The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 20

In the middle of the night, there was a gust of gloomy wind on the coffin street, and the terrifying accompaniment of wild cats came from time to time.

The two three-foot little men nodded towards Chang Feng and Fatty Xu with weird gestures.How could the two of them not be standing on end?

Could it be that they are little ghosts raised by Miaoshoumen?
To say that Huzi is worthy of being a hero among dogs, dogs don't bark too much.

It went straight up.Tear up one of the villains!

Chang Feng bravely stepped forward.cough!It turned out to be two paper piers.Blown by the wind, he nodded towards them.

Chang Feng thought to himself mockingly: The scariest thing in this world is not ghosts.Instead, scare yourself.

The paper pierced people should be placed at the door of the coffin shop to attract business.

Fatty Xu touched his belly: "Fatty is scared to death."

After speaking, he kicked the paper figurine that was not torn apart by the tiger.

Chang Feng knocked on the door of the coffin shop.

Not long after, the lights in the coffin shop came on.An old voice came: "Who is it?"

Chang Feng lied: "The old man in the family is very sick. I want to buy a shroud for joy."

There is a custom in Beijing.If the elderly in the family are terminally ill, their children and grandchildren will buy a shroud, which is called "Chongxi".

If the old man does not survive, it will save the trouble of preparing the shroud now.

The coffin shop door was opened.

Inside was a shopkeeper in his forties.

The shopkeeper rubbed his sleepy eyes: "Two guests, please."

It is not uncommon for customers to come to the coffin shop in the middle of the night to buy shrouds and celebrate the celebration, but it is not uncommon.The shopkeeper didn't think much, and led the two into the coffin shop.

When walking inside, Chang Feng noticed that the shopkeeper walked steadily, not limping.Presumably it wasn't the "old cripple" that Miss Jiu said.

Entering the store, the shopkeeper asked, "Do you want to buy only the shroud or a full set of shrouds, shrouds, hats, shoes, socks, and quilts?"

Chang Feng replied: "Buy a whole set."

The shopkeeper asked again: "Would you like the top-grade one, the middle-grade one, or the low-grade one?"

Chang Feng replied again: "Buy the first-class ones."

According to the rules of the coffin shop, you cannot bargain for the shroud.If you pay back the price with filial piety, wouldn't that be grand filial piety?

Of course, the coffin shop will not ask customers for extravagant prices, they are all public prices.

The shopkeeper said: "The top-notch full set costs three, two or six coins."

Chang Feng asked Fatty Xu: "Have you brought any money?"

When Fatty Xu visited Yihonglou, he naturally brought enough funds. He is not a person who likes whoring for nothing.

He untied the purse tied around his waist.

Chang Feng asked: "How much money is there in total?"

Fatty Xu said: "There is a dozen or two."

Chang Feng took the money bag and dumped all the broken silver inside on the table: "Please accept it, shopkeeper."

The shopkeeper quickly said: "It won't take so much."

Chang Feng lied: "That's right. My father said that in addition to buying a full set of shrouds, I also have to buy a paper crane and a paper deer for my grandfather's joy."

The shopkeeper said: "Oh, I want to buy 'Crane and Deer Yinhun'. I have it ready-made here."

The shopkeeper led the two of them to the east of the store.There are dozens of paper bundles placed here.

He took out a paper crane and a paper deer from inside: "Are these two okay?"

Chang Feng shook his head: "My grandfather was born obese, about two hundred catties. These two are too small, I'm afraid they won't be able to move his old man."

"I heard that there is a very good lame paper maker in your account."

"Let him tie two big ones now. If you tie them well, all the ten taels of silver will be yours."

Chang Feng felt a little funny after making up the lie of "grandfather is two hundred catties".It seemed that he was actively being taken advantage of by Fatty Xu.

Fatty Xu suppressed his laughter.

Open the door to do business, there is no reason to push money out of the door.

The shopkeeper readily agreed: "Chengcheng. The old cripple is asleep. I'll call him over."

"His paperwork is the best in the entire Fulu Street! You can tell him what kind of style you want."

“Definitely great value for money.”

The shopkeeper went to the backyard.Not long after, a limp old man in his sixties came over.

This person is the "old lame".

The old cripple asked: "Guest officers, how big are the deer and cranes?"

Fatty Xu pointed to Chang Feng, and hurriedly replied: "My friend's grandfather weighs more than 200 catties. You have to tie such a big fairy deer and crane to move his old man."

After speaking, Fatty Xu gestured with both hands.The situation was so urgent, he did not forget to take advantage of Chang Feng.

The old cripple said, "Success."

While speaking, the old cripple keenly noticed that although the two juniors in front of him were wearing plain clothes, they were wearing boots!

Daming had a strict shoe system.Common people, handymen, merchants, etc., can only wear shoes or leather straps, not boots.

Only people in the extremely cold places in the extreme north can wear cowhide straight seam boots.

Even if a businessman has money, he can only rust silver and gold threads on his shoes to show that he is of good status.

Yihonglou's boots do not have a heel, so they are not considered boots in the strict sense.

Those who wear boots must be officials!

At this moment, he had concluded that the two of them came here tonight, not simply to make two paper bundles.

The old cripple said: "I'm going to work in the backyard. Wait a moment, you two. It will be tied up in half an hour."

The shopkeeper offered courtesy at the side: "I'll make tea for you two."

But Chang Feng waved his hand: "Don't! I still feel at ease watching him work. Honoring the elderly at home can't be sloppy."

Fatty Xu agreed: "Yes! It cost more than ten taels of silver! You have to keep an eye on it, so as not to cut corners."

The old cripple said, "Okay."

The old cripple limped and led Chang Feng and Fatty Xu into the backyard.

His legs and feet were inconvenient, and suddenly he staggered and fell.

Fatty Xu kindly went to help him.

Never thought that the old cripple was a flop!He grabbed a handful of the loess on the ground with his hands, and threw it onto Fatty Xu's face with a "hula" with lightning speed.

Fatty Xu was blinded by the loess, and exclaimed: "I say!"

Chang Feng on the side saw a shocking scene.

I saw the old cripple turned over with a kite, as flexible as a cat!He took three steps and took two steps, and ran towards the courtyard wall.

It's like walking like flying!
He is not a cripple at all, he is pretending!
Chang Feng reacted very quickly, and picked up the scorpion crossbow in an instant, but the scorpion crossbow was now equipped with a blue arrow that was smeared with poison, and the throat was sealed with blood.

I have to keep alive!

He hastily shot a poisonous crossbow arrow towards the ground, freeing up the crossbow slot.Then he took out the quiver from his sleeve and replaced it with non-toxic iron-headed crossbow arrows.

The old cripple ran towards the courtyard wall.Fortunately, the backyard of the coffin shop is big enough.He is also more than 50 steps away from the nearest courtyard wall.

The speed of the old cripple is obviously different from that of ordinary people, far better than that of the young and strong.

The courtyard wall is nine feet high.But he tapped his toes and jumped up!Seeing that he was about to climb out of the courtyard wall.

In the blink of an eye, Chang Feng finally changed to a non-toxic crossbow bolt, raised his hand and shot at the old cripple.

"Whoosh, poof!"

The moment before the old cripple was turned out of the hospital, he suddenly felt numbness in his right leg, followed by a sharp pain.

The crossbow arrow hit his right calf!
The old cripple fell under the courtyard wall.

Fatty Xu rubbed his eyes and cursed endlessly: "You bastard! How dare you hurt me!"

"I know Fatty Master, I have practiced it before, so I dare not fight with me, so I just use this kind of indiscriminate means, right?"

Chang Feng quickly walked up to the old cripple: "Miaoshoumen's seniors, please be polite. I'm under the general banner of Jinyiwei North Town Fusi, Chang Feng."

(End of this chapter)