Rebirth 1958: My Home is in Nanluoguxiang

After Chang Zhengyang rejected Guo Huiying's suggestion, Guo Huiying showed a disappointed expression, as if it was a great loss for Chang Zhengyang that her son could not go to the China Academy of Fine Arts.

The school is on wheat harvest holiday now.

"Mom, you just want to show off your son in front of your colleagues, right?"

"Really? Am I that obvious? Eat, eat, I have to go to work soon."

Guo Huiying laughed and forced a change of subject.

Chang Zhengyang had no choice but to lower his head and drink the corn porridge.

Time passed quickly and it was night. That night, Chang Zhengyang returned from Yulong Mountain early. According to the information given by his father, he disguised himself and found the ghost market outside Deshengmen.

That’s right, this place is a pigeon market during the day and a ghost market at night. When Chang Zhengyang learned the news, he was also surprised.

Later I thought about it and it was actually quite reasonable. The terrain of this place is complex, the surrounding view is wide, and it is well connected. If the authorities want to encircle and suppress this place, it will not be possible without using tens of thousands of people.

However, the movement of tens of thousands of people would make too much noise, and it would be difficult to ensure that the news would not leak out.

There is also a subtle mentality among some people here. This kind of place needs to be maintained, and when political achievements are needed, they will come and clean it up.

In short, before the era of Skynet, where surveillance is everywhere, the night has always been the world of evil spirits.

The reason why Chang Baichuan was willing to tell Chang Zhengyang the information about the ghost market was because he was sure that his son would not suffer any loss in the ghost market. Instead, he warned Chang Zhengyang not to be too murderous and kill fewer people.

Outside Deshengmen late at night, there is no longer the peace and tranquility of the day. Under the dim light, the shadowy figures and broken walls appear particularly eerie and terrifying.

The ghost market has no manager. After all, the gang members before liberation have been wiped out long ago. Even if there are some that slip through the net, they are just a few big cats and small cats. They have no ability to control the ghost market at all. Therefore, the order here relies purely on tacit understanding. Everyone wears a mask, so who knows who?

Chang Zhengyang walked into the ghost market leisurely, and his eyes lit up when he saw the stalls scattered around.

Oh, this feels a bit like visiting Panjiayuan!

It’s true, unlike the bustling Panjiayuan in his memory, although the things here are not so diverse, there are still quite a lot of them, at least there are a lot of real things.

Fur coats, ivory, porcelain, bronze...

Oh my, there is a street stall full of guns. You will definitely not see this kind of thing in Panjiayuan!

Chang Zhengyang immediately stopped and squatted down to check. There were Turtle Box, Black Star, Colt, and this Browning was pretty good...

Chang Zhengyang quickly disassembled the Browning and carefully looked at the hammer and the rifling in the barrel.

Well, well maintained!

The stall owner watched Chang Zhengyang disassemble and assemble the gun quietly, knowing that he would open for business today.

Chang Zhengyang didn't waste any words and stretched out his hand to the stall owner. The other party skillfully picked up a piece of cloth from the side and covered the hands of both of them.

After the two men gestured for a while, the stall owner took out two boxes of bullets from the box under his butt, picked up the Browning and handed it to Chang Zhengyang, and took the 150 yuan from the other's hand.

Well, I'll find someone to make an underarm holster for me tomorrow.

Chang Zhengyang put the Browning into his pocket with satisfaction and put the two boxes of bullets into his bag.

He bought the Browning not for self-defense, but mainly because he liked it and bought it for collection.

China at this time does not ban guns. Many people have guns at home. Of course, just because a country does not ban guns does not mean you can just carry a gun with you when you go out. Otherwise, if the police find out during a search, sorry, they will confiscate it directly.

If you want to own a gun, you can just apply for a gun license, but you must have a suitable reason. And having a gun license does not mean you can own a gun at will. The gun information must correspond to the information filled out on your gun license.

Chang Zhengyang planned to go to his sixth uncle to get a gun license after he finished the college entrance examination and was admitted to university.

Unexpectedly, there would be such an unexpected surprise at the ghost market tonight. Chang Zhengyang decided that from now on, he would have a hobby of collecting guns.

Congratulations, I finally found some entertainment!

Chang Zhengyang walked and stopped, and sure enough, he saw several stalls selling guns. He couldn't help but bought several guns in good condition.

There is still not enough money!

Chang Zhengyang shook his head speechlessly. He had only toured half of the ghost market, but he had already spent more than seven hundred yuan.

It is said that women can't walk when they see bags and cosmetics, and they like to buy them.

Men are no exception. When they see luxury cars, guns, famous watches, and fine wines, they can't help but buy them.

Of course, the prerequisite for shopping is that you have to have money!

Just look, Chang Zhengyang hesitated for a long time in front of a stall with more than a dozen watches, which made the stall owner nervous. He thought he was going to rob him, so he breathed a sigh of relief and resolutely left the stall.

Actually, he doesn’t like wearing second-hand watches that have been used by others, really!

Chang Zhengyang continued to stroll around, and when he left the ghost market, there was an extra scroll of Lang Shining's Peacock Spreading its Tail in his bag, as well as some wine tickets, cigarette tickets and other receipts.

Lang Shining's painting of peacock spreading its tail was naturally presented to Comrade Guo Huiying as a filial tribute. There is no doubt about Chang Zhengyang's vision. With a mother who is a painter, Chang Zhengyang has been influenced by her since he was a child, and his appreciation ability of calligraphy and painting is quite good.

Of course, the main reason is that there are more genuine products these days. There are imitations, but the problem is that there is no market for genuine products, so who would go to the trouble of making imitations?

Compared to those guns, Chang Zhengyang only spent ten yuan, plus twenty kilograms of national food coupons, on this painting of a peacock spreading its feathers by Lang Shining.

Compared with the auction prices after the millennium, this price is simply a bargain even if inflation is taken into account.

"Brother, you have to work hard to make money in the future!"

Chang Zhengyang walked out of the ghost market leisurely and noticed a few figures hanging far behind him.

Needless to say, someone must have seen him buying several guns in a row and being alone, so they thought he was a fat sheep.

It’s not easy. After so long, I finally encountered a robbery!

In the past few years, during the Three Antis and Five Antis campaign, almost all the evildoers in Yanjing were killed or sent to labor camps, and public security improved a lot.

Although petty thefts are common, highway robbery is rare. Every time Chang Zhengyang came out of Pigeon City, he caught several monks, but he never encountered highway robbery.

If it was Lord Buddha, at most he would break his limbs, and beating him would not be satisfying enough. Chang Zhengyang kept thinking about when someone would come to his door so that he could have a good time.

Beating up the wild animals in the mountains is never as satisfying as beating up people. I hope these guys behind can take the beating!

Chang Zhengyang chuckled, picked a random direction and walked quickly over. The people behind him saw this and knew that Chang Zhengyang had discovered them, so they chased after him, cursing.