Chapter 41 The Footman Returns
It is said that in this dark room, Ding Hong was hiding in front of the stove hole to light the fire, and suddenly there was a knock on the back door, so he put the firewood inside, patted the dust on his hands, and walked towards the back door.
I only heard a "crunch", the back door slowly opened, and a bright light shone in, Ding Hong saw this person, and immediately came out with a smile.
It turned out that this person was none other than the water flower who went to the market to buy things, and I saw a big bag behind it, and quickly put it down to the ground.
"There are two chicken buses in the back, both of which were ordered by the Taoist to buy them, hurry up and take a hand and move these things in!" The water flower wiped the sweat off her forehead, and said with a fan on her clothes.
"There are more than a dozen officials in this house, it seems that you have to run again, otherwise it won't be enough for them to eat for a few days?" Ding Hong took the bag, which was indeed a little heavy, and dragged it from the ground to the empty pigsty next to it.
"Let's put it here first! There is no feeding of pigs here, it is used by the old woman to pile up straw, let's hide things here, and we can't find these yacha for safekeeping! Ding Hong climbed over the fence surrounded by stone slabs and waved his hand to the water flower to hand the bag to him.
"Is this really the right fit? Some of them are food, huh? Come! Here you go! Shui Hua picked up the bag and handed it to Ding Hong.
"Oh my god! This bag is so heavy! What's in there? As soon as Ding Hong took the bag, he almost didn't drag himself to the ground.
"You'll understand when the time comes! Those incense, candles, money and paper, I followed these porters to the front yard dam, you hurry up and hide it first! Shui Zhonghua clapped her hands, turned around and went out the back door, taking the two chicken carts with her, towards the bamboo forest next to the fish pond.
"Wangwang" A dog barked and I saw several earth dogs of different colors, rushing from all over the place, opening their mouths and barking non-stop!
The water flower watched this group of dogs attacking, and immediately grabbed the bamboo pole in the field next to it (to help the crops grow, you need to insert some bamboo poles, such as green beans, cucumbers or something), the big black dog in front of him was so frightened that he stopped urgently, slid over two steps and turned back, standing on this stone fort, and kept barking.
"Hahaha! So you're back? Thank you for your hard work! Tell me how much silver it will cost later, I will give you the money for this incense candle first, and I can't let you run away in vain, but you have to put on a silver tael! The white-haired sinus came over, waved the stick in his hand, and drove the vicious dogs away, and then greeted him and spoke.
"It's okay, it's okay! It won't cost a few small bucks, so you can give some broken silver later, even if it's for the two porters' running money! The flower in the water held the chicken cart and headed towards the dam.
The children were happy, and hurriedly gathered around a group, looking at these incense, candles, money, and papers, and they all circled around.
"Uncle Bearded! Why didn't you come back from buying a gunfight? Let's take it out and take a look, shall we? The child tugged at the sleeve of the flower in the water and shook it incessantly.
"Yes, yes, yes! How can there be less artillery for you to play? Watch me conjure it up for you! Shui Zhonghua carried a bag, took out a roll of cannonballs from it, untied it and hung it on the triangular fork next to the courtyard dam, and the children gathered in a circle, pointing at it with love and fear.
"See clearly! Cover your ears and spread out, I'm going to ignite! The flower in the water turned around and dispersed the children, and with the smoke of green incense, "crackling" the cannon fire.
"Hahaha! It's been a long time since it's been this lively! See how much fun these kids are playing? Dou Tie handed the two porters the scattered silver taels, turned to look at the exploding white smoke, stroked his beard and laughed.
"Yes! Our five-surname compound has not been so lively for a long time, look at these children happy, this is like the New Year! The old woman Dou came from the side, tears of joy, and kept wiping the tears with her apron.
The flower in the water sent the two porters away, and watched the chicken bus disappear on the ridge road, and then turned around, only to see the children bending down and huddled together on the ground where the cannon battle was set off just now, waving their hands one after another, on the ground full of confetti, looking for the cannon that fell down and did not explode.
"Look at me! I found one, look! The boy raised his right hand and ran towards the dam, and the crowd had no intention of continuing to search, and followed in a swarm.
"Hahaha! Look, you're having fun! It's like the New Year, little one! What are you doing here? Come on, come on! Uncle Bearded left one for you! The water flower saw that there was still a child squatting on the ground, so she handed over the cannon fire scattered in her arms.
Seeing this, these children stopped chasing and ran to the water flower, begging for artillery fire.
"Good, good! This artillery battle can be given to you, but you must be safe, don't blow yourself up, you know? The water flower felt out this cannon battle, and the big guy scrambled to pad his feet and waved his hands to catch it.
Yundu Daoist was busy in front of the altar, only to see him constantly on the yellow paper, with various Taoist scriptures, and the water flowers finished the cannon battle, so he came over to help.
"You tear these money papers first, and the incense candles are lit, this has been out of gas for a long time, now hurry up and burn this money for him," Yundu Daoist turned around and instructed the water flower words.
"Okay! You can rest assured! Hurry up and come here! Help tear up the money paper for my uncle, and then my uncle will fight one by one, what do you say? The water flower waved and shouted, and this group of children came over, scrambling to help tear the money paper, and from time to time to make a fuss, and for a while laughter and laughter floated in the courtyard of the five surnames.
This soon came to the time of sunset, only to see this round of remnant sun slowly sinking, the chickens and ducks are shaking their bodies, calmly going back in circles, these men have also returned to the courtyard of the five surnames, for a time each family hung up lanterns, and the whole compound began to be lively again.
Yundu Daoist came out with a whisk, called the flower in the water aside, and whispered in his ear: "These officers and soldiers are not good, it should be the matter of the ancient tomb, tonight we will go to explore the road first, and see what treasures are in it?" ”
"Uh-huh! Anyway, what are you talking about? If you are a monk, you are not a monk who has escaped into the red dust, why are you still interested in these things? The flower in the water was a little surprised, and this person also looked at the ancient tomb, and seemed to have some doubts.
"What's this? I will definitely tell you in the future, okay, you go and prepare first, and when it is time for the third watch, we will go to the ancestral tomb of Yong'an Village, let's go! After explaining to the people of Yundu Dao, they waved their swords and danced in front of the altar as if they had nothing to do, and for a while there were words in their mouths.
On the path outside the courtyard dam, a figure came in a panic, and everyone turned their heads to look, and suddenly looked panicked......