"Isn't she still married?" I asked.

Chunsheng nodded, "No, later there was a matchmaker, that is, as soon as he met with the man, he scared them away." ”

Qiang Shun asked, "Is the scar on her face scary?" Look at you. ”

Chun Sheng glanced at Qiang Shun and said, "If you see her, you'll know." ”

I asked, "Does she still live alone in the widow's house?" ”

"Not anymore." Chunsheng said: "Now there are two people, a few years ago, the ugly aunt didn't know where to pick up a girl, that girl was a mute, and now she is ten years old. ”

I nodded, "Then when we get to your village, let's visit this ugly aunt first." ”

Chunsheng was puzzled, and I explained to him: "Since Aunt Ugly knows that it is a black dog spirit that can't get along with you, then she must know some details of this black dog essence, let's ask her, and I will also have a good idea to deal with that black dog spirit." ”

At this time, the car stopped, and another group of people came up, and the car immediately became crowded, and the three of us stopped talking.

The long-distance bus is not fast, every time I reach a stop, I have to stop, or a few people come up, or a few people go down, and the average speed is not as fast as I ride a motorcycle.

The book is brief, more than two hours later, the long-distance bus stopped on a bustling road in their town, Chunsheng said that this is the terminal station, I looked, this is not the same as when we came in the past, the car stopped at the bottom of the mountain and did not go up the mountain, at this time they also climbed up the mountain, which shows that their traffic here has developed compared to before.

After getting out of the car, Chunsheng led us to continue up the mountain. Chunsheng's village is still more than ten miles away from their town, and they haven't gone far along the road, and Chunsheng took us onto a small mountain road, and I asked him at this time, can't the road go? Chunsheng said that the main road can also be walked, but it is a little far, and the small road is relatively close.

I shook my head, there is a saying that it is better to walk three steps away, not one step high, to take the flat road is farther, and it is also more time-saving and energy-saving than walking the path in front of me, I see that at this time, there is still a shadow in Chunsheng's heart.

The path is rugged and high and low, the three of them don't know how long they have walked on the path, maybe Chunsheng has long been used to walking, Qiang Shun and I gradually feel a little tired, and our legs are weak, but I am embarrassed to say, so I can only grit my teeth and continue to walk with him.

After walking some more distance, we came to the side of a ravine, and the path was on the top of the ravine, and Chunsheng suddenly stopped, and the two of us quickly took the opportunity to catch our breath.

At this time, Chunsheng raised his hand and pointed to the ditch, and said to the two of us, "I fell from here last time. ”

I looked into the ditch, it was quite deep, at least 30 meters or more, surrounded by hills, there was a ditch here, the slope was not very steep, but if you fell down and snowballed, it was impossible to stop halfway.

Chunsheng turned around, pointed to the mountain beam not far from our backs, and said, "I saw the dog's shadow on that mountain beam, and there was a lightning bolt." ”

I followed the direction of his finger and looked at the mountain beam, saying that it was a mountain beam, in fact, it was an independent mountain peak, it looked very close to us, it was dozens of meters away, but to actually walk, it must be more than a few tens of meters, the mountain peak was surrounded by low-lying land, the whole mountain looked like a barrier, at this time it was covered with green vegetation, lush, and felt a bit of a unique peak, as if there was still such an aura that seemed to be nothing.

Chunsheng asked me at this time: "Brother Huang He, did you say that my dream last time was true or false?" ”

I glanced at him and wanted to tell him that if it's true, you saw it after you went out of your body, and you were dead. But after thinking about it, I can't say that, it's not a good thing to let an ordinary person know so much, so he said to him: "That's a dream, don't think about it so much." ”

Chunsheng didn't seem to believe it, and wanted to ask something, so I hurriedly said to him: "Let's hurry first, it's past noon, and you and Brother Qiang Shun are already hungry." ”

Chunsheng nodded repeatedly.

The three of them continued to walk forward, and after walking for about an hour, a dilapidated small mountain village appeared on a relatively flat hillside in front of us, this is the village of Chunsheng and theirs, Chunsheng said, their village is large and small, less than 500 people, but in their town, it is already the largest village second to none.

This is the first and only time I have come to Chunsheng and their house with Qiang Shun, and the road we got off on before ran through the middle of their village, the north and south roads, dividing their village into east and west.

Chunsheng and their home is in the west of the road, the middle and upper part of the village, there are households above their house, there are also households below, there is an alley next to the road, it is an alley, the road surface mixed with earth and stone, two meters wide, not flat, there are so many courtyards on the left and right sides of the alley, but no one is next to anyone, the house in the mountain is like this, where the terrain is flat and where to build, there is no specific plan or anything.

Chunsheng led us into the alley...... I don't remember very clearly, it's too long, I guess I can walk seventy or eighty meters, there is a small low slope in front of the north, and there are families on the low slope.

Chunsheng pointed out, this is their house, let's go to the house for a meal first and then go to the ugly aunt, I nodded with Qiang Shun in agreement. At this time, it was already more than two o'clock in the afternoon, and I was already hungry, and I had walked so far on the mountain road, it was time to take a breath.

On the low slope, I took a look, not far away there was a large courtyard made of stones, and there was a lonely broken house in the yard, or that kind of earthen tile house, which is now rare in our place, even at that time, we were rare here, except for this kind of remote mountainous area.

When I came to the door of my house, the two old big wooden doors were black, but many places had faded in color, and the places where I pushed and pulled them were polished smooth and shiny, and there were a lot of years.

Just looking at these two dark wooden doors, I feel that I have returned to my childhood all of a sudden, the whole is full of quaint and old atmosphere, not only Chunsheng's family is like this, other families are also almost like this, looking at their entire village, at that time it also reached the standard of living when we were teenagers, that is to say, don't look at us here, but compared to Chunsheng and their family, at least they can be stronger for more than ten years.

The courtyard door is open, Chunsheng led us into the yard, I looked into the yard again, the yard is quite large, on the left side of the yard, the most conspicuous is a two-meter-high firewood stack, straw branches, next to the firewood stack, there is a stove for cooking, and the pot has been smoked and turned black.

On the right side of the courtyard, there are six large iron cages side by side, one of which is empty, and the other ones contain a large dog. At this time, when those big dogs saw us enter the door, they all shrank in the corner of the cage, looking very scared, it seemed that they were not afraid of me and Qiangshun, but afraid of Chunsheng, and they might also think that Qiangshun and I were buyers, and came to buy them to slaughter and eat meat.

Chunsheng led us to the house, shouted into the house, shouted twice, and a man on crutches came out, this is his father, and he was stunned when he saw me and Qiang Shun.

Chunsheng hurriedly introduced his father, saying that the two of us had worked with him again in the past and were still good friends. His father was very enthusiastic when he heard this, and told us to hurry into the house and drink water.

Entering the house, I looked into the house, to say that our family is poor, compared with the Chunsheng family, our family is considered a paradise, the house is dark and dark, the ground is still that kind of land, the knots are uneven, the most surprising thing is that they don't even have a TV at home, we have already started to play with the computer.

Chunsheng asked us to sit for a while, he went to cook, we looked, in this room, in addition to the middle hall there is a square table, two wooden chairs on both sides of the square table, other places, or a pile of firewood, next to the firewood is still an earthen stove, it seems that in the case of no rain is outside the fire to cook, after the rain, it is done in the house, but there is a bed in the house, Chunsheng asked the two of us to sit on the bed.

From beginning to end, I didn't see Chunsheng's mother, and Chunsheng said that his mother was not in good health, lying in the back room, and rarely came out. His brother and sister had gone to school at this time, and the bed we were sitting on was his and his brother's bed.

At this time, I didn't feel tired, taking advantage of the fact that Chunsheng and his father were busy cooking, I went around their yard, in fact, there was nothing to turn around, I just wanted to see the dogs in the cage.

Walking to a few cages, I looked at the dogs inside, different colors, black, yellow, white, all very big, I don't have much research on dogs, but I can see that these dogs are worth much more than the rookie dogs in our village, these dogs seem to be very scared, all shrunk in the corner of the cage, looking at me pitifully,

At this time, Chunsheng came over, Qiang Shun also came out of the house, and I couldn't help but ask Chunsheng, "Where do you usually buy dogs like this?" ”

Chunsheng replied: "I usually call friends who specialize in selling dogs, ask them to come and have a look, and if they like it, I sell it to them." ”

"What do you like?" I asked again.

Chunsheng hesitated for a moment, and whispered: "We also have a black dog market at the bottom of the mountain here, just like catching a market, once a month, I will bring the dogs I don't like to sell them to the dog market cheaply, if the dogs can't be sold in the dog market, then no one wants them, I will send them to the restaurant at the bottom of the mountain." ”

"Then Black Dog City, it's illegal, right?" Qiang Shun asked.

Chunsheng nodded, "It's illegal, it's not public, people who love to play with dogs know it, but we have to pay taxes when we sell dogs there, and a dog pays a tax of five to ten yuan first, so that people from the police station won't come to check, and if the limelight is tight, someone will specifically notify us." ”

I smiled lightly and nodded, this is a big country with a history of 5,000 years, this is the masterpiece of the archway and being a bitch, it is a blow on the surface, and it is encouraged behind the scenes, he doesn't encourage you, where does he get the tax? Where does the public money come from to eat and drink? Where did the second wife of the mansion come from?

In other words, without this black dog market, Chunsheng may not have so many dog thieves here. The environment can create a person, and it can also create a person.

More than half an hour later, the rice was ready, the green vegetables and noodles, the oil in the vegetables was quite large, and it seemed that when the spring was stir-frying, more oil was deliberately put in. Chunsheng said that at this time, it is impossible to buy meat after dinner, and he will get some good ones in the evening.

I hurriedly said, that's it, we don't eat as well at home.

After eating, I urged Chunsheng to take us to the ugly girl. Chunsheng led us out of their house and onto the main road, and Chunsheng motioned for us to walk more into the road, so as not to rush out of a car or something.

I was a little puzzled at this time, didn't I say that the ugly girl lived in the east of their village, why did she keep walking south?

After walking for a while, they actually walked out of their village, and there were no houses on both sides of the road, but Chunsheng still led us down the mountain.

My heart sank suddenly, and I couldn't help but think of the years when I wandered with Chen Hui, once, we were led into a trap by an acquaintance, I raised my hand and grabbed Chunsheng's arm, and asked coldly: "Li Chunsheng, you led us the wrong way, right?" Didn't you say that the place where Aunt Ugly lives is in the easternmost part of your village, what do you mean by leading us all the way south, look around, are there still houses? ”

(Thanks to the 100 yuan red envelope of "Drifting 80", thank you to Sister DD for the 100 yuan red envelope.) ）