The rules of survival of the magic stick

Tang Su rolled his eyes: "Gongyifu, Master Guoshi, honorable reincarnated Buddha, can you finish your plan in one breath, because I may not want to talk for the next hour Already!"

Seeing Tang Su like this, Gongyifu also achieved his purpose of teasing him, so he stopped being a joke, and said to Tang Su: "Do you still remember the old woman Xiaoting mentioned?"

Tang Su opened his mouth wide in surprise: "She is... Could it be that she is..."

Gongyifu nodded: "That's right, but I'm just guessing, anyway, that old woman must know something about this matter!"

Tang Su also nodded, but although their guess was correct, even if they guessed it, there was nowhere to find her!

Tang Su thought about it again, and felt that this mother-in-law has no ability to make a living, so if she can survive, then she should not have much money, so she is most likely to still live in the original house.

Tang Su told Gongyifu his thoughts, but Gongyifu completely broke his idea. Gongyifu said, "It is impossible to live in the original place. This place was destroyed overnight. The ruined family has made the whole Huxi Town a household name. If this old woman goes back, she will definitely be retaliated by the person who made their family like this, so the only thing she can do is to hide her name and change her name in this place. Live with this identity, and come out for revenge when the time is right, and I heard from Xiaoting last time that when they went to that old house, the yard looked deserted for many years, and it shouldn't look like someone lived there. "

Tang Su nodded. What Gongyifu said made sense, so the most important task now is to find the old woman.

Tang Su had a flash of inspiration in his heart, and said to Gongyifu: "We can go to the small vendor who sold candied haws last time. He claimed to be Bai Xiaosheng from Huxi Town. Let's go meet him now and see if he can do it." Can't come up with some news!"

As they said that, the two of them walked towards the candied haws seller they met for the first time.

Unexpectedly, the candied haws seller still remembered them, and when he saw the two of them coming, he greeted them warmly: "This eminent monk, may I ask if your alms is going well?"

Tang Su rolled his eyes, thinking that he had lied to him last time in order to get Zhao's address, so he smiled awkwardly, and then echoed: "Hehehe, our alms is still successful."

Tang Su paid for another candied haws, and then said, "We want to ask you about someone else this time."

The small vendor selling candied haws was as excited as if all the candied haws were sold out, and said proudly, "I'm still useful, right?"

Tang Su wanted to laugh, but he held back, nodded to him, and said, "Is there any weird mother-in-law in this town?"

The small vendor selling candied haws thought for a while, and then said: "There is one, but you want to ask her for alms? It's not realistic."

The peddler shook his head.

Tang Su was waiting for his words, and he immediately asked, "Why is it unrealistic?"

"This mother-in-law is very poor and stingy. After all, she lives alone and has no relatives or reasons."

Tang Su asked, "Where does she live?"

The peddler stared at Tang Su: "You really don't want to die until you reach the Yellow River, and you don't cry when you see the coffin. Speaking of this mother-in-law, it is impossible for you to ask her to pay a penny!"

Tang Su insisted: "No, we are determined people."

Tang Su took out another handful of money from his bag: "Well, tell me, I'll buy a few more candied haws."

Seeing what Tang Su said, the small trader stopped being sloppy and said it directly. Later, when Tang Su and the others left, they found out that these two people had so much money to buy candied haws. Why go to alms for alms?

Tang Su and Gong Yifu started looking for the old woman according to the address given by the candied haws vendor. The address given by the vendor was in a very remote place. This alley was completely different from the one leading to Zhao's Mansion. , Tang Su felt as if he was about to suffocate when he walked into this small alley.

They walked along this small alley for a long time, and finally came to the destination, a small yard that looked very desolate. There was a locust tree in this small yard, which blocked most of the light in the yard, so the whole yard Although it was daytime, it was still dark.

Tang Su recalled that the small candied haws vendor said that this mother-in-law was very strange and never talked to others. At such an old age, she was still able to move freely. She had never seen her children come back to see her. Live alone.

Tang Su suddenly felt that the old woman was a bit pitiful, and he felt that it could resonate with him. He felt that the life of this old woman was exactly the same as the life he had lived in the past few years, but the difference was that he was always He felt that he was about to die, and finally met Gongyifu, and his mood gradually improved. He couldn't imagine what it would be like to live under this kind of mentality for so many years. He has experienced this for several years, and he has become like this, and this old woman has been like this for many years.

How did she spend such a life alone? In those dark nights where no one cares, she is as lonely as snow, without the company of her family and children, living alone in such a dark place, which cannot even be called a home. The place.

Tang Su followed Gong Yifu into the yard, and there was indeed an old lady with gray hair sitting in the yard, who was drawing water from the well at this time, and seemed to be struggling.

Tang Su went over and immediately pulled the bucket up for her.

The old woman turned her head and showed a smile on her face: "As you get older, you really are not as good as a young man!"

The bucket was placed next to the well, and the old woman took down half a gourd from the table next to it, scooped out the half-gourd water from the bucket, and poured it into a stove suspended above the fire behind.

Only then did Tang Su discover that the old woman was really boiling water.

Seeing the two of them appearing in this place, the old woman didn't seem surprised at all, she smiled at them, and then said calmly: "The water hasn't been boiled yet, you will have to wait a while before you can drink hot tea. "

Tang Su asked casually, "Do you usually drink tea?"

"No, I don't drink much. Didn't you come here? I made it specially."