422 - The Grace of Dripping Water

What is certain now is that thirty years ago, in the room where I am sitting now, Niu Degui rushed into the door, and saw that the black snake with the cockscomb was wrapped around his daughter-in-law's neck, trying to strangle her to death......

Subsequently, the disagreement came, according to the previous two fools, the group of neighbors rushed in and saw the big snake coiled on the kang were startled, and then some bold began to pick up all kinds of guys to come forward to help, and the earth cannon and shovel beckoned to the big black snake's body, and the big black snake couldn't resist when he saw it, so he let go of the Niu aunt and broke the window and escaped......

But now Niu Degui told me that this is not the case.

Niu Degui said that at that time, a large group of neighbors did break open the courtyard door and rushed in, but when they saw that the big snake was wrapping around their daughter-in-law on the kang, they were so frightened that they didn't dare to move, and even he clearly remembered that there were several people whose pants were wet......

Niu Degui, who was fighting on the kang, saw that so many people were coming, and immediately asked for help from others, but where had those villagers seen this kind of scene, and they didn't know who screamed first, so frightened that everyone ran away without a trace, and at this time, the big black snake swept over with its tail and slapped Niu Degui off the kang......

It was also a coincidence, Niu Degui, who was thrown off the kang, rolled on the ground for two times, and when he got up, he just saw his own earthen cannon hanging behind the door at a glance, and immediately stumbled up and grabbed the earthen cannon, aiming at the snake's body is a cannon, but unfortunately he didn't hit it because of a moment of panic.

When he said this, Niu Degui deliberately stood up and pointed to the upper right corner of the window and said: "I pulled the trigger at the time, but the bullet didn't hit the snake, and hit the window frame directly on this piece of ......."

"And then?" I asked.

Niu Degui said again: "Then, it's strange to say, the earthen cannons we used at that time were all homemade bird guns, and they had to change bullets when they were fired, and they often jammed...... I said to myself that this time the calf is over, and as soon as the snake pounces, it will give me my head to fall off......"

"But didn't the snake hurt you in the end?" I asked.

Niu Degui nodded and sighed: "This is what I have been strange until now, when the gun went off, the snake didn't seem to react, and when I changed the magazine, I didn't have time to take care of the snake, but when I looked up, the snake had already let go of my wife, so I broke through the window ......and ran away."

"So when the snake ran, there were only the two of you in the house?"

"Yes, it's true."

Niu Degui nodded, and sighed again: "I don't blame those people who rushed into my house to witness that scene at that time and ran away, even if it was them, seeing such a thing coiled on the kang, I would have to be scared to the point of urine, but what I have been thinking about until now is that they ran away without caring about the two of us, why did they go out and spread the word later, and spread themselves as heroes, and said that they would take a shovel and a gun to save us, I bah!" They don't dare to tell the truth to others, they are all colluding! ”

Niu Degui's face was flushed with anger when he said this, and I kept pondering, and then asked: "Uncle Niu, I seem to understand, that snake is afraid of guns, right?" ”

"No, it's not afraid of guns."

As soon as I finished speaking, Niu Degui shook his head, and then said: "At that time, in the house, those neighbors who rushed in were so frightened that they ran away regardless of the two of us, I hold a grudge until now, but do you know why I haven't pierced them?" Because although they left us two on the spot and didn't save them, but then they probably felt that it was not suitable, and people were so bold, not long after running out, there were really a few bold people who came back, just like the two fools said, and they took shovels and pickaxes, and I remembered that there was a person in it who was an old hunter who was with me in the forest on Cockscomb Mountain, and his gun was said to have been obtained from the army, which was much more advanced than my earth-breaking cannon, and it was also powerful, but when he entered the door, the big black snake was crawling towards the gate. Frightened, he raised his gun and fired three shots at the big black snake......"

"And then?" I asked again.

Niu Degui shook his head again, and replied: "Then it was useless, I was rushing to the middle hall with my earthen cannon, I wanted to go out to see the situation, and I saw with my own eyes that the Orion gave the big black snake three shots, two shots hit the body, and one shot hit the head, the scales were protected, and there was no, the snake was angry and stood up and wanted to bite the Orion, so I took my earth-breaking cannon and fired another shot in the middle hall, as soon as the gun rang out, I watched the big black snake's body shake a little, did not continue to bite, turned around and rushed out of the gate and ran...... At that time, there were barren grass pits and rotten ditches outside our door, and when we all rushed out to look, the big black snake had already run away without a trace, and then we were afraid that it didn't really go, maybe it was hiding somewhere and wanted to retaliate, we even burned the grass at the door, and we didn't see it, so we were relieved......."

After listening to Niu Degui's words, I frowned again and said, "Uncle Niu, I understand what you said, do you want to say that this big black snake is not afraid of guns, but your earth-breaking cannon, right?" ”

"That's what I thought anyway, but who knows what's going on......"

For a while, I pondered again, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in my mind, and I exclaimed: "I understand, that big black snake may really be your earth-breaking cannon, don't forget, you used that earth-breaking cannon to kill the descendants of the big black snake back then......"

The reason why I made such an inference is not groundless, but because I remembered that Bai Wei had told me an allusion intentionally or unintentionally before-'things are taboo'. At that time, Bai Wei told me that you killed a chicken with a knife, and then as long as you go out with this knife, you will be beaten by chickens and eggs wherever you go; Kill a dog, and the dog on the road will not dare to look at you wherever you go; Pigs are fine, you kill a hundred pigs with this knife, and it doesn't matter if the other pigs are spiritual, because the first two have spirituality, and there are not many spiritual pigs, so there are few pig immortals who have cultivated.

The spirit of the fairy family is stronger than that of ordinary animals, as long as your object is stained with the blood of its fellow clan, it will inevitably be afraid, and it will hide far away when it sees it.

Thinking of this, I smiled at Niu Degui again: "Uncle Niu, can I ask you something?" ”

"Master, you said that you cured my wife and son of thirty years of madness, and I will give you all my life if you want it!"

"You're serious, I don't want your life, I want to borrow your earthen cannon from thirty years ago."

"This ......"

Niu Degui hesitated when he heard this, and replied: "To be honest, although it has been thirty years, the earth-breaking cannon is indeed still in my house, after all, it is because of it that I provoked such a big goods, I didn't throw it, I have been hiding in the wing, I will take a look at it when I have time, and atone for my sins in it, and my heart hurts like a knife...... However, I haven't touched it in years, so I must have rusted and become unusable......"

"Uncle, it doesn't matter if you can use it, you can lend it to me, I have to go up the mountain tonight if I have an emergency, and now that the mountain is not up, I will offend the king of the mountain first, your earth-breaking cannon may be able to save my life......"

"Okay, then I'll bring it to you!"

Niu Degui didn't delay any longer, and after finishing speaking, he went to the side house, and after a while, he found the earthen cannon wrapped in cloth, and I tried it when I handed it to me, and sure enough, the trigger had long been rusted and could not be used.

I didn't think much about it, after thanking him, he went out with the earthen cannon, and the three people in the house immediately chased him out, and I heard Niu Degui drag me first: "Little brother, I don't know why you have to go up the mountain, but I know that you are a good person, and you are a master, so let me go with you!" ”

"You're going too?"

The old man nodded and said, "There are few people in this village who have been on the Cockscomb Mountain before, I have protected the forest on it, and I am familiar with the mountain!" ”

When the old man spoke, his eyes were firm and teary, obviously to repay me for saving my wife's life.

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