After not seeing each other for half a year, my parents seem to have lost weight...
However, my complexion is actually better than when I was in the countryside.
Especially my dad’s eyes have become more energetic. And full of confidence.
It seems that although the two of them worked hard in Shenzhen, they should still be full of a sense of accomplishment mentally.
My mother reached out and touched my face and ruffled my hair.
"Yao'er... Yao'er, it seems like he's grown taller again! He's so much taller than mom."
She also stretched out her hand to gesture.
My dad laughed.
"Okay, okay, stop blocking the door. Let's go inside and talk!"
I sniffed and nodded vigorously.
"Yeah, let's talk in the house! I've prepared dinner, which is all your parents' favorite dishes. Speaking of which, this is the first time I've cooked for you."
"Haha! What a good boy. You know how much you love your parents."
My dad laughed and patted me hard on the shoulder.
That night, our family of three - oh, four if we include Madoka - ate and chatted, laughing and laughing until late at night.
In the six months since my parents went to Shenzhen, they finally managed to get a foothold.
My father opened a mobile phone distribution store in Huaqiangbei, and my mother opened a small restaurant not far away—she cooks better.
The benefits are pretty good!
It only took three months to earn back the cost of renting the store. The next three months will be a net profit.
After all, I have made about 15,000 yuan!
This is equivalent to 5,000 per month.
At that time in 2003, this was already considered very good.
Moreover, this is also the beginning of his and my mother's career. There will be more and more in the future!
My dad also lamented that if he stayed in the village, he would not be able to make so much money all year round...
Although, now, whether I am helping the wealthy people in Yucheng City to learn Feng Shui or resolve some evil spirits, I still directly select tasks from the Xiuxing Company's task library to do.
The money earned is much more than this, but this is the life and career of the parents.
They have their own life value and sense of achievement, which is completely different from taking money directly from me.
Master has told me since I was a child that everyone has his or her own life to live and experience. This is something that no one else can do for you.
Even parents and children cannot live just for each other - that would put not only themselves, but also the other party's pressure and constraints on them.
That becomes the kidnapping of love!
My dad seemed very happy when he talked about their hard work in Shenzhen. We drank a lot with Madoka and I, and kept talking about how we should become bigger and stronger in the future.
In the end, the three of us were all in a state of drunkenness, arming ourselves with each other.
Madoka spread its wings, hooked our shoulders, and let out a cooing sound.
But there is no sound of it speaking in my mind. It can be seen that this stupid bird is really drunk. It can only make bird calls but cannot speak human words...
My mother was standing by, looking very helpless.
I guess if it weren't for the fact that Xiao Yuan, the "Baojiaxian", was here and mingling with us, she would have grabbed my ears and cursed my dad!
…
Fortunately, although I was drunk, I still woke up at about ten o'clock in the morning.
Otherwise, it would be bad to miss the "reunion dinner" that my second dad said yesterday!
During the meal, Xiaoxin kept asking me about life in the big city. Listening to my story, her eyes shone with yearning.
I touched her head and told her that as long as she studied hard, she could pass the high school exam and go to school in the city.
The second father held my father’s hand and asked in detail about all the details of working hard in Shenzhen. Then he sighed and seemed to want to go out with him...
I just feel that Xiaoxin is too young and I don’t want her to be a “left-behind child” living alone. At least I have to wait until she is in her second or third year of junior high school before she considers really going to Shenzhen to join my parents.
For the next month, I lived a very peaceful and leisurely life.
I mainly accompany my parents, and occasionally go to Master’s yard to read, practice, and take stock of the various resources she left me.
As my cultivation and knowledge became higher and higher, I became more and more aware of the value of these things!
At the same time, I miss her even more.
"I don't know, where is Master now and what is she doing? Does she miss me? When she misses me, does she feel happy, or does she complain that my apprentice is not simple-minded? But I watched "The Condor Heroes" In "The Companion", Yang Guo can do it, why can't I!"
I think confidently.
But, Master, she is too strong...
If I want to catch up with her, I still need to practice harder!
Thinking of this, I lowered my head again and began to carefully study the cultivation books that Master left for me...
Comfortable days always pass quickly.
A month passed by in vain.
Soon, my parents will leave for Shenzhen - a month has been a long time since the store was closed. In that brand-new city where everything is developing rapidly, changes are changing rapidly, and it is easy to be left behind by other businessmen.
My dad said that because this is the first year, maybe they won’t have so much rest time after that. If I take a vacation, I will eventually go to Shenzhen to find them.
The old house in Wujiacun can only come back once a year during the Spring Festival!
…
Lianghe Town bus station.
After hugging my parents hard, I watched them get on the bus to the long-distance bus station in Fubei County.
There they will transfer to Caiyuanba Railway Station in Yucheng, and then continue south to Shenzhen.
The whole process takes about four days!
Twenty years ago, traveling long distances was still a hassle.
Unlike now, there is a direct high-speed train from Fubei County High-speed Railway Station to Shenzhen, and it only takes half a day!
"Okay, now it's time to go to the Hundred Bones Tower on the mountainside by the Chuanjiang River in the northern suburbs of Lianghe Town..."
I muttered softly.
I have never forgotten the agreement I made with the Hundred Bone Tower Corpse King seven years ago!
It is also impossible to forget.
After all, the consequences of breaking an oath with a corpse king would obviously be very serious.
In particular, this guy must be a very ancient and powerful corpse king!
Although, the oath was made between Master and it. But after I became a disciple, I knew that I would definitely need to complete this matter in the end...
What's more, abiding by an agreement is also a person's basic morality.
Madoka has known about this for a long time.
It listened to what I said and growled with its big belly.
"Look, your irresponsible bad woman master. I'll leave you a mess! Although she was seriously injured back then, even the corpse demon couldn't be completely killed directly, so she could only use this roundabout way. But she Later, after several years of cultivation, I was fully capable of looking for the Corpse King on my own when I left. But in the end, I didn’t go..."
I laughed.
"This is also a test given to me by Master! If I can't even meet the request of a Corpse King, how can I be qualified to work with her in the future?"
Madoka snorted.
"Anyway, I think, Mr. Wu, you have been seduced by that bad woman! Whatever she says and does, it is right in your eyes."
I chuckled, too lazy to pay attention to this stupid bird.
All the way north.
After leaving the town, continue walking north along the river beach for about half an hour.
I can see the tall steep mountain - it is the highest mountain in this section of the Sichuan River Basin.
The Hundred Bone Pagoda is halfway up this mountain!
From the mountainside to the foot of the mountain, there are large areas of ancient tombs.
Those buried there are all the poor people who have drowned in the nearby Sichuan River for hundreds of years.
I feel a little emotional.
"This place was the beginning of a change in my life! It was also that night when my master and I sent my evil companions to this Hundred Bone Tower to suppress them, which made me start a completely different life..."
Seven years later, I'm back here again!
At this time, I am no longer the weak and timid little boy I used to be.
In the entire Hundred Bone Tower and the attached cemetery, except for the Corpse King, there is nothing that scares me!
