Early the next morning, Li Minghua and Liu Junshan led a few team members to disguise themselves as hunters and hawkers, and brought a muntjac and a few hares they had caught last night to Shilipu, which they were very familiar with.

This place has not been here for a long time, and he used to travel back and forth between the two places when he and Xiao Xiong and the Einsatzgruppen were stationed in Miaozhipu. When Daddy Xiao was still alive, the old man liked them very much. But they are also very likable, they are not only quick to do things, but also diligent. In addition, they go to the nearby mountains from time to time to set traps, dig traps, etc., and catch some such as muntjac, wild boar, hares, etc., and give them to the old man as a drink dish, which makes the old man like them more and more, it is like a son like Xiao Xiong.

It's a pity that the old man finally died in the hands of the hateful devil, and the devil almost burned down the mile-long old street. Fortunately, the fire was put out in time, and only the thatched houses of the Xiao family compound and some poor families near it were burned. Later, the other big families on the street, the Jin, Yu and Dai families, showed kindness and helped the poor families who had burned down their houses to build thatched huts so that they were not displaced.

The old street is basically the same, and it is still a busy and lively scene in the morning.

Shilipu is located in the south of Jiujiang City, which is the main traffic point of Wu, Chu, Fujian and Guangdong Post Road in ancient times, and is a thousand-year-old town with a long history.

In the Southern Tang Dynasty of the Five Dynasties, it was called "Stone Pond Shop", because there are huge gravels everywhere, and there is a pond around the shore with stones, so it is named.

In 1938, in order to prevent the invasion of China and the army from going up the Yangtze River, [***] stationed in Jiujiang went to Jiujiang everywhere to find large stones and transport them to Pengze Madang to block the river section.

Later, the elders of the Jin family, the Yu family and the Dai family of Shitangpu and other local families specially discussed this matter, and felt that it was exactly ten miles away from Jiujiang City, so they simply renamed Shitangpu Shilipu.

Li Minghua and the others picked up the things to the market, and they found a good place to put them down. The two began to look closely.

They are too familiar with this ten-mile old street, it starts from Shengzeting in the north, and reaches Zengjialing in the south, which is a commercial street formed in history, and is a commercial port for the distribution of various local agricultural products and native products. The total length of the old street is more than two miles, one zhang is wide, and it is the most lively among them to the Jizo Nunnery to the branch intersection.

The stone pavement in the center of the street here is paved with granite slats of uniform specifications, and the shops on both sides stand in a patchwork. There are more than 100 shops in the whole market town, and most of the residents who live here are in business, and their shops are their homes, and their homes are shops.

In the market town, there are blacksmiths, carpenters, smiths, tailors, etc.; Those who make leather shoes, those who make white iron, and those who play cotton are all over the streets; There are hairdressers, food stalls, etc.; umbrella repairers, tofu and peanut sellers, and meat sellers are constantly shouting; Teahouses, restaurants, southern goods stores, department stores, grocery stores, cloth shops, pharmacies, pig shops, oil mills, noodle shops, and postal agencies are all among them.

From morning to noon is the busiest time of the day in the market town. Every morning, farmers from the surrounding area come to the market, and the shops on the street open one after another, waiting for customers to come.

Among the farmers who rushed to the market were carrying vegetables, carrying eggs and catching chickens, carrying firewood, and selling newly caught pheasants and hares along the streets. For a while, the seller bought, bargained, bustling, and lively. Generally, it is around 10 a.m. that the market gradually disperses, and the noisy streets slowly calm down.

At night, there are also some customers who are waiting for a stay in the restaurant. When customers enter the store, the owner always greets them with a smile. They have to rely on one business after another to amass wealth. In ordinary days, tourists who go up and down Lushan, businessmen who come and go from the south to the north, often rest here, or eat, or drink tea; Especially during the Chinese New Year, it is even more lively.

However, due to the occupation of the devils, this thousand-year-old town has lost its former prosperity, and what the two of them saw was a depressed scene in front of them. Many of the shops on both sides of the street are not open, and the flow of people shuttling to and fro is no longer visible, except for a few farmers and hawkers who come to the market to sell. Residents sat lazily under the eaves basking in the sun.

Li Minghua: The military clothing warehouse of the devil they were looking for was located in the Guanshan Temple at the north end of the street. There is a small river right next to it, called the Ten Mile River. The river water flows from Lushan, it will not dry up all year round, and in addition to heavy rain, the water in the river is very clear, and even the small fish and shrimp in the water can be seen clearly.

After the devils occupied the Guanshan Temple, because the temple was very large, they used it as a warehouse for their military supplies in Jiujiang, where a large number of military uniforms, quilts, shoes and socks and other common supplies were often placed. And because it was close to the Shili River, the devils often asked the local maintenance committee to call some women and wash their clothes. No matter how cold the winter is or how hot it is, those women are forced to go down to the river to wash the dirty clothes of the devils. The women also had to sew up the torn uniforms and shoes.

Li Minghua The things they brought were still not cared for, even if they wanted to take a look at them from a distance, they left in a hurry.

Suddenly, everyone saw a few devils walking from the north side of the street, some holding bamboo baskets, and one carrying bamboo baskets. As they walked, they picked up the goods from the stalls placed on the side of the road, put them in baskets or bamboo baskets, and then casually dropped a little money. Those ordinary people dare not speak out, and can only consider themselves unlucky.

Seeing that their baskets and baskets were about to be filled, Li Minghua suddenly shouted loudly:

"Hey——, sell muntjac and hares—"

This call really attracted the attention of a few devils not far in front, and they put down what they were looking at and hurriedly walked to Li Minghua and their stall.

"Hey, what a fat muntjac. How much does this one cost? ”

A devil ensign should be the head of the group, he asked in fluent Chinese.

Li Minghua and the others were slightly stunned for a moment, and Liu Junshan asked:

"Taijun, are you Chinese?"

"What Chinese, I'm Mongolian."

The devil lieutenant replied disdainfully.

It turns out that this devil's name is Zhushan, but in fact, he is a Meng Annihilation. He was originally under King De of Inner Mongolia, and later King De split up, so he joined the army. After coming to Jiujiang with the army, because he could speak fluent Chinese, he became the military officer of the Shanshe Temple Army, and was responsible for the logistics service of the devil guard unit and the liaison with the local maintenance association.

Li Minghua saw the devil staring at the muntjac and hare in front of him with greedy eyes, and knew that they were not at ease. So, he said:

"Taijun, it is difficult to find wild things on the mountain during this time, and we only caught this thing after going up the mountain for a few days. In this way, you will be happy, and all the cheapness will be given to you, a total of three oceans. ”

"What do you say? Three oceans? You're not dreaming, are you? A total of 50 bucks. ”

"Only 50 bucks? Now the fiat currency is worthless, and this money can't even buy a load of rice. Just add a little more. ”

"Add another ten pieces, and don't pull it down."

"Okay. 60 is 60. ”

Zhushan took out a few crumpled fiat currencies from his pocket and threw them in front of the stall, Liu Junshan picked them up and saw that they were only 40 yuan. He couldn't help but cry:

"Taijun, it's only 40 yuan."

"That's all, I just ran out of money."

Before they could answer, Zhushan continued:

"You go to two people and help me clean up the muntjac and the rabbit. Let's go. ”

Takeyama said in an unquestionable tone.

Liu Junshan handed over 40 yuan to the other team members, sighed again, and said to Li Minghua:

"Okay. Big brother, let's hurry up and follow Taijun. Finish work early and go home early. ”