As the herders say, this gathering area was not built officially, but was spontaneously gathered. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ding Chen is no stranger to such clusters, which are more common than officially recognized ones, and they are usually found in transportation hubs, which Ding Chen has often encountered in recent years. In fact, apartments and the old town can be counted in this type of agglomeration.

Looking at Ding Chen, who was leading three horses, appeared on the streets of the gathering area, whether it was pedestrians hurrying by or idlers squatting on the street to watch the excitement, almost everyone looked sideways.

Ding Chen vigilantly walked past a few men who were talking together, and asked a middle-aged woman who walked past with a bundle of thatch, "May I ask where there is anyone who sells grain?" ”

The middle-aged woman looked at him in horror, lowered her head and hurried by, not answering his question.

The men gathered around looked at each other, and one of them shouted to Ding Chen, "You want to buy grain?" He said, "I'll take you." ”

"No, you don't." Ding Chen glanced at him and said lightly, "I can go by myself." ”

"I'll take you there, it's cheaper." The man shouted. The few people around him didn't speak, just stared at Ding Chen.

Ding Chen nodded slightly to the man, and then led the horse and continued to walk along the street. This kind of place is not big, even if it takes not much time to walk from the beginning to the end, even if there is no one to guide the way, Ding Chen can find a place by himself.

Several men watched Ding Chen walk away, but they didn't say anything, and got together again to talk.

Snowflakes fell in the sky again, Ding Chen didn't care, still led the horse slowly, and sure enough, he quickly found a place that looked like a grocery store.

He tied his horse to the door, reached out and took a pocket from his horse's back, held it in his hand, pushed open the door of the shop, and entered.

The wind swept the snowflakes into the store with Ding Chen's action of opening the door, making the shopkeeper who was sitting behind the counter shiver and refreshed his spirits.

Ding Chen stood by the door and looked at the furnishings in the store. It is a rectangular space with various odd-shaped objects stacked on both sides of the door. To his surprise, there was an electric light lit in the shop.

The shopkeeper was an old man, he leaned over to look at Ding Chen, and after confirming that this person had never seen him, he immediately pulled out a pistol from behind the counter, aimed it at Ding Chen, and shouted, "Stand still." ”

Ding Chen stopped, threw the pocket in his hand to the ground, and raised his hands to show that he had no malicious intent, "I'm here to buy something." He said.

The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment and asked, "What do you want?" ”

"Soybeans." Ding Chen said: "Or something else to feed the horses." ”

"You have a horse?" The shopkeeper said, "What do you exchange it for?" ”

"How's the meat?" Ding Chen said: "I have wolf meat, rabbit meat, pheasant meat, and if you want to make wine, I also have a snake." ”

"You're a hunter?" The shopkeeper asked. He pointed his gun at Ding Chen, slowly walked out from behind the counter, looked at the pocket that Ding Chen threw on the ground, frowned and said, "I have some black beans, but they are very expensive." Two pounds of meat for one pound. ”

"Are you kidding?" Ding Chen said: "What's the use of me asking for such beans? ”

"I'm the one with the gun now." The shopkeeper said, "You'd better think it through." ”

Ding Chen smiled, ignored the shopkeeper's warning, put down his hands, and asked, "Will you kill your own customers?" Or have you already killed a lot? ”

The shopkeeper stared at him warily and refused to speak.

So Ding Chen continued: "I don't think you have killed anyone...... I suspect that none of this gun has ever killed anyone. ”

"Of course I did." The shopkeeper said angrily, he raised the gun, pulled the bolt to the maximum with his thumb, and aimed it at Ding Chen's head, "What do you want to say." ”

Ding Chen sighed, "Then you must have killed someone in the summer." ”

He looked at the shopkeeper and said, "Didn't anyone sell you a gun?" With this old revolver, it is likely that it will not be able to penetrate the skin on my body. ”

"I'm aiming at your head right now." The shopkeeper said viciously: "Don't force me to be angry, I'm afraid of starting a fire." ”

Ding Chen spread his hands and wanted to speak, but suddenly his face changed, his body turned, and he walked out of the store quickly. The shopkeeper gestured with the pistol and opened his mouth, wanting to remind Ding Chen again, but found that he had already gone out. hurriedly chased him out with a pistol.

There were a few more people on the street than before, mostly standing on both sides looking at the grocery store from afar. Ding Chen walked out of the door quickly, just in time to see a small man pulling his three horses with great difficulty, trying to lead them away. His posture was struggling, so he looked a little funny, because he tried his best not even to realize that the owner of the horse had come out of the shop.

Ding Chen frowned, pulled out his pistol and fired, and after the gunshots rang out, the horse thief fell to the ground.

The three horses snorted and walked restlessly, but were not frightened, apparently accustomed to the sound of gunfire.

The crowd let out a burst of exclamations, and the man who was talking to Ding Chen just now and his companions had been standing under the eaves opposite the grocery store to watch the excitement, but they didn't expect Ding Chen to shoot first without saying a word, so they took a step slowly.

Those people were stunned for a moment, and some people subconsciously touched the holster on their waists, and Ding Chen's eyes immediately turned away. The man was startled, stopped pulling his gun, and turned to look at his leader.

"You shouldn't have killed him." The man said, "He's just a kid. ”

Ding Chen glanced at him and did not speak. The crowd suddenly stirred, and an old woman rushed out with a spear, glanced at the man in the pool of blood, and raised the gun at Ding Chen with a curse.

Ding Chen's gun opened fire again, and the woman's skull was torn off by the bullet and she fell on her back.

"You see it." Ding Chen didn't pay attention to the crowd that quieted down instantly, turned around and said to the shopkeeper who chased him out, "If you want to kill someone, don't speak." ”

He half-turned, staring at the man and his companions, "If I'm willing to speak, it proves that I don't want to kill yet." So can we talk about the price? ”

watched Ding Chen follow the shopkeeper into the store. The crowd slowly dispersed, and no one went to collect the bodies.

The person next to the man asked in a low voice, "Let's follow up?" ”

The man raised his hand and wiped his face, and said coldly: "Can you shoot faster than him?" He said, "Let's wait for him outside." ”

The shopkeeper was very quick this time, accepted Ding Chen's animal meat, and carried out a large bag of miscellaneous grains for him, Ding Chen opened it and looked at it, although he was not very satisfied, but he couldn't see a large area of farmland in this place, and now it was winter and spring, and there was no room for picking.

Stacking the sacks of miscellaneous grains on the horse's back, Ding Chen turned back to the shopkeeper and asked, "I have a question, why have you survived until now." ”

The shopkeeper hesitated for a moment and said, "I told Khalik that I could bring him a steady stream of benefits. ”

"His name is Khalik?" Ding Chen nodded, "You're very smart. ”

The two men's eyes fell on the corpses in the middle of the street, and the snow had fallen in a thin layer on them, and he said, "Wise people usually live a little longer. (To be continued.) )