It was already completely dark. He remembered that there was a small bridge at the entrance of the village. There was a big black stone at the head of the bridge, and Fang Yunqing decided to take a break when he picked it here. And after crossing the bridge, he had to ask if anyone would accept his deposit. If the whole village doesn't accept it, then he will have to sleep on this big rock for the night.

Fang Yunqing put the load on the bridge, first took out the towel and went under the bridge to wash his face thoroughly. Sweat had already flowed into his eyes before, and it was so hot that he couldn't even open them. After he washed his face, he drank a few sips of water by the stream, this mountain spring is sweet and refreshing, although it is pleasant to drink, but Fang Yunqing knows that this mountain spring water is powerful, he understands that such cold water must not be drunk too much, otherwise it will be very painful to drink the stomach and pull up the stomach, this pain he had learned two years ago.

Fang Yunqing put the load of goods in a hidden corner, and ran to the village alone to ask the mountain people for help again, hoping that someone could lodge the load and people for him overnight. But he had been in the village for a long time, but no one was willing to accept it. Most of them said that they had no extra place for Fang Yunqing to store and board, and some people simply ignored him, Fang Yunqing felt extremely disappointed and helpless. When he left the village, he scolded: This village is really raised by a son of a bitch, and no one has sympathy, so he began to cry as he spoke. He walked to the side of the truck, kicked the load with his foot and patted the load with his hand: You are really my sin! For you're just that, I'm going to have to spend a sleepless night here with you tonight. He was sad and aggrieved, wiped away his tears and began to cry again, crying and complaining about his wife, children, and family, and even the old mother cursed all over again. But how long can the long night hold him up?

Someone from the village walked out of the village entrance with torches and walked towards this side. Fang Yunqing wiped away his tears, he decided that no matter what this person came to do, he would beg him again, begging him to take him in for one night, and he was willing to pay more for the overnight stay. The decision has been made, and seeing that the person is approaching and has not yet been recognized, Fang Yunqing knelt down on his knees in front of the person with a "poof": "Big brother, please give me a night's boarding, I can't even walk." ”

"Big brother, get up and talk well, the man has gold under his knees, you have trouble saying it, but don't kneel down." The man helped him up and asked, "This burden is yours, it's so dark, why are you still putting it here, and where have you gone?" ”

Fang Yunqing said: "I went to the village to ask others to lend me a night, but I begged many families in your village, no one is willing to lend me a night, big brother, I beg you to do well, take me in for a night, I will not forget your great kindness, big brother." Seeing that Fang Yunqing's spirit was still in a nervous state, the man gently patted the back of his hand and said, "Good brother, listen to me, don't be nervous first, I will definitely solve this matter for you." ”

The man handed the torch to Fang Yunqing, bent down to pick up the load, and said to Fang Yunqing, who was still standing, "Why don't you go home with me?" ”

The man carried the load to his home. Fang Yunqing remembered that he had also begged the hostess of the house, but the hostess refused to agree, so he was a little hesitant. Now when the woman saw her man leading him in the door again, she said to her man angrily: "What kind of nerves do you have, he begged in front of me just now, and you don't know that if you take one person, you will increase the ration of one person, what do you give to other people's food?" Fang Yunqing pleaded and said to the woman: "Eldest sister, please don't drive me away again, just let me stay for a night, I can skip eating." ”

The man criticized his wife and said, "Wei Qin, don't embarrass him, I brought him in, I think he is my friend, you take three sweet potatoes for him to eat first, and then make a bed for him to sleep on." The woman may be afraid of her husband, or she may not want to fight with the man, and when the man says this, the woman does as he says. Fang Yunqing shuddered and took out a few banknotes and handed them to the man. The man glanced at it before he pushed it back with a smile and said, "Good brother, I don't take money, otherwise what will you do if you are taken in, when you go out, everyone will encounter difficulties, you can take it back." Fang Yunqing had no choice but to retract his hand and said, "Big brother, I will report it later, you leave me a good name." The man smiled dryly: "Good brother, don't be careful, I won't tell you my name, and I don't need you to repay me in the future, just this little thing, the past is over, why are you so serious." ”

This episode should not have been repeated like this. Just because He Xianxiang mobilized his neighbors and relatives to search all the relatives and friends he could think of after he disappeared for his youngest son, but he still couldn't find anyone, he became even more panicked and frightened, where would he think of Fang Yunqing's matter. Normally, she should have already warmed her man's wine and hot meals, and stood at the intersection of the east of the village to greet him. Tonight, He Xianxiang's room was still full of relatives, neighbors and friends who came to condole, and everyone didn't dare to go to the worst place to guess. But there are also outspoken people who begin to make some judgments about Fang Qiuxiang's ending: either he is still hiding in the corner of a ravine in the mountains, or we can only send someone to the river pond to salvage and salvage. Such harsh words reached He Xianxiang's ears, which was even more uncomfortable than directly killing her.

Maybe careful friends will question: Didn't Fang Qiuxiang hide under the bed in the room? Why didn't he crawl out on his own? Did he already know that so many people were looking for him? Yes, at first, Fang Qiuxiang really wanted to climb out by himself, but his mother's words scared him. After all, the child is still too young to know that he has done something wrong again, and he has not yet been forgiven by adults, which is one aspect; There is another aspect that Fang Qiuxiang has been lying under the bed for a long time, so he went to sleep. The world was turning upside down outside looking for him, and he didn't know. Just because these two aspects are combined, there is such a commotion.

Some well-meaning neighbors and relatives couldn't sit still, so they secretly took long bamboo poles to the river pond to fish. There were also women who accompanied He Xianxiang to comfort her, and several married daughters couldn't control their emotions and were babbling and crying. Everyone was comforting and persuading them. Let these daughters hold back and stop crying, saying that things will not be so bad, and there will definitely be a good outcome. He Xianxiang began to kneel in front of the Buddha statue in the hall, lighting incense candles and kowtowing like garlic to pray for the blessing of the Buddha.

The neighbors also had no intention of sleeping, and kept going in and out of Fang Yunqing's room one after another, and everyone's mood became heavier and heavier as time progressed.

In the second half of the night, the people had almost dispersed, and the neighbors who were working by the river had all called it a day and gone home. Only He Xianxiang's sons-in-law and daughters are now left in the house to accompany He Xianxiang, and Fang Caili has already fallen asleep in bed. He Xianxiang was drowsy with her eyes squinted, and her fingers were still fiddling with a string of Buddhist beads hanging around her neck. The daughters also began to staggered listlessly. Suddenly, the second brother-in-law pricked up his ears and said, "What is the sound in the room?" His words were a stimulant, waking up the drowsy people one by one: "What are you talking about, there is no sound?" "No, no, I seem to hear the sound of a child grinding his teeth, why don't you calm down and listen carefully?" When everyone came to the spirit, they all pricked up their ears to listen, trying not to make a sound, but unfortunately they waited for a long time and there was no sound. The eldest brother-in-law then said, "You must be too tired, and it is not a way for everyone to sit like this, or go back to sleep first, and wait until tomorrow." ”

The eldest sister Fang Caizhen blamed her husband and said: "Your brother-in-law has disappeared for a day, and you still care about the trivial matter of sleeping, really, it's not your own heart, you don't put your mind on it at all." ”

The eldest son-in-law was unconvinced: "Who hasn't put their minds on this, I just think that we can't solve the actual problem by sitting blindly." Maybe my brother-in-law will be back tomorrow, so wouldn't we have wasted a night? ”

He Xianxiang said: "You all go back to sleep, sit until dawn, my son will not come back, you all go, don't wait any longer." ”

The second son-in-law continued: "We must stop thinking about what places we haven't searched today, or we will look for them again and still can't find them, and we will have to resign ourselves to fate." The eldest son-in-law objected, saying, "Let's get up early tomorrow and look for it, and if you are blind at night, where can you look for it." ”

Suddenly, there was another loud and crisp grinding sound in the room, and this time several people heard it. The eldest son-in-law said angrily: "Maybe my brother-in-law is hiding in our room, if that's the case, I'll slap him when I find out." The second son-in-law and the eldest son-in-law asked the mother-in-law to climb out of bed, and the two men took apart the bed board to check, and the brother-in-law really fell asleep on the ground.

He Xianxiang was the first to shed tears and sat down on the chair and said, "Wronged! ”