11. Joy

Ling'er heard Chen Hao's voice calling her grandfather. Putting on her clothes and running out of the bamboo hut quickly, she saw her grandfather lying on the ground with a limp at the moment, so she knelt on the ground, put her hands around her grandfather's body and immediately cried. While shaking his grandfather's body vigorously, he cried loudly, crying and shouting loudly: "Grandpa, wake up!" Don't scare me, I know you're not dead, you said you'd be with me all the time! Grandpa, wake up, I only have you as a relative in this world, why are you willing to throw me in this world now? ”.

Chen Hao, who was on the side, choked his throat and said: "Ling'er, don't cry, if the predecessor is alive and sees you so sad now, he will not be able to bear it, don't worry, I have made a heavy oath in front of your grandfather to take care of you for the rest of your life, as long as you are willing, I am willing to accompany you and take care of you in the future!" As long as you don't think I'm from a humble background in the future! ”。

Hearing Chen Hao say that, Ling'er's crying voice was much smaller, and he slowly sat up straight and said while crying: "Is what you said true, didn't you say that to comfort me!" ”.

Chen Hao looked at the tears flowing from Ling'er's face, and the two crying red eyes, he was full of sympathy for Ling'er in his heart, thinking about his humble birth, the tragic experience of coming to the city, how could he not be like her, the same as the end of the world, why should we have known each other.

So he wiped away the tears on Ling'er's face with his hand and said, "Silly girl! Of course I'm not like that, and of course it's true that I said I'm going to take care of you for the rest of your life! If I lie to you, you're a puppy! So Chen Hao made a puppy posture with his hands towards Ling'er, and learned to bark as a dog: "Wang!" Woof! Woof! ”

At this moment, Ling'er was amused by the cute "puppy" in front of her, and smiled, showing two cute little dimples on her face, Ling'er wiped the tears on the corner of her eye and said with a smile: "I don't want you to be a puppy, if you deceive me I would rather stab you to death with a sword, and then I will commit suicide,".

Chen Hao jokingly said: "My life was saved by your grandfather, if I really broke my promise that day, you can take it at any time, hehe!" ”.

Ling'er said: "You are stupid, even if one day you really change your mind, I will die, I am left alone in this world and no one cares about me, I will leave you forever and pray for you in heaven, I hope that my own loved ones live a happy life, real happiness is not to keep promises to others, as long as your heart is not by my side, what does it mean for people to stay by my side, in fact, as long as you live a happy life, I will be happy,!" ”.

Hearing Ling'er say that, Chen Hao seemed to have an inexplicable emotion in his heart, he didn't know if he was really happy at the moment, but he felt that there was someone by his side at this moment, how understanding and caring about him was, so he hugged Ling'er and said to her: "Fool." How can it be, if I can't stay with you in this life, I'd rather never marry for the rest of my life, it's a big deal to go to Wutai to become a monk".

In the dark night of this valley of despair, the sky shone with bright stars, and the larks in the bamboo forest in the valley made a few low chirps, and occasionally let out a few wolf howls, they seemed to be sad for the old man's departure, and the stream flowing from under the bamboo hut made a gurgling sound.

After burying the white-headed fairy, Ling'er came to the bamboo pavilion and sat next to the guzheng, her slender jade fingers plucked the strings, sometimes jumping up and down quickly, dancing back and forth, like an elf emitting a clear and beautiful spirit. The sound of the piano is melodious, and the aftersound is faint!

Not far away, the birds that were singing in the trees also stopped flying to the window and stood still, its pointed beak was small and exquisite, its two eyes silently stared at Ling'er's slender jade fingers dancing on the strings, and its little head kept shaking, sometimes sideways, sometimes serious. After the song is finished, the aftermath lingers, echoing in this valley.

Chen Hao said: "Ling'er, you are so powerful, it would be great if you could play such good music like you!" Ling'er stood up and said, "Do you like it, I can teach you, you worship me as a teacher!" Hehe! So Chen Hao made a gesture with both hands, knelt in front of Ling'er with his legs and said, "The master is above, please accept the apprentice's worship!" After speaking, Chen Hao laughed, and Ling, who was standing in front, covered the mouth with his hand that couldn't close with a smile.

So Chen Hao stood up and said, "You must be beautiful when you laugh, how can you cover it with your hands!" Hehe! Chen Hao said: "In fact, I liked it when I was a child, and admired the ancient talents and beauties, and the so-called talents of the ancients were nothing more than piano, chess, books, and paintings, but I didn't know any!" ”。

Ling'er then sat down and taught him fingering hand-in-hand, not only did he not realize that the time was really fast, it was already noon, Ling'er said: "Let's practice today, are you hungry, I'll cook for you!" Chen Hao said a little strangely: "Why do you still cook, hehe!" Ling'er said: "I'm not very good, but I want to try it for someone!" After saying that, she walked to the small fire room on the edge of the bamboo pavilion, and in an instant there was a lot of cooking smoke coming out of the smoke window...... It didn't take long for Ling to happily bring over the prepared meal, and Ling'er said, "How about you taste it!" So Chen Hao took a plate of cheat sheets of green peppers on the table and put them in his mouth, only to feel that in addition to the spicy taste, there was also a salty feeling, Ling'er looked at his painful expression and said, "How is it, isn't it good!" Chen Hao said: "It's already very good, you try it!" Hehe! ”。

She took a small piece and put it in her mouth, and as soon as she put it in, she spit it out and said, "Wow! It's so salty, huh! Excuse me! The food is not delicious, you can try it! So Chen Hao put a little rice in his mouth and ate it until it felt hard and hard, smelled a burning smell, black, Ling'er said: "Hehe, I didn't expect the rice to be burnt, I'm really useless!" Chen Hao said: "It's okay, as long as you cook for me, I will eat three bowls of paste!" Ling'er said: "I will learn in the future, hehe!" ”。

After the meal, Chen Hao asked: 'Ling'er, do you have any fun nearby?' Ling'er said: "Of course, there are such as the night rain of Wutong, the ruthless lake pavilion, the sea of clouds and mountains, the mountain stream and the fish jumping, and the cloud top makes a wish!" Wait a minute! I'll show you! After walking a while to the lake, I saw that the lake was wide and calm, the lake water was clear and turquoise, the breeze blew through the lake, the sun shone on the lake and sparkled, the scenery here is pleasant, the environment is quiet, there is a flat boat parked on the small pier by the lake, get on the boat, it didn't take long to come to the pavilion in the middle of the lake, the pillar is written with a small seal with a couplet, the left is "the past is like smoke is empty" on the right "wealth and fame and fortune in an instant!" "I saw that the pillars of the pavilion were covered with moss on both sides: "Has this pavilion been built for a long time?" Chen Hao asked.

Ling'er said: "Yes, I also saw it from a library in the bamboo building, according to the book; This pavilion was built in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, and a proud disciple of Zhuangzi led his clan to this place to establish a world isolated from the world in order to escape the war! ”。

Chen Hao said: "Oh! That's what happened, hehe, if we have a group of children in the future, we will come here! Ling'er's face was a little red and said, "You think I'm a pig, who gave you so many births!" Ling'er took the piano from the boat to the stone table in the pavilion and said, "I'll play a song for you!" After speaking, there was a beautiful and tactful sound of the piano after a while, and after a while, Ling'er said, "How is it?" I saw that you were in a trance just now, do you have anything on your mind? ”。

Chen Hao said: "I didn't pull, but in this pleasant scenery and quiet place, the beauty played such a beautiful music for me on the side, how could I not be happy, but this scene without wine is really a big regret in life, if there is a pot of old wine at this moment, how good it would be!" Ling'er said: "Yes, but you have to walk back, your body is just not suitable for drinking,!" ”。

Chen Hao: "I'm fine, and there is a good saying, the ancient sages are all lonely, only the drinker leaves his name, where is the wine you said?" ”。

Ling'er: "This wine was accidentally found in a nearby cave, the aroma of the wine in it is said to be brewed during the Warring States Period, and it should have been thousands of years by now, there were many originally, but now there are only a dozen jars!" Chen Hao: "Oh! That's good! So Ling'er continued to play, the melodious sound of the piano seems to be able to penetrate his heart, if he can get a confidant to hide in the mountains and forests, boating between the mountains and rivers every day, stroking the piano and drinking for the sake of isn't it a great joy in life, during this time in the valley, I feel that the outside world people are too tired to live, laughing can not laugh loudly, crying can not cry loudly, live against their will for the sake of life, sometimes they hate that person but hinder him from being his boss but pretend.

During this time, he seemed to be an isolated outsider, indisputable, chic and comfortable.

In the following days, Chen Hao boated on the desperate lake in the morning, chatted by fishing to maintain the needs of life, practiced martial arts in the afternoon, learned the piano, and accompanied Ling'er to swim between the mountains and rivers in the evening, until one night he dreamed that his parents in his hometown and his sister came to work outside like himself because they had no money to study, and their parents were seriously ill and left because they had no money, and dreamed that their parents came here to see themselves to say goodbye:" Hao'er, we have been honest farmers all our lives, but how is this world like that, you have studied excellent since you were a child, and your understanding is very high, but you were born in such a poor family, you must mix up outside! You have to take good care of your sister in the future!" Chen Hao held his parents' hands and said, "Why are your hands so cold!"

Two people standing next to their parents, one of them in white plain clothes, the other in black, one of them said, "Hurry up and get on the road, don't grind, you have to hurry, you two old guys, go quickly!" Chen Hao asked; "Who are you? What are you doing here?".

One of them said; "I am black impermanence," said another; "I am impermanence!" Black impermanence said; "We were ordered by Lord Yama to hook the two of them," after speaking, he took the whip and beat his parents, and said while beating: "If you don't miss the deadline, you won't be able to get to the underworld, and the two of us will have no attendance bonus this month, and if you two miss the deadline, you two will also be punished, originally you two can go to heaven because of the accumulation of virtue in the yang world, maybe you will be sent to the eighteenth layer of hell because of this time!"

At this moment, the parents couldn't bear to let go of Chen Hao's hand and said; "We're gone, take care of yourself!".

Chen Hao held his parents' hands tightly, but it didn't take long for him to seem to catch anything, only air, so Chen Hao cried and said; "Black and white impermanence, don't take away my parents, are you blind, the god kills the faint king of Hades, there are so many evil people in the world, you don't take them away, but let them live a chic life in the world, those fish and flesh of the people's ruffians, hooligans, corrupt officials, filthy power, sucking people's fat, why don't you take them away."

I only heard Bai Wuchang say; "We can understand your feelings, but we are also an executor in the operation of this system, but we don't have the power of life and death in our hands, and the power of life and death is not in our hands at all!" After saying that, the two disappeared into the dark night with their parents, no matter how they screamed, it was useless, and their parents disappeared in front of their eyes, and Chen Hao kept shouting, "Don't go!" Don't leave! Don't go, but no matter how much you shout, you can't.

Until the next day, when I woke up, I saw Ling'er standing in front of the bed, and when I saw Chen Hao's eyes open, he said; 'Hao, you wake up, you have so much sweat on your face, I'll wipe it off for you!'"

As he spoke, he took a white silk scarf from the side and wiped Chen Hao's sweat away. "Did you have a nightmare last night, I kept saying, 'Don't go!' Don't leave! Those words are born from the heart, are you not thinking about anything?".

Chen Hao said; 'Nothing, I just saw my parents in my dreams!'"

Chen Hao told Ling'er what happened in the dream, and Ling'er hugged him and lay on the bed, Chen Hao said; "I understand you very well, really, you are happier than me, at least you have your parents by your side for so many years, but what about me, since I was a child, I have been dependent on my grandfather for the people, and I don't know what my parents look like?"

Chen Hao said; "If you wish, you will treat my parents as your own!"

Ling'er said; "I'm afraid they won't recognize me as a mountain girl?"

"Ling'er, you are smart and cute, beautiful as a fairy, they are happy, don't be in a hurry!" Ling'er: "In a few days, we will go out when grandpa arrives on the festival day of the month!"

Chen Hao said: "But the scenery is so good, I am a little reluctant to leave, you have lived here for so long, you will not get used to it outside!"

Ling'er said, "How come? Don't you have to take care of your parents and sisters, I'll get used to it!. As long as I am with you, I will be very happy to the ends of the earth!".

Chen Hao held Ling'er's hand and looked at it with affection, her clear eyes and said: "Then I promise you that I will return here with you as long as I take my own responsibility, and then we will travel in the mountains and rivers, okay!" Ling'er said; 'That's for the best!'"

I'll be happy!" Chen Hao said: "Then I promise you that I will return here with you as long as I take my own responsibility, and then we will travel in the mountains and rivers, okay?" Ling'er said; 'That's for the best!'"