Chapter 6 New Atmosphere
"Yo, it's Gui. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info"In the past, once the residents of Pingjiao Lane saw the shadow of Agui with dysentery, they would immediately hide their black buns and children in a reliable place, but now they stand calmly at the door, greet Agui with buns, and let the dolls play not far away, as if Agui is a normal neighbor. Indeed, his eyes and hands and feet were now much more regular than before, and the hair on the donkey's tail, he did not want to try to pull it, the shaver's cloth, and he did not want to steal a piece of it, he even stood still, and talked with them: "Didn't the fairy show up? No, I didn't go to the dock that day...... I'm going to do business this time. ”
As in the rest of Shuanghe County, the residents of Pingjiao Lane do not regard children as the objects of conversation, but the Agui are an exception, their clothes are cleanly washed, not very tattered, their eyes are fixed on them, and they will say some reasonable things such as "the sky is not good, and I am afraid that there will be a strong wind at night", so they unconsciously give them the privilege of talking to adults, and pour the words they hear when they are doing business and selling coolies all day long.
Say "yes" to your neighbors Later, Agui walked to the street, walked more than a mile, the street is still the kind of cobblestone street, but both sides of the street are lively shops, one after another are high and low tile houses, carved wooden lattice doors and windows, showing a neat style, the most in the shop are restaurants and wine shops, their business is very good, the aroma of all kinds of steamed food is permeated, from time to time you can see a farmer who has sold out vegetables in the morning market, walk into a shop, ask for two bowls of wine and food, and touch out all the money he earned in the city that day. At the corner of the street is a two-storey restaurant, with a warped corner cornice, painted with bright red paint, a few red lights hanging under the eaves, a colorful building at the door, and the merchants who come down and down the wharf often talk about their business here, and from time to time you can also see a guy going out with a cage box to deliver takeaways -- ordinary people in the county town, when they encounter a distinguished guest, they will also go to the restaurant in advance to order two dishes of famous dishes, and let the guys deliver them to their homes.
If it is placed in the past, this scene is enough for Ah Gui to stand at the door of any store for a long time, and dream that he can also sit in the store like those rich merchants and officials, and let the guys serve him dishes like water, but unfortunately his stomach and the guys in the store will not tolerate him to look at it for so long, he once thought that if the bald fourth man doesn't care about him, and the guys in the store don't care about him, he can stand at the door of the restaurant for a day, maybe which grand merchant will reward him with some leftovers! However, he also knew that it was a dream, not to mention anything else, this rich street and this luxurious restaurant, no matter who their real owner was, in the underground world of Shuanghe County, its sovereignty undoubtedly belonged to the beggar gang! The beggar gang, the largest gang in the county, was not the bald fourth man in Pingjiao Alley, or some kind of dysentery Ah Gui could afford to provoke! Don't look at their rags and scabies, but even some officials in the yamen didn't dare to really provoke them! The children of Pingjiao Lane sometimes tell the story of a certain family who provoked a beggar and his child disappeared after a few days, and there are even more stories about what shop did not agree to the request of the beggar gang and was occupied by a group of beggars.
According to reliable information, they monopolized the right to beg in the restaurant, as well as all the leftover soup and water in the restaurant, and they would never allow any thieves from the alley to come here to share the benefits! Even so, whenever Agui Dan had the opportunity to pass by the door of the restaurant, he would still look into the restaurant in a distracted manner, and he did not flee in a hurry until the two beggars guarding the door of the restaurant showed a fierce look, but fortunately there were not many opportunities for this kind of passing, and he had not been beaten by the two beggars.
And this time, he didn't look at the rich restaurant, and went straight to a small shop with a gourd hanging next to it, the façade of this shop is very small, and the people next to it will miss it if they are not careful, and there is only a little paint left on its door.
There was a strange aroma in the shop, and behind the old counter was a drawer that occupied one wall, a drugstore, behind which an old man with a white beard sat intently, looking intently at something that looked like a translucent white stone.
"Shopkeeper, business is thriving!" he folded his hands and greeted him as "my sister boss" had taught him.
"Don't dare, don't dare. The old man with the white beard spoke to him as if he were an adult: "How much medicine do you have from last time? ”
"And ten packs. He took out ten small wrapped paper packets from the basket, and then took out two small bottles: "This is a medicine for the eyes, for rotten eyes, when you use it, pick a little with an over-the-fire needle and rub it on the eyelids, the price is the same as the medicine for wounds." ”
The white-bearded old man was casually opening a pack, and when he heard this, he grabbed the bottle and examined it carefully: "Really...... People often ask me for medicine for rotten eyes...... If you have, I'll heal twice as much as I hurt. ”
"We have flat-footed gangs, and there are often people who suffer from rotten eyes, and they all lose the effectiveness of this medicine. Ah Gui said very confidently that the wound medicine he sold last time had been practiced again and again on them, and this eye medicine had only been tested on the two children of the Flat Feet Gang, but they both witnessed its power with their own eyes: "This bottle was given to the shopkeeper for testing, just like last time, and when there is a verification ......."
"What Brother Gui said, there must be no mistake. The shopkeeper with a white beard called Agui "little brother", and in addition to the medicine money last time, he took out five heavy good money and put it in Agui's hand, asking him to "buy some fruit to eat", Agui took the "sister boss" He didn't take the money for the medicine this time, because the business in Shuanghe County, even the hawkers who carry the burden often have credit, like this one sitting on the ground of the pharmacy, they are not afraid that he will run away with the money, and they will talk about the deposit after the scale of the business is further expanded.
After collecting the account, Ah Gui walked back half a mile, turned into an alley, and then turned around suddenly, not at all surprised to see the fierce light in the eyes of the people following behind him.