Chapter 001: Demolition of the Temple
The old man said that he would rather demolish ten temples than destroy a marriage.
In the past, marriage was sacred. Even if you stumble in your daily life, you won't easily say the word divorce. And with the change of people's concept of marriage, divorce has become a common thing.
It's just that few people know that marriage can be divorced casually, but temples cannot be demolished casually.
My name is Lin Wanxing, and I am from Yicheng, Sichuan Province.
When I was a child, my parents divorced, and the two of them had new loves, and they lost me to my grandparents in the mountains. The children in the mountains are wild, and I don't have parents to take care of them, so it's even wilder. I have done all the things of catching pheasants in the mountains, fishing in the river, and roasting chickens in the fields. On weekdays, I don't get into trouble, it's all innocuous little things.
It wasn't until the summer when I was fifteen years old that a team came to the mountains to tear down the temple, and I got into a catastrophe that not only killed my grandfather, but also changed my life.
Our village is called Baishui Village, surrounded by mountains and rivers.
There is a broken Taoist temple on the mountain in our village, there were several Taoist priests in the early years, and then they went down the mountain one after another, and there was an old Taoist priest who lived in the Taoist temple, and died for several days in the winter before being discovered.
The old Taoist priest is buried next to the Taoist temple, and we dare not go up the mountain on weekdays, for fear that the ghost of the old Taoist priest will not go away.
On that day, the temple demolition team came, and a group of us children followed behind to watch the excitement. Several companions were not less coaxed, and they all frightened the demolition team that the temple was haunted, and one of the people in the demolition team wanted to drive us away, but was stopped by the half-bald fat man.
On the edge of the Taoist temple.
The half-bald fat man took out a piece of chocolate in his hand and said to us, "What a ghost is there in this world?" Uncle, it's up to you to see which of you is bold today. Whoever is bold will give this piece of chocolate to whomever it is. ”
Chocolate!
At that time, even sugar was rare in the mountains, let alone chocolate.
Coupled with the fact that the fat man said that he was more daring than anyone, several of us children blushed.
The fat man took the hammer and said, "What's the use of you just saying that you are bold?" I have a hammer here, didn't you say the temple was haunted? Whoever dares to knock on the stone statue in the temple with a hammer alone will have the greatest courage, and I will give this piece of chocolate to whoever I want. ”
Entering the temple alone?
The other children were too frightened to speak.
Because my parents divorced, several children looked down on me a little bit on weekdays.
Now they are more bold than bold, and these children are actually afraid, so I said proudly: "You are so timid, don't you just go to the temple and knock it?" You don't dare to go, I dare. ”
"Stars. Don't go. Wang Hao, who was taller, hurriedly pulled me and reminded me in a whisper: "My dad said that things in the temple can't be moved." That year, they went to the field to demolish the temple, met dirty things, and several people died. ”
The fat man on the side said, "What's wrong?" Girl, don't you dare to go, right? He also said that he was bold, okay, go back and play, don't brag. ”
Wang Hao bullied me a lot on weekdays, and he thought he was the boss all day long.
I looked at him with a scared look on his face, and I was even more proud. After adding the fat man to provoke me, I grabbed the hammer and said, "Who said I wouldn't dare? ”
The words fell.
I shook off Wang Hao, took the hammer and entered the temple alone.
The temple is not big, and it has fallen into disrepair, the other houses have collapsed, and only one main hall is still intact, and only two of the three statues in the temple are still intact.
When I walked into the temple, I was a little stunned. But when I glanced back at the group of people staring at me, I felt a little relieved, and I hurriedly trotted into the main hall and struck a hammer at one of the idols.
I don't know why, when the hammer went down, I only felt a sudden shock all over my body, and it was very cold. And just as I turned and ran out, as soon as I reached the threshold of the main hall, my foot seemed to be hooked by something, and I stumbled and fell to the ground.
This fall hurts, and I was scared in my heart, thinking that it was really haunted, and I crawled out of the temple with a rolling belt.
A group of children looked at me like a joke, but I snatched the chocolate from the fat man, looked at the group of children and shouted, "What are you laughing at?" You didn't even dare to enter the temple, and you laughed at me. ”
"Yes. It's still this girl who is bold. The fat man agreed, and then shouted to the temple: "There is a debtor who is wronged, and whoever owes you will find whom." Babies, let's get started. ”
The fat man's voice fell, and a group of people began to demolish the temple with sledgehammers.
A group of children did not dare to enter the temple, but they were greedy when they looked at the chocolates in my hand, and they gathered around one by one.
As soon as I saw a few people drooling, I hurriedly spread my feet and rushed down the mountain. A group of children chased after me, and I stuffed chocolate into my mouth as I ran, and I ran all the way until I reached the entrance of the village, just in time to bump into my grandfather coming out with a hoe.
"What are you running?" Grandpa pulled me by the way, and when he saw the chocolate residue on my mouth, he asked, "What are you eating?" ”
A few children caught up.
The tall man Wang Hao hurriedly said: "Third grandfather, your star helped people demolish the temple just now, and the fat man gave her a piece of chocolate." ”
When Grandpa heard Wang Hao's words, his face suddenly changed.
"Baby, did you help people demolish the temple?" Grandpa asked, holding my arm tightly.
I was caught hurting and struggled, "I just went in and knocked on it." ”
"The first knock?" Grandpa asked me with a glare.
I nodded timidly.
Syllable.
Grandpa stretched out his hand and slapped me in the face and scolded: "You dead baby, you don't want to live anymore? ”
Grandpa rarely scolded me, let alone beat me.
I was slapped in the face, and suddenly my face was full of grievances and I cried, "I just knocked it." ”
"Follow me up the mountain. I'm here to see who wants to harm my baby. "Grandpa carried a hoe and pulled me up the hill with one hand.
A group of workers on the hill had just finished demolishing the temple.
Grandpa pulled me to look at a few people and asked, "Who asked my baby to take the lead in demolishing the temple?" ”
When several workers saw my grandfather's fierce face, they immediately took a step back. And the fat man at the head also retreated step by step, and when I raised my finger to pass, the fat man was so frightened that he turned around and ran down the mountain.
"You turtle son, kill my baby, I'll kill you." When the grandfather saw the other party running, he scolded and chased down the mountain.
The fat man was a young man and ran very fast, but my grandfather was old, and the two of them went down the mountain one after the other. The fat man ran away, and my grandfather ran down the hill, but he was out of breath and couldn't get up for a long time.
I panicked as I followed.
Soon the grandmother and the people in the village also came out and fed the grandfather who was spreading on the ground a bowl of tea, so that the grandfather could be carried back.
in the house.
Grandpa was lying on the bed, still panting.
I stood by the door and didn't dare to go in, I knew that I had done something wrong, and I panicked, and I didn't dare to lean in front of my grandfather.
It took half an hour for Grandpa to breathe a sigh of relief.
As soon as Grandpa woke up, he beckoned to me.
I walked to the bed, hurriedly knelt on the ground and said, "Grandpa, I was wrong, I won't dare next time, don't be angry." ”
"You stupid baby!" Grandpa sighed, and said to grandma: "Juan, go and invite Mrs. Li from the next village." Tell him what happened, and ask for it before dark. ”
Juan is my grandmother.
My grandmother came to the village in distress, and became my grandfather's daughter-in-law at the age of thirteen, and she has always listened to my grandfather's words, and has never blushed with my grandfather.
Grandma nodded and went out.
Grandpa sat on the bed, looked at me and said, "Don't kneel. Get up. Stars, if you can survive tomorrow, remember the phrase, the gun shoots the first bird. No matter what happens, don't force yourself to come out. And there is no such thing as jumping on a pie in this world, and that fat man is killing you today. ”
Although I didn't understand what was going on, my grandfather said it so solemnly that I quickly nodded in response, thinking that next time no matter what happened, I would never be stronger again.
When Grandma went out, it was already afternoon.
My grandfather and I waited at home and didn't see my grandmother come back until dark. And my grandfather had been lying on the bed, and I was lying on my stomach, and after a while I dozed off and fell asleep in a daze.
There are so many things that happen during the day, and I don't sleep too deeply, and my head is full of what happened during the day, like a dream.
I dreamed about what I was doing in the Taoist temple again, but this time it was different, and I seemed to be able to see everything around me. I still entered the Taoist temple and struck a hammer, and just as I was running out, a weasel with a yellow skin suddenly bit my leg from behind.
Touch.
I fell to the ground.
Just this fall, I not only woke up, but also really fell on the head of my grandfather's bed.
It was dark in the room, and I just looked back, and saw a shadow on the ground with green eyes, biting my leg and dragging me out, and I screamed in fright when I saw this scene, and I grabbed my grandfather's hand in a hurry.
My grandfather woke up and held my hand tightly.