At dusk the next day, a carriage slowly walked on a small road in Hulutun, the carport was very tightly enclosed, and the driver was a middle-aged man, the car had already circled around Hulutun three times, and some people walked on the road, but no one paid attention to the car.

At this time, it is the time for every family to cook, the smoke rises, the chickens and dogs bark, the crimson dusk, a beautiful picture, and the houses are ordinary families looking forward to a better life.

Sitting in the carport were shopkeeper Wang, Mei Zi, and the leader of the Vietnamese team who were members of the Japanese "Oriental Embassy" peeking at Chinese cultural relics, and it was Erlang who drove the car.

Captain Vietnam: "I see there's a big car shop and a small restaurant over there, let's go have a meal and see what the evening is like." ”

"I'm not getting out of the car, you guys go." Meizi said that she was actually afraid that she would not be able to explain it if she ran into Yang Huai.

Hulutun at night is lively, on a street in Tunzikou, there is a small casino, there are only four tables, the casino turned out to be the Liu family, unwilling to do it, the big Cui family took over, a lot of bleakness.

At that time, the Liu family also had a big casino, which was very good, the people around Tunzi came to Hulu Tun to play, and those who had a little money went to the big casino, there was food and drink, and a place to sleep, and those who didn't have much money came to this small casino, eating, drinking, and living in these businesses Liu family didn't do, and let the people in Tunzi do it, and it can also be said that it drove some people to earn some pocket money, and then the Liu family slowly found that although they made money, there were too many troubles, and they needed more people, mainly people who needed to watch the field, and they drank and drank and went crazy, and gambled without giving money. There are fights almost every night, and they don't say a few words, they come up and do it, and those who are anxious and use knives. Liu Jinzeng also has to deal with the aftermath often, which is annoying. Blueberry chanted the Buddha who didn't sleep all day for this thing.

Fighting can also be persuaded, what happened suddenly is more terrifying, once, an old man hunting in the mountains went down the mountain to do leather business, let people be deceived, depressed, put the only little money left into the casino, did not expect to make a big profit, won a lot of money, an excitement fell to the ground, no one knows what to do, this is too sudden, watch the field hurriedly go back to report, the old grandson quickly went to the scene to give him an injection, in the head of several acupuncture points bloodletting, only to save the old man, learn from the pain, the next day, Liu Jinzeng closed the casino, the big casino changed the warehouse.

The Cui family found the Liu family and wanted to take over the small casino, but Liu Jinzeng agreed and took advantage of the situation.

At present, there is a big car shop next to the small casino, that is, a place to rest, as well as two small restaurants, three shops, a barber shop, and several pergolas, where people sell cool skins and flatbread when it is hot. The terrain here is good, the location is good, it is the edge of Tunzi, and the road to the county seat has to pass through here.

The shopkeeper lowered his hat, put his chin on his beard, bought a box of cigarettes at the commissary, and walked around the cart shop.

Viet Nam and Shopkeeper Wang ate two bowls of noodles in a small restaurant, and bought two flatbreads and four salted duck eggs.

The two of them got into the car satisfied, and Erlang ate the flatbread and drove away.

In the car, the Vietnamese captain said: "Tunzi is still quite big, the terrain is good, look at the appearance of the house, there are a few families who are really rich, the location of the casino is the only way to go to the county seat, we must be able to control the casino, and it is best to blend in here." ”

Shopkeeper Wang: "If you stay here for three days, you can roughly find out the situation in Hulutun." ”

At this time, Xiao Mingzi secretly returned to the pawnshop from the back door, and he was very annoyed.

He stared at the shopkeeper from noon, seeing that he had put on makeup, had a beard on his chin, and had lunch with someone who was very mysterious every time, and went out of the pawnshop through the back door.

As soon as they left, Xiao Mingzi made an excuse to get out of the pawnshop and came to the gate of the county government to find Yang Huai from the police station.

The doorman told him that there was no such person. Impossible, he put a cigarette on the doorman, saying that he was his relative, and there was an emergency, and the doorman went in again to ask,

Xiao Mingzi was waiting in the doorman's room and was bored, so he walked out of the house, through the crack in the door, and inadvertently looked out, and was surprised.

Xiao Mingzi suddenly thought that on the day Yang Huai came to the pawnshop as a pocket watch, he originally invited them to dinner, but the shopkeeper Wang appeared in time and stopped them, it must be the letter reported by the second fierce son.

The doorman came out of it and said, "The man you mentioned has been here for so short that many people don't know him." Just happened to meet someone who knew, and he went to the dock patrol. ”

Xiao Mingzi: "Thank you." ”

Xiao Mingzi didn't come up with any good way to prevaricate the second fierce son, ignore him, he will definitely report when the shopkeeper Wang comes back in the evening, once the shopkeeper Wang knows that he has come to the police station, then he doesn't dare to think about the consequences.

Xiao Mingzi simply walked out of the gate and walked directly to the stall selling cool skin on the opposite side.

Er Mengzi was a little dumbfounded when he saw Xiao Mingzi coming over, so he hurriedly sat down next to the small table and said, "Let's have a bowl of cold skin." ”

Xiao Mingzi pretended to be happy and said: "Er Mengzi, I didn't expect to meet you here, eat cold skin here, I'm hungry." ”

The boss put a bowl of cold skin in front of Er Mengzi, and Er Mengzi: "Mingzi, you eat first." His chili peppers are fragrant, I, I have long wanted to come here to satisfy my hunger, and today the shopkeeper went out, but I have a chance. ”

Xiao Mingzi shouted at the boss, "You eat first." Boss, bring me a bowl. ”

Ermengzi was slightly fat, very dark, and looked very honest, he didn't dare to look at Xiao Mingzi, lowered his head and said, "I'll eat first." What did you do at the county government? ”

The second fierce man lowered his head and ate it.

Xiao Mingzi didn't answer why he went to the county yamen, but asked: "Mengzi, you have been here for less than a year." ”

Ermengzi: "Hmm"

Xiao Mingzi: "What have you learned?" Looking at ancient paintings, porcelain, openings, lacquerware, valuations? ”

Er Mengzi raised his head and sighed: "You still know what my situation is, and you deliberately snub me." The shopkeeper Wang said, apprentices are like this, the first year is to start and do odd jobs, and next year I can learn the craft. ”

Xiao Mingzi: "I have long wanted to ask you, your home is from Jiamusi, so far, why did you come here." ”

Ermengzi: "There is no one in my family, my mother died when I was five years old, my father married a Liaoning and gave birth to two younger brothers, and then they returned to Liaoning and threw me to my grandfather, who died the year before last." A distant relative introduced me to this place, and I can support myself by myself, how can I lie down if I don't have a home, and that is my home. Right now, the shopkeeper Wang gives me a room to sleep in, a steamed bun will not starve to death, this is my home. ”

Xiao Mingzi: "It seems that I am better than you, my home is in Xuejiawan, and I am in the same place as Steward Qiu, but I only knew that I was a fellow countryman with Steward Qiu when I arrived here, and I also have an old lady and a big brother who can't speak." At the end of the year, come home with me for the New Year. ”

Ermengzi looked at Xiao Mingzi in surprise: "Really? ”

The boss put the cold skin in front of Xiao Mingzi, and Xiao Mingzi ate it.

Xiao Mingzi: "My family doesn't have much money, but I have my own house, a big kang, you can sleep with me." My mother's cooking is delicious, you can sew clothes for us, there is a small piece of land at home, if you want, we can not come out, my mother is your mother, we will give my mother a pension, and then become a family and live a small life. ”

Er Mengzi finished eating and looked at Xiao Mingzi: "Mingzi, this is something I have always dreamed of." I, actually, today, am following you as the task given to me by the king's treasurer,......"