After a long time, the boy lying on the ground woke up from his sleep, and saw the eldest mother and an uncle hugging each other, and couldn't help but be a little curious, but he forgot about his previous poisoning, got up from the ground, and asked in a milky voice: "Auntie, uncle, what are you doing?"

"Ah!" Zhang Fan and Cuilian exclaimed when they heard this, their fair faces were like peach blossoms in February, and they were extremely red. When Zhang Fan and Cuilian heard the child's question, they were shocked, ashamed, and embarrassed.

Zhang Fan was a man after all, he came back to his senses first, pretended that nothing had happened, came to the child, held his little shoulders with his big hands, and asked with concern, "Child, are you okay?"

When Xiao Tong saw the strange uncle asking, his little face showed a timid look, and when he saw his uncle pressing his little shoulder with his hand, his little body couldn't help but tremble, and then he said with some trepidation: "Uncle, I'm fine." ”

Seeing her nephew's scared look, Cuilian smiled and comforted, "Childish, don't be afraid. This uncle in white is the Uncle Zhang you think about every day, and he helped our village drive away the demons. Just call him uncle. ”

When Xiao Tong heard this, he was no longer frightened in his heart, a faint red cloud appeared on his little face, and he opened his big innocent eyes, and said to Zhang Fan crisply: "Uncle Zhang is good!"

Zhang Fan was very happy when he heard this, laughed, and then took out a piece of jade Ruyi from his arms and handed it to Xiao Tong, and said with a smile: "Okay, you call me uncle, uncle doesn't have anything good, this piece of jade Ruyi will be a gift for you." Wait for my uncle to have good things in the future, and then give you good things, okay?"

Xiao Tong has never seen any jade, as soon as he saw his uncle hand over a piece of treasure called Yu Ruyi, he was immediately attracted by the baby's milky white color and round shape, so he hurriedly took over the jade Ruyi, and couldn't put it down, and did not forget to say: "Thank you, uncle!" Then he broke away from Zhang Fan's clutches and ran to the side to play.

Seeing this, Zhang Fan smiled and thought, "Children, they all like novel and beautiful things. When I was a child, I used to get a lot of toys from relatives like him, and I was reluctant to put them down even when I ate and slept for the first few days. ”

Seeing this, Cuilian smiled, and then said to Zhang Fanqing: "Let's go, let's go collect some salt and transport it back." ”

When Zhang Fan heard this, he replied, "Okay, let's go and have a look." By the way, my name is Zhang Fan. ”

Cuilian's pretty face suddenly turned red again, and she replied a little shyly: "Well, the concubine body already knows." I only have a nickname, my name is Cuilian. ”

Zhang Fan looked at Cuilian, smiled awkwardly, and then said, "Let's go, let's talk as we go." ”

When Cuilian heard this, she didn't have any disagreement, and then nodded.

After a while, Zhang Fan and Cuilian came to a hole by the lake, only to see that the hole was several meters deep, and there was a hoe and several blue cloth bags and a few bamboo baskets in it.

"Yes, Brother Fan. Hearing this, Cuilian sighed and said, "I originally just wanted to bring my nephew to be a companion, but who would have thought that I had just dug a few salt mines, and dug a scorpion hole, and the poisonous scorpion the size of a fist crawled in all directions." I saw that my nephew was surrounded by scorpions, so I tried my best to drive away the scorpions, who knew that this scorpion would release a highly poisonous poison, I was made by those scorpions, and the little nephew was suddenly stung by the scorpion, and suddenly passed out, I was scared and cried, thinking: 'If my nephew dies, how can I be worthy of my dead in-laws.' 'Thankfully, you arrived just in time when I was helpless, otherwise I would have been in trouble for the rest of my life.' ”

Zhang Fan smiled slightly and said, "Just now I was collecting purple lingweed nearby, and I wanted to go back to treat that big-necked little strong." Otherwise, you're in real danger. But it's all in the past, and it's useless to say more. Let's come to the salt mines. ”

Hearing this, Cuilian replied, "Okay." ”

Then Zhang Fan pulled out the black sword and slashed a few swords at the salt mine, and a piece of salt ore was crushed into powder, and then Zhang Fan and Cuilian quickly crushed the salt mine and put it into a bag.

After a while, the two of them filled three big bags, and Cuilian saw that Zhang Fan still wanted to fill them, so she smiled and said, "Brother Fan, no need." The coarse salt from these three bags of salt mine is enough for a family to eat for a few years, so let's go. ”

When Zhang Fan heard this, he smiled awkwardly and said, "Okay, let's go." Then Zhang Fan carried the three bags of salt mines on his shoulders and walked out of the cave.

Cuilian saw that her little nephew was still playing by the lake, so she shouted, "Child, come here, go home." ”

"Going home?" Hearing this, the boy shouted, "Go home!" and then ran towards Zhang Fan.

Afterwards, Zhang Fan and the three of them walked towards the wooden boat by the lake.

Zhang Fan came to the boat, put the salt mine away, and saw Cuilian paddling with his hands, so he smiled and said: "Cuilian, since I am here, you can sit and rest, I have a lot of strength, and we talk while rowing." ”

When Cuilian heard this, her pretty face turned red, and then she said coquettishly: "Okay, you come rowing, I'll show you the way." ”

So Zhang Fan picked up the wood pulp and paddled the water.

Cuilian looked at the vast lake in front of her and said, "Just row south, there is a small river leading to the village to the south of this lake." ”

"Okay, no problem. Zhang Fan replied, and at the same time gently plucked the wood pulp with his hand, allowing the boat to go south quickly.

Cuilian looked at the sparkling lake, couldn't help but recall her past years, and said slowly: "Brother Fan, do you know? When I was a child, I liked to come here to play the most, it was not only warm and comfortable, but also very quiet, no one disturbed it, and there was no danger. When I couldn't sleep at night, I didn't care about any demons, so I crept here, lay down in the boat, drifted with the waves, and was content. I sold almost all the salt used by the villagers, and every time they gave me some sackcloth, animal skins, herbs, or ores, and I brought salt to their families, and over the years I had accumulated a lot of good things. Wait a minute, you go back with me, and I'll show you, maybe there's what you need. The black sword on your back looks clumsy, but the salt mine is very good, and it looks like it is made of good materials, and I have some black ore that fell from the sky.

I remember the night when I was eight years old, I came to the lake alone to play, and suddenly I saw a fire in the sky and fell into the lake, splashing dozens of feet high, knocking over my boat, and I also fell into the water. I was terrified, I thought I was dying, I felt cold and hot all over my body, and the pieces of skin felt like they had been cut by a knife, and I wanted to scream but couldn't speak, so it didn't take long for me to pass out. I thought I would never wake up, but I didn't die, but when I woke up the next day, my clothes and snacks were gone, and the boat was gone, but I was lying on the surface of the lake, and I didn't sink to the bottom of the lake. It was the first time I found out that the lake could not drown people, so I slowly climbed up on the surface of the lake and found a few light black stones, thinking they were treasures, so I took them back to my brother to see, but he couldn't see anything wrong, and then I burned them with fire, and the stones could not be burned, so I put them at home.

Unfortunately, fate is impermanent, and it didn't take long for my brother to suddenly fall ill and die, and my mother's head gradually became gray. I felt very uncomfortable, but I had no one to talk to, so I had to come here in a small boat and spend the night here. For the next seven or eight years, whether it was spring, summer, autumn or winter, I kept this habit.

The years were merciless, and as I grew older, my mother grew old, and when I was fifteen years old, my mother died, and I had no one to rely on, so I had to marry my husband under the introduction of the villagers. I thought I would be as happy as before, but my husband was stupid and stupid, and he only came to the new house with me holding hands, and suddenly felt distraught, suddenly rushed out of the new house, and ran away on the wedding night. The next day, his parents-in-law scolded him, and then he had to obediently go back to the marriage room to sleep, but when he saw me, he was terrified and did not dare to approach me. Maybe my husband's fate was not good, and a few days after we got married, he suddenly went crazy and fell down the stairs and died. Originally, he was in the realm of refining meat, and he was injured the most when he fell from the upper floor, but he was indeed dead. My parents-in-law heard that their eldest son died within a few days of marriage, so they scolded me for being a white tiger, a lonely star, born Kefu, and quarreling with me all day long, I felt sorry for them in my heart, so I let them beat and scold every time, they were angry with me all day long, and they aged day by day, and a year later, they both died. When the people in the village heard about it, they all said that I was cursed, and that I often did not return home at night, and met with the devil, and they all disliked me. I had no choice but to come to the lake at night to pass the time, and do farm work on time during the day, and I was alone for many years. It's hard to find one even to speak. I don't believe I'm a lone star at all, I'm just like everyone else, I'm no different at all. But the people around me have indeed left me one by one, I am so lonely!"

Zhang Fan listened to Cuilian talk about his thoughts, and persuaded him: "Don't listen to their nonsense, the people in your village are easy to give birth to sick children due to their close relatives, and those who are around you are all sick and die, but the villagers are ignorant." As for the fact that this lake does not drown people, it is because there is a large amount of salt and alkali in the lake, and it can be said that the lake here is no longer a lake, so there is nothing strange. No one accompanied you before, that was because they had no vision, and they were stupid by the rumors, and if you follow me in the future, no one will talk nonsense. “

When Cuilian heard this, her pretty face flushed, her heart was very warm, and she said coquettishly: "Well, I will always follow you in the future, as long as you don't dislike me." ”

Zhang Fan smiled when he heard this, and said, "How can I dislike you, unless I am a fool like those villagers." ”

When Cuilian heard this, her pretty face was extremely red, and she didn't dare to look at Zhang Fan, so she looked at the other side and said softly: "Don't say it, let's go to the village, let's go home." “

Zhang Fan looked up and found that it had really arrived, so he took the salt mine bag and package and took Cuilian and the child off the boat and walked to Cuilian's house.