"Aquarium? Yes, you told me. "I slammed the back of my head. When I found this cloth, my grandfather had already said it.

"Since he knows ghost books, he must be a member of the ancient water tribe." Grandpa said.

I hurriedly followed my grandfather's words and said, "The people of the water tribe ...... Fish are also aquariums......"

Grandpa gave me a thumbs up: "That's right. He saw the fish as his own people. He couldn't save all the fish, so he chose the biggest fish to save it, so he saved the carp. ”

"Then the things he said about spiritual pets are all nonsense?" I asked.

"The carp should be a green dragon, the cat should be a white tiger, the rooster should be a red bird, and the turtle should be Xuanwu. That's right. It's just that these things just became an excuse for him to save the carp. Grandpa replied.

I was overjoyed, and my voice suddenly rose: "Grandpa, then we can also raise a carp!" So that you can not be afraid of the bumps in your life in three years! "At this moment, I am no different from the little children fishing in the old river. Fantasy is human nature.

Grandpa glanced at me and didn't speak.

I wilted. The monkey said that the spirit carp must be raised from the age of one, raised for ten years, fed by himself every day, changed the water, and recited the scriptures to it! Not to mention that it is difficult for a fish to survive for ten years, even if it lives for ten years and runs out of offerings for one day, it will not be able to succeed! At most, I know you, and my contribution to the house can only be the same as that of a turtle, or even worse than a turtle.

I said to myself, "Who can raise it to this extent......"

Grandpa shook his head and said, "It's not easy for a carp to survive for ten years, why do you need it to protect people from disasters?" ”

Suddenly, I was ashamed.

When my grandfather saw that I stopped talking for a long time, he thought I was feeling sorry for him. So, he walked up to me, patted me on the shoulder, and whispered, "Don't worry, I have another way to try." However, I have to ask for your sister's consent in advance. If she could nod her head, things would be easier. Of course, even if she nodded, it wouldn't work out. ”

I don't know my grandfather's personality yet? Did he ask him for a hundred promises, and asked him to ask for someone? That's a hundred can't open their mouths.

I hurriedly recommended myself: "Grandpa, if you need anything, I can help you tell Sister Si." Among the sisters of the uncle's family, Sister Si has the best relationship with me. ”

Grandpa touched my head and laughed, but he didn't say a word about him.

The lights outside were lit up one after another, as if there was an invisible hand in the night sky, lighting them from house to house.

I walked to the gate, looked at the lights of the house, and imagined that the monkey was grinding ink and writing under a dim lamp. Due to the villager's habit of saving, except for their own bedrooms and halls, the rest of the rooms are made with very small light bulbs. So the monkey may have accidentally spilled the ink, or maybe it would have made a pitch black mess on his fingers. I imagined that with his dirty hands, he picked up a dirty brush and wrote a series of ghost books on a cloth torn out of nowhere. Since the villagers are not very interested in calligraphy, it is impossible for the brush to be of good quality, and in most cases it is a lot of hair loss, and no matter how you adjust it on the inkstone, you can't adjust the nib of the pen to the right point. Therefore, there must be a relatively large gap between the ghost book drawn by the monkey and the ghost book picked up by the grandfather.

Grandpa also walked out, looked at me in a daze, and asked with a smile, "Are you still thinking about that person?" ”

"Hmm. He asked someone to borrow an inkstone and ink block for him, presumably to write a ghost book. I said, "He was originally going to Lin Jiazhu's grave, but he turned back halfway, and it must be the ghost book that is more important to him to go to the grave." He hurriedly borrowed these things, which was even more telling. I guess he's done writing the ghost book tonight and will go to Bump Mountain tomorrow. ”

Grandpa nodded.

"It's just that I don't know why he went to the grave with the ghost book. If he said that Lin Jiazhu was his relative, shouldn't he bring paper money or a lantern? I turned my head to look at my grandfather.

Grandpa's eyes were also full of questions. It seems that he doesn't know the answer for the time being. Grandpa stepped on the stone pier in front of the door, diverted the topic and asked, "The air is not bad tonight." Liang Zai, do you want to sleep on the floor for a while, or just sleep in the house? ”

As soon as Grandpa finished speaking, a frog crowed from behind the house. First there were two of them, and then they increased, and then they increased, and then there were frogs chirping everywhere. For a moment, I thought it was because my grandfather stepped on that ancient stone pier and caused the frogs to chirp. From that day on, I didn't dare to touch those two stone piers at night. Fortunately, I went to school in the far northeast and never went home during the summer vacation, so I was relieved of this unwarranted worry.

"Let's chill outside for a while." I said. Actually, I didn't really want to stay on the floor, but when I got back inside, I was afraid that I would always think about monkeys drawing ghost books. Because the light bulb in Grandpa's house is also dusk and yellow.

Grandpa listened to me and went to the hall to move the bamboo bed.

I was about to help, but my grandfather had already moved the bamboo bed out on its side, and it seemed that it was effortless.

Grandpa chose a windy place to put the bamboo bed, and then the two of us sat down.

Looking at the stars in the sky, Grandpa said, "Have you heard of the twenty-eight stars before?" In order to observe the celestial phenomena and the movement of the sun, moon and five stars, the ancient people selected 28 star officials as the signs of observation, which was called the '28 Nakshatras'. It is equally divided into four groups, each group has seven nights, and the four directions of east, west, south and north and the animal images such as the green dragon, the white tiger, the vermilion bird, and the xuanwu are matched, which is called the 'four elephants', and the Taoism is called the 'four spirits'. ”

"Green Dragon and White Tiger?" I had just heard the monkey say that the spirit pet corresponds to the green dragon, white tiger, vermilion bird, and Xuanwu, but I didn't expect to hear my grandfather say that the stars in the sky also correspond to the same thing. My curiosity was immediately aroused. I often heard my grandfather mention the twenty-eight constellations, because when choosing an auspicious day of the zodiac, I had to consider the problem of the constellations. But it's the first time I've heard it when it's associated with the green dragon and white tiger or something.

Grandpa pointed to the sky and said: "The Han Dynasty Weishu "Shangshu Kao Lingyao" said that the twenty-eight nights, the vitality of the sky, the essence of all things. Therefore, the seven houses of Dongfang Angle, Kang, Di, Fang, Heart, Tail and Kei, which are shaped like dragons, are called 'Zuo Qinglong'. Nanfang Jing, Oni, Liu, Xing, Zhang, Wing, and Zhen Qiju, its shape is like a quail bird, and it can also be said to look like a chicken, and it is called 'former Suzaku'. The seven houses of Kui, Lou, Stomach, Pleiades, Bi, Mi and Shen are shaped like tigers, and can also be said to resemble cats, called 'right white tigers'. Northern fighting, bull, female, void, danger, room, wall seven houses, its shape is like a turtle snake, not only a turtle in the spirit pet, the snake also belongs to the Xuanwu. It's called 'post-Xuanwu'. ”

In a trance, I suddenly understood the monkey's statement to the spirit pet, and even realized the magic of the ghost book.