Chapter Thirty-Eight: Another Encounter with the Dragon and Tiger Village
In front of the Donglai Inn is the Washer, and you can hear the laughter and laughter from inside every day, but you have never entered. The two entered together, and they were curious about everything they saw, and they looked rare and strange.
The gates of Vasher are open and people can come and go as they please, and there are no restrictions. Walking into the gate, it is a large open-air market, there are restaurants, making all kinds of food on the spot, the fragrant fragrance makes people salivate, and the flames and barbecue of stir-fried vegetables make a "squeak" sound, which makes people naturally have a desire to eat. There are all kinds of snacks and snacks for sale, and the exquisite appearance makes people have an appetite when they see it, and they can't help but pick it up and take a bite. There are also stalls selling kittens and puppies, and cute little fluffy pets are jumping around, and Liu Ximei can't help but reach out to stroke them. But there were too many things on her chest, and she couldn't bend down so she had to let Gu Shengchao hold it up with both hands, so that she could caress the little animal, she had the heart to buy one, and thinking that she still had no fixed place to live, she had to give up and let Gu Shengchao go back.
All kinds of small snacks and pastries look tempting, Liu Ximei didn't dare to speak if she wanted to eat, for fear of exposing her identity as a man, so she had to pretend to be dumb, and when she saw her favorite it, she pointed to "ah" a few times, and Gu Shengchao hurriedly bought it when she saw this.
Many stalls actually found one that sold masks, and Gu Shengchao also bought different beards and ghost masks to put them up in case of emergency.
The most attractive thing in Vasheri is the hook fence of different sizes, the big hook bar has hundreds of zhang square, five or six stories high, and the small hook bar has to be twenty or thirty zhang away, two or three stories high. There are signs on the outside of each bar, so you can know what is going on inside. There is a small tick on the notice that there is music playing inside, Liu Ximei likes to listen to this, Gu Shengchao bought tickets to the best location, and told that the second floor was full, and he could only watch it downstairs, Gu Shengchao had to buy tickets and two people went in to watch.
Entering the fence facing the stage, there were several people playing musical instruments, and a woman singing loudly from time to time. The two of them found a place to sit down casually, especially Liu Ximei, it was really not easy to stand up with a big belly, so they quickly sat down and stretched their bodies to relieve the discomfort caused by dressing. Gu Shengchao listened to it for a while, but felt that the sound of the music was high and low, and there was nothing special, and he turned to look at Liu Ximei, but she was in the play with tears in her eyes, and suddenly called out when she heard the emotion, "Okay." ”
Gu Shengchao was startled, worried that her daughter would be exposed, but many people followed and shouted "yes", not realizing who was the first to shout just now. Liu Ximei also sensed that something was wrong, and stuck out her tongue mischievously towards Gu Shengchao, and handed a piece of pastry to his mouth. Gu Shengchao quickly swept around, and when he saw that no one paid attention to them, he hurriedly swallowed them, for fear that others would misunderstand that they were broken sleeves.
After listening to the song for a while, the two went to other hooks to watch the show. For Gu Shengchao, the most interesting thing is a relatively large hook bar, the stage is in the center of the hook bar, and the stage is very different from the other hook bars on one side. There is a contest on the stage, usually two strong men compete one-on-one for strength and skill, but here it is two relatively strong women who are dueling. Both women were dressed in close-fitting clothes and pants, divided into blue and white, and the two pressed each other's shoulders hard, seeing that the woman in blue was about to push the woman in white out of the circle. The woman in white suddenly dodged, grabbed the profane clothes of the woman in blue and pulled behind her, the woman in blue was unstable on her feet, staggered and fell out, and the profane clothes were also torn apart, and she withdrew with a red face.
Everyone applauded, the atmosphere was set here, and Gu Shengchao couldn't help but cheer loudly.
Liu Ximei looked at him and said in a low voice, "Is it fun?" ”
"It's fun." Gu Shengchao was still on the rise, and replied casually.
Liu Ximei stared at him and said seriously: "Is it really that fun?" ”
Gu Shengchao reacted at this time, and coughed embarrassedly: "It doesn't seem to be very fun." ”
Liu Ximei did not give up, and continued to ask: "How fun is it?" ”
Gu Shengchao stood up in embarrassment: "It's not fun at all, let's go and have a look elsewhere!" As soon as he stood up, he hurriedly pulled his eyebrows and sat down again.
"Cut!" Liu Ximei sneered: "You men, you are all virtuous, I know that you are reluctant to leave." Okay, I don't blame you, just look at it generously if you want to. ”
"Shh Gu Shengchao gestured to Liu Ximei not to make a sound, and he pointed to the few people in front of him: "Who do you see those people?" ”
Liu Ximei stared at the sidelines, shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”
Gu Shengchao leaned close to her ear and said: "I only know Xue Kui, the second master of Longhu Village, and a person named Jia Laosi, the day before we left the dart car and went on the road alone, it was they who led the men and horses to besiege our dart car, causing heavy casualties to the team." ”
"Really?" Liu Ximei carefully identified it and said regretfully: "I was scared that day, and I always avoided in the car, as if I heard a guy named Xue Kui with a very high voice. ”
Gu Shengchao said in a low voice: "It's them, I must be uneasy and kind when I come to the capital this time, I'll send you back first, and then I'll secretly follow them to find out the news, is it not good for us." ”
Liu Ximei readily agreed, and the two quietly left Vashe and returned to the inn. Liu Ximei was worried about Gu Shengchao's safety, and wanted to give him a hug to appease, but she didn't expect that the fake belly with a bulging abdomen was really in the way, and the two of them bumped into each other's stomachs and bounced Liu Ximei out, took a few steps back and almost fell, and sat on the ground with a butt. Annoyed, she reached out and pulled out some cotton wool and rag heads, and finally pulled out a cloth bag, which she had put in first, and then gradually stuffed in the cotton wool and rag heads to fill in the appropriate shape.
Gu Shengchao looked distressed when he saw her embarrassed appearance, and hurriedly hugged her to bed and gave her a reassuring hug, and then hurried to Vashe, lest Xue Kui and the others would be gone and would not be found.
Fortunately, Xue Kui and the others were still admiring the women's corner in the hook bar, and they were dancing excitedly. As the tournament became more exciting, the strong female players took the stage, and the suspense of the competition became more appealing, and the organizers began to place bets on who would be the winner. The emotions of the scene were completely mobilized, cheering and cheering for their favored side, and the shouts came and went.
Xue Kui finally seemed to have lost the silver and hung his head. Another sturdy man who was half a head taller than him led a few people away, and Gu Shengchao followed from afar, walking for nearly half an hour, watching them enter a large mansion. Gu Shengchao walked around the wall, and when he saw that there was no one around, he didn't sense the breath of other people, so he jumped up and climbed on the wall to observe the situation inside.
The house seems to have been abandoned for a long time, and under the moonlight, there are only wild grasses, and most of the houses seem to be darkly lit, and a few are lit in the southwest corner. Gu Shengchao jumped down lightly and followed the lights to touch it.
Gu Shengchao walked halfway, and a low voice suddenly came from the opposite side: "Commander Liao is really, he has to use the main hall room to meet guests, and the house where he usually rests is cleaned and not used, he has to toss people." ”
"You carry the water well, you see, the water has been sprinkled all the way." Another accused.
Gu Shengchao heard the voice coming towards him, and hurriedly hid to the side, and it happened that a door opened in the room next to him, and no one was found in the dark light, so he walked in lightly and waited for the two to pass before going out. The footsteps of the two men were near, and they had already seen the light of the lantern coming, and it was clear that they were walking towards the room. Gu Shengchao was in a hurry, and jumped up in the night when he saw the position of the beam, and a few bamboo baskets and dustpans were hung on the wall, and he trotted over to hide.
The house should have not been cleaned for a long time, and the ancient saint ran over and vibrated the beams, leaving a little dust.
The long bamboo pole picked a lantern and took the lead into the room, followed by the two of them, a thin man carried the wooden bucket and put it down, breathed heavily, and said: "I'm tired, you scrub first, I'll take a breath." ”
The other fat man hung up the lantern and sneered: "You, you are as thin as this bamboo pole, and you will fall down when the wind blows, and it is really a loss to work with you, and you must pay more physical strength than you." ”
The thin man panted and said unwillingly: "Don't stand and talk without back pain, it's so far away, why don't you mention water, I finally brought it over, and you said cool things, you can bring it back in a while." ”
"Okay, you've cleaned this place, and I promise you won't have to rest on the way back." The fat man laughed.
As soon as the thin man heard that there was no need to carry water back, he immediately picked up a rag to scrub the tables and chairs and clean the ground, he was so tired that he coughed a few times and said, "Okay, don't talk big, I see how you carry the bucket and don't have to rest on the way back." ”
The fat man picked up the bucket and came outside the house to spill all the water, and said proudly: "Let's go, I promise that there is no need to rest on the way." ”
The thin man finally knew that he had been deceived, and he defended: "You coax people, I said that I carried a bucket full of water back, and I didn't let you carry an empty bucket, who wouldn't." ”
The fat man sneered: "Did I say carry water, or you bring a bucket of water over, I promise not to pour it out, and bring back a bucket of water." ”
The thin man said aggrievedly: "You think I'm stupid, I've cleaned up here, and I'm crazy to carry water again." ”
The two of them were raising the bar, but no one walked quickly, although the speed of the person was very light, like a ghost in the night, until the two of them noticed it and were startled at the same time.
"Commander Liao is good." The two spoke in unison.
"Cleaned?" Commander Liao's voice was not high, but his tone was unquestionable.
The fat man snatched the words and replied, "I've cleaned them all." He shoved the bucket into the thin man's hand and rebuked, "Take the bucket back, don't do some work and be out of breath, you will eat the same meal like this." ”
"I ......," the thin man was trying to explain.
Commander Liao waved his hand and said impatiently: "You two go, and by the way, call me all the people in Longhu Village." ”
The thin man looked at the back of Commander Liao aggrievedly, and was pulled away by the fat man: "Let's go, don't do some work, you'll be as tired as a dog." His voice was not loud, but it was clear in the silent night, although it seemed to be reprimanding the thin man, but he said to the back of Commander Liao.
"Commander Liao, I'll make you tea and send it over later." The fat man said diligently.
"No, you don't." Commander Liao coldly refused.
"Holo." The fat man smiled and retreated, pulling the extremely depressed thin man away.