Paintings of Terror

Ke Xun, Weidong, Cao Youning, Fang Fei, Luo Er and Xinchun, five people and one dog, came to the shop and market downstairs.

Ke Xun simply divides everyone into two groups: "Fang Fei, Dong Zi, and Cao You Ning, you will go around the market here, turnip and I will go to the store over there, and we will meet here in about an hour."

Cao Youning: "There is no time on the phone, how can I judge it for an hour," he said and looked around. "Why doesn't this big square even have a clock."

Time is indeed an issue, Fang Fei said: “Each team will ask as soon as possible. The team that completes the task first will wait here.”

"All right." Wei Dong looked around, "It can only be done like this. By the way, let's buy lunch by the way. It should be noon."

There are lights all around, and there is a gray fog outside the window. It is impossible to judge the direction of the sun, and it is impossible to know the approximate time.

Cao Youning nodded immediately: "Buy lunch, I'm already hungry!"

Everyone is a little hungry, and now we can only judge the time by the degree of digestion in the stomach, which is more primitive than primitive people.

After grouping, Ke Xun and Luo Ling walked to the row of shops.

"Brother, did you bring money?" Luo Ling followed Ke Xun, and Xin Chun followed behind like a little tail.

"I took some money from the package," Ke Xun touched his wallet. "The currency here should be universal. The bill shows that I spent some money on the Lantern Travel."

"Bills?! Brother, do you still have the habit of keeping accounts?" Luo Wei was surprised, feeling that this habit was completely inconsistent with Ke Xun's personal settings.

"I never keep accounts, but there is a simple record of the bill in my wallet, and it is in my handwriting." Ke Xun always did not understand this, and he planned to go back and said to Mu Yiran, "I went back to you. Also study the contents of your package carefully, I feel that the painting does not fully understand the habits of each of us."

They talked and walked. There should be a tailor shop in front of them. There should be nothing they want to buy, but Ke Xun still went in and asked: Boss, where can I sell magnifying glasses?

"The caravan of the Bright Brigade sells those rare goods." The old tailor lowered his head to sew the clothes. After a long time he looked up at Ke Xun and took off his glasses. "This is bought from the merchants of the caravan. of."

Ke Xun himself belongs to the Bright Traveling Caravan. Unfortunately, his caravan only sells spices: "Master, when will those caravans selling magnifying glasses come? Is it possible for our shop here to buy from them?"

After the old tailor took off his glasses, his eyes were a bit sunken, and there were obvious dark brown dark circles. At this time, these eyes stared at Ke Xun, without blinking, his voice was particularly gloomy: "When? You said When. Are you going to commit a bogey? You commit a bogey. You are a bogey."

Ke Xun didn't know which of his words ‘broke the taboo’, and at this time, the old tailor who was approaching step by step made him take two steps back.

Luo Yu was frightened by the side long ago, but Xinchun acted as a protector, "Uuuu..." a few times.

The old tailor seemed to be awakened by the sound of a dog. He took a breath, rubbed his eyes vigorously, and put on his glasses again: "Oh, boy, what did you just say?"

Ke Xun: I don't dare to say it anymore, I don't know which sentence is offended...

The old tailor thought for a moment: "Oh, look at my memory, you mean magnifying glass, right? Some shops of our Lantern Travel will buy goods from business travelers. There is a toy store in front that seems to have magnifying glasses, binoculars, etc. , You go try your luck."

"Okay, thank you." Ke Xun and Luo Er repeatedly thanked them, and hurried out.

"My goodness, brother, I was scared to death just now." Luo Ling's legs were soft.

Ke Xun was taken aback just now, but he quickly calmed down: "You said, what on earth did I make a bogey just now? Was it the Bright Brigade? However, the words Bright Brigade were clearly said by himself first. ."

Luo Yu has only experienced one painting after all, and he still has lingering fears at this time: "I think of the old NPCs Dong Ge told me about. There is an old man with a repeater, and it is said that he almost swallowed you and another in a red vest. There is an old man in the mail room, and an old radio man. He hasn't shown up, only an old voice: Don't pollute the color! I rely on this. I think this is the most scared."

Ke Xun: That doesn't seem to be an old man...

Luo Wei: "I can be regarded as someone who has experienced the old NPC..."

On the contrary, Ke Xun was somewhat relieved. The sudden mechanization of the NPC made people feel that this painting was not impeccable as imagined. At least it made everyone understand the taboos of this world, which was not far from mastering the rules.

After passing several shops, I saw a toy store, but the store door was tightly closed.

The two had to ask their neighbors-a mutton pie seller: "Boss, the toy store next to it is closed?"

Lamb pie owner: "I just closed the shop and went back to sleep."

Luo Ling looked at the shining candlelight around him: "Go back to sleep?"

The owner of the mutton shop disagrees: "If you are sleepy, go to sleep."

Ke Xun suddenly realized that a shop next to him was also about to close, and felt something wrong: "Why are you closing?"

"Close the door when you want to go to bed. We don't stipulate that you have to keep the door open." The owner of the mutton shop found that they didn't mean to buy mutton patties, and was a little unhappy.

Ke Xun looked at the big mutton patties that the boss was baking. There were many layers. The grilled minced mutton was fresh and topped with pepper tempeh. The taste was very attractive.

"Why don't we come here at noon?" Ke Xun said.

Luo Yu was hungry a long time ago, and the scent of mutton pie was too tempting: "Okay, just this! I have never seen such a large mutton pie!"

"Our Gulouzi is a famous food in the four brigade! Everyone who comes to the Lantern Brigade will taste it!" The boss quickly became enthusiastic again, "This big sheet is enough for three guys. How much do you want? cut!"

Ke Xun settled the bill: "Four first."

"Good!" The boss's voice was loud, and he didn't expect to meet such a big customer.

Ke Xun further smiled and said: "We are very casual to open a store here. If we say we are sleepy, we will be sleepy, and we will be closed when we say it is closed. If we come to you next time to buy, can we buy it?"

After pondering all the way, Ke Xun seemed to vaguely understand what that ‘taboo’ was.

Luo Wei also hurriedly said: "Yes, boss, if it's delicious, let's have dinner..."

Ke Xun slapped Luo Ling vigorously and told him to shut up immediately. At this moment, he smiled and said, "If it is delicious, we will eat your cakes every day!"

The boss was very happy when he heard this: "Don’t worry, our shop will only close when the lights are off. As long as the lights are turned on, the shop will be opened immediately! The shop opened by my brother and I can’t make cakes in shifts. So tired."

The owner is very agile. He has already cut out four large lamb patties with a knife. They are golden in color and filled with meat, which looks very delicious.

Ke Xun thought for a while, then asked carefully: "We are here for the first time, is it about to turn off the lights now?"

The boss stopped his hand, holding the knife in his right hand, and holding the cake on the case with his left hand, his face was filled with confusion, as if he had lost his memory.

Luo Geng'er trembled and dragged Ke Xun back a few steps, afraid that the NPC would suddenly run away.

About half a minute later, the boss seemed to come back to his senses: "Look at me, what is it? Gulouzi will not taste good when it is cold! Hurry up and pretend it!"

Ke Xun didn't say any more. He took the big paper bag of mutton patties handed over by the boss, paid for it, and asked, "By the way, where can I sell magnifying glasses?"

The boss thought for a while: "There is a toy store next to it. If there are dealers from the Guangming Brigade at the market, you may be able to buy it!" The boss said, he looked at the cotton robe on Ke Xun, "You are the Guangming Brigade. Come on, you never lack those rare things in your hands."

Ke Xun smiled and said, "It may be that I can't find it where I left it. I will look for it when I go back."

Luo Ling followed Ke Xun and walked out of the shop: "Oh my god, we were guilty of which sentence just now, the boss almost..."

"It's time." Ke Xun said in a low voice. The surroundings were relatively quiet and there were not too many people.

"time?"

"Yes, the first time I committed a taboo was because I asked,'When will the caravan selling magnifying glass come?' This is a relatively clear point in time. The old tailor later emphasized the repetition of the four words'when'; The second time I almost made a bogey, it was because I asked, "Is the light going out soon?" This is another point in time, but maybe I asked more casually, so it did not cause a strong reaction from the NPC." Ke Xun said to himself The analysis speaks out.

Luo Ling thinks about it carefully and thinks it makes sense: "However, people will inevitably talk about the time in their daily speech, such as'what time is it now','when are you coming?','is it almost out of light? ,','Go to sleep as you say, when are you Jio when you sleep'..."

"So, we'd better avoid talking to NPC, and when we have to say something, we must also pay attention to taboos." Ke Xun did not expect that this world is so complicated, and there are so many taboos in communicating with NPCs.

When the two returned to the meeting place, Weidong had already been waiting there.

Cao Youning ran over with joy: "Did you buy something delicious?!"

Luo Yu: "You are more greedy than me. I was jumping three times and I thought you bought a magnifying glass."

Cao Youning rubbed his hands excitedly when he saw the mutton pie, and complained to Luo Wei: "There is nothing to buy in the market, it's all needles, pigs, sheep, dogs and rabbits."

"Why are you still a pig, sheep, dog, rabbit?"

"Yes, there are live animals," Cao Youning nodded, "Those sheep bleating are so annoying!" Then he looked at the mutton pie in Ke Xun's hand. It seemed that he was eating the mutton pie for revenge.

Wei Dong, who was waiting there, took the conversation: "Except for pigs and sheep, no other animals bark."

"Other? What else?" Luo Ling asked.

"rabbit."

"The rabbit didn't scream, right?"

"Dogs are dumb like Xinchun." Wei Dong said.

Fang Fei also said: "There are also chickens. Those roosters don't seem to crow."

Luo Wei: Is it Oye, the fighting chicken in the legendary egg-laying rooster?

Weidong spread out his hands: "We thought it was rare, so we asked. The boss said that the chicken called that way, coo, coo, and the rooster called the same way. After asking too much, the boss became anxious and almost ran away on the spot."