The two of them walked back along the river, and after walking a short distance was the river temple, which was on the edge of the river beach, and under the sharp rise of the river, it was not far from the river temple.

There was a black hole in the river temple, Huang Qin stood at the door and didn't dare to go in, Zuo Shaoyang smiled: "What are you afraid of!" Let's go inside! ”

"It's dark."

"It's okay! I'm advanced! Zuo Shaoyang groped his way in, this temple is very small, only the main hall has a god, and it is very dilapidated, the roof is leaking rain everywhere, and most of the windows are gone, which may have been demolished by the beggars and burned the fire. There are no windows, in fact, it can't block any wind and rain.

Because the Shijing River rarely has such a big flood as it is today, and it will not threaten the people on both sides of the river, the common people generally do not come here to pray to the gods and worship the Buddha priests. I don't usually have any incense. It's a bit messy inside, and a lot of hungry people took shelter here during the famine a few months ago. A lot of straw was left uncleaned.

Zuo Shaoyang said: "Is there anyone?" Feed! We came in to hide from the rain, is there anyone? ”

There was no sound but the roar of rain outside.

Zuo Shaoyang's eyes gradually adapted, and seeing that the temple was empty, Zuo Shaoyang said: "No one, it's all gone." ”

After Juntian, almost everyone had a field and went back to farming, so the beggars living in the streets were almost all gone overnight, and there were no more beggars in the river temple.

Huang Qin came in boldly: "If only there was a flint stone to make a fire to dry clothes." ”

"It's not like that, but it's a hot summer, and even though it's raining, it's still very hot in the house, so I'm out of my clothes and to dry, and it's almost dry by the end of the curfew.

"That's a good idea." Huang Qin turned around and closed the temple door and bolted it. The room went dark.

In the dark, I heard Huang Qin say: "You turn around, don't look at me, I will also take off my clothes and dry!" ”

Zuo Shaoyang almost laughed out loud, and said in a low voice: "On the reef in the center of the river, you are wearing nothing, you are still being held by me when you want to jump into the river, I want to see and touch it a long time ago, and wait for this black rumbling to take advantage of you?" ”

"Phew!" Huang Qin was embarrassed and embarrassed, "If you talk nonsense again, I can tear your mouth!" ”

"Okay, I won't say it." Zuo Shaoyang didn't know if Huang Qin was temporarily mentally disturbed by amnesia at that time, or if he was shy and deliberately said this so that he wouldn't spread it in the future, so he hurriedly turned around: "Okay, I don't look at you, and you don't look at me!" ”

"Rare!" Huang Qin smiled angrily. Originally, she was so sad and desperate on the reef that she was a little mentally disturbed, and she didn't even realize that Zuo Shaoyang was by her side, she only felt that her body was very dirty, and she took off her clothes to let the rain get wet, and she didn't care about her shyness at all. Now that his consciousness is clear, it is naturally not good to take off his clothes in front of Zuo Shaoyang, so he turned around and took off his dress with his back to him, wrung it out hard, and shook it twice. But I don't know where to hang it.

Zuo Shaoyang said: "There is a rope pulled here, which may have been pulled by the hungry people or the beggars who were hiding here to dry things, just a few steps behind you, by the window." I'm carrying it on my back now, so you can rest assured that you'll be able to dry it. ”

Huang Qin hummed, blushed and turned her face to look, through the dim night light outside the window, she could barely see a rope between the windows on both sides of the corner, half a person high. So he went over and hung his dress on it. glanced at Zuo Shaoyang, and dimly saw him leaning against the window with his back to himself and looking out, so that he could see clearly that he was indeed facing away from himself, and with a burst of gratitude in his heart, he hurriedly raised his arm to untie his belly pocket, wrung it out, hesitated for a moment, and hung it on the rope. Now he was naked, ashamed and embarrassed, although there was a curtain on the side of the hall to cover his shame, but this black rumbling did not dare to go over.

Zuo Shaoyang said: "Okay?" ”

Huang Qin looked down and saw that there was a low stone bench on the ground in the corner of the house, probably from the courtyard of the River Temple, carried in by a beggar to sit. Hurriedly said: "Wait! He walked over and bent down and blew, wiped it with his hand again, and sat down on it. Facing the corner of the house, with his back to Zuo Shaoyang, his hands in front of his chest, and his whole body lying on his thighs, he said: "Okay!" - I, I'm not wearing clothes, you are not allowed to look at me! ”

"Don't worry, sister-in-law, I'm going to take advantage of you, you would have taken advantage of it when you were naked in my arms on the reef!"

"You still say!" Huang Qinjiao scolded angrily.

"Yes, yes! I'm supposed to hit this mouth! Zuo Shaoyang lightly slapped himself on the cheek twice, "Don't worry, I won't say a word about tonight's matter!" ”

Huang Qin's heart was a little relieved, and said: "There is a curtain in the main hall, you can tear it off and wrap it, otherwise it will be too ugly." ”

"I'm wearing pants, and I'm not bare-assed, what's ugly."

Huang Qin snorted and laughed: "I don't know where you learned it, cut a good pair of pants like that, it's ugly to death!" ”

"You know what, it's called pants." As he spoke, he walked to the side of the main hall and touched the hanging curtain, "Ouch, it's all dust, and there are holes everywhere!" How do you wear it? ”

"Really, isn't it okay to wash and dry? You tear it off, I'll wash it for you! ”

"Okay!" Zuo Shaoyang grabbed a tent curtain, tore it down with a loud snort, shook it, and the dust flew up, choking him twice in a row.

Huang Qin said: "Look, it's cold, right?" You put the curtain behind the door, turn around, and I'll go outside and fetch the rain water for you to wash and dry with you. ”

Zuo Shaoyang put the torn curtain behind the door, then turned around and walked behind the previous window, already looking out with his back to Huang Qin: "Okay! ”

Huang Qin turned her head to look at him, got up and walked behind the door, picked up the curtain, opened the temple door, and looked at it, it was still pouring heavy rain outside, tearing the sky and the earth. Without any other movement, he put the curtain on his chest, and went out of the temple gate with his waist bent, and squatted down in front of the steps, and washed the curtain with the rain left by the eaves.

It was quickly washed, wrung out and shaken off, still hidden on his chest, and the cat ran back to the main hall, closed the door, put on the bolt, and then shook it off and hung it on the rope. Sitting back on the stone bench, he finally breathed a sigh of relief: "Okay! ”

Zuo Shaoyang also breathed a sigh of relief, and sat on the straw with his back to him. Neither of them spoke.

Finally, Huang Qin said first: "How many changes?" ”

"I didn't hear the bang, it should have been almost the fourth watch after the third watch."

"Are you leaving tomorrow?"

"Hmm."

"When will you be back?"

"I don't know, it depends on the situation of the kiss."

"Isn't there a woman in Hezhou who is suitable for you?"

Zuo Shaoyang laughed dryly, feeling that this question was very depressing, so he didn't say anything.

Huang Qin said: "I heard that when you go on a blind date, you always tell people first that you have three concubines waiting to pass through the door, and ask if they care." So no one wants to give you a girl, and they say in private that you are a ......, hehe"

"Perverts?"

"It's not that ugly. Say you're a lover. ”

"Hehe, it's right to be affectionate, but it's not a fool. If you were stupid, there wouldn't be three women. ”

"It doesn't matter how many women you have, what matters is whether you are good to your woman or not."

Zuo Shaoyang smiled: "You are simply contradictory, if you are good to women, you shouldn't look for more women, find more women, it's not good for women!" ”

Huang Qin said sadly: "Really? My man is just me as a woman, will he be good to me? If he is good to me, he will not divorce me for the sake of other women! ”

Zuo Shaoyang was afraid to talk about this topic, so he hurriedly diverted and said: "Don't talk about this, do you want to hear ghost stories?" ”

Huang Qin sighed, immediately diverted her attention, turned her face slightly, and said to Zuo Shaoyang, who was facing back to her, "Are you careful?" You want to scare me to death? ”

"I'm just trying to set the mood, hehe."

"Tell a ghost story?" Huang Qin snorted, "Okay, you can tell me about it and see if it can scare me!" ”

"Well, we just escaped from the flood, so let's tell a story about the flood."

"Good!"

"Once upon a time there was a village where there was a drought, and not a single rain fell from spring to summer, and the ground cracked. One day, an old man saw two sheep fighting on the top of the hill and said, 'Oh no, the flood is coming!' Then he fled with his family. A few days later, it rained so hard that the river swelled so fast that many people drowned. There was a family with two children who were only a few years old, and a couple of elderly parents, and the flood came too quickly to take care of everyone, so the husband and wife helped their elderly parents up the hill. The whole village was flooded! ”

Huang Qin said sadly: "The two children are afraid that they will not survive." ”

"yes, that's what the couple thought. When the flood waters receded, the family returned to the village and were stunned by what they saw! - Guess what they saw? ”

"I don't know, what do you see?"

"Their two children are still alive! I'm playing in my yard! ”

Huang Qin's mouth opened wide in surprise: "Won't it?" ”

"Hehe, the people in the village say that this is because their husband and wife are filial to the elderly, and when the flood comes, they can't take care of the children, so they think of saving the old man first, so God opened his eyes and sheltered their two children."

"I see!" Huang Qin stroked his palms and smiled, "God still has long eyes!" So you can't scold the thief yet! ”

"Hehe, then don't scold, - how did this story feel?"

"It's not scary at all, you still say it's a ghost story."

"Do you really want to hear it? Okay, I'll tell you a scary one, but I won't pay for it if it's scared! ”

"You say!"

"This story is scary!"

"Say it!"

"Okay, that's what you want to hear." Zuo Shaoyang lowered his voice and lengthened his tone, "Once upon a time, there was a scholar who met a beautiful woman in the wilderness, who was walking alone on the path with a package. ’”

Listening to Zuo Shaoyang's strange tone and learning from the scholar's words, Huang Qin chuckled: "Is this how you accosted a beautiful woman?" ”

(To be continued)