Chapter 6: Pugnacious Old Ladies
Through the streets and alleys, I jogged all the way to Yao Jing's house before the old ladies, rushed into the yard and shouted, "Yao Jing, is it there?"
"Who is it?" Yao Jing's mother answered in the house, lifted the curtain and saw me, saying, "Yinle ah, Yao Jing and his father are feeding the pigs in the old house."
As soon as I heard this, I hurriedly turned around and ran outside, shouting, "Hey, I know, I'll go find him to play."
When I ran towards Yao Jing's old house, I bumped into those old ladies, I lowered my head as if I didn't see them, and ran towards Yao Jing's old house. A few people old into the fine old lady look at me that running, heart under the guess a seven or eight, turn the direction, also do not go to yao jing home, directly follow me to yao jing family old house to go.
I heart that cursed ah, this old lady is also too cunning some right?
Ran to Yao Jing's old house, before I entered the door I shouted: "Yao Jing, Yao Jing, something bad, the wind is tight, the wind is tight, pulling hoo!"
When I rushed to the yard, Yao Jing and his father were mixing food for the pigs, Yao Jing looked at me doubtfully and said, "Yinle, what happened?"
"Little brat, what are you yelling about? Do you think you boys are the king of the mountain?" Yao Mingtang laughed and scolded while carrying a basin to pour food into the pig pen.
I waved my hand at Yao Jing and winked, Yao Jing put down the basin in his hand and walked over, I said in a lowered voice, "The meat stealing thing has leaked out, those old ladies are coming to your house, quickly retreat."
"Ya, bad food!" Yao Jing was startled and hurriedly rubbed his hands together and walked out, saying, "Father, I'm going out to do something."
"Hey, come back earlier, the little brats are windy all day." Yao Mingtang didn't ask much at the back.
I still belittle that a few old lady's small feet, their small feet run up really when the People's Liberation Army to fight the liberation war when the soles of the feet kung fu, this moment of time even rushed to, froze me and yao jing blocked in the doorway, get, no way out, I and yao jing had to retreat based on the second line, surrounded by the enemy.
Yao Mingtang is feeding the pig, see me and Yao Jing two people drooped back, followed by a few old ladies, he frowned, seems to have a premonition of what, put down the hands of the work, in the clothes rubbed a few hands, said with a smile, "a few aunts, this is what to do here?"
"What are you doing here? Hmph, ask your son."
A few old ladies completely lost the amiable look they had earlier in front of my second uncle, each one was like an old goblin, sneering and grinning as if they wanted to eat us alive.
"Eh?" Yao Mingtang glared at his son and heckled, "Jingzi, what's going on?"
"Dad, it's really nothing, really nothing." Yao Jing smiled sarcastically and didn't want to admit it, but he also understood that from the time I said that the wind had leaked out, things couldn't be hidden anymore.
I know Yao Mingtang's temper, that is a cannonball, twist a little, immediately on, after the ringing is fine, hurriedly said: "Uncle, uncle, this thing with Yao Jing has nothing to do, last night I stole the grandmother's temple meat with gold as a wine dish, Yao Jing does not know anything ah."
"Ah? You ……" Yao Mingtang was shocked, he is a relatively speaking is still relatively superstitious people, as soon as I heard this on the angry, he certainly understand that this matter can not have nothing to do with his son, immediately waved up a big slap and rushed over: "I have to beat you to death today, you small I'm going to beat you to death today!"
Two slaps on Yao Jing's back, Yao Jing howled like a pig. In fact, not so painful, only Yao Jing is already feel out experience, his father hit him, you have to cry out in pain, so that can not hit a few times, his father will not be willing to hit, who let this kid is a unique child?
Sure enough, Yao Mingtang this cannonball rang two, immediately extinguished the fire, panting to a few old ladies said: "Auntie, you do not get angry, turn around I buy two pounds of meat to the grandmother's temple offer, and then kowtow to compensate for a wrong, into it?"
"Hmph, this is more or less the same, next time, your family will have to show a movie in front of Grandma Temple." The copper lock mother coldly reprimanded with her wrinkled old face.
"Yes yes, there will definitely not be a next time." Yao Mingtang accompanied with a smile and bowed his waist, glaring back at Yao Jing, "I'll clean up you brat later."
I laughed in my heart, you're the one who can't spare it, Yao Jing pulled the corner of my coat next to me and whispered, "Yinle, long bug."
I froze, followed Yao Jing's finger to look at, is not it, last night that green snake, is from the pig pen under the brick cracks to climb out, while crawling while probing the head and twisting the body, but also rushed to me and Yao Jing glared a few times, as if in the contemptuous make fun of us like.
"Ouch my ass! A long worm!"
Copper lock his mother also saw the snake, scared little feet hard, even jumped up two feet high, body at once shrunk to the middle of a few old ladies, she jumped and shrunk and shouted, the few old ladies who were not afraid were also scared.
Yao Mingtang quick eyes and hands, looked at a few old ladies were scared, and then picked up the shovel next to the pigsty, an arrow step rushed forward, hand spade fall, the snake was immediately chopped into two, the two broken body twisted and twisted, the head of the snake is still spitting non-stop core, sizzling sound surprisingly large enough for people to hear, it seems to be in the dying struggle, screaming in the misery.
The snake's body twisted sharply, blood also splashed, the muddy ground immediately white snow, black mud, red blood, messy, looks a little disgusting.
Out of nowhere a cold wind out, let a person can not help but chill hairs erect, I seem to see that the snake broke the place spewed out some greenish-black gas, faint.
Yao Mingtang shoveled the snake, but not hate, shovel swinging, the snake into several sections, as if to their son did not vent all the anger to the snake, but also like in front of a few old ladies to show credit, heroes save the old well.
The old ladies were so shocked that they couldn't speak, they just looked at Yao Mingtang straight on.
Yao Mingtang spit spit, will shovel shovel head to the ground, quickly a push a lift, will be a few sections of the snake body to shovel up, stride out of the courtyard door, I and Yao Jing and a few old ladies hurriedly followed out.
Walking to the door, I watched from afar as Yao Mingtang threw the broken snake body into the canal in the middle of the village.
"Ouch, this is bad, this is going to cause big trouble!" Copper lock his mother suddenly patted his knees howling up, grief as if his family died of something.
I was surprised in my heart, what is this show?
Yao Mingtang walked back with a shovel, grabbed a handful of hay and wiped down the shovel, saying, "I said auntie, what's wrong with you? Are you scared? It's nothing, it's just a long worm."
Tongliao shook her head with a shriveled mouth and said angrily, "You've done a terrible thing, where did the worm come from in the middle of winter? Why don't you think about it?"
"Huh?" Yao Mingtang opened his mouth wide, seemed to have guessed something, stammered, "Auntie, this …… is ……"
Copper lock mother also does not answer, a strong sigh, another old lady in the side complained: "These children stole the grandmother temple offering meat, got your home to eat, long worm before chasing after, this green long worm is the grandmother temple Taoist boy, ouch, you can break into a big trouble ah."
"Aiya, this, what can we do?" Yao Mingtang was so scared that his body shivered, "That, Auntie, I killed the Taoist child in Grandma's temple, how should I be punished? You have to help me think of a way, we can not show a movie, buy more meat offerings, and then …… burn more incense, I still wish is not it?"
Copper lock mother also over the vigor, shook his head and said: "Alas, you do not think that you can kill the green long worm, that fairy can be you casually kill it? You just shoveled a few more times, people can also put the broken body to connect, back ah, quasi still let you see, the family can be disaster."
"Aiya, Auntie, I beg you, you have to help me in this matter, what should I do?" Yao Mingtang was so scared that he was at a loss for words, he bowed to several old ladies, almost kneeling down and kowtowing, I bet if Yao Mingtang were in the old granny's temple right now, he would definitely be able to crack his head.
"We can not help you what, for your heart of this child to know the wrong, think will not be too punished you, well, well, tonight with your daughter-in-law and son to go to the grandmother's temple to incense, and then some offerings, we first left, back to the temple to give you a plea it." Copper Lock's mother chattered nervously for a few moments, and then led the way to the distance.
Several other old ladies also followed with sighs and sighs.
Yao Mingtang scared a little silly, just stood frozen do not know what to do, I went forward to persuade: "uncle, you do not listen to their few old ladies blind talk, where there is what Taoist children fairy, are bullshit, you do not be afraid, ah?"
"Okay, okay, are you a bunch of little brats to the trouble, I …… I I ……" Yao Mingtang lifted the shovel to shoot Yao Jing, but lifted half a day or did not shoot down. Drooped and pulled out a few dollars, handed Yao Jing, said: "Jingzi, Yinle, you two go to buy some incense, buy some fruit and meat, come back to the meat to the stew, the evening a piece of incense to the grandmother temple to make amends to go, alas."
Yao Jing and I stammered and didn't know what to say again, this thing is really a little weird, snakes in winter, and yesterday and today the same snake appeared, and caught up with the last night we happened to steal the old granny's temple meat offerings, and then listen to these old ladies a nagging, and think about it really makes people feel chilly in the heart.
Yao Mingtang locked the door of the old mansion to the home alone, Yao Jing and I were stunned for a long time, Yao Jing only pinch a few dollars in his hand, said: "really in trouble, go, buy things to go."
"Oh." I nodded yes, the heart of the special guilt and self-blame, last night's matter, are I give the head, I am the real mastermind and executor, can be buddies to harm, if there really is that evil thing …… next how to harm my gang of buddies and me?
I heart apprehensive up.