"Bang!"

"Bang!"

......

The vermilion door of the general store in the east of the city was knocked hard, but in this snowstorm night, it could not reach far.

"Bang bang bang...... Bang bang bang ......"

The knock on the door is more urgent,

The money shopkeeper woke up suddenly, quickly got up from the bed, put on a jacket, and put on a robe, "Come, come......"

The money shopkeeper hurriedly trotted all the way and opened the door with great difficulty, "Oh, it's so late, who's it? Come in, come in." ”

The money shopkeeper didn't look at anyone, and subconsciously opened the door, and the two black-clothed men flashed in almost instantly.

"You ......" The money shopkeeper paused for a moment, and after seeing the person who came clearly, he let go of his hanging heart, "It's you, come, go into the house." ”

Under the guidance of the shopkeeper Qian, the two men in black walked into the main hall, and the two men in black patted the snow on their bodies, "Shopkeeper Qian, are there any bamboo slips we bought last time......?"

The shopkeeper hung up the clothes, "Is that the bamboo slip?" Yes, there are still twenty volumes this time, but it's so late, you still come over, are you in such a hurry?"

As soon as they heard that there were bamboo slips, the two black-clothed men instantly breathed a sigh of relief, "Then bring it quickly, this time it is more urgent, someone on it is urging, this time it is a roll of six taels of silver, a total of one hundred and twenty taels." One of the men in black stepped forward and took out two hundred taels of silver tickets, "The rest will be placed in the money shopkeeper first, if there are any more bamboo slips like this, you must help us keep them, and we will buy them at this price when the time comes." ”

The money shopkeeper put away the money, nodded, and took out a bag from the cabinet, which contained the twenty rolls of bamboo slips that Ye Li took and sold, "You guys put it away, don't come so late next time, it's really hard to say if something happens along the way." ”

The two men in black picked up the bag and took their leave, and before leaving, they repeatedly hoped that the money shopkeeper would prepare more.

The shopkeeper closed the door, "These two people are really strange, aren't they just a few rolls of bamboo slips, is it necessary to be in such a hurry and come over in the middle of the night?"

After the two black-clothed men came out of the grocery store, they went directly out of the gate in the east of the city, along the official road, and soon disappeared into the wind and snow.

Early the next morning,

Ye Li removed the bamboo strips on the door, pushed the door open hard, and found that the snow outside the door was already more than half a person high, and if the child walked in, he was afraid that he would be planted directly in it.

The neighbors also went out in twos and threes and began to clean the snow in front of the door.

"Brother Ye, you got up so early, last night's snowstorm was a little scary. Next door, Lao Zhang was shoveling off the frozen ice in front of the door with a shovel, and he said hello to Ye Li.

Ye Li also said with a smile, "Yes, last night's snowstorm almost blew the house down. ”

During this time, the neighbors in the neighborhood were all familiar with Ye Li, and most of the money that Ye Li bought from weaving bamboo slips was distributed to those who needed it, so the big guy still seemed quite enthusiastic when he saw Ye Li.

"This year, the weather is colder than usual, and it is estimated that it will be even colder in the lunar month. Aunt Li, who was on the other side of the door, also went out to clean the snow, and she carried a pot of hot water and poured it directly on the snow at the door, and the half-person-high snow quickly turned into water and flowed into the waterway on the side.

"Aunt Li, it will be even more difficult for your water to freeze later, but don't pour hot water on it. Ye Li looked at it and hurriedly spoke.

Aunt Li smiled, "Don't worry, your Aunt Li has lived for such a long time, can you still not know this? This snow turns into water, and I will get some hay to spread it later, even if it forms ice, it will not slip." ”

When Ye Li heard this, it was really such a reason, so he didn't say anything more.

"Uncle Wang said, it's going to be Layue in two days, please eat braised pork and drink old rice wine!" Ye Li cleaned up the snow at the door and said loudly to the surrounding neighbors.

For a while, the big guy grinned, "This Uncle Wang is too polite, we are already ashamed to be taken care of by Uncle Wang, this is good, please eat meat, don't eat up the butcher shop in the east of the city?"

Ye Li smiled and prepared to go out to buy some breakfast.

After passing through two small alleys, the little stall was still there.

"Boss, here are eight steamed buns, and two bowls of bean juice for me. Ye Li said.

"Brother Ye is here so early. The owner of the small stall naturally recognized Ye Li, and with a smile, he picked out eight large buns from the steamer, and also fished out two fritters by the way, and took two bowls of bean juice from the side.

"Come, here's eight cents. Ye Li counted the coins in his hand and handed over the eight coins.

The boss pushed it back, "Brother Ye, I invited you for this meal, you can just invite me to drink an old wine at that time." ”

Ye Li was helpless, so he had no choice but to give up, "Come on, just call you when the time comes." I'll go first. ”

Ye Li returned home and beckoned the old man to get up, this morning, it was cold and snowy, drink some hot bean juice, so as not to freeze too much.

"You go to the grocery store later, buy some candles and come back, the candles are running out of candles at home. The old man took a sip of bean juice and said slowly.

"Well, okay. ”

Ye Li finished eating, wiped his mouth and walked to the east of the city.

Along the way, they cleaned the snow at the door door from house to house, and greeted Ye Li warmly when they saw it.

When he arrived at the grocery store, Ye Li found that the door of the grocery store was closed, and the snow at the door was also thickly piled high.

"Money shopkeeper, money shopkeeper!" Ye Li patted the door, and suddenly a lot of snow fell from it, falling on his neck.

Ye Li's voice was loud, but there was still no movement inside.

"Haven't you gotten up yet? No way, it stands to reason that the grocery store has been open for a long time at this time. Ye Li muttered, not believing in evil and continuing to knock on the door, "Money shopkeeper, money shopkeeper, open the door quickly, there is a door-to-door business." ”

The owner of the butcher shop next to him walked out, "Brother Ye, I knocked on the door of this grocery store early in the morning, and there is no answer inside, so I guess I am still sleeping." ”

Ye Li was puzzled, "It's not right, the money shopkeeper gets up early every morning, why hasn't the door opened so late?" No, no, no...... What's wrong?"

As soon as he said this, the butcher shop owner also muttered, "Either we knock the door open and see if the money shopkeeper is still there, if the money shopkeeper is still there, we will repair the door and compensate him, and if not, then we will have a good awakening." ”

Ye Li nodded, "Okay, then let's try it first." ”

The door of the grocery store was very thick, and Ye Li, the butcher shop owner, and a few more people shouted, and five or six people slammed the door open.

"Money shopkeeper! money shopkeeper!"

Ye Li waded through the half-human-high snow, and finally passed through the small courtyard behind the door, and found that the door of the main hall was just hidden, so he stepped forward and pushed the door open.

It didn't matter if I pushed the door, and when I looked inside, I was startled by the five or six people who came in.

I saw the money shopkeeper hanging high on the beam on the main hall, his eyes and tongue came out, he looked extremely scary, and there was a thin layer of hoarfrost on his body, obviously he had been dead for a long time. The wind blew in the hall, and the stiff corpse of the money shopkeeper shook faintly, which was terrifying.

Ye Li grabbed the butcher shop owner beside him, and everyone couldn't believe it, how could this money shopkeeper, who was good yesterday, hang himself in the grocery store today.

"It's certainly not self-determined. Ye Li was the most courageous, he walked around the money shopkeeper who was nearly one person high from the ground, and said softly, "The distance from the ground is so high, even if the money shopkeeper wants to hang himself, he can't get it so high." ”

In addition, some people have already gone outside to find the county officials, there is a small government in this small town, there are only three or five people on weekdays, and this time there is a trouble, and the five depressed people even ran over with the small county officials.

The little Xuancheng also quickly made a fuss, Xuancheng has not died for a long time, let alone was killed by others.

Although the money shopkeeper is surnamed Qian, he is never greedy for money, and he is very good to the big guys, young and old, all rushed to the grocery store to see what happened.

Ye Li took a few deep breaths, and then calmed down the wild beat in his heart, not that he couldn't see the dead, but that the person who was killed was a familiar person, so he couldn't bear it in his heart.

There was a light snow outside, and Ye Li's heart couldn't help but feel a burst of sadness.