Chapter 13 The present life of the ancient village

It is almost summer, and the weather in northern Jiangsu is getting hotter and hotter. The water level of the rivers as dense as a spider web has dropped significantly. However, the wasteland water system in Yelaoguo Village is still rippling, with dense vegetation, rare birds and reeds, and some swamp wetlands have begun to bloom. It was fenced and developed into a breeding industry.

Zhao Xixi drove along the village road and admired the scenery of the large wasteland from a distance, calling it a bird paradise and ecological beauty.

"Since it's so nice here, you either stay here and don't leave." Jiang Xiaobao said jokingly. The scenery you are tired of seeing in front of your home is to the eyes of outsiders the beautiful scenery you have traveled thousands of miles to see by plane.

Chen Mingzhi deliberately said loudly: "Jiang Xiaobao, can I understand this as a proposal? Hahaha, you also have to have a sense of ceremony."

"Cousin, be bolder and say it louder Zhao Xixi tell him?" Song Yijin hugged Jiang Xiaobao, turned his head towards Zhao Xixi and asked him to tell him.

"Don't make trouble, are you driving?" Zhao Xixi said.

At this time, there were no people in Yelaoguo Village. There were quite a few people when we came back from the May Day holiday. Now I don’t know why there are no people on the road. There are no shops or meat sellers in the village. open.

The four of them got out of the car. Although it was hot outside, the wind felt much better than being suffocated in the car.

"I was almost suffocated by the smell of alcohol from the three of you along the way. Your clothes are all stained with the smell of alcohol. I told you not to drink. If you drink too much, you will delay things. "Zhao Xixi complained.

"Cousin, look at it, those who can control a man's drinking are good wives who care about the man. She curses but feels hurt in her heart." Song Yijin said to Jiang Xiaobao with the airs of a veteran.

Hahaha, there was a burst of laughter, leaving Jiang Xiaobao and Zhao Xixi at a loss.

Chen Mingzhi touched Song Yijin's trouser pocket, took out a cigarette for each of the three men, and lit it, feeling very comfortable.

At this time, Song Yijin's cell phone rang. Song Yijin turned on the speakerphone. It was his cousin Song Yiyi calling.

"Brother, I am Xiao Yi. You are enjoying yourself there. When can you return to Nanjing?" asked my cousin.

"Lao Guo was playing in the wild. He drank too much and had some trouble with his friends." Song Yijin said.

My cousin said on the phone: "Brother, you sent me a picture of the bamboo pen holder, and I have already contacted the auction company, but yesterday there was a calligrapher from Beijing in Yuhuatai District who was very interested and could accept 38,000 yuan." Qian's preliminary appraisal price. He wants to see the thing first. How do you think this should be done? ""Xiao Yi, wait, I'll call you in five minutes," Song Yijin finished. , just ask Jiang Xiaobao.

But Jiang Xiaobao was already smiling from ear to ear, while Chen Mingzhi on the other side was pulling him to ask for money. Zhao Xixi looked at Song Yijin with admiration.

"To do big business, you have to be a big cousin! If you don't live in this country, you will lose your home."Things that have been gathering dust for decades can be sold for tens of thousands of dollars. My mother is very happy to know that. "Jiang Xiaobao said.

Song Yijin said, "This thing is valuable. If it is signed by a celebrity, it is even more valuable. If it goes to auction, it should be more than this. It depends on whether there are bids. ”

“Sell it directly or go to auction? "Song Yijin asked Jiang Xiaobao to decide.

"Strive for its maximum value and give me more points, hahaha. "Chen Mingzhi's eyes were full of money.

"This is Jiang Xiaobao's private property, okay. The price of the money is also Jiang Xiaobao's. Don't just think about good things. "Song Yijin said.

Zhao Xixi said: "Jiang Xiaobao, I think you'd better sell it and take it when you see it. "

Jiang Xiaobao looked at Song Yijin and said: "I listen to my eldest cousin on this. He has vision and experience, and it is up to him to decide. "

"Hahaha, okay, let's take action and seize the immediate benefits first. "So Song Yijin called his cousin and made arrangements one by one.

"We are going back to the base area now. We will go back to collect and package the things first, and ask SF Express to come and pick them up. SF Express will look around to see if there are any more valuable items. If they find valuable items and sell them, I will share half of them. "As he said this, Song Yijin himself laughed like a money man.

Nanjing received the items the next day and completed the transaction on the same day. Every penny was transferred to Jiang Xiaobao's account. Of course, Song Yijin The company also made a commission, and this was clearly explained to Jiang Xiaobao, and Jiang Xiaobao was convinced. Jiang Xiaobao's father also praised his aunt and nephew's skills, and later specially brought a lot of things to his sister's door. Thank you. This is what happened later, so I won’t say much here.

After Song Yijin was busy, Jiang Xiaobao and Zhao Xixi went to the kitchen to make afternoon tea. When Chen Mingzhi asked Song Yijin to come out for tea, they would know. Song Yijin was already fast asleep in bed, and Chen Mingzhi couldn't bear to wake him up, so the three of them chatted in the yard. After half an hour, they saw that Song Yijin was still awake, so Chen Mingzhi went back to his house and asked his mother-in-law to cook dinner in the evening. Invite everyone to eat at his house.

Song Yijin slept until dark this afternoon. He didn't wake up until Chen Mingzhi came over to invite everyone to dinner. He was probably a little drunk from the wine he drank at the fisherman's house at noon.

When Chen Mingzhi was having dinner at Chen Mingzhi’s house, Chen Mingzhi’s mother-in-law brought out a bottle of Sky Blue that he usually brought back from the wedding banquet to entertain him. Song Yijin quickly stopped him from opening the bottle, saying that he had drunk it at noon and had a headache. He was still fainting and stopped drinking at night.

But Jiang Xiaobao stopped drinking and pretended to be addicted to alcohol and asked Chen Mingzhi to drink. He was punched twice by Zhao Xixi to stop him from making trouble, but he didn't make a fuss. Let him go and say that he will take it home to drink tomorrow after dinner.

Chen Mingzhi was so angry with him that he couldn't scold him. After dinner, Song Yijin gave each of Chen Mingzhi's children a red envelope. It was exemplary.

Early the next morning, Chen Mingzhi made breakfast at home and delivered it to Song Yi.Jin Zhi praised Chen Mingzhi for turning out to be a careful person, who had arranged things properly inside and out.

"We were originally going to visit the Second Master yesterday, but we drank too much at noon, which delayed us for a whole day." Song Yijin apologized to everyone.

Zhao Xixi said: "It's okay, man, you look pretty cute when you're half drunk, but it's not good when you're drunk. When I was a kid, I saw a neighbor's man grabbing a woman when he was drunk. My hair was beaten, and I still have a shadow in my heart. Look how sad the fisherman was when he was drunk." "Yeah, drink less Yiyiqing," Jiang Xiaobao agreed quickly.

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After breakfast, the four of them followed Jiang Xiaobao straight to the second master’s house in Beitou. But Jiang Xiaobao did not mention the fact that the second master was a Taoist martial artist to the three of them because he promised to keep it secret. The other one he has not yet figured out this kind of power beyond human understanding, and Jiang Xiaobao has no idea about Song Yijin’s other one. His hidden identity is naturally unknown.

As Jiang Xiaobao said before, the second master is sleeping at home. Although it was morning, the sun was already one foot high. I knocked on the door but it would not open. Even if I listened carefully, there was no sound from inside.

"Second Grandpa, Second Grandpa, I am Xiaobao, are you at home?" Jiang Xiaobao shouted inside again.

"Stop shouting, there is no one at home. I haven't seen this door open for how many days." The neighbor came out curiously after hearing the sound.

"There won't be anyone there. Look, the door is locked." Chen Mingzhi said.

"In this case, you stay here, and I will call my eldest uncle. He has a good relationship with the second master." Jiang Xiaobao thought of his eldest uncle.

"Hahaha, Xiaobao, you kid, you broke the door and disturbed my dream, and you still want to call your uncle to come. I will make you happy when he comes. Yes." There was a voice from the door, and sure enough, the second master came out when he heard that he was going to call the uncle.

Jiang Xiaobao is still a child after all, and he knows how to use children's methods to make the elderly happy. As soon as the door opened, he cooed "Second Master" several times, which really made the Second Master happy. Even Zhao Xixi didn't believe it was Jiang Xiaobao's voice.

But when the door opened and the second master saw Song Yijin standing behind Jiang Xiaobao, his expression suddenly became surprised, his eyebrows raised, and he seemed to have something to say, but then he said something. Calm down.

The second master is an expert after all. He saw the purple semicircular halo on Song Yijin’s head, which could be seen even in the daytime, so he was very surprised by Song Yijin’s background. Song Yijin is just a disciple and has not yet reached that level, so he cannot see the halo on the second master's head.

Song Yijin didn’t know at this time that the second master was Master Yuangui, his junior brother.

The moment Song Yijin stepped into the courtyard, he was stunned by the sight in front of him! He widened his eyes and looked at the densely packed turtles in the courtyard in disbelief.These turtles are big or small, the big ones are as huge as millstones, and the small ones are as big as the palm of your hand; they either lie quietly on the ground, or crawl slowly, like mysterious and ancient biological groups.

Song Yijin murmured to himself: "What kind of turtle is this? It looks like a tortoise, but also seems to be different..." He couldn't help squatting down and observing one of them carefully. Bigger turtles come. Its hard carapace is covered with strange lines, like a beautiful painting; its head is slightly sharp, and its eyes are lively and deep, revealing a unique look. When you are in this magical turtle In the world, everything around me has become so strange and interesting.

Zhao Xixi just felt her scalp was a little numb. Fortunately, it was a turtle. If it was a snake in the yard, she couldn't imagine it, so she had to grab Jiang Xiaobao's clothes and walk in bravely.

"Second Grandpa likes to raise turtles." Zhao Xixi said hello to Second Grandpa.

"Hello, Second Grandpa, I am Mingzhi, from the Chen family in Nantou." Chen Mingzhi also said hello to Second Grandpa. He was also surprised that he had lived in this village since he was a child and had never known this old man. There are so many turtles in the house, but I heard they have weird tempers and sleep all day and night, but they don’t have any other bad habits.

The second master let the four people into the house. The house was not big, but there was no turtle.

The second master seemed to see everyone's doubts and said: "They don't come in, they only stay in the yard, and they will crawl into the south house in winter. People are old, they don't have many hobbies, and they don't smoke. I didn’t drink alcohol, and I didn’t plant flowers and grass carefully, so I just raised some turtles. I picked them up in abandoned fields in my early years. I kept them for decades, and the number of turtles increased, and my monthly pension was not enough to feed them.”

"Xiaobao, why do you think of me, old man, today?" The second master asked directly, without beating around the bush. His voice was hoarse, but his eyes were sharp.

Jiang Xiaobao couldn't help but feel a little nervous. He scratched his head and said apologetically: "I'm so sorry, Second Grandpa, we shouldn't have come so rashly to disturb your rest."

Jiang Xiaobao took a deep breath and mustered up the courage to explain: "Second Grandpa, these Everyone is my good friend and a relative of my family. We have been playing together these days, and we accidentally mentioned some past events, so I came to visit you today just to ask you something." He said. , while secretly observing the second master's expression, for fear that he might say something wrong and offend this martial arts expert.

After finishing speaking, Jiang Xiaobao waited uneasily for the second master's response.

"Hahaha, don't be nervous, Xiaobao, it's okay. Please tell me slowly what it is." The second master said with a smile, his brows relaxed, and he seemed relieved. What Second Master is worried about isHas Jiang Xiaobao told these friends the secret of that day? Nowadays, mobile phone networks are very developed. If he tells it, it will spread to ten people and hundreds of people. Whether people believe it or not, it may cause him a lot of trouble. What reassured him was that it seemed that Jiang Xiaobao was not asking about these secrets.

"Second Grandpa, it's like this. When we went to the county library a few days ago, we accidentally saw a book in the library's display cabinet. It said "Weishui River and Hexi Old Crooked Mouth". There are more than ten acres of farmland, and the soil is rammed like glutinous rice. People and animals are not close, and those who are close will faint. According to legend, there is... The content after that is missing, and the paper is damaged. We are very curious about the Weishui River written on it. What does Hexi's crooked mouth mean?" Jiang Xiaobao said slowly.

When the second master heard Jiang Xiaobao mention Lao Waizui, his eyes suddenly lit up, as if he remembered something, but he remained silent. When Jiang Xiaobao finished speaking, he said: "You mean there are books in the county library that record this old crooked mouth?"

Jiang Xiaobao replied: "Yes, Erye, it's Lao Waizui. . ”

“So, it has been written into the books... I guess many people know about this place, right?” The second master murmured in a low voice, as if he was not talking to Jiang Xiaobao and others. , but fell into some kind of contemplation. His eyes were wandering, as if he was recalling some past event, or thinking about the impact of this news. After a while, the second master slowly raised his head, a hint of unnoticeable worry flashed in his eyes, but he soon regained his composure.

The second master asked: "Xiaobao, what do you know?"

Jiang Xiaobao quickly replied: "The second master, we have no other intentions, because I am majoring in archeology. If so, everyone in the village also knows that I am just curious and have no bad intentions. The book says that the area west of the Weishui River is quite large, and we have also been to the county archives before, and a deputy director there also told us. We, this old Waizui may be from our town, but he doesn’t know the specific location.”

Jiang Xiaobao continued: “I heard from the deputy director that the experts in the county were sorting out the books. We also organized people to conduct research and basically determined that Lao Waizui was the name of a village in ancient times that was later destroyed in the war. We went to Diaoyu Town yesterday, and there was an old man named Jin who told us some stories handed down from history. He told Master Song that his junior brother was in our village and said that he might have clues about Lao Waizui. "What, Master Song?" asked the second master, pretending to be surprised. The second master is really not sure. What does this young man know? Who is the disciple of the young man with a half-purple halo on his head? I saw the second master saying: "I have never heard of Zhenren Song. I sleep at home every day to take care of my old age. I don't know anything about the world. But I am old after all. The old man you are talking about is a crooked mouth. Even the county experts I have researched it. I heard my grandfather and father mention this when I was a child. I would like to give it to you as a reference. You can analyze and research it yourself."

The second master knew it when he heard it.The four people immediately became more energetic and listened attentively.

The second master said: "In the past, Lao Waizui was destroyed by the Jin people within a few years after Jiang Ziya and Jiang Taigong left, but many people survived with the help of a general in the Southern Song Dynasty. Later, the village was rebuilt and renamed Laohebeng Village, which is now Sanguan New Village. "Sanguan New Village!" Everyone looked at each other, this is Song Yijin's village.