old scheming

It was just dawn, and Su Mu gargled his mouth with salt in the yard.

This morning, the two of them were still woken up by the group of uncles in the cage. Su Mu couldn't help but wonder why the boy didn't blow up his hair like yesterday. When he turned around, he was sitting on the threshold, staring at him seriously. Look at the coop.

"Cuckoo."

Su Mu took a closer look, only to find that the appalling murder scene had spontaneously divided into two parts. A majestic rooster stood there leisurely and cooed, while the rest of the rooster was like an eggplant beaten by frost. Losing their momentum, they squeezed into a small corner next to each other.

The rooster's comb was not the largest in the flock, but its coat color was the brightest, and its red-black feathers were still stained with blood.It occupies almost the entire cage by itself.

Su Guyao stared at it for a while, got up and went back to the house, and came out again after a while, with a handful of rice in his hand.He opened the chicken coop, lifted the big man out, and sprinkled rice on the ground for him to eat.

Su Mu knew that he wanted to raise this chicken, a chicken that was as arrogant as he was.

"What about the ones in the cage?"

"Slaughter it! Even ask me about this." Su Guyao pointed forward and continued: "Liu Dawan is the butcher, and his home is on Qianjie Street, and Zhou Scissors' home is just ahead."

"What Zhou scissors, I don't know etiquette." Su Mu corrected him, "It's Uncle Zhou."

"Don't fucking preach to me, I can call you whatever I like."

Su Mu's face was slightly gloomy, and he was not angry, "Say it again."

"Say it once and say it again, you think the young master is afraid of you!"

Su Mu took a few breaths of anger, somehow reminded him of when Fatty Wang's father next door used his belt to teach Fatty Wang a lesson when he was young.Su Mu touched his waist only to find that there was no belt to draw, so he picked up a wooden stick and strode over.

Su Guyao stood motionless, staring at Su Mu like this.Su Mu walked up to him and raised the stick for a moment before dropping it.

Su Guyao still stared at him steadfastly, with the provocation of "hit me if you have the guts."

The more he behaved like this, the angrier Su Mu became, and he got two sticks in succession, and then another.

"Help, Wang Yuanwai, help!"

Hearing the blunt sound of strong flesh, Su Mu really felt a little distressed, but he couldn't stop there and let this little brat succeed.It just so happened that there was a noise coming from outside the door, Su Mu immediately threw away the small stick and found a step down for himself, taking advantage of the principle that family ugliness should not be publicized.

A group of people went straight to Yuanwai's mansion. It was awkward for the two of them to face each other, so Su Mu went to watch the fun with a sullen face.

A man ran in front covering his beaten face, another man chased after him with a butcher's knife in one hand and a pink silk handkerchief in the other, and some villagers came to fight. stop.

"Yang Wei who suffered from the plague, quickly return my precious girl!"

"Stop talking nonsense, someone stole your daughter." Yang Wei who was beaten uprightly.

The noisy voice naturally called out the staff.

Seeing the little old man with small eyes coming out, Yang Bi hid behind him as if catching a life-saving straw, and would not come out, "Wang Yuanwai, please judge me quickly."

Looking at Wang Yuanwai's appearance, he seemed to be very tired, and the dark circles under his eyes were worse than when Su Mu saw him in the hot spring, but he still had patience and figured things out. He asked, "What's going on? Liu Big bowl, put down the knife and talk properly."

"Folks, he is the one who stole the baby in our village!" As soon as Liu Dawan's words came out, the villagers who watched the scene were in an uproar.

"It's not me, it's really not me. Liu Dawan, you should have some basis for saying that!"

"Look at this silk handkerchief, it was specially embroidered for the baby by my wife... last night after feeding the baby, we rested, and when we went to see the baby an hour later, we found that the baby was gone." Liu Dawan With a sad face, the black and fat arm held the fan handkerchief, which was extremely uncoordinated.

"Then what does this have to do with Yang Bi?"

"Our family searched for a whole night at night. When the day was about to dawn, the lamp oil ran out, and every house was still closed and asleep. I thought that Yang Bi had not rested last night, so I went to borrow it from his house. But I didn't expect , my daughter's handkerchief is in his room." Liu Dawan raised his knife again as he spoke, "Who else could it be if it wasn't you!"

Hearing this, the outsider, like everyone else, squinted at Yang Fei.

Only then did Yang Fei tell everyone exactly how he picked up this handkerchief and when he picked it up, but at the end he beautified his purpose of picking up this handkerchief. "I thought that bastard stole whose chicken cubs. At that time, I wondered whose chickens grew so big..."

Liu Dawan still didn't believe it, "It's just that you made it up. The doors and windows of our house are in good condition, how could there be wild dogs getting in."

"Hey hey." Now Yang Bike grabbed the proof and asked back: "The doors and windows of your house are in good condition, so I can get in if wild dogs can't get in?"

"You..." When Liu Dawan heard the same reasoning, he had nothing to say, but sat down on the ground and muttered to himself: "I have been married to that man for five years, and I have only conceived such a baby. My heart skipped a beat, but she disappeared just like that. Sure enough, I was the one who slaughtered pigs and cows all day long. I created too many evil obstacles. Let me go to hell alone. In my next life, I will be a pig and a dog, slaughtered Just bring my daughter back."

A group of people gathered around to comfort Liu Dawan. They didn't know when Uncle Zhou arrived, but his face was ashen.He said: "In less than half a month, there will be four swaddling babies. It won't work if this continues. It doesn't matter whether he is a wild dog or not, he must find a way."

"Yes, yes." Everyone echoed.

Unfamiliar with the place of birth, Zhou Jiandao treated Su Mu as close, so Su Mu asked in a low voice to show his concern, "Uncle Zhou, is your son's daughter okay?"

"Fortunately." Uncle Zhou lowered his voice because he was afraid of irritating Liu Dawan.

Su Mu nodded, expressing that he heard it. Out of the corner of his eye, he noticed that Su Guyao was standing behind the crowd at some point.He tied the chicken's legs with a rope and let him lead it.

The two looked at each other, and Su Guyao seemed to have never known him before, standing alone outside the crowd.

"Cuckoo!"

This chicken is worthy of being called a fighting chicken among roosters, and it even crows quite loudly.

The suddenly frightened villagers turned their heads and complained angrily: "Dirty monkey, what are you pretending to be?"

"Squeak." The heavy vermilion door was opened from the inside, and Su Mu heard the sound and saw the person who came with piercing eyes, protruding forward and backward.

The woman didn't seem to expect that there would be so many people outside the door, so she hurriedly covered half of her blushing face with a handkerchief, looking like a lady who stayed at home, "Uncle Shi, why are there so many people so early in the morning?" I don't know if there is a guest outside Shibo's door, but the little girl is rude."

"Don't be rude, don't be rude." Yang Bi's eyes lit up, and he waved his hands courteously.

She was wrapped in a bumpy red dress, and even the jewelry was mostly made of rubies.

Perhaps red is easier to catch the eye, and the men in the group became as wretched as Yang Wei, and they agreed, and even Su Mu smiled pleasingly.

Only the old man Su Guyao was holding by his hand was googling, even the hair on his neck stood up.Su Mu thought to himself: It is estimated that the beauty and the uncle clashed, which made the uncle jealous.

"It's all from the folks in the village, so it's okay." Wang Yuanwai smiled and narrowed his eyes, and asked, "What's the matter with my niece going out so early in the morning?"

"Speaking of which little girl loves beauty, it made everyone laugh." After being polite, the woman turned her head to Uncle Zhou, and said: "Little girl heard that Uncle Zhou is very skilled, and the clothes he cut are like fairy strands. Eldest sister sent me a piece of leather, so I thought about asking Uncle Zhou to make a big cloak for me."

Zhou Jianjian obviously didn't expect that the woman was talking to him, he was taken aback for a moment before replying: "I'm old and incapable, thanks to... um..." He looked at Wang Yuanwai, who was the girl's name.

"Xinyi."

"...Thanks to Miss Xinyi's love." He continued, "I wonder what kind of skin the girl is holding?"

"Uncle Zhou, don't be too embarrassing. The little girl's animal skin has been peeled and washed, just trim it." Xin Yi said and ordered the package to be opened.

The smooth and white skin didn't have a hair on it, it was shaken off by the servant, it was so white and tender that it was enviable.

When everyone praised in unison again, the rooster crowed even louder, even fluttered its wings, and landed on Su Guyao's shoulder three times, its corns widened.

But at this time, Su Mu seemed to understand the uneasiness of the chicken uncle, because Jin Xiao was also trembling.He clenched his fists and remained silent.

Zhou Scissors reached out and touched it, feeling puzzled, and couldn't help admiring, "I was a 14-year-old practitioner, and I have never seen such... such soft fur. I don't know what kind of livestock this is?"

"This should not be spread to the outside world. I saw everyone in the village, so I said it. I hope you don't let me leak it."

The group of people echoed in unison: "Okay, okay, Miss Xinyi, you say so."

"The eldest sister in my family has a hobby, that is, she likes to keep some cats and dogs, etc., especially the little civet cat. The more I look at it, the more I like it." Her voice is as gentle as water, and she is persuasive, "Is the elder sister good to them? , but he is not relentless when it is time to teach a lesson. If a little civet cat gets into heat and runs away, if it is caught, it will be skinned alive!"

Everyone sighed after hearing this, and even the butcher Liu Dawan couldn't help frowning, feeling that it was too cruel.

"After going back and forth, I have saved so much, and not even the little girl has been rewarded. I told the secret method, but my brothers and uncles are not allowed to tell me." She was sobbing, He said calmly.

Seeing Uncle Zhou's embarrassed expression, Su Mu thought he felt cruel, but there were old and young in the family, and there were seven mouths waiting for him, so he had no choice but to accept the job.

"Since Uncle Zhou agreed, Xin Yi will ask the servants to send the leather over."

"Okay, then the old man will bring over the appearance and let the girl choose the one she likes."

"That's not necessary. Uncle Zhou can play as the current fashion is. But Xin Yi has a merciless request."

"Girl, but it's okay to say."

"It's not difficult at all. It's just that I heard that Aunt Zhou's embroidery is so good that every village in ten miles and eight villages praises it, so Xin Yi wants to ask Aunt Zhou to embroider some herbs such as Shilan Duheng on the big cloak, so that it won't hurt to wear it out like this." It's too monotonous."

Zhou Scissors replied: "Even if I don't say anything, I will embroider some precious flowers and auspicious birds. Since the girl has other requirements, then I will follow what the girl said."

"Uncle Lao is here."

The hardworking people have been up for a long time, and the sun has just stretched out, blowing away the thick fog with the wind.It's like everyone in Yuanwai's mansion, seeing enough excitement, they immediately dispersed like birds and beasts.

The streets are quiet and the vision is clear.

Su Mu walked back and said goodbye to the villagers cheerfully. After everyone had completely dispersed, he restrained his smile and lowered his head solemnly.

Drop by drop of blood spread along the side of the road to the outside of the village, each drop is far apart, so it is easy to be ignored, if not for his attention just now on Su Guyao's fried rooster, he might not If he bowed his head, he might not find these bloodstains.

The direction in which these bloodstains extend happened to be where Yang Wei said the wild dogs were going.

Is it really a wild dog?But according to what Liu Dawan said, the doors and windows of his house showed no signs of being damaged.

Is it a chaotic power monster!That shouldn't be why these traces are left behind after being done cleanly.

Su Mu was pondering in his heart when he suddenly heard footsteps behind him.It seemed that because Su Mu was standing there, his footsteps paused, and he walked back quickly.

As the footsteps got farther and farther away, Su Mu's voice was swallowed back into his stomach abruptly.He looked back boldly, and couldn't help frowning, wondering in his heart: "What is he doing here?"