Over the years, I have often seen things I shouldn't have seen because of my obstructive eyes, but because I remember what my fifth grandfather said, I have been fine. As for something as real as Zhang Xiaoxian's five-fingerprint on her ankle, I have never experienced it again. However, I still miss Zhang Xiaoxian very much. I even went back to my hometown to look for her, but Zhang Xiaoxian’s family also moved away, so we really lost contact with her.
I still ordered takeout once, but all industries are very popular, and many working people have started crowdsourcing part-time jobs in takeout. When the delivery man knocked on my door, it was a little boy who was a head taller than me. He said, "What a coincidence! Your name is Zhang Ruoxu. It just so happens that one of my best playmates follows you." You have the same name!”
I also jokingly said: "Really? What a coincidence. No one has called my name for a long time, but my name is really Zhang Ruoxu. What a coincidence?"
"Zhang Ruoxu, it's really you! I didn't expect that one day we would meet in the provincial capital, oh my!" The kid who delivered the food was also shocked and shouted excitedly on the spot.
I didn't recognize him at first glance, so he took off his helmet and said, "Zhang Ruoxu, take a good look at me, it's me, me!" After all, almost two years have passed, and Zhang Xiaoxian has grown a lot taller.
Seeing that I still didn't react, he took out the longevity lock hanging around his neck, waved it in front of me, and said, "You don't know me, then do you know this, the longevity lock?" What? You don’t have to recognize it, but I definitely recognize the longevity lock. Excited, I immediately grabbed his cheek and said, "Hey, you are Zhang Xiaoxian! Ouch!"
Zhang Xiaoxian is already a tall, dark boy. The year we parted, he was still a head taller than me, and he is still taller than me now. This buddy who I hadn't seen for more than two years immediately went crazy when he saw me. He rushed up to me and hugged me tightly. Then, the two of us boys burst into tears. I immediately invited him to eat together, and I also dug out all the food in the refrigerator. I also got three bottles of beer and half a bottle of liquor, and then we ate and drank together. We were so happy.
He didn't eat much, and I didn't eat much either. The point is, we both were so happy! I didn’t dare to have any fluff, I drank them all real, you had a glass of beer, I had a sip of white wine, changing glasses, the more we drank, the more we got drunk, the more we chatted, the more enjoyable we became. Unfortunately, my drinking capacity is not up to par. After a few drinks, I felt dizzy and light-headed after just two drinks. It was in this state that the two of us chatted a lot.
It turns out that Zhang Xiaoxian's skin comes from his bones, and his father doesn't have much education and is still thinking about bringing his son to live in a big city. The reason is that his son can be successful, but it's not easy to get around in big cities. Especially for people like Zhang Xiaoxian's father who have low education and a bad temper, it's really hard to find a job. Fortunately, Zhang Xiaoxian's father had a lot of strength, and he could earn three to four thousand yuan a month by carrying large bags in the factory. But then the cost of living in the city became higher, and the salary of several thousand yuan was no longer enough. Zhang Xiaoxian's father found another part-time job through crowdsourcing from the Internet, and started delivering food to people during get off work hours. Since he couldn't deliver it himself, he asked his son to do it for him.
Thinking about the two years since we were separated, I miss him quite a bit. After all, we have been playmates together for quite a long time. I also toasted him with a sip of white wine and said: "Brother, I really think you are very good, but my parents wanted me to make a living, so they came here first. I also thought that I would never see you again, but the result was still We met by fate."
Zhang Xiaoxian waved her hand and said teasingly: "Come on, you are a good student but you are still not satisfied. It's just because your grandparents are being cruel to you." Then, his expression changed, his face became gloomy, and he came closer to me and looked at me. He said mysteriously: "Zhang Ruoxu! There is something, I wonder if you still remember it? It was the time when we went to the stream near the village to see floating corpses, and then when we came back, I was almost beaten to death by my father?"
I immediately said: "Of course, how could I forget? At that time, all the young men, young men, girls and wives in the village thought you were dead. However, your father really did something to you, and you really almost died. !”
Zhang Xiaoxian became unhappy after hearing that I had fooled him, and immediately became serious, "Zhang Ruoxu, stop pretending! My father knows that I am strong-skinned, and he knows how hard he will hit me. My coma has nothing to do with my father hitting me." None. I was taken away by an outstandingly charming woman. Everything was like a dream. She walked to my bed, took my hand, and walked out. I wanted to speak, but couldn't, until she They took me to the creek at the head of the village and drowned me in the water. I choked in a lot of water, sediment, and so on!"
As he said that, he took out the longevity lock from his clothes and said, "It's all thanks to this longevity lock!" I stared at the longevity lock and understood in my heart that it was my longevity lock that saved him. , after wearing it close to his body for many years, the longevity lock has been worn and yellowed and stained. It is normal for the longevity lock to become like this due to the greasy sweat and odor of his body.
He drank another glass of beer and said, "It's just that I couldn't speak or move, but I knew everything in my heart. At that time, I was carried to the health center. The doctor said that I was hopeless and that my mother wanted to find my father. Fighting hard, I know everything very well. However, I feel like I am about to choke to death. I can hear it, but, I always feel like I am in the water. Actually, the night before, I was lying in bed sleeping , I felt something was wrong. I always felt like someone was staring at me somewhere, but after a while, I felt like there was a very heavy person pressing on me, weighing me down. I can't breathe, and the most obvious thing is that the person still smells like urine. He's been pressed like this, unable to scream or move. You can't understand the discomfort. I don't even know I greeted his mother hundreds of times in my heart, and this grandson didn’t say anything, just laughed in my ear. In this way, I was suppressed all night, and then a woman left and took me to drink water from the stream. .”
I chuckled. His experience was the same as mine that day. He must have been looking for a substitute, but I was the one who found him first. Maybe it’s because I have a light personality and can be more easily seduced, but it’s also thanks to my peeing. Listening to Zhang Xiaoxian's story, I also had a real experience. At that time, I felt that the drowned ghost was getting heavier and heavier, and almost crushed me to death.
Zhang Xiaoxian was almost done drinking, so she drank the last glass of beer, then took the longevity lock and said, "I still have to thank you for the longevity lock! At that time, I was pushed into the water by that woman and was about to drown. Suddenly I felt my chest heat up, and the woman disappeared. I also floated back like a leaf, and happened to hold the Longevity Lock in my hand, which was warm, but ah, my stomach felt uncomfortably swollen, and I felt like it was all over the place. I vomited out all the muddy water and dirt in my stomach! You kid is not very interesting. You gave me the longevity lock to protect me, so that I could live. It was you who saved my life. You actually said He left without saying a word. Anyway, let me come and thank you!"
I didn't care and said, "Hey, let's not talk about the past!"
However, Zhang Xiaoxian was still a little reluctant. She slapped the longevity lock in front of me, took out fifty red tickets of the largest denomination from her bag, and said: "The longevity lock has been with me all these years." , Now that I have met the rightful owner, I will return it to the original owner. I am sure this is a good thing that can ward off evil spirits, and I will return it to you! In addition, you must accept the fifty yuan, otherwise, I will not have you as a brother."
I couldn't refuse, so I accepted the longevity lock and took the fifty yuan with a smile.
In this way, the longevity lock, which had been away from me for almost twenty years, returned to my hands again. I was filled with emotion and thought that the longevity lock had no chance with me in this life! Scenes from my childhood flashed through my mind like a slideshow. When I finished recalling it, I still couldn't forget to tease Zhang Xiaoxian for a while. Zhang Xiaoxian laughed first, then slapped my back hard and said, "Zhang Ruoxu, your eyes are quite powerful. If you don't say anything anymore, if you go back later, my dad will spank me again."
That night, I stopped drinking. I don’t know exactly how much I drank, when I drank, or how I came back. I only know that when I woke up, I was lying naked on the bed, and there was vomit on the ground. , after all, I am still just a child. I hardly ever drink, but my stomach would definitely not be able to bear it if I drank so much at once. Besides, I am still a minor in elementary school with less than two digits of age, and my stomach was churning again. He lay down in front of the toilet and started vomiting. If you drink more and eat less, what you spit out is no longer undigested food residue, but yellow and bitter bile...
I can't bear the power of alcohol anymore, so I will drink as hard as I can in the future, so this time I changed my drinking habits.
When I was almost sober, I called Zhang Xiaoxian. However, after five or six calls, I still didn’t know what happened to Zhang Xiaoxian? He refuses to answer my calls. He must have drunk too much and is still sleeping! I didn't pay attention, so I sat in front of the TV by myself, turned on the TV and watched a cartoon.
After a while, the phone at home rang again. On the other end of the phone was a woman's crying voice: "Hey, are you Zhang Ruoxu?"
When I heard the voice, I thought the voice was very familiar. My first reaction was that it was Zhang Xiaoxian's mother. I said, "Yes, you mean aunt, right?"
The cry on the other side became louder, and he said: "You are your aunt to me, Zhang Xiaoxian...he is dead."
This was undoubtedly a bolt from the blue for me. We had just met and he had just returned the longevity lock to me, and he died. I also immediately looked up at the longevity lock, and saw a tall woman standing inside the longevity lock. I will never forget the image of that woman until my death. Isn’t this the woman who oppressed me? I thought to myself, it's over, I'm still going to be killed in the end.
At the moment when I was about to accept my death, a middle-aged Taoist priest appeared. He immediately stepped forward, pinched his fingers and pressed it against the woman's forehead. I heard the woman scream and then turned into a ball of black air and disappeared. .
The Taoist priest said: "Brother and sister-in-law of the Zhang family, the evil spirits have been eliminated. Come in!"
After the Taoist priest finished speaking, his father and mother came in. The mother said, "Taoist Master Feng Lei, is the evil spirit hiding in the longevity lock really dead? He won't pester my son anymore, will he?"
The Taoist priest said: "No, don't worry. This child is born with a weak character and is prone to evil spirits. However, I think he has a good destiny and will definitely be a good Taoist seedling in the future. Why don't you leave him to me?" , I will teach him Taoism, and this child will definitely become a talent in the future."
How dare my father and mother not agree, so they agreed immediately. Although my mother was a little reluctant to give up, she still said: "My child, follow Taoist Feng Lei. Your horoscope is too light, and my parents cannot support you. Wait. When you become an adult, learn the skills from Taoist Feng Lei, and when you come back, your parents will compensate you well, and be obedient, good son."
In this way, I followed my master and left my hometown and went to a far away place. Since then, I entered the Jidao Tianshi Pavilion and studied various Taoist techniques under the disciple Fenglei Taoist. Here we also met four senior brothers, Su Fengfeng, Xu Chengcheng, Li Huhu and Geng Biaobiao. The five of us followed the master to learn Taoism, fortune telling, calligraphy, divination, talisman drawing and other skills.
Until one day, I went to play in the back mountain and peed near a crooked-neck tree. This time I got into trouble. At that time, the ground shook. I was so scared that I ran back quickly. When the master saw me coming back, without asking me, he grabbed my ears and pulled me inside. He kept scolding me and said: "You ignorant baby, do you know that your pee has offended an ancient giant demon? You have caused a big trouble. Alas! I don't know whether you can survive today." Woolen cloth!"
At that time, the three senior brothers who were several years older than me had already left for a long journey, and the only apprentices beside the master were me and Geng Biaobiao. After hearing what the master said, I was so scared that I cried and begged the master to save me. Geng Biaobiao also repeatedly begged for mercy.
The master smoked a dry cigarette, thought about it carefully, and then said: "There is no way, but Yang Sheng, whether you can survive depends on your luck. If it were other brothers, most of them would be able to survive, but you can't. Not necessarily, because your horoscope is too light. Even if you are lucky enough to survive, you will have to get seriously ill and lose some of your unique talents. Alas, don’t blame the master for being cruel, I really can only I’ve done so much for you.”
Next, the master locked me in a dharma shield and told me not to eat, drink, or sleep for three days and three nights. As long as I don't make any noise, I will be safe hiding in the magic shield, and the spirit of the big demon will not find me. On the contrary, if I am exposed at all, even if I make a little sound, I will definitely die.
I had no choice but to do as the master said. I stayed in the magic shield without moving and making no sound.
The first two days were peaceful, until the night of the third day, the spirit of the big demon appeared. It kept patrolling around me, looking for traces of me. I was very scared, but I kept my master's words in mind and didn't dare to make any sound. However, the spirit of the monster seemed to have discovered me, and suddenly stared at me with snake eyes, and kept spitting out snake letters.
I finally understood why I was so afraid of snakes. It was because of this incident that I fell into a psychological shadow. It turns out that I offended the ancient snake demon when I was very young.
The most terrible thing is that I saw that the snake demon still has a longevity lock hanging on his body, which is the one I lost. Because my eyes could see those dirty things, and I saw Zhang Xiaoxian, who had been dead for many years, again, and then my head started to buzz. Then, I fell to the ground and passed out...I don't remember anything that happened after that.
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The long dream passed and I woke up. Otherwise, I feel like I lost a large chunk of my memory when I was very young. It turns out that I have such energy. If not, I am sensitive to evil spirits, it is all because of my too light horoscope.
When Geng Biaobiao saw that I was awake, he greeted me: "Yang Sheng, you're awake. Do you know everything?"
I nodded and said: "Yes, most of it is clear. It turns out that I have been able to see unclean things since I was a child. Maybe the master saw my talent in this area and took me in. It's all because of the longevity lock." , almost killed me. It turns out that my eyes can see dirty things. However, because I offended the ancient giant monster in the back mountain, I lost the ability to see evil. But luckily, I The old turtle saved in the previous life gave me the 'turtle treasure', and my bright eyes came back. I know, my ability to have discerning eyes came back."
Li Huhu said: "If that's the case, that's good. With your good eyes, we won't be afraid of not being able to deal with the Tiger Soldiers of the Warring States Period. At least we know where the weaknesses are."
I also nodded and went back with everyone, wanting to make some adjustments before killing the tiger warriors behind me.
