Chapter 50 The Shepherd Boy Rides the Buffalo

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This story is not long.

Of course, I omitted Wang Shanggong and the fact that he was entrusted by Wang Shanggong to find Sanhua Empress. He only said that he saw a cat temple there. There was a kitten god in the cat temple, and he stayed with the cat at night. After chatting with the gods, they knew that the cat gods were hardworking and conscientious in helping people catch mice. Later, when they went down the mountain and asked, they found that it was indeed the case.

Perhaps it is because it saves the communication with Wang Shanggong and the trouble of the cat god, or perhaps because Song You's story-telling skills are not superb and are not so surprising and interesting. The children did not listen as before. With such a big reaction, some people still didn't believe it after hearing it.

There are a few people who think talking cats are cute.

Fortunately, Song You had passed the test. It happened that it was getting late, and shouts came from the streets nearby. As soon as these children heard it, they immediately ran back, like a group of sparrows. Song You also took Sanhua Empress and the woman to Chen Han's house.

There is still a chill in early spring and a gentle breeze in the evening.

"You have a good story."

"The story of Shishi is also very interesting."

"I think so too." The woman said without hesitation, "I think it was a wonderful thing. It's different from the other times when I encountered ghosts while walking at night. I'm afraid I will remember it before I die."

“One step leads to a rich life.”

"Stop coming."

The woman glanced at Song You lightly: "Although the story you told is similar to coaxing a child, I can tell that it is also true."

"How did you hear that?"

"Expression, tone."

"How to say?"

"You enjoyed our encounter that day."

"I see."

"Are you going to Anqing tomorrow?"

"yes."

"I think you're a nice person. You can deliver a message so far away and bring a cat with you. You can't be a bad person. I originally wanted to say that you come with me tomorrow morning. There are many bandits on this road. You were lucky before, but you may not be able to see me tomorrow morning. Everyone will let you go, and I can protect you." The woman paused as she said, "But I asked you to go out for a walk in the afternoon, and you didn't agree to it, so I can't invite you again."

"I have misunderstood..."

"No need to explain! Since you are destined to me, then let's do it. We will wake up tomorrow morning and go out naturally. If we can meet each other, it means we are destined, and we will go to Anqing together. If it doesn't work, forget it..."

The woman said and looked at Song You:

"how?"

Song You thought for a while and said with a smile:

"good!"

"What is good?"

"good!"

"..."

The two of them have entered the courtyard gate.

Chen Han hurried out to greet him.

I thought I could eat beef at night. The price of beef and pork here is about the same, so it can barely be considered a specialty. Song You was actually a little greedy. However, Chen Han was a businessman and had a lot of experience. He knew that Taoist priests did not eat beef, so he thoughtfully bought pork and mutton and made a big table.

After all, it was meat, and Song You still ate it happily.

I slept in the room on the left side of the yard at night.

Bedding and everything are clean and tidy.

Sanhua Empress walked to the bed, and obedient Ren Songyou picked up the corner of his Taoist robe and wiped the soles of her feet. At the same time, she raised her head and asked him: "Taoist, why did you tell them about Sanhua Empress?"

"Um?"

Song You thought for a while:

"Because Sanhua Empress has a noble character and is very cute, children should listen to such stories."

"Children don't seem to like stories like this."

"Wipe it clean."

"oh!"

The calico cat jumped on the bed and continued to stare at him.

"It's because Sanhua Empress is so nice, they don't believe there is such a cat god. It's also because they want to hear scary stories, and Sanhua Empress can only please people." Song You was also in the darkness. He groped his way into the bed, "This has nothing to do with Empress Sanhua."

"oh……"

The voices of both humans and cats are very soft.

After talking for a while, he gradually fell asleep.

Song You had a vague dream.

The dream was about a temple. There was an old Taoist in the temple, an old Kun Taoist. His hair was gray and his face looked old. She opened the envelope and took out a letter. The paper was filled with the fragrance of ink...

I wonder how she felt when she read the letter.



Early the next morning, sleep until you wake up naturally.

Mr. and Mrs. Chen prepared breakfast and washcloths for them.

Song You thanked him respectfully.

After washing up, I came to have breakfast. I saw that the heroine's yellow-maned horse was still in the yard, but she was nowhere to be seen, so while eating, I asked:

"The heroine hasn't woken up yet?"

"not yet."

"Mr. Chen, have you packed your things?"

"It's packed."

"When are you planning to set off?"

"We'll leave when the villain's second uncle arrives."

"Mr. Chen, do you want to come with me? At least we can reach the ferry safely."

"Thank you sir."

Chen Han paused as he spoke, showing a look of embarrassment: "It's just that Wu Nuxia made an agreement with me yesterday for our family to wait for her to wake up and go with her..."

"That's fine."

"I failed to live up to my good intentions..."

"If that's the case, that heroine dared to come here alone on the mountain road, so she must be very capable." Song You said with a smile, "I'm just grateful for the hospitality, but I can't repay it, which is a bit regretful."

"Sir, you have broken the villain..."

After Song You finished eating, the woman hadn't woken up yet, so he didn't wait for her. He just obeyed their agreement, packed up his things, said goodbye to the Chens and his wife, took the remaining two hundred coins for sending letters, and went out.

As soon as I got out of the hospital and arrived at the alley, I met a child who had listened to him telling a story yesterday. He was walking from the opposite side, following his elders.

The child peeked at them, hesitated again and again, and finally had the courage to say hello to him:

"Little sir, are you leaving?"

"gone."

"Where's the heroine?"

"Leave soon."

"You guys walk slowly..."

"Thank you."

As the two sides passed each other, the child was attracted by the cat, so he subconsciously lowered his body and reached out to touch the calico cat. Unexpectedly, the calico cat was very alert and jumped forward in a flash, stopped and turned back to stare at him.

The child grinned and waved goodbye to her:

"Cats also walk slowly."

The calico cat stared at him intently, turned its head to think for a moment, and then imitated Song You's tone and spoke:

"Thank you."

The voice was soft and thin, extremely pleasant to the ear.

The child was stunned for a moment.

The adults next to him also opened their eyes wide and were startled.

The calico cat was satisfied, and followed Song You and Ma with brisk steps. Finally, he stopped and looked back at them, then trotted around the corner.

"You……"

Song You shook his head and smiled.

It’s interesting to think about it carefully——

Maybe after today, he and Sanhua Empress will become the stories told by others. Years later, even decades later, when these children are now old, they may still tell today's story to a group of urchins at their request.



If you go to Anqing, you usually go back the same way.

The mountains and rivers are still beautiful.

The peaks on both sides of the road are still the same as those seen along the river, like spring bamboo shoots breaking through the ground, or huge rocks falling from the sky. They are all covered with lush vegetation. Sometimes they are lined up on the left and right, and sometimes the path runs right in the middle of these peaks. Go through. The front was blocked just now, but after passing a mountain, there was a vast flat land again.

One person and one horse walked slowly, and the kitten jumped very fast.

The sunshine has been good recently, and it seems to be in the middle of the painting.

Especially early in the morning, there is still morning fog, so this jungle of ten thousand peaks is shrouded in morning fog again. The green mountains are half covered, white clouds pile up, and there are horse bells jingling in the middle. Whoever walks through it knows that he is not a god.

Not far away, Song You suddenly stopped.

The horse stopped with him, but the calico cat walked forward with brisk little steps. When he got to the front, he realized that the Taoist priest and the horse behind him had not followed, so he stopped again and looked back to stare at them.

"What's wrong? Taoist priest."

"There was a sound of splashing water."

"what happened again?"

"Did Lady Sanhua hear this?"

"I heard it, I heard it several times."

"Then I'm not as good as Sanhua Empress."

Song You just heard it, and it was very faint.

It's not the sound of water flowing in the rapids of the river, or the sound of water splashing at different heights on the embankment, but a popping sound. When it reaches here, although the sound is small, you can tell that it is far away. Combined, it is more like there is a giant sound in the river in the distance. The sound of something hitting the water.

Song You stood quietly, and the first image that came to his mind was that of a giant whale leaping out of the water, with its black back, snow-white striped belly, barnacles growing on its body, and its elegant figure in the air.

Then it suddenly hit the sea and splashed everywhere.

"What do you think the sound is, Sanhua Empress?"

"The sound of fish."

"That's it."

"What's wrong?"

"Miss Sanhua, do you know where it is?"

The calico cat was confused when he heard this, but still turned his head and looked to the left, and then answered:

"This way."

"good."

"Do you want to go fishing?"

"Go and have a look."

Song You looked to the left side of the road.

However, the jungle is dense and the mountains block the road. I really don’t know how to get to the river.

At this time, I suddenly heard the sound of a flute.

Song You pursed his lips again and listened quietly.

I felt that the sound of the flute was quiet and melodious, ethereal and sweet, coming from the mountains and woods in front of me. It was obviously a sound, but when I heard it, I felt like I saw an empty valley and a secluded forest, carrying the fragrance of dew and green grass. I could not help but feel the coolness of the early spring morning on my body, and my ears were washed clean.

Perhaps this is the fairy spirit in the poet's mouth.

After just listening for a while, the sound of the flute got closer and closer.

Song You stopped for a moment and walked forward slowly.

Turning a corner, I saw a young man, in his teens, wearing linen clothes, a bamboo hat and a raincoat, sitting sideways on the back of an old cow, with one leg curled up under him and the other hanging leisurely. , carrying a bamboo basket behind his back, filled with grass.

A bamboo flute, which I think is a particularly beloved thing, is also tied with a red tassel.

It was a shepherd boy riding a bull through the forest.

The green grass in the forest is deep, the dew has not yet dried, and it is crystal clear. Just like the shepherd boy riding the bull, and like the sound of the flute, it is not stained by the dust of the world at all.

It’s not a mortal scene, it’s not a worldly person.

It comes from paintings.

When the shepherd boy saw the Taoist, he suddenly shut up and stood up.

Song You then bowed and saluted:

"Be polite."

The shepherd boy quickly learned to salute, but his movements were clumsy.

"What's wrong……"

"Don't panic, I'm just here to ask for directions." Song You paused for a moment, "But I heard the sound of Shi's flute from a distance, which is quiet and sweet. It's just like this for everyone to return to the original nature of music. I love it in my heart, but I don't know if the song I'm playing has a name. ?”

"I do not understand……"

"Good to hear."

"Blowing nonsense..."

"Does this song have a name?"

"I don't know, everyone here knows it. It doesn't seem to have a name."

"Pity."

Song You shook his head. It wasn't a pity that it didn't have a name. He just felt that it would be better to pass on to future generations if it had a name. It would be easier to fall into history without a name.

But he still praised him: "No matter what, Shishou played very well, not inferior to other musicians."

"I only know this one."

"I see……"

Seeing the panic on the shepherd boy's face, although he was not rude, he felt that he shouldn't. He shouldn't make people panic for no reason, nor should he disturb the spirit, so he asked again:

"There are bandits here, aren't you afraid?"

"This side is close to the city, there are no bandits."

"You have to be careful."

"Where are you going, sir?"

"Go to Anqing."

"Anqing goes forward, there are many bandits on the road..."

"Bandits won't embarrass someone like me." Song You tried to soften his voice, "But I don't want to ask about the way to Anqing, but I want to ask you, where can I walk to the river nearby?"

"What are you doing at the riverside, sir?"

"My hands are dirty and I want to wash them."

"There are monsters in the river that can eat people."

"I'm right on the shore."

"Just walk a little ahead and there will be a way down." The shepherd boy looked at him worriedly, "Be careful and don't go into the water."

"Thank you..."

Song You cupped his hands in thanks and continued walking forward.

The horse pulled a mouthful of grass from the ground and followed it slowly while chewing it. The kitten glanced at the shepherd boy and the buffalo one more time, and also looked at the horse as if to compare, and then followed it.

The shepherd boy couldn't help but turn around and stand holding a flute. Looking at this line of work, he felt wonderful and strange in his heart.

And the hands under the sleeves of the gentleman...

Clean and tidy.

The shepherd boy was puzzled and got on the buffalo's back again and walked toward the village. However, after not far, he hesitated again and again and let the buffalo turn around to see what the gentleman was doing.