Tianwei Chapter 223: Strange Things (1)
There were indeed many people in the courtyard, most of them wearing ethnic minority clothing of all colors, which dazzled me. If you didn't know, you would have thought they were preparing for a national chorus.
As soon as I entered the yard, I heard the old man from Yuanling yelling: Ask, ask, ask! Ask a fart! Even if I am a fart, you have to wait for my fart to rest! Shut up, you are chattering like sparrows, have you ever seen me or heard of a dead person! What a big deal, get out of here, stay away!
It seems that Dad is in a bad mood today. Yang Zongxu smacked his lips.
I sighed and said: How could it not be big? If it were me, I might be even bigger than him...
Talk less, if you are not tired, then you are practicing, if you are tired, then take a rest. The old Taoist spoke from behind.
I rolled my eyes. This old man really thinks he is the dean of studies! I have graduated from junior high school for many years!
By the way, how is Fanran? I asked.
Yang Zongxu nodded and said, "She's much better now than before, but she always likes to sit alone and be in a daze. She sometimes ignores me when I talk to her. You've been gone for so long, and sometimes I hear her nagging at me. She cries when she calls out your names. Alas, this girl is quite pitiful. You should spend more time with her when you have nothing to do."
I see. I answered, and then asked the Taoist priest: Do you want to go see her together?
The old Taoist was silent for a while and said: You go first.
I knew that there was still some barrier in his heart, so I didn't try to persuade him and just walked towards the beautiful girl's room.
When I opened the door, I immediately saw a thin figure sitting on a bench. She crossed her arms, rested her chin on it, and looked out the window. There were only vendors and pedestrians outside, and I didn't know what she was looking at.
Maybe she was lost in thought, she didn't move even when I pushed the door and walked in. Seeing her much thinner than before, her lonely and desolate back made me feel sad.
I walked over, and when I was still a few meters away, I whispered: Fanran...you...
Before she finished her sentence, she turned her head suddenly. After a few seconds of being stunned, the chair suddenly fell to the ground with a bang. However, she pushed it away with one hand, and then her thin body rushed into my arms.
The sound of crying rang out in my arms. I heard her crying and saying, "I thought you guys weren't coming back! I thought you guys weren't coming back!"
I patted her back and felt it was all bones. This girl is really thin.
It's okay, it's okay, we are all back, don't cry. I patted her and comforted her softly.
But when I said this, I thought of Frog Girl again. We all came back, but Frog Girl didn't. Oh, I don't know what happened to it. Did the black panther eat it or keep it?
I finally managed to comfort the little beauty and stopped her from crying. In order to divert her attention, I told her what happened after entering Kunlun. The cult ascended to heaven, and then the corpses fell from the sky. The little beauty was not too surprised, but instead she said angrily: Good death! They all deserved to die!
I groaned, not knowing how to continue. Because according to speculation, the cult is most likely the Du Sheng Mai. Although no one has this evidence, many things often do not require evidence because we are not judges.
The noise outside the yard was getting louder and louder. The old man Yuanling was shouting in frustration, but it was hard to hear what he was saying. I looked back and then turned my head back, only to see the little beauty looking at me in a daze.
I thought she didn't mean it, but after a few seconds of looking at each other, she still looked at me like that. This made me feel hot on my face, and I was so embarrassed that I couldn't help myself. The excitement in my heart was bubbling like boiling water: Are you going to drink me up like Wangzai? Are you going to drink me up? Are you going to drink me up?
You won't die, right? the little beauty suddenly asked.
I suddenly felt like a bucket of cold water was poured down on me. After a groan, I said: No, we will all live well.
Live well... The beautiful girl turned her head and looked towards the window, her back full of literary style: What does it mean to live well... I don’t even know how to live.
Uh, living well... means doing meaningful things. Meaningful things mean living well... Ugh! I almost bit my tongue.
At this moment, a few voices suddenly came from outside the window: Big sister! Big sister!
I walked a few steps forward and looked out, only to see a little boy standing not far away shouting. When he saw me, he was stunned for a moment, then looked at the window. This little boy was the one I had seen outside the door before.
I looked at the beautiful girl and asked: Do you know her?
The little beauty hummed softly and said: "Recently, she has often come here to talk to me. I wonder whose child she is."
I waved to the little boy and asked him to come over. He hesitated for a while, looked at the little beauty, and then came over reluctantly.
I noticed that his clothes were not very clean, and even looked a little worn out, which was rare in Yuanling County.
Do you live here? I asked him when he came up to me.
The little boy looked at the beautiful girl and shook his head. The beautiful girl moved her hand to the right and pushed a plate of food over: Eat it.
The little boy looked at me, hesitant and didn't dare to reach out his hand. I couldn't help but feel shocked. He turned out to be a little beggar. In this day and age, there are still such little beggars. Is there a human trafficker ?
I glanced out the window and didn't see anyone suspicious. But then again, if there really was a beggar leader who trafficked in people, would he dare to let beggars come to the old man in Yuanling to beg for food?
Given the old man's personality, if he encountered such a situation, he might just slap the human trafficker to death.
Where did you come from? I took the plate in my hand, and the little boy showed a disappointed look on his face. I laughed and handed the plate out the window: Eat it, if it's not enough, I'll get you some more.
The little boy was stunned for a moment, looked at the beautiful girl before taking it, and then he picked up the food with his hands while mumbling thank you. I saw that he was eating so fast and anxiously, and I felt very sorry for him, so I asked again: Where are you from? Where are your parents?
The little boy stopped moving, looked at me, shook his head, and said while picking at the vegetables: That’s it, I don’t know where I came from, I can’t remember.
This is obviously a lie, I am not a three-year-old child. I couldn't help rolling my eyes. I had no interest in this kind of quirky child. So I said to the little beauty: Do you want me to go out with you? I see you haven't been out for a long time.
The little beauty just shook her head and said nothing. Looking at her hair that was no longer so bright, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart.
After a while, the little boy finished his food and handed the plate back.
Thank you! he exclaimed.
I laughed. This child is quite polite.
But then I heard him say: But I didn't lie to uncle, I really don't remember where I came from. Oh, the elder sister said that I have amnesia. Really, I don't lie! But I know the elder sister.
Huh? I'm a little confused.
He said he knew me and that someone asked him to come find me. The little beauty suddenly interrupted.
Looking for you? I looked at the little boy. He was only seven or eight years old. Who asked him to come?
Who asked you to come to her? What did you come to her for? I asked.
The little boy wiped his mouth and said: I don’t know who he is. I just saw an uncle in my dream. He asked me to come here to find my big sister. He also said that all the things were placed in... Hey, I can’t tell you this!
What a mess, and it’s in a dream... It must be in a pit!
This kid must have had a broken brain. I shook my head and said, "Go back and tell your uncle in your dream that my elder sister has moved away and that he should come by himself if he has any business. We live in No. 601, Water Curtain Cave, Huaguo Mountain, C Rabbit..."
What are you doing... The beautiful girl hit me lightly, then looked at the little boy: You never told me what it is, how can I accompany you to get it?
The little boy shook his head in annoyance: "I don't know what it is either, but the uncle didn't let us get it now." Oh, I have to go get busy. Goodbye, uncle and big sister!
The little boy ran away after saying that. I couldn't help scratching my head. He called me uncle and the little beauty sister. Was he mocking me for looking too mature, or was he asking me to take advantage of the little beauty?
But then again, if he really had lost his memory, and he came from another place specifically to find the beautiful girl, what could he be busy with here?
Go...you simple-minded little liar!
The little beauty lowered her head and was still staring at the window in a trance. I wanted to talk to her more to relieve her depressed mood, so I said: You don’t think he is telling the truth, do you?
Maybe... the beautiful girl answered.
We chatted about this and that and the afternoon passed quickly.
The yard was always noisy, and in the end it seemed like many people were arguing with each other, like a struggle session. I even heard the old man from Yuanling cursing in the corridor: I have to give these grandsons a good lesson someday. They really think that the land at home is too small, and they actually come to quarrel with me! Don't listen to them at night, no good wine or good meat, just go to the field to pick some wild vegetables for me, chop them up and sprinkle them with salt, damn, plain water will fill you up! Steamed buns? What the hell are steamed buns! Oh, you watch out, who doesn't want to eat and wants to go out and eat by themselves, tell them to bring back two pounds of meat each, or they'll beat you up!
I couldn't help laughing when I heard this. The old man from Yuanling has such a lovely personality. He didn't prepare delicious food for others, but asked others to bring him good things. But then again, this group of people didn't come here to quarrel. In my opinion, it was more like they were going to observe a moment of silence before preparing for a meal.
I heard that in some places, death is a happy event, and not only can you not cry, you have to laugh. Who knows, maybe there is such a rule here too.
Customs and concepts are different. I have nothing much to say about this. Each family has its own methods.
In the following days, nothing special happened. The people who came gradually dispersed, and the old Taoist continued to practice in seclusion. The evil cult was gone, the stone beast was gone, and he seemed to have no idea how to find his fellow apprentice. When I saw him occasionally, his face was as stern as bluestone.
My only fun is to talk to the little beautiful girl every day.
The little boy came every day. I was afraid that the beautiful girl would not eat herself in order to make him full, so I asked Yang Zongxu to prepare an extra portion every day. Yang Zongxu had also seen this child before, and he said that he was definitely not from Yuanling County. There was almost no child in the county that he had not seen before.
But recently, there are more meat and vegetables. It is said that some strange disease has spread to the county, and many livestock have died for no reason. There is no other way, so every household has contributed their livestock. For a time, the price of meat was low, and vegetarian dishes were ridiculously expensive.
Every day while I eat braised pork, I think, these days, the saying really rings true: If I can’t afford potatoes and eggplants, can I afford meat?
