Chapter 21
Chapter 20
"Boss Jiang, good morning."
"Good morning."
"Boss Jiang, let's go shopping."
"just looking around."
…
Jiang Liu walked unhurriedly, and people kept stopping to say hello to him along the way. He nodded and smiled gently and politely, while looking left and right at the shops lined up on both sides of the street. Some are antique pavilions with octagonal cornices, some are resplendent and magnificent small palaces, some are Gothic buildings with pointed arches, slender columns, and delicate and gorgeous, and some are modern high-rise buildings made of reinforced concrete.
The style is bizarre and different, full of dissonance. However, people on the street don't seem to feel it at all, because their styles are even more different from each other.
The one over there was hungry, with blood red eyes and fangs bared, standing in front of the roast duck shop window, drooling. Here is one that has just come out of the coffin and has not yet learned to walk, jumping on the road with a pale face and outstretched hands. From time to time, translucent planktonic organisms slowly floated over the top of the head, bringing out goosebumps all over the body. There are grotesque things scurrying around under your feet, and you have to be very careful not to step on them.
Even if they have normal human behavior, some wear Tang suits, some wear miniskirts, some wear armor, some wear nun clothes, some don’t have big knives on their waists, some have stickers on their foreheads, all kinds of weird things .
This is the inhuman world of Taoyuan City, Baili Street.
Hotels, restaurants, department stores, hospitals, schools, churches, communities, everything is available. There are all kinds of inexplicable non-human beings. Some settled down here, some came here to shop, some came here to travel, and some ghosts who didn't grab the reincarnation quota lived here temporarily. The streets are always lively, especially at night. Although it is chaotic, the population is highly mobile, and evil ghosts and ghosts often come and go, but there are ghosts patrolling everywhere, and powerful ghosts are also hired in various shops and communities as security guards, and the law and order are not bad.
Jiang Liu thought about opening Tuoguxiang here at first, but he still felt that it would be better for Xiao Si to live a life close to that of a normal person.
Many non-human beings on Baili Street who need blood to maintain their vitality are customers of Tuoguxiang, but not many people know that Jiang Liu and Jiang Xiaosi are zombies. They only know that behind them is the eldest sister of Baili Street, Da Miaoyan. Backing up, so generally they dare not go to the store to cause trouble, or take things without giving money.
Jiang Liu came here this time to find the ghost baby who escaped last time, and since he was wounded last time, there has been no trace of him for so long. The kid was playful, Jiang Liu guessed that he would definitely come here, so he greeted his friends here in advance. Just now there were rumors that the kid had appeared on Baili Street, so he rushed over directly from the hospital.
That ghost baby is very powerful. Although he is not violent and has never hurt anyone, he likes to play pranks. Wherever he goes, he is often full of mess. Jiang Liu thought that it would be better to catch him as soon as possible, otherwise he didn't know how long his body could last.
"Brother Jiang!"
Suddenly, a man's voice came from behind, and a folding fan patted his shoulder.
Jiang Liu turned his head and saw a clear man in a moon-white robe and a high hair crown nodding and smiling at him, with a gentle demeanor, as if he had just traveled from ancient times.
Jiang Liu froze for a moment, narrowed his eyes slightly, and quickly recalled. Although he is not yet perfect for his photographic memory, if he has seen it, at least he will be familiar with it, but this person is very strange.
Seeing his attire, he thought he was a newcomer, so he followed suit and gently cupped his hands: "May I ask who this brother is?"
The other party shook his fan and laughed heartily, then stooped down, clenched his fist and coughed lightly twice, but it was so vivid that Jiang Liu immediately reacted.
"Grandma Ye?"
Shen Koudan nodded lightly: "Brother Jiang came here to catch that ghost baby?"
"Exactly, you are here anyway."
"I also heard that the ghost baby appeared on Baili Street, so I came here to help Brother Jiang. After all, I started this matter."
Jiang Liu smiled and shook his head: "Let's stop talking about words, why are you dressed like this?"
Shen Koudan tapped his head lightly with the folding fan: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, the bad habits I have developed over the years, how I dress up and how I speak, it's all a natural reaction. How about this outfit? I usually like to watch Martial arts novels, but usually they can only be disguised as policemen, lawyers, etc. Since they came to Baili Street, they are naturally in the world."
"Or should wear a sword or something."
"It seems that people with real martial arts skills usually don't use swords, right? A folding fan is enough to sweep the rivers and lakes."
Shen Koudan raised his left hand lightly, with extraordinary demeanor.
Jiang Liu smiled and said, "Then have you found the ghost baby?"
"No, Ghost Street is so long, there are so many fun and delicious things to visit. Now that he is here, I guess he will leave in a while. Why don't we go to Qianli Restaurant to have a drink first, fill our stomachs, and then look for it together. How about ?”
Jiang Liu raised his eyebrows in surprise, smiled and nodded without refusing.
Qianli Restaurant is the largest restaurant on Baili Street. It is five floors high and has all kinds of private rooms and private seats. There are often ghost ladies singing ditties. Seats vary in height and height, and have various shapes to meet the needs of different types of non-human beings.
Jiang Liu walked into the store together in a black windbreaker and Shen Kodan in a white ancient costume. They were very nondescript, but everyone was already familiar with it.
The two chose a seat by the window in the lobby on the third floor. Shen Koudan laughed when he saw people nodding, waving, or greeting Jiang Liu from time to time.
"Your business is booming."
"fine."
"You are a human, why do you do ghost business?"
"It doesn't look like you are short of money. You are a doctor, make-up, and open a shop, aren't you tired?"
"Not tired." Naturally, she didn't understand that the emptiness in the heart of a person who has lived for a thousand years needs to be filled by being busy and enriching, so that life might be more meaningful.
"Xiao Er, serve a pot of Trichosanthes and two catties of stewed beef." Shen Koudan yelled.
"Okay, right away."
Jiang Liu looked at the person in front of him. If it wasn't for Grandma Ye who he met before, he couldn't tell whether she was a man or a woman for a while.
"Do you often come here to drink?"
"yes."
Shen Koudan saw Jiang Liu smiling all over his face, and raised his right eyebrow in dissatisfaction.
"Why, no, there is no sign at the door of this store saying priests and dogs are not allowed in."
"If these 'people' around know that it is you who are sitting under the same roof drinking with them, I don't know how to be scared."
Shen Kodan laughed loudly: "I'm not a hag, and I'm not as jealous of ghosts as my uncle. As long as you don't commit crimes, you will be fine."
"The wine and food are here, the two guests are slow to serve." Xiaoer is only a half-body ghost, floating in the air quickly, and his movements are very agile.
Shen Koudan cupped his cup and drank it all in one gulp. Jiang Liu took a sip and said, "Don't drink too fast, good wine should be tasted slowly."
"I'm impatient, like drinking too much, and often make mistakes. My uncle let the kitten watch me and won't let me drink. I can only hide here occasionally. I just entered Baili Street, and I smelled this fragrance all the way. I can't stand it anymore, one cup of drinking, two cups of drinking, three cups of tasting, let's get through the addiction first and then talk."
Jiang Liu nodded: "The wine from Qianli Restaurant on Baili Street is fragrant for thousands of miles. Just because of this rare nectar and jade liquid that is hard to find in the world, I don't know how many people are drunk in memory of the world and refuse to reincarnate."
"Indeed, if it were me, I would definitely be reluctant."
The two drank and chatted, satiated and went downstairs to search for the ghost baby.
"Both of you, please stay."
Suddenly a voice called them both, Shen Kodan turned around, looked left and right, and pointed the fan at himself.
"Are you calling us?"
The middle-aged man was born with mischievous eyebrows, a few sparse beards, a big red mole on the right side of his face, and a long fox tail behind him. A cloth banner was placed next to the stall, and the words "half demon, half god, both mad and insane" were written on it. It looked like a fortune teller.
"The two young masters have extraordinary looks, do you want to check your palm reading and test your characters?"
Jiang Liu smiled and waved his hands: "Thank you." He never believed in fate, let alone things like fortune-telling.
Shen Kodan sat down in front of the booth: "I heard that the fox fairy is quite accurate in fortune-telling, come and try it?"
"This son is right. Jia's fortune-telling is absolutely efficacious, and he is not allowed to charge money."
Shen Kodan took off the camouflage on his hands and showed him the palms. Jiang Liu is a person who seldom rejects others, so he also asked Jia Huxian to read his palm.
Immortal Jia Hu stroked his mustache and pondered for a while: "This is a young lady, I would like to give each of you a word. My son, you are about to lose your most important thing. This lady, you are about to get back your most important thing." important stuff."
Said and looked at the two with a smile.
"That's the end?" Shen Koudan said in surprise, she thought she would talk a lot, those fortune tellers in martial arts novels, not the name and age of the other party, whether they are married, can all be calculated?
"I am a master who predicts things like a god. I don't look at the past and only ask about the future. I don't bother to guess the background and identity of the other party."
"Then how do we know if what you said is true?"
"When it really happens, you come to me to pay the money, and then add more, and I might be able to give you more answers."
It was too abstract and boring, Shen Koudan got up and left disappointed. Jiang Liu frowned and remained silent for a long time.
"Brother Jiang, don't you believe what he said?"
Jiang Liu shook his head. He really didn't believe it, but the most important thing to him was Xiao Si and Liu Zhi. Anything related to them would arouse his vigilance.
"Brother Jiang, there is a little tail following us!"
Jiang Liu turned around, saw a familiar figure hastily hiding in the bun shop next to him, and couldn't help laughing.
Walking in, seeing that person didn't dare to raise his head, he took a bun with one hand and gnawed hard.
"Rain morning?"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuu..." Yu Chen struggled to swallow the steamed stuffed bun, blushed in embarrassment and waved with a smile, "Haha, brother Jiang, what a coincidence! I met you here, are you here to go shopping?"
(end of this chapter)