What are front pawn shops and back pawn shops?

"The front pawn shop, the back pawn shop, the front and back pawn shops are both pawn shops."

Between Xinmin and Liaozhong, there is a former pawnshop and a rear pawnshop. These two pawn shops have a history.

Legend has it that once upon a time there was a man named Li Zihe, whose father died when he was three and his mother died when he was five, and he grew up in his uncle's house. His uncle, surnamed Zhang, was as greedy as life and was mean to others. Open a small workshop, make tofu and grind sesame oil to sell for money. Li Zihe started doing odd jobs at the age of seven, carrying children, washing diapers, sweeping the floor, running errands, collecting firewood, everything.

Pawn Shop

This year, Li Zihe turned sixteen. On the twenty-second of the twelfth lunar month, it was snowing heavily and a strong north wind was blowing. His uncle asked him to go to Houtun to collect the account. He met an old man on the road, lying in the snow, freezing to death. Li Zihe helped the old man up and asked: "Old man, what's wrong with you?" The old man said, "I was going to a relative's house and passed by here. I was hungry and tired and couldn't walk." Li Zihe took out some dried tofu from his pocket and gave it to him. The old man eats. Li Zihe thought to himself: If he carries him to his uncle's house, he will not be able to accept him and will scold me. He saw a broken brick kiln not far ahead, so he carried the old man into the broken kiln, picked up some branches and hay and spread it on the ground for the old man. The old man said: "I came from Fengtian to my daughter's house. My daughter is in Liuhegou. When I see her, I will repay you well." Li Zihe said: "You rest here first, and I will bring you food tomorrow. "After that, I asked for the bill again.

The next day, Li Zihe secretly brought some dried tofu and sorghum rice dumplings to the old man.

The old man stayed for two days, and Li Zihe gave him rice dumplings for two days. His uncle found out about this. His uncle asked: "In the past two days, you have been going to the kiln like a thief. What are you doing?" Li Zihe said:

"There is an old man who is about to freeze to death. I will give him some food." "His uncle said, "I raised you so much, but you stole things from others." Just like that, Li Zihe was kicked out of the house. Where is he going? There is no place either. Alas, let’s go to the broken kiln too. When I got there, I saw that the old man was gone, leaving behind a leather jacket. Li Zihe put on a leather jacket, ordered food during the day, and slept in a broken kiln at night. On the night of New Year's Eve, every household receives and sends off the God of Wealth. Li Zihe went to each village and shouted from door to door: "The God of Wealth is here, pick him up!" When everyone saw that he was a big boy, he wanted good luck, so they all gave him some change and cakes.

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The next day, the first day of the Lunar New Year, Li Zihe was sleeping soundly in a haystack in a broken kiln, covered with a leather coat. It smelled so good that someone suddenly woke him up. He opened his eyes and saw an old man standing in front of him, wearing a fox fur coat and big riding boots. There were several people standing behind him, and there were several tall horses outside the kiln. The old man turned around and said to those people: "This young man saved me!" Then he said to Li Zihe: "How come we haven't known each other for two and a half days? Did you forget to give me dried tofu and rice balls? Why did you come here?" Is this coming?" Li Zihe told him about being kicked out of the house by his uncle.

The old man said: "You might as well come with me and work as an errand for me, and you will have a future." Li Zihe said: "I don't know how to be an errand, and I won't go anywhere." The old man said: "You don't You can go if you want, I'll give you some money, and you can live a good life from now on." The old man said, and asked someone to take half a sack of ocean from the horse and put it on the ground. He also asked someone to write a letter to Li Zihe, saying, "If there is any trouble in the future, just take out this letter." Li Zihe was stunned and couldn't speak anymore. After realizing it, the old man and those few people had already left the broken kiln on horseback.

His uncle knew about Li Zi and someone who lived in Poyao and sent him to the ocean on horseback that day. He immediately came to Poyao and said a lot of good things to him and took him back home.

Soon, some people said that the source of his money was unknown and that he probably pawned it off as a beard. The government sent someone to look for him. He told the story again and took out the letter. There was a big seal as big as a tofu block on the letter. When the magistrate saw it, he was shocked and said, "Oh, it turns out it was the money given by his old man!" and put Li Zihe back.

Later, Li Zihe used the money to open a grain store, an oil mill, a flour mill, and a pawn shop.

His pawnshop is very kind to the poor, and they will give you a lot of money if you pawn something.

Later, a pawn shop was opened at the back of the village. This is the origin of the front pawn shop and the back pawn shop.

Who was the old man who gave it to Li Zi and Dayang? Some people say it is Zhang Zuolin.