Chapter 14: The Line of Fire Before the Great War
"Ouch! What's wrong with this old man today! I don't usually smoke at this juncture, but I smoked today, ouch! It's really annoying. Zhang Mojun hid next to a rock, staring at the large grass in front of him, and kept grunting. There was an old man of sixty or seventy years of age, with a long pipe in his hand, and was sitting and smoking a cigarette.
The old man had a woodcutter hanging from his waist, a long flat pole beside him, and a buffalo grazing not far away. Zhang Mojun has been observing this old man for a few days, and every morning the old man is dressed like this, driving the cow to this meadow. When the buffalo stopped grazing, he would take the long flat pole into the nearby mountains and forests to cut firewood.
This meadow is not small, the grass grows luxuriantly, and it is a big morning when the buffalo turns, so the old man is very relieved, once he enters the forest, it is more than two hours, he will carry the firewood out, and then drive the buffalo home. Zhang Mojun had carefully calculated that within these two hours, it would be enough for him to get the buffalo to Chili Village. These were all steps in his plan.
"Hey, hey, finally went. Ouch!" Seeing the old man knock on the pipe on the ground and stand up, Zhang Mojun grinned, but he didn't want to stretch out his hand, and touched a bag on his face, although it didn't hurt, it still scared him and exclaimed. "It's grandma's, the laundry girl is really heavy, and she left such a big bag for Lao Tzu with one punch, this time it's really a big loss, a big loss. ”
It turned out that half an hour ago, the girl in Tsing Yi took advantage of Zhang Mojun to comfort her, and punched Zhang Mojun in the face, which hurt Zhang Mojun so much that he covered his face with both hands and screamed there. And the girl in Tsing Yi punched Zhang Mojun, and she was relieved a lot of anger, picked up her clothes and stick and left.
Zhang Mojun complained about the stone for a while, and found that the old man had disappeared into the forest. Then he touched the cow like a thief, picked up a thin branch, and drove the buffalo to the pepper village. It took him a lot of effort to rush this time, and an hour later, next to a vegetable garden near the pepper village.
"Well, that's it, Brother Niu, it's up to you to succeed this kid's plan, don't worry, if something happens to you this time, I will definitely avenge you after the boy's magic achievements...... " Zhang Mojun said and slapped the big buffalo's buttocks, but he pulled out his feet and slipped away.
The ox was very angry, and went into the garden, opened its mouth, and chewed vigorously at the leaves, and in a short time a large leaf had been filled into its belly. "Oh, whose cow is spoiling the vegetables!Whose cow is spoiling the vegetables!" At that time, the movement of the big buffalo was watched by a small child, and he opened his mouth and screamed.
A few minutes later, a middle-aged man in his thirties hurried over. "Damn, which village cow is this, dare to put it on the ground of my pepper village, and also enter the vegetable garden, and eat so many vegetable leaves, so good! Since it is not only people who scatter wild on my pepper village, but even the cow wants to break ground here, damn it, Lao Tzu will pull you back to slaughter now." ”
The middle-aged man glanced at the cow that was not on the village, and twisted his face angrily and said. Zhang Mojun was hiding not far away, and when he heard this middle-aged man's cruel words, his heart blossomed. It feels like almost two hours have passed, and it is estimated that the old man who chops wood will come out soon. Zhang Mojun left an afterimage, and his body snorted and slipped towards the way he came.
When I arrived at the grass, I found that the old man had already come out, and there was only a handful of dry firewood standing there on the grass, but there was no old man. I know that Lao Er must have found that his cow has disappeared. Zhang Mojun immediately climbed to a tree, looked at it for a while, and finally saw the old man in the forest on the other side of the meadow, looking for it in a hurry.
He got out of the tree, picked up a dry log, and walked to where the old man was. "Well, uncle, may I ask you in a few mountains, can anyone see the bloody grass?" Zhang Mojun deliberately made a big bend to meet the old man, and asked politely.
"Oh, little brother, what kind of grass are you talking about, old man, why have I never heard of this name?" In fact, this bloody grass is just a name taken out by Zhang Mojun, and it doesn't exist in the world, and the reason why he did it was just to get close to the old man.
"Well, the blood grass grows on the branches, and the leaves are red, and it is a herb that I have handed down from me, and it can cure heart disease, and my mother happened to have this disease, and I have been looking for it, but I have never seen this grass, and I don't know what kind of tree it grows on. Zhang Mojun lied and explained without blinking.
"Oh, I see, no wonder I haven't heard of the old man. Well, little brother, you are a filial child, and your mother must be a kind person, and God will take care of her condition. There are many forests near my village, maybe the bloody grass you said was born somewhere, little brother, you can look for it again...... "Seeing that Zhang Mojun was good-looking and friendly, he made some kind words.
"Oh, by the way, little brother, did you see a big buffalo just now?" the old man just wanted to leave, but suddenly thought of something, so he asked Zhang Mojun. "Hey, hey, hey, finally get to the point. Zhang Mojun grunted in his heart. "Well, the big buffalo is not a big bull that grows fat and strong. I just ran into one over there, and it was running in that direction in a hurry, and I think it must have been in a hurry to breed. ”
Zhang Mojun said, not forgetting to point to the direction where the chili village is located. "Ahh Oh, that little brother, you look for it slowly, old man, I'll go over there first, I raised it in that year, and I can't let it spoil other people's dealers. As he spoke, the old man hurried in the direction of Chili Village.
Watching the old man walk away, Zhang Mojun said softly: "I'm sorry, uncle, your cow has ruined other people's dealers, I just hope that the people in Chili Village, for the sake of an old man, don't slaughter you, otherwise I won't be at ease in my heart." ”
Zhang Mojun felt that he had taken advantage of such a good person and put the other party in danger, and he felt very uncomfortable, "Hey! In order to get rid of those scum, you should suffer more, uncle." Finding a reason to comfort himself, he raised his legs and followed the old man far away.
The old man came all the way to the vicinity of Chili Village, and suddenly saw two little girls of three or four years old, picking small flowers on the edge of the field. "Hey, little baby, did you see a big buffalo just now?" asked softly with a smile on his face.
"Of course I saw it, just now I saw Uncle Shui lock up the cow, and Uncle Shui also told everyone loudly that he would slaughter the cow and eat it in a while. Hee-hee, we're going to go back to eating beef. The little girl, who was a little older, replied to the old man earnestly.
Seeing that the old man looked pensive and ignored himself, he continued, "Hey, old man, don't think I'm small, I know everything, if you don't believe me, just ask Xiaofang if I know the most in the village." Xiaofang, tell this old man, am I the child who knows the most in our village. ”
"Yes, my mother said, when our child was born, his head was flattened, so I don't know much, only yours has not been flattened, you know the most......" The other little girl wiped off her own proboscis and replied slowly.
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