Chapter Eighty-Three: Porridge in a Tent

The donkey cart walked slowly for a day, and saw that it was about to return to Fucheng again.

This time I went to Egret Lake, it was very smooth, except for the Japanese boy that Huzi met, there was nothing else. I was thinking about the matter of other people's recommendations, why did I have to delay it for ten days and half a month, where did I think that it was only two days to capture the monster and eradicate the disaster.

I still remember that Huzi took out the little purple gourd, and used the light shadow to open Hu Baye's eyes, which scared the fat squire a lot, and said "put it away" and "put it away". It turned out that through the light, the injured nocturnal wandering girl in the gourd, with her hair and skin, and her evil deeds, could be seen clearly!

This small purple gourd is made of glazed fire, and the outer wall is painted with a talisman seal, which is also the title of the edict. The base is flat, with a five-pointed star drawn, which is very similar to the magic circle that Huzi has seen that binds the nocturnal wandering girl, but there are no runes in the magic circle of ghost hunting. This should also be a baby, the young man named Tachibana Kanazawa gave it to Huzi casually, and he didn't see a little distressed, he was really a heroic and generous person.

Before going on the way back, Hu Baye and the villagers were grateful to Dai De, and put thirty taels of silver in Zhao Yueyue's hands - it is said that the villagers donated and collected the money. It's good to say that Zhao Yueyue accepted it, and Huzi and Yueyue are on the road.

After walking for a day, Zhao Yueyue didn't say a word, and Huzi was unhappy how to tease. came and went for more than half an hour, and it also consumed Huzi's good temper: You don't care about me, and I still stick your cold ass with a hot face? He simply didn't make a sound, took a piece of flannel, and wiped his knife finely.

Seeing that he had walked to the ground, he could see the city wall from afar, Zhao Yueyue bit her lip and threw the red cloth package in her hand into Huzi's arms: "Little tiger, this money is for you, I can't ask for it." ”

Huzi was smashed by this silver, and was about to get angry, but he was stunned when he heard Yueyue's words: "What are you going to do?" This money was obtained by you 'watching things', if it is such a reason that I helped you give me some of it, how can you calculate it all if you left it all here? Take it back, take it back! As he spoke, he pushed back the little red cloth bag wrapped in silver.

Zhao Yueyue looked at the red cloth package on the car board and bit her lip: "That ghost was taken down by you, and it has nothing to do with me?" ”

Seeing Yueyue's aggrieved little appearance, Huzi laughed out loud: "What should I do, I have been holding back all the way!" None of them are born and go. You can't walk steadily now, and you want to run? The immortals in your hall are not simple, they all have great skills, if you study hard, you will definitely be able to learn a real skill. Besides, your body is weak, so if you use the money to buy some food to make up for it, it won't be so easy to lose your strength next time. ”

"Then I can't take them all!" Zhao Yueyue raised her head and glared at Huzi, "In the end, you took that ghost." She unwrapped the package, grabbed a handful of silver, and stuffed it into Huzi's hand. It turned out that this package was full of scattered silver, which was really pieced together by the six bitter lords and squires. Zhao Yueyue grabbed a full hand, and she had to stuff half of it.

Huzi sprinkled the silver in his hand back into the package, picked a larger one, picked it up and held it in the palm of his hand. He said, "This one is mine, and the others are still yours." Your family is poor, and you are more short of money to spend than me, and besides, the immortal family in your hall is also making a lot of efforts this time, go back and sell some melons and fruits to pay tribute, and get some better offering tables. You are still illiterate, and you have to buy pen, ink, paper, and inkstone when you turn around, otherwise you can't read the Taoist scriptures and Buddhist scriptures, so how can your immortal family teach you? ”

Zhao Yueyue was about to say something, but the car boss who was driving the car in front of her turned around and shouted: "Two great gods, it's here!" ”

It's still less than half of the night, and the donkey cart can't enter the city through the gate, and this section of the road still has to be walked by Huzi and Huang Yatou. So Huzi packed up his things, grabbed Yueyue's hand, and pulled her out of the car together: "The dry food eaten at noon, the birds have faded out of the mouth, let's go to the city to have a good meal, and then talk about something else." ”

Helpless, Zhao Yueyue could only carry the little red cloth package into her arms and follow Huzi into the city.

Entering the city, Huzi felt that something was wrong, why didn't he come to the county seat for a few days, and there were many more beggars in the city? It is not true to say that they are beggars, most of them are neatly dressed, there are no excessive rags, but they are all dusty. There are some people who drag their families and pull the old and the young, and they look very embarrassed. He sat on the ground in the shade of the corner of the street, and his eyes were empty, and his eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of gray.

Although he was surprised, Huzi did not stop, and when he walked the avenue for a short time, he saw the Drum Tower. The square opposite the drum tower was crowded with people, all of whom looked like those sitting on the street cornerβ€”their spirits were so broken. What is the place directly opposite the Drum Tower? Across a small square, that's the same street groceries! This is Zhao Xiaogou's father, Zhao Buddha's shop, located in the best area of Changtu Province.

Although there are many people, they are not chaotic, and there are more than 300 people in the eye, and they have discharged the long queue and made several turns. At the head of the team was a few bamboo poles to set up a shed, and a linen curtain hung down from the shed, and a few big characters were written, "Give porridge and do good".

Huzi understood in his heart that this was Buddha Zhao doing good deeds and building a shed for porridge. But it's still that doubt, where did Changtu Mansion get so much food?

I was puzzled, Huzi just told Yueyue that he wanted to take a look together. Before they approached, they didn't speak, but someone still stopped them: "Those who want to drink porridge go to the back line!" Those who dare to squeeze forward to grab porridge and drink, and beat them to death on the street with sticks! ”

Speaking this one, he wore a short coat, a gray-brown suit, and a pair of black-faced mille-feuille shoes on his feet - this is the dress of the Zhao family. Huzi doesn't have the same temper as a son, but he was threatened to be beaten to death, so he scolded back directly: "I dug up a pair of dog tricks for you!" You bastard, open your eyes wide and show me carefully, am I so broken that I am about to beg for food at your lord's door? If you dare to fight back, I will beat you to death in the street! ”

The servant of the Zhao family was insulted, and immediately raised his nose and eyes, and rolled up his sleeves to do it. It was when the tension on both sides was asking for people's brains to beat out the dog's brains, and a woman's voice came from the shed: "Isn't this the little Taoist next to Mr. Peng?" Come in and sit. ”

A woman in her fifties came out as she spoke, wearing a purple satin-faced dress and a light gray embroidered plum blossom sheer gown. There is an auspicious cloud bun on his head, which is decorated with wrong gold silk jade hairpins and agate beads. The eyebrows are kind and kind, but they are old and young, rubbing fat and powder, and painting Zhu is not the same.

This person is Zhao Xiaogou's eldest mother, is Zhao Buddha's original wife Wang, when Zhao Xiaogou was in trouble, Mr. Peng and Huzi went to their house to see the sick, it was the first time to take pictures.

Giving porridge is to do good deeds and accumulate virtues, and on the first day, the main family himself must be present to serve porridge and others. One is to say that you have to do good deeds, both money and effort, so that the gods and Buddhas can see and bless them; The second one is very beneficial, so that the recipient of the alms knows who he should be grateful for.

Seeing Zhao Xiaogou's eldest mother, Huzi naturally couldn't deal with that family anymore, so he hugged his fist at Wang: "Huzi has seen Mrs. Zhao." Zhao Yueyue followed suit, and said a thousand blessings shallowly: "Zhao Yueyue, I have seen Mrs. Zhao." ”

Wang also liked Zhao Yueyue when she saw such a well-behaved girl: "This little girl is so handsome, and she is from my family." Come on, come on, don't be outside, go and sit in the store. As soon as the two of them entered the store, Huzi turned his head viciously and glared at the man outside, making the five-foot-tall man tremble.

When I got inside, I saw that the store was also stacked with bags of rice, and the smell of budding rice stalks that had been discounted in autumn came to my nose. From this side of the shed, there is a stove with four large firewood pots and a makeshift stove, and the fire in the pot is blazing. In the pot, it is a rice porridge mixed with bud rice stubble and sorghum, with more water and less rice, in order to thicken, and add a little white flour. In front of the porridge shed, the two aunts of Zhao Foye, Gouzi, Lingzhi and Gouzi served porridge to people together with more than a dozen family members.

Seeing Huzi enter the store, Zhao Xiaogou put down the spoon in his hand and came over with a bang: "Brother Huzi, Sister Yueyue, why are you here?" ”

The Wang family touched Zhao Xiaogou's head and instructed: "You talk with them, I'll help your father live, don't be slow to treat others." Zhao Xiaogou nodded, and Wang moved back to the porridge shed.

"I'm here to see the excitement," Huzi sat on a rice bag and untied the small rattan box he was carrying and put it aside, "So much rice, your family has really invested a lot of money this time!" ”

The dog grinned: "That's!" My father said that opening a warehouse to release grain and giving relief to refugees is a great merit, and the people are thinking of kindness. ”

Huzi hurriedly asked, "Refugees? Where is this going on? ”

This time it was the dog who was stunned: "Brother Huzi, you don't know?" The government issued a paperwork on this matter yesterday! After the war, in the past two days, all of them fled from Heilongjiang. There are still few people who come to our Changtu Mansion, according to them, this is the first wave, more people have gone to Jilin, and some have run to Yanbian, and there are ...... Yes! They said that the group with the largest number of people all went to the provincial capital. ”

"War?" Huzi's heart suddenly burst out, and he fought again! I went to Heron Lake in the past two days, did I miss such a news? He asked again, "Where is the fight going on?" Where's the hit? ”

Zhao Xiaogou turned around and pointed at the group of refugees outside: "It's hit Qiqihar!" Lao Maozi is here, and he has already fought from Aihui City to Qiqihar, and Lao Maozi said that he would fight all the way to Beijing City! ”