"Oh, that's it, you brothers and sisters did a good job." Yang Ruoqing said with a smile.
But when her eyes fell on the dust on Luo Baobao's skirt, she couldn't help but frown again.
Did you just put on this new dress this morning? This makes it dirty.
Although the family has prepared several new dresses of this type, no matter how rich you are, you must cherish things and not be extravagant and wasteful. This is an attitude towards life and a family tradition of the Luo family.
Yang Ruoqing leaned down to help her daughter brush the dust off her skirt, but Luo Baobao grabbed her wrist.
"Mom, there is a noise under here!"
She pointed to the soles of her feet and said in a low voice, mysteriously.
Yang Ruoqing raised her eyebrows with a hint of teasing in her eyes: "Earlier, you were lying on the ground like listening, just listening to those noises?"
Listen carefully?
Luo Baobao remembered.
When she was a child, her mother often told her bedtime stories. Diting is a mythical beast under Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. It looks like a dog. It is said that Diting has very powerful ears and can hear the past, present, and future.
There were once two monkeys who pretended to be real, and finally brought trouble in front of the Bodhisattva. The Bodhisattva asked Diting to help him find out who was the real monkey and who was the impostor.
As a result, Di Tingting heard it, but because of the power behind the fake monkey, he didn't dare to tell the truth...
"Mom, I'm not a coward. I'm listening. It's true. There is really a noise down here. That noise is not the footsteps of the three of you. I heard it before you came over!"
Luo Baobao grabbed Yang Ruoqing's wrist and insisted on his discovery again and again.
Yang Ruoqing saw the seriousness in Luo Baobao's eyebrows and stopped teasing her.
Looking around, there was nothing unusual. At this point, every household was basically asleep.
She placed her gaze on the soles of her feet, and her senses were gradually enveloped in them.
This is a unique sensory response developed by a person who has practiced martial arts for a long time, and it is sharper than normal people.
Sure enough, the bottom beneath your feet is indeed a little different.
The conversation between the mother and daughter did not avoid Yang Huazhong and Da'an Dazhi beside them.
Seeing this, Da'an Dazhi also became serious and looked around together.
Yang Huazhong looked around, his face changed, and he returned to Yang Ruoqing and said solemnly: "Qing'er, do you remember last year when Yang Huasheng and the others pretended to be gods and stole things from the village?"
Yang Ruoqing nodded, of course she remembered.
Yang Huasheng's group of thieves were very clever and came up with such a mysterious cover for the Yin soldiers to steal people's food and even eat it.
They would also intentionally leave paper money and the like, which meant that it was not taken by humans but by ghosts, so that the people who were stolen did not dare to pursue the case and did not speak out. It also frightened and shocked other people in the village, making everyone feel at risk. When it gets dark, I quickly close the doors and windows and wrap myself up in quilts to sleep. Even if everything in someone else’s house has been stolen, I don’t dare to come out to see...
"I remember, but dad, why did you mention that?" Yang Ruoqing asked in confusion.
Yang Huazhong pointed to a small courtyard not far away, and continued: "The night when half a bowl of braised pork was stolen from Heifeng's house, your uncle Luo and I were squatting nearby."
"That night, we noticed that there seemed to be some noise in the ground nearby. We seemed to have mentioned it afterward."
After Yang Huazhong reminded her, Yang Ruoqing also remembered it.
There really is such a thing. Not only Yang Huazhong mentioned it, but Blacksmith Luo also mentioned it, and they all said they heard noises nearby.
It was only because the group of thieves soon went to Lijiacun to steal again and made more noise that the attention here was diverted.
"If nothing else was lost later in our village, your blacksmith uncle and I would have brought people to dig this ground."
Yang Ruoqing didn't say a word, but she knelt down and gently placed her hands on the ground.
It hasn't rained in the past few days, but it has been sunny for several days. The soil on the ground has been dried out by the sun, and the yellow soil is full of graininess when you hold a handful in your hand.
When you touch it with your hands and step on it with your feet, it's very thick underneath and there's nothing strange about it.
Moreover, there seemed to be some noise downstairs before, but at this moment, it suddenly became quiet downstairs, and everything returned to normal.
Yang Ruoqing stood up and said to the family members beside her: "Maybe it's the noise elsewhere. Don't worry too much. Let's go. It's getting late and we should go back."
After leaving with her family, Yang Ruoqing walked at the back and turned her head to look meaningfully at the small area where she had stood before.
There's a problem down there!
…
Regarding the killing of the money python, Yang Ruoqing needs to wait for news from the white fox.
Let the white fox look for it first. If he finds it, he will send a message to her.
During this process, Yang Ruoqing needed to make two preparations.
The same thing is to contact the wolf king father and son Zhui Yun Zhui Feng. She needs their help when she goes into the mountain to kill the python.
The second thing is to find the 'wizard' in Nanshan Village.
That woman was a prodigy in the art of witchcraft. She had grown up in the deep mountains and forests since she was a child, living with all kinds of snakes, insects, rats, ants, scorpions, centipedes, and venomous snakes.
Compared to the Saint Yu'er of the Black Lotus Sect, the 'Wizard' is darker and more evil. If you take the Wizard with you to kill the money python, you have a greater chance of winning.
As long as the equipment here is complete, it will be like playing a game, basically like this:
She and Zhuiyun Zhuifeng and his son rushed forward, fighting head-on with the Money Python as warriors, using physical attacks throughout the process to attract the Money Python's main damage.
The white fox plays the role of a mage, supplemented by magic attacks.
The 'Wizard' plays the role of a Taoist priest, responsible for poisoning monsters, while also providing defense for teammates, relieving paralysis and detoxification...
With the combination of fighting skills and Sao Lang's positioning, we will definitely be able to defeat the big boss of the Money Python!
After releasing two homing pigeons, Yang Ruoqing closed the window, walked back to the bed, leaned over and kissed Tuantuan and Yuanyuan on the cheeks, and went to bed.
…
The next day, the second day of the first lunar month.
After breakfast, Zheng Xiaoqin came over.
"Aren't you going out to pay New Year's greetings today?" Yang Ruoqing asked Zheng Xiaoqin.
Zheng Xiaoqin said: "I went to my parents' house yesterday, but I won't go today. Xianjun's grandfather's nephew is coming over to pay New Year's greetings. He may leave food in our second room at noon."
Yang Ruoqing understood that Zheng Xiaoqin and the others would stay at home to entertain guests.
"Let's go to Grandpa Sun's house this morning." She said to Zheng Xiaoqin.
Zheng Xiaoqin smiled: "Aunt Cuilian told me last night, no, I'll come over and feed them first, so that they won't be hungry when we have guests later."
Yang Ruoqing smiled gratefully and said, "You are so thoughtful. With your help, I feel a lot more relaxed."
Zheng Xiaoqin said sheepishly: "Compared to how much you helped me and Xianjun, my small favor is nothing."
When I first married Xianjun, life was so difficult that I almost couldn't get over it.
My mother-in-law sneaked over to deliver eggs and noodles without telling her two sisters-in-law. Every time she went back, she would be ridiculed by her two sisters-in-law.
Her brothers and sisters-in-law looked down upon her and Xianjun, and threatened to cut off contact with them and not allow them to return to their parents' home.
But now, everything is different.
Because of the care of the Luo family, her and Xianjun's life was much better, and they didn't have to worry about food and clothing.
When spring comes, she and Xianjun dig out a few acres of land at home and plant crops. The old hens in the backyard are also laying nests and hatching eggs. Then they will bring back two more piglets...
This trip back to her parents' house, because they brought rich gifts and had connections with the Luo family, the two brothers and sister-in-law were so enthusiastic. The whole family gathered around her daughter and praised her, and even gave her money to meet...
