Chapter Twenty-Six: The Mystic Clan
After Liang Yuan took Meimei to the fast food restaurant, there were only me, Lao Yu, and Wang Blind left in the noodle shop.
I watched and stared at Liang Yuan and Mei Mei in the direction where they left, and asked him what he was looking at.
Lao Yu's voice was a little tired, he stared at the fast food restaurant and whispered: "Tang Xiaofan, you too, children's families, or eat less fast food, after all, those ......"
Seeing me staring at myself, Lao Yu's eyes flickered for a moment, and then he said again: "After all, those are junk food, and it's not good to eat ......."
I groaned and looked at him thoughtfully.
Lao Yu's gaze retracted, and he sat back where he was just now.
I poured a glass of water for Lao Yu, and he didn't drink it when he took it, just said thank you and put it back on the table. The blind man Wang also sat aside, he raised his eyes to look at Lao Yu, and tried to speak several times, but I stopped him with my gaze.
No need to guess, I know that Lao Yu has something on his mind.
But this matter must be said by himself, after all, people with demons, the more they push, the more anxious they will be.
After being silent for a while, Lao Yu looked at me: "Tang Xiaofan, you said that you might be able to save my son, what are the chances?" ”
Seeing that Lao Yu finally spoke, I felt a little more stable:
"Your son's chances of survival have a lot to do with the truth of what happened when you told me, so you can do it yourself."
My tone was calm, neither slow nor slow.
Lao Yu's current state is that he can live by pulling a handful back, and he can die by pushing a handful forward.
The results of the two are very different, it depends on how he chooses.
After thinking about it for about five or six minutes, Lao Yu finally asked me: "Tang Xiaofan, say it, whatever you want to know, I'll tell you!" ”
I was overjoyed.
There are so many things I want to know about in Lao Yu's chicken farm.
The stone statues, the deformed caged chickens, and the peach grove behind them......
I know that I can't rush it, I have to do it one by one, and solving one problem at a time is the best policy.
So, I first asked Lao Yu: "Lao Yu, what you have to tell me is, where did the stone statue in the courtyard of your small building come from?" ”
Hearing this, Lao Yu's hands rubbed repeatedly.
Wang Blind and I glanced at each other, but there was no sound, and we were all waiting for Lao Yu to speak.
After thinking for a while, Lao Yu finally told the origin of the stone statue:
Many years ago, Lao Yu killed chickens at the farmers' market.
The amount of more than ten a day is not enough to feed a family. Seeing that his wife and children are not having a good time, as a man, he is anxious.
One day, when he was killing chickens, he suddenly heard a few guests say that Dongshan County is very profitable by digging coal.
As long as you dig coal for a day, 300 yuan will be in your pocket.
At that time, Lao Yu could earn less than ten yuan by selling a chicken, and after a day of tiring work, he earned dozens of yuan.
Hearing this good thing, Lao Yu's heart was moved.
He told my dad that he wanted to go to Dongshan to dig coal. Later, my dad still didn't go, so Lao Yu went alone with a bag on his back and went on the road alone.
Dongshan County, which is more than 130 kilometers away from Qingshen County, where I am located.
At that time, the transportation was not very developed, and it was quite troublesome to go there.
The winding mountain road has to go around for most of the day, and the bumps are so bumpy that I want to vomit.
Next to the tumultuous river, a few days ago it had just rained, the waves of water crashed against the boulder, when Lao Yu opened the window to breathe, those water droplets splashed from the stone wall, can be clearly patted on Lao Yu's face.
One more look at the sky, black clouds are thick.
It seems that another heavy rain is coming.
Someone in the car said: "A few days ago, this road collapsed, and a small car was washed into the river, and the car pulled up, but no one was found." ”
Someone next to me was discussing with the man.
"Speaking of which, this road is really evil, in the past few years, when it rains, there will be a car accident, and even people and cars will fall into the ditch."
As soon as these words came out, the faces of several little girls around me turned white with fright.
The man who spoke was a young man, with a scar that ran from the corner of his mouth to his chin, and a tattoo of a green dragon on his arm. He was obviously deliberately teasing those girls, looking at his ill-intentioned look, Lao Yu was a little angry in his heart.
According to his usual personality, he will definitely remind those girls when he comes forward.
But at this moment, Lao Yu was silent.
When he goes out, he doesn't want to cause trouble, and if he gets into trouble with these little gangsters, he will only suffer the loss.
Besides, he is suffering from motion sickness again, if he really makes trouble, where is the strength to fight him. Forget it, Lao Yu thought that he still had a family to raise, but he couldn't come nonsense.
A thunderbolt flashed outside, and the inside and outside of the car were transparent.
The little girls were so frightened that they hugged each other, and only heard the tattooed man say quietly:
"In fact, many people don't know that before this mountain, there lived a very strange group of people. They barely have contact with people outside, and they make a living by raising chickens......"
Hearing this, several people sitting in the front row also turned their heads to look at the tattooed man and listened to him say the following words:
This mountain is turned over, and it is the county seat of Dongshan.
The topography here is good and the rain is abundant, so the Cordyceps resources on the mountain are abundant.
The chickens raised by that group of people drink mountain spring water every day, eat the freshest weeds, and live insects as snacks, so the meat quality of the chickens raised is very good.
So every two months, there will be special people in Dongshan County under the mountain to go up the mountain to buy the chickens they raise.
Every time these people went up the mountain, they were received by the patriarch.
He would wholesale the mature chickens raised by his tribesmen to these traders at a pre-agreed price.
The chickens purchased from the mountains are taken to the market by the traffickers to sell to the stalls that kill the chickens, and then the stalls slaughter and sell.
The sales of these chickens are particularly good, and the old man and old lady who often buy vegetables say that this kind of chicken is an authentic local chicken that has not been seen for a long time.
This kind of local chicken, the soup stewed by the hen, the soup is full of butter and fragrant.
The rooster is grilled with bean paste, and a little chestnut and green bamboo shoots are added, not only the chicken is firm and chewy, but also the side dishes are quite refreshing.
At that time, in Dongshan County, the people of the whole county ate this kind of chicken, so the life of this group of people, although isolated from the world, was self-sufficient, and they did not have to worry about food and clothing.
Then, sometimes contentment is always happy, but it is limited in knowledge.
If you haven't seen the outside world, people's hearts are naturally peaceful, but once they have been soaked in wind and rain, it is difficult for people not to be impetuous.
The tribesmen raised chickens in the mountains, and the traders went into the mountains to buy them.
The chicks follow the old hens to drink mountain spring water and eat cordyceps or something, which is an ecological balance.
There is no wind and no waves, and the days of quiet and good years are worth cherishing.
But this balance was eventually broken......