Chapter 41: Unexpected News
Walking about three kilometers in the direction of the upstream along the river, Chi Hua and others saw the tall "Holy Water Town" archway from a distance, and the river flowed through the middle of the archway, so the town was divided into two parts: north and south.
The houses in the town are also built facing the river, and the stone arch bridges not far from each other connect the separated towns, and from a distance it looks like a zipper is installed in the middle of the town.
Under the archway at the entrance of the town, two distinct teams guarded both sides of the archway. Getting closer, both teams were on guard with guns, Chi Hua and the others looked left and right curiously, and were surprised to find that there were 20 people on the left and right, and even the long and short guns in their hands were almost the same.
Chi Hua and the others first circled their horses and walked to the entrance of the town on the right, and a tall fat man walked out of the team and stretched out his hand to block the way of several people, "I want to enter the town for a pound of grain per person." "The fat man is clean and clean, and there is no half nonsense.
A few people circled their horses' heads and walked towards the town entrance on the left, and a withered thin man walked out of the line and also blocked the way of several people, "I want to enter the town for a pound of grain per person." ”
Chi Hua and Luo Zhigang looked at each other and smiled, and then circled the horse's head and walked to the right, and the thin man behind him didn't say anything, just sneered.
Chi Hua directly threw the small half-bag of grain hanging on the saddle to the fat man, "The surplus is a reward for you!" ”
The fat man took it in his hand and weighed it, bared his teeth at Chi Hua, and directly waved his hand to move the fence in the middle of the road.
When I entered the town, I found that it was surprisingly lively, the shops by the river were open, clothes, shoes and hats, hardware and daily necessities, haircuts and massages from all walks of life, probably except for supermarkets and banks, the stores before the end of the world were basically all here.
The people walking on the street are also much better than what Chi Hua and the others have seen in other places, it seems that the Holy Water Lake is really nourishing, relying on a lake to make so many people survive well.
With such great interests and temptations, it is no wonder that these two gangs are fighting to the death, "You see that each stone arch bridge is guarded by four people, two carrying knives and two carrying guns, and they want to go to the other side with the same pound of grain, which is really a good deal!" Chi Hua couldn't help but sigh.
"It seems that the business here is not bad, these two gangs can't fight for a while." Ouyang Minglang nodded approvingly.
Chi Hua sneered lightly, "Ouyang, you are still too young, don't look at the evenly matched strength of the two families on the surface, even the number of people guarding the door and equipment are the same." The more this apparent balance of power is made, the more likely it is that a big storm is brewing behind it! Maybe we were the trigger for this storm to erupt early. ”
Seeing the rows of shops, Qin Yurou and Xie Xiaodan's eyes lit up all of a sudden, and they could still listen to Chi Hua and Ouyang's verbosity, and they shoved the reins in their hands into Ouyang's hands, and went from store to store. Chi Hua followed and turned to the two and it was boring, there were no new things in the store, they were all second-hand goods collected scattered after the end of the world, but the second daughter was happy to shop one by one, and from time to time took some useless small things and ran over to ask Chi Hua, Ouyang Minglang and others for their opinions.
Women, shopping is just a process!
The interest of the two women finally stopped when they strolled into a luxurious restaurant in the town, and it seemed that their appetite had temporarily prevailed over their desire to shop.
Like other shops on the street, the in-store checkout still only accepts grain, gold and diamonds, and after losing the strong backing of the country, all kinds of paper money have become waste paper.
There are only two or three tables of guests eating in the hotel, and in the last days when the vast majority of people can't fill their stomachs, the people who can come to the hotel to consume are only a small number after all. After Chi Hua casually threw a small gold bead to the young waitress, the waiter enthusiastically led everyone to the private room near the window on the second floor.
The people who hadn't eaten a good meal for more than half a month came through the menu in the restaurant from beginning to end, and the waitress was stunned.
The output in the lake is far more abundant than in the grassland, and a table full of fish, shrimp and shellfish is full. When everyone was bowing their heads and feasting, there was a noise of pushing cups and changing lamps in the private room next door.
Qin Yurou was about to get up and go over to theorize, but was stopped by Luo Zhigang, "Eat your meal, what does your girl's house look like, now you will cause trouble and fight at every turn!" ”
The voice next door became more and more loud, and it was already clearly audible here, and a man said angrily: "The second master, it's not that I, Kang Heng, drank too much wine today, or that the big boss is here, I also want to say, Bian Yang let the people of the Pengfei Gang abolish us, we can't even let out a fart, so the hearts of the brothers are cold!" ”
"Kangheng, what are you talking about? At that time, the two sides were meeting for a duel, can they fucking hug each other? Besides, the Pengfei Gang found a man like a vampire out of nowhere, Bian Yang couldn't touch other people's clothes so fast, and other people were also abused! A shrill voice followed.
Luo Zhigang and Chi Hua stopped the chopsticks in their hands at the same time.
Qin Yurou suddenly stood up again, "Wait." This time, he was stopped by Chi Hua, "Waiter! Chi Hua called the waitress in.
"What's the matter with the guest next door? It's so loud! ”
"Big brother, we can't afford to mess with the people next door, it's Hall Master Qiao of Mingtang who is drinking with a few brothers. Mingtang is our boss's boss! The waiter said, and finally lowered his voice consciously.
"Mingtang? Then our brothers will have to rely on others in the future, so I bought the order next door. As he spoke, he took out a yellow gold bar as if he was juggling, took the waiter's hand and put it in the palm of his hand, "Remember, you must not let the other party pay, if it is not enough, you will come to me again, and if there is a surplus, I will give it to you!" ”
The waitress left with a thousand thanks, and when she left the private room door, she looked back at Chi Hua affectionately, which was a look that all men could read.
As soon as the waitress went out on the front foot, Li Xiaofei and Qin Yurou pounced at the same time, and one of them hugged Chi Hua's arm.
"Brother Hua, I'm your own little brother!"
"Brother Hua, you can also accept me as a personal girl!" Qin Yurou shook Chi Hua's arm while snorting.
Chi Hua suddenly had goosebumps all over his body, and looked at the two of them like idiots, "What are you two nervous about?" ”
"Brother Hua, your metal control has turned stone into gold, no, iron has turned into gold, we can eat and drink spicy food every day in the future!"
"Brother Hua, Xiao Dan and I just saw two earrings and we were not willing to buy them, you can turn them into gold bars!"
Chi Hua shook his arm and broke free from the entanglement between the two, and flicked it on the heads of the two of them, "Think about money, go crazy, you two, and turn iron into gold, when I am a god?" It's metal refining, and gold can be extracted from metals and ornaments that contain gold, and I haven't saved much gold for months. ”
"Then Brother Hua, you gave me a flying knife coated with gold?"
"Brother Hua, can you make a gold bracelet for others? Is it good? ”
"You two, let's play!" Chi Hua had a black line in his head.
made Li Xiaofei and Qin Yurou make a fuss, and several people didn't hear what was said next door, and seemed to have entered a staggered situation.
After about half an hour, the voice next door gradually quieted down.
The curtain of the private room was lifted, and three men with wine glasses walked in, led by men in their early forties, with white faces, and a well-repaired mustache, whose faces were slightly red because of drinking. The man followed two people side by side, the one on the left hand side was a swarthy man, the pimple face was a beard, and the body was still a little shaky as soon as he entered the room, and the man on the right hand hurriedly helped him, looking like a man with a simple face.
The man at the head smiled, and when he entered the house, he gently raised his glass at Luo Zhigang and the others, "Qiao Jinliang in Xia Mingtang, I don't know which friend broke the bill in advance for Zaixia, Qiao Mou thanked him here!" ”
Luo Zhigang also raised his wine glass, "Master Qiao is polite, under Luo Zhigang, leading the brothers to a few routes, I have long heard the name of the hall and the master of Qiao, I wanted to visit but no one recommended me, but I didn't expect to meet here!" ”
Qiao Jinliang's mustache tilted up slightly, and he chuckled: "We are in the poor countryside here, how can we have any big names, if there is anything to be done, friends may as well say it directly." ”
"Hall Master Qiao is really a happy person, then I won't beat around the bush, I just heard a few people next door mention an evolutionary who looks like a vampire, we want to inquire about the details."
"Oh? I don't know if there are a few people who have an old relationship with this person or ......" Qiao Jinliang's words were only half said.
"There is a grudge!"
Qiao Jinliang's eyes suddenly lit up, "The waiter has a few more chairs, and I want to have a few more drinks with a few friends!" ”