Chapter 10: Old Jiao came
I have to admire the old ladies, for the gods in the underworld, they really obeyed the orders and listened to the command, resolutely and quickly to fulfill the will of the gods.
It is said that on the night of the New Year's Eve, they found Hu Laoshi's home, and Hu Laoshi had a long talk, and reached a certain agreement, then, on the morning of the first day of the New Year, a group of old women divided into action, the village to collect funds to build the Dragon King Temple spread throughout the village, and most of the villagers have promised to have the money to contribute money, and the powerful to contribute labor.
As for when to build the temple, it has to be out of the first month, after the weather warms up a little.
Their efficiency is really quite high! Let us young people admire them.
And know the inside story of us, prior to an agreement, shall not be these people seem ridiculous to the extreme things to say, even family members, shall not be informed. Of course, my family except, after all, even Hu Laoshi do not hide our family ah!
This kind of thing, it's better to try not to publicize it, the fewer people who know about it, the better.
The second day of the Lunar New Year, is the day to string relatives to pay tribute to the New Year, usually to go to the aunt's house, aunt's house to pay tribute to the New Year, after eating the noon meal before returning.
However, our brothers went to pay respects on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and all of us came back before eleven o'clock in the morning.
In order to witness the old jiao, is how to get rid of the village evil child, after all, this thing, many people live a few lifetimes can not see once, can not be underestimated.
But see that the sun shining in the sky, also smiling at us, my heart is depressed, is not good will be snowy, and then the old auger shuttle in the snow, devouring and sucking the evil children? This sunny day, a little bit of snow signs are not.
The brothers also have questions about this, so together they flocked to Hu Laoshi's home.
When is the most miserable time for Hu Laoshi? Of course it was the New Year.
New Year's Eve, families are reunited, spend the New Year, and widows and orphans, but can only be alone in the empty room, enviously looking at other people's homes red-hot, laughing and joking, and then can only silently eat their own wrapped bowl of dumplings, the flavor …… think about it all feel a little bleak.
So when a group of us appeared at noon in the home of Hu Laoshi, Hu Laoshi was first surprised, then is happy, full of smiles greeted us quickly into the house, this day at noon in his home to eat, he went to prepare dishes to go ……
Brothers can not think in his place to drink and eat, I stopped from the cabinet constantly pulling out cigarettes and wine Hu Laoshi, said: "Grandpa Hu, you do not busy work, we are here to ask you, this …… today is the second day of the Lunar New Year."
"Ah, right, what's wrong?" Hu Laoshi did not seem to consider what I want to ask, what we came to do, turned around and went to the inner room to take out a roasted chicken, and a big bag of melon seeds and a big bag of fried peanuts, and then to the old grandmaster offerings to the big table to vacate, greeted Xue Zhigang and Chang Yunliang to carry the table to the middle of the house, put a should be things on the top, opened up, said: "this day are here to accompany I'm here with you today, it's not nice to be cold and quiet on New Year's Day!"
"Where's the old woman? Didn't it say that the Old Jiao from the Black Dragon Cave in the West Mountain will come to the village to get rid of the evil spirits today?" Looking at Hu Laoshi's excitement, I did sympathize with Hu Laoshi, could it be that the person who is a Yin-Yang Immortal can't really get married? Then his other relatives do not have one?
Hu Lao Si was stunned for a moment, only then understood what I just asked, said with a smile: "Oh don't worry about it, since we have agreed, then we can rest assured."
"How sunny is the sky outside now! Didn't we say there was heavy snow?"
"It won't come until night! When the old auger comes out in broad daylight, won't it scare the village to death?" Hu Laoshi laughed, and while he opened the door for my brothers to move the stools outside, he said, "I know you all want to see it, don't worry, I'll drink here this afternoon and be happy, I'll show you at night, don't be in a hurry, it'll be the middle of the night. …… "
Chen Jin said, "That's not the third day of the month?"
"Oh, the second night snow, the third early morning in addition to the evil ……" Hu Laoshi said such a salty words, smiling to us to open the wine cups pouring wine ready to drink.
Since people Hu Laoshi happy to us wine banquet, we can not not pocket, so Liu Bin and Guo Chao two people are responsible for going out, one by one at home to notify a, tell their respective families we do not go back to eat in the morning, in the Hu Laoshi here drink it.
Waiting for the two back, Hu Laoshi end up cup to be ready to open drink, Chen Jincai mentioned the old age dry what went? This is going to drink, always have to greet people old age also come ah! Everyone knows that the old lady loves to drink.
Hu Laoshi told us, the old woman went to find the old Jiao drink, these two super old immortal things, now really hate each other, can not wait to be together all day.
My heart this thought, no wonder Hu Laoshi so intentionally let us this group of people here to accompany him to drink, feelings of the New Year's Day on his own, but also too lonely a little bit.
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This meal drink down, killed nine bottles of white wine, brothers drink a little on the head.
In fact, in the drink to the fifth bottle of time, I and Chen Jin proposed that we go to buy wine, so that Hu Laoshi do not take out, the old man is not really rich, but Hu Laoshi grinningly do not let us go to get, said that today in his home to drink it, he tube enough! We wondered, what's wrong with Mr. Hu today? He is willing to buy so much wine for us to drink, that is, the New Year, he Hu Lao Si pocket money can have how much? How much money can he have in his pocket to buy these wines to drink?
When we drink a little dizzy, also do not care about Hu Lao Si's face, directly put this question, Hu Lao Si dizzy told us, is the old age to go to the West Mountain Black Dragon Cave before, stay at home, but also specially instructed, to find us this group of people, good hospitality, especially Chen Jin and I two people, it is special to see the two of us.
So that Chen Jin and I are a little embarrassed, we two really so good? Let the old taiyou, who is a precious spirit, like it so much. ……
The two of us, especially me, is really good!
Smugly out of Hu Laoshi's home, and then a group of people and Hu Laoshi about, after dinner to Hu Laoshi's home, and then listen to Hu Laoshi's arrangements, and together to watch the old auger in addition to the evil play, which only went back to their homes, sleep.
Back home, directly back to the east room to lie down on the bed, head covered sleep.
When I was about to fall asleep, grandpa came in and looked at me, seemed to have something to say, I heard the sound, lifted the bedding to see grandpa, then asked in a daze what was the matter. I heard the voice, lifted the bedding and saw my grandfather, so I asked confusedly what was wrong.
I drank a little dizzy, and did not care, continued to sleep blindfolded.
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When Chen Jin woke me up from my dream, it was already dark outside, and the wind was blowing.
I climbed up in a daze, groggy and slightly aching in my head. Listening to the howling gale outside, I frowned and asked, "It's changed?"
"That's not true!" Chen Jin lit a cigarette and said, "When it was just dark, the wind was blowing, and it looks like it's really going to snow, and it's cold outside, so I guess the old auger has already come to our village."
"Oh, then what are we waiting for, hurry to Hu Laoshi's house." I hurriedly got out of bed and put on my shoes, "Didn't the brothers say hello?"
Chen Jin leaned against the wall, said: "Come on, you think they are like you, sleep up and forget everything ah? Hurry to eat, not in a hurry, I'm waiting for you to go."
I no longer nonsense, hurriedly ran to the hall, the family has finished eating, I warmed up my own bowl of leftover dumplings to eat, and then called on Chen Jin to go out.
Grandpa came out from the west room, stopped us both and asked: "Why are you in such a hurry to go?"
"Don't you know? Tonight, the old scaly dragon from the Black Dragon Cave in the West Mountain will come to our village to get rid of the evil spirits." I was a bit puzzled, and had thought that Hu Laoshi should have taken the time to tell my grandfather about this.
"Oh, right right." Grandpa nodded and said, "That …… when you look at Old Jiao at night, remember to stay away and don't get too close."
"Uh, got it." I nodded my head in agreement, and then Chen Jin and I hurriedly walked towards Hu Laoshi's home.
The wind was blowing so strong that the dry branches of some poplar trees planted along the east canal were blown off, the trees were whistling and clattering, and there was not a single silhouette of a person on the cold streets illuminated by the dim yellow streetlights.
Not yet walked to the door of Hu Laoshi, the cold wind wrapped with goose feather-like snow crazy smashed down, hitting the human face are some of the feeling of pain, the air is full of rustling snowflakes fell sound, very rapid sound, let me think of the rain hit the beach million points pit this poem.
The two of us lowered our heads against the snow and wind and struggled forward, Chen Jin twisted his head backward and said loudly in the snow and wind, "Yin Le, this snow and wind, it's definitely the fucking old Jiao who messed it up."
"Why?" I and he side by side, the same twisted head face back, loudly asked.
"When have you ever seen so much snow, but blowing such a big cold south wind ah?"
I thought really, only know the north wind cold, who met the south wind cold? Also cold into this, the sky is freezing, but also snowing ah!
Hurriedly scurried into Hu Laoshi's home, ran to the house, after patting down the snow on the body, ran to the stove in front of the child, while the child roasted the fire at the same time while the child surveyed the house, feelings of the brothers have already arrived. I laughed and scolded: "Grandma, now come here don't need me and Chen Jin lead to come, I remember before you all thin-skinned, still embarrassed to come in it ……".
Brothers laughed, Chen Jin said: "All the fucking tight to run here, can not wait to see the fresh it, but you look at, so snow, so windy, out to stay or not freeze to death? I can tell you, if you want to see you go to see, I do not go, grandmother, freezing fever is really not cost-effective."
"Well, it's fine, it's fine, it's going to stop in the middle of the night, when the snow stops, the old auger will act."
These words came from outside the door, a room of people hurriedly looked toward the door, only to see the old woman still disguised as Guo Laohan, fully dressed walked in, her face as amiable as ever, hanging a kind smile.
Hu Laoshi hurriedly went forward a few steps, reaching out to help, politely greeted: "You old man back? Quickly, come inside and warm up for a while." As Hu Lao Si spoke, his eyes looked out for a few moments, "Is Old Jiao here too?"
"Well, he's here." The old taiyou smiled and walked inside while saying, "But it can't come to your house and meet with these kids, that old thing is too lazy to meet people and is not willing to take human form, it thinks that people don't look good."
"What ah? What things become essence, all can't wait to turn into human form, how good-looking people are!" Yao Jing's mouth without cover exited and said.
"Bullshit!" Chen Jin immediately cursed, said: "If I were you, I would not become a human, but people are dragons, how good-looking, how powerful, who see not afraid? What a face!"
Chang Yunliang said, "Then how other things into the essence, all become human-like?"
"It's not good-looking ……," Chen Jin said casually.
I immediately kicked Chen Jin a foot, whispered: "Hey hey, you the girl, the old man is here."
Chen Jin immediately came to his senses, but also turned his head to the old age and said, "That …… me, I'm not talking about you, did not say you, really."
"Fuck!" I slapped the door of the head, Chen Jin this kid how a sinewy ah? There is no silver in this place ……
The old man is quite embarrassed, but it is not good to say anything, hehehe smiled and walked to the side of the kang to sit down, some do not know what to say, I guess the heart is also in the inferiority complex, it is that look, really a little bit shabby. In fact, I also made a mistake in my heart, this old age since it can change the appearance of adults, why do not you change the handsome a little bit?
The other brothers, especially Yao Jing and Chang Yunliang, were even more embarrassed.
The room was quiet for a while.
But heard the howling of the wind outside again intensified, the original harsh whimpering wind, this time suddenly mixed with some of the sound of iron and gold, clanging and impassioned, if the battlefield drums, two armies fighting, weapons collision sound …… a bloodthirsty killing air from the sound of the sky through out, stirring everyone's heart, oh no no, is me and Chen Jin! , Hu Laoshi and the four old woman's voice, because the other buddies they, can not hear this kind of strange sound.
When that as the two armies on the sands to kill the sound gradually low, more and more fine when the sound as slowly fall into the valley, steeply flying straight up, the sound of the dragon and tiger roar straight into the sky, shocking the sky, the violent ups and downs of the change so that I feel my brain are congested with blood like swelling and pain.
The gust of wind wrapped with snowflakes, clusters of clusters of fluttering on the windows, thick cotton curtains, lifting the cotton curtains, the gust of wind will snowflakes rolled into the house, and then with a cloud of hot air quickly rolled away, leaving the coldness of the gusts.
Hu Laoshi briskly walked to the door, closed the door and plugged it in, then walked to the window, looking out at the night sky flying snow, his face serious and deep, seemingly thinking.
The old woman sitting on the bed also looked out the window without a word, seemingly sensing something.
Chen Jin came to me and said, "Yinle, it sounds like there is a fight outside, let's go out and take a look."
"No way." I shook my head and said, "Haven't you heard? Old Jiao will only act after the snow stops, besides, didn't Grandpa tell us? We should stay away from the theater tonight."
"That's no fun!" Chen Jin skimmed his mouth, a little depressed, took out a cigarette, handed me one, he also lit one.
Other buddies in the house to see Hu Lao Si and the old age of the appearance of so out of focus, and then listen to the wind howling outside, snow, by the wind rustling hit the ground trees as well as the house windows …… In this case, that is, they can not hear the strange sound, but also inwardly feel that there is something unusual.
Winter, the second day of the New Year, the south wind, and is a cold wind, wrapped with snow, which would have been, is unusual.
Outside the wind is getting bigger and bigger, gradually, a huge, invisible pressure from the sky, pressed towards us, the air pressure seems to have become much, much heavier at this moment, so that there is a feeling of breathlessness, I looked at the others, basically gasping for breath have become heavy.
Chang Yunliang simply said, "Grandpa Hu, you, open the door, open the door, get some air, a little dizzy ……"
"Yes yes yes, suffocating panic, is it, in the gas?" Yao Jing was also a bit nervous and strained to say.
Hu Laoshi didn't seem to hear their words, just looking out the window at the windy and snowy night sky.
Chen Jin and I got up almost at the same time, walked to the door, draw open the wooden plug, hula will open the door, the cold wind immediately rolled up the curtains wrapped with clusters of snowflakes fluttered in, the cold soaked the body, so that people can not help but spirit of a shiver, coupled with a big breath of a few mouthfuls of cool air, the whole person feels much more comfortable.
Brothers also seem to be eager for this door to open, hurriedly ran to the door, breathing in the cold wind blowing in from outside the door, enjoying the refreshment brought about by the bone-chilling cold.
"Really fucking comfortable ……" Xue Zhigang exhaled a long breath and couldn t help but voice out.
Only then did Hu Laoshi and the old woman come back to their senses and looked at us, unable to help but smile and shake their heads.
"Just now, what happened?" I looked at Hu Laoshi and Old Static Death, and in my heart, I understood that this abnormal phenomenon just now definitely had something to do with Old Jiao.
Old Taiyi smiled and replied, "It's nothing, it's just suppressing the evil qi'er, preventing the evil qi from scattering and escaping in all directions."
"Isn't the evil qi'er a dead thing? Will it still escape?" Chen Jin asked in dismay.
"Instinctively, just like a water current, when it encounters a stone, it will go around it."
"Oh, I see."
Chen Jin and I both nodded, in fact, the two of us didn't understand at all, confused.
As for the other brothers, they were even more confused, they were listening to the clouds, each one of them looked at us as if we were stupid, listening to us singing in unison and saying words that people couldn't understand.
However, they all know that Lao Jiao has come, and the windy and snowy commotion outside is definitely caused by Lao Jiao.
The old woman and Hu Laoshi walked to the door, a few brothers to make way for the door, to the sides of the stand some, the two old men and I and Chen Jin two people stood before and after the door, looking at the night sky outside.
Street lamps emit that weak dim light, in such bad weather, is really insignificant, just shine the light bulb around less than a meter square circle of snowflakes, some yellow only.
Most of the place, except for the gusty wind wrapped around the snowflakes, scraping out a white veil-like streak, was a pitch-black night dotted with dots of white snowflakes.
Looking up, you realize that everything, everything is different from the usual.
The night sky is very low, so low that people feel like they can't reach it, and the wind is like a razor, scraping down layers of snowflakes from the low clouds, and then sweeping down and slamming them down hard.
The tyranny of the wind seems to be because the space that is becoming narrower and narrower is too small, binding the freedom of the wind, so it will be so madly raging and venting.
Snowflakes in mid-air by the wind blowing, complacent and tireless fluttering, once landed, but as by the iron suction stone adsorption of iron filings, motionless. On the ground, has accumulated more than a foot thick white snow, white crystal, in the darkness of the night, more white, with a bright white light.
Click click click!
A bright electric light cut irregular turns in the black low night sky, bright and dazzling.
Other than the old taiyou, everyone else in the room exclaimed out in shock, grandma, it's really weird to the extreme, even the lightning came out! The old auger is really extraordinary!
While we were shocked, muffled thunder bursts rang out like a war drum.
Click click click …… boom boom.
Several bolts of lightning simultaneously cut through the night sky, illuminating the darkened heavens and earth, and after a flash, thunder followed ……