After living in Jianyang Village for a few days, I gradually fell in love with this slow pace of modern life, and I felt a sense of returning to the garden and living in the countryside of "leaning on the cane and listening to the cicadas in the wind". Of course, it's not just me who is adapting to this life, but also the crane. He was very happy to pick up a cook for free, and every day he had to sleep until the sun dried his buttocks, and he was willing to get up after the aroma of the food. It's kind of like me.

The sun overhead at noon makes people drowsy. Wisps of energetic hot wires shine through the branches, through the eaves, and hit the soft and curled grass, warming every inch of life. In the quiet afternoon, all that was left in my ears was the sound of the wind and the sweet fragrance of the silk fruit. Life should probably be like this, feeling the beauty of life in peace.

"Crane," I watched as he lay on the porch with his eyes squinted, one hand behind his head and the other casually on his body, basking in the afternoon sun, and suddenly a question arose, "How did you survive so long?" ”

"That's a good question," he said for the first time, instead of being disgusted by my many questions, he yawned lazily and sat up, his curled hair standing up like a little grass because of the change in his position, "Many years ago, when I was as young as you, I was also a reckless, extremely gluttonous, and self-conscious man of infinite ability......

"Am I reckless and gluttonous......?"

"Don't interrupt me," he gave me a blank look, scratched his cheek, and continued, "I said what, ah yes, and then one time, I followed Master to remove demons, and my opponent was a Chitose fox fairy. It's a very old-fashioned story, the fox fairy fell in love with a human man, bringing wealth and status to the originally poor man's family.

"I tell you that man is the most interested of all animals. After living for so many years, this is the truth I have seen the most! After the man became rich and rivaled the country, he gradually disliked his fox fairy wife, and felt that the shemales had different paths and should not be together. In fact, he just fell in love with other people's girls and wanted to take a concubine but was rejected by his wife. This ungrateful person ignored the cry of the fox fairy's wife, forcibly married a partial house, and connived at the partial house to bully his wife. The wife swallowed her anger and begged her husband to let her return to the mountains. That's how it went.

Rustling...... The leaves were stirred by the wind and made an uneasy sound......

"And guess what? The man was reluctant to wealth, and even more reluctant to give up, so he forcibly imprisoned his wife in the dark room at home and forced her to continue to create wealth for himself. The bullying of the partial house, coupled with the betrayal of her husband, the fox fairy finally became angry, and took away the souls of the two in a fit of anger and returned to the mountains.

"The man's family was in great pain, and came with two soulless corpses to ask my master to get rid of the demon. Ha, it's ironic, it's obviously the fault of humans, but you have to pay for it. After Master found out the inside story, he asked me to go to the mountains to hunt demons. I knew his intentions, at that time I was just a hairy boy who knew three-legged cat kung fu, and the meaning of letting me go was to tell the family, we have limited ability and can't help you.

"I followed Master's instructions and came to the cave where the fox fairy was hiding. That place, the mountains and rivers are good, if it were me, what kind of love would I have with humans! When she saw me coming to catch her, she didn't hide, like a woman who saw through the world, and smiled and asked me to kill her. I couldn't do it, saying I was on her side. Compared with humans, the fox's feelings are purer and more eternal, and she has actually always retained the soul of her husband and the partial house, because she is reluctant. In the end, she gave me the two souls and jumped into the vast sea by herself, turning into a speck of dust.

"Before she died, she gave me a piece of mermaid meat, which is the most precious thing synthesized by her thousand-year-old essence and the essence of the mermaid, and many people in the world want to get it, because you can live forever after eating. I didn't know it at the time, I just knew that it was a piece of meat that would fill my stomach. On the way back from the mountains, I was hungry and ate. Then, I'll be like this~"

"And what happened to that man?" I was immersed in this poignant story and couldn't help but ask.

"I've talked so much, why is your focus on others?" Although he looked displeased, he continued, "Of course, the two people returned. But there is nothing to do, and the partial house has left him because of the middle of the family. It is said that the man regretted running to the beach every day to call his wife, believing that if he waited for the call perseveringly, she would one day return to him. ”

I don't know why, after listening to this story, my heart is empty, and I always feel that something is missing. In the days when I came to fight in Jianyang Village, Qin Chuyi and them, were they also in another world, waiting for me and calling me?

"Eh, girl, what's the fuss?" Seeing that I was not reacting, the crane patted me on the head. "I'll tell you the news, you can go back today."

"What!" I was surprised, I was still thinking about Qin Chuyi and them just now, and then I suddenly said that I could go back. Although I waited for the news every day, I was a little overwhelmed when it actually came.

"Yes, you can get out of here! Happy? The crane smiled uncharacteristically at me, a heartfelt smile I had never seen before.

"Old man...... I'll miss you! "My nose suddenly soured, and tears actually fell. Taken aback by my actions, Tsuru stood up and kept pacing beside me, as if something nerve-wracking had happened.

"Hey! Eh...... I said, don't cry! Hey, it's not like we'll never see each other again. He smiled wryly, and as if suddenly he thought of something, he pulled something shiny from his sleeve.

It's a ring.

"Oh, give it to you, don't cry." He reached out and handed it to me, tried a few fingers, and finally put it on the middle finger of my left hand. "When you summon tapirs in the future, use this ring to draw the palm of your hand, and you won't feel pain."

I looked at him with tears in my eyes and clutched the delicate silver ring on my hand.

Tonight was the day I left Jianyang Village, and as soon as it got dark, the villagers were waiting for me at the door of the crane house with lanterns. The light points emitted by the layers of lanterns are like countless stars in the night sky, illuminating the road of Jianyang Village. The crane was still the same, wearing a dirty robe and slightly curled hair, and walked slowly to the door of the house, took down the lantern hanging in front of his house, and said, Let's go.

To return to the world from Jianyang Village, you must take the Yin Soul Road. The villagers sent us to the entrance of the Ghost Path and said goodbye to me. The crane held a ghost lantern painted with a pentagram and led me forward. There was no light on the path of the ghosts except for the lanterns in our hands. Ahead of the darkness, there are roads in all directions. From time to time, we can also see souls floating on the ground, passing us aimlessly. There was no sound in the steps of the soul, and only cranes were left on the whole road, pulling slippers, like lonely and lonely walkers.

Many of these souls wandering in the Yin Soul Dao had just been stripped from their bodies, that is, they had just passed away. The reason why they wander aimlessly is because many of them are not aware of the fact that they are dead, and some still have an unforgettable obsession and are looking for what they have pursued in life.

"There are many obsessions in people." Tsuru muttered silently, "I was busy in life, and I still stopped after I died." What a terrible obsession! ”

I didn't reply, and walked quietly beside the crane, letting one sad soul after another pass through my body. At this moment, I suddenly felt a familiar figure in the soul hurrying in front of me.

"Don't look back!" The crane stopped my spinning head backwards and said in a low voice, "Don't look back on the Yin Soul Path. He's going to get tangled with you. ”

As soon as he said that, I immediately retracted my head. Although I was scared, the figure just now still worried me. Who was the man who had just died, and why did it feel so familiar.

The crane that led me forward stopped at the exit of the Yin Soul Road, turned to me and said, "Okay, I'll send you here, it should be your house from here, we took a shortcut." ”

"Hmm." I nodded, and my heart started beating faster at some point. "Crane."

"Huh?" He responded.

"Is it possible to see you in the future?"

"Nonsense! I tell you, I rarely ask about your world, and it's your blessing to see me! Ha, it's fate! Don't worry, since you can't hide, then face it calmly! Will definitely see you again. His tone was still so ordinary that it seemed that it would be easy to meet again.

Since you can't hide from it, you can face it calmly. This sentence is so familiar, I remember my grandfather once told me. I let go of my grip on the crane and prepared to step out of the Shadow Path.

"Hey! Wait a minute! The crane suddenly stopped me, "Don't look back!" He told me again, and only after confirming my promise did he let go.

I nodded, took a deep breath, and stepped out.

……

When I returned to the world, it was already six or seven o'clock in the evening. My bag and mobile phone were taken away by Ye Jiahe's assistant, and I can only judge the time by the night. The crane took me a shortcut, and in front of me was my familiar home.

"Mom! I am back! "I knocked on the door and kept shouting, but no one answered.

Strange, they should be eating at home at this point, what's going on. I stood outside the door and waited for a while, but there was still no sign of anyone returning.

It was getting dark, and strange feelings came to my heart.

The neighbor who was on the other side of the door happened to go out to throw out the garbage, and when he saw me standing alone outside the door, he enthusiastically asked, "I came back, what's wrong, didn't I bring the key?" ”

"Hello Aunt Zhou! I forgot my key, do you know where my parents went? I asked, scratching my head in embarrassment.

"Didn't they inform you?" Aunt Zhou looked a little surprised, stopped what she was doing, and asked, "I answered the phone and went out in a panic, saying that it was ...... Oh yes, I said I went to the hospital! ”

"Hospital? Who was hurt? "I felt a strange feeling in my heart, as if something unfortunate had happened.

"I don't know about this, but I seem to be in a hurry, and I left in a hurry before dinner was cooked." Aunt Zhou replied with a frown, as if she didn't understand why I didn't know.

"Do you know which hospital it is?" I already had a premonition that something was wrong.

"The nearest one, Ichichi."

"Good! Thank you! I asked Aunt Zhou to borrow change, and immediately ran to the intersection outside to take a taxi, and rushed to the First People's Hospital of the city in a hurry.

Don't be the figure on the Yin Soul Path......

I was silently meditating all the way.