Chapter 4 A Life of Poverty

In the blink of an eye, twenty years have passed. The old village chief of Aidong Village has entered the loess www.biquge.info back then.

The little dolls of the year have all grown up, and they all have their own lives, Jin Mercury has been mixed at the bottom of the society for more than ten years, and every day is under the boss's wimp, and he will resign in a few days, and Joan is not very good, he is eating, drinking, and having fun all day long, as well as gambling addiction, and has spent all the property brought by his father, Jin Mercury and Joan, two difficult brothers, because of this hobby, they have become good brothers.

On this day, the two gathered at Parkway Yuan Restaurant, ordered two roast geese, a big bowl of sauerkraut fish, and a dozen beers, and then bragged about the cow.

Jin Mercury doesn't smoke, but he is very particular about eating, he slowly picked up a piece of roast goose meat, put it in his mouth, and his somewhat fat body trembled unconsciously.

Joan also opened a bottle of beer and said, "Boy, you've been living a good life lately, and you've been able to have a treat." ”

Jin Mercury savored the roast goose meat, and pouted and said, "Lao Tzu's girlfriend ran away, and there is no next meal after eating this meal today." ”

Joan looked surprised: "Why is there no silver in the bag?" ”

"You said that the two of us, eat and drink well every day, I have no salary, what about you, I have no property, this is eat." Golden Mercury showed a face full of sorrow.

Joan pulled out a box of cigarettes from her trouser pocket, took out one, lit it, and took a deep breath.

"We're two brothers."

Jin Mercury took a sip of beer and said, "I suddenly remembered the words of the old village chief, don't do anything that lacks virtue. ”

Qiao An smiled: "Yes, there is a lack of great virtue, in the next life, you will be a pig." ”

Jin Mercury looked at Qiao An and asked, "By the way, isn't your family an ancestral craft, don't you know how to see a doctor, old Chinese medicine doctor." ”

Qiao An smiled awkwardly and said, "If I really have that set of skills, I can still be like this, but my family really has a secret book that does not pass on, Yin and Yang Feng Shui Mathematics, saying that this Feng Shui is hidden in the ground." ”

Jin Mercury hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Who told you to say feng shui, you see that we are both poor and bear-like, do we have to do something to do, seeing that the two roast geese are going to be eaten." ”

Qiao An said: "Is it difficult for me to set up a stall to tell fortunes." ”

Jin Mercury shook his head and said, "How did your father get rich back then?" ”

Qiao An was taken aback and said, "You're not afraid of going to jail." ”

Jin Mercury said: "This is going to starve to death, besides, let's do something to archaeology." ”

Joan said, "You can get it, just the two of us." ”

Jin Mercury said: "Think about it, what kind of characters were the Xiangdong Tomb King and your father at that time. ”

Qiao An took a sip of a bottle of beer and said, "But you know where there is a big bucket and where to look for it, you are just imagining, you have no actual experience at all, and there are no clues." ”

Jin Mercury smiled and said, "Don't you know some feng shui, the cooperation between the two of us may not be worse than that Xiangdong Tomb King, and you also inherit your father's will." ”

Joan drank beer with his head bored and stopped talking, because he knew that this inverted business was not only spurned by the world, but also made a big prison if it was discovered, even if it was not discovered, it would be extremely dangerous to enter the ancient tomb, and it was really a life-and-death business.

Jin Mercury patted Joan on the shoulder and said: "You and I are poor with this virtue, my ex-girlfriend only recognizes his ex-boyfriend, saying that I am a wreck, not as capable as her ex-boyfriend, and she can't even afford a brand-name bag." ”

As he spoke, Jin Mercury took another sip of beer, the so-called one drink to relieve a thousand sorrows.

Joan said: "You are much stronger than me, and you can have a girlfriend seriously, it's not a problem for you to eat some, I can't change my stinky problem, last time, playing cards with people, that loser, it's really a bottom, almost lost home." ”

Jin Mercury nodded: "So I said, let's cooperate, are you still afraid that you won't send it, by the way, you still have antique jade in your house." ”

Qiao An sighed and said: "What's there, it's long gone, a month ago, I shot an intact Ming Dynasty Doucai Chicken Cup, which is really not enough for a brand money." ”

Jin Mercury also sighed: "You don't have a good hand, can't you not gamble in the future?" ”

Qiao An shook her head: "You don't understand, that feeling, the feeling of thinking of heaven and hell." ”

Jin Mercury raised his glass and said, "Forget it, don't mention the past anymore, it's all in the wine." ”

Joan nodded and said, "Well, it's done." ”

The two drank another bottle of beer, but Qiao Anxin had lingering palpitations about this cooperation, but he did not accept it. And he went back.

A few days later, Jin Mercury had been hungry at home for two days, and at this time there was nothing to eat at home, and his pockets were really cleaner than his face.

He found a few clean clothes, looked at them in front of the mirror, and with a slightly chubby body, he waved his fist in front of the mirror, and said to himself: "Golden Mercury, Golden Mercury, how did you get mixed up to the point where you are today, and you can't even eat a meal." ”

As the saying goes, things must be reversed, and if there is no such thing as money, it is possible to take a step of good luck and make a fortune.

Jin Mercury was about to go out and ask his old family for living expenses when he suddenly received a call from Joan.

Qiao An, who only listened, said weakly on the phone: "Dude, how about we come out and talk about cooperation?" ”

When Jin Mercury heard Qiao An's tone, he felt that something unexpected must have happened to him. He replied, "Where will we meet?" ”

Joan said: "The old duck tube in Willow Orange Alley. ”

Jin Mercury said: "Okay, you wait for me, I'll go over." ”

Venus Mercury hadn't eaten for two days, and he was all carrying the fat on his body, and he was full with some water. At this time, when I heard the old duck pipe, my eyes glowed green. He didn't think much about it, so he rode his bicycle and pedaled hard to the old duck tube in Liucheng Hutong.

The old duck tube in this willow orange alley is a famous place in X city, the old duck tube is a time-honored brand, since the Ming Dynasty, a single line, the owner of the old duck tube is surnamed Yin, the duck of the Yin family, it can be described as a must, Jin Mercury has long coveted it, and he has been hungry for two days at this time, how can he let go of such a delicacy.

He touched his mouth to make sure there was no saliva left on his mouth, and then ran to the duck pipe, at this time, Qiao An shouted: "Brother Jin, wait." ”

Jin Mercury looked back and saw Qiao An's ragged clothes, a pair of black cloth shoes with big toes exposed, and his beard had not been shaved off, not to mention how ugly it was.

Qiao An smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Jin, your brother is down now." ”

Golden Mercury was confused at this time and asked, "What's wrong with you?" How so. ”

Qiao An said: "It's not, I owe a lot of gambling debts, I don't want my family, I ran out secretly, Brother Jin, I didn't ask you to help me, I really begged you today." ”

Jin Mercury looked at the guests in the old duck tube, and said with saliva in his mouth: "Brother, you are like this now, how can I help you, you say." ”

Qiao An said: "I want to go to a small village far away to hide for a few days, I don't know what Brother Jin thinks." ”

Jin Mercury asked, "You ran away, why are you still in touch with me?" ”

Qiao An said: "Didn't you say that one of your distant relatives lives in some small snake village, and I want to go there." ”

Jin Mercury asked strangely, "Why do you want to go to Little Snake Village?" ”

Joan shook her head and said, "This place may be the turning point between you and me, believe it or not, it's up to you." ”

Jin Mercury knew that this Qiao family had a secretary who was not passed on, and he had some ways about feng shui hexagrams, so he nodded and said, "That's a distant relative." ”

Joan said: "This is where the two of us started, it's a pity not to go." ”

Golden Mercury asked, "Why do you say that?" ”

Joan said, "You told me before that there are many snakes in this village, and I have heard that there are giant snakes nearby, and this giant snake rests here, and it must be a good place to hide the wind, if you are right." ”

When Jin Mercury heard this, his heart was also a little shaken, he knew that what he said last time had moved Qiao An's mind, if he didn't take this risky move, he was afraid that there would be no day to turn over.

The two hit it off.

That night, I decided to go to Little Snake Village, which is far away from X City, and the two of them are penniless, but they can't even make up the travel expenses.

Jin Mercury said: "I'll call home and get a few deadly money, this is really money to gnaw at the old when it is young." Golden Mercury sighed and laughed at himself.

Qiao An said helplessly: "You still have parents in Aidong Village, as for me, I haven't seen my father since I was a child, and my mother left me when I was ten years old." ”

Jin Mercury patted Qiao An's shoulder and said: "Brother and brother, there will always be a day when I will rise, I will definitely surpass the Xiangdong Tomb King and become a new generation of inverted masters." ”

Qiao An said: "You, dream, have you heard of the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty? ”

Jin Mercury said, "Of course I did. ”

Qiao An said: "My mother told me when I was a child, my father also stole the tomb of the Manchu Eight Banners with the king of the Xiangdong Tomb, at that time he was already very developed, and the most famous tomb he finally stole was the Luofeng Sanxi Cave. ”

Jin Mercury was about to foam at the mouth of the spit, and he hurriedly asked, "What is Luofeng Sanxi?" ”

Qiao An said: "At that time, the king of the Xiangdong Tomb didn't know that he got a picture there, called Fengxi Baitu, the legend is that the Phoenix Panni, Fengxi Baitu is an extinct picture book handed down from ancient times, recording a big secret, maybe now only the king of the Xiangdong Tomb knows." ”

Golden Mercury asked, "Then how do you know so much?" ”

Joan said, "Of course, my mother said it herself. ”

Jin Mercury nodded and said, "It seems that the lazy man who came out of our village before really had two hits." ”

Qiao An frowned and said: "It's not that there are two sons, it's very powerful, and he also threatened to go all over the world with a shovel." ”

Jin Mercury sounded a little embarrassed, it stands to reason that the king of the tomb in the east of the township is really a terrible person, and he digs the famous mountains with a shovel, which is worth it.

At this time, there is no need to say more, Jin Mercury made an emergency call to the old parents at home, and first solved the urgent need for food and clothing at this time.