Volume 1: Apprentice Onmyoji Chapter 35: The Mysterious Locust Tree
The reason why dreams are called dreams is because the scenes in the dream are not fixed, they can go to the north and south, but they are not connected to each other, and the whole thing is the film of a nonsensical movie.
Xu Shiying was still in the same place, but the scene had changed, the starry night had changed to a sunny noon, and an old man with a white beard and a Mao suit was lying on the Taishi's chair listening to the military news reported on the radio.
"Okay, great, you should beat up their shameless bastards, you didn't take the opportunity to bully us back then, it's really happy, it's so happy!"
"You, you're so old, what are you yelling at so loudly, I don't know what happened to you."
The door was pushed open, and the grandmother who walked in was a beautiful silver hair, carrying a vegetable basket in her hand, which contained the vegetables she had just bought, watching the old man lying on the chair listening to the radio, all seventy or eighty years old bad old man, still like a young man, ashamed or not!
"You know what? This is called keeping pace with the times, and today's young people talk to them about bittersweet topics, not only do they not understand but also think you are verbose, and if you don't understand the news, the next time your grandson comes, you will be disgusted by that kid. ”
Speaking of his grandson, the old man's face was full of happy smiles, and even the crow's feet and old man's lines that had accumulated for many years had been reduced a lot, and under the sun, the yellowing spots on the old man's face could be clearly noticed, and there was a particularly conspicuous black mole under his nose.
We often say that the black mole at the corner of the mouth is a beauty mole, but if the beauty mole is too big, from the image alone, it is not only not beautiful, but also represents a huge change in the body.
It can be said that this mole is an alarm signal, and the black mole under the old man's nose is so big that it is no exaggeration to say that it affects breathing more or less, and every time the old man gasps is particularly obvious.
Although he was ruthlessly violated by the disease, he could not see any painful look on the old man's face, and the old man's face was more calm.
Even the wife of the old man did not show any worry, just looked at the old man listening to the radio and pouted, and I didn't know who quarreled with the children last time, saying that people didn't understand the bittersweet memories, and finally made people not come for a long time.
"Hey, hurry up and come over to help, the boss and their family will come over in a while, and our grandson Shiying will also come later, I have to go to cook, I can't be busy alone." The wife carried the vegetable basket and nagged a few words to the old man, and then hurried to the kitchen to cook.
"Ten battalions are also coming?" The old man's pupils suddenly lit up, and he instantly had firepower, and he didn't even care about the advertisements for selling drugs on the radio that he usually would-be scared, he felt that he could continue to train with a weight of 30 kilometers.
The old man got up from his chair and walked back and forth, muttering that he should prepare those strange toys in order to attract the attention of his grandson, and the two could be reconciled.
Xu Shiying watched the old man spin in place like a passerby, his eyes instantly moistened, this scene was extremely familiar to him, that is, after today, his grandfather died!
At that time, the domestic medical level was not yet at the world's advanced level, many cancer technologies were not perfect, and there were not so many anti-cancer drugs in the drug library, resulting in many cancer patients having no cure.
Melanoma sounds like a literary name, but the damage to the body can't be expressed in words, the old man is completely supported by a spirit, in fact, his body has reached the limit, and there will be an accident if he is not careful.
As soon as he thought of this, Xu Shiying regretted it very much, why was he so ignorant back then, he had to be angry with his grandfather, even if he made up a nonsense to deceive his grandfather, otherwise he would not have caused his grandfather to pass away after that day.
The old man clapped his hands and thought that when an old comrade-in-arms came to see him two years ago, he gave him a model of a warship, which is said to be the latest aircraft carrier warship in China, and the warship is extremely powerful and can inflict a devastating blow on the enemy.
Under the influence of the old man, the little boy also likes military models very much, and there are many toy models at home that are made and given to him by the old man himself, and he will be very happy if he gives him this vivid model of an aircraft carrier warship.
Thinking of the warm scene after the reconciliation, the old man unconsciously raised the corners of his mouth and hummed the barracks song, and he was in a very happy mood.
Back in the study, rummaging through the boxes and cabinets to find the model of the warship aircraft carrier, Xu Shiying did not follow the old man to the study, he walked around, many years later, it became a ruin, and then built a high-rise building, even if he wanted to reminisce, there was no place to recall.
Since the death of my grandfather, three months have passed, and my grandmother has left with her, she said that her grandfather is not in good health, and she has to take care of him, so as to save himself from being sloppy all day long, and not paying attention to his meals on time.
At that time, he was young and didn't know what sadness was, even when the two old men went out of the funeral, he didn't feel that there was anything wrong, but afterwards he felt that his grandfather was a little inexplicable at him, and he made up his mind to stop paying attention to him for a long time, or strip off his few remaining white beards?
He was hesitating about the two options, which was better, and finally thought about it, and decided to strip off the few remaining white beards, so that when he subconsciously stroked his beard, he would think of him when he thought of being without a beard.
It wasn't until many years later that Xu Shiying slapped himself several times on a certain night, and it wasn't until that time that he knew that it was gone, it was gone.
Xu Shiying walked around with emotion, and inadvertently walked out of the door to see the scenery, he noticed that there was a tree planted at the door, a locust tree, very small, and it didn't seem that this tree had been planted for a long time.
The locust tree has a bad reputation among the people, and they think that planting the locust tree is unlucky and a bad omen, because the locust tree has the name of ghosts, and it is a tree planted in the cemetery to guard the underworld.
No matter what kind of legend and name the locust tree has, the old man is a soldier, and he has never disdained the gods and ghosts, it is all things to coax children to play, and labor and management think it looks good, he deserves to be planted here, and labor and management think that he is not good-looking, even if it looks like a flower, he will not look at him in front of him.
Although he didn't know why his grandfather planted a locust tree at the door, Xu Shiying looked at this tree a little familiarly, as if he had seen it somewhere, in order to be able to see it carefully, he walked forward, one was unstable, and his butt was sitting on the ground.
Xu Shiying's eyes widened, he knew where he had seen this tree, it was the last time he found the female corpse, but he still remembered the mighty locust tree spirit, if it wasn't for Lin Yanran who saved his life, he wouldn't have explained it here now.
The tree in front of me looked like it was still a small seedling, and it hadn't grown yet, and it couldn't find the terrible feeling it had at that time.
He retreated again and again, slammed his body into the door and swayed, and the old man who was rummaging through the boxes and cabinets in the house to find the model, thinking that the boss and his family had arrived, hurriedly ran out to greet him.
Xu Shiying didn't care to think about why he suddenly had access to things in this world, and when he saw that the old man hurriedly found a place to hide, he hid behind a stone lion at the door of the house and squatted down to avoid being discovered by the old man.
The old man rushed out, looking around for the boss and his family, there was no one outside at all, he thought he had arrived in advance, and his face showed a trace of loneliness.
At this time, the phone rang in the old man's pocket, and the old man saw that it was the boss calling, and after connecting, the other end of the phone told him that he was almost home, and there was a traffic jam here, otherwise he would have arrived home just now, so that the old man was not in a hurry, and he would arrive home in about fifteen minutes.
The loneliness on the old man's face was long gone, if it weren't for the image of the family, he would have jumped up happily, and hurriedly ran to the kitchen to report the news like the top leader of the family.
Xu Shiying, who was hiding behind the stone lion, breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately he was not discovered, it was strange, he was not in a special existence in this world, he could see, but he couldn't make any sound, let alone touch objects.
Ever since he touched the locust tree, the hidden functions on his body have disappeared, and now he can touch anything, and he can touch anything after experimenting with it just now.
The locust tree was strange, and he was thinking about what strange features the locust tree had, and he felt something behind him, as if it was tugging at his trouser leg.
This is a white poodle, not tall or small, looking stupid and cute, I don't know when it came behind him, it didn't bark, it just kept pulling on its trouser legs, and it seemed to treat him as a novelty toy.
Xu Shiying chased it, he was hiding, he didn't have time to tease the dog, how could the poodle let him go, seeing that the toy moved, he first retreated again and again, and finally barked wildly.
The barking of the dog is the most troublesome, it will attract the attention of many people, he used to hide well, but now it is all disrupted, and in a moment the little boy they will arrive, he must not be discovered, otherwise the matter will be a big deal.
Xu Shiying chased the poodle and ran inside, if he remembered correctly, there was a country road there, which could detour to the back wall of his grandfather's house, and there were several creepers on the back wall, he could step on a few bricks and hide in the yard with the help of the creepers.
Although the barking of the dog attracted the attention of the surrounding neighbors, it was only a glance, and then he continued to do his work, playing mahjong and knitting sweaters.
Just as Xu Shiying was chasing the poodle and running, a middle-aged man wearing a suit and tie, a flat head, and a scar on the left side of his face pushed the door and walked into the courtyard.
The old man saw the middle-aged man's expression, stretched out his hand to salute, but was stopped by the middle-aged man, and the two entered the study to talk.
"How is the health of the Ten Battalions?"
"At present, it is relatively stable, and there are no adverse reactions, and in general, it should be regarded as temporarily suppressing the condition.
The middle-aged man looked at the furnishings in the old man's study with great interest, and casually picked up an airplane made of copper bullet shells, although the glue marks on it were obvious, but the middle-aged man was very interested.
"Do it yourself?"
"The kid in the tenth camp likes it, so I made it for him, this is the first time I have made a finished product, it is not very good-looking, I can't take it, and I am reluctant to throw it away, so I keep it for myself and store it in my study." The old man smiled shyly.
"Can you send me?"
"Ahh