my weird life.

Chapter 245 Li Chang (12)

The next day.

morning.

The strange rhyme diffused in the deserted village has disappeared without a trace.

Su Wu turned over and got up from the haystack,

Go out of the cowshed to check the bowl of rice under the archway.

The handful of incense stuck in the rice grains has been burned out, and the ashes of the incense have fallen to no one knows where.
Anyway, the uncooked rice in the bowl was not stained with incense ash.

He picked up the bowl of rice,

Looking at the rice grains, compared with last night, there is no change in appearance.

But Su Wu began to weigh it, only to find that the bowl of rice was a bit lighter.

That ghost ate the raw rice?

Raw rice is also a kind of offering similar to secret storage domain?
How is this kind of uncooked rice that looks like ice particles in your hand grown?
Thoughts are spinning in my mind,

Su Wu put the bowl of uncooked rice under the archway again.

——The fat old man only asked him to test whether the uncooked rice had changed, but he didn't ask him to take the bowl of rice back.

Carrying a bowl of uncooked rice that was supposed to be used for sneaking on the stage, Su Wu returned along the same road.

on the way back,
The stage is gone,

Mantou Mountain is gone,

The morning sun shines on the dirt road,

The roadside is criss-crossed, and the wheat sown in early spring has already produced green and weak seedlings in this especially cold weather.

……

It is still the bamboo forest.

Bamboo forest hides a newly built temple,

In the clearing in front of the forest,

The fat old man pulled a stool,
sit on a bench,
The four legs of the stool sank deeply into the soft soil.

He lit the pipe pot,

'Patta, patta' took a few puffs,
On his dark, fat face, there was exhaustion that could not be concealed.

The fire in the three-eyed firewood stove is still burning,

The iron pot on the stove is filled with smoking water for washing the pot,
Obviously, the three iron pots worked together last night, and I don't know how many 'passers-by' they have entertained.

The fat old man takes two puffs of cigarettes,
Then he raised his head and glanced at the road to the east,
The road to the east is brightly illuminated by the sun, and there is no one at the end of the road at a glance.
Before he saw anyone, the fat old man frowned, with worry in his eyes.

"It's the hour,
According to common sense, it should come back...

Hey..." He sighed lowly.

Put out the chimney,

Get up and go to clean the three pots.

And turned to the bamboo forest,

Soon,
He carried a dog that had been skinned and salted to a dark red color, and walked out of the bamboo forest.

At this moment,
There was a hunchbacked old man with two seven or eight-year-old children,

Walked here from the small village outside the bamboo forest.

He took the children to stand respectfully in front of the open space, and from the corner of his eyes, he couldn't help looking at the several loads of rice grains and vegetables under the table in the open space, with a hint of longing in his eyes.

The fat old man came back with the dog meat, and saw the old man with two children,

He looked at the children brought by the hunchbacked old man,

The hunchbacked old man looked over the fat old man,
He looked at the bamboo forest behind the fat old man.

Didn't see the half-sized boy walking out of the bamboo forest yesterday...

His heart is slightly settled,
He bowed his hands to the fat old man, with a smile all over his face, and said, "Stove Lord..."

"Whoa!"

Hearing this address, the fat old man raised his eyebrows and changed his color on the spot: "The chief is trying to shorten my life—Stove Lord, is that a title I can afford?!
take it back quickly
Take it back quickly! "

"what,

The old man took it back,

Hehe, take it back..." The hunchbacked old man wanted to say something nice and flatter the fat old man.

The Stove King Sect has disciples and believers all over the place.
The momentum is not far behind Ming's Xianjiao-Taoism.

The head of the hunchback also knew about this sect,

Knowing the excellent kitchen master in their sect, they will be called "Stove Lord".

So I want to use this title to please the fat old man,
Unexpectedly, the flattery was shot at the wrong place and landed on the horse's leg.

The head of the village was not embarrassed, still smiling, he pushed the two seven or eight-year-old boys in front of him towards the fat old man, and said: "Master Zhang Zao, the boy you sent out last night,
Haven't come back yet?
The old man felt that he might not come back.

So this morning I brought two more helpless dolls and sent them to worship under your door,

Anyway, I can have enough food for a few days. "

The fat old man heard from the headmaster that the kid probably won't come back last night.

With displeasure on his face,

But he also knows,

It's all time,
The boy is still missing.
The chances of coming back are really slim.

That boy last night was quite courageous,

To do this kind of thing at home, the most important thing is to be bold and careful.

Young people, probably only account for the word bold,
It would be nice if you were more careful...

The fat old man felt sorry again,
sad again,

He glanced at the two boys sent by the village head,
They are two children, a boy and a girl.

He drooped his eyelids, and said: "Actually, the old man always thought that if your village could send one or two older men to help me, this matter should have been done long ago.

maybe,
At this time, your earth temples are all repaired,
The land god inside has all internal organs,

I have been able to protect you in Liuwang Village long ago. "

"Hey, hey..." Li Chang grinned,

But he didn't respond to the fat old man's suggestion.

The fat old man looked at the two children again,
Taking another look at the head of Liuwang Village, whose back is getting more and more curved,

I suddenly felt a little irritable in my heart.

This is the first time he has "opened the stove" since he became the "master of the stove".

However, I followed the master before and traveled north and south, but I also experienced several times of starting a stove.
Among the many villages and market towns that invite the "stove master" to start the stove, Liuwang Village can be regarded as a pretty good village.
The village is doing very well.

The fat old man asked them to send one or two strong men to deliver the rice,

It is really embarrassing them.

after all,

Every man in his prime is the pillar of the family, once the pillar collapses, the whole family will also collapse.
But these children who grew up eating hundreds of meals,
One more and more mouths,

Without them, what does it matter to the village?
this is the truth.

"Master Stove Master,

Last night I heard a lot of commotion on your side,

But the five elements that fixed the gods? "The chief asked the fat old man cautiously.

mentioning this,

The fat old man's expression softened a little.
He nodded and said: "The two passers-by were too greedy, but I was lucky enough to seize the opportunity and keep them.

In a night or two,

It should be able to gather the five elements and five internal organs. "

"very nice,
That's great..." The smile on Li Chang's face became more sincere, "When we open the temple here, everyone will be able to live a stable life and be diligent in farming, and the harvest in the fields will be much better ..."

"Sooner or later this day will come." The fat old man agreed with Li Chang,

The head of the village also knows that he still has a lot of things to do, to prepare,

Don't dare to disturb him too much,
After chatting for a few words, we left.

The fat old man looked at the two boys sent over by the village head, sighed, put the dog meat in his hand on the cutting board,
took the sharp knife,

While preparing to unload a dog leg,
At the same time, he said to the two boys: "Don't be restrained, you should find a place to sit separately?
Do you have breakfast? "

"No...no..." The boy looked at the dog meat on the pallet, swallowed, and replied cautiously.

The virgin opened her mouth,

did not speak.

"And you,
Have you had breakfast? "The fat old man asked the virgin.

The woman shook her head, still not speaking.

The fat old man put down his sharp knife and frowned slightly.

The little boy at the side was clever, seeing this, he hurriedly said: "Grandpa Zhangzao, she has been mute since she was a child and can't speak."

"Hey!

Pitiful……"

The fat old man looked at the little girl with bright eyes and occasional flashes of wisdom, but she couldn't speak, and his heart became more and more heavy.

He shook his head.
Cut off a hind leg,
Said to the two children: "Since I didn't have breakfast, I will stew a dog leg,
The rice is soaked in dog meat soup and eaten with dog leg meat,

how is it? "

"Okay, okay!" The little boy nodded hastily.

The little girl's eyes were also slightly bright, and she nodded vigorously.

"In my place, I can always give you a few full meals, good meals." The fat old man didn't smile on his face, put the dog's legs on the cutting board, and carried the remaining half of the dog to hang in the bamboo forest.

however,
He just turned around,
Subconsciously glanced at the east road,
Immediately, I saw a figure carrying a food basket, carrying a lantern that had been extinguished long ago, striding towards him!

"This boar!"

Seeing the skinny boy rushing towards him,
The fat old man was stunned,

Then he cursed with a dark face,
Turn back to the chopping block,
Cut another dog leg,
But he couldn't help laughing.

"master,
I am back! "

The 'young man' Su Wu walked into the open area, put down the food basket, looked at his two boys who were sitting on the bench in good order, carefully looked at his two boys, then turned his gaze back, and greeted the fat old man with his back facing him road.

"Come back for what?
I thought you died outside! "The fat old man looked up at him, and his face turned darker immediately, "You are really too courageous, brat?

Where did you take a shower?

Did you wash it in the Zha River?

Fortunately, you were lucky and didn't meet the river drifter,
If you meet a river drifter, you will lose your dog's life! "

The fat old man can tell at a glance,
Su Wu's face was much fairer,

The skin leaking from the holes in the clothes is also fair and clean,
It is so natural to understand that the other party must have found a place to take a bath halfway, and only then came back at this hour!
Su Wu was reprimanded by the fat old man,
Not bothered.

He smiled and said: "There are too many lice on my body, I found a small ditch and washed it, but I didn't dare to go into the big river?

master,

What is a river drifter?
Is it also a kind of trick?
When I went to Tanjia Village last night, I passed Mantou Mountain—Mantou Mountain is full of houses, and there are people living in the houses. Fortunately, I remembered the master’s instructions, and I realized it all at once.

Running while throwing rice,

Only then did he run out of the Mantou Mountain.

Nothing strange happened on the stage.

When we arrived at Tan Family Village..."

Su Wu honestly told the truth about his experience,

Like this kind of master inheritance,

Mostly because of the illiteracy of the disciples,

Many knowledge and secrets can only be passed on orally.
If there is a gap in the middle, those inheritances will also be cut off.

Su Wu told the fat old man about her experience at the moment, hoping to enrich the other party's knowledge, so that the other party can preserve this information and pass it on to future generations.

(End of this chapter)