With a "squeak", the door opened, and someone poked its head out from behind the wooden door and looked at us.

I'm looking at each other, too.

This is an old man in his fifties and sixties, with a blue handkerchief wrapped around his head, his face is full of age spots and wrinkles, his eyes are cloudy, and there seems to be some cataract in his left eye, which in short, gives people a very unnatural feeling.

And the breath on the other party is also very uncomfortable, there is a long-term haven't seen the sun, stale atmosphere.

In addition to that, he was a cripple.

His movement is very inconvenient.

This is a Miao person, and you can feel it from the accent of his speech.

I followed what Ma Yiao had taught, with the thumbs of my left and right hands interlocked, the palm of my left hand facing outwards and the palm of my right hand facing inward, and then I flattened them together, separated them, and gathered them together.

After doing this three times, I will bow again and say that the younger generation is Mo Mo.

Hou Mo?

The man looked at me, and then glanced at Chu Xiaotu behind me, and after a while, he yawned and said, "Hou Mo, this name, Ersheng?" ”

I said respectfully, "There is a person who should have mentioned it to you before. ”

The man raised his eyebrows: "Who?" ”

I looked at him and said calmly, "Ma Yiao......"

Hearing this, the other party's face finally showed a smile, and said Aha, it turned out to be that little cub, yes, yes, he told me about you, come on, come in, come in and roast the fire.

The weather in October, in Pengcheng is still the autumn tiger season, very hot, but in this small village in Miaojiang, late at night, the dew is cold, and the night wind blows, slightly cold.

Ordinary people can't stand it anymore, that is, we are running all the way, and we are in a hurry, so we don't feel much.

When I entered the house, it was pitch black and a kerosene lamp was lit.

I found out that there was no electricity here.

The room was a very ordinary stilted layout, with no sofas, no televisions, and nothing but shrines and a few bamboo benches.

The old man used tongs to pick up the ashes on the outside, revealing the sparks inside, and then took out black charcoal from the bamboo basket next to it, and put it in the fire.

He stirred up the fire in the firepit and hung a hanging pot on the stand above the firepit.

When he scooped up the water, he said to us, "Sit down, and I'll go and tell the tiger to get up." ”

After he left the stove room, I sat down on the bamboo bench next to the firepit, but Chu Xiaotu did not.

She looked at the somewhat narrow stove room with a suspicious expression, walked to the big stove of the house and looked at it for a while, looked at the pots and pans of the house, and then walked to the door, and looked at the hall for a while, thoughtfully.

I was annoyed by the way she walked around, and I couldn't help but say, "Can you sit down?" ”

Chu Xiaotu walked up to me, lowered his voice and said, "Don't you think it's strange? ”

I said, what's so weird?

Chu Xiaotu saw that I looked defenseless, angry and funny, and said You are really naïve and naïve, have you heard of the three monsters in Xiangxi?

I shook my head and what the hell was I talking about?

Chu Xiaotu stretched out his right hand, his five fingers were slender, white and delicate, and then he bent them up one by one: "There are three monsters in Xiangxi, Gu Poison to drive away corpses, Falling Flower Cave Girl, the last two, I won't talk to you carefully, just talk about the first one, Gu poison This thing is unique to the Miao people, I heard that it is a poison refined in a unique vessel with countless kinds of poisonous insects, snakes and rats, and all kinds of secret methods......

I patiently listened to her and then asked, "Well, then what?" ”

Chu Xiaotu said hatefully: "Although Gu cultivators are very powerful, they will kill people between their hands, but in essence, they are no different from ordinary ordinary people, and their physique is average, so it is difficult to recognize them as soon as they look at their faces like looking at night walkers, but they are not without loopholes and Gu poison things, and they like to be clean the most, so in the homes of ordinary farmers, the ground is spotless, the things are neatly arranged, and there is no breath of life at all, there is a possibility that more than eighty percent of the people are raised at home." ”

I listened to her say that, and then I subconsciously looked at the place we were.

I myself am from the countryside, and I have been to many places, so I know a lot about rural farmers.

In fact, it is not that rural people do not like to be clean, but because of the heavy labor activities, there is not much energy to take care of, so the home usually looks messy.

Even if you love cleanliness and tidy up and clean every now and then, there will always be some omissions.

The most common ones are mud on the floor, back on the table, and cobwebs between the beams.

These are unavoidable.

However, it is indeed as Chu Xiaotu said, the interior windows of the entire stilted building are bright and spotless, even the stove that is most prone to dirty is the kitchen, there is almost no greasy feeling.

From this point of view, it is definitely very abnormal.

Chu Xiaotu's speculation may be true.

But......

Chu Xiaotu saw that even after listening to me, he looked indifferent, and immediately became anxious.

She pointed at me and said why are you still stunned? Hurry up and tell me, what are you doing here, I don't know you well, you be careful, don't really fall for the Gu, when the time comes, your net worth and life will be someone else's, even if you kneel down and be a dog, you have to do it......

She also wanted to say, but there was a sound of footsteps in the hall, and then the door of the stove room "creaked", and someone came in.

Chu Xiaotu didn't dare to say bad things about others in person, so he hurriedly closed his mouth.

This time, it was not only the old Miao man, but also a thirteen or fourteen-year-old young man.

Although this young man has a childish face, he is really strong, with a pair of big dark eyes and shiny eyes, and he looks very energetic.

The old Miao people said to us: "This is my grandson, Xiaohu Luo Xiaohu." ”

After seeing us with his grandson, the old Miao sat down across from us, while the young man named Xiaohu went to the cupboard and brought three coarse porcelain bowls, each with a little tea stalk.

After a while, the water boiled, and he made us each a bowl of tea.

The old Miao took his own bowl of tea, stirred it in the bowl with the rough middle finger of his right hand for a while, and then touched his forehead.

Then he picked up the bowl and grinned at us, "Please." ”

The old Miao people picked up the steaming tea and began to drink it deliciously, and I didn't hesitate to take the tea and take a sip.

The tea was hot in the mouth, then bitter, and after the taste was completely dissipated in the mouth, there was a strange sweetness and fragrance that echoed in the mouth.

After I took a sip, I couldn't help but sigh, "Good tea." ”

The old Miao man saw that I was drinking heartily, smiled, and then turned his head again, looked at Chu Xiaotu next to him, and said What's the matter, it's not appetizing?

Chu Xiaotu was a little nervous and said I, I'm not thirsty.

The old Miao squinted at her, and after a while, he said, "Little girl, are you afraid that I will play Gu in your tea, right?" ”

Chu Xiaotu didn't expect the other party to be so straightforward, his body subconsciously straightened, and he was a little incoherent, saying ah, no, no, this, I, I didn't mean that......

Seeing her frightened expression, the old Miao no longer teased her, but took out a cigarette gun from his arms and got some tobacco leaves into it.

After he lit it with the fire, he took a deep breath and spit it out slowly, and then said to me: "Ma Yiao, he master, I know you, whose disciple are you?" ”

When I came, I listened to the old man Wang Chao'an, and I didn't talk to this person, so I said truthfully: "I am a night walker, just awakened, although I have learned some things from Ma Yiao and Mr. Wang Chao'an, but there is no teacher at present." ”

Hearing me say this, Lao Miao nodded and said Well, the most important quality of a young man is honesty, and you are very good at this.

Then, he took a few more puffs, and then said slowly: "I told Xiaoma, go back, let my grandson Xiaohu take you there, but there are a few words, I have to say ahead, if you agree, you can set off at any time, if you don't agree, then don't make a fuss, where did you come from, where do you go back." ”

I said respectfully, "Please speak." ”

Lao Miao said that the place where Ma Yiao went was called Tuo Lang, it was a very terrifying place, and it was necessary to cross the Black Wind Valley, where for nearly ten years, no one could enter and survive, Xiaohu is my only grandson, after his parents died, it was my lifeline, so although he sent you over, he could only send it to the Black Wind Valley. The rest of the way, you go by yourselves.

I said okay.

After drinking tea, the old Miao people said that it was too late today, and you had also rushed all night's road, so let's rest here first.

I was in a hurry to leave, but the old Miao people insisted on a little bit, sharpening their knives and not chopping wood.

In this way, I didn't talk any more, and nodded in response.

Who knew that when Xiaohu arranged a room for us, we found out that there was only one room, I looked at the bed inside, hesitated, and said that I would sleep with Xiaohu, right?

Xiaohu looked disgusted and said no, I don't like to sleep with men.

Belch......

I glanced at Chu Xiaotu, and then at the thirteen or fourteen-year-old Xiaohu, knowing that this child was already in the development period.

How can he stand it with a walking estrogen like Chu Xiaotu?

Chu Xiaotu didn't have my psychological burden, and said: "Okay, okay, little brother, go to sleep quickly, don't worry about us." ”

She sent Xiaohu away, then glared at me and said What are you doing, it's been a day of walking, aren't you tired? Hurry up and go to sleep, right?

Chu Xiaotu is a child of the rivers and lakes, there are no taboos, and he lies in the wooden bed by himself.

I was a little embarrassed, seeing that this room was empty, there was not even a chair, and I was about to lie on the floor, Chu Xiaotu yawned and said, "You go to bed, on the floor, be careful of insects crawling on your body." ”

I'm actually quite sick to insects, so I thought about it for a while and went to bed.

The people were all dressed, and after blowing the kerosene lamps, it was dark.

I closed my eyes, but I couldn't sleep.

The faint feminine fragrance emanating from Chu Xiaotu's body appeared in the air, and then her even breathing was in her ears.

I'm not sure if she's asleep or not.

I don't know how long it took, I couldn't help but turn my head and look at Chu Xiaotu inside, only to find that in the dark, a pair of big eyes flickered.

It turned out that she hadn't slept yet.

I was startled, and just as I was about to speak, Chu Xiaotu suddenly burst out laughing, and then said to me, "How about it, do you want to have a shot?" ”

Today in Hezhou, Guangxi to participate in the "Chinese Literature and Art Theory Society Network Research Association Fourth Academic Annual Conference", it is an honor as a representative of the network writers, and the experts and scholars who came to participate in the exchange of photos will be sent to the WeChat public platform tomorrow, time is tight, will not be updated, in addition to tomorrow if the update of the resignation, Xiaofo will be compensated later.

Thank you for your understanding, an author, after all, you have to come out, and I hope to be everyone's pride.

After all, I'm in my thirties.