wear to 60s
Chapter 22 Thrilling
"You don't mean to help me make money?" Lin Shu looked at Chen Fachun and smiled.
Chen Fachun said: "I mean, what about our partnership? I'll help you take it to the county town to sell, and then we'll get [-]% of the money."
Lin Shu laughed again: "You treat me as a three-year-old child? Why don't I sell it myself? What do you want?"
Chen Fachun smirked a few times, and murmured in his heart, why is this bastard so hard to fool, "Then you can give me some hard work. I have a classmate who lives near the black market and knows it very well. He knows when he won't Someone came to check. As long as we don't let the people above find out, we will be fine."
"Okay, come find me tomorrow morning." Lin Shu said.
Lin Shu did what he said, and made up his mind to go to the county.He came back with local geography from Captain Tang.Their address is Yunfeng Village, Yunshui Town, Canglong County, Northwest Province. It is a place name that did not exist in the previous life. This world may not be the world of the previous life, but there are many similar backgrounds.
From Yunfeng Village to the county seat, there are two roads, highway and mountain road.This is not a legitimate business. If someone finds out, they will be in trouble. They might as well take the mountain road.
It's not that no one walks the mountain roads. There are still people in the village who go to the county seat.
Lin Shu and Chen Fachun had an agreement, and before five o'clock the next day, Chen Fachun knocked on the door.
"What are you doing here so early?"
Lin Shu was woken up, and opened the door for Chen Fachun with sleepy eyes.
Chen Fachun was carrying a lantern and was wearing a patched black padded jacket, shivering from the cold.The light is dim, and the snow is falling profusely outside the door, the sky is dim, and it is still early.
Chen Fachun shook the snowflakes on his shoulders, looked at Lin Shu energetically, "Is everything ready?"
Lin Shu pointed to the back strap in the corner. Inside the strap was the bacon he was going to sell on the black market. Chen Fachun was about to pick up the strap when he entered the house, and was held down by Lin Shu.
"Wait for me first." Lin Shu turned to get dressed.
Chen Fachun was surprised and said, "Are you going too?"
Lin Shudao: "I can't let you go to the county town to sell alone."
Chen Fachun raised his eyebrows and said: "The mountain road is not easy to walk. From Yunfeng Village to the county seat, you have to climb mountains and ridges, can you walk?"
Lin Shu changed into a patched clothes, and put on a patched padded jacket, then looked at Chen Fachun and said, "I'm going to make them some breakfast first, do you want to eat some first?"
"I..." Chen Fachun was a little embarrassed, and just happened to be so hungry that he grumbled again.
"Eat something hot. We will be walking for several hours on the mountain road, and our body will not be able to bear it without food." Lin Shu opened the box, which was filled with ice cubes brought from outside, and made a temporary freezer. Dumplings.
He boiled hot water in a pot, cooked a pot of dumplings, and brought a bowl to Chen Fachun.
Chen Fachun looked at the white and fat dumplings, the soup was filled with aroma, and he was hungry and salivating.
Dumplings are a rarity, and I have never seen his mother make them at home.When they were still in school, the teacher invited several of their students to eat once.That time he only ate three dumplings, and he felt that they were delicious.Usually, the family can't afford flour during the Chinese New Year, and the wheat can't share a lot of catties, so they are all pressed into noodles.
He saw that there were ten dumplings in the bowl, and looked at Lin Shu with emotion.Goudaner can make the family of younger siblings live well, and he can also support the family.
"Thank you, you don't need to pay me today, this bowl of dumplings is worth my salary." Chen Fachun said seriously.
Lin Shu smiled, "Brother Fachun, you can eat with peace of mind, eat something to warm your stomach. I really can't carry so much bacon by myself, and I haven't been to the county town, so I still walk on mountain roads, and multiple people take care of me. In the future, you will help me carry my things and protect my safety. If I make money, you will benefit from it."
Chen Fachun knew that his family was struggling recently. His mother sold all the food for his tuition fees. He only hoped to earn a little.He was desperate, so he came to find Goudaner.Especially when he heard that Goudaner dared to go to the old forest, he thought that Goudaner would take him there in the future.This will make a good relationship with Goudaner, help him carry some things to sell in the county, and earn wages, why not do it.
Chen Fachun ate a whole bowl of dumplings in a few strokes, and even drank the soup. This soup was ten thousand times better than their bland noodle soup. good.
Chen Fachun looked at Goudaner, who was busy at the stove, with a small body, neatly tidying up the stove, and his cooking skills were so good, it would be great if his family had such a good brother.
Seeing that Chen Fachun had finished eating, Lin Shu took his bowl.Chen Fachun paused, and said, "Let me wash the dishes."
"No need." Lin Shu ate the dumplings a few times, washed the bowl, simmered the remaining dumplings in the pot, and set off with Chen Fachun.
The mountain road at night was not easy to walk. Lin Shu was wearing cloth shoes, even with cotton added, he was still numb from the cold when he stepped on the thick snow.
The fluttering snowflakes scratched his face and landed on his eyelashes, blurring his vision.
The mountain road from Yunfeng Village to the county seat took four to five hours. Fortunately, Chen Fachun called him early, otherwise they would have spent the whole day on the road.
In order to save kerosene, the two only lit one lamp.The things in Chen Fachun's backpack were heavy, Lin Shu asked him to light the kerosene lamp, and followed behind with a small backpack on his back.
Yaque's silent silence made her body feel the coldness even more. Chen Fachun moved, carrying the strap on his back, and started to talk.
"God, tell me how you tamed that wolf? We all saw it dragging you away, and thought you were eaten by wolves."
Lin Shu joked, "I have supernatural powers."
"What supernatural power is not afraid of wolves?" Chen Fachun asked curiously.
Lin Shu couldn't explain it clearly, just like he couldn't explain why the gold bracelet appeared in his hand, nor could he explain why he was reborn into this world.
"But speaking of Houshan, Shuisheng is really pitiful." Chen Fachun said suddenly.
Lin Shu had never seen Shui Sheng before, only the original owner had a vague impression of this child in his memory, but the tragic death of the child made him feel horrified when he first heard it.
It’s not yet dawn, and it’s late in winter, except for the sporadic light from the lanterns that illuminate the fluttering velvet, the surroundings are almost pitch black.
The mountain road is not easy to walk, Lin Shu is struggling to walk, and the snow he stepped on is easy to slip and fall. This is a high mountain, if he slips and falls, he may fall to the bottom of the bottomless mountain.
Lin Shu stepped on the snow with grass, and the resistance was slightly greater.On the way, Chen Fachun said to himself, Lin Shu answered every time.They climbed several mountains and finally went down the mountain and walked a flat road.
It was finally dawn, and the light of the lantern was not so bright anymore.I saw a few people with blurred shadows in front of me, who were carrying stones and repairing the bridge.
Lin Shu had never been to the county seat, nor had he walked through this mountain road. The area around here was obviously another village, but the bridge repair this morning was too weird.
When they got closer, they saw five middle-aged men, and one of them was a man in sackcloth smoking an old cigarette pipe, squatting on the bank to direct.
Half of the bridge was broken, and the snow fell on the stone pier, most of which were melted by stepping on it.Chen Fachun walked in front with the sling on his back, muttering something in his mouth.
"Why is it broken again? This bridge has been repaired several times."
After saying this, Lin Shu also walked up to the bridge pier, but saw the man in linen clothes smoking an old cigarette, looking towards them, the sky was not clear and he couldn't see the man's expression clearly, but Lin Shu felt a sudden twitch in his heart. Gudong, urging Chen Fachun to walk faster.
"Two little kids passing by, where are you going?" The voice of the man in linen came from behind, Chen Fachun turned his head suspiciously, looked at the man, but didn't recognize him, and said, "Uncle, ask us Huh? We are going to visit relatives in the county."
Chen Fachun said something casually, but Lin Shu felt something was wrong, and pulled Chen Fachun to signal him to go, but the man in linen raised his leg and walked over, looking at Chen Fachun and Lin Shu with a half-smile.
The man's eyes fell on the wet feet of the two, and he smiled and said: "It's been a long time since I walked, and I will drink some water when I rest."
As he spoke, the man yelled.
"Grass root, bring back the kettle."
Seeing the enthusiasm of the strange man, Lin Su was both baffled and even more weird. It wasn't that he didn't believe in the simple mountains, but that someone was building a bridge here early in the morning before dawn, which was too weird.
The man handed over the water bottle, but Lin Shu didn't pick it up, "Uncle, no need, we're in a hurry."
After Lin Shu finished speaking, he left, and saw the man's face change, and then the men who were carrying the stones put down the stones in an instant, and ran towards them.
Although Lin Shu didn't understand who he met, he still realized it in an instant and told Chen Fachun to follow him quickly.
The two of them, of course, couldn't outrun five grown men, so they were grabbed by the back straps and pulled back in a few strokes.
Two men grabbed him, two men grabbed Chen Fachun, and smashed them to the ground.
"What are you going to do?"
Lin Shu roared angrily, trying to attract the attention of the nearby villagers, but he forgot that this was a big mountain, and many villagers were single-family and far away from each other, so they couldn't hear his call at all.
Chen Fachun was stupefied at this moment, only Lin Shu remained calm.
The linen-clothed man came up, glanced at Lin Shu and Chen Fachun, and then asked people to check their backs, but they found more than ten catties of bacon, which made several people look hot.
"Brother, look, this is all meat." The man looking for Lin Shu's back was full of light, drooling, if it wasn't for the fact that the meat was raw, he would have eaten a few mouthfuls immediately.
robbery?
Traffickers?
A lot of thoughts popped up in Lin Shu's mind, but when the man in linen came over, he felt something was wrong.
Those are indeed tools for repairing bridges. How can there be robbers waiting on the road early in the morning?
"what are you going to do?"
"If you want money, I can give it to you."
Lin Shu looked at the man in linen calmly, but the man gave him a hard look, ignored his words, and then said to the people behind him, "Throw them in quickly."
"Throw it in? Where to throw it?" Lin Shu had a lot of questions in his mind, but he couldn't get away. He saw the man holding the bacon and said, "Brother, do you really want to do this? What if this family comes to the door?" ?”
The man in sackcloth scolded angrily: "How can there be so much nonsense. This bridge broke three times after a year of construction. I don't think it was a problem with our repairs, or no one sacrificed the bridge. These two children were just used to drive piles. Hurry up, what are you dawdling about!"
This group of people repaired the bridge, and it had been repaired for a year, but the Sanfan bridge broke several times, and the people above blamed it, and the supervisor was also irritable.He had to subsidize the reconstruction several times without appropriation, so he had to find a few fewer people and work overtime to rebuild.The supervisor has long heard that bridge repairs require someone to sacrifice the bridge. The river is a dragon. The bridge repair cuts off the underground dragon. You have to find someone to suppress it. Just in the morning, I met two children who came out of the deep mountains and old forests. , Aren't you rushing to sacrifice the bridge for him?
Sacrificial bridge?
Lin Su almost misheard.
This kind of sorcery can be heard with one's own ears. What era did he come from?Scarier than when he met a murderer.
"Yes." Several men mentioned Lin Shu and Chen Fachun like chicken cubs and walked towards the broken bridge.Lin Shu struggled to no avail, quickly took out a pocket fruit knife, and while the man was not paying attention, slashed the main artery in the man's neck.
"Ah." The man realized later that his neck was bleeding like a pillar, and his hands were covered with blood. Then he grabbed Lin Shu tightly and wanted to smash it on the ground, but Lin Shu, who had quick eyesight and quick hands, cut his wrist and broke free. open.
The man who grabbed Lin Shu didn't expect him to be able to resist as a child. After being attacked, he was about to get angry, but felt his whole body suddenly paralyzed, and fell to the ground with muscle spasms all over his body. He was breathing heavily and panting with difficulty. Angrily, he pointed at Lin Shu.
"What's going on?" The linen-clothed man pointed to the man on the ground, asked the others, and looked at Lin Shu who had already broken free.
Lin Shu only held a fruit knife no longer than a palm in his hand, looked at the man in linen with cold eyes, pointed to the man on the ground and said, "Let us go, or he will die here."
"Catch him." The man in linen yelled.
Several men rushed towards Lin Shu again. A child was holding a fruit knife. What was so terrible about it? The grass root on the ground was cut by a child with a knife and fell to the ground. used.
Lin Shu sneered, when the three men approached, he stabbed their hands one after another, but was easily caught by them, snatched the fruit knife, and threw it on the ground casually.They planned to throw him into the pier for piling, and then use stones to crush him into a meat paste.
Several men tied Lin Shu and Chen Fachun together again, and they tied up Chen Fachun who dared not say a word first.
In desperation, Chen Fachun let them be tied to the bridge pier. In less than a minute, several men whose hands were cut by Lin Shu felt unwell and had the same symptoms as grass roots. They all turned towards the man in linen. When he came running, one of them didn't stand still, his whole body convulsed, he clutched his chest, and had difficulty breathing.
The man in linen was looking at the condition of the grass root, but he saw that the grass root was not breathing.He looked at it in astonishment, only to see that Caogen's pupils began to dilate.
The man in linen stood up abruptly and looked at Lin Shu who was tied up with hemp rope.
The man in sackcloth finally panicked. These were all workers sent by the superior to repair the bridge, and they came to him with a letter of introduction.If something happened to him, he couldn't explain it.He grabbed Lin Shu's neck violently.
"Little bunny, what did you do?"
Lin Shu instantly felt difficulty in breathing, and the strength of an adult's hand could not be shaken at all.
With the gradually brightening sky, his eyes were clearly visible, terribly dark, and so calm that he didn't seem like a young child.
Lin Shu is a person who died once, and he is the first director to be killed in a bomb on the scene of directing a play.
But those who have experienced the pain of being disintegrated in an instant are the ones who will no longer be afraid of death.
Now the three of them also had the same symptoms as Caogen, and the man in linen went to check on the situation.Taking advantage of the linen-clothed man turning around, Lin Shu quickly picked up the fruit knife, rushed up and slashed at the man's neck.
The man felt a chill on his neck, touched the blood, gritted his teeth and turned around to catch up, Lin Shu quickly ran away.
The man soon couldn't chase anymore, and he knelt on the ground with a bang, his whole body also convulsed, clutching his heart, panting heavily as if he couldn't breathe.
Lin Shu didn't want to stay any longer, so he quickly cut the hemp rope on his body with a knife, and then went to untie the rope for Chen Fachun.
"Dog... Goudaner." Chen Fachun was so frightened that his legs went limp.
Lin Shu didn't have time to chat nonsense with him, so he said, "Hurry up and go."
They left quickly with their backs on their backs. After walking a long way, they saw that the sky had completely lit up, and the surrounding world covered with snow was blindingly white.
Lin Shu walked in front, and Chen Fachun behind him suddenly stopped.Lin Shu turned around, and saw Chen Fachun clutching his pants in embarrassment, there was a mark there, it turned out that Chen Fachun really thought he was going to die just now, so he peed in fright.The thin trousers are particularly obvious, and it is not easy to dry when walking on the snow in winter.
Chen Fachun was so embarrassed that he wished he could find a hole in the ground and go in. He was even worse than a dog who was younger than him. He really didn't dare to say a word when he met those people just now.
Lin Shu didn't laugh at him. In his eyes, Chen Fachun was just a ten-year-old boy.
He said: "Brother Fachun, when we are approaching the county town ahead, find a place to light a fire and dry your pants."
Chen Fachun felt that he was being too condescending, suppressed his shame, and nodded.
After walking for nearly five hours, they finally turned to the mountains and saw the county seat sleeping in the depression like a crouching dragon, surrounded by white mountains covered with snow.
They find a flat place to rest.The snow was already as thick as his fingers, Lin Shu swept the snow off a stone, and then put down the strap.I found some sticks scattered on the ground nearby. They were too wet to ignite. I found a few leaves and struck a match to start the fire.
They really walked on the road for too long. In fact, Yunfeng Village is not that far from the county seat, but the mountain road is not easy to walk. Crossing mountains and ridges, walking with legs along the way is not as good as transportation.
The firewood was ignited, and the snow was so deep that it could not extinguish the flames.There was a comfortable temperature from the flames, and the two of them, whose bodies were frozen, wanted to put their hands into the fire.They roasted fiercely on the flames twice, and felt pain before they let go.
After walking for so long, the thrill of the morning has not been forgotten, and now I am gradually relieved.Chen Fachun looked at Lin Shu and was shocked. Goudaner escaped from those adults and even saved him.I didn't expect Goudaner to be so courageous.
"God, those people won't recognize us in the future, right? No one will come to the village to arrest us?" Chen Fachun was worried.
Lin Shu said lightly: "It's okay, no one will find us."
He didn't tell Chen Fachun that those people would no longer be alive.His fruit knife is not an ordinary fruit knife. He has isolated a layer inside. In the isolation layer, a toxin extracted from the deadly poisonous frog is specially stored. substance.Every time the blade is taken out, a layer of toxin will be reapplied. After the blood vessel is cut, the toxin enters the blood, so that group of people will have heart palpitations, difficulty breathing, and body convulsions until they suffocate.
This toxin was originally used by him for hunting. As a seven-year-old child, he would definitely not be able to hunt wild animals by himself. It fell to the ground.
This fruit knife is used for self-defense, he is not a simple child, of course he knows this chaotic era.I have heard some stories about this era in my previous life.It's just that he didn't expect to use this fruit knife so soon, and if he didn't remember to bring this fruit knife this morning, he and Chen Fachun might lose their lives because of such a ridiculous thing.
The group of people must have been arranged by the superiors to repair the bridge, or they might have been from nearby villages.But it can be regarded as the wilderness, and no one saw them. Even if they died for no reason, no one could find them. How could someone go door to door to find out his fruit knife.It's a pity that you have to be careful when using this fruit knife.
After Chen Fachun dried it, the two walked off the road and headed for the county town.
Canglong County has a population of 10,000+ people in this era.Walking down the street, there are more pedestrians, but it is not as lively as modern times, and most of them are closed. There are only a few state-run restaurants, state-run textile factories, and supply and marketing cooperatives that are open along the road, and there are long queues in front of the doors.
There are many houses in the county seat, most of which are newly built duplexes, and most of the rest are old buildings, and even undemolished ancient buildings can be seen.Chen Fachun led Lin Shu through the Bell and Drum Towers, entered an alleyway, made several turns, and came to an empty street.
He knocked on a tightly closed carved wooden door with antiquated couplets on it. Soon a young man as tall as Chen Fachun opened the door. Seeing that it was Chen Fachun, his face was filled with joy and he beckoned them to come in and sit down.
"My parents have gone away to relatives, you can rest assured."
Lin Shu put down the strap, thanked him and sat down.
In this day and age, families are struggling. If life is ample, they are willing to bring their children to visit relatives and ask for red envelopes, but when life is difficult, adults are not ashamed to bring their children.
The young man wore a padded jacket with a crew cut like the old master's cut on the street, and enthusiastically poured two bowls of hot water for Lin Shu and Chen Fachun.
Chen Fachun took a sip of hot water before saying, "You don't know that we almost..."
When I saw my classmate at this moment, I couldn't help but tell my classmate about the thrilling experience he encountered in the morning. Fortunately, Lin Shu stopped him with a look, so he didn't say anything.
The young man glanced at Lin Shu, then looked at Chen Fachun and said, "This is your brother? What are you doing in the county? You still carry these two big bags."
Chen Fachun actually heard the black market news from his classmates, but he never said that he was coming.
Only then did I remember the business, and quickly introduced to Lin Shu: "This is my classmate, Xie Youjiu."
Said: "This is a good game with me in our village, called Goudaner, we have something to do with you."
Chen Fachun pulled Xie Youjiu aside, and whispered something.
Xie Youjiu looked at Lin Shu again, smiled and said to Lin Shu, "Young brother is not bad, you dare to come to the black market to do business."
"This kid seems to be about the same age as Chen Fachun. Why does he pretend to be so old-fashioned? As expected, he grew up in the black market." Lin Shu smiled at him, and said in a clear voice: "The family is struggling, and I want to come to the city to change something. things go back."
"This bag looks quite full, it's loaded with a lot of good things." Xie Youjiu blinked at Chen Fachun, Chen Fachun looked at Lin Shu, Lin Shu nodded, and Chen Fachun said: "I heard you say that." Several shops on this street are short of meat. How about Brother Jiu, is there anyone buying meat on this street? We brought a lot of meat today."
"Meat, this is a good thing." Xie Youjiu didn't pretend to be, and wanted to open it. After seeing Lin Shu's permission, Chen Fachun opened the bag for him to take a look. It was full of smoked mutton and pheasant , Hare, as soon as the bag is opened, the smell of this special bacon sauce floats out, it is so fragrant that people drool.
"Oh my god, there are so many." Xie Youjiu said excitedly.
Not much and not too much. Lin Shu and Chen Fachun both recited two backs.An adult wild sheep weighing more than 50 catties had smoked about [-] catties of meat, all of which were carried by Lin Shu. There were also five pheasants and four hares, the weight of which was no less than [-] catties.
Lin Shu brought out a pheasant, which was not small at first glance, making the two of them greedy.He handed the pheasant in front of Xie Youjiu, "Brother Youjiu, he didn't bring any greeting gifts when he came back for the first time. This chicken is just my favorite. Take it and eat it when your uncle and aunt come back."
"That's great." Xie Youjiu blinked at Lin Shu and said, "My mother said that their unit didn't issue meat tickets during the Chinese New Year, and they couldn't eat meat, so I'd like to thank brother Goudaner."
A younger brother is a younger brother, or a puppy brother? !If Chen Fachun hadn't heard that this person was hanging out near the black market, he wouldn't be willing to give away a pheasant.
Lin Shu had black lines on his face, but he didn't show it.
Thanks to Youjiu for getting a pheasant for nothing, he was so enthusiastic that he asked Lin Shu and Chen Fachun to rest in the house first, saying that they had walked a long mountain road and it was too hard, so let him do the work.
This person is also capable, and not long after, Mimi quietly found a group of women.
These women are all neighbors on the street. Several of them are elderly. They look like old people who have to cook at home and take care of their children after retirement. Some of them came here wearing aprons.
It's the Chinese New Year, and everyone in the family wants to eat something good. Some families only have meat coupons of one or two catties, and some families don't have any meat coupons. If a relative comes over for Chinese New Year, they won't be ashamed to keep them for dinner.As soon as they heard that someone was selling meat, several women quietly followed Xiao Xie to his house.
An old woman with gray hair, wearing a big red padded jacket, looked at Lin Shu with a warm smile and said, "Little boy, I heard that you have meat, give me two catties."
"Okay, grandma, wait a moment."
Lin Shu opened the bag and asked them to choose mutton.
When the grandmas saw that Lin Shu's meat was smoked well, there was no smell of mutton, and the meat was plump, they immediately started to grab it excitedly.
"Give me two pounds."
"I also want."
"Hurry up, little boy, I want that one, keep it for me, don't let anyone take it away."
The ten catties of mutton in Lin Shu's bag were quickly wiped out, but he didn't take out the other ten catties in Chen Fachun's bag.
He came to the county town so hard to sell meat to make money, so he can earn money from strangers in the black market, but he is embarrassed to earn money from these old ladies.
"Little boy, how much is this mutton per catty?" asked a woman who paid for it.
Xie Youjiu was about to speak when he heard Lin Shu say, "Two yuan."
When Xie Youjiu heard the price, he gritted his teeth angrily, and gave Lin Shu a wink, but Lin Shu didn't see it.The woman pointed at Xie Youjiu's head meaningfully, nodded a few times and said: "Well, Xie Wazi, you even dare to lie to your maid, let's see if your mother will not deal with you when she comes back."
"Ma'am. I don't." Xie Youjiu curled his lips and rubbed his forehead.
Several people quickly paid the money, and happily left with the meat.
After Lin Shu worked hard for a while, he made 20 yuan.
After they left, Xie Youjiu patted Lin Shu's shoulder lamentingly and said: "I knew I should have made a good statement first. Just now I told those ladies and grandmas that someone sells meat, and they were all very excited. And they If you have money, in order to let you earn more, I will say five yuan a catty. But you are lucky, the whole two yuan a catty, the black market is not so low, and this is mutton, you are even cheaper than cured pork , it just pissed me off."
Lin Shu counted the money, smiled and said, "It's okay, I still have meat, I'll go to the black market later."
Xie Youjiu shrugged his shoulders and said: "I can't go to the black market at this moment, the black market has to be done at night. I think you will stay at my house tonight, and I will take you out in the evening. I will take you shopping first Visit the county town and do your best to be a landlord. How about it?"
Chen Fachun said: "I mean, what about our partnership? I'll help you take it to the county town to sell, and then we'll get [-]% of the money."
Lin Shu laughed again: "You treat me as a three-year-old child? Why don't I sell it myself? What do you want?"
Chen Fachun smirked a few times, and murmured in his heart, why is this bastard so hard to fool, "Then you can give me some hard work. I have a classmate who lives near the black market and knows it very well. He knows when he won't Someone came to check. As long as we don't let the people above find out, we will be fine."
"Okay, come find me tomorrow morning." Lin Shu said.
Lin Shu did what he said, and made up his mind to go to the county.He came back with local geography from Captain Tang.Their address is Yunfeng Village, Yunshui Town, Canglong County, Northwest Province. It is a place name that did not exist in the previous life. This world may not be the world of the previous life, but there are many similar backgrounds.
From Yunfeng Village to the county seat, there are two roads, highway and mountain road.This is not a legitimate business. If someone finds out, they will be in trouble. They might as well take the mountain road.
It's not that no one walks the mountain roads. There are still people in the village who go to the county seat.
Lin Shu and Chen Fachun had an agreement, and before five o'clock the next day, Chen Fachun knocked on the door.
"What are you doing here so early?"
Lin Shu was woken up, and opened the door for Chen Fachun with sleepy eyes.
Chen Fachun was carrying a lantern and was wearing a patched black padded jacket, shivering from the cold.The light is dim, and the snow is falling profusely outside the door, the sky is dim, and it is still early.
Chen Fachun shook the snowflakes on his shoulders, looked at Lin Shu energetically, "Is everything ready?"
Lin Shu pointed to the back strap in the corner. Inside the strap was the bacon he was going to sell on the black market. Chen Fachun was about to pick up the strap when he entered the house, and was held down by Lin Shu.
"Wait for me first." Lin Shu turned to get dressed.
Chen Fachun was surprised and said, "Are you going too?"
Lin Shudao: "I can't let you go to the county town to sell alone."
Chen Fachun raised his eyebrows and said: "The mountain road is not easy to walk. From Yunfeng Village to the county seat, you have to climb mountains and ridges, can you walk?"
Lin Shu changed into a patched clothes, and put on a patched padded jacket, then looked at Chen Fachun and said, "I'm going to make them some breakfast first, do you want to eat some first?"
"I..." Chen Fachun was a little embarrassed, and just happened to be so hungry that he grumbled again.
"Eat something hot. We will be walking for several hours on the mountain road, and our body will not be able to bear it without food." Lin Shu opened the box, which was filled with ice cubes brought from outside, and made a temporary freezer. Dumplings.
He boiled hot water in a pot, cooked a pot of dumplings, and brought a bowl to Chen Fachun.
Chen Fachun looked at the white and fat dumplings, the soup was filled with aroma, and he was hungry and salivating.
Dumplings are a rarity, and I have never seen his mother make them at home.When they were still in school, the teacher invited several of their students to eat once.That time he only ate three dumplings, and he felt that they were delicious.Usually, the family can't afford flour during the Chinese New Year, and the wheat can't share a lot of catties, so they are all pressed into noodles.
He saw that there were ten dumplings in the bowl, and looked at Lin Shu with emotion.Goudaner can make the family of younger siblings live well, and he can also support the family.
"Thank you, you don't need to pay me today, this bowl of dumplings is worth my salary." Chen Fachun said seriously.
Lin Shu smiled, "Brother Fachun, you can eat with peace of mind, eat something to warm your stomach. I really can't carry so much bacon by myself, and I haven't been to the county town, so I still walk on mountain roads, and multiple people take care of me. In the future, you will help me carry my things and protect my safety. If I make money, you will benefit from it."
Chen Fachun knew that his family was struggling recently. His mother sold all the food for his tuition fees. He only hoped to earn a little.He was desperate, so he came to find Goudaner.Especially when he heard that Goudaner dared to go to the old forest, he thought that Goudaner would take him there in the future.This will make a good relationship with Goudaner, help him carry some things to sell in the county, and earn wages, why not do it.
Chen Fachun ate a whole bowl of dumplings in a few strokes, and even drank the soup. This soup was ten thousand times better than their bland noodle soup. good.
Chen Fachun looked at Goudaner, who was busy at the stove, with a small body, neatly tidying up the stove, and his cooking skills were so good, it would be great if his family had such a good brother.
Seeing that Chen Fachun had finished eating, Lin Shu took his bowl.Chen Fachun paused, and said, "Let me wash the dishes."
"No need." Lin Shu ate the dumplings a few times, washed the bowl, simmered the remaining dumplings in the pot, and set off with Chen Fachun.
The mountain road at night was not easy to walk. Lin Shu was wearing cloth shoes, even with cotton added, he was still numb from the cold when he stepped on the thick snow.
The fluttering snowflakes scratched his face and landed on his eyelashes, blurring his vision.
The mountain road from Yunfeng Village to the county seat took four to five hours. Fortunately, Chen Fachun called him early, otherwise they would have spent the whole day on the road.
In order to save kerosene, the two only lit one lamp.The things in Chen Fachun's backpack were heavy, Lin Shu asked him to light the kerosene lamp, and followed behind with a small backpack on his back.
Yaque's silent silence made her body feel the coldness even more. Chen Fachun moved, carrying the strap on his back, and started to talk.
"God, tell me how you tamed that wolf? We all saw it dragging you away, and thought you were eaten by wolves."
Lin Shu joked, "I have supernatural powers."
"What supernatural power is not afraid of wolves?" Chen Fachun asked curiously.
Lin Shu couldn't explain it clearly, just like he couldn't explain why the gold bracelet appeared in his hand, nor could he explain why he was reborn into this world.
"But speaking of Houshan, Shuisheng is really pitiful." Chen Fachun said suddenly.
Lin Shu had never seen Shui Sheng before, only the original owner had a vague impression of this child in his memory, but the tragic death of the child made him feel horrified when he first heard it.
It’s not yet dawn, and it’s late in winter, except for the sporadic light from the lanterns that illuminate the fluttering velvet, the surroundings are almost pitch black.
The mountain road is not easy to walk, Lin Shu is struggling to walk, and the snow he stepped on is easy to slip and fall. This is a high mountain, if he slips and falls, he may fall to the bottom of the bottomless mountain.
Lin Shu stepped on the snow with grass, and the resistance was slightly greater.On the way, Chen Fachun said to himself, Lin Shu answered every time.They climbed several mountains and finally went down the mountain and walked a flat road.
It was finally dawn, and the light of the lantern was not so bright anymore.I saw a few people with blurred shadows in front of me, who were carrying stones and repairing the bridge.
Lin Shu had never been to the county seat, nor had he walked through this mountain road. The area around here was obviously another village, but the bridge repair this morning was too weird.
When they got closer, they saw five middle-aged men, and one of them was a man in sackcloth smoking an old cigarette pipe, squatting on the bank to direct.
Half of the bridge was broken, and the snow fell on the stone pier, most of which were melted by stepping on it.Chen Fachun walked in front with the sling on his back, muttering something in his mouth.
"Why is it broken again? This bridge has been repaired several times."
After saying this, Lin Shu also walked up to the bridge pier, but saw the man in linen clothes smoking an old cigarette, looking towards them, the sky was not clear and he couldn't see the man's expression clearly, but Lin Shu felt a sudden twitch in his heart. Gudong, urging Chen Fachun to walk faster.
"Two little kids passing by, where are you going?" The voice of the man in linen came from behind, Chen Fachun turned his head suspiciously, looked at the man, but didn't recognize him, and said, "Uncle, ask us Huh? We are going to visit relatives in the county."
Chen Fachun said something casually, but Lin Shu felt something was wrong, and pulled Chen Fachun to signal him to go, but the man in linen raised his leg and walked over, looking at Chen Fachun and Lin Shu with a half-smile.
The man's eyes fell on the wet feet of the two, and he smiled and said: "It's been a long time since I walked, and I will drink some water when I rest."
As he spoke, the man yelled.
"Grass root, bring back the kettle."
Seeing the enthusiasm of the strange man, Lin Su was both baffled and even more weird. It wasn't that he didn't believe in the simple mountains, but that someone was building a bridge here early in the morning before dawn, which was too weird.
The man handed over the water bottle, but Lin Shu didn't pick it up, "Uncle, no need, we're in a hurry."
After Lin Shu finished speaking, he left, and saw the man's face change, and then the men who were carrying the stones put down the stones in an instant, and ran towards them.
Although Lin Shu didn't understand who he met, he still realized it in an instant and told Chen Fachun to follow him quickly.
The two of them, of course, couldn't outrun five grown men, so they were grabbed by the back straps and pulled back in a few strokes.
Two men grabbed him, two men grabbed Chen Fachun, and smashed them to the ground.
"What are you going to do?"
Lin Shu roared angrily, trying to attract the attention of the nearby villagers, but he forgot that this was a big mountain, and many villagers were single-family and far away from each other, so they couldn't hear his call at all.
Chen Fachun was stupefied at this moment, only Lin Shu remained calm.
The linen-clothed man came up, glanced at Lin Shu and Chen Fachun, and then asked people to check their backs, but they found more than ten catties of bacon, which made several people look hot.
"Brother, look, this is all meat." The man looking for Lin Shu's back was full of light, drooling, if it wasn't for the fact that the meat was raw, he would have eaten a few mouthfuls immediately.
robbery?
Traffickers?
A lot of thoughts popped up in Lin Shu's mind, but when the man in linen came over, he felt something was wrong.
Those are indeed tools for repairing bridges. How can there be robbers waiting on the road early in the morning?
"what are you going to do?"
"If you want money, I can give it to you."
Lin Shu looked at the man in linen calmly, but the man gave him a hard look, ignored his words, and then said to the people behind him, "Throw them in quickly."
"Throw it in? Where to throw it?" Lin Shu had a lot of questions in his mind, but he couldn't get away. He saw the man holding the bacon and said, "Brother, do you really want to do this? What if this family comes to the door?" ?”
The man in sackcloth scolded angrily: "How can there be so much nonsense. This bridge broke three times after a year of construction. I don't think it was a problem with our repairs, or no one sacrificed the bridge. These two children were just used to drive piles. Hurry up, what are you dawdling about!"
This group of people repaired the bridge, and it had been repaired for a year, but the Sanfan bridge broke several times, and the people above blamed it, and the supervisor was also irritable.He had to subsidize the reconstruction several times without appropriation, so he had to find a few fewer people and work overtime to rebuild.The supervisor has long heard that bridge repairs require someone to sacrifice the bridge. The river is a dragon. The bridge repair cuts off the underground dragon. You have to find someone to suppress it. Just in the morning, I met two children who came out of the deep mountains and old forests. , Aren't you rushing to sacrifice the bridge for him?
Sacrificial bridge?
Lin Su almost misheard.
This kind of sorcery can be heard with one's own ears. What era did he come from?Scarier than when he met a murderer.
"Yes." Several men mentioned Lin Shu and Chen Fachun like chicken cubs and walked towards the broken bridge.Lin Shu struggled to no avail, quickly took out a pocket fruit knife, and while the man was not paying attention, slashed the main artery in the man's neck.
"Ah." The man realized later that his neck was bleeding like a pillar, and his hands were covered with blood. Then he grabbed Lin Shu tightly and wanted to smash it on the ground, but Lin Shu, who had quick eyesight and quick hands, cut his wrist and broke free. open.
The man who grabbed Lin Shu didn't expect him to be able to resist as a child. After being attacked, he was about to get angry, but felt his whole body suddenly paralyzed, and fell to the ground with muscle spasms all over his body. He was breathing heavily and panting with difficulty. Angrily, he pointed at Lin Shu.
"What's going on?" The linen-clothed man pointed to the man on the ground, asked the others, and looked at Lin Shu who had already broken free.
Lin Shu only held a fruit knife no longer than a palm in his hand, looked at the man in linen with cold eyes, pointed to the man on the ground and said, "Let us go, or he will die here."
"Catch him." The man in linen yelled.
Several men rushed towards Lin Shu again. A child was holding a fruit knife. What was so terrible about it? The grass root on the ground was cut by a child with a knife and fell to the ground. used.
Lin Shu sneered, when the three men approached, he stabbed their hands one after another, but was easily caught by them, snatched the fruit knife, and threw it on the ground casually.They planned to throw him into the pier for piling, and then use stones to crush him into a meat paste.
Several men tied Lin Shu and Chen Fachun together again, and they tied up Chen Fachun who dared not say a word first.
In desperation, Chen Fachun let them be tied to the bridge pier. In less than a minute, several men whose hands were cut by Lin Shu felt unwell and had the same symptoms as grass roots. They all turned towards the man in linen. When he came running, one of them didn't stand still, his whole body convulsed, he clutched his chest, and had difficulty breathing.
The man in linen was looking at the condition of the grass root, but he saw that the grass root was not breathing.He looked at it in astonishment, only to see that Caogen's pupils began to dilate.
The man in linen stood up abruptly and looked at Lin Shu who was tied up with hemp rope.
The man in sackcloth finally panicked. These were all workers sent by the superior to repair the bridge, and they came to him with a letter of introduction.If something happened to him, he couldn't explain it.He grabbed Lin Shu's neck violently.
"Little bunny, what did you do?"
Lin Shu instantly felt difficulty in breathing, and the strength of an adult's hand could not be shaken at all.
With the gradually brightening sky, his eyes were clearly visible, terribly dark, and so calm that he didn't seem like a young child.
Lin Shu is a person who died once, and he is the first director to be killed in a bomb on the scene of directing a play.
But those who have experienced the pain of being disintegrated in an instant are the ones who will no longer be afraid of death.
Now the three of them also had the same symptoms as Caogen, and the man in linen went to check on the situation.Taking advantage of the linen-clothed man turning around, Lin Shu quickly picked up the fruit knife, rushed up and slashed at the man's neck.
The man felt a chill on his neck, touched the blood, gritted his teeth and turned around to catch up, Lin Shu quickly ran away.
The man soon couldn't chase anymore, and he knelt on the ground with a bang, his whole body also convulsed, clutching his heart, panting heavily as if he couldn't breathe.
Lin Shu didn't want to stay any longer, so he quickly cut the hemp rope on his body with a knife, and then went to untie the rope for Chen Fachun.
"Dog... Goudaner." Chen Fachun was so frightened that his legs went limp.
Lin Shu didn't have time to chat nonsense with him, so he said, "Hurry up and go."
They left quickly with their backs on their backs. After walking a long way, they saw that the sky had completely lit up, and the surrounding world covered with snow was blindingly white.
Lin Shu walked in front, and Chen Fachun behind him suddenly stopped.Lin Shu turned around, and saw Chen Fachun clutching his pants in embarrassment, there was a mark there, it turned out that Chen Fachun really thought he was going to die just now, so he peed in fright.The thin trousers are particularly obvious, and it is not easy to dry when walking on the snow in winter.
Chen Fachun was so embarrassed that he wished he could find a hole in the ground and go in. He was even worse than a dog who was younger than him. He really didn't dare to say a word when he met those people just now.
Lin Shu didn't laugh at him. In his eyes, Chen Fachun was just a ten-year-old boy.
He said: "Brother Fachun, when we are approaching the county town ahead, find a place to light a fire and dry your pants."
Chen Fachun felt that he was being too condescending, suppressed his shame, and nodded.
After walking for nearly five hours, they finally turned to the mountains and saw the county seat sleeping in the depression like a crouching dragon, surrounded by white mountains covered with snow.
They find a flat place to rest.The snow was already as thick as his fingers, Lin Shu swept the snow off a stone, and then put down the strap.I found some sticks scattered on the ground nearby. They were too wet to ignite. I found a few leaves and struck a match to start the fire.
They really walked on the road for too long. In fact, Yunfeng Village is not that far from the county seat, but the mountain road is not easy to walk. Crossing mountains and ridges, walking with legs along the way is not as good as transportation.
The firewood was ignited, and the snow was so deep that it could not extinguish the flames.There was a comfortable temperature from the flames, and the two of them, whose bodies were frozen, wanted to put their hands into the fire.They roasted fiercely on the flames twice, and felt pain before they let go.
After walking for so long, the thrill of the morning has not been forgotten, and now I am gradually relieved.Chen Fachun looked at Lin Shu and was shocked. Goudaner escaped from those adults and even saved him.I didn't expect Goudaner to be so courageous.
"God, those people won't recognize us in the future, right? No one will come to the village to arrest us?" Chen Fachun was worried.
Lin Shu said lightly: "It's okay, no one will find us."
He didn't tell Chen Fachun that those people would no longer be alive.His fruit knife is not an ordinary fruit knife. He has isolated a layer inside. In the isolation layer, a toxin extracted from the deadly poisonous frog is specially stored. substance.Every time the blade is taken out, a layer of toxin will be reapplied. After the blood vessel is cut, the toxin enters the blood, so that group of people will have heart palpitations, difficulty breathing, and body convulsions until they suffocate.
This toxin was originally used by him for hunting. As a seven-year-old child, he would definitely not be able to hunt wild animals by himself. It fell to the ground.
This fruit knife is used for self-defense, he is not a simple child, of course he knows this chaotic era.I have heard some stories about this era in my previous life.It's just that he didn't expect to use this fruit knife so soon, and if he didn't remember to bring this fruit knife this morning, he and Chen Fachun might lose their lives because of such a ridiculous thing.
The group of people must have been arranged by the superiors to repair the bridge, or they might have been from nearby villages.But it can be regarded as the wilderness, and no one saw them. Even if they died for no reason, no one could find them. How could someone go door to door to find out his fruit knife.It's a pity that you have to be careful when using this fruit knife.
After Chen Fachun dried it, the two walked off the road and headed for the county town.
Canglong County has a population of 10,000+ people in this era.Walking down the street, there are more pedestrians, but it is not as lively as modern times, and most of them are closed. There are only a few state-run restaurants, state-run textile factories, and supply and marketing cooperatives that are open along the road, and there are long queues in front of the doors.
There are many houses in the county seat, most of which are newly built duplexes, and most of the rest are old buildings, and even undemolished ancient buildings can be seen.Chen Fachun led Lin Shu through the Bell and Drum Towers, entered an alleyway, made several turns, and came to an empty street.
He knocked on a tightly closed carved wooden door with antiquated couplets on it. Soon a young man as tall as Chen Fachun opened the door. Seeing that it was Chen Fachun, his face was filled with joy and he beckoned them to come in and sit down.
"My parents have gone away to relatives, you can rest assured."
Lin Shu put down the strap, thanked him and sat down.
In this day and age, families are struggling. If life is ample, they are willing to bring their children to visit relatives and ask for red envelopes, but when life is difficult, adults are not ashamed to bring their children.
The young man wore a padded jacket with a crew cut like the old master's cut on the street, and enthusiastically poured two bowls of hot water for Lin Shu and Chen Fachun.
Chen Fachun took a sip of hot water before saying, "You don't know that we almost..."
When I saw my classmate at this moment, I couldn't help but tell my classmate about the thrilling experience he encountered in the morning. Fortunately, Lin Shu stopped him with a look, so he didn't say anything.
The young man glanced at Lin Shu, then looked at Chen Fachun and said, "This is your brother? What are you doing in the county? You still carry these two big bags."
Chen Fachun actually heard the black market news from his classmates, but he never said that he was coming.
Only then did I remember the business, and quickly introduced to Lin Shu: "This is my classmate, Xie Youjiu."
Said: "This is a good game with me in our village, called Goudaner, we have something to do with you."
Chen Fachun pulled Xie Youjiu aside, and whispered something.
Xie Youjiu looked at Lin Shu again, smiled and said to Lin Shu, "Young brother is not bad, you dare to come to the black market to do business."
"This kid seems to be about the same age as Chen Fachun. Why does he pretend to be so old-fashioned? As expected, he grew up in the black market." Lin Shu smiled at him, and said in a clear voice: "The family is struggling, and I want to come to the city to change something. things go back."
"This bag looks quite full, it's loaded with a lot of good things." Xie Youjiu blinked at Chen Fachun, Chen Fachun looked at Lin Shu, Lin Shu nodded, and Chen Fachun said: "I heard you say that." Several shops on this street are short of meat. How about Brother Jiu, is there anyone buying meat on this street? We brought a lot of meat today."
"Meat, this is a good thing." Xie Youjiu didn't pretend to be, and wanted to open it. After seeing Lin Shu's permission, Chen Fachun opened the bag for him to take a look. It was full of smoked mutton and pheasant , Hare, as soon as the bag is opened, the smell of this special bacon sauce floats out, it is so fragrant that people drool.
"Oh my god, there are so many." Xie Youjiu said excitedly.
Not much and not too much. Lin Shu and Chen Fachun both recited two backs.An adult wild sheep weighing more than 50 catties had smoked about [-] catties of meat, all of which were carried by Lin Shu. There were also five pheasants and four hares, the weight of which was no less than [-] catties.
Lin Shu brought out a pheasant, which was not small at first glance, making the two of them greedy.He handed the pheasant in front of Xie Youjiu, "Brother Youjiu, he didn't bring any greeting gifts when he came back for the first time. This chicken is just my favorite. Take it and eat it when your uncle and aunt come back."
"That's great." Xie Youjiu blinked at Lin Shu and said, "My mother said that their unit didn't issue meat tickets during the Chinese New Year, and they couldn't eat meat, so I'd like to thank brother Goudaner."
A younger brother is a younger brother, or a puppy brother? !If Chen Fachun hadn't heard that this person was hanging out near the black market, he wouldn't be willing to give away a pheasant.
Lin Shu had black lines on his face, but he didn't show it.
Thanks to Youjiu for getting a pheasant for nothing, he was so enthusiastic that he asked Lin Shu and Chen Fachun to rest in the house first, saying that they had walked a long mountain road and it was too hard, so let him do the work.
This person is also capable, and not long after, Mimi quietly found a group of women.
These women are all neighbors on the street. Several of them are elderly. They look like old people who have to cook at home and take care of their children after retirement. Some of them came here wearing aprons.
It's the Chinese New Year, and everyone in the family wants to eat something good. Some families only have meat coupons of one or two catties, and some families don't have any meat coupons. If a relative comes over for Chinese New Year, they won't be ashamed to keep them for dinner.As soon as they heard that someone was selling meat, several women quietly followed Xiao Xie to his house.
An old woman with gray hair, wearing a big red padded jacket, looked at Lin Shu with a warm smile and said, "Little boy, I heard that you have meat, give me two catties."
"Okay, grandma, wait a moment."
Lin Shu opened the bag and asked them to choose mutton.
When the grandmas saw that Lin Shu's meat was smoked well, there was no smell of mutton, and the meat was plump, they immediately started to grab it excitedly.
"Give me two pounds."
"I also want."
"Hurry up, little boy, I want that one, keep it for me, don't let anyone take it away."
The ten catties of mutton in Lin Shu's bag were quickly wiped out, but he didn't take out the other ten catties in Chen Fachun's bag.
He came to the county town so hard to sell meat to make money, so he can earn money from strangers in the black market, but he is embarrassed to earn money from these old ladies.
"Little boy, how much is this mutton per catty?" asked a woman who paid for it.
Xie Youjiu was about to speak when he heard Lin Shu say, "Two yuan."
When Xie Youjiu heard the price, he gritted his teeth angrily, and gave Lin Shu a wink, but Lin Shu didn't see it.The woman pointed at Xie Youjiu's head meaningfully, nodded a few times and said: "Well, Xie Wazi, you even dare to lie to your maid, let's see if your mother will not deal with you when she comes back."
"Ma'am. I don't." Xie Youjiu curled his lips and rubbed his forehead.
Several people quickly paid the money, and happily left with the meat.
After Lin Shu worked hard for a while, he made 20 yuan.
After they left, Xie Youjiu patted Lin Shu's shoulder lamentingly and said: "I knew I should have made a good statement first. Just now I told those ladies and grandmas that someone sells meat, and they were all very excited. And they If you have money, in order to let you earn more, I will say five yuan a catty. But you are lucky, the whole two yuan a catty, the black market is not so low, and this is mutton, you are even cheaper than cured pork , it just pissed me off."
Lin Shu counted the money, smiled and said, "It's okay, I still have meat, I'll go to the black market later."
Xie Youjiu shrugged his shoulders and said: "I can't go to the black market at this moment, the black market has to be done at night. I think you will stay at my house tonight, and I will take you out in the evening. I will take you shopping first Visit the county town and do your best to be a landlord. How about it?"
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