I remember that it was the winter of the third year after Pei Yun went up the mountain, when it was almost a small year, and the weather was getting colder and colder. That night, it happened to be Pei Yun and a bandit named Wang Xiaodong at the sentry post in the cottage, so the two of them went to the watchtower to stand guard as usual.

said that he was standing guard, but in fact he was just carrying a gun to the watchtower to smoke and chat. In the first half of the night, the two of them were still talking energetically, but in the second half of the night, they fell asleep for a long time, and it was really cold outside, so they ran to the wooden house under the watchtower to warm up and rest.

was sleeping soundly, Wang Xiaodong suddenly pushed Pei Yun: "Eh~ Wake up, wake up!" ”

Pei Yun opened a slit in his left eye and asked half-deadly, "What's the matter, you don't sleep at night?" ”

Wang Xiaodong said with some fear: "You listen to the outside...... There seems to be a ...... What's the sound......"

Pei Yun lazily tilted his ears to listen, and sure enough, he vaguely heard the sound of talking, and there was a lot of bustling. At this time, Pei Yun suddenly fell asleep, because there was a rumor recently that there were troops gathering under the mountain, and it seemed that they were going up the mountain to suppress bandits, so he asked a little nervously: "It won't be a bandit, right?" ”，

"No, won't it? So let's ...... Check it out? Wang Xiaodong asked tentatively.

Pei Yun struggled in his mind for a long time, and finally gritted his teeth: "Let's go, take a look!" ”

The two put on sheepskin coats, braved the biting cold wind, and climbed the watchtower at the entrance of the cottage.

I saw that the lights were busy on the mountainside in the distance, and there were constantly chaotic human voices, and because the distance was too far, the two of them could not hear what those people were saying.

Pei Yun and Wang Xiaodong stared at the firelight for a while, and when they saw that they only stayed halfway up the mountain and did not move, they relieved themselves - it didn't seem to be the bandits' troops. Pei Yun thought about it, if it was really the army to suppress bandits, how could there be such fanfare. But since this is not the army to suppress bandits, where did these many people come from, could it be that the villagers from the mountain came up to the mountain? What kind of mountain did you go up in the middle of the night?

The more Pei Yun and Wang Xiaodong thought about it, the more curious they became, and finally the two discussed, left, and went over to take a look.

Pei Yun and the others rushed down the mountain road halfway up the mountain. When they reached the mountainside, they first hid in the bushes to observe for a while, and only after making sure that they were not bandits did they swagger out. After all, they are bandits in the mountains, and they carry guns on their backs, who are they afraid of except the officers and soldiers?

Before they could get closer, they heard a shout.

"Meat buns, spicy soup!" "Rock sugar gourd, delicious rock sugar gourd!" "Come and buy it, all kinds of new clothes, all kinds of flowers!"

"It turned out to be a market, and it scared Lao Tzu so much that he almost peed his pants." Wang Xiaodong muttered and scolded.

Pei Yun is a little strange, it's the middle of the night in this cold winter, where does the market come from? However, doubts are doubts, he still followed Wang Xiaodong into the market.

The market is brightly lit, but the lights are slightly chilly against the snow.

"Rock sugar gourd, delicious rock sugar gourd! Two, let's have a bunch, it's sour and sweet, it's not sticky, it's delicious and not expensive. The vendor selling rock sugar gourds peddled to Pei Yun and the others.

Wang Xiaodong looked at the bright red rock sugar gourd, thinking about the sweet and sour taste, he couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and then took out the money to buy two strings, and handed one to Pei Yun back.

Pei Yun took the rock sugar gourd and asked, "This old man, why did you go to the mountains in the middle of the night to catch the market, why don't you sell it in the town during the day tomorrow?" ”

"Hey~ don't mention it." The vendor selling rock sugar gourds stomped his feet and said, "In the past two days, a unit has come out of nowhere, saying that it is going up the mountain to suppress bandits, and the people in the town are asking for military salaries." You think, this town is not rich in the first place, plus the bandits robbed things for three days, the villagers are almost poor as pants, and how can they have money to support military salaries. ”

Pei Yun was shocked, there are really troops to suppress bandits! He looked back at Wang Xiaodong and saw that he hadn't listened to what the vendor had said, and was eating sugar gourd by himself.

"And then?" Pei Yun then asked.

"Later? Later, it was simply robbed, and the leader of the unit ordered his subordinates to search from house to house, and if they didn't give it, they would demolish the house and give them a fat beating. His grandmother's, you see, I got two punches in the face! The vendor put his face in front of Pei Yun's eyes, and sure enough, a bruise of blue and purple was clearly imprinted on his face. These officers and soldiers are even more bandits than bandits! No, the villagers couldn't stand it anymore, so they ran to the mountains with their belongings to take refuge. But you have to eat and drink to evacuate, so in order not to be seen by those dog-day officers and soldiers, you can only secretly open a market in the middle of the night. ”

Pei Yunxin said, it turns out that this is the case, no wonder the market opens at night. After that, he wandered around the market with Wang Xiaodong.

The two of them wandered around for a long time, and the weather was cold, and the little food they ate at night had already been digested, so they searched for food in the market.

"Hey~ Lao Pei, look, isn't that kid drinking sheep soup the eyeliner Scarred Chen that we planted under the mountain? This guy also ran out? Wang Xiaodong pushed Pei Yundao.

Pei Yun looked at it, it was indeed Scar-Eyed Chen, sitting at a table drinking mutton soup and nibbling on flatbread.

Pei Yun said: "Go!" Let's go eat some mats and patches. ”

"Hehe, okay, let's eat mutton soup flatbread, just in time for my buddy's stomach to have a famine." Wang Xiaodong rubbed his stomach and said with a smile.

The two walked to Scar-Eyed Chen's table, didn't even say hello, and sat down directly, which made Scar-Eye Chen stunned, and only when they saw that it was Pei and Wang smiled and said, "It turned out to be the two of you, it scared me, who else should I be?" ”

"Lao Chen, you are also unreliable, you ran to this halfway up the mountain and didn't even inform the mountain, if you let the big boss know, you will feel better." Wang Xiaodong bluffed half-truthfully.

Scar-Eyed Chen was suddenly frightened by him, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Two brothers, didn't I have time for this?" Tomorrow, tomorrow, I will definitely report to the big boss, and I will ask the two brothers to speak kindly. Boss, add two bowls of mutton soup and two flatbreads! The last sentence was addressed to the vendors.

The mutton soup is boiled with three sheep's heads, which has been heated in a pot and served freshly drunk; The flatbread has also been made for a long time, put it in the futon to keep warm, and it is ready to be served. As soon as Scar-Eyed Chen's words fell, the boss over there had already brought up the mutton soup flatbread.

Scar-Eyed Chen politely said, "Two brothers, eat while it's hot, if it's not enough, let's go again." The conditions of this place are limited, so I can only settle for a while, and I will invite you two to eat a big restaurant at the bottom of the mountain in the future. ”

As soon as Wang Xiaodong saw the mutton soup served, he immediately put the remaining half of the string of sugar gourds in his hand on the table and couldn't wait to drink it.