Chapter Thirty-Nine: San'er == Shanshan?
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It was only then that I learned that the cap was called "San'er".
Looking at the tears in the corners of her eyes, I didn't know what to say, and I almost told the cave where Grandma's body was hidden on impulse. But after thinking about it, I still held back.
Although she saved me and was my savior, I still couldn't fully trust her. My injuries are so serious, why can she just happen to be able to heal? Why does she know everything about me? She doesn't have a trace of ghost on her body, who is she?
These questions have been bothering me and I can't let my guard down.
After another ten days, they finally untied the rope from my body, and although I still couldn't get off the ground, my leg didn't hurt so much. Shen Mo is still the same, with empty eyes, but when she saw that I could move, she was also very happy, hugging me and laughing all the time.
I've always wanted to find a chance to test San'er and the old lady, but I haven't had the chance. After a few more days, I was already able to walk slowly on the ground, Shen Mo helped me to the yard, and I saw the old lady sitting alone in the middle of the yard basking in the sun.
Seeing me walking over, she pulled a chair and asked me to sit down, sighed softly, looked at the green mountains in the distance, and said slowly:
"She's on that mountain, isn't she?"
I was shocked, and quickly looked around, "San'er" was not there!
She didn't look at me, but went on to say to herself:
"Don't worry, San'er didn't look for it, I know what you're worried about, I'll tell you now.
On the day you went up and down the mountain, we happened to arrive at this village, and we learned about your grandmother and heard about you. I am different from your grandmother, her branch emphasizes a single lineage, and cannot have two people alive at the same time, so she will pass everything on to you when she is about to die.
And this one of mine doesn't deal directly with ghosts. In essence, you are the 'Fa' and we are the 'Shu', and this 'Shu' refers to the Gu Technique. That's why I can drive out the carrion Gu on your body and heal your legs.
As for why I know so much about you, it's even simpler, the way Gu worms get the news is much more accurate and faster than the information you get from the ghosts.
I'm also old, time is running out, San'er is a child I brought up, but since I was a child, I was left with resentment on the body by ghosts, and I can't speak now, so this time I will come to this old thing, I want to beg her to think of a way, but I didn't expect this old thing to be gone! ”
My doubts were completely dispelled after she said this.
Not just because of her explanations, but because she said exactly where Grandma was, even though it was only a general direction, and it was not easy to find it in the middle of a large mountain, but I believe that it was not a difficult thing for her to do as long as she wanted to.
After a week, my leg was completely healed, and although it was full of disgusting scars, at least it functioned fine.
I offered to take them up the mountain with me, but the old lady refused, she said that it had been too long and that she had to hurry back, and there were still many things at home.
However, she asked San'er to stay, and asked her to go up the mountain with me to see if we could find a way to restore her ability to speak. She said that she and Grandma have been fighting for decades, and no one can convince anyone, no one can suppress anyone, and she hopes that by our generation, we can live in peace, and even find a way to reintegrate two branches that are too extreme.
There is no way I can refuse an old man's wish, and besides, this may be her last wish in this world. I also jokingly asked her why she didn't let me call her uncle, and she said that if I called her uncle, I was afraid that my grandmother would come up to me from below.
Looking at her lonely back when she left, I felt a little emotional, although until now I don't know what kind of name the sect that Grandma gave me is called, let alone what kind of grievances there are between these two old men, but in the end, they are all the same lonely and desolate.
Although I don't know what I can do, maybe I can help San'er relieve the resentment in his body, which is the greatest comfort to an old man.
The next morning we left the stockade and descended into the rolling mountains. It's not too far from a distance, but it's not at all the same when you actually go into the mountains.
On the way, San'er has been following us quietly, without even a movement or a gesture, I hesitated and asked her:
"San'er, do you have a name? It's not nice for me to call you San'er, is it? ”
San'er glanced at me, and then picked up a branch and wrote two words on the ground "Shanshan", I was almost happy, I thought that "San'er" was her ranking among the brothers, and it turned out to be a homonym for "Shan" after a long time.
Seeing that I was holding back a smile, a trace of anger rose on Shanshan's face, gave me a vicious look, got up and walked forward. I smiled and shook my head, pulling Shen Mo behind her. I have to say that there are still certain benefits to raising Gu, at least in this vast mountain, you won't get lost.
Although it was not far away, we did not go out of the nearest mountain to the village until dark, and we were still at least three days away from the mountain of our destination. Last time, I pulled two coffins, but it took me more than half a month to get there, and this time it was already fast.
We didn't have camping equipment, so we had to make do with sleeping on the ground, I spread my clothes on the ground, let Shen Mo sleep, and went to fill the kettle in the creek not far away, squatting next to the stream, I vaguely felt that there was something wrong with this creek, but I couldn't say it.
It wasn't until I turned around to leave after filling the water that I suddenly realized that there were two moons in the stream! My heart tightened, and I hurriedly ran back to Shen Mo's side, Shanshan was holding a small porcelain bottle in her hand, and she was feeding the Gu worms inside.
I lowered my voice and said to her:
"Something is wrong, when I just went to fetch water, I noticed that the stream reflected two moons."
Shanshan looked up at me with a hint of nervousness in her eyes. I motioned to her not to panic and wait and see. The double moon in the water, this is not a good sign, usually this happens, there must be a deep demon or ghost thing nearby.
However, this kind of thing that can be cultivated through the essence of the sun and the moon will generally not provoke humans, because the bloody qi will destroy its cultivation, so as long as we are quiet and do not affect it, there will be no trouble.
Only a few evil monsters and ghosts will continue to plunder the flesh and soul of human beings in the process of cultivation to strengthen themselves, so that although the speed of strength progress will be very fast, it will be difficult to achieve positive results.
Shen Mo is already asleep, looking at her quiet little face, I suddenly feel very satisfied, even if she will not remember me in her life, as long as she can continue to live such a simple and happy life, I will be very satisfied...