Chapter 8 The Road Meets the Noble
After a month of rest and treatment, Darling's injuries healed and he was able to move freely.
This morning, Dalin got up early, there was not much money in his pocket, and the family's food was about to be cut off, so he had to hurry up and find a way, otherwise he would be hungry. A few days ago, he was almost beaten to death by the widow for stealing the widow's things, and now he still remembers it vividly. But where to get something to eat?
Since the last time the widow was in charge, whenever Dalin passed through the street, people would see him from afar, and they would hurry home and close the door. It was only when he saw that he was far away that he opened the door. In the face of this situation, Dalin has no choice. He had to pretend not to care, and quickly slipped out of the village.
When she came to the outside of the village, she saw the green crops and the weeping willows swaying in the wind. His mood was depressed.
But at this moment, Dalin saw a man in a blue robe coming from a distance, it was already the early summer season, and this dress was very eye-catching. When he and Dalin came to meet, they suddenly stopped. Dalin felt very strange and couldn't help but raise his eyes to look at the person in front of him.
The man said, "What is your name?" and what village is it?" Dalin looked at him and said angrily, "Why are you asking this? I don't know you." The man listened, smiled and said, "Don't say that yet, you are lucky to meet me today." Dalin looked at him and said, "Luck, what luck is it? Can you give me money and give me food?" The man glanced at Dalin and said, "The requirements for money and food are too low, as long as you make friends with me, I guarantee that you will not have to worry about food and clothing, and you will be promoted and rich." ”
Dalin is not a fool, although he is lazy and has bad qualities. However, the IQ of ordinary people still cannot be compared with him. He listened to the words of the man in front of him and snorted through his nose. Seeing that Dalin didn't believe me, the man said, "If you don't believe me, we can make a deal."
Dalin is a person who does not learn countless things, usually idleness and does nothing, and does not know what trading is. Listening to what people say, there are no words for the time being. Seeing that Dalin didn't speak, the man said again: "I will tell you one thing, as long as you do it, I guarantee that you will have food, money, and money, and be able to become an official." Promotion, wealth, glory and wealth, many people dream of it. Don't you want to?"
A few words made Dalin come alive. With the idea of giving it a try, he said to the man, "What's your surname?" Why did you get me promoted to a wealthy position?" The man said, "My name is Huang Decai, and I'm a fortune teller." Because I have a half-immortal body, people call me Huang Half-Immortal. When Dalin heard this, he was overjoyed. Especially when Dalin heard that he could be promoted and make a fortune, he couldn't help but be overjoyed. Gan hurriedly changed his words and said, "Mr. Huang, you just said that you want to ask me to do something. Excuse me, what's the matter"?
The Huang Banxian said: "I have a friend who lives in that mountain, and there is a big river in front of his door, and every time at the beginning of summer, especially when there is a heavy rain at the beginning of the year, there will be a large number of bullfrogs, and these bullfrogs are very good for meat. But there are a lot of them, so he's very annoying. So this year, he asked me to find a few people to go to him this year to catch bullfrogs. As long as you take people wherever you go, I will guarantee that you will have food, clothing, and money to spend within two years. What do you think?"
Hearing his words, Dalin couldn't help but fall into deep thought. He knew in his heart that because of their remote location, there were many mountainous areas and little arable land. Therefore, the annual harvest of grain is simply not enough to eat, but Lu Village is located in the tributary of the Dayu River, every spring when the green and yellow are not connected, everyone wants to catch bullfrogs in this river, on the one hand, it is used to satisfy hunger, on the other hand, the bullfrogs caught are also sent to the nearby villages to sell, in exchange for some farm things and daily necessities.
Thinking of this, what Dalin didn't understand was why Huang Banxian asked him to take people to the Dayu River to catch bullfrogs, and gave him money and food? If you don't understand it, you don't understand it, Dalin is an insatiable person who is greedy for money, and when he hears that he has money and food to eat, he doesn't think about it.
At this time, he was afraid that this matter would be in vain. So he hurriedly said: "What you said is true? When the time comes, I will call people to the Dayu River and let them catch bullfrogs." You're going to give me money?" Dalin told in a puzzled tone. Huang Banxian nodded vigorously and said, "That's nature. As long as you take people to the river, no matter how many bullfrogs you catch, I will give you money, and I will guarantee you food and clothing for two years. ”
When Dalin heard this, he couldn't clapped his two hands together. His heart was pounding, and he hated to get the money promised by Huang Banxian immediately. Huang Banxian saw his doubts, so he said: "I promised you that I will give it to you, if you don't believe me, I will give you a deposit of ten taels of silver now." Da Lin shuddered when he heard this, "Ten taels of silver, my God, I never dreamed that I could get ten taels of silver by leading a few people." ”
Da Lin stammered, "What you said is true?" "Of course," Huang Banxian said heroically. "I'll give you money now" After speaking, Huang Banxian took out ten taels of silver from his pocket and handed it to Da Lin, Da Lin stretched out his trembling hand, took the silver from Huang Banxian's hand tremblingly, and carefully put it into his pocket. Then he touched it with his hand again, as if he was afraid that the silver would fly away.
"Remember, there will be heavy rain on May 16 next month, and you will have to wait until May 17, after the heavy rain. Dalin listened and nodded yes. Then Huang Banxian turned around and left, and before leaving, he turned around and said, "Remember May 17, after you bring someone over, I will give you another fifty taels of silver." ”