On the chaise longue at the base of the wall of the big house was an old woman with gray hair, whom I had never seen before. She only had half of her body left, her two legs were broken at the root, and the whole person looked like forty or fifty pounds at most, but she still lived to such an old age. She didn't seem to have much strength, she lay on the recliner weakly, her dizzy old eyes looked at me, waved her hand gently, and said, "Min, he's not from Jiuli."

"And who is?" The girl riding the big dog trusted the old woman who was only half of her body left, and although she was still hostile to me, as soon as the old woman said that, she obviously relaxed a lot, looked at me suspiciously, and slowly withdrew the knife in her hand.

"He's not from Jiuli? Why follow here? The girl said, "The thin old man who came in earlier looks like a thief, and he doesn't look like a good person!" ”

"Open the door," the old woman said, "The people outside are not from Jiuli." ”

Someone tinkered in the corner of the big house, and the iron door was raised by a brush, and Maitreya was blocked at the door, and as soon as the iron door opened, he immediately rushed in.

"Young man, sit down and talk." The old woman raised her hand, she was really old, and she was a little panting in two sentences.

Maitreya and I looked at each other, a little wary in our hearts, but more still confused and uneasy. I thought that this octagonal courtyard should be the Tang family, or someone who has a deep relationship with the Tang family, but I never expected that the girl riding a big dog had a tail.

"Min stay, you dolls, go out and get some food." The old woman tried her best to catch her breath, and the girl carefully helped her to sit up, and all the people in the room withdrew, except for a few of us. Maitreya and I didn't dare to sit down, so we stood three or four meters away from the old woman, and the big room was full of machines, which was very frightening.

I looked at the girl, and as soon as she heard that we were not from Jiuli, her expression softened, and the hatred and vigilance in her eyes decreased a lot, leaving only curiosity.

"This is the Tang family, the Tang family of the Seven Gates of the River." The old woman looked at us and said, "You don't know it. ”

I was slightly taken aback in my heart, this old woman looked like she was about to die, but she actually opened her mouth directly to tell the bottom of the Octagonal Village. Why is she so bold?

"What about the people of the Tang family?" From the time I came in to the present, I only saw a few young girls, and as for the aunt of the Tang family, she didn't even show her face. I am actually not very familiar with the Tang family, I only know that the men in the family are gone, but I don't know that there is an old woman of such an age.

"Go out and do something, and I'll be back soon." The old woman said: "Chen Laoliu's grandson, as expected, is like him, very wary and suspicious. ”

I was speechless, what is the origin of this old woman? Is it really the elder of the Tang family? Tell me where I came from with one mouth.

"Yikes!" When the girl heard the old woman say this, her eyes suddenly widened, her expression looked very embarrassed, she looked at me nervously, and said in a broken voice: "Is it the Chen family's brother Jinshui?" ”

"What about you?" Maitreya stood in place, smiling, but his hand was always secretly holding his waist, and he could do it at any time, he smiled and said, "Your font size, can you tell me?" ”

"Little fat man, do you think the old woman doesn't know who you are?" The old woman coughed, and the girl hurried to beat her back, and I saw Maitreya's expression change suddenly, and the smile suddenly froze on her face.

This expression involuntarily made me wonder, who is Maitreya? He told the identity of the ugly man, but he never revealed who he was. He has the life-continuation diagram of the seven doors on his body, and he definitely can't fake it. However, at this time, you can't ask Maitreya openly, you have to listen to the old woman first.

"The grandson of the sixth child, is it called near the water?" The old woman was a little tired when she said it, leaned her head on the back of the chair, closed her eyes and said, "If you don't believe the old woman's words, someone will naturally tell you later." ”

The old woman may have spoken out just to clear up the misunderstanding and conflict between me and the girl. She looks old, but she is actually very shrewd, and knows that I am wary, so she doesn't talk nonsense. After staying like this for a while, the people outside brought in some food, and the old woman closed her eyes and said, "Eat, when you are growing up, your appetite is good, eat more." ”

Maitreya and I definitely wouldn't dare to mess with the things here, let alone eat, but it was extremely embarrassing to stand like this, and it was not possible to leave, nor to stay. Standing at a loss for a long time, a few girls outside the door were noisy, and the girl riding a big dog also greeted the door of the big house, and as soon as I turned around, I immediately saw the figure of the Tang family's aunt appear in sight. She didn't know that Maitreya and I had arrived here, looking at Lei Zhenren who was squatting at the door, the aunt of the Tang family paused, and then, saw me at a glance.

At that moment, her expression immediately froze, and she was speechless.

"Big palm lamp" The aunt of the Tang family shouted, and the girl next to her was immediately stunned. The Tang family's aunt's expression kept changing, and she couldn't open her mouth when she wanted to speak, and I remembered that when she escaped from the tunnel in the river, she seemed to have some secrets, and now she can finally ask in person.

"If there is something, say it, and if there is something, say it." The old woman was lying on the chaise longue, still with her eyes closed, and said, "This child is not too young, and he looks clever, what does he want to ask, tell him." ”

"Yes." The aunt of the Tang family was also very respectful to the old woman, and responded, without raising her head: "Big palm lamp, let's talk here." ”

We followed the aunt of the Tang family to the room next to me, I had a lot of things to ask in my heart, but I didn't know where to start for a while, after a long time, the aunt of the Tang family sighed and said, "Dazhang Deng, what happened last time, I really can't stand you." ”

"Aunt Tang, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it now." I said: "Why is the tunnel of the passage river eye in Xiaopanhe Village?" ”

"She said, you may not believe it, or I'll tell you."

Before the aunt of the Tang family could answer, a voice came from outside the door, which sounded distant, but it made me feel familiar. In an instant, I was quick-witted and got up and opened the door.

And sure enough, it was! The moment I opened the door, I saw Grandma Seven standing outside the door, I hadn't seen her for a long time, she was still the same, and I couldn't say anything had changed.

I grew up in the village since I was a child, and I am very familiar with the neighbors in the village, and I have always felt that Grandma Seven is kind and kind-hearted, but looking at her at this moment, I feel a lot more strange.

The seventh grandmother walked into the house, and the aunt of the Tang family immediately made room for her to sit, lowered her head and said, "Mom, let's talk about it, I can't tell you clearly." ”

"The big palmer, it's time to call you that." The seventh grandmother smiled and said, "You have grown up." ”

When I met Grandma Seven in this place at this time, I knew very well in my heart that she was definitely not an ordinary old widow in Xiaopanhe Village, she knew more things than I imagined, this was an opportunity, an opportunity to figure out a lot of things. I have too many questions, but the first thing that comes to mind is my dad's story. Grandma Seven has lived in Xiaopanhe for so many years, she should know more about the inside story than I do.

"Seventh grandmother, I haven't seen you for a long time, I don't want to talk so much about the past, I'm still the water baby in the village, and you are still the seventh grandmother in the village." I thought for a moment and said, "I want to ask about my father." You have watched me grow up since I was a child, you know, I am a child without a father and a mother, even if you pity me, just ask you to tell the truth. ”

"Water baby." Seventh Grandma shook her head and said, "I lied to you once, and you may not fully believe what you say." I know a little about your father, but Chen Liuye will not let anyone completely understand his bottom when he does things. ”

"Seventh grandmother, say it, I know, there are some things that you are reluctant to do." As soon as I thought of my father, I felt very uncomfortable, lowered my head, rubbed the corners of my clothes, and said, "Seventh grandmother, tell me about my father, what he looks like, what kind of figure he is, what happened to him after the accident?" Tell me about it."

"Your father's name, you know, Chen Yinglong, he is not tall, he looks like your grandmother, he is very stocky, warm-hearted, and willing to help people."

As soon as these words came out, I was immediately surprised. Grandma Seven has seen my father with her own eyes, and her description should not be wrong. But I've seen ugly faces a few times, and they're tall and thin, and they're not stocky at all. At that moment, the doubts in my heart reached the peak, Gou Banxian divination is very spiritual, is the ugly-faced man really not my father!

Thinking about it, I turned my head to look at Maitreya, if what Gou Banxian said was true, then Maitreya was lying. I was a little annoyed, but Maitreya never looked up, not knowing what he was thinking. The more I looked at it, the more anxious I became, I trusted him, but why did Maitreya lie about such a big matter? I endured it a few times, grabbed Maitreya's shoulder, pressed his throat and asked him, "What do you say!" You said the ugly man was my father's! You lied to me! ”

Maitreya opened her mouth and didn't speak, but the seventh grandmother stopped me and said, "He didn't lie. ”

"Huh?" I grabbed Maitreya and was confused by the words of the seventh grandmother.

"Your father, in the first half of his life, he was the short and stocky Chen Yinglong, but in the second half of his life, he was not."

"Seventh Grandma! What does that mean! "The first thing I thought of was that my father must use the life continuation chart to continue his life, but after thinking about it, the life continuation chart is just a life extension, not a life, as long as the people of the seven gates have a life continuation map, they can continue their lives, but before and after the continuation of life, the appearance will always not change. Both the old ghost and the grandfather used the life continuation diagram, and their appearance never changed.

"What should I say about this?" Grandma Seven probably didn't know how to tell me, and she muttered for a long time before she spoke: "Shui Wazi, do you remember the old madman Zhao in the east of our village?" ”