Zhu Meijuan muttered: "Why does he care so much about those flowers, it's so strange." ”

I couldn't tell the truth, so I had to half-jokingly say: "There are alcoholics, bookworms, and chess addicts in this world, everyone has their own special preferences, maybe Lu Fan is a nymphomaniac." ”

Hearing me say this, Zhu Meijuan laughed, and Ba Zhu burst into tears and said, "Brother Wu Tian is a money idiot." ”

We laughed, and Wu Tian laughed and said, "What's wrong with the money idiot, I think it's good." ”

At this time, the old man of the inn came to knock on the door, saying that he had brought us food, Bazhu opened the door, and the old man put a pot of brown rice, a plate of wild vegetables, a plate of dried meat and half a roast chicken on the table, and said with a smile: "There is nothing good to eat in the mountains, so you will fill your stomach." ”

Zhu Meijuan was surprised: "This half of the roast chicken ......." ”

The old man said, "I'm afraid that you won't be used to eating wild vegetables and roe deer jerky, so I'll tear up half of the roast chicken and give it to you." ”

Zhu Meijuan said: "How embarrassing is this, you can't eat decent meat ...... a few times a year." ”

The old man hurriedly said: "Don't worry, girl, you gave me a lot of money just now, which is enough for me to buy a lot of roast chicken, and now I only give half a roast chicken because I am embarrassed, you can eat it, I will buy one when I go to the town to buy it later." ”

Zhu Meijuan politely thanked the old man.

The old man was about to withdraw, but Zhu Meijuan suddenly thought of something and asked, "Old man, are you familiar with this old nest mountain?"

The old man smiled and said, "I have lived here all my life, do you think I am familiar with it? To put it mildly, I know very well how many lakes and trees there are in the mountains." ”

Wu Tian and I glanced at each other, and we both understood what Zhu Meijuan meant by asking, in fact, this old man is an excellent guide, but he is too old, I'm afraid it will be difficult to go up the mountain, I'm afraid he can't be a guide, after all, we have to stay in the mountain for many days.

The old man seemed to see the purpose of our question, and asked, "Do you need my help with anything?" ”

Zhu Meijuan said: "Old man, we need a guide who is familiar with the terrain when we want to enter Laowo Mountain, so ...... But you're too old for us to let you take any risks, so do you have the right person to recommend to us?"

The old man smiled and said: "I've been guarding the old guys downstairs in the inn, and I don't have much contact with the outside world, so I don't have any suitable candidates to recommend, but I can, don't look at my age, but you may not have walked me on the mountain road." ”

Wu Tian sneered and said: "Old man, don't tease, we have to go to the mountains to find someone, it may take many days, you are really not suitable for this age, don't be reckless." ”

The old man was not happy, and said, "What is strong, I can really do it, you see that these roe deer meat and wild vegetables were all obtained by myself in the mountains, otherwise how could I survive here, I would have starved to death a long time ago." ”

Wu Tian tilted his head and asked, "Is it really possible?"

The old man straightened his waist and patted his chest and said, "It's really okay, you can rest assured, if something happens to me in the mountain, I will be responsible for myself, and you don't have to take any responsibility!"

Wu Tian squinted his eyes and thought about it and said, "Okay, then you will be our guide, and I will take care of your year's roast chicken after the work, and I will ensure that you will have roast chicken to eat every day!"

The old man hurriedly waved his hand and said: "You don't need so much, you are tired of eating roast chicken every day, you are good, I will help you for free with this favor, anyway, the inn has not been to the corpse chaser for many years, there will be no business, close the door and enter the mountain!"

As soon as I heard that I didn't want money Wu Tian immediately closed his mouth happily, took the old man's hand and thanked him again and again, making the old man embarrassed, Wu Tian pulled the old man to sit down and chatted a few words, we learned that the old man's surname was Jin, called Jin Jiefang, the name was given by his adoptive father back then, and the adoptive father generally called him Xiao Jinzi, it is definitely not appropriate for us to call him so, the old man said that it is called Lao Jinzi, listening to kindness, we were amused and laughed, and we could only rely on him.

Before leaving, the old gold said, "If you want to enter the mountain, I think it's best to leave tonight." ”

Wu Tian said: "I haven't eaten this meal yet, and I'm not in a hurry for a while, I still have to take a breath when I hang myself." ”

Lao Jinzi said: "That's not what it means, my body rheumatism is very serious, whenever there is a storm is coming it is very painful, the bones are like there are insects biting, very accurate, today I am very uncomfortable, the storm is coming, according to my experience is not the middle of the night or early morning storm will definitely come, once the storm comes, the road into the mountain will be very muddy, and even floods and mudslides, the road into the mountain can not go, at least wait a week to enter the mountain, otherwise it is too dangerous, so I recommend rushing into the mountain before the storm comes!" ”

Wu Tian was suspicious: "Is it so accurate, you are still a weather radar?"

"I don't know what radar is, but my accuracy is probably more accurate than radar, and I've never missed it once," said Lao Jinzi. ”

Wu Tian looked at me with a frown and asked me for advice.

Lao Jinzi lives in the area of Laowo Mountain all the year round, and he naturally knows the climate here very well, and he has no reason to lie to us, there should be no joke, if the storm really comes, then we will have to wait for a week, and we can't wait for a week at all, maybe Du Yong and Maxiang would have been fine, but because something happened this week, it would be worth the loss, so I would rather believe it, so I said: "Okay, we will go into the mountain after dinner!"

Lao Jinzi waved his hand and said, "Then there is no need to be in such a hurry, you have eaten and are sleeping, it is about eleven o'clock in the evening for us to enter the mountain, and I still need to prepare something to enter the mountain, and I will call you when I have packed it up." ”

We expressed our gratitude to Lao Jinzi, and only after he withdrew did we sit down to eat, Wu Tian took a bite of the dried meat, but chewed two bites and vomited, with a look of disgust and said: "How to eat this meat chewing like chewing a cardboard box, how did Lao Jinzi live here for decades, I really admire, forget it, I eat white rice." ”

It's hard to swallow, but it's slightly better than compressed biscuits, and it's nice to be able to eat in this kind of place, so we don't pay attention to it.

Exhausted both physically and mentally, we went to sleep after eating, and as the night grew deeper and the earth was silent, we fell into a deep sleep.

I don't know how long I slept, I was woken up by a crisp ringtone, but I didn't get up, just pricked up my ears to listen, this crisp ringtone is like the kind of hand-cranked copper bell emitted, I thought of Chen Daochang's three clear bells, where did this kind of bell come from in the middle of the night, curiosity made me sit up.