Chapter 29: The Merchant (Text)
"Pretty ...... There are quite a lot, and there have been seven or eight batches of people in the past few years. I remember there was also a group of foreigners with a bunch of messy things. Those people are quite dragged, pretending to be something, aren't they also here to dump local goods! Phew! ”
Zhang Meng had a fever on his face, this Laizi didn't say exactly what they said, and he came out with a whole letter of appointment like a dog, Zhao San, the old thing, squinted his eyes and smashed the liquor as if he hadn't heard it.
"And then?" There was not the slightest embarrassment on Chen's face, and he asked Laizi.
"Where are the things of the river god so easy to take? When the group came out, there were only five left, and they were all like lost dogs, and they were all crazy. If it weren't for the weapons they still have, Lao Tzu would have stripped the little lady of the gold ornaments! ”
After Lai Zi finished speaking, he knew that he was a little speechless, and he was relieved to see that Chen Cripple had no reaction.
"How? Are these masters here to dump local goods? ”
Raiko asked curiously.
"Does that brother have anything to introduce, the benefits are indispensable to the Laizi brothers, they are all a family."
"Well, that's a good feeling...... Good feelings! Lai Zixiao's eyes couldn't be seen, and several layers of eyelids were stacked at the corners of his eyes.
"If you turn over the goods, there are many potholes in the soil potholes near Shaoshan, but they are almost dug for the people in the village, and a few masters can also see if there are any fish that have slipped through the net, but there is not much hope."
Laizi thought about it and said carefully. At that time, a few young people came to the village with a few sacks of money to collect things, and some broken bowls and other things were sold for dozens of large tickets, and only then did these villagers know that they were living in the golden mountain. In those years, the people in the village did not turn over the land, so they went everywhere to find a shovel under the hole, but also turned over a lot of good things, the young man would come to the village regularly to collect once, and some people made a lot of money and went out to enjoy the blessings.
Lai Zi clapped his hands a little distressed: "At the beginning, if I was idle all day long, I would have poured a few big pits, but now I still guard the pit every day, and I don't even have a wife!" ”
Looking at Lai Zi's painful appearance, Zhao San was a little amused, and hurriedly said: "It's too late now, don't hide it from Brother Lai Zi, we are here this time to do a big trip, and we need a guide." If the brothers can lead the way to the River God Road, there will be a lot of big tickets at that time. ”
"No...... No way! You can't go to the river god, and you can't go if you kill you, it will offend the river god. ”
Zhao San threw out ten large tickets and shook them in front of Lai Zi's eyes.
Na Lai Zitun looked at his saliva, and there was a hesitant look on his face, but he still didn't agree.
Chen Cripple was a little surprised, he thought that ten tickets for Laizi's character would be enough to get him, but now it seems that there is really something in this river, which makes these people in Shaoshan very afraid.
"Brother took us to a similar position, and then we went in, brother, you wait for us the way we came, do you think this is possible? We are not those who pour out the local goods, we go there to study the soil quality, and we will not touch the things of the river god, you can rest assured. ”
Chen Lame took out ten more tickets and put them in front of Laizi's eyes together, and all the Lai Zi Hasuo Zi who saw it flowed out, twenty tickets, enough for him to smoke a few years beautifully. Zhao San also pretended to show the paper with the red seal to Lai Zi.
"Okay! I sent a few masters in, but you have to listen to me all the way, don't touch the taboo of Lord River God, otherwise I don't care if something happens! ”
"Done! We're here to study where we will offend the river god, and this ticket is yours. Zhao San smiled and stuffed twenty tickets into Lai Zi's hand.
Lai Zi's breathing became much shorter, and the wine in his head also sobered up, and he entered the house and knew all about it, not knowing whether he was hiding money or what he was doing, and he didn't come out for a long time.
After waiting for a while, this laizi finally came out. After receiving the money, he was also much more enthusiastic, and took out a bottle of wine from the house. I don't know if the wine is not sealed, as soon as I open it, there is a smell of sour plums, and the smell of Zhang Meng's stomach is sour.
"Brother Laizi, when do you think we should leave?"
Chen asked with a smile.
Laizi thought for a while and said, "Tomorrow we will worship the river god in our village, and we can set off when we are done, and the river god should not embarrass us after eating." ”
"Brother Laizi, when I came to you, I heard that the worship of the river god was to be sacrificed, and the village was going to draw lots to peel the skin, and now it is still this worship method?"
When Fu Bo heard about worshiping the river god, he also remembered some bad things, and hurriedly asked.
"It was made up by the old man of the dead ghost, and then the villagers disagreed, and drew lots to draw a scoundrel, and instead threw the old man into the river. Since then, this rule has been abolished. Laizi shook his head and said.
"That's good, that's good, this rule is abolished!" Fauber wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and he didn't want to experience the horror of peeling his skin again.
"By the way, Brother Laizi, has anyone touched something good in the hands of the river god over the years?"
Chen asked with an interested expression.
"What's the matter, if you want to touch the things of the river god, it will be hard enough!" Laizi said angrily.
"That's right!"
He suddenly screamed, startling Zhang Meng and the others.
"How?" Chen Cripple asked him with some confusion.
"I do remember that time ago, there was a strange man who yelled like crazy when he entered the village, and scared the old people and children in the village to not dare to go out. Then he bought a boat in our village, and went in through the waterway, and I expected that this fellow would definitely become the food of the river god, but after three or four days he came back dirty, like a beggar, and I don't know if he had touched anything good. ”
Zhang Meng's nose was a little short of breathing. Years ago, a middle-aged man, could this person be his father, he forcibly made his breathing sound steady, but his voice was still a little trembling.
"What does that man look like, and how old is he?"
"Well, I think about it, I was walking around at that time, and it was interesting to see this guy, so I took a closer look, I think he was about fifty years old. Pretty wide forehead, hey! It's quite similar to your forehead, little brother. Na Laizi said excitedly as if he had discovered a new world.
"Definitely father!"
Zhang Meng's head was a little messy, although he knew that his father would come here, but when he heard someone talk about it at this time, he couldn't help but feel excited.
Why did my father leave a clue for me to come here to find it? What clue did he want to find, or did his father go to the River God Road and find nothing, so he asked himself to find it again?
Zhao San gently patted Zhang Meng's head and signaled him not to show any affection for this Laizi to see.
Zhang Meng nodded, sat on the side and drank wine in a daze, and did not speak.
Chen Cripple and Zhao San surrounded them and said some nonsense in a circle, and then the topic came back to the topic.
"Did that guy do anything strange?" Chen Cripple asked intentionally or unintentionally.
"When he came out, he looked very flustered, as if he was being chased, and then he went to the old man's house, and then left in a hurry." Laizi thought about it carefully and said.
"Old man Wang, is it a guy with gray hair and wearing a black rag linen robe?" Chen's heart moved, and he thought of the strange old man today.
"Yes, it's him, you know?" Lai Zi looked at Chen Cripple with a puzzled expression.