Chapter Fifty-three 'The Spring on the Other Shore' of 'North and South Chronicle'
There was a loud "crash", and Ge Haotian threw a snakeskin bag downstairs. It split open and dust flew up. He probably dug another hole in the room. Ge Haotian shouted from above: "Tian pity, clear it out." I nodded.
I turned my head, found a shovel bag, and put the dust in it. Inadvertently, my eyes lit up, and there seemed to be something stuffed in the cracks in the wall. So I walked over, fiddled with it, and pulled out a photo. It was a bit blurry, but still
It was clearly visible that it was Gong Zhi's shadow. The scene from that year came to my mind. Maybe this photo fell down when Gong Zhi jumped from the building. I stuffed the photo into my pocket and looked aside, and couldn't help but
Shocked.
I saw Gong Wangchun tiptoeing and walking aside with a smile. There was a big tree not far away, with an imperial chair underneath. Shi Jia was lying on it, looking at the leaves, his eyes lost. Shi Jia had a rope around his neck and was hanging on it.
On the branch, the straight torso was swaying in the air. I ran over quickly, took her little hand, and said: "Don't go, go back with your brother." Sister Lian handed her over to me, but nothing happened. Gong Wangchun blinked.
Blinking, he pointed his little finger to the tree and said, "I want to play."
My head is already big. What fun is there for a lunatic to hang himself? Gong Wangchun tried his best to break away from me, pouted, and walked over there. At this time, Ge Haotian's calm voice suddenly came from upstairs: "Ye Tianlian, come up. Get ready.
Pick up the guest." I nodded quickly, hugged Gong Wangchun, and ran up to the third floor. When Shi Jia heard about the visitor, he suddenly woke up, stood up from his chair and said, "Here comes someone." Shi Jia's pillow on the tree,
The two brothers also stopped swinging and fell from the tree. The two brothers looked at each other, smiled, and got into the water-sealed building one after the other.
I held Gong Wangchun in my arms, entered Ge Haotian's door, and let her down. She didn't cry either, her eyes widened, and stared at us dissatisfied. Not to be outdone, Ge Haotian stared back at her and said, "What are you looking at? I'm the boss."
!" Gong Wangchun ignored him and went out looking for fun. Ge Haotian took me aside and said: "Shui Feng Building, there have been no guests in three years. The last guests were you, grandpa, and Gong Zhi. Now
You are the only one left."
When I suddenly talked about my grandpa, I felt sad and nodded blankly. Over the past few years, I have gradually grown up and learned to accept the separation of life and death. Ge Haotian patted me on the shoulder and said, "Go ahead." I nodded.
Walking out of the room, Gong Wangchun saw him and waved his little hand and shouted: "Brother, brother." Ge Haotian hugged her quickly and said happily: "Brother doesn't want you, uncle wants you. Hehe!" Gong Wangchun patted him hard and said: "Let go.
Let me go, let me go. I want to find my brother, where is my mother? Wow..." Yan Bi burst into tears.
The sound behind me gradually became fainter. I was absent-minded and returned to the second floor. I pushed open the door and turned on the light. There was a shadow jumping inside, and the floor made a "clop" sound, and I said in my mouth: "I'm dead, I'm dead"
Alive?" I saw this shadow the day I first arrived, but then it disappeared. After Gong Zhi died, he appeared again, often jumping around the house in the middle of the night. For a while, I thought it was Gong Zhi's ghost.
But no. I’m not surprised after seeing so many of them. As time goes by, I’m not afraid anymore. Instead, I talk to it for a few words from time to time.
I squatted on the ground and opened the drawer. It suddenly stopped jumping and said, "I'm leaving." I was startled and stopped moving, feeling vaguely reluctant to leave. After three years, I still felt a little emotional when I saw it was leaving.
When I went there, I had a doubt in my mind and asked, "What is your relationship with Gong Zhi?"
It suddenly made no sound, pulled something out from under the bed, put it on the table, with its back to me, as if it was playing with something. I walked behind it in fear, and the scene in my eyes was still vivid in my mind.
There was a sneer at the corner of its mouth, holding a knife in its right hand, and kept drawing a picture. There were two people in the picture, one with a round face and a slightly fatter face, the other with a thin and long face, both smiling. They were the two brothers of the historian. The portrait was covered by the knife.
Pieces of it, with distorted features, were scattered on the table.
Then, it turned its head, thought for a while, and said to itself: "I seem to be dead, but I am not dead." After a long time, it said: "I have a twin brother, and he will come to me in a few days.
, help me see if I'm dead." I didn't understand what it said back then. But three years ago, Gong Zhi and I moved into Shuifeng Building, and after experiencing Gong Zhi's death incident, I gradually understood something. It said
Let me see if it is dead or not. It means, let me see some experiences, maybe its past experiences. After reading it, then tell it whether it is dead or alive. Last time I saw Gong Zhi die, this time
, what will I see?
After thinking for a while, I looked back and saw that it had disappeared. I was left alone in the whole room. I looked at the familiar table. After a long time, I opened the drawer and left the water seal building. I came to the wooden house.
After unlocking, push the door open gently.
Pushing open the wooden door, the old wooden coffin was still inside. The old man and grandpa had passed inside. Who would be next? I took the key and wandered around the house. After the door god handed me the key, Ge Haotian kept asking.
I was not allowed to come in. Half a year ago, Ge Haotian told me that my grandfather passed away on the third day after he walked into the wooden house. I had not seen my grandfather for more than two years at that time, so I had already expected a lot, but when I actually heard it, I was still stunned.
, stayed in the house for three days, and wandered around the water seal building for a few days before accepting the reality.
When Ge Haotian saw that I had come to my senses, he asked me to open the wooden door, pick up my grandfather's shift, and be a guide. The day I opened the door was just like today, the coffin was still lying there, and my grandfather's body had dried. The familiar voice, face and smile were far away from me.
Gone. The past was too painful to look back on, so I held back my mourning and walked out of the wooden door. I came to sit down at the wooden table in front of me. The spring was endless in front of me. The weeds on the ground were quiet and quiet, the leaves were blowing in the wind, and from time to time I heard the sound of birds. Again.
It's spring everywhere, and there are people in front of the door and flowers at the table.
After a long time, the sound of water came from the distant river. A small boat emerged from the grass. Two figures jumped down from it. Sure enough, there were guests. One of them ran straight over to the table before he could stand still.
In front of me, I shouted: "Tian Lian, I'm back." I was shocked, and when I looked carefully, I also opened my mouth: "Ming... Uncle Ming!" The man in front of me was white and trembling, with a red face. From time to time, Uncle Ming, who could it be?
Two years ago, Uncle Ming's family found him and took him back for medical treatment. I thought I would never see him again in this life, and I was sad for a while. I didn't expect that he would actually be found, and I couldn't help but wonder: "You, what are you doing?"
It’s back again.”
Uncle Ming laughed like a child and said, "This is fun, but it's not fun at home. I won't go back, I won't go back." I was overjoyed and said, "Then have you recovered from your illness?" Uncle Ming frowned and said.
: "I don't know if it's better or not. I think of the past and feel like I'm dreaming. I won't say it any more. I won't say it any more. Tian Lian, let's go back and have a look." After saying that, he took my hand and rushed into the water seal building.
.I was out of control and was pulled by him. The corners of my eyes lit up. There was someone standing aside. I couldn't help but say: "Brother Ge asked me to pick up the guests. You pull me back. If Brother Ge gets angry, he will kick you out."
Uncle Ming was obviously frightened when he heard Ge Haotian. He rubbed his hands and said, "Oh, that's it. You go first, go first."
I took the opportunity to look at the other person, and was stunned for a while. It took me a long time to recover. Now my mind is pretty good, and I can barely calm down. The person who came was exactly the same as Gong Zhi three years ago, smiling and looking at me.
Looking over, I asked: "What are you doing here?" The visitor smiled and said: "Renting a house." I nodded, he was the guest Ge Haotian mentioned, so I sat on the chair and turned out "The Book of the Dead"
, said: "If you want to rent a house here, you have to register. Please give me a brief introduction."
The visitor slowly explained his origin. His surname was Gong and his first name was Gong Miao. He was a reporter and he was in his early thirties. After recording, thinking about his grandfather’s behavior back then, he couldn’t simply let people in, so he said: “Shui Feng Lou
, and don’t let people in easily, unless you have this ability." Gong Gao smiled and said: "What kind of ability can you tell me?" I had a big mouth and couldn't explain it. I lowered my head and saw that there was something in the grass.
There was a broken porcelain bowl, so he thought of it and said, "Wait a minute."
Then he grabbed the porcelain bowl, ran to the river, filled half a bowl of water, put it on the table, and said, "Hey, what's in this?" Gong Gao looked at the porcelain bowl and smiled at me:
"What do you think, what's inside?" I blushed a little and murmured, "I asked you first." Gong Gao looked at me with deep eyes, jokingly, and said, "To be honest, I really don't know what's inside.
Just tell me what you are pretending to be."
I couldn't sit still and said awkwardly, "Isn't it just water? What could it be?" Gong Gao laughed loudly and said, "Since you know it's water, why don't you ask me. What do you think? I can go in."
I nodded. If he wanted to go in, I couldn't stop him. Seeing that the matter was done, Uncle Ming happily pulled me and said, "Let's go and play. We haven't seen each other in two years. I've grown taller.
"Yes." I was about to agree when I suddenly remembered something and said to Gong Mou: "Three years ago, here..." Gong Mou smiled and waved his hand, indicating that I didn't need to say anything, and then pointed to Uncle Ming. I suddenly realized,
It turned out that Uncle Ming had already told him. I took out the photo I found and handed it to Gong Mou, saying: "This is his photo, it looks very similar to yours. Also, Shuifenglou has two brothers, surnamed Shi,
Please pay attention."
Before he finished speaking, Uncle Ming said impatiently: "I won't say much, he is very clever." Then he pulled me and walked towards the Shuifeng Building, leaving Gong Mou behind. He approached the door but did not go in.
Uncle Ming and I stood by the road. The green grass in front of us was undulating and stretched into the distance. Taking steps, Uncle Ming and I stepped onto the grass and saw Gong Yao entering the Shuifeng Building alone. I said to Uncle Ming: "You
Do you know him? How did you come together?"
Uncle Ming tilted his head and thought for a moment, then said, "I met him on the road. He asked me about Shuifenglou, and I happened to be on my way, so I brought him along. He is a very nice person, and he takes care of everything."
He nodded and said: "Then do you know why he came here?" Uncle Ming shook his head and said: "It's not clear, it seems like why he came here." I didn't bother to think about it, Gong Zhi died.
I hope he doesn't make any mistakes.
Chapter completed!