Chapter 5 The Paper Maker

Suo Ba's face was flushed, and tears were streaming down his eyes.

Seeing this, Maria returned to the kitchen and handed it to Soba with a large scoop full of water.

Suoba took the water and poured it violently, tilted his head like a goose, and stretched his neck again, and the steamed bun choked in his throat could be considered smooth.

Thanks to Maria's timely water, otherwise Suoba would have choked to death.

Well, the scar forgot the pain, and after coming up in one breath, Suo Ba shook off his cheeks and raised his big molars to continue to make.

After a burst of gobbling and wind, Suoba got enough water and food, and the ditch was full of trenches.

Maria sat on the stool and watched Suoba's eating, amused and distressed.

It's not that she feels sorry for Suoba, but she feels sorry for her two days' food, and it's a pity that she fed this hungry wolf for a meal today.

Maria said solemnly, "What the hell! God, I think you're a starving ghost. Where the hell did you come from? I'm here to cheat and cheat. ”

Suo Ba stuffed the last mouthful of mixed noodles into his mouth and stretched his neck.

retorted: "You have wronged me, I didn't lie to you, there is really a ghost, the face is like a piece of rotten meat of the red-haired ghost, the old fucking scary, this is my Babel Lord, if it were someone else, he would have been scared to death." ”

Maria pouted her fork and said, "Hey! Also, Lord Belle, you don't pee to see your dignity, what kind of Lord Belle are you? If you're Lord Belle! I am the Gege in the prince's mansion. ”

Suo Ba said with a hippie smile: "One Gege, one Belle Ye, then we are relatives of the emperor." ”

Maria snorted with her nose and said: "You are young and poor, I really believe it when I heard what you said just now, but now I believe that you are a red-haired ghost, you are full of food and drink, hurry up and roll the calf for the old lady, don't scare the old lady here, tell you that the old lady is afraid of people and ghosts." ”

Suo Ba sat there and shook his head, looking at the hot woman in front of him, he was really a little stunned.

It's no wonder that Suo Ba was born like a scoundrel, even if he concealed his identity, he was still considered a scoundrel.

It is said that the relationship is born from the heart, but his parents gave him this appearance, and he can't change it.

In addition, he has an unjustifiable background, and he has never been seen everywhere he has gone since he was a child.

Originally! He doesn't look like a decent person at all, and his speech and demeanor can also make people see at a glance that he is not educated.

If she hadn't said that she had met a ghost through the door, Maria wouldn't have let him in if she said anything.

Now this woman must regret it, she is afraid that Suohachi will misbehave towards her.

Fortunately, Suo Ba is not very interested in women, and even filling his stomach is a luxury for him, so where does he have the heart to think about the things of men and women?

Even if he was alone in a room with a sexy and coquettish woman like Maria, he didn't think crookedly, so Maria is safe for now.

And Maria doesn't know what Suoba thinks in her heart, and she is not the roundworm in Suoba's stomach.

Maria thinks that men are cats, how can cats not eat fishy? What's more, he is still a fat but not greasy fish.

Although it's not a mermaid, it's not shabby, and it's still a little bit beautiful, the old men of ten miles and eight towns, who don't salivate for themselves!

Maria is also a woman with a hard life, and she has a bad fate, so she finds an idle man.

Her man can be said to be full of five poisons, eating, drinking, prostituting, gambling, smoking, cheating, abducting, stealing, and doing everything.

As a big smoker, Maria died not long after she entered the door, and she supported a tavern on her own to make a living.

It is not easy for a woman to set up a business and do business, she is afraid of being bullied, so she gave the tavern a name to ward off evil spirits, called "Sun Erniang Tavern".

Sun Erniang is a ruthless character in "Water Margin", skinning people and making adult meat buns, how can she not let people with bad intentions be frightened, and sure enough, ordinary people really don't dare to offend this boss lady.

When Maria saw that Suoba was full of food and drink, she ordered the eviction of customers, but Suoba refused to leave.

Her big eyes turned to her idea, aren't you not leaving? Then I'll send you to the tavern, let you work for me during the day, and watch the scene for free at night.

At night, there is always no one in the tavern, and over time I am afraid that there will be thieves who will take advantage of the situation, as the saying goes, if you are not afraid of thieves, you are afraid of thieves, and you can't draw a pot or bowl if you throw it.

Maria made up her mind and said, "Tell me, what's your name?" You've eaten and drunk, so you should let me know who you are, right? ”

Suoba said, "My name is Suoba, and I live in the mountain temple. ”

Suo Ba was full of food and drink anyway, so he no longer hid his identity as a splasher, so he told Maria the truth.

Maria looked Suohachi up and down, then pursed her lips and giggled.

She squinted her eyes and said, "Oh! It turns out that you are the one who lives in the mountain temple! The old lady has heard of your name for a long time, and you dare to live in the mountain temple, why are you afraid of ghosts today? ”

Suo Ba really has a hard beak in the cooked duck, and he said: "It's not that I'm afraid, it's just that what I encountered today is too evil." ”

Maria looked Suo Ba up and down again, and she said unscrupulously: "Okay, the old lady doesn't bother to inquire about you, no matter how scoundrel the old lady is, she is not afraid of you, because the old lady is dedicated to cleaning you up." ”

Suoba blinked his eyes and didn't say a word.

Maria continued: "It's not suitable for you to live here with me, this lonely man and widow is good to say, you don't care, I'm a woman, it's terrible for others to chew their tongues, and spit stars can drown people, so be it!" I'll give you a place to stay. ”

Maria got up to leave, and when she looked down and saw Sawha's rotten feet.

With a pout, he said, "Yo yo! Look at your feet, you don't even have a pair of shoes, it seems that the old lady still has to put on a pair of shoes. ”

So saying, Maria came to the cabinet, opened the lid, and rummaged through the cabinet to find something. After tossing for a long time, he pulled out a pair of new cloth shoes from them and threw them in front of Suo Bajiao.

"You put it on and try it to see if it fits, and the size of it can be worn! It's better to pull than barefoot. ”

"Exactly! Exactly"

Suo Ba was not polite and put on his shoes directly, and then stomped his feet.

He smiled and said, "You are so sweet, no one has ever made shoes for me except you!" ”

Maria spoke one of the things that was angry with the garlic and didn't let the pepper.

She rolled her eyes and said, "Who did it for you?" This is for my dead ghost, and you're in his light. ”

When Soba heard Maria say that it was her dead ghost man's, he was so frightened that he shrank his neck and said, "Your dead ghost man won't ask me for shoes, will he?" ”

Maria smiled evilly and said, "What are you afraid of?" Can he still crawl out of the ground? Besides, before he put on these shoes, he became an upside down, if you are afraid, take them off, the old lady is really reluctant to give them to you. ”

In fact, Maria is a knife-mouthed tofu heart, and she said a lot of ugly things, not to find new shoes for Suoba, of course, this tofu may also be frozen tofu, which varies from person to person!

Suo Bayi scratched his head and bared his teeth and said, "Don't worry! It's better for me to wear it than to go barefoot, and he came and asked me to give it back to him. ”

Maria found the futon again, folded it into pieces, and let Soba clip it under her armpit. Maria turned to the oil lamp and said, "Poof! He blew out the lamp, and the two went out of the room.

No matter how poor the family is, it has to be locked, so Maria locks the door and leads Soba to the tavern.

The tavern is not far from the Six Horse Rack, and it is only a bag of cigarettes all the way to the west.

Datun Town is a small town with only one and a half streets, and the whole town has a population of 1,800 people.

Don't look at the town is not big, every day, every day, four and seven to catch the market, it is also an endless stream of people coming and going, if it is a festival is crowded with people, the market is more than a lot of people not only maintain the small traders and hawkers, but also breed petty thieves.

Maria's "Sun Erniang Tavern" is located on the right side of the market in Datun Town, and business is sparse on weekdays, but when the market is open, it is full of guests.

It is always faster to walk at night than during the day, because it is naturally much faster to walk in the dark without distraction. So it took less than a bag of cigarettes to get to the tavern.

The area of "Sun Erniang Tavern" is not large, about the same size as the three tiled houses where ordinary people live.

On the east side of the tavern is the "Chen Ji Paper Shop," and the owner is a gambler named Chen Sanshi. This old fellow is a good worker, and he is famous far and wide.

Although the business is good, because he is a gambler, he has not saved any family assets. Whoever dies is the happiest.

The front foot tied some paper work and sold it for money, and he entered the gambling house with the back foot, and bet money on it regardless of his head, and when he lost the hairy claws, he was willing to come out.

The paper-binding craftsman eats the food of the dead, and makes a living by tying some funeral items, such as cows and horses, golden boys and girls, palace pavilions, etc., only what you can't think of is not what they can't do.

It is said that the craft of paper-making can be traced back to the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the work of a good paper-making craftsman is vivid.

Since ancient times, there have been male zama; The female Zha Niu said.

The woman pierces the cow, and the woman washes and cooks all day long, and uses a lot of dirty water, so after death, she pierces a cow to help her drink the dirty water, so as not to suffer the sins of the dead.

As for the male horse, it is said that the man basically does some rough work outside, and naturally does not use much water, so tying a horse is enough to drink the water.

Of course, these are all rumored statements, and there is no way to verify whether they are true or false.

It is very likely that the paper craftsmen made it up themselves to make a living.

Whether it is a business or a house is taboo, next to such a paper shop, the house is not a dummy or a cow, think about it is panicked, so no one wants to be such a trader as a neighbor.

Maria couldn't take care of so much money and silver, so she rented it when she saw that the room was cheap, and the business could be done.

Maria's tavern was very simple, with only five sets of tables and chairs, and a wine cabinet against the wall, on which were placed several old-fashioned wine jars, all with red cloth seals and red paper labels.

Entering the tavern, Maria instructed Soba to put the two tables together, and then she spread the futon on it, and the wine table became a bed.

"You're going to spend the night here! It's better than your broken temple, you give me a good look at the store, I'll go back, I'll come tomorrow morning, you break a bowl and the old lady chops you. ”

The ancients said: "Qingming is rare to be sunny, and valley rain is rare to rain," it is really a solar term, Maria turned around to leave after explaining, and it rained outside the door as soon as she pushed the door.

Although the rain was not heavy, and it felt like smoke and rain, the rain at this time of year was very cold, and it was easy for people to catch a cold when it hit her, so she turned around and came back to find an umbrella.

Just as Maria was looking for an umbrella, the door opened, and three young men walked in from outside.

The three men were as short and thin as mustard bumps that had not opened.

It was raining outside, and they didn't have umbrellas in their hands; I didn't wear a raincoat either.

Strangely, their bodies were clean, and there was no sign of rain, which made Maria wonder.