crossing yin and yang

Chapter 70 Homecoming

When getting off the bus, the police just arrived at the train station. It is not easy for such a small county to encounter a police car, and it has already attracted a crowd of people to watch. Wei Yang was not interested in stopping to watch, so he took Zhang Xiuqi directly to the train station. County bus.

Wei Yang's hometown, Weijia Village, is located near Erwangpo, Linxian County. In the early years, it was also a well-known geomantic treasure. The old has not converted its prestige.However, things that cannot be destroyed by destruction are defeated head-on by the wave of construction. After the reform and opening up, the younger generation in the village have become more and more active. , Gradually let such a "fairy village" become a thing of the past, completely wiped out among the villages.

In such an unremarkable small village, not to mention the through train, it is not even easy to take a taxi. After a lot of effort, the two of them packed a small bread in the county town, stumbling into the village, and arrived at the uncle's house on the side of the village. It was already dark in the small courtyard.

After getting out of the car, Wei Yang grabbed several bags of fruit snacks that he bought now, took a deep breath, and then slammed the door knocker. After a while, there were soft footsteps in the courtyard, and a deep male voice floated out from inside: " Who? Wait a minute."

Wei Yang didn't answer, but just stood quietly outside the door, until the heavy wooden door was pulled open before showing a polite smile: "Uncle, I'm back."

The middle-aged man who came to open the door obviously did not expect Wei Yang to come, his eyes showed a moment of surprise, and then it turned into panic, Qiqi Ai groaned for a long time, and choked out a sentence: "Xiaoyang, why are you back? , is there something wrong?"

His voice was very contradictory, as if struggling between welcome and rejection, Wei Yang had long been used to it, and smiled softly: "It's nothing, I just passed by the county with my friends, come back and have a look."

Hearing this, Uncle Wei realized that there was still a young man standing behind Wei Yang, and now he didn't dare to stop in front of the door, so he stepped aside quickly: "Ah, are you Xiaoyang's friend? Please come inside, please come inside ..."

Being let in without embarrassment, Wei Yang didn't mind, and smiled and handed the gift in his hand to the aunt who came up.Compared with the indecisive uncle, this eldest aunt is obviously more polite. After taking the big and small bags, she smiled at Wei Yang and said, "Xiaoyang, you haven't eaten yet, why don't you put your things in the room first and come over for dinner together?" .Ah, this is..."

"It's my good friend, named Zhang Xiuqi. This time I will accompany him to visit the county and stay at home for two days." Wei Yang answered concisely, completely ignoring his uncle's increasingly troubled expression, and introduced him to the little celestial master. Then, "Brother Qi, these two are my uncle and aunt. I lived in the village when I was a child, and I often came here to ask for sweets from them. By the way, where is the elder brother and elder sister? Are you not at home now?"

"Xiaosheng has already gone to the city to work. As for your elder brother, he married a wife two years ago and lived alone. He built a small garden on the top of the mountain, and he is probably busy with the summer harvest." The eldest aunt stared blankly. The husband, without further ado, took Wei Yang upstairs.

It’s just that I haven’t seen it for a few years. This small courtyard has been renovated as a whole. The original one-story house has been replaced with a clean and bright second floor. A kitchen has been built next to it, and the toilet has been built into the house. The entire courtyard looks better than before. I don't know how many times the age has changed, and the aunt's complexion has improved a lot. When she took someone upstairs, she couldn't help but said: "Your grandma's three-year ceremony is coming soon, and your uncle has been preparing for this recently, so I can't help it." Xiaoyang, don’t be surprised if you become that kind of virtue... Uh, did you come back this time to visit grandma’s grave?"

There was a sense of probing in the aunt's words, and Wei Yang smiled: "I really forgot about it, I won't go there in three years, just go back to grandpa's grave and take a look."

Hearing this, the auntie was obviously relieved, and the smile on her face became more natural: "That's right, no one in the city lives like this now, you take Xiao Zhang out to have fun, and don't treat the guests slowly."

In a few words, the two had already reached the east end of the second floor. The auntie opened a door and said apologetically, "This is the room where your elder brother used to live, and it is usually cleaned up. Why don't you make do with your friends for a night here?"

It may be that the original owner has moved, and there is nothing else in the house, only a wooden bed, a desk, not even a big wardrobe, and there is no bathroom in the room, presumably it is covered in the corridor.Wei Yang was not picky, and said with a smile: "This is very good, thank you, auntie. By the way, can I ask you to bring a basin of clean water? Tap water is fine."

"Okay, okay." The eldest aunt agreed, turned around and went out.

Wei Yang sighed softly, and smiled apologetically at Zhang Xiuqi: "Brother Qi, this is the only condition at home, let's make do with it."

As he spoke, he took off the travel bag on his shoulders again, and unzipped the zipper. The tortoise master slowly crawled out of the bag, and walked around the room with steady figure-of-eight steps, as if Familiarize yourself with the new environment.While crawling, the door was pushed open, and the eldest aunt walked into the house with a basin: "The bathroom is on the east side of the building, you can go there to wash your face and toilet at night, this basin will be put in the room first... Eh? You still brought such a big turtle, your uncle has also built a small pond now, and raised a lot of water fish, so why bring this!"

Wei Yang smiled and took the water basin from the aunt's hand: "Auntie, this is really not for food, it is a spirit turtle invited by my boss, and I am going to take it home to raise, why don't I prepare some for the old man first?" Clear water bubbles."

Realizing that she had made a misunderstanding, the aunt smiled embarrassingly: "Haha... Well, this way, the rich people in the city are different... Then you wash your face first, and you can have dinner in half an hour. After dinner, I will prepare new bedding for you."

As if she had completed the reception task, the aunt let out a sigh of relief, turned around and walked out of the room.This kind of attitude is not as good as that of an inn owner, let alone a relative. However, Wei Yang didn't mean to complain at all, and directly brought the water basin in front of the master: "I've been in the car for a day, and the shell is dry, right? Here, For your old bath."

The tortoise crawled over with his head held high and his chest held high, stretched out his paws to rest on the basin, and wanted to crawl in, but the plastic basin couldn't support his weight at all, and the basin tilted when he tried hard, and the water splashed all over the place with a splash. On the ground, Wei Yang burst out laughing, and before the other party got angry, he quickly hugged the tortoise into the basin: "The conditions outside are not as good as at home, master, please feel wronged, and call me when you want to come out."

At first it was a little hot, but after turning around the bottom of the basin twice, Master Turtle calmed down, leaned his long neck to the side of the basin, and squinted his eyes like taking a bath.Seeing its leisurely appearance, Wei Yang couldn't help but smile, and looked up at Zhang Xiuqi.The little celestial master had already put his backpack on the table, and he had been drawing the soul-fixing talisman for a few days. His expression was naturally colder, but the bodhi beads hanging around his neck offset the maddening feeling. Angry, his eyes were calm and silent, unlike ever before, as if something was brewing.

It’s just that even if there are some emotional traces, the little celestial master may still not be able to understand what Wei Yang encountered at his uncle’s house, and Wei Yang didn’t mean to let him understand, but just smiled very easily: “Let’s go, let’s wash our hands Let's go eat, my aunt is pretty good at cooking."

Dinner is a full home-cooked meal. It can be seen that a few extra dishes have been added temporarily for the two of them. A pile of dishes piled up on the table looks very rich, but the pressure of the diner is a bit low and silent. After taking a few mouthfuls, the eldest uncle finally couldn't bear it anymore, and said, "Xiaoyang, where do you want to go this time..."

"Let's go around the mountain, and visit Grandpa's tomb by the way." Wei Yang answered very naturally, and conveniently added an eggplant box for the little celestial master.

The uncle's face suddenly changed a bit: "Sweeping the grave, um, your uncle is going to wash your grandmother's bones recently, you'd better...uh...stay away..."

His voice was full of embarrassment, as if it was difficult to speak out. Wei Yang looked at this man who was too honest, and smiled bitterly: "Of course, I will try my best to avoid it, don't worry, uncle."

This attitude immediately made the uncle relax a bit, and he quickly picked up the bowl and put the rice into his mouth. Wei Yang put down his chopsticks and asked, "By the way, the ancestral house hasn't changed these days, right? Have you changed the lock? I’m going to take my friends there for a stroll.”

With a puff, the food in the uncle's mouth sprayed out, and he coughed a few times in embarrassment before raising his head: "Zu, the ancestral house is not very good... It has been deserted for several years, you, why do you still go there?" ...that place, that place..."

What the uncle said didn't make sense, but Wei Yang smiled indifferently: "It's the place where I grew up, so you don't have to worry about it, as long as the key is not changed."

The other party's eyes suddenly became tangled, but Wei Yang picked up the chopsticks and ate his meal calmly. Of course he knew what his uncle was worried about. He has grown into a surprisingly honest character, his father listens to his father, and his mother listens to his mother. He is very filial and timid, not a person with bad intentions.

But also because of family factors, he is quite superstitious, and he believed his mother, that is, Grandma Wei Yang [-]%. Although he felt sorry for this nephew who had no parents since childhood, he kept a certain distance in his attitude. When his father was there before, he could barely control himself, but after his father left, he didn't dare to contact Wei Yang. When Wei Yang went to school, he was greatly relieved. Fewer and fewer, it can only be regarded as maintaining the "relative" relationship, and thanks to his wife who is a sharp person, things didn't get too serious.

Seeing that he came back at this time, the uncle must be a little at a loss, right?Chewing the steaming food, Wei Yang couldn't help laughing at himself. His grandma left a message after his death. He had already made up his mind to let him in. Of course, he didn't want to go to the ancestral house again.But no matter what he said, he still had to go back and look, at least to find the other half of the note left by his grandfather.Moreover, after all, it was the old house where he lived for more than ten years...

The meal was not very interesting, the uncle hesitated to speak several times, but was stopped by his wife. After the meal, the uncle found a new bedding, changed the bedding for the two of them, and repeatedly persuaded them, Telling him not to be as knowledgeable as his uncle, he left the room.

After the person left, the bones in Wei Yang's body seemed to have been pulled out, and he fell on the bed with a thud, and the wooden bed creaked softly, as if in protest.After lying down on the bed for a while, Wei Yang turned over and was surprised to see Zhang Xiuqi sitting next to him. He smiled: "Why are you sitting here? Are you full for dinner today? My aunt's cooking skills are pretty good." Bar?"

Zhang Xiuqi didn't answer, just reached out and stroked his hair: "Are you okay?"

unhappy?uncomfortable?That sentence contained too much meaning, so much that it almost exceeded Zhang Xiuqi's emotional threshold, Wei Yang's mouth twitched: "Where, just get used to it, who doesn't have hard-to-recite scriptures... Ah, You shouldn’t understand this, don’t worry, I can still bear it.”

A few years ago, when he walked stubbornly into the city with a burden on his back, he had already swallowed all of these things, and now he might have digested all of them, so there was nothing left.

"But I really didn't expect them to start preparing for grandma's three-year ceremony so early. If I had known earlier..." Wei Yang wanted to say, if he had known earlier, he might have come back later to avoid these troubles, but this After all, he didn't say anything, because he knew in his heart that even if he had known about it earlier, he would have come, because there is a possibility of recovering the spirit of the little celestial master, even if it is only the slightest possibility.

Without continuing the topic, he changed the subject and said with a smile, "But it's not surprising. Grandma's relatives have a tradition of washing the bones for burial. It is estimated that the coffin should be placed early to prepare for washing the bones. It will be better in three years." Let’s bury it. I don’t know if it’s because their family’s ancestors have all had witches and gods, so there’s such a weird rule. Just ignore him, try to avoid it as much as possible, and just do your own work.”

Zhang Xiuqi frowned slightly, as if he was considering whether he was acting like this or if he was sincere. At this moment, there was a muffled sound in the room, as if something fell to the ground.Wei Yang looked up, and almost couldn't laugh out loud. It turned out that the tortoise was bored in the basin, and he stepped on the side of the basin with his paws, trying to climb out, but the basin couldn't bear his weight, and the whole thing fell over, and the water spilled On the ground, the plastic basin tightly covered the tortoise like a cage, causing the master to pull the basin angrily inside.

Don't dare to watch this joke for too long, Wei Yang just smirked for a moment, then hurriedly rescued the master, in order to appease the groaning tortoise, he even went to ask his aunt for some small fish as a tribute.Not long after tossing, it was time to fall asleep.

This kind of real rural village is not like a city, and there is also a nightlife. Every household closes their doors early. Even entertainment is nothing more than watching TV at home and surfing the Internet. The whole village is as quiet as if wrapped in a layer of night. , silent, without feeling any hustle and bustle belonging to the night.

After washing up early, Wei Yang didn't even turn on his laptop, and lay down directly on the wooden bed. The eldest aunt didn't plan to prepare two beds, so he naturally followed suit, and just lay down beside Zhang Xiuqi.The desk lamp went out in a short while, and the tortoise master obediently lay down in the newly replaced water basin, and there was no more rustling sound. Amidst the steady heartbeat of the people around him, Wei Yang fell asleep.