C100 Catch a Mixer at a Fair
C100 Catch a Mixer at a Fair
"Father!" Zhou Wulue kneeled down towards the open door with a "putong" sound: "It's my fault. I didn't guard you. I'm sorry! Please don't blame us, Father! "
His wife also kneeled down to the side, begging while kowtowing. The couple looked as miserable as they could get.
Shen Lang and Qin Mingyue, who were hiding in the dark, saw this scene clearly.
The reason Zhou Wulue and his wife heard the knocking sound was not because they were thinking of a ghost coming to their house, but because some bats were constantly knocking on their door.
Bats colliding with each other would make a knocking sound, but the moment Zhou Wulue opened the door, the frightened bats would immediately scatter. This caused a strange situation where only the knocking could be heard but no one could see who was knocking.
In addition, the two of them didn't go watch over Zhou Family old man and felt weak in their hearts, causing the couple to be even more scared to the point that their souls were about to fly out of their bodies.
"Why are those bats pouncing on the door?" Qin Mingyue tilted her head and asked, "Yes …" Because you got the eel blood? "
"That's right." Shen Lang was full of smiles as he said, "The strong fishy smell of the eel's blood is very attractive to bats. I smeared the blood on the door of Zhou Wulue's house, so of course the bats nearby would pounce on me."
"So that's how it is …"
In the silence of the night in the mountain village, the crying sounds of Zhou Wulue and his wife could be heard far away, to the extent that the other villagers living two to three hundred meters away could hear them.
Some of them even walked out from their homes to the roadside, looking towards Zhou Wulue's house from a distance, while discussing with each other:
"It seems like Zhou Wulue and his wife are crying."
"Aiya, I didn't expect that this usually violent and vicious couple would be so filial and filial to the old man …"
"…"
In the midst of their panic, Zhou Wulue and his wife's throats became hoarse and their foreheads cracked. Afterwards, the two of them rested for a while and decided to obediently go to Zhou Family Great House to keep watch for the old man.
After they left, Shen Lang quietly wiped off all the eel blood on their front door. That way, they would never know the truth of being scared.
After finishing this' prank ', Shen Lang and Qin Mingyue went back to Zhou Wencai's home.
The next morning, Zhou Wencai, who had been guarding his father all night, came home looking tired and confused.
"Third sister, what do you think is strange? Zhou Wulue and his wife actually went to guard our father's soul last night. Those two were even more upright than me. They were kneeling all night. How strange!" Zhou Wencai quickly told Zhou Xiuli about the situation of the wake last night.
Zhou Xiuli placed a bowl of noodles on the table, "Heh, people are not filial when they're alive, but when they're dead, they act like they're sick to death. Big brother, don't tell me this. I don't want to hear it. I've cooked a bowl of noodles for you. You can go to sleep after you finish eating. "
"Alright, alright, alright. I won't say anymore." Zhou Wencai picked up his chopsticks with a silly smile.
Shen Lang and Qin Mingyue, who were at the side, looked at each other and secretly held back their laughter.
"Right, this morning, our village has a market. You can go take a look." Zhou Wencai said to them while eating noodles.
Zhou Xiuli waved her hand. "I won't go. Old Qin is still sleeping, so he definitely won't be able to get up."
"Shen Lang, let's go take a look?" I don't even know what it's like to drive a market in the countryside! " Qin Mingyue said as she held Shen Lang's arm.
Seeing her daughter's attitude towards Shen Lang was a little different from before, Zhou Xiuli felt uncomfortable and said in a cold voice, "Isn't it just some street stalls set up in the countryside? What's there to look at!"
The corner of Shen Lang's mouth curled up as he puffed out his chest and said to Qin Mingyue: "Let's go, your husband will accompany you to the market."
"Mom, let's go!"
Qin Mingyue pulled Shen Lang out happily.
"You … "Sigh …" Zhou Xiuli sat down angrily and helplessly.
Zhou Wencai didn't understand, "Sister, Mingyue just wanted to see something new. Why do you seem so unhappy?"
Zhou Xiuli opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to say. "Forget it, I'll go back to sleep."
There was an old street at the head of the TanLoong Village Village that was free from traffic, but it intersected with the road that led through the village. Because of the relatively convenient traffic and the large enough space, it was the day of the TanLoong Village Auction, so all the vendors outside of the village would gather at the place, the bustle of the street was not weaker than the one in the city.
Qin Mingyue held Shen Lang's arm as they walked along the paved street. The typical rural buildings around them, as well as the dazzling mountain village's goods and the sounds of the peddlers bargaining made Qin Mingyue feel very fresh.
As they were walking, the two of them suddenly saw a few young men with watermelon knives in their hands surrounding a cloth shoe stall.
Amongst the many ordinary villagers, this group of people were very conspicuous.
However, what was interesting was that the villagers didn't seem to have any unusual expression. At most, they would avoid them when they passed by.
Shen Lang and Qin Mingyue slowed down their pace and stared at them from afar. They noticed that after they took some money from a cloth shoe vendor, they swaggered over to another stall.
"Boss, how much is this malt candy?" Shen Lang asked the stall in front of him.
After the stall vendor announced the price, Shen Lang bought some, and took the opportunity to ask again: "Who is that person over there holding a knife?"
The stall owner let out a long sigh, "That's a bunch of hooligans from our side. We, the people who set up the stall, will take turns to drive the market from one village to another. Wherever the market reaches, they will follow and then go to each stall to ask for money …"
Qin Mingyue was shocked. "You're giving them money just because they asked for it?"
"We can't not give it to him!" The stall owner looked helpless. "They're all holding onto sabers. If they don't give it to you, they'll surround your stall and not leave. How can you still do business like this?"
"Is there such a thing? Could it be that no one cares about it?"
The stall owner sized up Qin Mingyue and said, "You little girl, you must be from inside the city. Our village is not like the city."
Qin Mingyue frowned and looked at the hoodlums. The six hoodlums were all around twenty-five years old. Although they were very young, they had a look of ruthlessness on their faces.
Unconsciously, one of the hoodlums' eyes met Qin Mingyue's. Qin Mingyue subconsciously turned her head away.
But that hoodlum stared at her for a while, then pointed at her while saying a few words to the others. Soon after, the six of them didn't even accept the money and walked towards Qin Mingyue in big strides.
"Heh heh, beauty looks unfamiliar. Did you come from the city? I didn't expect that even our village can see a pretty girl from the city! " The hoodlums immediately started to chat, ignoring the fact that Qin Mingyue was still holding onto a man's arm.
It had to be said that even if Qin Mingyue didn't put on any makeup and had put on her simplest clothes to keep a low profile, it still wouldn't be enough to hide her natural beauty.
The noble aura she emitted was something even men who had seen much of the world would be enchanted by, let alone these hoodlums.
"Let's go back." Qin Mingyue's face turned cold as she pulled Shen Lang to turn around.
"The girls from the city are really different. They are so cold, don't tell me they look down on us country folk?"
The hoodlums immediately became unhappy and surrounded Qin Mingyue and Shen Lang.
Normally, these hooligans would go up to flirt with people with slightly better looks. They would say dirty words and take advantage of the situation.
The main reason was that in this area outside the village, no woman would dare to be impolite to them. The timid ones would silently admit that they had suffered a loss, while the fearless ones would even tease them a few times to prevent them from getting angry.
It was the first time for the hoodlums who were used to these bad taste to see Qin Mingyue's attitude towards things.
Of course, this was only secondary. Most importantly, they had never seen such a beautiful woman before. Compared to the other beauties that they had thought of before, these were not worth mentioning.
"All of you, get out of my way." Shen Lang said in a deep voice.
A hoodlum with gray hair and exaggerated earrings smiled mischievously as he rubbed his hands. "I'm sorry, I was too busy looking at beauties that I forgot there's a man here."
And then, he waved his hand. "Brothers, get out of the way."
The two hoodlums in front of Shen Lang immediately retreated to the side and made a gesture of invitation.
Qin Mingyue let down her guard, tightly held Shen Lang's arm and walked away with him. Who knew that the grey-haired bully would pinch her butt when she wasn't paying attention.