The mustache walked over and looked the old woman up and down, as if he couldn't believe that this was the head of the paper puppet. That Aunt Cao was about eighty years old, her face was full of wrinkles, and she was wearing an old-fashioned black round-necked right gown. She also ignored the mustache's rude gaze, and continued to nibble on her melon seeds with an expressionless face. At this time, I vaguely remembered that I had seen her once last time at Donald Guo's birthday banquet, but I didn't leave too much impression.

The mustache finally decided to be respectful, and said to Aunt Cao very politely: "Is it Aunt Cao's senior?" I was introduced by Daochang Lu from Nanhua Temple. ”

Aunt Cao finally reacted when she heard this, and asked casually, "What are you looking for me for?" ”

The mustache said, "We want to go to the top of Xiling tonight to have a look." ”

"There's nothing on Xiling, what's there to see?" Aunt Cao was still silent, and she didn't look at the mustache.

"Hehe, I know there's a ghost ...... on it," the mustache laughed awkwardly, and was about to explain, but I interrupted it in time.

"Tuwen Market! We would like to take a look at the Turkish market. "I'm the first to go.

Aunt Cao finally turned her head and glanced at me, then turned back again, "What are you doing in there?" ”

"Buy!"

"What to buy?"

"News!"

Aunt Cao listened to my words, and continued to finish the melon seeds in her hand expressionlessly, and finally swept the melon seed shell on the placket, stood up and said, "Follow me." ”

We followed Aunt Cao into the right wing, she turned out a small box under the bed, held it in her arms, and then stretched out a hand and said to us, "One thousand yuan per person." ”

Damn, you can really make money!

Is this Xiling ghost market brand so expensive? If you compare it to a tourist attraction and a sign to a ticket, that's almost three times the price of a Shanghai Disney ticket!

I was about to bargain with her, but the mustache had already taken out the money and handed it directly to Aunt Cao. Aunt Cao counted it slowly, and then opened the box, put the money in, and took out two wooden signs. Sure enough, it was the green wooden sign I used to wear.

Aunt Cao handed the brand to the mustache and said, "It can only be used once, and someone will take it back when it comes out." ”

The mustache nodded, took the sign and called me away. After coming out of the ancestral shrine of the Cao family, I said to him: "Are you really willing to pay for it, and you won't cut the price?" ”

The mustache shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm different from you, it's good if people are willing to sell me this kind of thing, where do you dare to bargain." ”

I shook my head and smiled, "If I had known that this thing was so valuable, I would have gotten it myself and resold it to you!" ”

The mustache said: "Didn't you say that it was inconvenient to go to someone to ask for it?" Have you used this brand before? ”

I saw that I had leaked my words, so I had to admit it: "I was working part-time in the ghost market of Naxiling a few months ago, but then I beat up a guy who framed me, and by the way, I also cheated my own boss, so I really don't have the face to go to someone to ask for a brand." ”

The mustache didn't seem to care about my fights and being fired, and just asked, "Have you seen that ghost yet?" ”

I nodded and said, "Yes, but I haven't heard of his name before." ”

"That'll do." The mustache said, "Your mission tonight is to take me in and find this ghost!" ”

Ghost markets don't open until midnight, so it's useless to rush at this time. I asked the mustache to drive me to Quang Nam University, and took Han Jie out for a meal and a movie. At the end of the show, it was the mustache who drove us to pick us up, and then sent Han Jie back to school by the way.

Han Jie still has a good impression of the mustache, and she talked and laughed with him along the way, teasing each other. The mustache has always regarded himself as a matchmaker for the two of us, and has been urging Han Jie to ask for a thank you gift. Han Jie said with a smile, she is still a student, and she really can't come up with the money, but there are a lot of girlfriends around her, why don't you also introduce one to the mustache, which is considered flat?

Although the mustache is usually unruly and informal, he is still a serious monk in the end, where can he fall in love? The mustache laughed at himself: "Actually, I don't like women, otherwise you will give me Zhai Zisheng?" ”

I immediately got goosebumps and said angrily, "Get out! Don't get involved with me, disgusting or not disgusting! ”

Han Jie laughed and said, "Take it!" Take it! I don't mind! ”

I glared at both of them!

After sending Han Jie, the mustache and I drove directly to Xiling Cemetery. By the time I got there, it was already half past eleven, but this time I was a customer at the door, and it wasn't too late. The security guard guarding the gate saw me, was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Why are you here again?" Boss Hou didn't say that he was going to reissue the brand to you. ”

I took out a wooden sign and put it on, and said lightly: "You don't have to care, I have my own brand." ”

The security guard saw that we both had signs and couldn't stop us again, so they opened the door and let us in. The Shinto path at Xiling Cemetery is very long, and I didn't ride a small electric donkey, so I had to walk up slowly. As I walked, I saw a person riding a bicycle down the back mountain, it was none other than a horse stool!

Ma Xiaostool also recognized me, stopped and asked in surprise, "Why are you here?" ”

I pointed to my mustache and said, "I'm going to bring a friend up to find someone tonight." ”

"Oh." Ma Xiaostool nodded. But he didn't know the identity of the mustache, so it was inconvenient to ask more.

I saw two takeaways hanging on the front of Ma Xiaostool, so I asked him, "Are you still running alone?" ”

"Not really!" Ma Xiaostool complained, "I'm tired to death every night!" ”

"Then why don't you tell your master to find another buddy?"

Ma Xiaostool shook his head again and said, "Business has been bad recently, where is my master willing to find someone else!" Actually, I could barely run on my own. ”

"How is your master now?" When I heard that the business of Lin Dachopstick's stall had deteriorated, I couldn't help but feel a little guilty, and I still had to bear some responsibility for this.

Ma Xiaostool smiled: "He's very good, don't worry!" ”

When I heard him say this, I did feel a little better, and I asked, "What about the others?" ”

"Hey! It's still the same! Ma Xiaostool said, "However, Fat Lu is much more honest now." He has problems one after another, even my Uncle Hou can't protect him, and if he makes another mistake, he will really get out! ”

I nodded: "That's good!" ”

Speaking of which, Ma Xiaostool and I had nothing to talk about. The mustache also stood aside to smoke, not mixing in our conversation. Ma Xiaostool saw that the atmosphere was a little embarrassing, so he said, "Okay, I'm still in a hurry to deliver the food, let's go!" ”

After sending off the horse stool, the mustache and I continued to walk up the back hill. The mustache only casually asked me, "Was that your friend just now?" ”

I replied, "Yes! I should say that it is the only friend I have ever made in this! ”

As we walked, we came to the gate of the real ghost market. The security guard guarding the door in the warehouse area saw that we both had signs around our necks and waved us in. In order to avoid embarrassment, I took a mustache and walked around Lin Daqiao's stall from the outside, and went directly to the temporary stall area.

The first time the mustache came here, he was full of interest, and when he saw those stalls selling all kinds of strange things, he always wanted to take a look and ask. I reminded him angrily, "Have you forgotten what you're here to do?" ”

"That's right!" The mustache patted his head and exclaimed, "Did you see that ghost?" Did he come tonight? ”

I snorted at the other corner and said, "Now, that's the person you're looking for." ”

The mysterious stall owner occupied the innermost stall in the entire ghost market for nothing, and only set up a table. There was nothing on the table, but a stool was placed, covered with cloth, to form a simple little tent. At this time, there were no customers in front of him, so the stall owner closed his eyes and recuperated himself, as if all kinds of people around him came and went, and the hustle and bustle had nothing to do with him.

The mustache spotted the stall and walked straight over and sat down in front of the mysterious stall owner. The stall owner noticed that a customer had come to the door, and finally slowly opened his eyes and asked, "What do customers want to buy?" ”

The mustache stared straight into his eyes, and asked dryly, "Are you just a ghost who doesn't know the pie?" ”

"If I have money, I know everything, and if I don't have money, I don't know anything." The stall owner smiled and admitted, "It seems that the guest came to me tonight?" ”

It turns out that this sentence is the advertising slogan he came up with himself! I can't help but feel funny, the name "I don't know" is also good, it's called "I don't know", but it's actually "know-it-all"!

Seeing that he admitted that he was a ghost, the mustache directly took out the empty medicine bottle and put it on the table, and asked, "I want to ask first, is this medicine bottle sold from you?" ”

The ghost didn't answer directly, but stretched out a finger and compared it on the table, saying, "One hundred yuan." ”

The mustache couldn't imagine that he was so serious, and this kind of question would also have to be charged, so he couldn't help but be a little annoyed, and sneered: "I can find you through this medicine bottle, don't I have this number in my heart?" It's the same if you don't answer! ”

The ghost didn't have any fluctuations in his mood, and he still smiled and said, "In that case, why should the guest ask again?" However, I guess the guests came to me specifically to ask such a simple question, right? If you want to continue to ask questions, please ask them one by one. Otherwise, I can continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb and don't know anything. ”

After finishing speaking, he still stretched out his finger and repeated: "One hundred yuan." ”

In fact, the mustache didn't really feel sorry for the 100 yuan, and it cost 2,000 yuan just to buy the brand that the two of us came in, and he didn't hesitate. When he said this just now, he probably just wanted to put pressure on the ghost to see if he would tell the truth. However, the ghost knows that it is also a ** lake, old and cunning, oil and salt do not enter, and he does not eat mustaches at all.

Helpless, the mustache turned to look at me again and asked for my opinion. What can I do? I had to shrug my shoulders and say that you should pay honestly!

The mustache slapped a hundred-dollar bill on the table, and repeated his question again with careful consideration: "What I want to ask is, who bought this medicine bottle from you?" ”

The ghost first pulled the hundred-dollar bill out from under the palm of his mustache, put it in his pocket, and then replied slowly, "I'm sorry, this guest." I can only answer your first question now: 'Yes, this vial was indeed sold from me!' ’”

He then explained: "Because the first question is relatively simple, I also charge cheaply. If you want me to answer this second question directly, the price is a thousand dollars. ”

"RMB!" He finally added, "In my stall, I will accept RMB when people come to patronize, and I will only accept dark coins when ghost guests come." ”

The mustache stared at the ghost maliciously, and really stared at it for a while, until I began to worry if he would suddenly jump up and beat the ghost up. You know, the consequences of rashly doing something in this ghost market are very serious. What's more, the mustache is still a Taoist cultivator, and once this article is done, it will be troublesome!

The ghost on the other side of the table was completely unmoved, still smiling faintly. The mustache stared at it for a while, and there was nothing he could do, and finally he simply took out a wad of cash and put it on the table, counted nine more sheets for the ghost, and said, "Okay! As long as you are willing to say, I will give it! ”

The ghost knew that he also put away the nine hundred yuan, and then replied very consciously: "It was bought from me by a person named Xiao Jiuhe." ”

When I finally heard him say the name, Mustache and I looked at each other in tacit agreement and nodded. This answer at least shows that this ghost knows that he is not a guy who is purely fooling people, and he really dares to tell the truth!

"Why did he buy this potion? What does this potion do? ”

The mustache threw out two more questions at once, making me anxious for him, and this question is too substandard!

The ghost didn't speak, but stretched out both hands, his left hand comparing five fingers, and his right hand only one. The mustache also happily counted six bills to him.

"His Yin Gong is badly damaged, and this potion can be of great help to his recovery." The ghost also answered these two questions simply and clearly. I sighed to myself, I know both of these answers, you might as well ask me!

"How many bottles of these potions did he buy from you? How much does a bottle cost? ”

"He bought a total of 10 bottles, each for 2,000 yuan."

These two questions cost the mustache another 200 and 500 yuan, respectively. The mustache didn't even blink an eye when he gave the money, but I kept shaking my head and thinking, "Why are you going to inquire about this?" But that kind of potion costs 2,000 yuan for a bottle, which is really expensive! ”

"Where is Xiao Jiuhe now?" The mustache suddenly fluttered out a crucial question.

Now I understood that he was still strategic, and he was not as stupid as I just thought. The mustache just wants to lure the ghost into the pit with a simple question first, and then ask such a sensitive question!