Chapter 2: Huang Xian Descends to the Mortal World

  Yang Lao Er's heart was truly frightened by his daughter-in-law, looking at that familiar face, Yang Lao Er now only regretted that his parents had not given birth to two more legs for him, and he rolled and crawled all the way towards Er Da Ye's home.

  On the way, I met some villagers who didn't even bother to greet me, their minds preoccupied with seeing my second uncle. Before they had even entered the courtyard, they were already wailing loudly as if they had lost their parents.

  "Second brother, save me..."

  In the room, my second uncle got a bit drunk from drinking and said he was going to sit down and rest his feet. Before long, he fell asleep. My second aunt saw this and shook her head, not waking him up, because Yang Lao Er hadn't come looking for him yet, which meant there wasn't anything major going on. So she let my second uncle continue sleeping and sat beside him, darning the soles of shoes.

  Suddenly, the sound of Yang Lao Er's emergency rescue came from outside. Erniang couldn't help but disturb Er Dajie anymore, putting down her legs and rushing towards Er Dajie, who was still in a daze, and suddenly sat up after being startled. It wasn't until half a moment later that he reacted. Before he could scold Erniang, Yang Lao Er had already rushed into the room.

  The Second Master was still in a daze when Yang Lao Er had already fallen to his knees with a thud.

  "Second brother, you must save our family's mouth, now it seems to be possessed by the yellow skin." After finishing speaking, his head knocked against something with a loud thud.

  Second Master hastily got down from the ground, and Second Lady also put down her work in hand, saying: "Old Two, what are you doing? Hurry up and get up. If there's anything, tell your second brother, he can still see death but not rescue, hurry up."

  "Old Two, listen to your sister-in-law and hurry up. If there's anything, tell it to your brother." My second uncle quickly helped Yang Lao Er, who was kneeling on the ground, get up.

  Yang Lao Er, with a nose full of snot and tears in his eyes, cried to me, "Second Brother, this afternoon I was cutting grass at Dong Wa Zi. Who would have thought that one swing of my sickle would cut open the belly of a yellow-skinned thing? My heart was afraid, so I came back to look for you to ask about it, but you weren't home. So I went back. Tonight after dinner, my wife started smashing bowls and plates. I pulled her, and when I saw her face, it looked just like the yellow-skinned thing I cut open this afternoon. You'd better go take a look quickly, I'm afraid my wife is going to be killed by that yellow-skinned thing!"

  Looking at Yang Lao Er's appearance, it was clear that something big had happened. My second uncle gave a sideways glance at Er Niang, implying "Why didn't you say so earlier, now look what's happened."

  My second aunt didn't dare to retort, she just stood aside. After my second uncle glared at her, he knew that the most important thing was to hurry up and take a look. So he said to Yang Lao Er: "Lao Er, don't cry for now, let's go home and take a look. On the way, you can tell me what happened."

  Yang Lao Er hastily pulled my Second Grandfather and quickly walked towards their home. After leaving the house, many people were already waiting for them by the side of the main road. Seeing Yang Lao Er pulling my Second Grandfather, they all followed to watch the excitement.

  I also heard that Yang Lao Er's family was lively, so I brought my little follower Dog Egg and followed behind my Second Uncle to join in the fun.

  I still had faith and asked Second Master: "Second Master, what's going on? Why are so many people going to Yang Lao Er's house?"

  "Alright, alright, hurry back home, don't follow me." Second Master was afraid I'd get into some kind of trouble following him, so he advised me to go back.

  But kids are naturally curious, how can they easily go home? Besides, it's almost dark now, going home just means sleeping, there's nothing fun to do, might as well go check out the excitement.

  So I agreed verbally, and pulled Dog Egg, who was actually a cat, to follow behind the people. There were about ten men and women following Yang Lao Er and them, while we two kids were blocked by them in the back. Yang Da Ye couldn't see me at all, besides, now that Yang Lao Er had taken him away, he didn't care whether I went home or not.

  Now that we've gotten to this point, I'll introduce myself. My name is Zhou Fushe, and it was given to me by my deceased grandfather - I don't know what he meant by it, but at home everyone likes to call me Xiao San (Little Three) because before me, my mother had two children who both died young, so in terms of seniority, I'm the third one.

  Gou Dan is my brother who has been playing with me since I was a kid wearing open-crotch pants. He always had a runny nose, and his sleeves were always stiff because he would wipe his nose with them, making them hard over time.

  At this time, Dog Egg spoke up and asked: "Third Brother, where are we going?"

  "Shut up, didn't you see my second uncle not letting us go? We're following behind, it must be fun. Following San Ge, how can there not be fun?" I turned back to look at Dog Egg and said with an air of pretentiousness.

  "Oh, Third Brother is the most powerful." Dog Egg said foolishly after thinking for a while.

  The two of them followed the crowd and soon arrived at Yang Lao Er's house. From a distance, they heard a voice coming from inside the house that sounded like a man's but was unusually shrill, similar to a woman's voice.

  "Where's everyone? I'm looking for the person who hurt me. Come out quickly, or else I'll set this house on fire."

  At this time, Second Master was also pulled by Yang Lao Er and his body shook, which meant that a fairy had arrived.

  Anxious in his heart, he rushed towards the house, fearing that Huang Xian would really set fire to Yang Lao Er's house in a fit of rage. That would be a disaster! Winter was approaching soon, and if the house were burned down, where would Yang Lao Er and his family live?

  After entering the house, I saw Yang Lao's daughter-in-law sitting on the kang with her legs crossed, and the floor was covered with broken bowls and plates. Everything that could be smashed had been smashed. Yang Lao didn't care about his heartache at this time, but anxiously looked at the woman sitting on the kang, wondering if she was still his daughter-in-law.

  "May I ask which immortal has arrived? Zhou Shuhuai, the disciple of Master Ou, greets you with respect." The Second Master asked in a low and humble tone.

  Yang Lao Er's wife looked at Second Master with a lowered head and downcast eyes, then said disdainfully: "So it was the disciple from Old Hu's household. I am a mountain fairy who has descended to the mortal world to accumulate merit for my immortal class. But who would have known that when I was resting from my travels, a man cut open my belly? If I hadn't run fast,

  "We're all going to die here."

  In the end, he was already furious, and Yang Lao'er's wife's big watery eyes were now like two green beans, her facial features also gathering towards the center.

  Staring dead at Yang Lao Er, a pair of small eyes didn't need to ask to know that Huang Xian already knew who the culprit was.

  Yang Lao Er was also seen with his hair standing on end, bowing his head and looking at Second Master, his voice trembling as he said: "Second Brother, what's going on? This is a matter of life and death. You must save me, Second Brother..."

  After finishing, he had to kneel down again. The second master originally didn't want to deal with Huang Xian, and now Yang Lao'er was following and making trouble. He felt annoyed in his heart, but seeing Yang Lao'er's appearance, he also pitied him. So he helped Yang Lao'er up and didn't let him kneel down, letting him retreat to the side and wait.

  Turning his head, Second Master smiled at Yang Lao's wife on the kang and said: "Huang Xian, you see that he has unintentionally offended us. Can't you think of a way for us to discuss this?"

  "Alright, then let me take the knife and slash his belly too, so this account can be settled like that. Otherwise, I'll make sure his family has no peace and is cut off from descendants." Yang Lao Er's wife spoke out a ruthless phrase, from which it can also be seen that Huang Pizi was determined to get rid of Yang Lao Er this time, and wouldn't rest until he was dead.

  Yang Lao Er, who was listening on the side, was so scared that he peed his pants. If one knife cut down, wouldn't his intestines flow out? How could he still have a chance to live?

  The onlookers outside the house (the kitchen where people cook outside the bedroom, also known as "outer room" in Northeast China) were all shocked and regretted coming to watch the commotion. Huang Pizi loves to entangle people, if someone gets entangled by them, that person will be ruined for life.

  Everyone looked at Yang Lao Er with a pitiful expression, and Yang Lao Er was also at his wit's end, he could only stare at my Second Master with pleading eyes, hoping to be saved.

  The Second Master is also bitter in his heart, although he is a disciple of the horse, but when he encounters the Huang family's fairy house, it is also reasonable to say that they cannot be clear. You know, if the old Huang family's fairy house recognizes something, it will really break through the pot and dry it up.

  But can't just watch Yang Lao Er die like this, although it's bitter in my heart, I put on a smiling face and said: "Immortal, you are magnanimous, he is just a mortal, how can he bear such severe punishment. Immortal, would you consider letting him do something else for you, or serve you for life, set up an ancestral tablet. Day and night pray for the immortal's great kindness, help the immortal ascend to the ranks of the immortals as soon as possible."

  The Second Master can only be tempted by benefits now, and all the fairy families have a common goal, which is to ascend to the fairy class as soon as possible, leave their physical bodies behind, and transform into humans.

  So this trick might be the way to save Yang Lao Er's life, but if it still doesn't work, then Second Master can only ask the Taoist priest from the Tang family to come out and confront the Taoist priest from the Huang family in front of him.

  Anyway, we can't let this yellow-skinned guy take Yang Lao Er's life away. If that happens, Second Master will no longer be able to mix in the village from now on.

  And I and Dog Egg followed a group of adults to Yang Lao Er's home, the outer room was already crowded with more than ten people, we two couldn't squeeze in at all. Helplessly, I had an idea, which was to pull Dog Egg to the outside of the window, but once outside, it was still out of reach because the window was a bit high, and we two were less than one meter tall children, who could not see the situation inside the house at all.

  In desperation, I and Dog Egg could only hear the voices coming from inside, but couldn't see anything. This curiosity was like having four or five cat claws scratching at my heart.

  It was still me who came up with a clever idea, so I told Dog Egg to go behind the house and see if there were any mud bricks, move a few over and pile them up, we stood on top of them and estimated that we could see.

  Then Dog Egg and I split up to search for the earthen blocks. Just as I was searching carefully, a shout came from Dog Egg on the east side of the house: "Third Brother, Third Brother, come quickly, this is fun..."