That night, my dad slept at home with the eldest uncle, and at six o'clock in the morning, before dawn, the two of them told me to get up, and then set off towards Luocheng, on the way I asked my dad how long he would stay, and he said two or three days.

It took me more than three hours on the road, and I was always excited, after all, this was the first time my dad took me back to my hometown, and I always felt like I could meet some relatives or something.

After coming down from the highway in Luocheng, my dad did not drive towards the city, but went to a town from a small fork in the provincial road, the car drove to a small store in the town and stopped, he went in to buy some snacks and brown sugar, in my impression, these things were not sold in the supermarket a long time ago, and they belonged to the things that older people liked, and I thought that my dad should show me the old man.

Sure enough, after buying something. He walked along the asphalt road in the town, and after reaching the end, he came to a village, where most of the houses in the village were clay tile houses, and only a few were tiled and cement houses, which Uncle Datou told me, in this village. Those who can afford to build a tile and cement house are rich people.

Of course, compared to the people in the village who are rich, compared to the people outside, it is still a drop in the bucket.

When my dad drove into the village, many people stood and watched, probably because they had never seen such a good car. He parked the car in front of a more imposing gatehouse, and then led me to knock on the door with the eldest uncle, and after a long time, an old man who bent over opened the door, and after he glanced at my father, he did not speak, but pointed to the house, which means, as if someone was waiting for my father.

When I walked from the yard to the house, I smelled a smell of incense, it is now the custom of our side during the Chinese New Year, many families do burn incense in the morning, so I didn't think it was too strange, and when I entered the room, the furnishings in the house made me dumbfounded.

In the middle of the placed a table, behind the platform, hanging a few portraits, particularly hideous, like the monster in the Journey to the West, a grandmother heard the movement in the house, from a side room walked out, this grandmother looked very scary, small triangular eyes, after coming out of the side room, then squinted at the three of us, my dad and the big head uncle were very polite to this grandmother, and nodded at others, called Aunt Hua.

This old grandmother named Aunt Hua answered, pointed at me and asked my father, "This is your child!" Let him burn the pillar incense first, and I'll show it to him later! ”

I was quite puzzled, what to show me? I vaguely feel that some of the furnishings in this house, as well as this weird old grandmother, give me a feeling of feudal superstition, could it be that she is the kind of goddess who fools people in the village? Fortune teller?

Sure enough, in the end, my guess was confirmed, this Aunt Hua is a fortune teller, she watched my dad and Uncle Datou grow up, and once saved my dad's life, and my dad can get to this point, this Aunt Hua has also given him advice.

I don't know what's going on with people in other places. Anyway, on our side, there are many people who have a background in the local area or are more open-minded, as well as those who are in business and officials, many people are more superstitious and will believe in these things. These goddesses and fortune tellers are generous and very polite, and I always think about it, since these people are so capable, their brains should be very smart, why are they deceived by this kind of liar?

When I grew up, I understood that many people don't believe in these, they just do too much business or create too many sins, and the pressure on their hearts is very heavy. Just find psychological comfort.

Of course, I didn't believe in these at all, and I thought it was purely a fraud of money, so I was not very willing to burn incense and kowtow at first, and my dad was almost anxious with me because of this, and then I compromised and kowtowed. There was a particularly strong sense of humiliation and disbelief in my heart, and I glanced at Aunt Hua and glared at her, thinking that you are a big liar, I don't know how many people I have deceived in my life.

After kowtowing, the flower aunt chirped crookedly and said a bunch of things about me, and also analyzed my personality, and the style of doing things with me, which is strange to say, this guy is actually quite right, she said that I am a little proud in my bones now, I haven't suffered any big hardships and tribulations, what I experienced before are trivial things, and there are many serious things in the future, and it is ugly to say, I don't know that the sky is high and the earth is thick, and sooner or later I will have to suffer a big loss, as for where I want to develop in the future. How big the climate can be, Aunt Hua didn't want to say more, but half-jokingly and half-seriously said to my father: "The secret of heaven must not be revealed, anyway, he must be better than his Lao Tzu, you can rest assured of this!" ”

My dad is submissive to others, and he keeps nodding his head and saying yes to what people say.

I didn't believe in these at all, and I didn't want to tease Aunt Hua when I was idle, so I asked her: "Then can you see the matter of emotional marriage, you can show me!" ”

Aunt Hua glanced at me with small eyes, and after being silent for a few seconds, she said, "Don't worry, you can't succeed now, it will come to an end soon, your real marriage is in the south direction, not this!" ”

That's what it is. Let me admire Aunt Hua a little in my heart, I thought to myself that she didn't know if I was in love or not, what the situation I talked about, how could she know that this couldn't be done? Does she know about me and Xia Yu?

No way! It's only the first time I've been here, and no one has told her, so how could she know? As for what real marriage is in the southern direction, what does that mean? This sentence is too general, there are more women in the direction of my south, will I marry them all in the future?

It's funny.

No matter what, I still don't believe her, I think she is purely fooling people, before leaving Aunt Hua's house, my dad also left her an envelope, which should be money, looking at least one or two thousand, I thought that my dad is really stupid, this Aunt Hua's money is too easy to make, you can make so much money with a few casual moves.

After getting in the car. My dad drove to another road, and on the way he laughed with Uncle Datou: "Aunt Hua said that this kid will be older than me in the future, what do you think?" His bear-like look can surpass me in the future? ”

Uncle Datou glanced at me, obviously he also felt that Aunt Hua's words were a little reluctant, but he still said: "Since people said so." What can't we believe! ”

My dad smiled, and then said to me, "Have you remembered what Aunt Hua just said?" In the future, rein in your temper, don't make trouble for me if you have nothing to do! ”

I told my dad that the old woman was a liar, why should you believe that, if it was really what she said. I will have a great ability in the future, then I sit at home every day now and don't do anything, I want to see if I can have a chance in the future, after my dad heard this, he directly wanted to stop and clean me up, but was stopped by Uncle Datou, Uncle Datou also explained to me, saying: "If it weren't for this Aunt Hua, I wouldn't be able to live with your dad at all, she is our savior, you are still young, I don't understand, when you grow up, you will understand, there are some things, you don't believe it!" ”

Anyway, my dad drove away for about 20 minutes, and the car drove to a big canal, and the water in this big canal had dried up.

I listened to my dad's words, and I can probably understand that he should have grown up in this place when he was a child, and this place is called Dazhi Village.

When my dad drove into the village, some people standing on the side of the road nodded at him, they probably knew him, and when the car drove to a dilapidated mud house, he stopped, and the three of us just got out of the car. From an alley seven or eight meters away, a person suddenly came out and shouted directly at us: "Yo, isn't this Brother Fox, I thought you wouldn't come back for the New Year!" ”

I looked at the man, and saw that he had only one and a half legs, one of which was gone down from the knee, and the extra trouser leg was tied in a knot, and the man was smiling as he walked this way, and he was very thin and had a long face. A typical horse face, with a large scar on his face, looking at someone who had been injured before, he was about the same age as my father, and the clothes on his body were very old-fashioned and dirty, giving people a feeling of asking for food or collecting waste.

I also glanced at my dad and uncle at the time, and the two of them didn't know why, they were all stunned, and their eyes were very complicated, surprised? Indissoluble? Maybe with a hint of panic.

What's going on? It seems that my dad and Uncle Big Head are very afraid of this horse-faced uncle? The two of them looked at them as if they had seen a man who had been dead for many years suddenly appear in front of them.