Chapter 23 Digging Ditches
Xiao Tao Niang smiled bitterly, "But what woman doesn't marry?" ”
"Mother!" Xiao Tao pulled his mother's sleeve and pouted and shouted, my mother is really stubborn! .
"Forget it, let's rest! Don't talk about it, just buy it! We can use our own convenience, and we can go to the town whenever we want! ”
Xiao Tao was lying on the kang, estimating that the time was about eight o'clock at most, the sound of grandma's quarrel in the main house came out, and in the afternoon grandpa was working in the field, not knowing that something had happened at home.
"You are a dead old woman, you are used to him when you are young, today you actually let him sell his daughter, my old face has been lost by him, tomorrow I will break his other leg, so that he can never go out again!"
"Oops! My dear mother! I can't live anymore, I've followed you all my life, you're going to break your son's legs, the boss's family eats and drinks spicy food every day, you old things are eccentric, everything good is given to the boss's family, that little Tao is a dead girl who is so ruthless, that's her own uncle! My son is tired of life! His daughter-in-law can't even give birth to a son, and he is not happy if he doesn't eat and gamble! ”
"You, you...... Alas! What iniquity have I created! I've lost all the faces of my ancestors! ”
Xiao Tao sighed, one was protecting, and the other was angry! Grandpa has a good heart, but he is a little cowardly!
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The next morning, Xiao Tao took a shovel and went up the mountain again, the air on the mountain was fresh, and people unconsciously forgot their troubles.
Xiao Tao decided to dig a ditch to bring the water over first, and the water flow was small and would not cause any effect.
While climbing the slope, I picked medicinal herbs and mushrooms, but after a day, the plants on the slope grew a lot taller, green, thinking that this time I could dry and clean up and buy a good price.
When he arrived at the door of the cave and looked at the location, Xiao Tao decided to dig the spring water at the door.
As soon as he had dug two shovels, he heard someone coming up, and saw from a distance that it was a pillar.
Zhuzi also saw her, and shouted loudly, "Xiao Tao, what are you doing?" ”
Xiao Tao glanced at him, held back and didn't speak, and then a person followed behind the pillar, it was Bai Ling.
The two walked towards Xiao Tao together. Xiao Tao sighed, can you let me stay quietly?
The two approached, Bai Ling pretended to be enthusiastic, and walked over and pulled Xiao Tao's arm, "Tao'er, what are you digging for?" I'm here with Brother Zhu to hunt some prey! Zhuzi Niang wants to eat rabbit meat, so she has to ask me to come with Brother Zhuzi! ”
Xiao Tao wanted to say Bailing, you don't have to show it so obviously, and I don't care what happens to the two of you, so he smiled, "It's nothing, I just want to bring some water,"
"What are you doing with the water?" Zhuzi's face was slightly red, and he asked suspiciously.
Xiao Tao didn't plan to hide it, after all, this was not his home, and someone would come over at any time and see what he had done.
"It's nothing, it's just that I like this cave a lot, and I want to clean it up and make a place to escape the heat in the summer."
Bai Ling looked surprised, his eyes showed fear, and he pointed to the left not far away, "Xiao Tao, have you forgotten, there is a dead man over there, there are several people in our village who accidentally fell into it and the bones can't be found, you never went up this slope before, and I also dared to come up with Brother Zhuzi!" ”
Xiao Tao looked at her with a frightened look, and recalled in his head that there was such a thing, he hadn't been to the cave to the left, and he could see it in about ten minutes by walking to the Dead Man's Pool. A small pool, the water surface is about two meters from the ground, about five or six meters in diameter, calm and waveless, the water is turbid green, and the bottom of the water cannot be seen.
The original owner did not never go up the mountain, but when he was a child, about seven years old, he followed the little girl in the village to play on the mountain, right next to the dead man's pool, and witnessed someone accidentally fall into the pool, and disappeared at once, and no one dared to go down to fish, so he never dared to go up the mountain again.
Xiao Tao smiled and explained, "I'm not afraid now, it's okay if I don't go over there, what are you two going to do together, if you have something, hurry up!" It doesn't matter to me! ”
The pillar's eyes were glued to Xiao Tao, and he didn't want to leave, "Tao'er, I'll help you!" I have a lot of strength, and I will be able to dig it in a while," he said, and came over to get the shovel in Xiao Tao's hand.
Xiao Tao smiled and held the shovel tightly and didn't let go, and pulled back, "It's really useless, you guys are busy!" ”
Bai Ling hurriedly walked to the pillar and pulled him to the right, but he pestered him for a long time before he was willing to bring him over, "Let's go!" Brother Zhuzi, didn't the aunt ask you to beat her a rabbit? Let's go! ”
Xiao Tao smiled and took the opportunity to take a few steps back, and hurriedly waved his hand, "Let's go!" Let's go! I don't need help! ”
The pillar was helpless, and lowered his head in frustration, why did Xiao Tao avoid himself so much, and was dragged by Bailing and walked back step by step.
Xiao Tao was funny in his heart, the original owner's temperament, some people actually liked it, but the pillar had a good vision, and the original owner at least had no scheming compared to Bailing.
No matter what, let's get started!
Xiao Tao rolled up his sleeves and decided to dig a seventy or eighty centimeter square and half a meter deep pit at the door, and then buy a porcelain jar and put it in, wash clothes and vegetables.
There are a lot of stones in the soil, and the small pottery digging is very laborious and slow! As you dig, you pick up the stones and spread them to the bottom of the canal.
The weather is getting hotter and hotter, the sun shines through the leaves, mottled on the ground, Xiao Tao sweats for a while, looking at the canal that has been dug three or four meters long, and feels a sense of accomplishment.
I drank some water and sat down on a large rock next to me to rest. I wiped the sweat from my forehead, thinking that although the technology in this era is backward, there is no pressure to compete. I don't need to think about the job of graduating from college, I don't need to stay up late to study, so it's good to rest at sunrise and sunset! In my previous life, I don't know how many people want to live such a life but can't do it, and the fierce competition makes people can't stop!
After resting enough, as soon as he picked up the shovel, the sound of fighting came from the other side of the spring, and the clashing of weapons was piercing and screeching.
Xiao Tao muttered in his heart, do you want to go and see, but there is no way to compare his skills with the kung fu of the ancients, what if it affects himself? I haven't lived enough!
Xiao Tao listened with his ears pricked up, and vaguely heard something, "He's about to be poisoned, let's go together!" Then there was another cacophony of weapons clashing, and there were shouts, rumblings, and even the cracking of trees, and after about two minutes there was no sound.
Xiao Tao's heart was tickled like a cat's scratch, and he couldn't resist his curiosity, so he tiptoed over carefully, and sure enough, there were traces of a fight on the edge of the spring, the grass had been trampled, and there were knife marks on the trees.