Paper horse incense shop

"Why don't you speak?"

The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows and looked at me with an expression that seemed to condemn him.

I thought for a few seconds and gave a thumbs up:

".so?"

What responded to me was a burst of laughter from a middle-aged man. This time, the laughter was simply earth-shattering. He coughed repeatedly, and it took a long time before he finally stopped:

"Old Eleven said that you have a rigid temperament and are very rude. Now it seems that it's all just farts, hahahaha!"

I heard the other party laugh a few more times and felt doubtful, so I opened my mouth and asked:

"You can tell what kind of person I am as soon as we meet?"

The middle-aged man smiled and said:

"Of course, of course, I can see everything with my double eyes."

"Not only do I know that you appear to be well-behaved on the outside, but in fact you are perverse and stubborn, and you are very eloquent."

"I also know that you, ahem, have you ever said that you are smart?"

Being smart?

In the twenty years I have lived, I have not often heard this word. When I was studying, people often praised me for my good academic performance and my smart mind.

After I became a papermaker, although I didn’t have a real master to teach me, so my papermaking skills were not very outstanding, but I relied on my logical reasoning ability that was slightly better than ordinary people, and many people once said that I was smart.

Among the people I know, Uncle Du, the Eleventh Taibao, Ah Shi and Ah Shi, and even the Fourth Taibao, Professor Huang, have all praised me more or less.

The word "smarty" doesn't really seem to be right. Someone said it.

This person left a deep impression on me, because she was really one of the reasons why I came to Changzhou, a Tzu Ching girl.

After An Ran died, I chased Bai Beiwang to an old station. The Tzu Ching girl wanted to protect Bai Beiwang. I couldn't defeat him, but I intuitively and guessed that the other party wanted to accept me as a disciple, so I started negotiating terms. .

The Tzu Ching girl looked at me with a complicated look, and then said that I was smart, and she repeated it many times.

But what does that have to do with now?

I answered the answer and laughed twice more with half an eye, but this time it was not a hearty smile, and there was a little regret in my eyes:

"You must be curious about why I am asking this question. In fact, I have already inferred your horoscope based on your appearance. The verdict I gave you is also these four words 'smart'."

My expression remained unchanged and I said thoughtfully:

"I would like to hear the details from senior. I have brought enough money this time."

Looking at me with half an eye, he leaned back in the chair slightly:

"What you are saying now is proof."

"When ordinary people hear me use such derogatory judgments, they either look dumbfounded or immediately ask for the answer. It would be better for you to say the first half of the sentence and add the second half to elevate yourself."

"No, it's not so much raising the weight as trying to test others secretly."

"That's how smart you are."

I sat on the sofa in silence, squinting half of my eyes:

"I don't tell people's fortunes easily, and I don't let people choose the content of the fortune-telling. I will only give the most suitable prediction to break the situation based on the current predicament of the person seeking fortune-telling."

"You know all this, right?"

I was criticized for opening my mouth just now, so this time I just nodded and said nothing, but half an eye saw my actions and laughed again.

I was shocked and immediately realized that I had done something wrong again.

The other person just said that I talk too much, but now I don't say anything and I am secretly trying to test others. Is this what I mean?

But what's the point?

Everyone should have this little etiquette, right?

Why do you say I am the only one who is smart? Or will others also get this evaluation from Half Eye?

Half of his eyes were closed, one hand raised the tea cup as if tasting it carefully, and the other hand covered his hand and knocked on the tea table for a long time, then he suddenly opened his eyes and said:

"You go and marry the two brothers from the Huo family." This sudden unfolding was truly terrifying.

Before I could even sort out the chaotic thoughts in my mind, they were all shocked by Half An Eye's words.

I said word for word:

"impossible."

Let’s not talk about whether I have feelings for the two brothers from the Huo family or whether we can have feelings. Just saying that brothers sharing wives is not a normal concept of marriage is enough for people to avoid it.

Half of the eyes seemed to be very persistent and drank the tea in one gulp:

"But that's your best option."

"The two Huo brothers were constrained by the idea of ​​sharing wives. They had never been in love in their late thirties. They were the richest people in Changzhou and had countless money in their families. And the most important thing was that they both died young. "

"Based on their looks, there will be a big hurdle when they are forty-two years old, and there is a high probability that they will not be able to get through it. If you marry them, you only need to endure it for twelve years, and you will be able to overcome all the hardships."

"When the time comes when you take the money, there is a high probability that the Eight-Nine Taibao will not be alive anymore. Birds can fly as high as the sky, and fish can leap as wide as the sea. Then you will be able to live a carefree life."

I repeated word for word again:

"impossible."

"If I don't marry them, I can live a more carefree life."

As long as I kill Bai Beiwang and Tzu Ching Nu later, I will still be at ease.

Perhaps, I can live in Yunmeng for a few years, ten years, or decades.

Money is great, and twelve years may not be difficult, but this is not the way to live.

I now seriously suspect that this half-eye is a lobbyist sent by the Huo family.

I hung my cigarette and thought deeply, but a long sigh interrupted my thinking, and I put down the tea cup with half an eye:

"No, you can't. You're about to lose all your chances."

"Do you know why I called you smart when you walked in?"

"Because you are really too smart."

He squinted half of his eyes to look at me. I could see that when the other person squinted, there was only the white of his eye in the slit of one eye, so the double pupil in the other eye should be exactly that.

I had a vague premonition that Half Eye was going to say something I didn't want to hear. Sure enough, the next second, Half Eye said:

"Even if you make a mistake today and arrive at the entrance of Huojiatang, you will not leave an impression if you find out and then exit."

"But you are still thinking about the rumors about choosing a wife that you heard from other places, for fear of getting into trouble with those two brothers."

"Little girl, you seem to have read a lot of books. You must know that 'too much is not enough', right?"

My heart was shocked, and before I could speak, Half Eyes continued to murmur:

"Look at all the things you've done, how can it not leave an impression on others?"

"If my old bones were twenty years younger, no, one year younger, I would spend all my wealth to marry you, and I would be willing to do so."

To say that I am twenty years younger is an illusion constructed in my mind. To say that I am one year younger is to say that I know it is impossible, but I still regret it.

The figure of the little girl in front of her gradually overlapped with the graceful and beautiful voice from before. Half of her eyes were lowered and she let out a self-deprecating laugh:

"Don't worry, I dare say it's definitely a joke."

"But those brothers remember you."

"It's better to marry them directly and avoid many troubles later." (End of Chapter)