I was an alchemist in those years

The window design of the nanny room where I live is very strange, and the sunlight can’t come in during the daytime. I have to turn on the lights when I stay in the room. There has been no progress in the matter of Ling.

So except for three meals a day, I basically stay in the room. The window of the room is actually just a palm-sized skylight. Every night at three o'clock in the morning, the moonlight can just come in and shine on the corner of the room impartially. .

I opened my eyes in a daze, and at the only place where the moonlight could shine, I saw a woman sitting there, wearing a white skirt, with long hair, which blocked the moonlight, and I couldn't see her face clearly.

I was stunned, covered in cold sweat, sat up from the bed, moved too quickly, bumped my head again, and shrank to the corner of the bed, not daring to breathe.

"It's time to get up." The woman stood up and walked slowly as she said.

That face was slowly revealed in the moonlight, with a curious smile hanging on the corner of her mouth.

"Qianling?!" I breathed a sigh of relief, raised my head and said. "People scare people to death. You stay up most of the night and come here to scare me."

"Who has the time to scare you, get up quickly." She threw the clothes in my face.

"Wake up?" I asked blankly. "What are you doing getting up now?"

"Go shopping with me." Yue Qianling became more and more excited as she spoke.

"Shopping?! Now?!" I stared at her dumbfounded, and it took me a long time to react. "Miss, I beg you, don't worry about it anymore, what time is it, you want to go shopping, are you going to hell?"

Yue Qianling suddenly nodded and laughed cheerfully.

"You're really right, just go to hell!"

Xiao Lianshan heard a noise, ran over from the house, saw me getting dressed reluctantly, and Yue Qianling standing next to me was extremely excited.

"Brother, what are you doing here?"

"Qianling wants me to go shopping with her." I said sleepily and weakly.

"Now? It's only three o'clock in the morning, and there are no ghosts in most of the night." Xiao Lianshan said in surprise.

"How do you know if you haven't seen it? I just took him to hell today." Yue Qianling twisted her head and said solemnly.

"Brother, wait until I do. I'll go get dressed. I'm not worried about the two of you going out in the middle of the night."

"While it's cooler, stay there, and you stay at home to watch the door." Yue Qianling shook her head and said firmly. "It's useless if you go to this place today."

I rubbed my eyes, sighed heavily, walked to the door and patted Xiao Lianshan on the shoulder.

"I'm self-inflicted, so you just stay at home, and it's enough for her to torment me alone."

Coming out of the villa, Yue Qianling never let go of the gas pedal. I felt like she was rushing to reincarnate. I couldn't help but want to sleep several times, but was woken up by Yue Qianling brutally.

I don't ask where I'm going. Now, life and death are not important to me, as long as I can squint for a while, I will be thankful.

The car stopped slowly, and I looked at the time in a daze.

04:30am.

On the side of the road, under the dim lights and mottled tree shadows, there are moving heads everywhere, bustling with people, a car passing by illuminates the blurred faces leaning on or pulling the cart, Between bright and dark, like a ghost.

I slowly woke up and looked at everything in front of me curiously.

"This...what is this place?"

"Ghost market!" Yue Qianling replied casually.

"Ghost city?"

I frowned and got out of the car, only to find that both sides of the road were full of street stalls. After walking a few steps and looking around for a long time, I found antique furniture, four treasures of the study, ancient calligraphy and paintings, agate jade, Chinese and foreign coins, shadow puppet facial makeup, religious tokens, ethnic costumes, There are relics of the "Cultural Revolution" and even daily necessities.

In addition to arms, drugs, and population, as long as you can think of valuable items, you can find them here.

I also became interested, and asked curiously while looking at the dazzling array of goods on the booth.

"Qianling, what is this place?"

"This is Jiuyan Bridge. Speaking of this market, it dates back to the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China. At that time, the national fortune was in decline, and many dignitaries and dignitaries were in decline. They stole the antiques from their homes and sold them on the street." Yue Qianling said while squatting. In front of a stall. "After all, this is a matter of identity, and we can only choose to trade with lanterns at three or four in the morning."

I suddenly realized, nodded and laughed.

"Oh, so this is a ghost market."

Yue Qianling turned to look at me solemnly and said.

"Don't laugh, this place is not simple. Back in the day, some items of unknown origin were sold in the ghost market, because they all had unspeakable secrets, and most of them could only be sold at low prices, so there is a saying "Ghost market sells good goods" rumors."

I rubbed my forehead helplessly and said with a wry smile.

"You dragged me here in the middle of the night just to find good stuff. Everyone is a fool, but you are the smart one. Good stuff is waiting for you to pick."

"My dad said that you are very proficient in antique appreciation, even Uncle Huo is willing to bow down. The main reason for bringing you here today is to see how much knowledge you have." Yue Qianling pursed her lips and said arrogantly.

In addition to the dazzling array of antique calligraphy and paintings, the ghost market at Jiuyan Bridge has everyone from all walks of life.

After walking a few steps, Yue Qianling suddenly stopped, pointed to an old man by the side of the road with a smile and said.

"Look, you are walking together."

I looked in the direction of Yue Qianling's finger. An old man in his 60s was sitting with his legs crossed. It was four o'clock in the morning. The feeling of immortality.

A table was set up on the booth, with a paper fan in his hand, and a signboard behind him, with four characters written on it.

The iron mouth was broken.

Before I could react, Yue Qianling had already pushed me to sit on the stool in front of the table.

"He's going to tell his fortune."

I just wanted to get up, and found that Yue Qianling's hand was tightly pressed on his shoulder.

"Let's figure out his future." Yue Qianling said with a smirk.

"You don't believe this, why are you doing so many things?" I said fidgeting.

Yue Qianling lowered her head and whispered in my ear with a smile.

"Now that the old liar meets the young liar, I just want to see how good you are at bluffing and deceiving."

"You! No joke about the number of days in numerology."

I was in a hurry, and found that Yue Qianling's hand was even more forceful.

The old man saw that there was a business coming, so he would let me go. He closed the paper fan and pointed to the signboard behind him.

"Don't be afraid, little brother, these four words are not gold that I, Mr. Zhao, put on my face. I have set up a fortune-telling stall in the ghost market of Jiuyanqiao for 30 years. Those who save face call me a half-immortal, no No money."

I had nothing to say, and nodded with a dry smile.

"Well, you can count on my future."

"Birthday horoscope?" Zhao Banxian's paper fans looked like they were closed.

"This... I don't know my date of birth." I said with some embarrassment.

"Stop pretending, how could you not know when you were born." Yue Qianling pushed me and said loudly with her eyes wide open.

In fact, I really don't know, Qin Yishou never mentioned it to me, and I didn't dare to ask, at least in Shishan, other children have red eggs for their birthdays every year, and I have never eaten them.

"It doesn't matter if you don't know. Plum Blossom Yishu, Qimen Dunjia, Divination and Lottery, you can choose any of them. I am proficient in everything."

I thought about it and decided to draw lots, which is simple and saves the most time.

Zhao Banxian handed over the stick, slipped out one unsteadily, and was about to put it back again, when I shook my hand.

"No, it's just this one."

"Beautiful woman, don't worry about your bosom, peaches and plums are in full swing, and lucky people are free." Zhao Banxian looked at the lottery in his hand, glanced at Yue Qianling standing beside me, and shook his head and said. "Little brother, your signing is neither good nor bad."

"What do you mean?" Yue Qianling asked curiously.

Zhao Banxian shook his head and thought about it in a dignified way.

"Little brother, the so-called "sex" has a knife on its head, and it means that you should treat the girl beside you well. , she is your noble person, and she will definitely turn danger into good luck in the future."

"Come on and on and go on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on the fours are...caution is all about sex." Yue Qianling turned back and forth with a smile after hearing this. "It's pretty accurate, I'll just say you're lustful, and no one believes me yet, hahaha, look, I've figured it out for you, and I'm still your nobleman, so treat me better in the future, or you'll offend me I, there is no one to help you save the day, hahaha."

I nodded calmly and said nothing.

"how much is it?"

"Hehe, everything depends on fate, little brother will be given more if his life is good, and less will be given if his life is not good." Zhao Banxian said indifferently, shaking the paper fan.

I took out the money from my bag, counted it was only 13 yuan, and quickly looked in my bag again.

Zhao Banshan saw that I was very generous, and gave him all the money he usually earned in a day, smiling from ear to ear.

"Little brother, that's enough, that's enough, just follow the fate, don't force it."

"Not enough, it's five yuan short." I smiled meaningfully and pushed the five yuan money I asked for from Yue Qianling to him. "It's 18 yuan in total. You order it, and the signboard behind you is just under the eaves. The rain that just fell last night dripped on your signboard. You'd better move the table forward."

Zhao Banxian put away the money, looked back to see that the signboard was wet, and quickly pushed the table forward half a meter.

When Zhao Banxian was telling my fortune, many people were curious and gathered around to watch. When I was leaving, I saw an old man in the crowd. His eyes were completely different from the others, and he was staring at me with a hint of surprise.

Yue Qianling and I hadn't gone far when we heard noises behind us. Yue Qianling walked back curiously, and Zhao Banxian's booth was surrounded by more people.

"It's dangerous. If I hadn't pushed the table forward just now, I would have hit my head when it turned around." Zhao Banxian got up from the ground and said with lingering fear.

A cat was lying on the eaves, and accidentally kicked off a sliding brick, which landed just behind Zhao Banxian. Zhao Banxian was so startled that he turned around and fell to the ground without sitting still, just in time to break a vase in the booth next to him.

"Master Zhao, this is something I just took back from the countryside. It's worthless, but you can't let me lose money."

"Don't yell, I crashed the thing, I will pay, how much."

"They are all neighbors who have set up stalls for decades. If you don't mind me, the price I charge is 18 yuan!"