Jiang Laosi walked happily on the road, and even his steps were a little brisk. The bag on his waist was heavy, and it was the silver money he had just won. As he walked, he heard the sound of metal grinding inside his bag, which made him feel extremely comfortable.

"A prodigal in a prodigal, I'll kiss you...... I don't know... Regardless of the wind and rain......"

He had a dog's tail in his mouth, sang a local tune, put his hands behind his head, washed his coarse cloth clothes quite cleanly, and walked without the impatience and hurry of a businessman.

The bluestone pavement is potholed, and a lot of splashes can be made when you step down. In the distance, two figures, one big and one small, walked towards Jiang Laosi's alley, those two figures Jiang Laosi was very familiar, he beckoned to the two figures and shouted: "Hey, Brother Li!

Li Xuan saw that he was carrying a big bag on his waist, squeezed his eyes and smiled: "Yo, Jiang Laosi, it looks like he has made a lot of money!"

Jiang Laosi snorted, waved his hand again and again, and said: "No, I made a little money, can I make a lot of money?"

Ah Xiao saw that they were chatting, so he squatted aside and did not interrupt them.

After chatting for a while, Li Xuan asked, "You have a lot of time today, Brother Jiang, why don't you even do business after making money?"

"Isn't there a thing, I'm not looking for Ah Xiao now? We're still waiting to go to Hexi to collect melons! You say yes, Ah Xiao!" Jiang Laosi said to Ah Xiao.

"Yes, yes, I haven't been there yet!" Ah Xiao nodded.

"Then I'll have to give you a heads-up. Li Xuan's tone became serious, and said: "I just came from the dock, the water has risen a lot this year, don't say that my brother didn't remind you, it's best not to go if you can." After speaking, he also turned the money bag of the fourth child of the river with his hand, took out a grain of broken silver from it, and said with a smile:

"That's it, I'm going to play with both hands, Jiang Laosi, you don't act righteously, you won't even give me a little dividend, don't blame my brother for going to Fuxi Street to learn the scriptures and not bring you. ”

The flesh on Jiang Laosi's cheeks trembled, he looked at Ah Xiao, covered his mouth with his hand, and whispered: "Didn't you just take care of yourself to learn the scriptures last time! Those compassionate female bodhisattvas, didn't they all go with you to discuss the scriptures? Which one else is left for me?"

Li Xuan laughed a few times and said, "Next time, next time, I must pick a few beautiful little bodhisattvas!" Then he ran in the direction of Chen's house.

Jiang Laosi looked at Li Xuan's distant figure and scolded secretly: "Dead-eyed, the family is so rich and still eats my red, and the heart is black!"

Ah Xiao listened to the two of them and asked, "Uncle Jiang, what do you mean by 'learning scriptures'? Also, I remember that we don't have a temple here, where did the female bodhisattva come from? Are you talking about Fuxi Street?"

Ah Xiao had never been to Fuxi Street, and listening to the tone of the adults, it seemed to be a mysterious place.

Jiang Laosi's face was a little not good, he rubbed Ah Xiao's face with both hands, and said in a low but serious voice: "There is no female Bodhisattva, where is the female Bodhisattva?" I am discussing with your Uncle Xuan about going to the temple to worship the Buddha, you children don't understand, don't talk nonsense." ”

Ah Xiao nodded obediently.

Jiang Laosi raised his arrogant head again, took Ah Xiao's little hand, and waved his big hand: "Walk! Uncle Jiang will take you to see the world today!"

......

The great river goes east, the waves are exhausted, and the characters are merry through the ages.

This sentence is used to describe the current stream, but it is somewhat appropriate.

The old wharf, which is usually more than a foot above the water level, has been submerged by the raging river, and only the boat that is still tied to the wharf is left to float on the water. The river in the distance churned in the channel, and the water from the upstream was still turbulent, bringing a huge amount of water and sediment, and the originally clear river water had turned turbid yellow.

Jiang Laosi looked at his small boat, which was almost three feet from the shore, and his face stiffened with a smile that had been smiling.

"Uncle Jiang, are we going to Hexi today?" asked Ah Xiao.

Jiang Laosi smiled bitterly and said, "With such a big water, the boat doesn't dare to drive, no wonder Brother Xuan said this." After speaking, he looked at Ah Xiao and asked, "Why don't we go back today?"

Ah Xiao was a little regretful, and turned around and left a little lonely.

Ah Xiao hadn't been out of such a far place a few times.

He was raised at home by the old Taoist priest and Jiang Laosi since he was a child, and when he could take care of his own affairs, the old Taoist priest did not take him out of the stall.

He didn't dare to go far away alone, nor did he dare to go to a place with few people, and when he was playing by the river, Su Jie often said that he was timid and didn't even dare to go into the water. But in fact, Ah Xiao's courage is not small, he has been bold since he was a child.

Because the old Taoist priest had said that he would be very sad if he disappeared.

Ah Xiao likes his grandfather very much, and he doesn't want his grandfather to be sad, so he doesn't care what they say.

So this child, who was still very immature, was very obedient enough to eat and read by himself—the books were bought by the old Taoist priest from other old bookstores, and they should be literacy books sold by the students of the school. His daily life is to read at home, using dead branches on the ground to write according to the words on the book. If Su Jie was at home, he could still go to the neighbor's house to play, but then Su Jie went to school and left him alone.

So when Ah Xiao heard that he could come out, he was very happy.

Jiang Laosi looked at Ah Xiao's small figure, and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but suddenly his eyes lit up and he thought of an idea.

He stepped forward in three steps and two steps, hugged Ah Xiao, ignored Ah Xiao's call, carried the small body directly on his shoulder, and laughed: "Let's go! Uncle Jiang will take you to the teahouse today to listen to the story! Today, we are not short of money!"

In the morning, the teahouse is a little deserted compared to the evening.

The morning tea requires six copper plates, including two large white flour steamed buns, a stack of chili sauce, a cup of tea, and a piece of spicy and refreshing rock sugar.

The storyteller in the morning is still the same Mr. Liu, and there was more than one storyteller in the small town before. Since Mr. Liu came to tell the story, every day has been in full swing, and several former storytellers have been a little angry and blamed Mr. Liu for stealing their jobs. It wasn't until later that the two sides competed, and Mr. Liu was alone and the others were extremely ashamed, and since then, Mr. Liu has become the only storyteller in this small city.

Mr. Liu's storytelling skills are amazing, and the story is also novel and legendary, unlike several other gentlemen, turning over and over are just some old-fashioned historical stories...... All kinds of stories come at your fingertips, and every time you get a lot of applause.

The people listening to the book were eating steamed buns with chili peppers, sweating profusely and pouring a sip of tea, but when it came to the wonderful point of Mr. Liu's talk, some people who were still swallowing steamed buns, people who were still drinking tea, and people who were still wiping their sweat couldn't help but stand up and give the most enthusiastic applause to this excellent storyteller.

In front of the teahouse is a stage, and there is a long wooden table on which is placed a piece of wood used by the storyteller, and Mr. Liu stands behind the table and tells today's story with great interest.

"As I said last time, Liu Sheng went to Beijing to take the exam, and his family background was not thick, so he couldn't afford to live in this official inn, so he originally wanted to invest in a monk temple and Taoist Taoist temple. ”

"Who knows that there is only a deserted temple in the vicinity of ten miles, this temple is in disrepair, it is no longer a shape, weeds are growing, the hall is full of cobwebs, Liu Sheng secretly said unlucky, he was tired from the journey for many days, he didn't think much about it, and found a clean place in the apse and fell asleep. ”

Mr. Liu stopped talking with a smile and took a sip of tea unhurriedly.

Everyone in the audience listened with relish, and when a young man saw that he didn't talk anymore, he said anxiously: "What's going on in the back? Mr. Liu, don't hang our appetite!"

Mr. Liu picked up the shocking wood and slapped it heavily on the wooden table!

"Smack!"

Everyone's eyes were attracted by this shot.

Mr. Liu stroked his long beard, and when he saw that the effect was good, he continued:

Liu Sheng was resting in the temple, and in the middle of the night, he happened to hear some unusual sounds, like the sound of someone walking, and he was a little vigilant. There are no people in this ten miles radius, and those who come here to spend the night are either robbers and bandits or beggars. ”

"But no matter what it is, it's not a good thing to encounter it here at night, there is no government here, and only God knows what happened. Therefore, Liu Sheng picked up a bowl of thick wooden sticks from the ground and hid behind the curtain, revealing one eye to see what was going on. ”

It seemed that a person had come in the front hall, and it wasn't until he got closer to Liu Sheng that he found that the person who came in was small and wearing a white dress. Three thousand green silk scattered on the shoulders, Dai Mei cleverly like the celebrity genius painted, the skin is like condensation, the cherry mouth seems to be holding red Zhu Dan, the fingers are slender, every move is fluttering like a fairy in the sky, the eyes are full of autumn waves, and people are extremely lovely. ”

There is a poem as proof:

"The tassel of the evening clouds, the return of spring to the snow. ”

"Sighing Yuhuai, drunk and light field smoke"

Liu Sheng only knows how to read the book of sages and sages on weekdays, where has he ever seen such a woman? Breathing inadvertently became short, but this was noticed by the woman, and she was frightened that the fairy-like people trembled and snorted......

Jiang Laosi took Ah Xiao's hand and walked into the teahouse, found a good place to sit down, and the shopkeeper saw that it was Jiang Laosi, so he ran over very interestingly and said, "Old customer, why did you come this morning?"

Jiang Laosi smiled and took out ten copper plates from his arms, and said to the guy: "Remove the steamed buns, and the others will be served in two." ”

"Okay!" Xiao Er put away the copper plate, ran to work for a while, and after a while, he brought two cups of tea.

"Brother Jiang, your rock candy. The shopkeeper took out a blue and white porcelain jar, took out two pieces of rock candy and put them on the saucer and was about to leave, but Jiang Laosi reached out and stopped him first.

Jiang Laosi approached the shop and asked in a low voice, "What are you talking about today?"

When the shopkeeper saw him asking, he became interested, put the jar of rock candy on the table, and said: "Today, Mr. Liu is telling the story of Liu Sheng's rush to take the exam, and now it happens to be the highlight of the story! ”

Jiang Laosi stopped the shopkeeper again, looked at Ah Xiao, and said like a scoundrel: "My kid likes to eat candy, why don't you give a few more pieces?"

The shopkeeper looked at the well-behaved Ah Xiao on the side, and was anxious to listen to Mr. Liu's story, so he whispered: "Don't show it to others!" So he took out two more pieces of rock candy from the porcelain jar and put them on Ah Xiao's porcelain plate.

Ah Xiao stood up and said thank you.

Xiao Er touched Ah Xiao's face and laughed: "This kid is so cute! Brother Jiang, don't always make it difficult for me to run errands! I'll get busy first, you listen slowly!" With that, he hurried to the kitchen and was busy.

Jiang Laosi looked at Ah Xiao and said proudly: "Eat it! The rock candy in this house is very sweet, and the taste is pure, which is much better than what is sold outside." ”

"By the way, Uncle Jiang, Mr. Zhao said that he had something to say to you and grandpa, and grandpa was not there, so I gave you the note, and everything was written on the note. ”

Jiang Laosi took the note and looked at it, and then put it in his pocket.

"Uncle Jiang, what did it say?"

"Nothing, just a few trifles. He smiled, habitually twisting Ah Xiao's face.