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Ding Changyou asked Mrs. Ji, "Those people on the shore, do you have something to do with you?" ”

"It's nothing," Mrs. Ji pouted, "a group of bastards who want to eat swan meat, want to play with me like a fool in the palm of their hands, and they don't see what kind of Tao the old lady is, when I wandered the rivers and lakes, they were still peeing and playing with sugar people, and they didn't know what the sky was high and the earth was thick." She scolded for a long time, but she didn't explain what the people on the shore came from and what they had to do with her. Ding Changyou saw that she refused to explain, smiled slightly, and stopped asking.

On the prop box of the juggling class, there are some colorful performance pictures, with sharp knives inserted into the throat, big changes into living people, etc., bright and eye-catching, Shi Suo is curious, and asked: "Old men, are these pictures real?" Do you really know how to do that? ”

"Of course," Mrs. Ji said proudly, "those who come from the south and go to the north, those who farm and work, who doesn't know the name of Ji's class." She kicked Boss Ji, who was squatting aside and smoking a cigarette, with her toes, "Hey, you show a hand to these guys." ”

Boss Ji was kicked, but he still didn't speak, took out the cigarette pouch from his mouth, knocked the cigarette ash, got up and walked to the prop box, opened the box, pounded it twice, and then suddenly turned his face.

Shi Suo and the others were startled, only to see that Boss Ji's wilting face just now suddenly turned into a laughing Sun Monkey face, with a red face, two golden hairs, round eyes and golden eyes, big eyes flickering twice, vivid. Shi Suo, Dafeng and the others opened their mouths wide and cheered.

Boss Ji's body shook, his head shook, and his face became a white bone spirit again, with a white face and thin eyebrows, and a smile on his eyebrows, Shi Suo's "good" just shouted, Boss Ji's right arm was wiped, his head was raised, and he became a clown face again, with colorful faces. Weird and weird, naïve and bowable.

Everyone was fascinated by his performance, and there was a round of applause, starting with the juggling class getting on the boat. Everything is done by Mrs. Ji in Zhang Luo, and her husband Boss Ji has no words, which inevitably makes people feel that he is not the class master, but these skills are revealed. Everyone was impressed.

After removing the props, Boss Ji looked wilted again, squatting on the side and smoking silently.

The fishing boat went down the river, and every time they arrived at the wharf, Duan Laosan and others went ashore to inquire, and they walked for more than 200 miles, but they never got any news.

In the evening of that day, when we arrived at a town called "Luojiazhai", the boat anchored ashore, and everyone went ashore to inquire. Still found nothing, several people were a little sullen and walked into a noodle restaurant to eat.

Ding Changyou, Duan Laosan and a few other people gathered around a table, eating noodles with their heads bored, and suddenly the window of the noodle restaurant was blown open by the wind, and a cold wind entered the house, and the noodle restaurant guy hurriedly closed the doors and windows, nagging: "Damn the wind, it's so strong in winter." The boat in the river, I don't know how much it will capsize. ”

Outside, the wind roared strangely, looking through the window. The sand was blowing everywhere, the dead leaves were drifting around, and Duan Laosan asked: "Stone lock, is our ship tethered?" ”

"It's fastened, I fastened it myself. No problem. ”

Ding Changyou said: "I'm afraid that this gale won't stop for a while, and I'm afraid I won't be able to set sail tomorrow." The guy at the noodle shop said next to him: "Yes, yes, yes, as soon as the wind blows, I'm afraid that it won't stop for three days or two days, and no one in the river will dare to leave the port again, and you old customers are afraid that they will stay." ”

As he was talking, the door opened, and a strong man with a burden walked in, bringing a gust of wind, which caused the furniture in the store to shake, and the strong man said, "What a strong wind." Unwrapping his baggage, he patted the dust off his body and sat down at the table.

The guy came over to greet him, and the strong man ordered pasta and asked, "Little brother, let me ask you something, have you ever had a juggling team here in the past few days?" It's all about fire-breathing, magic, juggling, and so on. ”

"What juggling team? No, I don't. ”

Shi Suo and the others listened to it at the table next to them, they were all stunned, the juggling team that this person asked was not from Mrs. Ji's class? Ding Changyou made a look, and everyone continued to bow their heads to eat noodles, and no one made a sound. peeking at this man, I saw that he was wearing an ordinary gray cotton robe, and he couldn't tell what he was doing.

In the evening, several people stayed at the inn, and Dafeng said, "Do you want to tell Mrs. Ji about someone looking for a juggling class?" ”

Ding Changyou said: "In my opinion, don't tell me yet, let's observe from the side, what is going on with them, that Mrs. Ji refuses to tell us the truth, it is likely that there is another secret." Duan Laosan also said: "Yes, we and Mrs. Ji are just on the same road, not friends, and besides, they are not necessarily good people, so let's keep quiet for the time being." ”

The wind has not stopped, the strange cry in the air sounds, it sounds like a ghost crying wolf, the dead leaves and dust are flying, half of the sky is gray, the stone lock is not worried about the fishing boat, so he specially ran to see it, fortunately the boat is safe. But the river is turbulent, the torrent crashes on the shore, some big trees on the shore, the wind is crooked, the wind and the waves are mixed together, thrilling, in the dark night, a burst of strength is stronger than a while. Shi Suo's body is strong, his strength is greater, and he is still unstable in the wind.

"It's a big storm." Shi Suo shuddered, wrapped his clothes tightly, returned to the inn, and when he walked to the door of the inn, he heard a "dong dong" sound in his ears, like the sound of a drum. When he pushed the door into the room, and saw that everyone was gathered together, Dafeng said, "Stone lock, there is a drum outside." ”

"I heard, it's strange, who's beating the drums on such a windy day."

Dafeng said: "When I was a child, I heard that when there was a big flood, there was a turtle king who came out to summon shrimp soldiers and crab generals, beat drums and gather generals, and this is how the drum sounded. Don't you want to flood here, right? ”

"Nonsense," Shi Suo retorted, "Haven't you heard from Teacher He and Professor Wan?" That's called superstition. ”

The drums beat intermittently and for a long time. Shi Suo couldn't sit still, "I'll take a look." ”

Dafeng said, "I'll go too." ”

Ding Changyou said with a smile: "Whether it's playing drums or beating gongs, what does it have to do with us?" You young people are just curious. If you really want to go, look for the sound and take a sneak peek, and try not to cause trouble. ”

"Okay, it's okay to be idle anyway, let's see and come back."

The two young people went out of the inn, looking for the direction of the drum, looking forward, at this time the wind was a little smaller, the drum was clearer, this Luojiazhai is a big town, densely populated, the streets and alleys are lined up, the lights are everywhere, look at it from a distance and look at it closely, it is quite prosperous. Dafeng said: "Shi Suo, listen, the drums are beating one after another, some fast and some slow, just like singing." (To be continued.) )