I thought to myself, since I couldn't ask anything key from Dabao's mouth, I would go directly to his second uncle, and maybe I could get more information. Anyway, it was a strange thing, and my curiosity drove me to figure it out.

Without any further delay, I immediately came to his second uncle's house with Runko.

Dabao's mother has two younger brothers, the third uncle is not married and serves as a soldier in other places, and the second uncle has a son named Xiaobao, and the two families live side by side, next door to Dabao's house.

It was Xiaobao who opened the door to us, Xiaobao was three years younger than Dabao, he looked like a little adult, but he was not short, and he stood with Dabao, thinking he was his brother.

After inquiring about Xiaobao, he learned that his father was far away and would not be back until a few days, but in disappointment, Runzi came up with an idea.

"Twelve, since his second uncle is not here, this matter will be difficult to do, but I think if we can get those loesses, we can go and pick osmanthus by ourselves." Junko asked for my opinion.

I think there is some truth to it, but will Xiaobao agree to let us take it, and where to put the loess, only Dabao can help, so we told Dabao this idea and asked him to explain it to us and Xiaobao.

As soon as Dabao said this, Xiaobao was also very interested in us picking osmanthus flowers, almost regarded it as a mysterious adventure, gladly accepted, and couldn't wait to lead us into the door. It's a pity that he doesn't know as much as Dabao, and it's the first time he's heard of his father's secret, so it's obviously impossible to know where those loess are.

So the four of us decided to turn Xiaobao's house upside down, from drawers, cabinets, bottles and cans to wellheads, bed bottoms, roofs, all the corners we could think of. But the painstaking search didn't pay off, in other words, we wasted our efforts and time.

We sat on the floor, formed a circle in front of Xiaobao's house, and threw pebbles around as marbles.

"Alas, forget it, maybe the second uncle lied to me!" Dabao began to doubt his second uncle's words.

Xiaobao said unconvinced: "Impossible, my father never lied to people." ”

"Then why can't I find it, you are still his son, didn't I sue you?"

Xiaobao was speechless, his palms propped up his chin, and he sulked.

I started the round and said, "Okay, maybe he's got him, so we can't find it." ”

Runzi said: "I don't think it's possible, think about it, what do you usually do with soil, what's the use of only soil without seeds, even if you have seeds, can you plant them on your body, besides, since he regards loess as so important, it must be hidden in some extremely hidden place, or maybe it has been planted." I think maybe one of those little laurel trees in the village was planted by him. ”

I think Runzi's analysis is whimsical, and there is an obvious loophole in it, which is what Dabao's second uncle said - with these loesses, you can pick osmanthus whenever you want in the future. We all know that the fragrance of osmanthus in August, the flowering period is concentrated in August to October, how can it be picked at any time, taking a step back, he means that the annual flowering period can be picked at any time, that obviously can not be connected with these loess, moreover, he did not bring back the saplings, so the newly planted seedlings need at least several years to flower, even if the planting is successful, how many osmanthus can be bloomed with a handful of loess, so he means that there must be a deeper reason, and this reason is quite incredible. But Yiqiē is just a guess, what is going on, and it seems that he can only ask the person concerned. When I told them about this idea, we all fell into deep contemplation, and in the end, we were back to square one, and we had to keep looking. Suddenly, a flash of inspiration flashed through my mind, and now there was only one way to do it. "By the way, there's a way I can try, I don't know if it will work." I broke the silence and caused quite a stir. There was a gleam in their dark eyes, and their excitement was palpable, and they all came to me like babies waiting to be fed, and even if I said a word, they would take it as a wise saying. I am referring to the Heaven and Earth Eye Technique in the Thirty-Six Techniques of Taoism. According to the description of the "Thirty-six Techniques of Taoism", the Heaven and Earth Eye Technique is divided into the Heavenly Eye Technique and the Earth Eye Technique, the former is a Taoist technique, which requires long-term cultivation, and ordinary people will not only not succeed in performing it, but also it is very likely to hurt the eyes, of course I will not take the risk of trying, and I can't get the hang of it, so I will naturally choose the easier Earth Eye Technique. The Earth Eye Technique is a Dao technique that Jiang Youdao explored on his own on the basis of the Heavenly Eye Technique, anyone has the possibility of success, the only requirement for the caster is age, the younger the age, the greater the chance of success. It is rumored that people before the age of twelve have not yet matured in their minds, and their three souls and seven spirits have not yet gathered, so they are prone to provoke some unclean spirits, ghosts, so the younger they are, the more things they can see than adults, and their horizons are broader. Of the four of us, the most qualified is Xiaobao. They didn't object to my plan, and then did as I told them to prepare the materials needed to cast the spell one by one. First of all, there is groundwater, there is no problem with this, Xiaobao's family has a well, and then find an object with the same nature as the object that needs to be found, this is no problem, isn't it just some soil, and finally it is also crucial, you need the dragon fertilizer - snake dung. As soon as I said that I wanted snake dung, everyone was in trouble, indeed, cow dung, sheep dung, pig dung, dog dung, etc., there is no problem in the countryside, but who will have nothing to collect snake dung. Runzi's face was difficult, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence: "I said twelve, is your method reliable, snakes are not easy to mess with." Dabao nodded yes, and gradually hid behind Runzi, lest I let him catch the snake. Xiaobao closed his eyes, clasped his hands in front of his chest, and bowed his head silently. I was choked by their cowardice. "Okay, since you all refuse to go, then I'll go back, and it's not me who wants to pick it anyway." Seeing that I was leaving, Runko hurriedly grabbed me. "You wait, you didn't say no, so let's go, I'll go with you, Dabao and Xiaobao will keep preparing other things, how about it?" While I was thinking about it, Dabao seemed to think of something and said, "By the way, Grandpa Mazi used to be a snake catcher, and he may have snake dung there." "You mean that old man who is even more terrifying than catching snakes." I waved my hand again and again. Dabao said casually: "Then do you know what snake dung looks like?" We were speechless by his question, and indeed as he said, we were all focused on how to find snake dung, but we forgot the most important question. Snake dung is rare to see, and no one will go out of their way to observe it, and they may not be able to identify it when they see it, so it seems that going to find Grandpa Mazi has become the only way.