I was afraid that the old lady would find out about my origins, so I had to pretend to be a little Taoist priest who followed Master's orders and came to the ghost market to buy things for the first time. For this reason, I deliberately made a very innocent appearance and said to the old lady: "Master instructed me to come to the ghost market to buy some talisman materials, but he only told me this address, and then he was busy with his work, but he didn't talk about the problem that the ghost market would only open at night. ”

The old lady didn't ask me any more questions, but looked up at the sky, and said to me with concern: "Little Taoist, it's still early, if you don't have anything else to do, just wait here." You can choose to go to the theater to listen to the play, or you can go to the teahouse to drink tea. ”

Speaking of listening to the opera, I suddenly felt that the erhu sound behind the courtyard was becoming more and more desolate and panicked, and there was a feeling of chill on my back, which was very uncomfortable. Therefore, it was naturally impossible for me to choose to go in to listen to the play, so I thanked the old lady and said, "Then I'll go have a cup of tea first." ”

When the old lady heard me say this, she shook her head quite unhappily, and the big red flower on her head had a shaky feeling, as if she was talking to herself, and sighed softly: "Young people nowadays are getting more and more shallow, and do not know how to appreciate art. ”

I smiled quite awkwardly, and when I saw that the old lady was leaving, my heart suddenly moved, and I hurriedly stopped her and asked, "Old man, it was the first time I came to the ghost market to buy something, and I was worried that I would be scolded by the master when I went back." I'd like to ask if the ghost market is right here and when will it open?"

I was really worried that the old lady would ignore me because I was shallow and didn't like to listen to the play, but fortunately, she was not as snobbish as I thought, and said to me: "This is it, but it won't open until nine o'clock in the evening, and there will be many Taoist priests like you who will trade things." You just wait. ”

I was surprised that the ghost market had to open so late, but I had to wait. I thanked the old lady.

Because it was still early, and I felt that it was much colder here than outside the courtyard, I went to the teahouse to drink tea to pass the time.

There were three teahouses in it, and the largest teahouse, "Idlers' Gathering", was in the middle, so I went straight into this teahouse. A middle-aged man in his forties greeted him with a smile and greeted him warmly, "Little Master, please come inside." ”

I was really regarded as a little Taoist priest by others, I couldn't help but smile bitterly in my heart, and followed in to find a corner by the window to sit down, so that it was warm and inconspicuous. I casually asked for a bowl of tea, and while drinking it warmly, I pretended to look at the people in the teahouse casually.

There are still a lot of people in the teahouse, some playing mahjong, some playing Sichuan cards, some bragging, and noisy.

However, such an atmosphere is good, just in the middle of the noise, patiently waiting for the ghost market to open.

In the afternoon, two Sichuan operas were sung on the opposite stage, I never watched the play, and I didn't know what the repertoire was, but the content was related to ghosts, and I was creepy to watch. What makes me wonder is that those tea players who have been playing mahjong and cards are so excited that they don't even play mahjong and cards.

I sang for more than two hours, and it was really a torment for me. After the play was finished, the people in the teahouse left one after another, and after a while, almost all the people in the teahouse were gone. Only then did I realize that these people were specially here to see the play.

The teahouse was deserted all of a sudden, and the two guys in the teahouse began to clean the teahouse, so that I didn't know whether it was better to continue to sit in it and wait, or to go out for a while.

At this time, an old woman in her fifties walked over with a smile on her face, and a guy hurriedly bowed down and shouted, "Hello Boss Wang." ”

I guessed that this old woman should be the proprietress of this teahouse, Aunt Wang. I looked at Aunt Wang with some nervousness.

This Aunt Wang wore a navy blue cheongsam, tall and thin, although she was a lot older, her body and skin were excellent. I think I must have been a stunning beauty when I was young.

I was in a daze, when she waved her hand at me and said, "It's okay, you sit down, clean up in a while, and then change a cup of hot tea for you." It's still early for the ghost market to open. ”

How did she know that I was here in the ghost market, and I was secretly surprised. However, after thinking about it, the people who ate tea and watched the drama were gone, and I still didn't leave, so I naturally went to the ghost market. For this reason, although I felt quite uncomfortable, I politely said to her, "Thank you." ”

Aunt Wang actually walked to my table, sat down, grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the melon seed plate on my table, and chatted with me while swallowing: "Young man, you don't look like a cultivator when you just entered the industry." ”

Aunt Wang was very close to me, and I could smell a very special fragrance emanating from her, which was supposed to be perfume, but I faintly smelled a faint smell of mildew.

I looked at Aunt Wang suspiciously, and couldn't help frowning secretly, and said secretly: "This Aunt Wang is well-dressed, and the whole person looks neat and neat, she shouldn't be the kind of sloppy woman, how can she have a musty smell on her body?"

"Am I good-looking?" Aunt Wang actually smiled ambiguously at me, and asked with a smile.

I was distracted by the strange smell of her body, I didn't answer her question in time, and I was a little stunned, and I blushed when I heard her tease me like this, and I didn't know how to deal with it.

Aunt Wang looked at my embarrassment, and suddenly burst out laughing, laughing very exaggeratedly, with a posture of flowers and branches.

"Sure enough, it's a little Taoist priest who has just entered the industry," Aunt Wang finally couldn't hold back a smile and said, "Don't be nervous, I like to joke, especially for a little Taoist like you." ”

It turned out to be a joke

I smiled awkwardly, didn't dare to look at Aunt Wang, and hurriedly covered up my hand to bring tea to drink.

Who knows, before my hand touched the tea bowl, Aunt Wang actually grabbed the tea bowl in front of me and held the tea bowl in her hand, and said: "This is almost cold, drinking it is not good for the stomach, I will change a cup for you." ”

As Aunt Wang spoke, she shouted loudly to the tea stove behind her: "Lian'er, change a cup of hot tea for this little master." ”

"Okay. ”

A crisp sound came from the tea stove behind it like a silver bell, and it was a beautiful sound.

Almost at the same time, I saw a little girl in a floral cloth dress walking out lightly with a tea tray. The girl was no more than fifteen or sixteen years old, and she was very watery, and her skin was as white as if she had never seen the sun before. Such a beautiful little girl, but wearing a very rustic flower cloth dress, feels weird.

Li'er walked very fast, and in the blink of an eye, she put a steaming tea bowl in front of me, smiled sweetly at me, and said, "Please use it." ”

"Thank you. I hurriedly said.

"You're welcome. As she spoke, she turned to wipe down the tables, and I didn't notice that she was holding a rag in her hand.

At the same time, I also noticed that there was an obvious change in the teahouse, the guys just now were gone, and the busy ones in the teahouse were replaced by a few girls about the same size as Li'er.

These girls have a common characteristic, that is, their skin is very white, as if they have never seen the sun.

It is estimated that my expression is different, and Aunt Wang said with a smile: "The guys in my teahouse are working in two shifts, and the guys just now have gone home from work, so they will be replaced by these sisters at night." ”