Beloved Concubine

Chapter 48 All Dead
Chen Xiao and his party went out from south to north to Cross Street.

At this time, a man and a woman are singing to each other in the arena.The woman was dressed in national costumes, she looked eighteen or nineteen years old, and she was pretty.The man was wearing a short coat, short and dark, and looked a little old.

Before Chen Xiao watched antiphonal songs on Dongmen Street, most of them were young men and women, few of them were old.

The antiphonal song itself is also an activity for young men and women to find a partner. Those married women generally do not participate, and some married men come to find someone to flirt with.

There was another burst of laughter in the audience, and everyone could hear the metaphor in the lyrics.

"Your family is so poor, don't come and tease my song girl, there is nothing at home, only a stove and a bed."

There was a burst of laughter from the audience, and the man was making a metaphor again.

Fang Yu squeezed Chen Xiao's hand when he heard the singing on stage, and looked at her worriedly.

With such a vulgar libretto, is she really going to go up to the antiphonal song?
Chen Xiao looked at the stage, she was also a little worried.She doesn't know how to sing this kind of duet!
At this time, on the teahouse opposite the arena, a group of men in satin gowns were sitting scattered.Most of them are middle-aged people in their 40s and [-]s.

"Boss Yang has lost a lot this time!" A middle-aged man said.

"Boss Gao too." A person answered.

"The cows in Ruyilou are raised for food. Boss Yang's horses, alas, have lost at least tens of thousands of taels."

"I heard that Xiling people eat horse meat, and his horses can also be sold as meat horses."

"There are a few people here who eat horse meat."

"So many livestock and livestock died suddenly today. If all the meat is sold in the market, the price will definitely be bad."

"Fortunately, my family doesn't have any livestock, otherwise I have to go home quickly, so I don't have time to sit here."

Several people drank tea and chatted, they were waiting for the magistrate Ding.

Singing the Harbin Festival today, the "Brother Ha" and "Sister Ha" will be selected in the final competition, and the county magistrate will personally reward them and entertain important merchants in the city.

At this time in previous years, rich businessmen gathered in the teahouse, and everyone watched the performance on the ring while drinking tea and chatting.

However, this year, I suddenly received news that the livestock in captivity died inexplicably.The bigger the family, the more they left in a hurry and went back to check the situation.

Those who are still here have no livestock, or at most one or two horses, so it is not a big loss.

The boss Yang they mentioned just now is the owner of the "Da Ma Shop".

Damadian is an inn, but also a "Damagang".Merchants gather here, and many goods are transferred here, which need to be transported by caravans.

Boss Yang runs an inn, engages in freight transportation, raises and sells horses.When he heard that the horses were all dead, he almost lost his breath.

At first everyone thought it was poisoned, but as news came from family to family.Only then did I know that not only one family's livestock died, but every family's livestock died.

When shopkeeper Gao of the "Sheng'an" heard that their horses and cattle were also dead, he immediately went back to check the situation.

In terms of wealth, Boss Yang is naturally inferior to Sheng'an.Just like a group with hundreds of millions of assets loses a few million, and a company with tens of millions of assets loses a few million, the blow is different.

Fortunately, the death of livestock only happened within a few miles, and the further places were not affected.Otherwise what a livestock disaster.

The poor, who don't know what happens to the rich, are rejoicing at this time.

Although the man on the stage sang well, probably because he was short and frustrated, many people threw red arrows at the woman.

Chen Xiao hesitated: Do you want to go on stage?When will it be on?

At this time, a group of men walked up to them, and one of them whistled at Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao turned his head and saw that it was the man who sang to each other.

"I won't see you in a while, you've changed a lot!" The man looked him up and down, and said with a smile, "If it wasn't for him, I wouldn't even recognize you." He was referring to Fang Yu.

When Fang Yu saw this man, his face immediately collapsed.But he thought of what Chen Xiao said before, and his face softened, not so ugly.

"Are you here to fight in the ring?" Chen Xiao greeted friendly.

"Yeah, but it doesn't look like there's anything good to buy." He looked at the stage and said.

Chen Xiao looked sideways, and saw that several companions beside the man were holding several baskets of red arrows in their hands.

She gestured in the direction of the red arrow and asked, "Did you win?"

"Hehe" the man smiled: "There are those who win and those who buy."

Chen Xiao looked at the number of those red arrows, they were worth at least a few dozen taels of silver.

"When are you going to go up?" the man asked.

"Not ready yet."

Seeing Chen Xiao talking so much with the man, Fang Yu put his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him.

"Is he your man?" the man asked.

"Correct."

Hearing that Chen Xiao admitted that he was his man, Fang Yu felt a little better.But the arms around the waist did not loosen.

"I'll go up first in a while, and you will come up after I finish singing this girl." The man said to Chen Xiao.

Chen Xiao was a little embarrassed.What are you going to sing?Now she finds that singing "Spicy Girl" seems inappropriate.

Seeing her frowning, the man said: "You only sang half of the antiphonal song before. Let's finish the antiphonal song later."

After speaking, he explained a few words to his companions, and then went to the stage.

The woman on the stage saw a young man in his twenties, handsome, and sang, "Where do you come from, little brother, are you married?"

The man sang: "Ben brother came from that capital city, and the family has already married."

During the question and answer between the two, Chen Xiao heard that this man was from the capital and was married.But then the man changed his lyrics and began to mock the woman.The general idea is that at such an advanced age, she still came to hook up with young guys.The following lyrics were a bit explicit, asking her how many men she had slept with and how much money she had earned.

This woman is still relatively tough, and she returned the sharp sarcasm.

The two quarreled with each other in the form of singing on stage, and the male companions in the audience booed, and the red arrow voted for the man as if he didn't want money.

Chen Xiao was watching the two fight each other when Xiao Shitou came.

"Sister, something serious happened!"

He didn't bring anyone, because he went to several places, and his friends said that there was an accident in the store, so it was inconvenient to leave.

"What happened?"

"The whole city's pigs, horses, chickens, cows, dogs, all the domestic animals are dead! Even the mice are dead!"

Hearing this, Fang Yu loosened his arms around Chen Xiao a little.

"How did you die?" Chen Xiao felt incredible.

"I don't know, they are all dead anyway."

"Is it poisoning? Or some kind of plague?"

If it is poisoning or plague, the pork and chicken purchased by the small restaurant every day cannot be used.

"Neither. Anyway, he died inexplicably."

(End of this chapter)