Xuanwu rode a black horse, galloped all the way, and soon came to a pine and bamboo forest in the northeast corner of the village, there were five or six adobe thatched houses, and before he got off the horse, a small flower dog rushed out of the small courtyard, barked at him from afar, and followed by an old man with a white beard who came out of the thatched house. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xuanwu knew that he was the famous old man in the village!

Lao Zhentou is over 50 years old, his right leg is disabled, that is when he was young, he went up the mountain to send sacrifices, was attacked by the evil breath blown out by spirit animals, fell off the cliff and fell, he has gone up the mountain six times to send sacrifices, and he can survive, this is a miracle in the black tribe! Married a wife with asthma and gave birth to a son and two daughters. The son is in his twenties, married, and has a two-year-old grandson, who is regarded as a treasure of the whole family! The son is also disabled in his right leg, and he fell and crippled after a sacrifice the year before last.

The eldest daughter Zhenxue, fifteen years old, has a strong personality, is smart and bold, and quietly ran away more than ten days ago? The youngest daughter is only eight years old, not old enough to send sacrifices, and she is still scared every day and does not dare to go out-

The old man was wearing a shabby gray robe full of patches, with several loops of straw rope wrapped around his waist, gray cloth trousers with the same patches, tied at the hem, a pair of old cloth shoes underneath, showing his thumbs, and a washed white black turban coiled on his head, short and haggard, as if he was seriously ill.

Seeing Xuanwu outside, he limped out, his face was sad and sluggish, he came to the front and said,

"Xuanwu is here, what's the news?"

Xuanwu dismounted, stepped forward and said,

"Grandpa, Daddy asked me to tell you, three days later, if you return-"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by the old man,

"Oh, that's it, okay, got it, got it!"

"This is the meaning in the ancestral hall, not my father's meaning!

"Well, I know, I know-"

The old man waved at him and said, signaling not to say anything, Xuanwu had to shut up, and he didn't know what to say? Just as he was about to get on the horse and return, suddenly the old man asked as if he remembered something,

"I seem to have heard in the morning that something happened to the daughter of the old Qin family? Is it true? What's going on?"

"Oh yes! Two little girls of his family hanged themselves together last night - and now his family is busy!"

"Hey—the heavens are evil, the heavens are evil!" the old man sighed,

"I-I, this has to go over and see-"

"That's right, I'll send you along!"

"No, no, you go first, go first, I'll be there later, and then I'll be there!" the old man waved his hand at him, repeating the words, and turned to go into the house!

Xuanwu had to get on the horse, turned around and left alone.

When the old lady returned to the house, his heart was like a knife cutting a needle, and when he saw his wife who had been sick and bedridden for a long time, he was even more sick and broken, and he was choked up and speechless. My wife screamed in the dark room,

"Is there news from my daughter?ahhh

"My daughter is fine! It's Xuanwu who came, saying that something happened to the daughter of the old Qin family, I-I have to go over and take a look!" said the old lady who choked up for a long time.

"Oh, the daughter of the old Qin family—hey—" The wife sighed, and after a while, she said repeatedly,

"If you want to die, die my old bones, don't be a child of iniquity—I've lived enough, I don't want to live anymore—"

The old lady was also accustomed to listening to his wife's words, and as if he was numb, he took a piece of yellow paper and a piece of yellow money in the room, and was ready to go out.

"When the children come back, they say that I went to Lao Qin's house, and you don't have to wait for me to eat!

After speaking, he limped out of the door with two small pieces of paper. I thought to myself, three days? Three more days--

The distance between the two houses was about four or five miles, and Lao Zhentou walked for most of the day, and he arrived slowly in the afternoon.

Seeing that the people in the courtyard are busy with funerals, although they are underage girls, but two of them died at once, how to say that it is also a great sorrow, unacceptable thing!

People also do it according to adult customs, every family scrapes together something, burns paper, turns money, invites the old people in the village to recite the scriptures excessively, prepares coffins, smokes all day long, white paper flies-

The old man's belated arrival did not attract too much attention from everyone, but everyone regarded him as an alternative, and even more women muttered behind his back,

"If it weren't for his daughter's run, they wouldn't have lost two-"

"Hey, but they're all going to die, come and see, it's not too much-"

——

Almost no one talked to him, only Xuan Gong saw it, and when he came out of the room, he saw that he was pale and weak, and the previous warnings of the end were really hard to say, so he took his paper, took him to the side and sat down, and asked the neighbor to pour him a bowl of water.

Lao Qintou also saw it, the two old men in ragged clothes were relatively speechless, Lao Qin's eyes were red and swollen, and he walked around the yard with a numb expression, as if he was not the owner of the house.

After sitting for a while, seeing that no one paid attention to him, and he was not easy to deal with others, the scene was a little embarrassing, and the time was almost up, so he stood up and quietly walked away alone-

Walking out of the bamboo forest, thinking back to the numbness of the walking dead of Old Qin Tou, I thought to myself, you were relieved in advance-

And I, I only have three days left, three days and I'm alone—

When I got home at night, my family was all there, all of them looked like earth, my daughter-in-law was holding the child, sitting in the corner of the wall and crying secretly, my little daughter was also crying next to me, and my wife was strong alone in the room, and kept repeating,

"The girl is doing the right thing, running, that is, to run--running one counts as one-that is, to run-"

The son Zhengang looked honest and honest, dressed in tattered clothes and trousers, short and sturdy, and the black turban didn't know if it fell off?

A strong atmosphere of life and death is enveloped in the hearts of the whole family!

Lao Zhen didn't say a word, lit a pine oil lamp and came to the stove, shabu-shabu cooking, repeating a sentence in his mind, God wants to kill me, I want to live!

At dinner, he called his family together, wiped away his tears, and encouraged them to eat, even if it was some sweet potatoes and grains, they must also eat!

Lao Zhentou is a well-known figure in the entire Baihe Continent, and he is even more prestigious in front of his family, and his family members are obedient and keep it in their hearts-

Then there is a long night, just waiting for the dawn!

Early the next morning, the whole family was busy! The daughter-in-law carried a few old hens to the village street early, the son followed closely with two little piglets on her back, and the little daughter stayed at home to take care of the little grandson and her wife, and finally led an old cow to the village street.

Zhaijie was six or seven miles away from home, and after walking for more than two hours, I came to the livestock market. There weren't many cattle sellers, only two or three cows, and as soon as he came, a dozen young men immediately gathered around him!

This old scalper is the most valuable belongings of the whole family, and it is also owned by the whole family. After more than 10 years with the old man, I have feelings, and I see the old scalper silently following, docile, obedient, and reluctant to give up!

"Hey~!Old man, I can't protect you, help you find a good family-you have to listen to other people's words, when you get to someone else's house, you won't be as casual as your own family-"

He kept stroking the cow's head, gently flicking the dust off the cow's back, completely ignoring the comments of the people next to him.

The name of Lao Zhentou is familiar to the ears of fifty or sixty-year-old people in Baihezhou, but it is still not very familiar to the ears of young people in their twenties and thirties. Everyone surrounded him and touched the head of the ox, and patted the tail of the ox, and repeatedly asked him to make a price?

When he saw that these guys were all oily and smooth-headed, they didn't look like farmers, and he didn't want to sell them at all. I really couldn't help it, so I impatiently offered a big price and said,

"Eight taels of silver!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately raised their eyebrows,

"What? Eight taels? This is a robbery, isn't it? Where are you selling? Are you making such a random offer? The cattle are old and lean, and there is no meat! I just don't want to sell them—why are you here if you don't sell them?"

"It's too expensive, sell it somewhere else—my cow is worth so much!" the old man paid no attention to them.

Suddenly, a young man stood up, snatched the bull rope, and said sharply,

"Okay, old man, I'll buy it!

The old man looked the young man up and down, his expression was cold, his face was murderous, and he snatched the cow rope again.

"Don't sell! I don't sell it for any amount of money!"

"Why? Old man, you're not sick, are you? It's eight taels that you said yourself, everyone heard it? I'll give you eight taels, why don't you sell it?"

The old man ignored him, turned and took the cow aside, and thought, "Sell it to you, boy, and I won't live until today—I will live for three days!"

The young man wanted to follow him, but was stopped by an older man in the crowd, and then scolded and walked aside.

It is now early winter, the work in the fields is finished, cattle are rarely used, and many farmers are reluctant to raise idle cattle for the winter, so there are very few people who really come to buy cattle to work!

The old man thought to himself, if you can't sell it, you can give it away, as long as you can be good to the cow!

When he was hesitating, suddenly an old acquaintance of his clan came to the market, the other party was in shabby clothes, gray and white turbans, and when he saw the old man's head, he came over with a smile. These are old friends who have played since childhood, they have been on the mountains together, they have been in the fields together, but the other party is lucky, they are intact, the family is full of men, and they have long been full of children and grandchildren-

There are many women and few men in the village, and women are vying to get married, so marrying a daughter-in-law is everything——!

The other party has already heard about the old friend's affairs, and when he sees him selling cattle, he guesses in his heart!

"Do you really want to sell it? What kind of crops will you take next year after selling?"

"Hey, it's come to this, what if you don't sell it? What are you talking about ——?next year?"

Both of them fell into deep thought, and each felt helpless, and after a while, the other said,

"Give it to me, I'll buy it, but I don't have that much money right now, right?"

"Hey, since you want it, just take it away, what kind of money are you talking about? I just want to find a reassuring lord for it?" the old man heard him say this, and shoved the ox rope into his hand.

"No matter what happens in the future, I just rest assured that it will be given to you!"

When the old man heard this, he quickly shirked it and said,

"No, no, no—so, so, you wait here, I'll come, I'll come—" With that, he turned and walked out of the market!

The old man couldn't stop him, so he could only watch his back and let him go!

After a while, the old man turned back again, took out a few ingots of snow-white silver from the cloth bag, and handed them into the hands of the old man.

"Borrow a little, take three taels first - I'll find a way to get you back later!"

"No, no, no, forget it, forget it-" The old man still wanted to excuse himself, but the other party spoke loudly,

"This is a cow? What kind of kitten and puppy do you think you can give away? You're not confused, are you?"

The old man was immediately speechless, so he had to accept the silver, handed the cow rope to the other party with both hands, and reluctantly stroked the cow, and the cow seemed to understand the master's thoughts, and stood obediently beside the two, motionless-

The old man took the bull rope, looked around, and saw that no one paid attention to them, so he quietly leaned over to the old man's ear, and said eagerly,

"Run, it's better to go out with the river in a boat—the sooner the better, as far as you can?

Lao Zhentou gritted his teeth and nodded, the two quietly said to each other to take care, and finally the other party led the cow and walked slowly.

The cow reluctantly took two steps and stopped, and despite the other man's pull, he looked up and turned to look back—moo, moo—

Seeing this, the old man turned his heart sideways, turned around and left! After walking a long way, he could still hear the sound of the cow behind him, moo, moo, moo-