I don't know when in the mountains, Chen Nuo was sitting by the woods, watching the sunrise and sunset, watching the morning and dusk intertwined, with the rising sun in the morning, the glow of sunset at dusk, and the sky full of stars at night.
Suddenly I felt emotional, so I took out my mobile phone to take a picture of the starry sky and sent it home.
At this time, there was no WeChat in the mobile phone, so only color pictures could be sent via text messages.
After sending it back, I received a detailed reply from Lu within a moment, but it was a photo of my daughter lying in a cradle with a pacifier in her mouth.
Immediately afterwards, a text message was sent: Everything is well at home, don’t miss me. I hope to come back soon.
Chen Nuo sighed and put away his phone.
·
At night, outside the dormitory next to the school's construction site, a small table was filled with barbecue and cold dishes. On the ground was a box of beer, but it was mostly empty.
The foreman and Brother Lei were already half drunk, and they were still laughing and chatting in Jianghu dialect.
Next to him, West Germany was lying on a small bench, writing math homework under the light. Occasionally, he looked up and glanced at Brother Lei, who was fist-fighting with the foreman. West Germany was just smiling.
After finishing writing, he stood up and went over with his homework book and handed it to Brother Lei: "Old Wu, I want the parents to sign."
Brother Lei suddenly sobered up and took it over to take a look at it seriously. The foreman on the side, who was the one who stuffed money to "buy a school bag" a few days ago, grabbed the homework book with his hands and laughed, and looked at it.
He said loudly: "Brother Lei is so lucky. This son seems to have good grades and his homework book is full. How is it like that boy of mine who can spare most of a set of math problems? I was beaten and scolded at home.
, but I just don’t understand.”
A pair of drunken eyes stared at West Germany and said loudly: "Boy! Study hard! When you grow up, get into a good university and bring honor to your father's family!"
At this point, the foreman had to take out his wallet again: "No, buy a new pencil case for our eldest nephew..."
"No, no, no!" Brother Lei quickly pressed down his hand: "No, no, no, I have it at home!"
"Look, it's not for the outside world! It's for the children!"
The two adults were arguing here, but Sid had already picked up the soda on the table with a smile, opened the bottle with a screwdriver, took a few sips, and burped comfortably.
The construction site is very quiet at night, with flying insects lingering under the safety lights, and from the distant fields, the sound of frogs and insects can be heard.
Hearing this movement, Sid turned back to look at the people at the wine table, suddenly thinking deeply, and a trace of smile appeared on his face.
They... seemed very happy.
·
The fifth day, morning.
When the first ray of morning light sets, the mountains in the distance are already a bright red.
Chen Nuo leaned against the tree trunk and slowly opened his eyes. He looked at a short figure slowly walking out of the mansion in the distance. He watched as the figure slowly walked into the forest and stood in front of him.
"coming?"
"Yeah." Erya's expression seemed a little complicated, and she whispered: "She... Ancestor, let you in."
"Okay." Chen Nuo slowly stood up from the ground, stretched hard, and the joints in his whole body made cracks.
He lowered his head and looked at Erya: "What about you? Are you going down the mountain now?"
Erya pursed her lips and said, "Well, I went to school. I have an exam today."
"Go." Chen Nuo smiled and touched Erya's head.
Erya's eyes suddenly turned red and she whispered: "I will never see my ancestor again from now on, right?"
"..." Chen Nuo was silent for a moment, gently rubbed Erya's hair with his fingers, and whispered: "Keep your ancestor in your heart, and remember her words in your heart. That ancestor, just
Always in your heart."
"..." Erya cried and said nothing, looking back at the ruins of the mansion.
"If you can't bear to part with her, why don't you go back and say goodbye to her?"
"Ancestor won't let me." Erya shook her head: "Ancestor said that after I come out, I won't be allowed to go back and go to school. If I dare to look back, she will beat me."
Seeing the little girl speaking, she pursed her lips hard and curled up the corners of her mouth, as if she was about to burst into tears at any moment. Chen Nuo patted her shoulder gently: "Then let's go, listen to her, and go to school well.
Just do whatever you have to do, and live how you want to live in the future.”
"The ancestor said that when I am eighteen years old, I will let the master pass the master to me." Erya finally cried: "I want to set up a memorial tablet for the ancestor in the door, and I also want to give him a memorial tablet in the door.
Ancestor wants to erect a statue. But Ancestor has said that I am not allowed to erect a statue."
Chen Nuo glanced at the direction of the mansion, shook his head and said with a smile: "Your ancestor didn't actually look like this, so if you erect any statue, you can't erect it in the image of Sun Keke."
"Then, tell me what the ancestor looks like. No, no, you can draw it for me and I will find the best craftsman to sculpt it."
"Well……"
Chen Nuo couldn't speak.
The original look?
Then, we can't have a thin statue of a deer in Qingyun Gate.
This is also a mess.
He immediately waved his hand and said, "Your ancestor said no, so no need. Okay, let's go quickly."
Erya took a deep look at Chen Nuo: "Then I will set up a memorial tablet - tell me what the ancestor's name is, right? I asked her, but she didn't tell me."
Chen Nuo thought for a while, then stretched out his toes and scratched two characters on the ground: "Your ancestor's name is Yunyin, it's these two characters, please write them down."
Erya lowered his head and looked at the two simple words, but the girl looked at them very seriously, and then nodded vigorously: "I wrote it down, and I will never forget it for a moment."
After saying that, after all, he was a young genius in the Qingyun Sect, Erya took a deep breath, sucked back all the mucus, raised the back of his hand and wiped his eyes fiercely, turned around and strode towards the foot of the mountain outside the forest.
Watching Erya's back go away, Chen Nuo sighed, turned around, and walked towards the ruins of the mansion.
·
Among the ruins of the mansion, Yunyin stood in the backyard, staring at a dry well in a daze. Even when Chen Nuo walked up to him, he didn't say a word.
Chen Nuo stood next to Yunyin and stayed quietly for a few minutes before Yunyin shook his head: "I have seen this well when I was a child. At that time, you could see the shadow of the moon in the well at night. But now?
…The wells are all dry.”
Chen Nuo gave a soft "hmm", looked at Yunyin seriously, and said slowly: "Is it the last day? Whatever you want to do today, I will accompany you."
Yunyin suddenly raised his face and smiled: "Well, it's the last day, so let's do something boring. I want to go have breakfast.
I remember when I was a kid, I would eat a kind of crumbled pork rice and pork pot stickers for breakfast.”
Chen Nuo thought for a while and whispered: "I saw a breakfast shop in the town. Let's go and have a look."
·
The breakfast shop in the town did a good job in the morning. Chen Nuo and Yunyin stood in line behind the crowd and bought a piece of pork rice - it is actually minced meat mixed with rice, made using local methods, and using leaves.
It’s covered.
After Yunyin took two bites, he sighed, shook his head and said, "It's not the same as before."
Chen Nuo whispered: "Hundreds of years have passed. In such a long time, folk customs have changed, not to mention the taste of food. The condiments in today's era are different from those in the past."
Yunyin nodded, looked at the things on the breakfast table, and suddenly his eyes lit up: "Artemisia cake?"
With a happy smile like a little girl on her face, she walked over and asked for a piece.
It is a local food, made from wormwood growing in the ground, chopped into pieces at this time, and mixed with rice and flour to make cakes.
Then fry it in oil, and it will be salty with a little plant fragrance of mugwort.
Chen Nuo paid on the side, but Yunyin couldn't wait to take a bite, nodded and said with a smile: "This taste is quite similar."
The owner of the breakfast shop had a very good attitude when he saw such a pretty and shameless girl. He even brought a cup of soy milk and chatted for a while.
Yunyin chatted with the boss directly in the local dialect.
The boss was surprised that Yunyin's local dialect was standard, but he had never seen it before - in a small place, people were coming and going, but Yunyin looked at it with a face.
Yunyin smiled, but only told the boss that his family went out locally and he only came back recently.
"...I'm working as a teacher in the nearby village primary school."
As soon as he said this, the boss was even more happy and respected. He even told Yun Yin that his child went to school in the village primary school and asked Yunyin to take care of him. He also told his child's name and class.
Yunyin wrote it down seriously. The boss wanted to refund the breakfast money, but of course Yunyin refused. The boss had no choice but to bring another plate of pork pot stickers.
After breakfast, Chen Nuo accompanied Yunyin and wandered around the villages and towns. Before he knew it, half a day passed.
Seeing that the sun had reached the top of the head, Yunyin finally sighed: "Go back to the mountains."
"Don't watch it?"
"There is nothing to see anymore." Yunyin shook his head: "Hundreds of years have passed, everything here has changed, and no trace of the past can be found."
Hearing the hint of depression in Yunyin's words, Chen Nuo didn't know what to say - in fact, he didn't know what to say.
·
In the old house behind the mountain, among the ruins in the backyard, Chen Nuo cleared out a piece of broken bricks and tiles, made an open space, leaned against the wall, and sat down side by side with Yunyin.
"You've been sitting outside in the woods for a few days. Are you worried that I'll cheat on you and run away secretly?"
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Yunyin asked in a low voice.
Chen Nuo thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No."
"Really?" Yunyin sneered: "You are worried that I lied to you, took over Sun Keke's body, and ran away to who-knows-where, so just keep watching outside."
Chen Nuo turned around, looked at Yunyin seriously, shook his head and said: "It's really not the case - I don't know why, but I always feel that you really won't lie to me this time. I will stay outside and accompany you today."
You actually have a very simple idea.
Even if it’s just... I’ll give you one last ride.”
"Guilty?" Yunyin raised an eyebrow.
"That's right." Chen Nuo nodded.
"Then do something for me." Yunyin looked at Chen Nuo.
Chen Nuo took a deep breath: "Say it!"
"The guy who caused this situation...the guy who brought you to find me in 1982, then used your hand to seriously hurt me, snatched my body, and then stuffed my soul into the little girl Sun Keke.
Guy..."
Yunyin said coldly: "Find him and kill him!"
"...Okay." Chen Nuo nodded: "I will do my best to do this."
In fact, although I roughly guessed that "Zero" might have died during this time period.
But Chen Nuo still didn't want to refuse Yunyin's request before she died.
After saying this, Yunyin stopped talking. Instead, he leaned against the wall and looked at the sky with squinted eyes.
The two of them sat side by side like this for who knows how long.
The sun slowly dropped to the west from above the head.
Directly under the setting sun, Chen Nuo could actually feel the aura of Yunyin beside him, that of a strong man, slipping away bit by bit.
When the last ray of sunshine disappeared in the west and the night became gloomy, Yunyin finally tilted her head gently on Chen Nuo's shoulder, as if she had fallen into a deep sleep, breathing calmly.
Chen Nuo sighed, and with a casual call, a blanket from the room in front of the courtyard flew into the air and landed on Yunyin's body.
·
Day 6, early morning.
Chen Nuo, who had been sitting all night, never fell asleep for a second. When the girl next to him suddenly shook slightly, Chen Nuo immediately turned his head and looked at her.
Seeing the girl's eyelashes trembling a few times, she slowly opened her eyes. The familiar gentle look in her eyes made Chen Nuo finally let go.
"cocoa?"
"...Hmm." Sun Keke replied in a low voice, looked into Chen Nuo's eyes closely, then shrugged her nose, and the tip of her hair fell on the tip of her nose. The girl couldn't help but sneeze.
Chen Nuo let out a long breath, turned around subconsciously, and grabbed Sun Keke's shoulders with both hands: "You... are finally back."
Sun Keke's eyes were a little weak and uneasy, and he looked around.
"Where is she?" Chen Nuo asked in a low voice.
"She...is gone." Sun Keke sighed softly: "Actually...she is very pitiful."
Chen Nuo took a deep breath, hugged Sun Keke tightly, shook his head and said: "These things should not have anything to do with you, but you are also involved."
Sun Keke was hugged by Chen Nuo and did not struggle. Instead, he squinted his eyes, as if he felt Chen Nuo's embrace with his heart.
Two minutes later, Sun Keke gently pushed Chen Nuo away and stood up from the ground.
"It's all over."
"Um."
"These weird things will never happen to you again."
"Um……"
"I'll take you down the mountain."
"Um."
Sun Keke seemed to be in a low mood - Chen Nuo could understand.
She is not the only one who feels guilty about Yunyin. Sun Keke, a kind girl, also has strong pity for Yunyin.
The two walked out side by side, walked to the front yard of the ruins, and arrived at the gate - Chen Nuo held Sun Keke's hand all the way, and Sun Keke let her little hand be grabbed by Chen Nuo.
When he reached the door, Chen Nuo looked up and saw the figure standing outside the courtyard gate.
"Xide?" Chen Nuo sighed: "You came too soon."
"Seventeen days were agreed upon." West Germany shook his head: "You know, I'm actually very anxious too."
Chen Nuo nodded.
Sid smiled and said, "Everything should be settled."
"It's settled." Chen Nuo sighed.
West Germany looked past Chen Nuo and glanced at Sun Keke, who was standing behind Chen Nuo. He smiled: "Hello, Miss Sun Keke. I hope this encounter did not frighten you too much."
Sun Keke pursed his lips and said nothing.
"Now that everything has been resolved, it's time for us to leave." West Germany sighed.
"So fast?" Chen Nuo thought for a while: "I'll send Sun Keke back first."
"No need." Sun Keke shook his head and said, "I... still go back to school."
Chen Nuo frowned: "Then I...send you back to school."
"No need." Sun Keke still shook his head: "When I woke up a few days ago, you told me that you had something very important to go away this time... You should go quickly."
After a pause, Sun Keke whispered: "There are many, many people in Jinling waiting for you to go back. You have been delayed here for many days. You might as well go early and come back early."
Chen Nuo was slightly surprised.
"I'll wait for you to come back in Jinling!" Sun Keke bit his lip and said slowly: "Nothing can happen to you! Promise me that you will be safe and come back to Jinling to see me!"
"…………good."
Chen Nuo nodded solemnly.
West Germany put his hands in his trouser pockets and waited quietly for the two of them to say goodbye before waving to Sun Keke: "Don't worry, I guarantee nothing will happen to him."
After saying this, West Germany went over and gently grabbed Chen Nuo's clothes, gave Sun Keke a smile, and the two disappeared from the place.
"That's right! Say hello to Brother Lei for me and let's talk about father and son. If I have a chance, I'll come back to see him!"
West Germany's last words were left in place.
Sun Keke stood there, watching the two people disappear. After a long time, she sighed in despair.
Then, the girl clenched her fists, turned around, identified the direction, and headed towards the mountain.
·
Morning, village primary school.
In the old principal's office.
"You want to end your internship early?" The old principal frowned and looked at Sun Keke in front of him: "Actually... you don't need to go through any formalities. Your boyfriend has already asked for leave for you. What do you want to do? The school doesn't care.
I'll take care of you."
Hmm...the price your boyfriend offered is too high...
Sun Keke felt a little helpless and whispered: "Actually... forget it, principal, I won't explain. I want to end the internship, and it has nothing to do with asking for leave. I just... really want to end this internship formally.
"
"This..." The old principal frowned: "You... won't it be difficult to explain when you go back?"
Sun Keke shook his head: "I will take care of it."
The old principal looked at the young and beautiful girl in front of him and sighed: "That's fine... In fact, on the first day you came here, I guessed that a beautiful girl like you probably wouldn't know how to choose.
For a beautiful girl like you who is teaching in school, things outside are more exciting for you."
As he spoke, he shook his head: "Everyone has his or her own ambitions, so don't force yourself."
Obviously, the old principal had misunderstood something. Sun Keke hesitated for a moment, but did not explain.
He said slowly: "Principal, I won't say anything else... Actually you are right. For me, I just want to understand some things. I... maybe I am not suitable to be a teacher in school.
Although I really like teaching and educating people.
But...maybe, I have some more important things to do."
After saying that, Sun Keke took a step back, bowed to the old principal, then turned and walked out.
·
In school, Sun Keke saw Brother Lei who was supervising the work at the construction site, so he went over and said hello gently: "Brother Lei!"
"Keke." Brother Lei laughed and waved his hand in the past: "What are you...eh? Where is Mr. Nuo?"
"Chen Nuo... left with the little boy with curly hair." Sun Keke thought for a moment and then said, "That little boy asked me to tell you something."
Brother Lei's face tightened: "He...hey, where did he go?"
"He said he left." Sun Ke laughed and said, "Well, also, he said that if there is a chance between father and son, he will come back to see you."
Brother Lei was stunned.
Come back and see me!
No! It’s better not to come!
I have a bad heart!
Looking at Sun Keke again, Brother Lei said: "Keke, are you... going back to school?"
"No, I have already agreed with the principal that the internship is over and I will go back to Jinling."
"ha?"
Brother Lei turned his head and looked at the construction site around him.
Such a project is all done for a little girl like you to ask for leave.
Are you saying now that you are no longer a teacher?
"It's okay, Brother Lei." Sun Ke laughed and said, "Helping the school build a teaching building is also a good deed and a meritorious deed."
That's true.
Brother Lei then stopped worrying about this and thought for a while: "If you go back to Jinling, I will arrange a car for you. I will go back to Jinling in the afternoon to get a batch of building materials. You can follow my car back."
Sun Keke shook his head: "No, I have something to do when I go back in a hurry. I can just go to the county and take the long-distance bus."
After saying that, the girl turned back and took a deep look at the school. Finally, as if she had made up her mind, she waved goodbye to Brother Lei and strode away.