The young man lowered his head, patted his head with his hands, raised his head again, and said sadly, "Of course you don't know me as a father. You were not born when I died." I died young, about the same age you are now.
Ma Chengzhi turned around to leave, but the young man came around again. He said a little sullenly, I still don't believe it and suspect that you are pretending to be my father. My grandfather said that after my father died, he was buried in this grave. It has been more than ten or twenty years since his bones rotted away. How could there be anyone here? Aren't you coaxing a child? I'm not young now, I'm in my twenties. Don't think I'm so easy to coax.
Ma Chengzhi, who was dreaming, didn't think he was in a dream. The young man said kindly, "Baby!" It is true that my bones buried in this tomb have rotted away, but my undead spirit is still there. Haven't you heard of the saying of the soul?
I've heard that, it's all lies. When I was studying, my grades were not very good, but I listened to what the teacher said. The teacher also said that there are no gods or ghosts in the world, it all starts with humans. Ma Chengzhi glared at the young man with contempt, put on a serious look and asked: Where are you from? You pretender, don't pretend to be my father. Although my father passed away early and I have never seen his face, I respect him very much.
Baby! I understand that you don’t believe that I am your father. You also use the teacher’s words to deny that there are gods and ghosts in the world. I also understand that you are not deeply involved in the world and you still don’t understand many things. What many people have said has been overturned by the facts. .
The young man wanted to continue talking, but Ma Chengzhi shook his head, still not wanting to hear it. He said in a commanding tone, "Don't call me Zai. Why should I be your Zai?" I'm about the same age as you, can't you see?
Then he looked at the young man's small eyes and said loudly, "Open your eyes wider and see, can you give birth to me?" Just call me brother, stop talking nonsense.
Ma Chengzhi was about to leave again, and the young man said with a smile, Chengzhi, can you be patient and listen to me?
What's up? Say it quickly.
More than 20 years ago, I opened the Madu River Goose Meat Restaurant. I let a large number of big white geese step onto the red-hot iron plate, slowly tortured them to death, and used their swollen and fat webbed toes to make special dishes to attract people's attention. Guest, I earned money from animal cruelty and killing, and then I met with misfortune. All the money I earned was stolen. Not only did I accidentally eat a dead chicken that was poisoned by rats, I also died of poisoning and lost my life. .
This seems to be accidental, but in fact it is inevitable. It was an arrangement from somewhere. According to officials from the Underworld, my life span was originally 73 years. Because of this unscrupulous act of cruelty and killing of animals, the Underworld cut off my life span by 53 years. After my death for more than 20 years, I have been Without transcendence, the dead suffer in hell. How painful it was to be naked, holding a bright red copper pillar in one hand and suffering from the scalding. The pain was unspeakable and terrible to behold. Now that I have come out of hell, King Yama has given me the gift of being reborn as a flat-haired beast...
Hearing this, Ma Chengzhi suddenly interrupted, what kind of flat-haired beast has he become?
Become a chicken. I am now in the nest of chickens you caught. The chicken with black velvety feathers is me. There is a small black dot on the left side of my sharp beak.
I haven't paid attention to it yet. I'll know when I go back and take a look. Ma Chengzhi is still a little confused. Even if the chicken you mentioned is included in the nest of chickens I bought, it might be a coincidence.
Chengzhi, how can you trust me? the young man asked. At this time, a fallen leaf floated above his head, and he didn't care to brush it off.
However, I do believe that you got my dad's and my grandpa's names right.
My mother, I am your grandmother who passed away not long ago. Can you call her from the underworld to testify and let her tell you that I am your biological father? Because I was your age when I died and have never been reincarnated or changed, so when you see me now, I don’t look like your father, but rather like your brother.
Stop talking about it. Have you heard of it? There is no proof of death. I don't want you to call my grandma to testify. She is already dead. What kind of proof can you use? You are talking nonsense again. Ma Chengzhi was looking at the young man with small eyes seriously, then thought about it and said, but can you tell me, what is my grandma's last name? What's the name?
Your biological grandmother is my biological mother. Her surname is Hong and her first name is Xiaoqing.
You're right about that. However, I still have some doubts. Most people know my grandma's name, so it's normal for you to know it.
So Chengzhi, what should I say for you to believe that I am telling the truth?
I don’t want you to talk now. Can you go home with me? Anyway, my grandfather is still alive. I asked him to identify him. Only when he said you were my father did I really believe it.
That's not difficult. The problem is that you can't go now, and it won't work if you go?
Why?
When asking this question, Ma Chengzhi saw his father's tomb cracked out of the corner of his eye. Before he could take a closer look, he found the young man who claimed to be his father walking towards the crack in the tomb. As he walked, he said, Chengzhi, I My dear boy, you are dreaming now, but your grandfather - my father is awake and has not fallen asleep. I can't talk to him... When Ma Chengzhi went to take a serious look at the young man again, he woke up and broke out in a cold sweat.
He put on his clothes and got up and went to the room next door where his grandfather was sleeping. As expected, his grandfather was not sleeping. He was sitting on the bed mending clothes under the dim light.
Ma Chengzhi suddenly shouted, Grandpa, I had a strange dream. Ma Feilong asked, what strange dream? Scared you enough to crawl into me.
Ma Chengzhi got on the edge of the bed, shook off his shoes, and sat on his grandfather's bed. He said that I was not very scared, but I just felt weird. I dreamed about my father, and I had never seen him before.
Ma Feilong stopped what he was doing, turned around and stared at him and asked, Chengzhi, you said you dreamed of your father, tell me what your father is like.
The man in my dream who was said to be my father was still a young man, about the same age as me. His characteristic was that his eyes were relatively small, but he looked very elf-like.
Ma Feilong nodded and asked again, what did he tell you?
He said his own name, and he also said your and grandma's names correctly. I still didn't believe it. I didn't know I was dreaming in my dream. I thought it was broad daylight, so I asked him to come with me to find you. . I said, I will only believe it if my grandfather identifies you as my father. That person pointed it out and said that this was in a dream. You were not asleep and he could not talk to you. When I woke up and looked for you, you really didn't fall asleep. This was right, which made me really believe that the young man in the dream was my father.
Ma Feilong seemed to be recalling the appearance of Ma Duhe, and suddenly said, when your father left, he was indeed quite young, only 20 years old, younger than you, and his eyes were smaller, but he was very shrewd. In this way, your dream The man you met really looked like your father. If that's the case, you don't have to be afraid. Your father will not harm you, he will only protect you.
He also said one more thing. Ma Chengzhi believed that one of the chickens with black velvet hair in the nest of chickens mentioned by the young man in his dream was his reincarnation. He also said that the reason why he was reincarnated as a chicken was because he tortured and killed a big white goose during his lifetime. , the reason why he earned money from killing his business by launching wok-zhang special dishes.
Ma Feilong listened and remained silent. Suddenly he got up and took the lamp to go out. Ma Chengzhi got off the bed again and followed him with his shoes on, Grandpa, where are you going? I'll keep you company.
Ma Feilong sneered and said, who is accompanying whom? You can come too. Ma Feilong came to the main room and took off the cover on the wooden basin. The chickens clustered into a ball-like ball in the wooden basin began to chirp when they felt it. The little head was squeezed into the gap between other chickens, obviously avoiding something instinctively. However, Ma Feilong reached out and dug through the chickens, and after careful identification, he found a chicken with black velvety feathers. There was a small black dot on the left side of its pointed beak.
