Chapter 25: The Golden Mountain
"Grandma, please get up!"
Xu Feng hurriedly supported the old lady.
The old lady didn't have much strength, but she desperately grabbed Xu Feng's arm, like a drowning person grasping a life-saving straw.
"Master Huang! Help my son! Help my son! ”
"Grandma, I'm not Master Huang, I'm Master Huang's apprentice." Xu Feng explained.
The old lady blinked her pale pupils, let go of Xu Feng's arm, and groped in the air with her hands, "What about Master Huang, what about Master Huang, only Master Huang can save my son." ”
Huang Feihong walked up quickly, grabbed the old lady's withered hand, and said in a harmonious voice: "Grandma, it's Huang Feihong down there." ”
"Master Huang!"
The blind old lady was about to kneel, but was held up by Huang Feihong with one hand.
"Grandma, let's talk about anything in Baozhilin."
"Good! Good! The blind old lady walked into Bao Zhilin tremblingly with the support of Xu Feng.
Aunt Thirteen made a basin of warm water and helped the blind old lady scrub the dust on her face, and the blind old lady said thank you.
Huang Feihong instructed Ya Cha Su to boil a bowl of wolfberry porridge.
"Grandma, your eyes ......," Aunt Thirteen asked with concern.
"Alas, blind, I cried blind three years ago." The old lady lamented.
Aunt Thirteen turned around and asked, "Feihong, is there a way to help Grandma regain her sight?" ”
Huang Feihong checked it, touched the old lady's pulse again, and then shook his head helplessly.
This condition is actually a cataract.
In the 21st century, cataract treatment is already a very minor operation, and the success rate of regaining vision is extremely high, but in the late Qing Dynasty, it was incurable.
The old lady shook her head indifferently, "Don't say it's eyes, as long as you can save my son, it will cost me my life, and I won't frown." ”
Huang Feihong asked, "Grandma, what happened to your son?" ”
The old lady's cloudy and pale pupils shrank, the wrinkles on her face were twisted together, and her whole body trembled violently because of mood swings.
She tried to open her mouth a few times before she finally spit out two words vigorously: "Jinshan!" ”
After saying that, the old lady fainted.
"Grandma!" Huang Feihong hurriedly checked his pulse, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "It's okay, it's just that I'm too emotional, plus my body is tired and hungry, it should be good to take a rest." ”
Only then did the crowd relax.
Huang Feihong used a silver needle to acupuncture the old lady, and asked Aunt Thirteen to feed the old lady some wolfberry porridge.
After feeding the wolfberry porridge and putting away the silver needles, the old lady's vegetable-colored face finally regained a little ruddyness, but she still didn't wake up.
The thirteenth aunt said with pity in her eyes: "This grandma doesn't seem to be a native of Fushan, she should have heard that there is a hero Huang Feihong in Fushan, and she inquired all the way, but she is poor for her little feet, and her eyes can't see, I don't know how much suffering she has suffered and how many sins she has suffered along the way." ”
"Feihong, you must help Grandma save his son!" The thirteenth aunt looked up at Huang Feihong with teary eyes.
Huang Feihong didn't speak, but an extremely rare determined expression appeared on his old-fashioned face.
He turned to his disciples and asked, "Do any of you know what the Golden Mountain is?" ”
This word, he has heard it for the second time, last night when interrogating Ah Wu Ah Liu, Ah Wu Ah Liu revealed that the Hesha Gang and the new foreign master also mentioned Jinshan.
Needless to say, the two must be related.
Lin Shirong on the side explained: "Jinshan is a mountain full of gold, it is said that as long as you go to Jinshan, you can dig twice casually, and you can dig out yellow and clear gold." ”
Ya Ji Su sneered, "Also, there are such good things?" Then, let's dig it up! ”
Lin Shirong wiped his white teeth and glanced at Su, "Do you think everyone can go?" There is one ship bound for Jinshan, that is, the big ship of the Mai Li Ken Guo parked at the Fushan wharf, and there are conditions for getting on the ship, it must be a man, strong, able to move 80 catties of heavy objects, and you have to pay 10 yuan of Long Yang as a signing fee! ”
"10, 10 pieces of Longyang?" Ya Cha Su smacked his lips, "That's, that's not a small amount, no, but, if you can really dig up gold, it's worth it." ”
Lin Shirong said worriedly: "There are two Tang compradors who are promoting Jinshan at the dock, and many young people in Fushan have paid money and signed contracts, and many of them are brothers of our militia group, I want to keep them, but I can't stop others from getting rich." Alas, if all the militia brothers are gone, Fushan will only be left with the old, weak, sick and disabled, at that time, how can he fight against the foreigners? ”
Huang Feihong frowned and said, "Does this golden mountain really exist?" ”
Xu Feng hugged his arms in front of him and smiled faintly, "Actually, this is the same road as a rich woman asking for a son." ”
The thirteenth aunt asked curiously, "The rich woman asks for a son with a lot of money?" ”
"Yes." Xu Feng smiled: "There is a scam, saying that it is a rich woman with a lot of money, but her husband can't do anything, so he asks the young and strong guy for help, and once he conceives a child, he will immediately give a million dollars in rewards - the premise is that you have to pay some fees to check your body or something." ”
Aunt Thirteen chuckled, "Who else has fallen for this kind of scam?" ”
"Yes." Xu Feng nodded seriously, "Moreover, there are not a few people who have been fooled!" The reason why they will be fooled is not because they are not IQ enough, but because they think they are smart, thinking that as long as they spend hundreds or thousands of yuan, they can reach the peak of life! Speaking of which, you can't get around a greedy word! ”
Ya Cha Su's eyes widened and asked, "This, so Jinshan is a scam?" ”
Xu Feng said with a smile: "Second Senior Brother, do you think, that Jinshan is far away in the country of Meliken, if you are from the country of Maliken, you can't wait to hide the news of the mountain of gold from anyone to know, and dig it up secretly, how can you spread it all over the world?" For another example, if you are a rich woman and you want to ask for a child, just wrap a little white face, why bother posting small advertisements all over the world? ”
"That's right." Huang Feihong said in a deep voice: "It seems that this gold mountain must be a scam!" ”
Lin Shirong said in admiration: "The third junior brother is really well-informed! Master, since we already know that the so-called Jinshan is a scam, let's go and destroy that foreign ship! ”
Huang Feihong shouted: "Nonsense! The foreign ships of the country of Meliken are made of steel, with cannons and firearms on them, and you rush up so recklessly, you don't know how you died! ”
Lin Shirong pursed his lips, "Then you can't watch the foreigners deceive us Fushan people as coolies!" ”
Huang Feihong was about to speak, when he heard the blind old lady cough a few times, and he woke up.
"Master Huang, my son's name is Ding Dazhi, three years ago on the big boat to Jinshan at Yangjiang Wharf, we said okay, as soon as he arrives in Jinshan, he will immediately write to me to report safety, and only dig gold in Jinshan for a year, and come back to me to support my old age and filial piety."
"However, I waited and waited, waited and waited, and never waited for news from him!"
"Some people say that he made a fortune in Jinshan and forgot about my mother."
"But I don't believe it! I'm definitely not that kind of person! He didn't go to Jinshan to covet any glory and wealth, he just wanted me to have a full meal! ”
"He must have been in trouble in Jinshan!"
Grandma Ding pounced and knelt down, "Master Huang! Please, save my son! ”