Many people have asked me a question, why did my grandfather, who was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer in his seventies, live past the age of 85?

No one believes the reason.

Because I have nine dragons in my family.

Nine dragons gather gas, lock the sun and return to one. Grandpa once told me that there are nine dragons in the house, and even Lord Yama would not dare to lock his soul at the door.

Of course, grandpa raised a real dragon, but a tropical feng shui fish, called Arowana.

In 89, my grandfather opened the first ornamental fish shop in the county, and these nine "fish masters" entered my house at that time, and my grandfather spent half a month to make a fish pond in the cellar of his hometown to place them.

In the nineties, no one was rich, but my grandfather was willing to spend his blood on fish farming, and he offered a few fish as treasures, and no one could get close to them, nor were they allowed to touch them.

When I was seven years old, I was squatting at the door with a few friends playing with stones, and I saw my grandfather coming home from the market with a basket of fresh river food.

Grandpa told me to roll the calves.

With a basket of river fresh, grandpa didn't eat it himself, and he was reluctant to give it to me, so he fed all the nine "fish masters". Several friends in the same village laughed at me, saying that I was not born to my grandfather, and that I had good things at home, and would rather feed the fish than give it to me.

I was so jealous of this that I stole the family's fishing rod and dived into the cellar that night while my grandfather was asleep, put the bait on the big iron hook, and threw it far into the fish pond.

The arowana smelled the fishy smell, stirred the water waves in the pool, jumped up more than half a meter high, and the action of grabbing food really had a bit of the momentum of "jumping over the dragon gate", with a huge mouth, falling into the water with bait, and it was a burst of waves churning.

I grabbed the line and tugged at it, and the taut line brought out the blood, and the arowana was in pain, and the water fluttered a few times, stirring a splash, and gurgling and foaming with blood foam.

It's a bad breath!

I was proud, but the tight fishing line came with a strange force, this arowana was raised by my grandfather strong and fat, I was dragged forward and pounced, my head hit the steps, struggling to get up, my forehead was full of blood.

I sat on the ground and cried when I was in pain, and before I could howl a few times, the huge waves in the pool were surging, and all nine "fish masters" arched their necks and poked their heads out of the water to stare at me.

The fish's eyes were so red that they were oozing blood, brighter than a light bulb.

I could clearly feel the anger in their eyes, as if they were questioning me.

This fish is fine!

I was so frightened that I turned around and ran, but when I turned around, I bumped into my grandfather who was coming, "What are you doing with a rabbit cub?" ”

He looked at me with the same gloomy face, his eyes as red as fish's, frighteningly red, capable of squeezing blood.

My eyes went dark and I was stunned.

When I woke up, I was already in the hospital.

I had a high fever, and I spent a whole day in the hospital hanging a bottle, not only did the high fever not go away, but the fever became even more confused. As soon as I closed my eyes, I had nightmares in which I dreamed that I was soaked in a large fish pond surrounded by darkness, and several pairs of bloodshot eyes stared at me underwater until I woke up in fright.

When I woke up, I had a much worse burn. I felt that my brain was itchy and unbearable, and when I touched my forehead, it was slippery and fishy, and when I took a look in the mirror, there were patches of fish scales growing on my head, and the fish scales were covered with blisters, and pimples crawled all over my face.

After a few days of treatment, the fish scales and bumps on my forehead grew more and more, and the high fever approached 42 degrees.

On the seventh day of hospitalization, my family had lost hope, and I could only lie on the hospital bed and wait for death under the high fever, enduring the torment of strange dreams that kept repeating.

But the day after the critical illness notice was issued, the grandfather appeared in the ward. He didn't say a word, rolled me in a straw mat, picked it up and ran to his hometown. The second uncle chased after him, saying what are you running with the child in your arms? He was so sick that he couldn't leave the hospital.

Grandpa didn't reply, "Lao Tzu just wants to take him to heal!" ”

Grandpa carried me back to my hometown, and as soon as I entered the cellar, he threw me to the ground, ignoring my crying, pointing to the fish pond where the water was boiling and shouting, "Kneel down and kowtow!" ”

Not only was my grandfather forced to kowtow to the fish, but I also burned incense to worship, recognized the nine "fish masters" as godfathers, and after worshipping the "fish masters", my grandfather scooped a bowl of water from the pool for me to drink.

It's strange to say, I fell asleep after drinking, and the strange disease was cured the next day.

When I was eighteen years old, I graduated from high school and failed to make the list, so my grandfather gave me the ornamental fish shop he ran and let me live in my ancestral house as a widower.

After operating an ornamental fish shop for several years, the business was so-so, and on this day I was about to close the market, but the village chief came to tell me that my grandfather was sick and asked me to hurry home to see.

The place where I live is in the county seat, more than ten miles away from my hometown, so I quickly contacted the second and third uncles and rushed back to my hometown with stars and moons.

Grandpa was indeed sick, and when he was dying, he slept alone in the cellar of his hometown, not far from the pond where he raised fish.

There were no lights in the cellar, a few candles were lit, and the flames on the candlesticks jumped, and the dim flames were about to burn to the end.

There was an old man in the yellowed quilt, with snow-white hair, loose skin, black and yellow brown spots, and blank eyes. This is my grandfather, an old man who is close to death.

"Master, why did you suddenly become so sick? Wasn't it okay last week? "I stepped forward and grabbed my grandfather's hand, and the tears couldn't help but stay.

My parents died early, and my grandfather brought me up, and the old man had an old-fashioned temperament, but he was closest to me.

The second uncle was also in a hurry, saying that the old man was so sick that he still slept in the cellar? The humidity is so big, who can stand it, hurry up, the third child, you come to help, let's take the old man to the hospital!

Hearing the words of the second uncle, the grandfather opened his cloudy eyes, a mouthful of phlegm stuck in his throat, and his voice was hoarse, "No need, the fish is going to die, and I can't live." ”

I looked at the nine "fish masters" in the pool, all of them had big white bellies, turned over and floated on the water, their heads planted on the water, and they didn't swim for a long time, just like my grandfather, they all came to the last moment of their lives.

The second uncle stomped his feet, "Old man, fish are fish, people are people, you can't just because the fish is dead, people will be cured!" ”

Grandpa clutched his chest and gasped violently, coughing up a mouthful of thick phlegm after a few minutes, before he sat up with the help of his uncle, and he was actually much more angry, "My life, I know that I should go if liver cancer was diagnosed more than ten years ago, and it is by relying on the nine dragon masters at home to carry me, so as not to be hooked by the king of Hades, now, the fish master is old, and he can't lift me, they are gone, and the king of Hades is about to come to the door." ”

The second uncle said, "Dad, what are you talking nonsense?" You can't let anyone else hear these crazy words! ”

Grandpa gasped weakly, saying that you are an official in the county, because you are afraid that others will say that you have a feudal and superstitious father, and you will be hindered, right?

The second uncle didn't dare to pick up.

Grandpa didn't look at him, stretched out his hand tremblingly, pulled me and said, "Son, you have been frail and sick since you were a child, and over the years, you have relied on these nine 'godfathers' to carry you, so that you can spend your days in peace. ”

I said master, don't worry about the fish first, let's take you to the hospital, okay?

"No way!" The grandfather who was in his old age didn't know where he came from to have such a strong effort, so he suddenly stood up and pressed me hard, asking me to kowtow to the fish.

I couldn't do it, so I could only kneel down and knock my head down.

He squatted on the edge of the fish pond, trembling and stretched out his hand under the water to stir, and a black shadow as thin as a hemp rope jumped up, rubbed on the back of his grandfather's hand a few times, and I fixed my eyes to look, and found that it was a young Arowana, less than five centimeters.

I said, master, this is the cub left by the nine "fish masters"?

Grandpa's face was full of folds and flesh wrinkled, smiled, and said yes, I'm leaving, I don't have the energy to take care of it, and now I'll leave it to you, and it depends on your creation what you can cultivate!

With tears in my eyes, I said okay, this fish will take care of me, and I will return it to you when it grows up.

Grandpa struggled to sit back on the sickbed, "I can't do it, this fish is the last property I left for you, you must take care of it...... Good ......."

He suddenly gasped so hard that he couldn't lift his breath, so he fell back on the bed, his chest fell together, and at the same time, the nine "fish masters" also fluttered in the water, and their big white stomachs flipped and floated up.

"You keep the people, I'll go get a doctor!" The second uncle ran out of his legs, I didn't care about looking at the fish anymore, and hurriedly carried my grandfather back to the bed with my uncle.

Grandpa's breathing gradually weakened, and the uncle choked up.

The cellar was silent, except for the faint sound of grandpa. The third uncle suddenly stood up and asked me to guard my grandfather, and I asked him why he went?

My uncle turned his back to me and said, "Your grandfather has asked someone to make the coffin last month, and I ...... I'm going to help him set it up. ”

The candle flame flickered slightly, and when I turned around, I found that my grandfather's face was bloodless, and I let out a faint "um".

The third uncle left, he left in a hurry, forgot to close the door, the cold wind blew, and drifted into the cellar with a cyclone, the candle was extinguished without warning, and his vision fell into darkness.

I rushed over to touch the lighter, and the spark flashed and the candle was lit again, but an elongated figure was projected on the wall.

When I turned around, I saw my grandfather standing in the doorway.

He waved at me with a wooden expression, and I quickly said, "Master, why are you up?" Lie down, you! ”

Grandpa didn't speak, Mu Ran turned around and walked out of the cellar.

"Master, don't mess around!" I ran out of the house on my hind feet, I didn't see where my grandfather went, just strange, the second uncle had already led the doctor into the small courtyard, and when he saw me from afar, he ran over and asked me why I didn't keep the old man?

I pointed in the direction my grandfather had left and said that my grandfather had just walked out.

The second uncle's face shook and said what nonsense are you talking about, aren't people still lying on the bed?

Yes?

When I turned around, I saw my grandfather still lying flat on the bed, and my heart suddenly burst.

The figure who walked out just now was ......

"Daddy!"

The second uncle pushed me away, walked to the sickbed with a pale face, sniffed, turned back to me and shouted, "Call you uncle, your master is gone!" ”

My shoulders shook, and my face turned blue.

So, what I just saw was the soul of my grandfather leaving?