Chapter 57: The Old Man in the Village
"Stinky boy, let me see, it's like a wild boar's recovery ability." Brother Chengxin deliberately patted me on the back as he spoke, grinning at him in pain, glaring at him angrily, and saying, "What is the recovery ability of a wild boar?" Are you clear? Can you find a better analogy? ”
"I'm sorry, I can't do that." Brother Chengxin looked at me 'sincerely', and saw that my teeth were itchy for a while, and I wanted to slap him immediately, and everyone was laughing, including Tao Bai, who had always been shy and excessive, also lowered his head and laughed.
I don't know how to describe the heartlessness of our group of people, Brother Chengxin and Xiao Chengqian came back in time, which means that we are about to set off for the Lake of Ten Thousand Ghosts, don't they really care?
In fact, in these relatively calm days, my heart is not necessarily calm, I always have a premonition that the mountain rain is about to come and the wind is full of buildings, there is an indescribable heavy feeling, that feeling is about to explode in my heart, but I have never been able to speak, in order not to worry about everyone.
But is that good? Brother Chengxin was changing the medicine for me, and a certain kind of medicine powder he brought was applied to the wound, and it had a special effect, the cool and itchy feeling was particularly obvious, and he was joking with me, saying that this was the real version of Yunnan Baiyao, which was the most powerful 'gold sore medicine' in the legend, but I frowned and kept thinking about it.
I feel that something is wrong this time, is it not responsible to hide from everyone, and I am impulsively thinking in my heart, the most dangerous place is still for me to go alone, will I be scolded as a personal activist again?
The sky outside the window is a little hazy, although this season is hot, but there is always a lot of rain, does this kind of weather also mean that our operation will not be too smooth this time? I'll admit that my mind was a little confused at this point.
In the afternoon, we left the room, and finally set off for the Lake of Ten Thousand Ghosts, Lu Shan didn't know where to get a van, but it was convenient for us this time.
In the car, Brother Chengxin handed me a bottle of medicinal powder, he said that it was too late to prepare it into pills, and the effect of the medicinal powder was the same, so I asked me to swallow a small spoonful with warm water every day.
He didn't have to say the effect of the medicinal powder, I opened the cork, and I smelled a strong smell of ginseng, there is not much medicinal powder, such a small porcelain bottle, and it is only a small half bottle, it seems that I can't eat it a few times.
"With this weight, I can already snicker, I don't feel very good about this trip, I hope this powder can help you, that will also help us." Brother Chengxin looked out the window and said seemingly unintentionally, but I could understand his mood.
I didn't say anything, I silently cherished some of the medicinal powder poured out, swallowed it with the warm water in the water cup I carried, at that moment, I didn't exaggerate my feelings, but the moment the medicinal powder entered the abdomen, I felt the nourishment of the soul, and this feeling is still endless.
I almost groaned out of comfort, but I admired it very much in my heart, as long as there are suitable medicinal materials, the shot is always so extraordinary.
Originally, that small county town was close to the Lake of Ten Thousand Ghosts, according to our original plan, this trip should have been to a small village near the Lake of Ten Thousand Ghosts, that is a small village by the lake, the villagers are mostly fishermen who rely on the lake to eat the lake, but now there has been a change, we are going to another place.
And that place is a place close to the real 'haunted place' of the Lake of Ten Thousand Ghosts, very remote, and there are no villages around, but four or five miles away, there is a small village, I heard that it is a little closed.
After all, the Lake of Ten Thousand Ghosts covers a large area, and some places are more prosperous, but some places are relatively remote.
"This choice is also helpless, judging from the current situation, we still don't want to stay in the lake for too long, I am afraid that it is safer on land. Therefore, we chose the place closest to that place," Lu Shan spread out the map and explained to Cheng Yuan, because Cheng Yuan didn't quite understand why we chose the most dangerous place.
But I understand what Lu Shan means, if there is any secret hidden in the Lake of Ten Thousand Ghosts, it should also be in that 'haunted' place, if we stay in that small fishing village according to the original plan, then we rent a boat and row to that place, I am afraid that we will stay on the water for a long time, according to Lu Shan's meaning, in fact, whether it is on the water or on the water, we are quite dangerous, at least it is not good for spell casting! Choose a place close to us, at least we don't have to stay on the surface for a long time, and we can get back to land in time.
Because of the change of itinerary and the fact that some roads are not too easy to walk, it is already late at night when I arrive at my destination.
It was the nearest little village, and when we arrived in the middle of the night, it was already quiet, except for the continuous chirping of insects, except for the occasional dog barking or two.
I got out of the car, stretched, stretched, and looked up at the sky, where the starry sky was twinkling, a scenery that I hadn't seen in the city for a long time, and reminded me of the years when I was a child, when I saw the starry sky in the bamboo forest and the village where I lived.
How nostalgic!
I felt a little emotional, it was the sound of our cars that broke the quiet village night here, and I sensitively noticed that due to our arrival, several houses at the entrance of the village had turned on the lights
"Go over there and ask, such a large group of people, can't sleep in the wilderness, see if there are any villagers' homes to help." It was Xiao Chengqian who spoke, this kid looked tired, and it seemed that he was anxious to find a place to take a good bath and sleep, after all, he had just come back with Brother Chengxin, and he came here in a hurry.
"That's it, go and ask, it's really not good, let's live in two places. In other words, the fog in this village at night is really heavy. "Brother Chengxin is also arranging.
Hui Gen'er, this kid is making a fuss anyway, he wants to live with me and Ruyue, the memory of his childhood is indelible, at that time, I was his brother, Ruyue was his sister, and we were still in a deserted village at that time.
The passage of time is always emotional.
We were lucky, the first family we met was willing to take us in, and the room was enough, two very large bedrooms, which solved our needs, because the situation of this family is a bit special, that is, an old woman with a child lives here, the child's parents work in the city outside, and the child is studying far away, and only comes back once a month.
The old woman is a kind and silent old man, seeing that we are tired from the journey, after agreeing to take us in, she hurried to boil a big pot of hot water for us, Xiao Chengqian followed the old man to the kitchen, and forced the old man to give a thousand yuan, but the old man was frightened, she said that she had never taken so much money in her life, and she was not at ease with it, and she retreated with a blushing face, but she couldn't resist Xiao Chengqian.
Cheng Yuan is extremely capable because he takes care of Brother Yuan Yi all the year round, and Cheng Zhen is also very capable because of his wandering life with Uncle Wang for many years.
When Xiao Chengqian and the old man pushed back and forth because of money, they had already rolled up their sleeves and went to the kitchen, saying that they were buying some rice, noodles, vegetables and meat from the old man's house, and making a meal by themselves, but the old man refused one after another: "I give a lot of money, and I won't take you in if I give more." ”
This makes me feel that there are not many people who still retain such simplicity in the countryside today.
Cheng Zhen and Cheng Yuan were busy, and a few of us big men and Ruyue (a representative who couldn't do it) were resting in the room, chatting casually with the old man, and Brother Cheng Qing inadvertently said: "Auntie, it's a little cold here at night, this big fog." ”
The old man said: "Yes, it is foggy this night, don't walk around this night, it is the characteristic of our village, and the strangers don't know it." Our villages are close to the lake, and over the years I have heard that there are many people who come to play on the lake in those places, and many villages have money, but our village is not good.
We looked at each other, according to the existence of the outer protection array, there should be no problem with the village here, could it be that this place is also affected?
"What's the second one?" Xiao Chengqian was anxious and couldn't help but ask.
The old man showed a little hesitation on his face, and then said: "It's nothing, it's just that we rural people avoid a lot of rules, and there are special rules here." Are you here for a tour? ”
The old man quietly changed the topic, which made us stunned again, Brother Chengxin reacted quickly, and said: "Yes, I am here to travel, we don't like to go to places with many people, so why don't you come here when you think this is the quietest?" ”
The old man shook his head and said: "This is not a good place for tourism, travel to visit or something, I heard that there is a special place, just like I have been out of the house before, I have been to what Mount Emei, there is not a mountain that can be walked all over the wilderness, always have to walk along the road." Don't be greedy for anything new, stay overnight and leave, why do you travel to this lake? ”
We were silent, I sensitively felt that this old man was different from the old man I imagined, I felt that she didn't talk like an uninformed person, let alone an uneducated person, she should know something, right?