It’s a Bit Early To Cross

Midnight, that house.

The old dilapidated courtyard with two entrances was pitch-black, only the main room in the backyard had a little light.

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Qingyuan frowned and sat at the Eight Immortals table.

There was a lamp on the table like a bean, under the dim and gloomy light, the old man's face was always bright and sometimes dark, sometimes appearing and disappearing, which was very strange.

"Uh~"

Suddenly, the old man groaned in distress, and swung his fist to hit the lame leg a few times. He was very hard, and there was a bang, as if he was going to knock the leg off.

Ever since his leg was injured, it would be painful and itchy every time it was cloudy and rainy. The itching that penetrated deep into the bone marrow was so tormenting that it would be better to amputate the leg.

"Just bear with me, Dad."

Dongzhen, who had been staying with her father all this time, suddenly came out of the darkness, holding a dog skin plaster in her hand, which Chu Heng specially asked for from Mr. Tang, which could relieve the old man's symptoms.

At that time, I took a lot, but after using it now, only this post is left.

Na Dongzhen put the plaster on the oil lamp and baked it for a while, and when it was hot, she came to Qingyuan and squatted down, carefully pasted the somewhat hot plaster on a hideous scar on his calf, and said to herself He muttered to himself: "The plaster is gone, Brother Heng Zi will come over later, I will ask him if he can get some more."

"Hey, you said that our family can't be said to have a good life or a bad life."

"It's hard to say, you can know Brother Heng Zi who values ​​love and righteousness, you can say it well, but..."

That Qingyuan waited to listen to his daughter's nagging with a blank face, his eyes full of vicissitudes were absorbed in staring at the oil lamp on the table, and he didn't know what he was thinking of writing.

After a while.

The dog skin plaster took effect, and the pain and itchiness on his legs subsided a lot immediately. Qingyuan heaved a long sigh of relief, and his frown also relaxed. He moved his eyes to look at the girl who was still nagging, and suddenly said, his voice was hoarse and cracked: " what time is it."

Na Dongzhen raised her wrist subconsciously to check the time, but suddenly remembered that her watch had been snatched away, so she went to the wall with the oil lamp and looked up at the tattered clock hanging on the wall, saying: "It's half past one."

The old man showed a smile on his face: "Boy Chu is coming soon, go and take out the tea leaves I hid to make a pot."

"well."

Thinking of Chu Heng, Dongzhen's mood improved a lot, and she responded with a smile, then ran to the chest of drawers and took out a small pot of tea from the hidden compartment.

I don't know what's going on, this girl talks a lot today, she has tea in her hand, and her mouth is not idle: "Hey, it's a pity that there is no Longjing. Brother Hengzi likes to drink that most. I don't know how he can drink this towel." Can't like it?"

"Don't listen to his nonsense, he is just a wild boar that can't eat fine bran, and he also returns Longjing and Maojian. Even if you soak him two leaves, he can't drink it." Chu Heng couldn't help but roll his eyes, and the smile on the corner of his mouth grew stronger.

"puff!"

That Dongzhen laughed out loud, and turned her head and gave Lao Tzu a white look: "If Brother Heng Zi hears you say that about him, he must be in a hurry with you."

"Go there in a hurry." Na Qingyuan curled his lips and touched the pipe rod on the table.

At this time, Dongzhen came over with the aluminum teapot and put it on the table, and asked curiously, "Dad, why are you looking for Brother Hengzi today?"

"You'll know later." The old man kept secret.

"You are really successful, and you still keep it from your own daughter?" Dongzhen wrinkled her nose unhappy.

"Winter Dongdong!"

At this moment, a very light knock on the door suddenly came into the room.

"Brother Hengzi is here."

Dongzhen didn't care about getting angry anymore, she walked quickly to the door, picked up an old oil-paper umbrella leaning against the door frame, and ran out.

Chu Heng, who was mercilessly slapped on the face by the cold rain all the way, was almost frozen like a dog at this moment. He was standing outside the gate of the house trembling with his arms folded, his pale handsome face was wet One piece, the upper and lower teeth are fighting straight, and there is a special rhythm, clanging clang clanging like telegraphing.

It must be said that this is an era of peace. If it were during the Anti-Japanese War, he would have to be arrested and whipped a few times for interrogation.

"Squeak!"

The gate of the courtyard was finally pushed open, Dong Zhen poked her head out from the door with a happy face, and after seeing that it was really Chu Heng, she quickly opened the door: "Come in, brother."

"But I'm freezing to death." Chu Heng hurriedly pushed his bicycle into the yard, and after setting up the bike behind the door, he ran into the yard like a jerk.

"Slow down, don't fall!" Dongzhen followed closely with a worried face, like a little daughter-in-law who cared about her husband.

soon.

The two came to the hall.

When Chu Heng entered the room, he took a big sip of the tea that Qingyuan had poured in advance, and then began to babble: "I said, my lord, in order to attend your appointment, I have suffered an old crime. If you don't take your Even giving me the three-legged cauldron of gold and silver in the Warring States Period will not make up for the wounds I have suffered in my heart!"

"Really? Then I'll give it to you later." The smiling Qingyuan refilled his cup of tea.

"That's a deal, let's pull the hook and hang ourselves."

Chu Heng didn't take it seriously, and stretched out a little finger with a smile.

"Are you a kid in crotch pants? Still pulling the hook." Qingyuan gave him a blank look.

"Who said adults can't pull hooks?" Chu Heng took another sip of tea, then straightened his face, and said, "Oh, by the way, sir, I have something to discuss with you."

"Don't worry." Qingyuan tapped his pipe pot and said, "I also have something to discuss with you, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com You drink tea to warm up first, we'll talk about it when we're done."

"What's the matter with you?" Chu Heng put down his teacup and looked over curiously.

"Drink the tea first, and we'll talk after we're done." Na Qingyuan waved his cigarette pouch.

"Tsk, you old man is really interesting." Chu Heng picked up the teacup helplessly, drank the hot tea in a few sips, smashed his mouth and said, "It's over, you can tell."

"What did you say you were in a hurry for?"

That Qingyuan shook his head with a dumb smile, then picked up the flashlight on the table, stood up and walked out: "Come with me."

"Why go?" Chu Heng followed with some doubts.

Under Dongzhen's resentful eyes, the two came out of the house under an umbrella, and went straight to the second room in the east wing in the backyard.

This room was originally the old man's collection room, but because of some reasons, it has been empty all the time.

There are not many furnishings in the room. There is a bookshelf on the south wall, ancient bookshelves on the east and north walls, and a round table with huanghuali in the middle. The shape should be from the middle Qing Dynasty.

"Why did you lead me to this house?" Chu Heng looked at Heigu's house in mid-winter, and touched the light cord, but there was no response after pulling it a few times: "Your light bulb is broken?"

"The light is not broken, but the electricity is cut off." Qingyuan sneered and put the turned on flashlight on the table, came to the ancient shelf on the north wall, and greeted him: "Come here, give me a hand."

"Why?" Chu Heng walked over curiously.

"Move this away." Na Qingyuan said, pointing to the middle section of the split-style Bogu shelf.

"Did you hide something? Is there a secret room?" Chu Heng stepped forward with some excitement, and worked together with him to pull out the middle part of the antique shelf.

Immediately, I saw a secret door on the wall blocked by the bogu rack!