Chapter 129: Life is slim, what accompanies it

It is said that after Xu Che stayed in the nameless valley for a few days, he gradually became familiar with the environment in the valley, so in addition to serving the dealer and boiling water and cooking every day, he was constantly looking through all kinds of books in the wooden house.

Lu Yuanhuai was overjoyed to see that he was diligent and studious, obedient and sensible, and thought that this person must be a compensation given to him by God to make up for the misery, loneliness and injustice he has suffered for more than 20 years, so his good impression of him is also increasing day by day, just like treating his own nephew, teaching wholeheartedly and trying his best to guide. And one of these two is willing to teach, the other is happy to learn, and life is also enjoyable.

Early this morning, Xu Che got up early and made breakfast, but he couldn't wait for Lu Yuanhuai to come, so he naturally didn't dare to eat first, so he went to the tomb of the nameless master to worship as usual.

The tomb of the tall man stood in the depths of the forest, and it was said to be a tomb, but in fact it was nothing more than a small mound of earth. Xu Che walked to the tomb, knelt down and knocked three heads hard and slowly got up, and was about to leave, when he suddenly heard a "squeak, squeak" sound, and immediately turned around to look for it, and after going around the grave twice, he finally found that the sound came from the left rear of the tomb.

He bent down to take a closer look, only to see that it was a mouse hole, and at this time there was also a gray-haired mouse squatting at the entrance of the hole and looking out, when he saw Xu Che's vicious eyes, he immediately turned around and went into the hole.

Xu Che shouted loudly: "You are a brute, you dare to use Engong's Yin Mansion as a nest!"

He screamed, and hurriedly went to the side of the tree to break off a branch, and plucked the leaves, and then stabbed directly into the rat hole and stirred, and after only a few moments, the two mice in the hole could not withstand his stirring, and slipped out of the hole one after the other.

Xu Che also immediately withdrew the branch and chased after the two rats violently, but his movements were still a little slower, and in a blink of an eye, the two mice had slipped away without a trace.

Seeing the two "culprits" slip away, he had to throw the branch aside in frustration, and sighed secretly: "If you can't get rid of the rats, you will leave a disaster in the end, and you still have to think of another way to prevent these two beasts from disturbing the peace of the enne." ”

After thinking about it for a while, he suddenly slapped his head and laughed silently: "Ah, why did I forget this craft of stonemasonry, I can rebuild a stone tomb for Engong!"

He had a plan in his mind and immediately ran to the kitchen. When he arrived in the kitchen, he saw that Lu Yuanhuai was already sitting in the kitchen eating, so he sat down beside him and told him his plan to repair the grave to ask for his opinion.

After hearing this, Lu Yuanhuai nodded again and again, and said: "There is a large area of bluestone under the cliff wall in the south, and it is most suitable to mine and change it into regular stones for inlay tombs, but the question is do you have the skills to change stones?"

Xu Che patted his chest and said with a smile: "I used to be a buddy in the workshop where the monument was made, and it was not a problem to repair the stone carving, but I went to quarry after eating." ”

After hastily eating this breakfast, Xu Che went out and took a firewood knife and stuck it diagonally at his waist, carried a hoe and a bamboo back basket, turned around and greeted Lu Yuanhuai, and then went to the wooden house to get the cone in the tool box, and then went to the cliff to the south.

Before arriving at the cliff wall, he saw a bare blue rock, he also said to do it, first raise a hoe along the texture of the stone road to dig, and after digging for a while, after accumulating a small pile of stones, he took out the wood knife and hammer, and began to trim and transform the stones on the ground.

After a while, Lu Yuan came to Xu Che's side with a pestle, he looked down and saw that there were several modified stones on the ground, and immediately bent down to pick up one of them and looked at it, and said with a smile: "Your skills are really varied! Well, that's fine, when I die, I will be able to have a decent tomb." ”

Xu Che shook his head with a wry smile, after these few days of self-regulation, he has become much less optimistic about whether he can go out, and his mood is no longer as pessimistic as in the first few days, he raised his eyes to look at Lu Yuanhuai and said: "If Uncle Lu is in the front, then I will arrange the future, please rest assured." ”

Lu Yuanhuai saw Xu Che's sincere expression, and immediately laughed out loud, and although this laughter was heroic and unrestrained, but under careful listening, it vaguely revealed a little sadness and misery, after laughing, he quietly watched Xu Che trim the two stones, and then left silently without saying a word.

Xu Che raised his eyes to look at his departing back, and wanted to open his mouth to call him, but after a little hesitation, he swallowed the words in his mouth again, and an inexplicable pessimism suddenly rose in his heart.

However, this low bad mood did not last long in his heart, he suddenly slapped his thigh, and said to himself in a deep voice: "After the catastrophe, there will be a blessing in the future, what are you doing so blindly!"

For the next three days, Xu Che went out early and returned late, and he was only busy preparing stones for inlaying graves all day long, and he didn't even read books. By the time of lunch on the fourth day, the last stone had finally been rectified. He stood up and stretched his body, and wanted to raise his feet to find Lu Yuanhuai, but as soon as he turned his head, he saw that Lu Yuanhuai had already arrived nearby, so he smiled and said, "I was just going to look for you." After a pause, he said, "The stones are ready, and I will go and mix some mud later, and then I can start to set the grave." ”

Lu Yuanhuai looked at the neatly stacked stones on the ground, and his face showed appreciation, but after a little groaning, he said, "There is only one tombstone missing." ”

Xu Che was stunned for a moment, then slapped his head sharply, and said with a smile: "Ouch, why did I forget about this important matter, wait for me to dig up another piece." But as soon as he grabbed the hoe and held it in his hand, he didn't feel hesitant, frowned and asked, "But what should be engraved on this tombstone?"

Lu Yuanhuai groaned slightly, and said slowly: "The name of that master is unknown, so it is better to engrave the tomb of the nameless valley lord." ”

Xu Che said: "Nameless Valley? Is the real name of this place called Nameless Valley?"

Lu Yuanhuai shook his head and said, "I don't know what this place is called, since I don't know, it's good to call it Nameless Valley." ”

Xu Che suddenly said: "So that's the case...", he lowered his head and thought about it, and said: "The night before yesterday, because I had no sleep, I got up and went to the waterhole to cool down, and I happened to see the bright moonlight sprinkled on the water, and the whole waterhole was like a delicate jade mirror, and the scenery was extremely beautiful." Let's just name it after the scenery and call this place the Mirror Moon Valley. ”

Lu Yuanhuai silently recited "Mirror Moon Valley" in his heart a few times, and then said with a smile: "Good name, then it's up to you, let's call it Mirror Moon Valley in the future." ”