Big man

The night was getting darker, the temperature outside the house dropped sharply, the wind was howling, flying sand and rocks, and the wooden door of the adobe house was "slapping" loudly.

Inside the house, it was a different scene.

To Ji Qingsha's surprise, the adobe room was not only spacious and spacious, but also relatively clean, a bit like a "Dragon Inn".Hu Shuo let the two of them sit down on the side of the room, and repeatedly ordered his "nephew", the man who chopped meat, although he couldn't tell the exact age, but he was definitely much older than him, to pick up the last one. Here comes the fat lamb.

Xiao Fan and Ji Qingsha are not surprised by the age difference between their uncles and nephews.Especially in some large rural families, nephews are often older than uncles.If it is not a biological uncle or nephew, but a clan house uncle and nephew, then it is not uncommon for a nephew to be dozens of years older than the uncle, and it is not uncommon for the nephew to be even a few decades older than the uncle.

However, it seemed that the nephew and his wife were in awe of this uncle. When Hu Shuo gave a casual order, the two of them ran away without any objection.

After a while, the man who chopped the meat brought up half a leaf of mutton with a big iron fork, and the woman with gold teeth brought up a tray with some pots and jars on it. The strong smell of pepper came out, making people want to sneeze.It seems that this is the seasoning for roast lamb.

"At this time of year, the sheep are very fat, and we will definitely not be able to finish one sheep, so let's roast half of it first."

Hu Shuo said with a smile, instead of asking the guests for their opinions, he took the big iron fork from the man who chopped the meat with one hand, flipped his wrist, and put it on the iron shelf above the brazier.

Ji Qingsha and Xiao Fan looked at each other.

On the outside, Hu Shuo was gentle and thoughtful, but on the inside he was not a friendly person.This big iron fork plus half a skinned sheep weighs at least a dozen catties. It is not difficult to carry it with one hand, and any grown man can do it.However, the arm remained motionless, and the half sheep could be turned over just by relying on the strength of the wrist.But it is not something ordinary people can do.

The fire in the brazier was burning very vigorously, and the flames licked half of the mutton very quickly.The fat was baked out, dripping onto the brazier, and the smell of meat wafted out.Hu Shuo picked up the brush and brushed the seasoning on the mutton with gentle movements, very skillful.It can be seen that he often does the work of roasting sheep.

"Miss Ji, where did you two come from..."

While roasting the lamb, Hu Shuo chatted with Ji Qingsha seemingly casually.He could also see that Xiao Fan didn't seem to like to talk much.Therefore, he actively locked the chat object as Ji Qingsha.

"iron gate."

Ji Qingsha also replied casually.

"Iron Gate? It's a good place. I haven't been there for a long time. In fact, my hometown is also in Yanbei Province..."

Hu Shuo added a little accent of Yanbei dialect, which made him look decent.

"Really? That's such a coincidence. I didn't expect to meet fellow villagers here."

Ji Qingsha answered with Hu Shuo, and kept looking at the situation in the room.The gold-toothed woman was sitting behind the counter by the door, with a wooden shelf behind her, on which were some drinks and the like.The gold-toothed woman watched TV while eating melon seeds, laughing from time to time, and the TV was turned on very loudly.The meat-chopping man sat on the other side, hunched over.Holding a flat wine bottle in his hand, he took a sip now and then.Beside him, there is another door, judging from the location, it should lead to another adobe house.

It seemed unintentional, but in fact these two people had already watched the two exits of the whole house.

certainly.Not far behind Hu Shuo, there was another closed window, but it was a little higher from the ground.If an emergency situation were to occur, it would be difficult for this helpless "little boy" and a coquettish and timid woman to jump out of the window and escape quickly, right?

They chatted one after another.Half a piece of fat sheep has been roasted brown without knowing it, and it is fragrant and fragrant.

"Come on, Miss Ji, Mr. Xiao, eat mutton..."

Hu Shuo pushed the plate containing the long-handled knife and long-handled fork in front of Ji Qingsha, and said with a smile.

"This roast lamb should be cut and eaten on the fire, so that it is the most tender and fragrant. If it is cut and eaten on a plate, the taste will be slightly worse. Come on, two, you are welcome."

Ji Qingsha picked up a long-handled knife and a long-handled fork, tried to cut a small piece of mutton, and put it into her mouth, it really melted in her mouth, her mouth was full of burnt aroma, she couldn't help but nodded, and said: "Yes, it's delicious. .”

Hu Shuo laughed loudly, and said, "As long as Miss Ji thinks it's delicious, that's fine. I'll bake it for you every day from now on."

Ji Qingsha raised her eyebrows slightly, and glanced at Hu Shuo, her gaze became a little cold.

But Hu Shuo didn't seem to notice, raised his knife, cut off a large piece of roast mutton, put it on a plate at hand, and called, "Jin Hua, come here, take this plate of meat to the next door, don't send that piece of meat to the next door." The boy is starving. All our future happiness will depend on him."

The so-called golden flower is the golden-toothed woman who was watching TV. Hearing Hu Shuo's call, although she was a little reluctant, she got up and walked over, picked up the plate and left, muttering: "Why do you have a baby boy?" ? And I can’t make money with customers..."

"You know what a fart. This kid's background is not simple. His family is always rich. When his father comes to ask for someone, hehe, we will get rich... Hurry up and go, don't dawdle."

Hu Shuo suddenly uttered a curse word.

Ji Qingsha played with the meat-cutting knife and fork, looked at Hu Shuo, and said with a half-smile: "Boss Hu, why do I listen, something is wrong. You are not kidnapping hostages, are you?"

Hu Shuo laughed, and said, "Miss Ji is such a smart person, she let you know it right away. In fact, there's no need to say it so harshly. The reason why we are kidnapped or not is because we are so poor. , If you don’t want to find a way to get some money, you can’t live on. So, strictly speaking, we are robbing the rich and helping the poor, and doing justice for the sky.”

Ji Qingsha just laughed.

This Hu Shuo is really a talent, he is very good at turning black and white, if you don't know, you will think he is a leading cadre.

"But don't worry, Ms. Ji, I won't kidnap anyone if I kidnap you. No one will kidnap their lover, right?"

Hu Shuo smiled even more cheerfully, looking at Ji Qingsha with undisguised greed.Seeing that the night was getting dark, the wind was howling outside the door, and the sheep had already entered the pen, basically there was nothing to worry about, and finally showed their true colors.

Ji Qingsha shook her head with a smile, and simply stopped talking.

What's the deal with a guy who's taken over by greed?

Hu Shuo didn't care about Ji Qingsha's pitiful expression, and said to himself: "Miss Ji, please don't worry, I'm not a rude person, I will treat you very well. I will hand over all the money I earn to you." You, this family is up to you, okay? I mean what I say!"

"Give me all the money you earn? Just rely on your small shop?"

Ji Qingsha couldn't bear it anymore, and said something again.

In this world, there will always be people who don't open their eyes.

"Hey, Miss Ji, don't underestimate this small shop. As long as it runs well, not to mention too much, it will definitely not be a problem to make tens of millions in a year. This is a thousand miles of no man's land, but it's just us. A store. All the vehicles and personnel who pass by here will not come to my store... Let’s put it this way, these are nothing, let me tell you a secret, you know what the kid I mentioned just now is Human? He is the prince of the Toba tribe! Doba people, have you heard of it?"

"They have nothing else in the tribe. There are a lot of snow lotuses in Tianshan Mountain. There are also snow leopard skins and snow fox skins, which are countless. We don't need many, let them exchange some of these things for their princes. Once they change hands, they must be big. A sum of money? Isn’t it? At least tens of millions! As long as you follow me, this money will be yours to keep. You are our finance minister, how about it?”

Hu Shuo was frothing, and he was so excited by this beautiful prospect.

"Prince of the Toba tribe? Are you sure?"

At this time, Xiao Fan, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke, his tone was calm, without any anger.

Hu Shuo turned his head abruptly, his scorching eyes instantly turned cold, with obvious mockery and disdain, but with a smile on his face, he said, "Mr. Xiao, you finally spoke? I thought you were dumb. Well. If I were you, I would never ask such a stupid question. You should hurry up and eat some roast lamb, eat more, and be full. This should be the last meal in your life. Eat well, so you can go on the road .”

Xiao Fan looked at him with a calm face and even calmer eyes.

The corners of Ji Qingsha's mouth curled up slightly, there was no sarcasm or disdain, only pity.Whoever made such a serious mistake in front of Xiao Fan deserves sympathy and pity.

"Mr. Xiao, I know you are wronged to be looked at like this. But there is no way, you married such a beautiful wife, and you don't stay at home, why are you running to this no-man's land? You call it door-to-door delivery, understand I do not know?"

Hu Shuo became more and more excited, looked at Ji Qingsha, then at Xiao Fan, waved the meat-cutting knife in his hand, and said loudly.Until this time, Boss Hu, who was so excited, didn't realize that the expressions of Xiao Fan and Ji Qingsha were too calm, which was definitely not the reaction that normal people should have when facing this situation.

"Well, for the sake of giving me such a beautiful woman, I can give you preferential treatment. Of course, I don't let you choose how to die, but after I kill you, I can bury you well, no Mince your meat and make stuffing for buns. How about it, I am kind and generous..."

"Uh……"

Suddenly, Hu Shuo's long speech came to an abrupt end. He lowered his head and looked at his chest with an expression of disbelief.

On his chest was a long, small meat-cutting knife. The blade and a part of the handle had completely sunk into his body, with only a small portion of the handle exposed.Dirty blood gushes out like a spring along the hollow iron pipe.