"Mr. Xiaojiu, we swear to follow Miss to the death, no matter how dangerous the future is, we are not afraid, and ah...... Don't be afraid of that strange old man, he always scolds you, he doesn't help us, we don't have to help him, hum! ”

Zuo Bu said indignantly.

"Thin man, don't talk about my master like that, if his stinky temper is provoked, I'm afraid he will slap you into scum, I ...... on weekdays."

"Stinky boy! Don't think that if Master has lost all his cultivation, he won't be able to hear you muttering bad things about Master behind his back, they are always ghosts and will confuse people's minds, be careful with you, hum! ”

Before I could finish speaking, Master suddenly turned his head and blew his beard and glared, and I was so frightened that I hurriedly put away the Five Ghost Umbrella and squeezed out a smile with difficulty.

"That strange old man, he actually belittled us so much, how could we confuse Mr. Xiaojiu, besides, we are not uncommon to act like that, it's a big deal to find a barren mountain and a wild mountain to live a leisurely life!"

Zuo Buyan retorted to the master angrily.

"That's it! That strange old man is clearly aimed at us, he doesn't look down on us, and we don't look down on him! ”

The right does not say that he echoed honestly.

"Don't say it anymore, Senior Zhang won't help us, and we can't slander his old man, if we don't even have a trace of awe in our hearts, how can we talk about cultivation? Mr. Xiaojiu is right, cultivation is important in cultivating the mind, and the mouth is the door to right and wrong, if you two follow my orders in the future, don't talk too much! ”

Sure enough, Miss Ruo's calm tone instantly suppressed the fat and thin ghost.

On the other hand, the master still ignores me, this old stubborn, the things he believes can't be changed at all, I really can't do anything about him, I reluctantly put away the five ghost umbrellas, and quickly catch up with the master.

"You don't have to say good things for them, Master said that he wouldn't care about this matter, so he won't care!"

Master angrily blocked the words I was about to speak, and pointed to the boundary in front of me, and said, "You have fast legs and feet, run and see how far away you are from Nanwupo!" ”

"Oh!"

I agreed, and hurriedly ran down the White Tiger Ridge, in front of which was the wilderness of the Pingchuan River, but in the bright morning light, a slightly raised soil slope could be seen faintly in the distance, and a few miles ahead, there was farmland, presumably it was almost to the south five slopes that Tian Qilang said.

"Master, it is estimated that we will be able to rush to Nanwupo in the afternoon, what's the matter, are you an alcoholic?"

I smiled, reached out and touched the wine gourd on Master's waist, and sure enough, the wine gourd was empty.

"yes...... I haven't had a drink for many days, and Shichiro said that there is a lot of wine in Nanwupo, tsk...... What an appetite for Master! ”

As he spoke, Master smacked his lips and couldn't help but quicken his pace.

"Yes, Senior Zhang, that old man Cheng is a hospitable old man, I think you must talk about it, hehe!"

Tian Qilang wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and smiled excitedly.

"By the way, what's the name of the town above Nanwupo?"

Master asked with a smile.

"Well, it was originally called Qishi Village, but somehow the population is getting more and more, the village chief has become a town, and it has been divided into three big villages out of thin air, and the original Qishi Village has also been renamed Qishi Town, but the whole is still a big village that lives together, it seems that Qishi Town has three surnames, so it has become three villages, hehe!"

But as soon as the words fell, Tian Qilang couldn't help frowning and said: "As the saying goes, one is strange, not surprising, if three are strange, there will be strange news...... However, last time I stayed for two days, and I didn't ask about many strange things, and I still don't know the reason for the village town and the town. ”

"Qilang is right, Qishi Town, South Wupo, there are strange stones on the five slopes, I'm afraid there are not only strange stones, but also strange people!"

Master smiled strangely, but he didn't stop, but it was me, paused, and glanced carefully ahead, Master didn't even look at it, how did he know that there was a strange person in Qishi Town?

It would be ridiculous if it was just because of the name, but Master has never done anything ridiculous, he said that what there is, there must be something, and of course, he never judged everything just by looking at the surface, but could see through the essence of things at a glance.

Perhaps, that's why the world respects him, or maybe that's why I worship him.

After noon, about a moment or so, we came to the bottom of the South Five Slopes, and as Tian Qilang said, all around us were fertile fields, could this be a blessed land?

But this South Five Slope has no support, the lonely pestle is there, and in addition to the geology around here is better, the rest is very desolate, it is said that even if this is not a lonely place, it should not be a blessed land, how can there be a vigorous atmosphere everywhere?

It's really hard to figure out......

At the bottom of the terraces, there are a few children playing, but looking at their appearance, as if they are doing something seriously, I took a closer look, and sure enough, each child has a small bamboo basket on his back, and inside the small bamboo basket, there are small stones of different shapes.

And when they bent over and hunched over to touch them, they also touched small stones.

"What are they doing?"

When Master saw me walking back, he asked curiously.

"Picking up rocks, maybe it's for children to play."

I laughed casually.

"But they are obviously very tired, and the weight in the bamboo basket must have exceeded the weight they can bear, and they are still picking it up, is this just playing?"

The master glanced at it and said angrily.

"Uh...... Oh, yes! I'll ask! ”

After being reminded by the master, I also found that these children did not look like they were playing, but were really doing a serious thing, so I hurriedly stepped forward, and I found a little chubby boy with a dirty face in front of him, and asked, "Little fat man, what are you picking up stones for?" Aren't you afraid of being tired? ”

The little fat man looked up at me, grinned slowly, and showed his white teeth...... "Big brother, we are picking up ingots." ”

"Huh? Are you picking up ingots? Hehe! This is obviously a stone, how can it be an ingot? Are the adults playing with you? Besides, don't you get tired of carrying so much?! ”

The oldest of these children is about eight years old, and the youngest is about five years old, but their faces do not mean that they are forced, but they are all in high spirits.

"Big brother, you're from out of town, right? I don't know the customs here, but we have a festival here at this time of year, called the 'Gold Covering Festival'. ”

The little fat man is the oldest, and he speaks very smoothly, but when he said what the gold festival is, I was completely confused, what kind of festival is this? How come I've never heard of it?!

"What is the Golden Festival? Also, what does it have to do with the Feast of Collecting Stones? ”

I calmed my stunned mood and asked with a wry smile.

(Tianjin)