After two days of heavy snowfall, the mountain path has long been buried by snow, and even the road has accumulated snowflakes half a foot thick, so that pedestrians step on the porcelain, and it is frozen into a hard ice shell. Walking on this crust of ice, covered with a thin layer of fresh snow, a little careless, to say the least, is the end of a hard butt.

The weather is cold, the roads are difficult to navigate, and the pedestrians on the main roads are becoming more and more scarce. Except for a few peasants who really couldn't open the pot at home, braved the wind and snow to pick up the only things that could be sold in their homes and brought them into the city to exchange for some food to survive, there was no longer a lively scene of people coming and going on the road on weekdays.

After finding two handfuls of firewood from the village near Qingle County, Mo Tianliu and Sha Bangqu still approached the city gate one after the other, and after a hasty inspection by the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army, who were also shivering from the cold, they also entered the city and went straight to the alley behind the kitchen of the Baiweixian Restaurant.

Trembling lips, Mo Tianliu had just shouted the business tone of selling firewood, and the closed small window behind the kitchen suddenly opened, Yu Suozhu looked at Mo Tianliu and Sha Bangqu who were so cold that their lips were blue with some surprise, and shouted in a low voice: "Tianliu, mallet, why are you two here?" Two days ago, I just sent you the news that the devil was buying food in the city, but you didn't get it? ”

Trembling from the cold, Mo Tianliu trembled his lips and nodded: "The news has been received, isn't there another urgent matter?" Brother Suozhu, I will ask you about someone - Zhu Huohuo, who feeds the horses in the Bafang Inn, is still messing around in the Bafang Inn now? ”

Not in a hurry to respond to Mo Tianliu's question, Yu Suozhu quickly turned around and grabbed a big spoon and filled two large bowls of haggis soup, and then sprinkled a handful of very rare pepper noodles thickly, and handed them to Mo Tianliu and Sha Bangqu, who were shivering from the cold, from the window: "Drink these two bowls of soup first to drive away the cold!" In this cold weather, you have walked all the way from Chawanzhai here...... Are you fighting with your life? Zhu Huohuo was still at the Bafang Inn, and he lived in the firewood room behind the Bafang Inn. This year, the stalls at the end of the year are closed, the world is chaotic again, and the merchants who come and go to do business have long since stopped showing up. Zhu Huohuo didn't have any work, so he estimated that he was in the firewood room...... What are you looking for him? ”

Putting down the burden of firewood on their shoulders, Mo Tianliu and Sha Bangqu took the haggis soup handed over by Yu Suozhu with both hands, and drank it in a big gulp, while making the hot haggis soup scalding to grin, while responding intermittently to Yu Suozhu: "Let's ...... Looking for ...... Zhu Huohuo, please ...... in his hands The ...... of the Camel Gang Footsteps! ”

Surprised, his eyes widened, and Yu Suozhu shouted in a low voice: "I have heard that Zhu Huohuo has the foot map of the camel gang in his hand, and many people in black and white have also gone to Zhu Huohuo over the years, and they have used both soft and hard tricks, and they have also used real money and silver blades, but Zhu Huohuo just bit him to death....... You two just went to him? What are you going to do? ”

After drinking the haggis soup with a strong pepper flavor in three or two sips, Mo Tianliu grinned and whispered, "I don't know what to do yet?" Anyway, it's a trick to see ......"

Rubbing his hands anxiously, Yu Suozhu frowned and thought for a moment, turned around and grabbed a dried lotus leaf, picked up a few large pieces of fat lamb meat, and then grabbed two bottles of Hengshui Lao Baigan hidden in the firewood pile, and stretched out his hand to Mo Tianliu, who was standing outside the window: "Zhu Huohuo has nothing else on weekdays, he was originally good at gambling, but now he has no money in his waist, so he likes to drink two sips to relieve his boredom, you two take this to find him." As the old saying goes, it's not strange to have a lot of courtesy, and the mouth of eating people is soft, and it's more convenient for you to talk! ”

After receiving the wine and meat handed over by Yu Suozhu, Mo Tianliu said in a low voice: "Brother Suozhu, this is really troublesome for you!" There's another thing, I guess I need your help? ”

"What's the trouble or not, it's all my own family! What's the matter? ”

"The devil estimates that there will be a big move, that is, in the next two days. If two devils come to Baiweixian for dinner, see if you can ......"

"That's it? I've already done this well! Anyway, now the shopkeeper of Baiweixian is a bastard, taking his wine and meat to stuff the asshole of the two devils, and putting out some news that works, we can do serious things inside and outside without breaking the bank! As usual, when there is news, I will ask Tu Kou'er to go out of the city to deliver the message. Those two devils at the gate of the city have already been fed with wine and meat by Tu Kou'er, and even the devils have opened one eye and closed one eye, and they don't stop him at all, and they don't delay things! ”

After thanking Yu Suozhu again, Mo Tianliu and Sha Bangqu picked up Chai He's burden again, and walked down the crooked alley towards the direction of the Bafang Inn. Maybe it was because the weather was too cold, whenever anyone on the street saw Mo Tianliu and Sha Bangqu, they all came over to ask about Chai He's price, and even dragged Mo Tianliu and Sha Bang Qu to their homes.

Refusing to prevaricate a customer who wanted to buy Chai He, Sha Bang Qu sighed with some emotion and said: "The old saying says that the watermelon of the dog days and the firewood of the three and nine days are sold at an affordable price and a life that cannot be sold!" At this time, who is still picking firewood to sell it, who is not waiting for the grain to be put into the pot with several mouths in the family...... If the year is better, who would be happy to suffer this sin? ”

Shaking his head helplessly, Mo Tianliu replied in a low voice: "What if the year is better?" If you collect an extra liter in the field, the ruthless landlord will dare to add a bucket of rent, and the bitter ones are still those who work hard to survive! Let's not talk about others, the Zhu Huohuo we are looking for was also a famous trick in the camel industry back then, but isn't it also that after many years of hard work, he can't even marry a daughter-in-law? But as long as he can marry his daughter-in-law, can he become such an open-minded person now? ”

Looking at Mo Tianliu in surprise, Sha Bang asked in surprise: "Zhu Huohuo's nickname...... Why did you have anything to do with him marrying a daughter-in-law? ”

While striding towards the Bafang Inn, Mo Tianliu replied casually: "When Zhu Huohuo was still trading with this camel gang, although his skills were outstanding, he could earn a few, but first, the expenses on the road were large, and secondly, the heart of the head of the camel shop was black, and he couldn't save a few dollars in his hand when he ran down, and a girl he fancied waited for him for five years, and he didn't save enough money to marry someone. Seeing that her family was forced to marry someone else, the girl was also a fierce person, and she didn't run out after running twice, and Leng Shengsheng stabbed a scissor into her own heart! ”

"What a fierce girl....... And what about later? ”

"Later? Zhu Huohuo's hope in his heart was cut off like this, and since then, he has been fooling around every day. I've never smoked a cigarette before, and I've done everything else. There were several times when the gambling was so bad that it was thrown out of the casino with a bare butt in the winter, and the people on the street had enough of the jokes. ”

"It's also an evil sect, this Zhu Huohuo has been going south and north for so many years, but he asked him to practice a verbal kung fu - even though it is the accent of mentioning the mountains and the north of the sea, he can learn exactly the same as soon as he enters his ears, and he can't hear whether the words are said by the master or Zhu Huohuo through the door panel. I heard from the old generation that once Zhu Huohuo was drunk, and he happened to meet a new daughter-in-law again, he actually relied on that little bit of scholarly speaking ability, quietly drilled into people's new houses in the dark, and moved the drunk groom official to the bottom of the kang, but he got into the quilt and wanted to be a groom official! ”

His eyes widened in surprise, and Sha Bangqu exclaimed in a low voice: "Huh? If someone catches it, it's not ......."

Nodding slightly, Mo Tianliu took the opportunity to change Chai He's burden to a shoulder and carried it: "It's just called grabbing!" The new daughter-in-law grew up with the groom's official at a small time, and I felt that something was wrong at that time! ripped off his voice and shouted, and Zhu Huohuo asked people to hold down with his bare ass! If it weren't for the kind-hearted old man in Zhu Huohuo's camel shop who came forward to say that he would make amends, Zhu Huohuo's life would have been lost at that time! At the end of the day, the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime is not spared, the groom official found a pair of scissors, and cut Zhu Huohuo's lips alive, which made him get the nickname Zhu Huohuo, but no one remembers the name......"

After a little hesitation, Sha Bangqu whispered with some uneasiness: "According to what you say...... Tianliu, this Zhu Huohuo can be regarded as a character without six children, shouldn't he be so backbone? ”

Squinting his eyes and looking at Sha Bangqu, who was frowning, Mo Tianliu asked suspiciously, "What do you mean?" How do you know that this Zhu Huohuo has the backbone? ”

"I just heard Brother Suo Zhu say, aren't there many people in black and white who want to get that foot map from Zhu Huohuo's hand? But all the methods have been used, and Zhu Huohuo just won't give it. If this is a character who doesn't have six children, how can he be so tough on this matter? ”

His eyes were rolling, and Mo Tianliu looked at Sha Bangqu with some surprise: "Bang mallet, you didn't open your mind today?" I didn't even think of this stubble, you are a porcelain man who doesn't say anything, but you first figured out what was wrong? This time, if you can get the foot map of the camel in your hand, you have to be the first achievement! ”

Lowering his head in disgrace, Sha Bangqu replied in a low voice with some embarrassment: "I'm just thinking about it....... Tianliu, what method are you going to use to get that footmap from Zhu Huohuo's hand? ”

"I'll talk about it when I see someone! Ahead is the Bafang Inn, mallet, shout and drink......"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Sha Bangqu choked his throat with the cold wind blowing in his face, coughed for a long time, and then roared with a red face: "Dry firewood...... Old Tree Basket Firewood ......."

Before Sha Bang Qu finished shouting the first business tone, a young man had already bumped out of the Bafang Inn with a heavy curtain, covering the wind and snow in his face with one hand, and beckoning to Mo Tianliu and Sha Bang Quench with the other: "I saw the two of you through the window, hurry up and pick up Chai He, the price is easy to say, hurry up and ........"

Half a step across, Mo Tian blocked Sha Bangqu who was just about to raise his legs and walk towards the Bafang Inn without leaving a trace, and shouted to the young man: "Thirty-nine days of firewood is not cheap....... How much can you give? ”

seemed to have known for a long time that Mo Tianliu would take advantage of the heavy snowy weather to sit on the ground and raise the price, and the young man standing in front of the Bafang Inn was so cold that he jumped to his feet and shouted: "I will add 20% to you according to the price code on weekdays!" If I can make a come, I will turn around and leave! In this snowy weather, the price of firewood should go up, but the customers are not easy to find, you can do it yourself! ”

dragged on the door, and Mo Tianliu raised his voice as if he was a little unwilling: "Come on...... It's cold, sell it early and go home early! I said shopkeeper, in this cold weather, it's not easy for our brothers to sell firewood, so let's give up a sip of hot soup......."

"Hurry up and pick the firewood room in the back! There is no hot soup, there is a big iron kettle on the big stove, so let's touch the hot water by yourself! ”