Chapter 14: The Old Man
The moon alternates with waxing and waning. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoUnder the changing moonlight stood the majestic stone statue of the general, and Chen Xiu was still asleep under the stone statue. Slowly the moonlight brightened, and when it was white under the cliff, the water came out of the top, and the water slowly submerged here, but Chen Xiu did not float but lay firmly on the ground.
A dream for a thousand years, as if there is another world in Chen Xiu's dream. How can the heavens and the earth be lifted up by water?
The water came, the fiery serpent left, the dead soul roared, the goddess called, the black armor was reset, and the broken wall coincided. There is another cycle in between moments.
The female voice sighed, "Why bother? ”
No one answered.
I don't know how long it took for a drop of water left in the corner of the stone statue's eyes to drip down, and the water was ruthless, and the stone was heartless.
The water droplets were falling on Chen Xiu's forehead, waking Chen Xiu up. Chen Xiu opened his eyes and got up, and water droplets flowed down his nose bone.
Taishang Lake
Two old men sat on the ground, one was dressed in a short shirt and his hair was messy, and the other was an old scholar with a scarf on his head. Next to it, a stack of salt-boiled edamame, a stack of salt-boiled peanuts, and a jar of old wine are also placed on the floor. There was a fish basket behind the old man, and there were three big crabs in the basket.
In August and September, the crabs are fattening.
Chai Weng said, "You 'dead old man', I will do the most to catch these three crabs, of course, if two of them belong to me!" ”
The old scholar said, "What you said is wrong, you should use my steamer to cook crabs for a while, so naturally I should have two!" ”
Chai Weng said, "It's not my firewood burning under your steamer!" ”
It turned out that the two crabs that were caught were not willing to let anyone else, but they saw an inexplicable thing floating on the water.
Chai Weng patted the old scholar on the shoulder and said, "Dead old man, you have good eyes, look at what is over there." ”
"Where can I see clearly!" The old scholar laughed and scolded.
When the boat approached, he saw that it was a person, but he still had gas when he went to see it. There was nowhere to release people on the boat, and the two old men had no strength to carry him up. Chai Weng patted his head, turned around and took a rope, tied the man's arm at one end and tied the other end to the bow of the boat, and dragged the man along the boat as well. When the boat came to shore, the two pulled him to the shore and slapped the man in the face. The man threw up his head and spat out a few mouthfuls of water, and then passed out again, thinking that the injuries were not light.
The old scholar had a little medical skills, squatted down with the support of Chai Weng, looked at the man, and sighed after a while, "He shouldn't be able to!" I see my leg bones are broken! ”
"Broken leg bone? This is the awakening of the shouting and not being able to move. Chai Weng said. The two of them discussed it, and thought of moving the man to his residence, which was also a few miles away. People are old and young, how can they find a helper in the mountains and wilderness, so they have no choice but to drag the person to the firewood and drag him away, and Chai Weng also walks by the side to help. Pushing open the fence door, they crossed the courtyard and entered the house, and it took them a long time to put the man on the bed. Seeing that he was soaking wet again, he took a piece of clothing for him to change into, and tied his legs according to the earthwork. After tossing like this, it was already dark.
"Now it's okay, let's have another share of food, we don't have to fight." Chai Weng laughed, took the firewood and boiled the crab.
Autumn breeze is cool. A small oil lamp flickered at the head of the bed. Chen Xiu only felt lightheaded, or he hadn't seen the light for a long time, and his eyes felt dazzling when he opened them slightly. I wanted to get out of bed again, but I felt a sharp pain in my leg, thinking that it was caused by the collapse of the stone wall.
"Good boy! When you wake up, the crab will be cooked! Chai Weng smiled.
Chen Xiu opened his eyes and looked around, "Where is this?" ”
"My family!" Chai Weng smiled and pointed out the window, "See, it was our brothers who got you in." ”
Chen Xiu looked at Chai Weng and saw a pomegranate tree on the left side of the courtyard, with several large pomegranates hanging from the tree. It seems strange, but I can't put it into words. An old man with gray hair on the right came over slowly.
Chen Xiu asked, "How far is it from Taishang Lake?" ”
Chai Weng smiled, "Far! Thousands of steps! ”
"How far is a few thousand steps?"
"It's hard to take a step with old arms and legs, it's exhausting to walk thousands of steps!"
Chen Xiu said in his heart, since it is not far away, it will be easy to do, thinking that he will not be seen for a few days, someone should look around, and asked, "Can someone from Lianyunzhai come to find someone these days?" ”
Chai Weng thought and shook his head, "In our mountainous and wild land, no one will come here to ask." ”
As he was talking, a fragrance wafted in, and the old scholar also came with a bottle of wine, "Old Chai Tou, carry the steamer down with me!" Seeing that Chen Xiu woke up again, he laughed, "What a boy, I'm really awake!" Say that you have a broken leg bone, and you are still so energetic. ”
"Gotcha! You lie down first, and I'll help get the crabs out!" Alas! People are old and useless, it turns out that one person can do two people's work! Chai Weng said with a smile, and stepped out in two or three steps to talk and laugh with the old scholar. After a short time, the food was arranged, and the two of them came in and sat down, and gave Chen Xiu another share.
After eating, Chen Xiu confirmed that he had finally come out of the Great Dream Cliff, his head was completely sober, and he got up and said, "The junior surname is Chen Mingxiu, dare to ask what the two of you are called?" ”
The old men looked at each other and laughed. Chai Weng said first, "You can call him a stinky old man!" ”
The old scholar was also polite, "Then it's good for you to call him old and immortal!" ”
Chen Xiu smiled dryly, "That's 'stinky seniors' and 'old-timers'." Thank you two for fishing me up! ”
"Don't thank you." We two have to thank you, if you don't come, we two old things might have to quarrel until tomorrow. ”
Chen Xiu smiled, "When I was dreaming, I persuaded you to fight?" ”
"Not really! Three crabs divided into two people, which is a big problem. Are you here to solve this problem in no time? The old scholar said. The three of them laughed.
"The old man said that you asked Lianyunzhai, why did you provoke Lianyunzhai?" The old scholar asked, and then saw that Chen Xiu was speechless, and laughed, "You just say!" We two old immortals are not afraid, if you get into trouble with Lianyun Village, we can't throw you outside! ”
Chen Xiu didn't know what to say, telling them that he had come out of the Ten Thousand Poison Mountain? Thinking about it, he just smiled and shook his head. Chai Weng thought that Chen Xiu had a hidden intention and didn't want to say it, and he didn't care, "You young people just like to hide your heart, and when you are the two of us, you won't be afraid of anything." ”
Chen Xiu sighed in his heart, thinking that no one would come to look for him after disappearing for a few days. Thinking that this place seemed to be a remote place, he didn't think about it anymore, looked around and asked, "What kind of holiday is today?" ”
Chen Xiu saw that the wooden beams here were dusty, and the ground was uneven, thinking that it was probably not a rich family, but at this time, the wine and food were so rich, so he guessed like this.
"Isn't it a holiday, can you still eat it?" Chai Weng laughed, "If you want to say it's a festival, today is a big festival to eat crabs!" ”
However, after a long time, the wine and food were exhausted, and Chai Weng and the old scholar packed up their things and left, leaving Chen Xiu alone.
Chen Xiu was half-lying, and then looked out the window at the autumn moon, thinking that most of the lives of this Ten Thousand Poisonous Mountain would be gone in a few days, and he unconsciously scolded, "Liu Rat, don't let me see you!" ”