Chapter 197: The smelly and hard old boatman
"Take it." The old man smiled, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes revealed Ning Yuan and serenity, "If you don't take it, I'm afraid no one will need it in the future, thousand-year-old ice silk and even cold to yin things, and it contains aura, it is the most suitable to deal with water demons and forest ghosts and other supernatural things, you will be very difficult and dangerous along the way, you may encounter anything, I hope this shirt can help you." ”
Du Yuanyuan listened to what the old man said, and sighed, the old man is now gray-haired, this map is not good clothes, I think it has been with him for a whole life, for the ghost world, he is reluctant to mention, afraid that they will die for this, but it is not difficult to feel that he actually still wants to explore the unknown world of ghosts, and he also wants to see everything in the legend with his own eyes, but he is older, and he may not have much chance.
So, he gave everything he knew and possessed to Du Yuanyuan, hoping that this young man could fulfill for him the unspeakable wish that had been buried in his heart for many years.
Xiao Du felt an indescribable feeling in his heart, relieved and happy, but more than that, a touch of desolation. People live for a lifetime, plants and trees in autumn, while there is still the ability and time to do what you want to do, don't hesitate anymore, and bravely pursue your dreams.
In addition to their clothes, the old man gave them some compasses, moon shadow candles and other things, but most of them were too old and basically useless, but Du Yuan They didn't want to touch the old man's heart, so they thanked them one by one and accepted them. The group closed the door of the store and headed towards the old place.
The old man of the ferry boat lived quite remotely, walked for half an hour, and finally arrived at the bank of the Wangshui River, looking from afar, the Wangshui River in the early morning was quiet, the river surface was surrounded by milky white morning mist, the sound of the water echoed in mid-air, in a corner of the river, there stood a grass house, very simple, the old man said, "That, it is the grass house that is not missed, it is the old guy's home, it is estimated that he has not gotten up at this time, hehe." ”
As I got closer, I smelled the slightest smell of wine in the air, and was greeted by the cold morning breeze and hit the faces of several people. It seems that he is really a real drunkard, and he can smell it dozens of meters away.
"Old Gu, get up! There is a big job to come to the door and sleep, are you in a hurry to buy my coffin? As soon as the old man heard it, he knew that he had a very good relationship with Gu Lao, and he did not shy away from talking, knocking on the wooden door of the grass house for a while, and seeing that there was no movement, he pushed hard, leading Xiao Du and them to break into the door directly, as soon as they crossed the threshold, a cold wind poured down on their faces from the scattered windows on the opposite side, and there was no difference between the inside and the outside!
"Who—so early, making a lot of noise." I saw a few straw ropes hanging straight from the beam on the side of the wall, and a large fishing net fell below, and the old man was curled up slightly in it at the moment, and with his turning over action, the fishing net swayed left and right like a swing, swinging around, making a creaking sound.
"Me! Open your drunkard's eyes and take a good look, it's me. The old man held the straw rope and shook it vigorously a few times, "Get up and introduce a few guests to you, now you have a big business." ”
Gu Lao sat up slowly, squinting at his bloodshot eyes, "Where did they come from?" ”
Listening to Gu Lao's tone, he was not as approachable as the owner of the coffin shop, Du Yuanyuan muttered slightly, "A few of us are from a neighboring town, I think, um......" said, and turned his gaze to the old man, after all, it is safer for him to cross the Wangshui River and go to the ghost world.
"Of course you have to cross the river, or who will come to you old sake lees!" The old man's words were not polite at all, and directly pointed to Gu Lao's characteristics, "Hurry up and get up for the old man, your broken boat can still cross this river." ”
"What? Go to the ghost world, don't die! Gu Lao was staggered down from the fishing net by the old man, and still looked at Du Yuan and a few people in a sleepy mood, "It's not good to live a good life at a young age, what kind of moth!" ”
"You old sake lees are getting more and more stinky, I think I'll have to buy you a good thing when I go back." The old man said in a sneering manner, and then said in a solemn tone, "It's this young man's brother, huh? Where's your brother? ”
"Oh, there." Du Yuanyao pointed to the stone slave standing a few feet away, "I'm afraid that my brother will not look good, and this appearance now scares Gu Lao." ”
"Hmph, I haven't seen any strong winds and waves, and I will be scared, I have crossed more rivers than you have walked, but I want to see what kind of ugly thing it is." After that, Gu Lao also looked out, and then his entire face froze because of extreme shock, "He, this person, is a zongzi who has been robbed of his soul!" ”
Du Yuanyuan was speechless, and the owner of the coffin shop couldn't listen to it, it was originally someone's heartache, and he was so sharp-tongued, and immediately pulled Gu Lao back from the window and said, "Even if it's ugly, it's better than you, it's okay old sake lees, close your stinky mouth and do something serious." ”
But Gu Lao obviously didn't have time to pay attention to him at this time, stared at Xiao Du and said, "Do you want to go to the ghost world to regain his soul?" ”
"Exactly." Du Yuanyuan fixed his mind, and arched his hand, "There is Lao Changzun." ”
"Send death, purely look for death." Gu Lao's mouth is really scathing, if it weren't for the fact that the old man had told him that he had been an old friend for many years, Du Yuan* wanted to dismiss it. "Even if you cross this Wangshui River, you won't be able to climb the Jiuyin Mountain."
"This, hehe, I'll talk about it then." Du Yuanyuan agreed, wondering if this old man who spoke too much was bad money, and immediately motioned to Huang Ying, took out the silver bag from his arms, and stuffed it to him, "We have a long way to go, and we don't have too many silver taels with us, so please accept these and buy some wine to drink." ”
Gu Lao swept the bag of silver, and just wanted to speak, but was choked back by the coffin owner, "Old sake lees, you are too little, if you are too little, I will give you two more coffins to make up for it, it is not easy for young men, come all the way to us, just to be able to find the soul of my brother, so that the family can reunite, why do you talk so much nonsense, drink a few jars of wine!" ”
"Go, go, hello, you old who makes coffin boards." Gu Lao was a little overwhelmed by what the coffin boss said, and then put the money bag into his arms and beckoned to Xiao Du, "A few of you come with me, let's see if you can hold it first." ”
Du Yuan and a few people were puzzled, as Gu Lao walked all the way to the river, the cold morning breeze blew, and the duckweed on the water surface of the river gently rippled, and above that, there was a wooden boat that was more broken than his grass house.