Cold.

The wind in the south is still warm, but after crossing the Pearl River, it will start to get colder further up.

Some people say that the cold in the south is with wetness, and that is a kind of clammy cold.

If the dry in the north freezes a person's nose, then the clammy cold in the south will freeze your blood.

The cold wind is howling.

Where does this wind come from?

It seemed to come from the corner of the street, and they were beating on the banners and advertisements on both sides of the street, whirring and banging on people's windows, but strangely enough, people closed the windows tighter instead.

In such a cold wind, of course, there were no passers-by, and there were no passers-by.

But fortunately, there are roadside stalls, the only one on the whole street.

This is really rare, in a street where the business is withered, most of the shops have closed their doors and windows, and when there are no pedestrians, there is actually a roadside stall selling tofu flowers.

"Tofu flowers... Delicious and sweet tofu flowers! A bowl costs only one dollar! ”

The owner of the stall yelled at the empty street, and there was not a single customer coming and going, but he didn't seem to care, but wiped his hands happily and continued to fiddle with the hot stove.

I don't know when, the sky is getting more and more gloomy, and the mountain rain is about to come, and the wind is full of buildings.

The owner of the stall was also a little unbearable, stomped his feet and cursed the ghost weather, and finally couldn't stand it, and planned to clean up and go home to hug his wife.

At this moment, a young man walked at the end of this long street paved with bluestone slabs.

Wearing a fur hat and a brand-new coat, he didn't look big, but he had a mustache.

His polished leather shoes walked down the street, and he made a crisp sound, looking a little lonely in such a wind.

In fact, he has been lonely for too long, and loneliness also makes a young man like him seem old and old.

"Am I old?"

Suddenly there was a gust of wind, the sign of a hot pot restaurant above his head swayed desperately in the wind, the iron ring on the sign rubbed against the hook on the wall, the sound was like a saw, it sounded like a tug-of-war, it made the roots of his teeth sour for a while, this was not a good feeling, but he could bear it, he learned to endure it a long time ago.

In this way, he slowly walked to the stall and said to the boss, "What are you selling?" ”

The boss said: "Tofu flower." ”

The young man said: "What else is sold besides tofu flowers?" ”

The boss said: "In addition to tofu flowers, we also sell tofu, soy milk, tofu residue ......"

The young man listened carefully, and he said slowly: "I heard that you still sell a lot of things, how about your income?" ”

The boss smiled honestly and said, "I can make a living." ”

"Oh." The young man said, "I want a bowl of tofu with sugar." ”

The boss confirmed: "Sugar? ”

The young man chose a seat to sit down, although these seats were dirty and greasy, but he finally picked a table that was clean and tidy to sit down, and said: "If you can eat something sweet, you should eat more, otherwise if you want to eat it in the future, you may not be able to eat it." ”

"Okay!"

This is a strange young man, and although the boss can't find his strangeness, he thinks he is really strange to the extreme.

A strange young man drank a bowl of ordinary tofu flowers, hot tofu flowers, hot to the heart, he drank very slowly, as if he was reluctant to drink it all in one go, but the boss could see that he was not reluctant to drink this tofu flower, but was afraid that if he drank it up, he would have nothing to do, which is the same as people waiting for the bus to read the newspaper slowly.

"You're waiting for someone?"

"Oh?" The young man glanced at the boss and said, "How do you know?" ”

The boss said: "I have been doing business all year round, and I will always be a little observant." ”

The young man nodded and said, "You're right, then, tell me more, who am I waiting for?" ”

What will a young man be waiting for?

Waiting for a lover, this is the most likely, but the boss can't see the fire of love in the eyes of this young man, so he is not waiting for a lover.

Maybe he's waiting for a friend, but a friend shouldn't have made him wary.

Is he waiting for the enemy?

The boss thought about countless possibilities, and his heart itched more and more, wanting to see who this strange young man was waiting for.

A long time has passed, and the bowl of tofu has already been blown cold by the wind, and the boss's nose and ears are about to be blown off by the wind, and the young man has not yet come.

Soon it was getting dark, and the boss could not stand it anymore, and while he was thinking of what words to use to get rid of this strange young man, the young man stood up on his own, put down a dollar, and said to the boss, "Will this stall come back tomorrow?"

The boss said, "Come on." ”

"Good!" The young man walked away without looking back, and the wind blew his body crookedly.

A bowl of tofu flowers, a young man.

The next day, it wasn't until after noon, at three o'clock in the afternoon, that the young man Shi Shiran appeared.

He didn't seem to be the same as yesterday, he also asked for a bowl of tofu flowers, and after the boss served the bowl, he suddenly said, "Is my tofu flowers delicious?" ”

"It doesn't taste good." The young man said bluntly: "It will taste better if you add some chopped green onions." ”

The boss sneered: "Green onions cost money." ”

The young man looked at him and sighed, "Oh, I see. ”

A boss who is unwilling to spend money to do a good job in food quality, how can his business be prosperous, such a simple truth, young people understood it fifteen years ago, but it is a pity that this boss is over thirty years old and still does not know.

Today, the boss thought that this young man was going to sit alone for another afternoon, but not long after, a child jumped up and down on the corner of the street, wearing a green head rope, and ran barefoot, and he stepped on the cold and stiff bluestone slab and didn't seem to feel cold at all.

No matter how much the boss thought that the person the young man was waiting for was actually a child, but the young man was waiting for this child, and when the child ran closer, the soup spoon in the boss's hand fell to the ground with a "clang", this is not a child, but a dwarf.

The sharp howling of the wind seemed to mock the ignorance of the world.

This dwarf was not polite, swaggered in front of the young man, and said to the boss: "I also want a bowl of tofu flowers, salty!" ”

"Well... Okay! The boss quickly picked up the soup spoon on the ground, wiped it twice on his dirty apron, and reached into the pot to scoop the tofu flowers.

The young man smiled and said, "Do you like to drink salty?" ”

The dwarf said, "Salty and delicious." ”

The young man said, "Oh, then next time I have a chance, I will also make a bowl of salty drink." ”

Gnomes: "There will be a chance." ”

The young man laughed again, he drank the tofu flower in his bowl in one go, and said, "Since you are here, I can leave with peace of mind." ”

The dwarf said, "Looks like you believe me?" ”

The young man laughed wildly and said: "Who on the rivers and lakes doesn't know your gold-lettered signboard of 'ahhh ”

Of course, this dwarf is, ah, the legendary S-class killer, who specializes in digging people's hearts.

Legend has it that there was such a dwarf who came and went like a ghost, and no one knew where he came from or where he went.

I only know that if he wants to appear, he will dig people's hearts, and if he does not appear, no one will be able to find him.

Why would such a person appear here, and meet such a young man?

When he saw that the young man was leaving, he suddenly stretched out his right hand, put it on the table, and said lightly, "Where do you want to go?" ”

The young man suddenly stopped walking, and when he saw this hand, his feet could no longer move.

"This..."

This hand is much smaller than ordinary people, even smaller than the dwarf's own left hand, it looks like a bird's claws, and there is a layer of greasy luster on the tender red skin, which is very strange no matter how you look at it.

The young man sighed, "I don't want to go anywhere, I'm just sitting here." ”

The dwarf withdrew his hand and said, "I've done it, what did you promise me?" ”

The young man seemed surprised at once, and he wondered, "What did I promise you?" ”

"You!" The dwarf said sharply: "You dare to break the promise! ”

The young man shrugged his shoulders and said, "I didn't promise anything, so why break my promise?" ”

The red light on the dwarf's face flashed, and he said word by word: "If I help you kill someone, you will hand over my IOU!" ”

The young man said, "IOU? You mean, when you fell hungry in front of my father's door on a snowy day, he saved you, and then you wrote an IOU, saying that you owe him a life, and in the future, he or his descendants can ask you to pay back a life with this IOU, and it is anyone's life! ”

The dwarf said coldly: "The content of this IOU is written by my own hand, and the content in it is naturally clearer than you, so you don't have to say it again." ”

The young man said: "Oh, it's a pity, the last time I found you, it seems that I said that if you help me kill Ye Shaohua, the hall master of Xianghutang, I will return the IOU to you, but ......"

"But what?" The dwarf was also a little nervous, after all, he was proud of the rivers and lakes in his life, and the people of the world were afraid of him when he heard his name, and he was bound by this old IOU, so that he could not be truly free.

The young man said: "But I forgot to bring it, so let's go back first, and when I find it, I'll call you later!" ”

The dwarf never thought that there were still people in this world who dared to settle accounts with him, so he smiled and said, "You want to play tricks?" Do you know that now it's easy for me to take your life? ”

The young man didn't have the slightest worry or fear, he smiled and said: "You won't, the reason I think is very clear, first: I'm not a celebrity, you don't mean to dig my heart; Second: The IOU is in the hands of my henchman, as soon as I die, my father will immediately use this IOU to ask you to take your own life, I calculate, there is a world-famous S-class killer to bury me, and I will not die unjustly! ”

The dwarf's face was ugly, this was what he was most worried about, he stared at the young man viciously for a long time, the resentment in his eyes swallowed, and finally said: "Interesting, you are better than your father, let's say, what do you want?" ”