Chapter 67: The Strange Old Patriarch
A few of us looked at this situation, and the people in the village really regarded us as monsters, and it is estimated that these people are addicted to watching "Journey to the West", and the unknown objects that come out of the cave are either monsters or monsters.
The four of us couldn't laugh or cry, and we got up from the rocks one after another, staring at the people who had worked so hard to climb up from the bottom of the mountain.
One of the leading men looked at us standing on the stones with loaded guns and looking at them, the expression on his face suddenly darkened a lot, and he stammered a little and asked, "What are you doing?" Why did you come out of this hole? ”
Quan Zi pointed to the dirty and somewhat blurred badge and replied, "We are from the geological team, and we are carrying out exploration work in it!" "I can't help but cast a look of adoration at Quanzi.
The leader was suddenly stunned by Quanzi's words, and he had no idea for a while.
At this time, an old man with a white beard suddenly came out from behind, looking like a monk, waving at the people and saying, "Go back, go back!" Misunderstanding! The children are not sensible, why do you adults follow the foolishness? These four are comrades of the geological team, I will receive them, and you all go back! ”
The people around him began to retreat obediently, and they couldn't help but have a look of disappointment on their faces. Also, it would be exciting and exciting to actually see the legendary yokai these days.
The old man drove back the few remaining children who wanted to see the excitement, so that the hill, which was still very lively just now, was suddenly only five of us left.
The old man said, "I am the patriarch of this village!" You've worked prospecting, so let's all go to my house and rest first. ”
Patriarch? Could it be that this is a minority village with such an ancient position! What the four of us need most at this time is calories and food supplements, but the organization has regulations that our tasks and actions are absolutely confidential and cannot be known to outsiders.
The old man saw our embarrassment and said, "I know your discipline, don't worry, I won't reveal it, and I won't let the people in the village say it!" You are just taking a simple rest at my house, and I promise that you will not be allowed to take a stitch from the masses. When we saw that the old man had said this, we also borrowed the slope to get off the donkey and followed the old man to his house.
The old man's house is an old-style tiled house, and after entering, it is first an open-air ancestral hall, and then the living room of the old man's house is entered. The old man arranged a few of us in the living room, and went down to get busy, and after a while he brought out a large porcelain jar, and the slightest fragrance came out of the jar, and several of us swallowed several mouthfuls of saliva without competitiveness.
The old man gave us the soup without any confusion, and then handed it to us one by one, saying, "Drink, this is mountain ginger soup, you have just come out of the cold pool, drink more of this soup, you can force the cold out." ”
"Hantan?" I subconsciously asked, "You said that the name of the pool we just came out of is Hantan?" ”
The old man said, "Well, it's called Hantan!" The water in the pool is cold and biting, nothing can live in this pool, you see, we don't drink this little stream water! ”
Quanzi said, "No, it's so mysterious! Isn't this stream useless for your village? ”
The old man answered, "It's not completely useless, it's still useful occasionally. "There's no aftermath after that!
Quanzi was about to continue asking, but I grabbed him and shook my head at him, but the old man didn't want to say that there must be something unspeakable. The old man ignored the small movements of me and Quanzi, turned his head to look at Ah Fang and Ai Qin, and after confirming that they were girls, he shook his head very worriedly, and muttered to himself, "You two female dolls also came out of the cold pool, impossible, it should be impossible!" ”
A few of us thought it was even more strange, this old man seemed to know a lot of things. Quanzi and I glanced at each other, and Quanzi immediately understood what I meant, and Quanzi asked, "Old man, what is the name of this village!" ”
The old man said, "This place used to be called Taoist Village, but later it was renamed and now it is Fanjia Village!" ”
"Fanjia Village!" The four of us were shocked at the same time, this is Fanjia Village, Fan Qunping's guy shouldn't be from this village. Also, this place used to be called Taoist Village, could it be that those mummified Taoist priests in the sinkhole are also from here? In this way, doesn't this village have some connection with the cave in Hantan?
Thinking of this, I deliberately diverted the topic and asked, "Old man, do you live in such a big house alone?" ”
The old man said, "No, I don't live alone, my wife left early, the two children have become a family and live in the outhouse, and I live alone in the inner room!" I used to have a little apprentice when I was a Taoist priest, and then the little apprentice grew up and went out, and I let the babies go out when you came, and I was the only one left in the house! ”
I asked a little apprehensively, "Is your little apprentice also surnamed Fan, and is his name Fan Qunping?" ”
I said this completely guessing, if Fan Qunping is his apprentice, it would be better, it doesn't matter.
When the old man heard Fan Qunping's three words, his pupils lit up all of a sudden, and I smiled at Quanzi and them, there is a play! What a bonus! Fan Qunping probably never thought that we would meet his master so ghostly.
The old man's mouth became a little trembling, and he asked, "Fan Wazi?" You, you've seen him! ”
Ah Fang said, "Don't get excited, we saw him not long ago!" ”
The old man was still a little excited, "Where, where did you see it!" ”
As soon as I saw this, it seemed that there was no need to hide it from the old man, so I told the truth, and I said, "He we saw in the cave!" ”
After hearing my words, the old man immediately looked indignant, "This kid, he still hasn't given up!" Hey, one day I'll put my life on the line! After saying this, the old man looked at us with a wary face, and then, when we were defenseless, knocked the bowl in our hands to the ground, and shouted hysterically, "You, you are not a geological team, you are, you are robbers!" ”
We didn't expect the old man to suddenly make a 180-degree turn to us, one by one completely stunned, and before we could figure out the ins and outs of the matter, the old man went over and opened the door and scolded, "Get out, you guys get out of here, get out of the distance, never come back!" ”
When we saw that the old man had misunderstood our identity, and it was not easy to explain it to him for a while, we couldn't help crying and laughing in our hearts.
At this time, our talented young man Quanzi once again exerted his ingenuity, only to see him grab the somewhat crazy old man, and said with his mouth like a machine gun, "Old man, you misunderstood, we are indeed a geological team, we went in to find another missing geological exploration team, if we are robbers, you are borrowing a hundred of our courage, we dare not show off in broad daylight, loaded guns in front of you." Besides, if we were robbers, don't you think we would have brought some valuable souvenirs with us when we came out? You say no, you say no? And even if you don't believe us, you should also believe your apprentice Fan Qunping, Fan Qunping should have been raised by you, the people he knows should not be some bad people, he is upright, vicious and hateful, and his personality is like you, how can he make friends with robbers and bandits, isn't it? ”
As soon as Quanzi finished speaking, the remaining three of us couldn't help but stretch out their thumbs, although they all knew in their hearts that the words that Quanzi praised Fan Qunping just now were all said with a clear conscience, but the effect was really good, and the old man was obviously frightened by Quanzi.
The old man asked, "So, then, are you really comrades of the geological team?" ”
The four of us stood up and saluted as standard, and said neatly, "Yes!" ”
The old man was a little embarrassed by the salute of a few of us, and hurriedly beckoned me to sit down, and apologized, "Either way, or not, I can't stand your salute!" I'm sorry for the geological comrades, I just can't control my temper, but I still listen to the reason, not an unreasonable person! ”
I replied with some amusement, "It's okay, as long as you don't misunderstand us!" ”
The old man asked, "You just said that you went in to find another group of missing geological prospectors?" ”
I nodded, but I didn't expect the old man to get angry again when he heard this, and said a little excitedly, "Hmph, bullshit geological exploration team members, they are a group of robbers who deceive their teachers and destroy their ancestors!" ”
I couldn't help but wonder and asked, "Ah, have you seen them?" ”
"I personally showed them the way. Because the waterway in this cave is known only to me. The old patriarch replied, "It's just that I didn't expect that they looked like dogs and turned out to be a bunch of robbers." ”
"Old man, you always talk about robbers and robbers, is there any treasure in this hole!" Jeonko asked.
The old man looked at us with a look of surprise and said, "You can get in safely, and you can get out safely." Don't you know the secrets of the cave? Besides, this cave is not something that ordinary people can enter! ”
"We went in to explore the geological structure of the cave, and the helicopter was the one who transported us the other day, you should know!" ”
The old man smiled at us, and he was not polite at the moment, moved a small bench from the back room, and said, "Don't hide it from me, you can go in and come out safely, I know that you are not a geological exploration team, you are a member of the four major families." But as far as I know, no young man has come out of this sinkhole for many years, and I am even more curious about how you two female dolls were found? ”
We looked at him a little blankly, and we didn't hear a reason for a while.
Ai Qin asked, "Old man, can you say it in more detail, we don't understand it!" ”
The old man stood up and added a bowl of ginger soup to each of us, and then slowly talked to us!