Chapter Twenty-Five: The First Smell of Books
"Mr. ....."
"Mr. ....."
The ghostly and ethereal female voice was like a gust of cold wind blowing in Lu Liangsheng's ears, his lips snorted, the young man did not wake up, but the toad lying beside him opened one eye first.
"What a brave female ghost, dare to chase the old man here!"
Qianying, who was worshipping from afar, raised her head when she heard this, and said: "Mr. atonement, the concubine is just ....." Just stopped, under the eyebrows, his eyes blinked, looking at the short figure that stood up.
"Toads can talk, too?"
Realizing that she had said the wrong thing, the female ghost who claimed to be Nie Honglian pointed to the sleeping young man over there, "The concubine thanked him for ......"
Toad Daoman: "......"
...... This embarrassed the old man, he was just a female ghost ..... bah, how did he fall behind.
Thinking about it, the flippers were behind him, coughed twice, and looked serious: "The young man is just an old man's disciple, and you naturally have something to do with me." ”
"The concubine's revenge has been avenged, and I am here to thank you. The female ghost was as beautiful as a dai, and when she spoke, her voice was euphemistic, and she bowed down to the young man as she spoke.
Over there, Lu Liangsheng, who had been sleepy for a long time, faintly heard the words, turned over, and there was a crackling sound, "Criminal....." The murmur came to an abrupt end.
The boy waved his hand impatiently.
"Don't make a noise..... call me again at dawn." ”
Hong Lian glanced at the young man who was not awake, and the toad under him who was pressed and stuck out his tongue, covered his mouth and chuckled, slowly got up and prepared to leave, but after walking a few steps, he sighed in a low voice.
There are no relatives in the world..... where should the concubine go.....
When the female ghost floated past the easel, she suddenly stopped, and saw the portrait of the long sleeves waving on it, and the word 'red pity' in the lower left, and looked at the sleeping Lu Liangsheng for a long time, and the corners of her mouth outlined a light smile.
The long sleeves are flipped and sprinkled, and they turn and burrow into the painting.
The original hazy portrait, with the handwriting of light ink, was condensed and vivid, the wind blew, and the swaying flame was extinguished.
The curling green smoke floated up, the sky was bright, and Lu Liangsheng got up from the ground and stretched his waist.
"Strange, it felt like someone was calling me last night......"
Twisting his neck, he grabbed the toad who was still sleeping on the ground, stuffed it into the package, and the eight people who slept around the extinguished bonfire woke up one after another, and the quiet open space became noisy and noisy.
One of them saw the scroll over there and called the others: "This is a painting by Liangsheng, it seems that the people on it have seen it somewhere." ”
"Don't say it, it's beautiful, it's like a real person. ”
Lu Pan and Lu Qing walked over, their faces suddenly turned pale, remembering what happened last night, and hesitating whether to tell their eldest nephew, but when they saw the portrait placed there, it was as if they had seen a ghost.
Gu Pan's beautiful eyes seemed to be staring at the two of them, and he was so frightened that he swallowed the words back into his stomach, and changed his words: "That ..... sky is also dawning, let's hurry." ”
Lu Liangsheng poured the water from the water bag and washed his face, came over to put away the painting scroll, tied it, and put it behind his back.
"I was about to say that everyone should hurry up. ”
As for whether you eat breakfast or not, it doesn't matter, during this period of cultivation, your physique is stronger than ordinary people, and you are naturally hungry, and Lu Pan is a big man, and when the time comes, you can also deal with it by eating some dry food on the road and drinking some cold water.
The return journey is such a long day, enough for the group to return to Lujia Village, on the way through the mountains and forests where they slept in the open, and they can still see the collapsed thatched hut on the mountainside in the distance.
All the way, he drove piglets and lambs without stopping, and drove donkey carts out of this mountain forest in a hurry.
In the fields outside Lujia Village, farmers and village women who were busy with the autumn harvest piled up the hard work of the past six months, looking at the plump millet, but there was worry on their faces.
"I don't know if Lu Pan and they have solved the matter. ”
".....Alas, if it is not solved, they will be distributed to the people of Beicun, think about the panic in your heart. ”
Another village man from another acre of land also came over, holding a hoe, and kicked away a stone: "What if you don't divide it, the government can still put a knife on my neck?"
These days, most of the things that the village talks about are about the lawsuit with the North Village, and they get together to chat about nothing, and in the midst of indignation, the three people on the ridge vaguely hear the creaking and turning of the wheels.
Looking back, at the end of the dirt road, three carts full of things were coming, and a tall man named Lu Qing was running fast in front, waving and shouting at the people in the fields on both sides.
"Don't do it, go back to the village and get something-"
A shout blew up the quiet mountain village, and more than 30 families flocked to the entrance of the village, and even the elderly who had difficulty moving at home came on crutches to join in the fun.
The most prestigious Lu Taigong stood on top of the stone mill in the village, carefully waved the pear blossom wooden battle that Lu Liangsheng gave him, and asked each family to send someone out to receive cloth and rice in turn.
He also told everyone about the decision made by the county government, and at first everyone was still reluctant, and there was a fight, but when Liangsheng came up and explained the matter clearly, the anger was calmed.
"Wouldn't it be better to buy some of the 500 taels of things and use some of them, and then go to the county seat to buy some clothes, grain, and meat before the Chinese New Year, and next year, get a few pigs and sheep for each family to raise......?
In such words, everyone reluctantly divided part of the autumn harvest grain, put it together, and handed it to each other when the people from Beicun came.
Of course, the purchase of many good things in Lujia Village is confidential, and everyone understands the truth that wealth is not exposed, as for how the money came from, in fact, it doesn't matter at all, the concept of the mountain people is that as long as they can get money, it is great.
In the past few days, Lujia Village is like the Chinese New Year, the eldest daughter-in-law and the younger daughter-in-law sit at the door of their house, cutting cloth to make clothes for their families, and occasionally the fragrance of rice and cooked meat wafts out from some homes, and the greedy passers-by drool.
Of course, some families are reluctant to eat it, so they make it into wind-dried meat and hang it on the wooden beam of the stove.
Even Lu Erlai, who has never been treated well by the villagers, was given some meat and a tael of silver, Li Jinhua was originally unwilling, but he couldn't stand Lu Liangsheng's persuasion.
"He is not popular, but he is a village, and he is not an enemy, if he doesn't give him something, when the time comes, he will run outside and talk about it, and he will provoke the people who are red-eyed and play crooked brains, it will be bad. ”
Li Jinhua crossed her waist and took a sip outside the courtyard.
"It's good to count him Lu Er's life. ”
When I returned to the courtyard, I saw Lu Liangsheng taking out the four treasures of the study one by one, and his eyes were straight.
"How much does it cost? Buying all these things that can't fill your stomach is really a virtue with your father, a loser!"
Lu Laoshi, who was weaving baskets under the eaves, raised his head, looked at his wife, and laughed: "You mentioned what I do, and I am not defeated." ”
"Still undefeated?! When Liangsheng came back, the three donkeys were given away for nothing!"
"It was given to me by Liangsheng. ”
The woman's eyes turned sideways and glared at the door of the room over there, Lu Liangsheng turned his face and laughed with his father.
"Mother, don't we still have an old donkey in our family. ”
'Ahhh
"The old lady will be angry with you two sooner or later!" The woman paused with the broom, and swept away on the ground hard, and a mass of toads lying on the ground flew up by the sweep, which frightened Lu Xiaoxian over there and screamed, and the flower hen twisted her neck, spread her wings and cooed.
"Old man...... I didn't recruit anyone, I didn't mess with anyone......"
A toad and a chicken fought together again, picking up the previous unfinished battle.
......
In Lu Liangsheng's room, the four treasures of the study room were neatly placed on the desk, and the painting scroll in his hand was slowly lowered on the wall, revealing the portrait of the woman.
Books are piled up, the brush is pressed against the inkstone, and the beauty scroll is hung on the wall, and finally there is a feeling of bookishness.