After Xiaohua died, my grandfather couldn't recover for a long time, and he was immersed in grief for a long time, until he met my grandmother! Brother Zhang clicked his mouth and said regretfully. "Later, my grandmother and my grandfather became married, and my grandfather also regained his strength, and he used that large sum of money to buy a house and land, and also started a business selling salt! These are the ...... my grandfather secretly told me before he died! ”。

Brother Zhang's eyes dimmed, he stood up, patted his buttocks, and said to me, "Let's go, we still have a long way to go!" ”。

Hei Ni and I also stood up, and I said, "It turns out that your grandfather has such a lingering love story...... ”。

Brother Zhang smiled: "What kind of love is not love?" That's my grandfather's life, and that poor girl's life......! ”。 He raised his head, narrowed his eyes, looked at the mountains in the distance, and couldn't help but sigh, and said, "My grandfather has long been an ancient, and no one has mentioned their affairs anymore...... ”。

We left the shade of the trees and continued on our way, the mountain road was winding, and we walked in a row! As I walked behind Brother Zhang, I asked him, "But...... When your grandfather was dying, he didn't tell you that old lady who was crying in the woods was a toad spirit? ”。

Brother Zhang suddenly stopped, turned around and said to me that his grandfather died very suddenly, and there were many things that he didn't have time to explain! After he died, his family found a clay pot containing five hundred taels of silver under the water tank, and a letter was still in it!

My father opened the letter and found that the letter was written by my grandfather when he was alive, and my grandfather told my father in the letter to let him do good deeds and accumulate virtue, do more good deeds, if one day, someone comes to ask for the silver in the crockpot, you will give him all the silver, remember to remember Yunyun!

My father took this letter and wondered if his family had never owed anyone a debt. What's going on? Since this was the old man's deathbed request, my father buried the jar of silver again, waiting for the creditor to come to the door. But time passed, year after year, and no one came to the door to ask for the money, so when my father was dying, he entrusted me with this matter, so that I must return the money!

I asked, "What happened?" ”。

Brother Zhang shook his head with a sad face and said, "I've waited for so many years, and I haven't waited for the creditor!" ”。

I laughed and said, "Could it be that people have forgotten about this a long time ago?" ”。

Brother Zhang said: "I hope so! ”。

I saw that Brother Zhang was preoccupied, and knew that he still had something to tell me, so I coughed, forked the conversation, and asked him about the local customs! Brother Zhang was very talkative, and talked to me along the way, telling me a lot of local anecdotes! Hei Ni didn't say a word, she sometimes ran in front of us, sometimes she fell behind us, she was like a flower butterfly, fluttering around us!

We walked through a hillside, the top of the hill was full of brilliant flowers, Hei Ni squatted down and picked a bouquet of flowers, she laughed and jumped, and ran to me to ask me if the door was good! Brother Zhang and I both smiled and said to her, "Beautiful! ”。

Above the blue sky, floating white clouds, and the gentle breeze brought the fragrance of flowers behind us, we finally saw the tea tomb! Brother Zhang pointed to a dirt road south of Chaling and said to me, "Let's go around Chaling and take the path to Lingling!" ”。

I said, "Do we need to inform the old money?" ”。

Brother Zhang frowned and asked, "Which old money are you talking about?" ”。

I reminded him that Lao Qian is the second shopkeeper of the Spring and Autumn Fang, the one who came to Chaling with me! Their owner is dead, and we don't go to the ward, it seems a little unreasonable! Brother Zhang suddenly realized: "It turns out that you are talking about him!" I remember...... But in this matter, we can't show up, there are many people in the city, I think it's better to let Hei Ni run! ”。

I said it would be best, but could Hei Ni make it clear to Lao Qian? Brother Zhang touched his chin, pouted his teeth and said, "Is this...... It's easy to do, don't you know how to write? If you write a letter to Lao Qian, won't it be over? ”。

I patted my head and said, "Yes, yes, you see how I forgot about this stubble?" ”。 So I quickly took out my fountain pen, wrote a short message on a page, and handed the letter to Hei Ni!

Hei Ni took the letter, carefully pocketed it, and said, "I'm going!" ”。

Brother Zhang stopped Hei Ni and advised: "You will chase us as soon as you deliver the letter, don't delay!" ”。

Hei Ni stared at the big black eyes, nodded seriously, and asked, "Dad, which way are you going?" ”。

Brother Zhang said: "Let's take the path on the other side of Wushijian, and after you finish delivering the letter, you will take that road to chase us!" ”。

Hei Ni smiled and nodded, "Got it, isn't it Wushi Stream?" I've been to that place! ”。 With that, she beckoned to us, and like a whirlwind, she rushed down the hill and headed for the city!

Brother Zhang and I watched her enter the city, and then we bypassed the city wall and walked onto the path of Wushi Stream! As the name suggests, Wushi Stream is a mountain stream with water! Brother Zhang told me that as long as we go out from Wushijian, we can go to Lingling! I asked him, how many days do we have to walk to get to Lingling? Brother Zhang said, let's copy the shortcut, and we can get out in about two days! I wondered, "Since there is such a close road to Lingling, why do you want to go far when you sell salt?" ”。

Brother Zhang smiled: "Wushijian is not easy to walk, you will understand when you see it!" ”。

I followed him around the foot of a mountain and into a canyon, which was dimly lit, with towering vegetation and cliffs on both sides of the cliffs, in which springs flowed from the top of the mountain all year round! At the bottom of the turbulent water, there are large and small black soft stones, and I guess the name Wushijian should come from this!

Brother Zhang and I tried our best to walk in a place where there was no water at first, but after walking a few steps, we had to take off our shoes and socks and wade in the river! When it was evening, Hei Ni chased after her from behind, so the three of us joined forces and decided to find a dry place, rest for the night, and leave again tomorrow morning!

Pointing to a platform on the edge of a cliff, Hei Ni said, "Let's spend the night somewhere, you see where there is a low wall!" ”。

I looked in the direction of Hei Ni's finger, and sure enough, I saw a low wall stacked with stones on top of the earthen platform. The three of us climbed up to the earthen platform, gathered some firewood and grass around, and lit a bonfire behind the earthen wall!

It was getting dark, and the wind was starting to blow in the canyon! We finished dinner and were just about to lie down when we heard a sound of water in the stream not far away!

Brother Zhang and I jumped up and leaned against the low wall to look down, only to see a person carrying a burden coming from the stream! Brother Zhang craned his neck and shouted, "Hey! What do you do? ”。

The man who carried the burden stopped and replied, "I'm a performer!" Who are you? ”。

Brother Zhang shouted: "We are in a hurry!" Why are you leaving so late? ”。

The man who carried the burden shrugged the load on his shoulders and said, "There is no way, it just rained heavily a few days ago, and all the places where I can settle have been flooded, so I came here all the way!" ”。

Brother Zhang beckoned to him and said, "Come here, we still have a place here!" ”。

The man who carried the burden said happily, "Oh, that's great, I'll disturb you!" ”。

Brother Zhang smiled heartily: "What bother?" Who doesn't have a problem when they are away from home? ”。

The man who carried the burden stopped talking, and he "creaked" and carried the burden, and came over with "gurgling" water. Walking up to him, Brother Zhang helped him unload his burden and said, "Yo! You can't be sure of this burden! ”。

The man who carried the burden said with a smile on his face: "Not sinking, not sinking!" ”。

By the light of the fire, I finally saw that the man who carried the burden was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a wide-brimmed straw hat, a cotton gown, trouser legs rolled up, and a pair of bare feet!

He put his burden on the ground, wiped the sweat from his head with a sweat towel, and asked us, "I don't know what to call them?" ”。

Brother Zhang patted his chest and said, "My surname is Zhang, you can call me Lao Zhang!" The......! ”。 He pointed to me and said, "This is Mr. Cha, the girl who fell asleep over there, she is my daughter!" ”。

The man who carried the burden arched his hand and said, "Disrespectful, disrespectful!" ”。

Brother Zhang asked the man, "What do you call it?" ”。

The man smiled slightly and said, "The little one's surname is Ha, and he is ranked nineteenth in the family, so you can call me Lao Ha!" ”。

Brother Zhang laughed and said, "Old Ha, what kind of treasure are you in this box?" Why is it so heavy? ”。

Lao Ha smiled and said: "Don't hide it from the two, my box is full of guys for me to eat, although it sinks a little, I don't dare to leave it!" ”。

Brother Zhang nodded and said, "I don't know what kind of craft my brother sells when he walks the rivers and lakes?" ”。

Lao Ha arched his hand and said, "I'm not afraid of the two jokes, the little one has nothing else to do, and only makes a living by acting in shadow plays!" ”。

Brother Zhang invited Lao Ha to sit by the fire, and asked him: "I have also seen this shadow play, but it is all played by three or five people, how can you do it alone?" ”。 When Lao Ha heard this, he laughed, patted his chest and said to Brother Zhang: "Let me say something unashamed, those you are watching are not authentic shadow plays, authentic shadow plays are performed and sung by one person, where are there three or five people?" ”。

Brother Zhang didn't believe it: "Old Ha, don't blow the air!" I've been traveling north and south for so many years, and I haven't seen a shadow play played by a person! ”。

Lao Ha also smiled and said: "How dare I brag in front of two experts? If you don't believe me, how about I'll give you a performance later? ”。

Brother Zhang and I applauded in unison, and we both urged Lao Ha to hurry up and give us a paragraph to comfort the loneliness of the long night!