Chapter 55: Memories

"Lili, where did you go again?" the woman's voice sounded in the courtyard.

The little girl with two pigtails ran out of a room in a panic.

The woman in her thirties grabbed the little girl and said, "I told you not to go into grandpa's study, why didn't you listen." ”

"Oh. The little girl pouted.

An old man in his sixties, dressed in a tunic with a tall and thin figure and gray hair, walked in.

Seeing that the woman was teaching the little girl a lesson, she said with a smile: "Xiao Lili, what kind of mistake is this?"

The woman smiled flatteringly: "Dad, you're back, this little ghost has sneaked into your study again." ”

The old man squatted beside the little girl and said softly, "Little Lili went to Grandpa's study, what are you doing inside?"

The little girl tilted her head, "Go and read, I like to read." ”

The old man laughed, "It's a good thing to like to read, people who like to read can have a great future in the future, Shufang, don't blame her." ”

The woman was a little embarrassed, "Dad, I'm not afraid that he will break all your books, she is a child, she can read any books, and your study usually doesn't let people in." ”

The old man shook his head, picked up the little girl, and walked to the study, "Let's go, grandpa will take you to read." ”

The woman shouted from behind, "Dad, Aunt Zhang's meal is almost ready, let's go and see it after eating." ”

The old man ignored it, his daughter-in-law, in his opinion, was nothing but good-looking.

Unlearned, lazy, snobbish, full of shortcomings, he was not less opposed to his son's marriage with him, but his son was determined to marry him, and he had to compromise.

The son is a senior engineer engaged in engineering, and he is often away from home, and he has a lot of things to do at school, and his little granddaughter is all taken by his daughter-in-law.

He was afraid that this clever little granddaughter would be brought by her to be like her, but fortunately the little one inherited the advantages of his family and liked to read.

He hugged his granddaughter and asked some questions about whether the kindergarten was fun today, whether it was good or not, and the grandparents were happy.

In the antique study, the old man asked, "What book did Xiao Lili read just now?"

The little girl ran to the corner of the bookcase and took out a yellowed book, "This is beautiful, there are a lot of small pictures in it." ”

The old man smiled dumbly, and the little girl turned out to have read the book as a comic book.

He took the book, and the big three words on the cover made him put away his smile, "Hundred Ghost Records".

The little girl didn't notice the old man's face, and took a few more books out of the corner, "And these, all of them are beautiful." ”

Detailed explanation of the Ten Evil Laws of South Asia......

"The picture above is so interesting, there is ......," the little girl said with great interest.

The old man opened these books casually, and there were indeed a lot of pictures in the books, including the introduction of all kinds of ghosts and ghosts in the Hundred Ghost Records, the introduction of various supernatural events in the Soul Records, and the detailed records of the Ten Evil Laws were full of coffins, dead people, and spiritual positions......

"Isn't Xiao Lili scared to see this?" the old man said curiously.

Many of these pictures are quite weird, especially the Ten Evil Methods, the Nine Coffins Devouring Souls, the Blood Pool Descending Spirits, and the Five Poisonous Witch Gu......

"Don't be afraid, these pictures are much better than my storybooks. The little girl said innocently.

The old man shook his head and smiled, these books were quietly collected by him, and he was actually very interested in folk ghosts and gods.

But as a university professor in the new era, although it is no longer a special period, it is not good to openly study this kind of thing.

"Grandpa, grandpa, tell me the above story, okay, okay. The little girl said coquettishly.

The old man couldn't help it, so he had to say: "Okay, good, but Xiao Lili, you remember, these things are fake, just like ......"

"Is it like a fairy tale told by my mother?" said the little girl, tilting her head.

"Yes, yes, it's like a fairy tale, can't you really know it?" said the old man with a smile.

Ghosts, evil methods, and ghost stories began to be told in this study for three years.

Hearing this, Shang Tao and Wang Di glanced at each other and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.

Most of the enlightenment books and bedtime stories for ordinary children are fairy tales, but this Chen Li's family is good, and she grew up listening to ghost stories.

No wonder now she is in the company of ghosts and has become this ghost.

The memories continue, the story continues.

Two years later, the little girl who went to elementary school became more and more interested in these folk tales, and in the eyes of her classmates, she became a little weird, liked to tell some ghost stories and was more daring than her male classmates.

At home, she has the best relationship with her grandfather, followed by the nanny Grandma Zhang, then her mother, and finally her father, who doesn't see her once a month.

She thought she would grow up carefree and become an archaeologist or folklorist.

It's a pity that the sky has changed.

Her father had a construction accident and was half paralyzed, and took out all the money in the family to treat the world for a year without healing, and has since become a waste.

This time she can see her father every day, but it is a strange father who lies drunk in bed every day.

Mom quarreled with Dad all day, and finally one day, she disappeared and swept away the last savings left in the family.

Grandpa's hair is whiter, his waist is more rickety, and he is no longer in the mood to tell her ghost stories.

Another day, Dad committed suicide and Grandpa completely collapsed.

Fortunately, Grandma Zhang never left, and the girl under the age of 9 did not starve to death.

Then Grandpa locked himself in the house all day, and after some time, Grandpa came out of the study, his face was red and excited.

He began to become mysterious and drove away Grandma Zhang, who had been taking care of the girl.

Grandpa began to return to school to teach, and continued to bring some young students to the home tutoring, his warm and responsible attitude was praised by the majority of teachers and students, and even won the title of school model worker.

It's as if everything is back on track.

Until one day, the girl came home from school and saw her grandfather who committed suicide by cutting his wrists in her grandfather's study, and the study was full of large characters written in blood.

Why is it useless!?why is it useless!?why is it useless!?

The police came, they said that the grandfather was suspected of kidnapping, nine students were missing from the school, and they investigated and found that the grandfather was a major suspect.

Grandpa is now dead, and there is no proof of death, and the nine missing students have never been found.

The girl went to a welfare home, but because her mother disappeared and no one in her distant relatives wanted to take her in, she became an orphan.

The courtyard is gone, and her grandfather used the mortgage loan to borrow a lot before he died, so she became nothing.

In just a few years, she went from a princess to an orphan.

"Hee-hee, isn't it ironic that when a girl first goes to school, she is as proud as a phoenix, and in the end she becomes even worse than a pheasant. ”

Chen Li smiled weirdly, and two lines of tears flowed down.