Chapter 7: The Strange Old Man

Uncle Xu's home is much bigger than mine, it is a standard courtyard house, but when I came in, I realized that only the two of them lived, and it was indeed lonely, no wonder Uncle Xu went to the river in front of his house every day to fish for recreation.

The more you go inside, the more magnificent, I didn't find it when I passed by Uncle Xu's house on weekdays, no wonder I was that my uncle's house was too low-key, the door made of two wooden boards, and the courtyard wall was high and I couldn't see his house. The rest is the same as where I live.

Came to the front hall, Uncle Xu asked people to serve tea to the two of us, and then I saw that there were a lot of people here, according to weekdays, these big families must be the gate of vermilion lacquer, and the two stone lions in front of the door are more magnificent, and they are really a low-key person.

An old woman appeared from inside, and Uncle Xu introduced to us: "This is the old and decayed cheap." ”

"It turned out to be Mrs. Xu."

We're polite.

When Uncle Xu heard the two of us calling, he smiled and said, "Just call my aunt, I will be neighbors from now on, what are you doing like this?" ”

I'm afraid the second elder is also quite lonely, otherwise why would I see my husband and I so cordial, but there are many people in the neighborhood, how can they see us so affectionate?

From the moment I entered, my husband and I felt that they were very kind to me and my wife, and so did my subordinates, and when we had done a while, one of my subordinates sent a message: "The old man's meal is ready." ”

"Let's go, let's eat." Uncle Xu took the two of us out of the hall and went to the right side.

Before I entered the door, the smell of the food rushed into my nose, and immediately hooked my gluttony, and when I pushed the door to look, I saw the delicacies on the table.

I couldn't help swallowing my saliva, I can't even name all those foods, probably this is called the delicacies of the mountains and seas.

When we sit down, we naturally can't move the chopsticks first, but Uncle Xu didn't mention it for a long time, I was really a little reserved, peeked over, but didn't want to bump into Uncle Xu's eyes.

He's watching us too?

It makes me wonder.

"Let's eat!"

Uncle Xu handed the chopsticks to me and my husband and said, "I'm old, and I haven't digested the morning meal yet, so you eat first." ”

"That's good!"

I smiled and said that I had a chopstick dish, but I heard a cough, which was from my husband, so I put down the chopsticks, turned around and patted him on the back and said, "Husband, what's wrong?" ”

"Let's go home."

As he spoke, he took me by the hand and said goodbye to the old man's house.

"Why don't you eat it?"

Uncle Xu was obviously a little unhappy, thinking that it should be the case, after all, he said that he would come to dinner, and he had a table of dishes, but we were going to leave again, but there was no etiquette.

On weekdays, Lifujun would never be like this, and since he said this, he must have a reason.

"No, let's do it another day."

My husband took me by the hand and went out.

I felt a little guilty, and turned my head to look, but my face was blue for the two of them, and I was looking at it, and my husband's big hand suddenly broke my head.

"It hurts~"

"It hurts!"

When we got home, we remembered that all the fish we caught today had been forgotten on the boat.

"Let's go, let's go get it back."

I stretched out my hand to my husband.

My husband stretched out his hand and slapped my palm: "It's so late, we don't go out, and there are still some dishes at home, so let's deal with it." ”

"If you don't eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas, why do you want to come back to make them?"

I wondered in my heart.

The husband said seriously: "I'm afraid that you won't want to eat what we have here when you get used to eating there!" ”

"No, it won't! The food made by the husband is the best! ”

Tonight, the husband seemed to toss and turn, tossing and turning, and couldn't sleep, and asked him what happened, but he didn't say.

"Lady, let's move out."

"Why?"

I asked puzzled, starting from Uncle Xu, there was something wrong with him.

I patted him on the back: "Could it be that the husband has some inferiority?" ”

I promised: "Don't worry, I'm not the one who hates the poor and loves the rich~"

"I think there's something wrong with the two of them, I don't know if it's my delusion."

"What's wrong?"

I don't think there's anything wrong with them.

"I think that food is poisonous, otherwise why wouldn't they eat it?" Husband Jun Dao.

This makes me want to laugh, we have no money and no money, but we are ordinary people, who can still find our business?

"Maybe I'm overthinking......"

My husband put his arms around me and slowly let out a slight snoring sound, I really fell asleep quickly.

Early in the morning, my husband took me to Pengyang Lake to fish, because I was towing a boat and I didn't know the way, we took a lot of detours, and it was almost noon when we got there.

As far as the eye can see, Pengyang Lake is full of life, surrounded by mountains on three sides, with green willows on both sides, and birds and flowers all around.

Some fishermen already have a lot of fish jumping around on their boats.

Since we came late, we had to hurry up and put the boat down to the water, go to a crowded place, cast the fishing net, and sit on the boat and wait for the net to shake.

I glanced around, and it was a nice place, a little more peaceful and lively than where we were.

"How nice it would be if I lived here~"

Husband thinks so too? I nodded happily and said a little embarrassed, "But we haven't lived there for long, is that okay?" ”

"I won't say you're a loser~"

The husband raised his head and laughed, revealing his beautiful teeth.

"You're new here?"

The fisherman yelled at us, "This is a good place!" ”

The fisherman was tanned, his eyes were bright, his teeth were white, and he rowed to us, and I began to think that my husband's original skin was bronzed, and it turned black in this way, and that was quite funny.

He was very enthusiastic, slid the boat to us, and after some introduction, it turned out that his name was Shuisheng, and his ancestors lived here and made a living by fishing, so he must have understood this place.

I inquired with him about the things here, that is, I knew that the yard here was extremely cheap, because it was a village, few people came to buy it, and secondly, this fisherman was an inferior job here, because they were full of fishy smell, and a group of people did not want to come to live near this Pengyang Lake, so one or two silver could buy a house and bring a large yard.

"Here?"

My husband consulted with me.

"Good! It's very convenient here, if you still live in the city, the legs that can run back and forth are broken! ”

There are a lot of fish in this Pengyang Lake, the net is cast, the fish will jump in, but a net, we have harvested a lot, looking at the precipitated fish, we are very happy, because our fishing boat is small, but two nets, the boat is full.

Seeing that it was still early, the husband said that it would be much easier to buy a house first, and then put the fish there.

After all, we are not familiar with the place here, but fortunately there are aquatic people on the side to help, he took us around Pengyang Village, after looking at a few houses, we bought a cheap house, although it is cheap, but the yard is quite big, the husband said that you can grow some vegetables in the yard in the future, which is convenient and can save money, so why not?

However, the new house has not been renovated after all, and it is empty, and the houses in the city are about to be sold, so we still have to go back to live today.

It was miles away, and it was already a little dark when we dragged our tired bodies home.

"Lie in bed and rest first!"

As he spoke, he turned around and went to the yard to get some firewood, intending to make a fire for cooking.

I walked to the room, I wanted to lie down first, although I was tired of walking all the way and had a husband's back, but in the end I was a little tired after going out for a day, waiting for my home to settle in Pengyang Village, which is close to Pengyang Lake, maybe I can come back at noon to sleep.

As soon as I was lying on the pillow, suddenly the oil lamp on the table was lit, and I closed my eyes and said, "Husband, why did you come in without making a sound?" ”

"Open your eyes and see who I am?"

An unfamiliar voice came from nearby, and I hurriedly got up and looked at it, it was Uncle Xu.

This was too rude, I frowned, and said angrily, "How did you get in!" ”

Uncle Xu stroked his beard and smiled indifferently: "I knocked on the door today, but there was no one, I was a little tired after waiting outside for a while, and I came in to rest." ”

"Come in and rest!"

I said angrily, "There is no one in the room, how can you come in at will?" ”

As I was talking, I remembered that when I came with my husband, the courtyard gate was not damaged, or was the door opened by my husband, could it be that this Uncle Xu came in over the wall?

"The legs and feet are really good!"

As I spoke, I looked over unconsciously, but it startled me, his feet were off the ground, and I was so frightened that I couldn't speak for a while.

"Ahh A loud scream.

The door was kicked open with a "clang", and the husband ran over and hugged me tightly: "Lady! ”

Snuggling up to my husband's chest, I suddenly felt a lot of security, and I reached out and pointed back.

My husband followed my hand and looked over: "What do you want to do!" ”

"I don't want to do anything, I'm just too lonely."

It was Uncle Xu's slightly apologetic voice: "After all, over the years, only the two of you can see the old decay, otherwise the old decay would not be pestering you like this......"

Hearing this, I dared to turn my head and look at Uncle Xu carefully, he had a kind face, and indeed he had no ill will towards us.

"Then why didn't you eat yesterday, did you poison us!"

I thought of yesterday and asked.

When Uncle Xu heard this, he laughed: "No, no, we just smell the fragrance of this food and eat it, so we keep letting you eat it." ”

"You say only we can see you?" The husband asked.

Uncle Xu nodded: "Yes, that's why I was so happy yesterday, and I didn't expect that both of you could see me." ”

I asked curiously, "Why is that?" ”

"I wondered yesterday, but then I found out about this ......"

Uncle Xu stretched out his hand and pointed to the saber on my waist and said, "This thing is unusual. ”