Li Su looked at the strange-looking key in my hand, and after a while he murmured: "Is there a box in a certain house in this village...? Or a door or something? This key Is it just for driving it?”
Li Su paused when he said this, as if he had something to say, but he swallowed it back.
I looked at Li Su and nodded, saying, "What you said makes sense..."
Li Su said: "Why else would those people spend so much effort to put a key in this pit?"
I thought about it, then kicked the key into my arms and said, "Look, we have to turn this aquatic village upside down!"
… …
Although it was getting late, the sky was not dark at all. The sun hung slanting in the west, dyeing large tracts of clouds crimson.
At this time, a man was sitting on the side of Ererganghu Road leisurely eating pancakes and fruit.
This is a middle-aged man, very fat and greasy, and he is not well-dressed. He wears a yellowish white T-shirt under a large black coat, and a pair of jeans that are a little worn and white. On his head was a black baseball cap with two words written on it, "Youth".
This man ate very quickly, and after a while, he had wiped out a pancake and fruit. But he seemed not satisfied, so he raised his hand and waved to the pancake and fruit stand not far away, and said: "Boss , The fruit flavor of your pancakes is good! Give me another set, I want fruit, not crispy! Put more onions and peppers..."
The owner of the pancake and fruit stall not far away didn't say anything. After saying yes, he started spreading the pancakes.
The pancake and fruit stall owner was very skillful in his skills. After a while, he handed a set of steaming pancakes and fruit to the man.
The middle-aged man took the pancakes from the stall owner, said thank you, and then handed over a wad of cash.
The pancake and fruit stall owner looked at the cash in the middle-aged man's hand and said with a smile: "One pancake and fruit is only 8 yuan, and two are only 16. You gave me so much... I can't find it!"
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "No need to look for it...it's all for you!"
The pancake and fruit stall owner didn't say much when he heard this. He just smiled and took the wad of money.
The owner of the pancake and fruit stall roughly counted and found that the cash in his hand was at least more than 20,000 yuan. He turned to look at the man who was eating pancakes and said lightly: "I said... if there is anything else, Let’s not beat around the bush. They are all straightforward people. They gave me such a large amount of money. If anything happens, I will naturally help if I can..."
Hearing this, the middle-aged man put down the pancake fruit in his hand, looked up at the stall owner, wiped his mouth and said with a smile: "Since you said so, if I have nothing to do, I beg you, doesn't it seem like I'm a bit too much? Already?"
The stall owner didn't speak, he just looked at the man in front of him who looked like a pig turned into a spirit.
The middle-aged man stuffed the remaining pancake fruit into his mouth. Then he stood up, rubbed his hands on his pants, and then said slowly: "My business is actually the same. It’s not a big deal… I just want to meet Mr. Gu!”
The pancake and fruit stall owner frowned slightly and said, "It seems that our house has been really lively recently! What? I just sent away a man named Zhen not long ago. Do you want to talk to my old man about this?"
The middle-aged man frowned slightly when he heard this and said, "What's wrong? Has the cripple named Zhen been here?"
The pancake and fruit stall owner nodded and said, "Yeah! It happened a day or two ago."
The middle-aged man said in a slightly mocking tone: "That damn cripple is the most damn chicken thief!"
The pancake and fruit stall owner looked at the middle-aged man and said, "Tell me about it! Why do you want to see our old man?"
Hearing this, the middle-aged man took out a black plastic bag from his pocket, handed it to the pancake and fruit stall owner, and said, "I'm asking Mr. Gu to help me get something!"
The pancake and fruit stall owner was stunned when he heard this. Before he could speak, the middle-aged man continued: "What I just gave you is a greeting gift. When the old man finishes it for me, I will give you a big one... "
The pancake and fruit stall owner didn't say anything, but reached out and took out the contents of the plastic bag.
There was a plastic clip inside, and inside the clip was a very old piece of paper, which was already starting to turn yellow.
The material of the paper is very special, like rice paper, but not like rice paper.
There was a very special object drawn on the paper. The pancake and fruit stall owner looked at it and found that the object was eighteen or nineteen centimeters long. To put it into a more understandable way, it is about the length of a male adult's hand and the width of two fingers. The whole thing is in the shape of a cross, with a crossed semicircle at the top, and some strange symbols engraved on it.
At the bottom of this thing is a spiral shape, which is also covered with irregular zigzag patterns.
The pancake and fruit stall owner took the yellowed piece of paper and looked at it for a long time, but couldn't tell anything. Finally, he couldn't help but sighed and asked: "Brother, I know I shouldn't ask more, but This thing is really weird, what is it...?"
The middle-aged man smiled and said, "This is a key!"
The pancake and fruit stall owner frowned slightly and said, "What? Is this the key?"
"Yeah!" The middle-aged man nodded and said, "This thing is very special. There is one of them all in the capital, and only Mr. Gu from Honeycomb Mountain can reproduce it."
The pancake and fruit stall owner thought for a while and then said to the middle-aged man: "In that case! Wait here for a while, and I will ask my old man if he is willing to take this business from you?"
The middle-aged man had obviously thought that the stall owner would say this, so he nodded decisively and said, "I'll bother you then! I'll wait here... Oh, by the way..."
Just when the stall owner turned to leave, the middle-aged man suddenly stopped him.
The stall owner was stunned for a moment and asked, "What's wrong? Is there anything else?"
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "That's right... your skills are really good! I didn't eat enough for the two sets just now! Anyway, waiting is waiting... Can you brand one set for me, brother?"
The pancake and fruit stall owner was stunned for a moment when the middle-aged man suddenly acted like this. Then he smiled and said: "Okay! No problem! It's just a set of pancakes and fruit! Isn't there a saying? They all say Jingmen The snack pancakes are fragrant, and the delicacies of the world are intoxicating to heaven. The clear sea is vast and fragrant, and the fairy in the Yaochi is eager to taste it. The novel jade girls compete for communication, and the lush green surroundings surround the west chamber. The Zhaopeng flutters its wings and descends from the sky, and the long flag flutters heroically. But the Jade Emperor The edict was delivered late, leaving only sesame seeds as a treasure..."
As the pancake and fruit stall owner said this, he picked up the shovel and spread out another set for the middle-aged man.
