Zhuang Zhou crossed the river smoothly and handed over the rabbit to the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man had a smile on his face, put on his clothes, carried the wooden basin, and shouted in his mouth: "Go!" ”。 Then he took a big step and walked ahead.

Zhuang Zhou followed, thinking that he could eat a delicious meal of meat for dinner. And also! There was also a place to stay for the night.

After walking such a long way today, although he can still walk, he doesn't want to go, because he is afraid that there will be no place to stay at night.

After walking for more than three miles, he came to a thatched hut at the foot of the mountain, and the middle-aged man put down the wooden basin, opened the door, and entered inside.

It was pitch black inside the thatched house, and Zhuang Zhou didn't dare to go in, waiting for the middle-aged uncle to light the lamp.

The sun had not yet set, but the sky was already dark. The wind was much warmer in the evening than in the morning, and there seemed to be more green on the branches.

A small bird fluttered and flew up from the back of the house and landed in another place, startling Zhuang Zhou.

He turned and looked the way he came. Only then did he realize that the terrain here was very high, and he could see far away places from here.

"Old woman! Son! Girl! Come out! ”

Inside! The middle-aged uncle's happy shouts were heard. Then! There was the sound of a fire breaker inside. After a few "clicks", the thatch was lit up.

Zhuang Zhou poked his head out and entered the house.

At the shouting of the middle-aged uncle, a hole was cut in the grass wall behind the thatched house, and a small head sticked out. Then! A little girl of five or six years old crawled out of it.

"Daddy! I am hungry! Father! The little girl screamed and threw herself into the arms of the middle-aged uncle.

Just when Zhuang Zhou was looking at the little girl, a little boy about ten years old crawled out of the hole in the grass wall. Then! And a beautiful woman about thirty years old crawled out.

"His mother-in-law! Burner! Cook! Reception of guests! ”

The middle-aged man kissed the little girl in his arms and raised the rabbit in his hand. Then he pushed the little girl away and busied himself with slaughtering the rabbit.

"Bunny!"

The little boy screamed and followed.

The beautiful woman stood in place, looking Zhuang Zhou up and down vigilantly. Seeing that Zhuang Zhou is just an eight- or nine-year-old earth child, it doesn't matter. She then got up and started making dinner.

Zhuang Zhou took off the burden and hung it on the wall. I felt that it was inappropriate, so I took it down again and put it on the ground in the corner. The walls of this thatched house are all made of thatch, and there is no sense of security.

The little boy and the little girl went to see his father kill the rabbit, and he went over and helped the beautiful woman to make the fire.

I don't know what's going on, he thinks this beautiful woman is very close. Seeing her reminded him of his mother.

The beautiful woman ignored him at first, but seeing that Zhuang Zhou was very diligent, she accepted it. Moreover! Soon relaxed his guard and liked Zhuang Zhou.

After the middle-aged man killed the rabbit and handed over the rabbit meat to the beautiful woman and his mother-in-law, he called Zhuang Zhou up.

"Little brother! Don't do it! You're a guest! Let my mother-in-law do it! ”

Zhuang Zhou listened to it and thought it was very funny. The middle-aged uncle called him little brother, but he was about the same age as the son of the uncle's family.

The little girl leaned into her father's arms, looking at him curiously and fearfully. Seeing the little girl, Zhuang Zhou thought of his little sister again.

"Where are you going? At such a young age, you are on a rampage, amazing! ”

"I'll go to Qi Kingdom!"

"Go to Qi country? Are you going to Qi country? The middle-aged uncle was surprised: "I heard people come and go, it seems that the Qi country is going to war, and everyone is hiding there!" Where are you going? ”

"Hide?"

"Don't hide? Do you want to? When people fight, they want to die when they fight! What to do with the dead? Do you want to fill the number of people? Do you want to report your war exploits? People will pull you over and fill the number, saying that you are a spy. And then! and they will bet you ahead of them, and they will be shields. But you're still a kid, it's okay! ”

"My loved ones are over there! My mother is over there! I'm going to find my mother! ”

"Oh! You're such a good baby! You know filial piety at a young age! Good! I'm going to make friends like you. ”

The sun was setting, and it was pitch black in the mountains.

The middle-aged uncle stood in the dark, his son and daughter leaning against him, blinking two pairs of shining eyes, looking towards Zhuang Zhou.

Inside the thatched house, the smell of rabbit meat soon wafted in.

The little boy, who was about the same age as Zhuang Zhou, couldn't hold back any longer, ran into the house, and waited for the rabbit meat to be cooked and eaten. The little girl may want to go back, but she is scared and tugging at her father's clothes.

"How do you live here as a family? So remote? There are no people around? Zhuang Zhou asked.

He had long suspected that this middle-aged uncle was a man with a story.

"Alas! What do we do, is there no way? The middle-aged uncle sighed.

"What are you doing? What's wrong? ”

"It's hard to put into words!"

The middle-aged uncle was about to explain, when his mother-in-law's shout came from inside the house: "His father! Time to eat! ”

"Little brother! Get inside! Eat rabbit meat! Stain your light today! Walk! As he spoke, he grabbed Zhuang Zhou's wrist and entered the house.

In the thatched hut, the little boy and the little girl, both of them had already gnawed on a piece of bone meat in their hands.

"This rabbit was hunted by the little brother! Good for both of you! Eat it first! "Say! The middle-aged uncle patted his son's head with his hand.

"Look at you? You're about the same age as someone else, and you still can't do anything? ”

"It's my mother who won't let me do it! Why can't I do it? The little boy said unconvinced.

"Alas! Never mind! Never mind! The middle-aged uncle sighed, shook his head and said, "Your mother won't let you do it, so what will you do in the future?" You can't let Lao Tzu feed you for the rest of your life, right? What is the way of the world? You say you're not in our business, what are you doing? You're just waiting to starve to death! Otherwise! You're just waiting to be pulled into battle and killed! You! Alas! ”

"What are you guys doing? Which line? Ferries are also an industry? Zhuang Zhou asked puzzled.

"Alas! I'm not going to tell you anything! We are ......"

Then! His mother-in-law, the beautiful woman, came up with a pot full of rabbit meat, touched him, and motioned for him not to speak.

The middle-aged uncle took the basin and put it on a simple table, and asked his mother-in-law to bring two bowls and two pairs of chopsticks.

"I won't hide it from you, little brother! I'm a thief disciple! ”

"Taoist disciple?"

"Hmmm! Disciple of the thief. ”

The middle-aged uncle squeezed a few pieces of boneless rabbit meat into Zhuang Zhou's bowl, while explaining: "Our thief is a thief of theft, not the Tao you think!" Yang Zhu's way! I'm talking about thieves, very thieves. Friends are friends, very friends is another meaning, this is the jargon of our thieves......"