On the first day of the month, before dawn, sparse figures began to appear near the three dilapidated houses. Then, as time went on, backpackers continued to come from the valleys on all sides. They found a place on the wasteland, put some things in a mess, and sat on the ground.
There was movement in the three dilapidated houses. A white tattered curtain was hung on the door of one of the houses without a door, and on the curtain was written a big word: Pawn. In front of the empty and broken window of another house, there was a conspicuous wooden sign with two big words: Grocery. There was no sign in the third dilapidated house, but there was smoke coming out of the chimney, and then there was the smell of stewing food.
This is really a market, a most shabby market, with three shops and dozens of stalls, but it is quite popular, with more and more people gathering, forming a sharp contrast with the desolate environment around it. However, the biggest difference from other markets is that many people, whether setting up stalls or strolling around the market, carry guns or knives.
It was almost noon when a young man walked into the market, wearing a ragged suit that didn't fit him well, a Hanyang-made gun on his shoulder, and a folded Japanese military raincoat under his armpit. He didn't look at the stalls on the ground, got rid of the people who were selling things to him, and went straight to the shabby house with the word "pawn" on the door curtain.
When he walked out of the pawnshop, a sneaky man in black came in and handed over a banknote and asked the shopkeeper: "I just want to know what he pawned?"
"A Hanyang rifle, seven rounds of ammunition, and a Japanese raincoat."
Luo Fugui was too conspicuous, Liu Jianqiang was too rigid, and Wu Shitou was not smart enough, so Ma Liang was the only suitable candidate. So he changed into the clothes that Sun Cui had prepared for her husband, put on a tattered felt hat, put a box gun in his pocket, carried a load on his shoulder, and followed Sun Cui to the market.
Sun Cui led Ma Liang to the grocery store and sold all the bullet shells, iron and copper blocks. Then she found an empty space and put all the medicinal materials, animal skins, dried dates, walnuts and other mountain products on the ground and began to greet people passing by. Ma Liang sat on the ground beside the stall and watched Sun Cui busy herself at the stall.
Liu Jianqiang was the most opposed to the 9th squad coming out this time. The Eighth Route Army, under the banner of repairing houses, worked as a temporary worker for a backward woman who was engaged in speculation. Those shells and copper and iron items were strictly prohibited from being taken out, and they should be handed over voluntarily. Isn't this nonsense? Although those things were picked up by Sun Cui herself, the 9th squad should not help the evil. Liu Jianqiang raised his objection to Hu Yi in person, but Hu Yi asked him to reserve his opinion.
Ma Liang did not object to it in person, but he objected in his heart. The squad leader Hu Yi had just gotten out of a big trouble, and now he has found a small trouble for himself. What's the point of doing this? In addition, although Sun Cui has always been very enthusiastic towards Ma Liang, Ma Liang is not so foolish as to be dazzled by a few nice words. He does not think Sun Cui is such a good person, just a selfish widow landlord. He really does not understand why the squad leader would agree to Sun Cui's request.
After sitting by the stall for the whole morning, Ma Liang felt helpless as he watched Sun Cui keep smiling and greeting people passing by the stall, wiping her sweat and happily counting a few broken banknotes. Did the squad leader risk being put in solitary confinement again and bring Class 9 to accompany her here, just for her to earn this little bit of income? With Class 9, anything they buy is not comparable to this little bit of income. This is like using a sledgehammer to kill a chicken, a waste of talent. What on earth is the squad leader thinking
Many people stopped to bargain with Sun Cui, but they had no intention of buying anything. They just looked at Sun Cui's body from top to bottom. Later, they noticed a lively young man next to them with a gun handle faintly exposed in his arms, and then they left with a pout. Finally, Ma Liang, who was really bored, was like some unscrupulous people around him. When Sun Cui had her back to him, he was so bored that he began to secretly look at her wide and plump buttocks. He was too lazy to think about the problem of using a sledgehammer to kill a chicken, and instead thought about what the structure of a woman is like? Can she urinate without squatting
Suddenly someone yelled, "Catch that!"
Ma Liang was brought back to his senses by the shout. He turned his head and saw a commotion not far away. A young man in tattered clothes was running towards this side, and then passed by the street stall like a gust of wind. Sun Cui was so scared that she screamed and retreated behind the stall. Then four or five people rushed out of the crowd, pulled out their guns, followed a man in black, and chased the fleeing young man into the distance.
The market soon returned to calm, as if nothing had happened. This was Sanjia Market, not the county market, and no one was curious about such things. Only Ma Liang was still staring blankly at the direction where those people disappeared. After a long while, he stood up suddenly and said, "Sister Sun, pack up quickly, we're leaving now."
The gambling house was filled with smoke and the cards of Pai Gow were pushed around with a loud noise. At the innermost table, there were only two people sitting opposite each other. One was a man with a face full of flesh, and the other was a young man with a delicate appearance. His small side parting made his face look particularly sunny. He was wearing a clean white shirt and a neat black coat with his arms open. He was naturally the traitor Li Youcai, who was known to everyone in the village.
He was pursing his lips, and carefully showing the cards of the Pai Gow in his hand bit by bit. As more and more cards were revealed, his eyes drooped lower and lower. Finally, he sighed helplessly and casually put two cards on the table: "Let's play another round."
The man opposite looked at him with a smile and said: "Sorry, I won't play with you if you don't place a bet."
"I said, "Kanjiu, this is really too mean of you, right? Am I the kind of person who refuses to pay back his debts?"
The man held out his hand and said, "Then pay back what you owe first."
"I..." Li Youcai blinked and turned his face away helplessly: "Okay, okay, can't I place a bet?" After saying that, he took off the holster on his body and threw it on the gambling table with a bang.
The man glanced at the Mauser pistol on the table and chuckled: "I say you are awesome, you are so heroic. Is this your second time? It's unlucky to have you in this plainclothes team. Here we go again."
A man in black ran into the gambling house and hurriedly came up behind Li Youcai and said, "Second brother, go check on my sister-in-law."
Li Youcai grabbed his cards and muttered, "Sister-in-law? I have several sisters-in-law, all of them are in Luoye Village. They have already disowned me."
The man opposite him put the cards on the table with a snap and said with a smile, "The Supreme Spear is mine again. Hehe, he was talking about your lover, right?"
Li Youcai finally reacted and turned to ask the man in black behind him: "What's going on?"
"I just saw the captain... go to her house."
As soon as Li Youcai entered the yard, he saw a woman rushing out of the house in panic. She looked up and saw Li Youcai, then ran behind Li Youcai with tears in her eyes and pulled his arm tightly.
A man followed closely out of the house, and when he saw the person who just entered the yard, he immediately stopped and said awkwardly: "Oh... I couldn't find you for a long time, so I came here to check it out. I have a mission to go on."
Li Youcai frowned at first, then smiled: "Zhuo Laosi, you think that you are invincible after you reported my wrongdoings and became the captain, right? You are really not afraid of troubles."
Li Youcai was the plainclothes captain for a few days, but his subordinate Zhuo Laosi reported him to the county detective captain, saying that Li Youcai colluded with unknown people and cheated the Li family of Luoye Village of 3,000 kilograms of grain. Because of this, Li Youcai gave the money he extorted from the Li family to the captain of the detective team. The money was gone, and the captain's hat was taken off. It was all in vain.
Zhuo Laosi has been jealous of Li Youcai for a long time. He is young, handsome and pure, and young girls and wives are all attracted to him. Even the village beauty in Lushuipu took advantage of his absence and blatantly became his mistress. I thought that the previous captain had died, and based on his seniority, age, prestige and contribution, it should be Zhuo Laosi's turn to be the captain. In the end, he was beaten by Li Youcai with money. Where is justice and fairness if I don't sue him
In Zhuo Laosi's eyes, Li Youcai was nothing but a useless person, a young boy, a failed gambler, and a piece of shit. He walked up to Li Youcai and said, "Boy, the old people say that trouble comes from the mouth. If I don't say something, I'm afraid you won't remember it. She's just a woman. One mistress is a mistress, two mistresses are also mistresses. If you still want to stay here, think it over."
Zhuo Laosi left the house after saying that. Li Youcai stared at the door without saying anything until the woman beside him asked, "Youcai, what are you thinking about?" He turned around and put on a delicate and sunny smile on his face again, facing the woman: "Sister Qin, what do you think... If the three of us sleep in one bed, isn't it too crowded?"
Behind the mountain next to Sanjiaji, there were seven people gathered. They were Sun Cui and Class Jiu.
Hu Yi frowned and asked Ma Liang: "Are you sure you didn't see the wrong person?"
"Yes, it must be him. He has the biggest chin in the whole group, so how can I admit my mistake?"
Xiao Hongying kicked up her pigtails and said angrily: "Go after that bastard now, I will make him pay today"
"What's the point of chasing him? It's been such a long time, long enough for him to climb over two mountains. Besides, isn't there someone chasing him? There's no doubt that it's the plainclothes team. I think it's better to let that guy fall into the hands of the plainclothes team than in our hands. How much suffering do you think he will have to endure? Isn't this better?" The person who could say such words was naturally Luo Fugui.
Xiao Hongying tilted her neck to look at Luo Fugui, then lowered her head and chewed her small fingers to think very seriously, then changed her mind without hesitation: "Mule is right, let's go home."
Ma Liang glared at Luo Fugui and said, "Can you two stop talking nonsense? If he is caught by the plainclothes team, he will suffer, and we will suffer as well. We will have to move and we can no longer stay in Dabei Village."
Hu Yi has been thinking about it. He is not thinking about whether to chase or not, but how to chase. The plainclothes team's range, the closest to here is Lushuipu, there is a high possibility that they are from Lushuipu, even if they are not from Lushuipu, it seems necessary to see the loach again...