24. Ghost Town
There is a tea house in front, and there are still two walls left in the roofless house, and the signboard with the word "tea house" has long been washed away by the rain, leaving only a vague mark. Xiao Bao'er crossed the tea house www.biquge.info kept moving forward, only to see more and more houses, and there was a meat stall not far away. Scales, boning knives and bloody sheepskins were placed on the stalls, and a goat hung upside down from a dead branch next to the stall.
It was too late to shout Xiao Bao'er, Yao Xitong asked Su Su, "Have you met anyone along the way?" ”
Su Su glanced at the shirtless butcher in the distance, "Except that he met a woodcutter, I don't know where the woodcutter came out, and when he saw the princess, he asked: Are you black or white." The princess said, "White." The woodcutter carried the firewood back into the woods. ”
Yao Xitong was even more confused, "What do you mean?" Have you asked the princess? ”
Su Su took an exaggerated deep breath, "Can my feet be as fast as hers?" ”
While talking, He Bo and Magpie, who were walking in front of them, suddenly stopped not far from the meat stall, and Yao Xitong also stopped. As soon as Su Su stood still, Xiao Bao'er beckoned her and said, "Hurry up and come and pay, I'm going to buy a leg of mutton." ”
Su Su resigned himself to the butcher stall, "Boss, how much is a leg of mutton?" ”
The butcher was young, with a face like a full moon, eyes like a distant star, and a very strong naked body. Su Su looked away a little shyly and cast his gaze on the bloodstained oilcloth around his waist. Hearing Su Su's question, he thought for a while before asking, "Front leg or hind leg?" ”
Xiao Bao'er interjected: "Hind legs." ”
Su Su asked again: "How much is the hind leg?" ”
The expression on the butcher's face was very tangled, as if he didn't expect anyone to buy meat at this hour, he thought for a long time before he said tentatively, "One or two silver......" Xiao Bao'er spoke again, "Both legs." He hurriedly added, "One tael of silver." ”
Su Su magnificently threw two silver nudes on the stall, "Both hind legs are gone." The butcher picked up the boning knife and clenched it in his hand, and just as he was about to make a move, Xiao Baoer shouted, "Wait! She turned and ran towards Sanchi, tore a few pages from his bag, ran over and handed them to the butcher, "Wrap the leg of lamb with this." ”
The butcher took the pages with a shudder, and saw that the two legs of lamb were already on the pages. Xiao Bao'er looked at it with satisfaction, "Su Su, let's take one by one, are you okay?" Su Su looked at the leg of mutton in disgust, and found that there was no blood on the page of the book wrapped in the leg of mutton, so he carefully held the leg of mutton in his hand.
The two turned to leave, and the butcher looked at their backs and let out a long howl, and took a knife in his left hand and cut off the thumb of his right hand.
Su Su looked back in shock, "What is he doing here?" ”
Xiao Bao'er looked at the lonely thumb on the stall, "Is it a mistake?" As he spoke, he walked towards the butcher again, "Boss, do you want medicine for injuries?" ”
"Ah......h
The path full of loess and gravel returned to tranquility, the magpie's tense back relaxed a lot, Xiao Bao'er walked up to Yao Xitong proudly with a leg of mutton, "Childe, don't eat meat for a month, you swore it!" ”
Hearing this, Yao Xitong almost fell off his horse, and couldn't help asking, "Xiaoxiao, don't you think it's weird here?" ”
"Is there one?"
"For the record, there is no village here at all."
"And what do we see?"
Yao Xitong couldn't explain this question, and asked again: "That butcher is obviously good at martial arts, don't you think it's strange?" ”
Xiao Bao'er smiled, "There are mountains all around here, how can he make a living if he doesn't know a little martial arts?" In our grassland, every herdsman has to learn how to herd and hunt from an early age, and everyone knows the martial arts of self-defense, what is so strange? Do you think everyone is the same as most of those fat guys? ”
Yao Xitong really wanted to say that the butcher was strong in martial arts, not only familiar with the structure of the leg of mutton, but also quick to come out of the knife, and there was no blood in the leg of mutton that was cut, so fast knife technique can definitely rank in the top 50 of the impermanence list on the rivers and lakes. In order not to expose himself, he couldn't say this, so he had to ask: "Magpie, what do you think of this person's martial arts?" Just a little bit like the princess said? ”
"If you fight hard, you can live with me in twenty moves."
Su Su knew very well how high the magpie's martial arts were, and it was definitely not easy for someone who could take on his twenty moves. She was scared and said, "Oh my God! How can such a person be here? And why do you want to cut off your thumb? ”
"That's why I said it's weird here."
Xiao Bao'er walked to Yao Xitong horse with a leg of mutton, "You mean we don't need to go into the village to roast a leg of mutton, just roast it on the mountain outside, and continue to hurry after eating?" ”
Yao Xitong didn't mean that, he once swore that where there were people, there should be a steamed bun shop, and the money earned over the years was used to fulfill this oath. Today, this village is obviously not in the information of the bun shop, how can he not live in such a mysterious place?
"I didn't mean that, since there is a village here, we should go in and rest for a while, and by the way, replenish the ...... needed on the way" Xiao Bao'er walked away with a leg of mutton, "I still have to go in after a long time, so why don't you hurry, why do you talk so much nonsense, who will help me roast a leg of lamb if I miss the meal?" "Yao Xitong was choked speechless, and it was really heartfelt to be able to think about eating in this situation." I mean be careful when you go in. Xiao Bao'er, who was walking in front, retreated back, "If you are afraid, just say it clearly, since I promised to protect you, I won't let you have an accident along the way." ”
After a few steps, a silk village stood alone on the left side of the road, and the signboard of gold on a black background was majestic, which made people feel like they were still in the capital. The door of the shop was open, and there were a few pieces of cloth on the counter, Su Su glanced at it and said, "The fashionable tricks of last winter, here are only more than ten days away from Dadu, so it will not be so far behind." ”
Yao Xitong said, "Do you want to cut clothes?" ”
Su Su looked at the shopkeeper who was sitting quietly in the depths of the counter and shook his head slightly. How can you see a living person who doesn't greet the boss who does business? Cut clothes in such a place, don't lose your life. Except for Xiao Bao'er, the group was full of vigilance against this strange village, for fear that they would die here if they were not careful.
"Susu, there's a restaurant there." Xiao Baoer pointed to a place called "Garden Outside Building" not far away.
"Princess, you go slower," Su Su panted and caught up with Xiao Bao'er, "There is no one around, aren't you afraid?" ”
Xiao Bao'er looked at the empty village, and said nonchalantly, "Dinner, we all went home to eat, there are people who are ...... talent" Before she finished speaking, a person and a monkey suddenly appeared in front of her. I saw the man dragging the monkey to an open place, and shouted loudly: "Come on, come on, the latest monkey show opens, those who have money have a money field, and some people have a personal field." ”
Su Su tugged on Xiao Bao'er's sleeve, for fear that if she didn't pay attention, she would run to watch the monkey show. The monkey man is dressed in black, the monkey is wearing a red short coat, and one person and one monkey seem to have appeared out of nowhere, no matter how you look at it, you feel terrifying.
"Don't worry, I'm not going, it's important to eat." Hearing such an answer, Su Su really didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
As soon as everyone walked to the outer building of the garden, they saw the shopkeeper come out eagerly to greet them, Xiao Baoer raised his feet and walked inside, but Su Su on the side was attracted by the coffin shop opposite the outer building of the garden. The coffin shop was only half open, and there were seven or eight people sitting in the black hole room eating around a coffin, and a few bowls of white rice were faintly visible on the black coffin board.
The shopkeeper pulled down the towel hanging around his neck and gently patted it on the table, and said loudly, "Please take a seat." Xiao Bao'er handed him the leg of mutton, "Bake this, and have a few fresh side dishes and two flatbreads." ”
"The side dish is just a cold salad of tree flowers, there is a lot of game, stir-fried partridges, braised hares, honey, I don't know what the guest wants to order? By the way, the partridge is in the sky, the hare is in the ground, and only the honey chirp is ready-made. ”
Xiao Baoer didn't understand the dishes in Xiao Er's mouth, what is a tree flower, what is honey? She looked at Yao Xitong like a plea for help, and the latter said, "What flies in the sky, what is hidden in the ground, we can't find it with our eyes, just put on a tree flower." Xiaoxiao, don't forget what you promised me, the leg of lamb is roasted by yourself, first pickled and then roasted, and finally put condiments. ”
Xiao Baoer followed Xiao Er to the back kitchen with an aggrieved face. Su Su walked around the table, "The shopkeeper is also a master!" ”
Yao Xitong pretended to be puzzled and asked, "How can you see it?" ”
"You look closely at the table and chair, he patted it lightly with a rag, and the dust on the table and chair, including this dust, is all clean." As she spoke, she swiped her finger at the table next to her, and a clear scratch immediately appeared on the gray tabletop.
"You've been so observant, I didn't notice that, but when I entered the house, I felt something was wrong with the floor."
The magpie spoke, "This house has no foundation, it was moved directly from other places. ”
Su Su stepped on the ground vigorously, feeling quite steady, and I don't know how Yao Xitong and the magpie saw that something was wrong. She whispered, "That...... If the shopkeeper and you do it, do we have a chance of winning? ”
"Yes."
"What if the butcher from before and the shopkeeper are the second?" The magpie didn't answer, but Su Su understood the meaning behind the silence. If that happens, the Magpies won't choose to fight with them, and finding a chance to leave is the best policy.
It took a while for Uncle He to walk in, "Childe, the cows and horses are all bolted, what else do you have to order?" After listening to Uncle He's words, Yao Xitong knew that he had left the mark of the bun shop in the intersection and the shop signboard and other landmark places. In the kitchen, see if the leg of lamb is baked? ”
The outer building of the park is not big, the front store and the back yard, there are four rooms in the courtyard, a kitchen, and three guest rooms.
Xiao Baoer squatted on the ground outside the kitchen to barbecue the leg of mutton, and the shopkeeper stood beside her, pondering how to start, kill with one blow, or ...... Without waiting for him to think clearly, He Bo slowly wandered to the backyard like an old cat who just wanted to bask in the sun. As soon as the two looked at each other, the shopkeeper put away his thoughts of killing Xiao Bao'er, and casually lifted the bucket of water and said, "I'll help you clean up the room." ”
"I didn't say I wanted to stay in the hotel!"
"Girl, if you enter the ghost town, you have to wait until the ghost gate is opened in the middle of July before you can get out. If you can't live in the hotel, you don't count. The shopkeeper carried the water and walked towards a room. Xiao Bao'er didn't understand the meaning of his words, put down the leg of mutton and chased to the room, opened the door but found that it was not a house inside, and when the door was opened, you could see the main street. The streets full of loess were as empty as before, and there was no figure in the shopkeeper who disappeared out of thin air!
"Uncle He, help me look at the leg of mutton, I'll look for the leather jacket.