Chen Xiao and his entourage went out, from south to north, to the cross street.

At this time, a man and a woman in the ring were singing to each other. The woman was dressed in national costumes, looked eighteen or nineteen years old, and looked very beautiful. The man was wearing a short coat, short and dark, and looked a little old.

Before Chen Xiao watched duets on Dongmen Street, most of them were young men and women, and few were older.

The song itself is also an activity for young men and women to find a partner, and those women who are already married generally do not participate, and some of the married men come to find someone to tease and play.

At this time, the woman on stage sang:

"Seeing that you are small, I am afraid that you will not have the strength to work, and my family plow and rake the tiger with strength, and carry the plow rake head low."

There was a burst of laughter from the audience. Men Sing:

"Don't hate the cow when it's smaller, slowly raise it to become an adult, and when the cow is bigger, you want to plow the foundation of the field."

There was another burst of laughter in the audience, and everyone heard the metaphor in the lyrics.

The woman sang:

"Don't be majestic when you sing, see you deaf and bow, the hen at home hatches widowed eggs, and the rooster is old."

The man continued:

"I don't want to tell you that you don't understand, this kind of rooster is the most majestic, you have to be raised by someone, and you don't have to work for many years."

"Your family is so poor that it jingles, don't come to tease my singer, there is nothing at home, a single stove and a single bed."

"A single stove and a single bed, just sleeping with you, grinding tofu in my door, supporting until the dawn."

There was a burst of laughter in the audience, and the man was metaphorically metaphorizing again.

Fang Yu heard what was singing on stage, pinched Chen Xiao's hand, and looked at her with some concern.

That's it, is she really going up to the song?

Chen Xiao looked at the stage, she was also a little worried. She won't be able to sing this kind of duet!

At this time, on the teahouse opposite the ring, a group of men in satin robes sat scattered. Most of them are middle-aged people in their thirties and forties.

"Boss Yang has lost a lot this time!" A middle-aged human.

"Boss Gao too." One answered.

"Boss Yang's horse, the loss is at least tens of thousands of taels."

"I heard that the Xiling people eat horse meat, and his horses can also be sold as meat horses."

"So many livestock died at once today, and if all this meat is sold in the market, it will definitely be at a bad price."

The man smiled bitterly: "Fortunately, I only have two horses at home, otherwise I would have to hurry home, how can I have time to sit here." ”

A few people drank tea and chatted, and they were waiting for Lord Ding.

Today's singing Ha Festival, the last song to select "Ha Ge" and "Ha Mei", the county order will personally reward, and banquet important merchants in the city.

At this time in previous years, wealthy businessmen gathered in the teahouse, drinking tea and chatting while watching the performances in the ring.

However, this year, I suddenly received news that the captive livestock had died inexplicably. The bigger the household, the more hurriedly left and went back to check the situation.

What remains here now can only be regarded as small and medium-sized merchants in the city.

The boss Yang they talked about just now is the owner of the "Malaysian store".

The Malaysian store is an inn and at the same time a "big horse gang". Merchants gather here, and many goods are transferred here, which need to be transported by horses.

Boss Yang opened an inn, engaged in freight transportation, raised horses, and sold horses. When he heard that the horses were all dead, he almost didn't come up for a breath.

At first, everyone thought it was poisoned, but as the news came from one family to another. I realized that it was not just one livestock that died, but every family's livestock died.

When the senior shopkeeper of the "Sheng'an" heard that their horses and cattle were also dead, he immediately went back to check on the situation.

In terms of wealth, Boss Yang is naturally inferior to Sheng'an. Just like a group with hundreds of millions of assets loses a few million, it is not the same as a company with tens of millions of assets loses several million.

Fortunately, the deaths of livestock only occurred within a radius of a few miles, and were not affected further afield. Otherwise, it's a livestock disaster.

The poor, who don't know what happens to the rich, are rejoicing at this time.

Although the men on the stage sang well, probably because he was short and frustrated, many threw red arrows at the women.

Chen Xiao hesitated: Do you want to go on stage? When is it on?

At this time, a group of men walked up to them, and one of them whistled at Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao turned his head and saw that it was the man who sang before.

"I won't see you for a while, you've changed a lot!" The man looked up and down and laughed, "If it weren't for him, I wouldn't have recognized you." He was referring to Fang Yu.

When Fang Yu saw this man, his face immediately fell. However, when he thought of what Chen Xiao said before, he softened his face and became less ugly.

"You're coming to the ring?" Chen Xiao greeted him in a friendly manner.

"yes, but it doesn't look like it's going to be good this year." He looked at the stage and said.

Chen Xiao looked sideways and saw several companions beside the man carrying several baskets of red arrows in their hands.

She gestured in the direction of the Red Arrow and asked, "You won?" ”

"Hehe" the man smiled: "There are those who win, and there are those who buy." ”

Chen Xiao looked at the number of those red arrows, which were worth at least a few dozen taels of silver.

"When are you going to go up?" The man asked.

"I haven't thought about it yet."

Fang Yu saw that Chen Xiao was talking so much to a man, so he reached out to wrap his arms around her waist and pulled her to his side.

"He's your man?" The man asked.

"Yes."

Hearing Chen Xiao admit that he was his man, Fang Yu felt a little more comfortable. But the hand around his waist did not let go.

"I'll go up in a while, and when I sing this woman, you can come up again." The man said to Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao was a little embarrassed. What are you going up there and singing? Now she finds it impossible to sing "Hot Girls".

Seeing her frowning, the man said, "You only sang half of the song before." We'll sing the song later, and we'll finish the song. ”

After speaking, he explained a few words to his partner next to him, and then went on stage.

The woman on the stage saw a young man, he was about eighteen or nineteen years old, he was young, and he looked okay, and she sang: "Where are you from, this little brother, and whether you are married in the family?" ”

The man sang: "Brother Ben is from the capital, and his family has become a relative." ”

In the question and answer between the two, Chen Xiao heard that the man was from the capital and had become married. But then the man's lyrics changed and he began to satirize the woman. The gist is that she's so old that she's still here to hook up with young guys. The lyrics after that are a bit explicit, asking her how many men she has slept with and how much silver she has gotten.

The woman was still relatively tough, and the sharp sarcasm went back.

The two scolded each other in the form of singing on stage, and the men in the audience coaxed each other, and the red arrows threw their lives to the men as if they didn't want money.

Chen Xiao was watching the two of them fight each other, and the little stone came.

"Sister, something is wrong!"

He didn't bring anyone with him, because he ran to a few places, and his friends said that there was an accident in the business and it was inconvenient to leave.

"What's wrong?"

"All the pigs, horses, chickens, cows, dogs, all the domestic animals in the city are dead! Even the rats are dead! ”

When Fang Yu heard this, his hand around Chen Xiao loosened slightly.

"How did you die?" Chen Xiao felt incredible.

"I don't know, they're all dead anyway."

"Is it poisoning? Or is there some plague happening? ”

If it is poisoning or plague, the pork and chicken purchased by the snack restaurant every day cannot be used.

"Neither. Anyway, he died inexplicably. ”