Chapter 67: The Gutter Capsizes
Gu Qing squatted on the side of the mountain road at the entrance of the village, yawning and watching the ants move, holding a small shovel in his hand, patiently waiting for the ants to dig up their homes after they finished moving, and captured a white and chubby ant queen alive.
Doing anything when you're bored is to pass the time without any purpose. Gu Qing set a goal for himself today to capture the Queen Ant alive in the morning, and if he didn't catch it by noon, he would ask the villagers passing by to bring him food, in short, until the Queen Ant was captured.
Then you can take a nap in the afternoon, sleep until the evening, and then go to the porcelain kiln on the mountain to swing around, pretend to point out the rivers and mountains and hum a few words, go down the mountain to prepare dinner when it is dark, if Zhang Huaiyu is there, you can get some barbecue after dinner and drink some wine with her, talk about the willows on the moon, and then yawn and go to Song Gensheng's house to sleep, if Zhang Huaiyu mysteriously disappeared again, it would be even more beautiful, lie down on the bed after eating, and sleep until dawn.
The days were like pigs, but Gu Qing felt very happy. I was in a hurry in my last life, and I didn't feel that I had anything to gain in addition to being busy and making money in half my life, there was no love, friendship and family affection, and I was lonely and lonely and kept my money to live, the problem was that I didn't make enough money, I couldn't spend all my time drinking, I couldn't buy a famous car and a mansion, and I made do with it for more than 30 years, as if an inconspicuous migratory bird flew through the sky, leaving no traces.
In this life, Gu Qing didn't want to repeat the life of his previous life.
Money has to be earned, but you can't get into the eyes of money, you have to make friends, but you can't make too much, and social favors are too troublesome. God let him travel through this strange world and give him a chance to live again, which must have a deep meaning. Perhaps the sky of this life will leave a trace that belongs to him, and it will not be dispersed for thousands of years.
As for love, this can be without.
Spreading out his hands, Gu Qing showed an ethereal smile. I have a left wife and a right concubine, what do you want to love? Marry a mother-in-law and grab the quilt with me in the middle of the night?
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The worker ants have already moved some tiny food into a small hole one after another, Gu Qing cheered up and stared at the small hole, and when they finished moving, Gu Qing planned to raid the house and exterminate the clan, teaching them what it means to fall from the sky and what is a thunderbolt on a sunny day.
A pair of square-toed cloth boots with a rather luxurious texture appeared in front of Gu Qing's eyes, so immortal, they happened to step on that hole, the ants ran in panic, and the results of the hard work they had been waiting for all morning were all destroyed.
Gu Qing was furious and looked up to see a middle-aged man in a silk shirt looking at him with a smile.
"Xiao Langjun is a villager from Shiqiao Village? Can I ask you about someone? The middle-aged man was polite and authentic.
Gu Qing threw away the small shovel in his hand, stood up, patted the dust on his buttocks, and looked at the group of people again.
The middle-aged man should be the leader, and a scribe who is faintly half a shoulder behind next to him has a respectful expression, it should be a follower, and as for the dozen or so people in the back who are dressed ordinarily but have a strong physique, they should be a subordinate escort who is one level lower than the follower.
"Inquire about whom?" Gu Qing was a little grumpy, and the morning of raiding the family and exterminating the clan was in vain.
"Is there a boy named Song Gensheng in your village?" The middle-aged man gestured and said, "Probably a little shorter than me, a little thin, sixteen or seventeen years old, ......."
The middle-aged man has a good memory, and he only remembered Song Gensheng's characteristics after a few glances in the restaurant yesterday.
Gu Qing suddenly thought that Song Gensheng's inscription in the county seat yesterday had achieved results, and there were literati who came to admire him immediately.
Immediately, Gu Qing felt strange again, it's a good thing for literati to visit, but what are you doing with a group of tall and tall guards? No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like meeting friends with words, but like pouring paint on the door to collect debts.
So Gu Qing immediately became vigilant, although he didn't know what their purpose was for Song Gensheng, but it would not be wrong to take precautions. Don't be too honest before the situation is clear, answer whatever others ask, and a fool like Song Gensheng will do this.
Gu Qing immediately said without hesitation: "There is this person, I know." β
The middle-aged man said happily: "Please point me where his house is located, can you?" β
Gu Qing blinked, and suddenly raised his arm and pointed straight ahead.
Directly in front of us is a mountain, the highest and deepest mountain around Ishibashi Village.
"Song Gensheng went into the mountain to collect medicine, a few distinguished guests can go to the mountain to find him, he has just entered the mountain, if the foot is faster, he should be able to catch up with him." Gu Qingmian did not change his color.
The middle-aged man was stunned: "Collecting medicine?" Isn't he a scholar? β
"His family has been practicing medicine for generations, so he often goes into the mountains with his father to collect medicine, and only studies in his spare time." Gu Qing said half-truthfully.
"Medical heirloom, no wonder this son is humble and extraordinary," the middle-aged man suddenly looked at Gu Qing with a smile, and said: "I haven't asked Xiaolang Jungui for his name, seeing that you are neither humble nor arrogant, your bearing is extraordinary, and you have not yet entered the village to see two handsome people, this Shiqiao Village is really a place of beautiful mountains and rivers." β
Gu Qing didn't blink, and blurted out: "The boy's surname is Ding, and his name is Dalang." β
The middle-aged man laughed: "The name is, uh, simple and unpretentious." Not bad. β
After speaking, the middle-aged man turned to look at the mountain, and hesitated for a moment.
The guest next to him had a bitter face, but he didn't dare to say anything, after all, he was not the one in charge of this line.
It was still early, and he finally came to Shiqiao Village, if he found nothing and went back, he was inevitably unwilling, and if he waited for him in the village, he didn't know when the father and son would be able to return from collecting medicine.
After thinking about it, the middle-aged man gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "I'll speed up my feet to catch up with Song Gensheng, and I can't come in vain." β
After speaking, the middle-aged man asked Gu Qing about the way into the mountain, and said goodbye to Gu Qing with a smile.
Gu Qing stood at the entrance of the village, watching the figures of this group of people disappear into the verdant mountains and forests, and then slowly turned around and muttered, "Are people in this era so simple?" If I go to the county town to engage in a fraud activity of 'the 10th anniversary of the establishment of the Shiqiao Group, congratulations on winning the first prize', I may be able to make a fortune......"
The bad guy with the conscience who still has the conscience to deceive the honest man is a little unbearable after all, Gu Qing hesitated for a long time, and finally gave up the idea of engaging in fraud activities regretfully.
The ants couldn't move, Gu Qing sighed and walked back.
Go back to Song Gensheng and persuade him to go to the porcelain kiln to hide, in case this group of people is really not good, they can escape.
As for whether the group of people would trouble themselves after they went down the mountain, Gu Qing said that he was not worried.
Now that he is the soul of the whole village, the villagers will not watch him being bullied by outsiders, and there is a chivalrous girl in white who has fed her so many fish, is it not too much to fight ten at a time, right?
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Walking around the mountains until the afternoon, the middle-aged man and his party were tired and hungry, and they were in a dilemma.
It's not that I don't want to quit the mountain, but I ...... They are lost.
The mountain is high and deep, and the woods inside are like gossip mazes, and few people enter the mountain, and there is no road, all rely on the guards to cut down trees and open the way while staggering forward, during which they also slaughtered a wild boar and a few snakes, and when they regret and want to go back, they don't remember the way back.
The middle-aged man had never been so embarrassed as he was today, and it was almost evening, but they still couldn't find their way out.
"Heaven is going to kill me!" The middle-aged man looked up and sighed sadly.
The curtain guest gasped, his clothes ragged from the branches, his body bent over his body, and his arms were framed by his attendants, one left and one right.
"Jie Shuai, the late life thinks back at this moment...... That young man named Ding Dalang is afraid that he is not a good person. Makubin's lips trembled, and he said sadly: "Later life always feels that he has been fooled." β
The middle-aged man was silent for a long time, and sighed: "I never thought that there would be such a cunning person in a simple and stocky mountain village......"
When I was in Chang'an, I had to deal with so many loyal and traitorous ministers, and I was able to move freely from left to right, pretending to be honest and selling cutely, and the official road had been going very smoothly, but I didn't expect to be planted in this small mountain village.
The main reason is that he didn't expect the kid named Ding Dalang to be so bad, and he showed the way without hatred or resentment, the middle-aged man reflected for a long time, and felt that he was still too kind after all, if he was a little ruthless, he forcibly escorted the young man up the mountain and let him lead the way, and he would not cause his group to get lost.
Raising his eyes and looking around, the middle-aged man sighed: "How can I enter this cage today, how can I ...... it?"
Makubin tried to calm down and think for a moment, and said: "If you want to get out of this cage and find a way out of the mountain, there is only one plan for your later life, I don't know if it is feasible or not......"
The middle-aged man said happily: "Come quickly." β
The curtain guest was angry, and suddenly his tongue bloomed with spring thunder, and he roared hoarsely: "Helpββ"