I am born with insufficiency

Chapter 1 Strange Story of Maple Leaf Town ([-])

On the coast in early spring and February, the white waves chase the sand.

Several boatmen were loading a heavy coffin onto the boat, ready to transport it to an island not far ahead, because Zhang Dashan, the richest man in Maple Leaf Town, was going to hold a funeral for his pet dog A Huan there today. I also invited the Maple Leaf class to dance to the great god.

A girl shouted from the side: "Be careful, this is what Zhang Dashan ordered for his family's A Huan. It is the best coffin in my family. It is made of 300-year-old camphor wood. Every coffin board is made by my master." I planed it by myself, and painted it four times. If it weren't for the high price promised by Mr. Zhang Dashan this time, I wouldn't be willing to sell Master's treasure to him."

The girl was wearing a light blue blouse, with sleeves rolled up and standing barefoot by the water, with a monkey squatting on her shoulder, and a turtle lying on the monkey's shoulder, like a beautiful water demon in the sea.

Her name is Gu Buquan, the monkey's name is Sun Xiaokong, and the turtle's name is Gui Xiaobao.

Gu Buquan is exactly [-] years old this year. He is an orphan picked up by Gu Quan, the head of the only coffin shop in the town. Because of his unknown background, he named him Gu Buquan after his master.

The master said that when she was picked up in front of the coffin shop, her forehead was so hot that a pile of paper money could be set on fire.It was also because of her fate that she was fed by the master with bowls of rice cereal, and became a good helper for the master in managing the coffin shop.

Sun Xiaokong was brought by a monkey tricker from a foreign country. One day when he was playing in the town, the monkey hugged Gu Buquan and refused to let go. The master had no choice but to buy it for a pair of good coffins.

Gu Buquan forcibly snatched that Gui Xiaobao from Mr. Zhang Dashan's soup pot, and cost the master a little money for it.

Master said, as long as she is happy, it is worth it!
Half a year ago, the master Gu Quan suddenly fell to the ground while planing the coffin boards. Before closing his eyes, he shook Gu Buquan's hand vigorously and told her to keep an eye on their coffin shop until Gu Buquan swears to the heavens that the coffin must be removed. The shop became bigger and stronger, and everyone was proud to buy their coffins, so the master closed his eyes and left with peace of mind.

As a result, the young woman here had to manage the business of the coffin shop alone, and it was quite enjoyable for one person, one monkey and one turtle to depend on each other for their lives.

Everyone in the town said that she was the one who killed Master because of her hard life.

She didn't care, on the contrary, people were afraid of her and couldn't live without her, which made her feel funny.

A boatman ridiculed: "Miss Buquan, why don't you say that you use thousand-year-old golden nanmu?"

Gu Buquan laughed: "No matter how favored A Huan is, he must have the blessing of golden nanmu, right? Even if Zhang Dashan wants to be used by himself, he must have the guts. He has a lot of money and wealth, but he only has a head. ?”

Golden nanmu, it is not something that can be used by the rich, and it is a crime to exterminate the nine clans if it is not used by the emperor's family.

A Huan is a dog that Zhang Dashan, the richest man in Maple Leaf Town, has raised for many years. A few days ago, when he was strolling with his owner on the island, he accidentally fell into a puddle and drowned, which made Zhang Dashan feel bad.

Yesterday, Mr. Zhang Dashan led the housekeeper to the coffin shop to look at it for a long time, and he spotted Gu Buquan's "treasure of the town shop", and it didn't matter how much it cost.

The coffin shop is the only one in Maple Leaf Town, and the business is neither good nor bad, and they can make a living even if they don't take care of everything.However, a strange thing happened in Maple Leaf Town recently, which seriously affected her business, that is, the emergence of a fortune-telling bank.

Throw money to make money, throw your life.You can get rich interest in life by putting your fortune into Liming Bank.

People in Maple Leaf Town talk about it with gusto and doubt, and they all hold a wait-and-see attitude. It is said that in order to verify the truth, Zhang Dashan deliberately gave his pet dog Axi a ten-year fate.

Gu Buquan thought it was very funny, this kind of ghost trick to deceive a three-year-old child, does anyone believe it?Master once said a word, in this world there are no free cakes and free melons, greedy for a sesame seed often loses a golden mountain.

What's more, in the whole life, the vegetation and the autumn, the heaven, earth and people have their own dimensions, if the rules set by Lord Yama don't even obey him, then there will be no difference between yin and yang.

But I can't help it that everyone has a long-lived heart, and they are all waiting to see the results of Zhang Dashan's verification. As for the coffin, I won't buy it for now.

Just as she looked at the monkey and the turtle and sighed, Mr. Zhang Dashan's money bag jingled in front of her, and the white money dangled in front of her eyes, making her dizzy.

She thought, ashes return to ashes, the coffin should be used to its full potential, as for what is lying in the coffin, that is not important.

Then she gritted her teeth and stomped her feet to agree, as long as she transported the coffin to the island and Ah Huan was buried in peace, she could collect the money and go home and count slowly for fun.

It took a long time to work hard, and finally loaded the coffin onto the boat, and was about to untie the cable, but saw a small boat slowly approaching from the other side, everyone recognized that it was the special boat of Zhang Dashan's family , the one sitting on the bow is the housekeeper A Qing.

"Don't be too busy, our A Huan has come back to life, the coffin is no longer needed."

Ah Qing didn't get off the boat either, he just yelled at Gu Buquan.

"Come back to life? How is it possible, it has been dead for two days!"

She didn't even bother to make a call, because she was the famous Zhang Dashan, and the price she promised was so high that she didn't even confiscate the deposit. Could it be that Zhang Dashan repented and was not willing to spend the coffin money to bury the dead dog hastily?
"It turned out to be dead. Thanks to our family, Axi, who cast his fate for ten years a while ago, he got all the interest for two years and gave it to Ahuan. Now our Axi is alive and kicking, screaming happily around the master."

"How do you know? Ah Xi can't speak."

Ah Qing laughed: "It's barking."

"This, this is okay?" Gu Buquan opened his mouth, in disbelief and unable to refute. After all, it is Zhang Dashan's dog, and only his family knows what it barks a few times.

"The Maple Leaf class's boat is about to land. If you don't believe me, you can ask them. Ah Xi barked a few times beside A Huan, and then A Huan came back to life. They saw this with their own eyes."

"Maple Leaf Class" is a business in Maple Leaf Town that specializes in ceremonies and weddings. This time, it was also invited by Mr. Zhang Dashan to perform ceremonies for A Huan on the island. If they come back so soon, their business must have died down.

Axi is the dog raised by Zhang Dashan's concubine, no matter whether it really got some interest by putting its life in the cards, now that it is a fact that Ahuan died and came back to life, wouldn't all her troubles be in vain?
"It's over, it seems that the coffin business can't be done." Gu Buquan was very annoyed.

"Our master is a very kind person. I think you are a little girl's family. It is not easy to support a coffin shop. Let me tell you in person. Take some money to buy tea for the boatmen."

Ah Qing said that he threw a money bag and ordered the boat to turn around and go back to the island.

Gu Buquan took the money bag, opened it, and counted it. The jingling ten copper coins were not enough for a pot of tea, let alone the wages of the boatmen, and they had to post money to transport the coffin back to the shop.

"Damn, this is too bullying." Gu Buquan held the money bag and gritted his teeth in hatred.

"Hahaha, Sun Xiaokong's mother, this is called stealing chickens and losing money." The boat of the Maple Leaf class docked, and a colorfully dressed woman jumped off the boat, laughing at Gu Buquan.

This woman is the pillar of the Maple Leaf class. Her surname is Hua and her name is Yingling.

Hua Yaoling is about the same age as Gu Buquan. When she was ten years old, she fled to Maple Leaf Town with her parents. Unfortunately, her parents died within a few days of her arrival. Hua Yaoling sold herself out at a young age. Entered the Maple Leaf class, in exchange for two sets of coffins to bury her parents.

But the head of the Maple Leaf class is a stingy man, and only gave Gu Quan the money for half a pair of coffins, and asked Gu Quan to make two pairs of thin coffins.

On that day, the lonely and helpless Hua Yingling guarded the paper-thin coffin, seeing Gu Buquan nestled in Gu Quan's arms, hatred spontaneously arose.

Since then, they have been enemies.

From that day on, Hua Yaoling had two goals in her life, first, to stand out from the crowd, and second, to be at odds with Gu Buquan.

Hua Yaoling is always entangled in the town's bastards to bully her when she is alone, but every time she is escaped by Gu Buquan's tricks, instead Hua Yaoling either falls into the water or falls into a pit, The grudge between the two is getting deeper and deeper.

Hua Yaoling was unhappy when she saw that Gu Buquan didn't ridicule her, except that she didn't want the coffin, but she tried her best to get what Gu Buquan had, or tried to destroy it.

Sun Xiaokong had suffered from the flower rattle, and was almost poisoned to death by her. Once he was hit by her noose and almost hanged, so when he saw the flower rattle, he screamed in panic, wanting revenge and She looked very scared, and even Gui Xiaobao was very uneasy.

"Did I steal your chicken?" Gu Buquan replied unhurriedly when he saw Hua rattle the bell and wanted to make trouble again.

Gu Buquan frowned at Hua Yaoling's gorgeous body, she didn't like her calling her "Sun Xiaokong's mother", but Hua Yaoling likes to yell nonsense on purpose.

"My family doesn't raise chickens, and I don't like to eat chickens. I think the taste of monkey brains should be good. Otherwise, turtle stew is also good. If you can't pay for the coffin, remember to tell my sister. "

As Hua Yaoling spoke, she stretched out her tongue and licked her lips, then floated over with a giggle.

"Cut, I won't be able to pay my wages? I was born with..."

Hua Rattle answered from a distance: "Is it the material of the coffin board?"

Gu Buquan rolled his eyes, he had no choice but to transport the coffin back, otherwise it would be scrapped once soaked in seawater, he gritted his teeth and took out his money bag and counted it, intending to collect some for the boatmen.

"Dead man, dead man." Suddenly a boatman shouted.

"Nonsense, if the coffin does not sleep the dead, is it really impossible for the dog to sleep?" Gu Buquan was annoyed.

"T-There are dead people."

Gu Buquan followed the direction of the boatman's finger, and found that there was really a person lying between the white waves and the sand, as if he had been washed to the shore by the waves.

"Business is here?" Gu Buquan was overjoyed that if there was a dead person, the coffin would not have to be transported back.

She walked over boldly, only to see a man in ragged clothes lying on the beach, his body was covered with scars, and there was a big hole in his head. It seemed ominous.

She stretched out one finger to probe the man's nose, pinched his throat with two fingers, and then lay on his chest and listened carefully.

"He's still alive, hurry up, get water." Gu Buquan called out.

Occasionally, the master is invited to collect corpses for people. He said that before collecting corpses, you must check and listen, because sometimes people are not really dead, but enter a state of suspended animation. Once confirmed, it will be restrained, for fear of causing "deceived corpse".

This is the craft of eating. Although Gu Buquan doesn't like to do this job, she still keeps the master's words firmly in her heart.

The boatman brought a bowl of water, poured it down for the man without hesitation, and then wiped off the mud and sand on his face, revealing a handsome face.

The man coughed a few times, and slowly opened his eyes, only to see a young girl leaning over to face him, the light of the setting sun on the sea was hitting her fair face, she looked at him and smiled, just like taking a bath The dragon girl in the rays of light.

He raised his hand and touched her cheek lightly, it was real.

(End of this chapter)