Chapter 182: The Great Peach Tree
I smiled and didn't say anything, just looked farther into the peach forest.
"Actually, I came back this time to simply visit the second elder, but I didn't expect to meet those two people. And it's what it looks like now, which reminds me of what happened a long time ago...... Makes you laugh. Hisashi looked at me and said.
"I'm not an outsider, what are I afraid of?" I looked at Hisashi and said.
After saying that, I suddenly remembered something, and I hurriedly turned my head to look at Jiusheng and asked, "By the way, what are you going to do with your two brothers?" It's not going to be like that, they didn't look good just now, I feel like they're going to come back to trouble your parents. ”
"I just thought about that, so I decided to stay for a while." Hisashi said as he turned his head to look at me.
"It's okay, we're not in a hurry anyway, anyway, let's settle the matter at home first." I looked at it and said.
After hearing this, Jiusheng smiled and nodded: "Okay, let's go back, don't sit here." ”
After saying that, Jiusheng got up and walked down the mountain, I looked at Jiusheng's back and smiled. I thought it would be good if this kid didn't be affected, after all, some things are not a good thing in my heart for a long time.
After that, I followed Hisashi towards the village, and Hisashi didn't speak along the way. I can see that although I don't say it, I still feel very uncomfortable in my heart.
When we went back, Qing Yao and Bai Yuan's second daughter were chatting with their long-born father.
"I'm back." Jiusheng's father got up and looked at Jiusheng and said.
Jiusheng looked at his father and smiled: "Hmm." ”
"Is there anything interesting near Jiusheng, can you take us around?" Bai Yuan got up and looked at Jiusheng and said.
Jiusheng thought for a while and said: "I know a place, but I haven't been to it for more than ten years, and I don't know if it's still there." ”
"Let's go, let's go, stay at home and stay, hurry up and take us out to play." Bai Yuan walked up to Jiusheng and said.
"Okay." Jiusheng answered and prepared to take us out.
At this time, Jiushengniang stopped us, and she walked directly into the house. When she came out again, she had an extra lunch box in her hand.
"This is a little bit of food I just made, you will be hungry when you play later, so take it with you and eat it." Jiu Shengniang said as she delivered the lunch box to us.
After we thanked him, he went out with his lunch box and Jiusheng.
"Jiusheng, where are you going to take us? Isn't it far away? I looked at Hisashi and asked.
Jiusheng replied as he walked: "At this time, more than ten years ago, I went out to play with the place I found. But all these years have passed, and I don't know if that place still exists. ”
I nodded and followed Hisashi on a footing off into the distance.
We didn't know how far we had walked, but I did a rough calculation of the time, and we had been walking for more than two hours.
"It's almost there." Hisashi said suddenly.
I looked around in confusion, but I didn't notice anything different from the neighborhood of the village. Instead, I had a gut feeling that something was wrong with this place.
After walking a short distance after following Hisashi, I suddenly spotted a pink mass not far away, and when I got closer, I realized that it was a huge peach tree. This peach tree was bigger than I could have imagined, and I had never seen it in my long memory.
"Isn't it that the peach blossoms have fallen, why is this peach tree still blooming?" I looked at Hisashi and asked.
Jiusheng spread his hands and said, "You ask me and I ask who to go, it may be that its blooming vitality is more tenacious." ”
I'm helpless after listening to him, what's the difference between this and not saying it, it's better not to say it. I took a closer look, but I didn't notice anything wrong with the huge peach tree.
I walked under the peach tree and looked up. I saw that all the heads were pink, accompanied by a faint fragrance, which was even more fascinating.
"Chu Yan, how long has it been since we left that village last time?" Hisashi suddenly looked at me and asked.
I thought about it for a while and said, "It seems like it's been almost a month, but now that I think about it, time flies really fast." ”
"Hehe, blessed. I remember that every year in our neighborhood there was a big festival at this time. It was very lively before the sacrifice, and there would be monks and Taoists in the past, and the scene was very big. Hisashi looked at us and said.
"Sacrifice? Sacrifice what, your stream? What kind of stream god is there there? Haha......" As I spoke, I looked at Jiusheng and laughed.
Jiusheng gave me a blank look: "I thought you were a nerd who wouldn't be joking, but I didn't expect you to be a dog who can't spit out ivory." We are worshipping the mountain god, and there is the largest peach tree. The land here is so fertile that everyone thinks that it is the work of the mountain gods and peach trees, and this is why the festival is made. ”
After hearing this, I smiled and said, "Haha, I thought you still have a stream god here." ”
When Jiusheng heard this, he gave me an angry look, and I smiled and closed my mouth.
After that, I walked around the peach tree, and when I walked down, I found that there were good strips of red cloth on the trunk above. I think it must have been left over from the previous sacrifice, and the color of the red cloth had become a little whitish by this time.
"Oh, I'm hungry all the way, let's hurry up and eat." Hisashi rubbed his hands together and turned his gaze to the lunch box.
I glanced at it for a long time, thinking that this kid really knows how to eat.
After that, we ate under the tree, not to mention, eating under the peach tree has a different flavor. There is always a faint floral fragrance around us, and it feels refreshing when you take a deep breath.
Before we knew it, we had been here for a long time, and it wasn't until the afternoon that we returned the way we came.
When we went back, Jiusheng's father and mother had already prepared the meal. Everyone gathered around to eat, and Jiusheng also returned to the way he had been when he came back yesterday, as if he didn't remember what had happened before.
After the meal, Bai Yuan and Qing Yao helped Jiu Shengniang clean up the leftovers, while I sat with Jiu Sheng and Jiu Sheng's father and chatted. Originally, we wanted to talk about something else, but Jiusheng's father inquired about our experience in recent years. To be honest, we've talked to him about those things many times last night. But when people asked, I was embarrassed not to say it, so in the end, I could only talk about our experience with my long-lived father.
After listening to those things, Jiusheng's father was still full of surprise. At this time, it was already close to midnight.
"Okay, okay, it's not too early, let's go back and rest." Daddy Jiusheng looked at us and said.
Then Jiusheng's father got up and walked towards his room first, and Jiusheng and I also walked towards our own room one after another.
When I got back to my room, I thought back to what had happened during the day. I really didn't expect that Jiusheng also had such a past. I hope that all this will slowly dissolve with time, so that Jiusheng will forget the things he doesn't want to recall.
As I did so, I prepared to go to bed. But then, I suddenly heard a noise in the courtyard.
Then I hurriedly opened the door and walked out, and when I went out, Qing Yao and Jiusheng also opened the door and ran out.
"Did you hear that, too?" I asked, looking at the two of them.
The two of them nodded at the same time, and kept looking around.
I looked around and didn't find anything, then turned to look at Jiusheng and said, "Could it be your two brothers, who were beaten by you during the day, and now come back to spread their anger." ”
Jiusheng thought for a while: "It's possible, but the sound I just heard seems to be in the courtyard." It's impossible for them ordinary people to come in so quickly and then leave again. ”
I thought about it, and it was right, judging from the skills of the two during the day, there is no doubt that the two of them are ordinary people, they are just stronger.
"What's going on with the voice just now, could it be that the three of us heard it wrong? It shouldn't be. Qing Yao said as she looked at me from the side.
"Forget it, let's all go back and rest, don't sleep too hard at night, and react in time if there is anything unusual." I looked at the two of them and said.
The two of them nodded at the same time, and then went back to their rooms. I took another look inside the courtyard before returning to the house.
Nothing happened that night, but I didn't sleep well.
When I woke up the next morning, I went to the courtyard. At this time, I noticed that it was foggy at some point, and it was foggy all around.
A moment later, the others also walked out of their rooms.
"I really can't see it, you can still get up so early, which makes me a little surprised." I looked at Hisashi and said.
"Cut, I didn't want to, if I did, I would have gotten up in minutes." Hisashi said as he stretched.
At this time, the courtyard door slowly opened, and Jiusheng's mother hurriedly walked in from outside with some vegetables.
Jiusheng looked at his mother that something was wrong, and then asked, "Mother, what's wrong with you being in such a hurry?" ”
Jiu Shengniang did not directly answer Jiu Sheng's words, but stuck the courtyard door to death, and then walked to our side and said: "When I first went to pick vegetables, I heard from the people in the village that I had a ghost last night. ”
"Haunted?" I wondered.
Jiu Shengniang looked at us and said, "It's not what's wrong, it is said that someone went out last night and saw a white figure at the entrance of the village." That thing was floating in the air, almost scaring people to death, as if there was some crying. ”
"Mother, it's impossible, don't forget what we're doing. If there were, how could we not know. Jiusheng looked at his mother and said.
Jiu Shengniang glanced at Jiu Sheng and said, "I know, it is said that that thing is very powerful, you must not go out at night." ”
After Jiusheng Niang finished speaking, she didn't wait for Jiusheng to speak, and went directly into the house.