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Chapter 36 Debt

With both arms struggling to support the ground, with feet staring at the edge of the groove, my whole body was suddenly pressed, and finally climbed onto the ground, I suddenly collapsed on the ground, gasping for a lot of breath. This guy was tossing me for more than half a day, and it was almost evening. It was hard to imagine how frustrating it would be if I stayed in the trap overnight,

At this time, my stomach was so hungry that I was in a state of thirst, and my limbs were covered with minor injuries. I felt that I was in extreme embarrassment now, and I didn’t have the same charm as before.

"Well." I was shocked and inexplicably smelled a trace of sweetness floating in the air. It was very tempting. I smacked my lips and said almost certainly: "It's the smell of roasted sweet potatoes."

I don't know where the strength came from, so I stood up and rushed to the source of the fragrance.

The sunset gradually slanted down, and the night quietly descended. The scenery here and the air breath were all particularly peaceful and quiet, but there was more or less a hint of unusual dryness, as if it had not rained for a long time.

A faint wisp of smoke rose next to a mountain spring stream in the distance, and a figure was sitting leisurely on an old tree trunk beside the smoke. As the sky gradually became dark, I couldn't see what he looked like, but I could be sure that sweet potatoes were roasting in front of him, hehe,

I tidied up my clothes solemnly, then strode forward, my eyes first fell on the smoke and the wooden ladle beside me. The smoke was filled with spring water, and the smoke here was almost extinguished. It seemed that I was coming at the right time and didn't dare to slack off. I immediately bowed my fists and said respectfully: "This guy,,, yes, yes, it's you."

This person actually was a strange old man he met at Huilonggu Land Temple. This really shocked me. I didn't expect that he would go with me.

The old man looked up and saw me, with a happy face and smiled, "Little baby, I'm sure you will pass here, so I'm waiting for you here, haha."

"Wait, wait for me." I looked at the old man up and down in disbelief. His body was running so fast that I was running fast. Thinking about it, the teleportation magic he used last time showed that he was a hidden master. I grabbed the back of my head embarrassedly and laughed: "Thank you for always thinking about me, but I don't know where the old senior wants to go."

If I still know how to call the old man at this moment, then I will be so stupid that I will be helpless.

The old man waved his hand and joked: "I am the easiest person to get along with. I can go anywhere, but first of all, I have to have food."

I smiled bitterly in my heart. It is the most difficult to get along with. It is the easiest to steal clothes and extort money at any time. But now I am really hungry and stare at the bonfire in front of the old man. I immediately thought of one thing again. This time I can't fall into the old man's trap again. You must explain it clearly in advance. After thinking about it, I laughed and said, "Senior, you are baking sweet potatoes here."

The old man nodded with a smile and said, "No, it's probably ripe now. Little baby, do you want to eat it? Even if you want to eat it, we will meet again, it's a chance to meet again. Maybe we will meet again in the future, haha."

I swallowed my saliva suddenly. Although I was impatient, I still suppressed the impulse in my heart and asked carefully: "Senior, how much is your sweet potato, how much is it."

After asking, I regretted it again. Now I am penniless. If the old man asks for money again, I will really have no money to give it to me.

But the old man smiled even happier: "The little kid has learned to be smart, don't worry, I'm the best person to speak. Just give these two sweet potatoes ten dollars, but it doesn't matter if you don't have money. It's okay to use credit first. I'll give it to me when you have it, haha."

"Ah." I opened my eyes wide and shouted blankly: "Just two sweet potatoes, it costs ten yuan."

To prevent the old man from blackmailing, I quickly retreated, for fear that I would be stuck in something again, and it would be a lot of money.

The old man laughed leisurely and elegantly, "Is it very expensive? You know, if my two sweet potatoes are sold at the market, even if they are fifty yuan, someone will buy them. Little baby, look at the distant village. If you think you can make it so delicious, just go there. Oh, I'm going to give you the preferential treatment for our reunion. Go and go and find it yourself if you want to eat for free."

I followed the old man's pointing and saw a mountain village under the hill, but why did the old man expect there was no food in the mountain village? I don't believe that as long as there is someone living there, there is still no food.

But I was really hungry, and even if I walked to that mountain village, I didn’t have much energy left. Besides, the old man could also use these two sweet potatoes on credit first, or eat them first, and it would be ten yuan, and I would like to pay him back if I had them in the future.

In this way, I nodded solemnly and said, "Senior, I want your sweet potato, but it's empty talk. Don't you have to write a note on credit?"

When the old man heard this, he immediately waved his hand happily and said, "No, no, I have said that you little baby, have you said it long ago? I am the best person to speak. Besides, I believe you will not be untrustworthy, haha."

I was delighted and quickly picked up the sweet potatoes. I started to chew on them regardless of the past, but I stopped soon. Because I was too anxious, I choked. I straightened my neck and rolled my eyes. I hurriedly grabbed the water scoop on the side and said hurriedly: "Drink a little water to give it away."

Just as I tried to swallow it, the old man smiled calmly and said, "Drink it, drink it, this scoop of water is also prepared for you, but it is a little expensive, and you can also pay 20 yuan per scoop first, so you can drink as much as you want."

"Puff~~~"

I just drank a big mouthful of water and couldn't help but spray it out. I almost choked into my trachea. I looked at the old man again. I only felt that I saw a plague god, and then looked at the scoop of water that was less than half of the time left in my hand. I only felt that I was the most depressed person in the world. It would be fine if two sweet potatoes cost ten yuan, but one scoop of water costs twenty yuan. I suddenly stood up and pointed at the old man and shouted: "Old man, I have tolerated you with the money for sweet potatoes, but you obviously scoop up this water in the stream, and it actually costs twenty yuan. You are blackmailing."

The old man glanced lazily at the stream not far away, and then smiled and said, "Then why don't you go there to get water, but you have to drink the water that I have worked hard to scoop up. Besides, you have already drunk it now, but you owe me twenty yuan, which is thirty yuan in total, haha."

"I,,." I grabbed the sweet potato in one hand and the water scoop in the other. I couldn't argue. Hey, I was so angry that I was so angry that I was so angry that I took the water scoop in anger and said, "Anyway, I owe so much money, just drink it, hum."

Drink it in one gulp, for fear of missing a few drops. This was bought for twenty yuan,

After two sweet potatoes and a can of water, I felt like I was almost overwhelmed. Of course, most of my stomach was full of anger. Seeing that I had eaten well, the old man slowly stood up, stretched his waist first, and then smiled and said, "Remember the Dharma and Cai couple, if you don't have money to make a living, you don't have the life to cultivate the great way. Remember that you still owe me thirty yuan. When you have it, you have to pay it back."

"I,,." My scalp was already numb at this time, as if I had a life. Alas, I nodded and said, "My Maoshan disciple, I believe in my words and say I will definitely repay you if I say I will repay you, stinky old man,."

The last sentence was said by me very quietly, and I couldn't even hear it clearly, but the old man suddenly blew his beard and glared, "What a stinky old man, a stinky brat, if you dare to secretly scold me, I will raise interest."

"Ah, there is interest," I seemed to have eaten a big bitter gourd, unable to eat or spit it out, so I hurriedly begged for mercy and said, "Senior, you are so proud, don't bother with me."

The old man felt slightly relieved after hearing this, and nodded, "Well, I'm the best person to speak. Keep this account first, thirty yuan, I'll wait for you first, and when you have money, I'll pay it back to me~~~"

Under the moonlit night, I stared at the old man's back far away. Until I disappeared from sight, I came to my senses in a daze and slapped my thighs suddenly: "What's this?"

I angrily got down the hills and came to the edge of this small and small village. Although I had just eaten something, I was so tired that I was rushing all the time and was struggling half-dead in the hunting trap. Now I just want to find a family to stay overnight and go on a journey tomorrow morning.

But strangely, it was not long before dark, so why didn’t every household light? The strange thing was not the lights, but some people also opened the courtyard door and the main hall door was also open, but there was no light in the room. I shook my head and smiled bitterly: "All of them are poor people. Alas, even lighting the lights are afraid of fuel."

There is no barking in the village, which also surprised me a little. Generally, the mountain villages relying on the mountains have dogs to guard their homes. It is also for the sake of alertness. If a beast enters the village, it will not be caught off guard, but there is really no in the village.

But there was a sound that surprised me. How could there be so many crying in the seemingly peaceful and peaceful mountain village? The cry of women, the cry of the elderly, and the cry of children made me feel nervous, but I didn't know what they were doing.
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