1. Border towns
Huangshi Town, just like its name, has no green mountains and beautiful waters, no fine water, no lights and oars, only yellow sand and stones all over the ground.
When twilight falls, and all the yellow sand and stones are obscured by the heavy twilight, it is also the busiest time of the day in Yellowstone.
A street that is not spacious, running through the east and west directions of Yellowstone Town, is like an arrow carved out of a dagger, guiding pedestrians in the direction of progress, and on this arrow, crowded with all kinds of people, men, women, old, young, bearded, frowning, climbing walls, hanging, begging for food, striking iron, performing arts, playing monkeys, walking rivers and lakes, stepping on flowers, sitting in restaurants to eat, squatting under the pergola to drink tea, soliciting customers in the street, peeing on the mud walls, hugging each other and flirting with each other.
Some of these people are fierce, some are kind, some are hippie and smiling, some are serious, some are playing big knives in the street, and some take off their pants and fart.
These people set up the lively atmosphere of Yellowstone, making this remote town in the northwest desolate and desolate a pearl in the yellow sand.
And the reason why this town is lively is because it is the only foothold in the west of Yangguan.
The young knights have to go out of the customs to find the masters who are hidden outside the fortress to learn their skills, the headhunters of the six doors want to arrest the Jiangyang thieves who try to get through the customs in the dark, the minions on the mountains hide in the crowd and secretly observe how much oil and water there are on the pedestrians who come and go, and the dignitaries of the dart bureau have to transport the silk and jewelry in the pass to the Western Regions in a large cart, and then bring back the medicinal herbs and good horses in the Western Regions, while the residents of the town are waiting to blackmail those wronged bosses who are in a hurry to eat and fight.
All in all, it's a place where fish and dragons are mixed, big fish, small fish, loaches, small white dragons, one-eyed dragons, haunted everywhere with bad intentions.
However, whether it is a good person, a bad person, a prostitute, a homosexual, or a pervert, as long as you are a human being, you always have to eat and drink Lazar, as long as you eat and drink Lazar, there is a shop to buy and sell, if you want to eat and drink, there are restaurants and restaurants, you want to drink tea and chat, there are tea sheds, you have to wear clothes and hats, there are silk and satin shops, you want to try local snacks, there are stalls and food stalls, you want to prostitute prostitutes, there are brothels in Qinglou, you want to have a tryst with your lover, there are grocery stores that sell toilet paper and condoms.
Anyway, if you need anything, this town has it all, and only you can think of it.
Day or night, all the shops are open for twelve hours, waiting for you at any time, and the owners of all the shops will put the best goods in the most eye-catching places to attract the attention of passers-by, so that those who want to buy will happily go out of the silver, so that those who do not want to buy will see their sincerity, and have to pay for the silver.
Whether it's cloudy or rainy, the guys in the shop will stand at the door, put the most charming and bright smile on their faces, trick you in, slaughter you with blood, and make you happily pull out the silver, and make you want to visit here next time.
There are a lot of shops and people are very mixed, but the people who do business are very sincere, even if they are not sincere, but they also pretend to be sincere on their faces, so that you can find a feeling of being at home, and among these people, the most amiable is of course Mr. Nie in the Welcome Building.
Although Yingbin Building is not the most luxurious restaurant in Huangshi Town, it is the largest, cleanest and best service restaurant in Huangshi Town.
And Mr. Nie is the owner of the Welcome Building.
Although Mr. Nie, the big boss of the Yingbin Building, is not the richest person in the town, he must be the most popular and the best business person in Huangshi Town.
No business, no treachery.
However, there was no hint of treachery on the face of the businessman Mr. Nie.
Mr. Nie's appearance is not only not treacherous, but he is also very easy-going, smiling all day long, and he looks like a Maitreya Buddha who has returned to the world.
Pot-bellied, smiling and shaking a fan, nodding and saying hello when he sees people, shouting and asking for warmth when he sees people, and asking if you want to come in and drink two cups when he sees people.
He was smiling like this all day long, no one had ever seen him lose his temper, and no one had ever seen him start swearing.
Therefore, some people bet that if you strip Mr. Nie of his clothes, and then, hang him to a tree for three days and three nights, and pluck all the hair on his body one by one, he will not be angry.
Some people even said that if you stole his eldest wife, second wife and younger wife in broad daylight in front of him, he would not be angry.
All in all, Mr. Nie was born with such a good temper.
People are not treacherous, and they have a good temper, so the business of Mr. Nie's welcome building is naturally good, so good that it is outrageous, so good that it makes people jealous.
People who have a good business, of course, have a lot of friends.
Mr. Nie's friends are diverse and colorful.
There are chivalrous, prostitutes, showers, monks, ruffians and hooligans, thieves with six doors, flowers and alleys, and even one or two officials in the court.
Some of these people have admired him for a long time, some have been friends at first sight, some have been friends for eight years, and some are neighbors, and they usually make friends with Mr. Nie after meeting him once.
Of course, these people are not all good people, and in the beginning, they didn't want to make friends with him, but deliberately came to find fault. However, those who originally came to find fault with him on purpose, after appreciating his good temper, they had to make friends with him.
These people all like Mr. Nie.
Of course, friends who like Mr. Nie often come to support him.
Therefore, the business of the welcome building has always been very prosperous, full of friends, pushing cups and changing lamps, and shouting five and six.
However, the person who walked into the welcome building at this moment didn't seem to be here to cheer.
The man was pale, his eyes were blue, his body was fat, he was young, not yet thirty years old, and he was already eating like a large water urn.
In fact, this water urn is not very big, but if it is used to hold water, it is enough to supply the entire Yingbin Building for a day or two to make tea, cook rice, and wash pots.
He rode proudly on an even more arrogant horse, his eyes turned outward like frogs, squinting at the signboard hanging at the door with the three big characters "Yingbin Building", the corners of his mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but show a sneer of disdain, and said, "Hmph, Yingbin Building." ”
After sneering, he stretched out a fat little white hand, gently patted the head of the big horse under his crotch, and pouted: "Baby, it seems that you and I have to settle here tonight, and there is no place to live in the whole town." ”
As if he understood what he said, the horse shook the long brown hair around his neck, tilted his head, and howled twice, which was reluctantly agreed, and the look, the posture, and the pomp were even more spirited, exaggerated, and arrogant than its master.
But there's no denying that it's a good horse.