I looked at my grandfather's worried eyes.
He looked at the kitchen knife blankly.
"What evil have you done?
Disaster is coming again."
My grandfather said with a choked voice.
"Grandpa, what's wrong?"
At this time, my brother and sister-in-law also came out and found grandpa talking to the kitchen knife.
"This person who sells kitchen knives is not an ordinary person."
My grandfather turned to look at us and said: "If he operated like that and gave credit to everyone for several years, not only would he not make any money, he would have lost everything. ” "Yeah, how much did it cost a few years ago, and how much does he charge now?
The price of rice four years ago was 1.5 yuan per catty, and now it's more than 2 yuan.
Why doesn't he charge more?"
I said, "Even if I say a few words If a kitchen knife costs fifteen yuan or even twenty yuan, the person who lends it to him on credit will give it to him.”
"That's the problem."
My grandfather took a deep breath and said: "His purpose is not for money, but to warn those who are about to suffer disaster, just like four years ago, he said that when there is no water in the mountains, , he came to collect money again.
At that time, no one noticed that there was something wrong in his words.
Now he said that when we don’t have enough food to eat, he will come to collect money again.”
"This" all three of us were stunned.
"Then why didn't he tell us directly, but in this way?"
my brother asked.
"If you reveal secrets, you must not reveal your name."
My grandfather said: "Especially for this kind of people, they have superb prediction ability, but they are afraid of revealing secrets and being punished by heaven, so they will use this method.
If they can understand People may be able to find ways to be prepared before disaster strikes, and may even be able to avoid it.”
My brother and I looked at each other.
It’s really a vast world full of wonders.
I didn’t expect that in this day and age, there are still such masters.
"Heaven and earth share one common path, and that is the right path.
Besides the right path, there are eight hundred side sects and three thousand left paths.
Each of these sects has its own sect purpose."
My grandfather took a deep breath and said, "This man should be the Clay Bodhisattva.
Tao."
"Clay Bodhisattva" I said: "As the old saying goes, if a Clay Bodhisattva crosses a river, it is difficult to protect himself.
Is this the case?"
"Yes."
My grandfather nodded and said, "People in the way of the Clay Bodhisattva are good at predicting and are extremely accurate.
It's just that the secrets cannot be leaked.
Therefore, if too many secrets are leaked, they will be punished by the way of heaven.
That's why they have this There is a proverb, hence the credit kitchen knife.”
"Grandpa, he just said that he will come back to collect the bill when we don't have enough water to eat.
So if everyone in our village doesn't lend his kitchen knives on credit, will this disaster not come?"
As soon as the words came out, I felt stupid.
It was so obvious that my brother looked at me like an idiot.
My grandfather did not speak, but said: "I have encountered this once before, and they said that they would wait until the price of rice rose to ten yuan per catty before collecting the bill.
At that time, rice was only eighty cents per catty, so many people It’s all on credit.
I feel scared now when I think about it.
If the price suddenly increases twenty times, one may be that the economy is improving and prices are rising, or it may be inflation, or it may be famine or war, but no matter what, the increase Twelve times is not a good thing for ordinary people."
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"Then someone next to me said, let's start hoarding food from now on.
By then, we will have food in our hands and won't panic."
My grandfather glanced at us and said with a complicated look in his eyes: "Someone said it clearly.
He said, by then, everything will no longer be yours."
When we mentioned this, the three of us were dumbfounded.
If it were a natural or man-made disaster, good people would become thugs when they had nothing to eat.
They would burn, kill and plunder, for no other reason than to fill their stomachs and survive. .
I looked at my grandfather in confusion and said, "Then what should we do?"
At this time, my sister-in-law, who rarely expressed her opinions on serious matters, spoke up.
She said: "His prediction before was that there would be no water in the mountains, and now it has really come true.
Now his prediction is that we can't have water, so it should still be a matter of drinking water.
But at the moment we are drinking tap water and water from the nearby Yunxi River.
According to him, if we cannot eat the water, it may be because the water is dry and there is a drought and there is no water to eat, or it may be that the water is not clean and eating it will kill people.”
"Yes, that's what I mean."
My grandfather looked at my sister-in-law approvingly, and said with a smile: "The girl is really smart, we have to gather everyone now, talk about this matter, and let everyone get ready. " Then early in the morning, everyone in the village was gathered at the farm.
After they were summoned, my grandfather did not speak.
Instead, he asked Wu Youyi, the father of the village chief, to speak.
Because Wu Youyi is the father of the current village chief and had been the village chief before, so he was more convincing and prestigious in his words. .
Although my grandfather used to be prestigious, he hasn't been back for several years, and because the matter with the butcher is still unresolved, he doesn't want to speak.
When the village chief's father saw that everyone was almost here, he said, "I think everyone has seen the old man selling kitchen knives just now."
"Well, yes, we lent his kitchen knives on credit four years ago, and we paid him back just now."
Someone in the crowd said, "Old village chief, did you hold a meeting and say you want to pay back people's money?
Don't worry, anyone who owes him money will do it."
It’s still on sale, and people don’t ask for much.
It was ten yuan four years ago, and now it’s still ten yuan.
I’ve never seen such an honest person.”
"Yes, yes, our family's is also up to date."
"My family is also here.
This early in the morning, I asked him to come in for tea.
He was very polite, but he didn't come in."
The crowd began to talk, and it was even noisy.
Wu Youyi quickly stood up, frowned slightly, and pressed his hands towards everyone to signal everyone to stop talking.
After everyone was quiet, Wu Youyi glanced at my grandfather, and then said: "We have gathered everyone today not because of the repayment of money, but because of another matter.
Do you still remember the last time this kitchen knife seller got a loan on credit?"
When we buy kitchen knives, tell us when we will come to collect the money.”
At this time, many people frowned, but there were also many people who were thinking carefully, but Wu De raised his hand and stood up first.
He said: "Old village chief, don't ask other people about this matter.
You can directly Just ask me, because I remember this very clearly.
Four years ago, I was an orphan.
I am a widower.
Today, four years later, I am also a widower.
I really needed a kitchen knife at that time, but I didn’t have a dime in my pocket.
So I tentatively asked the old man.
I said that everyone else had taken credit, could I?
He didn’t even think about credit and just handed it to me.”
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At this time, Wu De turned around and searched in the crowd.
After finding Wu Zhuancheng, he pointed with his finger: "Then the bastard Wu Zhuancheng told the old man that I am a bachelor in the village and do not do my job all day long.
People like me , How dare he give me a kitchen knife on credit?”
"I was angry with him at that time, so I asked the old man when he would come to collect the money.
I also wanted to prepare the money and wait for him to collect it.
He smiled and said, when there is no water in the mountains, He’ll come back to collect the money.”
Then at the end, everyone seemed to realize something, and Wu De's voice became softer at the end.
He said with some surprise: "Now it happens that there is no water in the mountains, and the village can no longer live, so we moved here. , he came to collect the money.”
Everyone became quiet.
Everyone looked at me, and I looked at you.
Wu De turned to Wu Youyou and said, "Old village chief, just tell me directly.
Why are you here for us?
Is this old man with you?"
What does it matter if there is no water in the mountains, or do you know why there is no water?”
After Wu De asked, everyone looked at Wu Youyi.
Wu Youyou said solemnly: "Wu De asked the question correctly, but the old man has nothing to do with the lack of water in the mountains.
As for whether he knows the reason, I don't know, but This morning, Mr.
Wu asked him if he could lend more kitchen knives on credit.
He said yes.
Mr.
Wu asked when he would come to collect the money.
He said he would collect it when we all have no food and water."
"We can't have water."
Everyone realized something.
Wu De said: "Now that we have moved out of Shangwu Village and arrived at the farm, we can't have water."
"What do you think?"
Wu Youyi asked Wu De directly, leaving Wu De speechless
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