Later, the second uncle said from afar: "Mr. Chai is gone." Grandpa came to his senses, he looked down at the thing in his hand, and sighed sullenly.

I have the impression that the thing Mr. Chai left behind should be a peach-colored jade plaque, because it was lost when I was six years old, so it is difficult for me to remember its specific appearance, but I remember that there was a coffin carved on it, and there were nine hornless dragons pressed on the coffin board.

My grandfather asked my second uncle to find a pure black thread, hung the jade plaque around my neck, and told me not to take this thing off no matter what, and to wear it no matter what I did.

Naturally, I don't have any objections to this, but when the jade plate is attached to the skin, it occasionally emits a strange burning heat, which makes me very uncomfortable.

Mr. Chai left in time, and not long after he left, there was a wind and sand outside the village.

It was the first time I had seen the wind and sand since I could remember, and standing in the courtyard, I could see the slaughter outside the mountain being rolled up high, like a huge wave, floating wildly not far from Tsukayama, and soon, the sand barrier blocked the sun, and the entire Tsukayama was completely plunged into darkness, and only a small area above my head could still see the pale blue of the sky.

There seems to be an invisible barrier around Tsukayama, no matter how wild the wind and sand are, it can't be blown here, they just form an endless vortex, and they hold Tsukayama together.

I was staring at the pale blue above my head, when my grandfather came to me silently, stroked my head and said, "Go back to the house, it's scary outside." ”

Then I was led by my grandfather's hand and walked back to the house step by step.

At that time, I didn't know the horror of the wind and sand, but I thought that little bit of blue above my head was very beautiful.

The wind season in the area of Tsukasan is only fifteen days, and after fifteen days, the village is still the same as before, and the loess slope is still the same as the original loess slope, and even the mound mountain seems to have changed at all.

But I noticed that the locust tree on the top of the mountain seemed to be shorter, and the crown did not seem to be as lush as before.

Just after the typhoon season, the grandfather found the second uncle and asked him to take the white jade monk and go to Yushan to find the person named Su Ye.

I don't know how long the second uncle left, but I remember that on the afternoon when he left with the blue and white baggage, my grandfather took out a pickle jar and pickled laba garlic, and the morning he came back, my grandfather took out the same jar again and pickled a few purple garlic mixed with rice vinegar.

I haven't seen him for a while, the second uncle is a lot darker, and the clothes on his body are also a lot more worn.

At that time, the grandfather was about to move the pickle jar into the house, and when he saw the second uncle coming back in a hurry, he immediately put down the work in his hand and said the same words as when Mr. Chai came: "How is it, have you been invited?" ”

The second uncle looked excited: "Please, I'll be there soon." ”

Grandpa didn't seem to be at ease, and asked again: "Did he accept the things?" ”

The second uncle immediately nodded: "Accept it, the two white jade monks, they have all been accepted." ”

The expression on Grandpa's face suddenly relaxed, but his back was slightly hunched.

On weekdays, grandpa always straightens his chest, and that was the first time I saw him hunchbacked, and such a "camel" was a little more serious after Su Ye came to the yard.

Just at the stall where the second uncle and grandfather were talking, a plain white old man walked into the gate of the courtyard, his clothes and shoes were as white as snow, and he did not get any dust on the dry land, and like his grandfather, he also had a slender and long cigarette stick on his waist, but the grandfather's cigarette stick was relatively dull, and the cigarette stick on his waist was shining with white luster.

As soon as Grandpa saw him, he immediately greeted him with a smile: "Oh, Master Su, why are you here here, and you won't let me go to the mountain pass to meet you." ”

Su Ye took out the blue and white burden from his arms and shook it twice in his hand: "Don't be a fake guest to me, since I took your money, I will naturally eliminate disasters for you, whether you welcome me or not, I will come." ”

This man's voice is very thick, but I always feel that there is an inexplicable sharpness in it, which is really unlikeable. But at the same time, his eyes were exceptionally clean, as clean as autumn well water.

Grandpa saw the blue and white burden in his hand, and the corners of his eyes trembled twice, but he still had a smile on his face all the time.

Su Ye glanced around the yard a few times, and finally looked at me: "This is the child?" ”

The second uncle hurriedly pushed me in front of Su Ye.

Su Ye puffed his chest and did not lower his head, so he looked down at me from the corner of his eye, and I also raised my head and looked at his hooked nose and clear eyes.

These eyes remind me of the sky in the wind and sand barrier, the difference is that the color in Su Ye's eyes is better than the pale blue in the wind and sand.

I stared into his eyes for a moment and grinned.

A trace of doubt flashed in Su Ye's eyes, then he lowered his head and stared at me for a while, and finally the whole person squatted down.

"Afraid of me?" Su Ye looked at me with a pair of curious eyes and asked lightly.

I shook my head.

Su Ye asked me again, "Can you speak?" ”

I nodded.

Somehow, the second uncle suddenly became anxious and shouted at me on the side: "How can you just know how to nod and shake your head, and speak!" ”

Su Ye waved his hand and motioned to the second uncle not to speak, and then he took out a gold leaf the size of a thumb cover from his arms, and looked in front of me for me to see: "Take a closer look, what is on this leaf?" ”

I took the leaves to look closely, and I saw that the paper-thin leaves were carved with tiny patterns, because the color of these patterns was very light, and it took a little effort to identify them, and the area of each pattern was very small, so I spent a little effort to see that the top was engraved with a one-legged chicken, the head of the chicken was particularly slender, and there was a pinch of fluff on the neck of the chicken.

After a short while, Su Ye seemed to be a little impatient: "Do you see anything?" ”

I said, "There are a lot of chickens carved on it, all of them are one foot." ”

Su Ye was immediately happy: "Chicken? Silly boy, that's Bi Fang! What else do you see? ”

"The head of the chicken is very long, and the neck of the chicken is hairy."

Su Ye looked very excited, and his eyes were bright: "You can even see these?" ”

I don't know why he was so excited, I just responded with a nod in response.

"Good, good."

Su Ye said three "good" words in a row, and then quickly stood up and stuffed the blue and white burden wrapped in the white jade monk into my grandfather's hand.

Grandpa suddenly became nervous: "Master Su, what are you doing!" ”

Su Ye smiled and patted my grandfather's shoulder: "I won't accept the white jade monk, but I will take this child away." ”