Zhou Baitong led the "old cat" out of the city gate. He was very familiar with the three villages outside Omi City. When he was young, he often came to these villages to dig up some sweet potatoes and taros, and pick some.
Melons, apples, and then he touched the wall and took a peek at the young lady who had not gone out. But this time was different from the past. He was nearly seventy years old. Although he was not old-minded, he still climbed up the wall to look at the two girls under her skirt.
The spring breeze is always bad. Therefore, he rarely walked around this village in recent years. Looking at the scenery along the road, he felt quite emotional.
At the fork in the road, Zhou Baitong raised his eyes and looked at the boundary marker.
The village to the east of this intersection is called Tianshui Village. The village lives up to its name. There is a well in this village. The water is clear and sweet, which is very nourishing. The fruits watered by this sweet water are full of juice and plump flesh, and are moistened by this sweet water.
The girl is even more fragrant and delicate with soft jade.
The village to the west of the intersection is called Egret Bay. It is named because it is close to a bend of the river and there are many egrets. Although Egret Bay is close to the river, the water quality is not as good as that of Tianshui Village. It is okay to grow some subsistence crops, but it is better to grow melons.
The fruit lacks a bit of flavor. However, we rely on mountains and rivers to eat. This Egret Bay is close to the river, and there are countless fresh rivers in the river. When Zhou Baitong was young, he caught a fish weighing more than 40 kilograms in Egret Bay.
A big carp, as strong as a piglet. People in the village said that he had caught the river god and wanted to let him go. But Zhou Baitong didn't care about this. He took home one fish and three to eat. It was very delicious.
Looking at the two villages, Zhou Baitong didn't know how to choose for a moment, but the "old cat" seemed to smell the aroma of fruits and ran briskly towards the Sweet Water Village.
Zhou Baitong spat: "Damn, I can still follow you like a bitch?" He said this and started to walk towards Egret Bay, but then he thought: "All dogs know the fruits of Tianshui Village.
Xiang, if you go in the opposite direction, wouldn’t you be worse than a dog?”
With this thought in his mind, he decided not to go to either of these villages. He shouted "Old Cat" and walked towards Omi Mountain. "Old Cat" looked back at Zhou Baitong and vomited helplessly.
The tongue followed Zhou Baitong towards Omi.
The village on Jinjiang Mountain is a small mountain village. The village was so small that it could not be found in the county annals of the previous dynasty. Later, it was Zhou Wantong who discovered this village when the two brothers Zhou Baitong were rubbing their feet.
As a guide, this small mountain village was named "Xiaoshan Village" and was added to the county annals to become one of the three villages in Omi.
However, apart from the beautiful scenery and a lot of game, there really wasn't much to do in Xiaoshan Village. Not long after Zhou Wantong walked on the mountain road, he secretly regretted: If he had known better, he would have followed that bitch to Tianshui Village, but he didn't even look at the girl.
I can take a few melons and radishes along the way.
Just as he was thinking this, the grass suddenly shook on the mountainside, and three strong men holding sickles and hoes jumped out with a roar and shouted: "Are you from this small mountain village?"
Zhou Baitong frowned and said, "This village is called Xiaoshan Village, not a small mountain village."
The man with the hoe in his hand was stunned by Zhou Baitong: "I don't care if this is a small mountain village or a small mountain village. I'm just asking if you are from this mountain village?"
"It's a small village, not a mountain village."
The man holding a sickle next to him became even more angry when he saw Zhou Baitong like this. He waggled his big tongue and said: "We are just asking you if you are a villager of Xiaosan Village. We don't want to know if this mountain is Xiaosan Village..."
Zhou Baitong looked at the big-tongued man, his eyes immediately wrinkled, and said: "It's not Xiaosan Village, it's Xiaoshan Village. The moral character of the people in this village you said has been corrupted."
Upon hearing that Zhou Baitong was guarding the name of Xiaoshan Village, the man with the hoe immediately said angrily: "The people in this small mountain village deserve to die. I think this old man is from that village. Brothers, come with me. Let's tie him up first."
Say it again."
Although the three strong men said this, it was easy for them to bundle firewood, but they had no experience in tying people. One of the three men held a hoe, one held a sickle, and the other held a rope, and surrounded Zhou Baitong.
Right in the middle, I didn't know where to start.
"You have the rope in your hand and hurry up and tie it up!" said the man holding the hoe.
"I don't know how to tie them up," said the man holding the rope.
The man holding the sickle said: "Isn't your family a pig butcher? You can tie people the same way you tie pigs."
The man holding the rope said: "Can the pigs and the man be tied up the same way? The pigs are all lying down, can this man lie down obediently?"
Seeing the three people arguing endlessly, Zhou Baitong couldn't help laughing and bent over: "You three don't even know how to tie people up, so you just come out to rob homes and homes. Isn't this ridiculous?"
The man holding the hoe said: "We can't do it, how can you do it?"
Zhou Baitong responded: "Not only can he, but he is also very proficient." After saying that, he suddenly took a step forward and grabbed the rope with a hook. The man with the sickle reacted quickly and stretched out his hand towards Zhou Baitong and pulled out a sickle.
The light of the knife passed by Zhou Baitong's hair, and Zhou Baitong pretended to scream, shocking the man holding the sickle, and he immediately dropped the sickle.
"He is a farmer after all."
Seeing that the man holding the sickle had empty hands, Zhou Baitong stuffed the end of the rope into his hand, then turned around and slid behind him. The hemp rope in his hand tied a knot behind the man like a weaver threading a needle. The man holding the hoe saw
Like this, he waved his hoe and was about to give Zhou Baitong a blow to the head.
"Put your fists high in the air below your ribs. You are moving too slowly and raising the hoe too high!" Zhou Baitong said this, put down the rope, scratched under the man's armpits with his hands, and then the end of the rope was about to fall.
When it fell, he kicked it with his toes, which was exactly the move of the rope dart. The rope head seemed to be able to understand human speech. It passed under the man's crotch and returned to Zhou Wantong's hand. He took the rope head and strangled the rope.
The man's crotch circled around his waist again. "Seeing that you two have a good relationship, let me give you a hug!" Zhou Wantong said this, kicked the man holding the hoe on the buttocks, grasped the end of the rope and jerked hard
, the two fell to the ground immediately, sticking together tightly.
"What about you, what are you going to do?"
Zhou Baitong looked at the man holding the rope. The man trembled and moved his hands forward, indicating that he was ready to capture him.
"You're not a bad kid. You didn't leave your two brothers and run away. Children can be taught. Tell me, why are you blocking the road here? Are the villagers of Xiaoshan Village provoking you?"
The empty-handed man saw his two brothers lying on the ground and said bluntly: "Yes, it's the villagers in Xiaoshan Village who provoked us. People died in their village, and the paper money washed down the river.
In our fields, we violated the taboos of the landowners. We felt unlucky to go to them, but the village chief said that the deceased was the most important and asked us to mind our own business. He coaxed us out. We have no choice but to stay here.
Just wait and see, you want to rob someone and blackmail them into making an apology to us!"
Zhou Baitong still had a smile on his face after hearing this. He had never believed in the theory of ghosts and gods, but he also knew the importance of this landowner in the hearts of these villagers. He came and said, "Okay, I happen to have something to go to Xiaoshan Village. You guys
Come with me."
When the men heard this, they were stunned: "You are not a villager in Xiaoshan Village, then what are you?"
Zhou Baitong was very happy and said: "I am Zhou Baitong!"
When the three men heard the name "Zhou Baitong", their eyes immediately widened and they looked at the old man in front of them in shock: "Are you Zhou Baitong, that little devil Zhou Baitong?"
"It's not the little devil anymore, it's the old devil, hahaha."
The three men couldn't help but tremble when they heard this. They had been scared by their parents since childhood. If they didn't obey, they would be kidnapped and made into "beggar chickens" by Zhou Baitong. Now when they saw the real person, they were still frightened and asked:
"You're not going to take the three of us away and roast us, are you?"
Zhou Baitong looked up to the sky and laughed loudly: "Hahaha, I only eat children, your meat is too old, I am not interested in you." He said this, untied the two people, and led the three of them all the way to Xiaoshan Village.
Go.
After the four people and the dog left, Sue Wu and Peng Youren also appeared on the treetop. Seeing Zhou Baitong walking far away, the two of them got up and followed the others towards Xiaoshan Village.
Xiaoshan Village.
Seven or eight villagers held hoes, rakes, and sickles in their hands to guard the entrance of the village. In front of them, the two rebel horses were arranged in a decent manner, as if they were ready.
"Uncle Niu, what if the gang down the mountain calls for help? There aren't as many people in our village as they are."
Uncle Niu took a sip from his cigarette pot, narrowed his eyes and said, "What are you afraid of? There are many of them, but the only way to enter the village is this way. If we guard this way, they won't be able to get in."
A wizened man on the side said: "How about we admit our fault to them? It was all the villagers who did this. It will be bad if we see blood."
Uncle Niu glared at him: "Coward, what are you afraid of? They said that it is unlucky to have paper money washed into the fields. They are talking nonsense. Don't they just want us to let go of the stream so that they can have water to irrigate their fields?"
The tired man said: "Then let's relax a little."
Another man said: "You are such a weakling. Why is our land so good? Isn't it because of the mountains and rivers? If the mountains and rivers are gone, how will we grow food?"
"Stop arguing!" Uncle Niu shouted, "It's not like we didn't release water to them. We just stored a pool of water, which is exactly what the villagers use. Didn't we release the excess water? They are just greedy.
There is no need to discuss this matter. If you want water, you will have to wait until Xiaoshan Village is wiped out!"
"Uncle Niu, someone is coming!" a man shouted.
Uncle Niu squinted his eyes and looked at the approaching figure with a serious expression: "Come on, let these bastards know how powerful they are." As he said this, he shook out the dung fork in his hand.
He is a flower, and he seems to have some martial arts skills.
The figure was getting closer and closer, and the men in Xiaoshan Village became more and more nervous. The wilted man went to the side to pee, and the other men wanted to follow suit, but Uncle Niu stopped him: "Don't pee, pee."
Once the person is killed, the murderous intention will dissipate!"
When the men heard the words, they swallowed and did not dare to move. They just stared at the figure that was getting closer and closer. Suddenly, the head of the figure waved his hand and shouted: "Calf Head"
Are you still there?"
Uncle Niu was stunned, and felt that the voice was very familiar.
"The calf's head, the calf's head with the big eyes, is it still here?" the voice shouted.
Uncle Niu blinked his squinted eyes, grinned upward, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhou, I'm still here, still here!" As he said this, he threw the dung fork in his hand.
With a wave of his hand he ordered: "Move the horse away, there are distinguished guests coming!"
Baitong and Uncle Niu are old acquaintances this week. When Uncle Niu was still a soldier in the Jiangzuo Dynasty, he was sent to the northern border as a slave because he killed his boss who forced a good girl to be a prostitute. The escort officer stole the benefits and tried to kill Uncle Niu on the way.
, happened to be rescued by Zhou Baitong and arranged for him to live in Xiaoshan Village.
Zhou Baitong looked at Uncle Niu with a smile, patted his shoulder and said, "Little Niu Tou, why are your eyes so small, and why are your big eyes missing?"
Uncle Niu also laughed and said: "I am getting old, my skin has become loose, and my eyes are covered by the eyelids. Brother Zhou, how come you are still the same as before, you don't look older."
Zhou Baitong: "We have been growing up since we were young. When we were twelve years old, some people called us uncle. When we were just over twenty, some people called us uncle. When I turned twenty-seven, people who saw me asked me, old man, what did you eat to make your hair so black?
?”
His words made everyone laugh, and the three people following him couldn't help but laugh. But their laughter made several sharp-eyed men in Xiaoshan Village say: "Uncle Niu, that's right.
Those few people are the ones who went up to the mountain and said that paper money ruined the feng shui of their village!"
Uncle Niu looked at those people and then at Zhou Baitong. For a moment, everyone on both sides looked tense.
"Brother Zhou, are you going to be a lobbyist for the people of Tianshui Village?" Uncle Niu asked, "Let us release the water?"
Zhou Baitong frowned and said: "Lobbyist? Letting go? No, I went up the mountain to find you about something, and I happened to encounter these three boys who stopped me. They said that their village and your village had some disputes, so I just wanted to take care of it."
Uncle Niu breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to Zhou Baitong: "These three people are from Tianshui Village and want us to let them go." Zhou Baitong nodded and said "Oh."
"Okay, since it's Brother Zhou who brought you, he's a guest. Brother Zhou, come to the village quickly. You must have been here for almost ten years." Uncle Niu ordered the man behind him, "Xiaobao, hurry back to the village to open the banquet."
, serve chicken, duck and fish, and wash a pot of radishes and a pot of melon."
When Zhou Baitong heard about the carrot, Melon burst out laughing: "The old man is still considerate."
Uncle Niu smiled and said, "Brother Zhou, you just said you came here to see me for something. What's the matter?"
Zhou Baitong was not polite and said bluntly: "Something happened to the Beggar Clan recently and two people died. Let me ask you, have you seen any strangers recently?"
"Beggars, Brother Zhou, didn't you swear that you would never have any contact with the Beggars again?"
Zhou Baitong waved his hand and said helplessly: "There is no way, my eldest brother is begging me."
Uncle Niu nodded and said: "As for strangers, there are some, but they are not strangers. He has been here for almost a year. He is a monk."
