Twilight Boundary

Chapter 48: Humanity and Sophistication

After staying at Er Ye’s place for a few days, Hu Ma also heard about the Cui family’s affairs one after another.

This time, the Cui family's grandma's matter was a big deal. A good old man like the clan leader rarely got angry, and he was determined not to allow the Cui family's dead people to enter the old fire pit.

　　First, they thought their sorcery was harmful to others, so they had to be severely punished. Second, they were killed by the sorcery backlash, which was an unclean death. They were sent to the old fire pond because they were afraid of affecting their ancestors.

Although there were many uncles and brothers in the Cui family, they did not dare to stand up to the people in the village on such matters. In the end, they just put the Cui family's grandmother and the eldest, second, third, and fourth in thin-skinned coffins and found a few people to carry them. , buried it in the woods.

There are many people with the surname Cui, but they can't say anything about it, and they even blame this family more in their hearts.

As for Hu Ma, he didn’t care much about these things. He only thought about Cui Xie’er’s affairs.

It's just that the second master was afraid that the people named Cui in the village would be unfavorable to him, so he protected himself too well, which deprived him of the opportunity to attack Cui Xie'er.

And if he didn't take action and let Xiao Hongtang go, the ancestors in the village would all be watching. Xiao Hongtang had become familiar with her in the village and was playing around. It didn't matter. But if she did something harmful, Damn it, I might have alarmed my ancestors.

 Another point is that although Xiao Hongtang is evil, her nature is pure.

Hu Ma tentatively asked her if she had ever harmed anyone, and Xiao Hongtang admitted it very honestly.

 “I have, that’s when I fought with you!”

　　　…”

This made Hu Ma a little unbearable. No matter how Xie Sui was, he still looked like a little baby. He couldn't bear to have blood on her hands.

 But in this case, how can we do this well?

 Looking for Erguotou?

Hu Ma thought to herself that if she spoke to the Erguotou brothers, he would probably agree.

 But killing is a big deal.

Even if the Erguotou brothers are really powerful in this world, it is very abrupt for them to ask for help in killing someone.

Besides, by killing Cui Xie'er, the favor he owed him would be wiped out, and he might still owe favors to others. Now that Shou Sui's method has not yet been securely obtained, he still has many questions to ask him. , this is undoubtedly extremely uneconomical.

 In this case, the only thing that can be done is to let Xiao Hongtang keep an eye on Cui Xie'er's movements.

Because of what happened to the Cui family, the village became a lot more tense, especially because the children of those families had been selected to join the Red Lantern Club.

　　When I thought that some people would kill others in order to grab such a spot, I cherished my child even more. I urged the old patriarch three times a day, wishing that I could send the child to the Queen's Association in the city more than half a month in advance.

The old patriarch was also very annoyed, so he went to the second master to discuss it and decided on a date to set off early.

“I am leaving home anyway, and I don’t know when I will come back. I have to say hello to acquaintances and relatives when I should say hello…”

After the second master set a date, he said to Hu Ma again: "Your mother-in-law is gone, but your Hu family roots are still here. You can learn from the worldly wisdom!"

 “Acquaintances and relatives?”

Hu Ma was a little stunned when he heard this: "Our Hu family still has this in the village?"

 “Your godmother…”

The second master said: "Your godmother is going bald because of you. You don't have any use for me anymore, so you just ignore me?"

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Hu Ma suddenly remembered that he still had such a family of relatives, and he immediately said yes.

But he still followed the second master honestly, prepared a few sticks of incense and a few offerings, and went into the forest to find his godmother. After he had a pillar of Taoism, he no longer needed the Yin Qi to seal the furnace, so he kept it for his godmother. A few.

When she came to the stream, the godmother was stretching her branches comfortably, absorbing the spirituality of the forest. Suddenly she saw Hu Ma and the second master coming over, and she shivered in fright.

“Liu Erniang, I have brought your godson here to worship you.”

The second master took the flax and burned incense under the willow tree: "You have a promising future, and you are going to worship the Red Lantern Lady."

“When he learns his skills and comes back, he will give you better offerings...”

　　　…”

It seems like you didn’t come here to cut willow bars? But the godmother was also facing a powerful enemy and did not dare to be careless.

The second master asked Hu Ma to kowtow to his godmother, burn incense, and offer fruits and meat. After thinking about it, he asked him to bow in the direction of the forest and bow in the same way, saying: "After all, your mother-in-law and this forest We have a deep friendship with each other, and they are all your elders, so we must be polite."

Hu Ma thought it made sense, so the second master took back all the offerings that had just been placed in front of his godmother and placed them in the direction of the forest.

 “Can it still be done like this?”

Huma felt a little sorry for her godmother. She thought that the second master was born and raised and knew the rules in the forest.

But he usually doesn't see evil spirits and has a rough mind, but he doesn't pay attention to details.

But Hu Ma went to the forest, kowtowed three sticks of incense and four heads. I don't know if it was an illusion, but the quiet and ethereal forest actually became vaguely alive.

 In the forest with insufficient light, the shadows were sparse, and it seemed like many things were shaking. Looking at the polite Hu Ma, I was very pleased.

Especially, Hu Ma didn’t know if he was dazzled or not. When he got up after kowtowing four times, he saw a broken wooden pile vaguely visible behind several rows of trees.

If there are other things in this forest, they are just standing on the side when I kowtow, looking at myself and smiling. But the wooden pile, and the looming figure that seemed to be sitting on the tree trunk, were sitting right in front of him, kowtowing, receiving his ceremony peacefully, and his eyes seemed a little pleased.

“Is that my mother-in-law’s acquaintance?”

Huma's mind flashed back to the time when her mother-in-law took her out of the village for the first time, and she met him, and stopped to talk to him. She also remembered that when she took her mother-in-law back to the village, he also came to see her off.

Now that he was leaving the village to learn his skills, he actually came to see him like an elder.

With all the etiquette in place, Hu Ma followed the second master back.

An ox cart has been prepared in the stockade, with dry food, bedding, and something unknown that the old patriarch secretly stuffed into the second master. Together with Hu Ma, Zhou Datong, Li Wa, Zhao Liang, and Zhou Zhu Zhu and several young men were already waiting on the bullock cart with their legs crossed.

After Hu Ma put his bedroll on the bullock cart, the old patriarch pulled him aside and warned him:

"My mother-in-law is gone, and there is no one in your family to pack your luggage. I asked Datong's mother to sew an extra coat, bring a pair of cloth shoes, and prepare all the dry food."

“You take it well. When you get to the city, you brothers must take good care of each other..."

　　　…”

Hu Ma slashed thirteen times and destroyed the entire Cui family.

Although this incident was passive and Hu Ma was considered the victim, it also caused a lot of excitement in the village. The old patriarch looked confused, but he understood very well in his heart. He knew that these teenagers had to rely on Hu Ma for food after they arrived in the city. They took care of it.

Having told Zhou Datong at home earlier, now he came to tell Hu Ma in person:

“Remember, our Dazhai people live on a diet of blood. If you join the Queen’s Association, it’s mainly about learning your skills.”

 “Smile more when you see people, don’t be afraid of being bullied, and just stay calm.”

"Save your wages after you have been paid. It's okay to have something to eat or drink. Don't go into the alleys randomly. Don't be so greedy at a young age. When you come back to the village after working for two years, we will be full of women in eight villages within ten miles. They are looking for you, so be sure to keep an eye on them..."

　　　…”

There were countless sayings, but flaws have actually heard a lot from the second grandfather.

He just smiled and said, "Grandpa Patriarch, don't worry, I know it well."

 The patriarch is really uneasy.

Who would have thought that the two boys who were the most troublesome in the village a year ago would now go out to find food together.

In particular, earlier I didn't want my grandson to play with that **** from her mother-in-law's house, for fear that he would become a bad example. Now I actually have to put my old face aside and talk nice to this pampered grandson in person, for fear that he won't help me. grandson...

This man, indeed, his faults should grow together with his abilities.

 Unlike my grandson, he only knows bad things but is not very thoughtful, which is really troublesome.

"gone…"

Seeing the old patriarch talking non-stop, the second master also got annoyed, so he called Hu Ma to get on the bullock cart, and then waved his whip.

The clan chief and everyone in the village stood at the gate of the village to see him off. Some were beaming with joy, while others were reluctant to part with the child and cried.

“Mom, I’ll take you back to live with your grandma in Snake Village.”

But no one paid attention. When these children followed the second master to the city, on the other side of the village, Cui Xie'er, who seemed to have grown up overnight, also took his crazy mother with them. After robbing the family property, he packed up only a small part of the luggage of the last big green mule that he protected with his life, quietly left the village and walked in another direction.

 He knew the excitement on the other side of the village, but he resisted looking back.

"Mom, we can't be tolerated in this village, and we don't want to be looked down upon by others. When we get to grandma's house, I will give this mule to my uncle and ask him to take care of you."

He took the mule and walked step by step. His mother could no longer understand the words and seemed to be talking to herself.

 “Then I’m leaving.”

"I also want to learn my skills. Once I learn it well, I can avenge my uncle, third uncle, fourth uncle, and my father and grandmother."

"The people in the village are not righteous, and they don't miss old friendships at all. They took grandma to feed wild dogs. Our uncle from the Cui family is not righteous either. According to relatives, no one speaks out when something happens. He only cares about our mules and horses. .”

“As for the Hu family, Hu Ma…when I learn the skills, I will make his family extinct…”

He rambled on and on, constantly cheering himself up. He was so resentful that he blamed everyone, and he even forgot that he was in the woods.

I didn’t notice that the old branches around me all came back to life at some point...

 In the Laoyin Mountains, it is difficult to survive by being cut off from the village.

 …

 …

Not long after, Hu Ma, who was sitting on the bullock cart and was gradually moving away from Dayangzhai, was slightly shocked when he heard what Xiao Hongtang said to him.

 Unexpectedly, there are some things that you don’t have to do yourself.

The people in Laoyin Mountain are so sophisticated and have profound knowledge...

 (End of this chapter)