Inherit the family's old shop

Chapter 218 Incense Candle Shop

When he said this, I immediately shook my head, "That's right. This place is absolutely right!"

Nonsense, the old man wrote it in his own handwriting, which is absolutely 100% reliable, but looking at the driver's puzzled face, I really made a mistake.

The driver nodded his head, "Hey, Zhengzhou is getting bigger, maybe I'm ignorant. Many places in Zhengzhou have been demolished and relocated. Why don't you go to Guancheng Street first?" Ask about alleys, four alleys, the old people over there may know something!"

When the driver said this, I nodded in agreement and thanked him with kind words. This driver is also a kind-hearted person, and it is not easy to meet good people when going out!
According to the place the driver said, I took the car and went straight to Guancheng Street. This Guancheng Street is close to the city center, and it can be regarded as a bustling area. When I asked there, these three alleys and four alleys really existed. Yes, but when I asked about the Jiudao Hutong, and how many people I asked, they still shook their heads and didn't know!
After asking around, Sandao Hutong is the closest. I plan to go to Sandao Hutong first. In this era, there are too many places to be demolished and relocated. Many old houses have their boundaries changed or their names changed. , or there will be no place directly, this is a bit old place, I have to ask some local old people!
I took a taxi and went halfway to Sandao Hutong. I turned in two alleys and alleys. When I looked ahead, there was a incense and paper shop. When I saw this, I asked the driver to stop. When I got out of the car, the ghost thing in my dream reminded me that I had to carry a life-saving property with me to save my life.

I got off the car and ran to the incense and candle shop. As soon as I entered the door, there was an old man leaning up on the bench at the door. He had a black plaid coat, gray hair, and a white beard. He didn't even glance at me, but squinted at the newspaper with a pair of presbyopic glasses on, "You can take whatever you buy, just put the money in the bamboo basket!"

I nodded in response, took some yellow paper joss sticks, and took some Mingzhi paper money. I took a little bit of everything that I felt was useful. When paying the bill, I just took two steps , the old man didn't even raise his head, and muttered in a low voice, "It's eight yuan and two dollars in total, don't want the zero, just give the whole thing!"

I nodded, and I touched it from my pocket, and I found a hundred-dollar bill. I can't find it, put it back, and go buy it elsewhere!"

If the old man says a word, I feel uncomfortable in my heart. I won’t say anything about this indifferent person. His words are still thorny. I haven’t said anything yet. My heart is on fire.But this person who is away from home, looking at his age, it is not easy to turn against him, and he just wanted to ask him about Jiudao Hutong, so he gritted his teeth and put up with it.

Taking two steps closer, I said softly, "Master, it's okay if you can't find it, it's just right. I asked you to find a place, and you should do me a favor. We don't care about the money!"

The old man was taken aback, then raised his head slowly, "Where are you looking for, let's talk about it first!"

"Master, this Jiudao Hutong. Do you know it?" I opened my mouth, the old man narrowed his eyes, and slowly took off his reading glasses, "Jiudao Hutong...huh, I'm looking for Jiudao Hutong...then You have to go to old BJ to find it, what are you doing here?"

I quickly shook my head, "No, sir, you misunderstood, I am not asking about Jiudao Hutong in old BJ. I am asking about Jiudao Hutong in Zhengzhou, think about it, do you know this place? "

The old man looked at me, squinted his eyes for a while, and shook his head, "Put the things down. You can take the money. I can't touch you because it's cheap. What you're talking about...I don't know!"

When I heard the old man's words, I felt even more troubled. Seeing that the old man should be 90 or [-] years old, and no one of his age knows about Jiudao Hutong, I really wondered. Did I find the wrong place? , Could it be that the old man really made a mistake?
Nodding helplessly, I fumbled in my pocket, but I really didn’t have any change, but this yellow paper incense candle is really useful to me. It’s getting dark now, and I’m in a place I’m not familiar with. I was too lazy to go to the incense and candle shop again, so I gritted my teeth and thought I was unlucky, and as soon as I put the money in my hand, I smiled, "It's okay, sir, I need the things urgently, so I will put the money here for you, these nine ways Don't worry about the alley!"

As soon as the money was put, without saying a word, I took my things, turned my head and walked out, but just as I took a step out of the threshold, the old man behind suddenly yelled, "Boy...you wait a minute"

When I heard this, I was stunned immediately, and turned my head, "Master... what else do you want?"

"I'm such an old man, how can I take advantage of you for nothing!" The old man slowly got up, and looked around for change. It really wasn't much, the old man shook his head , turned around and glanced at me, "Boy...how about you tell me, why are you looking for that Jiudao Hutong?"

When I heard this, my heart really trembled, I nodded and smiled, "There is a distant relative in Jiudao Hutong that I haven't seen for many years, am I here to visit relatives?"

The old man glanced at me, then squinted at the yellow paper joss stick in my hand, "Ben relatives, heh, it's no wonder you bought these things when you went to Ben relatives!"

Looking at this smile, listening to the old man's words, it seems to be three parts funny, seven parts mocking, and he said that the incense candle in my hand is yellow paper, there seems to be something else in the words!
"What's wrong, sir, I bought some yellow paper for joss sticks, and I just want to go to the grave to worship the ancestors. What does this have to do with Jiudao Hutong? But according to what you mean, this place...you should know it!" I laughed. said something.

The old man nodded, "Hmph, I know this place, don't look for it anymore, it was gone 20 years ago, I guess your relatives don't know where to go now, this time to go to the grave to worship the ancestors For the matter, find a crossroads, call your name in the middle of the night and burn the paper money, that's all right!"

"However. I advise you, forget about it, you boy. If you are not clean, don't make trouble for nothing. Where did you come from? Go back to where you are, let's go!"

As the old man said, he shook his hands and turned his head, walked towards the back door of the store, and I hurriedly asked again, "Master...you wait a minute, tell me where the Jiudao Hutong is Ah, hey...you wait...wait!"

"Don't say it, don't say it, there is no place, why are you looking for him, let's go, let's go, it's time for me to close the door, if you like money, put it down, if you don't want to put down things, take the money away !" The old man waved his hand without turning his head. When we got to this point, I knew there was nothing I could ask. The old man in Jiudao Hutong definitely knew about it, but if he was beaten to death, he would not talk about it. Hard to say!
I was stunned for two seconds, unable to do anything, nodded in response, "Grandpa, please rest, put the money there, and I will take the things away!"

With a feeling of wonder in my heart, I left the incense and candle shop and got into the car. I was thinking about this weird old man, who spoke in a vague way and sounded scary, about the Jiudao Hutong. He is absolutely clear, But people won't say it, and I can't help it!However, there are too many people of the older generation in this street and alley. If he doesn't say it, I can't ask others.

Also, he said something, my body is not clean, could he have seen the ghost in my dream?It is not easy for this old man to have this insight, the expert is among the people, what he said is really true!

Within a few minutes, I reached the Three Alleys. I turned around. I asked about everything. I knew that the Nine Alleys were right, but what I didn’t expect was that I asked along the way. , these elderly people all know the Jiudao Hutong of old BJ, but no one knows about the local Jiudao Hutong in Zhengzhou!

(End of this chapter)