Chapter 756: The Smell of Red Dust
After eating early, Mu Ming said goodbye to his parents, then took the cloth bag handed over by Mrs. Zhang and left with a smile.
"I really shouldn't let this kid learn those things, he is not at home all day, he is probably used to being wild with the old Taoist priest!" Mrs. Zhang complained, in recent days, Mu Ming has always chiseled out late returns, and does not go there, just wandering around the streets and alleys of Long County, sometimes squatting silently in a corner, and then watching people come and go, and after coming back and eating with the two, one sits alone, and then looks at what the stars draw.
Master Zhang said: "Let him go, after all, he has lived alone for more than ten years, although he has lost his soul, but getting used to this thing can't be changed......"
"I also know that it's just that the child has just returned to his side, and he always stops coming forward, so it is inevitable that he will be a little uncomfortable. Mrs. Zhang leaned on Master Zhang's shoulder and sighed lightly.
Master Zhang said: "My son can't help it, I see, it's time to find someone to take care of it!"
"What nonsense, how old is my son......" Mrs. Zhang raised her head and glared at Master Zhang.
Master Zhang smiled dumbly and said, "I think you are reluctant to have a son, and I am reluctant either, but, I see, we have to sum up this matter." ”
When Mrs. Zhang heard this, she said: "Well, it's up to you, I think at that time, you were fifteen years old, but you wandered around in front of me all day long, and you were beaten by my father a lot, and now you know how good your parents ......are when you raise children."
Master Zhang smiled and said: "Yes, in a blink of an eye, it has been more than ten years, but you are the same as the first time you ...... madam."
"Flim tongue!" Mrs. Zhang's heart was sweet, and she couldn't help but gently lean her head on Mr. Zhang's shoulder.
Master Zhang patted her head lightly, but did not speak, and the two silently enjoyed this warm moment.
At this time, Kikina sat silently in the corner of a teahouse, watching the passers-by around him, and then scribbling something on the picture scroll on the table from time to time.
Xiao Er brought over a bowl of tea, thanked Mu Ming, and then took out ten copper coins from the cloth bag.
Xiao Er was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "Childe, if you have any orders, just send them!"
Mu Ming said: "Then the old rules, you go to Granny Hu who sells pancakes on the street to get a few pancakes!"
Saying that, Mu Ming handed out a dime of silver, and Xiao Er said: "Childe, it's not good to take care of that mother-in-law all the time, and the silver has been taken away by that unfilial son!"
Mu Ming was silent, but he still handed the silver to Xiao Er, and said, "Then bother you to buy her a set of clothes, this is for you!"
Mu Ming took out a dime of silver and handed it to Xiao Er, Xiao Er hurriedly excused himself, but Mu Ming said: "I know you have an old mother in bed, this is the money to buy medicine!"
When Xiao Er heard this, he wanted to kowtow, Mu Ming said: "No need to do this, I have three leaves here, you buy medicine and put this leaf in it, put one leaf every day, and after three days, your mother should be able to go to the ground!"
Xiao Er said: "Childe can also heal? My mother is seriously ill, how does Childe know?"
Mu Ming shook his head, but he didn't respond, only said: "I don't know, I just think it should be okay!"
Xiao Er was skeptical, but he also knew that Childe would not harm himself.
The old man of Longxian County has lost his soul, and almost everyone knows it, but this son, like his parents, is a kind-hearted person, but he has some strange behavior, almost likes to sit quietly alone, watch, and sometimes take some money to some people, and those people are all weak people.
Subsequently, Xiao Er went to buy cakes, and after a while, put down the cakes, and Mu Ming painted silently on the table on the computer, Xiao Er took a look at it curiously, but found that Mu Ming just dipped it in tea with a brush, and then painted something on the white picture scroll, there were some wet marks, and some characters were faintly outlined, but it was not real.
Xiao Erxin said: "Could it be a symptom of losing the soul, I heard that some people have confused speech and behave differently after losing their souls, this little boy is afraid that it will be like this, God is unfair!"
Some people in the teahouse pointed at Mu Ming, Mu Ming seemed to feel something, raised his head and smiled, those people also nodded and smiled, but they didn't say anything, they were used to seeing this scene, one of them said in a low voice: "Nine times out of ten, it is estimated that I went to the mutton restaurant today......
Someone hurriedly said: "And I heard the fifth mutton say that he only drinks soup and doesn't eat meat!"
Sure enough, Mu Ming got up, and then walked towards the corner of the street, it was a mutton restaurant, saying that it was a restaurant, but it was actually a shed, and it was ventilated on all sides.
There were a lot of people in the shed, so Mu Ming sat down on a stone outside the shed, and when the mutton boss saw Mu Ming, he said loudly: "Childe, do you want soup?"
Mu Ming smiled and said nothing, the boss grabbed a big bowl when he saw it, the bowl was the size of a human head, the boss grabbed the wooden spoon, and then brought a bowl of hot soup from the black iron pot and poured it into the big bowl, the boss cut a handful of green green onions and threw it into it, and then delivered it himself.
Mu Ming took it, and then nodded to the boss, and the boss said: "Childe is really a wonderful person, nine times out of ten people who come to me eat that mutton, but Childe only drinks soup and does not eat meat." ”
Mu Ming smiled, took a sip of soup, and then said, "I didn't bring enough money......"
The boss shook his head and walked away.
Kimina took out the cake in the cloth bag, then took a bite, then took another sip of the soup, and then looked into the distance, where people came and went, but Kimina felt that he didn't have that strangeness, not like a spectator, but felt that he was in it, and for a moment his consciousness seemed to enter those figures.
When the mutton soup around him was about to cool down, Mu Ming turned his head, and then took the big bowl of soup and swallowed it all in one gulp.
Kikina took out a dime of silver, threw it into the bowl, and left without saying goodbye.
The shopkeeper walked over, looked at the silver in the bowl, and said to himself, "You don't need so much to eat a sheep......
Kikina came to an old tree, and then lay on the ground, and the ants carried small things around the ground, and it was Kikina who crushed a corner of cake and scattered it on the ground.
Mu Ming didn't feel bored, he just looked at it like this, and after a while, there were a few more boys and girls around him, and one of these people said: "Silly big man, you're here again!"
Mu Ming raised his head, smiled, and then took out some fruits from the cloth bag and gave them them, these people immediately grabbed them, and pulled and pulled, but in the end they were quiet, and one of the slightly older boys said to Mu Ming: "Silly big man, your fruit is a little soft, bring more tomorrow, bring better!"
"Okay!" Mu Ming responded, and then looked down at the ants, and several young boys and girls also lay down, at first they also felt novel, but after a while, they felt bored, and one looked at Mu Ming and said, "Stupid big man, they all say you are stupid, is it true?"
Kinama didn't look up, just shook his head.
"Silly big one, don't pay attention to them, if you're stupid, I'll accompany you to see the ants!" said a seven or eight-year-old girl, then glared at them, and then looked at Mu Ming and said: "My father said that you just lost your soul, and it will be fine in a few years......"
Kikina smiled, but then suddenly jumped up, and a little boy actually unbuckled his trouser belt, and then launched a flood towards the ants on the ground.
The little girl was crying, and then she chased after the little boy, and just now there was a flood dripping on the little girl's clothes, and the little girl was crying and beating, but the little boy laughed, and seemed to have done a very great thing.
Ki Na looked at the ants on the ground that were flooded, and didn't say much, let alone blame those people, the ants didn't die, but they were also dying.
Kikina blew lightly, and the ground dried.
The children didn't pay attention to Kina's departure, but when they found that Kina's name was missing, they realized that there was a stack of cakes on the ground.
Watching the sunset on the horizon gradually set, Mu Ming also walked towards Zhang's mansion.
Halfway through, Kiina saw a lake with some black fish swimming.
Kimina sprinkled a handful of grass on the surface of the lake, then blew on it, and the fish immediately came to eat it.
Kimana was quick to catch a few of them, and then used a rope made of grass to gasp for breath by the lake, and then left.
Passing by a farmer's house, Kimina was surprised to hear someone greet him.
"Uncle?"
But it was Uncle Shi Fang who was walking out of the farmer's house, and he was a little strange when he saw Mu Ming, so he said, "You went to see the ant again?"
Mu Ming smiled but didn't answer, and his uncle said, "Hey...... You child, you don't accompany your mother. ”
Mu Ming was a little embarrassed, but Shi Fang looked at the fish and said, "You hit it?"
Mu Ming bowed his head, and Uncle Shi Fang said to himself: "Strange, these black fish have always been difficult to catch, and the two dogs next door go down to the water every day to touch fish but don't necessarily touch a few, you are lucky, ah...... I forgot, you and the old Taoist priest have been studying for a few years, but you have some skills, and the old Taoist priest only caught a lot of fish by the lake. ”
Uncle patted his head and rolled his eyes. But at this time, the uncle snatched the black fish from Kimana's hand, and then quickly entered the farmer's house.
Mu Ming was dumbfounded, but after a while, his uncle appeared again, but there was only one of those black fish, and if memory serves, it was the smallest fish!
It seemed that seeing Mu Ming's face was not good-looking, his uncle hurriedly said: "This is your uncle's good look, I have always wanted to eat this black fish meat, and you also know that my uncle doesn't have that ability, this time it is my uncle's ...... that owes you."
Mu Ming's face improved, then he nodded and said, "I want to stew soup for Daddy and Auntie!"
Shi Fang felt a little guilty and said: "Stewed soup, one is enough, too much tastes not beautiful!"
Kinaka was suspicious, "Really?"
Uncle immediately nodded and said, "This is true, and your father and aunt want to eat, it's not simple?"
But at this moment, the farmer's wooden door opened, and a woman appeared, looking at Mu Ming with some shame and curiosity, and finally nodding at Mu Ming.
Kikina was still a little resentful, but when Kikina's gaze inadvertently fell on the woman's stomach, he seemed to understand a little.
"It's a little nephew, born delicately, but it's not like your uncle! Your uncle has a sharp beak and monkey cheeks, and he's ugly!" the woman spoke, her words soft, and Mu Ming nodded, as a courtesy.
"You, hurt me in front of your nephew!" Uncle Shi Fang laughed, but he was not annoyed.
Mu Ming put the black fish in his hand into his uncle's hand, and then said: "Uncle, leave it to you, make up for your body more, and give birth to a big fat doll as soon as possible!"
Mu Ming turned around and wanted to leave, but his uncle grabbed Mu Ming and said, "You kid, what do you know, you don't learn well these days, just talk some meaty words!"
Mu Ming was stunned and said, "Why did Uncle say that?"
Shi Fang seemed to think of something, and then said: "That old Taoist priest is really not a good bird, you kid has lost his soul, how can you still remember this." ”
Instead, Mu Ming said: "Uncle, you have a child, this fish is reserved for your child! Could it be that Uncle is also going to be greedy?"
Mu Ming was really puzzled, this Uncle Shi Fang was said by his mother to be shameless, and he also robbed his own fish, which can be seen, why did he rob his children of food?
"My child?" the uncle was stunned, and then looked at the woman, only to see that the woman suddenly threw up while holding on to the wooden door.
The uncle was shocked and hurried over to reassure her, and after a while, the woman also regained her strength, but lowered her head and said, "I only found out earlier, I forgot to tell you!"
"Confused, how can you forget this!" the uncle blamed, but he looked caring, and then smiled at Mu Ming, his eyes were full of joy, and then he looked at the fish in his hand.
The woman patted him on the head and said, "It's not enough to take advantage of so much, if I don't have a body, I'm embarrassed to ask for it!"
"Go in first!" the uncle let the woman in, but the woman said, "Don't invite your nephew to sit down, don't be rude!"
The uncle waved his hand, and the woman had no choice but to enter the door, but Mu Ming said, "Uncle, don't worry, I won't say it!"
Although Mu Ming has lost his soul, he has been drilling through the streets and alleys every day these days, and there are some things that he has understood, especially his sixteen-year-old appearance, and some people occasionally joke with themselves or something.
At first, I didn't know the name, but then I gradually understood.
"No, no, no...... You have to talk to your sister about this quietly, you know?"
The uncle shook his head, then pulled Mu Ming and whispered.
Mu Ming was puzzled, but his uncle said: "You don't need to know too much about this matter, in short, you must let your sister know, she won't say anything if you say it, but if I say it, it will be a big trouble!"
Moreover, the uncle said: "And you have to intercede, you know, plead, right?"
Mu Ming nodded, and Uncle Shi Fang was overjoyed, "My good nephew ......"
Then he looked at Mu Ming again, and said shyly: "But there is still silver, my sister is strict, I don't have extra money to buy things for your nephew!"
Saying that, regardless of it, he turned over Mu Ming's cloth bag, but nothing came out, but Mu Ming took out a dime of silver from the cuff, Shi Fang grabbed it, and then felt embarrassed, and said, "Don't you tell your mother about this...... Hey, I'm really useless, actually robbing my nephew's money...... No matter how much...... It's all family. ”
With that, he ignored the wooden name and entered the wooden door.
Ki Na blinked, as if he felt that his uncle was a little stunned, as if he had lost his soul like himself.
Subsequently, Mu Ming also left, but when he returned to Zhang's house, Mu Ming was in a trance, and when Mrs. Zhang saw it, she hurriedly asked the reason, and Mu Ming said what she knew, and after speaking, she saw that her mother was silent.
After a while, Mrs. Zhang said, "Did your uncle still ask you to intercede?"
Kikina hesitated slightly, then nodded.
"And so it is, this evil obstacle...... That's it, let him go, tomorrow you bring some gold bars to him and Widow Lin, but you can't say that I gave it, just say that you stole it!"
Mu Ming was puzzled, and Mrs. Zhang said: "It's okay if you don't know some things, this is human nature, it's very complicated!"
At this time, the meal was served, and Mrs. Zhang filled a bowl of fish soup and said, "Mother, it's just the fish I caught!"
Mrs. Zhang suddenly laughed and said, "It's better to raise a son, knowing the Gu family, your uncle will move things out, forget it, that evil obstacle doesn't matter!"
Then gently pick up the spoon and taste the fish broth, squinting your eyes and reminiscing about it.
"Old thing, it's not coming out yet!" But after a while, Mrs. Zhang immediately yelled.
Master Zhang appeared, a little dazed, but after smelling the smell of fish soup, he looked at the bowl again, and said with a smile: "It's a pity, there is only one tail, if there are more, the taste will be better." ”
Mu Ming was surprised: "But my uncle said that the taste is better, so he took the others!"
Master Zhang's eyes froze, and then he said, "What......? You dare to grab your stuff too!"
Mrs. Zhang said: "Let him go, Widow Nalin is pregnant, it's good to make up for it!"
Then he told Mu Ming what he had seen, and Master Zhang listened to it and was silent.
Mrs. Zhang couldn't help but say, "Master, let him go!"
But Master Zhang said: "No, I think it's okay like this, his temperament should also be taken care of, so it's okay, tomorrow I will take some gold and silver and send it to Widow Nalin......"
"What Widow Lin, it's time to change your words!" Lady Zhang was disgusted.
"Yes, yes, yes!" Master Zhang immediately laughed.
It's strange, didn't my mother say Widow Lin before?