"Dad, I bought pen and ink, what about our donkey?"

"Your mother said to buy an old donkey..... make do with it. ”

Outside the city, Lu Liangsheng followed his father through the livestock market, Lu Laoshi returned to his son, went forward to feel out the donkey's mouth out of the fence, check the mouth, this is the mule and horse market in the suburbs of Fushui County, but most of the sales are horses, donkeys and mules This kind of livestock, cattle are basically not seen, the government has a clear rule, ploughing cattle are not allowed to be bought and sold privately.

Over there, the trader who had just finished bargaining with others turned around and looked at Lu Laoshi with a smile: "This donkey, brother, you touched is a little old, it's okay to pull the grind, you can't go twenty miles to pull the cart, just look at the ones here, they are all two years old." ”

Lu Laoshi looked at the fence pointed out by the traders, and they were all light-tongued, with strong limbs and strong skin and flesh, and they looked like good animals that went to the ground and pulled carts.

was a little greedy, and then shook his head: "Or buy an old donkey, how can this one be sold?"

"Three hundred and forty wen, you take it, you can't give it, I'm going to slaughter it and sell it for meat at night. ”

"Three hundred and forty words, ah....."

Lu Laoshi hesitated a little, touched the cloth pocket sewn in the clothes, looked at the livestock sticking out of the fence, the old donkey's fur was loose and dull, and there were a few whipping scars on the right rib of his back, he looked skinny and sparkling, and he looked like he was about to fall down at any time, and his eyes were cloudy to look at Lu Laoshi, who was bargaining with the merchant in front of him, and stretched out his tongue to lick his cuffs.

"That's it..... that's it. ”

Lu Laoshi was a little unbearable after all, gritted his teeth and took out the money bag, counted the copper pieces for half a ring, paid to the vendor, touched the donkey's head, took it out, looked at Lu Liangsheng, and smiled bitterly: "Our house is completely empty, go back, don't tell your mother that you spent so much money to buy a donkey that is too old." ”

"Yes, I know. ”

The young man nodded, turned his head to look at the old donkey who was kicking the hooves behind his father, and frowned slightly: "In Qinghuai's dream, there seems to be an article, and the spring technique, I don't know if it's useful for animals, wait until I go back and turn it over." ”

Thinking about it, the father and son returned to the side of the market, the market had been dispersed, and it was a mess everywhere, plus it had rained the day before yesterday, and the road was muddy and not easy to walk, and most of the people in the same village had sold out of things at this time, purchased the firewood, rice, oil and salt needed by the family, gathered together, and when Lu Laoshi and his son came back, they were on the road back to the village.

In the past two days, Lu Liangsheng has felt that the outside world is very different and fresh, for a teenager who has never been in contact with the outside world, there is also an impact, and what is also given to the boy is the experience of seeing a certain world.

The only regret is that I didn't go to see the opera troupe invited by Chen Yuan, and on the way, I listened to my father and a few people from the same village talk about how good the opera is, how beautiful the Hua Dan who sings the opera, and so on.

"When ...... went out of the city, I inquired, the one who sang for Chen Yuanwai was a famous Hua Dan in Hegu County, the pillar of the Li family's class, I heard that he was only sixteen years old, and that voice could hook people's souls...... This time, it seems that it is still a new play, specially prepared for Chen Yuanwai, called ..... what is it called asking Shou. ”

"Hey, let's not talk about the singer, when I went to the city today to tear the cloth for my mother-in-law, I heard that the northwest is not very peaceful, isn't there going to be a war?"

"It's about our people's, the government doesn't give us a tax increase, and God has been gracious. ”

With the squeaky sound of the axles, the people who returned to the village boasted all the way about what they had heard in the city, and when they returned home, they could tell their mother-in-law and children in front of them and show off their knowledge.

As the sun sets, the western clouds burn red, and the foothills are clothed in a layer of glow.

Lu Liangsheng listened to the words of these big men all the way, he sat on the donkey cart, and from a distance, he saw the outline of the village, and a few cooking smoke rose.

After entering the village, things were separated, Lu Laoshi led the old donkey, and Liangsheng held the pen and ink, and before he walked outside the gate of his fence courtyard, he heard the sound of Li Jinhua and people arguing.

"Stealing our chicken, and wanting to steal the last one, believe it or not, the old lady will beat you to death with a stick now!"

"I just stood at the door of your house for a while, why do you say that I stole it, if you dare to fight, I dare to lie down, lazy to death you!"

"Bullying my man went out, right? Okay, old lady see if you lie down-"

"If you dare to be arrogant, I will let the whole village hear it, if you slander people and dare to beat me, you will sue the official!"

Standing in the fence courtyard door facing inside, the person who quarreled with Li Jinhua, father and son both knew each other, Lu Erlai, no one remembered the name, the same surname in the same village, and it was also close to each other, but he was a well-known idler in the village, he was used to being idle, he often wandered around outside other houses, flirting with women from time to time, and there was a mother-in-law a few years ago, and then he couldn't stand him and ran away with someone, which became more lazy now, and sometimes met a woman alone A little messy, and was beaten many times for this.

Lu Laoshi's face was also angry, Lu Erlai at the entrance of the courtyard over there noticed that there was someone behind him, and hurriedly flashed to the side, Lu Laoshi walked in directly, took the stick from his wife's hand, and was so frightened that Erlai shrank a little.

"Lu Laoshi, what do you want to do?! I didn't steal your chicken, it was your mother-in-law who saw you go out, and she was lonely and went outside to steal the man, I am still a cousin with you, and I help you guard the ......."

Lu Laoshi raised the stick to him: "Get out of me!"

Li Jinhua next to him was also spicy, picked up a stone on the ground and smashed it, the second lai dodged and retreated: "Haha..... you are so capable, you must have eaten your own chicken, lying on my head, wanting to get a ...... for nothing"

As he was talking, he felt that someone was rushing over, and he looked sideways and saw that Lu Liangsheng had already raised his foot and kicked out.

Suddenly, the lazy man's side crotch suddenly hurt, he stumbled under his feet, and fell to the side.

"If you don't get out, I'll kill you!" Lu Laoshi also rushed over.

The two lai were so frightened that they got up from the ground, pointed to the father and son at the entrance of the courtyard with a disgraced face, let out two cruel words, and ran away.

The matter fell for the time being, but he lost a chicken in vain, and let Li Jinhua sit under the eaves and choke up tears, Lu Laoshi went over and sat down, gently stroked her back, and said: "It's gone, it's gone, next time I buy another one and come back, you see our donkey is also back......"

Lu Liangsheng looked at his parents for a while, greeted his sister, asked her to go over to help and comfort, and then turned around and went out, Lu Erlai's home was in the north of the village, two thatched houses, the mud walls were broken with a few holes, you could see inside, the door was also loose, and it collapsed on one side.

Lu Erlai probably didn't come back, there was no one in the house, Lu Liangsheng walked over, there was nothing inside, a stove, a wooden bed, and a wooden table with a missing leg.

"Huh?"

Inspecting the surroundings, when he walked to the stove, Liangsheng suddenly sighed in confusion, squatted down, and picked up a few feathers and two bones on the firewood ash at the stove.

"I said I didn't steal ....."

Pinching those few pieces of chicken feathers, he got up and left, walked not far away, and saw Lu Erlai humming a song on the field road from a distance, staggering back, and whistling at a few women washing clothes by the river, provoking someone to scold him.

"Hmph. Lu Liangsheng looked at it, looked down at the chicken feathers in his hand, and went all the way back to the house, his mother had calmed down at this time, her eyes were still slightly red, and Lu Laoshi was cleaning up the place where the firewood was piled out to build a shed, Xiao Xian laid his hands on the side, his little face was full of sweat, and when he raised his head, he saw his brother go straight back to the room, and he tilted his head in confusion.

in the room.

"Nanshui Collection" and "Qinghuai Mending Dream" were taken out and placed on the bed, Lu Liangsheng turned page by page, the soft sound of the paper turning stopped for a moment, and a somewhat blurry handwriting was reflected in the bottom of the young man's eyes.

“...... Huaijiang someone roasted a few birds and birds, the next day, the whole body long hair, itchy and difficult, plucked and long, a few days before retreating..... name is called plucking, Hai time to the moon, facing the south ......"

"There are many strange and punishment tricks in Nanshui, and there are also vicious methods to kill people, although the two rely are hateful, but they will not kill people..... so that's it. ”

After making up his mind and writing down the above methods, after having dinner and sleeping with his parents and sisters, Lu Liangsheng looked at the moon and pushed the door out with the chicken feathers.

The cold wind in the middle of the night blew through the barren mountain village, a few dogs barked in a certain courtyard, people coughed, most of the people who had worked all day had already fallen asleep, and the figure walking in the darkness looked at the sky, estimated the hour, and came to the outside of the grass hut that he had come to before.

In the cobwebbed window frame, Lu Erlai's snoring can be clearly heard.

Outside the window, the black shadow approached, bowed to the bright moon, chanted words in his mouth, and then put the chicken feathers by the window and blew lightly.

The chicken feathers swayed, floated up, and rode the breeze into the window.

On the wooden bed next to the window, the sleeping lazy man rubbed his legs, and a piece of chicken feathers fell silently on his face, maybe a little itchy, scratched a few times, and turned over in a dream, sleeping sweetly.

Outside the window, Lu Liangsheng looked at it for a moment, then turned around and left, and when he returned to the house, he felt a little dizzy, and he didn't think much about it, so he fell asleep with his head covered.

Following.

Lu Liangsheng had just woken up, as if he had a cold, his whole body was weak, his head was a little dizzy, and when he got up to wash, he suddenly made a commotion.

Xiao Xian ran back quickly from outside, her face flushed, and she pointed out breathlessly: "Brother..... go and take a look, the Lu Erlai who had trouble with our family yesterday..... hehe..... hahaha-"

Speaking of this, she laughed first, and Li Jinhua, who was busy in the stove room, came out: "What are you laughing at, hurry up." ”

"He..... he ....."

The little girl held back a smile and calmed down: "He has a lot of chicken feathers all over his body!"

"Yes!" Li Jinhua scolded, wiped the water stains on her hands, and hurriedly followed her daughter out, she had to see that guy's unlucky appearance.

"It really works. ”

Lu Liangsheng wiped his face, and he sobered up a lot, "What Master taught is really good..... what should I order back to him?"

When I left the courtyard and followed my mother and sister to the middle of the village, the voices of the people became noisy, noisy, and laughing.

"Ahhhhh

In the middle of the surrounding crowd, Lu Erlai rolled on the ground in horror and let out a heart-rending shout, pale yellow chicken feathers grew out of his skin, all over his body, itching and unbearably scratching with his hands, forcibly pulling off a few tufts, even a little skin was torn, and blood was dripping.

But soon, the chicken feathers that were torn off grew again.

"Help me..... Which of you will save me...... It's so itchy...... It's so itchy......"

pulled hard, knelt on the ground and kept asking for help from the villagers watching the play around, but no one paid attention to him.