Chapter 1 / The Girl of Quinoa Mountain
Incredibly gloomy weather!
Incomparably gloomy mood!
At 17:30 in the afternoon, it was the time for the end of Huangyu Middle School, and the outline of the entire school was shrouded in a gloomy dark cloud, the surface became dark, and the wind was blowing fiercely.
I don't know who shouted, "It's going to rain, let's go." ”
Several girls with bright faces in the women's bathroom hurriedly dispersed with a satisfied smile on their faces, and soon disappeared at the end of the corridor.
After they all left, Yin Shixue got up from the cold floor in the bathroom in embarrassment, she slowly approached the mottled mirror on the wall, her pale face was reflected in her empty eyes, and sticky yellow dripping from her messy long hair...... Egg liquid, there was still a fishy smell of egg whites in the air, and the devil knew what those girls had done to her just now.
However, she seemed to be surprised by such an encounter, and this was not the first time this kind of trickery had happened to her. There was no time to brew sadness, she hurriedly took out toilet paper from her schoolbag and wiped the foreign objects on her hair, turned on the faucet again, and gently rinsed with water, but it still couldn't hide the fishy smell on her body.
The icy water stains on her hair, clinging to her scalp, gave her shivers. But soon, she grinned in the mirror again, made it look like nothing had happened, and hurried downstairs again.
There were only a few people in the whole school, and everyone was in a hurry, fearing that the heavy rain would suddenly fall.
Yin Shixue looked at the gate of the school, and there was a familiar figure standing next to an inconspicuous black Volkswagen, with a dark brown shirt, black pants, long hair, a slight short beard, and a pair of kind eyes engraved with years.
"Shixue. ”
The middle-aged man called her name, and habitually stretched out his right hand, before his fingers touched her small head, Yin Shixue had already avoided his touch and got into the co-pilot's seat.
"Dad, it's going to rain. Her pursed lips suddenly spoke, and her voice was small, glutinous, and there was nothing out of the ordinary.
Yin Shixue shrank in the co-pilot, burying her head, just now she just didn't want her father's warm hand to touch this cold and fishy smell.
Fortunately, tomorrow is the weekend, so you don't have to go to class and you don't have to face those boring people.
After a long, long time, the car stopped in a remote forest, and few people seemed to know that in the vast forest of this small city A border area, there was a mysterious building, but judging from the fresh color of this building under the light and shadow of this mottled lightning, the age is not very long.
This is Yin Shixue's home, it seems that no one will believe that she actually lives in such a house, including her few domineering classmates, who didn't expect it, after all, Yin Shixue was such a quiet person when she was in school, so quiet that she couldn't make a ripple.
From a distance, you can see what kind of castle this gray-toned building is hidden in a dense thicket, the low cupola and the towers are staggered, the thick columns support the towers of various shapes, the cloisters wind and hover over the high walls, the rows of neat and narrow round arched windows are so dark that there is no end in sight, and the pointed towers stretch out into the distant sky in this dense cluster. The exterior of the building is a clever combination of Chinese and European palace architectural style elements, and also mixed with the essence of a variety of ancient Western architectural civilizations and artistic cultures in human history.
Such a large-scale architectural design, are Yin Shixue's father Yin Zhen's masterpieces, her father was originally a world-famous ghost architect Bryan (Brian), once known for his advanced and bold architectural design, any work can be world-renowned, at that time Yin Zhen took his wife and children to Europe and America and other parts of the world, but twelve years ago, when he was most prestigious, but suddenly disappeared from the public's sight, no one knows the reason, some people say that he returned to China, some people say that his wife left him, since then the world-class master has been depressed, and some people say that he has depressionIn short, in the years when he disappeared, stories and rumors about him emerged endlessly.
If it were someone else, you would be amazed by the architectural landscape in front of you, this castle-like building is different from the grace and luxury of traditional European architecture, it is like a piece of finely carved jade, every place needs to be savored, fresh and romantic without losing elegance. However, for Yin Shixue, she seems to have become accustomed to it, it turns out that the castle not only belongs to the prince and princess in fairy tales, but she can also have such a fairy tale world.
There are two of them living here, as well as the maid Aunt Liu, Aunt Liu is very old, she has been a maid in the Yin family for many years, and occasionally goes home to visit her children and grandchildren, but this place is relatively remote, every time Yin Zhen drives her back and forth, she always nagged to outsiders, Mr. Yin is really a good person, not only a good person but also a powerful character, but Aunt Liu is unable to use her barren adjectives to describe the mystery and beauty of the castle to outsiders.
Living in such a castle, I thought everything was calm, but I don't know when it began, Yin Shixue could always hear the strange sound of squirting every night, at first she thought it was a mouse, until one day when she was lying in front of the window, a black thing suddenly flew in front of her and startled Yin Shixue, and then her father told her that it was a bat.
Yin Shixue didn't like this kind of animal, and she didn't like their calls, so she closed those small windows tightly every night, for fear that those bats would suddenly fly in through the windows.
Summer is really a season of heavy rain, this evening, the sky is dense with dark clouds continue to roll turbulently, like a huge devil's claw gray down, as if to swallow the whole world, the rain that has been dormant for a long time seems to be about to fall in an instant, the original blue sea in the distance in the sky against the background of the sky into a black sea, around the towering trees swaying left and right in the wind, as if the next second is about to rise from the ground, the wind and the sound of the rubbing of the leaves like a spell made an abnormal sound, the whole world was shrouded in an evil and terrifying atmosphere, suddenly a long thunder, lightning like a huge centipede ruthlessly tore the sky。
Then, a drifting rainstorm came as scheduled, and the last light on the horizon was swallowed up, and the world became pitch black, and the occasional lightning made the outline of the whole world flicker, looming, like an ancient picture scroll, rendering mysterious colors.
Yin Shixue heard the sound of bats around her again, but she never really saw them clearly, they seemed to be gnawing on something, from far to near, from far to near......
Yin Shixue, who had eaten dinner, stayed alone on the top floor of the castle, sitting on a wooden bed without a trace of temperature, her long black hair almost covering her entire face, and only revealing a pair of eyes to freeze in the dark.
She sat on the bed in a daze, and against the wooden wall of the bed was a small coffee-colored wooden window, very small, with a delicate arc on it.
Through the wooden window, Yin Shixue stared at the high mountain that seemed to be close at hand, halfway up the mountain was a cliff, and the occasional lightning made her see clearly the bare white and translucent rocks, as well as the branches and leaves that broke between the rocks, stretched out to the vast sky in the face of the storm and rain, and stretched out to the infinite ethereal. Suddenly, a small black shadow suddenly strung out of the bushes, and she was so frightened that she quickly tore off the quilt and covered herself, wrapped herself tightly, and never dared to look out the window again, she clearly felt that there was a pair of cold eyes staring at it in the dark, or outside the window, or stuck in this small window, or beside her bed.
Yin Shixue hid in the quilt and didn't dare to breathe loudly, she was afraid of such a rainy night!
I don't know how long later, when she opened her eyes, the whole world also lit up, she heard the clear birdsong all around, the soft light came in from the twelve small windows in the room, the European retro-style room was unusually quiet, she stretched her waist, slowly climbed up, and reflexively stared at the window, looking at the mountain, the quinoa mountain during the day is actually very beautiful, covered with lush trees, scattered, with the change of seasons, the tree will be hung with wild fruits or flowers or branches and leaves of different colors, there seems to be a mysterious world over there, although it is close at hand, Yin Shixue has never been up, because her father told her when she was a childThere is a huge thousand-year-old python on it, which eats people, especially those little girls with big eyes.
Yin Shixue began to get up and move her small wooden bed, this is the small wooden bed made by Yin Zhen himself, everything here, every table, every chair, is built by Yin Zhen himself, no, it should be said that the entire castle was built by her father little by little, Yin Shixue has seen the design drawings, she thinks it must be the most beautiful building in the world. 12 years have passed, the building she lives in has 8 floors, Yin Zhen's has 5 floors, and several other buildings are being built, all the wood is carefully selected by his father, Yin Zhen has never stopped, building like crazy, as if this is his only pleasure.
"Dad, why did you build this castle?" Yin Shixue asked her father this question more than once.
"Because your mom likes it".
Yin Zhen's doting tone was full of distant memories, and then began to tell his wife's past, Yin Shixue listened quietly, she couldn't remember her mother's appearance anymore, Yin Zhen just told her that when she was 5 years old, her mother died of illness. Yin Shixue's memory seems to be vague 12 years ago, one day 12 years ago, she can't remember clearly, that day it seems that a terrible thing happened, when she was still young, she has no memory of her mother, she only remembers that her father took her to City A, bought this piece of land like a paradise, about 20 kilometers away from the city, at the foot of this uninhabited mountain, began to build this castle. Every brick and tile here was built by her father's own hands, Yin Zhen focused all his efforts on this castle, and never asked about the world, no one knew the reason, not even Yin Shixue.
Probably hearing a noise upstairs, Yin Zhen began to call Yin Shixue's name below.
"When the snow, when the snow ......"
Yin Shixue didn't respond, and continued to drag her bed, it took a long time to move about ten centimeters, so tired that she couldn't do it, and when she opened her palm, she saw that a long red mark looked so dazzling.
It's so heavy!
She heard her father coming upstairs.
"Shixue"
Yin Zhen pushed open the door and saw Yin Shixue moving the bed, but there was no expression of surprise, this was the third time she moved the bed, this time the reason was that she was afraid of bats, she said that she was close to the window and faced the Quinoa Mountain, and there were bats on the Quinoa Mountain. No matter what the reason, Yin Zhen depends on hers.
"Where do you want to move this time?" Yin Zhen walked over, his eyes were still full of pampering, but the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were a little deeper.
Yin Shixue's long hair still covered the side of her face, revealing only a small nose and a pair of eyes.
She pointed to the small window opposite, her eyes fixed on her father, who had become accustomed to her occasional silence.
"Over there?" said the father, "Come, let's move together!"
Yin Shixue nodded vigorously.
Yin Zhen held the small wooden bed with both hands and began to drag hard, Yin Shixue saw that the green tendons on his arms were bursting out one by one, and his fingers were covered with dense old scars.
"Alright", Yin Zhen said, bowing his head to lay out the sheets for her.
Yin Shixue happily walked over, climbed into bed, and looked out of the small wooden window, not far away was a blue sea and a winding sandy beach, which was extremely beautiful.
"It's time for breakfast, Aunt Liu made your favorite crispy rice cake", Yin Zhen's big palm gently rubbed her head, and then went out
After a long time.
"Shixue"
Seeing that Yin Shixue didn't come out, her father began to call her name again.
Yin Shixue changed into a pleated skirt, she was actually very happy, because today was the weekend, so she didn't have to go to school, she didn't have to face boring classes, and those classmates she didn't like very much.
Downstairs, there was a hearty breakfast on the table, Yin Shixue grabbed a piece of crispy rice cake and stuffed it into her mouth, took another sip of milk, and saw her father carefully measuring the wooden board outside the door.
She never knew what time her father woke up in the morning, and she rarely had breakfast with him, and sometimes she felt that she lived alone in this big house.
Oh, I forgot, and Xiao Taotao, her favorite wolf dog! This German Shepherd was a gift from her father on Yin Shixue's 14th birthday, when the dog had just been weaned, and now it has grown thick and fierce, and it loves to play with Yin Shixue, Yin Shixue named it Taotao.
Taotao began to circle around Yin Shixue again, and her dark and shiny eyes looked at Yin Shixue like this, and her little tail kept swaying.