Text "Chapter 18: New Year's Lights"

Gu Changsheng has never had a similar dream since the last time he had that strange dream of being in the starry sky and stepping on the darkness, usually the dream is very vague and he can't even remember it when he wakes up, but the strange dream last time seems to be engraved in Gu Changsheng's mind, lingering and clearly visible.

I don't want to feel that the gray star I touched in my dream tonight is in my mind, although Gu Changsheng knows that there are many bizarre things in this world, but what really happened to him Gu Changsheng is still a little overwhelmed.

Gu Changming's legs were weak and trembling, he walked to the bed and sat down, picked up the little green turtle that was the only one who accompanied him now and put it on his lap, only then did he feel a little relieved and relieved. But Gu Changsheng's heart was still like a stone pressing, a little out of breath, Gu Changsheng took an unnatural deep breath, wanting to make himself feel better.

All this just now made Gu Changsheng very scared, because Gu Changsheng thought of death, the serious illness when Gu Changsheng was two years old almost killed him, although he was only two years old at that time, but that kind of bone-chilling pain still makes Gu Changsheng feel chills in his back when he thinks about it.

Gu Changsheng was really afraid, very afraid that he would have another serious illness like he did when he was two years old, and experience another battle of life and death. Gu Changsheng suddenly missed his brother very much, but Gu Changsheng was glad that his brother had left. Gu Changming knew that although his brother always looked so indifferent and gentle on the outside, although his brother never mentioned it, Gu Changming knew that his brother had been very painful in his heart all these years.

When he was five years old, his father left him, and since then there has been no news, when he was seven years old, his mother died of illness, leaving his younger brother Gu Changsheng, who was only two years old at the time, and in the same year, his younger brother was seriously ill and was about to die, but fortunately his younger brother survived because of the Taoist priest, and the seven-year-old child finally had something to rely on. However, this reliance was still short-lived, and everything went back to the way it was after the Taoist priest left. This kind of kind has been marked by the pain of the elder brother, and it is difficult to erase it with time.

Gu Changming thought, if the elder brother is still by his side and is still his own support, then what really happened to him, and who can the elder brother rely on? No, the elder brother is always alone, one bears the loss of both parents, and the other is the younger brother's dependence. And if he is like a two-year-old again, and he can't be saved, what will happen to my brother?

Therefore, Gu Changming is not sad about his brother's departure, but happy, traveling far away to increase wisdom and pleasure, thinking that this trip should make the haze in his brother's heart dissipate, and the clouds are light. I think that the elder brother should meet the Taoist priest again, and this time the elder brother should call the master or the teacher.

I don't know what happened to the Taoist priest now, although I can't remember what he looks like, but the intimacy he brought to him Gu Changsheng still remembers.

Thinking about Gu Changsheng's fear was alleviated a lot, and he didn't feel anything unusual in his body anymore, but he was hungry, thinking that it was caused by just practicing boxing. Gu Changsheng went to the stove to cook a bowl of noodles again, and deliberately added a chicken, usually Gu Changsheng is reluctant to eat, he doesn't raise chickens, and chickens are not cheap.

Today is not only Chinese New Year's Eve, but also my birthday. Gu Changsheng also had just learned that his birthday was not long ago, and his brother told him the night before he left that he was born at the last hour of the last day of the year. So tonight is my first birthday, and a bowl of hot chicken noodles with green onions is enough.

After satisfying the fasting stomach, Gu Changsheng sat on the bed, seriously recalled the dream, and after thinking about it, Gu Changsheng couldn't think of why. The day after that dream, my brother went into the mountains to collect medicine, and then he slept all night and day, and when he woke up, he told himself that he had been completely cured.

The gray stone that just appeared in his mind, Gu Changsheng was very sure of the gray star in his dream, and he felt that the moonlight drilling into his eyes must also be related to this gray stone. Gu Changsheng thought about the scene just now, there was darkness in front of him, but he could "perceive" the gray stone in his head, although it was only a few breaths, it had already made Gu Changsheng very uncomfortable.

Gu Changsheng hesitated for a while, but in the end, curiosity overcame fear, and Gu Changsheng decided to get out of the hut and look at the full moon in the night sky. Gu Changsheng walked out of the hut, the cold wind outside, and the howling cold wind slapped on Gu Changsheng's face stiffly, but Gu Changsheng couldn't care about this. In addition to the shadows of the trees in the moonlight, what was left on the ground was the moonlight. Gu Changsheng raised his head cautiously, slowly squinting his eyes, the flesh all over his body was tense, ready to close his eyes and bow his head into the house at any time.

However, Gu Changming's eyes were completely open from a slit to a slit, and nothing unusual happened, so that Gu Changming's eyes widened and stared straight at the moon ring, but Gu Changming's eyes were painful and did not make a sound The strange thing just now, the painful earlobes and numb hands reminded Gu Changming that it was time to go back to the house, and Gu Changming gave up. Fortunately, there were still some sparks left in the belly of the stove just below, which made Gu Changsheng's stiff hands recover.

Gu Changming listened to the dull bell coming from a distance, and swept away the troubles in his heart, because the bell from the entrance of the village represented that the old year had passed, the new year had come, and he was fourteen years old.

"In the sound of firecrackers, the spring breeze sends warmth into Tusu. Thousands of households always replace the new peach with the old one. With the sound of firecrackers to welcome the new year, the adults in each household in the village, either the old man or the young man, and the women have taken out the couplets that have been prepared and pasted them on both sides of the door of their houses.

The couplet was written before the elder brother left, the red paper was bought in the town, the words were written by the elder brother himself, and the calligraphy used by the elder brother was written.

The upper couplet of this hearty pen is "the days increase the years and the people increase the longevity", the lower couplet is "the spring is full of blessings", and the horizontal batch is "the life is abundant". Gu Changsheng looked at this couplet with the same auspicious meaning as his name and was a little happy, "increase longevity" and "longevity" are good words.

Turning to look at the lights of the house, and then turning to look at the lights in his house, the fourteen-year-old boy walked into the house, found two more lamps, and lit two oil lamps, it was time to add lamp oil to the previous two lamps, looking at the suddenly brightened house, looking at the decreasing lamp oil, the young man did not feel distressed, the young man smiled, "New Year's Eve, it should be bright, and the New Year's lamp should be bright." The boy muttered to himself.

The night sky of the new year is full of stars and the moon hangs in the sky. The land of the New Year, the sound of firecrackers, and the red lights. New Year's people have a bright light in their eyes and a bright heart.