After having a drink and saying goodbye to the brothers and the school, I stood outside the school with my luggage on my back, looking at the traffic and people passing by. I felt a little overwhelmed for a moment.
In the past few years at Lan Li Gong, I have experienced happiness and regrets. The biggest regret is that I could not say goodbye to Xu Lingyu alone before leaving, or even tell her my feelings.
After leaving, I don’t know if there will be a chance to meet again in the future. Maybe, those unsaid words can only be kept in my heart for the rest of my life.
Tai Qing also expressed his indignation at my "unfair" experience, but when he was indignant, he could only sigh and feel helpless.
"I have a friend who asked me to start a business together a few years ago. He said that he had saved some money, but he always wanted to get me to join him. He said that if there were suitable talents, he asked me to bring them to him quickly. It just so happened that I also felt that It’s boring to read this little book, I think we can go there together, the old man also said that the Three Stooges are better than Zhuge Liang.”
I rolled my eyes at him. Even though this guy was speaking in a serious manner, I would not listen to his "nonsense". Even if he really wanted to, he couldn't agree. I couldn't stay in school anymore, but he was different. Uncle Yang had high hopes for him since he was a child. He always nagged us in front of us, saying that Tai Qing was a good man in both civil and military skills. , It can really bring face to Lao Yang’s parents.
Besides, I see that he is quite happy at school, so I can’t force him to leave with me just because I was kicked out. It doesn’t make sense.
"Fuck your grandpa, don't think that my brother is the kind of person who loses his job after graduation. Although it's not a formal graduation, it doesn't mean that he hasn't learned anything. Don't worry, I won't starve to death. Those things I borrowed from you during this period I will find a way to repay you the money, and for the rest... remember to contact me often when you have time."
Tai Qing is a good kung fu guy, but he doesn’t know how to drink. When we said goodbye, the two of us simply spoke some common words. Probably because we have known each other for so many years, we both thought this kind of farewell was enough. It's as natural as ever.
Everyone has his own ambitions, maybe in all directions, maybe in one corner.
After I went out and got on the bus, I remembered that I had to call my mother and talk about the current situation. Coincidentally, just when I was about to make the call, Chen Bo called. Needless to say, he naturally talked about how to deal with the two ghosts.
After he reminded me, I remembered that there was indeed such a thing, so I got off the bus at the next stop, took another bus and went to Lao Chen's store in my memory.
The grandfather and grandson still have the same temperament. They don't want to see each other openly, but they care about each other very much in private. No, my brother was carrying his luggage and was about to knock on the door, but he was startled by a figure that suddenly rushed out of the door.
"Okay, old man, just wait! I'll see who will take care of you in old age! I'll go!"
As soon as the man finished speaking, an old-fashioned copper kettle flew out of the room...
Chen Bo got excited and ran away a long time ago. He turned around and saw me standing outside the door. Then he turned back, hugged me and shouted cordially, "Brother, you're finally here!"
As he spoke, he helped me pick up a bag of luggage, then put me in front of me as if he was using me as a shield, and the two of them entered the store one after another.
"You brat, you dare to come back! Do you think I won't... Hey, Xiao Zhao is here, come on, come on, come and sit down, have you eaten?"
Old Chen was obviously angry a second ago, but when he saw me, he suddenly smiled.
"Old man, am I a grandson or he is a grandson?! How do you treat them differently?"
Why does Chen Bo’s words sound a little strange to me?
"How dare you say that! Go and boil a kettle of water to make tea."
I smiled bitterly and shook my head, saying that it was not so troublesome and it was not my first time here. Unexpectedly, Lao Chen patted me on the shoulder and said meaningfully that since I was here, we should discuss the future together. Have tea and have dinner later.
I thought to myself that if the tea is not genuine, I might as well drink a glass of water.
"Then... okay, but I won't drink the tea. I'll just go get a glass of water."
Old Chen nodded, then looked at the luggage beside me, but didn't say anything. He just motioned to Chen Bo to pick up the copper pot that had been thrown far out the door.
To my surprise, Lao Chen didn't mention the two ghosts, but asked me about the whereabouts of the blood ghosts and my future plans.
I sighed bitterly and told him about letting go of the blood demon that night. I thought that an old gentleman like him would be angry at me for letting an evil demon go, but unexpectedly, he showed his anger. I support my brother's actions, and he also talks about repaying kindness with kindness, repaying grievance with kindness, etc. If this were a ghost girl, she might have taught me a lesson.
"Anyway, I can't study now. I want to go home and see my grandparents first, and then go out and find a job."
"Oh, that's right. By the way, if you are interested, you can come to my place to help me when you have time. The salary is easy to discuss."
I know that Lao Chen probably wants to help me make a living, but I am not willing to delve into the reasons behind others doing certain things. Although he and my mother are friends, he feels like Lao Huang to me, a I am happy to get along with generous and upright people, but I don’t want to cause them any trouble, probably because deep down I am also a person who is afraid of trouble.
So, naturally, I didn't agree, but asked him what he planned to do with the ghost he caught.
He may have seen that I don't show much interest in their profession now, so he is not like the elders in my friends' families who always "bomb" their ears with non-stop persuasion.
"Here, they are inside." Lao Chen said, pointing to the wooden tube as thick as a fist and as long as a palm on the altar table holding the heaven and earth tablets. I took a closer look and saw that the talismans were obviously carved on the surface of the wooden tube with a knife, and then traced along the lines with cinnabar. The top was blocked with yellow cloth, and then a layer of moxa wax oil was poured on it to seal it.
I have seen it in the Xuanmei Secret Scroll. This thing is called a "ghost-sealing tube", which is one of the tools used by Taoists to catch ghosts and seal evil spirits. I remember there are two talismans on it, and one is called "sealing evil spirits." ", one is called "Suppressing Evil". This is very particular. "Seal it inside and suppress it". Obtaining it means "surrender first and kill later". That is to say, when encountering ghosts and evil spirits, the main method is to subdue them and behead them as a supplement.
Of course, I don’t just advocate this kind of thinking. If you encounter evil ghosts and evil spirits that are stubborn and cruel by nature, you don’t have to stick to the principle of life and death. Otherwise, you won’t be killed before you have perfected your mind. Several times.
Talking about the ghost envelope again, when Old Chen saw that I didn’t ask what it was, he roughly knew that I should be familiar with it, so he simply stopped introducing it to me.
"These two little guys were filled with a lot of evil spirit that night, which stimulated their ferocious nature. That's why we had the illusion of encountering a powerful ghost. Now that they are trapped inside, the evil spirit has been eliminated, and their vitality will inevitably be severely damaged. If it weren't for I wish you could tell me specifically, but they didn't kill innocent people indiscriminately, I would have killed them long ago based on my temper."
I smiled and asked him if he could let them go. According to Mr. Yin Yang's profession, this could be considered as a way to accumulate some yin virtue.
I thought he would happily agree, but he shook his head and refused, saying that he would keep them here for a while, and then I would let them go when I came back from my hometown to look for him here.
I frowned, wondering what the old man meant. According to what he said, even if I went back to my hometown, I would leave soon and would come to see him again...
Yes, I admit that I won't stay in my hometown, but why do you think that your brother will come back to you? Although I can't help but get involved in many things, my dream since childhood is to be a cycling enthusiast traveling all over China! (bicycle) instead of being a so-called heavenly master!
Tsk tsk, is this naughty old man trying to have some evil intentions and planning to stage a drama like "The beauty is hidden in the golden house" or "The relationship between a human and a ghost is still lingering"? Those two female ghosts are probably pretty pretty. .
While I was wandering here, I unexpectedly and pleasantly heard the ghost girl's voice in my mind!
"Hmm~ha~"
It sounds like he slept very comfortably.
"Old man Chen won't let them go because the two ghosts have been poisoned by the evil spirit and are so weak that they may die at any time. It would be better to let them stay in the ghost sealing tube for a while."
I was pleasantly surprised and asked her why she hadn't moved in the past few days, which made me think she had burped or something. After hearing this, she cursed me and said I was vulgar and indecent.
Just be vulgar and vulgar. Anyway, I am not a gentleman or a gentle person.
"By the way, isn't the ghost sealing tube used to seal away ghosts and suppress evil spirits? Shouldn't evil things like ghosts be more uncomfortable and suffer more in it? Why do you still say that you will raise it?"
She scolded: "I thought you were really good at recognizing the ghost-sealing tube, but it turns out it's just butter."
Dude, my face turned red. You must say that I do know this ghost letter. But when she said that, it felt like I just met a lonely person. Although she could read and write, she couldn't understand the meaning of the sentence. child.
It is recorded in the Xuanmei Secret Scroll that the ghost-sealing tube is made of yin wood (generally locust tree, elm, willow, and poplar are used). The cinnabar with carved patterns belongs to yang. This is called "outer yang and inner yin". Ghosts like yin, and are trapped in yin. You won't be hurt after sealing the town, but once you are inside, it will be difficult to escape unless you destroy it or remove the rune seal.
Mei Ling's explanation made my brother enlightened. It seems that Taoism has really mastered the theory of yin and yang. It turns out that with such profound knowledge in this field, my brother is really ignorant and ignorant.
With Mei Ling's explanation, I gained another understanding of Lao Chen as a person. This rhythm is quite good, step by step, slowly solving the problem.
Because the two little female ghosts were very weak, I only learned that one of them was named Gu Tingting and the other was Sun Yunfei, and I didn’t have the opportunity to know anything about their lives and deaths. This is why I still returned to Lanmu City alone later. And find one of the reasons for Lao Chen.
Lao Chen seemed to know about my expulsion from school, but he never mentioned it in front of me. Only when we had dinner at his place in the evening, he mentioned coming to his shop to help. He seemed to be talking about me both inside and outside his words. People who have the potential to learn Taoism are suitable for their profession.
Maybe he also knew my mother Zhao Tong’s well-known name, so he didn’t say anything big like asking me to learn skills from him and inherit the mantle. Besides, if we really want to inherit the mantle, wouldn’t it be Chen Bo? Well.
Regardless of all these things, after dinner, I was also drunk and fell into a daze. I didn’t refuse and slept on the sofa in his shop. According to the ghost girl, the guy would exhale as soon as his head touched the pillow. Falling asleep is no different from dying...
This was the most solid sleep I had had in a while. Maybe it was because of the alcohol, or maybe it was because the stone hanging in my heart finally showed signs of sinking. In short, when I opened my eyes, the curtains were already there. Reflecting the shadow of the burning sun.
People of Lao Chen's generation are not used to drinking beer, so the three of us poured liquor into our stomachs last night. I was a little better and shook my head after finishing half the bottle. Chen Bo was already drunk by the old man when he finished half the bottle. Chen helped Chen to the door and vomited several times. Later, we took him to the inner room to lie down on the bed. Lao Chen was amazing. He finished a bottle of liquor weighing more than a kilogram by himself, and he acted like a normal person. He also arranged the bedding for me and cleaned up the broken table. He went to bed the latest but got up the earliest. that.
When I woke up, I could already smell the aroma of porridge coming from the kitchen.
Maybe, I didn't wake up naturally, but was woken up by this fragrance.
I got up and washed my face. Just as I was about to go into the toilet to pee, something suddenly came to my mind. I tentatively called out "Charming Spirit" a few times. Seeing that she didn't respond, I guess she wasn't awake yet (actually, I didn't know her either) I usually sleep or not), the buddy then took off his pants with confidence to release the pressure.
"I never thought you had this habit of calling me when you urinate."
!
I was so scared that I felt a warm and wet feeling on my hands...
"Huh--"
Do you know what it means to cry without tears?
"Why didn't you say anything when I called you just now? I thought you hadn't woken up." I shook my hand, turned on the faucet in disgust and annoyance, and washed away the urine stains on it.
"Sleeping and eating are things that only you mortals can do, and I don't need to."
"Then why have you been silent for several days?"
"This... you, you care about me, can you if I don't want to say anything?"
This ghost girl loves face so much.
"Okay, but you keep peeking into my life, which makes me feel very insecure. Besides, as a grown man, what should I do if I go to the toilet to take a shower in the future?"
I wanted to complain to her, but instead she humiliated me.
"Tch, just your little embroidery needle, my aunt doesn't care to look at it. Besides, I saved your life. Isn't it happy to look at you?"
Can that man endure such grievance and humiliation? It is unbearable!
"Fart, you're the one with the embroidery needle! You... you're a female pervert, a female hooligan!"
"What a pity. My aunt does have an embroidery needle. How about it? Do you want to show it to me and compare it with you? Hehe."
If anyone saw me arguing with myself about "embroidery needles" and my face was red, they would think that I was crazy.
At this time, I also gradually realized that although this ghost girl has the same mind and body as a child, her mind is mature. I am afraid that when I first met her, she was acting in front of me.
After the small episode in the morning, my brothers also said goodbye to Lao Chen. My mother still couldn't be contacted, and Xu Lingyu's number couldn't be dialed. Fortunately, there was still a ghost girl accompanying me, which made the bus trip to my hometown look awkward. So bleak.
I could have gone back to the house my mother bought in the town, but I was the only one left. Besides, it had been a long time since I had visited the old man, so I just went straight to Lancang.
During the 8-hour drive, I also chatted with the elder brother sitting next to me. I guess he was too sleepy. As we chatted, I realized that he was already snoring...
It wasn't until after 7 o'clock, when the afterglow of dusk guided my eyes to the familiar hills and private buildings through the car glass, that I realized that I had entered the Lancang boundary. In another half hour, I would reach the station.
I haven’t returned to my hometown for a long time, but I didn’t expect that this time I would come back for various unacceptable reasons. I wonder how the two elderly people would feel when they knew that I dropped out of school...
