Chapter 18: Memories
"Why did you move away?" Xiao Fan couldn't help but ask.
"Aren't you his friend? How do you ask us? The old man asked rhetorically.
“……”
Xiao Fan froze suddenly, as if, this is indeed what he should know. As a friend. Now he came to ask people.
"Ah, I didn't ask that question. I guess I just moved away if I wanted to. ”
"I said you young man ......"
Xiao Fan touched the back of his head, ready to fool him. Can we say something else? My grandfathers.
What to say now? What should I ask? Xiao Fan thought.
However, he really didn't know what to ask for a while, his mind was empty, and now he just wanted to go and rest quickly, and he couldn't talk to these idle old men anymore. If he stays any longer, even for a minute, his head will probably explode.
"I'm sorry, I'm a little sleepy, I'll talk about it another day." Xiao Fan grabbed the remaining peanuts on the table, and then prepared to get up.
The uncles suddenly fell into trouble and felt that they had lost a topic. They started playing bridge again.
Xiao Fan went up to the second floor by himself, and the uncle had already cleaned up the room and re-laid the sheets.
Xiao Fan put the bag on the ground, and then closed the door gently.
This is a building similar to a stilted building, many of which are made of wood, there is a window in the room, the window is open, Xiao Fan walked to the window, looked down, just saw the river, the river is quiet at the moment, and it is not very clear in the dark. There are shadows of trees beside the embankment.
Facing the window by the river, this environment must still be okay, but there is no wind and no moon tonight. If there is a moonlit night, it must have a bit of Jiangnan situation.
watched quietly in front of the window, and then Xiao Fan closed the window. When you sleep with the window open, you always feel a little panicked, as if you are afraid that something will climb up along the foot of the wall, although that is just a conjecture in Xiao Fan's heart.
Forced by psychological oppression, it is better to have a confined space.
Xiao Fan sat on the edge of the bed and began to take out his mobile phone again, scrolling through Weibo, watching hot spots, and reading news.
Suddenly, there was a message on QQ. Xiao Fan clicked on it to see.
Xiaotian: Have you arrived? Successfully found a place?
Luomei Hengdi: Well, after searching for a long time, I finally found Zhoujia Village, and I have already crossed the bridge.
Xiaotian: Well, it seems that you did find it, and that bridge is called Naihe Bridge.
Falling Plum Flute: ?!!
Xiaotian: I'm kidding you, it scares you.
Luomei Hengdi: You're really joking, you really scared me.
Xiaotian: Whoever tells you to be okay will scare me.
Luomei Hengdi: You really hold a grudge. (smiley)
Xiaotian: Actually, the bridge doesn't have a name, it's just a bridge.
Xiaotian: Where are you now?
Luomei Flute: In the teahouse.
Xiaotian: Teahouse?
Luomei Hengdi: You don't know? A teahouse at the entrance of the village.
Xiaotian: Oh, I guess it was opened later. Hey, I forgot, I don't remember.
Luomei Hengdi: I was in my room on the second floor of the teahouse, and there was a river behind me.
Xiaotian: Oh, how is the environment there now? Okay?!
Luomei Flute: So-so. Not too bad, not that good. It's just that there are really few of you.
Xiaotian: Then I don't know, after all, I haven't been back since I moved out.
Xiao Fan frowned.
Luomei Hengdi: Not once?
Xiaotian: No. Not once.
Luomei Hengdi: There are no relatives still here?
Xiaotian: Yes, there were, but now they have all moved to the city. So now there really isn't anyone with whom we have anything to do with it.
Xiao Fan pondered for a moment and continued typing.
Luomei Hengdi: Then there must be the tombs of your ancestors or something.
Xiaotian: Yes, yes, it's my great-grandfather's generation, well, two years ago, when my grandparents were still alive, they used to go back to sweep, and now no one has been there.
Xiao Fan thought that his father had also passed away two years ago, so there was indeed no need to go to the countryside. It's a complete severance with my hometown.
Xiao Fan thought of something again, so he asked again: When did you move out?
There was silence for a while, presumably in recollection.
After a while, a message came from there.
Xiaotian: I can't remember the exact time, it should have been more than ten years ago, it should have been in 2002, it was summer when I moved away, it was very hot, I remember.
Luomei Hengdi: You all moved out together?
Xiaotian: We?
Luomei Hengdi: The five of you.
Xiaotian: Oh no, no, no, no, we didn't move out together, and everyone moved out at different times.
Luomei Hengdi: Oh?
Xiao Fan vaguely felt a little strange.
Luomei Hengdi: Then when did they all move out?
Xiaotian: I really can't remember this, it's too far away, and everyone moves at a different time, some of them I watched and some of them are behind me.
Luomei Hengdi: How long are you intervals?
Xiao Fan felt that his words were a little excessive, but he hoped that the other party did not understand what he meant.
Xiaotian: Well, it's almost a few months apart. Why do you ask this?
Luomei Hengdi: Oh, it's nothing, it's just boring, so ask, don't care, this place is too monotonous. Nothing to entertain.
Sure enough, as Xiao Fan expected, these people really evacuated in an orderly manner. I don't know why, Xiao Fan thought of the word orderly, and always felt that there was a reason for this, otherwise how could it be arranged so consistently. It's really suspicious and puzzling.
For the first time, Xiao Fan felt that everything that happened was no longer so simple, and Xiao Fan felt as if he had fallen into a game, a puzzle. And Xiao Fan didn't know if it was a curse or a blessing, in short, since they all came in, there was no need to quit. He must clear the fog and find the source.
Xiaotian: Are you asleep?
Luomei Hengdi: No, I'm in a daze.
Xiaotian: It's okay to go to bed early, don't be cranky, otherwise be careful......
Luomei Hengdi: Bye-bye, I don't have anything to do with you, you should be careful.
Xiaotian: ......
Xiao Fan reminded him out of sincerity, but the words had already been sent, and he didn't bother to withdraw it. I hope he wasn't nervous by his own reminder.
Looking at this empty room, Xiao Fan also felt that the atmosphere seemed a little strange.
The walls of the room are also made of wooden boards, and the wooden boards are all mottled marks and twisted natural lines. I always feel that there are all kinds of shapes and faces hidden on it......
Hey, let's go to sleep. Isn't this a desire to scare yourself! When you're in a foreign country, you really can't think nonsense.