The leaves fell silently, and Lao Xu's memory was the same, quietly losing his trace. Dusk has arrived, whether it is a hint that this dream is coming to an end, or a hint that a peaceful night is coming.

Lao Xu collapsed to the ground exhausted, the sweat in his palms adhered to the fine sand, and there were already blood marks between his fingers. He looked at the poplar trees moving in the wind and the red clouds wandering quietly, and he didn't feel any excitement for a while.

It turned out that less than 20 centimeters in front of the poplar tree, there was really a wooden box buried. However, when Lao Xu swept away all the fine sand and touched the box, his heart felt as if someone had hit him with a hammer.

On the top of the box, two words are clearly engraved: [mountain + vine].

"Who is it?" Lao Xu asked himself, "Man, who are you referring to?"

This question made Lao Xu extremely uneasy, because he had a very definite feeling, and he was very familiar with the person called "Man". But no matter how hard he tried to think about it, his mind was still blank.

This sense of uneasiness came when he entered the courtyard. At this point, it became even stronger, so strong that he wasn't sure if he should open the box or not.

"Man, who are you?"

The red clouds in the sky suddenly condensed into a dark cloud, and after the "boom" thunder, it actually began to pour down. The rain hit Lao Xu's face, and after a long time, it still didn't make him sober up.

In Lao Xu's heart, two voices are fighting:

"Open it, old Xu, don't you want to know everything from the past? That's your memory!" said the positive party.

"Don't open it, Lao Xu, if it's something bad, you won't have a good life again!" said the negative party.

"Bad things?" Lao Xu wondered.

"Yes, those hidden memories must be a bunch of troubles! As long as you don't know, you won't save a lot of trouble!" said negatively.

"Don't listen to him! In the memories of this life, although there are sad things, there are also many things that make people happy! We can't hold on to those sad things and ignore those happy times!" said positively.

"What if there are more sorrows than joys?"

"Well, don't let those troubles affect your mood! So, don't open it!" said passively and proudly.

"How can you not open it? Old Xu, you have to face it bravely, and you can't escape or retreat! That is your memory, and there must be many important things in it that you can't forget. Even if it's all trouble, it's all your past! you can't throw them all away!" Optimism did his best to persuade Lao Xu to open the box.

"The past...... Could it be that every time I wake up from the recovery of healing, the feeling of relief and happiness is because I have hidden the troubles and sorrows of the past?"

"Yes, yes, think about how happy you were at that time, listening to music and singing little songs!"

The rain slowly became lighter, but Lao Xu was still entangled. But he also gradually sorted out his thoughts, and an answer soon came to mind.

"I was very happy. He said to the cloud, "But I don't want to forget everything in order to choose ease and happiness. There must be something very precious in there, something I can't forget. ”

"Definitely!" Lao Xu sat up instantly, took out the bag containing the ocarina from his bag, and suddenly shouted in shock, "I'll go!"

Lao Xu was stunned for a moment, because the original ocarina, which was fine, has now turned into a pile of broken porcelain. No need to ask, it must have been accidentally crushed when he fell to the ground.

"I've worked so hard to get this far! I finally made up my mind, but the ocarina has become like this?!

Lao Xu was so angry that he threw away the bag directly, then returned to the box, and then pushed away the sand next to it and pulled it out of the ground. He thought, isn't it just a box?

So, he immediately lifted the box high and threw it to the ground. Unexpectedly, not only was the box not smashed, but it bounced to the wall like a rubber ball, and then rebounded and hit Lao Xu directly.

"Poof!" Lao Xu spurted out a mouthful of blood and slid off the two-meter-high fence and fell to the ground, only to hear him say weakly, "I hate this dream......"

A lot of recovery time was wasted, and the sky over this virtual lazy town was once again beautiful. And Lao Xu only felt that he had several stars spinning around his head, and he crawled in front of the box in a daze.

"I just, I don't believe it, I can't, smash you away!"

With that, he immediately raised his fists and slammed them into the box with all his might. The next moment, a terrible scream echoed in the silent town of laziness. The poplar trees on the side of the yard shook twice like goosebumps, and fell patches of sympathetic golden leaves.

"Ahh......h

I have to say that Lao Xu is sometimes very smart, and sometimes he becomes stupid and impulsive like a brain cramp. I always saw that he retained some reason in his immorality, but after the impact of this day's thoughts, he had completely lost his patience and reason.

Think about it, if anyone is in his situation, he must only want to end it all quickly.

At this moment, a man's remix suddenly sounded in all corners of Lazy Town: "Old Xu Block Wake Up"

Lao Xu was suddenly startled, and immediately recognized that it was Ah Chai's voice. He stood up slowly, looking at the sky in confusion.

"Wake up"

"Ah Chai!" he shouted, "where are you!"

"Wake up"

"How am I going to wake up!" he quickly closed his eyes and kept saying to himself, "Wake up!"

But after a while, he was still in the middle of this lazy town, this yard that made him uneasy. He looked anxiously and nervously at the chest on the ground, it was clear that everything was guiding him to this box, and opening it must be the only way out of this dream.

"Okay, calm down, Xu Shan, you must have a way to open it!"

He knelt down in front of the box again and examined it carefully. Only then did he realize that there was a small lock hole on the front of the chest, and in order to open it, he had to find the key.

"Keys!"

Lao Xu hurriedly picked up the bag containing the ocarina and poured all the pieces on the ground. Suddenly, a flash of light stung his eyes. He carefully removed the fragment and was surprised to see a small key stuck to the back of one of the fragments.

Lao Xu suddenly realized that the key did not refer to the ocarina itself, but to the key hidden inside.

Without hesitation, he pulled out the key and inserted it nervously and anxiously into the keyhole. After taking a deep breath, he gently turned the key.

After a "click", the box popped open the lid of its own accord. In an instant, a gust of wind with a woody fragrance rushed towards Lao Xu.

He looked down and saw that the box was empty. But he didn't feel disappointed or regretful, because at this time, the picture of the past was rapidly emerging in his mind.

The cleansed memories are all back.

Lao Xu slowly raised his head and glanced around the courtyard with tears in his eyes. Immediately afterwards, the corners of his mouth trembled slightly, and he said weakly: "Manman, this is your home." ”

He remembered that this was Jiang Man's home, and she lived here before she was with him. At that time, they were still children who were just beginning to fall in love, and it was here that they opened their hearts for the first time, confessed for the first time, and held hands for the first time......

The poplar tree on the side of the yard was planted by them together. The box buried under the tree was buried after their child died, and Lao Xu secretly packed the child's supplies and buried them.

The [mountain + vine] engraved on the top of the box means "Mom and Dad love you".

Negative is right, this box contains some bad things, sad things. But optimism is also right, in the vast memory, there are some very important things, and there is a person who cannot be forgotten waiting for him.

Even though life is mostly painful, there is one person who still awaits him with great hope. With her waiting, what is the great deal about all those pains and sorrows?

Thinking of this, Lao Xu smiled, relaxed and relieved.

......

"Lao Xu, wake up!" Ah Chai's voice suddenly became very clear.

Lao Xu opened his eyes suddenly, and found himself lying flat on the bed in the inn, holding an intact ocarina in his hand. At the bedside, Achai was looking at him nervously and worriedly.

Seeing that Lao Xu woke up, Ah Chai breathed a sigh of relief, "Lao Xu, you scared me to death! Do you know what time it is?"

Lao Xu sat up uncomfortably and asked very suspiciously, "What time is it now?"

"It's noon! When I saw that you didn't come to me, I felt that something was wrong, so I came to you immediately!"

"How did you get in?"

"I told the front desk that I was your manager, and they let me in. ”

"So easy?"

"Hey, what's so hard about that. My mouth, what do you think I can't say? ”

Lao Xu nodded in agreement, holding his head that was about to burst, and staggered to his feet. Ah Chai hurriedly helped him and sent him to the toilet.

"Lao Xu, have you remembered everything?"

Lao Xu didn't answer him immediately, but washed his face, then looked at himself in the mirror, and suddenly froze. Ah Chai was suddenly a little worried, so he knocked on the door and repeated again.

"Don't fall into the toilet!"

Old Xu exhaled a long breath and replied with great certainty: "I remember." ”

"Tell me, what did you dream about?"

"What did you dream about?" he frowned, surprised. When he woke up, he couldn't remember the dream that was so real just now, "I forgot." ”

"That's a pity, I'm too curious about your dreams. Achai said disappointedly.

After packing up his things, Lao Xu added the instructions of [the room next door] next to the [permanent room] on the letter. And when leaving, he hid it in the back of the closet.

"Lao Xu, did you bring what you promised me?"

"I've already brought it, isn't it just fifty cases of water?"

"When will it be for me!"

"Why are you in such a hurry?" Lao Xu looked at Ah Chai suspiciously.

"I ...... I'm not in a hurry, I'm not afraid you'll forget......"

"Then you call a few more people, go and get them now. ”

"I'll just be alone! Ask a few more people and pay for labor!"

"Well, whatever you want. ”