When we came home in rags and unkempt, I was still wrapped in bandages, and my wife almost didn't recognize me, and when she saw that it was me, she was shocked: "Oh, it's a pillar!" When you were a baby, you were a big baby, why did you make it look like this? ”

I casually made up the experience of going out to do business and encountering the second boss, my wife was shocked when she heard it, and complained: "I found a serious line for your baby, when you don't go, what kind of business do you do, and make it like this." ”

As he was talking, my father also came out when he heard the voice, looked at me and was startled, and asked, "Is your baby going to beg for a mouth?" ”

My mother said to my father distressedly: "Oh, you are still talking nonsense, the second baby went out to do business and met the second child!" ”

My father sighed: "Now that the war is in chaos, what kind of business is your baby going to do, if you don't put a good policeman, your baby will die one day!" ”

I didn't dare to reply.

At this time, the old lady noticed Tuesday Mao and Lin Xia and others in the back.

As soon as the old lady saw Lin Xia, her eyes were obviously different, and she asked for warmth when she pulled it up. Lin Xia couldn't figure it out.

My dad was about to turn around and go back to the study, when he suddenly saw the subordinate dog Bailong, and said with interest: "The tiger head and snake waist rat tail elbow and feet, empty nose and red eyes and ears are erect, I haven't seen such a good subordinate dog for many years." What's the matter, the second stick can't rob it, and it's like you, like a begging mouth! ”

It's strange to say that this white dragon actually ran to my father's side like this.

Tuesday Mao said: "Huh! This thing drops one thing, why does the white dragon suddenly become a dog?"

My dad didn't pay attention to us anymore, and he really left with the white dragon like this!

After helping everyone arrange a place to live, my wife mysteriously pulled me aside, patted me on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Back to the baby, I know that your baby can do it, this sister is good, knowledgeable, people have water spirits, I see, and your sister-in-law have a comparison." ”

I glared and said, "My mother-in-law, how can I afford to climb this young lady." Lin Xia is just a friend! ”

My mother didn't believe it, and said with a smile: "Dog Day Doll is still embarrassed!" It's a good place, tomorrow I'll quietly find someone to help you two take a look. ”

I grabbed my mother and said, "Forget it, you can save your worries, don't complicate things." ”

Everyone rested in my house for a few days, and they all slowly recovered, and my injuries were basically healed, Lin Xia received special care in my house, and my wife made it for her to eat every day, which made Lin Xia flattered.

On this day, Lin Xia found me and said: "Dongliang, this matter has to be over first, I have to go back to the United States first, it is estimated that I will come back in a few months, you are waiting for my news at home, thank you so much for your hospitality these days." ”

Although I was a little disappointed in my heart, I pretended to be generous and said, "I want it!" There is no feast in the world that will not be dispersed, so there will be a period later! ”

Lin Xia wanted to say something, but he still didn't say it after all. He turned around and went back to the house.

On the day Lin Xia left, my mother was reluctant to buy a lot of food and clothing.

Tuesday Mao was embarrassed to mention the matter of cooperation and money, but Lin Xia said to Tuesday Mao: "Ermao, since it is cooperation, when I come back in a few months, I will calculate the financial accounts for you, and then I will naturally count your this to you, you can rest assured." ”

Tuesday Mao was a little sad, sighed and said: "Alas, there have been several times in less than a month, everyone is friends, and it doesn't matter if you have money or not." ”

The next time, because the matter is not over, on Tuesday Mao did not mention the matter of going to the field, at that time it was also the first time that the war began, the Central Plains was in full swing, many people in order to avoid chaos, have moved to our ravines and ravines to live, so I proposed to open a restaurant in the county, which is also our common asset, specializing in selling the game they got from the mountains, I didn't expect that the business was good for a while, I occasionally help some acquaintances to do things on weekdays, look at a feng shui or something, and be at ease.

On this day, someone from my hometown suddenly brought me a letter, saying that the Sheba Festival was coming soon, and asked me to help a relative to worship the family immortals and shrine gods.

Our relative's village is in a particularly remote place here, called Porphyry Village, which means "boatman" in Tujia language, I didn't want to go, but this relative's relationship with my family is too close, so I had to accept it. People have been fishing for generations, and they can only be reached by boat.

It was already evening after I finished the sacrifice at my relative's house that day, and my relatives had to stay with me for the night, but because it was relatively close to my grandparents' house, I hadn't been to see my grandparents for a long time, so I wanted to stop by to see them, so I decided to go back to the ancient town overnight.

When my relatives saw that they couldn't keep me, they stopped reluctantly.

I walked to the wharf, but unexpectedly there was no one on the wharf, at this time the moon had come out, except for the occasional two cormorant calls around, there was silence, I saw that today I can only live in a relative's house for one night, I was about to turn back to the village, but I heard a burst of wood pulp paddling sound in front of the river bay, I was overjoyed, followed the sound to look over, only to see a flat boat rowed outside the river bay, behind the boat is a boatman wearing a hat, wearing a coat, I hurriedly shouted: "Boat boss, can you go?" ”

The wooden boat slowly approached, and I saw that the rowing boat was an old man in his 6 or 70s, with a cigarette stick in his mouth, five short figures, but he looked extremely strong, I said: "Old man, I'll go to XX town and take me for a while." ”

The old man spat out his cigarette and said, "Get on board!" ”

I was overjoyed to get on the boat, and I thanked, "Thank you, old man, are you going to cast your net so late or where are you going?" ”

The old man was expressionless and said, "You're welcome." ”

I saw that the old man was reluctant to speak, and felt that maybe the old man was more withdrawn, so he didn't speak, sat on the bow of the boat and looked at the scenery, tonight the moon was bright and the stars were sparse, the water was sparkling, the mountains on both sides of the river were reflected in the river, dancing with the water waves, and from time to time there was a bird flying across the river, as if swimming in the middle of the painting.

When I was immersed in the beautiful scenery, I suddenly felt that this road seemed to be different from the road when I came, just now I only cared about the scenery, did not care about looking at the road, the waterways in the Wuling Mountains are intertwined into a network, and there is a small river that flows all the way, I don't know where the old man rowed the boat. I saw that the river was getting narrower and narrower, and then, entering a deep canyon, the mountains on both sides were steep, and the bottom of the mountain was full of cliffs.

I secretly screamed badly, could this old man be a water thief? I was also careless, I didn't even bring a weapon for self-defense when I went out today, and since the white dragon arrived at my house, he was taken in by my father, otherwise I wouldn't be doing it with my bare hands now.

Because our place is located at the junction of Sichuan, Hunan and Guizhou provinces, and the rivers are crossed, there is a perennial lack of effective management, and there are many water thieves who kill people and oversell goods, pretending to be boat owners, taking passing merchants to a secluded waterway, and killing people to hang a big stone on the corpse and sink it into the water, and even the body cannot be found.

I asked, "Old man, this doesn't seem to be the way back to XX, right?" ”

The old man rowed the boat to the middle of the river, stopped the boat, sat on the stern of the boat, loaded it with leaf smoke, and smoked it.

I was anxious and asked, "What are you doing here?" ”

The old man still didn't speak, just smoked.

I said tentatively, "If you can't row, how about I help you row?" "My eyes were looking around for something to defend myself from, but unfortunately I couldn't even find a stick on this ship.

As the saying goes, don't bully the mountains and the water, don't look at the old man's age, as long as the water is good, in this river, it is estimated that more than a dozen people will not live.

The old man looked at me and looked around, knocked on the cigarette stick, and said slowly: "Last time, the old man heard that there was a Tima who used an eight-treasure copper bell to make things different, and the other one was six bells, and he used an antiquity of eight bells. I don't know if it's true? ”

I was shocked to see that this old man had come for the eight-treasure bronze bell I had obtained in the stone tomb.

It seems that this old man is not a simple water thief, but he is still here specifically for me, so he said calmly: "There is such a thing, what do you want?" ”

The old man said coldly: "I have seen Old Lady Tian's eight-treasure copper bell." ”

The old man still knew my master, and I was shocked again. said: "Then it seems that the old man is a senior?" ”

The old man didn't answer me, and continued: "If you are Tima, I won't go around in circles for you, the eight bells are all fetishes, and the old man just wants to open his eyes." ”

I thought to myself: If you just want to open your eyes, why don't you row the boat to such a secluded place? It's clear that I want to win the bell.

Immediately said: "It's okay to open your eyes, I'll show you if you row the boat to XX." ”

The old man suddenly waved his hand lightly, only to hear the sound of "bang", and a thing with a strong wind directly inserted into the bow of the ship on my side, my face was like ashes, if I ran directly to people this time, I would have my life.

I looked down at the object that had sunk deep into the bow of the ship, and it turned out to be Tima's magic weapon, the knife!

The old man said: "Baby, pull it out and see for yourself!" ”

I laboriously pulled out the knife, only to see that the blade was simple, and the back was also wearing eight copper rings, and the knife body was engraved with the Big Dipper pattern, I turned the knife over and looked, and by the bright moonlight, I couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

The knife is clearly written "Yu" in Ba Wen!