Not far from the moat outside Tiejiabao, a group of women were dressing.

Washing clothes is not a trivial job, especially in ancient times, there was no washing machine, you could only wash it by hand, or beat it with a wooden stick, and a piece of clothing had to be washed for half an hour, which was really tiring to death.

A piece of clothing has to be washed for so long, normal people can hardly bear it, and it is enough to be alone, if it is two or three people together, then you must talk about the mountains and chat to get through this difficult time.

This is how the gossip heart of ancient rural women was formed, and the place where the clothes were worn has also become the same as the inns in the rivers and lakes, and it is the most well-informed place, but one is about the rivers and lakes, and the other is about the countryside.

"Have you heard? The little lady in the east gave birth to a fat doll that weighed seven pounds, but unfortunately it wasn't with a handle..."

"Have you heard? The house in the west had a quarrel last night, and it is said that the man did not work hard and was kicked out of bed by his mother-in-law. ”

"Have you heard? The mouth of the house in the south is really a black-hearted maggot, the old lady is about to starve to death, and the two of them hide in the room every night to eat meat. ”

"Have you heard? The chickens in the north have laid eggs for seven days in a row, and they are still double yellow, tsk..."

A piece of gossip with the word of mouth of these women, quickly spread in the countryside, some gossip said and forgotten, but some gossip is really enduring, sometimes after a few years, can be turned up and re-fried.

Liu Dalu hid under a tuft of aquatic plants in the distance by the river, and only raised his head slightly to the surface of the water, trying to reduce his sense of presence.

The moat is about five or six meters wide and about two and a half meters deep, and the water flow is relatively clear.

This is the second day that Liu Dalu came to listen to the gossip, originally he wanted to make trouble on the first day, but then he felt that what they said was interesting, and although these women were talking about rural affairs, it did make Liu Dalu have a deeper understanding of Tiejiabao, and at the same time had a vague concept of the outside world.

Liu Dalu also heard the news of Zhang Xiaoyang's sister and brother, but it was just a passing pass.

"Do you know about Wu Yong's family?"

"You say the brother and sister? Wu Yong's nephew? ”

"Hmm."

"Pathetic, robbers who deserve to be killed."

"My man said that there are more and more robbers outside, and many villages have suffered."

"Isn't it, my family also said it, and now the situation of Qingping County and our Tiejiabao is better."

"Hey, I don't know when it was a head."

...........

Seeing that those women were about to finish washing and going home, Liu Dalu didn't want to wait any longer, his head shrank, retracted to the bottom of the river, and then swam along the bottom of the river to the upstream of the river, surfaced, and swam towards the women in raccoon clothes with a swagger.

The six-meter-long body was not small, and it was still daytime, so soon, someone had already noticed Lin Feng.

"Huh? What's on the river? ”

"Looks like a fish?"

"What fish? How can a fish be so long, wood, right? ”

"I'm Diniang, everyone run, that's a big snake."

"God, what a big snake."

Dozens of women in raccoon clothes screamed in fright, where could they still care about washing clothes, and hurriedly left the river.

But after all, because there are many people, and they are all rural women, they are indeed bolder, and after leaving the river for more than ten meters, they are no longer particularly afraid, so they stand there and look at Liu Dalu in the river.

"What a big snake."

"Coming from upstream, isn't it from the Qingshui River?"

"There are no snakes such a big in Daqing Mountain."

"There are also big snakes in Daqingshan, and they are bigger than this snake, but they are all deep in the mountains."

"What about the Guardians? Let the Fort Guards kill this big snake, otherwise how scary will it be when you do laundry in the future? ”

"yes, let the Fort Guards kill it."

Liu Dalu listened to the discussion of the group of women, stopped at the river, and then suddenly stood up and stood up, staring at them.

Liu Dalu is six meters long, and the depth of the river is two and a half meters, and he can show that the height of the water surface is about three meters, the height of a one-story building, and such a length is still quite deterrent.

As soon as this action came out, the voices of the women who were talking suddenly stopped, and they looked at Liu Dalu in horror, not daring to say a word.

Liu Dalu's eyes crossed the faces of these women, and his head turned little by little, giving the women the feeling that the snake in front of them was remembering their appearance and warning them, and after thinking about it deeply, the hearts of these women suddenly became numb, and the big snake seemed to understand what they said to let the castle guards come to kill it?

After doing all this, Liu Dalu did not stop, swaggering along the moat, and soon disappeared in front of all the women's eyes, Liu Dalu believes that it will not be long before his deeds will circulate throughout Tiejiabao, after countless people add oil and vinegar, the deeds will become more and more mysterious, maybe dozens of hundreds of years later, it will be rumored that there was once a dragon swimming through this river...

In fact, Liu Dalu's current thoughts are still relatively simple, he wants to spread his news through the mouths of these women, so that Zhang Xiaoyang can know that the snake monster who has been with her for a few days is here, and hopes that Zhang Xiaoyang can come to him.

Soon after Liu Dalu left, two members of the fort team with quivers and longbows on their backs and long knives on their waists hurried in, and the women at the scene chattered and told Liu Dalu what he had just done.

"That big snake must be watching us."

"Yes, that's right!!"

"I was so cold that I couldn't walk."

"That big snake must have become a spirit, it's a monster."

"Are we going to fall for the yokai's spells?"

"Will it come and eat us at night?"

After listening to the words of this group of women, the two members of the fort team were surprised and surprised, and with a hint of fear, it seemed that they had encountered something very amazing, is there really a monster?

Because Tiejiabao is next to the Daqing Mountain Range, it is said that there are many legends about mountain spirits and ghosts in the Daqing Mountain Range, and with these legends as the foundation, it seems that it is not an unacceptable thing to meet a real monster.

As this group of women in raccoon clothes returned to the castle, the news of the appearance of a snake demon in the moat spread, and the spread of this kind of thing was faster than imagined, and in less than a day, the entire Tiejia Fort people knew.

...........

In the evening, Tiejiabao, Tieyong's house.

Tie Yong, Tie Yong's wife Wang, Tie Yong's six-year-old son Tie Ge, Zhang Xiaoyang, Zhang Niuniu, two big, three and five people are eating.

Tie Yong's family doesn't have any so-called rules of eating and sleeping, it's just that Tie Yong is usually a little taciturn, he doesn't speak, and the Wang family can't speak.

But today, when Tie Yong was halfway through eating, he put down the dishes and chopsticks and said to Wang: "Have you heard that there is a big snake in the moat?" ”

Wang nodded: "I heard from a few sisters-in-law that the big snake seems to have become a spirit, and it is terrifying." ”

"Whether it's true or not, don't go to the river to wash clothes these days." Then, Tie Yong turned his head and said to the three children in the house, focusing on Zhang Xiaoyang: "Little sheep, don't go to the river to play recently." ”

Zhang Xiaoyang pursed his mouth, rolled his eyes, and replied.

Tie Yong looked at it and felt very helpless, because this niece told him about the snake monster.

On the way to take Zhang Xiaoyang's sister and brother back to Tiejiabao, Zhang Xiaoyang's sister and brother always mentioned the snake monster in front of him, saying that the snake monster is a good monster, can understand people's words, and also gives them frogs and mulberries to eat, of course Tie Yong will not believe it, seeing that Tie Yong does not believe it, Zhang Xiaoyang has not said it recently, originally thought that with the passage of time, the matter will be revealed, but he doesn't want to see another snake monster in the moat now, Tie Yong feels that Zhang Xiaoyang will definitely go to see.

It is impossible for Tie Yong to stare at Zhang Xiaoyang every day, and it is impossible to lock Zhang Xiaoyang in the house, after thinking about it, Tie Yong made a compromise: "If you really want to go to the river, then you have to pay attention, don't go to play in the water, you know?" ”

"yes, got it." Zhang Xiaoyang suddenly raised his little face, and his face was full of smiles.

Tie Yong shook his head, picked up the chopsticks again to eat, but he was a little curious about the snake monster that Zhang Xiaoyang said, could it be that what Zhang Xiaoyang said was true, it was a good snake monster that could understand people's words?