Chapter 337: Childhood (text)
?? Seeing me and Meng Changqing, he smiled and said, "Your parents are back, why are you still outside?" ”
I avoided the topic and asked, "Why are you walking at night when you're so late?" ”
The old man said that he hadn't seen my parents for a long time, and that he had to do farm work during the day, so he took some time out at night to talk to my parents.
So, the three of us walked together, and as we walked, the old man said, "When your father was a child, he was disgusted with all people in the village. ”
I didn't know much about them, so I asked, "My dad was naughty when he was a kid?" ”
The old man said: "When your father was a child, he was beaten by your grandfather a lot, and he would get into trouble in the village basically every day, either catching snakes and throwing them into other people's water tanks, or bullying the dolls who herded cattle together when he was herding cattle. At that time, my family raised two chickens, your father won the prize in the school, after returning to the village, your grandfather was happy to set off a string of firecrackers, your father secretly hid a few firecrackers, while we were not paying attention, tied the firecrackers to the chicken's body, as a result, my two chickens were all blown up by your father. I stabbed this to your grandfather, your grandfather was going to praise him for winning the award, after knowing this, he tied up your father and beat him, and let your father hold a firecracker in his hand, your grandfather lit the firecracker, and your father's hand was bloody, I saw that your father was pitiful, so I persuaded your grandfather, saying that two chickens would be forgotten, your grandfather listened to my advice, and spent some money to buy two dead chickens back, I thought your grandfather was going to stew the dead chickens and eat them, but your grandfather was stunned to hold a funeral for the chickens, and let your father keep the chickens for three days. Then let your dad kowtow step by step and send the chicken to the mountain for burial. ”
I was stunned when I heard this, and I couldn't see that my dad used to be so naughty, and I didn't see that my grandfather was so strict when he looked so gentle.
"My dad has since relented?" I asked.
The old man immediately said: "Where can you, your father is not afraid of fighting, not many days after blowing up the chicken, and then going out to herd the cow, stunned to ride on the cow, you know, the cow is not a horse, it is easy to go crazy." At that time, your father rode on the cow, and when he saw that the cow did not go, he slapped the cow a few times, and the cow went crazy, and carried your father all over the village, and your father was so frightened that he cried, and he didn't dare to come down, the cow was crazy, no matter what he dared to top, five or six of us couldn't stop the cow, and then the cow ran to the ditch next to the village with your father, stepped on the air with a hoof, and fell, and the cow fell to death, and all the teeth of your father's mouth fell off. ”
When my dad talks today, I see that most of his mouth is dentures, it turns out that this is how it came, and I can't help but laugh, I was naughty enough when I was a child, but compared to my dad, it is a small thing.
"Your grandfather was very hot-tempered at the time, your father killed the cow, where can your grandfather follow, directly locked your father in the cellar, locked him up for three days and three nights and didn't let him come out, and finally we went to plead with your grandfather before releasing your father."
"My dad changed it this time?" I asked again.
The old man smiled again: "No, but your grandfather was afraid that he would also cause trouble in the school, so he didn't let him go to school, and let him go into the coal mine to dig coal." When digging coal, your father was still very naughty, and once he almost blew up the coal mine. ”
I killed the chickens before, then the cows, and this time I almost blew up the coal mine, and then I am going to kill people.
I thought about it for a while, and what the old man said next actually fulfilled what I said.
The old man said: "Your father worked in the coal mine for a few years, and when he was seventeen years old, he was not in good health, so he did not go to the coal mine. ”
When there are dead people on our side, we have to ask a team of people to beat gongs and drums, and here we call those who beat gongs and drums 'night gongs and drums', but I didn't expect my dad to do this work before.
"At that time, among the people who beat the gongs and drums in the night, there was a female doll, and after your father got acquainted with them, he once jokingly pushed the female doll into the coffin. Men are afraid of the general's arrows, and women are afraid of Yama Luoguan, your father didn't understand this at the time. Men are more yang, and it is not a big deal to enter the coffin, but the women are different, the women are more feminine, and after entering the coffin, they will be treated as dead people and taken directly to Yama Pass. At that time, the female doll came out of the coffin, has been sick, your father knew that it was his fault, did not dare to tell your grandfather they said, after more than ten days, the female doll suddenly died, your father is probably unhappy, so he told your grandfather about it, your grandfather was so angry that he asked your father to bury the female doll, directly prepared a coffin, nailed your father into the coffin, carried to the female doll's home, fortunately your second grandmother also knew about it, picked up your grandfather, and rescued your father from the coffin. ”
"Where's the doll?" I asked.
The old man smiled: "Your second grandmother saved the female doll, your second grandmother's ability is really great, after your second grandmother's ability spread, there are more people looking for your second grandmother to do things, and then she began to work as a goddess." ”
I didn't care about this, but cared about the girl doll, and asked the old man: "That girl doll didn't trouble my dad in the end?" ”
"I found it, of course I found it, after your second grandmother rescued her, she went to your grandfather's door every three or five days to guard, and she didn't enter the house or leave. When your dad came out, she followed behind your dad, and when your dad came into the house, she was guarding the door, and she followed her for almost half a year, and your grandfather went to the doll's house to propose marriage, and after that, the doll married your dad. ”
I was so shocked that my jaw dropped, my parents knew each other like this, and got married like this?
The old man ignored my expression and continued: "After your father got married, he has collected a lot, farmed with peace of mind, and worked hard to support his family. In the second year after giving birth to you, I went out to work, and this is the first time I have come back. ”
Talking to the old man all the way, he had reached the corner of the house unconsciously, and when he looked at it, the lights in the house had been extinguished, and they must have fallen asleep so late, and the old man said regretfully after seeing it: "I have all slept, then I will come back tomorrow." ”
We didn't stop him, but told him to be careful when walking at night, and the old man thanked him and turned back the way he came.
Meng Changqing and I then stepped forward and knocked on the door, and within ten seconds of knocking, the door opened, and Grandpa and the others were still sitting in the hall, but the lights were not turned on.
I was a little confused, so I asked why I didn't turn on the lights.
Grandpa said, "There's a power outage. ”
In rural areas, there are power outages every three or five times, and the circuit is aging, and there must be power outages when it rains, and when it doesn't rain, there will be power outages at least once a week, which has become a regular thing.
In the past, kerosene lamps would be lit when there was a power outage, but now the house has been deserted for a while, and the kerosene is long gone, so they will chat in the dark.
Meng Changqing and I entered the room, found two places to sit down in the dark, and listened quietly to their chat, which was dark and swarthy, and could only judge who was talking by the voice.
But I'm yin and yang, as long as it's a spirit, there is nothing to hide in my eyes, so it doesn't matter to me if the power goes out, their expressions are all in my eyes.
In the dark night, I looked at my parents unscrupulously, and both of them had vicissitudes on their faces, but they could vaguely judge from the contours of their faces.
Younger, my dad is also a handsome boy, and my mom is also a fair lady.
It's just that the years are not forgiving, and they are really old.
When I looked at them, they looked at me too, their eyes burning as if they could see me.
When I saw them looking at me, I jokingly waved to them, I thought they couldn't see it, but I didn't expect them to smile at me when they saw me waving.
When I saw it, my hand stopped in the air and couldn't wave it for a long time.
Before people are dying, there will be some abnormalities in their body functions, there are thousands of mutations, one of which is to be able to see things that ordinary people can't see, I am a ghost, and I have attached a talisman, and there is nothing strange that they can see, but I beckoned in this dark and gloomy field, and they can even see it.
"They're all going to die."
I came to this conclusion, and when I came to this conclusion, I immediately stood up, but I was stopped by Meng Changqing on the side.