Burning fire

The barber shop is on the second floor.

Maybe it was because he didn't sleep well last night, and today was another cloudy day, Zhou Qizun stretched himself out on the bed and closed his eyes, and fell asleep in a daze.

During the day, Zhou Qizun didn't sleep well enough, and Zhou Qizun had a hard time sleeping.It's like the whole person is sinking in deep water, the mind is confused, and even the whole body hurts.

He also dreamed.

Zhou Qizun dreamed of an old man with white hair.That hair was so white that it shone brightly, without any mottled color, and it dazzled my eyes.

Zhou Qizun had never met him before, but somehow felt that he was very familiar.In the dream, the old man was wearing an old black mandarin jacket and sitting on an old-fashioned wicker chair.In his hand, he actually held the blood jade ring handed down from the old Zhou family's ancestors.

The old man looked carefully at the wrench finger, and his mouth opened and closed slightly.Zhou Qizun wanted to listen very hard, but he couldn't hear what he said.Looking at the shape of the old man's mouth, he couldn't understand half a word.

In the dream, Zhou Qizun was very anxious, so he pushed the old man and asked him: "What are you talking about? Why is the wrench in your hand? Give it back to me!"

He wanted to grab the wrench, but the old man put the wrench on Zhou Qizun's thumb instead.The corner of the old mouth was lifted slightly, and he smiled at Zhou Qizun.

Suddenly, there was a whirl around the world, as if the world had turned upside down.Zhou Qizun's eyes were dazzled, his body was out of control, and he fell down in a daze.In the next second, something black hit him head-on.

Not as heavy as expected, this thing is still warm and fluffy...

—It's the girl's nasty black cat.

Zhou Qizun raised his hand and grabbed the girl off her face.

——He was woken up by the girl sitting on his buttocks.

"Little turtle, you dare to sit on my face with a cat's butt?" Zhou Qizun sat up from the bed, feeling that his bones were numb from sleep.

He shook his head and stared at the girl: "I won't give you food tonight."

The girl just licked a piece of imperial concubine milk candy from Zhang Jueming, and now the cat still has a sweet taste in its mouth. Hearing Zhou Qizun threaten her, she sat on the bed and scratched her with his hind hoof, thinking disdainfully: "Who wants to eat your rotten cats?" Toy."

"You're still not convinced, are you?" Zhou Qizun stretched out a finger and slapped the girl.

The girl rolled around, angrily wanting to scratch her hair, but Zhou Qizun suddenly let out a "hiss".

There was a sudden stabbing pain in his temple, and Zhou Qizun couldn't help pressing his head.

The girl tilted her head, she didn't blow her hair anymore, she hurriedly pressed Zhou Qizun under his chin to look at his face, for fear that something bad would happen again to this stupid thing.

The pain lasted only for a moment, and Zhou Qizun recovered after taking a breath.

It must be because he didn't have a good rest.Thinking so, Zhou Qizun rubbed his face with his hands.

After rubbing it together, he found that the ring on his thumb was actually warm.

That blood jade finger was even hotter than his body temperature!

——In the dream just now, he also dreamed of this finger puller.

Zhou Qizun took off his finger.He stared wide-eyed, staring at the ring finger and turning it around, and there was nothing unusual on the surface.

Zhou Qizun was stunned for a while, feeling uncomfortable all over.

As usual, Zhou Qizun wouldn't care if his finger was hot or cold, it was just a piece of cheap jade in essence, what kind of demon could it be?Maybe it was because he sleepwalked and rubbed it while he was sleeping.

But ever since he was shocked by Jiuying and Zhang Jueming on Xiaotai Mountain, Zhou Qizun's nerves had to make a few more detours.

The wrench had been held in his hand for a while, and Zhou Qizun felt that it was not so hot.

"I've thought too much." Finally, Zhou Qizun shook his head—it's not so easy to see weird things.You can't be bitten by a snake once and be afraid of well ropes for ten years.

There were a few sounds of thunder, bang, and bang from downstairs, Zhou Qizun casually stuffed his finger back under the pillow, grabbed the girl, got up and went downstairs.

It was Bai Yuxing who came.

Zhou Qizun walked up to Bai Yuxing with a girl hanging on his forearm.

Bai Yuxing was facing away from the dilapidated shampoo bed, stirring a pot of rice paste on a small square induction cooker.

Not to mention how bad the situation was, Bai Yuxing had somehow gotten a bright green apron with ruffled leaves, and tied it around his body like a bunch of flowers.

The ruffles are so pretty, Zhou Qizun couldn't help but say, "You're so virtuous, no wonder my sister-in-law is willing to marry you even if you're bald."

"Hurry up and shut up." Bai Yuxing turned his head and gave him a look, "You're a bastard. I knew what you were going to say."

The rice paste is ready and fragrant.Bai Yuxing turned off the induction cooker and took out two bowls: "Your sister-in-law bought the apron."

Zhou Qizun was happy: "Sister-in-law has always had a good eye."

Bai Yuxing snorted, took two bowls of rice paste and went to sit down at the table. Seeing that only the girl's head was still hanging on Zhou Qizun's arm, she grinned and said, "The cat will be strangled to death by you."

Zhou Qizun didn't take it seriously, grabbed the hair on the back of the girl's neck, and lifted it up: "It's okay, this bear can't be strangled to death."

Girl of Spades: "..."

It can't wait to scratch Zhou Qizun's pretty face.Its way is shallow, and it has not yet penetrated many spiritual apertures, and the complex emotions and six desires in the human world can only be touched in a whole way.

Many people can't see it, and they don't dare to think about it. Miss Spade can only understand a little bit of meaning. ——Thinking that Mr. Shangui is beautiful and powerful, so gentle, and the scent on his body is a thousand times better than high-end catnip, which is very pleasing to ghosts, so why do you have to worry about something like Zhou Qizun?

Spades pondered superficially: "Is it because of his good-looking face?" But by comparison, Zhou Qizun was not as good-looking as Zhang Jueming.

It was whining inexplicably, but Zhou Qizun suddenly handed it a spoonful of rice paste under its nose.In the blink of an eye, Spades immersed themselves in eating hard, and did not hate Zhou Qizun anymore.

"I remembered eating rice paste." Bai Yuxing said suddenly, "I haven't seen a lot of bastards lately? Where did that bastard go?"

Jiang Liu's sloppy brat, he's not shit, but he's very happy to eat sweets.Once before, Bai Yuxing rewarded him with a bowl of steaming rice paste, and he just ate and cried.

The big tears flowed down like grapes.Later he whispered to Bai Yuxing: "I remember when I was very young, my mother used to make black sesame paste for me, adding two spoonfuls of sugar every time, it tasted very similar to the rice paste you gave me."

He also said: "Don't tell Brother Zhou that I was crying, it's shameful."

A bastard's thing, not tidy inside and out, often doing sneaky and dirty things, teardrops are often used as dramas, and I didn't expect to get up and know how to lose face.Quite strange.

"It's true that we haven't seen each other for a while." Hearing Bai Yuxing's recollection, Zhou Qizun was also puzzled.

As usual, he would see Jiang Liu every now and then, and kick him twice every now and then.That bastard seemed to be looking for a beating, and he often wandered around the Shengshi Avenue, so he was willing to let Zhou Qizun talk nonsense under his nose.

Zhou Qizun recalled briefly, the last time he saw Erliuzi was on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, when Erliuzi stomped his feet in the cold outside the barbershop.

Zhou Qizun opened the window and glanced at him, disgusted by the two streams of snot hanging from his face, he didn't bother to let him in, he just threw a bag of hard quick-frozen dumplings from the window and smashed it on the top of the bastard.

For this matter, Bai Yuxing even scolded Zhou Qizun for being hard-hearted: "It's Chinese New Year, can't you ask your child to come in and eat hot dumplings?"

Zhou Qizun raised his eyebrows: "Fart child, I still call him a child when he grows up. I'm too lazy to slap him when he's older than Chinese New Year."

And since Er Liuzi ran away with dumplings in his hands on the [-]th night, Zhou Qizun never saw his shadow again.

"It's weird." Bai Yuxing muttered, "Where did you go?"

Zhou Qizun didn't care: "How can he lose such a big man? That's what you're used to. You should worry less."

"...Aren't you the one who worries me the most?" Bai Yuxing was indignant when he heard this, and with a flick of his chopsticks, two spots of rice paste fell on Zhou Qizun's face.

"..." Zhou Qizun wiped his face with a tissue, and stared at Bai Yuxing.

"...Then what. You're out of food." Bai Yuxing put down the bowl, stood up quickly and interrupted the conversation, "I'm going out to buy something, what do I have for dinner? I won't open the shop tonight, come over to cook and eat?"

"Whatever." Zhou Qizun sighed.

"I hate casual people like you the most." Bai Yuxing put on his coat, "Let's stew the ribs, I want to drink ribs soup."

"Where is sister-in-law? Are you at home?" Zhou Qizun stretched his waist, grabbed the girl and ravaged her twice, "How about I go to your place? Eat with sister-in-law."

"That's fine, you can go there later." Bai Yuxing opened the door and walked out, "I'll go shopping first."

Zhou Qizun: "Okay."

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It took a while to stew the pork rib soup, Bai Yuxing counted on the meal, the time was a bit tight.Even though Zhou Qizun's broken barber shop is very close to Caishi Street, he still took a small path that is closer.

This trail has not been repaired much.The sandy land is very damp, and the soles of Bai Yuxing's shoes are sticky from stepping on it.

After leaving the trail, we will soon reach Caishi Street, Bai Yuxing tapped the soles of his shoes a few times on the curb, and when he raised his head, he saw a large circle of people in front of him.

The group of people gathered around a small river.It is said to be a river, but it is more like a stinking ditch.

Environmental protection in the city is not bad, but some corners are still not taken care of, and the quality of the people is also uneven. It is inevitable that some people are wicked and damage the appearance of the city for their own convenience.

——There are all kinds of garbage floating on the small river, and there are piles of bulging garbage bags piled up beside the river.

Such a stinky place, the current season is fine, flies can be attracted a few meters away in summer, what are you doing all around here?

Bai Yuxing couldn't join in the fun, but he still couldn't help asking someone, "Hey, brother, what happened? Why are you all gathered here?"

The Northeast elder brother has a big beard, and a pair of thick black eyebrows squeezed hard in the middle: "There are dead people!"

The eldest brother was pointing at the river, but was blocked by a row of heads, and could only point to the head: "A person floated up in the river! We have called the police!"

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Zhou Qizun sat at home for more than two hours before leaving for Bai Yuxing's place.

Calculated according to the distance, even if Bai Yuxing wrapped around the old lady's foot wrap and hopped around with his toes, he should go home with the ribs now.

"Where did this person go? Did you buy a few bones and go to Africa?" Li Man peeled an apple, peeled it and handed it to Zhou Qizun.

"Thank you, sister-in-law." Zhou Qizun took a bite of the apple, took out his phone, "I'll call Lao Bai."

Just as he was about to dial the number, there was movement at the door, and Bai Yuxing then rushed in.

"Why so slow." Li Man stood up, went to pick up the ribs in Bai Yuxing's hand, and said hastily, "You and Zun'er sit down first, I'll go and cook them."

"Hey." Bai Yuxing nodded, didn't explain much, just bent down to take off his shoes.

Li Man was in a hurry to stew the ribs and didn't pay attention, but Zhou Qizun saw it, and Bai Yuxing's face was very ugly.

Zhou Qizun glanced at the kitchen, and Li Man had already closed the door and entered.Only then did he ask Bai Yuxing: "What's wrong? What happened?"

Bai Yuxing walked up to Zhou Qizun and sat down.He picked up the full water glass on the table, and rushed a puff of hot air into his throat.

After putting down the cup, Bai Yuxing finally spoke after a while.It was quite uncomfortable to say a word: "Zun'er, the bastard is gone."

Bai Yuxing: "It's fished out of the river, it's gone out of shape."