"Emperor Shunde?" Aguan was puzzled.
"Yes, Emperor Shunde, we all call him Duke Shunde. Duke Shunde's magic power is boundless and he can save all living beings... The reason why you woke up is because of the miracles performed by Duke Shunde. They said that you and Duke Shunde are destined, and they want you to worship Shunde." I’m going to be your deed… Mom will take you to the temple tomorrow to fulfill your vows, meet Duke Shunde, and be his deed!” Yue’e said excitedly.
Aguan couldn't answer. He had never heard of his father or mother having any religious beliefs before, let alone being the godson of a god or fulfilling one's wishes.
"Then when can I be discharged from the hospital? I want to go home." Aguan asked.
"Yes, yes! Mom will go to help you with the discharge procedures later. She will leave tomorrow. No, she will be discharged tonight. Who wants to stay in this bullshit hospital! Go to hell with the Mongolian doctor, go to hell..." Yue'e kept pacing in the ward, muttering to herself, and walked out minding her own business.
"Hey, brother, congratulations on waking up."
Aguan turned around and saw an aunt, probably in her sixties, sitting next to the hospital bed next door. There was an old man lying on the bed in front of her.
"I really envy you. My wife has been sleeping for six years and still can't wake up. You are so lucky, so good...but..." the aunt said with a slight smile.
Seeing that the aunt seemed to have something hard to say, Aguan asked, "But...?"
"You should pay more attention to your mother. She... has been in a very bad state of mind these days, and something is wrong..."
"Ah? What happened to my mother these days?" Aguan asked in confusion.
The aunt opened the thermos bottle and poured a glass of water for Aguan. "Call me Fu Ma." Aguan took the water glass and said thank you. Fu's mother sat next to her husband, touched her hair, and said slowly: "When you first came in, your mother stayed with you all day long, just crying and not saying anything..."
Aguan listened quietly to Fu's mother talking about what happened in the past month, and roughly outlined the whole process.
Yue'e has been by Aguan's side every day since he was sent to the hospital, accompanying him through several brain surgeries. At first, she almost collapsed. Thanks to Fu's mother's persuasion, Yue'e finally ate some. Things go home and rest.
Fu Ma has a cheerful personality, and Yue'e has a lot of ideas with her as her companion, and she no longer sheds tears all day long.
Until half a month ago, one morning, Fu's mother came to visit her husband again. As soon as Yue'e saw Fu's mother, she happily took her hand and wanted to show her something, and then took out a small talisman bag from her purse. , saying that it was a life-saving talisman obtained from the temple, saying how magical the land of Shunde was, and saying that Aguan could be saved.
Fu's mother didn't believe this, but thinking about the love of parents in the world, she sang along with Yue'e, saying that Aguanji's people and gods would definitely get better.
At first, Fu Ma only thought that she loved her son so much, and it was human nature to entrust her hope to religion when there was nothing she could do. But as the days passed, everyone found that Yue'e's behavior became more and more outrageous and unreasonable, and her temper became more and more irritable. She often asked Aguan to drink the talisman water she asked for from the temple. I often get into arguments with nurses because of this.
"Look behind you..." Fu Ma said this and pointed at Aguan's back.
Aguan turned his head and saw a large portrait posted on the wall beside his bed. On it was a statue of a god, presumably the Shunde Emperor his mother called him. Aguan looked at the portrait in surprise. It was hard to imagine that such a thing would be posted in the hospital.
Fu Ma continued to talk about this painting. A week ago, Yue'e had a fierce argument with the doctor when she insisted on giving Aguan a drink of talisman water. The doctor finally gave in and allowed the statue to be attached, but she could not force Aguan to drink talisman water.
After Fu Ma said this, she took a sip of water and looked at the ground, obviously still feeling frightened.
"Last night, your mother came to see you. She was fine at first, but then she suddenly took out a jar of unknown liquid from her purse. As soon as I saw the jar, I thought it must be talisman water or something. You Your mother grabbed you like crazy, tore off your nasal tube, and forced you to drink the stuff. The nurse stopped her and was slapped twice by her. Later, everyone worked together to subdue your mother. Only then did everyone see Clearly, the potion contains not only unburned talismans, but also half-dead rats and many small insects..."
"Ah?" Aguan shook involuntarily.
"Originally, the hospital planned to call the police, but your mother sat on the ground crying afterwards and kept saying that she was just trying to save you. Plus, I interceded on her behalf, so the hospital was able to reduce the problem..." Fu's mother sighed.
"My mother... is not like this, she has always been very nice to people..." Aguan couldn't believe it.
"I know, maybe she is too worried about you, so her mood is so unstable, so I said, you should pay more attention to your mother..." Fu's mother said.
Aguan nodded and drank the glass of water in his hand. Then he lay down quietly and looked at the ceiling.
Fu Ma didn't talk to Aguan anymore, but only stroked her husband's sparse hair from time to time, sometimes looked out the window, occasionally said something to her husband in a very thin voice, and then smiled contentedly, as if remembering the past.
Although his wife couldn't answer, Aguan clearly felt the atmosphere of the world between two people and felt Fu Ma's love and reluctance for his wife.
Aguan fantasizes about what Fu Ma and her husband looked like when they were young, and their stories may be extremely ordinary, but they will last forever.
In this day and age, it's rare.
Thinking about it, Aguan gradually became sleepy.
"Ayou, Ayou!" Aguan opened his eyes, and his mother happily pushed him and said, "Wake up quickly, let's go, we are going to be discharged from the hospital."
Aguan sat up, rubbed his eyes and said, "Discharged? Can you be discharged?" As he spoke, he looked at the clock on the wall. It was about nine o'clock in the evening.
"Yes, Mom has already completed the discharge procedures for you. Let's leave this ghost hospital as soon as possible! Never see these bastard doctors again!" Yue'e then began to complain about how bad and hateful the doctors and nurses were, mixed with many bad language.
Aguan was confused when he saw his mother speaking dirty words fluently. Her mother had never spoken like this before.
After leaving the hospital, Yue'e took Aguan to a noodle shop. The mother and son ate noodles in the noodle shop and talked about things in the hospital. However, most of the time, Aguan quietly listened to his mother scolding those doctors for being disrespectful to Shunde, which was a heinous crime.
On the way home, Aguan looked at Yue'e walking in front, filled with fear and confusion. The mother in front of him seemed to be a completely different person. Yue'e competed with others for seats on the bus, yelled at each other, and even growled loudly at wild dogs on the roadside.
After entering the apartment and walking upstairs, Aguan looked at his door and breathed a sigh of relief. He was finally home again.
"Drink!" As soon as he opened the door, he saw the unfamiliar dark red living room in front of him, which made Aguan's finally relaxed mood tense up again.
The living room has completely changed. All the white fluorescent tubes on the ceiling have been removed and replaced by a few red light bulbs on the table and red lanterns hanging around. The whole room was lit up in red.
There is a huge statue of the god hanging on the wall, surrounded by various talismans. The table in the center of the living room is filled with magical instruments, offerings and scriptures.
On the small table that was originally used to place the phone, there were several strange glass bottles filled with black liquid and some brown viscous substance. It was probably the talisman water that her mother fed herself.
"What are you doing? Don't come in yet! Come on, come on, come and offer incense to Mr. Shunde..." Yue'e had already lit a stick of incense and urged Aguan to enter the house.
Aguan suppressed the fear in his heart, took off his shoes and walked into the house, took the incense from his mother's hand, and bowed several times to the big statue hanging on the wall.
When he returned to his room, he saw two big red lanterns that illuminated the whole room darkly. Aguan reached out to press the light switch, but there was no response. When he looked up, he saw that the lights above his head were all gone, just like the ones in the living room.
"Ah!" Aguan felt someone tap him on the shoulder, and he started shaking with fright. When he turned around, it turned out to be his mother. "Ayou, if you think it's too dark, just light a candle. These candles are sacred candles sent by Emperor Shunde. Light them to ensure safety."
Those candles were as thick as soda cans. Aguan lit them one by one, and the room finally became a little brighter.
But it was okay if it didn't light up, but when it turned on it made Aguan frown even more - the basketball superstar poster he had posted on the wall was replaced by a portrait of Shunde Gong, and various sizes of Shunde Gong's portraits were also hung on his desk. .
