Chapter 98 The strange old man
The old man is not tall and thin, and his clothes are patches and patches. It is difficult to describe them in a unified color. This is rare to see nowadays. The most surprising thing is that the old man's face is only a red nose and shiny black eyes, which can be clearly distinguished by facial features, while the rest is covered by gray hair. The whole face looks like a large kiwi fruit in the deep mountains from a distance.
No wonder Xiao Song was scared. If he appeared at night, he would be a sham mandrill. The old man was sitting there leisurely smoking, and a big bamboo pole at his feet stretched into the river, as if he was fishing for something. Xiao Song's exclamation did not disturb the old man's mood. It was not until he saw Li Tianchou that the old man smiled and showed his yellow big teeth.
"Hello, old man. We passed by, didn't disturb you, right?" We couldn't froze here, let alone the old man might be the owner of the cottage in front, so Li Tianchou took the initiative to smile and say hello.
"No trouble, aren't you going to visit me just now? Haha." The old man was calm, but his language was a little unscrupulous and didn't sound like a local accent. Did the old man float from another place?
The old man's ears are very good. He heard all the conversations with Xiao Song just now. Li Tianchou nodded politely, "It turns out that the old man is the owner of that house. It's a coincidence. He was about to visit him." [ Update Fast]
"The two children looked at the face, can't they stay here?" The old man answered the question irrelevantly, but he kept fiddling with the bamboo pole in his hand, and suddenly shouted, "Grass, it's so fucking hard to get it!"
Li Tianchou was unclear, and was thinking about the wording, but Xiao Song snatched it first, "We don't live here, we are visiting relatives."
Kiwi nodded, suddenly his eyes went up, muttering to himself, "That bastard has no relatives?" Then he turned his head and looked at the river, no longer paying attention to the two of them. Obviously, the things in the river are more important.
Who is the bastard? Is it Uncle Hai? Li Tianchou was a little embarrassed and looked at Xiao Song, "The old man is busy, so we won't bother you. We will visit you another day." As he said that, he touched Xiao Song's hand and signaled to leave.
"It's better to be honest with the boy, and it's good to be cautious. I just saved the girl and I still have some troubles in my hands." The old man did not look back, but this sentence surprised Li Tianchou. No wonder he always felt that there were eyes staring around him. It turned out to be this kiwi, who was so old that he couldn't tell. I wonder where this person came from?
"Haha, I finally got it!" The old man suddenly laughed. One of the bamboo poles hung tightly in the river, and it had become curved, as if they had caught a big fish or something caught at the bottom of the water.
Li Tiancong was shocked by the kiwi fruit, and his curiosity suddenly arose, intentionally motivating each other with words, "I'm too proud, you're the real person who doesn't show your appearance."
"Yes, don't be modest. Ahha, being too modest means being pride." The old man turned his face and laughed. Apart from his trembling beard, he could hardly see a smile. "Don't rush to leave first, do me a favor."
"The old man told me that I will do my best." The old man seemed to have no malice, so Li Tianchou was not vague, but he was secretly alert and did not relax his vigilance.
"Am I really old? Are you angry when you open your mouth and keep talking about it?" The old man suddenly felt very unhappy and stood up, quite neatly, "Please help me pull the bamboo pole, I'll pull it in front."
Li Tianchou nodded in agreement. The old man picked up the bamboo pole and pulled it back. The other end of the bamboo pole was exposed to the water. It turned out that a thick rope was tied to the end. The rope was pulled straight, and I don’t know what was underwater.
"Catch it, use your strength." After the old man said that, he took two steps forward, spitted into his palm, and grabbed the front end of the bamboo pole. Xiao Song frowned when he saw it. I don't know if it was the kiwi fruit's super perception ability or a coincidence, the old guy turned his head and grinned at Xiao Song.
"One, two, three, rise!" The old man shouted loudly, full of energy, and at the same time he competed with both arms, and he was very angry. Li Tianchou did not dare to neglect. Although his body had not yet recovered completely, it would not be too bad to use his hands.
The old man's eyes were almost glaring out, and he finally reached out to grab the rope. The things underwater did not swim and struggle. They should not be living things. This thing was so heavy, and I don't know what treasure the old man picked up. Xiao Song was curiously opening his big eyes on the shore, not blinking.
The thing finally came up, and it turned out to be a broken iron box the size of a square stool, with rust and green moss on the surface. It was almost disintegrating. Black water flowed from the broken corners of the box, and the smell was stinking. Not only did Xiao Song feel disappointed, Li Tianchou also panted heavily and shook his head.
The kiwi fruit couldn't help but danced happily. The broken iron box was placed on the shore. The old man wandered around the box while making a sound in his mouth, as if he had dug up a big ingot.
Could there be any gold, silver and treasures in this box? Li Tianchou had this idea. Kiwi turned his head and laughed dryly as if he had really responded, "Thank you today, I'll invite you to drink with the girl next day." There was a meaning of seeing off guests in his words. Obviously, they didn't want the two of them to see the things in the box.
"Okay, then I'll visit you another day." Li Tianchou said as he pulled Xiao Song and was about to leave.
The old man suddenly had his eyes lit up and shouted, "Get out!" The loud and fierce voice scared Li Tianchou and Xiao Song. Looking in the sound, the bushes not far away shook, and a solid figure emerged, which turned out to be a small flat-headed Ahao.
A Hao looked embarrassed and nodded to the old man hard, "Uncle Qin, hehe, hello, old man." He looked at Li Tianchou and Xiao Song embarrassedly, and said twice, and said nothing.
"What a damn head, what time is this? Go back and tell Geng Xiaowu and the bald man that next time, I will have to demolish his house." Kiwi was so angry that I couldn't drink it.
Ah Hao didn't say back, but just kept laughing and explaining, "This time, it's definitely not, the conscience of heaven and earth. My uncle was afraid that they would get lost, so he let me watch it. I didn't expect to meet you as old as you get old. It's a complete misunderstanding. You'll get rid of the fire and relieve the fire."
The old man stared at Ahao, turned his head to look at Li Tianchou and Xiao Song, and suddenly waved his hand, very impatient, "Goungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungungung
"Hey, you old man, why are you like this? You just turned your back. When you asked someone for help..." Xiao Song became angry, but Li Tianchou grabbed him, winked, and choked the second half of the sentence back.
Ah Hao said "Oh, hey" twice and did not move, his eyes were always kept away from Li Tianchou and Xiao Song.
Li Tianchou probably understood what it meant. As long as they didn't leave, Ahao would never leave. He hurriedly turned his head and said to the old man, "We'll say goodbye first, I really have no intention of offending." He waved to Ahao again, "Let's go."
"Hmph, go quickly!" Kiwi didn't buy it, but she was obviously much more polite to Li Tianchou in her words.
On the way back, Ahao didn't avoid it anymore and followed the two of them, but didn't talk much. Li Tianchou and Xiao Song didn't have much to talk, and returned to Uncle Hai's house dull all the way.
As soon as he entered the yard, he saw a middle-aged woman washing vegetables, full of two large basins. This was the first woman Li Tianchou saw here except Xiao Song. When he was surprised and didn't know how to greet him, Ahao behind him shouted, "Aunt."
The woman looked up and grinned and nodded, saying the three words "It's back." It was very stiff, obviously not good at speaking Mandarin.
Seeing this, Li Tianchou and Xiao Song hurriedly shouted, "Auntie." The woman was very happy, and her mouth became bigger, and she kept nodding, "Hey, hey, I'm sitting inside."
Could it be Uncle Hai's wife? Li Tianchou went upstairs in confusion, while Xiao Song came forward enthusiastically to help wash vegetables, and soon chatted with the woman.
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At Lanwan International Airport, Brother Qiang, dressed in black, walked out of the terminal's departure passage, still wearing a pair of sunglasses. Tang Shiming, who was standing at the entrance of the channel, waved his hand to Brother Qiang, and the two smiled at each other, hugged each other with a polite embrace and walked out of the terminal together.
"Brother, I've been tanned a little." Tang Shiming joked carefully.
"Haha, so the climate here is still nourishing people." Brother Qiang looked in a good mood.
"So, can I stay longer this time when I come back?"
"What? Old turtle, the old turtle can't stand it if they crawl out?" Brother Qiang suddenly changed his tone, and the black lenses still couldn't stop his cold gaze.
Tang Shiming couldn't help but tremble and smiled dryly, "Where, even if the thousand-year-old demon crawled out of the coffin, I would think he was a big deal. But if there was a brother behind him cheering, then my brothers and I would be more confident."
Brother Qiang frowned, feeling that Tang Shiming was not confident enough and was very dissatisfied. He snorted coldly, walked forward with big strides, and stopped talking.
Tang Shiming knew that what he was saying was wrong, and a thin layer of cold sweat oozed out of his forehead, so he had to follow carefully.
The two quickly walked to the parking lot and got into the Mercedes-Benz off-road vehicle. Every time Brother Qiang went back and forth, it was a habit to pick him up and drop him off by Tang Shiming himself, but this time, there were two business vehicles following him.
"What do you need so many people? Can Geng Laowu and Wei Dahai scare you like this?" Brother Qiang was angry in his eyes looking backwards.
Tang Shiming knew that Brother Qiang was used to being alone and liked to be low-key. He must be unhappy with a large group of people following him. But the situation has been different recently. The atmosphere has been quite tense after the robbery of Geng Laowu this time.
The most fatal thing is that he even made a two-man. This bald man named Wei Dahai was a man named Geng Laowu's brother who was a rude man in his early years. He was arrogant and never considered the consequences when doing things. He thought about them and had a bad reputation in the Tao and had a very headache.
I don’t know why, but this person disappeared four or five years ago and disappeared completely. Even when Geng Laowu announced his withdrawal from the world in a low-key manner three years ago, he did not hear any voice from Wei Dahai. At this time, he popped up again, obviously Geng Laowu was prepared.
Tang Shiming knew very well that Geng Laowu suddenly made a high-profile attack this time, and he almost moved in full swing. On the surface, he couldn't get along with Biao Qi, but his actual goal was very clear, which was to come for him and Brother Qiang. You must be more careful at this time, especially to be careful of this Wei Tuzi. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!