Chapter 302: Unheard of Strange Things
Xiao Cui's father was quite calm, and hurriedly picked up a pair of scissors from the table next to him, rubbed it, and cut off the strip of cloth hanging on Xiao Cui, and Xiao Cui fell to the ground heavily.
Xiao Cui's father rushed over like crazy, sat on the ground, held Xiao Cui in his arms, and cried loudly regardless of Qiqi: "Xiao Cui, you are so stupid, if you have three long and two short, how will your father and me live."
Fortunately, Xiaocui didn't hang herself for a long time, and after falling to the ground, she eased up after a while, and then she still didn't say a word, still crying in his father's arms.
At dawn the next day, Xiaocui's father found the matchmaker, and then with a blushing face, he insisted that the matchmaker go to the rich businessman, return this family business, and also return all the bride price.
No matter how the matchmaker persuades him, Xiaocui's father is still determined and will not change his mind. In the end, the matchmaker had no choice but to follow Xiaocui's father's wishes and come to the rich businessman.
The rich businessman also heard about his son's ugliness yesterday, and he was very annoyed in his heart, and as soon as his son sobered up the next day, he immediately called his son to the hall, and punished him for kneeling and slapping him, this rich businessman, although he is usually a little arrogant and a little despised, but he is also a person who wants to face very much, and he attaches great importance to his own reputation, and he never does evil, when he sees his son so uncompetitive, so embarrassed to him, how can he not be angry.
When the matchmaker came to withdraw from the marriage according to Xiaocui's father's wishes, the rich businessman felt that it was the right time to withdraw from the marriage - he didn't agree with it originally.
But after his son tossed it like this, he also felt a little sorry for Xiaocui's family, so the rich businessman agreed very happily about the divorce, and even didn't want to take back the bride price, which was considered compensation for Xiaocui's family, but later saw that Xiaocui's family insisted on returning it, and the rich businessman had no choice but to accept it.
Although the son of a wealthy merchant was very unwilling, he did not dare to ask his father for anything when he thought about what he had done, and then seeing that his father was so angry, he felt that he was indeed at a loss, so he did not dare to beg his father for anything; The son of a wealthy businessman knows very well that although his father usually loves him very much, he is also very strict in discipline, and once he does something out of line, his father will still scold him strictly, so in his heart, he is still very afraid of his father.
And soon, the uncle who was an official in the capital said that he had found some errand for him in the capital, and the son of the rich merchant also went to the capital, so from then on, Xiaocui's father and daughter did not have to worry about the son of the rich businessman to harass him again.
After this incident, the mentality of Xiaocui's father and daughter has completely changed, and they are no longer interested in those rich and powerful families, but mainly want to find a hard-working and good-hearted offspring, even if they are poor. This time and forth, someone mentioned the young hunter.
Because the young hunter has eaten many times in the restaurant of Xiaocui's family, although Xiaocui's father and daughter are not familiar with this young man, they always have some impressions, and the impression is not bad. He had the impression that the young man was always gentle and polite when he ate, never yelled, and spoke very kindly.
Although he came from a difficult background, he heard that he was a good hunter, and he had some savings, and he had built several good houses on his own, which is very good to be able to do this at such a young age.
As soon as the young hunter heard that the matchmaker proposed to him that the kiss was Xiaocui, and he heard the matchmaker say that the woman had no opinion, so he listened to him, he was simply ecstatic, and his excited heart jumped suddenly, and he secretly pinched himself a few times to see if he was dreaming.
At the end of the twenty-third year when the young hunter was twenty-three, Xiao Cui was married. After the young couple got married, they respected each other like guests, loved each other, and the little Cui Dad saw it in his eyes and liked it in his heart.
But things must be reversed, happiness is sad, and in the spring of the new year, Xiao Cui's father got a serious illness and passed away. However, because he saw his daughter's happiness after marriage, the old man walked very calmly and at ease - before he died, he took the hands of his daughter and son-in-law and passed away very happily.
Because they have been dependent on their father since they were children, the relationship between the father and daughter is very deep, and of course Xiaocui is very sad, for half a month, she washes her face with tears almost every day, and she is seriously ill, and then she slowly recovers.
But then, a series of unexpected misfortunes followed.
After the two got married for nearly two years, people found that Xiaocui's stomach did not move. This was very abnormal at the time, so some neighbors inevitably discussed it in private.
The little couple was even more anxious, and secretly looked at a lot of Langzhong, looked at it, and finally basically determined that Xiaocui was fine, and the problem was the man.
This made the young hunter, who was usually optimistic, feel unforgettable pain for the first time. In the past, he could face any difficulties and blows bravely, but when he knew that he had problems with childbirth, his spirit was almost crushed and he became depressed all day long.
He, who had never drunk alcohol, also began to drink, and often got drunk. This made Xiaocui sad and distressed.
Among the young hunter's neighbors, there is an old man surnamed Jiang, it can be said that this old man Jiang grew up watching the young hunter, and he also took care of this young man who had no father and no mother, and the young hunter also regarded him as his own relatives and called him "Uncle Jiang"
When encountering this kind of thing, the young hunter was very painful in his heart, so Old Man Jiang often took the initiative to chat with him, and often persuaded the young hunter that he was still young, and this hidden disease would definitely be cured, so that he didn't have to worry too much.
Old man Jiang is a warm-hearted person, and he has a lot to worry about the young hunter.
Old man Jiang inquired in many ways, and learned that in a village seventy or eighty miles away, there was a goddess, and people in the vicinity said that this goddess had opened her eyes to heaven, and she was very good at physiognomy, fortune-telling, feng shui, and even incurable diseases, and she had to queue up every day to find her.
Old man Jiang thought, since the young hunter has not been cured after seeing so many Langzhong, why not try this goddess?
Of course, the young hunter was willing to try, and "rushed to the doctor", and for a patient who was almost desperate, how could they not want to try it when they heard that someone might cure their disease?
So, the two of them rushed to the small village.
There are as many people as the legend says, and these people come from all over the world, and the farthest is even hundreds of miles away. Someone in the village opened an inn to provide accommodation for these people who came to find the goddess, and the business was still very prosperous.
After standing in line for two days, it was the turn of both of them.
But when they saw the goddess, they couldn't help but be a little surprised. Because that goddess is indeed a strange person:
Her hair was disheveled, her clothes were dirty and shiny, and she was scary, like a skeleton covered in skin, like a living corpse.
But this skinny old goddess has a huge amount of food, and while she is treating people and looking at their appearances, she also picks up snow-white steamed buns from the basket next to her and stuffs them into her mouth.
Moreover, such a big steamed bun can be eaten in a few bites, just when the old man Jiang and the young hunter were waiting next to him, they were surprised to find that after a while, the old goddess actually ate five or six steamed buns, which is incredible.
What's even more incredible is that the old goddess no longer has a tooth in her mouth, but she can chew steamed buns so easily and quickly, and she can easily swallow them without drinking water.
This old goddess not only eats a lot, but also "pulls" a lot - every once in a while, she has to run to the thatched house, and when she comes back, she is still covered with the smell of feces and urine, which is really disgusting.
She seems to have been eating so hard all day long, and she is also desperately pulling, no wonder many people say in private that this old goddess is a starving ghost.
Finally, it was the two of them's turn to see, and the young hunter frowned, endured a strong strange smell, and came to this goddess with Old Man Jiang.
The goddess looked at him with wide eyes, but said nothing, and the young hunter could see that in the deep sockets of the old goddess's skeleton, the two mung bean eyes were unusually bright and bright, as if they could see through people's hearts, and this vicious gaze made the young hunter's heart jump suddenly, and he suddenly felt an indescribable nervousness.
Before the young hunter could speak, the old goddess pulled her hoarse voice and asked sharply, "Did you ever be bitten by a fox three years ago?" ”
The old goddess's voice was not loud, but to the young hunter, it was like a thunderbolt from the blue!
Because three years ago, he had been bitten by a fox, and that fox was very special - the fox painted himself green with the juice of a vine.
This vine is also a specialty of the mountain, it is not a medicinal herb, and it cannot be eaten, but the special feature of this vine is its juice;
Because this juice is a bright and thick green color, no matter what it is applied to, it is extremely difficult to rinse off, so there are outside medicine dealers who specialize in trafficking this vine as a special dye to dye clothes.
What's more valuable is that the juice of this vine also has a special fragrance, and the dyed clothes are not only brightly colored and not faded at all, but also have a faint fragrance. In addition, it is said that there are some painters in Gangnam who collect the juice of this vine at a high price and use it for painting.
But this wonderful vine is very scarce in the mountains and can only be found by experienced herb pickers, which makes it even more expensive.
But what the young hunter couldn't understand was, why would a fox paint his whole body in this color? He had never seen anything about it.
When he first saw this fox, the young hunter thought it was a rare animal that he had never seen before, but later, after hiding in the dark and observing for a long time, he recognized that it was a fox.
The fox seemed to be sick, and walked listlessly and a little staggering, and saw it climb a rock with all its might, squinting lazily, and basking in the sun.
The young hunter was surprised to see such a strange fox, and although he had been hunting since he was a child, and had seen all kinds of wild beasts in the mountains, he had never seen a fox painted all green.
The young hunter thought that if he could catch this fox, he would be able to show off to his peers that he had caught a strange prey; And not to be sure, this kind of fox can be bought at a good price when it is taken down the mountain, because it is too rare.
So, he crept on one side of the stone, set up a net, and then went around to the other side, deliberately chasing the fox;
A man suddenly appeared, and the fox, of course, was afraid, and jumped to the other side, falling into the net set up by the young hunter.
The young hunter hurriedly ran over excitedly, and took a closer look at the fox covered in green juice, and when he observed the fox up close, he was surprised again, it turned out that the hair on the fox's whole body, for some reason, had all fallen off! That juice was applied directly to the fox's skin!
This kind of hairless fox is really a bit creepy when you look closely. But then, something even more unexpected happened.