第4章
“qiangshu，nibiezheiyangkanzhedaxiaojie！”
fahuaderenjiaoliuxiaomao，“xiaomao”zaidangdishi“xiaohaier”deyisi，yeyonglaichenghuqinqijiadehaizi。tashichanglizhigongdewazai，xiaoshihouzaichangquwanniba，zhangdahoudaogongsilidaza，zuichongbaiderenshizongjinglipeiyingwu。tayitingpeishubaiyaolaidaiguangongsi，bianzigaofenyongdiyaojitadang“tibaode”，haobangzhupeishubai“nvchengfuye”。zheihuiertatinglimeihuashuo“kaihuishijianbuhao”，youjianhuaqiangdingzhepeishubaishuo“coubuqiren”，lianmangtipeishubaijieshi：
“tuodaozheigeshihoucailaikaihui，bushidaxiaojieguyibaipu。zheilianggeduoxingqitayizhibingdelihai，zuotianbanyehaiquzhensuodiaoleshui。yishengshuole，tazheishishuitubufu!”
peishubaixinzhongkuxiao，xunsuzuoxiapanduan。huaqiangkaobuzhu，caipengshangzheimedianxiaoshijiuzhijiebatamaile；liuxiaomaorenhenhao，yehenweitakaolv，jiushiyoudiantaihao，shenmeshidouxianxiangdaota——napashibenlaikeyibuyongbangtarenlingdeshiqing。
“yigezhongguoren，juranzaizhongguoshuitubufu。”
duikaihuishijianjibumanyidelimeihuaqiangxianfahua，suandechaosuanlajizadoububizaifangcu，xunsudijieshouleliuxiaomaojipeishubaidexinchenghu，“bukuiweihuozhenjiashidedaxiaojie。”
limeihuazheishizaishuotajiaoqi。dantatizhiruci，tanengyoushenmebanfa？peishubaibuyuyulimeihuajijiao，fanzhengzuiduohezheirendaisangeyue，jiuyaoganhuizhijiagejixutadekeye，wanghouzaiwujiaoji。peishubaigancuididao：
“huajingli，youshishuoshi。nizhaojidajialaishiweileshenme？”
huaqiangkanxianghuiyizhuolingyitoudecaiwuzhoujie，jiantadizhetoumeiyoujiehuadeyisi，zhihaoyingzhetoupizijishang。tazhouqimeitou，jiangshouxuedelianjichugengduozhezi，yonglidechengduhebiedazhaochengzhengbi：
“neige，qishi，gongsizhangshangdeqian，zhigoufayigeyuedegongzi。”
“a！neizenmeban？”liuxiaomaodiyigejinghaidedajiaochusheng。
peishubaibeiliuxiaomaoyishengshizihou，hedeyikexinmengrantiqiyoudongdongluantiao，haoburongyicaipingfu，liansebutaihaokan。huaqiangzhengquanshenguanzhudiguanzhupeishubai，jiangtashoujinghouyouheiliandebiaoqingzaiyanli，xinzhongzhijiaobuhao——zheigedaxiaojie，shibushibuhaoduifu？
peishubaihuanlekouqi，lengshengdao：“huajingli，nikaiwanxiaoni。”
yigeyunzhuanlesanshiniandegongsi，peilaotoucaixiuxisangexingqi，jiuhuikaibuxiaqu？
“daxiaojie，huageshigeshizairen，bukaiwanxiaode。”
jiehuaderenkanlianyejiudasanshisui，dandafubianbiandetixingrangtakanqilaihehuaqiangyiyanglao。peishubaisaoleyantashenqiandemingpai——liuchusheng，xiaoshoubujingli。
liuchushengyishoupanzhezuoyikaobei，yishoudazhuzuoyifushou，shenzixiekaozaijiaoluoli，liangtiaotuidougebuting。tazirenweizheigexingxianghenxiaosa，shuochulaidehuayehenzixin：
“gongsidezijinyizhidouhenjinzhang，yaobushiwomenxiaoshoubumenderenmeitiandoujinganmangandiwangqianpao，nayoudaxiaojiezheifenanwen？”
“shuodehaoxiangquangongsijiunimenyigebumenside。”
jianliuchushengjianggonglaodoulandaozijishenshang，limeihuazuobuzhule，“jiusuannixianqiwomenbuzhuanqian，haiyougetuozhanbuzaizhuanqianni！”
“meimeijie，wokebushishuonibuzhuanqiandeyisi，zhishijidaxiaojiezuogejieshi。”
liuchushengbenyishixiangyayiyazheige“daxiaojie”，meixiangdaolimeihuaxinqingbumei，hengchayijiaojianghuatidaipian。limeihuaxingziqiang，yushijiuzhebufang，takebuxiangdezuilimeihua，“meimeijie，nijiuxiangquangongsideqinjiejieyiyang，fanshijinxinjinli、zhaoguzhoudao，jiusuanbierenbuxiaode，nandaowodaliuhaibuxiaodema？”
limeihuadeyidixiaoleyisheng。
“jintianzenmejingchuyoumeilai？”huaqiangjinglimeihuatixing，zhoumeikanzhe“tuozhanbujingli”dekongdangdangdeweizi，“woteyitongzhilezheixiaozi。”
“renjiayigerenzhuandeqianhexiaoshoubusanshigerenzhuandeyiyangduo，waihao‘renxingyinchaoji’，zirandeyouxiejiazi，kendinglandelini！”limeihuahaizaishenghuaqiangdeqi，“jiusuannidanglefuzongjingliyelandelini。”
“huajie，niwuhuile，chugeshuojintianbaitianshizaiganbuhuilai...”liuxiaomaopeixiaozhejieshi。
huaqiangbingbumaizhang：“shenmeganbuhuilai，zheixiaoziyitiandaowanbuzhidaozainahun...”
“huajingli，daodishizenmehuishi？”
peishubairenwukeren，daduanlehuaqiang。zheimedagehuiyishili，liuzhangyoumingpaidebumenjingliyoulianggemeidao，guanqiandezhoujieyishengbuhang，shengxiasangebumenjingliheliuxiaomaoyiyanggeshuogede，hunluanbukan，jiumeiyouyigerenguanzhuzuizhongyaodewenti：
“weishenmezhangshanghuimeiqian？”