After a lazy sleep or sleepy eyes, Liu Bunong, walked to the well in the backyard, lowered his head and hit a bucket of well water, picked up the water scoop and scooped a scoop, drank a few big sips in a row, raised his head and squinted, exhaled deeply and shouted: "Comfortable!"

Throwing the water scoop back into the wooden bucket, Liu Buxiu looked around, but he didn't see the shadows of Liu Fang and Qi Qi, and was a little puzzled. Liu Fang gets up very early every day, looking at the sun, it's almost noon, it is impossible for Liu Fang not to get up, and there is no daily egg noodle poisoning, which is really a bit strange.

Liu Buxiu shouted at Liu Fang and Qiqi's house: "Fang'er, Qiqi, it's time to get up." ”

But no one answered, and Liu Buxiu shouted again: "Liu Fang! Qi Qi!" still did not respond.

Wow, that's weird. Could it be that he was sick? Liu Buxiu faintly felt that something was wrong, so he hurriedly took two steps and pushed open Liu Fang's door.

It doesn't matter if you open the door, the scene on the bed scared Liu Buxiu into a cold sweat. The two petite bodies lay motionless on the bed, and they knew by looking at their clothes that they were Liu Fang and Qi Qi. The most terrifying thing is that the two of them have a white cloth covering their faces.

Liu Buxiu took two deep breaths, tried to calm himself down, walked to the bed, knelt on the ground, his heart was like a knife, tugged at Liu Fang's cuffs, and cried:

"Fang'er, this is too sudden, why don't you say it's gone. We're just working so hard, and you're gone before we start enjoying the blessings. You're gone, what should I do, brother? Before, my brother was not good, and my brother didn't treat you well and made you suffer. Fang'er, as long as you can come back, let alone a bowl of egg noodles, I will eat ten bowls of noodles. ”

"Let's let my brother take a look at you again."

As he spoke, Liu Buxiu's hand trembled slightly, and he slowly stretched out to the white cloth. With a horizontal heart, he gritted his teeth and lifted the white cloth at once. But after opening it, Liu Buxiu was stunned, took a step back, and sat on the ground.

The two people under the white cloth actually have willow faces, and now this scene is like Liu Buxiu looking in the mirror, and they are looking at two at the same time.

Liu Buxiu, who had Liu Fang's body, suddenly opened his eyes, sat up and yelled at Liu Buxiu: "Brother, I finally had a beauty sleep with Qi Qi, what are you doing here crying and howling?"

"Hah, beauty sleep, I didn't say it, you two didn't squeak or move, and you were covered with a white cloth. I don't want to be crooked, besides, how can you two wear my face on this face, your brother and I were so scared just now that I almost drove to the west. Liu Buxiu rolled his eyes, on the ground, and retorted aggrievedly.

"Shopkeeper, we are wearing beauty masks, and we can't talk or move casually when wearing this mask, otherwise we will grow wrinkles. That white cloth is afraid of the volatilization of nutrients, so it should be absorbed as much as possible. As for why you use your face, there is no one else in our store. Qi Qi explained to Liu Buxiu seriously, and after speaking, he spread his hands and put on a helpless expression.

"How do I know this, you, you two, okay!" Liu Buxiu stretched out his fingers, angrily nodded at the two of himself, but in the end he didn't speak, patted the dust, got up and walked out of the house.

As soon as I walked to the door, I heard Liu Fang's voice, "Brother, there are egg noodles in the kitchen, ten bowls may not be enough, nine bowls are still available, you can make do with it first." ”

Liu Bu kept hearing this, his feet were empty, he tripped over the threshold, and lay on the ground in the shape of a dog eating, with a loveless face.

Liu Fang and Qi Qi heard the voice, their two pairs of cunning eyes looked at each other, and they covered their mouths together and laughed together. Liu Fang bent her index finger and gently scratched Qiqi's nose.

"You Qiqi, you can think of such a bad idea. However, Liu Fang didn't say the second half of the sentence, just looked at the door, and felt a warm feeling in her heart.

"Is there anyone? The shopkeeper is not there. There were five people standing in front of the door of the house, and one of them was a strong man in an apron with a boning knife in his hand, shouting loudly.

Liu Buxiu came out of the backyard with the unfinished egg noodles, looked at the strong man a little familiar, and asked, "I am the shopkeeper, who are you?"

"Isn't your shop called Wanshiwu, I'm here to ask for something this time. ”

When Liu Buxiu heard that there was business, he hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, waved his hand and said, "Please come in, let's sit down and chat." ”

The strong man was not polite, followed Liu endlessly, and the two entered the hall and sat down.

"Fang'er, pour two cups of tea, a guest is coming. ”

"Don't bother, I have to go back to business. I'll cut a long story short, I'm here to sell my son. The strong man was serious and said shocking things.

"I heard you right, you're going to sell your son?" Liu Buxiu thought to himself, this is not a human trafficker.

"Yes, I'll give you the money, and then I'll give you my son. "The strong man is really not shocking, and every sentence is more terrifying.

Liu Buxiu touched his chin, feeling that the amount of information was a bit large, and he didn't react for a while.

"Wait a minute, I'll take care of it. You give me my son and give me back the money. If I heard me correctly, you're not selling your son, you're sending your son away. ”

"Sort of, I can't help it, my brothers and sisters brought that rabbit cub in for me. The strong man shouted outside the house.

As soon as the words fell, the four of them carried a middle-aged man with a mouth stuffed cloth ball and his limbs tied into the door. Liu Buxiu glanced at the few people who came in and found that they were all very familiar. Only then did I remember that the strong man who came to sell his son was the butcher who sold meat at the entrance of the alley. These days, I often pass by his stall when shopping for groceries.

And the later people are also familiar faces in the alley, Wang Xiuniang from the tailor shop, Li Craftsman who carves stone and wood, Lao Huang, a woodcutter, and Lin Shopkeeper who specializes in nail art and ear picking.

Look at the middle-aged man who was tied up, with thick hair, a wide body, and a tiger's waist, he was at least thirty years old in appearance, and he really didn't look like the son of Yu Butcher.

"I'm afraid there is some misunderstanding in this matter, I don't know what mistake Ling Lang made, you have to sell him if you provoke him. Liu Buxiu felt that this matter was very strange.

"Don't mention it, my kid's name is Yu Xiaohang, he likes to sing since he was a child, if he has a little talent, it's fine, but he is incomplete in five tones, with a southern accent and a northern tone, he is completely a music idiot. He sings every day, every month, and directly near my home, and even the rats and crows have moved away. He still had to ask for the audience, and I didn't listen, so he went to his uncles to sing, and several of us were all businessmen, and the people who told him to sing were about to close, and he didn't have to say that it was art. ”

After speaking, Yu Butcher sighed. "If you don't believe me, ask them. He stretched out his finger and pointed to the four people in the hall, and the four of them nodded vigorously like chickens pecking rice.

"Shopkeeper Liu, aren't you just a business of taking money to help others. In this way, as long as you take in Xiaohang, as long as you come to our store for five people in the future, it will be free, how about it? And after all, Xiaohang is the same age as you, you young people must be easier to communicate, and you can understand what art is better than those of us who are older. The Yu butcher threw out the price code step by step.

"I'm the same age as him?" Liu Buxiu opened his eyes wide and looked at the tied man, the vigorous hair thought that the hair was long and the chin was up, saying that he was your brother and my father, I am afraid that some people believe it, and he is the same age as me.

Yu Tuhu explained a little embarrassed, "Actually, Xiaohang is only seventeen, and he has more hair than others, so he is just a little anxious." ”

"Butcher Yu, Zhen Guanxi has come to buy minced meat again. A middle-aged woman carrying a vegetable basket shouted at the door of the house

"Hey, got it. Yu Butcher replied, turned his head to Liu Buxiu and said

"You see I still have business here, so I won't bother. Let's make it up, thank you Shopkeeper Liu!"

"Thank you Shopkeeper Liu!" the four people in the hall also clasped their fists and saluted, and then the five of them actually left directly.

Only Liu Bunon, who was at a loss, was left, and Yu Xiaohang, who was lying on the ground.

"No, did I agree, you guys left, it's really my father. Forget it, it's okay to shop for free, it's just singing out of tune, bear with it. ”

Liu Buxiu, who could only comfort himself, sat on the chair and shook his head helplessly, and Liu Fang and Qiqi, who were eavesdropping against the curtain, lifted the curtain and entered.

"Brother, you really agreed so easily, how can I have an ominous premonition about doing this kind of work to take care of children" Liu Fang looked at the direction of the five people at the door, and was stunned.

Liu Buxiu just wanted to say a few words, but when he turned his head to look at Liu Fang and Qi Qi, he saw two of his own faces, and his face was suddenly covered with black lines. "I said, why haven't you two taken off this mask yet, and you and I are a three-person shadow!"

"One paste at a time, twice a day, a course of treatment is effective, you deserve it, shopkeeper, do you want to try it." Qiqi said with an eyebrow and a grin

"I'm scared of you two, and I can't do it. Liu Buxiu found his bowl and chopsticks, and looked at the noodles in the bowl, "Hey, it's all dough, you have to add some water." Then he went to the kitchen.

"Brother, are you really okay?" Liu Fang looked worried, looked at Yu Xiaohang on the ground and asked seriously.

Liu Buxiu's hand to lift the curtain paused, and said with a smile: "Boning knife, wood knife, carving knife, scissors, nail clippers." Twenty years ago, the five monsters of the Sword Pavilion, now this down-to-earth way of appearance is indeed a bit sloppy, but we have nothing, what can we lose, it doesn't matter. ”

After that, he lifted the curtain and went straight to the backyard.