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My grandfather's name was Chen Junru, and he was a cripple.

At that time, the devils of country R had just entered Beiping City, and our Changli County was under the jurisdiction of Tangshan (later assigned to Qinhuangdao), which was the throat connecting North China and Northeast China, so the devils had a lot of military camps here. Chen Junru then drove his mule cart to deliver wine to these devils in the military camp.

Chen Junru was very business-minded in his twenties, but he misjudged the IQ of the little devil, and he felt that the devil in country R was not necessarily brighter than himself, so he began to mix water into the wine, at first with less, and then gradually increased the amount.

Finally one day, he was invited to tea by the devil, and he was beaten countless big mouths, so that his mouth was full of blood, and he turned a face into a purple eggplant.

When the devil let him out, it was dark, and he was cold and hungry in this winter, and he was beaten again, so he parked the car on the side of the road and cried.

The more I cried, the more sad I became, and I just remembered that there was a good bottle of wine in my coat pocket. This bottle of wine is to go back to the village to honor the second sister-in-law (the local unmarried girl is called the old sister-in-law), this second sister-in-law is a famous matchmaker, Chen Junru plans to let her introduce a daughter-in-law to herself.

He opened the bottle of wine and began to pour it, and after two sips, his body warmed up a lot, and his mood improved, and as soon as he loosened the brakes, he began to walk back. Chen Junru was overwhelmed by the strength of alcohol, and soon fell asleep in the cart in a daze.

When he woke up, he didn't know where the mule had pulled him, but he saw a large gate building with two large lanterns hanging on either side of the gatehouse. Chen Junru said in his heart that this family is more magnificent than the Lao Guo family, the largest landlord in the local area. Where the hell is this?

Chen Junru traveled from south to north, and in the entire Tangshan area, he had never seen such a magnificent gate tower. He muttered, "Where is this shit, pulling me along?" ”

The mule is a mixture of donkey and horse, and it is very large, but it has the disadvantage of not being able to reproduce. So Chen Junru has always called his big mule a waste thing.

He took out his pocket watch and looked at it, it was twelve o'clock in the night, and he was almost awake at this time, and said in his heart that I would find a big car shop to stay in first. I didn't know where it was, so I just got out of the car and limped to the door and knocked on it. Soon an old lady came, full of white hair, and after opening the door, she grabbed Chen Junru's hand and said, "This child, your hands are cold, come in and drink hot water." ”

The old lady pulled Chen Junru and walked inside.

This large courtyard is called a magnificent, with green bricks paving in the middle, and two neat rows of wings on both sides. Curiously, these wings only have doors and no windows. It took 200 meters to enter the main hall.

Chen Junru was aggrieved, and as soon as he entered the house, he burst into tears as soon as he held the hot water.

The old lady asked him why he was crying, and he told him about sending wine and being beaten by devils. The old lady smiled and said, "Who told you to mix water with people?" Okay, don't cry, look at this kid's grievances. Big milk makes you a bowl of pimple soup, and when you're done drinking it, you go home. ”

The old lady went to make pimple soup, Chen Junru walked around the room, and at the beginning he saw a lot of calligraphy and paintings on the wall, and after reading the calligraphy and paintings, he saw that there were a lot of porcelain, gold and silverware in the room, and even the lampholder in front of him was gold.

Soon, the old lady came out, holding a big bowl of pimple soup. Even the bowl with the gnocchi soup is golden, and the spoon with which the gnocchi soup is eaten is golden. Before Chen Junru finished drinking this bowl of pimple soup, he heard someone in the back room shouting: "Someone from the house?" ”

It was an old man's voice, and soon, an old man with a crutch came out from behind, and after seeing Chen Junru, he said, "This kid." ”

The old lady said, "Is this child among them?" I think this kid is a cripple. ”

The old man said, "It's okay to be lame, but this kid is not lame." I hit the nail on the head. ”

Chen Junru didn't know what the old man and the old lady were talking about, what did he not say in his heart? He asked the old lady what place this was, and where was the big car shop nearby. The old lady said, "Don't look for a big car shop, you can live here with me." This is in the mountains, the road out of the mountain is not easy to walk, and I will go back at dawn. ”

Without waiting for Chen Junru to agree, the old lady began to clean up the house for Chen Junru. After a while, the old lady came out and took Chen Junru to the room. The brand-new kang mat, the brand-new bedding and the aroma are there. However, the doors, windows, and kang edges of this room are all red, so it looks awkward.

Chen Junru thought at the time, whose doors and windows and the edge of the kang are painted red, the taste of this rich family's grandmother is really different from ours.

In the room, there were two bold bottles on the large board cabinet, and the gall bottles had feather dusters stuck in them. The grip of the feather duster is shiny, like gold.

Between the two bold bottles, a bronze mirror sits along. After the old lady left, Chen Junru stepped forward and took it with his hand, only to know where this is the bronze mirror, it is clearly golden! Chen Junru stood in front of the golden mirror and looked at himself, but no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see his face. My heart said that I drank too much and was dazzled!

If you can't shine on your face, you just don't shine it, put down the mirror and return to the kang and fall asleep. Before she fell asleep in a daze, the old lady came in again, took off her shoes and went on the kang, and woke Chen Junru up.

Chen Junru asked the old lady what else she had to say, and the old lady said that she had a granddaughter named Guo Zhilan, with a big face, big breasts, and a big ass, who could give birth to a son. It's just a pockmarked face, and I want to introduce it to Chen Junru and ask him if he is happy.

Chen Junru said in his heart that this is unbelievable, he was originally a lame, it would be good to marry a daughter-in-law, so it doesn't matter whether he is pockmarked or not, as long as he can have children. He couldn't wait to meet the girl.

The old lady said that it was not the right time, and then gave Chen Junru a comb, and said, when the time comes, you will give the comb to the girl, and tell her that it was her grandmother who betrothed her for marriage, and she will definitely be able to agree.

This comb is a good thing at first glance, with a black body, a pair of mandarin ducks carved on the front, and a phoenix embedded with gold wire on the back. After Chen Junru put it away, he asked the girl if she was not here, and the old lady said that the girl was at her parents' place, because of her pockmarked face, her parents thought she was embarrassed and did not let her see anyone. Three days later, at five o'clock, you will wait for the girl in Dongdiao Dahu and give the comb to the girl.

Chen Junru said: "Big milk, it's cold at five o'clock in the morning, can the girl be in the big alley at that time?" ”

"Listen to me, just wait. Bao Zhun Er can wait. ”

After the old lady finished speaking, she got off the kang, Chen Junru saw that the shoes were only four inches long, this old lady was a small foot, and she looked like a young lady from a big family.

After the old lady left, Chen Junru fell asleep with a comb.

Chen Junru was woken up by the sun, he opened his eyes and looked around, and he actually arrived at the door of the house. He sat up and scratched his head, and said to himself, "I had a dream." He drove the cart into the yard, and then unloaded the car cover, and the father who was paralyzed in the kang scolded him in the house for not coming back all night, did he gamble? Or are you going to find a serious girl?

Chen Junru said: "What are I looking for, I drank too much and slept in the car all night." ”

"Little bunny, you've learned to drink."

Chen Junru was very cold, and after entering the house, he drilled into the kang, took off his coat and got into the bed, and after relieving himself, he put on his coat and went to feed the livestock. When I came back, I remembered that the cigarette paper I bought for my father was still in my coat pocket, and when I reached out and touched it, I froze. He slowly pulled his hand out, and in his hand was an ebony comb.

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Three days later, Chen Junru waited for the girl on time in Dongdiaotuo Dahu, and when it was five o'clock, the girl had not yet come, so Chen Junru waited for half an hour, but the girl had not come. Chen Junru said nonsense, I drank too much wine, where did I get a comb. couldn't help muttering: "Forget it, it's better to find the second sister-in-law." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a woman behind me say: "Big brother, do you have paper?" ”

There was a toilet behind Chen Junru, and suddenly a woman spoke, which startled Chen Junru, but after coming back to his senses, he hurriedly took the straw paper and threw it in.

When the woman inside came out, she covered her stomach, bent over, and her scarf covered her face, so she couldn't see it, but she smiled and said, "I went to my aunt's house, I had a stomachache halfway through, and I didn't bring any paper." I'm afraid I ate too many frozen pears last night and broke my stomach. ”

The woman covered her stomach and walked forward, and Chen Junru shouted: "Guo Zhilan! ”

Sure enough, the woman stopped, turned around and asked, "Do you recognize me?" ”

Chen Junru limped up, took out a comb and handed it over, and then told the story of that night. The woman took the comb and looked at it again and again, saying that it was grandma's comb. Then he untied his scarf, revealing a pockmarked face.

Chen Junru picked up an eighteen-year-old girl for nothing, that is, my grandmother.

My grandmother immediately got into Chen Junru's mule cart and asked Chen Junru to take her to my aunt's house. The aunt was amazed when she heard Chen Junru's words.

Only then did Chen Junru understand that he had encountered a ghost last night. My grandmother's grandparents have been dead for eight years, and the grave is behind Todaiji Temple in Higashiyama.

At this time, Chen Junru knew that my grandmother was the eldest lady of the old Guo family.

My grandmother is a woman with a prosperous husband, and since Chen Junru got married, business has been getting better and better day by day.

In the fall of the following year, my grandmother gave birth to my father. But my dad doesn't like to do business, he likes to listen to dramas. Since he was a child, he has been chasing the troupe to watch plays, and the devil of country R living here does not affect his happy childhood at all.

Nine times out of ten, my grandmother suffered from tuberculosis more than ten years later, and she became a medicine jar, which was a huge blow to Chen Junru.

Chen Junru sold the family's gold bars, gold jewelry, and even land little by little, and replaced them with traditional Chinese medicine soup and poured it into my grandmother's mouth. But my grandmother only survived for five years before she vomited blood and died.

When sorting out his grandmother's relics, in addition to the comb, Chen Junru found a copy of "Into the Ground". Later, I read this book as a villain book.

One year, there was a knee-deep snowfall. Chen Junru pulled back a girl from outside with a big mule cart and stuffed it directly onto my father's kang. This girl is my mother.

My mother was brought here by my grandmother all the way from Henan to ask for food, and she was about to freeze to death and starve to death.

My mother gave birth to me the following year, and the year I was born happened to be the atomic bomb, and the whole country rejoiced. So Chen Junru named me Chen Yuan. Later, when I asked why he wasn't called Chen Atom, he said that my grandmother had said that the name of one word was noble.

My father doesn't look down on my mother, he has always disliked her for being uneducated, called Hanako, who can't read a big character and doesn't know how to count. Slowly, my father began to be cold and violent towards my mother.

My dad doesn't do anything at home for a day, except gambling and drinking, listening to dramas, or messing with an indecent woman in the old Guo family. By generation, the woman was my father's cousin, a cousin of my grandmother. This has made the rumors unorthodox.

Once, my father was caught by Chen Junru from the woman's bed and beaten severely, he stole a bag of ocean hidden in the family and gave it to his good sister-in-law, and then ran away from home. Later, my father sent a letter to the family, saying that he had joined the army. Later, he died on the front line of Laoshan and became a martyr, and the army sent someone back to send back an urn and a military medal.

My father's death was a devastating blow to Chen Junru.

I was a teenager at the time.

My mother was sixteen years old when she gave birth to me, and she was in her thirties when she was widowed. Chen Junru knew that he couldn't keep it. Now my mother is a white, fat, and smart little widow in my house, and there are too many people who worry about her, and she comes to invite wild men to visit her all day long. It's a bad thing to do back and forth.

Chen Junru couldn't take care of it, and often quarreled with my mother, Chen Junru thought about it, so he simply sent my mother to my cousin in Tangshan City, and my uncle found a railway worker for my mother, and she got married. The railway worker gave Chen Junru a bride price, and he was never contacted again.

For as long as I can remember, Chen Junru would go out with a dung basket on his back before dawn. In his words: Farmer, run forward, pick up dung without firewood. He would always come back when the sun came out, when the dung basket was full.

In the spring of the year when I was fifteen years old, Chen Junru went out with a dung basket on his back, and was carried back in a row where the dead were parked.

He had been insane since that day and finally came to his senses after a few days.

He said that after going out that day, a pilot who was a soldier said to take him on a plane to find his son. He followed the pilot into the plane, and the plane flew like that after it took off, higher and higher, and then the house on the ground looked like a matchbox.

In fact, when the villagers found him, he was sitting on a row of dead men in the cemetery, babbling nonsense.

In the end, Chen Junru lived a muddy life in this world for half a year, and told me a lot of his past, especially about his marriage to his grandmother over and over again, and about the two old ghosts he saw that night.

Chen Junru didn't eat for the last month, he had a swollen pimple in his neck, he struggled to drink water, he stayed on the kang for a month, he didn't pull or urinate, and he died on the hot kang in my house.

When I sorted out the relics, there was nothing of value. The two things left behind were the comb and the book "Geography of Ten Thousand Mountains". It wasn't until later that I learned that it was a feng shui book about the tomb of the Yin House.

Some of my older friends went to the army, and some went to school. I had to support myself, barely finished junior high school, and then went to repair the river with the production team.

If it weren't for Chen Junru selling wine to devils at that time, nothing would have happened in the future, and I would not have met Huzi when I was repairing the river, and I would not have come to Beijing. Everything in this world has a cause and an effect.

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