Feng Ling'er was lifted up tremblingly, patted on the heart, and said with lingering fear: "I was scared to death. Hurry up! Close the door! There will be no business tonight."
The poor guy whose lower body was smashed by Zhan Ninger's foot was carried out hastily, and he went to find someone to treat him. Feng Ling'er asked two people to support her, and went back to the small side hall in the back garden, sat on the chair and poured three bowls of cold cups in a row, and finally recovered.
"Huh?"
Feng Ling'er came back to her senses, saw the clothes on the table, and suddenly thought of Ye Xiaotian: "Where's the person? Gone? Hey! It's really a few poor bones, tough enough. But... Where's the money?"
Feng Ling'er got up and looked carefully, not only the silver ingot was gone, but also a set of clothes was missing. The two people who helped him back saw that he was behaving strangely, so they couldn't help asking: "Brother Fengling, what are you looking for?"
Feng Ling'er was stunned for a moment, then turned around and asked: "Well... there is a young man in this room, what does he look like... he has a particularly nice mouth, do you know his name and where he lives?"
Those two looked at each other, and then at the empty hall, their faces changed color: "Hey! Brother Fengling, what are you talking about, don't joke around at night, it's scary."
Feng Linger: "..."
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When Ye Xiaotian returned to the Earth Temple, it was already dark. Huxian County is a mountain city, half of which is flat land and half is hillside. There is a river between the high mountain and the flat land, and the Earth Temple is on the half hillside.
When Ye Xiaotian was at the foot of the mountain, there was still a lamp to illuminate it. When he climbed the mountain, he looked around and saw the distant mountains and stars, all of which were a piece of light or black ink. Fortunately, there was a big bright moon in the sky, sprinkled with clear frost. The ground can be seen clearly up close.
Ye Xiaotian stopped in his tracks, looked back down the mountain, and saw the lights shining like the stars in the sky. Standing in a high place and a dark place, looking at the soft red ten feet and the world, that kind of wonderful feeling was his first experience in the capital. Never before.
In such a quiet and beautiful atmosphere, Ye Xiaotian, who is optimistic by nature, has long forgotten all his troubles. He squeezed the two silver ingots in his sleeves, and then touched the set of women's clothes of excellent quality in his arms, hehe With a smile, the speed of climbing the mountain is faster.
When approaching the mountain temple, Ye Xiaotian stopped suddenly. There is a mountain stream next to it. The stream is not wide, but the river bed is very wide. It seems that the waves here are always choppy when flash floods occur. Now this season, the river bed is exposed, with a large area of pebbles.
There are no shrubs on both sides of the riverbed, and the moonlight reflects into the flowing water, turning into thousands of streams of light. Looking from a distance, the small river looks like a silver jade belt. On this jade belt, stands a young man with a bamboo basket on his back.
The boy is only fourteen or fifteen years old, still very immature, but his body is already stronger than many adults. He carried a bamboo basket on his back, held a torch made of dry reeds in his left hand, and a two-foot-long thin-edged knife in his right hand. He stood in the stream with his trouser legs pulled up.
Such a night, such a mountain stream, a young man holding a torch, holding a knife in his hand, standing in the jade belt-like stream, such a scene made Ye Xiaotian very curious, but he immediately understood what this young man was doing.
The young man was so focused that he didn't notice Ye Xiaotian. He held a torch in one hand and a thin knife in the other. With his back slightly arched, he walked slowly in the gurgling water. Suddenly, he turned his arms, and saw a flash of cold light, and the straight and narrow knife fell into the water, splashing a splash of water.
When he lifted the knife, there was already a fat fish hanging on the knife, and the blade had cut deep into the fish's body. The fat fish wagged its tail desperately, but before the fat fish could break free from the knife, the boy swiftly raised the knife and threw the fat fish into the basket behind his shoulder accurately.
Seeing this scene, Ye Xiaotian couldn't help but let out a soft "ah". He knew fishing with a net and he had seen fishing with a rod and he knew a fish was speared with a harpoon, but it was the first time he had seen fish caught with a knife.
The fish were frightened and wandered away by the sudden light. The fisherman stood in the flowing water, his hands were quick and his eyes were quick, and he slashed the fish at the bottom of the water with a slash. What a unique fishing method and how keen it is Eyesight, agility
Hearing the exclamation, the young man turned around sharply, the torch was still held firmly in his hand, and the sharp knife was already across his chest.
Ye Xiaotian said hello: "Hi! My name is Ye Xiaotian, my friend, you have excellent fishing skills."
The boy looked at him vigilantly: "It's midnight, what are you doing here?"
Ye Xiaotian pointed to the halfway up the mountain and said, "I live there."
The boy still didn't relax his vigilance: "Live in the Earth Temple? Go to the mountain at this time?"
Ye Xiaotian smiled and said, "Is it strange? You don't fish during the day, but you insist on fishing at night, and you don't use harpoons and nets, but you have to use knives. I also find it very strange."
The young man stared at him for a moment, with a slight smile in his eyes: "I learned this fishing method from the mountain tribe."
He turned around and cast his eyes on the sparkling water again.
Ye Xiaotian thought suddenly, although he has money now, although there is no curfew in the mountain city, because of thin profits, no one comes out to do business at night, so he didn't buy any food all the way here. Seeing this boy catching fish now, Ye Xiaotian suddenly thought of a way to barter.
Ye Xiaotian raised the clothes on his arms, and said to the boy: "Little brother, I haven't eaten today, if it's just me, it's fine, but there are still three mouths waiting for me in the Earth Temple."
The boy straightened up and listened to him calmly.
Ye Xiaotian said: "How about I exchange this suit for your fish? This is the best silk."
The boy shook his head and said, "This is not the clothes that a working person should wear."
Ye Xiaotian said: "You can give it to your bride when you get married. Why don't the bride wear coarse clothes and smooth silk, that's how beautiful she is."
The boy's eyes lit up, he walked ashore through the river, but he didn't get close to Ye Xiaotian. Although he believes that Ye Xiaotian is not dangerous to him, he still instinctively keeps a distance, which is a unique habit of hunters.
The boy stuck the torch on the soft grass beside him, and turned the bamboo basket over. There were five or six fat fish in it, each weighing at least one and a half catties. The young man broke off a few flexible weeds, quickly wove them into ropes, and strung together the four largest fish from the gills of the fish through the mouth of the fish.
The young man put the rest of the fish back into the basket, carried it on his back, raised the knife, and then handed the fish on the straw rope to Ye Xiaotian. Ye Xiaotian happily handed over the suit, the young man shook his head and said, "I will give you the fish. I don't want the clothes. When I marry my wife, I will earn money to buy her a few bolts of silk and make new clothes for her."
Speaking of this, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, showing a little stubbornness and a little pride, but it gave people a very sincere and natural feeling, without a trace of repulsive arrogance, Ye Xiaotian immediately had a good impression of him.
Ye Xiaotian thought for a while, then took out a small silver ingot and spread it in his palm: "You don't want clothes, and I can't take advantage of you. I will buy them with silver, and I will borrow your knife to split it open."
The boy said indifferently: "No need, I said send you off, so I will send you off!"
Ye Xiaotian slowly tightened his palms, nodded and said: "Okay! The four fish of yours today are considered a favor I owe you. If there is a chance in the future, Ye will definitely repay it."
There was a playful smile in the young man's eyes. A hungry man whose whole family lives in a dilapidated temple even had to beg for fish from a fisherman in the middle of the night. Isn't it funny that he even talked about repaying him in the future? what
Ye Xiaotian saw the smile in his eyes, and Ye Xiaotian said loudly: "There are no dragons here, and the ability to slay dragons is useless. If God can give me a place to show my skills, hehe, I will catch fish , but you don’t even need a knife.”
Ye Xiaotian laughed loudly, carried a fish to climb the mountain, and said in a rambling voice: "Little brother, have you ever read a book? This means that I am born to be useful!"
The boy didn't answer, but finally a smile appeared on his face. He smiled and waded into the stream. Ye Xiaotian walked up the mountain road, walked more than ten steps and suddenly remembered something, turned around and saw the young man holding a torch, he was already more than twenty steps away from him.
Ye Xiaotian asked loudly: "Hey, little brother, what's your name!"
"Hua Yunfei!"
In the distance, a young man's voice came, Ye Xiaotian smiled slightly, and said to himself: "Hua Yunfei, it's really a good name. But... it's better than the name I chose. Even if you can fly, Can it still fly out of the sky?"
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There are temples but no monks, the wind sweeps the ground,
More incense than candles and less moonlighting.
A pair of poetic temple couplets has been completely hidden in the night, and the moonlight only makes a faint trace of it.
There are no monks and no candles in the temple. But the moonlight was cold and not enough to brighten the temple, so a bonfire was lit inside. Shui Wu sat cross-legged by the fire, resting one hand on her thigh, holding her pink cheek, looking thoughtful.
Le Yao was lying on her lap, seemingly asleep. The red flames reflected Shui Wu's cheeks, like a piece of attractive ruby. Hearing the sound of footsteps, Shui Wu suddenly raised her head, seeing Ye Xiaotian with joy in her eyes.
It was very late at this time, but Shui Wu didn't go to the temple to look around, she was like a little woman waiting for her husband to come home late, sitting there quietly waiting. The ups and downs along the way, sharing weal and woe, has already made her completely trust Ye Xiaotian, and never worry that Ye Xiaotian will abandon her.
"Yaoyao, get up soon, Brother Xiaotian is back. Yaoyao..."
Shui Wu glanced at Ye Xiaotian happily, patted Le Yao's buttocks, and woke her up.
Yaoyao was woken up by the photograph, got up quickly, and before seeing Ye Xiaotian clearly, she shouted: "Brother Xiaotian, you are back."
Ye Xiaotian walked in with the fish in his arms, and said with a smile, "Yeah! Brother Xiaotian is back, Yaoyao is going to starve, come, come, let's eat fish."
"Wow!" Yaoyao saw the fat fish in Ye Xiaotian's hand clearly, and suddenly widened her eyes, showing a look of salivation. Go up and take a bite or two.
When Shui Wu saw the woman's clothes in Ye Xiaotian's arms, she couldn't help showing a strange expression on her face, but it was obviously not the time to ask questions. Everyone was indeed hungry, she took the fish meekly, and said to Ye Xiaotian, "I'll go to the stream to clean up."
Ye Xiaotian said: "Heideng is blind, there is nothing to clean up, just use a stick to pierce it, put it on the fire and roast it, when the fish is cooked, the scales will fall off."
As Ye Xiaotian said, he sat down by the fire, suddenly felt that something was missing in his heart, he looked around, and then realized that Fuwaer was gone. Ye Xiaotian asked strangely: "Where's Fuwaer? Could it be because he was hungry and escaped by himself?"
Before Shui Wu could speak, Yaoyao reported first: "Brother Xiaotian, Fu Wa'er has gone to catch mice."
Ye Xiaotian was stunned for a moment: "Huh? Does this guy still eat mice?"
Shui Wu smiled lightly and said, "So we didn't know either. At noon today, Fuwa was walking around in the yard, but we didn't pay attention to it. Later, we found that it had eaten all the bark of the two fir trees in the yard. Later... it was discovered that it was catching mice."
Ye Xiaotian smiled wryly and said, "No wonder it is said that 'food is the paramount necessity of the people'. Look, it's only been a day without food, not to mention people, even bears are starving like cats..."