As the old man spoke, he shook the things he was holding in his hand in front of Su Jiping's eyes: "When I was rushing home after shopping, who knew that it was raining heavily, so I thought about finding a cave nearby to take shelter from the rain. ”

As he spoke, the old man subconsciously glanced outside the cave, and when he saw that the rain had weakened slightly, a faint smile appeared on his face.

After listening to the old man's explanation, the big stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground, and he breathed a long sigh of relief, and said in his heart: I thought it was caught by a big mouse with red eyes just now, oops, fortunately, it was just a false alarm.

Su Jiping patted his chest lightly, and when his breath gradually stabilized, he was going to ask the old man where he was now.

As a result, his mouth had just opened, and the old man stuffed two corn nests into his hands: "Child, are you hungry?" Let's eat two nests first, and when the rain stops, I'll take you home and eat something good. ”

This wowotou is a common food in the north, its color is golden, conical, in order to make it steamed and easy to cook, there is a hole at the bottom, because there is a hole, the name of wowotou comes from this.

Because few people in the countryside can afford to eat flour, Wowotou is generally eaten with cornmeal mixed with wild vegetables or coarse bran, because the ingredients are very simple, so the taste of this thing is not very good.

Although the taste is not good, the countrymen are not so particular, as long as they can have a stutter to fill their stomachs, so basically every household eats this thing as a staple food.

Su Jiping held the two nest heads in his hands, and for some reason he was suddenly a little moved, although he was very hungry, he didn't eat the two nests immediately.

This warm moment reminded him of the time when his parents were still alive many years ago, and he remembered that whenever he shouted that he was hungry, his parents would ask with such concern, and then make a table of delicious food for him to eat.

Thinking that he is not a big man now, he has not even married a daughter-in-law, let alone any descendants, if his parents are still alive, it is estimated that he will inevitably fall through.

The old man was very strange when he saw that Su Jiping refused to eat for a long time, and his mood was not very high, so he hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with the child?" What are you doing in this nest? Why don't you eat it? ”

Su Jiping gently wiped the tears on the edge of his eyes, thanked the old man gratefully, and then began to eat the nest head in his hand.

Looking at his gobbling appearance, the old man patted him on the shoulder, "Child, eat slowly, don't choke!" After eating, come home with me. ”

Su Jiping didn't want to go to his house to bother more, but he couldn't resist the old man's warm invitation.

So Su Jiping, under the guidance of this kind old man, followed him out of the cave, and the two braved the drizzle, I don't know how many mountain roads they walked, and finally came to the door of a small farm yard.

Su Jiping followed the old man into the yard in a daze, looked around and found that the small fences on both sides of the yard were full of all kinds of melons, fruits and vegetables.

This discovery surprised Su Jiping.

Why is he so surprised, the reason is very simple, aside from today's sudden pouring rain, even a light rain has not fallen in the past year or so, so how did these melons, fruits and vegetables grow in front of him?

couldn't suppress the doubts in his heart, Su Jiping had no choice but to run to the old man to inquire about the mystery.

The old man didn't seem to expect him to ask about this, and a hint of surprise flashed in his cloudy eyes, but he quickly returned to normal, only to see him grabbing the white beard on his chin, slowly coming to the side of the fence, and stretching out his hand to point to the soil: "Young man, you don't know this, this piece of land in my house is a treasure of feng shui, as long as you sow vegetable seeds on it, you will naturally reap something." ”

"This?"

Su Jiping was completely stunned, remembering that when he was a child, he had heard a lot of bizarre strange things in the stories told by his elders, but he never thought that a few years later, this kind of strange thing would be encountered by himself, and he was shocked in his heart, and his mouth was dry and he couldn't say a word.

While he was still in a daze, the old man had already turned and walked in the direction of the small hut.

With an extremely unpleasant 'crunch' sound, a dusty black wooden door was quietly pushed open.

Su Jiping turned his head to take a look, only to find that not far behind him, there were three small thatched huts, and the old man just pushed open the door of the first small thatched hut.

The old man saw Su Jiping standing motionless, so he stood in the room and kept urging: "Young man, what are you still doing standing stupidly outside?" Hurry up and come in and get warm. ”

I don't know if Su Jiping is starting to be suspicious again, he always feels that the old man is now full of strangeness, but what is strange, he can't say for a while.

After thinking about it secretly, Su Ji said calmly: No way, since they have all followed to other people's residences, then forget about the guest, so suspicious and suspicious, I am afraid that it will chill the old man's kindness.

After figuring it out, Su Jiping had no choice but to pretend that nothing had happened, and went straight to the thatched house with a smile.

Entering the house, Su Jiping found that the light inside was even dimmer than outside.

When the old man saw him come in, he looked very happy, and stretched out his hand to point to the earthen kang in front of him: "Young man, you have to deal with the grievances here first, and when the evening comes, the guests have arrived, and I will tell you to get up and finish eating." ”

Su Jiping sat on the earthen kang and said to the old man with a smile, "That's okay, uncle, you're busy with you, I happen to be a little tired, so I'll squint for a while {sleep}." ”

The old man nodded at him, went out on his own, and walked to the door and did not forget to help him close the door.

As soon as the old man left, Su Jiping was really a little sleepy, he tried to force himself to think about the ins and outs of this matter, but his upper and lower eyelids became heavier and heavier, and he had an illusion of drowsiness.

Later, because he couldn't resist the sleepiness, Su Jiping simply took off his shoes and climbed onto the kang with a bone, intending to sleep first before talking about anything else.

Just when Su Jiping was sleeping groggyly, the old man suddenly came over and called him to eat.

Su Jiping rubbed his sleepy eyes, and followed the old man out in a daze.

Out of the first small hut, Su Jiping found that the second small hut was brightly lit, and the voices were boiling, sometimes some people shouted, sometimes some people laughed, in short, all kinds of chaotic sounds came into his ears, making him instantly sober up a lot.

Following the old man into the second room, Su Jiping took a look and found that there were many people in the room at the moment, these people were dressed very strangely, and they were short, but their voices were so sharp and piercing.

Su Jiping has never met these people, and he doesn't know what to say, so it seems a little embarrassing.

Standing stunned and at a loss, the old man came over and grabbed him by the wrist, brought him to the front of the people, and asked him to briefly introduce himself to everyone at the dinner table.

The originally noisy group of people actually quieted down when they heard Su Jiping speak.

At the same time, they locked their eyes on Su Jiping, but the careful Su Jiping suddenly noticed that these people were looking at him, and they seemed to be too excited, and even a glint of essence flashed in their eyes.

Su Jiping was a little hairy by them, and subconsciously moved a few steps back, and the old man changed the topic just right when he saw this, and began to beckon him to dine.

When Su Jiping saw the table full of wine and delicacies, he suddenly forgot about his previous eccentricity, sat down in a hurry, and began to feast.

He listened to the gossip of the gang as he ate heavily, so it didn't take long to figure out why the old man had invited them to the feast.

As the old man had said before, he was indeed celebrating his son's birthday, so it seems that he had not lied before.

Don't look at Su Jiping gulping and stuffing food into his mouth, but he couldn't help but feel a little shocked in his heart.

If you want to say why he was shocked, the reason is very simple, because most of the people in the village are very poor, let alone birthdays, and they may not even be able to eat a full mouth.

So in his opinion, the families that can celebrate their children's birthdays must be big families who are either rich or expensive.

Could it be that this old man is still a landowner?

Su Jiping blinked, turned his head to look at the ordinary old man sitting next to him, and began to be a little surprised in his heart: Looking at the clothes on his body, he is also very ordinary, could it be that he is relatively low-key?

Thinking about the gap between his own identity and that of others, Su Jiping became uncomfortable, and said in his heart that he was just a peasant who couldn't eat, how could he be embarrassed to sit and eat with a landlord like someone else, which was really a bit ridiculous.

was thinking crankily in his heart, but at this time, a child suddenly ran out of the inner room, and when he saw the old man, he opened his mouth and said, "Dad! What good things are you going to buy me in town? ”

What the? This, this kid actually calls that old man dad?

I can't be mistaken, right?

Su Jiping was even more shocked, he thought that the old man's son was a young man in his twenties, but who would have thought that the child in front of him, who seemed to be only five or six years old, turned out to be the old man's son.

Su Jiping looked at the old man and the child's smiling conversation, he felt that everything today seemed so awkward, and it always made people feel unreal.

I saw the old man smile, reached out and touched the child's head, and said softly: "San Lang, Dad went to the city to buy you a lot of delicious things, come and take a look!" ”

As he spoke, he handed the white cloth bag in his hand to the child in front of him.

The child couldn't wait to take the bag, rummaging through it carefully, and when he pulled out a bloody animal entrail, he unconsciously shouted happily: "Ha! Sure enough, there is my favorite food! ”