Chapter 85: Go to the Black Market
Li Anyang made a silent gesture at us, and I immediately stopped talking.
I saw that someone came up on the bus again, this section of the road is pitiful, basically a suburb, someone stopped the bus halfway, and the destination is not much different from us.
The man was black all over, wearing a mask, sunglasses and hat, unable to distinguish between men and women, with his back shrunk, looking very obscene.
The man casually found a place and leaned against the window, Li Anyang didn't speak again, although she didn't explain, but I didn't continue to speak.
An hour passed, and then when I arrived at the terminal, I woke up again because I fell asleep and found that there were eight or nine people on the bus.
As soon as I heard that everyone at the terminal began to get off one after another, it was the first time I came to the south of the city, and I felt different from the north city, it was deserted here, and it was almost rare to see that kind of high-rise buildings or anything else, mostly some small bungalows and the like, and some illegal buildings.
There are hardly any people in sight on the cold streets, and the snow is so deep that it is very difficult to take a step.
"This is the so-called Nanshi, it's my first time here." I looked around. It feels a little unreal, like coming from the bustling city to the countryside.
"Go this way." Li Anyang nodded, put on a mask, and gave me one by the way.
I brought it without asking why, and then she turned to me and asked, "You brought Taneong with you?" ”
"Yes." I nodded, I was a little uneasy to put it in the dorm.
"Try to hide it as much as possible, because some people may sense it at that time, and then it will be a bunch of unnecessary trouble."
"Okay." I was shocked, it seems that there are some people who are not simple.
Then I remembered that there was a follower behind us: "What about the little ghost?" ”
"That's okay, those people look at him from a more than one ornamental point of view."
"Oh, that's it!"
I wanted to see this place more and more, and I felt like a very magical imp began to complain behind me: "That's why I hate coming here!" ”
"Your master brought you here before?" Listening to what he meant, he is very experienced. Speaking of this, the little ghost's face was not very good-looking, his face was gloomy, and after a while, he said, "Yes, I came out of here." ”
"Oh, I'm sorry." It seems to be a reference to the place where his heart is congested.
The little ghost was silent, and a person shrank silently behind.
I don't ask anymore, I guess he doesn't want to come here, because he has a lot of bad memories.
Walking around the path, we came to a place similar to a shopping mall, this shopping mall is also very deserted like the outside, many shops are directly closed with large iron doors, even the clerks in the open doors are listless, and it seems that they have no intention of running such a store.
Li Anyang led us to the underground of the mall, where the lights were weak and looked a little dim.
"What is this place?" I looked at the dark underground mall and asked.
"It's through the entrance to the black market." Li Anyang took out one, flashlight, and walked forward.
I hurriedly followed, it was all dark underneath, needed a flashlight to illuminate, the shops were basically closed, and there was no one.
We took a few more steps forward and saw the stairs, and went up again, and the top was clear, and a cacophony could be heard.
"Seems to be quite lively?" I walked up the stairs with my arms raised to block out the light from above, because the sudden brightness of the environment that had been too dark just now was a little uncomfortable to my eyes.
"It's a black market, isn't it lively? Do you think they are very secluded and quiet! Is this still a market? The little ghost said disdainfully in the back.
When I walked out of the underground mall, I saw the bustling crowd and rubbed shoulders.
On both sides of the road are small stalls, vendors shouting their wares.
I walked up quickly to keep up with Li Anyang's footsteps, and whispered next to her and asked, "Are these people or ghosts here?" ”
"Almost human."
I nodded, I knew it, but I was also curious about the place, and as we walked, many people looked at us, so that I lowered my head a little, and always felt that their gaze was not kind.
As he walked, Li Anyang suddenly stopped in front of a shop, which was very small and crowded, and our store was in tatters, and even the words on the door number had almost fallen off.
I made a close look at it, and it seemed to be a sigil.
"This is it, come in with me, don't say anything later, I'll just say it." Li Anyang turned back to me and instructed.
"Okay, I got it."
Immediately, we went into the store, and the little ghost refused to enter the store, and we didn't know why, but we didn't force him.
When I entered the store, I felt a strong fragrance, and I can't tell what it was, but it was quite peculiar.
"Yo, isn't it, Miss Li? It's been a long time! A hoarse voice came from inside the house, and no one could hear it.
After a while, from that day on, an old man, with small glasses, hunched back, walked towards us with small steps, he was wearing a blue uniform, it seemed that this shop was extraordinary.
"Old Feng, I haven't seen you for a long time! I've been in good health lately. Li Anyang showed a rare gentle smile and asked respectfully towards the old man.
"It's good, it's good, is the Li family okay?" The old man smiled kindly and asked again.
"Thanks to you, it's all good."
"That'll do, but who is this?" The person who was called Feng Lao turned his head to look at me, his eyes were sharper, and I couldn't help but feel that his eyes made me a little stressed, in short, it wasn't very comfortable.
"This is my friend, Liu Fuying, the main purpose of coming here today is also because of him, and I also want to buy some red stone and yellow paper."
Hearing Li Anyang's introduction to me, I immediately smiled and said to that Feng Lao: "Feng Lao still has to bother you." ”
Feng Lao smiled and said to me in a daze, "It's not in the way, it's not in the way," and then he turned around and walked towards the cabinet full of drawers, muttering red stones and red stones as he walked, and randomly pulled out a drawer, and then took out a few stones from it and brought them to me.
"Let's take a look, these are all good redstones, just a few pieces."
When I looked closer, the stone was reddish and glowing with a little silver, and it seemed to be a little translucent.
I really don't know how to identify the good or bad of the red stone, and I don't know how to talk about it, but fortunately, Li Anyang saved me in time, and came over and said: "I know Feng Lao's kindness, these stones are indeed the best red stones, then ask for these few, help us wrap them." ”
That Feng Lao just glanced at me with a strange expression, didn't say anything, and then put all these red stones into a white cloth bag.
"By the way, there's yellow paper, right? Wait a minute. After Feng Lao finished speaking, he turned around and walked towards the cabinet, then dragged out the box inside, and pulled out a pile of yellow paper, which was exactly the same as those yellow papers.
"Is that enough?" Elder Feng asked me again.
"That's enough." Li Anyang replied for me in a timely manner.
"Okay, then you see, that's it, it's these two, a total of 680." The old man handed over the things.
As soon as I heard that price, I was so scared that I didn't know how to speak, half of my monthly living expenses, these things are so expensive?!
"What's wrong?" The old man seemed to see that my face was not good, and asked.
"No, nothing." How can it be good to stutter when you speak.
"Count." Before I could take out the money, Li Anyang had already helped me pay it.
"No, I'll give it to you without need." I was a little embarrassed, and the old man looked at me even more strangely.
"It's okay, don't you have enough money, you can help me next time. By the way, Elder Feng, let's send us some incense ash and water. Li Anyang said and said to Feng Lao.
Feng Lao nodded, didn't say anything, flipped through a few bottles and cans, and handed them to us together with a bag of sealed incense.
I quickly packed my things, then walked out the door with an embarrassed smile.
After walking for a while, I asked, "Why are these things so expensive?" It's just a robbery! ”
"That red stone is more expensive, that thing is difficult to collect, you usually have to go to the cemetery to dig to dig it, the place where the more yin qi gathers, is about expensive, and there are dozens of red stones, but that kind of thing is not powerful, the two pieces you just took are treasures." Li Anyang rarely patiently explained these problems to me.
"I see." But then I remembered another question: "But I'm not very good at drawing talismans now, so what should I do?" "It's not fun to destroy something so precious when I destroy it.
"It's okay, you can go back and use ink or something instead of practice, and when you are skilled enough, you can melt, if you can, you can drip two drops of blood into that, so that the power will be a little greater, after all, you are not of Taoist blood, if you simply use blood to paint, it is useless." Li Anyang said.
"Thank you for helping me so much." I scratched my head in embarrassment, I felt a little embarrassed to trouble her.
"It's okay, just wait for me a little bit, I'll do something."
"Okay, then I'll wait for you at the door." I look at this shop, it's much bigger than the one just now, it seems to be a tavern, and you can hear the sound of someone shouting inside through the door.
"Well, don't run around, you know?!" Li Anyang stepped in, and turned his head to me.
"Okay." I couldn't laugh or cry, I was talking like a child, and I wasn't going to be kidnapped.
After finishing speaking, she walked inside with peace of mind, I was bored alone and wanted to talk to the little ghost, but looking at her sullen appearance, it was not easy to speak, so I simply closed it.