Maybe my stone-throwing behavior was misunderstood, or maybe I was too eye-catching with Lao Dao in this place, and from the small house on the edge of the river bubble, an old man came out and shouted at the two of us: "What are you doing?" After shouting, he walked quickly towards the two of us.

"Brother, I'll ask you something." When the old man came closer, the sloppy Taoist spoke. "What's the matter?" The old man replied impatiently, "Did a little boy commit suicide in this pond more than ten years ago?" As soon as the old man finished speaking, I saw a frightened look on the old man's face. At the same time, I also took this opportunity to carefully look at the old man in front of me, his face was wrinkled, his hair and beard were all white stubble, his skin was dark and dark, his lower body was oversized cotton pants, and his upper body was wearing a very dirty down jacket, his voice was a little hoarse, especially his eyes, and he was always wandering when he spoke, which was enough to show that he had a lot of heart.

"What are you supposed to do, don't ask." The old man answered the sloppy question impatiently. "Uncle, Liu XX in the former village is my fourth aunt, look at her face, can you tell us what happened in this place." I reported the banner of the fourth aunt, which was quite a bit of a big flag and a tiger skin.

When the old man heard that we were relatives of the fourth aunt, he sighed, "Come into the house and say, it's cold outside." After saying that, I walked straight to the hut by the river bubble, and I and the sloppy old man silently followed behind him. But before he took a step, Lao Dao gave me an appreciative look, praising what I had just said was very measured, and I was very proud.

After entering the house, the old man let the two of us feel free, turned around and went into the kitchen, and after a while, the old man boiled a pot of hot water for the two of us. "It's cold outside, drink some hot water to warm up." After speaking, the old man handed me a cup full of hot water and said to the sloppy old man.

After I took the cup, I began to drink the hot water "snorting, snorting", but Lao Dao put the cup on the table and continued to ask: "Can you tell me, more than ten years ago, a boy committed suicide in this pond?" ”

The old man took out a box of cigarettes from his pocket tremblingly, took out one, and put it in his mouth, while I lit the other party's cigarette with interest, and after a few puffs, the old man spoke: "My name is Liu Dazhuang (pseudonym), I am almost 60 years old this year, and the pond you see is the land allocated to my family in the village." Speaking of this, the old man continued to smoke a few more puffs of cigarettes, "Who let us have a bad composition, my ancestor had a grandfather who was a big official, although it has declined in my father's generation, especially in my generation, when I was young, I herded cattle for others." But people just say that your composition is not good, no matter how you justify it, the big hat is buttoned up, and this life is over. Other families share the cultivated land, but ours shares a pond. I admit what it is, who let us live this life, so we can put some fish fry, hit it in the autumn, sell it to ten miles and eight towns, and the food from selling fish is enough for our family to eat and clothe for a year, but that child voted for our fish pond, can you blame me for this? The old man continued to take a few puffs of his cigarette, while the sloppy old man began to listen to the old man's narration while drinking.

"It's all from the villagers, there is no impermeable wall, since the child died in my family's fish pond, all the people in the township know that I have died in this fish pond, who still buys the fish from the dead fish pond, in desperation, I can only take the fish to a farther place to sell. But something even stranger happened a year after the child's death, no matter how many fish fry I put in, they were gone in a blink of an eye, and I couldn't even see a bone slag. Not only that, but I don't know what's wrong, the cats and dogs in the village always drown in this fish pond, everyone says that the child who committed suicide has become a water ghost, one to ten, ten to hundred, my fish pond is completely ruined. The old man snuffed out the cigarette butt and recounted helplessly.

"Because there was no income, my wife threw down the child and ran away, I really wanted to jump into this fish pond and turn into a ghost to settle accounts with that child, but I can't, I also have a boy, I have to plan for his future." Fortunately, the fourth sister (the fourth aunt, it should be based on generations) appeared, with her method, finally so that this fish pond will not drown some cats and dogs or something, and the fish fry in the release can also grow, the problem is that no one around dares to buy my fish, let alone eat it. Seeing that the child is almost thirty years old, but he doesn't even have a daughter-in-law, who made his father poor. When the old man said this, his eyes were a little moist, and I hurriedly got up, briefly soothed him, and lit another cigarette for the old man.

"How snobbish is the girl now, getting married is just the bride price, at least 30,000 yuan, and three gold (gold necklaces, gold rings, gold earrings), and a lot of money for a banquet, this is not counted, beautiful looks, as soon as you open your mouth, there will be a set of buildings in the city, and you will have to buy a house in the town, those conditions, background, and appearance are not haode, and you have to build a house in the local area before you are willing to marry. But I'm just such a house by the fish pond, the little money I earn every year, barely enough for our two to eat, the child in addition to helping me raise fish, usually have to go out to work for people to subsidize the family, where is the extra money for the child to marry a daughter-in-law, I'm sorry for the child! When the old man said that he was sorry for the child, he was already in tears and couldn't cry.

I especially sympathize with the old man in front of me, and I also feel especially disgusted with those women who use marriage as a condition to exchange all kinds of materials. I vaguely remember the story of a few blind dates with friends, the first time was in the imperial capital, accompanied a buddy to a blind date, after entering the hotel, the buttocks of both sides were not yet hot, and the girl on the opposite side asked as soon as she opened her mouth: "How many flat houses do you have?" What kind of car are you driving? Do you have a hukou in the imperial capital? What is the annual income? What do the parents do, and so on. "It's like checking the account, which makes us really annoyed. My buddy is also damaged enough, and after the other party finished asking, he asked the other party loudly: "Are you a virgin?" After a word, the people around the dinner all looked at our table, and the girl angrily threw the cup and turned her head away.

The second time was in Xiangping, accompanied a younger brother of mine to go on a blind date (not a relative, younger than me, call me brother), I originally planned to borrow a luxury car from a friend to my brother to go, because I know too well the local girls and families with girls, Nima is like selling her daughter. But my brother's man is relatively low-key, and the most important thing is that my driving level is too bad, and after weighing the pros and cons, I took a taxi with my brother.

to be continued