Chapter 7: The Tomb Robber in the Small Vegetable Garden
[The book continues from the above, the last book said that the fourth aunt was dead when Mu Qingming arrived at the Chen Mansion, and simply put his heart into the Chen Mansion under the pretense of cooperating with Zhao Liang, but saw that the fourth aunt was too strange and weird to die, and the evil spirit had disappeared, and the bone comb suddenly disappeared, Mu Qingming just explained that the death of the fourth aunt was killed by him and left directly. After arriving home, Mu Qingming asked Mohan again to go to the Yunjin Night Market the next day. Led out of the night market of Master Mu to go shopping, after seeing the strange comb stall, he stopped and asked the stall owner about the origin of the human bone comb, only to know that the material was the leg bone dug up by the tomb robbers. 】
The iron pot on the stove is steaming, and the delicious and sweet broth is tumbling, constantly washing the bones and sticks in the pot, bringing a burst of thick meat aroma.
The black cat continued to lean its head on Mu Qingming's leg and wept silently.
"Okay." Mo Han responded without thinking, and her cheeks fluttered slightly, and she lowered her head slightly and said coquettishly: "You haven't taken anyone to the street yet." ”。
"I'll take you there tomorrow." Mu Qingming raised his hand and scratched the back of his head, and said with a smile: "Don't cook lunch tomorrow, let's go to Yunjin Night Market to eat Haisai." ”。
"By the way, what about my dad?" Mu Qingming only remembered that he hadn't seen Mu Shanshu since he woke up, so he asked again.
"Uncle Mu will go back after lunch." Mo Han said slowly......
After having supper that night, Mo Han didn't have the courage to share the bed with the other party when Mu Qing was awake, so the two tacitly went back to their respective rooms to sleep; The black cat was also carried to his house by Mo Han.
The opportunity created by Mu Shanjun's "deliberate" was quietly aborted.
After breakfast the next morning, Mu Qingming went to work. It wasn't until the afternoon when the sun was setting west that he came back from Kun Bao Zhai.
As soon as I entered the door, I saw the comfortable Shiyue lying on the ground basking in the sun, letting the black cat with sad eyes lean on its belly, while Mei Xiang squatted aside, touching the dog's head for a while, and touching the belly of the black cat, having a lot of fun.
"Uncle Mu, are we going out to eat something delicious tonight?" As soon as he saw Mu Qingming enter the door, Mei Xiang immediately got up and ran to him, stretched out her hand to wrap her arms around Mu Qingming's thighs and looked up and asked. Shiyue also got up with a sigh of relief, and walked over to wagging his tail around Mu Qingming.
"Yes, your Uncle Mu and I have been paid today." Mu Qingming stroked her little brain melon a few times, and said very heartily: "Pickled olive dumplings mixed with noodles and roasted bait and rice cold shrimp, as well as your favorite Dudu roasted wheat, you can eat as much as you want tonight." ”。
"Really?" Mei Xiang drooled when she heard this, and after seeing Mu Qingming nodding, she hurriedly let go of the other party, and ran upstairs to share the good news with Mo Han.
"Young master, could it be a mistake?" After Miaojue moved the chopped firewood to the kitchen, he came out and said: "I went to Yunjin Shop a few times when I bought salt, and the shops over there are so ordinary that they can't be more ordinary, how can someone sell human bone combs?" If you want to say that the ghost market on Happy Horse Mountain sells this thing, then it is very likely. ”。
"Don't you know when you go and see it?" Mu Qingming smiled and didn't speak, and walked to the well to wash his face......
After dark, most of the city of Kunming is dark. But the Yunjin Night Market, which relies on both sides of the Panlong River, is brightly lit. On the Panlong River, thousands of ants gather in Yunjin, and Wanbo Peak is in Chenggen. It has formed a beautiful night scene from the Yunjin Bridge and thousands of lights.
The five-sided stone paving on both sides of the street, and the houses are mostly two-storey buildings with inner corridors. Although it was night, it was still a prosperous market full of merchants. In addition to the gathering of salt merchants, this place is also the famous Hualiu Lane in the old Kunming city. Therefore, in addition to all kinds of stalls and vendors, there are forty or fifty brothels on the streets at night, which are even more noisy at night.
Mu Qingming hugged Mei Xiang, walked slowly in the night market with Miao Jue and Mo Han, and slowly moved forward in the crowded crowd; At first glance, they are a happy family.
The four people who walked and stopped, from time to time, saw a young girl standing on the street with heavy makeup, waving a fragrant embroidered handkerchief in her hand, and shouting to passers-by: "Uncle, come in and play." We've got Vietnamese girls here. ”。
Most passers-by turned a deaf ear to this, but there were still a small number of passers-by who strode towards the green buildings with a smile on their faces.
Mu Qingming also did what he said, and as long as Mei Xiang said what he wanted to eat along the way, he would not hesitate to buy anything for Mei Xiang.
Stop-and-go, eat and see, it took half an hour for the four of them to come to the vicinity of the Desheng Bridge, but they had already eaten a lot of snacks.
"What else would you like to eat?" Mu Qingming burped, looked at Mei Xiang, who was playing with the merchant's drum in one hand and holding a mouthful of pickled olives in the other, asked with a smile.
"You can't give her any more food, you see her little belly is already bulging." Mo Han stepped forward and walked side by side with Mu Qingming, complaining while rolling up her sleeves for Mei Xiang: "If she eats again, she won't be able to sleep tonight." ”。
"No need, Uncle Mu." As soon as Mo Han spoke, Mei Xiang also shook her head sensibly, and smiled with bent eyebrows: "I've eaten a lot." ”。
Before she could speak, Mu Qingming suddenly stopped, staring at the small booth with a comb on the side of the Victory Bridge.
It was not a big stall, just a square table covered with blue cloth. The table was neatly lined with combs of different sizes and shapes. Flowers and birds, moon shapes, bar shanks, and inlays are available.
But without exception, they are all made of Senran animal bones, which is also very novel. However, because of the taboo of bones, there are few pedestrians in the stalls, and it can't help but look a little deserted in this lively night market.
After a while, Mu Qingming put Mei Xiang down, handed it to Miao Jue, and asked Mei Xiang: "Uncle has something to do, can you go around the neighborhood with Brother Miao Jue first?" ”。
Mei Xiang nodded without making a noise and took Miao's hand.
"Follow Brother Miao, don't let go." After Mo Han added another sentence, he followed Mu Qingming to the stall.
Mu Qingming stood in front of and behind the stall, but saw that the stall owner was an old man, with white hair and a clear face, but he was in good spirits. Especially the two eyes that are deep in the sockets, they are not as cloudy as the old man should be, but a little brighter.
"Boss, are all these combs you sell made of bones?" Mu Qingming casually picked up a comb with smooth and delicate teeth, looked at it through the faint light emitted from the kerosene lamp on the table, and slowly asked, "What kind of bones are they?" ”。
"There are both sheep bones and cow bones." The old man stroked his beard with one hand, pointed at the comb in front of him with the other, and said, "And these are pork bones." ”。 His voice was full of anger, so much so that it was the opposite of his silver-haired and white-bearded appearance.
"Did you do it all yourself?" Mu Qingming asked after rolling his eyes.
"Of course." The old man nodded without hesitation, and saw that the clothes worn by Mu Qingming and Mo Han were all fine and clean, the silk surface was smooth and pleasing to the eye, and gorgeous and generous, all of them were gold and jade satin with eight warp surface satin textured silk and weft intertwined with silk warp and human weft, and suddenly felt that Mu Qingming must be a rich man, so he immediately got up and said with a smile: "It's all family handicrafts, and the old man has been doing this business for fifty years." ”。
"So you can also make a custom comb here?" Mu Qingming asked again.
"Of course, you can use whatever style and material you want, although you can make it for you; If it's not good-looking, you won't take a penny. After answering without thinking, the old man rubbed his hands and smiled, showing a little smugness.
"It doesn't matter what it is, but I want it to be made of human bones." Mu Qingming, who raised the corners of his mouth, leaned forward slightly, and whispered in a low voice.
As soon as these words came out, the old man's body trembled suddenly, and his eyes that looked at Mu Qingming in a daze immediately showed a little shock and panic.
"Has anyone come to you with a custom comb with human bones in the past month?" Mu Qingming saw that he had just met the old man's eyes, and the old man panicked, so he asked again: "And it's still a leg bone." The cortex is thinner, the bone density is less and smooth, and it is a woman's leg bone. ”。
Fortunately, at this time, the street was very noisy, and everyone was busy shopping, and Mu Qingming's voice was not loud, and there were only him, the stall owner, and Mo Han on the side of the comb stall. Otherwise, if others hear these words, they will inevitably set off panic in this night market.
The old man was stunned for a long time, and after looking Mu Qingming up and down with wide eyes, he waved his hand again and again, and scolded angrily: "You don't sell combs and leave, don't affect the old man's business." ”。
"I don't buy combs, but I'm going to buy you a message." Mu Qingming slowly took out a piece of ocean from his sleeve.
As soon as he saw the money, the anger on the old man's face immediately disappeared.
"Just tell me if you have it or not, and I'll give you a piece of the ocean." After Mu Qingming took out another piece of ocean from his sleeve, he smiled slightly: "If there is, who is it?" All tell me that these two oceans are yours. ”。
As the saying goes, people are poor and short-minded, and for the vast majority of people, this sentence is very universal; Under the temptation of money, the old man's smile became even stronger.
"Does this young master know that there is a faction in the biggest thief sect in the Eight Outer Elements, they don't go to the cornices or block the road, but they specialize in retreating?" The old man asked, staring at the two silver dollars that were shining in the firelight.
He was talking about some rivers and lakes, and it was the snitch who walked through the cornice, and the bandit who blocked the road, and it was the earth rat in the door that escaped from the door, that is, the tomb robber.
Mu Qingming, who could understand everything, nodded.
"Actually, there are also these 'earth rats' in this Kunming city." The old man smiled mysteriously and continued, "They live in the area of the little vegetable garden, and they are the ones who brought me bones. ”。
Why are human bone combs related to grave robbers? The old man's mouth said that this human bone comb is the one that Mu Qingming has been checking, I want to know what will happen next, and listen to the next decomposition.
[Rice Shrimp of Suolongren Small Theater - Rice Shrimp is a Yunnan-style snack snack. It is made by pulping rice and boiling it with a colander and spilling it into a basin of cool water. Because the head and tail are thin and resemble shrimp, it is named. It is mixed with sugar water and rose sugar, which is a good product to quench thirst in summer, and the finished product is sweet and soft, and the entrance is cold. 】
[Suolongren Small Theater's Governor Siu Mai - Yiliang Siu Mai, which originated from Yiliang's snacks, why is a snack named "Du Du", there is an interesting story. According to legend, during the Xuantong period of the Qing Dynasty, Yiliang City had a Zhu's Yingxing Garden, * boiled products, siu mai, braised vegetables, especially siu mai. Because his siu mai was so delicious that the supply exceeded demand, the boss came up with a way to limit the purchase of three per person and it has been continued. Tang Jiyao, the overseer of Yunnan, went to eat siu mai, and the boss only sold three, hence the name of "Du Du Siu mai". And Zhu's siu mai is indeed the "Du Du" in siu mai, with salt but not salty, dipped in vinegar but not sour, meat but not greasy, and the filling is full of juice. 】