Chapter 25: The Beginning of the Book
"gentlemen…"
"gentlemen…"
The faint and ethereal female voice was like a cold wind blowing through Lu Liangsheng's ears, and her lips stuttered. Before the boy woke up, the toad lying beside him opened one of his eyes first.
"What a brave female ghost, dare to chase me here!"
The beautiful figure who bowed afar, raised his head when he heard this and said, "Sir, atone for my sins, I am just..." Then he stopped, blinked his eyes and looked at the short figure standing up.
"Can toads talk?"
Realizing that he said the wrong thing, the female ghost who claimed to be Nie Honglian pointed to the sleeping boy over there, "I thank him..."
Toad Taoist: "..."
...This is embarrassing me, bah... just a female ghost, why is she at a disadvantage?
Thinking of it, he held his webbed behind him and coughed twice, with a serious expression: "Young man is just an old man's disciple, so you will naturally have something to do with me when you look for him."
"I have to take revenge for my great revenge, so I'll thank you very much." The female ghost Honglian said with a beautiful expression, her voice was gentle and beautiful. As she said, she bowed to the young man again.
Over there, Lu Liangsheng, who had been sleepy for a long time, vaguely heard the words, turned over, and heard a slap sound, and the low moan of "The evil disciple..." came to an abrupt end.
The boy waved impatiently.
"Don't make a noise... I'll call me again at dawn."
Hong Lian glanced at the unconscious young man, and the toad under him who was pressed out of his tongue, covered his mouth and chuckled, slowly got up and prepared to leave, but after walking a few steps, he sighed in a low voice.
There are no relatives in the world... Where should I go...
When the female ghost floated past the easel, she suddenly stopped. She saw the portrait of a long sleeve waving on it, and the word "Red Lian" on the lower left, she looked at the sleeping Lu Liangsheng for a long time, and smiled slightly from the corner of her mouth.
The long sleeves flipped and spread out, turned around and drilled into the painting.
The originally hazy portraits, the faint ink and water handwriting, were condensed a little, appearing vividly, the wind blows over, and the swaying flames are extinguished.
The blue smoke rose and the sky was bright. Lu Liangsheng got up from the ground and stretched his waist.
"Strange, I felt like someone was calling me last night..."
He twisted his neck, grabbed the toad Taoist who was still sleeping on the ground, stuffed it into the package, and eight people who were sleeping around the extinguished bonfire woke up one after another, and the quiet open space became noisy.
Someone saw the scroll over there and called someone else: "This is painted by Liangsheng. It seems that the person on it has seen it somewhere."
"Don't say, the painting looks good, it's the same as a real person."
Lu Pan and Lu Qing walked over, his face suddenly turned pale. He remembered what happened last night and hesitated whether to tell his eldest nephew, but when he saw the portrait there, he seemed to be a ghost.
Gu Pan's beautiful eyes seemed to be staring at the two of them. He was so scared that he swallowed the words back into his stomach and changed his words: "That... it's dawn, let's hurry up."
Lu Liangsheng poured the water from the water bag and washed his face, came over to put the scroll away, tied it up, and put it behind him.
"I was about to say that everyone should hurry up and hurry up."
As for whether to eat breakfast or not, it doesn’t matter. During this period of practice, my physical condition is stronger than that of ordinary people, so I naturally endure hunger. Lu Pan Bazhao will be able to deal with it by eating some dry food and drinking some cold water on the road.
The return journey lasted so long during the day, which was enough for the group to return to Lujia Village. On the way, they passed by the mountains and forests that were sleeping on the open when they came. You could still see the collapsed hut on the hillside from afar. Now when you think back to the big centipede, you still feel scared.
He drove the piglets and lambs and drove the donkey cart away from the forest without any stop.
In the fields outside Lujia Village, farmers were busy with autumn harvest. The village women piled up the hard work for half a year. Looking at the plump millet, they were worried on their faces.
"I don't know if Lu Pan and the others have solved the problem."
"…Oh, if it is not solved, they will be distributed to the people in Beicun. Think about it and feel panicked."
Another village man from the Mutian land also came over, leaned on a hoe, and kicked away a stone: "So what if you don't know, can the government hold a knife around my neck?"
Most of the things that the village talks about these days are about lawsuits with Beicun. They get together to chat with each other without any trouble. Indignation, the three people on the ridge of the field vaguely hear the creaking sound of the wheels of the car.
Looking back, at the end of the mud road, three chariots were coming over with things piled up. A tall man named Lu Qing ran quickly in front of him, waving and shouting at the people in the fields on both sides.
"Stop doing it, go back to the village to get things."
A shout made the quiet mountain village lively, and more than 30 households flocked to the entrance of the village. Even the elderly at home with mobility difficulties came to join in with crutches.
The most prestigious Lu Taigong stood on the stone mill in the village, carefully waved the pear blossom and wood warriors that Lu Liangsheng gave him, and asked each household to send individuals to come out and get cloth and rice in turn.
He also told everyone about the decision made by the county government. At first, everyone was reluctant and had a fight. After Liangsheng came up and explained the whole story clearly, he calmed down his anger.
"I used some of the remaining items for buying five hundred taels. I will go to the county town to buy some clothes, grain and meat before the New Year. Next year, I will get a few pigs and sheep for each household to raise. Isn't that better? Why bother to care about the gains and losses of food..."
Generally speaking, everyone reluctantly divided the autumn harvest food into part and put it together. When the people from Beicun come, they handed it over to each other.
Of course, Lujia Village buys many good things in a confidential way and the truth that money is not exposed is understood. As for how money comes from, it is actually not important. The idea of people in the mountains is that as long as they can get money, it is amazing.
After the days of sharing things, Lujia Village is like the New Year. The eldest and young wife sit at her doorstep, cutting cloth to make clothes for her family. Occasionally, the fragrance of rice and cooked meat floats out of some homes, making the villagers who are greedy to pass by.
Of course, some families are reluctant to eat it, so they make it into wind-dried meat and hang it on the wooden beams on the stove. They are so hungry that they cut it down.
Even Lu Erlai, who has always been unwelcome to the villagers, was divided into some meat and a tael of silver. Originally, Li Jinhua refused, but she couldn't resist Lu Liangsheng's persuasion.
"He is not popular, but he is from the same village and is not an enemy. If he doesn't give him anything, he will be jealous and has a bad idea when he goes out to talk. It will be bad."
Li Jinhua raised her waist and spat outside the yard.
"It's good to count him, Lu Erlai's life."
When I returned to the yard, I saw Lu Liangsheng taking out the four treasures of the study one by one, and his eyes were straightened.
"How much does it cost? Buying these things that are not full is really a virtue like your father, and it is a waste of your family!"
Lu Laoshi, who was weaving a basket under the eaves, raised his head, looked at his wife, and laughed: "What did you mention I do, I am not a loser."
"I am still undefeated?! When Liangsheng came back, the three donkeys were given away for nothing!"
"That was sent by Liangsheng."
The woman glanced forward and glared at the door of the room. Lu Liangsheng turned his face and smiled with his father.
"Mom, there is still an old donkey in our family?"
‘Hmm!!’ Under the awning, the curly old donkey cracked his lips and blew a thick sound, as if reminding Li Jinhua.
"I will be pissed to death by you two men sooner or later!" The woman paused with a broom and swept away hard on the ground. A toad lying on the ground was swept up and frightened. Lu Xiaoxian screamed over there. The flower hen twisted her neck, spread her wings and rushed over.
"I... I didn't mess with anyone..."
One toad and one chicken fight together again, and the previous unfinished battle was held.
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In Lu Liangsheng's room, the four treasures of the study were neatly placed on the desk, and the scroll in his hand was slowly placed on the wall, revealing the portrait of the woman.
Chapter completed!