Chapter 5: Eight Coffins
The afternoon is lazy, even more so in the winter afternoon, many people like to take a break in the winter afternoon, if the weather is windy and sunny, it will be better, put a rattan chair in the yard, a rattan table, enjoy the sunshine, enjoy a cup of hot tea, it must be excellent.
But not everyone can enjoy a lazy afternoon, especially a sunny afternoon, for Lao Wang, such a good weather naturally has to go to the corner of Red Sleeves Street to set up his bun stall.
Other people's bun stalls either sell buns left over from yesterday, and some bun stalls sell buns without even a small piece of meat after eating, but Lao Wang's buns are very full of materials, and they are all newly made buns that day, and the people of the whole red-sleeved street love to eat his buns.
In the afternoon, he had already sold two drawers of steamed buns, according to this situation, Lao Wang could earn at least two dollars of silver today, if he could do this every day, he could help his nine-year-old son prepare a rich bundle, and ask Lin Xiucai from Nancheng to be a teacher for his children.
His son is very smart, if there is a good teacher, he will definitely be able to be admitted to Xiucai in the future, and it is also possible to be admitted to be an official.
Thinking of this, Lao Wang's face not only smiled. Before his smile could fully unfold, it was gone, and instead it became very strange, as if he were about to die.
Although he had not seen the dead, he was almost there.
At this time, there were eight carriages passing by on the Red Sleeve Street, which was very rare, and even more rare was that each carriage had a coffin on it, and five of them had five red clothes on them.
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People will desire what they lack, just as people with low heads like to stand on high places, and people who have no money will buy a good dress and pretend to be rich.
Maybe the old blind man was a good person in his last life, and no one scolded him, so he asked me to scold him in this life, Xu Xiao thought.
He had been scolding the old blind man for nearly an hour, his mouth was dry, and he drank all the wine of the gourd, and Xiao Hei couldn't persuade him.
The old blind man was indifferent, and even helped Xu Xiao scold himself, "The old blind man is indeed a bastard, he was raised by a son of a bitch, so he should be cut off." ”
After Xu Xiao heard the old blind man's scolding, he didn't speak, maybe he was tired of scolding and didn't make a sound, but he kept scolding the old blind man in his heart.
Now that the five people in the courtyard are together, Tianxiang and Lan Yu can't wait to tie themselves to the old blind man, and naturally they will not stay away from the old blind man's side. At this time, both of them were already stunned, in their eyes, Xu Xiao was an ordinary person, there was nothing special, but they dared to scold a master like the old blind man, and the old blind man actually helped Xu Xiao scold himself, they really couldn't understand.
Tianxiang was very close to the old blind man, so close that the old blind man could already smell the fragrance on her body, "Old man, have you found out how Wentian died?" Tianxiang's voice is very good, and everyone who hears it will feel as if a white and beautiful hand is gently caressing your ears.
The old blind man is a man, a man, although he is old, but the old man is also a man, Tianxiang believes that as long as he is a man, it is impossible not to be tempted by her, as long as the old blind man is tempted by him, she may live.
"Died from Gu worms, Gu worms that eat human flesh and blood, Mrs. Li among the thirteen killers of the Bloody Mansion is good at witchcraft, I think it was her handiwork", the old blind man said.
"Will she still come?"
"Naturally not, the Bloody Cloak Building will only use righteous and bright means now, and will not use any external evil ways," the old blind man said.
"Why is that?" asked Amaka.
"Here are a pair of old blind eyes, an old blind man's nose, and a pair of old blind ears. The old blind man said.
Tianxiang said: "The Bloody Cloak Building hasn't given me the Bloody Clothes yet, and I'm just helping to inquire about some news, will the Bloody Cloak Mansion not kill me at all."
"If you help Chen Wangye find out the news, you are already against the Bloody Clothes Building, if someone is against the Bloody Clothes Building, someone will die, and they are not worthy of killing Chen Wangye to this extent to find out the news, so they can only kill you. And the bloody clothes should already be on their way," said the old blind man.
Everyone was silent again, some looked lonely, some looked depressed, only Xiao Hei still smiled from time to time.
Half an hour later, the door of the front yard opened, and a leader, a team of eight, a total of eight teams, each eight people carried a coffin, a total of eight coffins were placed in the courtyard, one of which was placed on five neat stacks of bloody clothes.
Tianxiang was so frightened that she fainted, and Lan Yu Gongzi almost fell off the stool with a soft foot.
Xiao Hei was not afraid at all, and was still talking to himself: "I haven't seen so many coffins yet."
Xu Xiao walked to the side of the coffin, the coffin was very heavy, and it took all his strength to open the coffin.
"Where is the paint for your coffin?" Xu Xiao said to the leader who delivered the coffin.
"The finest red paint of Lijingxuan in the north of the city. The leader was a little surprised to see that the young man in front of him was still smiling, after all, it was difficult for the person who received the coffin to come out with a smile.
Xu Xiao patted the coffin with his hand again and asked, "What kind of wood is this coffin made of, it's quite thick." ”
The leader said: "The fir wood that was just shipped over a few days ago was selected by the small shop with the best and thickest in it, and some materials were added to ensure that it was strong. ”
Xu Xiao poked his head into the coffin and looked at it, and asked, "How wide is it?"
The leader said: "Three feet wide, very spacious, and will never wronged the deceased." ”
"I'm afraid I won't get eighty taels of silver, right?"
The leader said: "Guest officer, this kind of coffin of wood, lacquer, and workmanship will never be sold in a small shop if it is less than a hundred taels of silver." ”
"You don't have to pay, do you?" said Xu Xiao.
"No, someone has already paid for it, you don't have to pay. Hehe" The leader couldn't help laughing when he spoke, his shop couldn't sell a coffin in a month, but he received such a big order yesterday, and he didn't have to worry about his livelihood for half a year, and he could also buy two old ginseng sticks for his mother.
"Alright then, let's go. Xu Xiao said.
These sixty-five people came and went quickly.
Xu Xiao smiled and said to the old blind man: "With such a good coffin, I can't help but want to go in and live for a few days." ”
The old blind man also laughed, and said, "I now think that the coffin I have seen before is a small wooden box, and if anyone gives me a coffin of less than one hundred taels after I die, I will definitely jump up from the coffin and beat him, not ninety-nine taels." ”
"If I were you, not only would I jump up from the coffin and beat him, but I would also throw him with a stone, but how would you be like a woman who cares about food. ”
The old blind man said, "A woman who can arrange the family's scarce money is more capable than you and me." ”
Xu Xiao was still scolding the old blind man in his mouth just now, and now he is joking with him.
The two of them were like two children in the neighborhood, who were fighting just now, and now they were playing with mud together.
Xu Xiao's expression was very relaxed when he spoke, his face was still smiling, but his heart was very opposite. He looked at Xiao Hei on the side, his smile was so clean, his heart was so clean, there were not many people in the world who were as clean as him, he wanted Xiao Hei to keep laughing.