During the banquet.
Uncle Liu and Xiaoyu explained:
"Xiao Yu, Liu Fei. You have also met my friends. 'Second Brother Jiang Yi' and Lame Old Xu are good friends that I have known for a long time. I originally planned to pass by here and catch up with Lame Old Xu. I'll go south with you to Donghang Mountain to investigate the 'haunted' things in that area.
But now, our second brother is back, and we have other things to deal with, so if we go south for another day or two, we will not go to Dongxing Mountain with you. We will go to the waterway to watch the clouds. A trip to the island.
So I want to explain it clearly to you here, and I hope you will prepare in advance. After passing the town, climbing over the opposite mountain, and reaching the lower reaches of Mingshui River, we will leave separately. "
When Xiaoyu and Yu Liufei asked, they were both stunned.
Xiaoyu asked curiously: "Uncle Liu, what's wrong with you? Is it dangerous? If you need our help, we can go for a walk with you first. Anyway, it's only a matter of time before we go to Dongxing Mountain."
Although Xiao Yu heard in the Jianghu that Dongxing Mountain is haunted, it is the territory of the Demon Sect. The hauntings are mostly caused by people from the Demon Sect. If Master Feng Yi hadn't told his senior brother and himself to find out what the reason was, the euphemistic name was punishment. The purpose of promoting evil and promoting good is not to make him famous. If not, he wouldn't want to stir up the troubled waters.
It would be nice if I could hang out with Uncle Liu for a while and then go later. After all, Uncle Liu's martial arts are so high. With someone to take care of him, his personal safety is guaranteed. Now that I have met his two friends, it seems that his martial arts skills are also good. Not bad, it would be even better if we could go together. Now that Uncle Liu said this, when going to Dongxing Mountain, wouldn't it be just him and his stupid big senior brother again?
Therefore, Xiaoyu asked Uncle Liu several questions in succession.
Yu Liufei was startled because he had just heard Uncle Liu say that lame old Xu wanted to go with them. It would not be boring to read books along the way. Now, Uncle Liu said that they would not go all the way, so he felt a little regretful and disappointed. .
Uncle Liu waved his hand and replied: "It's not dangerous at all. It's just that our trip will take a long time, at least a year and a half, or at most a few years. You won't be able to help us, and it will be a waste of time." It’s better to save time.”
When Xiao Yu heard this, he didn't ask any more questions. After all, it was Uncle Liu's personal matter. He didn't want to say more. If he asked any more questions, it would be rude. Xiao Yu picked up the wine glass and said to Uncle Liu, "In that case, let's wait. We'll say goodbye when we reach the lower reaches of Mingshui River, and let's have a drink first."
Everyone was drinking and chatting happily, but there was little talk about politics and politics. Most of what they talked about was the story lame old Xu made up based on his early years of traveling around with Dugu Yi. Yu Liufei was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and understood what he was thinking. Addiction to listening to books.
Xiaoyu said he would drink happily, but he never drank much. After all, he didn't like wine very much, but Yu Liufei was so naive that he drank so much that he lost consciousness.
The little black girl usually picks up other people's leftovers to eat. This time she finally got to the table to eat. Naturally, she was full and burped several times.
Uncle Liu asked the second brother to arrange a room for everyone, especially the little black girl, who smelled bad and hadn't taken a bath in an unknown number of days. He asked the second brother to boil a large bucket of water for him. Let her go to the hut and take a bath.
With the accommodation arrangements in place, Xiao Yu took the unconscious Yu Liufei back to the room to put him in place, and the little black girl followed.
Xiaoyu asked her to follow her second brother, carry water to take a bath, go back to the house to clean up and go to bed, and she had to go on the road tomorrow, so she obeyed.
If she hadn't met Xiao Yu and Uncle Liu, how could she have the money to buy new clothes, let alone stay in a hotel, so she obeyed Xiao Yu's words and only asked Xiao Yu not to drive her away casually.
Uncle Liu and the other three were drinking alone and continuing to talk about the past. It was obvious that they would not retire until late at night. I don’t know when they dispersed.
In order for them to rest easily after drinking, the landlady specially arranged a room in the backyard of the inn for them tonight.
A small alleyway across the inn leads to the backyard, which is a large courtyard with a laundry room and a water preparation room on one side, and the other three sides are elegant houses with only one floor, with small green tiles and stone floors, which are quite quiet.
evening.
A crescent moon is as bright as a sickle cutting the night sky into pieces, and the scattered stars are like the wheat grains scattered in the fields when the wheat mowers harvest, and they are like the little bits of hope falling in the barley field in the night sky, shining brightly.
Xiaoyu had just settled Yu Liufei and was about to go back to his room.
It is true that there is no shortage of rooms in the inn where they stay, so there is no need to fight with Yu Liufei. Furthermore, with Uncle Liu here, the money spent on the hotel is only a small amount of money, so there is no need to save for him.
As soon as Xiaoyu went back to her room and lay down, she heard several "dong dong dong" knocks on the door.
Xiao Yu is neither a drinker nor a drinker, so he is not drunk and does not feel dizzy. He listens very clearly.
"But the second brother has brought the foot-washing water! The door is not closed, just bring it in and put it on the shelf." Xiaoyu was a little tired and did not get up, so he just murmured.
The door opened, but there wasn't much movement. No one brought a basin of water or said hello.
Xiaoyu felt something was wrong, sat up straight, frowned, and muttered: "So it's you, you stinky girl. Why are you here here if you don't go take a shower?"
The little black girl didn't say anything while eating, and didn't say her name or anything. She just focused on eating. At this time, she appeared at Xiaoyu's door. Xiaoyu frowned and looked at her.
She bit her lip and frowned slightly, "I, I... I'm going to take a shower..." She looked at Xiao Yu pitifully.
Xiaoyu muttered: "You want to take a shower, go ahead! Why are you here?"
The little black girl had nowhere to put her hands, and was a little at a loss. She lowered her head and muttered in a low voice: "It's too dark over there in the latrine. I'm afraid... Can you guard me outside..."
Xiaoyu was a little helpless, let’s go! This girl was eating and drinking, looking a little annoyed. Don’t go! This girl looks quite pitiful.
At this time, the second brother brought him water for washing his feet in a basin.
"Sir, your foot-washing water! Oh, this little guest is here too! I've brought your bath water for you." The second brother said with a smile, "You guys should go to bed early. Do you need anything?" Just call, and the little one will get busy first!"
The waiter turned and left.
But the little black girl had no intention of leaving yet, so Xiao Yu had to stand up and cursed: "Let's go!"
The little black girl then turned around and walked along the corridor towards the latrine.
There was an oil lamp lit in the latrine. It was indeed about ten feet away from where I lived. There was an old banyan tree next to it, which looked a little spooky. No wonder this girl was afraid.
Xiaoyu sat by the roots of the banyan tree and said to the girl: "Go, I'll wait for you here! Hurry up!"
"Okay..." The little black girl entered the latrine and closed the door.
Xiao Yu stared at the scattered stars in the sky in a daze, thinking that when she was a child, she didn't dare to go to the toilet alone in the middle of the night. She always held back her sleep, and even got beaten by her mother when she wet her pants the next day.
Not long after, a fair-skinned girl in new clothes came out carrying a bucket and a bath towel covering her head.
"Yeah! That's right, it turns out that you little black girl isn't black at all! She looks like a human being after she's been washed!" Xiao Yu praised the little black girl in surprise as she looked at her clean appearance.
