Folklore: The baby starts the game, and the mother takes off her painted skin

Chapter 128: Nowhere to be found after wearing iron shoes

Around dusk, Liu Bai had prepared everything. He never thought that he would encounter such a thing on the first night of opening the shop.

Washizi.

It seems quite interesting when you think about it.

The owner of the funeral clothing store came and saw Liu Bai, who was waiting for battle, and couldn't help but smile and asked, "Is this the first time for Xiao Liu, the owner, to go to this market?"

"Correct."

As expected of a wealthy family from the capital city... Ning Yi said in his heart, and said:
"This is just a small circle, there are not so many rules, just one thing, you have to tell the truth, if you know, you know, if you don't know, you don't know."

"Okay!" Liu Bai nodded and agreed.

"That's fine. There's nothing else to do. Let's go."

After Ning Yi finished speaking, he led Liu Bai out of the door, and they each got on the carriage and set off.

Liu Bai did not use the carriage of the head of the Situ family in a high-profile manner, but picked out an ordinary one from Xumi.

Xiao Cao also poked his head out, looked around curiously, and then whispered: "When Xiao Cao was in Qin State, he and the queen went to Washizi."

"what?"

"Nothing, nothing."

The grass retracted its head again.

Finally, Liu Bai followed Ning Yi's carriage, turning left and right, and finally came to a small alley.

Liu Bai was not worried about anything happening.

After all, this Blood Food City is so small. Situ Hong can solve it by gathering the five energies, the ghost body can solve it by nourishing the Yin God, and above that... my mother can solve it.

Before getting off the carriage, Ning Yi turned around and asked, "Shopkeeper Xiao Liu, I brought you to a place like this for the first time we met. Aren't you afraid that I will sell you out?"

Liu Bai showed a simple and ignorant expression, "Ah?"

"I think Manager Ning is a good person at first glance."

His words really confused Ning Yi, and then he said awkwardly: "Okay, we're here, that's it."

After putting away the carriage, there was a bonfire in the house next door. There was no door, but a leather curtain was hung to block the view.

Ning Yi lifted the curtain and walked in first, followed by Liu Bai, and finally Situ Hong.

A pit was dug in the middle of the house, and a bonfire was burning in the pit, lighting up the house.

Opposite the door sat a man in a long coat. When Ning Yi arrived, he first bowed to him and said:
"Brother Tiger, long time no see."

"I brought two friends here to see the world."

The man called Brother Tiger was leaning forward, cracking melon seeds, and then he looked up.

Two red and blue lights flew out from Situ Hong's body, circled around him and then went back.

The tiger brother who was eating melon seeds stood up straight immediately, with the seeds scattered all over the floor. He laughed and said, "Okay, we are friends now. Sit down, sit down and talk."

Liu Bai took the opportunity to look at the other people in the room.

A woman wearing a yellow dress with a red snake wrapped around her neck. She looked ordinary but had heavy makeup on.

Sitting next to her was a bald old man in a short-sleeved shirt, picking his feet.

Apart from that, the only person left was the young man sitting and dozing off behind the door.

Including Liu Bai, Situ Hong and Ning Yi, there were a total of 7 people present.

There were so many chairs, so Situ Hong found two cleaner ones, and the two of them sat next to Ning Yi.

After waiting for a while, another impetuous man walked in from outside the door. He was about the same size as Ning Yi, but had neatly shaved short hair. As he rushed in, he brought in a gust of cool breeze.

Situ Hong, who was sitting next to Liu Bai, immediately lit the life fire.

Not only her, but also Brother Tiger. He was obviously the organizer of this market. When he saw the newcomer, he cursed:
"Where did you go to touch the corpse again, you monkey? There are so many ghosts following you, and you don't even know how to deal with them."

When this person came, he first glanced at Situ Hong who was lighting the fire, and said in surprise: "There is a newcomer."

"Yeah, it was brought by the corpse retriever." Brother Tiger mentioned casually.

Liu Bai looked at Ning Yi when he heard this. Ning Yi noticed his gaze and explained, "It was handed down from my ancestors. I just want to make a living."

This guy turned out to be a corpse retriever... No wonder he has a pale face all day long.

"Corpse fisherman, don't leave for a while. Stay and chat. I met a fake guy and I need your help." said the monkey who came in last.

"Okay." Ning Yi didn't refuse. This is how things work in their line of work.

If there is work, take some work; if there is no work, just deal with it on your own.

"Okay, the rest of you probably won't come, let's get started." Tiger Brother set the tone, then looked around with his tiger eyes, "I'll start first. There's some movement in the old puddle in Zixiang Mountain. It's not small. If you're interested, you can go and take a look."

The monkey squatting in front of the fire and warming himself waved his hands, "Brother Tiger, you must be joking. Who dares to go to the old water pit?"

"If you don't go, there's no guarantee that someone will dare to go."

Brother Lao Hu sneered. He had no idea about the details of Liu Bai and Situ Hong. He only knew that Situ Hong was a ghost who had gathered the five energies, so he brought up this matter.

The bald old man who was picking his feet suddenly spoke up, "An old friend who was a mountain hunter said that the evil spirit in Yangyong Temple seemed to have moved away."

"Yangyong Temple?" The man sitting by the door perked up. "When did it happen?"

The bald old man shook his head and said, "I don't know. It's just that the evil spirit has moved away. I guess we can look inside to see if there's anything good."

After they finished talking, there was a brief silence, and then the woman with the red snake around her neck asked, "Who knows how to cure the poison of Xiuwei?"

No one spoke after she asked. Just when she thought there was no way out, she suddenly heard a childish voice.

"Grind three green bush flowers and two coins of beauty poison into powder, soak them in spring water overnight, and drink it to cure the disease."

"Really?!" the woman exclaimed in delight.

She only knew it vaguely, but didn't know the details. But now, after listening to what the child in front of her said, it made perfect sense.

pretty close.

Liu Bai recalled what he had read in the book and nodded, "Really."

Seeing that the woman had already sat back down and didn't say anything, Ning Yi frowned, "Chi Lian woman, this is my friend's first time here and he doesn't quite understand the rules. Do you not understand them either?"

Brother Tiger also said in a deep voice: "That's too much."

The red-robed girl stood up in a hurry, looked at Liu Bai, and said awkwardly: "Hey... Hey, how many beads would be appropriate?" Liu Bai didn't know how many would be appropriate, so he tentatively said: "One green bead?"

"Okay!" The red-robed woman quickly agreed, and then flicked her finger and a green bead came over.

Situ Hong reached out and took it.

Ning Yi leaned over to Liu Bai and whispered, "This kind of news can be sold for money, so don't just tell any news."

"Oh." Liu Bai nodded quickly.

Brother Tiger looked at the Red Snake Woman and said, "Your dead husband's foot has been cured now. It was cured by a green bead. Why don't you thank her properly?"

The Red-Snake Woman bowed to Liu Bai again to express her gratitude.

After this incident, these people reported some more news.

But it’s all the kind of news that, how should I put it…knowing it but isn’t much different from not knowing it.

Especially the news in the old woods, some of which were released by Liu Bai.

In the end, the market just ended like this, just like a group of people gathered together to chat, and then they patted their butts and left.

Even people like Ning Yi took the monkey with him when he left.

Afterwards Liu Bai returned to the Hongzhu shop. Unable to sleep, he thought for a while, got up again, and took out the book that Madam Liu had given him.

This time he didn't flip from front to back, but from back to front.

Turning from front to back, he reads what Madam Liu wrote to him, and turning from back to front, he reads what he wants to write to his mother.

He took out the ink brush he had prepared in advance, then spread the book on the table. After thinking for a while, he picked up the pen and wrote:

"My son inherited the family business in Xueshi City and opened an incense and candle shop.

I asked all the guests to call me Little Liu, because there is a Big Liu in my family.

After I finished writing it, I thought about it and felt that it was not enough, so I picked up the pen and added another sentence.

"Hello, Shopkeeper Da Liu.

Good night, Shopkeeper Da Liu."

After finishing writing, he put away the book contentedly, lay back on the bed, then took out the little porcelain figurine and touched her smiling face.

"Good night mother, see you tomorrow."

But what he didn't know was that after he wrote those words on the book.

In Huangliang Town, a piece of white paper appeared out of thin air on the table under the Liu family's basement.

Madam Liu, who seemed to be dozing off, was awakened. Then she saw the white paper on the table and picked it up hurriedly.

Finally, after she finished reading it, she muttered, "What a name for Shopkeeper Da Liu, it's so ugly."

Although he said this, he was reluctant to let go of the white paper.

After she finished speaking, she turned her head and looked in the direction of the Blood Food City, muttering, "Funeral Temple, Funeral Temple..."

……

The next day.

Liu Bai got up very early. After all, his mother was not around, and he had to run the shop by himself... and he had to run it well.

So opening early is a must.

Situ Hong arrived earlier, and the two of them finished their breakfast and opened the door.

What he didn't expect was that someone came to his door just a short while later.

He was not a businessman, but Ning Yi who ran a funeral clothing shop next door.

"Manager Ning, what good news brings you here so early in the morning?" Situ Hong, who was wiping the table, asked with a smile.

"Oh, I came to see Shopkeeper Xiao Liu for something."

After hearing this, Liu Bai stood up from the soft chair.

Seeing him, Ning Yi came over, looked around, and then whispered: "I wonder what Shopkeeper Xiao Liu thinks about this matter of leading sheep?"

"The man who leads the sheep, the shepherd?" Liu Bai knew this. Ding Rui had mentioned it last time.

"It's good. I'm quite interested."

"In fact, the monkey yesterday was just a shepherd, and it was a skill passed down from his ancestors." Ning Yi told the truth.

"That's it."

Liu Bai recalled what happened last night.

Ning Yi continued, "Now Monkey has met a great guy, but he's short of some good tricks. I can be considered one. Are you two interested?"

"Don't worry, if we get good stuff we will definitely share it together, and..." He looked at Situ Hong and knew that this was someone who had gathered the five energies.

"You guys will definitely get the lion's share."

The sheep-leader, the shepherd, the four handsome men and the four ugly men, the corpse-retriever... the more Liu Bai thought about it, the more interesting it became.

It's not about getting some benefits, it's mainly about getting some experience.

"Okay." Liu Bai agreed immediately, "Will you go?"

He turned and looked at Situ Hong again.

The latter nodded immediately, "I also want to go and see it."

"Well, Monkey has gone to look for his other friend, from the Short Knife Gang. I think he'll be here soon."

As Ning Yi was speaking, he heard laughter coming from the door.

One of them is a monkey, and the other one... Liu Bai listened and found it somewhat familiar?

As the figures came in, one of them saw Liu Bai, his eyes narrowed immediately, with a smile of surprise and fear on his face, he shouted:

"Little brother!"

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