Chapter 4: Memories Awakened
In the room, Bai Fan sat alone on a wooden stool and was silent, looking at his wife on the bed blankly, and there was a trace of confusion in his eyes for a while. But just then, the bride on the bed spoke.
"Xianggong, what are you thinking? The bride's face was full of doubts, and she didn't understand why Xianggong was in a stupid daze.
This bride is Bai Fan's father asked someone to tell Bai Fan from the neighboring mountain, she is a very beautiful and virtuous woman, under the arrangement of the matchmaker, she met in a hurry, and she took a fancy to Bai Fan of Honest Muna at a glance, so the marriage was in full swing in less than ten days. Bai Fan didn't think much about it originally, he still knew the words of his parents, but after visiting the church today, for some reason, he suddenly felt as if he had forgotten something, and the feeling was extremely real and strong, but when he wanted to think about it, he couldn't think of anything. This made Bai Fan very depressed.
"Forget it, it's nothing, I just feel like it's all like a dream......" Bai Fan said with a sigh, put away his eyes blankly, and sat down silently beside the bride.
Poof, the bride smiled, like a hundred flowers blooming, and became the most beautiful scenery in this mountain village in an instant.
"What's untrue, from now on I will be your wife, you will be my father-in-law, yesterday my father said that we should live a good life in the future......"
"Father's ......"
These two words fell on Bai Fan's ears, which made Bai Fan's body tremble, and for a moment it seemed that he had grasped something in his mind, but when Bai Fan wanted to catch it, this feeling faded again.
"Oh...... Got it......"
Bai Fan nodded, so he had to respond lightly with his wife's words, and he didn't say anything more. From this day on, Bai Fan became a young man with a family, living a life of hunting. Calm gradually replaced the answers he wanted to explore.
Day after day, year after year......
Unconsciously, twenty years have passed, Bai Fan has also become a middle-aged man, and his wife gave birth to a child for him, named Tie Dan, Tie Dan has been like a girl since he was a child, with a beautiful personality, rarely going out, except for visiting his grandparents with his father every year, more often he is alone at home.
On this day, Tie Dan surprisingly did not stay at home, but went to the house of the village chief's grandfather in the west of the village, who was over 100 years old and the only old man in this mountain village who had seen the vast world outside.
Why did Tie Dan come, because he had heard from the neighbor's friends that the village chief's grandfather would often tell them some strange stories, so Tie Dan was very curious, so he secretly followed the neighbor's child and came to the village chief's grandfather's house. Soon, the village chief's grandfather's house was full of teenagers as big as iron eggs, and these teenagers surrounded the village chief's grandfather, begging eagerly......
"Grandpa, what story are we going to tell today?"
"Yes, grandpa, Huan'er likes to listen to your stories the most...... "The two children hugged the village chief's grandfather's arms, one on the left and one on the right.
"Hehehe...... Child, this old bone of grandpa is about to be shaken apart by you......" The village chief grandfather looked at these children with love, and his eyes were doting.
"Oh oh......" The two children let go of their hands in embarrassment and stuck out their tongues......
"Haha, grandpa just likes the quirky energy in you, okay grandpa will tell you a story about immortals today......" The village chief touched the heads of several children, and then said with a sense of amazement.
"Immortals, yes, yes, just listen to this, Huan'er likes to listen to the stories of immortals. ”
Including Tie Dan, all the children set their eyes on the village chief's grandfather, with curiosity and eagerness, eager for the village chief's grandfather to talk immediately, and seeing the cute faces of these little guys, the village chief's grandfather finally stopped teasing, but opened the conversation slowly.
"I remember that it was a long time ago, when I was a teenager as old as you, following my father, who was your great-grandfather, to go to a big town a hundred miles away to buy some hunting bows and arrows, I remember that day the sky was a little overcast, my father and I were walking on the muddy path, and suddenly ......"
The village chief's grandfather paused, and several children were so anxious that they hurriedly asked.
"Grandpa Grandpa...... What's wrong, something happened all of a sudden......"
"Hehe, don't worry, you have to let grandpa take a breath......" The village chief's grandfather said with a smile on his beard, and then said.
"Suddenly, from the woods next to it, a big python came out, the body, the good guy is as thick as a small tank, staring at two lantern-like eyes, opened his bloody mouth at us, at that time really frightened grandpa, and his heart had already decided that this time he was going to make the python's belly food, but he never expected that it would be at the last moment......"
"Suddenly, I saw the wind and thunder between heaven and earth, flying sand and stones, and then descended from the sky and descended a golden light, above the golden light, a person stood above, and said something to the python in his mouth, and then saw the dark clouds rolling, and the thunder slammed down from the sky......"
"Ah......h The little face turned pale with fright. The village chief's grandfather was not interrupted by this, but continued.
"Oh, grandpa remembers, that thunder is so ......thick," he said, making a metaphor with his hands, and the village chief's grandfather's eyes showed a look of remembrance.
"I saw the thunder piercing the sky, smashing heavily on the body of the giant python, and then in the middle of the heavens and the earth, it was like hitting a thunderbolt that shook the earth, the giant python that wanted to eat grandpa, was split by the thunder at that time, and the flesh and blood flew sideways and fell to the ground, and when the person fell down and talked to grandpa, grandpa knew that he was what people said to be the person who cultivates immortals, tsk...... That's the only immortal grandpa has ever seen in his life......"
"Wow, the immortals are so powerful, I want to become an immortal ...... too"
"Huan'er also wants to ......"
The children are vying to be immortals one by one, and the iron eggs are the same, the little faces that were already red and fluttering have become more ruddy because of excitement at this time, and the desire for immortals has made these children have one more dream. It was so late that the group of children dispersed from their grandfather's house.
Tie Dan was walking alone on the way home, and happened to meet Bai Fan who had returned from hunting. Tie Dan excitedly threw himself into Bai Fan's arms, making Bai Fan stunned for a while, but in the end, he still hugged Tie Dan tightly doting, father and son, adults and children, in this sunset, at this moment, at this moment, it seems extraordinarily harmonious.
"Daddy......"
"Hehe, what's wrong Tiedan, what makes you so happy, talk to Daddy......" Bai Fan smiled, now he is also a middle-aged man in his forties, Bai Fan, as a father, has faded away from his former youthfulness, and has become thick and calm. He rubbed the little head of the iron egg in his arms dotingly, and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"Daddy, you know, I went to the village chief's grandfather's house today, and the village chief's grandfather told us a story about immortals, but it was majestic. ......" Tie Dan raised his little face and looked at his father innocently.
"Immortals?...... Immortal ?......" Tie Dan's words entered Bai Fan's ears, as if a thunderclap sounded, Bai Fan felt as if something was tearing his mind, and the sharp stinging pain made Bai Fan tremble, and the big beads of sweat rolled down from his forehead......
"Ah...... Daddy, Daddy, what's wrong with you...... Woo woo...... "Tie Dan saw his father's painful appearance, and he was so anxious that he cried.
Long......
Bai Fan's body gradually calmed down, and at this time, there was an unfamiliar memory in his mind, no, it should be said that that memory was his real memory, but looking at the iron egg in his arms, Bai Fan suddenly felt that the memory was no longer important.
"Tie Dan doesn't cry, be good, Daddy is fine...... stretched out his hand Bai Fan wiped away the tears on Tie Dan's face, and then bent down and hugged Tie Dan.
"Let's go, Daddy will take you home......" Bai Fan kissed the iron egg affectionately, and walked in the direction of home step by step by taking advantage of the afterglow of the sunset. And when he was about to arrive at the door, Bai Fan saw his wife from a distance.
"Xianggong, you're back, don't drown on your father's body, your father is already very tired, come to my mother's place......" A woman, Lianbu, walked towards the father and son, her eyes were full of love. Bai Fan glanced at his wife in a complicated manner. In the past, she was like the most gorgeous peony among the flowers, accompanying her young self with her most beautiful and beautiful years. Twenty years of companionship, green silk for white hair, to now, the beauty is twilight, like a bright pearl, has lost her original luster......
Bai Fan suddenly felt a little sorry for his wife, at this moment he really wanted to forget his original memory, so he accompanied this woman to grow old together......
"It's okay, just let Tie Dan drown, after so many years, it's really hard for you......" Bai Fan used words to hide the complicated emotions in his eyes, and even at this moment, he quietly lowered his head, and there was already a touch of moisture in his pupils.
"Hmm, what's wrong with you, old husband and wife, why are you talking about this, really, if you don't blush, I'll blush for you......" The woman glanced at Bai Fan, then forcibly took the iron egg, took Bai Fan's arm with her free hand, and walked happily towards the courtyard. Soon, the family lit candles and sat around and ate dinner, the meal was the kind of coarse tea and light rice, but Bai Fan ate it very fragrantly, it can be said that for the first time in so many years, he felt that the food made by his wife was so fragrant.
After eating, Bai Fan suddenly whispered to his wife.
"I want to see my father'......"
"Oh...... Go, it's true that I haven't been to the second elder for a long time, you go and see what the second elder still lacks, and I'll go to the market to buy it in a few days. The woman didn't think much about it, but she also felt that today's Xianggong was very strange, but she didn't ask much, she knew that if Xianggong didn't want to say it, then let him not say it.
Tonight, the sky is different from the previous depth, and even Bai Fan can see the mist outside the sky. Bai Fan understood, it was the fog of the Void Heaven Illusion Realm, he remembered everything, the Void Heaven Dao Sect, the Dao Ruins Master, and the second level trial that was waiting for him. And the world he sees in front of him is illusory, as long as he is willing to wake up, then what is in front of him will cease to exist immediately, but Bai Fan is unwilling to wake up, because in this world, he still has too much attachment.
Bai Fan lowered his head, not looking at the world outside the sky, at this time he would rather indulge in this illusory world, because there is his desire, his father and mother.
After a short time, he came to the door of his parents' courtyard, and Bai Fan gently knocked on the door panel. Soon an old man came out of it, the old man was stiff on his back, trembling enough to push open the door of the room, and asked slowly in an old voice.
"Who's it, the big night doesn't stop......"
Through the light, Bai Fan looked sideways slightly, and when he saw his father's appearance clearly, his nose was sour, and he almost burst into tears. My father is old and no longer what he was back then. That weak body, at this moment, the wind seems to be scattered with the wind, maybe it won't be long before this illusory old man in front of him will come to the end of his life, and that day, what should he do? Bai Fan was reluctant in his heart, and at this time, Bai Fan also thought that Bai Fan could see Bai Fan clearly.
"Ahem...... Cough...... It's Xiaofan, silly boy, standing there in a daze, come into the house, the old woman was still thinking about you yesterday, I didn't expect you to come today, hurry up, follow your father into the house. Although the words are reproachful, anyone can feel the deep fatherly love from the heart.
"Hmm......" Bai Fan nodded lightly, and the moment the old man turned around, two lines of tears flowed down his eyes.