Chapter Twenty-Four: Departure
Time flies, and school starts in a blink of an eye. Our sixth grade there was also in junior high school, so I was in junior high school.
Because I had a lot of things to bring with me for the start of school, I woke up early that day. At this time, there was a knock on the door outside, and I stepped forward to open the door, only to see that it was my uncle.
I was stunned for a moment, smiled and said, "Uncle, why did you get up so early?" With that, I poked my head out and looked around and asked, "Where's Mei'er?" Who knows, my uncle gave me a blank look and said, "You kid really has a daughter-in-law, and you forget the master!" ”
"Ahem......" I was almost choked by this old man's words, I scratched my head, stepped aside, and said, "Hehe, uncle, what are you talking about, come, come into the house!" ”
Uncle was stunned, and said with a haha, "That, I, by the way, I just passed by your house when I got up in the morning for a walk, and I thought that you would start school today, so I came over to have a look." Okay, I'm not going to go into the house, I'm going back! ”
With that, my uncle turned around and left, and I was stunned for a moment and shouted loudly, "Old man! I don't know you yet? What the hell is wrong with you! "Who knows, my uncle didn't turn back and slap me as usual, but waved his hand as he walked with his back to me.
In this silent early morning, no one saw the old man who was usually crazy and didn't care about anything, but at this time he was in tears.
I was about to catch up, but I heard my kitchen mother shouting, "Fire! Come and eat, you're going to be late! ”
"Hey!" I hurriedly answered, and took a deep look at the figure that was fading away.
Because the junior high school is far from home, I can only live on campus. The only gain from the start of the new semester is to meet a new friend, Song Xin.
He was at the same table as me, about the same height as me, quite thin, and very lively. Listening to him himself say in the class that he is still the gangster leader of this school, whether it is true or not, anyway, a few timid classmates in the class will hide away when they see me, which makes me cry and laugh.
A week passed quickly, and when I came to my door on my bicycle, I didn't even enter the door, and I shouted, "Dad, Mom, I'm back!" I'll go to my uncle's first! ”
"Hey! Wait a minute! "My father's voice came from inside the house, and then the door opened, and my father walked out.
I smiled and asked, "Dad, what's the matter?" Dad looked at me for a while, then patted me on the shoulder and said, "Huoyi, you, go to your uncle's today and get everything you need." ”
When I heard this, a smile froze on my face, my hands trembled unconsciously, and I barely managed to squeeze out a little smile and asked, "Why?!" ”
Dad took off my schoolbag from my back and said slowly, "What, your uncle came here today, he carried a packet of sugar gourds, he said that every time he took you to the county seat, you yelled to eat......" "What about uncle?" I interrupted my dad and asked eagerly.
Dad coughed dryly, sighed, took out a piece of paper from his coat pocket, stuffed it into my hand, and said, "This is a letter from your uncle." With that, Dad tapped me on the shoulder again, then turned and went back to the house.
"No, it's okay to write a letter!" I smiled, my voice trembling and muttering to myself, my hands trembling as I opened the paper, and the dense words came into my eyes.
"Huo Yi, I didn't expect you to be so big in a blink of an eye, time flies so fast! Old man, I sometimes selfishly think that it would be nice if time could stand still forever when you were five or six years old. ”
"From childhood to adulthood, your perseverance, strength, and unyielding strength make me feel gratified, the road of metaphysics is very difficult to walk, without these, it is easy to give up halfway."
"By the time you read this letter, I was already gone. That morning, I somehow walked to your house, knocked on the door, and saw you, but I didn't know what to say. Hehe......"
"When I went to the county seat today and was about to leave by car, I saw someone selling sugar gourds on the side of the road, and I remembered that you were gluttonous when I brought your kid to the county seat, so I bought a pack of sugar gourds and took a taxi back and handed it to your mother."
"Stinky boy, don't think that you can be lazy when I leave, you have to practice every day, I still have a few books in the house, it's too late to teach you, just look at it if you're fine, you can comprehend as much as you can!"
"I guess you stinky boy must be crying tears and snot by now. Ha ha...... I guessed that right. Huoyi, my uncle told you, if you fall, cry, don't be ashamed. But if you cry and don't get up yet, it's a shame! Huoyi, wipe away tears, and protect the side for the teacher. Liu Guang. ”
By the time I finished reading it, I was in tears, and my heart hurt as if I was dripping blood. I stuffed the paper into my pocket, my lips trembled, my throat hurt, I just muttered "Uncle, Uncle...... and I rode like crazy on my bike to my uncle's house.
When I arrived at my uncle's house, it was still the same as before, and the branches of several large willow trees fluttered in the wind. It's just that the doors of the house are closed, and a breeze blows, which looks a little desolate.
I put the bike away, squeezed out a smile, and shouted "Uncle, uncle, stop playing!" Hurry up and get out! ”
"Uncle, I, I lost, don't hide with me, I'll copy the Tao Te Ching a hundred times, a thousand times the Tao Te Ching!"
"I must get up early every day to box, I won't make you angry again, I beg you, come out!" I stood on the open ground with a hoarse voice and yelled.
I sat on the ground in a decadent state, tears that had been dried by the wind flowed again. Suddenly, I saw a person sitting on the recliner at the door of the hall, it was my uncle, and he smiled and said, "You stinky chess basket, come and play chess with Lao Tzu for a while!" ”
I happily crawled towards that side, but when I got there, there was nothing but the chaise longe.
I looked around in a panic, and suddenly, under the willow tree at the other end, my uncle stood there and shouted with a smile, "Huoyi, come here, my uncle will teach you some good things today!" I grinned and staggered towards the willow tree, and I reached out to grab it, only to see that there was nothing in front of me.
"Rustling~" There was a continuous drizzle in the sky, and I lay on the ground weakly, looking up at the gray, hazy sky. "Uncle, it's not too late for you to call me a stinky boy again, slap me again, scold me again and leave, how can you just leave a piece of paper, leave me a back and leave!" I muttered in a hoarse voice, my red and swollen eyes and tears sliding down to the ground.
"You stinky boy! Lao Tzu taught you a good Tai Chi boxing, and you beat it into a monkey boxing! Wrap up! ”
"Stinky boy, want to eat sugar gourds? Hehe, my uncle bought it for you! ”
"You old ghost! Dare to bully my apprentice and grandson, don't you want to mix here! ”
"Huoyi, Uncle believes you can do it! Come on! ”
"Who said the avenue is unforgiving? The avenue is ruthless, how can it be called a avenue! ”
The words of the past bombarded my heart, and my heart hurt as if it was torn apart. As the raindrops fell on me, my eyelids grew heavier and heavier after a long time, and then slowly closed.
"Huoyi, you have to cheer up, uncle left because he had something to do." An old man touched my face lovingly and said.
After a while, the old man straightened up and said, "Uncle left to give you the task of exorcising evil spirits and correcting them with confidence, I believe that you can do it, I believe that my Liu Guang's apprentice will be as frank and fair as my Liu Guang!" Be strong! As a teacher, I look forward to your growth! As he spoke, the old man turned around and looked at me kindly, then smiled.
I grinned, but all of a sudden, the old man was gone. I sat up abruptly and shouted, "Uncle! ”
"Huh? Huoyi, you're awake! A surprised voice next to him exclaimed. Are you hungry or not, I just cooked porridge, I'll serve it to you. "The thought that it was just a dream made me feel a sense of loss. I looked up and saw a spotless white dress and a face like a flood, looking at me happily.
Looking at Mei'er's slightly tired expression, my heart warmed, and I smiled reluctantly, and said, "No need, I'm not hungry." Mei'er frowned and said, "You've slept for a day and a night, how can you not be hungry!" ”
I was stunned for a moment, and then my eyes dimmed again, and after a day and a night, it seemed that my uncle had really left.
Seeing my lost expression, Mei'er lowered her head and said apologetically, "Huoyi, I'm sorry, Master Liu also took me away two days ago, but when I came back last night, I found you lying on the ground at the door." As soon as I helped you into the house, my uncle and aunt came, and I later learned that Master Liu had left. ”
I stared blankly at the wall in front of me. Seeing that I didn't speak, Mei'er said again, "Huoyi, don't be like this, I think Master Liu must have something important to leave." I believe that even if Master Liu is gone, you can still protect the peace of this side! ”
"If you have something important, can you leave without a sound?! Why should I protect the safety of one party?! And you, did you believe that old man said that I was Ren Shan? I'm telling you, I'm Li Huoyi! It's not any goodness, you go! Suddenly silent, I roared.
Mei'er was stunned, she never seemed to have thought that this young man in front of her, who was full of a sense of justice and lively and kind, would say this, tears involuntarily flowed from her eyes and slipped down her beautiful cheeks, she sobbed, took a deep breath, looked at me, and then turned and ran out of the house.
Looking at Mei'er's aggrieved eyes and weak back when she ran out of the door, my heart tingled, I closed my eyes, tears flowed out, and I slapped myself hard.
However, who can know the entanglement and bitterness in my heart, my uncle left, I lost the direction of progress, how can a person who has not even found the way he wants to go can protect the safety of the people on this side?