Chapter 70: The Past Years (3)
"Master, this Surou family has a big cherry tree. When I was a kid, we would destroy it every year when it was bearing fruit." Everywhere I walked through the village, I couldn't help but tell Master about a past event.
At that time, I happened to pass by the crispy pork house.
"Oh? You're leaving tomorrow, why don't you talk to Su Rou?" the master asked with a smile.
I was silent for a moment and said, "You said that Su Rou and I would see each other again in the future, so I won't say that anymore."
"good."
"Master, Liu Chunyan is not here. I haven't seen her during this winter vacation. I heard that the county school makes up classes early."
"If Liu Chunyan writes to you from now on, you won't be able to receive it."
"How did you know Liu Chunyan wrote to me?"
"That's what Surou said."
"What a bastard!"
"Master, when I was a kid, I loved to come to this field to break the corn. The corn grown here is the most delicious."
"Master, this ditch is my favorite place to soak in water when I was a child."
"Master, I had a fight in this small bamboo forest. We arranged a duel after school."
Facing the scenes of memories, my master and I unknowingly walked to the countryside. My master asked me: "Do you want to go to the school and have a look?"
"The school is no longer there, and there are not many people there now. A place like school always needs people to be a place of memories."
"Okay, let's go get some food."
It was the same old lady’s house. This time, it happened to be noon, and four generations of her family were eating together. It was very ordinary, but the atmosphere was extraordinarily warm. The two uninvited guests, Master and I, were also warmly entertained, because
People in the countryside remembered Master about the last insecticide treatment.
In particular, the old lady kept saying: "You came to my house for dinner, and I didn't know you were a doctor."
The rice is a simple stewed rice with green beans, with some potatoes and small pieces of bacon in it. It is very fragrant. There are a few side dishes, which are simple but better than fresh. People who eat them want to swallow them.
I ate the rice with big mouthfuls, and the old lady couldn't help but said: "Hey, baby, please slow down. Didn't your grandpa say you have a rice peeing disease last time?"
"Cough!" I spit out my rice in one bite. This old lady has such a good memory. She can even remember the nonsense my master told me. Fortunately, I turned around in time, otherwise I would have sprayed the whole table with others.
The old lady got worried and called her daughter-in-law to get me some water quickly, while muttering: "Look, look, I'm sick. Fortunately, your grandpa is a doctor."
I looked at Old Man Jiang with a "resentful" look. He was eating heavily, as if it was none of my business.
The vocabulary at that time was not dictated, but if it were to change now, I would definitely "rise up", point at the master and yell, "Your sister is sick of eating rice!"
I had a very happy meal, and even the sadness in my heart was relieved a lot. The old lady also told us something new, saying that two people came from the village the day before yesterday. They looked very rich and they were from the countryside.
The leader accompanied me and said he was looking for someone.
"Which one are you looking for?" my master asked.
"I don't know either, but it seems like I haven't found it. What do the leaders in the village know? You have to ask us old people to know, but I think they will definitely ask us." The old lady said proudly, like that
He seemed to be waiting for someone to come to ask questions.
After leaving the old lady's house, Master and I wandered around the countryside. I said, "Master, let's go to the Tomb of Hungry Ghosts. The matter there has been resolved, but I still want to see the place where people narrowly escaped death."
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"That's okay. The archaeological team will be here in a few days. I'm still waiting for some information to be given to me then. One thing from the tomb was taken away. That's very important. Let's go take a look around."
With that said, the two of us, master and disciple, walked towards the Tomb of the Hungry Ghost, and by chance, we met the leader of the township.
A group of several people, accompanied by a couple who seemed to be a couple, were walking towards the Tomb of the Hungry Ghosts. They were still talking as they walked.
The township head knew that my master was an extraordinary person, so naturally he wanted to greet us warmly. When he saw the two of us, the township head came over, and while enthusiastically holding my master's hand, he said: "Master Jiang, really
What a coincidence, I happen to have something to talk to you about, but I don’t know where to look for it.”
"What's the matter?" My master looked at the two strangers, a little confused.
The two people were very fashionable in everything they wore. The man was polite and elegant, and the woman was quite elegant. At first glance, they belonged to a wealthy family, and they were from a big city. The man was holding a black girl tightly in his arms.
Leather bag.
"Let me introduce you first," the township head began to introduce enthusiastically.
After the introduction, we found out that these two people were really a couple, coming from Taiwan. It was not easy to come from Taiwan at that time. They were looking for someone, but they couldn't find anyone.
So will future generations.
It's just that they came the day before yesterday and haven't found anyone or any descendants yet. They are a little anxious and asked my master to help because most of the people who died in the countryside used to be buried in that bamboo forest. Later, they were moved. It was me.
The master is responsible.
They wanted to find out if the person they were looking for was buried in that cemetery.
After listening to the introduction, Master asked: "Who are you looking for?"
The man shook my master's hand very sincerely and said: "I am here to fulfill my grandma's wish. We are looking for someone named Li Fengxian. She used to be a very famous actor, but I heard that later
Back to this small village."
"Li Fengxian?!" Master and I exclaimed at the same time. We have never forgotten that tragic love story.
"What? Master Jiang knows Li Fengxian? Where is she? Can you take us there?" The Taiwanese man was excited and grabbed my master's hand tightly.
It was his wife who reminded him of his gaffe, and he explained sheepishly: "Master Jiang, Li Fengxian is a very important person to my grandma. To tell you the truth, my grandma will not be happy until she dies.
Her only wish"
The man couldn't continue talking, so my master looked at him and said, "Is your grandma's name Yu Xiaohong? She passed away? She is in Taiwan?"
Master once obtained a photo of Yu Xiaohong, made a paper figurine in Yu Xiaohong's likeness, and burned it to Li Fengxian. However, he also learned that Yu Xiaohong could no longer be found in the country and had gone to Taiwan.
"How do you know?" The Taiwanese man was surprised.
"Forget it, come with me." The master sighed.
It was a full eight years late, but Li Fengxian finally waited until Yu Xiaohong
In the desolate and lonely grave, with a few pillars of fragrance, is it the living person or the dead person who comforts me?
Looking at the sad man in front of the grave, I couldn't help but feel a sense of the impermanence of the world.
It turned out that the black leather bag that the man was holding tightly contained the urn of Yu Xiaohong's ashes. After feeling sad, the man looked at me and Master and said, "Do you know the story of my grandma and Li Fengxian?"
My master nodded and said, "I know."
"I only heard this story when my grandma was about to pass away twelve years ago. My grandma was a very good person and an excellent person. I respect her very much and I also respect her feelings. She died
Our only wish in the end was that we could take her to find Li Fengxian and meet her alive. If she went, she hoped to be buried with Li Fengxian. However, we didn’t know that it was just my grandma who was very determined. She said that she would be buried together.
Together." The man said with some scruples.
I understand his scruples. He doesn’t know the final outcome of Li Fengxian. He is worried that if Li Fengxian has a family and is buried with her grandma, wouldn’t it be a bad rule? This is very taboo, and he doesn’t understand why grandma is so stubborn.
, and so firmly believe.
My master turned around and asked the township leaders to go back first. Some things still couldn't be said too much in those days. Then after the township leaders went back, my master told them the ending of Li Fengxian.
The two couples burst into tears at the same time, and at the same time they bowed deeply to Li Fengxian's grave several times.
"I asked why grandma has been unhappy. She said to give her a peaceful life and find another way to protect her." The man couldn't continue, and the woman was wiping tears beside her.
"Husband, grandma and grandma Fengxian will definitely be together in the next life." the woman comforted.
"Well, it must be possible." The man said firmly.
Just think about it, but my master didn't tell them at all. In fact, Li Fengxian transformed into a fierce ghost and was already entangled in cause and effect. Once he made his wish, his soul was gone. There is no next life. In this world, even if he goes to poverty and falls to hell, there is no way.
No trace of Li Fengxian could be found.
Eight years was just eight years too late. Li Fengxian did not wait eight years before Yu Xiaohong came back to stay with her. Why is the cause and effect in this world so bitter?
They can be buried together in the same cave, but unfortunately, there is no longer that soul that can sing on the grave, facing the miserable night, singing: "Good times and beautiful scenery can't help the sky."
Many years later, I accidentally heard a song called "Buried Heart". When the lingering, sad and cold lyrics were sung: "When the butterflies fly away, my heart is not there. In the long and lonely night, who will wipe away the tears on my cheeks. This is the point of greed."
"Depend on your children, be greedy for a little love" will remind me of the story of Li Fengxian and Yu Xiaohong.
That sentence, people's words converge into a sea of sorrow, bitter and unbearable. It is so profound, but it is impossible to explain the entanglement of cause and effect in the world.
Finally, Master and I left. That morning, it was also raining heavily in spring.
No one saw me off, and no one knew that Master and I had left like this. Life in this village has to go on. Maybe they will remember the existence of Master and me, and maybe they will forget about it after a while.
However, I can't forget it because this is my root.
Many years later, I heard Su Rou mention that he once squatted and cried at the rural station because he was so worthless, just because he ran up the mountain on the day Master and I left, and found that the building was empty.
, he ran to the station, it was already night, and he had a little hope that he could see us, but in the deserted station at night, where were our shadows?
"Sanwa'er, you are such a bitch. You didn't even say a word to me when we left. I thought I didn't care about the separation, but you still cried in vain. When I got to the station, what were you doing?" This is
A passage that Surou told me.
But I don’t remember exactly what I was doing at that time. I just remember that one afternoon on the train, Master suddenly said to me: "Sanwa'er, the train has left Sichuan."
Chapter completed!