When Xiangzi and Juanzi arrived home, it was already the time to hold the lamp.

Gray streets, sparsely populated. A few lanterns hanging low at the courtyard gate, emitting a faint yellow light, are trying to show the direction of the street.

Hearing the sound of horses' hooves entering the courtyard, the shopkeeper Yao stepped on a shoe, poked out his thin head from the door, and shouted at the top of his voice: "Do you still know how far back you are?" I'm going to let the wolves eat it. ”

Shoko didn't say anything, just smiled at him "hehe". Juanzi turned around lightly, shook her big braids, and made a fist at him comically, muttering in a dull voice: "Boss Yao! Be quiet, don't get tired. ”

As he spoke, he turned around and muttered as if to himself, "Oh, I'm tired, do you have anything to eat?" Then he shuffled with soft steps and walked towards his house.

In Yao's shopkeeper's mouth, he was still scolding and chattering, but his voice was much lower.

When he saw Shoko unloading a bundle from his horse, he tiptoed over. When he saw that it was a bundle of wet wicker, he pulled the throat of the male duck again and shouted, "The idle one has nothing to do, and he doesn't make baskets, what can he do?" ”

Shoko smiled mysteriously at him, leaned into his ear and whispered, "We're rich." ”

When Shopkeeper Yao heard that he had made a fortune, a pair of small eyes flashed like a wick, and he lowered his voice suspiciously and said, "What kind of fortune?" ”

Xiangzi quickly picked up the wicker, pointed to the gun inside, and said excitedly, "Look what is this?" ”

Shopkeeper Yao saw that it was a gun, his legs were weak, and he took two steps back. With a nervous expression, he asked, "Where did you get it?" Won't cause trouble, right? ”

Shoko smiled smugly at him and said, "No! It was bought for six oceans. Now, many big families are privately getting guns to protect their homes. One stroke is less to buy twenty yuan, and four strokes is eighty yuan. cut off six yuan, netted 74 yuan, and lost more than 100 bullet miles. ”

Shopkeeper Yao listened to Xiangzi's calculation, and his small eyes immediately laughed into a slit. took two steps forward, reached out and touched the gun in the wicker crack, nodded lightly and said, "Well, I didn't hurt you in vain." Let's get it out of here, so you don't have to mess with it. ”

Xiangzi said as if he was confident: "Wait for Ming'er, I will get a steel file and file the gun number, and no one will know the origin of the gun." ”

Shopkeeper Yao stroked his goatee approvingly and nodded. Xiangzi happily continued: "These four poles are all seven or nine styles, and eighty percent new. The Hanyang pole at home is old-fashioned. The rifling is so flat that even a wild boar can't be killed, just change a shot. ”

Shopkeeper Yao rolled his eyes and asked, "Won't you sell for less money?" ”

Xiangzi said with confidence: "No, guns are expensive now." Besides, there are few people who know how to do it, as long as it can be started, it's fine. ”

Shopkeeper Yao raised his hand and pushed, the glasses that fell on his nose, gently patted Xiangzi's shoulder, and said as if talking to himself: "You just look at it." So saying, he turned around and walked towards the house.

In the dim light, Yao's thin legs seemed to have a little more strength.

Xiangzi said that the Hanyang pole at home can't kill the wild boar, but it's not a casual joke, it's a real thing.

Last fall, Shoko and Master went up the mountains to hunt. Turning a cliff, Shoko saw a boar, lazily lying under a pine tree basking in the sun. He excitedly aimed at his chest and pulled the trigger. I saw the pig jump up from the ground violently, howl a few times, and then fall to the ground softly.

Shoko rushed over excitedly. I thought to myself, this time I can catch a big guy. Na Cheng thought, before he could get to him, the pig jumped up from the ground again, barking at him with big yellow teeth, ready to pounce at any time.

Shoko pulled the bolt of the gun, and the bullet went up to the court. Just as he was about to shoot, he heard the master's voice shouting urgently, "Run towards the cliff!" ”

Hearing this, Xiangzi turned around and ran towards the small cliff not far away. The wild boar was stunned for a moment, then let go of its hooves and rushed towards Shoko. Xiangzi was agile, and he jumped three times and ran up the cliff. The wild boar rushed to the bottom of the cliff, screamed a few times, looked up at Xiangzi for a while, and then turned and left.

Shoko was really scared out of a cold sweat. When he saw the pig walking away, he looked for the sound and walked in the direction of the master.

Xiangzi asked with some confusion, "Master, do you think it's weird?" I hit its front shelf, why didn't it die? ”

Master smiled at him and said, "Wild boars love to tickle on pine stems, and the pine gum on the pine bark will stick to the hairs. Then, he rolled on the ground again. When you come and go, the pig's body will form a thick layer of armor. Ordinary guns can't be penetrated. ”

Shoko said a little regretfully: "I said, I almost let it bite." ”

Xiangzi changed his horseshoe, passed by the alley in Shanxi, and saw a woman holding a seven or eight-year-old boy in her hand.

The child wanted to remove the sugar gourd from the pole, but he couldn't reach it. He was so anxious that he jumped and jumped. The woman smiled and the cat bent down, picked up the boy, and pulled out a sugar gourd. The boy ate without hesitation. The woman put down the boy, paid the money, rubbed it on the boy's head lovingly, and led the boy into the alley.

That intimate look can't help but remind Xiangzi of her mother. A breath of hot stuff choked softly in my throat.