Saying that the monkey and Xu Sheng were talking about how to enter Yishui County, Zhu Qing reminded: "There are two people from the south walking this way. ”

The monkey said, "Hide! The three of them hid behind a ridge. There was not much time, and I saw two people hurrying from the south in black night clothes.

These two men are light and fast. To the south was a wilderness, and there was no way to walk, and when they came from the south at night, they were not passers-by, but on a mission.

The monkey sneered: "Kawashima will play this old trick, and it is a peripheral vigilance." ”

"They just came from the south, and we went south. ”

The monkey nodded, waved his hand, and the three of them walked south along the barbed wire. Inside the barbed wire fence is a small river, flowing with sewage discharged from the city, exuding a sour smell, and dense weeds growing on both sides of the river.

The creek is more than two feet wide, so it is not a problem to jump over, but after crossing the two-meter-high barbed wire, it is somewhat difficult to fly over the six- or seven-meter-wide creek.

The barbed wire fence was entangled with thistles, which would scratch the flesh if you were not careful.

If the barbed wire is cut with the Wu hook sword, the devils will find that someone has sneaked into the city, and the vigilance will definitely be strengthened, which will invisibly increase the difficulty of the investigation work.

After some distance to the south, the monkey said, "Let's go in from here." ”

Xu Sheng said: "How to enter? ”

The monkey said, "You can enter as you see me." As he spoke, he put down his backpack, took out the contents and gave them to Zhu Qing and Xu Sheng, half of each, and then draped the empty bag over the barbed wire, and grabbed the barbed wire with his hand, so he was not afraid of iron thorns.

I saw the monkey put one hand on the empty bag, grasped it, jumped lightly, flew over the barbed wire, grabbed the barbed wire with one hand, and stood on the slope of the river. Because the riverbank is only a few inches from the barbed wire, there is no room for a single person.

The monkey said, "When Brother Xu came over, bring my bag." Then he jumped and saw that he was already standing on the other side of the river.

Zhu Qing and Xu Sheng followed the monkey's method, both crossed the barbed wire fence and jumped over the river, and the monkey reloaded the backpack and carried it behind him. Say, "Let's go." ”

This is the fringe of the city, where the inhabitants are both citizens and farmers, who have turned the farmland where crops were originally grown into vegetable gardens to grow vegetables and supply the city.

Now, the three monkeys are walking on top of a large vegetable garden. The owner of this vegetable garden is a capable man, who runs a vegetable garden on two or three acres of land.

There are two small houses in the middle of the vegetable patch. At the door of the small house, three people stopped. The monkey said, "Sister Zhuqing, let's change our costumes."

Zhu Qing said yes, and each opened their backpacks to make up for their appearance. The monkey is still a thin old man, and Zhuqing looks like a follower. Xu Sheng is not as famous as a monkey, and his appearance characteristics are not obvious, so he is fine.

Zhu Qing said, "Brother Monkey, what should we do next?" ”

The monkey said, "We are completely new to this place, we have to find a place to stay." ”

At this time, the east is shining, the night is light, and the day is almost dawn.

The monkey said, "We can't go now, it's not dawn yet, it's too dazzling to walk on the street, we'll be in this vegetable garden, and we'll wait until dawn." ”

Xu Sheng said: "That's the only way." ”

The monkey said, "Everyone take advantage of this opportunity to get confused. Otherwise, I won't be able to sleep for another day. So the three of them practiced pranayama to eliminate fatigue.

It didn't take long for me to hear footsteps. Zhu Qing said, "Do you hear that? Someone's coming. ”

The monkey said, "Pretend to be asleep and wait for him to call us." ”

It was the owner of the vegetable garden who came. Growing vegetables is hard work. Every day, I have to get up early to pick up vegetables and sell them on the street, and in the second half of the day, I have to plough the ground and sow seeds, water and fertilize, etc., so I have no leisure all year round.

The owner of this vegetable garden got up early today as usual and came to the vegetable garden. When he reached the door of the hut, he was taken aback and saw three people sitting on the ground in front of the door, dozing off.

He didn't know who the three people in front of him were, and he didn't know whether what would happen next was a blessing or a curse. Perhaps disaster will befall you this year. He was nervous, but he couldn't help but squeak, so he pretended to be bold and said, "I said, "I say, who are you?" ”

The monkey yawned, stretched, and said, "Big brother, I'm sorry, we don't have a place to stay, so I didn't scare you by taking a nap here, right?" ”

Zhu Qing and Xu Sheng also pretended to have just woken up and stood up.

The owner of the vegetable garden said, "You are taking a nap, aren't there inns on the street?" ”

The monkey pretended to be pitiful and said, "Big brother, we have the money to live in a hotel and still run here to suffer." Our money was stolen by thieves. ”

The sky was faint, and it could be seen that the owner of the vegetable garden was a man of about fifty. He said, "Where are you?" ”

The monkey said, "We are from Gubao Town, Yishan County. Come out and do some small business, don't want the money to be stolen. He lowered his voice and said, "I'll be honest with you, our money was snatched by the Japanese when they searched our bodies." ”

The owner of the vegetable garden sighed: "Alas, also poor people! This year......" suddenly said, "You are from the ancient castle town?" I heard that a strange thing happened there, is it true? ”

The monkey said, "Do you mean that the castle was blown up by thunder?" ”

The owner of the vegetable garden said, "Yes, I heard that a very big old house was blown flat by a thunderstorm overnight, and a thousand-year-old fox was killed. Isn't that so? ”

The monkey said, "Is this still false?" The castle was ten miles from our town, in the mountains. That night the rain fell like it had fallen from the sky, and the purple flashes swirled around the sky, and the thunder came one after another. In the second half of the night, there was a sudden earth-shattering noise in the castle, followed by a fire. Then there was a flash flood, and the next day someone went to see it, and the castle was gone, and only a pile of broken stones remained. ”

"What about the thousand-year-old fox?"

"Everybody says that, but no one sees it. It's true. ”

The owner of the vegetable garden suddenly realized that he was far away, and hurriedly said, "I'm sorry, I have to work." ”

The monkey said, "We are the ones who have delayed you." ”

The owner of the vegetable garden said, "It's all right. While opening the door, taking the basket and pushing the cart, he said that this morning, he would pick cucumbers, beans, and onions, and that there were too many things to sell in the garden.

As he got busy, he said, "What are you going to do?" ”

The monkey said, "What else can I do?" , find some work to do, earn some money to go home. ”

The owner of the garden said, "Work? What can you do? ”

Xu Sheng said: "We are croppers, and we can do any job. ”

The owner of the vegetable garden said, "It's not easy to see you go out, why don't you come and help me for a few days." I'll never finish my work here. ”

The monkey said, "Big brother, you are really our nobleman." I was looking for you to work, but I didn't dare to say it? Say, what are we going to do? Start doing it now! ”