surname teacher

Chapter 154

Outside the door of a barefoot doctor that few people know about in Dongshan County, there is a movement similar to a pregnant woman giving birth inside the black and blue curtains.

A large amount of seawater smell mixed with the smell of human blood poured out from the house, and against the simple and shabby medical environment around, the pregnant woman in it had to yell outside in pain and helplessness no matter what.

However, apart from the shaking of the water and the slightly heavy breathing of a woman, there is only a very strange voice stammering angrily, "Okay... lie down... don't, don't give it to me." I shake!Otherwise, the fetal fluid in the belly... will be wiped out! '.

After a while, the woman lying behind the curtain with bundled hair and a cloth covering her face was gasping for breath while speaking in broken Mandarin with some fear and anxiety,

"Doctor, doctor! Why do I feel that my belly doesn't hurt at all! It's as if there was no incision at all! There are still big sea breeze and the sound of water next to my ears, I feel... I feel almost seasick !! Vomit!! Vomit!!”

This kind of complicated problem that obviously requires a lot of words to explain is obviously not something that the doctor who stuttered naturally can explain clearly, so after a while, a person who is not the same as the stuttering doctor appeared vaguely behind the shaking curtain. With a gentle male voice, and a philistine voice, he explained to the pregnant woman.

"Hey, sister-in-law, it doesn't matter, it's mainly because your baby is a boy, and it's the first time you have a baby, so the sea breeze in your stomach will of course be bigger than normal people, bear with it, it won't hurt too much, The baby will be able to swim out by itself after the storm at sea, but if you are really scared, we can charge a little more for the consultation fee, so that we can guarantee the smooth birth of the baby..."

"Baby...boy...boy...consultation fee...well, ok, Jiajiajia, as long as the baby can be guaranteed to be born smoothly...ah...ah, doctor, what are these storms and waves on the sea..."

"Hey, haven't you heard the old man in your family say before that after the souls of people who died in the previous life are reincarnated into the water, the boys will first turn into sea fish and go to the sea, and the girls will first turn into river fish and go to the river?" Here, men and women in this world grow up little by little in their respective waters. After October, mothers who have accumulated enough amniotic fluid in their stomachs will have the opportunity to bring their children's souls back from the sea or river. Your son is in the sea right now, let me find out where this doll is hiding under the water..."

This vague conversation is a bit familiar no matter how it sounds, as if I heard it from my own Dragon Lord not long ago, and thinking about it in my heart, I squatted at the door of the mackerel man's house with a salted fish jar in his hand The rampant Jieshi who was waiting also wanted to take a look inside from time to time.

The movement that hadn't stopped for half a moment finally became quieter, and there was the sound of slapping fish tails and exclamations of excitement and gratitude from the woman's husband and other family members. A pair of black and white fish eyes that couldn't be closed, Only then did the man with half of his face covered in bluish-white shine symbolically stick his head out and waved at him.

"...Sorry for the long wait, please come in."

The voice seemed to be one of the people who had delivered the pregnant woman inside before, but what was strange was that the stammering doctor hadn't been seen yet.

Hearing this, Hengxing Jieshi, who had been sitting at the door waiting for almost half an hour, was also relieved, followed him step by step into another smaller room, and asked with a low voice and a smile.

"Oh, you...you can't be that mackerel man, can you?"

"...Ah, haha, this mackerel man should be my father to be precise, but he passed away many years ago. After he passed away, I worked as a fishery merchant for a few days, and went out to sell cordyceps with my friends from the same village for a few days. , but I was unsuccessful, and then I came back simply to inherit my father's last words and become this doctor, and others began to call me mackerel fish Weng after my father... But you don't have to be polite, I was born in Dongshan, the village Most of the neighbors call me by my real name, Fan Qingzhan, but what do you have to do, is someone in the family having a baby or does the child need to see a doctor?"

Fan Qingzhan, a half-assed doctor with a sharp mouth but unreliable speech, raised his head and glanced at the salted fish jar in his hand. His head was triangular like a fish, narrow. The opening and closing of the narrow fish mouth seemed a bit strange, but his eyes paused for a moment after the black fish eyes glanced at the jar that still contained poplar flowers.

But at the moment, he glanced outside in some confusion and fell silent. After a while, the ageless mackerel doctor looked suspicious and confused and said,

"... By the way, it's pretty good, what are you doing with this little girl in a salted fish jar..."

"..."

"Uh, are you afraid that she will stink if you put it in it haha?"

Xianyu's funny oolong made Hengxing Jieshi cough in embarrassment. For a long time, he didn't know how to explain that this was a prank made by his own Dragon Lord, so he shook his hand and laughed dryly, and then After placing the jar containing his sleeping little lady on the table, he waited for the mackerel man to come over and explained,

"No, no, it's not because she's afraid that she will stink. This is my little lady... I don't know what happened this morning, I suddenly had a headache, and I turned from a human into a fish in my dream. Her father and others I haven't finished my work, so I asked me to ask you about your situation, can you get some medicine to make her current situation better as much as possible, the price is negotiable, as long as you are willing to help..."

Upon hearing this, Fan Qingzhan, who greeted everyone with a smile on his face, also looked at Hengxing Jieshi with a strange expression. He hadn't seen Pighead for the whole of last year.

And now, after glancing at the rampage Jieshi's attire, Fan Qingzhan, who didn't notice anything wrong at first, saw the blue-gold domineering dragon spirit behind the old crab, which was impossible to ignore. Immediately his eyes widened, and Qing Zhan, who was almost choked in his throat for a long time, stood up with a flattering expression, rubbed his hands and said,

"Ouch, ouch, just now... I was at a loss just now!! You... You always think that this style should be the Dragon Palace document from Chishui... How is the old man Long Jun in good health recently! How is he eating? Did you sleep well? Let’s work for the well-being of the fish, fish, and shrimps in Dongshan as before. My family, A Yao, and I go to the Dragon King Festival every year to offer incense and tribute to our Dragon Lord. I hope he is doing well and grows up I'm a hundred years old, but I don't know how long Lord Long will stay in Dongshan, I don't know if I have time today, I will come to the humble house for a light meal, the villain will definitely welcome me hahaha..."

Rampant Jieshi: "..."

The way this philistine turned his face faster than turning the pages of a book made Hengxing Jieshi twitch the corners of his mouth speechlessly, but he came to treat Yang Hua today, so he didn't bother to show his authority to teach him a lesson. This kid just smirked and waved his hand with this guy who obviously has no medical ethics,

"Hey, Mr. Long is busy with work, so I think it's better to avoid light meals. Today I mainly came here to see a doctor for my little lady. After all, this is the jewel in Mr. Long's palm. Do you know what I mean, Brother Qingzhan... ..."

"Oh oh oh, understand, understand!! I really want to see it! I really want to see it... Sigh, you see, I really have blind eyes. I didn't even see our little lady of the Dragon Palace just now..."

After saying this, he stood up in a hurry, and the sharp-mouthed Fan Qingzhan, while laughing with him, looked at the small, glowing Yang Hua in the pot symbolically.

But after seeing the special color on her body and the silver-white patterns on the fish scales, Fan Qingzhan, who hadn't paid attention at first, suddenly froze and was dumbfounded. Touching his chin strangely, he muttered,

"...Eh, no, it's impossible, it's not...impossible, it's absolutely impossible...this girl..."

"Huh? What's the matter? What do you mean it's impossible? Did you see something wrong..."

The sudden anxious and flustered look in Jieshi Hengxing's eyes made Fan Qing silent for a while, but when he thought about it carefully, he didn't have a clue in his heart, he only vaguely noticed something wrong, but he didn't rush to speak.

But at that moment, he turned around and called back Yang Yao with hesitation on his face, come out for a while, and after a while, the 'stuttering doctor' who hadn't shown his face before opened the curtain and walked out with a serious face, and came out again He looked at Qing Zhanyu and Hengxing Jieshidao suspiciously with his small body, which seemed to be less than 1.5 meters at most, with big fish eyes.

"What...what...what..."

"...No, nothing to do, there is a distinguished guest here for you to come out to meet, and... I feel that there are some problems that I am not sure about in my heart... You should come and see this sick little lady first, I think you personally have a look."

He beckoned a young man who was much smaller than him, and the anxious Jieshi stood aside for a while, unable to speak, only seeing the rogue-like mackerel and he didn't know what was going on. The little man who was the fish came to the table together and leaned next to Yang Hua's jar, knocking, smelling, and touching.

During this process, he saw that the face of the little man of unknown origin turned from doubt to shock, and from shock to forbearance and sadness.

After a long time, when he was getting impatient for waiting, the two weird fish monsters in front of him raised their heads in tacit understanding at the same time, and Fan Qingzhan frowned and whispered to the little man lying on his shoulders before he seemed a little Hesitant to speak, he asked,

"Uh...Old Crab Man...It's very important, I'm sorry to ask you, but this little lady in the jar is...a descendant fish?"

"Ah? Yes... But what's the matter? Could it be that there is something wrong with my little lady's body? Could it be... or something... seriously ill! Ah... how does this make me go back to my family, Mr. Long, who is my little girl?" Empress's father confessed... ah!! This... this..."

"No, no, you, you misunderstood, you really misunderstood, and don't be afraid that Lord Long will be difficult to explain... Actually, this matter is a bit special, and I don't know how to talk to you in detail for a while. Say, but I have to say something first, this is this, um, this little lady..."

Seeing the pale-faced Hengxing Jieshi almost jumping up in a hurry, Qing Zhanyu waved helplessly to indicate that he misunderstood what he meant, but his hesitation made Hengxing Jieshi even more frightened.

And the short young man who had been silent just now was also a little impatient when he saw this, he just waved away Fan Qingzhan, who was talking nonsense in front of him, stumbled angrily and said,

"She, she... is fine."

"Is it okay? But she kept complaining that her scales hurt this morning...Fortunately, Duan Duan is at home..."

"It hurts a bit when a human... turns into a fish. Girls are all like this. It's normal to be afraid of pain."

"..."

"...She, this year...just 12 years old, was thrown in the river at that time, no one wanted her, right?"

"Hey, you... how do you know?"

"12 years ago, the red moon was very big, and then you picked it up, she, right?"

"...Uh, what on earth are you... and how do you know this..."

Asked by the short young man, the hesitant rampage Jieshi felt as if he had been in touch with something bad, but the stuttering young man, who suppressed the pain in his heart, gritted his teeth and looked at the jar in front of him, fell silent. After that, he pointed at himself with difficulty, and said with red eyes,

"Because...my name is Yang, my name is Yang Yao."

"..."

"At the same time, just like her, she is a descendant fish that survived... 12 years ago, that is... her only clan member in... the world."

"... Please give way to everyone first, don't squeeze, my friend is waiting for me outside... Yes, sister-in-law is fine for the time being... The boy seems to have run away..."

"..."

"...Yes, I really don't charge money, but you'd better send people to the health center as soon as possible... No, no, I don't charge anything... I don't use melons, fruits and vegetables, and I don't use my own ducks... Yes , thank you very much... Big, you are really welcome... just a little effort..."

"..."

"Amulet water? Amulet? No... I don't usually buy this kind of thing... I don't know how to draw a talisman... Marriage? I... I don't know how to read...Really...Don't crowd...Thank you..."

Leaving aside the matter of Yang Yao and Hengxing Jieshi for the time being, when the eyes returned to the Dongshan market on the other side, Qin Gentian and Jin Heng, who had just ended the incident of the villagers being bewitched, were hiding in the market. A certain place outside the city ushered in the meeting of the two with great difficulty.

They just sent off a large group of enthusiastic fellow villagers with great difficulty. The main reason for this is that Mr. Jin personally bears more pressure from the masses. I will come up and take the siege for him a little bit.

And the local woman who woke up briefly after being bewitched by the evil spirit, and then passed out screaming again has been taken to the county health center by her family members who rushed there in a hurry.

But judging from the situation when she was carried away in a hurry, the other strange symptoms of the evil spirit in her body seemed to have been basically resolved, except... She was still talking nonsense incoherently and abnormally. .

【Help! ! !Help! ! !You... who are you all! ! !Where is our old Zheng! !And that murderous cock! !Who can help me! ! !Ahhh! !I don't want to die! ! ! 】

【Sister-in-law Zhang... what are you shouting... Hey, sister-in-law Zhang, what nonsense are you talking about...】

[Wuwuwu...I don't know you...I want to escape...Why can't I escape from here even if I die...What should I do...What should I do...The red moon... Please stop chasing me...how can I escape from here...I don't want to live in this ghost place like a rootless shadow...the rope on my feet...can't be untied...who ...Who will save me...]

Obviously her husband's surname is Zhang, and she herself is a native of Dongshan, but the woman yelled these inexplicable things inexplicably, which obviously caught Jin Suoyang's attention at that time.

After all, even in a hurry, he was quite sure that he vaguely heard the keywords of rooster and red moon, but it was because the market was too noisy at that time, and because the woman's husband and child arrived in time, so Jin Suoyang could no longer continue the investigation.

Just giving up the opportunity to investigate the clues like this is impossible for the wholeheartedly looking for the rooster Lang Jin Suoyang.

Red moon, rooster, this obviously refers to rooster man.

Can the rope on the foot?shadow?What does this mean?

Could it be that there were really survivors back then?But didn't those people die long ago?

This kind of thinking has to make people suspicious, so he just frowned and let the unconscious woman leave first, and then deliberately paid attention to the specific address of the county health center after that, and then quietly succeeded in pretending to be nothing. backed away.

But after finally getting rid of the fellow villagers who were chasing and intercepting him, he finally found Gentiana Qin waiting outside the market.

As soon as he walked out, Jin Suoyang raised his head and saw a man standing beside the snow-covered old wall, feeding the steaming noodles in his hand to several dirty local dogs at his feet. Waiting for myself for a long time.

"Wang!! Wang!!"

The dog didn't bark loudly but leaned against Gentiana Qin as if acting coquettishly, with its back facing him and lowered its head. Qin Gentiana, who couldn't see his expression clearly at the moment, didn't seem to dislike these unattractive local dogs in front of him. With a careless look, they just let them collectively compete for food in their hands.

It wasn't until Qin Gentian, who was leaning against the wall alone, finally realized that the eyes behind him turned his head and looked at each other, the two of them looked at each other subtly through the atmosphere of the wall.

"ended?"

"Ah."

After briefly looking at each other, Jin Suoyang nodded and naturally walked to Qin Geng's side to look at the local dogs in the corner with him.

Qin Qin, who casually broke off some hot noodle barley in his hand, didn't react when he saw this, he only looked up at the crowd outside that hadn't completely dispersed, and then raised his eyebrows at the white-haired young man beside him, saying,

"The woman's family has already sent her to the health center?"

"Hmm...how are you doing over there?"

It can be seen that Jin Suoyang's face obviously seems to have something on his mind. Knowing that he is a boring gourd, he will not say anything unless he figured out some things by himself. Qin Geng didn't directly ask him what problem he has now that everything has been solved, he just squinted his eyes. After a short pause, he simply told him all the news he had just received.

"The Sichuan Opera Troupe is indeed absent today. According to what A Niang just told me, people around the Sichuan Opera Troupe have been bewitched by evil spirits for some reason these days. Today this one... it is said that it has been out for about six."

"..."

"Most of these people came to the troupe to watch a few plays half a month ago. Those tickets were originally distributed by the county government to some fellow villagers for free to watch the fun, but many of them started to feel feverish after returning home. , and then there were accidents one after another, and they were talking nonsense for no reason. There were men and women, and there seemed to be three young children. The troupe was required to be responsible, and the Sichuan Opera Troupe had no choice but to suspend business for a few days..."

"..."

"However, the Sichuan Opera Troupe still needs to make a profit during the New Year's Eve, so in fact, all of them were just invited to perform at a family in the east of the county today to celebrate the birthday of the elderly, and they have already gone by car at about six or seven o'clock in the morning. In the evening, local opera and singing performances will be arranged at the door of the family. If we rush there now, we should still have time to find that Shi Shuisheng. He is the only suona player in the county, and it is said that he happened to go with him today."

"...By car? So that family is far away from here?"

"Fortunately, it takes about four or 10 minutes to go back and forth, but it may not be convenient for your current leg injury, so I made a one-off agreement with the lady over there, and his father will go out to deliver the goods later. By the way, give us a ride."

When Qin Gentian, who is very considerate in everything, said this, Jin Heng also thought of the braided girl who stood far away at the entrance of the tobacco shop and kept talking and laughing with Qin Gentian.

Waiting to recall the girl's sparkling silver earrings, inexplicably shy and red cheeks, black braids like clouds, and the simple and soft charm that local girls were born with in my mind.

In such an old age, it is rare to have any positive contact with such a young woman. At this moment, the teacher surnamed Jin who was inexplicably confused only staggered his eyes with a strange expression, and frowned again, and was surprised by some unearthed cultural relics. Also slowly approaching Qin Gentiana in front of him, he asked very seriously,

"So you have a good relationship with...she?"

"Huh? Fortunately, I am actually familiar with his father."

"..."

"Any questions?"

"...She smiled at you for a long time just now, and even helped you a lot."

"Laugh? Helped me a lot?"

"Have you told... Yang Hua about this?"

These one after another questions sounded more strange than the last one. Qin Gentian, who didn't understand at first, was silent for a while with a strange expression, and then seemed to suddenly understand something.

But obviously, this kind of stupid question that completely reveals that he has no emotional experience can only be asked by the white-haired silly rabbit in front of him.

So at the moment, Qin Longjun, who probably knew where he was going, just stared at him with a strange face for a while, and then moved closer to him with some evil spirit, and then squinted his eyes in a playful tone to deliberately tease him every word. road,

"You want to know?"

"..."

"Then why don't we have a good discussion after you come back from seeing Lao Xie's 'cousin and niece' three days later with that promise handkerchief?"

"..."

"But someone doesn't seem to plan to go before, right? That's right, it's too scary for you to meet alone in the middle of the night. That's a girl. To you, it must be better than the firecracker boy and The combination of rooster and rooster is terrifying and scary."

Jin Suoyang: "..."

This is a bit hurtful to self-esteem. The teacher surnamed Jin who was chatting casually with him only twitched at the corner of his mouth and looked at someone who sincerely wanted to anger him, but this person still refused to let him go, as if With a smile that wasn't a smile, he folded his hands and opened his mouth to talk nonsense,

"But speaking of it, it's really suitable for things like listening to operas. Although the form is a bit corny, it's better than what is really ready at that time. We have a lot of good plays in our local area. , The Peony Pavilion, people stand behind the curtain and pull the rope, and colorful shadows can move behind. Play the suona, gongs and drums, play the drums..."

Qin Gentian said this casually, but Jin Suoyang, who was still talking to him before, was stunned for a moment, and now he only asked a question quickly.

"Listening to operas, what kind of operas do you usually listen to in Dongshan?"

"what?"

"...What did you mean by shadow and rope?"

As if he had caught some key word, Jin Suoyang, whose emotions were suddenly aroused, raised his head first, then hurriedly looked at Qin Gentian in front of him and asked a question.

Sensing that something seemed wrong in his tone, Qin Gentian, who paused for a moment, also had the same suspicion in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows, then squinted his eyes and replied,

"...Dongshan Shadow Puppetry, the traditional shadow puppetry performed by the singers using ropes to manipulate shadows... What's wrong with you?"

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Qingzhan: another name for mackerel