Chapter 19: Spiritual Illusory Realm
Within the spiritual root of heaven and earth, the spirit is illusory.
The stone opened his eyes, the light was dazzling, his headache was splitting, his ears were like a nest of wasps, buzzing, and the obsidian in his hand was still there, and he couldn't help but hold it tightly.
The object in front of me was visible in the white light, this was a rather elaborate bedroom, with carved flowers and birds on sandalwood doors and windows, yellow window paper, embroidered tablecloths on a round table, four square stools below, delicate teapots and cups on the table, and even a drying rack carved with a bird's head standing in one corner of the house.
The sunlight peeked through the gaps in the openwork doors and windows, and the stone lay on a bed hung with white light gauze drapery, covered with a soft red woven gold silk quilt, and the room was faintly scented.
Outside the door, there are voices of adults and children talking and laughing, as if they are talking about the shortcomings of the parents, the street talk, and the trivialities, but they are reassuring.
In the afternoon courtyard, the sun is warm, relatives and friends gather, laughter, what a quiet and warm time, what a desirable day.
"Where is this?" said to himself, Stone, unable to figure out the situation.
Perhaps it was because I heard the sound of the stone, and the wooden door "creaked", and opened from the outside, and a woman, about forty years old, came in, with her hair in a bun, dressed plainly, with a kind face, and when she saw the stone wake up, she was full of joy and said, "Stone, are you awake?"
"Who are you, and why am I here?"
The woman picked up the teapot and poured a glass of water, and when she heard the stone's words, she was surprised: "Silly child, why did you have an illness and don't even know your mother?"
"Mother, are you my mother?" Shi Chao thought about it for more than ten years, and the woman in front of him claimed to be his mother, and his heart became excited, and he couldn't believe it.
The woman handed the cup of water to the stone, sat down on the edge of the bed, hesitated, took it, and drank the water, which quenched much of his thirst, relieved his headache, and moved the wasp in his ears.
"Silly boy, of course I'm your mother, Shi is good, you suffered from a cold, sick for two days, your father is anxious like something, wait for your father to come to see you, you can't talk like this, otherwise, your father will be angry again, and you don't know your father's temper. ”
"Daddy, I still have a daddy?" said Shi in a daze.
"I just finished telling you, you are still like this, wait to be careful and be scolded again. ”
The closed wooden door opened again, and a middle-aged man with a fat figure walked in, with good facial features, neat eyebrows, wearing a brown woven gold over-the-shoulder round-necked robe, tied with a Ganoderma lucidum unicorn broad jade belt, very decent, wearing a square scarf, and looking like a civil official who was full of poetry and books.
"Stone, how is your body?" The man looked concerned, but did not step forward, but just stood by the bed.
The stone looked at the man, his eyes were stunned, and the mother next to him pinched the calf of the stone through the quilt, but the stone still couldn't open his mouth.
"This child, what's the matter?" the man looked at the woman with a sad face, and the mother became nervous, and pinched another handful of stones, and the stone spoke, and the voice was not as loud as the voice outside the door, "Dad, I'm all right." ”
"Well, that's good, take care of your body, and make up for it in the future, don't be lazy. When Dad saw the stone speak, he felt a little relieved, and turned around and went out of the door.
When my father was far away, Shi suddenly burst into tears and said, "Why did you abandon me in the first place?"
The mother took away the empty cup in the stone's hand, hugged the stone into her arms, and said, "This is good, why are you crying again, when did your father and mother abandon you?"
The stone didn't answer, just venting the emotions that had been accumulated in his heart for more than ten years, and cried bitterly for a while, tears flowed down his face.
"In the past two days since you were sick, Ruyi has come to see you several times, and the little girl's family is really worried about you. The mother waited for the stone to cry less much, touched the head of the stone and said.
"Ah, Ruyi?" Shi wiped the tears from his face, looked at his mother's soft eyes like spring water, and said, "Is it Zhang Ruyi?"
"Isn't she who else? Your uncle's family only has such a daughter, and he has affection and righteousness for you, you should cherish it. "Mother is half an instruction, half a request.
After listening to the stone, his heart was warm, and he felt a sense of happiness in a trance, which seemed to be as real as his touch, a wonderful feeling he had never experienced.
As he was talking, a voice came from outside the door, "Auntie, is Brother Shi awake?" The voice was a little shy and concerned.
The stone thought the sound was familiar, but he couldn't remember it. The mother smiled at the stone and said, "Say Ruyi, Ruyi will come." Said to Ruyi outside the door: "It's Ruyi coming, come in." ”
The door opened, and a girl in a white pleated skirt entered, with pigtails, flower hairpins, a pair of red shoes on her feet, and a young face like a lilac blooming in the spring breeze.
"Brother Stone, are you awake?" Ruyi walked to the side of the bed, carefully looked at the stones on the bed, and his eyes were as bright as black gems.
There was a commotion in Shi's heart, his heart beat faster, and he couldn't say a word, so his mother said to the two: "You two talk slowly, I still have something to do, go out first." ”
The mother left, closed the door, the light and shadow in the room dimmed, the two looked at each other, Ruyi's shy face was as red as a fire cloud in the sky, and the heart of the stone had a thousand words blocked in his chest, and his breathing became short.
"What's wrong with you, Brother Shi?" Ruyi said nervously.
The stone stretched out his hand, Ruyi hurriedly held the cold hand of the stone, Ruyi's hand felt smooth and warm, making the stone more excited, and he couldn't help himself with excitement, he wanted to stop time at the moment, this short moment was worth eternity!
Suddenly, the stone felt a burning sensation in his chest, and when he looked down, the obsidian in his arms was faintly shiny, and he could feel its temperature through his clothes.
Although he was in extreme happiness, he still knew that this obsidian would not get hot for no reason!
It must be a reminder to yourself!
Reminder what?
Don't?
Could it be that all this is fake? Mother is fake! Dad is fake! Ruyi in front of him is also fake!
The stone looked up at Ruyi, with a look of horror and suspicion, but Ruyi still looked at the stone with warmth, and there was a burst of tenderness in the palm of his hand.
Dad and mother also came in, looked at the stone nervously, and said, "Stone, what's wrong, don't you be like this, you are good, Dad and mother will always accompany you, quickly throw away the black stone in your hand!"
Ruyi looked at the stone reluctantly, and held his hand harder, "Brother Shi, don't you like to be with me? Throw away the black stone, so that my aunt and uncle and I will always be with you, isn't this what you have ever dreamed of?"
Their voices are so real, their smiles are so kind, and the stones really don't want to wake up for a moment!
But there was a voice ringing in the sea of stone minds!
No way!
My mom and dad abandoned me!
Zhang Ruyi wouldn't do this to me!
I only have Master!
It's all fake!