Chapter 33: The Smell of Hookah

"Ten!! Nine!!! Eight!!! Seven!!! Six!!! Five!!! Four!!! Three!!! Two!!! One!!! A little boy leaned his hands against the wall, his forehead on his arm, and counted down with his eyes closed.

After counting, I began to look for other people, and after a while, I found everyone, the little boy won, and began to change, and played for more than an hour, it was not early, and when it was close to five o'clock in the afternoon, the children went home one after another, but the little boy did not go home, because his parents opened a clothing store, Often come back at 7.8 at night, so the little boy walked around by himself and wanted to play something more, walked a few steps and found that there was an unlocked little yellow car, the little boy walked over and looked at it, smiled, under the age of 12 is forbidden to ride, I am 13 years old, I should be able to ride, I said in my heart that I can ride on the car.

In fact, the little boy is 11 years old, and he doesn't know how he calculates himself, he always says that he is one or two years old, riding a small yellow car and going around, riding farther and farther, and slowly riding to the surrounding mountains, this place has also come with his family during the New Year's Festival before, but at that time it was only at the bottom of the mountain and did not go up, the adults said that there are many trees and jungles above, and there are many mosquitoes, try not to go up, in fact, it is okay not to say so, the more the child is more curious.

Today, the little boy came here to see no one, he was too tired to ride a bicycle to climb the mountain, thought about it for a while, threw the car aside and ran up by himself, ran up and shuttled through the trees, felt that he was a bit of a hero, and imitated some characters in film and television dramas, jumping around in the woods, playing for a while and sitting down to rest when he was tired, and after a while he was ready to go down the mountain to go home, he found himself lost, and walked for a long time without going out, at this time it was already 6.30.

The little boy was a little anxious, not afraid of not being able to go out, but afraid of going home later than his parents, after returning home was scolded by his mother, anxious to walk around, walking and walking the sky was dark, although it was also dark just now, but he could see the surroundings clearly, now this time he couldn't see what was around, there were no lights on the mountain, what should I do, this time the boy changed from anxious to afraid, thinking that even if he went home and was beaten by his mother, scolded, as long as he could go home, don't go back, should he go? What should I do? Walking around in a hurry, walking and stepping on a small stone, he slid down the hillside directly, slipped for a while and hit the tree and stopped, this little boy was really scared, the sky was darker than just now, and he fell down, what can I do???

When he was anxious and scared, the little boy smelled a burst of smoke, the smell of smoke The little boy thought that he had never smelled it, it was the kind of hookah smoked by the old man, although the smell was not good, so that the little boy hated, but he felt an inexplicable sense of intimacy, and wanted to know who smoked, the little boy walked along the smell of smoke, and kept smelling this smell with his nose along the way, smelling and smelling while walking, and slowly the smell of smoke faded, but there was still, and continued to walk along the smell of smoke, and when the smell of smoke was completely gone, he also walked outThe little yellow car was still parked here when I went up the mountain.

The little boy happily got into the car and rode home, but when he got downstairs, his parents had already returned, because the lights were on, the little boy went upstairs, took the key and opened the door, and after entering, the little boy's mother scolded the little boy, but looked at the dirty and torn clothes on his body, and asked him where he went. The little boy confessed that he went to the mountain, and then his mother was angry and told her husband that the child had gone to the mountain alone and was beaten up.

The little boy's father came over, smelled a familiar smell, pulled the little boy's clothes and smelled it, frowned, and asked the little boy to explain the whole thing in detail, the little boy said it from beginning to end, starting from playing hide and seek, and then how to ride the little yellow car, how to go up the mountain, go up the mountain and get lost and smell the smoke and come down, and after coming out, the smell of smoke is gone, and so on.

After hearing this, the little boy's father nodded and asked him to change his clothes, wash his hands and eat, but the little boy's mother was stunned, forget it? After eating, the little boy's father told him to take him out tomorrow and let him go to bed early, and when he went to bed at night, the child's mother asked the child's father what was wrong today? Just forgive him like that? If you don't educate him well this time, what will he do next time something happens? The boy's father said, "Wife, do you smell the smoke on our son?" Suddenly, the little boy's mother seemed to understand something and said, "I... Got it... That smell is our dad's favorite hookah. The little boy's father nodded and said, "It seems that our father led my son out of his way, and tomorrow I will take the child to the grave to thank Dad." The boy's mother nodded and said no more, and fell asleep in bed.

The next day, the little boy's father took his son to the grave, asked his son to kneel down and kowtow to his grandfather, and then kowtowed a few times himself, burned some paper, and said while burning: "Dad, thank you, bring your grandson out, otherwise you will get lost, I will bring him to see you more in the future, so that you can save some snacks." ”

On the way back, the boy's father was silent, and when he got to the store, the boy's father nodded at his wife, and then left, and the boy's mother said to the boy, "Thank you grandfather?" The little boy nodded and said, "Mom, it was grandpa who helped me out yesterday??" The little boy's mother hummed and said: "You can't remember grandpa, you were only more than two years old when your grandfather died, you didn't remember at that time, your grandfather liked to smoke hookah the most when he was alive, although he was persuaded to do so, but he liked this, even if he didn't smoke at home, he would go out to avoid smoking, and then your grandfather died, because you were young at that time, and you didn't remember, so you have no impression of grandpa, when you were a child, grandpa liked to play with you, at that time many people disliked the smell of grandpa smoking, but you didn't dislike it, I don't know if you're young or what, you're always willing to stick to your grandfather, but because they say that the smell of smoke is not good for children, your grandmother always pulls you away, and you don't want to pull away, so you cry, and finally I have to coax, yesterday you said you were lost, and when I came back, I smelled the smell, but I didn't think about it, and your father told me that I remembered, this is the smell of your grandfather smoking hookah before his death, you should thank grandpa well, and be obedient in the future, don't run around, don't let grandpa worry anymore, you know? When the little boy heard this, he nodded his head in fear and emotion.

Later, the little boy was much more honest, I don't know if it was because he was scared by his previous experience, or he listened to his mother's words and didn't want his grandfather to worry, no matter which it was, anyway, the little boy was more honest and obedient, and it was a good thing to be happy no matter what he said.