"Is that the immortal you said had been to you and then left?"

"It's him, not at all, not even the cat." Xiao Chai Niang said to Yang Jialangjun, "Originally, we just guessed that he was an immortal, but we didn't find him, guessed that he left, but we didn't expect him to really come and go freely, not old at all." ”

"It's really a fairy master......

Yang Jialangjun looked in the direction of the Taoist's departure, and couldn't help muttering: "If only the immortals could get rid of all the demons and monsters around the condensation, the people can rest assured for a few days." ”

"The official really cares about the people, if he can pass the exam early, he will definitely be a good official in the future." Xiao Chai Niang wiped away her tears.

"It's because I haven't studied hard enough and haven't studied enough." Yang Jialangjun shook his head and said, smiling again, "Of course, if the gods can bless me with fame in the morning, then it will be even better." ”

"The officials are already hard enough, sometimes they even forget to eat, and the concubine is really worried that the official body will collapse before the exam."

"That's not ......"

The two talked, still staring at the alley.

The alley has long been deserted.

……

Song You turned around before returning to the inn, and when he returned to the inn, it was just lunchtime.

Last night, I felt that the shop's craftsmanship was good, and I had a meal at the inn at noon, and the tofu roasted fish I ate was not only in line with Song You's appetite but also in line with the preferences of Sanhua Niangniang, and the fish in this season was fat, and there were full of fish eggs in the stomach, and the tofu cut into cubes, and stewed plum sour fruit was added to it, which was very appetizing.

The Taoist eats comfortably, and the cat also feels refreshed.

After dinner, I went back to my upstairs room.

Song You opened the window, and the cat also jumped on the windowsill, came in with the wind, and looked at the open space behind.

This room is facing backwards, not facing the street, relatively clean, the inn and the Yang family cloth workshop are almost next to each other, even if you are not afraid of high or not afraid of the Yang family's blame, jump down from this window, you can go directly to the Yang family cloth workshop in the cloth drying field.

At this time, it had just lunched, and many workers were busy.

Even occasionally you can see the figure of Xiao Chai Niang, who changed into rougher clothes and walked in the cloth workshop, sometimes helping, sometimes supervising the labor, and sometimes doing some key work.

From this time, she can vaguely see a little bit of the shadow of the peasant girl in the mountain village ten years ago.

Competent, diligent, not squeamish.

Song You watched calmly from the window.

Pounding, dyeing, drying, repeating dyeing, over and over again, and even the process of scooping up sludge to cover the cloth, seems to be quite magical, but also quite interesting, especially when they are free, it seems to stand here and watch them busy all day, neither bored, nor feel the passage of time.

The wind blows away, the fabric shakes, and the weather is wonderful.

Various fabrics are given different colors here.

Until the voice of the three-flowered cat sounded beside him.

"For your clothes were white! That's how it came to be these colors! ”

"What do you think Sanhua Niangniang?"

"Sanhua Niangniang thinks it's made of color." The cat's tone was firm, "This is the kind of clothes that Sanhua Niangniang conjured up. ”

"Sanhua Niangniang's clothes are still conjured up like this, but Sanhua Niangniang's previous set of clothes that was made in the south and changed according to the changes was also made of a few pieces of cloth tailored?"

"Oh yes......"

Sanhua Niangniang felt that he was right.

Then he quickly raised his paw again, like a human, and pointed to a corner: "That piece of cloth looks like the clothes worn by Sanhua Niangniang." ”

"It hasn't been dyed yet, but it may be almost the same after it is dyed."

"They're still smearing mud on the cloth!"

"See."

"Why?"

"Probably to have a better color."

"How do people know that they can use these things, that they can change cloth into different colors?" The cat couldn't figure it out, full of doubts, and looked back at the Taoist.

"Many years of experience and wisdom."

"It's interesting!"

"It's not just Sanhua Niangniang who thinks so, it's the first time I've seen it with my own eyes."

The Taoist also stared at that side.

Seeing things that have never been seen before, marveling at techniques that have never been understood, broadening one's horizons, and increasing one's understanding of the world are not considered cultivation, but at least a kind of enrichment for oneself.

However, although the three-flowered cat found it interesting, it had more important things to do, so she withdrew her gaze, turned around slightly, and jumped out of the window.

"Canopy ......"

Take on a human form.

"Take a nap, you're going to take a nap at this time." Sanhua Niangniang said while going to the wall to get a fishing rod, the fish eaten at noon today is good, there are seed seeds in the belly, it seems that the Taoist priest likes to eat this kind of fish with seed seeds, even if the store does it in general, I like it very much, if you add her craftsmanship, plus the spices, sour eggplant and pepper they bring, she will definitely like it more, which greatly arouses her interest in fishing.

From here, go a little faster, it only takes half an hour to reach a large lake, which is really convenient.

At noon, the Taoist priest asked the store-

Recent fish have seeds in their bellyes.

"Sanhua Niangniang went out fishing, came back before dark, and took the horses to the lake to graze by the way, and the horses finished eating grass by the lake, and they could save a meal of forage money when they came back. Horses love to eat grass in the field. ”

It's not hard to hear that it's not about saving money.

The main thing is that horses like to eat grass in the field.

The grass that is cut, especially the grass that collects money, is a little less soulful.

"I'll go with Sanhua Niangniang."

"You're not sleepy?"

"Maybe it's more comfortable to sleep by the lake."

"That's right, you help Sanhua Niangniang hold the fishing rod, and Sanhua Niangniang doesn't have to become a human."

"Sanhua Niangniang is thoughtful."

The Taoist took two hats and went out.

Follow the streets, out of the city and all the way down.

If the road is impassable, just walk a little left and right, see the road below, walk in, there is no one who can't walk to the lake.

After going out of the city, there are still some houses, close to the city to form a village, not only can enjoy the prosperity brought by the city, but also provide convenient services for the people in the city on weekdays, after walking about a mile, the village will become a large area of golden farmland, bathed in the sun, flat and boundless, you can directly see the sparse fishing village and a large area of woods and reeds by the lake in the distance.

"Go this way!"

The cat trotted with small steps, and instead of going straight down to the fishing village, it went to the right, as if it wanted to go to a place where there were no people.

I came from that side along the lake when I came yesterday.

There were vast expanses of reeds and grass, and there were no villages, houses, or even farmland.

Sanhua Niangniang is experienced.

The Taoist didn't say much, just followed her.

The field paths, some wide and some narrow, I don't know how long it hasn't rained, the road is mostly dusty, and a foot on it will stir up a canopy of yellow sand. Most of the grass on the side of the road has turned yellow, but some of them are blooming, and the mountains and lakes have become the scenery on the side of the road, so it is interesting to simply walk on the road.

There were also children grazing cattle on the side of the road.

The child, who looked smaller than Sanhua Niangniang's transformation into a human form, looked even smaller in front of the buffalo, and stared curiously at the Taoist party while holding a sugar cane and gnawing on it.

The cat turned its head to stare at him.

Especially the short piece of sugar cane in his hand.

After all, it was over.

Further on it is very barren.

When you walk to the lake, there are many metasequoia trees growing in the shallow part of the lake, and the leaves of this tree with straight branches begin to turn red during this season, and the lake is full of reeds, which is not easy to enter.

The three-flowered cat was very calm, and only walked forward with broken steps.

After walking for a while, until she saw a path in the dense reed forest, leading to the lake, she stopped and looked back at the Taoist, motioned for the Taoist to follow, and hurriedly walked in.

The reeds are really dense, impermeable, and taller than people, and if there is no path, you will never reach the lake.

"How did Sanhua Niangniang know that there was a way to get in?"

"I saw it when I came yesterday."

"Did Sanhua Niangniang write it down at that time?"

"That's right!"

“……”

Song You shook his head and smiled.

After falling in love with fishing, it is different, where to go, first see if there is a suitable fishing position.

The trail leads to the lake.

And after walking to the lake, the lake was also stepped out of a flat land, which can be used for people to sit and fish, and even the reeds behind have been pressed out of a small open space, so that the fishermen can lie down and rest.

It seems to be someone else's fishing spot.

"Canopy ......"

The cat took the fishing rod from the Taoist in human form, and said to him, "Go there and sleep, it's comfortable." ”

"Just listen to Sanhua Niangniang."

"Go, go, go......"

The girl's expression was quite old-fashioned.

The Taoist didn't care, and went over and sat down.

There are many flying insects on the edge of the lake, but they are not mosquitoes, raise their heads and look ahead, the lake is more than ten miles wide, and the sky is reflected in a piece of blue, you can see the opposite mountain, and even the people on the opposite side, and the mountains and clouds are reflected in the lake together, a quiet scenery.

Occasionally, seabirds skim the lake.

The surface of the lake also often ripples on its own.

It's just that the sun is a little bit soaked.

Fortunately, the Taoist wore a hat.

Enjoy the scenery and spend the moment.

After a while, I turned my head to see that the girl next to me was also wearing a hat and had already begun to throw the rod - the shadow of the hat could only cover her face and neck, but the arms under the cuffs were exposed, and they looked white in the harsh light, and it was also reflected in the dazzling light.

The girl's expression was serious, as if she was doing something serious.

It's just that the Taoist heard her whispering:

"Fish, come here......

"Fish, fish, come here......"

It was so low that it was barely audible, but it kept reading.

Look at her expression, as if she was chanting some kind of incantation.

Song You couldn't help but think of a folk tale he had heard on the road-

It should be in the previous dynasties, when the wind of curse and prohibition was the most prosperous, there was a very famous spell forbidner somewhere, and his reputation spread far and wide, and one day an admirer came to find him, probably with great sincerity, and asked him to teach him a spell to subdue demons and eliminate demons, but the spell forbidner was unwilling and did not want to refuse, so he taught a word perfunctorily, which sounded the same as "donkey", and told him that he could subdue demons and eliminate demons, so he let him go.

This man was convinced of this, and after returning to practice often, day and night, after a few years, every spell, the shadow of a green donkey appeared behind him, and the demons and evil spirits saw it and left automatically, and the locals said that he had succeeded in the curse, and they all asked him to exorcise the evil spirits. Later, the man knew that the spell was fake, and it didn't work at once.

I don't know if it's true or not, but it's interesting.

The Taoist listened to the fragmented thoughts of his own Sanhua Niangniang, and quickly lay down, covering his face with a hat, and occasionally heard a few seabird calls around him, but it did not disturb him much.

The wind blows the reeds, and it is a thin rustle.

Occasionally, the wind blew a little demonic aura, and he didn't care at all.

Occasionally, there is the sound of water splashing, followed by the sound of fish slapping, at this time the broken thoughts around him will pause, probably on the fish, the Taoist at first still glanced, and then sleepy, he was too lazy to look.

Soon fell asleep.

I don't know how long I slept.

When I woke up, I was in a daze and heard the voice of someone talking next to me.

One voice was a child, and the other was a little old, with an accent, and it was a man.

"Why did you catch so many fish, and I didn't catch any of them."

"It's a matter of luck."

"What did you use to catch it?"

"Worm threads."

"What worm line?"

"It's red, it's small, it's a worm in the ground."

"Lack of toads? I'm also using a lack of cockroaches! ”

"It's a matter of luck."

"Alas......"

Some sighed and fell silent, while others continued to chant mantras in pieces.

"Puff ......"

Another sound of water.

"How did you find here?"

"We passed by here yesterday, and I saw a path here, and I thought it must have been to the water's edge, most of which were left by fishermen, and we came today."

"Where are you from?"

"Yizhou's!"

"Where is Yizhou?"

"Next to Yunzhou!"

"That's not far away."

"It's a long way off. It's not far away. ”

"Then you are outsiders, you must not know that this place is making monsters. If you knew, you wouldn't dare come here to fish. ”

"Youkai? What youkai? ”

The girl's voice was clear with doubt.

"You're not afraid of youkai?"

"Some are afraid, some are not afraid."

"Are you really not afraid or are you not afraid of fake?"

"I'm a Taoist priest, I'm not afraid."

"You're a Taoist?"

"I'm a little Taoist priest, and I practiced with Taoist priests. My Taoist priest is sleepy over there. ”

"Practice? Do you know how to spell? ”

"I'm amazing."

"Hahaha, little doll, don't coax me, I don't believe it."

"If you don't believe it, forget it."

"Little dolls are so interesting."

"Then you know how youkai here dare to come here to fish? Are you a youkai too? ”

The tone is very natural, as if he is talking about homely.

"You little doll, how do you talk? Where would I be a youkai? It's just that I'm a local and know how to deal with that youkai. The old man's voice was quite complacent, "And there are monsters here, no one dares to come here, only I come alone, and all the fish in this vicinity are mine alone." There's one more of you today. ”

"yes, I caught another one."

"Why aren't you afraid?"

"Why haven't you caught it yet?"

“……”

"Shall I give you a share? Anyway, there's no one else here, and you can't catch it, and all the fish are mine alone. ”

“……”

"This one is so small, I'll give you this, do you want it?"

“……”

The Taoist finally opened his eyes.

Uncovering the hat, the sunlight blinded, making him squint his eyes, and after getting used to it, he got up and turned his head to look over.

An old man and a young man by the lake, two anglers.

(End of chapter)