The air is just right in the early morning, Shen Shuyi is wearing a purple thin shirt and wandering around the streets, the narrow streets and alleys are full of all kinds of food, eating two or three is enough to fill his stomach, he is eating while walking, there are many vendors, but there are not many people, and if you are tired, you can sit down and rest at any time if you have free tables and chairs.

Passing by two wonton shops in a row, he took a look and left, in front of him is an arch bridge, there are candy sellers on the bridge, and there are fried chestnut stalls, this street has to cross five or six waterways, the bustling market is tired, just on the bridge to blow a cool breeze.

Shen Shuyi stood on the bridge for a while, lying on the stone pillar and looking down, there were cargo ships passing by on the waterway from time to time, some carrying melons, fruits and vegetables, and some tea goods, Quyun unloaded at the post station every day at about two or three o'clock in the morning, and the vendors who bought the goods had to get up early to buy goods. Xingzhen is different, the buying and selling are all the night before, and you have to take it home and put it away first.

On a small boat just passed by was an old man with his granddaughter, the girl was about the same age as him, holding the boat at the stern, and the old man was at the bow of the boat, chattering about some trivial things, and Shen Shuyi heard some of them.

"Last year's loquat harvest was really good, this year's trees have to be well maintained, and it is time to prepare a dowry for you when you go back, the big girls are going to get married, what are you shy......" The old man was still weaving a bamboo basket in his hand, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that the girl's face was slightly red, and he laughed.

You're getting married...... Shen Shuyi blinked, and said in his heart that he was going to marry someone at such a young age, but when he thought about it, his mother seemed to marry into the Shen family at about this age, but his father has always been very fond of the Lin family, and not every man can always remember to be good to his wife.

"It's a pity that the rest of the peach wood last year was sold, I heard that someone recently collected it, the price is ridiculously high, I knew that even if you keep a car, your dowry has also fallen, but it's a pity that the old woman didn't say to occupy the place, now it's okay, it seems that the money occupies the place, isn't it?" He chattered in pieces.

When the girl saw that he didn't leave the dowry, her face turned red with shame, and she complained: "I didn't say that I wanted a dowry, and I didn't want to get married, I knew that I wouldn't come out in the morning, and sleeping more would be much better than marrying." ”

The old man ignored what he said, lowered his head and continued to weave the bamboo basket, and murmured: "Your Uncle Li's family has made a lot of money this time, look at yesterday I bought meat to eat, the peach wood is really good, I have always wanted to make a new bed for the old woman, she is afraid all day long about whether the bed board will break, and asked me in the middle of the night last night, no matter how good the girl is, it is also annoying......

The boat gradually walked away, Shen Shuyi glanced at it a few times, and the boat seemed to be full of tender bamboo strips, which turned out to be not loaded onto the goods......

He didn't look further, turned around and walked down the bridge, there was a two-story teahouse next to the bridge, there was a stall selling big rice balls in front of the door, he bought two rice balls, one bowl and one and walked directly to the second floor of the teahouse.

Before the arrival of visitors, the upstairs was deserted, found a good place to sit by the window, a bowl was placed opposite, a bowl was eaten slowly, almost finished, the sound of pedaling and trotting upstairs came, it was Ah Liu.

"It's all done?" Shen Shuyi asked.

Ah Liu ran sweating profusely, panting and drinking hot soup in his hand before nodding and saying, "It's done, Mrs. also asked me to bring you a message, saying that Mr. Fang will come to deliver the dog in a few days, let me prepare first." ”

Shen Shuyi couldn't help but be stunned, this Mr. Fang is a dog trainer in his family's Zhuangzi, I heard that his skills are very good, and he has been hired by his family for two generations, but under normal circumstances, he has no contact with the Shen family, and he is regarded as an idler raised by his family for free.

"Send the dog, what does my father want the dog for?" He asked, the last time he had a dog was more than ten years ago.

Ah Liu shook his head, just finished biting a mouthful of rice balls, shook his head vaguely and said, "I don't know, how can Mrs. tell me these things, it seems that there is a puppy for you to raise personally." As he spoke, he didn't pay attention to the hand, and the sesame filling with oil flowers in the big rice balls overflowed.

When Shen Shuyi heard that there was a puppy, his heart immediately jumped up, he had seen the dog brought by Mr. Fang when he was a child, and one of them was only more than a month old, and it was very fun, and then he clamored to stay and raise it, but his father cleaned it up, saying that he couldn't even raise it himself, and he would harm other people's cubs.

Although it has been many years, the feeling at that time is not less now, and half of his heart flew directly to the sky after listening to the words, how many years he had been looking forward to this, but he didn't expect his father to really plan to let him raise one by himself.

"When is he coming? Why didn't my dad tell me himself last night? He asked.

Ah Liu just swallowed the rest of the glutinous rice balls in one bite, and after chewing for a long time, he still couldn't open his mouth, and he didn't know what to reply to. Shen Shuyi was in a hurry when he heard this, and he lifted the bowl and poured him two mouthfuls of soup before swallowing it.

"Young master, what are you in a hurry, you can't run away when you should come, Mrs. said it was probably two days before your birthday." As he spoke, he patted his aching chest.

It's like a pot of raw meat in front of you, you want to eat it but you have to wait until the meat is cooked, everyone understands the reason, but you can't help but ask "when can you eat it" over and over again.

Shen Shuyi sighed, glanced at him and said coldly: "I haven't come to settle accounts with you so late, and I dare to talk to my master like this, I'm not afraid that I won't have money to spend next month?" ”

Ah Liu smirked indifferently: "A few days ago, I accidentally broke the master's teacup, and Mrs. has already fined me three months' monthly money." ”

Shen Shuyi slapped it over, almost laughing angrily, the original way is barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, he remembered that Ah Liu was fined half a year's monthly money for going to the painting boat with him during the Chinese New Year, and then thinking about it, it seems that Ah Liu has not received any due wages since following him.

Speaking of which, he is also the culprit...... After filming, I looked at Ah Liu, who was still smiling, that is, he had a big heart, and he was willing to follow him like this if he was anything else.

Ah Liu didn't feel anything, straightened his hat, and asked, "Young master, what are we going to do today?" ”

Shen Shuyi thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I don't know, come out for a walk, go wherever you want, do you know which pastry near here is the best?" The vendors on East Street change every day, and he doesn't often walk in Quyun, so asking Ah Liu is naturally much faster than looking around the streets.

However, he just had nothing to do, and there was no ghost in the town that night after Mr. Zhou's first seven nights, obviously something happened, and he never saw a ghost after that, so whether he could see the little girl in red again depends on luck.

Ah Liuban began to count with his fingers: "There are many pastry stalls, there are two on the street, not counting the shops, there are almost a dozen, and the best one is the original Xu Pozi's board stall, which sells cakes and peach blossom cakes." ”

"What's the original?" He wondered.

Ah Liu nodded and shook his head, and replied: "I don't know, the old lady is old, and she didn't come every day, but it seems that she hasn't come out since the New Year, and nine times out of ten she is no longer alive." ”

Shen Shuyi thought for a while, the time that the little girl said was messy, it is not ruled out that it is the possibility of this Xu Pozi, and what Ah Liu said is not unreasonable, in this world, human life is cheap, not to mention an old lady, that is, a young man who is just the right age, it is not that she will die.

"In addition to Mrs. Xu, which one is better?" He asked again, among the few things that the little girl had said, this was a little more reliable, and the mother-in-law's son followed the ghost all day long, which showed that her son knew the little girl, so this was undoubtedly the easiest way to find the little girl.

Even if the mother-in-law may really be gone now, she still can't give up easily just by Ah Liu's words.

Hearing what he said, Ah Liu grabbed his scalp and thought for a while, and then replied embarrassedly: "Young master, it's all the same pastry, I didn't feel any difference, just Mrs. Xu, I still heard what others said, I really don't know anything else." ”

Shen Shuyi laughed at him and said: "You can't taste good or bad food, and you won't be blessed in the future." ”

However, he just said that the characteristics of Jiangnan pastries are very similar, unless they are particularly good or bad, otherwise he eats almost the same taste.

Ah Liu didn't believe it either, pursed his lips and said, "Young master, don't talk nonsense, if ordinary people have such a powerful mouth, how can those undelicious pastry shops do business?" ”

Shen Shuyi chuckled: "That's not right, according to what you say, wouldn't it be impossible to distinguish between good and bad?" As he spoke, he took a sip of the cold glutinous soup, and then said, "I'll take you to taste it in a while, but I'm not in a hurry now." ”

Ah Liu asked, "Young Master, what else are we going to do?" ”

Shen Shuyi was looking out the window, the stalls had almost been collected early, and some vendors selling gadgets had already pushed carts out to occupy their seats, and it would start to be lively in about an hour.

"Early, drink some tea first, and then go down after a while when there are more people, when does the matter that the master said not count?" He said, "You go and call a pot of tea, and by the way, you will bring the bowl." ”

Ah Liu went down with the bowl, but Shen Shuyi still looked out the window, and in just a few words, there happened to be a bustle to see below.

There were four or five men standing on the corner, three or four of them around the other, and a few of them were inconspicuous in the downtown area, but they were all unusually dressed, and he was attracted at first sight.

Ordinary people in a small place like Quyun, men mostly wear gowns and long shirts on weekdays, but these people are only suits in places like Shanghai that have close contacts with Westerners, and he only saw Shen Qiu wear such clothes, so he was very impressed.

Usually Shanghainese come here for the cheap supply of small places, and the biggest one is the shopkeeper, and it seems that he does not want to wear such formal clothes, and the person who is surrounded is dressed ordinarily, but his face looks really frightened, as if something big has happened.