Chapter 18: The Past of Xiangye (I)
Looking at the back of the seven-tailed cat fairy leaving, Li Xuyang asked Jiang Botong lightly, "Are we doing a good thing?"
"First of all, you have to tell me what is good and what is bad?" Jiang Botong looked at Li Xuyang and asked rhetorically. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Good is right, bad is evil. Li Xuyang replied.
"No, it's not fully explained. Justice is not necessarily good, and good does not mean justice. How many people bully people under the banner of justice? Can evil still represent evil? If there are no evil thoughts, how can they do bad things?"
Jiang Botong's remarks made Li Xuyang very teachable. What he said made sense, and it was impossible to refute it.
"The place to stay has been found, it's not close to here, but there are no cars at this point now, so let's go on foot. Jiang Botong said, taking Wu Qin and Li Xuyang out of the door of the "Baihuafang" store in the middle of Lianfang Road.
After more than an hour, the long journey made Li Xuyang very tired. After Mali finished taking a bath, Li Xuyang lay on the white bed, looked at the ceiling above, and in less than a few minutes, he entered his dream.
Jiang Botong was lying on another bed, and at this time he was flipping through a newspaper in his hand, looking at the contents on it. Wu Qin, on the other hand, sat on the sofa with a big push of snacks in his arms, watching the cartoon on TV - cat and mouse.
Jiang Botong's eyes kept looking at the page of the newspaper, and the more he looked at the expression on his face, the more happy he became, and even when he finished reading it, he said with a smile, "It's a little interesting." ”
His words reached the ears of Wu Qin, who was eating snacks, Wu Qin's hand holding potato chips stopped at his mouth, turned his head to look at Jiang Botong, who was talking to himself, and after confirming that he was not talking to himself, he continued to watch his cartoon.
"Hey, fatty, remember to turn off the lights when you go to bed. And turn down the damn TV volume. Jiang Bo folded a paper airplane, and then threw it out with his hand, impartially at the back of Wu Qin's head at noon.
Wu Qin touched the back of his head that hurt a little with his hand, and glanced at Jiang Botong, who was lying down to sleep after turning off the bedside light with an angry face. In the end, he didn't dare to scold, so he had to sigh and say "um".
In the second half of the night, because of some urgency, Li Xuyang got up and went to the toilet. The hotel Li Xuyang chose this time was not so good, just an ordinary small hotel. There are only two floors, and the address of the hotel is not in the bustling area, so there are few guests. It's good to be able to keep it open, and this hotel is also planning to transfer it after the rent at the end of the year, which is really sluggish.
Just as Li Xuyang took off his pants and was standing there "shhhh The sound sounded like someone was knocking, but it was a gentle two-knock.
Li Xuyang ignored it, and after urinating, he lifted his pants. was about to turn around and walk out of the bathroom, but he didn't expect two more knocks on the glass to come, and when Li Xuyang looked again, he found a cat lying on the edge of the window, looking inside.
"Meow~" The cat outside barked at Li Xuyang inside the glass.
Li Xuyang has a good impression of cats, and when he sees cats, he can't help but tease them. This time was no exception, and I was about to open the window and let the cat in. Unexpectedly, the door of the bathroom was pushed open, and Wu Qin yawned while opening the door of the bathroom and walked in.
"Ahh You're here!" Wu Qin rubbed his eyes, but saw Li Xuyang standing by the window.
"Ah, yes. After Li Xuyang responded to Wu Qin, when he looked back at the cat, he found that the cat had disappeared and had to leave the bathroom.
After Li Xuyang left, Wu Qin came to the open window and poked his head out to look out the window. It was only past three o'clock in the morning, and it was pitch black outside, and I couldn't see anything, let alone notice the cat hiding in the grass.
The next day, the three of them took a taxi to the station and then took the 806.
Going home this time, Li Xuyang's mood was a little different. In the past, every time I went back, I was extremely excited and happy, after all, I was far away from home, and when I came back, I felt like I had been away for a few years. And this time, his mood became a little heavy, unusually heavy.
Today's car is a little stuffy, and there are a lot of people, very crowded. Jiang Botong was old, and he met a kind young man who gave him a seat, but Li Xuyang and Wu Qin did not have seats, and it became very difficult to be squeezed even a little.
After arriving at the next stop, most of the people in the car went down, and finally it was not so crowded, and a few seats were vacated. Li Xuyang and Wu Qin did their own thing, one in front and the other in the back of the car.
Just as Li Xuyang was about to lie down to sleep for a while, that familiar figure appeared again. The Buddha is deliberate, and the Buddha is expected, just like the plot in a TV series, everything has a behind-the-scenes director who deliberately arranges all this.
"Xiangye?" Li Xuyang looked at the kind-faced old man sitting beside him in surprise, who else could this person be if he wasn't Xiangye?
"What a coincidence, we met again. Xiang Ye is still the same as ever, with a smile that can never be erased.
"yes, that's a coincidence. ”
After Li Xuyang said this, Xiang Ye didn't speak, but looked ahead, his eyes first stayed on Jiang Botong for a moment, and then looked at Wu Qin in front. But Li Xuyang noticed one thing, that is, Xiangye's gaze stayed on Wu Qin longer than Jiang Botong.
"Xiangye, what are you looking at?" asked Li Xuyang curiously.
"They are yours......" Xiang Ye didn't finish, as if he deliberately didn't say it, waiting for Li Xuyang to answer.
"Partner. Li Xuyang thought for a moment and thought of a lot of words, and in the end, only "partner" was suitable for the relationship between the three of them now.
"Oh, hehe. Xiang Ye smiled and didn't say anything else.
"By the way, Xiangye, you said that you know my grandfather, can you tell me how you met?" Li Xuyang suddenly remembered this and asked curiously. Of course, riding in the car is also boring, and it can also relieve boredom.
"It's been a long time ago, and of course, it could have been traced back to our family's relationship. ”
Xiang Ye said, his brain sinking into memories.
Xiangye's full name is Hu Juxiang, and when he was young, he almost lost his life because of an incident. It was precisely because of this incident that Xiang Ye met Li Xuyang's grandfather.
It was when Xiang Ye was young, and his age should have been around twenty-five or sixteen (Xiang Ye also doesn't remember very clearly, so it was probably at this age).
At that time, it was not the same as now, and there was a detailed division of labor. The more you work, the more you do, the more you earn. Of course, food stamps and meal stamps are given, not cash.
At that time, Xiangye had not moved out and also lived in Xin'an Town. And according to the form of grouping, he was in a group with Li Xuyang's grandfather Li Zhaoqing. Each group is made up of many families, and each person is paid in proportion to the work they receive.
At that time, Li Zhaoqing was the leader of their group, and it was also the wheat harvest season. Because there is no harvester, everything is done manually. It can only be cut with a sickle, and it is tied together in large piles.
That night, it was overcast, as if it was going to rain. Everyone cleaned up and went to eat, leaving only Xiangye alone to guard the piles of wheat.
At first, there was nothing, and Xiang Ye just took a flashlight to shine back and forth, looking at the wheat.
A light wind blew, and Xiang Ye shivered coldly. But after the wind blew, a little spark appeared on a large field of wheat in the distance. But the fire is not red or yellow, but pale green.
At that time, Xiangye didn't think too much, there were already children playing with fire, so he hurriedly walked over with a flashlight, with anger on his face, and planned to teach those children a lesson. Now is the harvest season, a torch, may make this year's grain no harvest, half a year of hard work will be in vain.
In that case, not only those children, but also the parents of the children and Xiangye will be criticized, and in serious cases, they will be paraded on the streets.
"Whose baby is lighting the fire where? It's really late, hurry back." Xiang Ye shouted loudly in the direction of Xinghuo.
But he didn't answer, only the sound of the wind blowing past his ears. And there is a detail here that was ignored by Xiangye, that is, when the wind blows, where the sparks do not beat like other flames.
"Whose baby is really (so) disobedient, if you don't leave, I will tell your family. Xiang Ye said angrily again, but the result was still the same, and no one replied.
"Ah, this kid is quite stubborn. Xiang Ye completely walked into the spark, but after he walked in, he saw that there was no one anywhere, and even a shadow of a person except himself.
And just as he approached Starfire, that Starfire disappeared in front of him, and just like that, it disappeared out of thin air. And after the spark, what Xiang Ye saw was a small mound that was almost flat.
"No, it's not a mound of dirt, it's a grave. ”
Xiang Ye felt scared, because he had heard a lot about the legend of "Ghost Fire", could it be that it was not a coincidence that he met "Ghost Fire"?
Xiang Ye was a little scared, but he still pretended to be calm, and then hurriedly walked back. But on the way back, when he was less than halfway there, the light of the flashlight in his hand disappeared, and in front of him, the little spark appeared in front of him again.
Under the dark and moonless sky, that little spark turned into something very eye-catching. Xiang Ye saw it at once, but his legs were already trembling, and if he hadn't pressed it strongly, he would have screamed a long time ago.
That little spark was a little different this time than the last time, the last time it was at least stationary, but this time it was beating, jumping somewhere for a while, and jumping back again for a while. One meeting, the other going down, swaying.
"Ghosts, ghosts. ”