The young man stepped on the tiny stars all the way out of the town and headed towards the creek. Although it was night, Chen Pingan ran no slower than during the day. Chen Pingan deliberately avoided the covered bridge where the water level was the deepest. The stream there was much higher than other places. Chen Pingan chose a section of the stream where the water was only below his knees. He took off the large bamboo basket behind his back and bent down to take it. He picked up a small bamboo basket hidden inside, tied it tightly around his waist, took off his straw sandals, rolled up his trousers, and then went into the water to touch the pebbles.
The wound on his left hand that was cut by broken porcelain was still painful. Naturally, he could not soak it in water, so the young man could only use his right hand to rummage through the stream and pick it up. In fact, the stones on the dry river bed were the easiest to pick up, but just As Liu Xianyang said, the color will fade badly. Now that Chen Pingan has roughly understood the mystery from the girl in black, it is not difficult to understand. He feels that these stones are actually like following Old Man Yao over the mountains in his early years. I chewed the soil from various hills everywhere. It seemed like ordinary soil, but in some places, even if it was separated by a hill, it had a completely different taste in my mouth.
Old man Yao said that this is called moving trees to move dead people to live, and moving mud to become Buddhas. The mud in your hands will soon change its flavor as long as it leaves the original land.
The creek has no name. The pebbles in the creek are as big as a fist and as small as a thumb. They are colorful, but the people in the town have been used to seeing them lying quietly in the clear stream for generations. Naturally No one thinks it is a rare thing. Anyone who moves these stones home will definitely be regarded as a fool. If you are full and have the strength to do more farm work, you are nothing but a fool.
Chen Pingan, who was bending down to wade in the water, kept moving and turning over the big rocks at the bottom of the stream. He had already picked up seven or eight stones and put them into the bamboo basket. They were both large and small, with different colors and different skin colors. There are golden oranges hanging high on the branches in autumn, there are also fair and tender skins like a baby's skin, there is a mass of pitch black and shiny black, and there are bright red peach blossoms, and the most common color is shrimp back green. One thing is enough.
Most of these stones, commonly known as snake gallstones in the countryside, are not big, and are smooth and heavy in the hand. If they are held high in the sun during the day, or illuminated by candlelight late at night, the inner texture of the stones will appear. The details are all visible, vaguely like silk, like tiny snakes and fishes meandering. When viewed from a slightly distance, the skin color looks like sparkling fish scales or snake scales.
About an hour later, the fish basket on Chen Pingan’s waist was almost full. He returned to the stream bank where the basket of straw sandals was placed, and first went to the shore to pull out a few large handfuls of reeds, wild celery and dog tails. The grass was placed at the bottom of the basket, and then he put the stones one by one into the basket, carried the straw sandals, tied the fish basket, and carried the basket on his back, and walked ashore. When he reached the bank of the stream where he turned back before, he put down the straw sandals and basket again. Went down the stream and continued to turn over stones.
After picking up half of the basket, Chen Pingan straightened up and looked up at the starry sky, hoping to see shooting stars streaking across the night sky, but he obviously did not have such good luck tonight. After Chen Pingan came back to his senses, he continued to do what a money man should do with his vague starlight and extraordinary eyesight.
Every successful translationAfter picking up the pebbles, Chen Ping'an suddenly felt joyful. For the young man, every stone is like a hope.
Unknowingly, Chen Pingan had accumulated more than half a basket of stones, about eighty in total, the largest of which was bigger than his fist. The color was extremely eye-catching, like condensed chicken blood, and The color is bright and upright, and does not give people any uncomfortable feeling. Such a big stone has almost no flaws or cracks. At this time, Chen Ping'an was walking on the bank to the next section of the stream. He was playing with a medium-sized snake gallstone in his hand. It was light green, much lighter than the plum green in the small town's porcelain. The stone was round and smooth, and very cute. Chen Ping'an was walking on the bank. Ping An fell in love at first sight.
Chen Pingan walked towards the huge bluestone cliff on the shore. Children in small towns often bathe in this section of the stream in the hot summer. The stream under the cliff is particularly deep. The deepest pit is as high as two Chen Pingan. The water depth of this creek is second only to the deep pool under the covered bridge. Young people with good water skills like to compete here to see who can stay under the puddle longer.
The reason why Chen Pingan chose this deep pit is because when he and Liu Xianyang were taking a bath here, they found a snake at the bottom of the pit
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There are many gallstones. Liu Xianyang once deliberately floated a snake gallstone under his arm in order to show off his superior water properties. Chen Pingan remembered that the stone must have been at least as big as Gu Can's head. The stone was slightly white and transparent. , there were tiny bright red dots inside, like frozen peach petals.
Liu Xianyang felt that this move was quite meaningful at the time, so he asked Chen Pingan to help him carry such a large stone home. However, when he arrived in the small town, the tall and uncertain young man felt bored again, so he asked Chen Pingan to carry it home. Ping An solved the stone by himself. As soon as Chen Ping An walked into Mud Bottle Alley, he found that Zhi Gui next door was following him inexplicably. He didn't say anything and kept staring at the stone in his arms with the same look as Chen Ping An's every time. The first time she saw the meat buns sold in Xinghua Lane, Chen Pingan couldn't resist her greed, so he gave her a stone. As a result, she couldn't move it at first and almost broke her foot. Chen Pingan had no choice but to move to After entering the yard of Song Jixin's house, Chen Ping'an didn't know the final whereabouts of the stone.
The stone is as white as water, with peach blossoms floating in it.
Just like the peach blossoms after the rain over there in Peach Leaf Lane, they are green and green.
Even before today, Chen Ping'an didn't know the mystery of this stone at all, but he always felt from the bottom of his heart that the big stone was really beautiful.
Chen Pingan sighed and suddenly stopped.
Thirty steps away, on the blue stone cliff by the stream, sat a girl in green clothes with bulging cheeks, but she was still stuffing things into her mouth.
The first impression in Chen Pingan's mind was that the girl must have been reincarnated as a ghost to starve to death, so she was so hungry in the middle of the night.
Chen Pingan thought for a while and stopped getting closer, for fear of disturbing the girl's late-night snack mood. But he didn't turn around and leave. After all, he had already made up his mind to try his luck at that puddle tonight, touching it every time.Just put two stones on the shore. The more times you try, the more likely you are to succeed. Furthermore, the snake gallstones in this puddle are larger and more colorful than those in other parts of the creek.
Chen Pingan’s water quality is not as good as Liu Xianyang’s, but it’s not bad either.
Chen Pingan did not expect that the strange girl would pick up another food from her side after finishing her meal. She would never take a break and her cheeks would never stop swelling. Chen Ping'an was carrying most of the basket of heavy stones. Thinking that it would be physical work to touch the stones in the water later, he turned sideways and took off the basket and placed it on the ground.
Chen Ping'an underestimated the hearing of the girl in green, but with just this gentle release, the girl's ears suddenly perked up, and her eyes instantly glanced over.
Chen Ping'an couldn't tell me, girl, just eat slowly, so he could only smile awkwardly.
The girl's expression was a little dull, and she burped twice in succession. Then she seemed to be choking, so she quickly puffed up her chest and reached out to slap her chest hard.
Chen Pingan then realized that she was not very old. From her neck down, the scenery over there was really spectacular. It was not inferior to many women who had given birth to children.
The clothes on my chest are very tight.
Chen Pingan quickly looked away without any evil thoughts.
The girl in green then remembered that she had brought a kettle. She turned her back to Chen Pingan, raised her head and took a sip of water, and her breathing became smoother.
The young man carrying the straw sandals actually had only one simple thought at the time: the fabric of this girl’s clothes must not be cheap, otherwise he would not be able to endure such efforts.
The girl in green clothes continued to eat, this time much more reservedly, at least her cheeks were not so exaggerated, she lowered her head and took small bites, occasionally squinting at the strange young man from the small town, with a pair of long and narrow peach blossoms. The eyes and the ends of the eyes are slightly upturned, making the girl look like a young fox.
She seemed to be asking the boy with her eyes, "What's the matter with you? Keep on going."
Chen Pingan looked helpless and could only point to the stream outside the blue stone cliff and shouted: "I'm not passing by here, I want to go to the stream on your side."
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These stones."
The girl suddenly remembered something important. She raised her finger to her mouth to signal Chen Pingan not to speak. Then she moved her position, obviously letting Chen Pingan pass. It won't prevent him from going into the water to pick up rocks.
Chen Pingan had no choice but to pick up the basket and walk over. Fortunately, the blue stone cliff was very big and could accommodate more than ten people. Moreover, the girl had already taken the initiative to sit on the edge, unlike before where her legs were straight. , sitting cross-legged in an orderly manner, with an open package on her knees, filled with all kinds of pastries and snacks, like a hill. So far, only one hill has been eaten by the girl.
Chen Pingan put down his straw sandals and basketsWith the bamboo basket, I originally thought about getting into the water with my shirt off in the middle of the night, but don't think about it now. There is a strange young girl sitting next to her. Not to mention whether she will scream, if her parents give her From what he saw or heard, Chen Pingan estimated that his legs would be broken and he would not be unjust.
Chen Pingan came to the edge of the stone cliff and rushed into the bottom of the puddle.
I quickly touched a stone, the size of my palm, but unfortunately it was not a snake gallstone. I had to wipe my face and continue diving. After three times, I finally touched a blue-black snake gallstone. Chen Ping'an climbed up the cliff all wet, put the basket into the basket, and then continued to plunge into the water.
From beginning to end, the girl had her back turned to this side and was busy eating.
In less than half an hour, Chen Pingan had already found seven or eight stones. Except for the first one, which was dark in color, the other stones were all large and bright.
I went down for the last time, but instead of taking stones to the shore, I caught a live fish as long as the palm of my hand. It is commonly known as slate fish in the town. When it meets people, it likes to hide under the stones and eat meat. It tastes very delicious, and is usually only a little longer than a finger. Rarely is a stonefish as big as the one in Chen Pingan's hand. Chen Ping'an had actually caught a few fish through cracks in the rocks at the bottom of the pit before, but he had let them go for the sake of the rocks. This time, he had an idea. He suddenly felt that if he could catch a dozen fish tonight, he would be able to stew them in the pot tomorrow. The fish soup is pretty good for Miss Ning.
After Chen Pingan landed ashore, he threw the fish into the bamboo basket.
When he caught fish ashore for the second time, Chen Pingan suddenly discovered that the girl was squatting next to the fish basket. Looking at the fish basket with only a lone fish lying there, she could see that her face was full of energy. , just like the stone Zhigui saw in the alley.
Chen Pingan threw the second stone fish into the bamboo basket.
The girl slowly raised her head.
The barefoot boy had turned around and walked quickly, and then entered the creek again.
After hearing the boy's plop, the girl quickly grabbed a fish from the bamboo basket with one hand, looked down at them still jumping, looked serious, nodded and said: "It's awesome!"
The girl in Tsing Yi knew that there were many strange sights in this town. The well named Xinghua Lane had an unknown length of iron lock. The covered bridge not far away was actually a stone arch bridge that spanned the creek for three thousand years. There was a rusty iron sword at the bottom of the bridge, and the tip of the sword pointed to a bottomless turquoise pool. The twelve-legged crab archway, the ruined clay statues scattered in the grass outside the ancestral hall, and the porcelain mountain in the north, where porcelain from past dynasties was judged to be defective by the inspectors, all of which were smashed. Beat it to pieces, etc.
She even knows most of the reasons.
She traveled extensively with her father at a very young age, so she deserves to have seen the world.
But when Chen Pingan caught the rockfish ashore for the third time, the girl with empty hands was still squatting beside the fish basket, but she was still secretly wiping the corners of her clothes with both hands. She looked up The barefoot boy approaches and looks like a commonerGod's eyes.
Chen Pingan felt something was wrong with her strange look, and asked tentatively: "Do you want these fish?"
The girl nodded vigorously subconsciously.
Chen Pingan smiled and said: "Then I'll give you these three. I'll catch them later."
The girl blinked her eyes, and then smiled happily. Foxy and charming.
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