On how a fish can attack the villain of Infinity Disease

All the students did not have a good rest that night. Although some people took turns to stand guard, those who went to rest were too cold to sleep because of the lingering cold air.

The night was extremely long, and we stayed up all night. When the sky was overcast, everyone was sleepy and barely fell asleep.

But after a while, a rooster crowed in the village, and the sound echoed far and wide in the valley.

Fang Ziang, who was sleeping, fell asleep again before he could figure out why the cock crowed in the deserted village.

Until a broom fell on Fang Ziang's body, waking Fang Ziang up from his sleep.

"stand up!"

Fang Ziang's face was ashes swept away by the broom, and he coughed so much that he suddenly opened his eyes and looked at an old woman with gray temples and arched back in front of him, and asked with a look of astonishment:

"who are you?"

"Who am I?" The old woman snorted angrily, picked up the broom and gave Fang Ziang's buttocks a smack, "You all ran to my room to sleep, and I haven't asked who you are yet?"

"Your house?" Fang Ziang's eyes widened. He was just about to say how a ruined wall that had collapsed until only one wall was left was the old woman's home. When he looked up, he saw that the courtyard where he lived last night had changed greatly.

The dilapidated house seemed to have been repaired, the collapsed earthen walls stood up, the insect-eaten holes on the beams disappeared out of thin air, and the weeds in the yard disappeared, but turned into a few pieces of cabbage and green vegetables. land.

Fang Ziang was stunned for a few seconds, and subconsciously exclaimed.

"I rely on..."

This is not going to come to the swamp castle again...

The old lady looked at Fang Ziang's murmured mouth, squinted her eyes, and listened carefully, just in time to hear the phrase "I rely on".

She widened her eyes, raised the broom, and gave Fang Ziang another blow.

"Hey, don't hit!"

Fang Ziang quickly withdrew his hand in pain, got up from the ground, and ran to the other side of the yard in a hurry.

The old woman was about to chase Fang Ziang with a broom, and Shen Minghua and Ye Li walked in from the door.

They had already gone around the village at dawn, and had already discovered that something was wrong with the village. They were not too surprised when they came back to see the old woman who appeared out of thin air.

Shen Minghua paused for a few seconds, stepped forward, walked in front of the old woman, stopped the broom she was about to drop on Fang Ziang, and said in a gentle voice:

"Grandma, don't be afraid, we are not bad people."

There was a clear and shallow smile on his face, his eyes were as warm as misty rain, his body was like bamboo, and he looked like a dignified gentleman.

Seeing Shen Minghua, the old lady hesitated for a few seconds before putting away the broom.

"Mother-in-law, we came to see the Buddha Worship Festival in Lijia Village out of admiration, but we lost our way while looking for the village yesterday, and it was already late at night when we arrived at Lijia Village."

He showed a bit of guilt, and bowed to the old woman.

"We saw that the gate of the mother-in-law's yard was not closed, and thought that this house was unoccupied, so we stayed here without authorization. I didn't expect to disturb you, so I'm really sorry."

Seeing Shen Minghua like this, the old lady didn't want to attack him, "Since I came to visit the Buddha Worship Festival, and today is a good day, I won't say anything."

"Hurry up and go." The old woman waved her hand, "The sacrifice is about to start, and if you can't grab a seat later, you can see it."

"Thank you, mother-in-law." Shen Minghua smiled and thanked the old woman.

The old woman beat the broom on the ground, stopped them again, and pointed outside.

"The parade will pass by here in a while. If you can be approached by dogs, you will be lucky."

After finishing speaking, she seemed to have thought of something, and added a little proudly, "This year my dog ​​was also selected as a messenger dog, and is currently on a parade. If I go there by chance, maybe I can see it .”

Shen Minghua looked a bit surprised, and smiled warmly, "If there is such a good thing, then we have to try our luck."

The old woman grinned on her wrinkled face, and when she talked about her dog, she even straightened her curved back a little, and the conversation started immediately.

"That puppy was brought back from Ah Chou's house two months ago. Her big dog just had a litter. I told her long ago that I would leave the best-looking one to me. , so that you can get it back.”

"It also lives up to expectations. It grew into a distinctive shape in two months, and was selected by the village chief to join the team of dogs this year. It gave me a lot of face."

Shen Minghua and Ye Li stood there without interrupting what the old woman was saying, and listened carefully to what the old woman was saying.

Seeing that they were willing to listen, the old woman waved to the two of them and asked them to get closer.

Shen Minghua and Ye Li looked at each other and walked towards the old woman.

The old woman looked around and whispered to Shen Minghua and Ye Li:

"I'll tell you this, and you have to remember it well. The little boy in my family is called Youyou. When the dog team comes over in a while, you look for the smallest one in it, call its name in a low voice, and it will come over. gone."

When Ye Li heard the old woman say the dog's name, he was stunned for a second, and then repeated, "Youyou?"

"That's right, it's called Youyou." The old lady nodded affirmatively, "This is the name that Ah Chou helped to choose. I haven't read any books on the old lady, so I was going to call him rotten egg."

"But Ah Chou said that the name was not pleasant. Seeing that Youyou was the size of a palm when it was born, and how well-behaved it is, I called it Youyou."

When Ye Li heard this, he realized that what the old lady was talking about might not be "youyou", but "young".

The corner of Ye Li's mouth raised a slight smile, but it was a coincidence that this puppy had the same name as Yu Youyou.

Although Yu Youyou chose the wrong trial, it is quite interesting to meet someone like her here... like her dog in this way.

Shen Minghua also understood what the old lady meant, he didn't think as much as Ye Li thought, so he nodded and responded to the old lady, "Okay."

The old lady waved her hand, "Although this is not good, I like you two young people quite a lot, and it's okay to let you please yourself."

"Okay, it's getting late, you can go."

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On the other side, Lu Keming stood in front of the courtyard, looking at the houses in the village.

These houses are built of loess, with a few logs on the roof as beams, covered with blue-gray tiles.

A string of red lanterns hung under the eaves, red couplets were pasted on the wooden door frame, and colorful paper-cuts were pasted on the window coffin.

"Master, it seems that the plot has already begun, and Yu Youyou should appear in the plot." Anthony stood behind Lu Keming, "But we have no way of knowing the character Yu Youyou chose. If she doesn't want us to know, we Probably can't find her."

Lu Keming lowered his eyes, rubbed his fingers twice, and said firmly: "She won't."

"That's right." Anthony also agreed with Lu Keming, "There is no need for Yu Youyou to hide it from us."

While the two were talking, a chant sound came from outside. Lu Keming looked in the direction of the sound and asked:

"What's going on over there?"

"It was a ritual of the Lijia Village's unique Buddha Worship Festival. The villagers carried the dog to the parade to thank the dog for leading them to the Wanmian Buddha, and prayed for the dog to deliver a message to the Wanmian Buddha for them to get blessings."

Anthony told Lu Keming the news of the investigation, and finally commented, "It's a kind of superstition."

"Go and have a look." Lu Keming walked into the crowd and walked towards the direction of the voice.

Anthony quickly followed.

The side roads of the village were crowded with villagers, strips of talisman paper with strange runes were hung on the ridge of the field, and a group of men walked towards the village from the field outside the village.

Their faces were painted with ancient and complicated runes with red cinnabar, and they were uniformly dressed in black gowns that reached the ground. On the long gowns, runes were also painted with yellow and red paint.

These men stood in a row, a pair of four, carrying a small wooden sedan chair on their shoulders, and on the sedan chair sat a pair of soil pine dogs dressed in gold and silver, dressed exquisitely and richly, and were carried by the bearers below. Go to the village.

Every ten steps the man walks, he shouts a chant, the voice is loud and resounds through the valley.

As the sound of the trumpets got closer and closer to the village, the villagers who had been guarding the entrance of the village early surrounded them, holding various tributes in their hands, eagerly looking forward to the arrival of the messenger dog.

The team got closer and closer, and the villagers waiting around became excited, and they gathered around the messenger dog one after another, handing over their tributes.

But these dogs all sat upright in the sedan chair and ignored the tributes brought up.

Except for a small white soil pine cub at the end of the line.