Chapter 24: Setting up a dispute plan
For my second uncle Zhao Erniu's doubt, we really do not understand, although he is indeed much stronger than the average person, but after all is a person, what is evil? Especially something like essence, is it something that a mortal can deal with? Can't it be that my second uncle is a deep-seated master? He can do Taoist magic, even more powerful than Hu Lao Si …… Or, is he a spirit or a demon? Well, this is a bit of bullshit, my second uncle is normal, absolutely human.
So everyone has put their eyes on Hu Laoshi, and I just habitually think Hu Laoshi can explain this matter, so I put my eyes on him, but just looked at him, I turned back to the head, thinking Hu Laoshi also do not know ah, asked him several times in the past, he also does not understand.
As I thought, Hu Laoshi realized that everyone was staring at him waiting for him to explain his doubts, so he smiled awkwardly and waved his hand, "This thing, this thing I'm not sure, it's a bit strange, very strange."
Brothers a few tears and laughter, looked at each other a few eyes, and can not say anything else, think about it people Hu Laoshi said before this thing can not be explained.
So we turned the topic back, discussing how to deal with that very powerful corpse toad, the most important thing is to trap it, and then you can not panic to burn it.
Hu Laoshi said, "When we burn it, we must choose a remote place with no one around for ten miles, otherwise the poisonous gas generated by the burning will poison many people."
"Holy shit! So what you're saying is that after trapping it, you still have to carry it to an uninhabited place? Isn't this bullshit?" Chen Jin got a little pissed off, "Should we catch two more rabbits for it to feed it to fill it up?"
"That's why I said it's not a good idea ……," Hu Laoshi said innocently.
"Then you might as well not say." I am also angry, after half a day you Hu Laoshi have no other good method, this fucking originally trapped this corpse toad, it is absolutely not easy, perhaps you Hu Laoshi can cast a spell, but also have to prevent its poisonous gas, and then burn it, forty-two hours, how much firewood to burn? The corpse toad lives in the paddy field, there is water everywhere, where to get firewood? We'd have to carry it from far away! And we have to find a place where there is no one for 10 miles, where can we find it? Unless we carry the corpse toad to the western mountain peaks, are you kidding? What if something happens along the way and poisons a whole bunch of people?
Hu Laoshi skimmed his mouth, lit another pot of smoke, barked two mouths and said: "Or, do not get rid of it, anyway, when it becomes a demon, perhaps a few hundred years later, by then we are dead, but also not in our way, and by then this thing is not allowed to run where to harm people, perhaps it is not harming people it."
"I would say so, anyway, it doesn't bother us, it's not our business!" Yao Jing immediately said in agreement.
The brothers immediately threw their contemptuous eyes at Yao Jing, he was just provoking us with his words, why can't you Yao Jing hear it? It's not a matter of concern, hang on to it, hang on to it, this is what a man should say? When the old woman was here, if she thought so, could she have been eaten by old Jiao? Would we still be alive? Especially you, Yao Jing, have already died many times.
Yao Jing didn't understand why everyone was looking at him with those eyes full of contempt and annoyance, no matter what the reason was, he was ultimately afraid, especially with Chen Jin and I's eyes, he knew clearly that the two of us were the ones who could make a move on him at any time. So Yao Jing smiled awkwardly and avoided our eyes while saying, "You guys, what are you looking at me for, this, what's wrong with me me?"
Everyone ignored him, but turned their heads to look at Hu Laoshi, do we really have to let it go like this? With Hu Laoshi's character, surely not. And all of us, also do not want to just let it go, since the matter let us bumped into, and also started a conflict, this is even if the beam, corpse toad it can not hold grudges, afterward forget, that is its head is stupid, stupid. But we are not the same, we almost got poisoned by it, Xue Zhigang is still lying in the tank without waking up. We're not done with it, besides, it's not that big of a deal, Zhao Yinle swung his belt and beat it away.
Hu Laoshi seems not to realize that we are looking at him as if, just lowered his head and smoked a bag of cigarettes, bar bar bar, sprayed a thick cloud of choking smoke.
After a while, has not said anything Liu Bin suddenly said: "I have an idea, I do not know if it is possible?"
Everyone froze, he Liu Bin can have what idea ah? I thought to myself, "I don't think this kid is thinking of bringing the corpse toad to their house and having a fight with that black cat, right? He's always had a grudge against that black cat.
Chen Jin said, "Let's talk about it, let's put our heads together."
"Fuck!" I raised my middle finger at Chen Jin, this kid can't even drag words.
Liu Bin pursed his lips and thought again, said, "Take my mother to the rice paddies."
"Huh?"
Everyone was dumbfounded. What's this kid up to? What the hell is he doing bringing his mom to a rice paddy?
Liu Bin looked at everyone's dumbfounded look, smiled sarcastically and explained: "In fact, in fact, I think this is quite good, think about it, that corpse toad is very powerful, and poisonous, if we want to kill it, then we have to take a lot of risk ah? If we wanted to kill it, how much risk would we have to take? And our family's black cat, we all know, very powerful, presumably a demon cat, to be so, then it deal with the corpse toad must be much simpler, you guys say is not it?"
"Well …… that's right." Chen Jin nodded, somewhat puzzled asked, "You mean, we find where the corpse toad is, and then let your mother go to beat it up, to make it angry will certainly be angry at your mother, that black cat has to protect your mother, so it will also be angry to finish off the corpse toad ……"
"Right, right, that's what I mean." Liu Bin was busy nodding his head and said.
"Then what if the black cat can't beat the corpse toad and lets the corpse toad get poisoned?" Yao Jing said.
"That's even better, I can't wait for that black cat to die." Liu Bin gritted his teeth and said.
I clapped my hands and said appreciatively, "Not bad, this is a good method, provoke a fight between the black cat and the corpse toad, no matter who wins or loses, it's us who will get the cheapest deal, hehehehehehehe, Binzi you kid is really cunning."
"Where where." Liu Bin waved his hand humbly.
The brothers thought about it and all felt that it was the case, so they nodded their heads in agreement, then they all looked at Hu Laoshi, waiting for him to state his position.
"The problem is, if that corpse toad can't beat the black cat, it can run, will the black cat go after it?" Hu Lao Si frowned, shook his head and said, "It's still a bit wrong, it's not good to waste our efforts, and it's also easy to scare the corpse toad into escaping, then we won't be able to find it."
His words were like pouring a pot of cold water on the heads of several brothers who had just gotten excited, but also, the corpse toad could run away! If you can't beat it, it seems that the corpse toad is the best at this point, a look at the belt made of Wuzui leather, it doesn't even fight, turn around and run away, not to mention seeing the black cat, I'm afraid of the smell, the corpse toad is likely to be a smoke and run away.
"If you are afraid of it to run, then we simply do not think of getting rid of the corpse toad." Liu Bin was dissatisfied and said in a cold tone, "At first, when you said you wanted to get rid of the corpse toad, didn't you think about how to trap the corpse toad in your heart?"
"Yes, you definitely have a way to trap the corpse toad." I slapped my thigh and said, if Hu Laoshi didn't even have this ability, he wouldn't have been so worried just now.
Hu Lao Si said helplessly, "Yes, but the problem is that it can't be trapped for much longer, this kind of thing is quite heavy with poisonous gas and yin qi, if it wasn't for this, would I have to worry so much?"
"Hmph, how much can be trapped is how much." Liu Bin sneered and said, "I don't believe that corpse toad can hold out for much longer under the black cat's attack."
"Reasonable!" Chen Jin immediately gave a thumbs up and said viciously, "We'll strike while the iron is hot and kill it while it's sick!"
Hu Laoshi shook his head with some concern and said, "I don't think it's a good idea, in case the corpse toad doesn't die, and the black cat is fine, but both of them are pissed off, then it's a big trouble."
"Fuck, then come up with your own idea!" Chen Jin said angrily.
I said, "Aigoo Master Hu, do you think that corpse toad is as smart as you are?"
The brothers then all laughed.
Elder Hu smiled awkwardly and hesitated again and again, and really couldn't think of a better idea, so he nodded his head and agreed.
"Then when are we going to act?" See Hu Laosi agreed, Liu Bin immediately asked, appearing somewhat impatient to let his old lady go to war.
"You go back and say hello to your parents first, they have to agree to do ah."
"This you old rest assured, I will let them agree."
"Then tomorrow night? Okay?"
"Yes!" Liu Bin nodded his head sharply and agreed.
Once the two of them finalized it, the few of us could only watch from the front.
Since we decided to use Liu Bin Niang to provoke a fire fight between the black cat and the corpse toad, several of us gathered in front of the water tank to see how Xue Zhigang, so long ago, this kid did not move at all.
Up to take a look, a few of us can not help but jaw-dropping, good boy, the water in the tank, the whole child has become black, and Xue Zhigang neck chained to the red head rope, but also into a black purple color. The water in the tank, is still gurgling bubbles, only now bubbling bubbles, will be flooded with layers of yellow foam, and also constantly emitting a faint stench.
The good thing is that Xue Zhigang's face has recovered, but his eyebrows are still furrowed and his eyes are still closed.
I pondered in my heart that this corpse toad's poison is still really fierce enough, a person who has been poisoned has actually been relieved for so long, and froze without waking up, I asked, "Grandpa Hu, when will he wake up?"
Hu Lao Si came forward, after carefully checking some said: "He is all right, you can rest assured, when he woke up himself, I let him take a shower to wash his body." After saying that, Hu Lao Si covered his nose with some disgust.
"Well, that's done, a few of us are leaving." I smiled and said, "Remember to let this kid wake up to wash his body and help you old man clean the water tank."
"Right, right, this smell smokes, later when the tank of drinking water can be really bad."
"Alright, alright, you guys quickly go back and rest." Hu Lao Si smiled and waved his hand.
Our gang of people from Hu Laoshi home walked out, completely without Hu Laoshi that like the whole day dead father like sad face, I wonder why he can not enjoy a little bit, this life at least than we have seen more evil, met the evil thing more, there are so many evil things have died in the hands of your Hu Laoshi, and now how to encounter the evil thing into the line of that virtue it?
From Hu Laoshi's home out, a few of us discussed, don't go home, directly on the Northland to go, those eel fishing guys and gals are still there to throw it, and time so long, quasi a lot of eels waiting for us to fish it, can not be wasted, even if it is tomorrow night to start the war, we move the meat tomorrow, and it is also very important to save up for the war.
As for the north ground there is a corpse toad, that we are not afraid, this is not obvious? The corpse toad is afraid of me, but also afraid of lively, certainly will not take the initiative to find us trouble.
Along the way, I thought about Hu Laoshi, I always feel that the old man is a little bit wrong, and before there is a clear difference, and so walk to the north, I think I understand, suddenly realized.
Honestly, picking up the matter of evil things, Hu Laoshi is not without a way, nor is his ability not strong enough, of course, his ability is really not strong enough. Rather, Hu Laoshi is a person who is always more hesitant, because of the strength of the reason, he is often not confident enough, and worry about this and that, but in his heart of hearts he really wants to do things well, do beautifully, flawlessly.
To put it bluntly, he is so old, is the lack of a backbone, if someone in the back to support him, he can use the principle of leverage up the earth, if no one to support, he absolutely do not dare to go to the other end of the leverage according to the warping of anything.
He is now older, more hope that every time to do something, let others to get the idea, he reluctantly agreed, and then once things are not done …… the main responsibility is not in him, his old face is not to lose all.
Back then, when he and the old age and the old age side by side, that is also a charge, invincible, precisely because there is the old age so a strong backing. Now but to be the backbone of our gang, we need to rely on the backing, he felt the pressure is so great, but from a practical point of view, he had to do these things.
As for why my heart so to think of Hu Laoshi, we have to come up with before the old age in, Hu Laoshi that confident attitude out, and then count forward, the old age in the yellow wolves trapped in the hole, Hu Laoshi do what say, confidence is not full, and then the old age came out, he was bullishly baked, and now the old age is not, he began to sink again.
I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do this, but I'm sure I'll be able to do it.
I estimate that there is a little, as the saying goes, no profit, no money to earn things, white effort for nothing, who will not be happy ah!
When I told my thoughts to the brothers, a few brothers have pondered for half a day, unanimously recognized my idea, said we need to help Hu Laoshi, a warrior without confidence, can win the battle in the future? From the momentum, he has already lost to the enemy, this is definitely not what we want to see.
But how can we help Hu Laoshi? It can't be that we, a group of young people who are still brats in Hu Lao Si's eyes, surround him and give him ideological work, can it? Then Hu Laoshi would be even more embarrassed and it would create a psychological shadow on him.
Chang Yunliang said, "This requires us to encourage him and appreciate him from our daily lives over a long period of time, exaggerating his small successes all the time and recognizing his ideas, and slowly, he will become more and more confident."
"How do you know that?" Yao Jing asked, scratching his head.
"Go go go, step aside, this is psychology, you don't understand." Chang Yunliang said smugly.
"Bullshit." Chen Jin scoffed at Chang Yunliang's psychology as he said, "Even if you're right, it has to be a long time, and when his confidence comes, the yellow flowers and vegetables will be cold. If I say we simply come to some practical, give him a salary."
I immediately raised my hand in favor, said: "Yes, with money to tempt him, give him motivation! As the saying goes, people die for money, birds die for food, it's hard to walk on the road before as a horse, the sad city wants to break the wine for the army well ……"
"What is this with what ah, but also a set." Chang Yunliang is not satisfied, "Give him a salary, who to send? Who will pay for it? Who will pay for it?"
"Of course it's everyone who pays, equally!" Chen Jin said.
The brothers didn't say anything anymore, and they all lowered their heads somewhat miserably. To be honest, at the beginning, I just think this is a law, and people Hu Laoshi is really not easy, economic constraints into that, but also free to protect the villagers' peace, but also not understood, this is not easy ah, it is necessary to give people some wages. However, the thought of money out of their own pockets, we are a little reluctant to give up.
Chen Jin immediately said contemptuously: "Look, look at you all that miserly look, really not enough!"
"Okay, I'll pay, but, but how much do we pay?" Liu Bin said through gritted teeth.
"More than that I don't have ah." Yao Jing said.
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Chen Jin was also dumbfounded, yes, how much money is appropriate to contribute? This is a problem, more words, not to mention us, he Chen Jin also can not take out, although the brotherhood of several are now the identity of the ten thousand yuan household, but all of those money let the parents deducted, the only left, but also we usually catch the wolf skinning to sell the money, and most of the parents also let the parents to pull out, if we do not falsely reported income, I'm afraid that now also have to charge the parents to ask for money every day, money for cigarettes and wine it.
I lowered my head also fretted, in front of the eels in the bag, those eels are not willing to be trapped by the bag, fighting to arch around in the head, the bag together with an undulation, I brightened up, have an idea, and immediately said with a smile: "Hey hey brother and sister, I have an idea."
"Say it, say it ……."
The brothers immediately raised their heads to look at me.