Chapter 17: The Old Man in the Water
I asked my nurse to make you something to eat, steamed steak with rice noodles, and boiled tofu with silver carp. After eating, you will be our son, and my mother is worried that she will not be able to give birth to a son!
Now pick up a ready-made son. Dugu Yishi was surprised and delighted, and asked: "Do you want me to be your son?" That's great, I happen to have no family and no home, and I am willing to be your son. But he was worried, could this person be a monster?
To go or not to go? First go and see what kind of place it is. So he followed the little girl and the woman forward, walking and walking, he felt that the road was getting wider and wider, and the road was getting smoother and smoother, and he didn't know how long he had walked, Dugu Yishi suddenly found that he was very hungry when he slept in the broken temple, strange, why wasn't he hungry now?
Suddenly, the little girl cried out,
"Here, little brother, this is my home!" Dugu Yishi looked up, and he saw a beautiful castle.
The castle was as if it had been seen in fairy tale books, tall, pointy, and round.
There are trees, flowers, grass, horses, sheep, and deer. At the gate of the castle stood two sword-guards, and when they saw them, they bowed their heads and saluted.
The three of them walked into the castle, and after sitting down in the living room, the nurse sent dishes, including steamed beef with rice noodles, boiled tofu with silver carp, red wine with grapes, and fragrant rice.
What is happiness? This is happiness, and a hearty meal after extreme hunger is wonderful happiness! Dugu Yishi sighed deeply.
The woman said, "Child, you will be our son." Only then did Dugu Yishi remember that this woman had not started to speak until she had met him.
Dugu Yishi said: "Okay." What does your family do?" said the little girl, "You'll find out later." With that, Gege laughed and ran away.
Dugu Yishi stretched out his hand to stop her and ask what was going on, but suddenly he fell under something under his feet.
"Oops," woke him up, it turned out to be a dream, he sat up, looked outside the ruined temple, the east side was already showing the white of the fish's belly.
My stomach started rumbling again. It was almost dawn, and you could faintly see the fields around the ruined temple and the gardens and mountains on the edge of the fields.
There should be peanuts in the garden at the foot of the mountain. He hurried to the foot of the mountain, having slept for a few hours last night, regained some energy, and his feet were much better.
Before the villagers got up, he could steal some raw peanuts to satisfy his hunger. When I arrived at the foot of the mountain, I saw several fields of peanuts and sweet potatoes.
He plucked a few sweet potato vines, which were still small but could be eaten. A few more peanuts were pulled. He washed the peanuts and sweet potatoes in the ditch at the foot of the mountain.
The water in the ditch was clear, and he took a few sips. I took a bite of the sweet potato, and the inside was snow-white, crisp and delicious.
I quickly finished eating a small sweet potato, and then peeled peanuts and ate it. The peanuts are not yet ripe, and the peanut kernels inside are very tender, but they can also satisfy hunger.
After eating the sweet potatoes, he also filled a dozen peanuts in the pockets of his pants and started to hurry again.
At this time, it was completely bright, and there were people passing by horses and carts on the official road. He went so fast that many of the men who rode past him on horseback would say to him, "What is this man doing?"
Why do you walk so fast? Some people say that they may be walking in a race against others. After walking for about ten miles, Dugu Yishi felt a fever on his feet again, because he couldn't stand the contact with the ground so much.
At the same time, I feel weak all over my body, because I haven't eaten a drop of oil or a little salt for a day and a half, and I walk so much, of course, my body is weak.
There was no way, Dugu Yishi could only go to the field road next to the official road to sit down and rest.
"What am I going to do? I have to earn money to pay for food and lodging. Or I can find someone to let me work for his family, just take care of food and housing. But no one asked me to help his family. He was anxious.
Suddenly, he vaguely heard someone shouting for help, he stood up and listened carefully, someone really shouted for help, it was an aging woman's voice,
"Help, help, my wife has fallen into the water! Dugu Yishi looked for prestige, and saw an old man about 200 meters away in front of the left, and next to the old man was a pond.
He hurried there. Ran on the field road for a while, to the old man's side, the old man turned out to be an old woman, looked at the pond, only to see an old man struggling in the water, Dugu Yishi did not have time to take off his clothes, jumped into the water quickly, and soon swam to the old man in the water a meter away, he took a deep breath, and then got into the water, swam to the old man, after touching the old man with both hands, he held the old man's thighs and buttocks, stood up straight, and just stepped on the bottom of the mud pond of the pond, so he let go of half of his heart.
He remembered that he had jumped into the pond with his back to the shore, and now he must be facing the shore whenever he turned around.
Thinking of this, he quickly turned around, quickly hugged the old man's thighs and buttocks and walked forward with all his strength, because he couldn't hold his breath anymore, he was almost suffocated to death, time is life, his own life and the old man's life.
At this time, the old man's body is not struggling, it should be the old man's head has been out of the water, plus the buoyancy of the water, the old man's body does not seem too heavy, walked for about two minutes, Dugu Yishi's knee was touched by a stone, Dugu Yishi was ecstatic in his heart, he quickly put the old man with both hands, the old man pounced and fell into the water, Dugu Yishi quickly grabbed the stone with both hands, rubbed it on the stone, stepped on the stone with both feet, and with a bang, Dugu Yishi stood up straight, and his head was exposed to the water.
He inhaled desperately,
"If you don't come out again, you will definitely suffocate under the water!" Dugu Yishi thought. Look at the old man who fell into the water, he was splashing in the water on the right side of his body, and it is estimated that he has drunk a few more sips of water now.
He hurriedly grabbed one of the old man's hands with his right hand and brought it into his bosom with all his might. The old man's body was also pulled, and it turned out that it was a large long stone, which was more than enough for two people to stand.
"It's finally out of danger. Dugu Yishi took a long breath, and felt very tired at the same time, after all, he only ate some raw peanuts a day and a half to satisfy his hunger Dugu Yishi looked at the shore, estimated to be about two zhang away, he said to the old man, old man, don't be afraid, we can get out of danger soon, you stand firm on the stone, don't fall into the water.
I'll jump into the water first to see how deep the water is here to the shore. After standing on the stone for a few minutes, the old man's panicked and frightened mood slowly disappeared,