From a distance, a dung truck carrying a large wooden barrel slowly came down the alley, and several characters in the chrysanthemum community who were arranged to guard the mouth of the alley couldn't help but cover their mouths and noses, and their bodies also retreated half a step towards the eaves, obviously trying to stay away from the filthy dung truck as much as possible

And behind the dung truck, the two Jushe characters who walked forward with the dung truck in the distance also looked disgusted, and the cigarette in their mouths kept smoking violently, thinking of relying on the smoke to get rid of the stench that came with the wind.

Even though they are wealthy gentry and wealthy businessmen and ordinary people in Sijiu City, they can't afford to eat, drink, and sleep at the end of the day. Every once in a while, there must be manure workers to clean up the thatched house, otherwise it will be a scene full of gold and silver. If this happens to catch up with a few heavy rains, the drama of flooding Jinshan will have to be sung in your own house.

But even though it is inseparable from those dung diggers who come to clean the thatched houses, those masters in Sijiu City who have a little threshold and steps, and no one is really happy to see these characters who do hard work. Caught up with the good-hearted people, maybe I can give those tired workers a sip of cold water. Bumped into a buried master, and it was not good to use the cat food bowl to scoop water to send the living! (Note 1)

It's hard and tiring to work, but I can barely survive in this troubled world. But a month's salary is three oceans, and you have to call the dung to pump three out of ten every ten with it. The rest of the bits and pieces can take care of the stomach and can't take care of it, and there is half a year of sleeping on the side of the street, resting under the bridge, and the sand bed shop is a familiar customer for many years.

People say that the poor are treacherous and have a rich conscience, so that after being forced to almost lose their way to live, some dung diggers will inevitably have a little bit of a hand-to-hand behavior when they are working. Valuable things must not be available, but things such as broken tea bowls and rotten night pots fall into the hands of characters who are poor. That's a lot of money!

Because of this, when many courtyard houses in Sijiu City invited dung workers to clean up the thatched houses, there were people watching the manure diggers' every move from afar. The longer the days passed, the dung diggers in Sijiu City became accustomed to the scene of people staring at them when they were working.

Slowly dragged the dung truck along the alley, put on a leopard dressed as a dung digger, lowered his head, dragged his steps slower and slower, and finally simply left the dung truck next to a few chrysanthemum society figures guarding the mouth of the alley. I sat on the armrest of the car.

Panting heavily, Xiang Youbao reached out and took out a dirty, crumpled two-finger-wide piece of paper from his arms, and then shook out a coarse cloth cigarette purse from his dirty sleeve.

Seeing that Xiang Youbao parked the dung truck at the mouth of the alley, several characters arranged by the Chrysanthemum Society to control the wind at the mouth of the alley were also masters who had been in Sijiu City for a few years, and suddenly opened their voices and pointed at Xiang Youbao and scolded: "Hey, you shell lang (Note 2) Heng doesn't understand personnel, don't you?" Where do you put your food and food? ”

"Ma Yu'er, get out of the way! Is this the place where you can take a nap? ”

Looking up at the few scolding Jushe characters weakly, Xiang Youbao shook his head very tiredly: "A few masters, I will ask someone to come here early in the morning to clean up the scene." Until now, most of the time I haven't worked hard to clean my teeth, but the soles of my feet are soft and my body bones are tired, how many of you allow me to take a sip of soul rejuvenation grass, so that I can have the spirit to finish the rest of the work, right? ”

After looking at the horn roll that Xiang Youbao was holding in his hand, several Jushe characters suddenly grabbed a few broken bricks and tiles on the ground around them, and smashed them towards Xiang Youbao: "You still have the heart to enjoy it here, don't you?" Get out of the way, or you can stuff you in the dung truck and enjoy it! ”

Holding his arms to protect his head, there is a leopard twisting his body to dodge left and right. But the body still called those broken bricks and tiles smashed several times, and suddenly screamed and shouted: "Come on, let your subordinates be merciful."

I didn't care about the freshly rolled trumpet roll and fell to the ground. In a panic, the leopard grabbed the dung truck and ran forward. It is estimated that he was anxious and hungry, and his legs were weak, and he didn't drag the dung truck to walk out a few steps forward, and there was a leopard under his feet, and the whole person was stunned and fell out of the way, and the dung truck was also pestled straight to the brick wall at the mouth of the alley, and he flipped over sideways.

The mouth cried out in pain. Xiangyoubao, who was easy to prop up, sat on the ground and shook his body for a long time as if he had lost his head, and then he got up again as if he had just woken up from a dream, limped to the side of the dung truck, and used his strength to straighten the crooked and overturned dung truck. Only then did he drag the dung truck and staggered down the alley

With such a delay, the characters of the two chrysanthemum societies who were originally far behind the dung truck also walked to the left of the alley. Glancing at the few people guarding the mouth of the alley, the two Jushe characters who were decorated with dung trucks all shook their heads with a wry smile, reached out and took out a half-empty box of cigarettes from their arms, and whispered to the side by side who was standing at the mouth of the alley with a gloating look on their faces: "Pump? ”

Pulling the cigarette butts all over the ground with their toes, several Jushe characters guarding the entrance of the alley shook their heads: "It's been smoking all morning, and the mouth is so bitter that it's like eating Coptis chinensis, and I can't find this job if I want to drink saliva, it's hard!" ”

took out a cigarette and put it on the corner of his mouth, and the two Ju Society characters decorated with dung trucks had a wry smile on their faces, and sighed and replied: "Be content!" You're just here to poke the wind, and we're both unlucky—we've been walking with the dung truck all morning! When you talk about drinking water and panting, you feel the smell of in your lungs, and you keep feeling nauseous! This is going to wait for this scene to be cleaned up, and it is estimated that you will save money for food in the next three days? ”

It seems that it is not good to speak in a mouthful of Beijing films, and the two Jusha characters decorated with dung trucks looked left and right at both ends of the alley and no one passed by, and one of them suddenly lowered his voice and said in Japanese: "Although such a plan can be unexpected, it is too dirty, right?" I heard that the special envoy who came from the mainland to participate in this meeting was also a little dissatisfied with this? ”

also lowered his voice, among the characters of the Ju Society who took the wind at the mouth of the alley. Someone else responded in Japanese: "So what? Ishikawa-kun is probably a very important figure in the minds of those big people in the chrysanthemum machine, right? As long as this meeting can be completed safely, then Ishikawa-kun's merit book will have an enviable record of merit. And we just hope that we don't have to complete such a ridiculous task every time! ”

"In comparison, I'm afraid of those seniors who have been by Ishikawa-kun's side for many years. It's going to be even more uncomfortable, right? ”

"Why do you say that?"

"I heard that those seniors who have been following Ishikawa-kun have been staying near that teahouse since last night, and they can't even move the place!"

"Is that so? It was hard work - to endure the stench for so long, not even to move the slightest! So, you two guys got an easy job? ”

"What nonsense! Walking back and forth behind a dung truck can be considered an easy errand? ”

"Stop complaining! You two should be staring at the dung truck, but you're going to get away! ”

Almost at the stall where those Ju Society characters gathered and said a few words, Xiang Youbao hooked his legs and kicked lightly on the dung truck with his heels, and the wooden cover on the dung truck immediately asked someone to push it out of the dung truck, and Yan Xu, who was wrapped in an oilcloth cloak all over his body, quietly got out of the dung truck. Like a tanuki, he rolled over in a group, neatly shrunk and squatted on the handle of the dung truck, and under the cover of the huge dung truck body, he hurriedly said to Xiang Youbao: "Don't stop under your feet, take a few steps and turn around next to the big locust tree against the wall in front!" ”

With a low promise, Xiang Youbao dragged the dung truck along the road unhurriedly, and said in a muffled voice: "Master Yan, this is thanks to your familiarity and friendship in Sijiu City. Otherwise, who would have the ability to find help from the characters in the dung digging business for a while? ”

Like a kingfisher perched on a reed pole, Yan Xu quickly pulled down the oilcloth cloak on his body with his hands and feet. Fold it into a fist-sized piece and stuffed it into his arms: "If you want to say that the person I am looking for to help is also the master who has the number one in the stealth." With this dung truck with a mezzanine trap, he has passed through many heavily guarded mansions in this Sijiu City, and he has really succeeded a few times. ”

"Master Yan, I came all the way, but I saw that those characters in the Chrysanthemum Society sealed all the alleys to death. This can be put on such a posture of eight golden locks on the bright side. Secretly afraid of the stumbling stumbling stake? You're just going inside by yourself."

"Xiangye, you can never beat the idea of hitting your head inside! If I really lose my wind and show my ugliness, you can also take care of yourself first, don't break one and spare the other! As long as you are out and about, even if it's really something. The people on the outside can still have a backbone! ”

Gritting his teeth fiercely, Xiang Youbao took out one hand and touched the family bag in his arms, and said to Yan Xu in a muffled voice: "Master Yan, this meeting is against the Japanese, and we can't take care of those rules and scenes!" Let me tell you the truth - I have a few things on my body that my master rewarded me with to protect myself and save my life. I'll use it now! Master Yan, you take this pill first, maybe it can be useful when it is urgent! ”

Stretched out his hand to take the broad bean-sized pill handed over by Xiang Youbao, Yan Xu only pushed the pill slightly towards the end of his nose, and immediately exclaimed in a low voice: "This medicine smells fishy, Xiangye, are you going to make incense and sweat medicine all the way?" ”

"It's just a little north wind today, as long as I get the upper hand, this thing can top a dozen or so good helpers! Master Yan, just talk to the big locust tree, are you ready? ”

"Well, just walk!"

It's just that with the help of Xiang Youbao walking a few steps and turning the corner of the alley, Yan Xu has already jumped from the handle of the dung truck to the back of the big locust tree at the mouth of the alley like a tanuki, and climbed towards the high place with his hands and feet. When the two Jushe figures who were following behind the dung truck stepped up to chase under the big locust tree, Yan Xu had already quietly jumped from the tree into the courtyard behind the wall.

The courtyard houses where poor families live are always high on the outside and low on the inside, and the neighbors next door don't even have to stand on tiptoe with each other, and you can see who is eating dumplings in the next yard by stretching your neck. Put it under the windowsill of your house and raise two old hens in a chicken coop, and you have to go to someone's yard to pick up eggs in the dark day. There are really people who want to go back and forth with each other across the street gates, and the scene of walking on the wall and taking shortcuts in the past is also taken for granted.

Half-squatting under the high wall against the street, Yan Xu first grabbed the two half-foot-long mantis claw knives behind his waist in his hands, and held the Erhu door to protect the front of his body, and then touched the low wall on the side of the courtyard against the root of the wall.

Resting in the stealth, there are all kinds of weapons to protect the body, but when it comes to the head, they are mostly short and concise. For example, this mantis claw knife, which is shaped like a mantis claw, with a single-sided blade and a knife head like a hook, is already considered to be a big deal in the stealth talisman weapon, and it is easy for someone to play tricks.

It also has the upper head of the mantis claw knife and the hook on the head is also made by skilled craftsmen to create more than 100 rice grain size sawtooth, a knife down to pull out the wound is uneven, the skin and flesh are rolled, looking at it makes people feel frightened, so there is also a name for a desperate knife. If it weren't for the thought of seeing blood and hurting his life in his heart, no one would have touched this famous blade in the sneak.

With the mantis claw knife in his hand, he gently pushed a loose brick on the low wall into the courtyard next door, and Yan Xu listened attentively to the movements around him after the brick landed. After a long time, Fang slowly poked his eyes out of the low wall and carefully examined the situation in the courtyard next door.

The small civilian households that can live in this small courtyard house are almost inseparable from the men who go out to carry the work to run the ruts during the day, and the women go to the street to pick up some bits and pieces of sewing and weaving to help the family, and even the half-grown children have to go to several freight yards and stations in the city to pick up foreign clothes and coal cores, which can barely take care of a few mouthfuls of a family to chew and wrap up. In normal times, daylight is the cleanest time in these courtyards.

Seeing that there was no one left to guard the house and guard the door in the courtyard next door, Yan Xu used a little force under his feet, and the whole person had already rolled over against the low wall. After tiptoeing through the small courtyard, Yan Xu once again pushed a brick with a loose end of the low wall into the courtyard next door (to be continued......

PS: Note 1: The story of scooping water from a cat's food bowl for the dung diggers to drink happened to Mr. Shi Chuanxiang, a national model worker. The matter is urgent to ask people to come, and the matter is over, it can be seen that the wind of people at that time was divided into three, six, nine and so on!

Note 2: One of the scornful names for dung diggers before liberation.