I packed my things and went up the mountain that night.

said that he didn't let the second uncle follow, he was injured by the stele fairy and was not in good health, his resistance was very poor, and he had to raise at least one winter, besides, I actually wanted to be alone, the surface was fine, but I knew that the sores in my heart needed time to lick it slowly.

The northern bungalow heating mainly depends on the fire, as soon as the uncle leaves, the house seems to leak everywhere, cold and unpopular, I was not busy burning the fire at first, but with Xiao Liu, a house of meticulous cleaning, a lot of dust, you can imagine how long the uncle can settle in before.

I didn't do anything else for the first few days, so I continued to clean up my uncle's small yard and then chopped firewood by myself, lit a fire, and groped for cooking.

Xiaoliu is 'admiration' on his lips every day, he knows that I haven't cooked in my hometown, and when I boiled porridge for him to eat, he actually used a kind of expression of testing poison to die, but after a bite, those eyes immediately widened, "Not bad, fourth sister, it's not pasted yet!" It can be eaten, and the taste is OK! ”

I was slightly dismissive, "Excuse me." ”

Anyway, I lived in my mother's place for two years, which can be regarded as semi-self-reliance, I have no problem making noodles, cooking porridge, and stewing rice, and it is okay to fry a simple dish, which is not well done or exquisite, but it is enough to fill my stomach.

Xiaoliu stayed with me until about New Year's Day, saying that he wanted to go back to school to hand in the internship report and left, and when he left, he chattered, saying that he was going crazy, I was happy to be free, but I just told him not to forget to find me a second-hand laptop in the town, I want to use it.

His chest was beating tom, and when he left, he was really energetic and hated to be able to breathe the wind under his feet, I looked at his back and laughed, staying here with me to live a primitive life, it was indeed difficult for Xiaoliu.

I would get up at five or six o'clock in the morning, run a few laps around the woods, have some breakfast after returning from morning exercise, and then read my uncle's book, I don't know if it was because my uncle gave me spiritual enlightenment, the efficiency of reading books has been greatly improved, and the places that I used to think were particularly jerky now understand very quickly.

At noon, I made dinner for the evening, continued to read in the afternoon, and when I was tired, I cleaned up my room and made a small orange tree or went to sit in front of my uncle's grave for a while to relax.

I have to listen to English at night, memorize words, and say in Xiaoliu's words, I am completely militarized life, he wants to walk around the mountains with me to hunt hares, I don't have time to accompany him, plus there is no TV, and there is no signal on the mobile phone, you say that he did not hold back internal injuries, I don't believe it.

I know I'm living a boring life, but I can't help it, everything I'm doing now is to prepare for going out of the mountain, since I said to work hard, I can't just shout slogans with red mouths and white teeth, I have to put it into action.

Besides, I don't think there is anything wrong with my plan, morning exercise and running are to strengthen the body, sometimes, Mr. is a strength job, reading books in the morning and afternoon is to learn the Tao, and I have been in the mountains for several years to read books, of course, now that my uncle has passed away in an immortal, I stay here, and there are some elements of filial piety in it.

And listening to English at night, I was purely for backup, and my summer job at Ocean Star was not in vain, at least let me know that English is very important, I have to learn, even if it is bad, at least I have to be able to communicate.

As soon as Xiaoliu walked into the room, it was extremely quiet, I was alone, sitting cross-legged in front of the kang table, sometimes I was fascinated by it, and I would gesture in the air with both hands, and draw some talismans in the air.

The sound of 'ziz' would occasionally draw my attention to the boiling water sitting on the stove, and when I was tired, I would move my neck a few times, make a cup of hot tea, take a sip, and then slowly walk over to the red bottle I had placed in the corner to take a look.

The red bottle is the name I gave it, in fact, it is an ordinary canned bottle, I wrapped it in red paper, and then laid the paper ash with the eight characters of the second uncle's birthday, added a little water to it, and raised a small red fish and worm, a very small fish, only the red line is so thin, and the nails are so long, but this is what I wanted to raise before I went up the mountain.

took the three drops of fingertip blood of the second uncle as a guide, plus his birth date as the base, and the dark place, as long as he raised it for seven hundred and forty-nine days, this fish and insect can be regarded as a Gu worm to a certain extent, and it is a Gu worm that I raised for my second uncle.

When the time comes, as long as I put my hand into the bottle, the fish worm will burrow into my wrist and form a shallow red line on the inside of the wrist, with only one intention, to protect my second uncle, if the stele fairy casts evil magic on my second uncle again, I will react at the same time as my second uncle.

I didn't tell anyone in the family about this, and Xiaoliu only jokingly asked, Fourth Sister, pet.

I didn't say much, I knew that my second uncle would not agree to me doing this, he loved me, how could he want me to take these unknown risks with him?

But this is what I have to do myself, the original idea of stepping into this industry is to protect my family, for the second uncle to raise a Gu worm into his own body, I don't think it's nothing, besides, I'm also afraid, I'm afraid that I will run around after I go out of the mountain in the future, a lot of evil arts are still hindsight, it doesn't hurt or itch at first, and it will kill directly after the attack, and I don't worry about letting my second uncle be at home alone.

Lonely.

I don't know, it's okay during the day, but at night when I'm alone, some depressing things will grow crazy in my memory, like weeds, dense like ears of wheat and pressed down, the more I want to forget that face, the clearer it becomes, and I can't get angry.

When I tossed and turned, I would get up in a hurry, and run back and forth in the cold yard alone, until I was weak and sweat soaked my underwear, and then I gasped and entered the door, and took the trouble to boil water and take a bath for myself.

Xiao Nasty will occasionally come to accompany me, and call me Sibao softly in the voice of the seven or eight year old, reassuring me, everything will be fine.

I lay on the kang and looked at it with the corners of my mouth, and I said that I know how to seal the spiritual object, you stand up, I will seal it for you.

The little annoyed round eyes emitted a very serious light, and it said no, "You have to get up, the day you get up, it's when I seal it, otherwise I won't be created after I finish sealing." ”

As soon as I heard this, I wilted, and I got up, how can I get up if I don't catch it.

This thing is like a thorn in my heart, pierced there, no matter how hard I try, I know that I can't pull it out, because pulling it out is not on my own, but on this God, who has always looked at me unpleasantly, since I am counting on it, then how dare I have too much hope.

"Sibao, do you know, in this life, you chose it yourself, I believe that you will definitely be able to overcome all the difficulties."

I don't understand, "When did I choose?" ”

If I can really choose, I will let myself be born with yin and yang, why should I be a disabled tiger who looks at it step by step!

Little annoyance was a little afraid to look at me, "I can't say ......"

I sighed, "I know, do you want to wait for the spiritual creature to be corrected, you pay more attention, you can't just make a tongue for yourself, otherwise it will leak the heavenly secret and damage the cultivation, forget it, it's not difficult for me, sleep for you......"

……

When I was in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, I went down the mountain to go home for the Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, and as soon as I walked out of the forest, I saw the sweaty little six, "Fourth sister, where did you come from, this makes me tired, saying that I can't find a way to die." ”

I was quite proud to see him panting, "Normal, I'm in the woods, you can't get in." ”

He wiped his sweat and glared, "What a formation." ”

"You don't understand."

I took out the small yin and yang plate and handed it to him, "This will be used for you first, I'm done adjusting, don't move, take it out when you enter the woods and take a look, where the pointer points to, you can go wherever you go, and you can find your uncle's house." ”

Xiao Liu took my yin and yang plate suspiciously, and he didn't feel too tossed, he ran back to Linzikou, and came back with excitement in his eyes twenty minutes later, "It's so good, fourth sister, you can do it!" ”

I smiled softly, "Meaningless." ”

This formation is mainly hidden, it is the method of entering the strange door, that is, to hide the uncle's house, afraid of being disturbed, I read more books and naturally itchy hands want to practice, I handwritten eight yellow runes after stepping on the direction of the forest, and then one by one burning the talismans, arranging the array, with eight yellow runes burning, the air will naturally form eight different colors of life, on the surface there is no abnormality, but if you want to find the house of the uncle, you need to break the formation, find the door, otherwise you will be dizzy.

"Fourth sister, if I go to you, will you know?"

I nodded as I descended, "Yes, someone will know." ”

"So amazing?"

I nodded with the corners of my mouth, "Do you still remember the eight copper bells hanging from the roof of my uncle's house?" ”

Xiao Liu rolled his eyes and thought, "Remember, isn't that decorative." ”

I put my arm around his shoulder and shook my head, "Of course not, that, it's connected to the formation, if someone comes in, the bell will move, eight bells, that's eight doors, go to the right door, the corresponding bell will ring, but if you go to the wrong door, the bell will ring randomly, very noisy." ”

This is also the reason why my uncle knew when I came, I didn't understand it before, but now I know that he judged by the bell.

Although this formation is an entry-level formation, it is very lively, if the gentleman who sets up the formation does not want this person to come in, he can change the direction of the eight doors at will through the paper ash bell, which is very interesting.

Xiao Liu thought of something, "Hey, Fourth Sister, then you said that it would be okay to get one at the door of our house, so that the stele immortal wouldn't be able to find our house." ”

As soon as I heard this, I was a little bored, "I also thought about it, but there are always people and animals walking back and forth at the door of the house, and the gas is too miscellaneous to make a cloth." ”

This is also a disadvantage, this formation is best between the mountains and rivers, in a sparsely populated place, it seems, it is reserved for the masters to return to the seclusion.

Xiaoliu didn't ask more, "Your mother is back, and I asked you, my dad also said about the stele fairy, your mother inexplicably thanked my dad for a good call, saying that you are right to go to the city, and it is right to come back, everything is right, fortunately, my dad didn't stop you from going to high school in the city, and I don't know what it means." ”

I tugged at the corners of my mouth and didn't respond, yes, my mother's secret, my second uncle's business......

Hey, I still envy Pang and miss her.

My mother was helping my second aunt make dumplings, and when she saw me, she smiled gently, "Are you used to living in the mountains?" ”

"It's good."

I nodded but didn't know what to say, with my mother, it seems that I can't reach a state of intimacy after a hundred years of getting along, maybe I have some prejudice against her in my heart, and I can't be affectionate, not like with my second aunt, at least sometimes I can talk to each other like best friends, my mother's mind is too heavy, so heavy that I don't want to explore, to cover.

"Wash your hands, and you'll be ready to eat in a moment."

My mother didn't know what I was thinking, and she was still smiling and saying, "Your second uncle has spoken, and he has made what you like to eat." ”

There is no change on her face, the beauty is still quite successful, slowly getting older, she will be much younger than her peers when she adds wrinkles a year, standing next to the second aunt and not knowing that she thinks she is the little sister of the second aunt.

I hummed and went straight into the house, washed my hands and turned around to see my second uncle lying on the desk looking at something, "Second uncle, what are you doing." ”

"Fish, Sibao, is this fish sick?"

"The fish is sick?"

I was so puzzled that I stepped forward and followed my second uncle's eyes directly into the fish tank, the little goldfish did swim much slower, and the fins on the side were a little black, as if they were rotten, "What's going on." ”

This fish is not an ordinary fish, how can I still get sick when that big crane spit it out for me?

"Isn't the water bad......?"

The second uncle frowned and looked at me, "Turn around, I'll go to the town to sell goldfish and ask, this fish saved my life." ”

I pursed my lips and didn't speak, but took a non-used oil pen in the pen holder and put it at the fish, the fish flicked its tail violently, splashing water droplets, I looked at the second uncle and smiled, "It's okay, don't you see that this drum is not quite energetic, it maybe, it may be molting." ”

"Molting?"

The second uncle was surprised, "The fish is still molting." ”

I laughed, "This is an angelfish, maybe a year to change the color, after molting the skin will become another color, is everything possible?" ”

The second uncle was stunned by what I said, "Really? ”

I took him by the arm, "Really! You can rest assured. ”

The Chinese New Year's Eve meal in the evening was quite harmonious, provided that I blocked my mother's calls, she connected several calls, I listened to urge her to go back, put down the phone The second uncle was a little dissatisfied, "Ruojun, your work is so busy." ”

Mom glanced at me, I knew, what she meant was that I didn't tell my second uncle that she was a beautician, I didn't respond, I probably didn't say it, I forgot, in fact, I don't think it's a big deal, isn't it just for the beauty of corpses, no one day of the year, she's busy and normal.

"Alas, there is no way, it is like this everywhere I work now."

Seeing that I didn't say anything, my mother pushed it over lightly, and the second aunt used to play a round next to her, "Ruowen, you think it's like we're so idle, the work in the city is all a radish and a pit, if you are busy, it means that her work is inseparable from her, the leader attaches importance to it, it's a good thing, don't take care of everything all day!" ”

The second uncle nodded, "I don't care about everything, I'm afraid that Ruojun is too tired, you said that you have been busy for a year, and you can come back for the New Year, and you are still urging you to go back, why send three or four, Ruojun, you are ......"

"Second brother!"

My mother interrupted my second uncle's words with a sneer, glanced at me and looked at him with a wine glass, "Sister, thank you, I salute you, come!" ”

The second uncle felt uncomfortable, but looking at his mother's rare smiling face, he still picked up the wine glass, raised his head, put a glass of white wine into his stomach, and dried it directly.

Na Mingyue smiled and clapped her hands beside her, "Yes!" Let's have fun during the New Year, I haven't been so happy for many years, Ruojun, my sister-in-law will also drink with you, come~! ”

In this case, I usually don't have anything to do with Xiaoliu, I borrowed the phone of my second uncle, went to my grandmother's house and began to call Pang Bian, she heard my voice very excited, and before she could say a few words, her father snatched the phone, "Bao Si, how can you not read that, this is nonsense, you say, how good it is to study, you have to take the university entrance examination." ”

The kind smell of oysters seems to be coming across thousands of mountains and rivers, I smiled softly, my heart was warm, and after greeting the New Year, Pang next to the phone snatched the phone over there, "Bao Si, how are you doing in your hometown, or you come back, I'm bored alone!" ”

"Don't go back now, I'm just on the right track, each of us has our own way to go, this is my choice, I want to go well."

She sighed over there, wilting, "Bao Si, in fact, I always miss you, I have something to say to you......"

"What's that?"

"That's it...... Oh, Dad, don't keep eavesdropping on my mom! People are nagging! ”

I laughed, and heard the sound of going down the stairs next to Pang over there, and after a while, I said mysteriously, "I am, Bao Si, I seem to like someone......"

"Who?"

I raised my eyebrows, "I know, it's Han Lin." ”

"Oh, it's not him, I know what Han Lin means to you, can I be so bloody and interesting to him, it's someone else'......"

Yo heh.

I was interested, "Who, do I know each other?" ”

"You should know, hey, forget it, I won't talk about it!"

This made me anxious, all kinds of forced questions to let her tell me, but this guy suddenly changed his hexagram, and hung up the phone after a bunch of useless pulls, I was so angry, this appetite hung up for me, and she also played mysteriously for me.

But I thought about it carefully, our school, there should be only a few, basketball captain, football captain or something, but I don't know what she did in the first two years, she is going to graduate and play with a crush.

Shaking my head, I called Sister Chaoyang again, she hasn't gone abroad yet, and she can't leave for a while when she listens to the tone, and she is a little depressed, but Sister Chaoyang is a person who is unwilling to pass on her gray emotions to others, so she smiled hard and said, "Baosi, everything will be fine, right?" ”

I said yes, everything will be fine, just like she once told me, the blue sky has always been there, and the fear is that the heart has turned gray.

In the end, I flipped through my little notebook and called Sister Mi Xue, and after chatting for a while, I sent New Year's messages to Han Lin and Qin Sen, without indicating who I was, thinking, if I have the opportunity to meet again in the future, I will mention it, don't let people think I'm ignorant, but now I don't want to talk to them on the phone, I don't know what to say.

When I was about to return the phone to my second uncle, my eldest brother called again, and he was still a little anxious when he heard my voice, "Sibao, I heard that you don't study, how can you not study, after studying for so many years, isn't it just to take the university entrance examination, that is the regret of my life, I don't want you to regret it too." ”

I don't want to talk about this, "I don't regret it, I didn't read it after I thought about it, big brother, why did you call, you didn't come back." ”

The eldest brother sighed, "I didn't go back, I'm not ...... Anyway, it's borrowing your light, I'm very busy at work now, I'm volunteering to work overtime during the New Year, since I have the opportunity, I want to work hard, and my eldest brother can't give you a job, and after the New Year, I'll see if it's not too late to go back during the holidays. ”

I smiled, "Don't work too hard. ”

"It's not hard, that, Mr. Lu takes care of me very well, don't say I'm a disabled person, the whole office, any person's education is a bachelor's degree, I'm just a high school graduate, and my body is still ...... Anyway, I know that all I can do is to work hard, Sibao, this affection, brother owes you a lifetime. ”

I lowered my eyes, "Don't say that, how serious you are, with employees like you, people are secretly happy." ”

"That's not what I said, everyone is very serious, I know it's not easy for people to give me a chance, I'm also studying hard now, and I also reported classes at night, wanting to get a degree, by the way, Mr. Lu also arranged a single dormitory for me on the project, I have everything, and I can take a bath.

He didn't shy away from knowing me at all, he came to my office to see me before going abroad, and told everyone that I was his eldest brother, so that everyone could take care of me, and now my colleagues are stammering me, and I don't understand to rush to tell me, no one dares to say anything about me, I know, this is all your light...... Sibao, are you listening to me? ”

I bit my lip, "Hmm." ”

"Actually, I mentioned it to Mr. Lu behind my back, I said that I knew that I didn't have any ability, and I wanted to return to my original position, continue to be a mason, and just eat a bite to eat, but he didn't agree, guess what he told me."

I wanted to ask, but I didn't want to.

The eldest brother didn't wait for me to open his mouth before he continued, "He said, it's not him giving me a chance, it's me, give him another chance, I don't understand, but I think, it should be related to you, Sibao, you and Lu are always not ......"

"It's okay with the two of us."

His voice was a little hoarse, "It doesn't matter at all, big brother, since you cherish this job very much, then do it well, don't think about anything else." ”

"Before Mr. Lu went abroad, he came to give us a meeting, the whole person lost a lot of weight, I observed it, his cigarette, just a meeting to smoke a box, particularly scary, although the state of the meeting for us is still similar to before, but anyone can see that he has something in his heart, Sibao, brother knows that you have grown up, not willing to say anything, but I admire him, he is still in school, his work is so good, he will definitely be great in the future, right?"

I want to say that people start high, of course they go high, but they are not in the mood to say it, and they are panicked.

The eldest brother saw me over there for a long time and said it, he didn't say much, let me give the phone to the second uncle, he was a good New Year's greeting, I hummed, sullenly entered the house and handed the mobile phone to the second uncle, turned around, and went to the courtyard alone for a while.

Smoke it, I'm happy that he smoked himself to death.