My name is Xia Yi, born in 1986, when I was a child, I was fortunate to be able to meet Cha Wenbin because I strayed into a general temple in the village. He has a good relationship with my father, I remember that when I was a child, there was a white wedding in the village that needed to invite a Taoist priest, and they all called my father to invite Cha Wenbin.

Cha Wenbin sometimes came to my house to sit and sit, but he always looked at me and smiled, I never understood why this uncle would do this to me, and then my grandfather told me that because your eyes are different from others.

That year, I was still very young, about the year after the incident at the General's Temple, my grandfather passed away. The thing I remember most of him is the wild strawberry, which is the wild fruit whose scientific name is raspberry.

Grandpa has a total of two daughters and six sons in his life, and my father is the youngest, and I am naturally his youngest grandson. Grandpa took turns living in the house of his six sons, and each son stayed at home for two months, but he was also comfortable.

At that time, the conditions were not good, there was nothing delicious at home, but my mouth was greedy, and my grandfather would always come back from kindergarten to coax me with a little delicious food, and my favorite was this raspberry.

When it was my turn to take care of him, my grandfather always used to put me on his lap and tell my mother: this doll is a good doll, as long as she grows up and doesn't go down the wrong path, she will definitely have a good life.

On the day my grandfather left, I had just returned from kindergarten, and at that time he was living in the house of the fourth uncle under my house, and if I wanted to go back to my own house, I had to pass through the door of the fourth uncle's house.

As soon as I crossed the bridge at the fourth uncle's house, my aunt came over and shouted, "Xiaoyi is back, hurry up into the house to see your grandfather." ”

At that time, my cousins were still in elementary school, and they left school a few minutes later than kindergarten, so there was only another cousin who was a year older than me.

At that time, all the uncles and aunts gathered around Grandpa's bed, looking at him with solemn expressions, I found that Abba and Grandma were also there, and my Grandma also saw me, so she pulled me into her arms and said, "Xiaoyi, Grandpa is leaving, you shout Grandpa, he feels most sorry for you." ”

At that time, my understanding of the word "walking" was still at the level of distance, so I asked, "Where is Grandpa going, isn't he sleeping?" ”

My grandma coaxed me that my grandfather was going to a far away place and would never come back, so you should go and call him.

The other aunts and uncles also asked me to call Grandpa, but I found a stranger in this little room, wearing a white gown and holding a stick in his hand, hiding in the corner.

I saw him and believed he saw me too, because I saw him smiling at me.

Although I am a boy and very naughty, I feel that there are strangers here, and I am a little embarrassed to call grandpa, so I can't shout, so I say, "I don't shout, you always like to tease me." ”

The adults were still trying to persuade me, and I saw that my grandfather was struggling to tilt his head to look at me, and at this moment, another cousin also came back from school. He was older than me, so the adults asked him to shout, and the cousin called out "Grandpa" very obediently, and then I saw Grandpa's slight shaking, but his eyes were still wide open.

Then the uncles and uncles began to cry, very sadly. I glanced at it, and the man in the white coat had already stood up and walked towards Grandpa's bedside.

Then my grandmother held my head down and told me to kneel down and kowtow to my grandfather, and I did so, and when I got up, the man in the white coat was gone, and then I went out to play with the older brother.

As soon as I walked out of the gate, I saw my grandfather!

Grandpa followed a man in a white coat to the bridge in front of his uncle's house, I wanted to shout, but the ball in my brother's hand attracted my eyes, I took the ball and thought, yes, just now grandma said that grandpa is leaving, didn't he just go out.

When I was young, how could I have ever thought that it was my grandfather on this bridge, and who would be lying in the room?

Fear is a word that is foreign to children, because I never feel that there is anything to fear from the dead. When my grandfather's big black coffin was brought out and placed in the mourning hall, many children older than me were hustling around and scared, but I didn't feel it, because it was what I used to hide when I used to hide and hide. As long as I'm hiding there, no one will ever find me, but I also vaguely know that this thing can't be fooled around, so I never say where I'm hiding.

Later, I saw Cha Wenbin again, and he walked across the bridge, and I recognized him in a Taoist robe. While I was still rolling on the ground, I immediately stood up and ran over and shouted, "Uncle Wen Bin, hello! ”

He looked at me, and he was very kind, and helped me pat the dust on my body and said, "Yo, Xiaoyi, why are you still playing outside, go in and burn incense for your grandfather, have you kowtowed to the head?" ”

"It's over, Uncle Wen Bin, why are you here." I asked, because Cha Wenbin had a sword in his hand, and I liked it very much. At that time, the boys did not have any decent toys, and the most played was the big knife that Abba sharpened for me with wood and the sword sharpened by bamboo, but the sword in Cha Wenbin's hand was decorated with seven gems, and I was greedy when I was a child, thinking that he was the legendary hero, so I admired it very much.

He pinched my little face and said, "I'll send your grandfather." ”

At this time, a visitor happened to see him, and hurriedly greeted him and invited him inside.

I muttered in my mouth: "Isn't Grandpa already gone, it's all along the highway for a long time, what else are you here to send?" ”

Cha Wenbin probably heard my words, so he stopped, squatted in front of me again, and asked, "What did you say?" Can you tell me that again? ”。

At this time, there were many people around me, including relatives and people from the village, and I was not used to this feeling of being watched, so I felt very ashamed, so I said loudly: "I saw my grandfather following a man in white clothes to the road at the other end of the bridge. ”

Some old people started to point at me and start talking, and my mother was also in the crowd at this time, and immediately rushed over and slapped me, and then explained with some embarrassment: "Child, talk nonsense." ”

I immediately quit, so many people, grandma actually beat me, I have a strong self-esteem since I was a child, when I saw some friends still laughing at me, I immediately raised my voice and shouted: "Originally, I just saw the person in white clothes in the house, sitting next to the second aunt!" Then he opened his mouth with a "wow" and began to cry.

My mother looked up and saw that my second aunt's face had turned the color of pig liver, so she raised her slap and continued to prepare to fan, but was stopped by Cha Wenbin and said, "Don't blame him, this kid is telling the truth." ”

At that time, Cha Wenbin's words had absolute authority in our country, and no one would refute what he said, and he rarely spoke. Since then, the rumor that I can see ghosts has spread privately, some people say that it is because I am still a child, and some people say that it has something to do with my eight-character conflict that day, but Cha Wenbin said that it is because my eyes are a little different from others.

Grandpa's funeral was handled by Cha Wenbin, and I don't remember much anymore, but I vaguely remember that when I got out of the coffin, Cha Wenbin glanced at me again.

Later, I heard the adults chatting that the grandfather's coffin was touched that time, and the old and small family, that is, my father, could get the most protection from my grandfather among the eight children.

There are three families in the small section of our old house: my house, and the fourth and fifth uncles, in a zigzag shape, my house is at the top, and the two uncles' houses are below. At that time, there were two bridges, one was from the fourth uncle's house to my house, and the other was from the fifth uncle's house, but the road from the fifth uncle's house was really small and pitiful, and at that time, I couldn't go to transport some rice or firewood.

Later, I don't know what happened, my father and the fourth uncle had a big quarrel, the rural people quarreled, although they were brothers, but they also tore their faces, and this relationship has been tense for several years before it eased. My aunt was so grumpy that she didn't allow my family to walk on their bridge, and Abba and Grandma didn't want to be angry anymore, so they decided to build their own bridge.

Breaking ground was a big deal in those days, and many people had to ask someone to come and see it first. But Abba and Grandma said that they would rather trust their own hands, so they built a road with their shoulders, and in the end they almost built a bridge.