The old man was a warm-hearted man, and waved his hand when he heard the words, "Oh! This is a fifty-mile radius of our village, and there are no inns along the road, how do you survive on this big night?"

"Hahaha!"

Yu Ling smiled, looked at the old man in front of him, looked at the sunset in the west, and then said: "Monks, the four seas are home, and they are used to sleeping in the open air." Seniors don't have to worry. ”

"Ouch!" the old man shook his head and looked at Wang Yu behind Yu Ling, whose eyes were looking forward to Shen Fei, and a smile appeared on his old face, "The Taoist is really a master in the world, but the night is dark, and there is no place to stay in this broken place, and the young female Taoist is bearable." ”

He bowed to the few people in front of him, and stretched out his hand to point to a verdant place in the northeast, "Although the old Han's family is not rich, there are also hot soup and hot rice for all the Taoist leaders. I hope that a few of you will not be polite, and you will go to the old man's house for one night, which is better than cold wind and cold food, I don't know what you think?"

"Hmm~" Yu Ling looked at him with eager eyes, remembering that the disciple was a girl after all, no better than Xue Buyu and Mo Xiao who were away all the year round, and they had Taoism by their side, since the old man was warm-hearted, it was better not to brush off the kindness of others.

"Okay! Since the old man warmly invited, the poor Dao and a few people thanked him in advance, and they will bother tonight. ”

"That's right!"

When the old man saw that the Taoist chief agreed, his face was immediately beaming, and while asking his grandson to say hello to a few people, he turned around to lead the way, and got into the ox cart to continue his journey.

The old man drove the ox cart and led a few people from the official road into a smooth sheep intestine path, and looked along the path, and the small forest with lush forests was in front of him.

This is a very simple and enthusiastic country man, along the way to ask east and west, long and short, soon, the ox cart is steadily into the uneven forest of big trees.

When I entered the forest, I found that the scenery here has a kind of rural interest.

There are many dwellings hidden behind the branches of the trees, and there are many households, but the distance is far away, and if there are more trees, it will really be an adventure that only hears their voices and does not see them.

The narrow road in the village is full of trees on both sides, the branches are luxuriant, walking in the meantime, the branches and green leaves above the head are covered, just like a dome blocking the oblique sunset, a little dim light and shadow sprinkled on the path, listening to the sound of flickering high and low finches in the ears, feeling the unique local atmosphere of the countryside, several Taoist chiefs who have traveled all over the world have felt a quiet heart.

At the end of the leafy path, a small manicured field of vegetables is set in the shade of a deep tree.

As he was walking, a man in his forties suddenly popped out of the woods on the side, his head was wrapped in a wrap, his face was dark, his eyes were indeed bright, and he saw the old man who was driving the car, revealing a pair of neat white teeth, "Uncle Li, are you back?"

"Hey, I'm back!" the old man surnamed Li responded in a loud voice, looking at the man in front of him kindly, "Li Erdan, it's so late, why don't you go home, what are you wandering outside?"

Li Erdan put the hoe beside him in front of him, held the hoe with his left hand, and with a force of his arms, he carried the hoe on his shoulder, "I just came back from the field, no, I met your old man!"

The two of them were like relatives pulling homely, unpretentious, laughing and scolding from the bottom of their hearts, chatting a few words, that Li Erdan walked out of the forest, looked at the back of the ox cart, and found that there were several well-dressed Taoist priests behind him, the Taoist robes on his body were clean and clean, and his hair was meticulously combed, which was completely different from the old Taoist priests who were sloppy and sloppy in the past and did not know how many fleas were hidden on their bodies.

In the hearts of the people, the Taoist priest is a land immortal who explores feng shui, subdues ghosts and catches demons, except for those liars who cheat to eat and drink, those people talk about the sky, they do things decently, put on Taoist robes and look like dogs, and they run faster than rabbits when they encounter things.

Li Ergou, whose face was full of mud marks, glanced at the four of them, and showed a surprised expression on his face, although he hadn't seen many good things, but the clothes on these Taoist leaders were not what those pretentious liars were willing to buy, and then looked at the expressions and behaviors of several people, they had never seen before, and they were respectful.

This is definitely not a liar, how could a Taoist who can wear this material and have this temperament come to such a poor country to cheat.

He hurriedly stepped forward and saluted a few people, nothing more than saying some common sayings such as "It's good".

Yu Ling and the others also greeted him kindly, which made Li Erdan a little excited in his heart, and kept thinking, look at others, look at people, look at people, in the end, they are masters outside the world, you see how kind they are to treat us, these people must be masters.

He was slightly excited in his heart, and glanced at the big-eyed child on the ox cart, "Dog, what did your grandfather buy you delicious?"

The child's face was innocent, and he thought for a while before revealing a pure smile, "Grandpa bought me a sugar gourd on the road!

His little hands kept gesturing, showing off to the adults with his eyebrows, and at the end he asked, "Second uncle, have you ever eaten sugar gourds?"

"Sugar gourd, the second uncle hasn't eaten it yet!" The smiling man bowed his head and said, stretched out his rough hand and stroked the top of the dog's head, rubbed it twice, and said, "Dog, next time let your grandfather buy one more, you can bring it back to the second uncle, and let the second uncle try it too, okay?"

"Well, good!" the dog's pink little face nodded heavily, keeping this sentence firmly in his heart.

Looking at his serious expression, the adults around him couldn't help but laugh.

On this midsummer night, bursts of hearty laughter can be heard from the forest.

Li Erdan waved goodbye to a few people, and ran into the forest path along the other side of the path, just walked a few steps, as if he remembered something, and looked back at Lao Li and said, "Uncle Li, your big yellow dog and that white pig haven't grown long these days?"

Lao Li, who was smiling all the way, suddenly frowned when he heard this, and looked helplessly at the man who was resisting the hoe, "It's long, why isn't it long?" It's so big, it's still growing!"

That Li Erdan showed a hint of surprise, and said to Lao Li mysteriously: "I heard the old Zhao Tou in the east of the village say, our family is not related to monsters!"

"Go, go, talk nonsense, chew the root of the tongue. ”

Lao Li sank his face at that time, and waved his hand at Li Erdan impatiently, bored, "What kind of monster, that monster from there? You are such a big person, don't you know that Lao Zhao's bastard talks nonsense all day long, and he is still a monster, do you believe this? You have fish in your head?"

"Alas, Uncle Li, what I mean is that you also have to pay attention, there must be a reason for the abnormality, why did you turn your face?"

The swarthy man looked bitter, and he also waved his hand at Lao Li, "Uncle, what about this, you can listen to it, if you don't want to hear it, just let me fart!"

With that, the hoe turned around and went into the woods.

Lao Li's face was very ugly, he frowned, he didn't know what he was thinking, he knew that the little dog was a little timid and barked at his grandfather, so he came back to his senses, rubbed the child's soft hair, and his eyes slowly eased.

The conversation between Lao Li and Li Erdan fell word for word in the ears of several Taoist masters, and they were all a little puzzled, what happened to the kind old man's family along the way, which made his face so heavy.

Listening to the two of them talk, it seems that the dog and the pig are too big, isn't this a good thing, the dog is big and looks good, and the pig can be sold for more money when it is big, no matter how it is not a loss, why is this Lao Li so preoccupied?

Xue Buyu, who couldn't hold back his curiosity, stepped forward and said, "Uncle, what's going on at home?" might as well say it, maybe we can help." ”

"Hmm~" The old face turned his head to look silent, thought for a while, and suddenly became happy again, "Dao Chief, you are knowledgeable, I don't know if you can raise pigs?"

"Pig raising? this~"

Xue Buyu was a little embarrassed, isn't raising a pig just a kind of grass, pole, and leftovers to feed it, looking at the old man's expression, there seems to be some doorways in it, in order not to laugh at it, he can only honestly reply: "I don't understand." ”

A trace of disappointment flashed on the old man's face, but he laughed self-deprecatingly, "Dao Chief, look at my brain! You are all monks, how can you understand these rough jobs and make you laugh!"

"Donor, what's going on in the house?"

The old man hesitated and pondered for a moment, but finally spoke it all.

He had a yellow dog and two pigs at home, and the pigs ate a lot of food, so the old man would cut some grass on weekdays, and sometimes go to a town restaurant dozens of miles away to pull some swill from an ox cart and feed him.

I don't know what happened in the past two months, the dog and the pig suddenly began to grow again, the dog is okay, after all, it is domestic, a little older is nothing, but the pig is getting stronger and stronger, and more and more wild, and now the physique is nearly half larger than the usual pig, looking at it from afar, I am a little scared in my heart.

"I see. Xue was silent, saying that it had nothing to do with the giant rat, and he didn't say much at the moment, so he followed the old man home.

Lao Li's earthen wall green tile, the yard is quite large, in the west head with bluestone to build a circle of pigsty, there is a tall sycamore in the courtyard, the branches are oblique, the leaves are luxuriant, two or three zhang under the tree are planted with two or three apple trees, the prosperity has fallen, it is covered with green fruits half the size of the little thumb, an old woman in linen is washing clothes with a green and yellow mallet next to the courtyard well.

Listening to the sound of pushing the door in, the sound of "Wang" was like a muffled thunder, and a huge yellow figure rushed towards the old man.

Xue Buyu was prepared in his heart, knowing that he had a big dog that was beyond common sense, but he was still frightened by this guy's size.

Good guy, the size of a calf, a pair of black eyes are very spiritual, stretching out a long red tongue running left and right in front of the ox cart, the long tail behind him keeps shaking and coquettish, rubbing his head against Lao Li's chest from time to time, and his expression is very intimate!

Lao Li laughed and pushed the fluffy dog's head aside, led the cow into the yard, and the old woman next to the well shouted loudly: "Old woman, there are guests at home, go and prepare some food!"

The old lady looked over in response, and saw that the ox cart was followed by four Taoist priests, and wiped her hands vigorously on the plaid apron in front of the abdomen, so she came to say hello, helped the old man drive the cow to the courtyard, unloaded the ox cart, picked up the grandson and kissed the two mouthfuls, and then went to the stove room happily.

The old man settled the cows, put the cart away, cleaned the hands of a few people, washed his grandson and himself, and let them into the house.

Behind the two wooden doors that are more than one person high, a table appears in front of everyone, several chairs are placed around it, a row of clay pots are placed under the mottled earthen wall, which contains unknown wild flowers, green, orange, yellow and green, bright and dripping, and the position against the wall on the east side is a clay kang, which is covered with green mats, and the corners of the wall are rolled with flower cloth sheets, which are neatly folded and placed in a regular manner.

Although there are not many things in the house, but they are very properly tied, it can be seen that the old couple's life is relatively hard, but they are happy, this clever child, sticky yellow dog is the source of happiness for this family, and the pig beyond common sense, if it is not so big, the old couple may be happier.