with heresy. So when I spoke, I was relatively polite.
"I don't know what you are talking about. If you have too much money and no place to spend it, buy more paper money!"
After the old woman finished speaking, she walked towards the counter at the back of the store.
I couldn't help but frown, he obviously didn't want to let me go.
"Mother-in-law, please be merciful! My brother is just an ordinary person. He still has parents to support at home. Please let me go!"
Considering this guy's age, I spoke again.
"I told you, I don't know you, and I have never lent him money. If you don't leave, don't blame my old lady for being unkind!"
While the old woman was talking, she took out tools from the counter and tied up a paper figurine on the side.