Chapter 4: Emperor Shunde (3)
"Emperor Shunde?" Guan was puzzled.
"Yes, Emperor Shunde, we all call him Duke of Shunde. The magic power of Shunde Gong is boundless, and all living beings can wake up because of the miracle of Shunde Gong, they say that you have a fate with Shunde Gong, and they want you to worship Shunde Gong as a deed... Mom will take you to the temple tomorrow to repay your vows, see Shunde Gong, and be his deed! Yue'e said excitedly.
Ah Guan couldn't answer, he had never heard of any religious beliefs from his father or mother before, let alone such things as being the godson of the gods and making vows.
"So when can I be discharged from the hospital? I want to go home. Guan asked.
"Yes, yes! Mom, I'll help you go through the discharge procedures later, and I'll leave tomorrow, no, I'll be discharged tonight, who wants to stay in this bullshit hospital! Fuck the Mongolian doctor, fuck it..."
"Hey, little brother, congratulations on waking up."
Ah Guan turned his head, and there was an aunt sitting next to the bed, about sixty years old, and an old gentleman was lying on the bed in front of her.
"I really envy you, my wife hasn't woken up after six years of sleep, you're so lucky, it's so good..."
Ah Guan saw that the aunt seemed to have something to say, so he asked, "But..." ”
"You have to care more about your mother, she... these days, the spirit is very bad, something is wrong..."
"Huh? What's wrong with my mom these days? Guan asked, puzzled.
The aunt opened the thermos and poured a glass of water for Ah Guan. "You call me Fu Ma." Guan took the glass and said thank you. Fu Ma sat next to her wife, touched her hair, and said slowly: "When you first came in, your mother was with you all day long, just crying, not saying anything..."
Ah Guan quietly listened to Fu Ma talk about what happened in the past month, and probably sketched the whole story.
Yue'e has been by Ah Guan's side every day since Ah Guan was sent to the hospital, accompanying him to perform several brain surgeries, and almost collapsed at first, thanks to Fu Ma's persuasion by the side, Yue'e ate something and went home to rest.
Fu's mother has a cheerful personality, Yue'e has her as a companion, and she also wants to open up a lot, and no longer washes her face with tears all day long.
Until half a month ago, one morning Fu Ma came to visit her wife again, as soon as Yue'e saw Fu Ma, she happily took Fu Ma's hand, to show her something, and then took out a small talisman from the leather bag, saying that it was a life talisman from the temple, saying how amazing the land of Shunde was, and saying that Ah Guan was saved.
Fu Ma didn't believe this, but thinking about the hearts of parents in the world, she sang with Yue'e, saying that Aguanji people will definitely get better.
At first, Fu Ma only thought that she was a beloved son, and it was normal for her to entrust her hopes to religion when there was nothing she could do. But as the days passed, everyone found that Yue'e's behavior became more and more outrageous, more and more unreasonable, and her temper became more and more irritable.
"Look at the back of you..." Fu Ma said this, pointing to Ah Guan's back.
Ah Guan turned his head and saw a large portrait on the wall of his bed, with a statue of a god on it, thinking that it was the Emperor Shunde in his mother's mouth. Guan looked at the portrait in amazement, it was hard to imagine that there would be such a thing in the hospital.
Fu Ma continued, this painting is a week ago, when Yue'e insisted on pouring Ah Guan to drink talisman water, there was a fierce argument with the doctor, and the doctor finally gave in and allowed the statue to be pasted, but not Ah Guan to drink talisman water.
When Fu Ma said this, she took a sip of water and looked at the ground, obviously still palpitating.
"Last night, your mother came to see you, at first fine, but then I don't know how, and suddenly took out a jar of unknown liquid from her purse. As soon as I saw the jar, I thought it must be a rune or something. Your mother grabs you like crazy, rips off your nose tubes, and insists on pouring you to drink it. The nurse stopped her and was slapped twice by her. Later, everyone worked together to subdue your mother. Only then did everyone see that there were not only unburned talismans in the potion, but also half of the dead rats, and a lot of small insects..."
"Huh?" Guan shook involuntarily.
"Originally, the hospital planned to call the police, but your mother sat on the ground and cried afterwards, saying that she was just trying to save you, and I interceded for her, so the hospital made a big deal small..."
"My mom is not like that, she's always been nice to people..."
"I know, probably because she is too worried about you, so her emotions are so unstable, so I said, you have to care more about your mother..."
Guan nodded and drank the glass of water in his hand. Then lie down quietly and look at the ceiling.
Fu Ma didn't talk to Ah Guan anymore, but stroked his wife's sparse hair from time to time, sometimes looked out the window, and occasionally said something to his wife in a very thin voice, and then smiled contentedly, as if reminiscing about the past.
Although his wife couldn't answer, Ah Guan obviously felt the breath of the two-person world, and felt Fu's mother's love and reluctance for his wife.
Ah Guan fantasizes about what Fu Ma and her wife looked like when they were young and their stories, which may be extremely ordinary, but life and death are unswerving.
In this day and age, it is rare.
Thinking about it, Ah Guan gradually became sleepy.
"Ayo, Ayou!" Ah Guan opened his eyes, and it was his mother who happily pushed him and said, "Wake up, let's go, we're going to be discharged from the hospital." ”
Ah Guan sat up, rubbed his eyes and said, "Discharged?" Can I be discharged? As he spoke, he looked at the clock on the wall, about nine o'clock in the evening.
"Yes, Mom has already helped you complete the discharge procedures, let's leave this ghost hospital quickly! Don't see these bastard doctors again! Yue'e then began to complain about how bad and hateful the doctors and nurses were, interspersed with a lot of swear words.
Guan saw his mother swearing fluently, and his heart was confused, his mother had never spoken like this before.
Out of the hospital, Yue'e took Ah to close a noodle shop, and the mother and son ate noodles in the noodle shop and chatted about things in the hospital. However, most of the time, Guan listened quietly to his mother scolding how the doctors were disrespectful to Shundegong, which was a heinous crime.
On the way home, Ah Guan looked at Yue'e walking in front, his heart was full of fear and puzzlement, and the mother in front of him seemed to be a completely different person. Yue'e competes for seats with others on the bus, yells at each other, and growls at wild dogs on the side of the road.
Entering the apartment and walking upstairs, Guan looked at his door and breathed a sigh of relief that he had finally returned home.
"Drink!" As soon as he opened the door, the dark red strange living room in front of him made Ah Guan's mood tense again in an instant.
The living room was completely transformed, and the white fluorescent tubes on the ceiling had been removed and replaced by the red light bulbs on the god table, as well as the red lanterns hanging around. The whole room was lit red.
A large statue of a god hung on the wall, surrounded by various talismans, and a table in the center of the living room was filled with ritual vessels, offerings, and scriptures.
On the small table that was originally used to hold the telephone, there were several strange jars of glass bottles, which contained black liquid, and some brown sticky substance, which was supposed to be the talisman water that my mother fed her.
"What are you doing? Don't come in yet! Come, come, come over and give Shunde Gong an incense..." Yue'e had already lit a stick of incense and urged Ah Guan to enter the house.
Ah Guan endured the fear in his heart, took off his shoes and walked into the house, took the incense from his mother, and bowed a few times to the statue of the great god hanging on the wall.
When he returned to his room, he saw two large red lanterns that lit the room in a dark red. Ah Guan reached out to press the light switch, but there was no response, and when he looked up, the electric light above his head was the same as the living room, all without tubes.
"Ahh Ah Guan felt that someone had been patted on the shoulder, and he trembled in fright, and when he turned around, it turned out to be his mother. "Ayo, if you think it's too dark, take a candle and light it. These candles are all sacred candles sent by the Shunde Emperor, and they are lit to keep safe. ”
The candles were as thick as soda cans, and Guan lit them one by one, and the room finally lit up.
But it's okay if it's not lit, and when it lights up, Ah Guan frowns even more - the basketball superstar poster he originally pasted on the wall has been replaced with a portrait of Shunde Gong, and there are portraits of Shunde Gong of various sizes hanging on the desk.