Chapter Twenty-Four: The Strange Village

For Ying and Bilunga

The old woman kindly invited, and we naturally did not dare to slack off, and after thanking us repeatedly, we followed into the village.

I wanted to go with Ma Yiao, but he seemed to be wary of me because of what I had just done, and when I got closer, he walked farther away, and did not want to approach me at all.

When the old woman saw it, she smiled and said, "He is like a child now, don't mind, wait for two days, and when he comes back, it will be fine." ”

I smiled wryly and said he wasn't like that before.

The old woman turned around, glanced at Yueniang on the back of the little tiger, and asked, "What's the matter with this girl?" Is it sick? We have a doctor here who can help you take a look. ”

Xiaohu looked up and glanced at me.

Although I was not familiar with him, I could understand the meaning in his eyes, so I said, "No, she is just a little uncomfortable, just rest for a while." ”

The old woman glanced at Yueniang and Xiaohu deeply, didn't say anything, and said to me, "Please." ”

I walked with her, and when I passed by the huge iron-eating beasts, I subconsciously glanced at these big guys, and found that as long as they didn't show their fierce appearances, their appearance was not far from the giant pandas I saw on TV on weekdays.

It's like an enlarged version of a giant panda.

I wanted to touch the fluff on this beast, but the old ladies next to me still didn't reach out.

Moving on, I found that this village is really like the paradise described in the Peach Blossom Spring, with flat land, houses and houses, and the genus of good fields, beautiful ponds, mulberry and bamboo, and strange traffic, chickens and dogs smell each other.

The bluestone-paved road was clean and tidy, and there was not a single piece of garbage, not even dust.

A few dogs swayed in front of them, and there were buffaloes and horses in the fields, but none of them saw any animal droppings.

This field is full of green grass, there are osmanthus trees planted on the roadside, the breeze blows, but there is a strange fragrance floating, which makes people feel that this place is really beautiful and makes people forget to return.

There are not many people here, and there are several men working in the paddy fields, all of whom seem to be very industrious.

They were hunched over and busy.

Several people don't stop for a moment, like robots, tireless.

When I entered the village, in addition to the vegetable patch in front of the house, there was also a medicine field, and I recognized several medicinal herbs at a glance.

The old woman enthusiastically introduced me to me, saying that the climate here is mild, the land is fertile, and the conditions for planting medicinal herbs are very good, such as astragalus, fritillary, yuanhu, bellflower, coptis, angelica, Chuanxiong, shengdi, atractylodes, white peony, poria cocos, etc., these medicinal materials are produced and of excellent quality......

Then she pointed to an old woman in her sixties and said, "Xiao Jiu'er, she is very good at pharmaceutical, dispensing and other things, you girl wakes up in a while, if you are not feeling well, you can look for her." ”

The old woman, who was called "Xiao Jiu'er", heard this and grinned at me.

When she opened her mouth, I could see that her teeth were all black, black and yellow, and I didn't know why.

But apart from the black and yellow teeth, gray hair, wrinkles on her face, and age spots, I don't know why, I can vaguely feel her appearance, which should be extremely beautiful when she was young.

How so?

I feel that she is a little similar to Cai Yueniang's temperament.

It's not a good comparison, but I don't know why, that's my first reaction.

It's also intuition.

Entering the village, it is clean and tidy, not at all the dirty and cramped like ordinary villages, a neat bluestone road, lined with exquisite wooden buildings, and the air is filled with the fragrance of osmanthus flowers.

Everything here is meticulously repaired and meticulously carved, giving the impression that it does not feel like a village hidden deep in the mountains.

It is like a specially built film and television base, or a specially planned scenic spot for tourists to visit, without any fireworks.

And when I walked into the village, I saw almost no men.

After a few iron-eating beasts entered the village, they separated, and so did the rest of the women, except for a few older ones.

The old woman said to me, "We have a guest room here, so what do you think of sending you there to rest for a while, and then inviting you to eat at my place?" ”

I gave it up and said that it was up to you to arrange it.

The old woman smiled, and around the corner in front of her, an old man came out.

The old man, about fifty or sixty years of age, with gray hair and a staggered body, carrying a pair of dung buckets, saw the old woman as if he were a cat and a mouse, and hurried back.

The old woman's brows furrowed subconsciously, and then she called out to him: "Ah Da, you wait." ”

The old man, who was called Ah Da, put down the dung bucket, hurriedly knelt down, and said Big Lady, I was wrong, I shouldn't have taken the main road......

The old woman raised her eyebrows and said You stand up, I told you, in our village, you don't need to come to talk to Wu Asan, there is a distinguished guest today, let him prepare a few tables of flowing water seats, and let Yang Laoqi take out the good wine hidden in the cellar and entertain the guests, you know?

When Ah Da heard this, he was overjoyed and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, I'll ask them to get it." ”

The old woman commanded, "Tell them to hurry, for the guests are hungry after a day's journey." ”

The old man hurriedly gave up his hand and said yes, yes, definitely.

He carried the dung bucket and left the side of the house beautifully, and the old woman said to us: "Our Wu Asan here used to be a cook, and he was born in the red and white ceremonial banquet, and his skills are very good, you will have to taste it in a while." ”

When I heard this, I hurriedly bowed down again, and said that I was sorry for you.

The old woman pretended to be annoyed, and said that if you are so polite, then I will be angry.

I just let out a long breath and said okay, okay, you're welcome.

The old woman smiled happily and said yes, you are Ma Jiu'er's friends, and you are as happy as my children......

The village is not very large, and we will be able to rest in the middle of a conversation.

It was a house mostly made of bamboo, with a large banyan tree in front of it and a verdant phoenix tail next to it.

We walked into this bamboo house, and the outermost part was a living room, which was very complete with tables, chairs and benches, most of which were also made of bamboo.

The old woman introduced us and said that there were four rooms here, all with beds and bedding, and that you should make your own arrangements, and that there was a well behind the house, but if you want hot water, you should tell us in advance, and I will have someone bring it to you.

I looked around the area, it was very elegant, and there were calligraphy and paintings on the wall.

Those calligraphy and paintings, the handwriting is beautiful and magnificent, and the painting style is outstanding, making people feel as if they are ancient schools.

I am full of gratitude and say that you have thought so well, thank you, thank you.

The old woman saw that we were very satisfied, and she smiled happily, and then said to Ma Yiao beside her: "Ma Jiu'er, you and your friends will stay for two days, and you will come to eat in a while, and the concubine will go back." ”

When Ma Yiao heard this, he hurriedly hugged her arm and said aggrievedly: "I don't, Xiaoxiao, I want to go with you, I don't want to be with him." ”

The old woman was very strange and said why? He's your friend, huh?

Ma Yiao shook his head like a rattle, and said no, he is not my friend, I don't even know him. He's a bad guy, and I don't want to stay with him.

The old woman was so entangled with a child-like horse that she couldn't do anything, and said to me with a wry smile: "Look at this ......"

I was helpless, and said to her: "It's okay, let him go back, and when we turn back, let's discuss how to help him summon spirits." ”

The old woman smiled faintly and said that it was fine.

She led the people away, and when the group of them left our sight, Chu Xiaotu, who had not spoken all this time, finally couldn't help it, and said, "Houzi, I think it's ......."

I reached out to stop her and whispered, "Stop." ”

I asked Chu Xiaotu not to talk nonsense, and after Xiaohu checked the seat next to him, he put down Cai Yueniang, who had been in a coma, and then lowered his body and put his ear to the floor to listen.

After a few moments, he stood up, made a "nobody" gesture to me, and went somewhere else.

After searching back and forth, Xiaohu came back to the hall and said to me, "There is no arrangement, there should be no one eavesdropping." ”

I nodded and said Okay, how much do you think what the big girl said just now is true or false?

Xiaohu looked at me and said, "Which aspect do you mean?"

I said we could talk about it.

Xiaohu thought for a while, and then said: "I'll first say that the things I am more sure of first are the meaning of staying in the Miao language, which means women and beauties. ”

Women's Village?

I pondered for a moment and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

Xiaohu said that the thing I can be sure of is that these old women should be the legendary things in the legend of the Falling Flower Cave Girl who entered the mountain back then, and it is indeed true that in the Black Wind Valley, there is indeed a village dedicated to accepting the Falling Flower Cave Girl, which is here.

I was a little surprised, yes? These people are all Falling Flower Cave Girls? But why don't they look like Yueniang, stupid, as if they have no soul?

Xiaohu shook his head and said I don't know the fact, I'm also very strange, and there is one thing that makes me even more strange, do you know what it is?

I shook my head and said that you are short on time, don't beat around the bush, just say it.

Xiaohu said in a low voice: "That Xiao Jiu'er, I actually know her, it should be said that she has memories of her from our neighboring village Wang Zhai, called Wang Cuihua, when I was only five years old, as a girl in the Falling Flower Cave, I was sent into the mountains. ”

I said, oh, what's so strange about this, you were young at the time, and she didn't recognize you, isn't it normal?

Xiaohu shook his head and said with a serious face: "I want to say, I almost didn't recognize her, do you know how old she was when she was sent into the mountains?" ”

When I heard him say this, I couldn't help but look horrified before and after contacting, and said, "Wait, what happened seven or eight years ago? ”

Xiaohu nodded and said, "Back then, she was only seventeen years old. ”