CHAPTER XVII
"My grass, little donkey, why are you here so early?"
In the countryside outside Shanghai, Cao Hou opened the door of his house sleepily and saw Chen Xiaodonkey standing at the door with his cat brother, his face was so frightened that he couldn't help but be startled.
"Good morning, auntie."
Chen Xiaodonkey greeted Cao's mother, and dragged Cao Hou into his room, "I have something to tell you." ”
"What's the matter?" Cao Hou didn't know why.
Chen Xiaodonkey suppressed his voice and said that he fell asleep in the hospital and woke up in Dongsheng Restaurant, but deliberately skipped the dream and the bronze bell, which scared Cao Hou again, "Okay, don't grind, hurry up and go to the Taoist temple, I think you have to find an old man Zhang immediately, you look for me about this, where the do I know this?" ”
Chen Xiaodonkey shook his head and said, "Don't worry, you will stay with me today, but don't sleep at night, I want to know what's going on." ”
"I'm grass, do you mean there will be this strange thing tonight?"
"Eighty or ninety, don't ask me how I'm sure, I just have this intuition."
Chen Xiaodonkey replied, blocking Cao Hou's follow-up questions by the way.
"Why don't I go and call it useless." Cao Hou said worriedly: "If I come again tonight, if something appears at that time, I will definitely not be able to settle it." ”
"Let's see how it goes." Chen Xiaodonkey did not approve of this proposal either.
Cao Hou said: "Then what if you are in danger tonight?" ”
"No, if it's dangerous, I'm still standing here today?" Chen Xiaodonkey's words are categorical.
"Okay then, it's your own fate anyway, you can think about it." Cao Hou could only nod, and then noticed that Chen Xiaodonkey was already sweating hotly, and wondered: "Are you crazy, you wear long sleeves on such a hot day, and you are not afraid of heat stroke?" ”
Chen Xiaodonkey glanced at his clothes, which he had led the sheep on the road after going out, covering the strange atrophy of his little arms with his long sleeves. And Cao Hou didn't wait for him to refuse, he had already turned out a short-sleeved shirt and threw it over, shouting: "Hurry up and change it, I doubt that you have already made a mistake with yourself." ”
It was indeed a hot day.
Chen Xiaodonkey shook his head helplessly, and changed Cao Hou's short sleeves, but still wrapped the changed clothes around his arms.
At this time, he thought of Cao Hou's own affairs, so he asked: "What did the fifth master say about the tomato you ate?" ”
Cao Hou said: "The old man said don't worry about it, I'm hard, and those things won't pester me." But then he became depressed, "But don't mention this little donkey, damn, it makes me sick when I think about it." ”
After staying at Cao Hou's house for a morning, after lunch, Chen Xiaodonkey and Cao Hou rushed back to the city, Chen Xiaodonkey went to Tongji Hospital to accompany the bed, and Cao Hou was an idle character, running on the street to work diligently, until more than eight o'clock in the evening, he came to the hospital.
"I'm grass, it's amazing, little donkey." As soon as he entered the ward, he screamed loudly, with some excitement on his face.
Chen Xiaodonkey glanced at him speechlessly, "What's the big deal?" Did you touch a small yellow croaker today? ”
"Harm!" Speaking of this, Cao Hou's face suddenly darkened, "I touched a little yellow croaker, it hasn't been open for the past two days, and there are fewer and fewer people on the street." ”
The soldiers directly did the work of the public security department, either setting up cards or patrolling and checking on various streets, and more and more people left, Shanghai, a metropolis that was extremely prosperous in the past, now does have a bit of a sluggish smell.
Chen Xiaodonkey also felt this, but in the past two days, his mind was not on it at all.
"So what did you say?"
"There may be a war!" Cao Hou said mysteriously, and at the same time lowered his voice.
Chen Xiaodonkey was a little stunned for a while, "What is it?" Fight? ”
"Yes!" Cao Hou chick nodded like pecking rice.
"Where did you get the news?"
"On the street!" Cao Hou pointed outside and explained: "Didn't I look for a fat sheep on the street today, and when I saw two women wearing cheongsam, I followed, but I didn't expect to hear their chat."
Those two women seem to be the family members of an official in the city hall, I heard them say that these soldiers in Shanghai in the past few days are all Lu Tianfu's subordinates, by the way, do you know who Lu Tianfu is? ”
Chen Xiaodonkey frowned and said, "That warlord in Jiangsu? ”
Syllable! Cao Hou slapped his palms suddenly, "Yes, yes, yes, it's him!" ”
Chen Xiaodonkey said: "Then what does this have to do with fighting?" ”
Although there are many warlords in the country now, and there is a lot of friction between various warlords, in the final analysis, it is all a country's business, and it is not to the extent of a war, right?
Cao Hou said: "Lu Tianfu wants to swallow Shanghai!" I heard the two women say, a few days ago, Lu Tianfu and his son Lu Lin led the troops to arrest Zhang Dingfan, and he has not been released yet, and he followed Lu Tianfu's soldiers into Shanghai. ”
"I'm grass, and this?" The corners of Chen Xiaodonkey's mouth twitched, "Lu Tianfu is afraid that he is crazy, he dares to come to so many concessions in Shanghai?" ”
"Then who knows?" Cao Hou shrugged his shoulders and said, "But if you want me to say, if this thing is really a man, it's okay to take Shanghai, damn, otherwise I will be ridden on the head by a group of miscellaneous devils all day long and. Pee, real Nyima is aggrieved! ”
"Also, the two women also said that the rumors that there was a big disaster in Shanghai recently were actually released by the City Hall, and I don't know why they did this, and I didn't know what they said, but they were considering whether to leave Shanghai first to avoid it."
This Lu Tianfu is absolutely crazy.
The more Chen Xiaodonkey thinks about it, the more he feels that this thing is magical, he Lu Tianfu is to directly lead troops to fight Nanjing, and occupy the presidential palace, which is simpler than rushing over to attack Shanghai, there are not only French here, but also British and Orientals, the entire country of the previous dynasty was killed by these foreigners, he Lu Tianfu is a small local warlord, is he a bear-hearted leopard dares to rashly use troops against Shanghai?
At this time, Cao Hou said again: "Seriously, little donkey, do you think we should also leave Shanghai for refuge?" This thing has started to fight, and the worst thing will be our simple little people! ”
"You shriveled calf and call yourself a simple little common man?" Chen Xiaodonkey was choked by Cao Hou, but he didn't bother to argue with him, so he shook his head and said: "No, those who can become warlords don't have bad brains, let's just wait and see what happens, even if there is a real fight, it's not too late to leave when the time comes." ”
"That's okay, listen to you, but Lao Tzu Zhang is so big, I haven't seen a war yet!" Cao Hou regained his eyebrows and danced, and gradually became high.
Time passed little by little, and the quartz clock in the ward slowly pointed to twelve o'clock.
At this moment, Chen Xiaodonkey fell asleep on the side of Chen's mother's bed without warning, Cao Hou didn't notice it, his mouth was still like a machine gun, and it wasn't until a few minutes later that Chen Xiaodonkey stood up and suddenly realized that something was wrong.
Seeing Chen Xiaodonkey walk to the door of the ward and open the door, he hurriedly said, "Huh? Donkey, what are you doing? ”
But Chen Xiaodonkey didn't answer and walked straight away.
"Meow!" The cat brother who was asleep at the head of Chen's mother's bed also woke up suddenly, and it quickly jumped off the bed and chased out.
Cao Hou scolded, and hurriedly ran out, trying to stop Chen Xiaodonkey in the aisle.
But for a second.
Sonor!
Suddenly, there was a sound of the dagger being unsheathed, Cao Hou's face changed suddenly, and he turned around while scolding 'my grass', and the sharp blade of the dagger stabbed against his waist.
Chen Xiaodonkey actually went directly to him!
"Little donkey, you're sleeping, aren't you? Wake me up! Grabbing Chen Xiaodonkey's wrist with his backhand, and pressing Chen Xiaodonkey's shoulder with the other hand, Cao Hou raised his voice and scolded angrily.
But Chen Xiaodonkey was unmoved, as if he couldn't hear it, and his hand holding the dagger kept struggling.
The two looked at each other, Cao Hou suddenly shuddered, although the little donkey's eyes were open, but the eyes looked as if they had no soul.
"Meow...... Meow! ”
At this time, Brother Cat grabbed Cao Hou's trouser leg and pulled him to the side.
Cao Hou knew that Brother Cat was human, so he was stunned for a moment, and said, "You mean to let me stop this goods and let him go?" ”
"Meow!" Brother Cat barked again, as if to say yes.
"Damn, believe in your evil!"
Cao Hou hesitated for two seconds, and let go of his hand while scolding, he was really right!