Chapter 6 The Patriarch
A slender crutch stretched out from behind the curtain, and a white-haired old man appeared in front of us. What I wondered was why this man used such a slender crutch? I think everyone has seen a crutch used by older people. This is the first time I have seen such a slender crutch.
"Who are you Dazhu's son?" A thick voice came from the old man. I think this old man is probably the patriarch of Lao Wan? But is such a thick voice really like an old man's voice?
The patriarch signaled us to sit down first, and there were chairs in the hall. Although there were four of us, these chairs were enough for us to sit down.
When we sat down, we actually walked out from behind the curtain. Yes, this person was Wanwu. How did he get to the back? Is there any other door in this hall? In fact, we were always curious about Wanwu's disappearance. At this time, he brought us tea. Including the patriarch, there were only five cups.
"I, I am." Lao Wan sat down and answered the patriarch's question.
"Well, let me see. It's really good, it has a bit of heroic spirit like Dazhu." said the patriarch.
I ignored what the patriarch said. I just felt a different taste in this house. This special feeling was like that ancient book, but the difference was that the ancient book gave me a warm feeling, but this house gave me a cold feeling. I don’t know if it was a mental effect.
"It's not in vain that Zi Meng married you." The patriarch suddenly said this.
Zi Meng? Is this person the partner of Lao Wan's ghost marriage? When I looked at Lao Wan, I found that his face had twitched. It can be seen that Lao Wan is still very scared of such a strange thing.
Next, the patriarch chatted with us casually, but the focus was still on Lao Wan. Although the patriarch's way of speaking was so natural, I still felt something strange.
At this moment, a gust of wind blew out from outside the window, blowing out most of the candles in the room.
Click
A thunder sounded, and the lightning of lightning suddenly illuminated the entire room.
At this time, my arm seemed to be grabbed by someone's hand. When I saw that it was Hu Yiyi.
"What's wrong?" I whispered to Hu Yiyi.
"I don't know why, the lightning bolt just now made me very scared." Hu Yiyi stuck out her tongue at me after she said that.
Isn't this girl afraid of thunder, right?
The patriarch signaled Wan Wu to let him light up the candles that were blown out in the room. After a while, the bright feeling just now reappeared in the room.
"It's okay, there are often such winds in the mountains. You can stay for a few days." The patriarch sat on the master's seat and said to us.
A few of us nodded.
"You have been living in the old house of Dazhu's family these days. Although Dazhu has never been back, the villagers have been helping to clean up his house, which is considered clean. This is the problem. Let's do it. I'll ask Zimeng to send you some bedding. It should be fine to stay for a few days."
What the patriarch said before was nothing wrong. When he heard that he wanted Zi Meng to send us bedding, I was shocked. Isn’t Zi Meng the partner of Lao Wan’s ghost marriage? In this way, Zi Meng should be dead. But the patriarch said that she would send us bedding.
The patriarch seemed to know that we would react like this.
"Zi Meng is not Zi Meng. The Zi Meng I am talking about now is my little daughter. The Zi Meng I mentioned before is my eldest daughter, that is, the one who wants to marry Dazhu's son."
Although I was relieved after hearing what the patriarch said, I couldn't help but worry about Lao Wan. Seeing that the patriarch's daughter should be my mother, Lao Wan is going to marry someone of her age?
"Dad!" The voice of a young woman came from outside the hall.
As I entered the door, I saw her appearance. Her big watery eyes cannot be said to be a beauty that most people agree with, but at least she has a unique temperament and looks like she is about twenty years old.
"The rice is ready, and you don't say you're here to eat," said the girl.
I think this girl should be the son dream mentioned by the patriarch.
Sure enough, the patriarch introduced us to Zimeng. When Zimeng heard that Lao Wan was her brother-in-law, she couldn't help but look at her a few more times. She smiled and greeted us. Such a smile made my sense of Yin medical treatment disappear a lot.
Looking at this girl, I couldn't help but wonder, why does the daughter of this patriarch look so young? Even if she is old, she shouldn't be so different, right?
Then the patriarch informed us of the location of Lao Wan and their family. We stood up and prepared to say goodbye.
"Let's go after dinner!" Zimeng said to us.
It would be fine if she didn't say this, but we really felt hungry after she said this. We walked the mountain road for an afternoon, and we were exhausted by boats.
"This, this won't cause you any trouble, right?" Hu Yiyi said.
"No! There are more pairs of chopsticks." Zimeng said with a smile. The patriarch kept looking at her with a smile while she was talking.
We were hungry and could still have a meal. So we stayed to taste Zimeng's skills.
Perhaps it is because of pure natural and pure green? In short, this meal was very comfortable and the guests and guests were having fun.
After eating, we finally got up and said goodbye.
But the thunderstorm outside is still falling. Anyone who has experienced this should know that it will not take long if it rains. However, the rain we encountered here actually subverted our cognition. Because it took too long. We walked out with umbrellas.
We walked out of that big mansion, and our destination was Lao Wan's home.
Of course, Lao Wan's hometown is unable to compare with the patriarch's family. But on the surface, it is still good. At least it proves that Lao Wan's family was doing well in the village before.
We walked in. It turned out that people often cleaned. After looking at it, we divided the place where everyone wanted to rest. Lao Wan and Zhao Yuan lived in the main room, Hu Yiyi lived in the west wing, and I lived in the east wing. I had no objection to this arrangement. The next thing to do was to wait for the bedding that Zimeng brought us.
After walking for a day, I even felt soreness in my feet.
Now I hope to have a good sleep. When Hu Yiyi went to the west wing, she held my hand and said a long sentence to me. But I didn't understand what she was saying at all. It was not a human need, it sounded like the language of a fox.
Chapter completed!