After thinking about it for a long time, Ling Jiang suddenly felt a little tired, so he lay on the bed and fell asleep after a while.

When Ling Jiang woke up, he smelled a strong smell of meat permeating the humble grass hut.

He looked out the window, and it was already sunset, and the sky was dyed red.

"Childe, go wash your hands and get ready for dinner!" Ya'er walked in with a fish and said to Ling Jiang who was sitting on the bed.

Ling Jiang nodded, went out to scoop a scoop of water, washed up briefly, and then returned to the house, where Ya'er had already presented him a bowl full of pearl white rice.

"Ya'er, why don't you eat?" Ling Jiang glanced at it, and there was a large fish, a plate of green vegetables, and a bowl of white rice on the table.

Ya'er hurriedly shook her head, "Ya'er is a maid, you can't eat until your son finishes eating, so you can eat first." ”

"There is no such rule. Ling Jiang shook his head, "Go quickly, bring a pair of dishes and chopsticks." ”

"This ......" Ya'er hesitated a little, not knowing what to do for a while.

Ling Jiang looked at her and said, "If you don't go, I won't eat this meal." ”

When Ya'er heard this, how dare she disobey? Hurriedly ran out of the house on tiptoe. Ling Jiang looked at the simple room, except for a chair, he couldn't find a second thing that could sit on people.

In desperation, he simply moved the table directly to the position of the bed, and the bed was used as a chair, which was indeed a little shorter, but for Ling Jiang's figure, it was okay.

Ya'er returned to the hut with a bowl of rice, and was a little surprised to find that the table had been moved to the side of the bed.

"Childe......" Ya'er called softly.

"Sit down. Ling Jiang pointed to the chair opposite.

Ya'er's heart suddenly showed a burst of gratitude, and she couldn't express it. She sat down cautiously and ate in small gulps with her head down.

"Childe's appearance when eating, it seems to be a little good-looking......" Ya'er looked at Ling Jiang quietly, and thought to herself, "Bah, what are you thinking, Ya'er? You are Childe's maid, and you are the one who will serve him for the rest of his life, this is your life." ”

"Ya'er, what's wrong with you?" Ling Jiang asked with concern when he caught a glimpse of Ya'er's face that something was wrong.

"Ah, it's nothing...... Ya'er hurriedly waved her hand and shook her head, "That, Childe, have you eaten enough?"

"I'm full. Ling Jiang nodded, "The food cooked by Ya'er is delicious. ”

Ya'er hurriedly arranged the dishes and chopsticks, as if fleeing for her life, and flew out of the grass house, she suddenly realized that the current son made her feel a little uncomfortable. The former son, how could he be so good to her?

"Sister Ya'er, why are you eating so early today?"

As soon as Ling Jiang moved the table back to its original position in the house, he heard a strange man's voice outside, and he couldn't help but feel a little worried about Ya'er, so he hurriedly walked out to take a look.

"Hmm. Ya'er nodded.

"Do you have any fish to eat today?" said the man, who seemed to see the fish bones on the plate.

"Today, my son-in-law sold the book, so he had the money to buy the fish. By the way, Brother Rhubarb, our family bought rice, and you will go into the house to get some in a while, and I borrowed so much rice from you, and I can pay it back today. Ya'er nodded happily, no matter what the family said now, they can be regarded as having money, and they will no longer need to save oil and salt in the future, and they can eat with more flavor.

As soon as Ling Jiang stepped out of the threshold, he saw a man with a hoe on his shoulder standing behind Ya'er, this man's appearance was quite delicate, he rolled up his trouser legs, barefoot, and had a simple appearance. His body was very dark, apparently sunburned over the years.

Ling Jiang thought to himself, this should be the big yellow brother that Ya'er said, and he didn't know what kind of person he was, and he was thinking about how to step forward to answer.

"Ling Jiang, why did you sell the book?

"No, I won't take the test. Ling Jiang shook his head, "It's better to earn money to support your family in a down-to-earth manner." ”

"You...... I should have had this realization a long time ago!" When Rhubarb heard this, his solemn face softened, and he nodded again and again, "I don't have to pay back the rice I borrowed from you, and when I don't have rice at home another day, I'll come to you to get it." ”

Rhubarb said, turned around and was about to walk towards the small courtyard not far away, he had just taken two steps, and suddenly turned around and asked, "By the way, Ling Jiang, should you take a look at Uncle Nine?"

"What's wrong with Uncle Nine?" Speaking of Uncle Nine, Ling Jiang immediately mentioned the spirit of twelve.

"You still don't know?" Rhubarb said in surprise, lowering his voice, "Sacrifice to the sea today, something big happened......

After Rhubarb finished speaking, looking at Ling Jiang's stunned appearance, he couldn't help but be a little anxious.

"Something happened to the sea sacrifice?" These words made Ling Jiang feel uneasy when he heard this, how could such an important matter as the sea sacrifice be said to have an accident? But even if something happened, what did it have to do with Uncle Jiu?

He first looked around for a while, then put down the hoe and walked quickly to Ling Jiang's side, "Let's go, let's go into the house." ”

Ling Jiang nodded, and walked into the grass hut with Rhubarb, who closed the door before Rhubarb entered the house.

After Rhubarb entered the house, he was startled by the clean and tidy house, he heard the gossip before he came, saying that the sour Xiucai in this town actually didn't want to sell books, at first he didn't believe it, but now he believed.

He came back to his senses and began to get down to business, "Today's annual sea festival was originally done well, but guess what? A fishing boat hit a drifter on the sea!"

"Drifter?" Ling Jiang couldn't understand what it was for a while, but vaguely felt that it wasn't a good thing.

"Yes!" Rhubarb said in horror: "Do you say bad luck or not? At first, it looked like it was just a small drifter, but as a result, I asked Mr. to go into the water to salvage, and found that there was a big drifter floating under the water, which scared the gentleman so that his scalp was numb, his legs and feet were weak, and he almost couldn't get up with a whimper. ”

Ling Jiang listened to what Rhubarb said, and according to today's Ya'er talking about the identity of the ninth uncle, he probably guessed that the drifter was the so-called dead man, because he was floating on the sea after death, so he was also called the drifter.

"So mysterious?" Ling Jiang asked, he couldn't help but feel a little frightened in his heart.

"Who's to say it isn't...... rhubarb said in a low voice, then walked to the window, glanced at the sun that was about to sink in the west, it was already very gray, and he immediately walked back anxiously, "It's going to be dark, I'll make a long story short for you." ”

After the gentleman went ashore, he didn't dare to go to the sea again, and when he went ashore, the palm of his hand turned out to be black, which made people dare not go to the sea. But how can such an important matter as sacrificing to the sea be sloppy, so he asked Uncle Nine to come out. Rhubarb said: "There are more mysterious things, Uncle Nine went to the sea to see, the big drifter, there is no rope tied to the body, and there is nothing entangled, just sinking in the sea, not up or down, if you don't find the little drifter, maybe you don't know about it, you say it's strange." ”

"What happened?" Ling Jiang asked.

"Later...... Later, Uncle Nine went down, and fished up the big drifter, and when he got up, he saw that it was still our people from Pinghai Town, that is, the old Guo who bought sugar gourds in the east of the town, died miserably, it is said that after scooping it up, there was blood on his face, and no one dared to approach for most of the day, only Uncle Nine and his apprentice dared to step forward. Rhubarb shook his head, "You said that Uncle Nine has great powers, right?" But when they came ashore, they were the same as the gentleman before, with black palms and black soles. Fortunately, after Uncle Jiu did it, he returned Lao Guo to his family. ”

"What happened to Uncle Nine?" Ling Jiang asked.

"I heard that the complexion is very bad, and he has been taken home by his apprentice, so I asked if you want to go over and have a look, after all, it is also your cousin. Rhubarb said.

"When was it?" Ling Jiang then asked.

"It's almost noon, and after I found the little drifter, I immediately found someone to invite Uncle Nine over. Rhubarb said.

"That's ...... I see, I'll take a look at it later, thank you. Ling Jiang nodded.

"Little thing, you ...... now," Rhubarb said, "forget it, you can finish the business at hand before you take it." ”

Originally, I wanted to talk to Ling Jiang about selling books, but it didn't seem appropriate at the moment, so I swallowed the words back.

Rhubarb said, turned around and walked out of the grass hut, carrying the hoe back to his small yard.

"Childe, it's getting dark, do you want to light the lamp?" After Rhubarb left, Ya'er stepped forward and asked.