Qinfu is located in the southwest of Jiangzhou City in the Nine Lotus Fang, where the well-to-do middle class lived, every household has blue walls and black tiles, bucket corners and cornices, vast courtyards, and deep courtyards.

Zhou Xuan walked east with Xiaodi, still thinking about the moment when Miss Qin was frightened, laughing as he walked.

Xiaodi straddled Zhou Xuan's neck, held Zhou Xuan's head with both hands, and heard her brother-in-law's "hehe" laugh, so she asked, "Brother-in-law, are you thinking about my sister?" ”

"Huh, how do you know?"

"Xiaodi knows that her brother-in-law wants to be a real brother-in-law."

Zhou Xuan is a little sweaty, I know that this is Sima Zhao's heart, and the skills of buddies to cover up need to be strengthened.

"What a real brother-in-law, fake brother-in-law, I am your real brother-in-law now."

"Not yet."

"How do you know it's not?"

"My brother-in-law is not a real brother-in-law if he doesn't sleep with my sister."

Zhou Xuanju Khan, what a child this is, you know this!

Xiaodi said again: "Don't look at Xiaodi, Xiaodi knows everything, my father and my mother sleep together, they are real husband and wife, brother-in-law and sister are not." ”

Zhou Xuan asked: "Then Xiaodi wants her brother-in-law to be a real brother-in-law?" ”

"Yes!" Xiaodi did not hesitate.

Zhou Xuan said: "But don't you have a cousin, and that cousin also wants to be a real brother-in-law, what should I do?" ”

Xiaodi hugged Zhou Xuan's head with both hands and said as if she was afraid that others would rob her: "Xiaodi wants you to be your real brother-in-law, nothing else, that cousin Xiaodi has only met once, he doesn't play with Xiaodi, Xiaodi doesn't like him, he dares to come to our house to rob his brother-in-law, Xiaodi will hit him with a slingshot." ”

Zhou Xuan laughed loudly, patted Xiaodi's calf hanging on his chest and said, "With Xiaodi supporting me, I am very confident." ”

Ding Laifu, who followed behind, covered his mouth and smiled "cooing", like a super toad.

Zhou Xuan twisted his head and squinted his eyes and asked, "What, Laifu, do you have an opinion on my true brother-in-law?" ”

Laifu hurriedly said: "No, no opinion, Laifu wholeheartedly supports my uncle to become a real uncle." ”

The master and servant came to a nearby stone arch bridge, this bridge is called Mingyue Bridge, there is a vegetable market on the side of Mingyue Bridge, not limited to vegetables, there are everything that is sold, this dusk, people come and go quite lively.

Zhou Xuan asked: "Laifu, where is Jiangzhou City buying and selling crickets?" ”

Laifu said: "In the area of the old Hetang, almost to the Yangtze River, there is a street called Banxian Street, all of which are buying and selling crickets, from here there are more than ten miles in the past, today is too late, the little one will accompany the aunt to go around tomorrow." ”

Zhou Xuan nodded, and while wandering around, he taught Xiaodi to play with a slingshot, and catapulted to play with the old tree by the river, and a projectile bounced off the tree and landed on the head of a teenager.

The young man was fourteen or five years old, gray straight, black cloth shoes, he knew at a glance that he was a child from a civilian family, rubbed his head instead of getting angry, but smiled and said to Xiaodi: "Little brother, there are many people here, don't play indiscriminately, you will be scolded if you play others." ”

The boy also had a companion, all dressed of the same age, holding a clay pot in his hand, and the two of them turned to leave.

"Wait a minute." Zhou Xuan pointed to the clay pot in the young man's hand and asked, "What's in here?" ”

"Crickets." The young man who was shot in the head by Xiaodi said: "We caught it at the foot of Makufu Mountain, this cricket is very powerful, and we defeated three crickets in the village." ”

"Oh, let me see, I'll buy it for better or worse." Zhou Xuan had a good impression of this teenager.

Two teenagers rushed here from the distant mountain village, wanting to sell this cricket, and a few people came to see, but they thought that the cricket was small, and they didn't, so they heard Zhou Xuan say to buy, and they were overjoyed, and they held the clay pot, uncovered a pumpkin leaf covered on it, and said: "Childe, please see, although this cricket is not big, but it is really capable of fighting, we give it a loud name called Mengjiang Zhang Fei." ”

Do the people of the Southern Tang Dynasty also like the Three Kingdoms so much, and the crickets all take the names of the generals of the Three Kingdoms?

Zhou Xuan carefully looked at the black insect at the bottom of the tile pot, generally speaking, look at the color first, the cyan one is the top grade, the yellow one is second, the red one is second, the black one is second, the white one is the worst, and no one wants to throw it on the ground.

The cricket black brain caught by the teenager is small, that is, at the non-commissioned officer level, the second lieutenant is not counted, and he dares to call the fierce general Zhang Fei, it is really funny, no wonder no one buys it, and it is not qualified to be a sparring partner, and children in the countryside can play with it, but they can't get on the stage.

"This cricket is good, how much are you going to sell it?" Zhou Xuan asked.

The two teenagers looked at each other, and the teenager who was shot in the head plucked up the courage to say, "Fifty Wen? ”

Zhou Xuan tilted his head and instructed Laifu: "Laifu, give them a hundred Wen." ”

Laifu thought to himself: "Uncle is stupid, people want fifty for you to give a hundred!" Don't dare to slack off, quickly took out a string of copper coins and gave it to the two teenagers.

The two teenagers looked at the money in their hands in a daze, and it took a while to wake up, and they were overjoyed, and said in a loud voice: "Thank you, thank you, thank you." "Give the clay pot into the hands of Laifu.

Zhou Xuan smiled: "No thanks, you can also sell me if you catch good insects in the future, I live in the Qin Mansion over there, there are three big locust trees in front of the door, my name is Zhou Xuan." ”

The two teenagers were pleasantly surprised, and it was great to find a regular patron, and this patron was very bold, and said in unison: "Okay, we must catch a good worm for Zhou Gongzi, and we will catch it at night." ”

Zhou Xuan thought to himself: "Now that the summer is over, there are more and more crickets in the wild, you have caught a bunch of unproductive crickets and asked me to buy them, and treat me as a rich and brainless wronged boss." Said: "I teach you two the trick of catching insects, one is to choose a place, the best is the ruins of ancient buildings, broken bricks and hard stones, where the crickets are generally not too bad, and there is to listen to the sound, the crickets should be loud and strong, generally good crickets will not stop calling, to call once after a long time, and especially vigilant, the slightest movement will be silent, can not be found, so you want to catch the words to be careful, but also have to be patient." ”

The two teenagers looked at Zhou Xuan with admiration, nodded and said, "We remember, we went to Zhou Yu on Gantang Lake at night to guard the side of the Jiangtai, and we must catch good insects to present to Zhou Gongzi." ”

One of the two teenagers is named Tang Xiaosan, and the other is called Hu Tong, and Tang Xiaosan is the one who was projectile in the head.

Seeing that it was not early, Zhou Xuan led Xiaodi home, and Ding Laifu followed behind with a clay pot like a begging for food, which was very funny.

There is a carriage parked in front of the Qin Mansion, this is not the single-wheel carriage of the Qin Mansion, but a generous double-wheel carriage, the Qin Mansion has a distinguished guest?

Laifu's colleague, Song Dachun, a family member, probed his brain in front of the door, and when he saw Zhou Xuan and the three of them coming back, he hurriedly ran over and said, "Uncle, someone is looking for you, and I've been waiting for a while." ”

Zhou Xuan felt rare, who else in this world except the people of the Qin Mansion knew him and would come to him? When I walked in, a stout middle-aged strong man wearing a black gauze shirt and a light blue shirt was pacing in front of the court, seemingly restless, hey, isn't this the middle-aged strong man I met when I was fighting crickets in the morning? I must have bought a harmonica, and I chased it all here!

When the middle-aged strong man saw Zhou Xuan, he greeted him with a smile, and said, "Zhou Gongzi, in the Black Mountain of Xialin Yanzi, I took the liberty to come to the door and disturb me." ”

Zhou Xuan said with a smile: "It turned out to be Mr. Lin, come and come, it's hot, let's have a cup of tea." ”

Zhou Xuan has always been hospitable and likes to make friends, although he knows that this Lin Heishan is coming to his harmonica, and he will definitely not sell the harmonica, but why not make a friend, buying and selling will not be benevolent.

The guest and the host sat down, and the servant woman served tea.

Lin Heishan is obviously a very calm person, and he drank most of the tea slowly before he spoke: "Zhou Gongzi must also know Lin's intention, Lin Mou can't put down Gongzi's eight-tone Baoqin, so I implore Gongzi to cut his love, the price is easy to say, there are three thousand taels of silver on the carriage outside, I don't know what Gongzi wants?" As he spoke, his eyes stared at Zhou Xuan with a look of anticipation.

Zhou Xuan said: "Brother Lin-"

Zhou Xuan is a familiar person, and he called him brother and brother when he met twice, "- Brother is not unwilling to give up, he is so hungry that his chest is against his back and he never thought of betraying Baoqin, Brother Lin can understand his brother's hard work? ”

It's all said and done, can people still not understand!

Lin Heishan pursed his lips, frowned, and nodded his head to express his understanding, although he was rejected, his perception of Zhou Xuan was better, and said: "Brother Zhou turned out to be a returned overseas Chinese, no wonder there are such rare treasures, but is Zhou Gongzi too risky when gambling on crickets in the morning, what should you do if you lose?" ”

Zhou Xuan smiled: "It's not an adventure, it's a judgment, I have already seen that Brother Lin's worm is a powerful hook, if it wasn't for being ten percent sure, how could I take this risk with ancestral treasures!" "In fact, how can he be 10% sure, at most 50%, but since he won the bet, he will naturally blow it, and the strong will be strong.

Lin Heishan raised his eyebrows: "It turns out that Brother Zhou is a master of the insect road, Lin still thinks that you are in danger, our festival - my house will also hold a fighting insect competition after the autumn cool, and Brother Zhou will definitely be invited to participate at that time, and if Brother Zhou wants to sell this Baoqin, I mean in case, if you want to sell Baoqin, please look for me, go to the Mufeng Building in the morning to find the boss, and he will notify me immediately." ”

Zhou Xuan said: "Needless to say, if you want to transfer, Brother Lin will definitely give priority." ”

Lin Heishan left the Qin Mansion with a look of regret, and the two of them, Ding Laifu and Song Dachun, were even more regretful, seeing the double-wheeled carriage carrying three thousand taels of silver going away, they were reluctant to give up, they had never seen so much silver in their lives combined!