On this day, the cold wind gusted. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info Shen Xiuwen went to the rice shop near the south gate to count the goods, passing by the coffin shop of the Liu family, Liu Da'an's small eyes caught him at a glance, of course he would not let go of the opportunity to tease.

"Yo, isn't this Shen Xiucai? Where are you going to do something big today? ”

Shen Xiuwen smiled, walked into the coffin shop and punched him in the chest, and said, "You dead fat man, I haven't seen you for a few days, why are you fat again?" ”

"The food is good! There have been a couple of big deals lately. ”

Liu Da'an shook the fat on his face and glanced at the coffin in the shop.

Shen Xiuwen comprehended, "Dead again?" ”

Liu Da'an coughed lightly, mysteriously approached his ear and lowered his voice: "These families are not allowed to say anything about it because they have given a lot of money, I think something big should have happened, but these families are all big families with heads and faces in Huai County, and it is necessary to damage their face, so they made the funeral so low-key." ”

When Shen Xiuwen heard him say this, he looked back at the gloomy sky, and found that the west of the county was covered with dark clouds, dark and deep, and a strange aura lingered in the air for a long time.

"Xiucai, what are you looking at?" Liu Da'an looked at Shen Xiuwen frowning and looking into the distance, he didn't know what he was looking at, his expression was a little solemn, so he followed his gaze, but saw nothing.

Shen Xiuwen came back to his senses, patted him on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "What you are watching, I am watching." ”

Liu Da'an said "Huh", suddenly slapped his head, reacted, and said angrily: "Okay, Shen Xiucai, you dare to fool me!" ”

Shen Xiuwen smiled "hehe", and before Liu Da'an's big palm was slapped, he ran away like a smoke smeared with oil on the soles of his feet.

Liu Da'an's father was not there, he relied on him to watch the shop alone, and when he saw Shen Xiuwen running away, it was not easy to catch up, so he could only stomp his feet at the door of the shop in a hurry.

Shen Xiuwen ran across the street, and his smiling face instantly regained calm. The cold wind is blowing violently one by one, there are not many pedestrians on the street, and most of the shops on the street have not yet opened.

And under his keen perception, it seemed that he heard the mournful laughter of a woman mixed with the cold wind, like grief, pain, evil, and demon, fluttering like silk, and lingering around the tips of his ears; Then I listened carefully, but the sound disappeared, and only the whirring wind galloped in my ears.

Shen Xiuwen was deeply confused, thinking that he had heard it wrong, or that the woman of which family had been wronged, so he didn't think much about it and walked quickly in the direction of the Shen family's rice shop.

Soon, he arrived at the rice shop. The big shopkeeper in the shop was directing the guys to carry the rice bags, Shen Xiuwen didn't say a word, strode to the freight carriage parked in front of the shop, picked up a large bag of rice grain, lifted it hard, resisted on his shoulder, and carried it to the rice shop with a snort.

The big shopkeeper Kang Youcai raised his eyes, his eyes showed approval, walked behind Shen Xiuwen to help him take the handle, and carried the rice bag into the shop together.

Don't look at the cold and freezing in Layue, Shen Xiuwen has been so busy for a while, and he is already sweating profusely. While wiping the beads of sweat from his forehead, he said to the big shopkeeper, "Thank you Comber." ”

Kang Youcai said with a smile: "It's all your own business, don't be polite to the second son." ”

Shen Xiuwen walked to the counter and flipped through the account books that Comber had sorted out in advance, "Comber, have you recorded all the rice and grain that has been in and out this month?" ”

"It's all written down." Kang Youcai replied unequivocally.

Shen Xiuwen nodded, then carefully checked the accounts, and found that there were a few credits in the account books, but what was puzzling was that these credits were not much, but they were from several big families in Huai County. Shen Xiu Wenqi said: "What's going on with the credit of the He Mansion, the Xu Mansion and the Yang Mansion? ”

Kang Youcai replied: "Ten days ago, the housekeeper of He Mansion hurriedly took away a large bag of glutinous rice, saying that it was to pay the bill another day, and within two days, the subordinates of Xu Mansion and Master Yang's wife also rushed to pick up a few large bags of glutinous rice, and they didn't pay, so they hurriedly left. ”

The guy who was carrying a bag of rice grains listened to it and said with a smile: "Comber, I think you think you think too much, how big this county can be, if something really happens, it will already be known to everyone." ”

Kang Youcai thought about it and felt that it was also, this county seat was a big palm, and the neighbors all looked up and didn't look down, if there was really something, the streets and alleys would have been talked about a long time ago.

Shen Xiuwen heard this, but he was silent, and after a while, he closed the account book, turned back to Kang Youcai and said, "Kang Bo, I am in a bit of a hurry today, and I bother you to help you count the goods in the warehouse." ”

Before Kang Youcai could react, he saw that Shen Ergongzi had already walked out of the shop.

Shen Xiuwen thought about it as he walked, and felt that what Kang Bo had just said about glutinous rice was a little unusual. The He Mansion, the Xu Mansion and the Yang Mansion are all rich and noble families, although it is nothing to buy a few bags of glutinous rice, but the whole thing seems to be very weird.

At this time, it was already midday, and the sun hiding behind the clouds was also half-outcropping, but from the south of the county, the black clouds over the west still hovered.

On the way back, I passed by Liu's coffin shop, the door of the shop was closed, the door was deserted, and half a figure was nowhere to be seen.

The golden sunlight flowed through the mansions and buildings of the county seat, but there was no trace of warmth in the cold wind. Shen Xiuwen stomped his feet back and forth in front of the coffin shop, and saw an old lady slowly coming out of the alley next door, and hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "Auntie, where have all the people in the coffin shop gone?" ”

The lady looked him up and down for a long time, but finally shouted loudly: "I'm not from the coffin shop, how do I know." Then he rolled his eyelids and continued to walk down the street.

Shen Xiuwen felt that this eldest lady was deliberately looking for an opportunity to bully herself, and a leader in Huaixian County like him, who had a family background and knowledge, would inevitably be jealous, so when he thought about it, he instantly felt much more comfortable.

Until noon, Shen Xiuwen still didn't wait for Liu Da'an to come back, so he had to go home for dinner first. Back at the Shen Mansion, Ah Bao was squatting in the yard digging mud, Shen Xiuwen squatted beside him with a smile, and asked in a kind voice, "Ah Bao, what are you doing here?" ”

Ah Bao ignored him and continued to dig the mud under the tree, Shen Xiuwen said again: "Ah Bao told the second brother, and the second brother will buy you the buns from the bun shop on North Street to eat." ”

Ah Bao turned his head to look at him, suddenly stood up, took off his pants, poured a soak of urine on the mud, and then squatted down without mentioning his pants, and after a while, he saw him holding a ball of stirred mud in his chubby hand and holding it to Shen Xiuwen, blinking his watery and bright eyes, and said very seriously: "Second brother, this is the rice that Ah Bao made for you, you want to taste it." ”

When Shen Xiuwen heard this, his face immediately fell, he stood up tremblingly, and smiled dryly, "The rice cooked by Ah Bao himself, the second brother knows that it is very delicious without tasting it." ”

Ah Bao tilted his head and thought about it, feeling that the second brother was praising himself, showing a modest expression, and said in a milky voice: "Where, where, the second brother has won the award." Then he went on to pound his mud.

Shen Xiuwen trembled with disgust, walked into the hall, Feng Tao squinted at him, and said unhurriedly: "Xiuwen is back." ”

Shen Xiuwen replied lightly, Feng Tao suddenly thought of something, put down the embroidery in his hand, and asked with a smile: "Early this morning, where did you go?" ”

Shen Xiuwen sat at the table, poured himself a cup of hot tea, and was drinking it when he heard the second aunt suddenly ask, choking on his trachea and coughing a few times.

"You're such a big person, why are you so careless." Feng Tao said angrily, got up and walked over, and patted his back gently.

His second aunt has never cared about herself, why did she suddenly ask about herself kindly today. Shen Xiuwen smoothed out, got up and said to her, "Thank you Second Aunt for your concern." ”

Feng Tao smiled lightly and said, "It's all my own family, what's polite!" By the way, you haven't told your aunt yet, where did you go early this morning? ”

Shen Xiuwen replied: "I didn't go anywhere, so I went to a rice shop and counted the goods." ”

When Feng Tao heard this, he hurriedly asked, "You didn't go to the Liu family's coffin shop?" ”

Shen Xiuwen watched the change in the expression on the second aunt's face, and felt that she must know something. So he asked rhetorically, "What happened to the coffin shop?" ”

Feng Tao realized that he had leaked his mouth, and hurriedly explained with a smile: "It's nothing, it's nothing, just ask, just ask." ”

Shen Xiuwen was sure that she knew something, but she didn't say anything, she just laughed it off.

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