Chapter 253: A Crowd
Lushi County is vast and sparsely populated, and the main places where the population is active are all in the county seat, and those who do business and sell stalls and vegetables have nothing to do and come out to walk the street are here, and there are usually a lot of people, if there is any bustle on the street, all the people have come out, and there is really no place to stay.
In order to avoid the funeral procession, the brothers took the two bandits and the blind man to bypass the indiscriminate grave on the side of the county seat, and walked back to the street along the land temple.
In the old days, there was no designated place for the grave, just find a place to bury people, generally like to pile up, which wasteland if the first to bury the grave, then then all in the grave there, east and west everywhere, the timid walk at night is most afraid of this thing, but there is no way to avoid it, can only walk around.
They went straight through the graves, and the weeds grew taller than men, covering many of the low, little graves, and stepping on them without noticing. But since I went to Hengshan, after coming back, they have forgotten a lot of their previous taboos, and they don't care so much, they step on other people's graves, it's not a big deal, it's a little closer to atheism, but it's still a feudal superstition in their bones.
Hu Da dragged the two bandits like walking a dog, and bared his teeth and said to the blind man: "Hey, I said Jiang is blind, are you having any fun when we leave?" ”
The blind man was not in good health, and he was panting when he walked on the dirt road with a slope, swallowing his saliva and saying, "What fun? How big is our Lushi County, what kind of fun can we have for your pastime? ”
Lao Wu walked a few steps slowly and waited for the blind man to catch up, so he smiled and said to her, "Are you still running around with your bones?" Oh, by the way, why didn't you get some medicine to make up for yourself? ”
The blind man shook his head and said, "What to make up, I'm all sick, it's not easy to take any medicine, and I can't be idle." Suddenly let me live the life of the Lin family's master, I estimated that I would have to leave in a few days, anyway, just after all these years. ”
"What the hell is going on? You directly said that your medicine was all a lie, and you also said these tasteless things, then the Lin family is his mother's wealth, what are we? Hu Dazhu turned around and shouted.
After hearing this, the blind man said unhappily: "You Hu Er, why are you okay to hurt me?" When did I cheat? I'm the real thing. Although it can't be said that the medicine will cure the disease, at least you can't kill people, right? You go to the county to inquire about who ate my blind Chinese medicine and died? You tell me. ”
Hu Dazhu and Blind Langzhong actually quarreled, measuring Lao Wu aside, there was still something to ask Blind Langzhong, but Hu Dazhong didn't have a chance to interject, anyway, it wasn't a big deal, so I planned to ask again at dinner.
When I returned to Lushi County and saw the familiar scene in the county, I felt very leisurely and comfortable, Lao Wu took out the tobacco leaves and crushed them with his hands while walking, and then tore off a piece of rice paper and rolled the crushed tobacco leaves. I put my tongue on the edge of the paper and planned to roll it up, but when I looked up, I saw seven or eight people coming over, four strong men in front of them, and they carried a square box in groups of two, followed by three or four plainly dressed people, who walked very quickly and hurriedly, and met Lao Wu and them in a few steps.
The place is full of graves, and there are no roads nearby, so walking from here is not only strenuous but also time-consuming. Eventually, I had to walk back to the county seat. But because of Lao Wu, they were blocked by the Lin family's funeral procession, so they had no way to bypass here. I didn't expect to meet another group of people to fight the other side.
Lao Wu put down the cigarette roll and asked the brothers in front of him to pull aside to make room for the family to pass first. Seeing this, Hu Dabo dragged the bandit to the side and squatted in the wild grass, and the others stood on one side to facilitate the passage of others.
Those people were in a hurry, and they didn't thank them after being given way by Lao Wu. And with your head down, you can pass quickly.
Lao Wu didn't pay attention to anything at first, rolled a cigarette and put it to his mouth, and went to touch the match in his pocket. The pocket line of his clothes was tighter, and Lao Wu's palms were thicker, so he finally found a match in his pocket and took it out. was robbed by the pocket and rolled down his leg and rolled to the ground, so Lao Wu bent down to pick up the fire.
At this moment, the person who was carrying the box passed by him, Lao Wu bent down and got closer, and saw that the box was wrapped in linen cloth on one side, but the side was not tightly tied to leave an opening, just so that Lao Wu could see the box inside.
This look at Lao Wu frowned, there is a red box with vermilion lacquer inlaid with copper buttons, in the old days, this kind of box is relatively strong because of its good workmanship, and it is used to hold gold bricks, jewelry, jade and the like in pawnshops and large households, which is so useful. Now most of these big boxes have been smashed and burned as firewood, and I can't see such two big boxes and be carried away, and they can't be filled with some valuable things, right?
Thinking of this, Lao Wu picked up a match and straightened his waist, lit the cigarette roll next to his mouth, and stared at a few people behind. Although those people have shabby clothes, their hair is neat and their faces are red, and they are not ordinary people at first glance, because the harvest has not been very good in recent years, although they can eat food, but this meal is not full, or there is a mouthful of pad to make up for it, and they are alive, and there are really few people who can eat so richly.
Lao Wu took a puff of cigarette and gently touched the blind man next to him with his arm, letting him follow his gaze. The blind man was still choking on Hu Da's arms, so Lao Wu subconsciously turned back when he touched it like this, and asked Lao Wu softly, "What's wrong?" But Lao Wu didn't respond, but smoked a cigarette and used his eyes to let the blind man look at those people.
The blind man didn't understand what was going on, so he followed Lao Wu's gaze, but when he saw the people who were about to pass by, he was frightened, and when those people missed the back and walked away slowly, he stared at their eyes and trembled, pointed to their backs and said, "This, what's going on?" ”
"Silly, what the hell are you talking about? What's going on? Hu Da sat on a dirt slope and looked up at the blind man.
But before the blind man could reply, he heard Hu Dajiao shout: "Hey Mom! Those two grandsons ran away! ”
The brothers turned around at the same time, and saw the weeds trembling in the distance, and the two bandits saw that Hu Dabao was relaxed and began to run, Hu Dabao got up and began to chase, and the brothers followed and chased out, leaving only Lao Wu and Lao Si still in place.
The blind man was stunned by them, and when he saw the people running away, he said to Lao Wu: "Hey? Why don't you help chase it? You just believe in that Hu Laoer? ”
Lao Wu rolled a cigarette and handed it to the fourth, and said to the blind man with a smile: "I can't believe the second child the most, but this broken place is surrounded by vertical mountain beams, and there are only two ways out, one is the place we just came over, and the other is the land temple in front, those two thieves can't go far and must run to the land temple, let's sneak over, just enough to block the front and back, let's also have a robbery." (To be continued......)