Chapter 967 974. Sleeping Together (3)
The rope that suddenly appeared on the tree frightened Lu Wuyi.
The vicious dogs, hungry wolves and cats all ran over and howled again when they saw the rope.
Ao Muyang waved his hand angrily to quiet them down. He grabbed Lu Wuyi's shoulder and said, "Hey, did you bring this rope with you? You thought it was a prank and wanted to scare me, right?"
Lu Wuyi shook his head and couldn't speak anymore, so he could only scream.
He could explain that the cold rope fell on his neck earlier as Ao Muyang deliberately frightened him.
As for why the rope was cold and frosted, he thought it was because Ao Muyang had frozen it in the refrigerator.
As for how the rope fell from the sky to his neck, he thought that Ao Muyang had set up a mechanism, because Ao Muyang walked in front of him, and he saw that the other party didn't throw anything, so it couldn't be him who threw it, but he might have walked over and triggered a mechanism to get the rope down.
As for what mechanism would have this ability, he didn't think about it, and he didn't want to think about it.
And the wolves, cats and dogs barked at the rope after they appeared. He didn't think about the reason. He thought that Ao Muyang might have trained these things and deliberately united them to scare him.
But the group of weasels and the rope on his head destroyed his confidence in making speculations. He clearly remembered that the rope was thrown on the road, and he was sure that no one had put anything on his head. So how did this rope appear?
And recall carefully, the weasels were not looking at him at all, but looking up at the rope. In other words, they were not coming for him, but for the rope...
"This is impossible." Lu Wuyi murmured tremblingly, and he was about to cry from his expression.
Ao Muyang patted his shoulder and said, "In the city, there are many people, maybe there is no such dirty thing, but in the countryside, especially in our fishing village in the mountains, such things are not uncommon, so don't be afraid."
Lu Wuyi was confused. Does the fact that there are many ghosts in the mountains have anything to do with whether I am afraid or not? Why can't I be afraid if there are many such things?
He held Ao Muyang's hand and was ready to kneel down at any time: "Brother-in-law, please let me go, let me go home, I will never come back to bother my sister again."
Ao Muyang said: "You can leave at any time if you want to. Can I still imprison you?"
Lu Wuyi was overjoyed, but Ao Muyang continued: "But you have thought it through. If you stay with me, I can still help you solve this matter. If you leave me, what will you do if the resentful ghosts following you commit crimes?"
"I will go back to Jinling. Jinling is the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties, and there are many ancient temples. I will go back to find a master to see what's going on." Lu Wuyi said, and he added: "Four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasties, how many towers are in the mist and rain."
"Looking at you as unlearned, I didn't expect you to recite poems." Ao Muyang glanced at him.
Lu Wuyi didn't answer. This poem was also taught to him by his sister.
Ao Muyang added: "What if the vengeful ghost attacks you on your way back? What if you meet a fake monk in the temple? Now those in the temple are highly educated people. They may know a lot about quantum mechanics, fluid mechanics, astrophysics, etc., but it is hard to say how much they know about filthy and evil things."
"You have to think clearly. If you are not careful, you will die!" He emphasized the last sentence.
Lu Wuyi was not a brave person, or in other words, he was not a strong person. He was scared after being threatened by him.
But he still wanted to struggle: "It's more dangerous for me to stay in the village..."
"Stay by my side, stay by my side honestly." Ao Muyang said.
Lu Wuyi looked at him suspiciously. He smiled and walked to a stone that stretched out from the mountainside and stood there, saying, "Why do you think I can become the village chief at such a young age? You can go to the village to ask if anything strange has happened in the village in the years I have been the village chief!"
With a straight back and a body as straight as a spear, he stood on the stone with the sea behind the mountain. The sea breeze blew his clothes fluttering. For a moment, Lao Ao felt that he had the demeanor of a master with profound and majestic style!
Later, he took Lu Wuyi to shuttle through the bamboo forest. This time he was very honest and followed Lao Ao obediently. He went wherever Lao Ao went, and never left!
In late summer and early autumn, the bamboo shoots of bitter bamboo are not easy to find. Ao Muyang had to lift the bamboo leaves and explore around to find the bamboo shoots buried underground.
The bitter bamboo shoots look tough and covered with several layers of rough skin, but after peeling them open, the tender bamboo inside is revealed, white and tender, and there is a fresh fragrance when you smell it.
After finding the first bitter bamboo shoot, Ao Muyang pulled it apart and handed it to Lu Wuyi, saying, "Eat it."
"I won't eat it." He shook his head with a sad face, as if he was afraid that his choice would anger Lao Ao, and quickly added, "Brother-in-law, I ate too much at noon, so I'm not hungry now. Thank you for your kindness."
Ao Muyang said, "Bitter bamboo shoots are strong in nature. They can ward off evil spirits and expel ghosts, and they can also nourish yin and strengthen yang."
He said this for fun, and Lu Wuyi started to eat them. I don't know whether it was the ability to ward off evil spirits or to nourish yin and strengthen yang that moved him.
When the bitter bamboo shoot entered his mouth, he almost vomited: "It's so bitter."
"Good medicine tastes bitter." Ao Muyang said simply, "Eating it will be good for you."
Lu Wuyi ate it with great difficulty, and after eating one, he came for another.
Looking at his uncomfortable face, Ao Muyang was in a good mood.
Let you torment my wife, and see how I deal with you!
After searching through a bitter bamboo forest, he found a lot of bitter bamboo shoots, and then went down the mountain.
Bitter bamboo shoots taste bitter, and the general practice is to add a lot of sugar or honey to cover up the bitterness.
In fact, this method is not advisable. Once the bitter bamboo shoots are mixed with sugar, they will form a unique taste, which is not so bitter, but more unpalatable.
Ao Muyang's method is to chop them up and mix them with other fruits to make salad, add a little salad dressing and a little cream, so that its bitterness is concealed and its nutrition is better preserved.
This time he got more bitter bamboo shoots, so he had to keep them fresh, which was not easy. He peeled the bitter bamboo shoots and handed them to Lu Wuyi to wash them well, boiled a pot of water, cut the bitter bamboo shoots in half and put them in to boil.
When the water in the pot boiled again, he immediately took them out and cooled them with cold water, then packed them in a fresh-keeping bag and put them in the cold storage, so that they can be preserved until winter.
In the evening, he made bitter bamboo shoots fried with bacon, and Lu Wuyi ate them with big mouthfuls, and specially picked bitter bamboo shoots to eat.
Seeing that he had become so honest, Lu Zhizi was happy and kept picking dishes for him.
At night, he stopped pretending and went to sleep in his room honestly, and even found a room close to their bedroom.
Not only that, before entering the room, he thought about it and said to Lu Zhizi: "Sister, I beg you for something..."
"You said it, why do we need to beg for something like this?"
"Then let your brother-in-law sleep in the same room with me, I'm afraid."
Lu Zhizi agreed readily.
Now it was Ao Muyang's turn to be desperate. He finally experienced the feeling of shooting himself in the foot.