Chapter 002: Dream after Dream

I chased the handsome young man in white clothes on the ridge path, the wind blowing the golden ears of rice, wrapped in the sweet and drunken fragrance of rice. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Butterflies flutter around us, frogs chirp cicadas, flowing water gurgles, and the Jinxi Altar in the depths of the mountains has such a beautiful view.

We laughed and ran all the way, and the clear blue sky occasionally drifted by one or two white clouds, as light as cotton wool......

Suddenly, a big black dog came out of nowhere and pounced on me viciously, and I was so frightened that my legs went weak and I fell to the ground.

The ridges crisscrossed my feet became a hillside, and I rolled all the way down from the top, seeing the blue sky and smelling the moist earth.

I just kept rolling down, faster and faster, I was so scared that I closed my eyes and forgot to scream, the boy in white didn't know where he was?

I don't know how long it took me to open my eyes and find myself in the water, very quiet.

There is nothing in the water, not to mention that the fish and shrimp don't even see a single aquatic weed, I look down and there is no silt or pebbles in the riverbed, what kind of place is this?

I fluttered around and suddenly heard a voice overhead:

"This kid is so naughty today, he doesn't stop moving, I'm afraid he wants to come out quickly." The voice was soft but a little sad.

What child? I thought it was strange to hear it, but when I looked closely, I found that the little arms and legs were obviously a small baby, and it was the kind in my mother's womb!

What's going on here?

I was so scared that I cried, it must have been a dream!

I'm already a sophomore, so I don't want to go back to my mother's womb, I want to go back to Beijing to study and make money......

"Girl, get up and have dinner, you little lazy worm can sleep until dark."

I opened my eyes and found myself lying on a bamboo mat on stilts.

My grandmother was leaning over to put food on the small wooden table next to the bamboo mat, she was wearing a beige shirt, the hem of the shirt was tied in the waistband of the pants, it looked so beautiful that the waist and legs were so long, I was fascinated.

My grandmother patted me on the head, "I haven't woken up yet, I'm going to go to school, I can't be so sleepy in the future, I'll delay the class." ”

What's going on, I'm not in school yet? Could it be that this is also a dream, and he hasn't woken up yet?

I was wondering, but I saw my grandmother standing at the foot of the stilted building and waving at me.

Grandma Sun is an old man who lives alone, she has never been married, has no children and no daughters, is very good to all the children in Jinxitan, likes to tell stories to the children, and keeps delicious food for everyone.

I also like her very much, I didn't think about it when I saw her at this time, and naturally greeted her warmly:

"Grandma, have you eaten? Why don't you have some food with us? ”

Grandma didn't say anything as if she couldn't speak, with a strange smile on her face that I had never seen before.

When my grandmother heard this, her expression changed, but she quickly calmed down again and knocked on the dishes and chopsticks at me.

"Come and eat your meal, Grandma Sun is still in a hurry, so don't hinder her old man."

In a hurry? Grandma is an old man, where are you going to go this big night?

I looked at my grandmother in confusion, and then turned back to look at my grandmother, and there was nothing downstairs on stilts.

I rubbed my eyes and looked closer, and all I could see was the wind blowing the corn and red peppers hanging there.

My grandmother handed me the rice and whispered, "Grandma committed suicide by throwing herself into the pool last night, and she was just fished out of the pool this morning." ”

I almost dropped the bowl in my hand when I heard this, who was the grandmother just now?

I chased after my grandmother and asked, do you see it? Grandma was silent.

My mother came out to eat, and when she saw me pestering my grandmother to ask this and that, she suddenly became angry for some reason.

snatched the rice bowl in my hand and threw it on the small wooden table, and slapped me with a loud slap.

"If you don't eat well, why do you have so many problems with a little brat?"

I didn't feel any pain, I just felt wronged, I threw my chopsticks away and ran back to the bamboo mat and curled up and cried, and my grandmother looked at me helplessly and shook her head and sighed.

My mother only lowered her head and picked up vegetables and rice, and didn't look at me, as if I was a child from someone else's family and had nothing to do with her.

She didn't pay attention to her grandmother, as if nothing had happened just now, put the dishes and chopsticks on the small wooden table after eating, got up and left.

Watching her walk away, my crying turned to sobbing, and slowly sleepiness came back again......

I was lying on the bamboo mat in the cool air, and in a daze, I felt my grandmother lighting mugwort incense next to me to repel mosquitoes.

As if I was afraid that I would catch a cold, I went to get a thread blanket to cover me, and the roughness of the thread blanket rubbed against my neck, making me feel very uncomfortable......

Suddenly, a pair of women's hands grabbed my shoulders fiercely, and a beautiful but cold face leaned over to face me, her eyes were full of red bloodshots, and she roared in a small but powerful voice.

"You're still sleeping, get me up quickly."

It was clearly the woman with long black clothes on the train, and I was so frightened that I woke up.

Just as the bus braked suddenly, the people who did not have seats in the car rushed forward because of inertia and fell into a ball, and the sound of scolding in the carriage was everywhere.

I sat in the last row, and when I rushed forward, my chin hit the back of the front seat, which was really painful, but fortunately, I subconsciously supported it with my hands and it was fine.

I stooped down to pick up a tweed blazer that slipped under my seat, and it wasn't my coat.

I looked around with my coat in my hand, and the eldest sister next to me pointed her finger at a young man in the middle of the carriage, who was now busy with his back to me helping those who had just fallen into a ball.

The eldest sister said that he covered your clothes.

The bus has arrived at the main street of Tuojiang Town, because an old man suddenly crossed the road, the driver quickly stepped on the brakes, and he was probably scared enough, he actually forgot to scold, just gasping for breath.

After learning that all the people in the carriage were not injured, he recited "Bodhisattva bless, Bodhisattva bless" several times in a row. I simply pulled over and got off here when I went to Tuojiang Town.

A carload of people in Wuyang, I saw the owner of the coat clearly, it turned out to be my old acquaintance in Jinxitan, the boy who was the most naughty when he was a child, called Hua Lei, has now grown into a handsome young man.

That year, in Jinxitan, we both were admitted to university, but I was admitted to Beijing, and he went to Shanghai.

After the hustle and bustle, Hua Lei took his coat and asked me, "Benefactor, do you want to go back to Jinxitan together?" ”

I smiled and declined, there is still a task in my body, I have to find my grandmother first, as for whether to go to Liaojiaqiao or go back to Jinxitan first, I have to discuss with my grandmother to know.

He smiled, then let's talk when you go back to Jinxitan, picked up his luggage and waved at me, turned around and left.

Hua Lei calls me a benefactor, it's not a joke, it's related to an incident that happened when we were young children.

It was about the autumn when we were 10 years old, and Hua Lei, the baby son of Aunt Hua's family, suddenly changed his naughty and mischievous energy on weekdays.

At first, I thought it was a child who ate the wrong thing and ate a bad stomach, but the town invited Lang Zhong, pricked a few injections and decoction a few pills and ate it, and I felt almost better.

As soon as Lang Zhong left, his condition recurred, and he burned even harder, lying on the bed with wide eyes, full of nonsense that others couldn't understand, and his body was sweating.

Calling Lang Zhong to come again will not help, injections, medicines, and drips will not improve, and the cause of the disease will not be found.

Lang Zhong may have hinted intentionally or unintentionally in order to leave a way out for himself, that his family should be psychologically prepared, and he may have to prepare for the future if he continues like this.

Aunt Hua was so anxious that she burst into tears, but she was helpless. When I followed the adults around Aunt Hua's house, I suddenly looked at Hua Lei lying on the bed, and said to Uncle Hua and Aunt Hua, "There is a white-bearded old man who always chases Hua Lei with a broom, you stop him quickly." ”

The other adults only felt inexplicable when they heard it, but my grandmother groaned and called Uncle Hua and Aunt Hua aside to give her advice.

Aunt Hua invited a mage from another village to do the dojo, beat gongs and drums, burned paper money and candles, and specially invited someone to draw a picture and make a spiritual house (burned to the dead house where the deceased lived).

After such a toss, Hua Lei actually had a fever, and he got better day by day, and it didn't take long for him to be able to jump up and down again.

It is said that the white-bearded old man I saw was an old man who had passed away in a neighboring village, and he was still a little related to Hua Lei's family.

On the afternoon of the day before the burial, Hua Lei followed Uncle Hua to eat white wedding wine (the death of someone in rural Xiangxi is called a white happy event, and marriage is a red happy event).

Taking advantage of people's inattention, he dipped his chopsticks in the wine on the paper spirit house that had not yet been burned, and wrote the words "This house has half of me", and the result was the whole mess behind.

Thanks to the mage who mediated in time, he burned an identical spirit house again, and the matter was finally settled, and Hua Lei finally picked up a small life from the ghost gate.

Since, after this experience, Hua Lei is no longer as foolish as before, but has become smart, studious, and willing to work hard, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise.

After saying goodbye to Hua Lei, I walked along the streets of Tuojiang with my bag on my back to find my grandmother.

On the way, I suddenly remembered those dreams on the bus, and I also remembered the long-haired woman in black on the train.

In the last dream before waking up on the bus, I obviously saw that face, but for some reason I just can't remember what that woman looked like now?

A question suddenly popped up in my heart, is that woman a human being?

Still is......? ”