Chapter 21: The Strange Strangers in Town
"Alas, it's okay not to say it, as soon as I said it, I remembered, this hairpin Mrs. said that it was not for sale, and I hesitated for a long time to forget to take it!" Xiao He suddenly patted his head and said.
I said, "She just left for a short time, and chasing her out should be able to catch up with her." ”
Xiao He said: "Hey, my shop is still open, this ...... I can only wait for her to remember and come back to get it myself. ”
I said, "I'm just going back to the market stall to get the chicken, and if you believe me, I'll help you get it and return it." ”
Xiao He said: "Then trouble Fei Girl, you are the lady of Bifu just now, do you recognize it?" ”
I nodded, put away the hairpin and said, "I recognize, don't delay, I'm leaving." ”
Xiao He smiled at me behind the cabinet, and his smile was a little like He Qizhen, but not as flavorful as He Qizhen.
I asked, "When will the shopkeeper come back?" ”
Xiao He said: "Come on, what's the matter, does Fei Girl have something to find him?" ”
I nodded and said, "Well, ask him to keep an eye on something for me, and want to know if there's anything I want." Without further ado, I'll go first. "As soon as I walked out of the Cui Pavilion, I saw Mrs. Zhao's green figure disappearing around the corner, and I hurriedly chased after it.
Mrs. Zhao walked very fast, usually she always took several servants with her, but this time she was alone, but she was surprisingly familiar with the alleyway, and she didn't seem to want people to see it, so she tried her best to drill in the alley.
I ran almost out of breath, and I was about to stop her, but suddenly a person came out of the alley next to her, stretched out his hand to cover her mouth, and pulled into the alley.
I was shocked, could it be that someone robbed me?
"It's me! Don't make a sound! A cold male voice rang out in the alley.
I leaned against the wall of the alley, didn't dare to look at it, took out a small mirror and took a picture inside, hey, it turned out to be Lord Zhao.
This Lord Zhao was originally incompetent and very unentertaining, I also dreamed yesterday that he brutally killed people and buried corpses, although it was a dream, but it also brought out a little prejudice, causing me to look at him now a little scared.
Mrs. Zhao took a breath and complained softly, "I'm scared to death!" ”
Lord Zhao poked Mrs. Zhao's brain fiercely and gritted his teeth and said, "You idiot, who asked you to come out and resell jewelry?!"
Mrs. Zhao, who has always been arrogant and fierce, winced and said, "You said to pack up and leave as soon as possible, of course these things will be resold for silver!" ”
Lord Zhao pulled Mrs. Zhao hard and said, "Are you afraid that others won't know that we have something?" If you want people to know what is boring, you can take this silver to Huangquan Road! ”
Mrs. Zhao explained: "No one will know, I just said that these are worn old, and if they are replaced, they will buy new ones-"
With a "horn", Lord Zhao slapped Mrs. Zhao: "Who believes your explanation, hurry up and go home and take care of things, the sooner the better!" Do you know?! ”
"Got it." Mrs. Zhao covered her face resignedly.
"Walk the alley, don't let others see it!" Lord Zhao rudely pulled Mrs. Zhao over, and the two shuttled to the bottom of the alley.
I was stunned for a while, Zhao Mingfu, who has always shown himself as fearful and incompetent, is indeed such a fierce and ruthless person, and the appearance I saw in my dreams is unparalleled.
My dream, too real.
Thinking so, as soon as I turned around, I was startled by a bloody chicken!
"Ahh I screamed!
A figure suddenly appeared on the side of the alley, pulled me back, and asked me in a cold voice, "What's the matter?" Don't be afraid. ”
And when I looked, the one who pulled me was a pillar.
I stared at the bloody chicken in fear, and Brother Zhi seemed to be frightened by my screams, and said with yellow teeth: "Boss Yan, your chicken, kill it." ”
I had palpitations, patted my chest and said, "It's Big Brother, I was scared to death, and suddenly I saw a bloody chicken when I turned around."
Brother Zhi was just smiling with his teeth dirty.
The pillar walked over and took the chicken and put it in the cloth bag in his hand.
I wondered, "Why is Brother Zhu here?" ”
Zhu Zi lifted the cloth bag in his hand and said, "Dad asked me to send you bones for Eleven Lang." ”
Eleven Lang? I was stunned, they didn't know that Eleven Lang was gone.
I took the cloth bag and said, "Help me say thank you to Uncle Cai." Brother Zhi, this is silver, for you. ”
Brother Zhi took the silver, I don't know if he did it intentionally or unintentionally, the blood stains he pointed out stained my palm, cold and cold, and fishy.
I desperately retracted my hand like a thunderbolt, and I was embarrassed to wipe my hands in front of him, so I had to hold the handkerchief tightly and smiled: "I'm tired." ”
Brother Zhi stared at the pillar, turned around and walked away with his back slightly.
Brother Zhu asked me, "Are you okay?" ”
I breathed a sigh of relief: "It's okay. ”
Brother Zhuzi said: "Go home early, it's autumn, and it's getting dark quickly." ”
I nodded, and I felt that Brother Zhu Zi was strange, how could he speak so fluently and look so calm, but Brother Zhu suddenly seemed to realize his abnormality, and immediately lowered his waist slightly, lowered his head, and said to me lightly and shyly as before: "I-I'm going back to see the stall." ”
"Oh." I watched the pillars.
First of all, the outsiders I saw at Li Bei'er's wedding banquet, then the death of Shiyi Lang, the appearance of Haipiao, Aunt Ding Penghong's departure from the town, and then the dead crows in Xihuayuan, and the strange behavior of Lord Zhao and Mrs. Zhao, what's wrong with the town? Is it about to change?
Walking on the street, I feel that everyone is silent a lot, Uncle Cai's meat stall is empty, I originally wanted to ask them to help me chop the chicken, but I didn't dare to take a look at it when it was bloody, what happened to this big brother, did you deliberately want to scare me, I would have helped me chop the chicken before.
It is not yet time for the market to close, and most of the stalls in the market have been closed, and only some shops are still scattered, and most of them are in a state of semi-closing.
Passing by the door of Li Xue's cloth shop, she is pulling the door to close, usually at this time I take advantage of her inattention to walk desperately, but there are few pedestrians on the road, walking such a I am really a little eye-catching, the door does not know what's going on, how can it not be pulled, Li Xue's entire thin body is fluttering with the action of pulling the door.
I put down what I was holding and ran over to help her lift up one side of the door board.
The door panel quickly slid sliding.
Li Xue didn't raise her head, just anxiously locked it, and said, "Thank you." ”
I couldn't help but ask, "Closed so early?" ”
Li Xue was stunned for a moment, probably didn't expect it to be me, looked up at me a little distracted, and replied, "Oh, yes, yes." ”
I was a little embarrassed, lifted the basket and pointed in the direction of home, and said, "Then, I'll go back first." ”
Li Xue lowered her hand and stood quietly on the side to watch me, I didn't even dare to look back, I was afraid to look back and see her pitiful lost eyes.
"Ah Fei, wait a minute." Li Xue suddenly shouted in the back.
Ah Fei - I haven't heard anyone call me that for a long time, only Li Xue called me that, what a good friend we were when we were children!
I didn't dare to look back, afraid of tears in the corners of my eyes, so I turned my head sideways and said, "What? ”
Li Xue opened the door again, took something from it, hurriedly ran over and stuffed it in my hand and said, "The figs in the courtyard have some summer fruits, and my mother picked a few of the best ones, saying that she would leave them to you." It's going to be autumn, and the figs are good for your body. ”
I trembled and took it, put it in Aunt Hong's basket, said "thank you" before I burst into tears, and walked away quickly.
When I got home, I scalded the bloody chicken in the hot water with the cloth bag, and the blood contained in the cloth bag and spit red in a circle, I swallowed the nausea in my throat, and turned around and took out the figs in the basket.