"Alas, this day has passed so fast. My child, the day was bright, the smoke of the farmhouse was rising, and the women began to wash up their changed clothes.

"Da Da Da", "Da Da Da", the sound of beating clothes sounded by the river.

"Sister-in-law Lian, how old is your child today?"

"That little ghost in my family is only in his early tens, and he is still young."

"God, that little ghost is more than ten years old, ouch, time flies so fast."

"Who's to say it isn't. By the way, Sister Ying, your little ancestor is almost seven years old, right? ”

"Yes, in the blink of an eye, our sisters are old."

, I want him to grow up quickly, but I don't want him to grow up quickly. Look, I'm so broken. ”

"Well, Sister-in-law Lian, I think the same thing as you. As soon as this child grows up, he always likes to run outside, and I can't keep it as a mother. If it goes any further, the days of being able to watch that wild boy are getting fewer and fewer day by day. ”

The women folded their garments, beat them carefully, washed them in the river several times, squeezed the water out of their garments, and put them away in baskets.

The women did the laundry every morning, and the men went up to the mountains to chop wood, hunt and fish, and clean up the farms.

Practice makes perfect, and the women gossip while washing their clothes, neither of which is delayed.

"Sister-in-law, excuse me, what kind of place is this?"

"This is Lanxi Village, you, oops......"

The woman who was talking was Sister-in-law Lian, and as soon as she heard someone asking for directions, she replied casually. But when she looked up at the passer-by, she was startled by the fact that the person in front of her was wearing a mask.

After calming her mind, Sister-in-law Lian asked a little defensively, "You, who are you?" ”

The masked man replied: "Sister-in-law, don't be afraid, she has no other intentions, she is just a person who asks for directions." ”

Sister-in-law Ying asked again: "This is Lanxi Village, where are you from and where are you going?" ”

The masked man pointed behind him and whispered, "Come to the south, go to the north." ”

Hearing this, Sister-in-law Lian couldn't help but exclaim: "North? The north side is full of barren mountains and mountains. ”

"Barren mountains and mountains?" The masked man muttered first, and then said again, "It's okay, even if it's a barren mountain range, you have to go down there." I bothered and said goodbye under the next. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the masked man headed north.

The two women watched the masked man leave Lanxi Village all the way, and they felt a little strange in their hearts.

If you really want to talk about it, Fang Cai, the path that the masked man walked to Lanxi Village was very strange, the road in that direction was full of rocks and trees, and it was not an easy way to walk.

And when he left Lanxi Village, he also walked straight all the way north. Just like when he came, he chose the same mountain road that was difficult to walk when he looked at it.

Obviously, the road is on one side, but he has to pick the mountains to walk, isn't he a fool?

Sister-in-law Ying said suspiciously: "He really went north." That place, I have heard people say, is full of desolate and barren mountains, and it is not a place for man. Sister-in-law Lian, what do you think he is doing there? ”

Sister-in-law Lian shook her head and replied, "I don't know, maybe he's going the wrong way." ”

At this time, Sister-in-law Ying lowered her voice again and said, "Hey, I heard that bandits and robbers like to fall grass in the desolate and evil mountains. Sister-in-law Lian, you say, will he be a bandit and robber? ”

Hearing this, Sister-in-law Lian glanced at her and said, "Look at him, with thin arms and thin legs, like a child, how can he be a bandit and robber?" If you really want to say, it has to be like my family, it's frizzy when it comes to doing things, and it doesn't like to be clean. Did you see it just now, the clothes he was wearing were not our coarse linen cloth, but they were made of fine silk rolls. Such a person is not a young master of a rich family, but also a son of a big family, where can he be a bandit or robber? Where did I think I went to you. ”

Sister-in-law Ying tapped her clothes a few times and said, "Oh, I didn't just guess when I saw him wearing a mask." But Sister-in-law Lian, if you really say so, it doesn't make sense. He was a rich man who went to the wilderness to do something. Could it be that he still has to go hunting? ”

As soon as she heard this, Sister-in-law Lian said with a smile: "If you can't figure it out, don't think about it, what do our sisters care about him doing so much, let's hurry up and finish these clothes and hurry up and go back to cooking." ”

Sister-in-law Ying also smiled and said, "That's right, what do our two sisters worry about him." ”

After saying that, they both laughed and threw up their clothes again.

Over there, just after leaving Lanxi Village, the more the masked man walked north, the more desolate he saw in front of him.

However, when he saw the desolation around him, his brow became more and more relaxed.

The masked man muttered as he walked: "According to the hexagram, one north and one mountain, it should be almost there." ”

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the Masked Man to come to a barren mountain full of gray embers.

Seeing that there was a barren area everywhere, the masked man smiled and said, "What a good place." ”

He had just walked up for a while, and suddenly, the Masked Man unexpectedly ran into several monks.

One of them asked the masked man, "Brother, are you also here for the feast?" ”

Shaking his head, the masked man replied, "No, I'm here to find someone." ”

The monk suddenly laughed and said, "Looking for someone? Hahaha, man, you're in the wrong place. ”

The masked man replied nonchalantly, "I'm not in the wrong place, this is it." ”

Hearing this, the monk waved his hand and said, "Forget it, you and I meet because we are fated, right?" ”

Nodding, the masked man saluted: "It's just right, please lead the way." ”

As he walked, the monk said, "Brother, I didn't say that you had come at the right time. Today, Boss Jiao has a treat, but all the characters who have heads and faces in Dao'er have arrived. ”

Hearing this, the masked man said in surprise: "Oh, is it? So who are the people here this time? ”

"Yo, that's a lot. Not to mention the monks of Kuxin Mountain, in this northern area, all the Taoist brothers said one by one, it would take ten days and a half months. Moreover, I heard that this time, even Xie Scar from the south came to cheer. With the addition of their southern monks, there were even more people coming to the banquet this time. The monk sighed in amazement.

Upon hearing this, the masked man nodded and said, "That's great, don't worry about finding the person I'm looking for." ”

Although the masked man said this strangely, the monk smiled and asked, "By the way, I don't know what you call you, brother?" Contemptible Fang Huaile, let's make friends, how about it? ”

Hearing this, the masked man shook his head and replied, "Brother Fang is too polite, I'm just a nobody." This time I went up the mountain, I just wanted to find someone. If someone finds it, I'll leave immediately, you're welcome. ”

However, hearing what the masked man said, Fang Huaile pulled down his face and said in an unkind tone: "What, are you not giving me face?" ”