Chapter Twenty-Four: The Ritual of the Night

?±22222 Xiaomi said in surprise: "Teacher Chen, do you know Brother Xie?" ”

Xie Ling smiled and didn't speak......

Teacher Chen looked at him and said softly, "Old acquaintance." ”

The atmosphere was a little awkward, and I coughed, "What's that." Xiaomi, go into the house with me to complete the whole thing, and let you talk about Brother Xie and Teacher Chen. ”

"No need." Xie Ling said.

Teacher Chen looked at Xie Ling and blinked quickly, I could see very clearly that her eyes were a little red. She smiled slightly: "Xiaomi, Luo Dao, I'm leaving, call me if you have something." ”

Sending Teacher Chen out of the 'door', I bumped the bell: "Old lover? ”

Xie Ling grinned: ", hurry up and pack your things, hurry up." ”

Millet and I carried our bags on our backs, and the three of us went out of the room together. Take a taxi outside the complex. Go straight to the bus station. It's not a holiday, and the ticket is still good to buy, so wait to get on the bus and lean on the back of the seat. I was tired all over.

I and the bell were in the back seat, and Xiaomi sat in front of us. I looked out the window and hesitated for a long time before saying, "Old Jie, I have to admit my mistake to you." ”

He didn't even look at me, hugged his shoulders and closed his eyes, with a tired face: "Say it." ”

"The necklace you gave me is gone."

He opened his eyes and looked at them with a blazing gaze. I was a little embarrassed: "I was wrong, I will find a way to compensate you." Xie Ling sighed. Waving his hand: "This is your life, whether it's a blessing or a curse, it's a disaster that can't be avoided, forget it." Just follow me these days, if you don't want to die. ”

I heard that my face was feverish, and now I think back that the necklace must have been in the wind and rain last night, and somehow fell off the road, and I couldn't find it.

The car drove out of the city, running on the highway, Xiaomi had fallen asleep, I looked at the scene outside the window, the image of my father appeared in my mind, and I felt a cramp in my heart, and I was afraid of catching up with this pain. Hurriedly reconciled to the bell and spoke, distracting from the feelings: "Teacher Chen is good, I see that she has feelings for you, have you ever been in a situation before?" ”

Xie Ling looked at me: "Want to gossip?" ”

"Ask, my friend."

"Then let me ask you a question, what is it called, and what standard is considered a disposal object?"

As soon as he said this, when he asked me 'Meng', I said, "At least both of you should admit the relationship." ”

Xie Ling said: "Then Chen Zhu and I don't get along." ”

I hurriedly changed my words: "The above is not the standard of 'bed'. ”

Xie Ling laughed: "Have you ever been with your partner?" ”

I was speechless when I asked this question, let alone going to bed, I 'touched' her hand, and she stretched her face and looked at me like a 'pervert'. According to this standard, Huihui and I are not considered to have dealt with each other.

Xie Ling saw that I didn't speak, he looked at the mountains flashing outside the window: "Luo Dao, do you have any special regrets about living so big?" ”

"Yes, a lot. What about you? ”

"Inevitably. I once knew a 'girl' a long time ago. didn't cherish it, and the opportunity to see her again many years later was no longer a thing. ”

I didn't ask if it was Mr. Chen, I don't think I need to ask this question anymore.

"You can pursue it again."

"What I remember is her at that moment. If you miss it, even the same people won't have the same scenery again. Xie Ling said.

I looked at Xie Ling, and at that moment, I noticed wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and he was supposedly not small. For some reason, I think he is actually very bitter in his heart, but he doesn't say it.

We didn't talk, we both fell asleep, and we looked more tired than me, as if we hadn't closed our eyes for a few days and nights, and we fell asleep with our shoulders hugged. More than two hours passed quickly, and when I opened my eyes and found that it was almost there, I hurriedly pushed him awake.

The countryside in my hometown is just a stop on the way of a long-distance bus, and I have to get off the bus as soon as I get there. The three of us got out of the car, sniffed the mountain air, looked at the mountains in the distance, and couldn't help but say, "This place is really nice." ”

We walked down the mountain road, which is now paved and trucks and tractors are constantly coming and going. We were walking, and a farm tricycle drove from behind, the engine slammed, and a head stuck out of the cab: "Isn't this Xiaomi and the third child?" ”

When I saw it, it was a 'very' familiar guy, and I couldn't call it out by name. He also looks good-eyed, with a red 'hair' on his head, and smiles at us.

"Third child, you are really a noble and forgetful, I am Chen Pi, are you going back to Pantao Mountain, hurry up and get in the car." He patted the car door.

I just remembered, smiled and slapped him on the shoulder, beckoning Xie Ling to get in the car together.

Got into the carriage, it was stinky, it stinked. The seats were dirty, and I don't know what kind of stains were on them, and in some places the cotton 'flowers' were 'exposed'. Xie Ling shrugged his nose: "You pulled a corpse in this car, right?" There was a stench of corpses. "The 'female' is big to row.

Chen Pi turned his head and stared at him: "Damn, great god, how do you know that your nose is really good?" I didn't even tell my father. ”

Xie Ling smiled.

Mi and I are not hypocritical people, so we sat down in our seats and introduced: "Lao Jie, this is my friend in the village when I was a child, tangerine peel." Chen Pi, this is my buddy, who came back to mourn together, called Jieling. ”

Chen Pi started the tricycle, rushed forward, and said as he drove: "Third child, I will know what is going on when I see you and Xiaomi coming back in a hurry." Don't worry, the old man went straight to sleep and didn't suffer. He is over seventy, and he is considered a joy and mourning. ”

As soon as he talked about the old man, Xiaomi began to shed tears again.

I didn't want to talk about this topic again, so I quickly diverted it: "Chen Pi, did you really pull a corpse in the car?" ”

"But no, that day I went to the town to run errands, walked to the neighboring village, just in time to send the funeral cremation, but it happened that the funeral home car was on the road, the family I also know, they begged hard, and handed cigarettes and stuffed money, I thought that my broken car usually transports a cargo and pulls a sheep, and does not carry passengers, does not commit taboos, just take it as a good deed. My dad doesn't even know about this, you buddy has a smart nose. ”

As he spoke, he drove into the mountains. Xie Ling poked his head out to see, the rolling mountains, at this time it was late summer, the scenery was pleasant, the mountains were full of red leaves, it was simply too eye-catching. Xie Ling said: "This is Pan Tao Mountain?" ”

I said: "Our natural villages and towns are in a small basin between the mountains, surrounded by mountains, the mountain opposite you, does it look particularly like a peach, the legend is that the queen mother peach fell on the ground and changed, so it is called Pan Tao Mountain." Our village is called Pantao Village. ”

"In the past, when the road was not repaired, our village was poor, and every family drank porridge, but now when the road is repaired, people in the city recognize the goods, saying that we are a natural scenic spot here, and they come to travel in groups, so every family lives a good life." Chen Pi said: "Especially the boss of the Luo family, in recent years, the family property has been like a ball inflated, and now he is the richest man in our village." Look at the third millet, this time the old man passed away, your eldest brother must have a glorious funeral, and he is also a filial son. ”

The tricycle jumped for more than ten minutes, drove to the entrance of the village, and we got out of the car. I hadn't been back for more than a year, and it was the first time Xie Ling had seen such a view, and he squinted and inhaled the air, feeling very intoxicated.

In front of me is a large field of earthy yellow 'color', in which crops grow, and scarecrows in red clothes and straw hats are 'inserted' in the field. The sky was blue and the white clouds were fluttering, which made the well-informed Xie Ling drunk.

Our village has been repaired really well over the years, the straight village road stretches along the ridge, there are telephone poles next to the road, there are some small birds falling on the line, with endless fields, a bit of Japanese landscape comics. When we entered the village, we could see the three-storey western-style building not far from the entrance of the village, the courtyard 'door' was open, and there were many cars parked at the 'gate', and some people went in and out.

An old lady at the entrance of the 'door' saw me and Xiaomi, and shouted: "Lao Luo's family, your third child and little sister are back." ”

A middle-aged 'woman' and 'daughter' with a filial piety belt tied around her waist came out of the yard, and it was my sister-in-law. My sister-in-law didn't see any sadness, she was very happy to see us, one hand pulled me, the other hand pulled millet, and went inside, unraveling the bell step by step and shaking it three times to follow behind.

My eldest brother Luo Dami was squatting on the steps of the courtyard 'smoking' cigarettes, wearing a sackcloth and a filial piety belt around his waist, gossiping with a few people in the village. Seeing me coming, he stood up, threw the cigarette butt on the ground and walked over: "Third child, why are you still so unlucky." ”

I was a little annoyed: "Dad has passed away, can I be happy?" ”

"You can pull it down, every time I see you, I look like a big smoker."

The sister-in-law hurriedly said: "As soon as the third child comes back, you won't be able to say anything, so quickly let the third child enter the house to see his father." ”

Luo Dami dusted my shoulder: "You straighten your waist, don't hunch over all day." Big brother said you, it's all for your good. He said earnestly: "Our Lao Luo family is also a big family in the village, and there can be big people in the township on the day of the funeral, don't embarrass me when the time comes." Third brother, you should also grow up, don't learn from your second brother, this kid doesn't learn well now. Is this your friend? ”

Luo Dami saw the bell. I'm going to introduce it. Luo Dami still had to entertain other guests, so he reconciled and left.

The three of us walked into the main hall, in the middle was the offering table, the left and right couplets, the table was covered with black and white cloth, which was full of offerings, and in the middle of the offering table was my father's last photo. This photo was taken when he was in his fifties, and he was particularly 'spirited', although he was thin and weak, his eyes were attentive, and he seemed to look at the world outside the photo with a smile. There are ever-bright lamps on both sides, burning faintly, and there are many long incense sticks in the incense burner, emitting white 'color' smoke.

My second sister-in-law was squatting in front of the brazier to burn paper, and when she saw me, she was overjoyed: "Third child, Xiaomi, you are all back." She turned to the old man in the photo and said, "Dad, the family is back...... It's all reunited...... It's all coming to see you. ”

Before I could say a word, I burst into tears. D-hand^machine^user login m. better reading mode. say

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