On the Lantern Festival in 2023, on the 35th day of his grandmother's death, Jiang Changsheng came to the farmers' market in the village early in the morning.

According to the customs of the village, today is grandma's "Wuqi", relatives and friends in the village will come to worship, and Jiang Changsheng needs to buy more ingredients to entertain them.

The last close relative passed away, Jiang Changsheng was not too sad, after all, his grandmother died at the age of 86, and it can be regarded as a happy mourning in the countryside.

Jiang Changsheng, who is 33 years old, is not married and has no partner.

He lived comfortably on his own and did not feel lonely.

Jiang Changsheng often came to the farmers' market, and the various vendors were already familiar with it, and soon, he finished purchasing and walked out of the market with large bags and small bags.

Walking to the intersection, Jiang Changsheng found his little electric donkey, put the purchased ingredients on the pedal in front of the electric car, and was just about to leave, when he saw a gourd on a stall at the intersection out of the corner of his eye.

This gourd is dull in color and pale cyan, with several potholes on the surface of the gourd and several cracks at the bottom, which looks a little tattered.

After seeing this gourd, Jiang Changsheng put away the electric car key in his hand and walked to the front of the stall.

It is a stall selling knick-knacks.

After Jiang Changsheng returned to his hometown in Jiangcheng from Shencheng, the whole person turned from a fast-paced to a slow life, and gradually began to like to study all kinds of ornaments.

There are a lot of strange things in the house, some of which are picked up and polished from the field, and some of which are purchased from vendors.

Although the quality of this gourd is not good, it is full of antique charm as a whole, and the more you look at it, the more flavorful it is.

Jiang Changsheng couldn't help but pick up the gourd, rubbing his palm constantly, looking at it over and over, the more he looked at it, the more he liked it.

As soon as I was about to ask the price, I saw the frightened face of the stall owner.

"Ah!!h

There was a scream in his ears, Jiang Changsheng felt a pain in his body, and the whole person flew up.

A small black car was seen in the blur and rushed into the crowd at a breakneck speed.

He subconsciously grasped the gourd with his hands, and then his eyes went dark, and his consciousness gradually blurred, until he fell into nothingness.

"Immortality, immortality! Didn't you say you were going to hang out? How to fall asleep at home. ”

"The quilt is not covered well, for the New Year, Meng Dongmei and their clinics are closed, who will hang water for you if you catch a cold?"

Jiang Changsheng woke up in a daze, and a woman wearing a red cloth jacket stood in front of him.

Looking up, the woman is 1.7 meters tall and tall, but she is very thickly wrapped and can't see the curves of her body. Melon seed face, red phoenix eyes, picturesque eyebrows.

"The appearance is at least 95 points or more, but it's a pity that the skin is rough and dark, otherwise it's perfect!"

Jiang Changsheng quickly gave a score in his heart.

"Didn't I get hit by a car? How to lie in a strange room? ”

Jiang Changsheng just wanted to speak, when some images suddenly flashed back in his head.

"My name is Jiang Changsheng, I was born in November 1980 in Jiangmeng Village, Jiangcheng City, and my parents left the countryside after their divorce at the age of 5 and started a new family.

I grew up with my grandmother, when I was 10 years old, my grandmother died of illness, I lived with my sister Meng Jia, who was 6 years older than me next door, for 8 years. ”

"My name is Jiang Changsheng, born in 1990 in Guliu Village, Jiangcheng City, 7 years old parents divorced, my mother went to the field and never met, I lived with my father, studied hard since childhood, in 2008 I was admitted to Jiangcheng University Law School with excellent results, after graduation, I followed my brother to Shencheng to join a big law firm, worked day and night for 6 years, had a small room in Shencheng, just about to consider life events, my father was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, died in the torture of cancer pain, Soon after, Chen Wei, a good brother who grew up playing from childhood, died suddenly in the unit late at night after working overtime.

I began to reflect on my attitude towards life, whether I was spending too much time chasing the so-called success of the world, and neglecting my relatives and friends around me. I quit my job at a law firm, sold my house in the deep city, and returned to my rural hometown to earn money by writing books online while taking care of my elderly grandmother.

I lived a leisurely life in the countryside for 5 years, my grandmother passed away, I wanted to buy a gourd ornament on the side of the road, and I was hit by a runaway car......"

The memories of the two lives were constantly intertwined and fused, Jiang Changsheng was stunned, he was lying on the wooden bed, his eyes looking directly at the wooden roof.

A hint of surprise flashed in Meng Jia's eyes, she quickly helped Jiang Changsheng straighten the quilt, and then shook her frozen hand, which was a little red and swollen, in front of Jiang Changsheng's eyes.

"What about immortality, are you not feeling well, is it because of dirty things!"

Then he stared at Jiang Changsheng's eyebrows again, and breathed a sigh of relief, "The eyebrows exploded, it shouldn't have been killed." ”

Jiang Changsheng came back to his senses and said perfunctorily: "I don't have to do anything, Sister Jia, I'll get up in half an hour." ”

Meng Jia looked at Jiang Changsheng carefully, and when he saw that his expression was as usual, he touched his forehead with his hand again, and his body temperature was normal, before he put his mind at ease.

"Okay, you lie down for a while, don't go out to play, the brigade has notified, at 9 o'clock in the evening it is the turn of our village to cut off the power, it will be stopped for 2 hours, and the electricity will be turned on after 11 o'clock, I will go get a few candles, and the house cannot be dark at night of the Chinese New Year's Eve."

After speaking, Meng Jia put her hands together, tugged into her cuffs, and walked out of Jiang Changsheng's room.

In the room, Jiang Changsheng shook his head, combing his thoughts, and after a long time, he understood his situation.

In his previous life, he crossed over after being hit by a car and was reborn into a teenager with the same name and surname.

"No, to be precise, I should be a fetus, I lived for 18 years after being reborn, and I didn't awaken the memory of my previous life until today, and the two Jiang Changsheng are myself.

Jiang Meng Village also belongs to Xinzhou County, and it is about 20 kilometers away from Guliu Village, where I lived in my previous life. ”

Thinking of this, Jiang Changsheng had an irrepressible impulse in his heart, he wanted to go to Guliu Village to see if his father was still in Guliu Village, and whether there was a "self" named Jiang Changsheng in Guliu Village.

In his previous life, he was busy with work and neglected his father, and the father and son spent very little time together, and he didn't regret it until his father died of cancer, which was the biggest regret in Jiang Changsheng's heart.

Now, God seems to have given himself a chance to make up for his regrets.

"No, today is Chinese New Year's Eve, I want to accompany Sister Jia at home, and I am now rushing over at night, I guess I can't see my father, I can't be used as a thief."

It's 1998, the security is not particularly good, every time the New Year comes, thieves are indispensable in the village, so when the New Year is approaching, every household in the village is very wary of strangers.

And Jiang Changsheng was also afraid, he was worried that he would be reborn in a parallel world, and Guliu Village did not have a father he missed.

Jiang Changsheng was a mature adult, and he quickly sorted out his emotions and put away the idea of going to Guliu Village now.

He rolled over and sat up, a cold wind pouring into his chest, and he couldn't help but shiver.

Winter in Jiangcheng is too cold.

Jiang Changsheng quickly put on his clothes and put on cotton boots.

He picked up a small mirror from the bedside table.

In the mirror, he is a little black and thin, and his eyebrows are very green, but his facial features are upright, and he belongs to the type of handsome.

Jiang Changsheng was very satisfied, because this face was exactly the same as when he was young in his previous life.

The winter in Jiangcheng was really cold, and Jiang Changsheng's feet unconsciously chopped a few times on the dirt floor of the room.

The house where Jiang Changsheng lives now is a mud-brick hut with only two earthen houses in the house, and the dirt in the house is still a little potholed.

Although the house was broken, it was cleaned very clean, especially the room where Jiang Changsheng lived.

Clothes are neatly folded, and the clutter and books on the bedside table are neatly organized, so you can feel a little clear even under the dim light bulbs with low brightness.

Although the bed is made of wood, there is a thick layer of straw on the board, the quilt is newly sewn, and the cotton wool inside is newly made by Meng Jia.

Looking at the brand-new big padded jacket on his body, Jiang Changsheng felt a strong sense of shame in his heart.

The padded jacket worn by Meng Jia has faded and has been patched with a lot, and it has not been changed for several years.

Jiang Changsheng, who did not awaken the memory of his previous life, was relatively ignorant, and only thought about reading, although the children of the poor were in charge of the family early, but the experience of being brought up by his grandmother still made Jiang Changsheng have some self before, and he was grateful to Meng Jia for his efforts, but he did not feel deeply.

Fortunately, now that I have awakened my memory, everything will be fine.

Thinking that Meng Jia was busy in the next room, Jiang Changsheng was ready to go over to help.

Jiang Changsheng pushed open the gate, the wooden gate creaked, and a cold wind mixed with ice and snow poured in.

Outside the house, it was snowing.

On the night of Chinese New Year's Eve, every household in the village turned on the lights, and in the snowy world, the dim lights made Jiang Changsheng feel the warmth of the world.

From time to time, the sound of firecrackers exploding, the playful laughter of children, the argument of the next-door neighbor playing cards, and the beating of the snow as it crushes the branches of the trees and falls to the ground......

In a room on the left, there was also a smell of lotus root pork rib soup, which should be Meng Jia's vigil supper prepared in advance.

This is the smell of fireworks in the world, which is reassuring.

The snow was very deep, Jiang Changsheng returned to his house, changed into a pair of galoshes, and then went out and walked into another house next door.

There were already a dozen candles on the table in the lobby, and Meng Jia was changing the stove for coal in the kitchen in the back room.

Jiang Changsheng looked at the wall clock on the wall, it was already 8:50 in the evening, and he hurriedly came to the kitchen to take out a box of matches.

"Sister Jia, you can light candles, if the power goes out early, it's not good to be dark in the house."

According to the customs of their village, Chinese New Year's Eve needs to be observed, and every house in the house must be bright and not dark.

If it's dark, there will be problems with the luck of the next year.

Although Jiang Changsheng is not superstitious, he still respects traditional customs, and this thing is to seek peace of mind.

Meng Jia's house was built when her mother was alive, and the house was bigger than Jiang Changsheng's house, with two rooms in the front and back, a total of four rooms.

Jiang Changsheng quickly found a few empty bottles, inserted the candles into them, and lit them up one by one.

Not long after it was lit, the dim lights dimmed and the power went out.

In 1998, China's power grid has not yet surpassed the global level, and now the power supply is very tight, especially in the rural New Year, the electricity consumption is large, and power rationing is the norm.

Jiang Changsheng and Meng Jia don't have any valuable electrical appliances at home, not even a black and white TV, so the impact of a power outage is not great.