Chapter 11: The magician Hu Laoshi
That green snake was caught up with us, has drilled through the small bridge, the two sides of that section of the ditch is stone masonry, between the stone cracks with cement grout, so the green snake has nowhere to drill, probably know that the speed is not as fast as we are fast, and can't run away, it simply does not run forward, on the ground up, the snake's head was raised, sibilant spit out his tongue, his head swung left and right, back and forth, and stared at us fiercely, seemed to be saying: "Don't get close to me, don't get close to me, get out of the way, get out of the way, come over again and I'll bite you!"
Seeing that the green snake openly provoked us both, I once again played the hero and picked up a stone and smashed it over, "Smash you son of a bitch!"
The green snake's body was extremely flexible and scratched on the ice, its coiled body didn't even loosen, it dodged the stone's attack, and the stone smashed a hole in the ice, splashing a piece of water.
"Don't don't, it's no fun to smash it to death, oh yes, this thing can't be smashed to death, but smashed out of the hole it drilled a hole and ran away what can be done?" Chen Jin hurriedly pulled back and picked up a stone of me, I do not know how he thought in his heart, this time also did not forget to joke, said: "There is one more thing I must remind you, it is definitely not from the son of a bitch drilled out."
"Cut the crap, then what do you say?"
"Pick it up with a stick, won't it be easier to catch?" Chen Jin said while from the side of the small tree to make efforts to break down a section of more than a meter long, thumb-thick branch, stretching to the middle of the ditch on the ice to fiddle with the green snake, the green snake, although it is very flexible, and very ferocious bite a few branches, but after all, the body of the long, the strength of the small, in the Chen Jin fought to fiddle with the side of the ditch, can not help but to close to the side of the ditch, and a few times even picked up by the branch of the Chen Jin.
Chen Jin and I have a smile of victory on our faces, it seems that this snake that has become a spirit, it is also not a human opponent after all.
"Aiya, two brats, let it go, don't mess with it don't mess with it!"
Just as we were about to accomplish a great feat, a panicked voice came from behind us, Chen Jin's hand's strength loosened, and the snake that had been flicked to the side of the canal by the tree branch scurried back to the middle of the ice. The two of us turned back, the village's yin and yang fairy Hu Laoshi ran out from his house, panting, "You two almost got into big trouble, I was going to go to your houses one by one tonight to talk about this, who thought that you boys are not afraid at all, must be a big deal to do it ah?"
"Huh?" Chen Jin and I looked at each other in disbelief, what kind of words did this Hu Laoshi say? Chen Jin scratched his head and said, "Hu Laoshi, you are not unaware that our family does not believe in this, I can tell you, do not scare me, so that my father knows to tear down the walls of your home."
This Hu Laoshi is ten miles eight villages a little bit of fame of the yin and yang fairy, this year there are probably more than sixty, the Cultural Revolution period because of the spread of superstitious ideas were remedied by the light, and then after the end of the Cultural Revolution, the whole day and began to look at the feng shui to cure the evil disease, it is said that it is also very spiritual. However, our young people do not believe, if there is really so God, then why last year to Liu Bin his mother to see the doctor, downcast and gray face out? Obviously, they do not have real skills, usually will fool people, and said afterwards that they are not enough, can not afford to mess with that evil animal, and then Liu Bin's mother's disease even aggravated, Dad said that this Hu Laoshi is a blind bullshit, can not cure the disease even if it is also said that words, that the Bin Zi mother to the aggravation of the condition of the scared, really not a thing.
This fall Hu Laoshi in the middle of the night in the Chen Jin family outside the courtyard wall slipping, was Chen Jin his father Chen Lockzhu caught, asked him what he was doing, he said it was the white fox spirit two days old in the West Street jump, he was waiting for the white fox spirit out, and talk to it in the future don't come to the village of Shuanghe to harm people, would have been Chen Lockzhu not how angry, once he heard Hu Laoshi these words, the original short-tempered he was immediately angry with the fire, Hu Laoshi lifted a heel, warned: "In the future, the old man will not be able to cure the disease, even if you say those things, that Binzi mother to scare the aggravation of the disease, really not a thing. He warned: "In the future, less fucking blindly scare people, especially in the middle of the night to the bottom of other people's courtyard walls, and then let me run into it, I will tear down the walls of your home, so that you do not dare to sleep at night!"
Later Hu Laoshi really did not dare to go to the West Street at night, but that time there are a few households in the West Street, the family is a daily quarrel, Hu Laoshi said that the white foxes provoke those housewives to make trouble, the white foxes love to do these things. The village also has a lot of people believe that a lot of family members in West Street to find Hu Laoshi help, but Hu Laoshi because of the words of Chen Lockzhu, froze and did not dare to go, which later let the Grandmother Temple followed the light, the village that a few believe in the Grandmother Temple of the old lady busy, by one by one to do ideological work at home of the households who quarrel every day, and then those households to go to the temple on the kowtow and burn incense on the offerings, and then not really much quarrel, then The village believes that the grandmother temple people more, especially the West Street and our back street residents, especially believe, because very early in the village there are rumors that the West Street and the back of the street Yin Qi wet heavy, easy to attract evil things …….
I'm not sure how much I'm going to be able to do this, but I'm going to go ahead and continue our story.
Said Chen Jin then took out his father to scare Hu Laoshi, but probably we are young, that demolition of the courtyard wall words did not play Chen Lockzhu said out when the effect, Hu Laoshi said in a very serious tone: "You messed with the grandmother's temple things, which can not be good, Yao Jing is an example of how you don't know a fear it? Don't mess things up again, go to the grandmother temple at night to kowtow to accompany a not to go, I discuss with people again, maybe not to find your trouble."
"Bullshit!" Chen Jin opened his mouth to curse, this is not to blame Chen Jin has no quality to the old man disrespect, but in the eyes of us young people, even older than us than our small, as long as the young, basically no respect for this kind of clergyman.
I reached out and pulled Chen Jin to stop him from cursing, after all, my heart is still flooded with a trace of fear, thought about it and said: "Hu Laoshi, you said that we messed with the things in the grandmother's temple, that grandmother's temple is a what?"
"Ah? No no, that is not a thing, ah no, no no, it is …… it is …… oops let you ask confused, in short, you do not provoke, just now that long worm, but also granny's temple has a spirit of living things, can not harm it. " Hu Laoshi was a little anxious, speech is not good.
"Yo, listen to your tone, this temple is really not a god, then why are you still afraid ah? You are a famous master in our village, our township, subduing demons, exorcising ghosts and driving away monsters, why are you helping the long insects today?" Chen Jin looked at Hu Laoshi with disdain and said sarcastically.
While they were talking, I looked back at the canal, the green snake on the ice did not know when to lose sight of, leaving only a hole that was just smashed out of the stone, the water in the hole has already formed a thin layer of ice, I said helplessly: "Grandma, the long worm ran away."
Chen Jin looked back, so angry that he turned his head and yelled at Hu Laoshi, "Fuck, you old man is really a losing star! If it wasn't for the fact that you're old, I'd have to beat you up today! Yinle, let's go!"
"Alright, alright, you don't know how to respect the old and love the young!" After all, I was a little bit attached to what Hu Laoshi said, so I didn't want to make too much of a mess with Hu Laoshi, but I didn't want Chen Jin to say that I was scared, so I half-joked, half-advisedly pushed Chen Jin toward the village street.
Hu Laoshi seems to be very anxious, in the back of the endless shouting: "children, can not make trouble again, listen to my advice!"
Chen Jin heard the turn of the head to scold, I hastily dragged far away.
To the village street corner, I looked back at Hu Lao Si, only to see Hu Lao Si is squatting on the stones at the edge of the ditch smoking a big bag of cigarettes, the face of some miserable look. My heart suddenly a little sour, perhaps I believe Hu Laoshi, he is good intentions, as for why he can not use his skills to help us, probably also have a difficult to say it?
Goose feather-like snow fluttering down the afternoon, until the evening, the snow finally stopped, the cold wind blowing whistling straight, like wailing a song of sadness, let stay in the house of my heart a burst of hair.
Originally tonight I will not go out, the first I do not want to go to the old granny temple to ask for forgiveness kowtow, the second, I have some fear in my heart, this weird temple in the end there is what kind of things, and how angry with me? Last night just stole some of its meat offerings, Yao Jing's arm was broken, and sent that snake out three times to scare people, today I smashed the temple in a mess, that is not not angry? And how should I retaliate?
Although grandpa said, our old Zhao family was born with immortal qi, evil things do not dare to hurt Zhao family children and grandchildren, but …… how do I know that is true or false ah? Besides, these years over, I do not feel that I have what is different in the body, beaten also pain drink more will still vomit, which if the body does not have the immortal gas child words, then I am not going to be unlucky?
The most frightening thing in the world is invisible, but real things, easy to hide, hard to prevent arrows!
I began to regret that I shouldn't be a hero to save face, expecting that no one will come to me at night, so that I don't have to follow the brothers to the temple on , because I am clear, in order to Chen Jin windless still want to rise three feet of the character of the waves, he will certainly go, and definitely not kowtow to make amends, if he is not going, perhaps I really talk to a few other buddies, with a few kowtow to make amends, the other buddies, but the other guys are all kowtow to make amends. Anyway, everyone kowtowed and made amends, and I didn't lose face, and afterwards I could say to Chen Jin: everyone kowtowed and made amends, and I didn't want to drag everyone down with me.
But Chen Jin as long as a go, I will certainly not kowtow to make amends, our buddy face can not pass ah, oh, he Chen Jin bold, I will be scared to kowtow to make amends? Tree to a skin, people want two faces, life lost face can not be lost ah!
So after dinner I drilled into the east room of my room, ready to undress and go to bed, if anyone comes to me, I can say that the day is cold, I have drilled the quilt, but also sleepy, too lazy to go out, this reason is barely justified.
I didn't expect that I just went into the east room, the quilt hadn't been spread out yet, the door of our courtyard was pushed open, and I heard Liu Bin's voice shouting, "Yinle, Yinle, have you eaten yet?"