Chapter Eighty-Six: Catching the Thief
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Today's market is the most lively and complete in Guojia Town throughout the year, as long as it is the daily necessities of the people, there is almost nothing that cannot be bought, from large mules, horses and livestock, to small needles and candles, and so on.
Wulang and Xu Xiangwan only need to buy door gods, couplets, and firecrackers, which have a strong purpose, and the stalls selling door gods and firecrackers can be seen everywhere, so Xu Xiangwan and Wulang found a nearby vendor and chose two pairs of door gods, twelve couplets, and three firecrackers.
Just as he was about to pay, the smile on Xu Xiangwan's face suddenly froze.
"Thief!" Xu Xiangwan gritted his teeth and spit out three words, the green tendons on his forehead were rising, and his face was pale.
Gorou also looked stunned, and the smile on his face disappeared.
It was when there were a lot of people, and when Xu Xiangwan noticed that someone had squeezed him, he thought it was just because of the crowding. Looking back now, I know that the man did it on purpose, for the sake of the little purse in his arms.
Although Xu Xiangwan still had some impressions of the appearance of the person just now, this person was crowded, and he didn't know the direction of the person's escape, where to find it?
"Brother, I remember that person, I'm going to chase him back!" Xu Xiangwan was so angry that her eyes were full of fire, and when she went out this morning, in case she didn't have enough money to buy things, she had a dime of broken silver in her purse, fifty big dollars.
Although it is only the value of six or seven catties of pea tips, it is enough for Xu Xiangwan to feel distressed!
Gorou hurriedly grabbed Xu Xiangwan's hand and frowned disapprovingly: "Don't move around this stall, there are too many people in the market, don't get lost." I'll take a look, and I'll be back to you in half an hour at the most. ā
"But you don't know what that man looks like, so let's find it together! Anyway, there are a lot of people on the street, and that person will definitely not be able to go fast. Xu Xiangwan said sullenly.
Knowing this, he only went out with the fifty copper plates, and Xu Xiangwan secretly regretted it.
"Hey, you two don't have money to buy anything, don't stand next to my stall, don't get in my way. It's really occupying the pit and not shitting, wasting so much of my time in vain, hurry up and put things down and get out! The stall selling couplets and door gods was a short old man with a sharp face and monkey cheeks, and when he saw that Xu Xiangwan and Wulang had not taken out any money for a long time, he immediately sank his face and angrily yelled at them to leave.
In this way, Gorou couldn't let Xu Xiangwan stay by the stall anymore, so he had to hold Xu Xiangwan's hand tightly and squeeze towards the east together.
Although Xu Xiangwan was short, he had sharp eyes, and he only walked about two hundred steps to the east before he saw a short man with a familiar face.
I saw that the man was facing away from Xu Xiangwan, and his left hand quietly went around the front of the old man from the back of a hunchbacked old man, and gently pulled out a small brocade bag.
"Grab the one in front of you in the blue clothes, that's a thief!" Xu Xiangwan suddenly shouted, pointing at the short man with a third hand.
There were already many people on the street, Xu Xiangwan's voice immediately attracted the attention of many people, and he saw the man who was stealing with sharp eyes, and hurriedly called friends to help catch the thief.
The short man hurriedly threw away the brocade bag in his hand and went straight into the crowd without looking back.
Because there were too many people, the people in front didn't know what was happening, and when they saw someone desperately squeezing forward, they just cursed angrily, and didn't stop the person.
It was the hunchbacked old man who had been stolen just now who picked up his brocade bag from the ground with his hands and feet, beckoned to Xu Xiangwan, and grinned, revealing a row of yellow teeth that were missing two.
Xu Xiangwan glanced at the old man, twitched the corners of his mouth, and secretly said that he was unlucky, why did he still let the thief run away.
"I knew that I wouldn't have scared the snake, but I didn't expect the thief to be so nimble that he ran away in public." Xu Xiangwan was so angry that he rubbed his hands, eager to hold the thief in his hands and knead it fiercely.
Although Gorou also felt sorry for the money, he could see it in the end, and when he saw that people couldn't catch up, he had to comfort him and planned to turn around and go back.
At this moment, the hunchbacked old man suddenly shouted two words: "Hey, those two little babies, wait for the old decay!" ā
didn't catch the thief, nor did he recover his purse, Xu Xiangwan was already angry in his heart, and when he saw the old man, he naturally didn't have a good face, he glanced at the old man, dragged Goro's hand and turned around.
"Don't worry, little baby, my apprentice has already gone after the thief, and he will be able to recover the person in a while." The hunchbacked old man's old face like a dead tree showed a slightly meaningful smile, and a pair of small mung bean-like eyes were bright and bright, and there was no gray and gloomy ordinary old man at all.
These words really worked, and Xu Xiangwan, who was still bent on pulling Gorou to leave just now, immediately paused and looked at the old man suspiciously.
The hunchbacked old man smiled, squeezed his legs and feet neatly out of the crowd, and slapped his thin palm straight towards Xu Xiangwan's little head, but was dodged sideways by the sharp-eyed Xu Xiangwan.
"The little baby reacts very quickly!" The hunchbacked old man grinned, and his old face, which was already wrinkled like a dead tree, looked even more ugly and hideous, and if the more timid children were afraid to be scared to cry.
"The old man said that there was a disciple who had gone after the thief, but the truth?" Gorou quietly stopped Xu Xiangwan behind him, and held Xu Xiangwan's palm with more force, for fear that she would be squeezed away.
The hunchbacked old man suddenly changed his face, and said angrily: "You little baby is so boring, I'm so old, can I coax you two little babies?" I kindly asked my apprentice to catch the thief for you, but you are so good that you suspect me. If you don't believe me, go now, and I won't stop you. ā
As he spoke, he also squinted at Xu Xiangwan's brother and sister, the corners of his mouth fell down, and he looked aggrieved, looking like a bullied little daughter-in-law.
It's just that such an expression appears on the face of a stinky old man who describes withering, and it is against the harmony no matter how you look at it.
The corners of Xu Xiangwan's mouth twitched, and she couldn't help but blurt out the word "so ugly".
"Little baby, let's go, grandpa invites you to tea." The old man saw that Wulang and Xu Xiangwan had no intention of leaving, and his face suddenly turned from cloudy to sunny again, and he smiled like a daisy again.
Xu Xiangwan glanced at Gorou, and when he saw that he nodded, he didn't speak again, and followed the hunchbacked old man to the teahouse in front.
Although this old man is a little ugly, he doesn't seem to have any malice, and the brother and sister are locals in Guojia Town, who are familiar with the way, and in broad daylight, they are not afraid of this old man's way at all.
Unexpectedly, the hunchbacked old man took them to the Xianyun Teahouse, and now Wulang and Xu Xiangwan were more confident, even if the old man was a crutch, they didn't have to worry about it at all, this was Fu Rongfu's shopkeeper's territory. (To be continued.) )