Chapter 2: The Phantom of the Night
"In the first month of '97, my grandmother died. That evening, Grandpa Tai stood alone in the house, quietly looking out the window at the group of juniors who were busy taking care of the aftermath.
There was no emotion on the old man's face, as if the deceased was not his lifelong wife or lover.
"Do good, go and help first. The old man said to Wang Xingshan, who was about to enter the house, and then the old man beckoned to Wang Yifeng, beckoned him into the house, and picked him up casually.
Grandpa's 'doing good' in his mouth, Wang Yifeng recognizes it. He is a friend of Grandpa Tai and the elder brother of Grandpa, and he has a lot of dealings with Grandpa Tai on weekdays, and the relationship between the two is very good, but Wang Yifeng doesn't know why Grandpa Tai wants to drive him away.
Although Wang Yifeng didn't know what 'death' was, he could feel the frightening solemnity, and he was very quietly held in his arms by his grandfather.
"Xiao Yifeng, do you know why Grandpa Tai took root in the first three villages?"
Seeing the young Wang Yifeng shaking his head, Grandpa Tai's eyes were full of love when he looked at him: "You are the eldest son and eldest grandson, the genealogy of our Wang family will be passed on to you, and the fate of Grandpa Tai and here is written there, and you will know when the time comes." ””
Looking back now, Wang Yifeng's impression of the grandfather, who has always been silent, said a lot of inexplicable things on that day.
"I have traveled for half a life, taught dozens of apprentices, and finally settled here, although there are many children and grandchildren, but you are the only one in my way. Alas, it's a pity I'm leaving......"
"What is bitterness? What is sweetness? Everyone has their own fate, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, and sooner or later what should come will come, and you can't hide from it. I have wasted my life, but I still can't understand this providence......"
"Grandpa, they all said that Grandma Tai went, but they didn't tell me where Grandma went, didn't you say that you would go with Grandma?" Although the young Wang Yifeng couldn't understand the old man's words, this did not affect him to ask the doubts in his heart.
"Yes, your grandmother is gone, and she went to a paradise with birds and flowers. I have something to say to you, and I'm going to find your grandmother after I finish speaking. ”
The old man's somewhat cloudy eyes suddenly shone brightly, and he was unusually energetic for a while, he looked at Wang Yifeng very seriously but kindly, and said, "Child, I know you are special. But no matter how many hardships and tribulations you have endured, do not hold grudges, let alone forget your mission and duty.
I don't say anything bullshit to you, only one thing you have to listen to the truth: 'worthy of the heart', that's all. Don't forget, look at the family tree when you become an adult!"
After a word, the old man put down Wang Yifeng, looked at the southwest, and let out a long breath: "Alas, there is a big demon in the water......"
With these last words, the old man fell to the ground and died. And that year, it was the Ninety-Seven Flood. ”
Wang Yifeng, who came back to his senses from his thoughts, couldn't help but feel a little sad, not only for his grandfather, but also for himself.
At that time, it was not so much ignorance and too young, but rather a confusion and lack of enlightenment. Words, it's really not nonsense......
It wasn't until Grandpa Tai left for many years that Wang Yifeng began to discover the old man's extraordinary, but in his heart, he knew that this was just the tip of the iceberg.
With this in mind, Wang Yifeng couldn't help but sigh again......
After a day's rest, Wang Yifeng has improved greatly, and in the evening, he can already get up and move.
That night, Wang Yifeng did not see the blackened figure again. However, luck did not end there, and his nightmare did not end there......
In the evening of that day, Wang Yifeng, who was playing in the yard, accidentally found a few very special big mice under the corner of the east wall.
They are special because they have yellow hair all over their bodies, and their bodies are slender and long!
As the saying goes, 'Seven or eight years old, please the dog.' At this time, Wang Yifeng was already at this age, and when he saw such a strange mouse again, he couldn't help but feel even more interesting, so he played with it and quickly blocked it from outside the small door.
The group of yellow-haired rats originally wanted to run out of the door, but seeing that Wang Yifeng was blocking from the small door, in a panic, they turned around and ran back inside.
There are four big yellow-haired mice, and their bodies are large and long, so it is not easy to turn around like this, and it is immediately convenient to hug under the corner.
Wang Yifeng couldn't help but feel very amused when he saw this, and hurriedly turned to intercept it from the inside, while the yellow-haired rat turned around and ran out, hugging again......
Just ran like this, blocked one block, and chased and blocked the periphery so repeatedly, he had a lot of fun.
But just when Wang Yifeng ran out again, ready to intercept again, he was suddenly stunned.
I don't know when, on the road outside the door, there was a very strange old man standing.
The old man was slender and thin, with yellow hair and yellow eyebrows, and a goatee on his chin, which was also yellow.
The strange old man stood there motionless with his yellow goatee twisted in his hand, and he looked at Wang Yifeng so quietly, just like the pitch-black figure in the middle of the night, as if there was a meaningful smile on his face......
The sunset was slanting, and the old man's beard was even more golden, but Wang Yifeng suddenly shuddered. Although it is the time of summer and autumn, the sun is shining, and the temperature is not too cold.
Seeing such a strange old man, Wang Yifeng couldn't help but be stunned, he felt very strange, he had been chasing the yellow-haired mouse here, why didn't he see this old man, where did he come from.
It was just such a stunned effort, and a few yellow-haired rats had already scattered and fled, and Wang Yifeng, who could no longer stop him, could only watch them run everywhere. But he didn't want to look at it like this, which made Wang Yifeng even more confused.
I saw one running into the backyard, one running into the diagonal yard, and one running into the east yard, but the other one was nowhere to be found.
Obviously, there are four yellow-haired rats in total, and now three have run away, so where is the other one?
Somehow, Wang Yifeng suddenly thought of the strange old man. But when he looked ahead again, the strange old man with yellow eyebrows and yellow beard disappeared at some point......
The strange old man appeared and disappeared suddenly, as if giving people the illusion that he had never appeared at all.
However, the thin old man with yellow hair, yellow eyebrows, and yellow beard, who smiled at him very strangely, was engraved in Wang Yifeng's heart. Moreover, the extremely strange feeling when facing the old man has always haunted his heart and made him forget it.
It wasn't until many years later that Wang Yifeng knew that the original feeling was called alien......