Following Xie Menshen through the streets and alleys, he walked for more than half an hour, and then saw an alley mouth that was only half a narrow door and face wide.

Raising his hand to wipe the sweat gushing out of his forehead, Xie Menshen took out a few big children from his pocket and threw them on the tea stall on the side of the road, poured down three bowls of tea in one go, and then pointed to the narrow alley mouth and said, "Right here, Fengwei Hutong!" Looking at the small mouth of the alley, you can walk in to the nine-fork eighteen courtyards, extending in all directions! ”

After drinking several bowls of tea, he walked out of the sweaty Xiangyoubao and looked at the flow of people coming in and out of the alley, and said to Xie Menshen with some confusion: "Uncle Xie, how can I look at these people coming in and out with a bit of a defeated image?" ”

Nodding slightly, Xie Menshen picked a thumbs up at Xiang Youbao: "There is a leopard, your eyes are really practiced!" Just because this Fengwei Hutong is accessible in all directions, there are many private smoke houses, secret doors and small casinos hidden in it. A little bit of wind and grass, you can immediately smear oil on the soles of your feet. In such a realm, those guys who are involved in eating, drinking, prostituting and gambling, and making themselves decay are not just drilling into it with a ruined image?"

Looking at Xie Men God with some curiosity, he stopped talking, and asked Xie Men God tentatively: "Listen to what Uncle Shi just said, the three boys of the Que Er Hong family have a relationship with you?" ”

The old man's face turned red, and Xie Men said to Xiang Youbao in a sneering manner: "It's all some bad things about Chen sesame seeds and rotten grain, and there's nothing to say."

Stretching out his hand to wipe his lips, Xie Men God seemed to be trying to hide something, and walked straight into Fengwei Hutong by himself, and looked for a courtyard house along one of the fork alleys.

Just looking at a few chickens scurrying back and forth in the wide open courtyard gate, and then a few half-old women who were quietly building stoves in the courtyard, Xie Menshen sighed heavily: "Alas, it's only been seven or eight years of work, and the Hong family has become like this!" ”

Standing beside Xie Menshen, Xiang Youbao nodded while looking at the courtyard where several families obviously lived: "It is estimated that life is also difficult, so I rented out my yard?" ”

With a wry smile, Xie Menshen raised his legs and walked towards the courtyard: "The poor families in Sijiu City, everyone has gone downhill like this. If you can do everything in the family, you can only rent a house and go out, and then give the pawn ticket to the small drum. The more the days go by, the more hopeless they become, and in the end, just like your uncle and me, I can only sell my ancestral house to find a way to live."

Before Xie Menshen finished speaking, a hoarse and old voice came from the smallest miscellaneous house in the courtyard: "You still want to do everything you can do, and everything you can sell has been sold, and this guy who eats is left, and you have to take it out to fill the bottomless pit?!" You put it down for me."

In the midst of a smashing of tables and chairs, another hoarse voice shouted angrily: "What the eater? In this year, you can still make those whistles that amuse the birds, but who will pay for them? Even if I can sell two jujubes, it's not enough for me to bet on a game! You give me a go, you give me a go! ”

Amid the noise and shouting, a bald young man in an open coat slammed open the door and slammed out of the room with a wooden box. And behind the young man, an old man with a white beard and white hair wrapped in a small coat and bare feet, stumbled and grabbed the young man's shirt with a wailing voice: "This is a food guy who has been handed down from his ancestors for eight generations."

As if he was entangled by the old man, the young man holding the wooden box turned around and kicked the barefoot old man to the ground: "I drink stick noodle porridge once a day, and I want a fart to eat!" When I get back to my luck and turn over the book, I'll redeem it for you when the time comes! ”

Stretching out his hand, Xie Menshen stopped the young man who was about to rush out of the door, and shouted at the young man in a muffled voice: "Hong San'er, I just came to the door here, do you want to leave?" ”

As soon as he saw Xie Menshen's wall-like body, and then looked at the fan-like slap stretched out in front of his eyes, Hong San'er, who was still scolding and daring to beat his own father, suddenly shrank his neck, and said to Xie Menshen with a calm face: "Is it Brother Menshen?" I haven't seen you for a long time, and I'm still wondering when I'm going to find you."

With a muffled snort from his nostrils, Xie Menshen snatched the wooden box from Hong San'er's hand, and stretched out another big slap towards Hong San'er very angrily: "Master San'er, I can't afford you to call me brother!" I think back then, I couldn't go on and had to sell the old house, but your third son helped to make the guarantor! Now that the big money guy is gone, my old house is sold and I don't have a big son! According to the old rules in Sijiu City, I Xie Men God asked you for money, right?! ”

Shrinking his neck and slipping back, Hong San'er rolled his eyes, but his mouth was still muttering: "You can't look for me for this, can you?" It's true that I'm a mediator, but I'm also a door god brother who was forcibly pulled there, so we'll talk about this later."

Seeing that Hong San'er wanted to take the time to slip away, Xiang Youbao blocked Hong San'er's side with an arrow step, and shouted at Hong San'er with a hanging voice: "Still thinking about slipping away, aren't you?" If this thing doesn't happen today, you don't want to go anywhere! ”

Looking at the wall-like figure of Xie Men God with a weak heart, and secretly looking at the posture of the leopard with all his strength, Hong San'er cried and shouted with a sad face: "I really didn't get any benefit from this, and the big money guy inside and outside gave us the ocean, and I didn't cover it in my pockets, and I asked the flower stall to take it away!" You two just killed me today, so I can't get a big son, can I? ”

With a sneer, Xiang Youbao deliberately pretended to be fierce, and touched his hand towards the back of his waist: "That's nothing, right?" It's also a good rule, if the security officer doesn't admit it, which hand signs and draws the charge, just unload that hand! Come, tell you to work hard, stretch out your hand happily! ”

Hiding a pair of hands behind him, Hong San'er was so anxious that he jumped all over the ground: "This really can't be!" Hello Dad, a few words for me? The eldest brother and the second brother are no longer in front of them, saying that they are gone, but they haven't believed it for three years, haven't they? If you can't make trouble, you'll die outside! In the future, you can still count on me to give you a pension and send you to the end of your life."

was kicked by his son in the heart, and the old man with white hair struggled from the ground easily, holding on to the door frame and panting and lamenting: "If you go to gamble when you see the sky, everyone in the family who can lose is called a clean defeat, where is my father in your eyes?" Sensei asked me, if I killed you, I would not have this son."

Under the grief, the old man with white hair coughed violently, held on to the door frame and slipped to the ground again, and the old man cried bitterly!

Glancing at Xie Menshen, Xiang Youbao took the wooden box from Xie Menshen's hand, walked quickly to the old man's side, and sat on the threshold with the old man who was paralyzed on the ground: "Are you the Hong family and the old man Hong?" This is your ancestral fellow, you put it away! ”

Hurriedly took the wooden box that looked quite old from Xiang Youbao's hand, and the old man Hong stroked the wooden box with a pair of thin slaps in tears, crying and sighing again and again: "The things that have been handed down from the ancestors for eight lifetimes, this beast can take it to gamble, the craftsmanship of the Hong family, I'm afraid it will be on me."

Mixed with the sound of chattering and sobbing, and trembling with his palm, Old Man Hong carefully opened the wooden box, stroked the delicate and abnormal various tools in the wooden box one by one, and his tears fell one by one on the red flannel cloth lined in the wooden box

Sighing helplessly, Xiang Youbao arched his hand towards the crying old man Hong: "There is a leopard in the apprentice in the main gate of the fire, and I came to visit the old man Hong today, I want to ask the old man Hong to make a move and create a set of eight-tone whistles for the main gate of the fire!" ”

With a pair of teary eyes open, Old Man Hong shook his head dejectedly: "No, the crispy brass stored at home has long been asked to be used by that beast." In today's Sijiu City, if you want to find a pair of crispy brass with an eight-tone whistle, I'm afraid it's difficult! ”

Blinking his eyes, Xiang Youbao raised his finger and pointed at Hong San'er, who was so frightened by Xie Menshen that he didn't dare to move: "Then the pawn ticket is always on him, right?" Let's spend money to redeem it."

didn't wait for the leopard to finish speaking, Old Man Hong had already shook his head again: "What's the ticket, this beast is dead every time, and I didn't think it could be redeemed at all!" It's been a long day, even if you go to someone's pawnshop to look for it, I'm afraid you won't be able to find the crispy brass! ”

Glancingly, he patted the old man's thin slap with relief, and said to the old man Hong who was teary-eyed: "Then let's find it again!" As long as your old craft is still there, we can always find objects! Let's not mention it at this time, I'm afraid it's not appropriate for you to stay in this damp and cold room with this old body? ”

Looking at Xiang Youbao blankly, Old Man Hong muttered and whispered, "Then where else can I go?" The courtyard at the head of the family has long been called to dismantle and sell this evil animal. Now I only have this nest to live in."

glared at Hong San'er fiercely, and Xiang Youbao slowly helped Old Man Hong to stand up: "You can pack up your things when you are old, let's find a place where you can live steadily!" ”

Turning his head to look at the hut with four walls, Old Man Hong couldn't help but feel sad: "Where is there anything to clean up, this evil animal has already been defeated!" There are only the eating things left from this ancestor, if it weren't for the coincidence that you came, I'm afraid"

Leaned over and grabbed the only shabby coat in the house and draped it on Old Man Hong's body, and Xiang Youbao supported Old Man Hong and slowly walked towards the outside of the courtyard, but he glanced at Xie Menshen, who forced Hong San'er into a corner.

Nodding slightly towards Xiang Youbao, Xie Menshen stretched out his hands and pinched Hong San'er's shoulders, and lifted Hong San'er up in a daze: "Hong San'er, what are we talking about this?!" ”

was lifted off the ground by Xie Menshen's big iron tong-like hands, Hong San'er was so frightened that he peed his pants, and said one after another: "Brother Door God, you let go first, Brother Door God, why don't you say that I can't do it?"

"Ma Yu'er, get out of Sijiu City for me! Otherwise, I will see you once and hit you once! ”

"Brother Menshen, aren't you asking for my life, hey, I'll get out, can't I get out?"