The three of them walked along the main road for a long time. Zhao Qiandao: "I ordered Yuanbao to pick us up at Xiegu Temple today, I don't know if he went, whether he encountered danger." ”

Xiao Linglong said: "According to my observation, the monks of Xiegu Temple are not unprovoked, and they should not be difficult to be servants." ”

Sun Li said: "Brother Zhao is not a fierce and evil person, but the methods in the temple are so obedient and cruel, it is really appalling. Let's hurry up and report to the nearest official. ”

The three of them walked for a while, it was the early spring season, the yang was steaming, the spring flowers and wild cherry blossoms on the roadside were blooming, and there were farmers working in the fields by the roadside, so they came forward to inquire.

The farmer said: "We are here 'Changjing Town', taking the meaning of long-term peace and stability, and then 20 miles through the town to the county seat of Dafeng County...... I have only seen pigs and breeders, and the first time I have seen ducks...... Oh, it's not with a duck, so do you sell this fat duck? ”

After thanking the farmer, after walking a few steps, I heard the farmer muttering: "It's strange these days, ducks follow people into the streets......"

Sun Li said: "Have you noticed that there is anything wrong with the farmer just now, I always feel weird. ”

"If it's not right," little Linglong thought about, "his neck seems to be a little long." ”

"It's really long, it's about to catch up with me." Zhao Qian added.

As they spoke, they arrived in the town, only to see that the scenery in the town was similar to other places, the streets were neat, the business was lively, and people came and went. Only the houses are towering, and the bustling crowd has long necks, and the collar does not match it, so looking high and low, it looks like a lotus canopy out of the water, which is weird.

Xiao Linglong walked around, quite curious about the things on the street. Sun Li was afraid that Zhao Qian would be trampled on, so he still put it in the bookcase and carried it. Walking down the street, the two of them felt very awkward, because the passers-by looked at them from time to time, and even the one who snickered, as if he saw a clown, at first they did not know why they made people laugh, but then they realized that the people in the street were making fun of their necks.

Sun Li and the others were walking, and suddenly heard someone arguing loudly, and there were two people in the center of the street pulling together for some reason, but they did not fist and kick each other, but shook their heads and hit each other's necks with their necks. After this hit that, just hold your neck and wait for the other party to collide, neither of the two sides will attack continuously, you come and go, very tacit. People probe in from all directions, for fear of missing something important.

Sun Li and the others looked at it for a while, and felt more and more bored, and were about to turn around and leave. I don't know who reminded me: "Look at these two short necks, hey, it's really bizarre!" So people put down the two who were fighting at once, carefully appreciated Sun Li and Xiao Linglong, and compared while watching.

The two walked into a noodle restaurant and sat down, which naturally caused a commotion among the people around them. Xiao Linglong said: "It's really unreasonable, our good neck was actually teased by these weirdos." Benefactor, I want to take off my head and scare them, how about it? ”

Sun Li said: "Xiao Linglong, don't be angry, let's hurry up and eat, it's important to hurry after eating." ”

"I really don't know what the use of having such a long neck is, and wearing a scarf in winter is a waste of fabric." Xiao Linglong was still angry.

Sun Li said: "I don't know if this is a use." He said as he pointed to the people around him who were dining. I saw a big brother standing in front of the counter, he ordered a bowl of silver noodles, because his eyes were not very good, so he was a little difficult to ask for toppings, but fortunately with that long neck, he stretched his head to the wall behind the counter, and looked at the toppings written today's supply in turn, and finally chose a vegetarian three fresh.

There is another eldest sister, who ordered noodles and can't wait. So he stood at the window in front of him, stuck his head in, and watched every move in the back kitchen. Her body was outside and inside, and at first glance it looked like she had been swallowed by the wall. She urged loudly as if no one was around, and spit flew everywhere.

The most amazing thing is an almost bald uncle on the table next to him, with only a few hairs left on the back of his head, and the uncle combs them from the top of his head to cover the "Mao Tong Mountain". Xiao Er brought the noodles to him, but he didn't move the chopsticks, but gently closed his eyes, and then stretched out his head to smell and said, "That's not right!" ”

Xiao Er said: "That's right, the fried fish silver noodles you ordered, this is the fried fish, this is the noodles." ”

The uncle shook his head and said: "There is water vapor on this side, the master is new here, when fishing noodles, the Guanyin bucket in his left hand was not flattened, and the water vapor was brought in when the bowl was served." After speaking, he ran his fingers through a few hairs on his head, and his expression was very gloomy.

"Good! He turned out to be a connoisseur! At this moment, the female boss, who had been leaning against the counter and closing her eyes, clapped her hands and praised.

When the uncle heard someone compliment, he was not too proud. He gently pushed the noodle bowl away with two fingers, and took a sip of tea from the teacup. He has never eaten watery noodles, and he has been doing so for fifty years. For others, a bowl of noodles is just a food for the stomach, but for a local like him, it is a kind of faith.

The female boss walked up to the uncle and sat down and said, "When I taught me the noodle restaurant before, I said that I should adhere to the ancient method, otherwise there will be old diners who find fault." At first, I didn't believe it, but I didn't expect there to be an expert like you. ”

The uncle said: "It's okay for you to fool outsiders, but it's not good in front of me, a local." ”

Sun Li and Xiao Linglong glanced at each other and stuck out their tongues. Xiao Linglong said: "I'm done eating, you guys wait here for a while, I'll go buy something and come back soon." ”

After Xiao Linglong left, Sun Li said to Zhao Gan: "We haven't gone home at this time, our relatives must be worried, do you want to write a letter and ask someone to take it back?" ”

Zhao Qian said: "It's okay." Let's just say that we will go together to visit Mr. Kong, who is lecturing in Dafeng County, and go home in three or two days, so that they don't have to worry about it. ”

Sun Li took out a pen and paper from the bookcase, pondered for a while, and then wrote the letter, and after a while, Xiao Linglong also came back, only to see that she was holding a lotus pod with a rod in her hand.

Zhao Qian said: "Do you like to eat lotus seeds?" ”

Sun Li said: "I didn't expect Xiao Linglong to understand the way of medical health, this is a good thing." The lotus pod has the effect of tonifying the spleen and stopping diarrhea, clearing the heart and nourishing the nerves and benefiting the kidneys, and is often used to treat symptoms such as palpitations, insomnia, and nosebleeds. ”

Xiao Linglong gave half of the lotus canopy with a rod to Sun Li, and inserted the rest into the collar and said, "In this way, do we look very similar to the people on the street?" ”

Sun Li said: "It turns out that you are going to do this kind of use. ”

Sun Li and the others came out of the noodle shop, looking around for a suitable messenger, Xiao Linglong said: "Benefactor, look, there is a similar kind over there." ”

Deep in the alley sat a ragged beggar with an unduly long neck.

When Sun Li and others came to the beggar, they felt a sense of sympathy for each other "in a foreign land".

Without waiting for Sun Li and the others to speak, the beggar said, "Stranger, I know what you want to ask, but I'm too lazy to tell you." ”

Sun Li took out a freshly bought baked cake from the cloth bag and handed it to the beggar.

The beggar said, "You don't know, our town is different from other places, simply put, the neck length is beautiful, and the neck length is proud." ”

"Listening to the older generation, a long, long time ago, the necks of people here were no different, until one day suddenly a long-necked alien came, he had a magic weapon, can know rain, snow, wind and thunder. People follow his reminders to decide whether to work or rest, to prevent winds or to fight floods, so that the wind and rain are good year after year, and the grains are abundant. So the people worshipped him as a god. ”

However, as this Inhuman gets older, everyone becomes more and more worried. Is there still a pancake? Thank you very much. Until the Ascension of Inhuman, he did not tell everyone how to choose his successor and continue to serve everyone. ”

However, people brainstormed and studied the Inhuman's body for three days and three nights, and finally someone remembered that the Inhuman kept touching his neck with his hand on the day he passed away, which should be the revelation he left for everyone. Therefore, as long as you find the person with a long neck, you can inherit the mantle of Inhuman. ”

Sun Li felt a little ridiculous, but he still asked curiously, "What happened later?" ”

The beggar continued: "Later the long neck became popular in our country, and the longer the neck, the more preferential it became. In other places, when babies are born, people are anxious to ask if it is a boy or a girl, but here we are concerned about the length of the child's neck. Wen Po came out of the delivery room to report the good news, and did not mention a few catties and taels, but said, 'Congratulations, congratulations, the child's neck is one foot long'. ”

"Hahaha," Zhao Qian laughed loudly.

The beggar was so frightened that half of the baked cake in his hand fell to the ground: "What kind of duck is this, laughing and moving like a human." ”

Sun Li hurriedly said: "You heard it wrong, I laughed just now, I don't believe you listened, giggles, giggles......"

"So the longer the neck is in us, the more popular it becomes," said the beggar indignantly, "I just suffered from a short neck, and since I was born, my grandmother did not love my uncle and uncle, and I was looked down upon everywhere, and I was regarded as a freak, and I could not study and work, and the worse I became, and now I have become a beggar begging along the street." ”

Sun Li and the others sighed, thinking that it was no wonder that the houses here were so tall, and they were afraid that they would not be able to live with long necks.

"If I can choose in the next life, I must choose something with a long neck to dangdang, I heard people say that there is a kind of animal with a very long neck called a giraffe, and its neck can have a foot eight." The beggar fell into a reverie and bowed his head and continued to eat the pancakes.

Zhao Gan said: "It's not easy to make your neck longer, as long as there are parents who are short and where there is peachy news, you just have to go to the onlookers to inquire, and slowly your neck will grow longer and longer." ”

The beggar raised his head and exclaimed, "It turns out that there is such a method, and it sounds very effective." I didn't expect you two to be so young, and you have a lot of ideas. Is there any other way, tell me again, my neck can still be saved. ”

Sun Lidao: "Excuse me, sir, can you send us a letter, we won't let you work in vain." Also, how to get to Dafeng County? "Then I will give you the post box and the silver.

The beggar looked at the mailbox and the silver and said, "Don't be a long gentleman, a short gentleman, I'm not a gentleman, my surname is Duan, and my name is Duan Bozhi." We beggars don't work to earn money, so what are we called beggars? ”

Xiao Linglong said: "If you help us deliver the letter, I will not only teach you how to have a long neck, but I will immediately give you a long neck after the matter is completed." ”

Duan Bozhi said: "When I was a three-year-old child? How can I trust you? ”

Xiao Linglong took off the lotus canopy, moved her muscles and bones, and said: "I'll unscrew my head off and give it to you as a racket now, and you will return it to me after shooting, and I will press it again, just like someone who has nothing to do." If you don't believe it, you can try it now."

Sun Li hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Xiao Linglong, don't joke with Brother Duan, Brother Duan is warm-hearted and will definitely be willing to help us." ”

Duan Bozhi said: "Okay, I'll believe you once." But I have to see the excitement before I can send you a letter, come, follow me to the front and I'll show you the way. ”

They walked briskly along the street, and soon came to an open space, where there was a small wooden stage, and the residents of Changjing Town continued to converge here. Nearby, people sit and stand, people climb the wall and climb the trees in the distance, and men pass cigarettes to each other and talk enthusiastically; The women knitted sweaters in groups and wore the soles of their shoes; Children were chasing and playing in the crowd, and the old man was shaking his head with his beard, so it was not lively.

After a while, someone knocked on the pole twice on the stage and shouted: "The long-neck competition will start immediately, don't push each other to prevent accidents." ”

Sun Li and Xiao Linglong looked at each other, Zhao Gan stretched out his head from the bookcase and said: "What kind of long-necked evaluation, it looks strange and lively, we will leave immediately after taking a look, and we can't delay time." ”

Duan Bozhi thought that Sun Li was talking, so he continued: "That's right, it's not in a hurry to see the excitement and leave, our selection only comes once in three years, and today is your visit." ”

So several people stood on the side of the stage and quietly watched the stage.

"Long-necked rating? Is it longer than someone's neck? Sun Li asked casually while looking around.

"That's right, whoever you are, as long as you have a long neck, you can run for election, and you will be ranked on the spot, and you will have to award important positions in the town to the winners." Duan Bozhi spoke with envy.