Lao Wu stood next to the freshly dug pit, squinting at his father, thinking that this old guy didn't blink when he talked nonsense, and his mother said that this shovel was an antiquity, which was obviously taken out by Lao Wu's father without knowing it, and he gave it to Lao Wu with his hand. But on second thought, this shovel is indeed unusually sharp, and the shape and grip are particularly strange, especially the weight and strange color of the hand, not only has it not broken after so many years, but it has become more and more easy to use. He had thought about the origin and value of the shovel before, but he didn't delve into it, and this time it was suddenly mentioned by the old man, although he looked disdainful, but he felt that what the old guy said was quite right.

Bending down and pulling out the shovel inserted in the ground, leaving only a very narrow slit, Lao Wu really looked at his shovel carefully for the first time, the shovel surface is slender and narrow, only one side has a slightly warped edge, he has developed a habit of digging to the side when digging to the side, and he really won't use other shovels.

But Leng Ding remembered one thing, Lao Wu looked at the old man who was still studying the shovel, and gently leaned over to him and whispered, "Brother, how do you know so many things?" How do you know if the sword that came out of the tomb is still a knife? Did you dig it all in one piece? ”

The old man looked at the shovel and didn't pay much attention to Lao Wu and asked him something, so he agreed a little perfunctorily: "Yes, yes, I have seen this kind of shovel, it was used by the earth dragon in ancient times, but it is not as good as this material and quenching, oh this is really good, this craft is more powerful than me!" This is specially used to dig the rammed earth tomb wall when robbing the tomb, no matter how strong it is, as long as you master the method, you can dig it with this shovel."

When the old man said this, he suddenly realized what he had said, suddenly raised his head and shivered, and after glancing at his son, he slowly turned his head and said to Lao Wu with some nervousness: "I, what did I say!" I don't know anything! Oh, I won't fight this well. Don't fight" After the old man finished speaking, he hurriedly dragged his son to the house, but was stopped by Lao Wu.

"Brother, take a step to speak."

Looking back, Lao Wu was standing in the courtyard with a gloomy face, the old man unconsciously began to tremble, Dunzi looked at his father strangely, and asked him, "Dad, what's wrong with you?" Why are you trembling? ”

The old man pushed him and scolded, "Go into the house on a dog day!" I won't tell you not to come out! "After getting the pier into the house. The old man closed the door nervously, and it took a long time to turn around and walk back, completely losing the momentum of entering the courtyard just now, and he was a little wilted, and he didn't dare to look at Lao Wu directly.

Lao Wu saw that there was no one around, so he turned around and squatted on the edge of the pit he had just dug and smoked, and then waved his hand to call the old man over, and asked the old man to squat down next to him, and said directly without looking at him: "How can an old man in your ravine know about tomb robbery?" You still know the black language. Oops! Feelings, you are living in seclusion in the mountains? ”

Dunzi's father hurriedly explained: "Brother, don't talk nonsense, I'm not a tomb robber!" He shouted out this sentence, but then he found that his voice was a little too loud, he shrank his neck and looked around, then swallowed his saliva and asked Lao Wu nervously: "You, are you the earth dragon?" ”

Lao Wu acquiesced at the time without speaking, he couldn't admit it in person, and it would be fatal. But because this old man seems to be knowledgeable, it's okay to let him know. He didn't dare to say it, so he took a deep breath of cigarette and said, "I used to be an earth dragon for a while. But this shovel was used by my father to dig wells, and I naturally gave me the shovel after I took over, this shovel has nothing to do with Tulong, what are you doing? How do you know so many things? ”

When the old man heard him say this, he quickly showed his hands and let Lao Wu see the calluses on his hands. With a few yellow teeth, he smiled and said: "I'm not an earth dragon, and I don't have that ability, but I can make iron tools, and when I was young, I specialized in digging grave tools for those earth dragons, and the easiest and best thing is to make Luoyang shovels." I can also play other iron shovels like this, but I can play so well, I guess no one can hit this now. As the old man spoke, he unconsciously reached out to touch the shovel that Lao Wu threw on the ground.

"Iron scoop? Why is this thing called an iron shovel? Lao Wu didn't understand this, so he asked the old man with some curiosity.

The old man didn't hide that he picked up the shovel, touched the steel mouth and inhaled and said: "This, I don't know, but from the tools that came before, this shovel with a slender shovel surface is called Tie Chong, maybe just like you just dug a pit, a very aggressive shovel, easier to use in a small thief hole, so you are also a good hand, I haven't seen the earth dragon for many years, I feel a little scared and quite kind." ”

Lao Wu suddenly thought that the old man said that his shovel was an antiquity, and since it was an antiquity, it must be indispensable for a hundred and ten years, so could it be valuable? Lao Wu's first thought was the question of this price, so he asked the old man directly. When the old man heard him ask this, he said with some indeceasement: "This pair of shovels can be sold for a lot of money in the black market thirty years ago, but not too much, after all, it is just a tool for tomb robbery, not a real collectible, and there are few people who can understand it, so it should be priceless, or keep it for yourself." ”

When it came to the matter of the shovel, the old man obviously slipped away, and with that feeling of being particularly knowledgeable, not at all like a man who farmed in the mountains, it seemed that he had seen the world outside, and the two of them were quite close to each other, from the shovel to the expert of all kinds of things, and finally went back to the original matter of digging wells.

The old man said with a smile: "Okay, brother, we will fight wherever you say, let the good hand in the earth dragon dig a well for me, this is too honorable!" ”

Lao Wu frowned and said, "Hey, can you stop talking about Tulong?" You're not afraid of letting people go? Then since we are working, we have to negotiate the price first, and don't let you give me something to do when the time comes. ”

"Don't dare, don't dare! Money is good to say, money is not enough and there is food at home, let's fight, I can also watch the excitement! The old man wrinkled his old face like dry bark and smiled at Lao Wu.

But people stared at it, Lao Wu was a little uncomfortable, and he didn't sleep last night and was very sleepy now, so he picked up the shovel and inserted it back into the waistband of his pants, sniffed and said: "I still have something to do over there, and I haven't prepared the stone yet, but I will dig it for you in the middle of this month, so I will start working tomorrow, don't worry, wait a day, let me prepare." After speaking, Lao Wu directly raised his legs and left, but when he went out, he remembered something and turned back to the old man and said, "You can't go out and talk nonsense, right?" ”

The old man hurriedly waved his hand and said that he didn't dare, and then watched Lao Wu leave, waiting for the old man's originally smiling face to slowly cool down after not seeing the figure, bent over and turned around and walked back to the courtyard with his hands behind his back, but he muttered to himself: "Oh, why did an earth dragon pop up again, what if this is a meeting in the village?" (To be continued......)