Chapter 8: Prelude
Nothing was said all night.
When he woke up safely, there was a small pot of white rice porridge and a stack of acetate cabbage on the table, but he didn't see the woman's figure, he quickly turned over and got up, rolled up the bed on the ground and put it in the corner.
When he went out to wash his face safely, he saw that the woman was standing not far from the fence and looking at the river under the mountain in a daze, he walked aside lightly and said softly: "Why didn't you call me?" The woman said calmly: "I want you to sleep more and recuperate." The man looked at the woman's line of sight and whispered, "Are you worried that I won't be able to deal with that monster in the river?"
The woman turned around and looked at the man in front of her silently, and said softly: "Ping'an, I thought about it again last night, I think you should not go to Dayu Village, and don't think about killing that python, it's too dangerous." ”
Ping An comforted: "Oh, when the time comes, I will stand on the shore and not approach the snake, and let the big turtle fight with it, there is no danger." ”
The woman bit her lip and said resolutely: "That's not good, it's just not allowed to go." Ping'an was surprised: "Why, didn't you say two days ago that you would let me try, and today I am not allowed to go, just because of the old man's words, you really believe that he is talking nonsense or something, and it is a spiritual thing, and what, I don't believe in evil, and I will slaughter it with a long sword and eat snake meat when I go down the mountain." ”
The woman said worriedly: "Even if you can really summon the big turtle smoothly and kill the python unharmed, but the old man said that the python is a very powerful pet raised by a very powerful person, if you kill it, that person will definitely seek revenge on you, so you can't go." ”
Ping'an rubbed his forehead, and said calmly: "Sister, it turns out that you are worried about this, I am not worried at all, what the old man said is half-true, I think he is purely scaring people, just don't care." “
The woman wanted to say something, but Ping An grabbed the woman's shoulders and urged: "Eat first, and then talk about these things after eating, I'm starving to death." “
Narcissus and Ping'an sat at the table, Narcissus first gave Ping'an a bowl of white rice porridge, and then served half a bowl to herself, she didn't have a lot of food, and she had no appetite at this time, Ping'an sandwiched a chopsticks of delicious and crispy vinegar cabbage, both muscles and bones and tenderness, very good at porridge, Ping'an even ate three bowls of porridge before stopping, put down the bowl and chopsticks and said satisfied: "Delicious." ”
Narcissus sat quietly on the side and looked at the man's eating appearance, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and said with a gentle smile: "Now I don't think this white porridge and sour cabbage are not delicious? ”
Ping An said calmly: "Coarse tea and light rice are the most nourishing, and I only learned about it recently, and even if there are big fish and meat on the table, it depends on who is sitting next to it, just like sister, you are sitting next to me now, and everything I eat is fragrant." ”
Narcissus deliberately didn't bother with Ping'an's words, and changed the subject: "I see that you were probably the young master of a rich family before, I really don't know what your parents will do to me if they know that I give you these foods, and they will definitely hate me to death." ”
Ping'an pouted: "What's so good about the young master, how can I come freely and leisurely now." Narcissus smiled and said, "I also want your relatives to find you quickly, so that they can't find you and worry about you, I'm afraid that when you find your parents, your family will no longer care about me, a country woman." ”
Ping An didn't make a sound for the first time, he can't say that you can rest assured, even if my family finds me, I don't care, and I live with Sister Narcissus, this kind of words, he is not a three-year-old child, it is unrealistic to say that, if he really recovers his memory, he will definitely go to him for the first time His parents and relatives, there is no doubt about this, after all, he has raised himself for so many years, and the family affection is there, but Ping An knows one thing, that is, whether he has amnesia or memory recovery in this life, his family is rich or his family is poor, he will never forget the kindness of the woman in front of him, he will pay it back slowly, he did not explain what is relieved, Some people understand some things without saying anything, not to mention that he will slowly verify with the woman in the years to come, and he will never forget her.
Narcissus rubbed his forehead coquettishly, and said softly: "Why are you telling you this, let's talk about the python, I still advocate that you don't care about this matter, you are in good health, the best way is for you to quietly leave here and go to other places to relive the life you started." ”
After all, she is just a woman, and the most important thing is that the man in front of her can be safe.
Ping'an was surprised: "Sister, hundreds of villagers under the mountain are waiting for me to go back and solve the python in the river, you let me go now, isn't this an escape? I won't do this, Dayu Village did not hesitate to risk covering up the prisoner in order to save me, and the village chief also came here to see me in person, and it's time for me to repay, isn't it? If I go, even if I live, I will have a restless conscience for the rest of my life." ”
Narcissus was a little flustered and said: "Then let's tell the village chief what the old man said to us, and see what he says, okay?" Ping An shook his head and said calmly: "Just can't say it, saying that the old man can only increase his worries, just pretend that we don't know anything, sister, don't persuade me, I have made up my mind, and besides, I'm so lucky, it won't necessarily happen." ”
Narcissus saw the man's resolute attitude, and had to agree, Ping An helped Narcissus to bring the dishes and chopsticks back to the kitchen, and the two of them simply cleaned up and set off to go down the mountain.
No matter how slow the narcissus goes, it is impossible not to go down the mountain for the rest of his life, the village is still clear in the field of vision little by little, and the narcissus is getting more and more nervous, Ping An only cares about chasing and playing with the red bull, and does not pay attention to the expression of the woman.
The two people finally arrived at the village, the villagers in the village saw that the two of them stopped what they were doing, with a surprised expression, Narcissus was thinking about things, and did not greet the villagers who knew him, and walked straight to the village chief's house with Ping'an, but Ping An greeted the villagers with a smile, Red Bull also saw so many people for the first time, curious to look at that sniff, the village dog saw this small beast smaller than them, and they all whimpered and hid in the corner and did not dare to bark.
Two people and a strange little beast walking on the winding stone road, some women if they don't all know the woman who walked in front, I'm afraid they would have gone out to tease the man who followed behind, born such a handsome man is unprecedented in the countryside, most of the women in the village have no scruples, the girls also blinked this water spirit eyes curiously looked at the man, the men next to the women and girls were not happy one by one, the narcissus was like a fairy in the eyes of those men, and now the fairy is followed by a man, it seems to be very intimate, you dare to throw any flattery at our girls, it is definitely not a good bird, the men in the village also looked at Ping An with gloomy eyes.
Ping'an didn't know that he had committed public anger, and introduced himself to the villagers with a smile on his own: "Hello folks, I am Ping'an, this is my little brother, its name is Red Bull." ”
A petite woman stepped forward and affectionately grabbed Narcissus's arm, the woman first looked at her safety a few times, and then complained: "Oh, Narcissus girl, I didn't see you for so long I thought you had gone, it turned out that you were with this handsome guy, why don't you tell Sister Xiaolian about this good thing, it's really not interesting." ”
Narcissus said shyly: "Sister Xiaolian, look at what you said, this is different from what you think." Ping An winked at Xiaolian, and Xiaolian said, "Oh, I understand, I understand, Narcissus is shy, that sister won't say it." Even if Narcissus didn't turn her head, she knew that the man behind her was frowning, she turned her head and glared at Ping'an, and said coldly, "What are you messing with?" Ping'an sighed, pretending to be innocent who didn't know anything.
Xiaolian smiled strangely: "You two have a good relationship, I told you that women are men who want to control themselves, you see our big tiger, I let him go east, he doesn't dare to go north, he is very obedient." Xiaolian immediately lowered her voice and continued: "Sister told you a long time ago that this kid is a good match for you, you still don't believe it, now believe it, but then again, this kid is even more handsome than when he was first rescued, you look at his good-looking eyes, and people are prickly." ”
Narcissus said angrily: "Sister Xiaolian, I forgot to introduce you, this is my brother's name is Ping'an, Ping'an, called Sister Xiaolian." ”
Ping An said happily: "Sister Xiaolian, I am Ping'an." Xiaolian looked at the man and nodded with a smile, then leaned closer to Narcissus and whispered in disbelief: "Brother? Narcissus affirmed, "It's really my brother." Xiaolian sighed, and said excitedly: "Don't talk about this, in fact, I guessed that you and this kid disappeared that day, and I guessed that Bacheng was hiding someone, and our big tiger still didn't believe it, so I didn't believe that the village chief's good old man couldn't bear to throw him into the river to feed the fish, even if he threw it, it was impossible to throw it even to you, tell me, where did you hide during this time?"
Narcissus pointed to the mountains behind the village, Xiaolian was surprised: "You are really bold, I don't dare, I don't dare, the mountain is not very peaceful, sometimes you can hear the cry of wild beasts, have you ever seen a wolf, a leopard or something like that?" Narcissus pointed to the red bull on the ground with his chin, and said with a smile: "I haven't seen a wolf, but I've seen this little guy, most of them are beasts, right?" Xiaolian reached out to touch the Red Bull, but Narcissus hurriedly grabbed her, shook her head and said, "Don't touch it, it will puncture your hand." ”
Xiaolian smiled a little curiously, and said softly: "This little thing looks very cute, but not all the thorns on this body are cut off to look better." Red Bull glared back sharply, roared angrily, and seemed to disagree with the statement that it was better to cut off his phosphorus thorns, and said in a low voice: "Sister Xiaolian is joking with you, you play with you." Red Bull lowered his head and ran around twisting his little buttocks.
Xiaolian was so frightened that she shrank back, and said in a panic: "It's really fierce, can it understand me?" Ping'an smiled and said calmly: "Where can I understand, but I feel that you are saying bad things about it, and it will stare at you, and it can be regarded as a psychic little guy." ”
The three of them walked for a while, and Xiaolian shouted from afar: "Village chief, Narcissus is back." Soon, the three of them stopped outside the door of a simple courtyard, and the village chief was standing outside the door looking at them with a smile, and the narcissus said respectfully: "Village chief, we are back." The old man kindly looked at Narcissus and then at Ping'an, and said happily: "It's good to come back, go into the house, and let's have a good chat when we enter the house." ”
Xiaolian greeted the village chief, and then said helplessly: "Narcissus, it's noon, I'm going home to cook, you know that my family is good at everything, but he can't cook, if I don't go back, he will starve to death at home." ”
The village chief beckoned, "Xiaolian, you go back and call Huzi to my house to eat, I asked my daughter-in-law to make some dishes." Xiaolian waved her hand, "Let's let Narcissus eat with you and Ping'an, the two of them didn't eat anything good on the mountain, they should make up for it, if Huzi comes, his food will be a joke again, I'll go first, and I'll come back after eating." The village chief nodded, and Xiaolian pointed at Narcissus for peace, showed a teasing smile, and turned to leave.
Narcissus muttered shyly: "Sister Xiaolian is really inexplicable. The village chief glanced at Ping'an with a little meaning, and said seriously: "What's inexplicable, I think Xiaolian, this girl, is quite accurate in this regard, you and Ping'an can really think about it." "Ping An is a silly musician, this old man looks meticulous, but he didn't expect to be an interesting person.
Narcissus said shyly: "Village Chief, why are you even making fun of me." The village chief said: "Okay, okay, let's go into the house and stand outside the door like something." ”
The three of them entered the courtyard and sat down in front of a quaint table of eight immortals in the house, the old man looked at Ping An carefully, suddenly got up and bent down to salute, Ping An hurriedly held the old man's arm and supported it, and said urgently: "Old village chief, you took the risk to save my life, I don't have time to thank you, why are you doing this?" The old man still bent and said: " Peace, the specific situation Narcissus should have told you, I hope you can forgive me this selfish old man, I am also for the people in the village, now the people in the village are panicking, some villagers have discussed to leave the village, it can be described as a critical juncture, if you can invite out the beast of the turtle, it doesn't matter if you can defeat the monster, the villagers will definitely be shocked, and then I will take advantage of the situation to unite everyone, the monster in the river is actually just a small matter, and the hearts of the people in the village are scattered that is a big thing. ”
Ping'an was a little surprised and said: "So serious?" The village chief sighed and said helplessly: "I heard that the third child in the village has called on some villagers to prepare to leave Dayu Village and go to other places, if it weren't for my uncle and I to appease them, people would have left a long time ago." ”
Ping'an held the old man's arm and said solemnly: "I don't have any knowledge of what you said about the big turtle, but you can rest assured that I will do my best, even if I can't invite the big turtle, I will fight my life to go to the river to cut off the head of the monster, so that they have no reason to leave the village again." ”
The old man stood up straight and said with relief: "It's not hard to work hard, whether you can invite the divine beast is the key, but then again, I actually didn't report much hope, maybe the narcissus was wrong that day, come, let's eat first, and then talk about something else after eating, Xiaoyun, bring the dishes." "Okay. ”
Narcissus sat on the sidelines, her head bowed and silent.
The village chief's daughter-in-law and son held the plate like a trick, and soon the table was full, chickens, ducks, and fish, and there were all kinds of chickens, ducks, and fish, and the saliva was flowing down when they saw Ping'an, and the village chief pointed with a smile and urged: "What are you waiting for, eat first when you are hungry, you don't have to be so restrained here, just treat it as your own home." ”
Red Bull screamed vigorously under the table, and Ping An smiled, "I knew you must have smelled the fragrance, say, what do you want to eat?" ”
The village chief and others were amused by Ping'an's serious words, several people also started chopsticks, Ping'an put a piece of fish on the ground for Red Bull, Red Bull first sniffed and sniffed, and swallowed the fish piece into his stomach in one bite, Narcissus said angrily: "What is not good to feed the fish, what should I do if the fish bone gets stuck in it?"
As soon as the words fell, Red Bull spit out the fish bones, and then licked his mouth unsatisfied, it seemed that the food was not very enjoyable, and Narcissus was a little surprised: "Red Bull's ability to eat fish is first-class." Ping'an was also a little surprised, and put a piece of fish on the ground, Red Bull swallowed it again, and a plate of fish meat was quickly eaten, and the son of the village chief on the side said with some regret: "This little beast likes to eat fish so much, but now we eat fish is not as convenient as before, and we can't catch a few fish a day by the river, and the size is not big." ”
Ping An was busy firing the chicken leg in his hand, and said vaguely: "That python in the water is so hateful, I must clean it up." The village chief sighed and said suspiciously: "Ping'an, how do you know that monster is a python?" Ping'an snorted, "It's a long story, eat first and eat first." ”
The village chief's daughter-in-law is also a thoughtful and quiet woman, she gave Narcissus some food and whispered, "Narcissus, why don't you eat it." Narcissus smiled reluctantly and said perfunctorily: "I don't have an appetite, you can eat and leave me alone." ”
Ping An glanced at Narcissus, naturally knew what the woman was thinking, but he could only pretend not to see it, he would not compromise on the matter of killing the python, if it was really as Narcissus said, there was naturally no danger for him to hide elsewhere, and there was nothing he could do in Dayu Village, but it was not what he wanted after all, if he really hid, he estimated that he would feel guilty about this village for the rest of his life, and he didn't want to live like that, so, Sister Narcissus, let me be willful.
After lunch was eaten in a very peaceful atmosphere on the surface, there was a commotion outside the courtyard, and the village chief's son went out to look and came back and said helplessly to the village chief: "Father, the blind dates are all outside the door, saying that they want to see you." The village chief nodded, got up and said, "Let's go, most of the time I came to ask for peace, you are virtuous, you go and invite your grandfather over." ”
The village chief's son agreed: "I'll go right away." ”
Ping'an followed the village chief out of the yard, and was still startled when he saw the crowd of black pressure, my God, at least half of the villagers have come over, it seems that these blind dates are quite concerned about their own affairs, Ping'an thought.
As soon as the villagers saw that the village chief had come out, the first swarthy villager who was about the same age as the village chief said softly: "Lao Liu, that day you told everyone that you threw people back into the river, and the big guys believed it, but now why is this young man standing here alive, isn't this lying to the blind dates? ”
The surrounding villagers also responded loudly, and seemed to be a little reluctant to hide the truth from the village chief, and some villagers shouted: "What is the noise, the village chief must have his reasons for doing this, in short, it will definitely not hurt everyone." Someone on the side responded: "That's right, but the village chief still has to tell us his truth, and everyone in the province feels uncomfortable." ”
The village chief stretched out his hand and pressed it, the villagers' discussion quieted down, and in the face of the gazes of hundreds of people, the old man smiled calmly, and said loudly: "It's my fault to deceive the villagers, I'll accompany everyone first." ”
The villagers waved their hands again and again, "Old village chief, just tell me the reason, we big guys all believe you." "yes, let's talk about it. ”
Behind the crowd, a distant relative of a villager in Dayu Village took a few closer glances at the safe face and quietly left the crowd.