That night, I followed Master to the ghost market after a long absence. We went early, and the stall owners were old acquaintances, so I haven't seen any new faces yet. As soon as I set up the table and stools, Liu Gong and Liu Po came.

"Hey, it's a small victory!"

"Oh, I haven't seen you in a while! Where have you been? ”

"Alas, look at your memory!" Liu Gong complained to Mrs. Liu, "Didn't Master Feng say that Xiao Sheng went to work in other counties last time?" ”

"Oh! Yeah! The wrinkles on Po Liu's face bloomed, and she said with a smile: "Hehe, I, I just haven't seen Xiaosheng for a long time, don't you miss him a little!" Now when I see people, I'm so happy that I forget about it! ”

I was also amused by this old couple, and saying hello was like saying cross talk. I warmly beckoned them to sit down and go back to the stall to get busy. Before the dish was finished, Hu Ye arrived with his iconic golden toothpick in his mouth, and came a lot earlier than usual.

When Hu Ye saw me, he also asked in surprise, "Xiaosheng, didn't you go to work?" How did you come back again? ”

I said, "No, it's not fun to work!" ”

"Isn't it fun? What's so fun about working part-time? Hu Ye curled the corners of his mouth and asked me narrowly: "To be honest, is your master's business here not working, and he called you back?" He must have promised you more wages, right? ”

I couldn't help but smile wryly. As far as my master picks at the door, can he give me more wages? But I can't say that! I had to laugh and say, "Yes, yes, yes!" Thanks to Master Hu, if you eat more at our stall, my master will be able to earn more. The more my master earns, the more wages he gives me! ”

As soon as he finished serving Hu Ye, Mrs. Jin came with Xiao Ming again.

"Yikes! Brother Xiaosheng is back, great! As soon as Xiao Ming saw me, he clapped his palms happily and said happily: "Brother Xiaosheng, the gecko you roasted is the best!" Your master's baking is not delicious! ”

I looked at Mrs. Jin who was standing on the side, and I felt so embarrassed. My master was lying on the recliner behind the stall, and Xiao Ming said it so loudly, and he didn't care about his old man's face. Alas, it's really a child's talk!

I hurriedly said, "Okay, I'll come every time in the future, and I'll bake it for you every time!" Guaranteed to make your mouth water as soon as you smell the fragrance! ”

When Xiao Ming heard me say this, he really lay next to my stall and waited to smell the scent of roasted geckos. The gecko was roasted, and there was a big puddle of saliva under his feet. I suddenly thought in my heart, Xiao Ming and Hu Ye should come back in a different order, so that I don't have to work so hard, and just using Xiao Ming's saliva is enough to make Hu Ye's "spittle" and dry himself......

The next regular customer to come to the door was Lao Zhang. He is still wearing that non-mainstream hip-hop style outfit, but he speaks seriously, especially nondescript.

"Xiaosheng is back! Heck, we've all missed you! Lao Zhang said enthusiastically, making me a little embarrassed. Then he lowered his voice again, leaned up to me and whispered: "I especially miss those new dishes you have made, what a 'toothless world'!" What a 'sweet and sour'! When you weren't there, Master Feng didn't fix that anymore, which made me hungry for a long time! ”

Alas, I'm here to complain about my master again! I stole a glance back again, and Master was lying on his side in the chair squinting, not knowing if he really didn't hear it, or if he pretended not to hear it. He doesn't bother to make money if he has money, and my master is enough!

I said to Lao Zhang: "Neat! I'll fix it next time, and in the future, these are all fixed dishes you just said! ”

Lao Zhang was very satisfied with my reply, and ordered a lot of things to eat by the way. Do you do business here, what do you rely on if you don't rely on regular customers? A few more people came later, and they all greeted me first when they met and asked me about going to work. I don't have much to say, but I still feel a little warm inside. I have encountered so much coldness, discrimination and neglect in the world, and when I came to this ghost market in the underworld, I saw many familiar faces at once, and I felt very kind. The living don't care about me, but these ghost customers still treat me like an old friend, miss me, praise me, welcome me home, and make me no longer feel worthless.

In the second half of the night, the ghost market gradually became lively, and some strange ghosts and stall owners appeared. It's strange, but it's not like I've never seen it before. For example, Donald Cripple, according to Fan Xiucai, both of them were from the Qing Dynasty, and the time of death was not a few years, but Fan Xiucai studied literature, while Donald Lame practiced martial arts. Donald Lame also failed to pass the martial arts examination before his death, and later could only mix to go to the dart shop as a dart master, but was cut off by a group of bandits during a dart, and since then he can only walk with crutches, and the dart master can not be a dart master, and finally died of depression.

Donald was buried in the family cemetery after his lame death, and it was still ten miles away from our mass grave, so he didn't usually come to this ghost market. In fact, ghosts don't need to walk, and it saves a lot of effort when they float. But Donald crippled and shouted that his feet hurt as soon as he came, and he didn't know if it was a real pain or a fake pain. I think he is hypocritical, just like Fan Xiucai, who has been reading that broken book for hundreds of years, and always likes to sigh, with a look of concern for the country and the people. Isn't there a copy of "Water Margin" in his hand? The story of a gang of hooligans fighting and rebelling in that is even familiar to me, what else is there to sigh about?

In addition, there are Lao Huang, Lao Wu, Silly Lao Cai, Fat Xiaobao, etc., all of which live in lonely graves scattered around the county. I've seen them when I pass by their graves, but they're not ghosts that can harm people. In the past few days, taking advantage of the approaching Halloween, they have also come to join in the fun, visit relatives or something.

There were also a few outsiders who set up the stalls, and one of them was my favorite trickster, and I loved it when my little master took me to the ghost market for the first time. The trickster was a mysterious figure, who wore a wide cloak every time he came, and his face was hidden in the hood so that it could not be seen clearly. The trick of the mysterious man has become superb, and he can conjure various shapes of ghost fire in the palm of his hand, such as peony blossoming and peacock opening the screen. He can also change living animals, and he can run all over the ground when he transforms, like a rabbit running and a butterfly flying. When he was at his extreme, a giant python coiled around his body and spit out letters, or a male lion suddenly roared from under his cloak, which frightened the onlookers into screaming, and then found that the lion did not eat ghosts, so he excitedly gathered around him and applauded. Finally, the mysterious man conjured up a little monkey and walked around the arena with a gong, and the onlookers threw paper money into it. There are also those who lose the Yin Yuan, and the mysterious person also accepts it, and will specially bow to the generous patron to thank him.

In addition to playing and watching, there are also novelties to eat. A merchant dressed as a Miao man with an iron cage on his back also came to set up a stall. He lifted the curtain from the cage, revealing a large spider inside. The big spider had to be the size of a sea bowl, and it probably couldn't be closed without an iron cage. The Miao merchants took out a few locusts and grasshoppers from another bamboo basket and threw them into the cage to feed the spiders. One by one, the big spiders clamped them with their chelicerae and sucked them. The Miao people threw a few more pieces of lactose into it, and the big spider ate it, and finally when the spider was full, he tapped it on the abdomen with a stick, and the big spider spewed out streams of milky white spider silk from its tail. The Miao people wrapped bamboo skewers around their tails, and they actually wrapped them into a marshmallow-shaped one, and sold them to those little ghosts. Among them, Xiao Ming liked to eat it the most, and asked Mrs. Jin to buy three in a row.

Tonight is only the first night of the Halloween market, and the more tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, the more ghosts come, the more stalls, and all kinds of strange things. There are more people and more ghosts, and any business is easy to do, and our old stalls have also made a lot of money. Even though Master had specially prepared some more ingredients, before four o'clock in the morning, the things on our stall were almost sold, and only half of the charred roasted snake remained.

The poor ghost Lao Zeng had been waiting for a long time. Whether this ghost market is lively or not has little to do with him, he still has no money to eat, so he came to me with a hippie smile to beg for food.

I wanted to play tricks on him, so I said, "Tonight is different, you have to do something to make me happy before you can eat this roasted snake." ”

The poor ghost Lao Zeng estimated that he had been hungry for a long time, so he responded without thinking about it, and then asked me what I wanted him to do?

I pointed to a ghostly tiger that the mysterious man had just conjured up and said, "Go and touch the tiger's tail, and I'll give it to you!" ”

Lao Zeng's facial features drooped down suddenly, and he said to me with a wry smile: "Xiaosheng, you will really embarrass me!" If you want me to get into your furnace and come out again, I'm not afraid. You asked me to touch the ghost fire tiger, so I can't be eaten by it? ”

I laughed and said, "I won't let you catch it and ride him, just touch the tail, it won't eat you!" ”

Lao Zeng still shook his head like a rattle, and resolutely refused.

I took a leave of absence and began to pack up my things, saying, "Alas, this roast snake can't be sold anyway, so I'll take it back, and feed the pigs and dogs." ”

Lao Zeng hurriedly stopped me again and said, "I'll go, I'll go!" ”

He sneakily walked behind the ghostly tiger, stretched out his hand and cowered to touch it, but he didn't dare. The tiger's tail flicked and flicked, and it was really not easy to touch. The onlookers were also holding back their laughter and looking at Lao Zeng, waiting to see how he came out with this foreign appearance.

Lao Zeng gritted his teeth, and suddenly stretched out his hand to fish for a handful, and really let him catch the tiger's tail. "Peng" on the ground, and the long tail disappeared out of thin air! The tiger, which had no tail, roared angrily, as if it had been aroused to its animal nature, turned its head and threw itself at Lao Zeng, opening its teeth and claws, as if it wanted to tear him apart at once!

Lao Zeng was shocked, "plopped" and fell back a buttocks, watching the tiger pounce. At this time, the mysterious man let out a "hum" in his nostrils, and the moment the ghost fire turned into a tiger that pounced on Lao Zeng, it turned into a green flame and exploded, scattered on the ground and extinguished!

"Hahaha!!"

The onlookers pointed at the poor ghost Lao Zeng and laughed. The already tattered clothes on Lao Zeng's body were burned by the ghost fire, and his whole body was also smoked black. He hurriedly covered his crotch with his hands, ran to me with a sad face, and complained, "It's all you!" I don't even have any clothes to wear! How will I come out and see people and hell in the future? ”

I laughed, gave him the half of the roasted snake, and pulled out a bundle of coins from the cash register, and said, "Take it!" I see that your outfit is rotten too, so go to the shroud stand and buy a new one to wear! ”

The poor ghost once turned his anger into joy, bit the roast snake with his mouth, picked up the dark coin with one hand, and covered his crotch with the other, and awkwardly ran to find Boss Su at the shroud stall again.

I came to this ghost market tonight for a night, and after seeing so many acquaintances and ghosts, my depressed mood was relieved a lot. After Lao Zeng's teasing just now, all the bad things before were left behind by me. It's even stranger when I leave, even the obscene-looking old man who looks at the grave and the eerie Xiaoqian, I feel a lot more pleasing to the eye.