For the first time, he broke his habit of fishing for three days and drying nets for two days, but not a single fish was caught, Xu Changan couldn't believe that there was no fish in his pond, so there must be a problem with the repair of the fishing nets.

The young man broke the mud-stained branches and sticks in the fishing net with heavy hands, and carefully thought about how to go to Old Man Liu to ask for an explanation later, but after he cleaned the fishing net, he couldn't figure it out.

According to his memories yesterday, his fishing net had been cut by a sharp object, and he guessed that it was a knife.

But now there is no trace of sewing, even the joints that have been repaired cannot find half of it, and even the size of the mesh repaired later is exactly the same, and the whole net looks like a new one, it is so perfect.

The young man looked at the drawstring, looked at the whole fishing net carefully, touched the net pendant underneath, confirmed that it was the one he sent yesterday, and said to himself with some doubts: "This is not like Old Man Liu's craftsmanship." ”

"No, no, it's not a question of craftsmanship anymore....."

The boy believed that no one in the world could mend a tattered fishing net without leaving any traces, and that even the most delicate master could not do such a thing.

He suddenly thought of something, put down his fishing net and stared at the water, muttering, "The second person?"

Thinking of this, the young man seemed to have forgotten why he hadn't caught a single fish in his net, and the net was placed on the ground at random, and he couldn't remember to close the courtyard gate, so he walked out of the alley and came to the city.

Two of the three strange people seem to have appeared, and the first strong man naturally didn't dare to come to him, so he went to see the second one.

Walking to the south of the city, the smell of fish came to the surface.

The layout of the city is very exquisite, the east of the city is mostly rich and noble, the south of the city is mainly fishing, and the north of the city is a hodgepodge, but it does not sell fishery-related things.

The boy stepped on the bloody water, walked through two alleys, and came to the door of an inconspicuous shop.

A young boy with eyebrows and pheasants, walking in the quiet alley with bloody footprints step by step, this picture looks extremely weird.

This shop boy is no stranger, his fishing net was originally bought here, and when he bought it, the kind old man said that there would be a lot of discounts when he repaired and replaced it in the future.

The boy began to believe it, but it wasn't until Zhang Sanru looked at himself like a fool and said funny, 'It's a fucking price', that the boy knew that he had been fooled.

Xu Changan was able to buy this old man Liu's fishing nets not because of his good reputation, high signboard, and guaranteed quality, which seemed to him to be nothing, but entirely because of the cheap sale of old man Liu, which was the most realistic problem that the young man considered.

An old man in the shop looked at a young man standing in front of the shop, picked up the fan on the counter and shook it casually like a fly, and gritted out the words of profiteers with his yellow teeth: "Once sold, it will not be returned." ”

Xu Changan said speechlessly: "I came to repair the fishing net yesterday. ”

The old man thought for a while and nodded, "Two copper coins." ”

The young man was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "I've given the money." ”

The old man was angry and said, "Then what are you doing here?"

"I want to know who patched the nets. ”

"Did you go back and break the net to slander me?" said the old man, slapping the fan in his hand on the table, standing up, and said angrily.

The old man's sudden reaction startled the young man, and he took half a step back and said, "No, no. ”

"Then you are a worker who helped the man surnamed Wang next door to pry Lao Tzu? I have already seen that he is not pleasing to the eye, you go back and tell him, no way!"

The young man nodded, Old Man Liu's words were equivalent to admitting that he had a new worker, and the old man had been guarding this shop alone for many years, and he had never heard of any workers.

Three strange people, one in the north of the city and one in the south of the city.

Where is the other one? east of the city or west of the city? What are they going to do?

"Stinky boy, hurry home and feed. The old man waved his hand impatiently and said.

The young man was speechless, why is this old man Liu so different from when he bought the fishing nets by himself, could it be that the years have passed? But Xu Changan clearly remembered that when he came to repair the fishing nets yesterday, he still had an old man in front of him who looked kind.

"The meal is ready, let's eat it together. ”

Just as the boy was thinking carefully about how to meet the strange man, the strange man appeared.

Right in front of him.

"Eh, although you agreed not to be paid, I didn't agree that you could still bring someone over for dinner. Perhaps satisfied with his craftsmanship as a worker, Old Man Liu spoke a little gently, but he still adhered to his own principles very much.

The man was a little embarrassed, Xu Changan looked at the handsome face to ease the atmosphere and said, "It's okay, it's okay, I'll just go back and eat." ”

The man apologized and said, "I'm sorry. ”

The young man looked up and down at the young man in front of him, and sighed a little at how could there be such a handsome person in this world.

At first glance, Xu Changan knew that his fishing net must have been repaired by this person, and the left and right faces of the person were completely symmetrical, and even the young man inexplicably wanted to count his eyebrows and hair.

With such a perfect face, such a perfect symmetry, it seems that it is not impossible that his old fishing net can be repaired so neatly.

The eyes came from top to bottom, in the eyes of the young man, the young man in front of him was very strange, but the most strange thing was his right hand, his right hand only had one index finger, and the section of the other four fingers was not redundant, as if he was born with only that finger.

The boy's mind wavered a little, and he only had one finger in his right hand?

Just when the two of them were staring at each other strangely, Old Man Liu had already begun to move his chopsticks.

As soon as the first bite of food was in his mouth, the old man rummaged through the boxes and cabinets as if he were in great trouble, and finally found a dusty old cloth bag under the bed, and ran out of the shop without hesitation.

Xu Changan was speechless: "This ...... Took the money and ran away?"

The man smiled but did not speak.

Street corner wine shop.

Old man Liu stood at the door panting and shouted loudly inside, "Come to the pot of wine." ”

The shopkeeper said weakly: "Two copper coins." ”

Old man Liu scolded: "What two coins?!Don't you look down on Lao Tzu? Give me the best!"

The shopkeeper immediately came to his senses and said loudly: "Okay! Ten taels of money." ”

Old man Liu heroically slapped the copper plates on the cabinet, took the wine jug as if it were a treasure, and muttered to himself on the road: "The ordinary wine is really not worthy of the two dishes made by that kid, or I will consider closing the shop and opening a tavern in Dongcheng in the future?

"You can't mix too much water, and those rich people in Dongcheng are ruthless and easy to taste..... If you can't redeem less, then you have to make less money......"

The old man was calculating his big business, racking his brains and vowing to calculate the most reasonable ratio, and the two people in the shop had already begun to talk.

One big and one small, two men.

In Xu Changan's opinion, this person should not be too bad a person, much better than the middle-aged strong man in the north of the city who makes people dare not get close.

"Are you the ones who mended my fishing nets?" the boy asked cautiously tentatively.

The young man nodded and replied, "Yes, if something goes wrong, I can help you fix it again." ”

The man's words were not enthusiastic, but they were not cold at all, and the same smile he had just smiled just now seemed to represent simple politeness.

The boy shook his head and said, "No, no." ”

The man asked suspiciously, "Then why are you here?"

Xu Changan lowered his head and hesitated for a while, and said bluntly: "Everyone said that there were a few strange people in the city recently...... I'm guessing you're one of those people......"

"It's true that I've just recently entered the city. The young man looked down at his right hand and continued, "I think I'm the strange person you call strange, I don't know what you want to ask?"

Xu Changan said: "My fishing net was cut by a knife in the water, and the fish suddenly became unpalatable. I wonder if something happened. ”

"All I can tell you is that I and the person in the north of the city are both from the capital, and as for what happened, the teacher told me not to talk about it, so I'm sorry. The young man nodded.

"From the capital? My father is also going to the capital, do you recognize my father? My father's name is Xu Lego. The boy asked quickly.

"Sorry, I don't know. ”

"And what about the other one? Xu Changan hurriedly said as if grasping the last straw.

Those in the south of the city will not speak, and those in the north of the city will not dare to approach. Two of the three couldn't find out, so the only thing left was the last one they hadn't seen.

The young man shook his head and said, "There's another one I don't know." I don't know what she's here for. ”

"Then why are you here for? Your teacher won't let you say it?" Xu Changan asked again.

The middle-aged man nodded.

"Since you don't know another person, can you tell me where that person is?"

The young man laughed but did not speak.

There was no answer, but it seemed that he had seen the answer he wanted, and the boy was shocked and asked, "My family?!"

"Stinky boy, don't you want to leave, do you really plan to eat here?" Old man Liu had already returned to the shop, humming a little song with a pot of wine, and seemed to be in a good mood: "Okay, I'm in a good mood today, so I'll ......"

I was thinking about how to persuade the boy to be a running boy when he was eating for a while, but the boy turned around and ran out without paying attention to it, gritting his teeth and scolding: "Little rabbit!"

Sitting at the table, he poured a glass of good wine, tasted it, looked at the young man who was still standing at the door, and persuaded him bitterly: "You don't drink, do you? Don't drink it, this wine is not good." I know that the shopkeeper is a human being, he has mixed this wine with water, we old bones don't care, you young people can't drink your body. ”

The young man smiled and turned back, "I don't drink, but this wine does mix with water." ”

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