The fertile water of farming does not flow to outsiders' fields

Xue Yinsong took the medicine and handed it to Qiangzi, who went out with Jiuhua: "You should go back to eat quickly, your father is still waiting for a change of medicine."

Jiuhua took out more than a dozen big coins: "This is the leftover money." Xue Yinsong took it: "Come to my house tomorrow night, call the long follower and Qiangzi, let's have a good talk."

Jiuhua smiled and agreed, and Qiangzi has already taken a clay pot to soak the medicine, and then went to the yard to break branches and cook the medicine.

Xue Yinsong looked around and said, "I'm going up the mountain tomorrow, and I'll bring some firewood to you." Qiangzi was silent for a while and said, "Anyway, it's a death, so why waste money on medical treatment?"

Xue Yinsong was caught off guard, and after a while he said: "He is your father, and also my Uncle Qiangzi, maybe he is not a big shot, but I know he treats me well, every time I come to your house, I can get an egg , maybe in the end it will be as you said, but I don't want to leave any regrets for myself."

Qiangzi heard this, snapped off a branch and stuffed it into the hearth: "There are leftovers I brought back on the table, eat them if you don't mind."

Xue Yinsong said: "I don't eat it, not because I hate it, but because this is the dinner and breakfast for you and Uncle Qiangzi. I will go up to the mountain to worship the ancestors tomorrow morning, come to my house in the evening, and I will talk to you." Qiangzi eyelid He didn't lift it up, he hummed casually, and Xue Yinsong thought he was worried about the medical expenses, so he went home without saying much.

The family had already eaten, and my aunt came back after seeing him and hurriedly brought him another bowl and pushed him to the table.When Father Xue saw him, he straightened his face: "Where did you go in the afternoon? It's hard for your uncle to see you for a long time after he comes back!"

The uncle hurriedly smiled and said: "Has the tiger gone to the village?" Xue Yinsong hurriedly smiled and said: "Turn around casually. This is rabbit meat? It's really delicious."

The aunt handed over a pair of chopsticks from the side: "Eat quickly, these are some rabbits that your uncle raised on the mountain. Oh, are they cold? Why don't you heat them up?" Father Xue hurriedly said, "Eat them in this weather." It's cool, it's fine, just leave him alone."

Xue Yinsong also hurriedly said: "Auntie, leave me alone, go and eat."

The uncle looked at him with a smile and said: "This kid has grown up. I didn't think it was in the past, but this time when I came back, I saw that he was a lot taller." Father Xue said with a smile: "He has grown a lot this year. I got a little angry, and my temper grew, and now I dare to slap the table and yell at me."

The uncle smiled and said, "Tiger, is it true?"

"Hey, it's not that you don't know my father, he can hug the clay Buddha in the temple and call him father after drinking two liang of ecstasy wine," Xue Yinsong mercilessly exposed his father's short story, then changed his voice and asked: " Uncle, is the going up the mountain strictly controlled?"

"It's a little looser than before, you don't know, the county master was taken into the mountain last month, starved for a few days and received several beatings, and now he has the yamen guards around him for protection. Now you can't go up the mountain on the road Yes, just go on the small road in the west of the village."

Xue Yinsong was a little puzzled: "When is there a small road in the west of the village?"

The uncle said with a smile: "Since the control was loosened, many people in the village have gone up to the mountains to poach, and they have gradually stepped on a road. These days, you can just say what you want to eat, and uncle will see if I can get it for you."

Xue Yinsong said with a smile: "This rabbit is fine, I don't like to eat other strong smells. By the way, Dad, let's go to bed early tonight, we have to go up the mountain in the morning."

Father Xue took a piece of rabbit and gnawed on it: "Okay, your aunt has packed all the offerings today, and prepared the paper money and flowers in advance. You can leave when you get up early tomorrow morning."

In addition to grandparents and grandparents, Xue Yinsong's mother-in-law is also going to worship, and there are also a lot of offerings.Xue Yinsong listened to several people nagging about how to go and how to allocate, and his mind had already flown to other places. He wanted to go to the mountain alone to find out what happened tonight, and if he moved quickly, he could come back before dawn.

After the family had a lively dinner, Xue Yinsong was assigned to sleep in the same room as Shuozi.Suozi is his cousin, who is only 15 years old this year, and this time he pestered Xue Yinsong to talk about outside affairs as soon as he looked at him.

Xue Yinsong casually said a few words and fell asleep with his head covered. He wanted to buy time to rest and recover his energy, and tried to sneak out at the second watch.

Because grandpa and grandma were to be sacrificed, uncles and aunts had to accompany them up the mountain. Soon after dinner, the whole family fell asleep one after another, and the yard gradually became quiet.

Actually, Xue Yinsong didn't sleep too soundly. After feeling the silence outside, he quietly got up, put on his clothes and went outside. He first went to the kitchen to find a bamboo tube filled with water, and then took a bamboo pole about ten feet long for self-defense. Only then quietly opened the courtyard door and walked towards the west of the village.

The whole village was silent in the night, Xue Yinsong could barely distinguish the way out by the faint moonlight, and hurried to the west of the village with a bamboo pole.

Tianba Village is a relatively large village. Xue Yinsong wandered around the west of the village and couldn't find the way up the mountain. He was regretting that he didn't ask clearly when he was eating, when he heard a man jumping out from beside him with a low laugh: "I caught you!" Already!"

Xue Yinsong took a closer look, but it was his nephew Shuo Zi: "What are you doing here, go back!"

Suozi was not convinced: "Then why are you here? I followed you, you want to sneak up the mountain?"

Xue Yinsong said: "Don't meddle in your lord's affairs, go back quickly or sue your father tomorrow." Suo Zi snorted: "You think I'm afraid? Go and sue, who do you think my father will beat up?"

Xue Yinsong had no choice but to persuade: "Why are you staying up late at night and following me? I have business to do."

Suozi said: "You want to go up the mountain? Then I will lead you the way. My father took me through this road. If you don't lead me, you won't be able to find the way at all."

Xue Yinsong hesitated for a moment and said: "Take me up to show the way and then go home. The mountain is too dangerous, you are too young to go."

Shuozi looked at him contemptuously and said, "Don't treat me like a child, my father still praises me for being amazing. Half of the rabbits I hunted in the mountains last time were all due to me."

Xue Yinsong refused to let go: "If you don't agree, let's not go up the mountain and go home to sleep." Of course Suozi refused, and after a while he angrily agreed: "You win, let's go!" Lead him to go back, pass through a family's house and come to a small stream.

Lock took off his shoes and held them in his hand, saying: "Go up here first, and you can reach a horizontal ravine after half a mile." Xue Yinsong also took off his shoes and followed him, this kid really knows the way, Along the way, he can also show him where to stay and where to avoid sharp stones.

The two walked for a while with their shoes on. As the woods became more and more dense, Xue Yinsong could not see the road clearly, so the lock broke off some small branches from the nearby branches and lit it with a fire sickle: "The big torch can't If you dare to touch it, just light the twigs to show your way, and light another one after burning one, and the remaining twigs must be thrown into the water and washed away.”

Xue Yinsong took one, and the branch as thick as a little finger could emit a very small ray of light, barely able to see the path under their feet, and the two of them hurried to the horizontal gully with the help of these small lights.

After putting on the shoe locks, he asked in a teasing tone, "Old man, can we still go? Then we won't rest later."

Xue Yinsong finally turned over those big rocks and took a few breaths. He was not angry when he heard the words, and he replied thickly: "Don't rest if you don't rest, don't be happy, you boy, let's ride a donkey to read the account book—let's go Just wait and see."

Shuo Zi laughed lightly and asked, "Do you want pheasant or rabbit? The pheasant has to be fingered by the gods, and the rabbit has to go to the slope."

Xue Yinsong smiled and said: "Not bad, even this has been studied thoroughly, well, I will test you, how to get to the Fox Immortal Temple?"

Suozi suddenly lost his smile: "What are you doing at the Fox Immortal Temple?"

Seeing his surprised expression by the light of the fire, Xue Yinsong replied relaxedly, "Go worship the Great Immortal Fox."

Suozi frowned and said, "Did you also hear about the haunting of the Fox Immortal Temple? That place is very mysterious, it's better not to go there."

Xue Yinsong came to his senses, and asked: "What do you know, tell me."

"I didn't hear much, but some people in the village said that there was a strange sound in the valley behind the Fox Fairy Temple, which was like howling before death. Some people touched it and passed out. When they woke up, they were thrown in the Fox Fairy In front of the shrine, we are not going there now."

Xue Yinsong smiled and said, "Why don't you wait here, and I'll go up and have a look." Suozi refused, hesitated for a moment before making up his mind, and said, "I'll go with you. helper."

Xue Yinsong originally wanted him to go back, but then he thought that without him he would have to take a detour, so he had to let him follow all the way to the Fox Immortal Temple.

The Fox Immortal Temple is a fox spirit temple left over from the past. Only concubines and house maids came to worship. The two walked for more than half an hour and finally saw the temple gate. The lock was so tired that it rolled on the stone on the side of the road. : "I can't walk anymore, let's take a rest."

They walked for nearly four hours on this road, and it was all steep roads up and down. Xue Yinsong was also very tired, so he sat down next to him: "Take a rest and drink some water."

It was very quiet all around, not even a bird song, and there was no second sound except the rustling sound of the tree crown blown by the breeze.Xue Yinsong took a sip of water and was about to speak, when he heard a voice that seemed to be crying or mourning suddenly from a distance, sometimes sobbing and sometimes howling.

Shuozi was so startled that his hairs stood on end, and he quickly bumped Xue Yinsong with his elbow to signal him to listen carefully. Xue Yinsong held his breath and focused on debating. Before he could speak, a second scream suddenly broke out. This is definitely not a cut. The scream of hitting a hand or a finger was a real heart-piercing cry of pain. The voice was dull and depressing, and even the surrounding air seemed to be stained with blood.

Suo Zi was a little scared, tugged at his sleeves and said, "Let's go back, this Fox Fairy Temple is a bit weird, think about it, those women don't worship Guanyin Bodhisattva and the Jade Emperor, but come to this mountain to worship Fox Fairy, that means this temple There is a problem."

Xue Yinsong listened attentively and said: "It's not far away, it should be in the valley behind, I'll go and have a look and I'll come back, don't run around here." Suozi couldn't persuade him, so he had to agree: "Then Come back quickly, I'll wait for you for half an hour, if you don't come back, I don't care about you, if my father finds out that I went up the mountain in the middle of the night, my ass will bloom, we have to go back before dawn."

"If I don't come back, you go back first, don't worry, I will hurry back before dawn." Xue Yinsong promised, picked up the bamboo tube and drank two more sips of water, wiped his mouth and slid into the woods with extraordinary dexterity.