In the early morning, Shu Guan opened his eyes. The sunlight outside the window had not yet shone in, but Shu Guan decided to get up immediately because he had a lot to do today.
He sat up from the bed and lifted the quilt. A four-legged snake quickly emerged from the quilt, and then nimbly got under the bed.
Is this guy actually so bold as to get into his bed to keep warm at night? The question is, you are a cold-blooded animal, are you so afraid of the cold?
Then Shuguan felt a wet feeling coming from the roots of his thighs.
It must be the good thing that four-legged snake just did!
Shu Guan originally wanted to pull out the four-legged snake hiding under the bed to settle the score, but because he was in a good mood today, he finally decided to forget it.
"From now on, I'll leave this bed to you!"
Shu Guan said this to the four-legged snake across a bed board.
Yes, this should be the last time he sleeps in this bed.
Because today he is finally leaving this valley and Taoyuan Village where he has lived for eighteen years.
This time, I really left.
Then Shu Guan came to the courtyard, fetched a basin of water from the well and began to wash himself.
Putting the basin on the stone table, he picked up a handful of water with both hands and rubbed his face a few times. The palms of his hands were full of black pockmarks.
Shu Guan has long been accustomed to this, and now every morning when he washes his face, he will get pockmarks.
Just when Shu Guan was about to shake off the pockmarks in his hands, he inadvertently glanced at the face reflected in the clear water of the basin, and he was suddenly startled.
Then Shu Guan turned around and rushed into the house, taking out a mirror from the drawer.
Taoyuan Village originally had no mirrors. The mirror Shu Guan is holding now was removed from a helicopter.
A few days ago, Shu Guan went to see the damaged helicopter, and then confirmed that there was really no possibility for him to repair the helicopter.
After all, I am not a grandfather, so I can’t really figure out everything.
What's more, the old lame man can't really learn everything, such as giving birth to a child.
So in the end, Shu Guan removed a rearview mirror from the helicopter and left disappointed.
As for the reason he removed the mirror from the helicopter, it was just for this moment.
He knew that this day would definitely come, and it should be within these few days, but he was not sure which day it would be.
Now the day has finally arrived.
Shu Guan took out the mirror he had prepared, then closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and calmed down his excitement.
After traveling for eighteen years, I can finally see my true self.
Lifting the mirror slowly, Shu Guan opened his eyes.
A young man's face appeared in the mirror.
To be honest, Shu Guan was a little disappointed when he first opened his eyes.
After being ugly for eighteen years, Shu Guan hopes that if he can return to his normal appearance one day, he will be earth-shatteringly handsome.
It is best to be the kind that you can rely on your face to eat in the future.
But when he saw himself in the mirror for the first time, Shu Guan's original expectations were shattered.
It is absolutely impossible to rely on face to make a living.
Of course, it can’t be said to be ugly, it’s even a little prettier than ordinary.
The nose, mouth, and eyebrows are not very impressive in appearance, but when combined together, they are quite pleasing to the eye, and it makes people feel very attractive after looking at them for a long time.
Especially a pair of eyes, clear and deep, full of indescribable charm.
At the same time, maybe it's because the original black pockmarks blocked him from too much ultraviolet rays, or maybe it's because the old lame man didn't know how much juice of the colorful grass he applied to him since he was a child, so the skin on Shu Guan's face is extremely white.
The skin that was once covered with pockmarks is now as smooth as white jade with excellent texture, without any blemishes.
"good."
This is Shu Guan's final evaluation of his appearance. After all, compared with his previous life, he has entered the ranks of handsome men.
Then Shu Guan put down the mirror. After all, he was going to cultivate immortality soon. Shu Guan didn't pay much attention to the small regret that his appearance did not meet his expectations.
Then Shuguan started to pack his things.
In fact, there isn't much to pack. After leaving the valley, we will usher in a new life. There is no need to take away many things from home.
And we have to climb the vine bridge to the cliff later, so it will be inconvenient to bring too many things.
But there are some things that must be taken away, even though those things are actually of no use at all.
Shu Guan took a large bamboo box from the yard outside and returned to the house again. This bamboo box was woven by himself in the past two days just to hold the things he wanted to take away.
Putting the bamboo box on the bed and opening the lid, Shu Guan first took off the giant ox-horn bow and quiver on the wall and put them in the box. Then he took out the ox-ear sharp knife from the drawer and put them in as well. Bamboo box.
Then Shuguan went to the room where the sundries were piled, and found a wooden horse played by a five- or six-year-old child, and a centipede kite played by a seven- or eight-year-old child. He took it back to the back room and put it in a bamboo box.
Then he squatted down and pulled out a small wooden box from under the bed. He opened it and found that there were some children's toys such as mahogany swords, rattles, spinning tops, etc. Shu Guan put those things into the bamboo box one by one. middle.
These toys were all birthday gifts given to Shuguan by the old cripple.
Shu Guan lived with the old cripple for eighteen years. Except for the eighteenth birthday gift promised to him which was not fulfilled, Shu Guan gave him a total of seventeen gifts since he was one year old.
Shu Guan didn't like most of these gifts, but he didn't like them, but he couldn't bear to leave them here like this.
So Shu Guan wants to take away all these things.
The last thing Shu Guan picked up was a peach wood sword. When he picked up the peach wood sword, Shu Guan was stunned for a moment.
He clearly remembered that this mahogany sword was a tenth birthday gift given to him by the old cripple. Because of this sword, he had some misunderstandings about the old cripple, and was finally beaten up by the four tigers of the Wang family.
But now that I think about it, the illusion seems not to be an illusion.
After feeling lost for a while, Shuguan put the mahogany sword into the wooden box.
But at this time, Shu Guan inexplicably remembered that strange dream again, the dragon, and the dragon's blood that spread all over his body.
Isn't that the lame man's eighteenth birthday gift to himself?
After putting all the birthday gifts in this life into the bamboo box, Shuguan wanted to close the lid of the bamboo box, but suddenly he seemed to remember something. After hesitating for a few seconds, he walked to a cabinet in the house. , opened the cupboard door, and pulled out a rug from under a pile of clothes.
This is a luxurious gold satin rug, which looks so out of place with this simple cabinet, this simple house, and this simple village.
Eighteen years ago, the original owner of this body was lying in a wooden basin, covered with this rug, and floated into this valley along the stream from the outside of the mountain, and landed in front of the old cripple.
The old lame man kept this rug.
Shu Guan is holding this rug in his hand, his fingers gently sliding over the smooth satin surface. In the corner of the rug, there is a small word "spring" embroidered with gold thread.
To be honest, Shu Guan has no feelings for this rug. After all, he is a time traveler, and he replaced the other person when this body was born, so he doesn't really want to know much about his biological parents in this world. interest of.
In this world, he has only one relative, the old cripple.
...But, let’s bring it first...
In the end, Shu Guan put the rug into the bamboo box, then he stood silently in the room for a while, his eyes scanning everything in the room, then he carried the bamboo box behind him and walked out of the room. He walked around the small courtyard, walked out of the courtyard, turned around and locked the door.
"goodbye."
Shu Guan whispered these two words to the house where he had lived for eighteen years.
Then he turned and walked out of the village.
At the same time, many villagers in Taoyuan Village also walked out of their homes. They bowed on their backs, held their children in their arms, and slowly walked out of the village. After taking a few steps, they would look back, and some of them began to sob softly. .
More than two hundred years ago, their ancestors left their hometown and came here.
More than two hundred years later, they will leave their hometown again.
Who knows if we can live a better life than in Taoyuan Village after returning to the outside world?
Soon after, Shu Guan's figure appeared on the grain drying ground. There were already many people on the grain drying ground. Shu Guan glanced around and found Wang Dahu's figure, and then strode over there.
Wang Dahu was carrying his two-year-old son on his back and holding the baby in his hands. This was his third child, who was only ten days old. He was quietly comforting his wife, who was supposed to be still in confinement. Zhang Yadan next to him, Then he hugged Wang Dahu's eldest daughter and wiped the tears from the little girl's face.
Shu Guan walked up behind Wang Dahu and patted him on the shoulder.
Wang Dahu turned around and looked at the strange young man behind him, his eyes blank and confused.
Is there such a person in the village?
"I'm Mazi."
Shu Guan smiled at him.
"ah!"
Wang Dahu almost jumped up in shock, and then shouted.
"Mazi, have you finally lost all your pockmarks?"
Wang Dahu had already known about the pockmarks on Shu Guan's face a few days ago, so he finally reacted at this moment.
Alarmed by Wang Dahu's shout, Zhang Yadan also raised her head and looked over, and then she saw Brother Mazi, who looked like he had been reborn, and he immediately stayed there.
"Mazi, you look really handsome without Mazi."
Wang Dahu carefully looked at Shu Guan's new face, and then laughed.
It's really hard to talk about Jun, but compared with the people in the village, it's okay, and the main reason is that he was so ugly before, and now he has a different face, which will inevitably cause some misunderstandings to acquaintances like Wang Dahu.
Shu Guan still thought so with great self-knowledge.
"We haven't all arrived yet, so I'll go say goodbye to Grandpa first."
Then Shu Guan said something to Wang Dahu.
Wang Dahu was silent for a moment, then nodded and said:
"I'm going to kowtow to dad too."
"I am coming too."
Zhang Yadan, who was next to him, also came over.
Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang were buried on the same day as Wang Erniu, and they were also buried under the peach blossom slope.
So the three of them left the grain drying field, walked through the stream, and headed towards the graves of their relatives.
Shu Guan came to the grave of the old cripple, put down the bamboo box, knelt down, and kowtowed three times.
Then Shu Guan stood up and stood silently in front of the grave for a while.
He thought a lot about the old cripple.
Finally, Shu watched the grave in front of him and said a few words.
"Grandpa, if you are lying in the tomb now, then rest in peace here. Your grandson will definitely come back to see you in the future."
"But! If you have sneaked away by yourself, then be careful not to be found by me in the future!"
Shu Guan said the last sentence through gritted teeth.
Then he put the bamboo box on his back and turned around.
By the stream, Zhang Yadan was already waiting for him by the stream.
"Brother Mazi, thank you."
Zhang Yadan's eyes were red, it seemed that she had just cried. Seeing Shu Guan coming over, she said something grateful to Shu Guan.
Shu Guan knew that Yadan was thanking him for helping Uncle Zhang and Aunt Zhang get revenge.
"Okay, stop crying. Now think more about happy things. Haven't you always wanted to go out since you were a child? Now you can finally leave here. You can go to the outside world and meet more new people. See more new things.”
Zhang Yadan stared at Shu Guan's face and was silent for a while, then shook her head and said quietly:
"No, Brother Mazi, I don't want to go out that much now."
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After returning to the grain drying field, all the living villagers in Taoyuan Village were already waiting there.
Shuguan walked naturally to the front of everyone. He originally wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing.
Because if the old cripple stood here right now, he wouldn't say anything.
The old cripple has always been a person who only does things silently.
So Shu Guan waved to everyone.
"let's go!"
In the past, it was the old lame man who took care of the Taoyuan villagers all his life. From now on, he will be the one to do this.
Shu Guan cannot guarantee that he can do better than the old cripple, but he will try his best.
Shuguan led Taoyuan Village to the cliff.
Under the cliff, stood a middle-aged Taoist in purple robes and a young Taoist in black robes. Next to them was a vine ladder leading directly to the top of the cliff.
After thirteen days, Mu Yao finally created a vine ladder leading out of the valley, and this was also the way Taoyuan villagers left here.
"Get everyone up there as soon as possible. Time is running out. The ban on Lieyang Pearl may be broken at any time."
Li Zhixia said to Shu Guan with a serious expression.
Shu Guan looked back and saw that on the cliff opposite, the light that was originally as bright as the scorching sun had become extremely dim, like a candle that was about to run out of oil and could be swallowed up by the surrounding darkness at any time.
"Okay, Master."
Then he began to direct the Taoyuan villagers to climb up the rattan ladder one by one. Old people or children with limited mobility were carried up by the young adults in the village.
Shu Guan was the last person to climb up the vine ladder. When he reached out to hold the vine ladder, he looked back and looked in the direction of the peach blossom forest, then firmly began to climb towards the top of the cliff, and then Didn't look back.
On this day, Shu Guan finally saw what he looked like.
On this day, Shuguan finally left Taoyuan Village.
