Chapter 95 Rooting
A month later, Wang Shouren was weeding and watering the field, and the crops and vegetables in the field were already lush. Gao Daquan and Gao Daquan ran over excitedly and said, "Sir, we found a cave under the cliff of Dongshan Mountain. What a big hole, enough to accommodate 100 people. It's shady inside. Sir, go and have a look. If you think it's okay, the three of us will live in the cave. There is no need to squeeze into a ball in this thatched hut.
"Oh?" Wang Shouren was also surprised. He put down his hoe and said, "Let's go and take me to have a look."
The three masters and servants came to the cave under the east slope. The cave is really big and the ground is flat. Wang Shouren went in and turned around and found that the cave was more than ten feet high, three or four feet wide and more than ten feet deep. The cave was very shady, and Wang Shouren said happily, "That's great. Now that the weather is getting hotter, we will live in the grass hut again, and I'm afraid we will eat mosquitoes at night. With this cave, we found an ideal place to live. Gao Daquan and Wang An, you have made great contributions.
Gao Daquan said, "Moreover, this hole is less than two miles away from Longchang. Let's rest here, and it doesn't prevent you from going to the post office every day.
Wang An said proudly, "Okay! Tonight, I will rest in my palace. Gao Daquan, go and lay the eight treasures to win the widow first.
Gao Daquan gently kicked Wang An and said, "I'll give you a kick first." The three masters and servants burst into laughter.
Wang Shouren said to the two, "Gao Daquan, you should do things steadily. You went to find the postmen and said that we were moving. Please ask them to come and help clean up, and then bring our luggage and cooking utensils. I think we can build a grass hut outside the cave as a kitchen, and people will sleep in the cave, so that there will be places to eat and sleep. What do you think?"
Gao Daquan and Wang An both said happily, "Good idea, sir."
Wang Shouren said, "I also came up with a name for this, which is called 'Yangming Xiaodongtian'."
Wang An pretended to be literary and said, "'Yangming Xiaodongtian, come in and be a fairy. The master becomes a fairy, and we become a fairy.' What do you think of this poem?
Gao Daquan sneered and said, "If you want to learn to make poetry, go and learn from our master."
... The scene of Agong and Connaught helping Wang Shouren carry luggage and cooking utensils, and Gao Daquan, Wang An and several other postmen cleaned the hole and set up a new kitchen. Everyone is very busy.
With the help of several postmen, Wang Shouren, Gao Daquan and Wang An moved into the cave in Dongshan on the same day.
Half a month later, Wang Shouren walked in the field near the dragon field. He came to a stream, took off his square scarf and rubbed it with clear stream water. Suddenly, he saw his reflection in the stream, and some white hair had grown on his head. Wang Shouren suddenly became sad. He looked at the blue sky and the mountain love around him, and blurted out and recited:
"Where does the stream fall, and where does the stream fall? Sitting in the stone and the stream, I was happy to wash my hair. The stream is clear to the bottom, and it happened in vain. The years are like flowing water, and there is no stop. Within a hundred years, what will happen to me?"
A long-depressed sadness and confusion came to his mind again. He couldn't help thinking, "Thinking of me, Wang Shouren, is also a young man with ambition and integrity. However, he was persecuted by the eum and demoted to this point. Even if a saint is born today, he should feel compassion for my experience. However, it has been almost two months here. All day long, I am accompanied by mountains and plants, and with Yi people. Have I spent my life like this? If the ancient saint is in my environment today, what kind of response should he have? ......”
Thinking and thinking, Wang Shouren sat on the stone by the stream and took a nap. Suddenly, a voice woke him up: "Lord Yicheng, go back quickly? There is something wrong with your two family members!"
Wang Shouren looked up and saw that it was the postman Connaught. He hurriedly asked, "Connor, what's going on?"
Connor said, "Today I want to send you my own green vegetables, but I found that Gao Daquan and Wang An were rolling all over the ground in the cave and had a stomachache. When I asked, I knew that they picked some wild mushrooms to eat, some of which were probably poisonous mushrooms. Fortunately, they just stole a few mouthfuls of soup first, otherwise, they may not even be able to save their lives.
Wang Shouren was shocked and quickly walked back with Connor and asked, "How are they now?" Is there a Langzhong in a nearby village?
Connor said, "Don't worry, my lord, I have asked Agung to pick some herbal medicine to detoxify. It is common for people here to eat poisonous mushrooms by mistake. The old people have handed down some folk herbs, which are generally not a big problem. That's right, the two of them have to rest for at least a month and can't serve you.
With that, Wang Shouren returned to the cave and saw that the postman Agung had squatted there to feed Gao Daquan and Gao Daquan herbs. Gao Daquan shouted weakly, "Sir, you're back." Gao Daquan didn't even have the strength to speak, just waved to Wang Shouren.
Wang Shouren asked with concern, "How do you feel?"
Gao Daquan said: "It's just that the limbs are weak, disgusting, and I want to vomit, but I can't spit it out. Gao Daquan still ran and had diarrhea, so that he didn't even have the strength to speak.
Argon said, "I looked at the soup pot and found a few poisonous mushrooms called red mushrooms here. Fortunately, they just picked a few by mistake. Otherwise, there will be a lot of trouble."
Wang Shouren said, "Does this medicine work? Do you still want to invite Langzhong?"
Agung said, "I don't think it's necessary. Mushroom poisoning is common here. The folk herbs handed down by our ancestors can generally be cured. It's just that they need to rest and have a good rest within a month, otherwise, the sequelae of hand and foot paralysis in the future will not be known.
Gao Daquan said apologetically, "Master, the villain can't serve you these days."
Wang Shouren returned to his former humor and said, "Then how about you and Wang An will be masters for a period of time and let me serve you for a few days?"
Gao Daquan and Wang An listened and cried sad. Wang Shouren turned around and said to the two postmen, "Two brothers, please tell the other postmen brothers. I will stay in the cave to take care of them these days. Please arrange your shifts and try not to make any mistakes.
Agong and Connor said, "Don't worry, this is our business. Moreover, our post station can't pass an official trip in three or five days, and there is basically nothing wrong. The adult accompanied the two eldest brothers in the cave. Vegetables and grains will be delivered when we have time.
Wang Shouren took out a piece of silver for Agung and Connor. The two postmen quickly waved their hands and said, "Your excellency, look at the villain, look at the villain." I can't stand it.
Mung bean porridge is being cooked on the stove of Cao'an. Wang Shouren sat on a stone with a large basin of clothes in front of him. He rubbed his clothes hard. After a while, he stood up and opened the porridge pot to taste, nodded slightly and said, "Well, it's almost time." Looking back, he twisted the washed clothes one by one, put them on a clean blue stone, and then prepared to hang them on a rope pulled outside the cave. Because a person twists and hangs, it seems very troublesome for him to walk back and forth. At this time, a twisted dress was handed over from behind. He turned around and saw that it was Gao Daquan, who was handing clothes to himself with his waist. Wang Shouren said in surprise, "Gao Daquan, do you feel better? Can you walk out of the hole?"
Gao Daquan nodded and said, "It's much better, sir. Wang An tasted the mushroom soup first that day. He drank half a bowl, and I only took two sips. My condition is much milder than his.
Wang Shouren said, "You'd better go back to the cave to rest. I can handle the work here. Mung bean porridge is almost done.
Gao Daquan said sadly, "Sir, I should have served you, but I have let you wait for the two of you for more than half a month. Laundry, cooking and boiling medicine, this is not the work you should do.
Wang Shouren smiled cheerfully and said, "Actually, we are all brothers who share joys and sorrows and adversity. Don't mention the division of masters and servants."
Gao Daquan said, "The most hateful thing is Wang An, who wants to go crazy about his hometown. These days, we pretend to be crazy and cry and shout all day, so noisy that we can't wait to stuff our ears with cotton. What does he want? He had no relatives in his hometown in Zhejiang, so he sold himself as a slave. Only when he arrived at the Wang family did he have enough to eat. Otherwise, he might have starved to death on the street 20 years ago.
Wang Shouren said gently, "You and I are older, just let him do a little. In the past 20 years, he has followed me around like you. There is no credit or hard work.
At this time, I only heard Gao Daquan crying in the cave again, "Dad, mother, where are you? Why can I see you in my dream and disappear as soon as I open my eyes? Do you know that your son suffers in a cave in Guizhou? Come and save your son. Whoo-hoo..."
Gao Daquan was very impatient when he heard it and wanted to go in and scold Wang An. Wang Shouren stopped him, first removed the porridge pot from the stove and cooled it, then walked into the cave and said to Wang An, "Wang An, don't be sad. Don't you like to hear me tell jokes? Today I will tell you the most coke joke. If you don't laugh, I won't eat at noon today.
Gao Daquan, lying on the floor, saw Wang Shouren coming to care about himself, so he sat up knowingly and said, "Sir, please talk about it. Xiao has always loved to listen to you tell jokes.
Wang Shouren said carelessly, "This is still a real thing. I heard what my grandmother said when I was a child. There is a stingy named Zhang San in Wuni Town in our hometown. His little device is incomparable in the world. One day, an elder relative came to their family, and Zhang San had to call him uncle. Zhang San's uncle came to their house for a guest. When it was time for lunch, Zhang San asked his wife to bring food, which was full of vegetables such as green onions and tofu. Zhang San's uncle deliberately embarrassed Zhang San and said, 'Zhang San, go and get me some meat to eat. I can't stand eating a vegetarian meal at your house. As soon as the words fell, I heard a braised beef seller walking through the door. Now Zhang San can't avoid it. I had to bravely go out of the door..."
Gao Daquan asked, "Will he buy braised beef?"
Wang Shouren said, "Zhang San's uncle and wife heard Zhang San bargaining with braised beef in the room. Zhang San said, 'Can we buy one catty in 20?' The beef seller said, 'No.' Zhang San said again, 'Can we buy one catty at 30?' The beef seller said, 'No.' Zhang San said again, 'Is it okay to buy one catty for fifty?' The beef seller said, 'No! Absolutely not.' Zhang San's uncle was so disappointed that he simply threw down his chopsticks and walked through the back door. After Zhang San entered the house, his wife asked Zhang San very strangely, 'What the hell are you doing? People's counter-offer is always going down. Why are you still going up?' Zhang San said proudly, "What do you know about women? I discussed with the beef seller to exchange the remaining bricks of our house for his beef!'"
Ah? Hahahaha!" Gao Daquan and Wang An laughed after listening to it.
"Sir, let's talk about another one." Wang An begged.
"Then don't cry again today." Wang Shouren made a request.
"Good." Wang An readily agreed.
Wang Shouren said, "Once upon a time, there was a dung bee named Zhao Liu. He didn't study hard and wrote white characters. Once his father sent him to the city academy to study. A few days later, he wrote a letter to his family. Originally, he meant that he had lost his umbrella and hoped that his father would take time to send him one. As a result, his letter was sent home, and his father was scared at a glance. The original letter said: 'Father, my son lost his life inadvertently yesterday, and life is very inconvenient. I hope father can kill his son as soon as possible. If your father's life is gone, send your mother's life.' What do you think is wrong with this letter?
Wang An said with a smile, "This young master wrote the word 'umbrella' as 'life'. He simply read the book into the dog's stomach."
Gao Daquan suddenly said thoughtfully, "Oh, sir, last time Liu Jin sent someone to follow and assassinate you, you pretended to throw yourself into the river when you arrived in Hangzhou to get rid of the assassin. But if Liu Jin knew that you were still alive, what if he would send someone else? The three of us are in the cave of this dragon field, and we may lose our lives when.
Wang Shouren listened to this and fell silent. Gao Daquan was so angry that he knocked on Gao Daquan's head and said, "Fuck, you boy, you can't lift the pot!" Gao Daquan was too scared to speak for a moment.