Chapter 5 Chapter Four Picking up Grass

God, she smiled, so cute, so happy.Yingying also smiled back, and tried to pick up grass.Just as she stretched her hands under Shicao's body, suddenly, the eyes on the kang went out. The food collection came to the courtyard after three days of running water matting. When he came, he did not say hello to Master Shui, but quietly scrambled in the straw shed next to the stable, with his sleeves on, Looking at the south courtyard. He seemed to have lost his soul, pitiful and helpless. At night, pharmacist Liu Xicai happened to turn to the side of the stable, heard the sound, walked over lightly, and saw a thin and pale face.

"Liu, is it here?" Shiliang hurriedly stood up, and answered Liu Yaoshi with his eyes. "Haven't you eaten yet?" Liu Yaoshi said, and was about to take the hand that picked up the food and lead him to the kitchen.Picking up grain with two legs that look like they are on the ground, his buttocks are falling back hard, refusing to move his body.Pharmacist Liu sighed, knowing that he would not go to the kitchen, so he let go and knelt down beside him. The two of them squatted silently without saying a word.Pharmacist Liu, who was always not good at speaking, was also preoccupied these few days. Apart from occasionally talking to Pharmacist Cao about the prosperity of the Shui family, it seemed that he was not interested in what happened in the courtyard.In addition, the adjutant Qiu Jiayuan suddenly disappeared, and the Shui family disappeared before they got married, and there is no news of them until now. Leaving them in this barren mountain, I felt a little sad in my heart.The night quietly enveloped the compound, and also enveloped the old and the young.The two squatted silently for a while, and Yaoshi Liu suddenly asked, "Liang, do you remember what I taught you?"

Shiliang suddenly became energetic: "Remember, uncle." "Remember it's not enough. This kind of medicine is not related to growing crops. Growing crops is deadly. If you can bear hardships and worry about it, you can do it. This kind of medicine also talks about understanding and the unity of personal medicine. You may not understand this. But it doesn't matter, hurry up tomorrow, you come with me to the field, look at the medicine I plant, and look at the medicine planted by Cao Yaoshi, and you will understand." Shiliang listened ignorantly, but nodded vigorously in his heart.Seeing that Shiliang was devout, Liu Yaoshi became more motivated.That's how people are, they talk about matching each other, Erye Shui is more concerned about medicine than collecting food, but he is also more scheming, which makes Liu Yaoshi underestimate him.Picking up food is different. Although Pharmacist Liu has only brought this baby for a few days, he and medicine seem to be a perfect match, especially his love for medicinal materials comes from the bottom of his heart.Pharmacist Liu would not miss this point, otherwise, Pharmacist Liu would not like him as much as medicinal materials.

The two talked for a while along the topic of planting medicine. It was so dark that you couldn't see your fingers.After all, a yin marriage has just been held in this courtyard, and the souls of Cao'erxiu and Bao'er are still lying in the courtyard.Yaoshi Liu got up and said, "It's too late, don't make noise, you should go to bed early." Shi Liang hummed, but he was reluctant to leave Pharmacist Liu.Pharmacist Liu didn't miss it anymore, patted the dirt on his body, and went back to the house. How can there be sleepiness when picking up food?Looking at the pitch-black sky and the dark backyard, my heart felt as uncomfortable as a wolf's claw.Couldn't help getting up, and went to the south courtyard like a ghost.After walking a few steps, I stopped, and the words my father had settled down sounded in my ears: "Son, remember when you get back, don't inquire about carelessly..."

"hastily……" Shiliang naturally understood what father meant, and what father said made sense.Since the grass has been given to others, it has become an object of others, and how to dispose of it has become their business.No matter how much you talk about it, not only will it not work, but it will make people think that you are talking about it, not for your relatives.Who is Second Master Shui?He is a tiger in Qingfengxia, and an eagle in Qingshiling. If he works a little harder on his teeth, he can chew up your family. It is precisely because of this that Lai Lu was worried about picking up food.When I was young, picking up grain was better than picking up grass, much better than my brother picking up sheep.The most uncomfortable thing about picking up grass and getting sick is not where he came from, but picking up grain.From the day he got sick while picking up grass, half of the days of picking up grain have been cloudy. Now, picking up grain means that there is no sky, and his days are all plunged into darkness.Picking up grass and marrying into the Shui family, whether it is dead or alive, a ghost or a man, the most worrying thing is picking up food.

I'm afraid of where I came from. The girl is hopeless, but son, you have to live well no matter what you say. It was windy in the middle of the night, and it was windy.The wind blows from Erdao Xianzi's side, roaring and roaring, pulling the sky, the ground, and the courtyard of this deep house.In the wind, Shiliang, who had passed his fifteenth birthday, was like a thin splendens, rustling, trembling, and ruthless.Mo Ye couldn't see that ruthlessness. I'm afraid no one would have thought that the day when the hastily married into the Shui family compound, May 16th, happened to be Shiliang's birthday.I didn't remember anything about the way I came from, so I just remembered this day.But so what if he remembered it, on such a day, would he still be thinking about celebrating his son's birthday?

While picking up food and competing with God, another shadow also stood in the wind, outside the wall of the south courtyard.However, he stood like a tree, an old tree, but his eyes were more terrifying than those who gathered food. Qingshiling was immediately surrounded by another piece of jubilation.After May, it rained twice in a row, each of which was more gratifying than the last.Afterwards, the clouds cleared and the fog cleared, and the sun seemed to be just married, shaking its spirits and shining brightly on the mountain. Wherever you look, it can make people's hearts scream for joy.

With the help of the earth's atmosphere and sunshine, the traditional Chinese medicine planted at the end of April came out in a hurry.This traditional Chinese medicine is really no better than crops. The crops either grow or grow behind people's backs. In front of people, it always slows down. Unless you don't see it for a few days, you can see a little bit of its growth.This traditional Chinese medicine actually jumped up and down under people's noses. When it walked over, it was still lying on the ground. When it turned around, it suddenly raised its height and straightened its neck.Hey, this scene is really incredible.

Looking around, Qingshiling in June, the mountains have changed, the grass has changed, and even the wind has become soft and soft.Where the wind blows, the one-eye medicine emerges from the mountains and grass, and penetrates into people's eyes, even if you push it out, you can't get rid of it.But who is willing to kick it out?I can't get enough of this unprecedented scene.Those eye-catching flowers in previous years, such as golden bowls, orchids, wild lilies, dog strings, and purple yangzi, have all become shrinking turtles now, and they no longer dare to be arrogant, and no longer dare to regard themselves as scenery.This mountain of medicine immediately made them short of breath.There was a strange smell in the air, at first I couldn't get used to it, but after smelling it for a few days, I couldn't let it go.It is full of bitter taste, it is a bit disturbing at the first smell, and it is a bit moistening to the lungs when you smell it again. After inhaling it in the stomach and beating it a few times, it is actually a pleasant smell when you spit it out.Chinese medicine, Chinese medicine of the king of herbs!God, you can smell Chinese medicine on Qingshiling!

It turns out that those strange and weird herbs hidden in the cold medicine room are planted in this way! People went to Qingshiling with all kinds of strange thoughts and unprecedented piety. Standing on the top of the ridge, Shui Erye leaned on a cane and wore a purple-red Tibetan robe, smiling like a Buddha, looking at this green and gleaming geomantic omen land. After the running water banquet, Shui Erye deliberately sent half of the helpers away.They were all driven away because they couldn't get used to eating.During the three-day running water feast, Master Shui prepared enough beef and mutton, and even served a large plate of pure white yak meat on each table.Isn't this dish unusual, enough to save face? It's much better than He's Chou's family, isn't it?But as soon as he ate it, the sense of beauty in Erye Shui's heart suddenly disappeared.Those around the table, regardless of relatives or neighbors, including the helpers who ate and drank at Shui's house for a month, all looked the same, greedy!Take a look, look again, it seems like you have never seen grains in eight lifetimes, like you have never seen a seat since you fell out of your mother's stomach.Fighting, snatching, knocking over bowls, gobbling the dishes in their arms, and pouring them into the bowls and bowls they had prepared long ago, all of them disrupted such a decent happy event at the Shui family. up!Second Master Shui has never seen people greedy for food in his life, especially for banquets!Greed on food is greed from poverty!This guy, greedy for a lifetime, is still a poor ghost!He can't do anything to his relatives, and he can't say anything to his neighbors. You can just eat if you are not afraid of being exhausted, and you can eat for three days!To the helpers, he was not so polite. He endured it on the first day, and endured it on the second day. On the third day, he couldn't bear it anymore.Scolding back and forth, more than half of the helpers were scolded away.

It's okay to scold and go, it's okay to scold and go.Second Master Shui glanced at the land of the Shui family, and then at Erdao Xianzi, he lost all anger in his heart.If it weren't for scolding and leaving so many people behind, I really don't know how to settle down.As soon as the medicine comes out of the ground, the anxiety is gone, and there are too many people, but the eyes and mouth are mixed. It's better to be like now, with a piece of leisure in the busyness. In his sight, forty-year-old Aunt Wu was carrying a shovel, following Cao Yaoshi's buttocks, taking a step, stopping a step, bending down, and weeding. This Mrs. Wu is also a goblin, at first she was crying and screaming, but she insisted on clamoring to go back to her hometown, she really agreed to let her go, but she was reluctant to leave, look now, her legs are more diligent than anyone else. In another field, the dog followed Shuan Wuzi, and he didn't stop for a while, as if he was upset about working in the field. This girl!Second Master Shui smiled, which was a bit sweet. When the line of sight swept to the side of Lang Laoyatai, Second Master Shui's smile froze, limp, unable to smile. The piece of land that Erye Shui was most proud of in his life, he had poured his heart and soul into it. He woke up at midnight and slept in the middle of the night, with a pair of old Pian cattle, leaning on half a bag of steamed buns and two liters of fried noodles. , He insisted on cultivating such a piece of land on the barren hills that could not be seen at a glance.The poor pair of old cows fought to death. Master Shui couldn't bear to part with the pair of old partners. He lay on the cows and cried for half the night. Finally, he dug a hole in the center of the ground and buried them.At this moment, the most dazzling and fertile land in Qingshiling, green like a blanket has become the most vivid color.The upper ridge is planted with angelica, and the lower ridge is planted with rhubarb. In the middle, it is divided into five pieces of half an acre, and five kinds of precious medicinal materials that the second master of water can't even name are planted.Before the rain, this land was no different from other lands. After two soaking rains, the whole land was like crazy, and it suddenly became lush. Especially the five small plots in the middle, the growth of which can almost hollow out people's eyes. Unfortunately, in the whole field, there are only two lonely shadows, pharmacist Liu Xicai and Shiliang! Liu Xicai is really a stubborn guy, no matter what Second Master Shui said, he just has a bad temper, and he doesn't want or receive anyone except to collect food.Second Master Shui sent many people back and forth, all of which made him blast out of Lang Laoyatai.It was as if the land had been sold to him.Don't look at him being cruel to others, but he is extremely nice to picking up food, too much.Standing on the top of the ridge, Master Shui saw Liu Xicai, the pharmacist holding hands, teaching how to collect grains and recognize medicines, and teach them how to make medicines one by one.The little ghost who picked up food was really convinced. I saw him in Heilishui and two nights yesterday. He was carrying a washbasin and washing things in the dark.Second Master Shui walked over and asked, "What are you washing for?" He didn't lift his head when picking up the grain, and said, "Pants." Second Master Shui didn't believe it, so he took it out of the washbasin and took a look, mother, he actually washed it for Liu Pharmacist. Trousers!This picks up food! In Shui Erye's gaze, Shiliang from Xigou was listening quietly to the pharmacist Liu Xicai talking about the medicine: "There are three kinds of ephedra. , cylindrical, with few branches. The surface is light green and sometimes yellow-green, with thin longitudinal ridges and a slight rough feeling to the touch. Obvious knots, brittle, easy to break, dust flies out when broken, and the cross-section is slightly Fibrous, greenish-yellow around, reddish-brown pith, nearly round. Slightly fragrant, slightly bitter taste..." When Pharmacist Liu talked about these things, he didn't look like the farmer he was used to, but a teacher.Occasionally, there are also some people who Shiliang can't understand. The demeanor and seriousness of their speech are a bit similar to Donggou Leng's Chinese medicine, but they are more intimidating than Leng's Chinese medicine.Shiliang bowed his waist, stared wide-eyed, and his heart followed his ears. When Liu Yaoshi said something, he memorized a few words in his heart, for fear of missing a word.Pharmacist Liu said he was sleepy, paused, and asked, "Do you remember?" Shiliang nodded.Pharmacist Liu suddenly said: "Then let me ask you, what do you say about horsetail ephedra?" Immediately after picking up the grain, he straightened up, like a student in a private school, and recited it to Pharmacist Liu. "Equisetum ephedra, branchlets are multi-branched, the internodes are slightly longer, the upper part is about a quarter separated, and it is short triangular in shape, the apex is mostly not recurved, and the base is brown-red to brown-black." "What about Chinese ephedra?" "Medium ephedra, the branchlets are more branched, the internodes are longer, the upper one-third is separated, the apex is sharp, and the pith of the section is triangular and round." "Its medicinal properties?" "Sweating and dispelling cold, clearing the lungs and relieving asthma, diuresis and reducing swelling. It is used for wind-cold and cold, chest tightness, wheezing and coughing, feng shui edema, and bronchial asthma. Honey-burned ephedra moistens the lungs and relieves cough. It is mostly used for symptoms that have been resolved, such as asthma and cough." Pharmacist Liu nodded slightly.After picking up the food and recited it, he said: "It's not enough to memorize it, you have to learn its different growth according to the solar terms, earth's atmosphere, sunshine, and rain. Remember, different earth's atmosphere, different sunshine, The medicines grown are different, and the properties of the medicines are also different." Shi Liang nodded silently. Under the blue sky, this pair of young and old is just like a pair of father and son, more like a pair of master and student.Their concentration made Second Master Shui happy, but also disturbed Second Master Shui. Something happened that night. It is after people are asleep.As soon as June entered, there was less work in the field, but there were also fewer people. Although all the old and young people in the yard were driven out to the field, after all these people had stayed in the yard for a long time, they were concerned about the work in the field. Some people are unfamiliar, and people are in the field, but their hearts are in the yard. They have to handle all the big and small things in the yard, so the work in the field is not necessarily done quickly.In order not to delay the two ends, Second Master Shui came up with a way to work in the field until the sun went down, and when he came back, he had a small meal, and then worked in the yard.By the time I finished my work, it was past midnight.Looking at the courtyard again, everyone seemed to have eaten sleepy bugs. Before their heads rested on the pillows, they were snoring one after another. The only person in the whole courtyard who is still energetic is probably the second master Shui.During the day, he went to the ground, sometimes following behind Cao Yaoshi's buttocks, and sometimes keeping a distance from the crowd, watching.The scenery of watching people working is also watching the green of this ridge.Back in the yard, I checked inside and out, whether the fodder for the animals has been given, whether the dung in the stables has picked up, whether the door of the sheepfold has been closed, these are trivial matters, and the work will be over in a short while.The important thing is that he has to go to two places every day.One is the room of the third female Yingying.The girl sometimes let him in, sometimes not.When she is not allowed to enter, it must be when her heart is blocked.Second Master Shui knew why she was blocking, but he didn't say anything, let her block it, after blocking it for a while, see if she still blocks it?The other is Bao'er's new house. Although Bao'er's new house is also in the south courtyard, it is separated from Yingying's room by half a wall.This is definitely a new addition for Bao'er after she gets married, and Yingying is still afraid of it.Girl, if you don't block this half of the wall, maybe something will happen to you, maybe Bao'er's new house will be set on fire.Across this half wall, Second Master Shui felt more at ease.Of course, what played the key role was an old woman brought from Suancigou by the barbarian woman called the eye officer. Don't look at the old woman who is blind, but her heart is not blind, and her ears are even better.There is a slight movement inside and outside the wall, and I will immediately call out to you: "Heavenly officials are here, who dares to act foolishly?!" In his hand, he is really like a heavenly official, holding a three-foot-long sword, and on the sword, Also smeared with dog blood. With her protecting Bao'er, Second Master Shui can rest assured. Shui Erye's last procedure every day is to stop at the entrance of Bao'er's house.Pick up the grass and carry it in. After consummating the house, a copper lock is hung on the door of the new house, and the key is held by the second master Shui. Without him, no one would want to enter, and no one would dare to enter.In the first few days, I picked up grass three times a day, and the old woman fed me some mush. If I couldn't drink the mush, I drank the traditional Chinese medicine left by cold Chinese medicine.Unexpectedly, as soon as this girl was carried into the Shui family's compound, and as soon as she had consummated with Bao'er's soul, her face unexpectedly became lively.Three days later, I could really drink the mush fed by the old lady.This is not a good omen. The old woman called the eye officer said that when a living person is carried in, if it can survive the first seven, it is Zhongxi, and if it survives the second seven, it is great joy. But... the savage woman who called the eye officer didn't say any more, but Second Master Shui knew clearly in his heart that he would never be able to continue after three sevens, and if he continued, he would be so happy that it would not be his Shui family.Therefore, he confessed to the old woman several times, and he has a good grasp, as long as he can survive the 27th.Unexpectedly, Panax notoginseng is now out, it has been carried into the courtyard for twenty-five days, the breath of picking up grass is still constant, the chest is still hot to the touch, and the face is still flushed.Second Master Shui was anxious and angry, and suspected that the old woman had done something secretly, after scolding him a few times, he didn't feel like it, the old woman was still very obedient, and she didn't look like someone who secretly manipulated him.So? Second Master Tianshui was more thoughtful this day, he really didn't believe that a girl who couldn't eat grains for more than half a year could live such a long time, let alone that a sedan chair could lift her illness away.As soon as the work was done, he pretended to be asleep and lay down for two packs of cigarettes. Guessing that there should be some movement in the south courtyard, he stepped off the kang lightly and tiptoed to the south courtyard.At this time, the courtyard was as quiet as it could be, except for the snoring noises from each room, and the continuous wind.Shui Erye came to the wall of the south courtyard like a cat, the south courtyard was quiet, and the old lady was asleep too, sleeping in the wing room next to Baoer's new house.Indistinctly, he also snored intermittently.I leaned against the wall and listened for a while, but I really didn't see anything unusual.Shui Erye has to be patient, he is a very patient person, in the past years, he won his life through patience, he can keep his eyes shut for five days and five nights, he can compare his footwork with a mule, mule How long did he walk?Over the years of secretly competing with the He family's Chou family, his patience has helped him even more, turning him from a small farm worker with no head, tiles, feet, or land into a well-known rich man, a big rancher, and a rich man. He found a big family who dared to challenge the He family's enemies. Time passed by every minute and every second, the night was too dark to open, but there was still nothing strange in the courtyard.Second Master Shui thought to himself, he must be worrying too much, perhaps, the girl's life of picking grass is not over yet, maybe it is because Bao'er is greedy for the glory and wealth of this compound, and does not want to leave when she comes, and wants to spend more time in love.With that in mind, he got up and walked back.At this moment, a black shadow flashed into his eyes. The black shadow was standing right in front of him, under the low wall.The second master Shui suddenly got excited, took out a black broom from his arms, and shouted at Hei Ying'er: "Are you a human or a ghost, come at me if you have the ability!" Saying this, he rushed at Hei Ying'er.Hei Ying'er seemed to have expected his move, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.In desperation, Second Master Shui threw out the black broom, and when he rushed over, he saw that what the black broom hit was a pair of embroidered shoes. A pair of embroidered shoes that look a bit old but are very well-crafted! a pair of shoes!It was clearly a black shadow, but with a sweep of the broom, it turned into a pair of shoes! Unwilling to be reconciled, Second Master Shui straightened his voice and yelled at all the servants in the courtyard, including Mrs. Wu. "Search for me, I don't believe I've seen a ghost!" However, after a whole night of searching, the facts made Second Master Shui deeply depressed. That black shadow really looks like a ghost. I have searched all over the courtyard and outside, but not only can't find any doubts, on the contrary, all the people in the courtyard straightened their eyes to look at him, as if he was the second child in the water. Grandpa turned into a ghost in an instant. Lingnan, Langlaoyatai. One old and one young don't say a word. This has been going on for three days.Since the second master of Dashui had a "false alarm" in the middle of the night, the old and the young seemed to have lost their words.Suddenly, they became separated from each other, indifferent, no longer so affectionate, and no longer so cheerful.They are still busy with work, and their hands never stop, but there is less communication with each other. Occasionally, their eyes meet, but they also separate hurriedly, as if one is afraid of the other.What is there to be afraid of?What is there to hide? No, really not. That night was actually very ordinary, not much different from usual.The food collector from Xigou still didn't sleep, couldn't sleep, no matter how hard and tired he was, he still couldn't sleep.Lying in the thatched shed and looking at the sky, looking at the sky, the footsteps in the yard sounded, very light and very hidden, but I could hear it clearly when picking up grain.The footsteps bypassed the grass shed, bypassed the stables, and went to the south courtyard.You don't need to get up to pick up food, you know who it is.It's not that he saw it. In fact, he didn't see many things in this courtyard, but guessed and judged with his heart.This footsteps cannot be missed, it is no different from the footsteps that accompanied me during the day.I just don't understand, what does he often go to the South Court for? Why is this man from a foreign country, this man with unique skills, so fascinated by the South Courtyard?After picking up the food, he thought for a while, turned over, and Yuan fell asleep again.Dad's words often play a key role at this time.Dad said: "The big courtyard is the big courtyard, not what you and I imagined. No matter what you see or hear, just pretend you don't know it. It's no good to know." Dad was worried, and asked again: "Remember?" "remember." He really remembered to pick up the food, otherwise, that night, he would have caught Hei Ying'er immediately. Not being caught is not because he doesn't know, he knows, really, he knows. It's just that he doesn't understand, really doesn't understand. When thinking this way, his eyes met Liu Yaoshi's face again. "grain--" Liu Xicai, who kept his head down and fiddled with the medicine, suddenly uttered a cry, which scared Shiliang. "Uncle—" Shiliang replied. "Ask you something, okay?" "Uncle, if you have anything to ask, just ask." While Shiliang was talking, his heart was pounding, afraid that the pharmacist would ask something difficult to answer. "How old is your family?" "Fifteen, one year younger than me." "Oh?" "What month was it born?" "April, no, May. No, it's June, June in the old calendar." "Oh--" After that, there was another piece of silence.The pharmacist Liu Xicai was in the front, and the grain was collected in the back, weeding the licorice.Licorice is next to ephedra, taller than ephedra, and flourishing.Standing on the ground, there is a sweet and fishy smell.When I was distracted from picking up food, I pulled out a licorice plant as a weed.Holding the licorice in his hand, he was anxiously waiting to be scolded, but he saw that Uncle Xicai also pulled out a licorice by mistake.The old and the young glanced at each other, Liu Xicai threw the licorice suddenly, and said, "Liang, recite the licorice that my uncle taught you, uncle, trouble." Just pick up the food and carry it. "Licorice, also known as sweet grass root and dense grass, is the root and rhizome of leguminous plant licorice. It is a perennial herb with white short hairs or glandular hairs on the whole plant. The stem is erect, slightly woody, and the branchlets are angular. The pinnate compound leaves are alternate. , racemes axillary, dense flowers; calyx bell-shaped, 5-lobed; corolla butterfly-shaped, purple-red or blue-purple. Pods brown, curved into a sickle shape. Flowering period is June to July, and fruiting period is July to September." "Excavated in spring and autumn, removed fibrous roots, and dried in the sun. The roots are cylindrical, with varying skin tightness. The surface is reddish-brown or gray-brown, with longitudinal wrinkles, lenticels, and fine root scars. The texture is solid, and the section is slightly fibrous, yellow White. There are bud marks on the surface of the rhizome, and pith on the section. The gas is slightly sweet, and the taste is sweet and special. The nature is flat and the taste is sweet." "Properties of medicine, invigorating the spleen and replenishing qi, clearing heat and detoxification, eliminating phlegm and relieving cough, harmonizing various medicines. It is used for weak spleen and stomach, fatigue, shortness of breath, palpitations, cough with excessive phlegm, and relieves drug toxicity." While carrying it, the pharmacist Liu Xicai asked abruptly: "Liang, your family is born or adopted?" The moment he picked up the grain, his face turned pale, and after a long time, he murmured, "Uncle, why are you asking this?" "Uncle is also asking nonsense, nonsense, you recite, recite down." Pick up food but can't carry it anymore. My sister picks up grass. That was the fifth year when my brother picked up sheep, no, it seemed to be the sixth year, and I could remember things when I picked up grain.That year, there was a shortage of soldiers in Liangzhou City, not only the shortage of soldiers, but also the bandits.Every now and then, someone would be robbed or killed, and even a camel team and horse team would encounter bandits.In Qingfeng Gorge, some men and women who were lucky enough to escape from the hands of bandits often escaped.Dad said, you don't dare to run outside in the midst of chaos.Shiliang and brother are like two little birds whose wings have not yet hardened, nestling at home and not daring to go anywhere.One day, my father came home dressed in stars, and when he entered the door, he shouted: "Sheep, grain, what did father bring you?" Just about to rush to grab it, I saw an extra burden in my father's arms. I was stunned to see my father carefully opened it, and before I could see what it was, I heard a cry of "wow". What my father brought was not something delicious, it was my sister who picked up grass. Dad said that he picked it up at the entrance of Xigou, and the burden was thrown in the grass by the side of the road, which tripped him.Looking back, it turned out to be a baby. "It's not easy to get your life these days. Why do all the good things happen to me." In Dad's words, there was a burst of joy that couldn't be concealed.When I heard it was my sister, I was so happy when I picked up the food, I insisted on hugging her.Dad looked at him and said, "Liang, take good care of your sister. When she grows up, she will be your daughter-in-law." Just this sentence made him feel that his sister was more important than anything else. Unexpectedly... picking up grain and throwing his head, he planted the licorice in his hand into the ground again.The pharmacist Liu Xicai said: "If you are idle, people move to live, and grass moves to die. How can someone live again if the roots are cut off?" Picking up food for a while at a loss. On the twenty-first day of the sixth lunar month, the adjutant Qiu Jiayuan suddenly appeared in the Shui family compound. Adjutant Chou Jiayuan became thinner and darker, and his gaze also became somewhat confused.Compared to when he first came to Qingshiling, he was a different person.A carriage followed behind him, as if he had walked a lot this trip. As soon as Master Shui heard the letter, he immediately jumped out of the courtyard, blocked the entrance of the courtyard and said, "Your surname is Qiu, you can leave whenever you want, come whenever you want, what do you think of me as Qingshiling, huh?! I Is this a carriage shop or your enemy's toilet?" Adjutant Chou Jiayuan didn't say anything, and directed the people in the car to lift the boxes down.Second Master Shui cursed a few words, but seeing no response from Adjutant Chou, he became even more angry.After yelling in the courtyard, several Shuan Wuzi jumped out and stared at Qiu Jiayuan. Only then did Qiu Jiayuan say: "Second Master, you'll hurt yourself if you get angry, if you have anything to say, we'll talk about it in the hospital." "Entering the hospital? Are you thinking too easily?" Qiu Jiayuan looked up at the sky, there was a cloud of black clouds in the sky, there was fog on the side of the Sister River, and it was about to rain. "Second Master, I've only been away for a month, why did you become so fierce in your tone?" "Fierce? You haven't seen a fierce one yet! Come here, see off my guests. I, Qingshiling, don't like this kind of person!" Shuan Wuzi led his servants and walked towards the carriage, just as Shuan Wuzi was trying to beat the horse and turn around, the adjutant Qiu Jiayuan yelled, dare!Immediately afterwards, he said: "Second Master, is it too unkind for you to do this?" "Honest? Are you worthy of telling me kindness? Young man, don't think that you are the food of Xi'an city, don't think that there are wolves and tigers behind you, I am the second child, I don't pee! My second child is talking about Etiquette, if this person doesn't talk about etiquette, is he still called someone?" When Qiu Jiayuan heard it, he knew why Second Master Shui was angry.It's no wonder that he left quietly, and it took such a long time, it's no wonder Second Master Shui isn't angry.But, can you tell him something? Qiu Jiayuan calmed down and gave the coachman a wink. The young coachman drove the car to the side of Qingshi Road, and the other two jumped out of the car, staring nervously at Second Master Shui. "Second Master, calm down first, I hope you will take care of the place where the younger generation can't reach, but this carriage, you have to go in no matter what, look at the rain..." Hearing that Qiu Jiayuan had subdued, Second Master Shui breathed a sigh of relief, snorted in his nostrils, turned and entered the courtyard.Then the adjutant Qiu Jiayuan commanded the coachman and slowly yelled the carriage into the courtyard.At this moment, Shui Yingying, who hadn't been out for a few days, suddenly came out, and seeing Qiu Jiayuan, Shui Yingying's face turned green, but she didn't lose her temper, and said to the strange coachman: "How dare you startle me?" Horse, be careful!" Qiu Jiayuan took a look at Shui Yingying, then lowered his head and went into the backyard. Pharmacist Liu Xicai and Shiliang walked into the courtyard one after the other. Hearing the news that the adjutant Qiu Jiayuan had returned, Liu Xicai paused, hesitated, and didn't go there.When Pharmacist Cao surrounded Qiu Jiayuan and asked about this and that, Pharmacist Liu Xicai stayed in the room alone, feeling bored, as if he was pissed off with someone. In the early morning of the next day, Second Master Shui was settling matters with the housekeeper, Old Prong, when the adjutant Qiu Jiayuan walked in gently.Second Master Shui glanced at him, and said dissatisfiedly, "You're a thieves, can't you walk louder?" Adjutant Chou Jiayuan didn't say anything, he found a place to sit down, and waited for Second Master Shui to finish speaking with the housekeeper.The housekeeper, Old Prop, looked over and knew that Adjutant Qiu was going to talk to Second Master, so he hurriedly said, "Second Master, Shan Feng's front hoof has tetanus again, I have to change the medicine." As soon as the old prong head left, Second Master Shui immediately put up his airs and sat down at the piano table in a dazed manner, neither looking at Qiu Jiayuan nor speaking.Qiu Jiayuan bowed his body and said, "Second Master, when I came back from this trip, I stopped by Gulang County." "I also met another person." Qiu Jiayuan said again. "You see, the heavenly king and I care about my shit!" Second Master Shui said, picking up his bong. Qiu Jiayuan stared at Second Master Shui's face for a long time, stopped putting on airs, and said clearly, "Second Master, County Magistrate Kong asked you to go to the county seat today, saying that there is something important to do." "Don't go!" Second Master Shui took a sip of his cigarette, and then he heard a "gurgle" somewhere in his body. "must go." "Whoever wants to go will go." Second Master Shui twisted another cigarette bubble and filled it into the bong. "Second Master, I have brought the words to you. You can decide whether to go or not. In the future, the county magistrate will blame you. Don't blame me for eating the words." "Well, I'll take it!" Second Master Shui made a gesture of ignoring anyone. It was definitely not a good thing for the county magistrate Kong Jiexi to seek him out. He must have no money to spend, so he opened his mouth.Hmph, when I am Donggou He Dakun, it's up to you to play!Chou Jiayuan's face is not so natural when Second Master Shui doesn't pick up on it. It's not obvious that he is asking for boredom.After being embarrassed for a while, Qiu Jiayuan stood up: "Second Master, there is something I didn't want to say at first, but now it seems that I have to say it." Second Master Shui's hand holding the bong slightly trembled, his eyes seemed to move towards Qiu Jiayuan's face, but he didn't. He turned around under the piano table in a random circle, froze in a certain direction and did not move. Qiu Jiayuan chuckled, and said calmly: "Right now, Chinese herbal medicines are getting more and more urgent, and more and more people are asking for medicinal materials every day. I heard from County Magistrate Kong that the He family in Donggou has been there a few times. Someone from the state capital also sent a message to the county magistrate Kong, next year, this medicine, I am afraid it will be..." Speaking of this, Qiu Jiayuan suddenly stopped talking, tightened the belt around his waist, touched the holster, and went out. Second Master Shui seemed to be nailed there with a hammer, motionless, even his eyes were dead.The names of two people kept coming back and forth in his mind, one was Kong Jiexi, and the other was his in-law He Dakun.Turning and turning, Second Master Shui became angry, okay, Old Ghost He, I told you to plant it if you don’t plant it, now it seems that I’m going to get rich, and you’re jealous again! "Prepare the horse!" The housekeeper, Old Prongtou, was talking to his servant, Mrs. Wu, when he suddenly heard an explosion in the upper courtyard, and the old prongtou hurriedly ran into the upper courtyard, and saw that his host was fully dressed, as if he was going on a long journey. "Boss, where are you going?" the old man asked cautiously. "Where else can I go, find someone to settle the score!" "Reckoning?" The old prong didn't know what to do, with a cautious smile on his face. "What about the horses, I asked you to prepare the horses, do you hear me?!" Second Master Shui was upset. He was unhappy at first, but as soon as Qiu Jiayuan entered the door, he spoiled his good mood. "Second Master, with your body, can you ride a horse? Or, go by car?" "What's wrong with me, who made you worry about me?!" The housekeeper, Lao Yantou, didn't dare to say anything anymore, he prepared a fast horse with his own hands, Second Master Shui jumped on his horse, and galloped to the grassy beach outside the courtyard.But before he reached the Sister River, a fast horse passed him, and the fifth son on the horse shouted: "Second Master, it's not good, the bride is discouraged!" "What?!" Second Master Shui was so startled that he almost fell off immediately. The second master Shui didn't make it to Chengdonggou this day, he wanted to ask the old ghost of the He family to find out why he wanted to steal his business?But God won't let him go.The girl who picks up grass does not lose her temper early or late, and she is at this juncture.Then he turned his horse around and drove home again.When he was about to enter the courtyard gate, he suddenly saw Shanfeng carrying Yingyingfei out of the courtyard gate and running towards the grassy beach. "Where are you going?" Second Master Shui asked in surprise. A gust of wind blew away his voice, and looking again, the girl Yingying had disappeared. The girl Shicao chose to lose her temper at this time, which was tantamount to taking revenge on Second Master Shui.According to the folk customs, when a living wife marries in, the yin relationship is only half of the marriage, and the other half has to wait for the living wife to lose her temper.Before the barbarian woman named Yanguan left, she had made detailed arrangements for picking up grass and getting angry, including that one hour before getting angry, the Shui family had to close the windows, and all the cattle and sheep that went out must be brought back to the pen. No one can stay outside, the size of the courtyard is not allowed to go half a step out of the courtyard gate.On the bluestone road leading from the south courtyard to the upper courtyard, a bunch of grass fires are lit every seven steps, and seven small grass figurines will be tied up, seven small dough figurines will be glued, and seven pillars of yellow incense will be prepared outside. The incense is lit at the same time.There must be an old man in front of the grass fire, and put a water basin in front of the fire. When the grass fire burns out, please put the noodles into the water basin at the same time, and then, together with the little grass man, please go to the designated place on the big grass beach.Xiaoxu, the elder of the Shui family, knelt down to the mountain god facing south, and then slowly invited the dead to the tomb under the guidance of the Taoist priest. Arrangement belongs to arrangement, whether it can be done comprehensively depends on God's will.看来，老天成心不让水家如愿。水二爷骑马返回院子时，院里看不见个人，这阵人都在地上。这是水二爷六月头上立下的规矩，院里大小，他起多早就得起多早，他出门大伙就得出门，包括两位药师，也得按这规矩。这下好，轮到用人时，一个也喊不响了。 拴五子扔下马，跑山上去叫人。管家老橛头喝神断鬼，可喝来喝去，就喝着吴嫂一个人。奇怪的是，副官仇家远跟那三个人这阵全没了影，水二爷气得嗷嗷直叫，大骂老橛头是个饭桶，他才走了屁大个工夫，院里咋就出了事？ 水二爷顾不上换衣裳，穿着上好的袍子就往南院去，人还没进院，就冲老婆婆吼：“瞎子，瞎子啊，我跟你咋安顿的？” 到了跟前，才发现年迈的老婆婆也背过气去，伸手一摸，人已经凉了。 天呀，两条命，就他离开院这么一袋烟的工夫，水家大院就没了两条命！ 这一天的水家，比遭土匪还乱。等拴五子从山上各地唤回人来，水二爷已抱着宝儿的红木匣子，跪在了南院，他老泪纵横，一脸恓惶。管家老橛头冲忙乱的人喊：“快放草火，快舀水，吴嫂，面人！” 水二爷抬起头，半晌，恨了一声：“管家，我白养你二十年！” 由于事先没有一点儿准备，加之水二爷心里，又被仇家远那番不阴不阳的话困扰着，叫眼官的蛮婆子安顿的事，一样也没做。晌午时分，乱了半天的院子终于安静下来，人们全都聚在后院，听管家老橛头吩咐。管家老橛头此时也像是少了主意，刚刚安当完东，又忘了西，等把西想起来，东又给忘了。折腾了大半天，等于是一件事儿也没安当下去。 水二爷完全地丧失了主意，这个一辈子都靠主意生活的人，这一天突然丧失了主意。整个上午他就像个傻子，痴痴地抱着宝儿，眼睛里啥也看不见，耳朵也像是聋实了。 事情最终还是副官仇家远帮着打理的，谁也想不到，年纪轻轻在西安城吃粮的仇家远，居然对这种事儿在行。他先是让人将水二爷抬到上屋，换了袍子，让吴嫂打了盆净水，帮水二爷洗干净了脸。接着，又让院里上了年岁的几个帮工将南院清扫干净，把拾草的尸首请到炕下，给她净身，换寿衣。虽说拾草才十五，毕竟，她已做了水家的少奶奶，礼数，不能乱。全院上下扯起白幛，院门口，草滩上，燃起草火，以向山神河神还有全岭的人报丧。南院搭起灵堂后，仇家远又差人去东沟请道士。因为亡人从落气到入葬，只有一天时间，请沟外的孙老道显然来不及，也不管水二爷愿不愿意，副官仇家远就替他做了主。院里的一应事儿安当妥后，就轮到坟上的事了，到了这时候，所有的人才发现一个重要的问题，一个最最要命的问题。 纵是水二爷平日有多细心，这么大一档子事，他还是疏忽了。 彻底疏忽了。 让谁去斩穴？ 一院的人面面相觑，是啊，让谁去斩穴？ 在青风峡，斩穴一向是来路的事。不管谁家死了人，只要差个孝子，去给来路磕个头，告诉他时间，穴到时自然就好了。东沟的穴是来路斩的，西沟的穴也是来路斩的。青石岭二道岘子上，草儿秀和宝儿的穴，也都是来路斩的。这事情太容易了，从没谁把它当成个事儿，只要来路还活着，这峡里死了人，就有地方埋。可，今儿个要埋的，是来路的丫头！总不能让亲爹拿着铁锨把黄土往丫头头上填吧？ 白头子埋黑头子，这事，谁能干得？ 一院的人哑巴了，谁也没想到，水家会遇上这么个难题，大难题。 副官仇家远也是久长的无话，没想到，事情到了最后一步，却难住了他。他的目光在一院的人脸上扫来扫去，可扫到谁上，谁便低了头，替人斩穴，不是件好事啊。这活儿，不是谁都能做得的！ 咋个办？ 僵来僵去，就有人跑去问水二爷。此时的水二爷刚刚缓过一口气，虽说事情没按眼官安当的办，但总算，在乱中理出了头序，他正在心里感激仇家远呢，就突然地跳出这么一个难题。 “快去，快去请来路，快请呀——”他冲外面的人吼。 就有人走过来说：“使不得，二爷，来路是拾草的爹，斩不得。” “斩不得？对，对，是斩不得，可除了来路，这沟里，还有谁？” “没了，真没了。” 水二爷急得要在屋里跳蹦子，眼看着太阳一点点往西去，再拖，怕就过了时辰。人要是即时请不到穴里，这后续的事儿，可就麻缠哩。岂止是麻缠，他水家，怕就没好日子过了。 就在一院的人焦急地瞪着眼，在地上转磨磨时，后院里突然走出一个人，不高，黑瘦，他闷声闷气地打工具房里拿了铁锨，镐，在一院人的张望中，不声不响朝二道岘子走去。 拾粮！ 水英英这一天是疯够了，哭够了。 丫头拾草落气，是水英英第一个知道的，或者说，丫头拾草最后一口气，是呼在她手心里的。 自打丫头拾草抬进院里，水英英心里，就多了样东西。 这东西一开始是恨，是嫉妒。一向在院里娇宠惯了的英英，忽然发现，爹的心思转移到了宝儿身上，紧跟着又转移到了丫头拾草身上，这令她不快。抬进拾草的那个夜晚，英英心里涌上一股莫名的惆怅，爹抱着娘的衣裳，痴痴地蹲在黑夜里的情景，加重了她的这层惆怅。那几天，她是恨爹的，也恨丫头拾草。有些东西自己拥有惯了，贪婪惯了，忽然多出一双手抢，心里不难受才怪。 慢慢，那感觉就变了，变得跟原来不一样了。英英心里，忽然有了拾草，那是一个比她还要小几岁的妹妹，一个打小就没了娘的孩子。没娘的孩子有多苦，英英比别人清楚，她想起小时候，想起远远地掉在两个姐姐身后去地里拔草的情景，泪就忍不住下来了。英英并不是个铁心肠的人，甭看她整天诈诈唬唬，跋扈得很，心底里，软着哩。她先是可怜拾草，慢慢，这可怜就变成了另一样东西，很新鲜、很折磨人。夜深人静的时候，英英真想溜进那间屋里，看看拾草，看看爹给宝儿娶的新娘子。她痛恨爹这样做，可爹已经做了，她没办法改变，就想着怎么能对拾草好一点。 但爹不让她进那屋，为防她，爹还在南院泥了道墙，把她跟拾草隔开。爹的心真狠真硬啊，他哪里知道，这样做，等于是把她们两个的心都伤了，伤透了。英英就在这郁闷而又伤感的心情中打发日子，偶尔听到院里人谈论拾草，她会不由地停下步子，多听上那么几句。拾草在她心里，就越来越重，越来越有份量了。包括她不喜欢的长工拾粮，也因了拾草，身上多出一样东西来。那东西是情，是爱，是一个哥哥对妹妹的疼。是的，她能感觉出，那个整日里阴闷着脸给她家喂马的拾粮，那个整天跟在药师刘喜财身后学种药的老实人拾粮，心里是有爱的，眼里也是有爱的，跟耀武扬威指号发令的仇家二公子有很大不同。也是冲了这点，她再也不喝喊拾粮了，她甚至为当初打他的那一鞭子偷偷抹过眼泪，我怎么就能下得了手呢，冲一个老实本分的下人耍威风算什么英雄？ ! 英英心里很乱，这乱是以前从没有过的，这乱让她忽然间明白了人生好多道理。她变得能忍，变得再也不那么飞扬跋扈了，可惜外人没查觉。 这天早晨，英英起得早，她现在已习惯早起。再也不能赖在炕上等日头了，爹老了，这是英英新近最大的一个发现，以前从不觉得爹老，那天她正巧看到爹佝偻着腰在马厩里咳嗽的情景，脑子里蓦然就闪出一个念头，爹老了。这个念头一出，就再也收不回去，长久地折磨着她，伤心着她。爹一老，这个家的担子就毫不含糊地要压在她肩上。水英英吓了一大跳，天啊，压我肩上，我能担得起？水英英知道，自己该学着做一些事了，院里的，地里的，还有外面的，不能等担子压到肩上，还说什么也不会做，那可不是她的性格。水英英原打算要去马厩，这些日子她格外关心马，她发现因为院里来了拾粮，她家的马跟以前不一样了，包括她的座骑山风。她想探个究竟，也想顺便问几句拾粮，为啥对种药那么痴迷？往后院走了几步，突然停下，又往南院去。到南院，她又犹豫了，不能让爹发现，她的心在丫头拾草身上。就这么着，她矛盾了一个早上。后来见仇家远进了爹的上屋，她估计一会两会爹肯定出不来，这才大着胆子，往南院拾草屋里去。 这个早上，英英是流过泪的，当她站在拾草屋里时，泪就忍不住模糊了双眼。后来她握住了拾草的手，她真的握住了，一点恐惧都没。那是怎样一双手啊，比她小的拾草，手居然枯萎成一根干柴！她哭了一会儿，松开拾草的手，又把手移到拾草脸上，大着胆子，就摸起拾草的脸来。摸着摸着，心就翻过了。人跟人原来有这么大的不同，命跟命原来也有这么大的不同。后来她感觉到了热气，那是拾草哈到她手上的。说来奇怪，院里人都说，拾草不行了，气儿早没了，可她感觉到了热气，热扑扑的，往她手心里哈。她俯下身，轻轻唤了声“草草”，拾草眼皮动了动，真的动了动，像是要看她。她把脸凑过去，凑得尽量跟拾草近一些，她相信拾草看清了。她说：“草草，我是英英，过去你该叫我姐，现在你还该叫我姐。” 拾草就笑了。 真的笑了。 天啊，她笑了，笑得那么可爱，笑得那么开心。英英也还以微笑，并尝试着，要抱一抱拾草。就在她把双手伸到拾草身下的时候，突然，炕上那双眼睛灭了。真的灭了！ 英英骇了一大跳，紧跟着，她的手又回到拾草脸上，回到拾草鼻孔上。冰的，死冰，刚才还能哈出热气的鼻孔，瞬间工夫，就啥也哈不出了。 she died! 天，她死了！ 当死亡两个字真真实实出现在她眼前时，英英就再也不是人们眼里那个英英了。她疯狂地从南院跑出来，先是跑进自己的屋子，扑在炕上就哭。泪水在这个早上决了堤，几乎要淌干一般，汹涌不息。后来她听到南院发出的声音，好像是长工拴五子，再后来，她就什么声音也听不到了，脑子里、耳朵里，就全是草草。英英终于哭够，但内心的难受仍然无法排泄。她知道，接下来，水家大院就会陷入新的混乱，爹会哭，吴嫂会哭，院里上下，都会因为这个过早夭折的生命流出眼泪。她得逃开，她必须逃开，她承受不了这些，她也不想承受，她必须找一个能安慰自己的地方，好好让自己受伤的心养一养伤。 于是她奔进马厩，牵出自己的山风，她不知道要去哪，她但必须逃离开这个院子，逃离开马上而至的悲伤。 冲出院门的一瞬，她碰上了爹，但这个时候，她是不会让马停下的，她也不想让爹还有一院的人看到她的悲伤。 这一天，英英策马去了两个地方。一是东沟，英英多想见见大姐啊，多想伏在大姐怀里，痛痛快快哭一场。她打马直奔西沟，心里呼唤着大姐的名字，可是到了东沟，她又胆怯了。大姐现在是何家的人，何家跟爹，矛盾那么深，尤其她公公，他们能容忍她不管不顾地把一肚子眼泪哭出来？还有，何家也有伤心事，大姐的小叔子到现在还没消息呢。英英只好掉转马头，又往平阳川去。 一路上，她就想起二姐的好，想起二姐带她领她的那些日子，想起二姐出嫁的前一个晚上，她怎么把自己一眼的泪给哭干？想起二姐回门的那一天，她怎么赖在她怀里，像女儿一般撒娇。后来又想起，为她那份懵懵懂懂的心思，或者叫情，二姐怎样把一句话掰烂，反复说给她，为得就是她能听进去。 可是真到了平阳川，她的脚步原又困惑了，比东沟时还困惑。她真的能跑进二姐家，一抱子抱住二姐，跟她说，草草死了？ Can't! 英英再次掉转马头，这一次，她没了方向，彻底没了。她在姊妹河畔奔跑，跑上去，又跑下来。汹涌澎湃的姊妹河，流了几个世纪的姊妹河，你能听到英英的哭声么，你能感受到英英的无助么？ 英英冲河发吼，吼出的不是声音，是血，真的是血。英英冲河狂笑，那不是笑，那是一个十几岁女子对世事对人生的茫然和不解！ 后来英英累了，倒在了姊妹河边，她想，姊妹河啊，你把我冲走吧，冲到哪儿都行，就是不要让我看见，他们送拾草上路的情景！ 那是一条命，活生生的一条命啊。 可是为了我家宝儿，她不得不走！ 骑马回到大草滩，已是半夜时分，大草滩静静的，一向凶猛的夜风也奇奇怪怪没了，草滩静得出奇，静得骇人。揣着一肚子伤心和迷茫的水英英不想回院里，情愿跟草滩守在一起，守到天亮，不，守一生也行。 水英英下马，茫然地走在草滩上。草滩像是熟悉她的步子，夜更熟悉她的身影，见她孤零零地发着伤感，草滩一下子温柔了，像是伸出手，轻轻想把她揽怀里。水英英被莫名的伤痛击中，对着草滩就又恸哭起来。 这时候，草滩很远处，夜色下，先是闪出一个影子，影子很单薄，瘦弱，肩膀似乎还抽搐着。他是拾粮。水家借着夜色葬了妹妹拾草后，他就这么站着，站了几个时辰。吹吹打打的唢呐声寂了，鬼火似燃烧的麦草火熄了，一路的纸钱让风卷没了，涌来看热闹的人也没了，他还站着，谁叫他也不回。 没有人发现，这一天，这个十六岁的孩子长大了。 长得沉重了。 也没有人发现，草滩深处，另一个孩子也突然长大了。 长得懂事了，或者，对人对事有心了。 这个孩子就是走在草滩中的三小姐水英英。 水英英站了许久，又往前走，走得很慢，几乎看不出脚步在动。如果不是山风，很难看出草滩上动的是个人，倒像一株草，一缕风。 草滩另一头，跟二道岘子对着的方向，还有一个黑影儿也兀自立着，立得比拾粮苦，立得比拾粮绝望。 Who is he? 快到院门时，水英英眼里，终于撞进一个黑影，黑影倒在地上，倒在草丛中，是水英英一脚踩醒了他。水英英吓了一跳，等看清脚底下是个人时，就本能地朝他扑过去。 黑影挣弹了几下，有气无力地喊：“草草，草草，我的草草啊——” 原来是斩穴人来路。