embarrassment for man and wife

Xiaba Village is quite far from Jiuxi Village. Even if you take a bullock cart to get there, it will take almost a whole day to get there. Mrs. Chen went to Xiaba Village alone to find someone to do a fortune-telling calculation. Obviously, she couldn't return that day. They came, but Zhuohua knew that Mrs. Chen also had relatives in Xiaba Village, so he wasn't worried that Mrs. Chen would have nowhere to stay there, but... It had been two days, and Mrs. Chen still hadn't When he came back, Zhuohua was a little uneasy. After thinking about it, he told Ziqing: "I'm going to go to Xiaba Village, and I'll pick up Aniang and come back together."

Ziqing was stunned: "Xiaba Village? Are you alone? It's a little far away? Why don't I go with you when I'm done with the work at hand?".

Zhuohua laughed: "By the time you finish your work and walk to Xiaba Village, it might be almost two o'clock."

Ziqing choked.

Zhuo Hua said again: "Don't worry, I used to accompany A Niang to that place, I know the way, nothing will happen, but there are a lot of things at home, you have to stay at home and take care of it."

At home, Li Mu has been busy observing the dam with the village head these few days, and he is almost indifferent. As for Lianying... the Ziqing brothers and sisters have this eldest brother, which is actually not much different from none.

After making it clear to Ziqing, Zhuohua didn't delay, he took the small bag containing dry food, pulled out the cart at home, and walked towards Xiaba village unsteadily.

The road to Xiaba Village is quite far, and this road is in the wilderness. If someone else walks here alone in the deserted wilderness, I am afraid that my heart is empty, but Zhuohua is not afraid, for a death like him People who come back later, even if they encounter some monsters and ghosts here, Zhuo Hua believes that if they don't do bad things during the day, there is no need to be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. What's more, there is no saying that people are afraid of ghosts three times, and ghosts are afraid of people Seven points?When I was a child, I heard ghost stories told by the grandparents in the village, and I often heard them talk about people scaring ghosts.

The sun was high and the weather was scorching. Zhuohua couldn't stand the scorching heat even though he was wearing unlined clothes. When the cart entered the forest, Zhuohua found that the grass in the forest was full of lotus leaves, each of which was huge. Incomparably, like a natural sunny umbrella, Zhuohua pulled the reins, stopped the cart, and ran forward with a bang.

The shape of this lotus leaf is very similar to that of a lotus leaf, but its body is much larger than that of a lotus leaf. Zhuohua remembers that when he was in the capital, some people called this lotus leaf a stick of incense. It's not worth much in this kind of rural place, but it's ridiculously expensive in the capital.

Zhuohua squatted on the ground, reaching out to search for some of the biggest lotus leaves, preparing to use them as umbrellas for shade. At the same time, Zhuohua was still thinking, should he dig some of these grasses and go to the market when he is free? Sell?But...Thinking of the dazzling array of things in the market, Zhuohua felt that this kind of grass must have been dug up and given away...no one wants it, right?

So in the capital, the needs of those people are really strange!

Thinking wildly, Zhuohua stretched out his hand and pulled the two biggest lotus leaves. He held the branches, got up and was about to run back, but he didn't expect that he tripped over something just after taking two steps. Unexpectedly, Zhuohua fell straight ahead and fell forward violently!

Zhuohua was startled, he didn't care about the pain, when he turned his head suddenly, he saw only the legs protruding from the grass, just hidden in the grass, if he hadn't wandered around here just now, trampled on some weeds, It is estimated that this person's legs will not be exposed yet, but it was just this one look, which made Zhuohua exclaim in shock!

This is really what to be afraid of! ! !

"You are a human or a ghost!!! I, I tell you! I have a master's magic weapon in me! If you are sensible, go!".

Zhuo Hua... was stunned.

The leg of the man who didn't know whether it was a human or a ghost didn't move, but after Zhuo Hua tightly held the beads that Aunt Hai gave to him, he suddenly came back to his senses.

What are you doing?

Ghosts can't come out during the day, okay?

So this is human.

With a slap on his forehead, Zhuo Hua always felt that, whether it was because of his body, it seemed that since the moment he woke up, his brain seemed to be a little weak.

After muttering for a while, Zhuohua turned to look at the man's leg again. He held his breath and moved his gaze upwards, but he could no longer see the person. It was probably blocked by the lush grass. Zhuohua carefully approached the man's leg. Going forward, he stretched out his hand to pick up the grass, while holding the beads in his hand tightly, fearing that this person would suddenly transform into a dead body, but... After picking up the grass, Zhuo Hua was obviously relieved.

The man lying in the grass was a man. Although there were many wounds on his body, his chest rose and fell obviously, and he was obviously still breathing. Zhuo Hua became bolder. He crawled forward, stretched out his hand and patted the man's face. shoot.

"Uncle? Uncle? Hello? Uncle, wake up!".

The uncle was lying down without moving.

Zhuohua was suspicious, he guessed that this uncle fell down by mistake, and he simply stretched out his hand to touch it to check for the uncle, but he didn't know where Zhuohua's hand touched, and the unconscious uncle suddenly groaned He let out a cry, then woke up with a light cough.

Zhuo Hua was stunned, and quickly withdrew his hands, looking at the uncle.

The uncle also looked at Zhuohua, but his eyes were wide open, and the pupils were obviously surprised.

"Which... um... are you okay? If it's okay, I'll leave first, and I have to hurry."

"Zhuohua!" The uncle suddenly reached out and grabbed Zhuohua's wrist.

Zhuo Hua was thrown back by him, and almost fell beside the uncle, although he was a little annoyed, but Zhuo Hua also became suspicious: "You know me?" He looked at the uncle: "Why don't I remember that I met you before? Are you from Xiaba Village?"

Zhuohua's words made the uncle obviously surprised. He just looked at Zhuohua's black and white eyes and looked at himself in confusion. The uncle seemed to realize that his face... was wearing something, but... …

He coughed lightly and said, "Yes, I'm from Xiaba Village. I met you before, maybe you have forgotten it."

"Are you really from Xiaba Village? Then why did you pass out here? Have you met bandits? But I haven't heard that there are bandits here."

The uncle sighed softly, as if a little helpless: "It's not that I met a bandit, but... I met a wild dog... and I was chased."

"..." Zhuohua was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but burst out laughing.

There are indeed a lot of wild dogs in this kind of rural area. Sometimes the wild dogs go crazy. No matter who they meet, they will chase them all the way first. To be honest, Zhuohua has been chased by wild dogs before, and even chased them. After a long journey, he was almost scared to tears at that time!

Seeing Zhuohua laughing like this, the uncle looked a little embarrassed, but when he moved, he gasped in pain instantly.

Zhuo Hua was startled, and hurriedly put away his smile and looked at him: "What's wrong? Why does it hurt?".

"Leg" uncle's face turned slightly green: "I guess I fell down just now and touched my leg."

Zhuohua frowned and thought for a while, "Fortunately, the place where you fell is covered with this kind of lotus leaf grass. This kind of grass has a medicinal smell, which interferes with the wild dogs' sense of smell. Otherwise, you will have to be dismembered by those wild dogs It's impossible."

The uncle nodded, recalling the ferocious appearance of those wild dogs chasing him, he couldn't help but feel a chill down his back.

Seeing that he was silent, Zhuo Hua also frowned and remained silent. He stared at the uncle with wide eyes, sizing up his appearance.

To be honest, this uncle is not good-looking, on the contrary, he is a little ugly, but how can I put it, for people like Zhuohua who grew up in the countryside, it is this kind of person who is not outstanding. Some, in the words of rural folks, are down-to-earth. Although this uncle has a large mole on his face and a mole the size of a little finger, Zhuo Hua thinks that... Why does the wild dog chase such an uncle like... so what?cute?

Shaking his head, Zhuohua smiled and shook off the strange thought in his mind just now. He stood up and stretched out his hand to the uncle: "Uncle, can you still go? My cart is right in front. It just so happens that I want to If you go to Xiaba Village, I can take you for a ride."

The uncle's eyes lit up, and he immediately nodded towards Zhuo Hua: "Then thank you very much."

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The sun in the sky can no longer be described as beautiful, but has become a bit vicious. Zhuohua is sitting in front of the cart, holding the rein in one hand, and holding the green lotus leaf as an umbrella in the other. His palm-sized face almost Under the hidden lotus leaves, Zhuohua was driving the car while chatting with the uncle.

The uncle was sitting on top of the cart, with his body slightly slanted, with one hand resting on the fence of the cart, and the other, like Zhuohua, propping up a piece of green lotus leaf, hiding his face in it, Zhuohua With his back to him, he didn't know that the uncle's ugly eyes were shining with sharp light, and he was staring at his figure carefully.

"Oh right, uncle, what's your last name?" Zhuo Hua asked him suddenly.

The uncle was taken aback for a moment, and asked back: "I look...very old?".

Zhuo Hua asked back: "Are you still young?".

"..." Wei Wei paused, and the uncle said word by word: "Can't you tell that my voice is very young?".

Zhuo Hua turned his head, cast him a suspicious look, and continued to stare at the front: "The voices can't be counted. I've met a person before, and they were all in their thirties, but she had With a baby voice, it sounds like the age of fourteen or fifteen years old."

The uncle was taken aback, feeling inexplicably that he also knew such a person.

Zhuo Hua shrugged: "So, you can't tell the difference just by listening to the voice, and isn't there a saying that people who run around the rivers and lakes have a ventriloquism, and can imitate various voices?".

The uncle laughed: "You are young, but you know a lot."

Zhuo Hua smiled, but didn't answer.

The uncle stared at his back for a while, and then said: "I'm really young, but I'm ugly."

"What are you afraid of if you are ugly? As long as you have a good heart, you will be fine." Zhuohua said what he meant: "Some people look handsome and handsome, but they are full of bad things. They are either planning for this or that. This kind of people If you avoid them for fear of being too late, can you still have a deep friendship?".

The uncle shook his head resolutely: "It must be impossible, but... it does not rule out that sometimes we have to pay."

Zhuohua asked again: "Can we talk to each other?".

"Of course not."

Zhuo Hua smiled: "So, although some people don't look very good, they have a good heart, and if they don't hurt others, they don't count against others. After a long time, it's impossible to say that they can become close friends with others. Such people are actually very rare.”

The uncle laughed a little: "People are small and ghosts are big."

"So what's your last name, uncle?"

"I am the fourth eldest in my family, so you can call me Shiro."

Zhuo Hua was startled, and suddenly turned to look at him: "Four wolves?".

"Well, Shiro".

Zhuohua's face was a little distorted, he stared at the "four wolves", and asked hesitantly: "I remember, the wolf seems to be the one with the back claws, right?".

"Back-claw?" Shiro didn't understand.

Zhuo Hua thought for a while, and suddenly slapped him: "Yes! That wolf who is a satyr!".

A certain wolf: "...".

"Hahaha..." Zhuohua laughed again: "I'm kidding, I'm kidding, but I really can't remember how I wrote it, or I'll call you fourth brother."

At this point, the corners of Shiro's mouth relaxed a little: "Yes."

Zhuo Hua was startled, and turned to look at him: "I said, fourth brother, have you ever read?".

Shiro was taken aback.

Zhuo Hua said: "I heard your words, it seems that you have drunk some ink."

Shi Lang's eyes were slightly startled, but when he thought of Zhuo Hua turning his back on him, he didn't panic, he just nodded and said: "Some of them have been in school for several years."

"Oh... no wonder" Zhuohua nodded, secretly guessing: "Then you must be better at studying literature than me, I am not good at studying, and I didn't go to school last year."

"But I heard you talk, don't you look like the kind of person who is not good at school?".

"I..." Zhuo Hua was slightly taken aback, and didn't speak again.

Shiro noticed that his back subconsciously straightened.

The surroundings suddenly became quiet, only the sound of carts driving across the road, and the sound of birds chirping in the forest in the distance.

"I will gradually change back." After a long time, Zhuo Hua suddenly said: "I will slowly change these bad habits."

Shiro asked him: "Change it? Change it to that kind of vulgar speech?".

Zhuo Hua frowned.

Shiro smiled lightly: "It is not easy to change what you have learned, but you can change it better."

Zhuo Hua listened, his face brightened: "That's true, anyway, he didn't teach me much at the beginning, I can learn more and become better!".

he?who is he?

Shiro almost asked casually, but luckily he swallowed his words in a hurry.

The two chatted all the way, talking about what they had and what they had, but before they knew it, under the setting sun, Zhuo Hua even took out the last pancake from his bag, he divided the pancake in half, and handed half to Shiro.

Shiro frowned slightly: "This should be your last pie."

"That's why it's only half of each person." Zhuohua took a bite of the crumbs and said inarticulately: "This is the dry food my second brother prepared for me. It was originally for me to eat on the way when I went back, but it doesn't matter. Next time I still have relatives in Ba Village, and my aunt is also here, so I can get some more from them."

Shiro didn't speak, just stretched out his hand to take the pancake in Zhuohua's hand.

Zhuo Hua smiled at him, wiped the crumbs from the corner of his mouth, and said: "I remember that in the village, there was an old doctor who was very good at bone setting. I'll send you there first, and then go to my aunt." .

Shiro nodded at him.

Zhuo Hua finished eating the pancake in his hand, picked up the water bag and took a sip of water, then put the water bag beside Shiro: "I'm going to continue on my way, I guess I'll arrive at Xiaba Village in half an hour." .

Half an hour is not a long time, but when Zhuohua delivered Shiro to the medicinal reeds in the old man's house in Xiaba Village, it was already completely dark.

Zhuohua's tired forehead was covered with fine sweat, but his face was flushed and his face was flying, and he didn't seem to feel hard at all. After explaining the situation clearly to the old doctor, Zhuohua also helped him pay for the doctor's treatment. Not much, just four pennies.

Shiro sat on the side and looked at Zhuohua's busy figure, he frowned slightly, the color in his eyes seemed a little dark.

After Zhuohua finished his work, he turned around and approached him: "Okay, I can only help you so far. It's late now, and I have to go see my mother. I have paid for the medical expenses for you just now. After the old gentleman helps you connect the leg bones, you should have a good rest."

"You are so kind, how can I thank you?".

Zhuo Hua smiled, and said: "When I come to Xiaba Village next time, if I still meet you, you can go fishing in the river and treat me to grilled fish! Well, you can also eat grilled pheasant! ".

Shiro said, with a smile on his face, although his appearance looks a bit ugly, but when he smiles, he immediately gives people a naive feeling, Zhuohua was amused by him, and patted Shiro on the shoulder, he just Turned around and left.