"I sell a fish for 50 cents, and I can sell it for seven or eight yuan a day. The grandfather and grandson can barely make ends meet in the town. But some time ago, the granddaughter suddenly had a high fever. Fortunately, the folks in the village lent me some money.
, I’m finally fine. If something happens, I won’t have much to live for.”
The old man's eyes turned red as he spoke. Chujiu and I hurriedly comforted the old man that he would be fine. Money can be earned slowly, and as long as our big lake is here, everything will be fine.
I put my hand into my trouser pocket and touched the money inside. Chujiu shook his head at me after seeing it. I knew he meant that the old man would definitely not want it. In fact, I also thought that he would definitely not want it, not even one.
Toffee had to shirk me for a long time, but I didn’t know what I could do at this time.
"Who would have thought that for three days in a row, the fish in the lake wouldn't bite the hook and not a single one was caught. My granddaughter has been drinking porridge with me for several days."
The old man may have been depressed for a long time, or he may have had no children around him to talk to him for a long time, or it may be because we are strangers and will leave after hearing his complaints, and no one will remember this incident.
Then he added a pot of shredded tobacco to the dry tobacco rod, and the old man vented his discomfort as if talking about everyday things. The whole person became more relaxed, and his face turned a little rosy.
"Look! Guo Guo, Meteor!"
Chujiu screamed, and following the direction Chujiu pointed, a meteor with a long tail flew towards the clouds in the distance with its golden light.
"The shooting stars in the day are a good sign. Grandpa, you are going to have great luck."
The reason why I said this was not entirely to comfort the old grandpa, but when I turned around, I suddenly saw the old man's palace of wealth and silk, with a faint red light glowing there.
It is impossible for people to have an inexplicable fortune, unless it reaches a certain extreme. For example, if something goes wrong for a person, and the misfortune reaches the extreme, it will turn around. There are also people who are virtuous and do good, and their fortune will change under certain characteristics.
What's more, there are noble people around.
"Haha, the old man has lived a long time, but I have never heard that seeing this thing will bring fortune. But this thing is called a broom star, so I know about it."
The old man said with a cheerful smile, took out a tortilla from his pocket and asked if we wanted to try it.
I told him that he had just had breakfast, but Chujiu, who had eaten so much breakfast, actually shared half of the old man's piece of cake.
I glared at Chujiu. It was obvious that the old man came out very early and waited until the sun was about to rise before taking it out to eat. Who knows if there is another piece in his pocket?
As for meteors, they were actually called thief stars and broom stars by common people in ancient times.
In ancient my country, many emperors believed that meteors were unlucky.
In their opinion, the appearance of meteors is often accompanied by some kind of ominous warning, which means that God thinks that the ruler or the people around him have mishandled certain things.
During the Tang Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, many meteor phenomena occurred in various parts of the country, and the frequent appearance of meteors also made Emperor Taizong feel uneasy.
At this time, the official in charge of astronomical observation told Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty that a similar situation had occurred during the reign of Song Jinggong in the Qin Dynasty. After that, Song Jinggong continued to reflect on himself and completely got rid of his arrogant and extravagant habits. From then on, the meteor phenomenon no longer existed.
Appear again.
When Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty heard this, he believed that he himself did not have any bad habits of arrogance and extravagance. However, God gave such an obvious warning, which meant that he had problems in avoiding others in other aspects.
He thought over and over again and concluded that he, like Qin Shihuang, Sui Yang and other emperors, had a tendency to enjoy success in his youth and liked to constantly fight in all directions. In his opinion, he needed to correct this aspect, and he began to implement it personally.
"Grandpa, your corn tortillas are very chewy and full of corn flavor. Oh, grandpa, I'll go to the toilet with Guo Guo first, and I'll come over and chat with you later."
Chujiu pulled me towards the old house. I was about to scold Chujiu, but before I had time to speak, I heard Chujiu telling me to give him ten dollars.
"You have a conscience, but grandpa will definitely not want it."
I handed Chujiu ten yuan and told Chujiu what I was worried about.
Chu Jiu rolled his eyes at me and said that the mountain man had his own clever plan. There was still a way to give the grandpa ten yuan, but as for me giving more money, it would definitely not work.
Chujiu did not go to the toilet, but found a corner to take off one of her shoes and hid the shoe behind a stone. She then took out a paper bag from the cloth bag around her waist, which contained two nails the size of
pill.
Chujiu said sadly that there were only two pills left. A friend of his old man's old man gave him three pills when he came to play in the village in the summer.
I was about to ask Chujiu what the effect of this was. I saw Chujiu crush a pill, apply it on his ankle, and then waved his hands with a look of disgust, saying that the smell made people want to vomit.
"Guo Guo, I'll give you a fun show, come with me."
Returning to the lake, the old man had picked up the fishing rod and stood by the lake. Seeing Chujiu with one bare foot, he asked in surprise: "Little doll, where are your shoes?"
Chujiu replied that it accidentally got wet and that he would just go to the car to change one later. After saying that, he put his bare feet into the lake.
"Little baby, are you stupid? The water in the lake is very cold. You will get sick if you do this. Come out quickly!"
The old man threw the fishing rod on the ground and ran over to pull Chujiu out.
Chujiu refused to take out his feet and winked at me. I had no choice but to stop the old man and told him that my younger brother had been bathing in cold water since he was a child and even swam in the river in winter. He was not afraid of the cold at all.
From the corner of my eye, I saw Chujiu curling his lips and rolling his eyes at me.
"Grandpa, let me tell you a secret. Don't tell anyone else, or I will be arrested."
Seeing Chujiu's serious face, the old man immediately became serious too. He even looked around to make sure there was no one around, and then asked in a low voice: "Are you abducted by human traffickers? Tell me the truth, and I'll run over."
If you go to the police, they won’t dare do anything to me despite my old life?”
"Hahahaha, grandpa, what are you thinking? I look like I've been trafficked. The secret I want to tell you is that my feet are amazing. As long as I put them in the water since I was a child, there will be fish.
They will swim over desperately and let me catch them at will!"
The old man breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and patted Chujiu on the head, and happily said that he also had a secret, that is, he hadn't caught any fish in three days.
Chujiu swung his feet in the lake for about five or six minutes before taking them out.
"Grandpa, lend me one of your shoes and let me wear it for a while. I'll go to town to change my shoes."