Chapter 18: Fortune telling
"Mom, can I not move out?" Several times these days, I have been pitifully hoping that my mother would grant amnesty to the world.
"No, I don't care if you get the certificate or not, whether you have a ceremony or not, in short, I am going to hold my grandson this year, your father and I are almost sixty years old, while I can still move to show you the child, my colleague's grandson can be called grandparents." The mother was indifferent and so open-minded.
"We've all figured out the name, you see it's a boy's name on it, and a girl's name on it." Daddy took out a piece of paper and put it in front of my eyes.
"It's been more than February, so it's impossible to be born this year." I'm not in the mood to look at names.
"So you have to hurry up, my colleague's grandson is already in kindergarten." Daddy patted me on the shoulder and spoke earnestly.
"Then don't blame me, it's your late marriage."
"It's because we know the disadvantages of getting married late that we urge you to be young, and you're not young anymore." Mother is persuasive, earnest and patient.
"What's the harm of getting married?" I'm going to take this topic away, and I'm sure I can't talk about this old couple if I'm reasonable.
"Of course there is a disadvantage, after the best childbearing age, you see what kind of bandit I gave birth to, I wonder if there is a lack of strings in my head when I was a child, and we were tortured" The mother looked unbearable to look back on the past, counting my past sins.
"Uh-huh, ahem." Father coughs.
"Oh, that's it, that's it, that's it, anyway." My mother looked at me with a not very good face, and it was rare to look embarrassed.
I stared at Zhe Xi and wanted him to say a few words for me.
"Brother, come on!" Zhe Xi clenched his fists and shook his arms, "Let's go to the street to buy gifts for my sister-in-law." ”
"Yes, yes, yes, why did you forget about this, hurry up." When my mother heard this, she immediately became anxious.
"What's the hurry, just buy one when you pick her up, just get your heart." Father interjected.
"What do you know, I haven't received a single flower in my life, and you still taught your son to do it" The mother began to count the father's crimes, and Zhe Xi and I slipped out.
Even if they didn't say that I would take the initiative to move out, I was really reluctant to do it, so I had to play Lai Sa to vent.
"Brother, according to the standard just now, you should buy a ring, book the flowers, and bring them directly when you pick her up." Zhe Xi was talking about his plan, and I was a little excited on the side, and I forgot the decision I had made before.
A tall yellow banner in the crowd caught my attention, which read: Criticize yin and yang, break the five elements, and look at the sun and moon in the palm. Measure feng shui, survey **, take the sleeve.
It's obviously a fortune teller, but it's too big.
Zhe Xi immediately came to his senses when he saw it, and squeezed directly in front of the fortune teller with his stout body.
"Yo, the young man has a good face, want to tell fortunes?" The fortune teller carried the yellow banner on his left arm, wisped his delicate mustache in his right hand, was dressed in a cloth robe and was shining, and there was a crown of heavenly masters on his head, which really felt like a fairy wind and bones.
Zhe Xi nodded vigorously and pulled the fortune teller to a place with relatively few people.
"Young man, do you want to count fortune? Official luck? Or is it peach blossom luck? The fortune teller didn't hesitate and went straight to the point.
"You're counting!" Zhe Xi looked right, you don't know what I want to count.
"Well, in this case, I'll show you the peach blossom luck. How old is this year? After a moment's pause, the fortune teller chose one for himself.
"You're counting!"
"So, what's your eight characters?" Apparently already impatient.
"You're counting!"
"I'm an immortal banban for you, is there such a fortune teller as you? You're here to smash the field with all your heart! The fortune teller threw away the yellow banner and rolled up his sleeves, looking like he was going to beat someone.
I had to hurry up and pull the rack to avoid a dispute.
"Young people nowadays, it's really not ancient." The fortune teller angrily picked up the yellow flag, squeezed through the crowd, and kept chattering, "Think about the grand occasion recorded in the ancient books, how beautiful we are, even a simple order flag can borrow the power of the stars, the tiger is vigorous, it is enviable, but now it is so down." ”
I, who had already walked away, stopped when I heard this, and looked at the fortune teller suspiciously.
I have some money on me, which was given by some people when I followed my master to eliminate ghosts. Originally, I thought it was a lot, but when Zhe Xi took me to sneak around, I found that how could this be, and I bottomed out in minutes.
"Brother, when are you going to avenge me?" Go home, Zhe Xi asked.
"Wait until you're done." Uncle Wang only remembered that he dug up a mysterious thing, what it was and where it was hidden, all of which I had forgotten, so I could only go back to the town and go to his anti-sarin to see what clues there were.
I only told Zhe Xi that I wanted to go back to the town where we grew up, and I didn't want to tell him more details, and I couldn't take him into danger.
After I explained what I meant, Zhe Xi shut his mouth and sent me home without even going upstairs, and left directly. I know that he is not happy, and I express my dissatisfaction with practical actions.
Tell my parents I'm going to check on some things and go back to the house to get things ready. Originally, I was going to just bring the path and the Seven Star Lu Cun Sword, but the fortune teller's words always hovered in my ears, so I just took some more things.
The next morning, I got on the bus and headed back to town. Although the goaf is no longer inhabited, there are still many people who work here, so the bus is frequent.
I don't know if it's because I'm used to staying in a good environment, or if the town is really dilapidated, if it weren't for the "Break In, Ghost Gate" sign, I wonder if I'm in the wrong place.
There was an extra railroad on top of the tunnel through which the road bends, and it went east directly through the original Dead Baby Hill. The roadside was full of coal and sand, and even if there was no wind today, the air could still clearly feel the particulate matter, and everything in front of me was smeared with a layer of sand.
A car parked next to the sign, and Zhe Xi, who was squatting next to him, waved to me.
"Brother, you just need to say where to go, I can't hear anything else." Zhe Xi hippie smiley.
"Uncle Wang's anti-sarin." I got in the car, and if I continued to reject him, it was very likely that our relationship would be distanced. Just let him follow this time, and when I know the danger, my words will carry more weight.
"What are you doing there? The anti-sarin is long gone, it was bought by a small coal kiln to mine coal, and many people died in the collapse after two years of mining, and now it is abandoned. Zhe Xi gave me a briefing while driving.
"Let's go check it out first." I looked out the window and felt a little distressed, many houses had collapsed, and it was gloomy and desolate. Is this still the place I remember?
"Would you like to go home and see?" Zhe Xi asked.
"Nope." I can imagine what my former home is like now, and I don't want me to associate it with me, and when I think of my childhood, I remember how depressed I am now.
The sardine is indeed gone, leaving only a few stumps to tell us that we are not in the wrong place.
Zhe Xi stopped directly at the entrance of the coal kiln, and even the strong sunlight at the entrance of the dark cave could not help anything, and he couldn't feel the warmth at all when he stood next to it, and his heart was cold.
"I heard that there is an underground river here, which is very unusual, and it was closed because of the flooding accident that killed many people." Zhe Xi said as he looked at me proudly. "It's right to take me, otherwise you will die if you go down to the coal kiln that has been abandoned for so long."
"Run, little girl, run, ahahahaha~" He laughed wildly, and his voice entered the coal kiln, and an echo sounded.
Zhe Xi is right, the toxic gas in this coal kiln alone is something I can't deal with.
Call the contact and I'll see what signs are on the surface.