Chapter 1: Parting
In the late autumn of September, the evening breeze blows, and the leaves rustle, as if they can't bear to leave the trunk of the tree on which they depend, and slowly sorrowful.
"Hey"
Sha Zhendong sat on the old wooden chair and sighed softly.
Then he stood up.
"Crunch"
This antique, which has been sitting for decades, has broken in response to the sound.
Oops!
This is an old antique handed down from Grandpa's generation, and if the old man sees it, he will have to kill me.
That's what the old man said anyway.
Come on
This was Sha Zhendong's first reaction.
This is almost a conditioned reflex for Sha Zhendong, because this has been a tradition for more than ten years.
If you do something wrong, you must leave the scene of the guilt as soon as possible, or you will be caught, and the consequences of being caught, that is, you will be beaten by the old man, of course, it is not really a hammer, anyway, the butt is going to be swollen.
Peal pedal, pedal, pedal
Sha Zhendong ran a few steps forward.
Yes!
No, why hasn't the old man chased after him yet, why don't you play cards according to the routine.
"Hey"
Sha Zhendong was stunned for a few seconds, and then sighed softly.
"Old man, I miss you to chase me again, I promise not to run, let you fight, let you scold!"
But such a thing is no longer possible, just ten days ago, the old man left, this time not hide and seek, but forever left, to another world.
Remembering that he was coming, the old man was still holding his hand,
"Boy, this time Lao Tzu doesn't care about you anymore, I don't spank you, I don't scold you, I want to go to another world, where there is the sea, there are blue skies, white clouds and grasslands"
"There is a small cabin that Lao Tzu has dreamed of living in, and the most important thing is that there is a beautiful woman who does not talk to her, that is your grandmother, she has been waiting for decades, and she is lonely when she thinks about it"
"Lao Tzu can't see this woman lonely, Lao Tzu is going to find her, go with her, you kid is just doing it yourself, don't think too much about Lao Tzu, let alone come to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu has had enough of you for more than ten years, you kid will stay there in the future, Lao Tzu has been waiting for the world of two people, you will not be welcome"
"Alright, that's it, bye-bye!"
After speaking, the old man closed his eyes, with a serene smile on the corner of his mouth, and two lines of tears flowed from the corners of his eyes.
These words are like a beautiful story, so lightly said, the separation of life is light, and the farewell of death is also light.
However, Sha Zhendong saw the old man's reluctance to himself, and he couldn't rest assured.
Sha Zhendong was very sad, hysterically sad, very sad, heart-wrenching.
But he was still smiling, and it was not until the old man closed his eyes that he crawled on the head of the old man's bed and cried bitterly!
"Okay"
"Old man, you're really gone, I'll take care of myself, at least except for you, and I won't let anyone else beat me in the ass"
"Have you found that woman who is too beautiful to speak, the legendary grandmother of mine? ”
"If you don't have enough money, send me a letter in your dream at night, and I'll get you some to get some over, but don't get lost, I really can't get you the map. ”
Whispering to himself, hoping that this would be heard by the old man.
Sha Zhendong was a little sad, this old man who had taken care of himself for more than ten years left like this, he was very sad, this sadness was buried in his heart like this, and he felt very lonely in an instant, this loneliness was inexplicable, and no one would accompany him.
"Forget it, old man, you're leaving; I'm leaving here too."
"I'll come back to see you, you left here and went to another world, is there a portal to your current world, but you won't open the door for me. ”
Sha Zhendong turned around and ran into the old house, which he had lived in for an unknown number of years, and washed his cold face.
I grabbed an old rucksack and started packing.
This is the deep mountain in the southwest region, this village is called Shazhai, the village is close to the mountains and rivers, and it lives by farming and hunting.
Dozens of families here are basically surnamed Sha, and there are basically no people with foreign surnames, but there are exceptions, the old man is not surnamed Sha, the old man came to this village more than ten years ago, and he is still holding a baby in his arms, this child is Sha Zhendong.
After the old man came to the village, he lived for 17 years, and Sha Zhendong is also this age this year.
No one knows what the old man's name is, only that the old man's surname is Zhao, the old man knows some medical skills, and the villagers have a headache and brain fever, so they went to the old man to get some herbs and went home to drink it.
came and went, and the villagers affectionately called him Lao Zhaotou.
The old man also knew how to do some kung fu, and when he first came to the village, he once again came down the mountain to plague the crops, and a dozen old hunters had no choice, and they also injured people.
I saw that the old man went up to beat the bear blind man and crippled him, and Sha Zhendong drank the delicious bear paw soup for a while.
But at that time, Sha Zhendong was still a hairy baby wearing open crotch pants, and he didn't remember this incident at all.
Without much effort, Sha Zhendong packed up the salute.
Don't look at the big canvas bag, there is no other bag, there is such a bag at home, it is still a little old.
Just two sets of clothes, a few cups of water or something, and a photo with the old man, which was taken by the old man on a whim a year ago.
There is basically no such group photo shooting technology, but for Sha Zhendong, it is the only one, as for other things, what old man's clothes, bed sheets, dishes and other things, as long as the old man is often used.
Before the old man left, they were all taken away by the old man, saying that he didn't want these anymore and didn't need them, Sha Zhendong couldn't understand what the situation was, and he was stunned.
It didn't take long for the old man to leave quietly, and at this time Sha Zhendong reacted, looking everywhere, trying to find one or two things to come back to make a souvenir, but he didn't even find a single hair, Sha Zhendong wondered if these things were burned by the old man, and maybe he dug a pit and buried it.
It's also the old man who has really lived with him for more than ten years, or Sha Zhendong has a kind of hallucination, is it that this old man who cleans up all day long and doesn't want to want has never come at all, nor has he left.
But fortunately, the old man didn't leave anything for Sha Zhendong.
This is this group photo, the old man did not throw it away, but it is not ruled out that there were too many things at that time and there was a possibility of cleaning up.
There is also an old and simple pendant, which was not collected by the old man, but specially left to him by the old man.
This pendant Sha Zhendong had never seen the old man take it out before, even if he played with it.
Just before the old man left, he suddenly took it out.
said that it was a pendant, but Sha Zhendong himself thought so.
It is a small tower-like thing, which looks like a Leifeng Pagoda that has been reduced by 10,000 times, the size of a thumb, and can be counted from the surface to be nine stories high.
It's not black, and there is a small hole at the top, which is estimated to be a hanging hole.
Sha Zhendong didn't know what this thing was for, and the old man didn't say anything, and it was estimated that the old man didn't know either, but he just wanted to leave this thing that was a little old for Sha Zhendong as a souvenir.
Sha Zhendong braided a red rope and hung it around his neck, first, this thing is small, you can put it anywhere, but you are afraid of losing it, but it is such a thing, if you lose it, there will be no more.
Ugly is a little ugly, Sha Zhendong also hung it around his neck as a pendant to keep him safe.
Sha Zhendong wiped the dust off the photo with his hand and carefully placed it in the mezzanine of the canvas bag.
At this point, everything is packed.
"Squeak"
The old wooden door of the courtyard was pushed open.
"Dongzi, Dongzi, where are you, your brother Heizi is back"
Hearing this, Sha Zhendong turned his head and looked happy.
I saw that the person who came was five big and three thick, at least one meter eight or more tall, with a bare upper body, dark skin, and muscular bumps all over his body, not very handsome, but he was a thief at a glance.
"Kuroko, when did you come back, didn't you go to work?"
Sha Zhendong said with a smile.
"It's not big, it's not small, it's called Brother Kuroko"
"Kuroko"
"Call Brother Heizi, don't call Baozhun to beat you up"
"Kuroko, Kuroko....."
"Groove"
"Why don't you accept it, come and try to beat me?"
"Well, forget it, sunspots are sunspots, whatever you want to call them. ”