Before he could ask, a woman's footsteps came from outside the door.
Lao Jiang hurriedly hid the things in his pocket. After the middle-aged woman came back, she was very polite to us, but then she picked up the middle-aged man's ear and said: "Look at you, I bought all the wine, you are a loser." Isn’t it done yet?”
"Daughter-in-law, there are outsiders here, please save some face for your husband." At this time, the middle-aged man was not as strategizing as before, and he looked like a strict wife.
The middle-aged woman smiled sheepishly at us, then pulled the man's ear into the kitchen.
Lao Jiang and I both have very good ears and clearly heard the complaints coming from the kitchen.
But the middle-aged man always replied with the same sentence: "Daughter-in-law, I was wrong!"
I can't help but look at Yin Ling'er, and I don't know what our future will be like.
When Yin Ling'er noticed my gaze, she smiled subtly and changed the subject: "Don't forget, you and your master owe me several chicken drumsticks."
Wow, the dream in my mind suddenly turned into big fat and oily chicken legs.
After the meal was ready, the woman took the bowl and went to the house to eat by herself. According to the custom here: when guests arrive, the woman's house cannot serve the meal.
This time, we had a hearty meal. Lao Jiang also put down all his guard, and was having a drink and arm-wrestling with the middle-aged man. In short, he was very happy.
The man just smiled and looked in the direction of the house. For him, Jiang Hu had grown old long ago, and now he was just a villager in the mountains, with a wife who needed his care and children who needed his protection.
Thinking back to the first time we met, I really didn’t expect that such a simple farmer could actually be an expert who lives in seclusion in the city!
After dinner, Lao Jiang and I planned to go to the east end of the village to explore the situation. But this time, no matter what we said, Yin Ling'er insisted on going with us.
I couldn't stand Yin Ling'er's coquettishness, and Lao Jiang was afraid that Yin Ling'er would go to He Lanxue to complain when he went back, so he finally agreed to take her with him.
But there is a prerequisite, that is, people can follow, and the big bamboo basket must be left behind.
This thing is so big, it looks like a walking hot air balloon!
Seeing that she couldn't convince us, Yin Ling'er could only reluctantly agree to leave the big bamboo basket to Ge Weihan for safekeeping. Before leaving, she repeatedly warned: "Uncle Bearded, you must not open it!"
Ge Weihan sneered: "Isn't it just an ordinary bamboo basket? At most it's a little bigger than other bamboo baskets. How can I, a university president, do such a thing?"
"Tch, I don't know who asked me what was in the bamboo basket along the way." Yin Ling'er muttered.
After that, the three of us set off quickly.
On the way, I asked Lao Jiang out of curiosity: "What is the origin of that iron swallow? Why did you lose all your wariness after seeing it?"
Lao Jiang took out the iron swallow from his arms. Let alone a rough look, even a closer look showed that the swallow was not very lifelike. On the contrary, the carving is very rough, and it still feels a little prickly to the touch. It is an extremely inferior Qing Dynasty folk product.
Lao Jiang didn't care about this, but asked me to observe the differences between this iron swallow and other swallows.
After I took it, I looked left and right in front of the sun. I felt that this thing was too ordinary. At this time, Yin Ling'er spoke: "Normally, the tail of a swallow will be divided into two, but it is divided into three." !”
"Ling'er is smart." Lao Jiang nodded with satisfaction, and then deliberately asked, "Have you ever heard of the name, The Thief Swallow Li San?"
"That famous thief in the late Qing Dynasty?" My eyes lit up.
Lao Jiang hummed.
You must know that what ordinary people hate most are thieves and robbers, but they show real respect for "Swallow Li San".
Legend has it that this man's muscles and bones were different from those of ordinary people since he was born. Other people's calves have single bones, but he has double bones, so he was born with amazing jumping ability. Later, an old escort who traveled around the West Sea took a fancy to Li San's talent. After a test, he knew that this man was pure and kind, so he accepted him as his disciple and taught him his skills.
Since then, Li San's Qinggong has become famous all over the world.
With a slight lift of his feet, he can jump to the rafters without relying on any external force, just like a flexible swallow, hence his name: Swallow Li San.
At that time, the late Qing Dynasty was corrupt and incompetent, and many officials were oppressing the people. Li San couldn't bear it, so he often robbed the rich and gave to the poor. He sneaked into the homes of corrupt officials lightly dressed, stole countless gold and silver treasures, and scattered them to the poor in the city.
In order to prevent corrupt officials from causing trouble for the common people, Li San would leave an iron swallow as a mark at the crime scene every time he committed a crime.
Whether you want to change your name or not, it's all the crime of his son Li San. If you want to find him, look for him!
Many poor people were planning to sell their sons and daughters because they couldn't get rid of the trouble one day, but when they woke up the next day, they found a handful of broken silver on their pillows.
Since then, the three names of Yanzi and Li have shaken the world.
Common people call him: Grand Thief!
But his behavior angered those corrupt officials, and many corrupt officials joined forces to trap Yanzi Li San.
As the saying goes, if you often walk by the river, how can you avoid getting your shoes wet? But Yanzi Li San's Qinggong was so high that even if they laid a dragnet and used various methods such as traps, poisons, lime, etc., they could not capture Yanzi Li San.
A corrupt official knew that Yanzi Li San was soft-hearted, so he deliberately arrested a few people he helped, claiming that they were Yanzi Li San, and wanted to behead the thieves in public.
In order not to harm innocent people, Yanzi Li San could only stand up and be captured without hesitation.
On the day he was shot, all the people in the city cried bitterly and shouted that he was wronged. Thousands of people actually said that they were Yanzi Li San and asked the official to arrest him.
Yanzi Li San regarded death as home, and on that day, blood fell to the ground.
Everyone thought Li San was dead, but they didn't know that he still had an apprentice named Li Gou'er.
This Li Gou'er inherited Li San's mantle of chivalry and righteousness, but then suddenly retired and disappeared.
Looking at the iron swallow, I suddenly realized: "Could this be the token of the Swallow Gate? That Brother Li is Li Gou'er?"
Lao Jiang nodded and said: "The Yanzi sect is clean and pure, Li Gouer will never smear his master! And I think this person seems to have a grudge against the evil ghost in Western Sichuan. It seems that he is living in seclusion because of some past events." Samsung Village.”
"Rather than saying that he is helping us, it is better to say that he is helping himself."
Lao Jiang's words suddenly made me realize. No wonder he was able to help Lin Liangyu deliver the letter to Guanghan County without being discovered. This man's Qinggong cannot be underestimated!
