"The old man has taken the yellow crane to go, and the white clouds have been empty for thousands of years. Why don't you go to see that old man, what are you doing when you come to see me? ”

"You are also my old friend."

"I thought you would go to him first, and you should go to him first."

"They all think so, but I don't want to see him at this moment, I just want to see you."

In the hot pot restaurant of Yang Erxian in City A, a sloppy old man and an old man in black sat opposite each other. The surroundings were filled with people pushing cups and changing lamps as enthusiastically as hot pot, and those who were full or not full passed by the two of them, shouting five and six, but the two old men turned a deaf ear and did not squint.

The two looked at each other in silence, with an unpredictable look on their faces.

"Come on, let me go!" A woman with a round waist and a round face held two plates of duck intestines, twisted her buttocks and came to the two old men, put the duck intestines in front of the two old men, and said with a smile on her face, "Freshly taken out duck intestines, try it!" ”

The old man in black took the lead in retracting his gaze, picked up a piece of fat cow from the steaming hot pot, dipped it in the bowl, put it in his mouth and chewed it twice, pretending to be amazed, and gave a thumbs up and said, "Yo! Yang Erxian, you fat cow is really a cow! ”

The sloppy old man raised his right foot and put it on the stool, rubbed it between his toes with his right index finger, glanced at the old man in black contemptuously, picked up chopsticks, picked up a piece of moon cake in the cooked food platter and swallowed it in one bite, and said to Yang Erxian with a flattering face, "Erxian, your fried moon cakes with green peppers are really amazing......" Picked up a cup of soy milk, poured it into his stomach with a rumbling rumble, and smiled, "Your milk is also delicious, and it is endlessly memorable!" ”

Yang Erxian glanced at the sloppy old man, and said angrily, "Sima Bei, I thought about it before I spoke, do you think that the two of us don't have enough gossip?" My son is about to become your son now, you are shameless, I still have to go out to meet people! ”

Sima Bei coughed lightly and said nonchalantly, "What is fake is fake, no matter what they say, it can't be true...... It's better to talk than to be silent," he pointed to the old man in black sitting opposite him, "Well, only people like Zhang Xiaoman need to be careful, there is a good saying, a dog that doesn't bark hurts the most." ”

Zhang Xiaoman snorted coldly, pointed to the golden moon cakes on the plate, and said, "There is also a saying that dogs can't change their eating, which is also very reasonable, even if some dogs become people, they still can't move when they see yellow things." ”

As soon as the words fell, Sima Bei looked at Zhang Xiaoman with angry eyes, and Zhang Xiaoman was not to be outdone and glared back at Sima Bei, and the air was quiet again.

Yang Erxian shook her head and smiled, and wiped her fat hands on her apron, "It's almost over, you two don't act with me, no one will eavesdrop on your conversation, eat with confidence, drink openly, and speak boldly!" I'll cut two more plates of lamb kidneys for you and cook them in a hot pot, and the taste is amazing. ”

With that, Yang Erxian twisted her buttocks and walked back to the back kitchen with her head held high.

Sima Beimu saw Yang Erxian leave, shrugged his nose, and said softly to Zhang Xiaoman, "You say...... How old is the second woman this year? ”

Zhang Xiaoman picked up a chopstick duck intestine, put it in the fiery copper pot and shook it up and down, and replied casually, "It must be 69." ”

“69？” Sima Bei's eyes lit up, he smashed his mouth, and also picked up a chopstick duck intestine and shook it in the red soup, "What an interesting number." ”

"Isn't it an interesting number, ten Arabic numeral symbols can make a pair of them, 9 upside down is 6, 6 upside down is 9, interesting, right......" Zhang Xiaoman put the duck intestines into his bowl, not in a hurry to eat, and picked up a chopstick duck intestine and continued to shake it up and down in the pot, "6 and 9 are each other's other half, just like a person and their own shadows, together they are complete." ”

"Oh?" After Sima Beishabu for two or three seconds, he blew the heat of the duck intestines between the two chopsticks, quickly stuffed it into his mouth, rolled up a duck intestine again and put it into the bubbling red soup, and after another two or three seconds, he raised the chopsticks, and between the two chopsticks, not only the original duck intestine was still there, but there was also an extra duck intestine somehow, and asked lazily, "So...... What is it to put it together in its entirety? ”

"Day!" Zhang Xiaoman watched the moment Sima Bei lifted his chopsticks and rolled away the duck intestines on his chopsticks, rolled his eyes and said, "The sun, the sun too." What is the sun, it is a big fireball that brings light and warmth to people, so 6 and 9 cannot be separated. ”

"But if there is light in this world, there will be darkness, and anything standing under the sun will have a shadow, and the night cannot be mixed with the day, and people cannot be integrated with the shadow......" Sima Bei put his duck intestines and Zhang Xiaoman's duck intestines into his mouth, chewed it a few times, spit it out, and said with a pout, "Greed really can't chew it!" ”

"Duck intestines should be chewed and swallowed slowly," Zhang Xiaoman simply picked up the duck intestine in the bowl and put it in his mouth, chewed it slowly over and over again, and said while pointing to the hot soup, "Good soup should be boiled patiently." ”

"Then why don't you stay up?" Sima Bei sneered, "Are you really used to being an uncle in the countryside?" Rice to open the mouth, clothes to stretch out the hand, there are two old goblins on the left and right sides of the ring as companions, don't do anything yourself, fairy days! Have pity on me, alone in the mountains, the wind is strong, and the rain is strong......"

"Isn't there a little apprentice?" Zhang Xiaoman picked up a pair of chopsticks and duck intestines again, but this time in the red soup in front of Sima Bei, he said with a courteous face, "If you follow me, it will only be more lively in the future." ”

"I believe you're a ghost!" Sima Bei pouted, "Is that apprentice something I want to take in myself?" This is my master's fate, can I shirk it? When I went up the mountain, I ran away in less than two days, and I went back to the grass house at night to sleep, at most I was a roommate...... If I really promise you, the ghosts will be gone, leaving me alone to shiver in the cold wind. Besides, the combination of 6 and 9 is really a bit overwhelming, at most one! ”

Zhang Xiaoman sighed, "One by one, which one do you think is appropriate?" Complementation? Or is it similar? ”

Sima Bei used chopsticks to remove Zhang Xiaoman's duck intestines with a look of disgust, fished out a piece of fat cow in the pot and put it in the bowl, picked up the cup, took a sip of soybean milk, wiped the milk stains on his beard and said, "You still have to swallow it if you have an appetite......

"Well said!" An abrupt voice exploded in the ears of Zhang Xiaoman and Sima Bei, "That's what I mean." ”

Zhang Xiaoman coldly watched an old man in a black teacher's uniform sit down between himself and Sima Bei, and the corners of his mouth rose slightly, "Okay, good, I returned on a snowy night, and two old people came at a time, but it saved me from running around." ”

Sima Bei squinted at the old man in the black teacher's uniform, frowned, and said, "Luo Ci, why are you here too?" Rushing to eat? ”

"He has two apprentices...... Luo Ci sat on the stool in a regular manner, picked up a fat intestine with chopsticks one by one, accurately kept the height of each shabu in the same position, and after seven up and eight times, put it into Zhang Xiaoman's bowl, his eyes lit up and said, "You have two apprentices, and I have a very good appetite for my appetite!" ”

Zhang Xiaoman glanced at Luo Ci suspiciously, and said with some apprehension, "Your nose is really smart...... I'm afraid, I'm afraid, similar ones are put together, the effects are superimposed, I'm afraid it's going to be a demon! ”

"Don't be afraid, don't be afraid," Luo Ci picked up a chopstick and put the fat cow in his mouth, waved his hand, and pointed to Sima Beidao, "He has already made a demon, and it's not good." Speaking of which, that shadow is the one who has the most appetite for me......"

Sima Bei knocked on the edge of the hot pot with chopsticks, raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't even think about it, if you dare to reach out and grab the dishes in my bowl, believe it or not, I will lift this table?" ”

"I don't have that habit of eating other people's saliva...... Luo Ci pursed his mouth, turned his head to look at Zhang Xiaoman, and said, "I thought you would go to see him first, but I waited over there for a long time and didn't see you show up, so I knew that you must be coming this way, what do you think?" Shouldn't it be over there that matters? ”

"Everyone thinks I'm going over there, so I can't go there," Zhang Xiaoman picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, and moved his ears slightly, "Listen, the dog over there is starting to bark......"

Luo Ci glanced sideways at the direction of the hospital with a deep face, and then looked at Zhang Xiaoman with a strange expression, "Are you afraid of death?" ”

"If you are a human being, you are afraid of death," Zhang Xiaoman let out a long breath and said, "I am naturally no exception, but this time I am not afraid of death, but I can't die yet." Instead of running over to die, it's better to sit here and wait for death. ”

Sima Bei looked at Luo Ci, who suddenly bowed his head and was silent, and then looked at Zhang Xiaoman, who was staring into the distance with a teacup, frowned and said, "A good hot pot has all been stirred up by you, what kind of death is not dead, people are inherently dead, or they will die of hunger, come!" Fuck this duck intestine, and then say something bullshit to die! ”

Luo Ci came back to his senses and chuckled, "Every day there is a life, and there are people who die, nothing unusual, just like the dog barking that can be heard everywhere." By the way, I heard some strange sounds on the way here......"

Sima Bei tilted his neck and said, "Oh? You think it's strange, it must be very strange, what sound? ”

Luo Ci blinked, stared at Zhang Xiaoman with a playful expression and spit out three words, "Papapa!" ”

Sima Bei grinned, "Fireworks in the sky, artillery fire in the world?" ”

"It's gunfire...... Zhang Xiaoman sighed again, "When the gun goes off, no one necessarily dies, but someone will be hurt, someone will be injured in the heart, someone will be injured in the body, and some people will be injured in the heart and body......"

Sima Bei tilted his head and asked, "Three people?" ”

Luo Ci gave a thumbs up and said, "Good count!" He opened a bottle of liquor by himself, filled it with a glass, drank it all, and turned his head to look at Zhang Xiaoman, "You don't go to the hospital, do you want to go to the funeral home?" ”

Zhang Xiaoman shook his head, "Ten minutes ago, what is the past ......?"

Luo Ci filled himself with another cup and drank it to the bottom, "If you don't go to the hospital, you won't go to the funeral home, so where are you going?" ”

"Go here......" Zhang Xiaoman dipped his fingers in the tea, wrote two words on the table, and looked at the snow outside the hot pot restaurant, "The snow is estimated to not stop tonight, and tomorrow morning it will definitely be deep in snow, and the streets will be covered in snow, many children will build snowmen all over the street, and some people will start making ice sculptures......"