Sitting and forgetting longevity

Chapter 749

The riverside became a mess, the Zhang father and son's faces were pale, as if they hadn't slept for a few days and nights, they were useless, they were chased and beaten by a few old ladies, but they had no strength to resist .

Two of those who came with the Zhang family wanted to step forward to help, but they were stopped by others before they could take a step.

"Isn't this the boss of Carpenter Wang's family? You are also here to help Zhang Laizi? I don't know who it is, but you still help him? Just now your old man came over from the other side of the road. If you see you messing around here , maybe I will give you the first place to eat again."

Everyone lives on both sides of the Nulong River, and there are relatives in each village, so most of them know each other.

When Boss Wang heard that his butcher's husband was coming, he was startled, and quickly apologized, "Hey, hey, I'm just passing by, passing by, I'm leaving right away, right away..."

As he said that, he tucked his tail and slipped away, for fear of being caught by the old man.

The villagers who watched the excitement burst into laughter, and pointed at other people who helped Zhang and his son and made sarcastic remarks.

"Zhuzi crossed people across the river in peace every day, and it gave a lot of convenience to ten miles and eight villages. You are a big gang, and it is not proper to bully people!"

"That's right! The girl in his family was going to jump into the river that day. If the pillar hadn't been caught in time, she would have been swept away by the river. Later, many people saw Zhang Daya going to the city. It was really kind No reward!"

Zhuzi is usually kind to people. When the villagers want to cross the river, most of them pay for the boat with goods. Sometimes he doesn’t mind if there is a little less. So when Aunt Chunhua came out first, the others were still willing to help and say a few words of.

During the noise and noise, no one noticed that the column that had been squeezed outside looked very strange, the clothes on his back were soaked, watching in horror that the crowd kept passing "Da Ya Zhang" back and forth, But no one noticed it was wrong.

Zhang Daya's body looks a bit illusory, like a shadow, except for the reaction when the villagers said she was "an abandoned woman without children and divorced", at other times she didn't move as if she was insane. Standing in a daze beside the wooden stake to tie the boat, facing the direction of the Nulong River, as if waiting for something.

At this time, when he looked carefully, Zhu Zi realized that the other party looked a little weird, his face was a little swollen, his hair and clothes were wet, and water was dripping continuously.

He covered his mouth: This is obviously what a person looks like after drowning!

Did Zhang Daya throw himself into the river after getting off the boat?But this time, no one stopped her, so she finally got her wish.

All the unusual things in front of him point to one thing, something that Zhu Zi is unwilling and dare not admit, that is him, look!See!ghost!up!
The sky is dark today, with thick dark clouds covering the entire sky, and it feels like it's getting dark just after Shen Shi.The wind on the river was blowing like a ghost crying.

Zhuzi felt creepy, but he didn't dare to say anything, because he knew that if people found out that he could see ghosts, the originally kind villagers would fear him, stay away from him, and even sacrifice him to the river god. possible!

So he could only try to pretend to be normal, watching Zhang's father and son being beaten away with bags all over their heads, watching Aunt Chunhua standing by the river and scolding in the direction of Taohua Village for half an hour, watching himself dragging Legs thanked the women and others who spoke up.

Aunt Chunhua scolded for a long time, but still shouted angrily: "It's getting late, maybe it will rain again, and there are big waves on the river again, so we can't cross the river today, everyone go home."

The crowd gradually dispersed, and Zhu Zi took a sneak peek, only to see that the big girl Zhang did not leave with Zhang and his son, but was still standing upright beside the wooden stake, facing the direction of his boat parked on the shore.

Zhu Zi only felt his scalp go numb, how dare he go to untie the rope?
Just as he didn't know what to do, Aunt Chunhua asked his family to have dinner. In the past, he would probably have pushed or pushed, but this time he immediately agreed, and he just wanted to leave the river bank as soon as possible.

Aunt Chunhua was also a little surprised, and laughed boldly: "That's how it should be! Gou'er went up the mountain today and caught two rabbits. Let's stir-fry them. They are good for drinking!"

Dog is Aunt Chunhua's son's nickname, and country people don't have much ostentation in naming it. Cats and dogs bark like crazy, trying to make a living.His name is Li Zhuangshi, he is fifteen or sixteen this year, and he is not married yet.

When we arrived at Aunt Chunhua's house, the dog was squatting in the yard to tease the big yellow dog. When he saw the pillar approaching, he rushed over like a monkey and pestered him to teach him how to punting.

"Go, go!" Aunt Chunhua ordered with disgust: "Go and clean up the rabbit, don't be idle all day long. Can you learn to punting, get out!"

The dog was slapped twice, and ran to fetch water with a smile.Zhu Zi went to the eaves and called "Uncle" to the honest-looking middle-aged man who was squatting there.

One night, even the fried rabbit meat couldn't bring Zhuzi back from his trance. Aunt Chunhua babbled and recited the day's events on the table several times, and at the end, she pulled Zhuzi and said earnestly stand up.

"I just said you need to find a wife quickly. If there is a wife, Zhang Laizi will not come up with such a bad move today, asking you to marry her daughter who can't lay eggs. Bah, shameless!"

As she spoke, she scolded the eighteen generations of the Zhang family's ancestors again, and said that she would go to find a matchmaker tomorrow.

Zhu Zi was silent for a while, then said embarrassingly: "Auntie, I'm a ferryman, if anyone dares to marry me, forget it."

There was a sudden silence on the table.

Because of the legend about the ferrymen connecting the human world and the dead world, ordinary people have some invisible taboos about their profession.Although there is nothing unusual in their normal interactions, when it comes to marriage, no one is willing to marry their daughter to them.

Therefore, most of the ferrymen are widows, and it is extremely difficult to find a wife, just like Lao Tzu Shuanzi, who is also an old bachelor, and the pillars are only picked up by him.

Aunt Chunhua scoffed at such legends: "Don't listen to those idlers talking nonsense! I will leave this matter to my aunt, and I promise to find you a clean and good-looking girl!"

Zhuzi's eyes suddenly became confused, he was dazed for a while, and murmured: "I have a wife..."

"You have a wife?" Aunt Chunhua shouted loudly, her surprise was beyond words.

The dog leaned over curiously: "Brother, lady, no, where is my sister-in-law? Is she pretty? Why hasn't she come to look for you?"

Aunt Chunhua patted the dog away, and asked again and again: "Why didn't you mention it before, who is the girl from which village and household, and how is her temperament? How many people are there in the family? Let me tell you, the first thing you need to do is to choose a wife." Character..."

But Zhuzi was stunned, not knowing why he blurted out that there was a lady.

Yes, where is his wife and who is she?

Obviously he has never been married, nor has he made an affair with any girl.

"me……"

He wanted to say that he had made a mistake just now, but found that the mouth didn't seem to be his own, and he just couldn't say the words "I don't have a wife".It seemed that there was a voice in his heart that kept telling him that he had a wife, and he couldn't get involved with other girls, otherwise he would be a betrayer.

Zhu Zi felt his mind was in a mess, and he didn't understand why he had such an inexplicable feeling, as if he had forgotten many important things!

Seeing him like this, Uncle Li, who has always been taciturn, said, "Okay, stop talking a few words, and let no one eat."

Aunt Chunhua, who has always been aggressive, stopped talking, thinking of Zhuzi's life experience, she couldn't say anything.

However, Zhu Zi soon ran out of time to think about these things. After the meal was over, he thought about going back to the boat and wondered if the ghost of the big girl had left, so he was very uneasy.

After dawdling for a while, it was time for Li's family to go to bed, so he really had no choice but to say goodbye and leave.

Tonight, the stars and the moon were dark, and the short road leading to the river was very difficult to walk on the pillars. It was not until I was sure that there was no one next to the wooden pillars that I dared to take a big breath, feeling that my legs were weak.

But when he climbed onto the boat and was about to take out the boards to make the bed, he saw the ghost of the big girl sitting in the cabin, and almost fainted!
He scrambled and ran out of the cabin, and was about to rush off the boat, but found that the boat rope that had been fastened just now had been loosened, and the boat floated away from the shore!
"Eldest sister, you and I have no grudges in the past, and I have no grudges in the near future. You jumped into the river the other day, and I even pulled you back. If you want revenge, don't come to me..."

Zhuzi was so frightened that he couldn't help but muttered non-stop, but the boat floated out of the relatively calm creek on the river bank, and was rushed to this side by the swift current of the Nulong River, and was in danger of capsizing at any time.

Zhuzi had no choice but to rush over and grab the oars, trying to control the direction of the boat, trying to paddle back to the shore.

But tonight, everything was weird, the boat that used to be very obedient in his hands became disobedient, as if there was a force in front of it pulling it, and it sailed straight to the center of the river.

In the end, Zhu Zi had no choice but to hold the oars stiffly, not daring to look back into the cabin, and could only stare blankly at the water surface.

After an unknown amount of time, his whole body was completely blown by the cold wind on the river, and his heartstrings, which had been tensed due to fear for a long time, also relaxed due to exhaustion, and he raised his head!

"what!"

Fog started to appear on the river at some point, and the gray sky was extremely low. You couldn't see the sun, moon, stars, or dust on the ground, but only a vast expanse of water.

Zhu Zi opened his mouth wide in shock, he was sure that this was definitely not on the Nulong River, because the river under the boat was as quiet as a pool of stagnant water, without even a ripple.

The boat went on evenly, even when he let go of the oars, as if the boat knew where it was going.

At this time, Zhu Zi had completely resigned himself to fate, but he was not as scared as before, and a trace of curiosity arose in his heart.

He turned his head quietly, and saw Zhang Daya's ghost still sitting quietly in the cabin with her head down, as if she was just an ordinary person who wanted to cross the river.

After a long time, the river channel narrowed, and some extremely huge black shadows gradually appeared on both sides of the river, towering into the clouds, hidden in the gray fog, which could not be seen clearly.Every once in a while, there will be a pale white lantern that shimmers, hanging high on the thin branches, like a guiding light.

At this moment, there was a croaking sound from the left!
The pillar was startled, and when he turned his head to look, it was a big black crow standing on the branch. If the lantern was not nearby, he would not have found it.

The big crow glanced at the pillar, croaked again weakly, and then said: "It's a newcomer... Dock to shore, the city of death has arrived, and all the souls on the ship have come down."

(End of this chapter)