I was busy working before and after, until after the Double Ninth Festival in early September, the big house on Zhushikouer Street where there were three entrances was finally cleaned up.

The face of the door with the eaves of the door is a high-quality green tile, although the Qing Dynasty has long become yesterday's yellow flower, but the old Beiping people still have a cautious heart, even if it is to build a pavilion and pavilion, the use of a water of green tiles, will never hold the bright yellow and bright glazed yellow tiles to attract people to discuss.

In the fortune grid under the green tile, the porcelain fighting beast statue of the eight fighting beasts is carefully inlaid into it. For the Zhu porcelain statue of the eight fighting beasts, Na Jiuye personally went to Tianjin, and humbly invited the old shopkeeper of the Lei family, who was in Tianjin to retire, to go out of the mountain and make the eight fighting beasts with his own hands. At that time, the various beast statues lying on the eaves in the Forbidden City were all the craftsmanship of the old shopkeeper of the Lei family, so I didn't have to pick one!

Then the eight pillars facing down are brushed with persimmon varnish, and the pear wood that was removed from the palace was replaced, and the layer of shell that had been subjected to wind and rain was removed, and then brushed three times with persimmon varnish, not to mention that it could protect 50 years of wind and rain!

The stone railings around the door face are all made of big bluestone grinding piece by piece, and there is not a little bit of plaster putty, all of which are tightly put together. The stonemason who was doing this work said when he left, and in thirty years, there was a trace of looseness and distortion of these stone railings, and there was no need for Na Jiu Ye to speak, he immediately took the ocean and re-built a pair of stone railings for Na Jiu Ye!

Walking towards the door, around a wall of openwork and leaky water-frosted shadow walls, behind which is a spacious lobby. In the middle of the lobby, hanging on the door is a portrait of the ancestor of the main gate of the fire. The Qianmen Portrait Museum has painted a portrait of the President of the Republic of China Government Liu Yi's handwriting, incense and candles under the offering, the painted people's clothes are flying, the eyebrows are rippling, just like the living!

There are four rooms on the left and right, and four rooms for those who come to the door with gadgets to ask for help, and talk about the reason with the master in the main gate of the fire. After explaining the problem of the things in hand, the master who trained the things in the main gate of the fire raised his hand, and led those men who came to ask for help to run into the courtyard.

In the courtyard of the second entry, there are eight large tanks lined up in two rows, storing rootless water, aged water, river water, and lake water, and the sweet water well poked in the eight large tanks is just enough to serve all kinds of fighting beasts to drink water and wash their bodies.

Separated from the two compartments, the house separated by the old green brick wall is equipped with a dry pond, a snake nest, a monkey frame, a cockfighting flat, a dog house, a bullpen, a rat building, and an eagle cage. Although most of these waiting places are still empty, as long as the opportunity comes, just the clever fighting beasts that Lao Guanyuan touched can fill these places.

However, in the courtyard three times, ordinary guests can't enter. Except for the big lock on the moon door of the Sanjin courtyard that can be pinned to Na Jiuye's waist, even Xiang Youbao has to wait for Na Jiuye to open the moon door before he can go to the Sanjin courtyard to work for a while. If Na Jiuye forgets to open the door and let the leopard come out, I'm afraid that the hungry leopard will only jump off the wall?!

Just like this, the gentlemen who can enter the main entrance of the fire to renovate the house have seen it, and they all take it for granted!

What kind of business does it take to buy and sell in Sijiu City, but there are some unique jobs in their hands, and everyone has a place to hide unique skills, right?

Haven't you heard that when the master of Ruifuxiang cutting materials and making ready-to-wear is working, the little apprentice is not allowed to close the edge?

I don't know when Tongrentang dispensed pills, the old shopkeeper with the secret recipe in his hand asked someone to lock the door, when was the dispensing finished and when he shook the bell to open the door?

If you don't do that, won't all the tricks be learned?!

Invite a few Liba, who collected the scene, to clean up the eye-catching trivial things in the big house, and then led Xiang Youbao to carefully search the big house three times before and after, and Na Jiuye, who was sitting on the Taishi chair in the middle of the lobby, frowned and puffed his teeth!

The scene is there, and the posture is enough, but in such a big house with three entrances inside and out, he is alone with Xiangyoubao, if someone comes to the door and begs him to train something, this big house can't even find a person who pours tea and water, let alone someone can give him a hand?!

Fiddling with his fingers, Na Jiu Ye pondered in his mind for a long time, and then said to Xiang Youbao, who was standing beside him, holding a handkerchief and beating the dust on his clothes: "You go home first and tell Nalan that I won't go back to eat tonight." And don't leave me the door, I'm afraid I'll be tonight."

'Bang' beat the dust on his clothes with a hand towel, and responded to Na Jiuye's words without raising his head with a leopard's head: "I have said it a long time ago, neither of us will go home to eat tonight!" I also told Nalan to leave the door for the two of us tonight, anyway, if you drink too much, I can still carry you back! ”

His eyes widened in surprise, and Na Jiuye stretched out his hand and pointed to Xiang Youbao who was standing beside him and shouted, "You dead child, you again"

After dusting off the dust on his body, Xiang Youbao raised his hand and put the handkerchief on his shoulder, and said with a wicked smile to Na Jiuye, who was stunned: "When you think about it, we are poking the scene in this phase of the dirt gate, I'm afraid that the daylilies are cold, aren't they?" These days, things are busy, and secondly, you look at the new entrance of the main gate of the fire and poke it again, but I'm afraid that I can't find the north in my heart, right? ”

didn't wait for Na Jiuye to speak, Xiang Youbao took out a post of coarse sand dotted red paper from his arms like a leopard, and shook it towards Na Jiuye: "Tonight, the casserole mat in Zhushikou'er is waiting for you to sit down!" ”

snatched the post of the coarse sand dotted red paper that Xiang Youbao stretched out in front of his eyes, Na Jiuye looked at the words on the post, and read it out in a whisper: "The autumn is high and the moon is good, and it is appropriate for old friends to have fun." Zhushikou is a cheap house, waiting for the big driver! Na Jiu Don Shou? ”

Learning from the appearance of Na Jiuye wrenching his fingers, Xiang Youbao counted them one by one: "Back then, in the main gate of the fire, there were about six or seven people who had a relationship with you and my master and did things reliably. I also inquired about the days I came to Sijiu City, and there are four families who are still in Sijiu City, and they are all hard to survive! A few days ago, I saw that the entrance of the hall was almost renovated, so I caught a loophole and posted to these four for you! Although I didn't see anyone, I stuffed the post through the crack in the door, and I couldn't keep it wrong! ”

opened his mouth, and it took Na Jiu Ye a long time to mush a sentence out of his throat: "Where did your master get you out of your dead child?" This whole thing is a personal essence."

Towards the dumbfounded Na Jiuye, Xiang Youbao reached out to help Na Jiuye who was sitting on the chair, took off the handkerchief on his shoulder and slapped it towards Na Jiuye: "Look at your body, now you are the head of the Huozheng Gate, and you have to be a bit of a head of the house when you go in and out, right?" ”

Raising his arm, Na Jiu Ye was satisfied with Xiang Youbao's courteous service, and at the same time twisted his neck and said to Xiang Youbao, who was bending over and slamming the dust on his trouser leg: "Then when did you make an appointment with these people?" ”

Raising his eyes and looking at the sky outside the door, Xiang Youbao said with confidence: "Don't worry! The sky is still bright, and I guess we will walk over slowly, and we will be able to wait for those people when the lights are in place! ”

Tidying up their bodies, Na Jiuye and Xiangyoubao walked out of the mansion with their legs, locked the door and went straight to the cheap house not far away.

When it comes to the food and noodles in Sijiu City, according to the good words, in the time-honored restaurants of Bada Ju and Bada Chun, a table of swallow wing seats will be renovated, and then a few loud and calm hard dishes will press the table, and a table of noodles will cost 200 oceans. Even if you take those leftover baskets from the dinner table and sell them again in the ghost market, the shouting can be a little brighter than others!

Counting downwards, the banquets that ordinary people in Sijiu City can afford to eat, that is, those meat restaurants with real prices. The master in charge of the spoon has a few or two dishes in his hands, and when he is serious about the New Year's Festival, he fights his craft, puts the stove on the street, and makes a bowl of soft and slippery pork slices and pours it into the white noodles of wide leek leaves, and the fragrance can also wear out half a street.

It's like a cheap house poking on Zhushikouer Street, and the master in charge of the spoon is best at making casserole dishes.

The base soup stewed with big bone sticks and secret condiments has not been broken for ten years, old tofu, tender cabbage, and large meatballs with jujube wood sticks, and then sprinkled with a small handful of pepper noodles when served, which is still more than a zhang away from the diners, and the fragrance can already make the diners' saliva drip onto the table.

With his nose and smelling the aroma of casserole dishes wafting in the wind, Na Jiuye couldn't help but swallow his saliva, turned his head and said to Xiang Youbao, who was half a step behind him: "Is it about this place?" Can they say that death will come? ”

Squeezing his eyes at the mouth of an alley in front of him, Xiang Youbao half-lowered his head and whispered: "Don't look at the alley over there, the four who received the post are all here, and they are poking at the mouth of the alley waiting for you to arrive first!" ”

Involuntarily turned his head in the direction indicated by Xiang Youbao, but he forced his neck to freeze in the middle of the road, Na Jiuye awkwardly crooked his neck and walked a few steps forward, but he smiled at the shopkeeper who was standing at the door of the cheap house to greet guests: "Money shopkeeper, you have a lot of money!" ”

Wearing a spacious robe that is half new, the cheap money shopkeeper who greeted the guests at the door of the cheap house immediately put on a smiling face and greeted Na Jiuye: "Na Jiuye, I accept that you have taken care of it!" Hurry inside, please, the private room has already prepared for you! ”

Nodding his head and thanking the money shopkeeper who greeted him politely, Na Jiuye raised his legs and walked towards the cheap house, while deliberately raising his voice and shouting: "I'm tired of the money shopkeeper, I still have a few distinguished guests who want to come to the banquet, can you help welcome them?" ”

With a loud haha, the voice of the money shopkeeper was not much smaller: "I didn't say it, you are rising under your feet!" ”

Raising his legs and crossing the high threshold, Na Jiu Ye and Xiang Youbao had just sat down in the private seat, and they had only drunk two sips of a bowl of tea, and there was already a thunderous voice from the Qian shopkeeper outside the door: "Go to Na Jiu Ye to invite four distinguished guests, please in the private room, Ma Yuer greeted!" ”

With the shouting of the money shopkeeper, a young man picked up the curtain of the private room, turned sideways and let several men of the same age as Na Jiuye into the private room.

There was no need for Na Jiu Ye to signal, Xiang Youbao immediately jumped up from the chair and stood obediently on Na Jiu Ye's side. And Na Jiu Ye also stood up busily, and smiled at the few men who had just walked into the private room: "A few junior brothers, we haven't seen each other for a while!" Are they all still thriving? ”

Hurriedly hugged their fists towards Na Jiu Ye and returned the salute, and the few men who had just entered the private room responded to Na Jiu Ye's greetings in a gossipy manner: "Senior brother, you are healthy!" ”

"Senior brother, you are auspicious!"

"Brother Lao asked, is it still successful"

Pointing at a thin man with a wooden face, squirming lips but not speaking, Na Jiuye turned his head sideways and shouted to Xiang Youbao: "Look at you, you have no eyesight, this is your Uncle Hu!" Back then, in the main gate of the fire, your Uncle Hu served the yellow skin and the gray squirrel, which were all a must, and even your master had to think that he was inferior! ”

Respectfully bowed to the thin man of Namuna, and the sincerity in Xiang Youbao's tone was obvious: "The younger generation has a leopard, say hello to Uncle Hu!" ”

A hint of surprise flashed in his eyes, but the thin man surnamed Hu still didn't speak, but silently leaned sideways and accepted the half-salute.

Raising his finger and pointing at the burly man with a haggard face across the door, Na Jiuye's voice was a little more generous: "Senior Brother Xie, I haven't seen you for so many years, you can still be so strong I heard that your daughter-in-law just added a sixth one to you, is it a kid?" Are you all right? ”

laughed miserably, but the burly man with a haggard face didn't pay attention to the greetings of the leopard, but just smiled bitterly at Na Jiuye and said, "I'm still bothering you, senior brother, worrying about you!" It is said that half of the eldest child eats Lao Tzu to death, there are many mouths at home, and I have no other skills, so I have to mix up Libaxing! A few days ago, senior brother, you went to Dashilar to recruit Liba, but unfortunately I had to take care of my sick daughter-in-law at home, but I didn't catch up! Or"

After a sigh, Na Jiuye beckoned the burly man surnamed Xie to sit down quickly, and at the same time whispered to the other two men with embarrassed smiles and some similar appearances: "You two still don't sit down? What else is there to ask me for? There is a leopard, your master should have told you, there were two unpromising junior brothers in the main gate of the fire, and every night they led them over the wall to fight wild crickets with people. If you win, you will buy stewed and boiled food, and if you lose, you will run away."

Before Na Jiu Ye finished speaking, Xiang Youbao had already politely bowed to the two men with embarrassed smiles on their faces: "I've seen two Uncle She!" The master said that the two Uncle She found another way to raise crickets and snakes together, and the crickets that came out of the service usually couldn't meet their opponents! ”

also leaned sideways and received the half-salute of Xiangyoubao, and the two similar-looking men sat down and said in unison to Xiangyoubao: "So your master is a senior brother who is a senior brother of Xiangzhongxing?" ”

Waiting for Na Jiuye to sit down again, Xiang Youbao said solemnly to the two men surnamed She: "The master is famous, and the disciple dare not speak!" ”

As soon as he heard the words of Xiang Youbao, the two men surnamed She suddenly gave a thumbs up in unison: "Speaking of your master, there is nothing to say - a serious capable person!" It's a pity that the incident in the main gate of the fire back then forced your master to break into Kanto! ”

Mu Na's face was raised, and the thin man surnamed Hu swept his long and narrow eyes towards Xiang Youbao's face, and picked up the conversation in a hoarse voice: "You are also surnamed Xiang?" Hmm, rootless people? ”

Nodding calmly, Xiang Youbao responded in a harmonious voice to the thin man surnamed Hu: "It was the master who picked me up on the way to the eastern part of the country, and I don't know my father's name." After teaching me for a few years, he rewarded me with my name! ”

A pair of narrow eyes flashed with a smart light that did not match Mu Na's face, and the thin man surnamed Hu asked again: "I have only taught for a few years, and I have rewarded your name?!" There are rules in the main gate of the fire, and those who have no roots can't learn the teacher, and they won't be given a name! Since your master gave you your name, then you are out of school? ”

Lifting the small wine pot that Wen was in the coarse porcelain wine insert, Xiang Youbao poured wine one by one for everyone sitting at the table, and at the same time responded to the question of the thin man surnamed Hu in a harmonious voice: "When I came out, the master told me, and I can't learn the teacher!" Not to mention the side, the unique jobs in the hands of all the uncles here, which are enough for me to learn for a lifetime, right? If you want to talk about the teacher, I'm still early! ”

Listening to Xiang Youbao pushing away the questioning as if playing Tai Chi, Na Jiuye hurriedly picked up the wine glass in front of him and raised it to the four middle-aged people sitting around the table: "Don't patronize and talk, let's drink and eat first!" Let's sacrifice the Five Organs Temple first, and let's talk about the rest of the story! ”

Although they raised their wine glasses one after another, the four men had their own appearances.

The two brothers surnamed She drank until the glass was dry without saying a word, and the empty cup in his hand had not been put down, and his eyes were already fixed on the four plates of cold dishes on the table.

The burly man surnamed Xie also drank the wine to the glass, but he hesitantly brought the wine glass to his lips, but he drank the wine dry in one gulp as if he was angry, and then put down the wine cup in his hand heavily.

However, the thin man surnamed Hu just held the wine cup and dipped his lips, but gently put the wine cup back on the table, and after looking down for a moment, he raised his eyes and looked at Na Jiuye and said, "Senior brother let us come today, I'm afraid that we won't just ask us to eat meat and fight tooth sacrifices?" I heard that my brother won the insect king at this year's Autumn Insect Meeting, and he also made a statement in front of the Five Poisons Temple to re-establish the banner of the main gate of the fire, so let's come over today, just for this? ”

As if he didn't expect the thin man surnamed Hu to go straight to the point so much, Na Jiuye opened his mouth in astonishment, and then glanced at Xiang Youbao who was waiting on the side: "Senior brother here, I'm clumsy, I'm afraid I can't say it clearly!" It's better to have a leopard, can you tell a few of your uncles? ”

Claiming to be true to Na Jiu Ye, Xiang Youbao put down the small wine pot in his hand, and said solemnly to a few men sitting around the table: "Uncle Shi really said that he would re-establish the banner of the main gate of the fire, and the old hall of the main gate of the fire on Zhushikou Street has also been renovated now, just waiting to find a good day to light the cannon and open!" But then again, the scene that so many seniors in the main gate of the fire had only supported back then, relying on Uncle Shi alone, he couldn't cope with it! Only then did I think, please come out of the mountain again, and let's all put up the scene and banner of the main gate of the fire together! ”

As soon as the words fell, the two brothers surnamed She suddenly slapped the table and shouted: "Good thing! It's so much better than our brothers looking for people on the street and fighting crickets! With the name of Tangkou, regardless of the side of it, how can you have a stable meal in Tangkou, right? ”

Squinting his eyes, the thin man surnamed Hu shook his head slightly: "The main gate of the fire has been dispersed for so long, and the craftsmanship has been abandoned for all these years. Even if you don't care about these things, how big of a scene can you hold up with just a few of us? ”

also shook his head slightly, and the burly man surnamed Xie also had a decadent look: "There are no poor people in the main gate of the fire!" Back then, there was only one single, serving some things and mixing a round belly, and he could say that one person was full and the whole family was not hungry. But now you are atoning for your sins, it's not that your junior brother doesn't pay attention to it, it's really "

With a sly smile on his face, Xiang Youbao gave a 'don't worry' look to Na Jiuye, who was a little uneasy, and said with a smile to a few men sitting around the table: "What several uncles said is the truth! It is important to poke the banner of the main gate of the fire, but then again, if you can't even have a full stomach and your family can't support you, then who still has the heart to think about that bit of craftsmanship? ”

Nodding blankly, the burly man surnamed Xie picked up the wine cup in front of him with a sad face, raised his glass to Na Jiuye, who was sitting opposite him, and smiled miserably: "I'm not afraid of your jokes, senior brother, I haven't eaten at home for two days." Since the day I received your post, my wife and children have been looking at me with blank eyes, hoping that I can bring some leftovers from your meal."

Speaking of the headache, the burly man surnamed Xie drank the liquor in the wine cup in one gulp, stretched out a thick slap to wipe the tears oozing from the corners of his eyes, but he couldn't speak anymore!

Sighing slightly, the thin man surnamed Hu also picked up the wine cup in front of him: "Senior brother, you know me, I don't like what I say, but I really hope that the main gate of the fire can be re-established." But I also have a family to support, and I can only rely on me to make a few food money outside the city! If you serve those things in the main gate of the fire, not to mention the others, you won't see me take the money home for half a month, and the whole family will starve to death! ”

Glancing at each other, the two brothers surnamed She also drooped their heads: "Our brothers have a fight against crickets, and if there are more, there can be one or two oceans, and if there are less, there will be dozens of big sons!" Some people don't dare to go to the field where they are watching, even if they win, they can't get the money, they don't say it, they have to be beaten up when they go out, if you pity our two unsuccessful junior brothers, you let us go to the fire hall to fight a few crickets, and our brothers will miss you for a lifetime! ”

It's like he didn't hear the words of a few middle-aged people complaining at all, but Xiang Youbao smiled at everyone with a smile on his own: "Several uncles are right, but if you can earn money to support your family by serving things in the main gate of the fire, are you willing to come?" ”

With squinting eyes, the thin man surnamed Hu stared at Xiang Youbao and said, "There is no hair on the mouth, and the work is not firm!" The scene before the main gate of the fire could make money, and that was because there were hundreds of disciples in the main gate of the fire, and the players with all kinds of things outside recognized the name in the main gate of the fire! But the main gate of the fire has been scattered for so long, and the new banner that has just been poked, how many people do you expect to come? ”

Raising a finger, Xiang Youbao said to several middle-aged people very firmly: "Ten days! A few uncles stayed at the newly poked entrance for ten days! Ten days later, if a few uncles feel really embarrassed, then there is no second word, there are leopards to send a few uncles to find another way to make a fortune elsewhere! ”

With the words of the leopard, Na Jiuye also reached out and picked up the wine glass: "There is a leopard who said yes!" Now, whether it's true or not, I say to outsiders that I am also the head of Huozhengmen! If I really don't have the ability to keep all my junior brothers, then I will die of this heart, and I will never mention the stubble of the main gate of fire again! Say something to a few juniors and disciples - the emperor is not a hungry soldier! Tomorrow, I will let you have a leopard to go to the homes of your junior brothers, is there more, ten days and half a month of chewing wraps for the family, I will prepare it for all the junior brothers first! ”

I don't know how long it took, Na Jiu Ye raised it next to the wine glass above the table, and trembled over another wine glass: "Senior brother, then you can say it, just ten days?"

The other two wine glasses also came over when the words fell: "When will the cannon poke the flag?" ”

After waiting for a long time, the last small wine glass also stretched out: "Just because I haven't caught the yellow skin in the past ten days!" ”

Five wine glasses, with a crisp crashing sound, collided together.