As soon as the sun's brilliance overflowed the mountain, and the clearing of the valley was still half-yin and half-yang, an old mother-in-law of Longzhong staggered out from the mouth of the kiln.

She was wearing a gray cloth jacket, black cloth belts tied up trouser legs, and her two big feet were particularly conspicuous. The gray hair was coiled behind his head, and a lock of black cloth was on his forehead, blocking the entire bangs. Holding a large cigarette pouch in his left hand and a small basket in his right hand, he looked like no one was around, as if he was wandering around his own yard.

The brothers on the mountain curiously gathered around to look stupidly, and they didn't dare to talk. Ma Chenghu and Xiangzi came out of the kiln one after another, and Xiangzi pretended to be casual, but Ma Chenghu was shocked for a while.

When the old woman saw Ma Chenghu, she turned around and said hello in a pretended gesture. Ma Chenghu looked at a loss, hesitantly approached his mother-in-law, and stared at him for a while. The bruised's mouth opened, but he couldn't speak.

Seeing this, the mother-in-law gently knocked the big smoke pot on Ma Chenghu's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Hey, the big boss, I don't even know my jade-faced fox." Isn't it too old? ”

Ma Chenghu smiled like waking up from a dream and said, "Oh, let you dress up like this, I really can't recognize it." It's not easy. As he spoke, he cast an envious and admiring gaze at Xiangzi.

Before Xiangzi could speak, the mother-in-law made a slightly dissatisfied gesture and said, "What about my son? The sun is all on the buttocks, why don't you see a shadow yet? It's really bigger and less personal. It's all what he's used to. ”

As he spoke, he turned around and gave Xiangzi an exaggerated look. provoked Ma Chenghu, and bent over with laughter on the spot. After laughing for a while, Ma Chenghu sincerely admired: "No wonder you can maneuver around for so long under the nose of the People's Liberation Army." With the ability of the girl, she can hide from the world wherever she goes. ”

Xiangzi smiled and said: "People are in the rivers and lakes, and they can't help themselves." If you don't learn a few life-saving crafts, you don't know when people will wipe their necks. ”

Ma Chenghu smiled in response, but there was a complicated light in his eyes. deliberately shouted loudly in disguise: "Third child, what the hell are you doing, why haven't you gone out yet?" ”

I saw that the third child came out of the kiln with his pants and said: "The day is strange, I haven't worn my pants for half a year, why can't I tie it fat." ”

Ma Chenghu saw that Lao Sanyi was upright, and said angrily: "Let you go to the city to do business, not to go on a blind date, to see if you will be." ”

The third child fiddled with his pants, looked up sharply, and saw an old woman in front of him. Stunned for a moment, he leaned forward curiously.

Before she could speak, she saw the old woman coldly, picked up the cigarette bag and pot, and hit the third child on the shoulder. Tiger said with a tiger face: "The bigger it is, the more useless it is, I don't know if I want to go out with my wife today?" What about donkey carts? Spread the grass thicker, the old lady's legs hurt. ”

The third child was stunned, looked at his mother-in-law, and then looked at Ma Chenghu. Ma Chenghu forced a smile and said: "She is dressed as a jade-faced fox, today you will go to the city as a mother and son to do business, you must listen to your mother along the way, and you are not allowed to make trouble when you enter the city." ”

Before Ma Chenghu finished speaking, he was already out of breath with laughter. The third child shook his head with a helpless and admiring smile, waved his hand funny, and said to his mother-in-law: "The donkey cart has long been set, just wait for the mother." After saying that, a group of people burst into laughter.

The donkey cart swayed to Banfanggou, and it was already the scorching sun overhead, and the stones were full of Venus.

The mother-in-law was napping in the donkey cart, when suddenly, from the board house under the ditch, several PLA soldiers armed with steel guns came out. When the third child saw it, he smashed his mother-in-law with a panicked face, and said with a slightly uneasy expression: "There is the People's Liberation Army." ”

The mother-in-law hazy Long Zhong's eyes and glanced at it. muttered to himself: "What are you afraid of, the People's Liberation Army doesn't eat people, we are good people who go to relatives." Remember, I'm your mother. ”

As he spoke, several PLA soldiers came to the front. A tall People's Liberation Army stepped forward and saluted: "We are the People's Liberation Army at the Banfanggou outpost, and we are under the orders of our superiors to inspect passing pedestrians, hoping to cooperate." ”

The mother-in-law glanced at the visitor, stretched her waist and said, "What is there to check for my old wife, except for this old bone, there is only this breath left." As he spoke, he deliberately knocked the basket with a smoking pot.

The person who came smiled at her knowingly and said, "Old woman, we are just doing a routine inspection to see if there are any prohibited items." So saying, he rummaged in the basket.

With this effort, the person who came took the message that Shoko had passed on to them, and the order for the next move.

Juanzi and they drove the donkey cart and wandered to the second bridge, which was already approaching dusk when the birds returned to their nests. Shuzhen arranged to stay in a small carriage and horse shop, and first asked for a few side dishes and two bowls of noodles, and ate a beautiful meal.

To be honest, in the mountains, there is no vegetables, no oil, except for meat and noodles, but Juanzi is aggrieved.

Not to mention the third child, the food tastes more fragrant than meat. After a bowl of noodles and a few glasses of wine, I was so comfortable that I cried out to sleep. But Juanzi took the excuse of visiting the night market and deliberately staggered out.

Early the next morning, my mother-in-law was clamoring to go out. The third child looked helpless with sleepy eyes, and followed behind him, yawning while muttering: "Go out so early, there is a person in the market." ”

The mother-in-law said angrily: "You know a fart!" We are here to find people, not to visit the market, and besides, we are doing unsightly business, and if we don't take advantage of the lack of people to negotiate, do we still want to publicize it to others? ”

The third child nodded timidly and aggrievedly, and didn't dare to gnaw again. Juanzi asked for her favorite soy milk fritters, but ordered tofu brain meat buns for the third child.

The sun has just turned white, and the flow of people in the market has begun to bustle. The mother-in-law took the third child and went straight to a store with a grand scene. yelled at the young man who had just removed the door panel: "What about you Boss Yang? ”

The young man was stunned for a moment, hurriedly put down the door panel in his hand, and said with a smile on his face: "Oh, it's Sanniang, you don't look at your face for some days." Our Boss Yang is newly married to Aunt Yan, these days are late, you go sit inside first, and I will make you tea. ”

As he spoke, he opened the inner door and let his mother-in-law into the house. The mother-in-law shook her body and stepped into the threshold, while muttering and scolding: "How old are you and how old you are, and you are still restless, and you don't want to die." ”

The young man smiled strangely, made two bowls of tea with his hands and feet, and at the same time, glanced at the third child with a suspicious gaze.

The mother-in-law took the tea bowl and said with a comfortable expression: "This is the third child in my family, and I have never gone out of the nest, so I brought it out to see the world." In the future, the business will be dealt with by him, and I can't run. ”

After a pause, the mother-in-law looked at the young man with strange eyes and said, "You are not allowed to bully him to be honest, and you are not allowed to take him to wander around in a random place, otherwise, I will not be able to spare you." ”

When the young man heard this, he hurriedly laughed and said: "How dare I bully Sanniang's people, here, your words are like thunder, and those who dare not listen to it, even our Boss Yang has never said a word to you." ”

The mother-in-law smiled slightly, slowly filled the smoke pot, and raised it to the third child. The third child immediately took out a foreign fire and lit the smoke pot.

The mother-in-law closed her eyes slightly and took two puffs comfortably. While spitting smoke, he muttered in his mouth: "Why don't you come yet, it's not sticky to the kang." It's really getting older and less productive. ”

As he was talking, a fifty-year-old merchant walked in with a face full of spring equinoxes. Before one foot was pulled into the threshold, he laughed loudly: "Oh, it's Sanniang, what kind of wind is blowing you here." You haven't seen your face for some days, but we miss you. ”

The mother-in-law knocked off the ashes of the cigarette casually, and muttered unhurriedly: "Forget it! You only care about hugging your new daughter-in-law all day long, how can you still think of me, an old woman. ”

Boss Yang smiled slightly embarrassed and said, "How can you not want to, the small shop can't do it without your care." Sanniang's trip to the mountain this time must have brought good news to her brothers. ”

Boss Yang said, glancing at the third child. The mother-in-law said: "This is the third child in my family, bring me to see the world, and in the future, I will ask you to give you a lot of ** miles." In the future, he will take care of the business, but my wife will not move. ”

Boss Yang said with a flattering smile: "Sanniang said that there is a word, you are not in good spirits, and you can still work for twenty or thirty years." ”

The mother-in-law waved her hand irritably and said, "Okay, okay, don't be a sycophant, get down to business." ”

Seeing Boss Yang approaching with a serious expression, the mother-in-law lowered her voice and said, "This time it's all foreign goods." ”

Boss Yang's eyes lit up, and he said eagerly: "How many?" ”

The mother-in-law said slowly, "It depends on how many strips you have." ”

Boss Yang slapped his thigh excitedly and said, "Happy!" The slivers I have are, how much you eat as much as you want. ”

The mother-in-law gently knocked on the table with the head of the cigarette pot, and said with a cold expression: "Now it is windy here, and we have to deliver the goods in Banfanggou." ”

The smile on Boss Yang's face stiffened slightly, scratched his head hesitantly, and said as if he had made up his mind: "Done!" However, I will not be able to trade until ten days later, and I will have to go through the formalities of entering and exiting the board room ditch first. Now that the government is investigating tightly, the procedures are indispensable. But don't worry, there are people in the government, and the procedures are easy. ”

The mother-in-law slapped the table happily and said, "That's it, ten days later, I will have someone come to get the letter." ”