Furukata fled from the village where he was born and followed Kazekawa to the territory of Shangyuan City. The road was lined with lush green jungles, and Gu Fang looked at the sky and said, "I don't know if there is a village ahead, otherwise we would have to sleep in a tree again, and I would have slept in a tree all night, and I would be unwell in several places." Feng Chuan: "If there is a village in front of us, we will find a family to spend the night, if not, we should sleep on the tree, there will be snakes and insects on the ground." ”

The sky is getting darker and darker, and the light rain is falling, and the ancient party wants to find a place to shelter from the rain when it falls. Gu Fang looked around and found that there was a crop field not far away, and when he saw the crop field, Gu Fang said: "Let's hurry up, there is a crop field there, there must be a village nearby, and when we get to the village, we will find a villager to spend the night, so we don't have to spend the night in the wild." Saying that, Gu Fang ran forward, and Feng Chuan quickened his pace when he heard it.

Gu Fang slapped three times in front of a door, and after waiting for a long time, he didn't see any movement in the door, Gu Fang slapped the door three more times, and after the shooting, Gu Fang shouted loudly: "Is there anyone inside?" After Gu Fang finished shouting, he soon heard a voice in the door saying: "Who are you?" Gu Fang heard it and hurriedly said: "We are two of us, we are on the road, seeing that it is late, and it is raining, and we want to spend the night here with you." Hearing this, the people inside opened the door, and by the light of the fire, Feng Chuan and Furukata saw that the person who opened the door was a lean man.

The lean man opened the door and saw that there were only two young men, Feng Chuan and Gu Fang, so he said: "There are no vacant rooms in the first few families in this door, if you want to stay here, I can vacate a room in my house for you to live in." Gu Fang: "I'm bothering you to make a place, since we spend the night, we will give money." Gu Fang has no money, and after saying this, Gu Fang looked at Feng Chuan. Feng Chuan saw that Gu Fang looked at him, so he took out a small string of copper coins from his arms and handed it to the lean man.

The lean man took the copper coin handed by Fengchuan and touched it, and he probably knew that there were eleven or twelve copper coins, and seeing that the two young men were quite generous, the lean man said: "Do you want to prepare a pot of hot water for you?" Gu Fang was drenched in the rain just now, and the wet clothes were a little uncomfortable on his body, and he heard that the lean man had hot water, Gu Fang hurriedly said: "Okay, it rained a little just now, and it is just right to have hot water!"

Gu Fang, who had slept in a mess, woke up, listening to the sound of rain outside the house, Gu Fang pushed Feng Chuan and said, "Feng Chuan, it's raining heavily." Before he could touch Kazekawa, Kazekawa woke up, and when he heard Furukata's words, Kazekawa said, "Last night, after you fell asleep, this heavy rain began to fall. Gu Fang: "Then are we still in a hurry today?" Feng Chuan: "Let's wait for the rain to stop." After saying that, Kazekawa got up and left the room.

When the lean man saw Fengchuan coming out, he asked Fengchuan, "Do you still have to hurry today?" Fengchuan: "Wait for the rain to stop before hurrying." The lean man: "I still have a few rice dumplings at home, or I'll send them to you." Feng Chuan took out a piece of broken silver from his bosom and handed it to the lean man and said, "I don't know when the rain will stop, we live here to trouble you." The lean man: "It's not easy for you to hurry, and it should be convenient for you." ”

The rain was still pouring down, Feng Chuan and Gu Fang watched the rain fall under the eaves, in addition to Feng Chuan and Gu Fang, there were more than a dozen children playing under the eaves.

The two men carried a piglet and walked outside, and the heavy rain soaked the clothes of the two men, and the two men didn't care, and continued to walk out with the piglet. Seeing this, Feng Chuan was very surprised, so he pointed to the two men and said to the group of children, "Do you know what they are doing?" One of the twelve or thirteen-year-old children in the group of children listened to Feng Chuan's words and said, "Shi his father and his grandfather are going to the Holy Heaven Sect. Feng Chuan: "Take a pig to the Holy Heavenly Sect, what does the Holy Heavenly Sect do?" The twelve or thirteen-year-old child heard Feng Chuan ask what the Holy Heavenly Sect did and said, "I don't know", after saying this, the child said to a child next to him: "Stone, your father and your grandfather took away your little pig, and you will have no meat to eat in the future." When the boy heard this, his mouth was deflated, and his eyes were full of tears, and he ran to his house.

After a while, Feng Chuan saw that the child named Stone came out, and Feng Chuan wanted to know a little about the Holy Heavenly Sect, so he shouted to the child who called Stone, "Stone." The kid named Stone listened to Kazekawa's words and asked, "What are you asking me for?" Kazekawa: "Do you want to eat meat?" Stone: "I want to eat it, but you don't have any meat on you." Kazekawa: "I'll have it when I have dinner." Stone: "Then you want to give me meat?" Kazekawa: "Of course." Stone: "Then I'll come to you at dinner, and now I'm going to play with them." Feng Chuan: "Wait, do you know the Holy Heavenly Sect?" Stone: "The Holy Heavenly Sect is a bad guy, last year we asked for two little pigs in our family, and this year we want little pigs, and our family has no meat to eat." Feng Chuan: "Then how did the Holy Heavenly Sect ask your family for a little pig?" Stone: "I listened to what my sixth grandfather said, he said that my father and my grandfather sent the little pig from the family to the Holy Heavenly Sect in Cotton Tree Town." But when I asked my father, my father beat me and wouldn't let me ask. Feng Chuan: "Then do you know anything about the Holy Heavenly Sect?" Stone: "Anyway, the Holy Heavenly Sect is a bad guy." Feng Chuan knew that it was impossible to get the situation of the Holy Heavenly Sect from the mouth of the stone, so he said, "Stone, then you go and play first." When he heard this, he said, "Then I will come to you at dinner." So saying, the stone staggered away.

The rain stopped for two days, and after inquiring about the road to Cotton Tree Town, Feng Chuan headed towards Cotton Tree Town, and Feng Chuan was going to see what the Holy Heavenly Sect looked like. The town is very prosperous, the stone road in the town is full of cars and horses, and countless cotton shops on both sides of the road are full of people.

On the street of Cotton Tree Town, there was a man sitting at the mouth of an alley, and there was a table in front of him, and a banner stood next to the table, and the banner read: Cotton Harvesting Regiment. Seeing this, Gu Fang pointed to the place and said, "What do you think that person does?" Feng Chuan glanced at the place Gu Fang pointed and said, "I don't know." Gu Fang: "Why don't we ask?" ”

After saying that, Gu Fang ran to the man and asked, "What are you doing here?" The man listened to Gu Fang's words, looked at Gu Fang and Feng Chuan, and said, "You should be from other places, right?" Gu Fang: "How do you know?" The man said in a relaxed tone: "I am harvesting cotton balls, there are many tall and big cotton trees growing near Cotton Tree Town, red cotton balls will grow on the cotton trees, and cotton balls will fall from the trees when the wind blows, cotton balls can be used to weave cloth, and I collect cotton balls just to weave cloth." The people in Cotton Tree Town know about the cotton harvesting group, and you don't know that I think you are from out of town. The man replied, "When you go out of town, you can see the tall and big trees." ”