Chapter 19 Lantern Flowers on the Lantern Tree
When we entered the school gate, on the quiet road, scattered classmates passed by us.
It's the midday break, and it's my favorite time on campus.
After a month of coming, I gradually found that the school was completely different from the feeling when I first signed up.
There are four luan trees planted by the first principal since the establishment of the school. Today, the huge canopy of trees that join it has covered a large area of the open space. In order to commemorate and protect the school, the school specially set aside this small square for these four luan trees, which is between the two teaching buildings. Students can go for a walk there when they get out of class.
Not long after the start of school, it was just in time for the Luan tree to bloom. The flowers resemble lanterns and are hung from the canopy. The four luan trees in the school are all pink. When the wind blows, looking through the window of our classroom, it looks like a small pink hydrangea, flying with the wind.
In the school's school song, there is a passage dedicated to praising these Luan trees.
Chen Yingjie accompanied me to the seat of the classroom, and the classroom, at the moment, was empty.
"Yingjie, I'll stay by myself for a while, I feel a little tired, I don't want to talk, it's useless for you to be here, you can get busy with your first go."
"Then I'll get you a glass of water." Chen Yingjie took out a water cup from my desk and quickly returned with a cup of hot water.
"I'm leaving, you have something to call me, be on call."
Watching him walk out of the classroom, I tilted my head, leaned on my desk, and looked out the window.
Looking out of the window of our classroom, we can see the luan trees very clearly. The small lanterns on the trees have fallen and scattered, but there is still a very special temperament that attracts me to admire.
I was looking intently, and suddenly out of the corner of my eye, I saw someone waving.
I shifted the angle of my eyes up slightly, and there were two people standing on the roof of the building.
I took a closer look, it was Liu Wei and another boy, this boy, I didn't know, he was waving at the moment.
I don't know who he's waving to, but it looks like he should have a good relationship with Liu Wei.
The opposite school building has only five floors, and the roof is a large platform. They weren't far from me, separated only by a few luan trees. It dawned on me that they should be able to see everything in the classroom very clearly as they stood there. Haven't I been seen too?
I stood up and walked slowly to the window, trying to see where they were looking.
As a result, I accidentally bumped into Wang Feng's chair and my calf hurt. I bent down, chatted about my pants and looked at them, and it was okay, it was fine.
When I looked up again, the roof of the building opposite was empty.
I was shocked, what's going on? Could it be that I made a mistake at noon? No, I just saw it clearly! It can't be a ghost story.
I remember when my grandmother was alive, I heard a story that I still remember to this day.
At that time, I was still young, just in the first grade of elementary school. During the summer vacation, my father sent me to my grandmother's house in the countryside to play.
In the evening, when the people of the village had nothing to do, they gathered in an open space to chat.
The eldest aunt in the same village told such a story.
In the countryside, there is a saying: ghosts haunt at noon.
Meaning, the ghosts not only come out at night, they also come out at noon.
Many years ago, there lived in the village a pair of sisters, the elder sister was 12 years old and the younger sister was 10 years old, both of whom were very beautiful.
One day at noon, their mother was cooking in the kitchen.
The weather was very hot, and my sister said that she wanted to eat watermelon, so my sister took my sister to the field to pick it. As soon as I arrived at the watermelon field, I heard someone crying. The two sisters were very strange and looked for the crying voice. Not far from them, there was a man who was kneeling with his back to them and crying.
My sister was bold and walked over to the man and asked, "Why are you crying?" ”
The man didn't look back and said, "I'll wait for someone to take over, but no one comes, so I cried." ”
My sister continued, "Then you can go back first, and if he doesn't come, forget it." ”
The man said, "No, the person I'm waiting for is here." So he turned around with a smile, looked at his sister and said, "That's you." ”
Hearing this person say such a strange thing, my sister was a little scared and hurriedly retreated. This person still looked at his sister and smiled, and my sister felt that something was wrong, so she pulled her sister and ran back, and she didn't pick the watermelon.
When I got home, my sister started to vomit, and she kept vomiting until her stomach was empty, and she had nothing to vomit, and her sister also collapsed on the bed and couldn't get up.
Mom cooked a meal for the sisters to eat, and was horrified to see how her sister had suddenly become like this. I quickly asked what was going on, but my sister was speechless, so my sister told my mother what they had encountered in the field.
When my mother heard this, she sat directly on the ground and cried, crying and saying, "It's not helped, it's not saved, it's not saved, it's a ghost asking for your life." ”
Not long after, my sister died.
Since then, that rumor has spread. No one dares to let the children go out at noon, for fear of encountering unclean things and falling into the way.
I remember at that time, after listening to this story, I was scared for the whole summer vacation. Although I grew up and knew that it was a lie, I still remember this shadow and this sentence.
The moment I suddenly noticed that the two people on the roof of the building were gone in an instant, this shadow story from my childhood immediately appeared in my mind. I subconsciously felt chills all over my body.
"Long Xiaoxiao."
At this time, someone suddenly called me, and I was startled and shouted out.
When I looked back, it was the two people on the roof of the building just opposite. One grinned at me and smiled, the other slightly smiling.
"Who are you, why did you suddenly show up?"
"Hahaha, call you such a big reaction, am I Sun Wukong?" The boy I didn't know next to Liu Wei said.
"What...... Monkey king? What does this have to do with Monkey King? "I muttered to myself, how this man is talking nonsense.
"Well, do you dare to say yes if I call you? Hahaha. He laughed to himself.
I thought he was bored and had no idea what he was talking about. I looked at them blankly and walked back to my seat and sat down.
Liu Wei said to me, "Xiaoxiao, are you getting better?" ”
"Well, it's much better, and now it's fine except that I don't feel strong."
"I have a high fever, I will definitely be weak for a few days, have you eaten?"
"I've eaten it."
Liu Wei and I were chatting, and his friend suddenly said to Liu Wei: "Hey, this little pot friend is really cute, he can't understand me." ”
Liu Wei glanced at him, ignored him, but said to me: "Xiaoxiao, this is my good friend, his name is Zou Honggang, and we are in the same class." He just likes to joke, don't care too much, others are very good, there is no bad intention. ”
Since Liu Wei introduced him, I greeted him: "Oh, hello. ”
"Well, you are the legendary Long Xiaoxiao, I finally met you today." He also said to me politely, I thought to myself, I'm a freshman, and I'm still legendary, this boast is too fake. I smiled awkwardly at him in response.
"Xiaoxiao, your smile is too professional, no wonder Liu Wei said that you are a person who can't hide things in your heart."
Well? Liu Wei told me in front of him? This surprised me.
But come to think of it, maybe it was because it took me to the hospital that day.