Chapter 46: The Old Man
Because he had just woken up in the morning, and the sun was more dazzling, the second uncle was afraid that he was dazzled, so he rubbed his eyes vigorously, but this time, he still didn't see Li Xianying's shadow.
The second uncle's mood at this time is very complicated, who is this eccentric Li Xianying? Or is he a human at all? Looking back on the years of running ghosts, whether it is personal experience or hearsay, I know a lot of strange things, but this is really the first time I have encountered such a strange person.
Despite this, the second uncle still behaved very calmly and deliberately cleared his throat.
At this time, Li Xianying heard the voice, turned around, and saw the second uncle sitting behind him, and immediately said with a smile: "Yo, Brother Hou is awake." Hehe...... How was your sleep last night? Hey, the conditions are a little harder, so Brother Hou is wronged. ”
And at this time, the second uncle found that Li Xianying's shadow suddenly appeared again. Presumably, at this time, the second uncle can still be so calm, if it was Hou Bin and them, it is estimated that they would have been called out a long time ago.
The second uncle stood up, as if nothing had happened, and said to Li Xianying: "Brother is too polite, those who do our business, first of all, must be able to endure hardships, and this condition is already quite good." ”
Since there are only three rooms in this courtyard, there are only a few beds. But these people together are about a dozen or so, so the rest of the people can only find some mats and other things to spread on the ground, lie down and sleep.
Li Xianying laughed twice when he heard this. Then the two chatted.
Chatting and chatting, the second uncle remembered the matter of the blister in the middle of the village, and wanted to probe Li Xianying's tone, so the second uncle asked: "Brother, when I was wandering around the village yesterday, I suddenly found that there seemed to be a problem in the big blister in the center of the village, but the elder brother was clumsy and couldn't see what was in the water, I don't know if the elder brother has paid attention to it." ”
When Li Xianying heard the second uncle ask about the blister, she frowned at the first moment, and then said to the second uncle with some solemnity: "Hmm! That blister was unusual, and I found out about it. It's just that I've lived here for so long, and I haven't heard anything going on in the village, so I don't bother with it. Hey, as the saying goes, more is better than less, since it's okay, love is what it is. ”
In fact, on the first day, according to the situation described by the old man, the second uncle had something to do with Li Xianying, but at this time, when he saw that Li Xianying's expression was so natural, the second uncle was a little uncertain in his heart. However, the second uncle did not give up, and continued to ask: "Brother, according to my observation yesterday, the yin qi in the water is very heavy. Although nothing happened for the time being, it is not clear what is in this water and how much trouble it has! ”
Li Xianying said with a very helpless expression on his face at this time: "It is precisely because of this that I dare not alarm the things in the water." I myself have a few pounds and a few taels, and I know that if I provoke something in the water, if I can't subdue it, not only will I be unsafe, but the people in the village will also be unlucky. Speaking of this, Li Xianying suddenly looked at the second uncle with a strange smile on his face and said, "Oh, by the way, with Brother Hou's ability, plus Brother Hou's senior disciples, you can try." ”
"Hey, my brother is serious." The second uncle didn't know what kind of medicine Li Xianying was selling in this gourd, and this person's words and deeds always made the second uncle unpredictable.
At this time, the second uncle thought to himself, whether this matter had anything to do with Li Xianying or not, and he couldn't ask anything, so he turned the topic to another place.
"Brother, listening to your accent and your identity, you don't look like a local, why do you live here?"
"Hahaha...... Brother Hou, you don't know about this. This man is not to be seen! Speaking of which, Li Xianying also moved a small bench and sat opposite the second uncle.
"My accent isn't local, but I'm from here. It's just that when I was very young, my family and I left here and went to Fujian. Li Xianying said, looked around, sighed and continued: "Actually, many people don't understand my thoughts, and the people here are the same. I rarely interact with them, but I can tell. I'm a man who likes to be pure, and no one knows me here, so no one bothers me. Wen Zhong can occasionally come to see me if he is fine, and I am content. ”
"It turns out that my brother is a reclusive master, haha......" The second uncle chatted with Li Xianying for a long time, but he didn't come up with any useful clues, and in the end he could only chat.
After breakfast, Boss Li and a few people drove away. After Boss Li left, the second uncle learned that Li Xianying had asked Boss Li to invite Liu Guanqun, but it was estimated that it would take about four or five days to come back. So in the past few days, the second uncle and they have to stay in Zhengjialou.
It is said that in the past four or five days, the second uncle should study and study the matter of going to Jiangjunling with Li Xianying or Lao Fei, but everyone doesn't know anything about Jiangjunling, so they can't start at all, so they can only take one step at a time.
But the second uncle did not stay idle because of this. Whether it is Li Xianying or the blister in the middle of the village, it has become a heart disease for the second uncle. In the second uncle's heart, he always felt that this blister was inextricably linked with Li Xianying, so the second uncle decided to use the four or five days to investigate in this village, hoping to find some useful clues.
When it was almost evening, the second uncle asked the monkey and the fifth child to stay at home, and took the old fat and Hou Bin to the blister in the middle of the village.
Originally, the second uncle planned to go to the evening, after dark, to see the movement in the blister. When I got to the big flat rock next to the blister, I saw the old man from yesterday sitting on the stone.
Unexpectedly, this old man was quite enthusiastic, and when he saw the second uncle and a few of them, he greeted him with a smile from afar.
Seeing this, the second uncle walked over and sat down opposite the old man.
The old man was still dressed and smiling, and asked the second uncle, "Have you drunk the soup?" ”
"Soup?" The second uncle was a little confused by this question, looked back at the old fat and the two of them, and saw that the two of them were also confused, the second uncle looked back at the old man and stammered: "No, I didn't drink the soup." ”
The second uncle thought to himself at this time, what kind of etiquette is this, how can you ask for soup when you meet?
When the second uncle was wondering in his heart, he didn't want the old man to laugh, "Hahaha...... I'm you didn't have dinner. "It turns out that in the local area, dinner is called soup. The locals mainly eat pasta, so they almost have to have soup when they eat.
When the second uncle saw that this was the case, he also laughed out loud.
After the two laughed, the old man asked again, "What are you doing?" ”
In fact, what the second uncle is most afraid of is that a stranger asks him about his profession, not that there is anything unsightly in this industry, nor that the second uncle wants to hide anything. But because of the particularity of this industry, there are even very few people who have heard of this industry, so even if they tell them, they don't know what they do, and they have to explain to them, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, so the second uncle simply panicked.
"Hey, even if you look at palmistry, you don't have any skills, hehe."
I thought that if I said that I was looking at palmistry, there would not be so much trouble, but I didn't expect that when this old man heard that the second uncle was reading palmistry, his eyes lit up all of a sudden.
"What? Do you still read palmistry? Hahaha...... Can you show me then? The old man said that, and stretched out his swarthy hand to the second uncle.
Seeing this, the second uncle thought, what am I doing here, where will I read palmistry. But since the words are out, they can't be taken back, and I thought to myself, just say a few auspicious words to fool and fool around.
But this fool can't be too obvious, so the second uncle stiffened his head and held the old man's hand, wanting to pretend to take a look, not wanting to feel that the old man's hand had a cool feeling as soon as he held the old man's hand.
The second uncle looked up at the old man carefully and found that there seemed to be something wrong with the old man. But at this time, I didn't think much about it, the other party was still waiting to see the palmistry, so the second uncle asked casually, "Brother, how old are you this year." ”
"I'm forty-nine this year."
When the second uncle heard the old man say that he was forty-nine, he looked up again and looked at the old man carefully. Judging from the face of this old man, even if this old man is not sixty, he must be fifty-seven or eight, and he looks too old-fashioned. Could it be that I misheard.
The second uncle asked again, "How old are you?" ”
"Forty-nine, hehe, what, isn't it like?" The old man said mockingly.
Now the second uncle looked a little embarrassed, this one by one old brother screamed, but the people were younger than themselves. But the second uncle thought about it again, if he said that he was older than him, and felt that it was a little too hurtful, so he panicked again and said: "Almost, almost, I am exactly one year younger than you, and I am forty-eight." ”
At this time, Hou Bin and Lao Fei behind him covered their mouths and laughed. In their impression, especially Hou Bin, the second uncle rarely lies, and the second uncle is not a liar, so when they saw the second uncle lying, and lying about his age, he couldn't help laughing.
I don't want to be at this time, the old man continued: "Hey, this person can't accept the old man." In fact, as early as last year, I was younger than you now, hahaha......" Speaking of this, the old man looked at the second uncle, suppressed a slight smile and continued: "Hey, just this year, I don't know what's wrong, this person, suddenly old, this body is not as good as before, hey! ”
The old man's words seemed very ordinary, but they attracted the attention of the second uncle. It was when the old man said these words that the second uncle saw the problem from it.