Wild pheasant stewed with potatoes, lamb stewed with carrots, large pieces of roasted pork leg, spicy and sour carp soup, and braised hare meat.【】
It was getting dark, and eight people from Wu Ming sat on the earthen kang, each with a jar of Xinghua Fen wine, and wolfed down the food.
In the outer room, Old Man Zhang and his family of six were also having dinner.
Each person has a bowl of noodle porridge with a few vegetable leaves floating in it. The family smells the aroma of wine and meat and twitches their noses from time to time.
"Grandpa, who are the people in the house? Why do we sleep in the woodshed at night and give the house to them?"
A little girl of thirteen or fourteen years old was sitting next to old man Zhang and couldn't help but look inside frequently.
Old man Zhang tapped the dining table with his fingers, assumed the posture of the head of the family, and said in a deep voice: "The people living there are all exorcists, and they are all very capable! Let them live in our houses.
We need to spend a few pieces of silver to stay here for one night, and even if we give some of it to the village, it will be enough for us to pay for two more buffaloes."
"Dad, one buffalo is enough for our family, but it is more important to buy some land. The eldest Ya is thirteen this year, and the second Ya is almost nine years old, and the wedding day is coming soon. A few more pieces of land in your hands will make your life more difficult.
No worries, you can also enjoy a few more days of happiness." Speaking of money, Old Man Zhang's son and daughter-in-law showed a bit of excitement in their eyes.
Mrs. Zhang didn't care about this. She used her chopsticks to pick up a few pickles for her little granddaughter, and said in a weak tone: "Keep your voices down, don't let anyone hear you!"
"Grandma, when I grow up, can I also be an exorcist?" At the age of eight or nine, Erya understood a few things.
In her young mind, the exorcist who drank heavily and ate large portions of meat was extremely majestic.
Otherwise, grandpa, who is very strict at home, would not take the whole family to sleep in the woodshed and would have to free up the house.
"You little girl, what are you thinking about? It's so easy to be an exorcist. Widow Ma from the east end of the village climbed into the exorcist's bed and went to enjoy the hot food. But you can see
Look at that Ma Laoliu, that is Widow Ma’s biological brother. He has been working in the village to herd sheep and has been fooling around like this all his life. This is not even possible for men. How lucky do you have to be to dare to think about these things?
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Old man Zhang favors boys over girls and has no good feelings toward his two granddaughters.
Erya lowered her head glumly, her eyes still wandering to the inner room. For the first time, she understood what longing was.
A visible door separates the two worlds.
Inside the house, Wu Ming and others were drinking and eating meat, talking and laughing wildly.
Outside the house, Old Man Zhang and his family were drinking porridge, their eyes wandering, with unconcealable envy on their faces, like two kinds of people in the same world.
"If the life of an exorcist is like this, what will my future be like?" Da Ya didn't say anything, but she was thinking wildly in her heart.
She couldn't help but look at the gruel in the bowl, and then at her gray-haired grandma.
If nothing changes, her fate will be like her grandmother's, marrying a man with his face turned to the earth and his back to the sky. She will live in a small mountain village all her life, just like those little old ladies, worrying about food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Thinking of such a future, Da Ya gently sniffed the aroma of wine and meat coming from the back room, and felt that she was so unwilling to accept it.
"Eat well and drink well. Go to bed early tonight. We will set off early tomorrow morning."
After eating and drinking, Wu Ming, slightly drunk, watched everyone leave.
Outside the house, Mrs. Zhang was heating hot water for Duan Xiaoxiao and Fourth Sister to take a bath.
Old man Zhang's daughter-in-law and her daughter crept in, their heads lowered as they collected the leftovers on the table, and their breathing was suppressed.
Wu Ming was lying on the Tukang, squinting his eyes and thinking about tomorrow.
Suddenly, he noticed someone looking at him frequently. He raised his head and met the little girl's eyes.
At the age of thirteen or fourteen, his clothes were washed white and his body was a little thin due to malnutrition.
Da Ya was only pretty and pretty, and her body had not grown at all. Wu Ming lost interest after just one glance and closed his eyes again.
There was no words all night, and at midnight, Wu Ming felt the door of his room being pushed gently twice.
Unfortunately, before Wu Ming went to bed, he put up a defensive barrier from inside to block this uninvited guest.
When I woke up the next day, it was raining lightly outside, and I felt a cool feeling.
Wu Ming thought about the person who pushed the door open last night, waved away the defensive magic, and stretched while walking out.
"Crunch..."
There was a sound of pushing the door, and a limping little girl walked out of the side room where San Sha lived. It was Old Man Zhang's granddaughter Daya.
Feeling Wu Ming's gaze, Da Ya had a look of pain on her face and reluctantly smiled at Wu Ming.
"No way!"
The raindrops hit my face, bringing a little bit of coolness.
Wu Ming's eyes were filled with surprise. He looked at Da Ya's walking movements and then at Sansha's half-open door, and suddenly thought of something ridiculous.
Sansha was in his twenties, when his vitality was at its peak, and more importantly, he didn't have a wife yet.
Judging from what Da Ya meant, she probably climbed into bed.
The man is unmarried and the woman is unmarried, and Sansha is an honest and responsible character. This plot is a bit deep.
"No, the person who pushed the door to my room last night couldn't be Da Ya, right?" Wu Ming suddenly thought of someone pushing the door of my room last night.
Wu Ming was sleeping soundly at that time. The man who opened the door tried a few times and then left. He didn't care who the person was.
Now, considering Da Ya's behavior of lamely coming out of Sansha's room, it's a bit scary to think about it.
"Da Ya, Da Ya..." As soon as Da Ya came out, Sansha rushed out.
He was wearing a piece of clothing haphazardly, one foot was bare, and the shoe on the other foot was thrown away after just a few steps.
"Let me go, what else do you want to do? I am kind enough to bring you water, but who misses you, you... wuwu." Da Ya cried like a pear blossom with rain, standing in the rain like a tearful person
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Sansha had never seen this before, and his face suddenly turned red and he explained: "I thought I was dreaming. Who would have thought it was true? I really didn't mean it."
"As long as it's not intentional, how can I get married? Who will want me?"
"Marry me and I will be responsible for you. Please stop crying, okay?"
After asking and answering questions, Wu Ming clearly saw a hint of joy flashing through Da Ya's eyes.
Wu Ming finally understood that sending water and warmth was all a routine.
This hard-to-get player, with such scheming at such a young age, would have no problem performing the role of Gong Xin Suo Yu, but it would be a bit unworthy to put it on Sansha.
"Sansha, what happened?"
Hearing the noise outside, other people came out one after another.
Sansha ducked and lowered his head, and Da Ya couldn't stop crying. After watching for a long time, no one could understand.
After a while, Old Man Zhang and his family also came over, and the two groups looked at each other.
In the end, it was Mrs. Zhang who took action and took Da Ya to ask some questions elsewhere. Only then did she find out that her granddaughter had crawled into bed in the middle of the night.
"Third brother, it's normal for men to be merciful. Just give him some money and let him go." Dasha, the oldest, said nonchalantly.
Ersha also nodded, supporting Dasha's statement, and said: "Lao San, eldest brother is right. It's not like us to travel all over the country and bring our families with us. Just give her more money. Are you really going to marry her?"
Can’t make it?”
Everyone was talking about it, and Daya herself was frightened.
She sacrificed her body in order to fly up a branch and marry the three evil spirits directly, in exchange for the rest of her life.
If Sansha doesn't marry her and gives her money directly, will she accept the money or not?
"Sansha, you are not young anymore, what do you think?" Duan Xiaoxiao did not follow others' opinions, but pointed out the relationship directly and asked Sansha's plan.
San Sha lowered his head and thought for a moment, then looked at the panic on Da Ya's face, and said in a low voice: "I want to marry her. I am a man and should be responsible. Besides, I don't want to drift anymore. Let alone,
From now on, I will be like my eldest and second brothers, who will not even have a home when they are in their thirties or forties."
"I understand, you can stay. When we come back, we will arrange your marriage!" Duan Xiaoxiao heard Sansha's plan and nodded blessingly with a smile.
Dasha and Sansha sighed, looked at the light rain in the sky, looked at each other and said nothing.
Everyone has their own life. If Sansha is tired of wandering, staying here may not be a good choice.
The exorcist licks blood from his knife and exchanges his life for money. In addition to being carefree, such a life also contains a loneliness that no outsider can see.
Especially the last sentence, "I don't want to not have a home in my thirties or forties," touched Dasha and Sansha deeply, and they also understood Sansha's thoughts to a certain extent.
Among the group of people who set off, the number of eight people became six, and the three evil spirits and the youngest five evil spirits stayed behind.
We climbed to the top of Wuzhishan Mountain in spite of the light rain and no one said anything along the way.
On the top of Wuzhi Mountain is a small dilapidated temple. There is a pool in the temple with the four characters "Jing Hua Shui Yue" engraved on it.
Wu Ming stood beside the carvings and raised his eyes to look at the mountains in the distance.
In a trance, I saw a giant Buddha lying on the ground, standing out from the mountains and descending to the mortal world.
"I found you, Sun Wukong!"
As soon as Wu Ming stepped down, he rose into the air and flew towards the giant Buddha in the distance.
Three minutes later, Wu Ming fell from the sky and landed steadily in a green lotus land.
Lotus leaves and lotus flowers bloomed all over the valley.
In the center of the valley, a dark cave entrance comes into view, blocked by a huge golden lotus.
"Valley, lotus, cave, golden lotus!"
Wu Ming looked around, walked to the entrance of the cave, pushed aside the golden lotus, and jumped in without thinking.
Using the levitation technique, he descended six to seven meters and landed firmly on the ground.
Wu Ming raised his eyes and looked around. What he saw was a stone table and a six-character mantra tablet.
"Om mani padme hum!"
Reciting the mantra on the stone tablet, Wu Ming slowly turned around and said: "The Monkey King?"