The man hidden in the darkness was a very old woman, dressed in a thin cotton jacket of broken floral cloth, and her gray hair was sparse and messy. Under the illumination of the light, the old woman didn't seem to react much, probably not very sensitive to light. Her eyes were already very cloudy, and I guess she had been in this place for a long time.

I knew this old woman, and when I saw her, I remembered my hometown. It can be said that I have known this old woman for a long time, because the first person I saw when I came into this world was her.

The old woman, surnamed Wu, used to live in our village, had no formal occupation, and could not farm, so she supported her family by delivering babies to people from neighboring villages in her early years. When I was born, my father asked her to deliver the baby.

I remember very well that the half-moon dzi I am wearing around my neck is the one that Grandma Wu gave to me when she went to the Qikongqiao Market at that time. She said that this dzi has been in the palm of my hand since I was born.

I saw Grandma Wu. For a moment, I felt very surprised, she worked hard to bring up her child, and the child was mixed in the city, so she asked Grandma Wu to move to the city to live a few days of leisure. She would have been the least likely person to be here.

However, I immediately reacted, just like the blind family in our village, Grandma Wu was also entrusted by Lu Fangding to come here.

I admire Lu Fang Ding even more, maybe a long time ago, Lu Fang Ding began to place chess pieces, some chess pieces didn't look much use at the time, but at the critical moment, the chess pieces can play their due role.

I sighed helplessly, that old man Shi, his mouth is really strict, he can't say a word that shouldn't be said, everything he says to me is what he can say. Grandma Wu stayed here, it was impossible for Old Man Shi not to know, but from beginning to end, Old Man Shi did not leak half of the rumors.

"Grandma Wu?"

"Baby." Grandma Wu. Although her eyes looked very cloudy, but her eyes were fine, she had already recognized me, and she was sitting on a rock, and her expression was not unusual.

Under normal circumstances, Grandma Wu would have been surprised to see me in such a place, but her expression was so normal and calm, which meant that she knew that I would come. It is estimated that Lu Fangding explained to her.

"Grandma Wu." I squatted in front of Grandma Wu and moved the light away a little, in fact, we knew each other, there were some things that didn't need to be said, as soon as I opened my mouth, I went straight to the point: "Grandma Wu, what are you doing here?" ”

"There's something, I've got to watch." Grandma Wu didn't know how long she had been sitting on this rock, and although she didn't move, my eyes immediately scanned around after she said this.

Looking at it this way, I noticed that there was a big lump behind Grandma Wu, which seemed to be a very large bag.

"You're here, looking at that bag?"

"yes, this big bag." Grandma Wu turned around slowly, reached out and touched the bag gently: "The cotton cloth is still stocked with cotton, which looks thin, but it is actually very warm." ”

"What's in this bag?"

"Yes." Grandma Wu nodded, and when she looked back again, I found that her eyes suddenly cleared, as if the clouds had dispersed, and the sun was shining: "Baby, do you know, why did Liu Damao ask me to guard here?" ”

"I don't know."

Liu Damao is Lu Fangding's name in the village, and the people in the ancient line only know Lu Fangding, but they don't know Lu Fangding's other rustic real name.

"My eyes, I can often see things that others can't see, I haven't told anyone, I'm afraid that people will think I'm ghostly, only Da Mao knows about this."

I really don't know about this matter, Grandma Wu used to only help deliver babies in the village, and she didn't do anything else. However, she suddenly talked about this now, and there should be something else to hide.

"You're still young, and there are a lot of things you may not have heard." The light in Grandma Wu's eyes seemed to be fleeting, and she returned to a state of cloud obscuration, she narrowed her eyes, and while touching the big and strange bag, she said: "I have been delivering babies for so many years, and nothing has ever happened, and the children born through my hands are afraid that there must be hundreds, regardless of male or female babies, all mothers and children are safe." ”

"You have done a lot of midwifery, you have experience, and you will not have an accident."

"No, no, no." Grandma Wu shook her head: "I often walk by the river, how can I not get my shoes dirty, I haven't had an accident in childbirth, because before the child was born, I only need to see the pregnant woman to know if there will be anything." I don't take the work when there is something to do. Let's be honest, the person I shirk is destined to have an accident, no matter whether I go or not, no matter who I call, I can't save someone's life, why should I commit this taboo. ”

"Grandma Wu, what do you mean?"

"Adults and children, if they are going to die, I can see it."

Whether Grandma Wu's words are true or false is really hard to judge now. However, I still believe that she, like Old Man Shi, will not mention something I don't know for no reason. I recalled it myself, Grandma Wu's reputation in the industry is still very good, and the children she delivered by her hand seem to have really no problems. The only exception was when I was delivered.

When I was born, Grandma Wu may have lost her eyes, but when she was gone, what accompanied me was the pain of missing my mother for half my life.

As soon as I think of this, I feel very panicked in my heart, and there is an indescribable sourness. Grandma Wu seemed to see something in my expression, and her tone suddenly became very sad.

"In this life, I just looked away once." Grandma Wu wiped the corners of her eyes: "That time, I wouldn't be mistaken, I was sure, but I didn't expect ......"

"Forget it, Grandma Wu, it's been more than 20 years, and there's no point in mentioning it again, don't talk about this." I didn't want to continue to discuss this with anyone, and I wanted to cry when I mentioned it, so I quickly changed the topic and asked, "What's in that big bag?" ”

"If you want to know, just see for yourself." Grandma Wu finally stood up from the stone, bent down and picked up a small tin bucket: "You look here, I'll go get some water, the water over there looks a little muddy, but it's sweet and delicious." ”

Grandma Wu took the bucket and left, leaving me alone. The bag, which looked very large, was right in front of me.

I walked over to the bag and looked at it, just as Grandma Wu said, the bag was sewn up from a thin quilt with cotton. The bag is at least two meters long and five or six meters wide, with a mouth on one side.

There must be something in the bag, but it's bulging and I can't tell what it is. I gently lifted the opening on the side of the bag, and the moment the light shone in, I was stunned.

I saw Zhang Momo.

She was lying in this bag with a breath opening, the bag was very warm, the temperature was just right, Zhang Momo seemed to be asleep, and her expression was very peaceful.

It was at this time that I remembered the letter she had left me. No wonder, she said in the letter, we will meet again, but at an unexpected time and place.

I shook my hand and propped up the bag, and the light immediately filled the bag. I saw Ning Kitten lying next to Zhang Momo, Lao Wang lying next to Ning Kitten, the three of them lined up and sleeping soundly in the bag.

I don't know when the three of them arrived here, but judging from the letter Zhang Momo, they knew their destination before they came.

Although the three of them were in a state of deep sleep and didn't say a word, I think that Zhang Momo and them, perhaps after Renang's death, really seemed to be reborn in Nirvana, they recalled a lot of past events, and recalled those memories that they had lost inexplicably.

But I still don't understand what they're doing here.

I was completely confused, and hurriedly turned my head to look in the direction of Grandma Wu's water, wanting to see when she would come back and ask her for clarification. Grandma Wu's place to fetch water is estimated to be far away, and she walked out for about forty or fifty meters, leaving only a vague back.

I hurriedly looked at the three people in the bag again, probably because my eyes were moving back and forth, and when I looked at the three people in the bag again, I suddenly noticed something strange that was difficult to detect.