Chapter 43
After a while, he said, "How did you know that it belongs to 360 people?"
Chen Lian smiled and said, "The old man knows how many people died?"
The old man knew that Chen Lian asked this for a reason, because if someone drowned in the river, he might not be able to be discovered. At most, he could judge a rough number and could never be accurate. The reason why he could know the specific number was because he was locally located. In the past year, every person drowned in this section of the river would be washed to the river beach the next day, and it was near the stone tablet.
He had no choice but to tell the reason and then persuaded him earnestly. Even though Chen Lian looked a little strange, crossing the river was undoubtedly to seek death.
Although Juexin is a monk, his patience is not that good. He said impatiently: "We are not afraid of ourselves. What are you worried about? It's really the emperor and the eunuchs are anxious."
The old man said angrily: "I really don't know what's wrong. If you want to cross the river, go."
Chen Lian said: "You must not be rude to the elderly."
Since Chen Lian opened his mouth, I realized that I would not argue with this old man anymore.
Chen Lian said to the old man again: "He grew up in the mountains and fields, and he has no etiquette, so he makes you laugh. It's getting late now, so how can we go to the old man to spend a night?"
Seeing that the old man was gentle and kind, he spoke humbly and politely, he went there seven or eight minutes after the previous disagreement. The villagers were simple and unrighteous, so he said, "Those two will follow me."
Chen Lian nodded and smiled, "Then I'll trouble you."
Juexin really doesn't understand what the master is thinking. He is obviously a true immortal, but he is still polite to an ordinary person. Even if there is a sneaky river in the river, he can do anything to them.
But since Chen Lian decided, he couldn't refute it.
Along the way, I followed my father to a village. At this time, pedestrians on the road saw him saying hello. There was no secret in the countryside, and soon everyone in the village knew that two strangers had come.
However, he was gentle and gentle, and everyone regarded him as a student who traveled. The scholar has a high status, so there are no villagers who are ignorant about asking questions.
When I arrived at a courtyard with bluestone walls, my father-in-law said, "Miss, come out and open the door."
Juexin walked along the way and saw that most of the others were thatched houses, but the father-in-law's courtyard was piled with bluestone, and said, "Your house is so well built. It seems that you are still a landlord. Are the tenants of your family just now?"
The father-in-law said: "If it weren't for Mr. Shen's sake, I wouldn't want you to come."
Juexin smiled and said, "If you don't sleep, you won't sleep at home. I will use it as a quilt as a bed in the sky, and I will still sleep comfortably."
The father-in-law now saw that this awakening was heartless, but he was quite straightforward, so he was too lazy to argue with him. As the door opened, there was a pretty little woman standing inside the door, looking at a stranger, and she looked at him with a hint of shame.
The father-in-law said, "Among, this is Mr. Chen, next to him is his follower Juexin. Tonight, Mr. Chen will stay here for a night. You can cook a few side dishes to entertain you."
The pretty woman gave Chen Lian and Juexin a blessing, and then said, "Dad, the flint is coming, I'll go to Zhang's blacksmith to buy a pair of flints first."
The father-in-law nodded and said, "Then you go quickly."
The pretty woman nodded and went out.
The father-in-law led Chen Lian into the yard and pointed to a granary next to him and said, "Young Master Chen, in fact, the old man is the local village chief. The reason why this family needs to be built so well is not that the old man is too rich, but that he has to find a place to save the grain collected for the court every year, so he has to build a wall outside so that there are no blind little bastards who come to steal food."
Juexin touched her head and said, "So that's the case. Old Man He, I misunderstood you."
Mr. He said, "For Mr. Shen, I won't bother with you."
Juexin smiled.
The three of them went to the lobby and a half-year-old boy came out, holding the book, but the book was inverted. I felt so powerful that I saw it all at once.
Father He had a bad look and slapped the boy's head, "Ergouzi, I must be tired from studying until now. Let's have a good rest."
Juexin couldn't help but smile. When the boy saw Juexin looking at his book, he knew that he had made a mistake. He hurriedly held the book and said with his hands behind his back: "Grandpa, I don't work hard."
Mr. He showed a kind look on his face and said, "This is Mr. Chen, a very knowledgeable person. Don't read it now. If you have any questions you don't understand, just like Mr. Chen is asking for advice. This is called learning from the wise."
The boy who called Ergouzi hurriedly said hello to Chen Lian, and then to Juexin, blinking, signaling him not to expose himself.
Mr. He said, "Boy Juexin, have you seen it? My grandson is much more polite than you."
Juexin grinned and said, "That's right, that's right, I grew up in the mountain. If you don't know the etiquette, don't bother with me."
Mr. He snorted lightly, then asked Ergouzi to make a pot of tea and chat with Chen Lian in the hall.
After a while, the young woman came back and hurried to the kitchen. Not long after, she came to the front hall and said, "Dad, I still haven't fired this flint."
Chen Lian said: "Juexin, go and help you create a fire."
Juexin responded and asked the woman to take him into the kitchen. The woman was about to give him the flint, but Juexin rubbed the firewood with her hand, and immediately started a fire. Unconsciously, she opened her mouth and said, "Brother, you have such a big hand, how can you practice it?"
Juexin said, "The people in the mountains don't have much fires. They can only make fires by themselves, and they just practice it."
The woman felt rough-hearted and big-eyed, and spoke directly, and did things smoothly. She liked her a little, and said, "Brother, I will cook a bowl of fermented glutinous rice for you and Mr. Shen to drink."
Juexin was not polite and said, "thank you, thank you." He followed him out of the kitchen.
Mr. He is a local village chief, with two sons and one daughter. Both sons are in the city. Ergouzi belongs to his eldest son and will temporarily live with his grandfather in the countryside for a while. As for his daughter who was originally married, her husband went there before the New Year and she did not have children. Mr. He asked her to temporarily go back to her parents' home.
After eating, he talked and washed up. He arranged Chen Lian and Juexin to live in the wing room.
In the middle of the night, there was a noise outside. With a loud bang, the gate of the He family's yard was knocked open. Seven big men rushed in with torches, and at the same time woke up Mr. He's family.
In a moment, the family was caught in the hall.
Juexin saw that he was sleeping soundly and wanted to ask questions at any time. After thinking about it, the fermented glutinous rice cooked by the little lady of the He family was still very delicious tonight, and Old Man He was not bad, so he didn't ask for instructions.
When he opened the door and went out, he saw a robber touching the little lady of the He family. Juxin shouted loudly and punched him, and immediately beat the man's head into a rotten watermelon.
Then he did the same thing, and all seven robbers were beaten to death.
Before the He family and the young, Juxin heard a Shenlian voice and said, "Let's go."
He smiled at Mr. He, stamped his feet, and immediately flew into the sky.
Juexin also understood the mystery of Chen Lian's living here tonight. It turned out that Mr. He had a thought of kindness and formed a connection with Chen Lian, which eliminated today's disaster.
Chapter completed!