Artisans in Tunli

Chapter 2

Within a few years, grandma gave birth to grandpa, grandpa second and grandpa successively.

Grandpa is the youngest, and he always likes to pester his great-grandfather to tell about his hunting experiences, so that I can hear so many magnificent stories. In fact, there are not many magnificent stories. I really can't bear to hurt him when I see grandpa talking with gusto.

Grandpa said that once my great-grandpa tracked a roe deer. In fact, animals like roe deer don’t need to be tracked, but for some reason that day, the roe deer ignored the existence of the bait and ran like crazy.

After my great-grandmother gave birth to several children, my grandfather's health became worse and worse. In a few days, heavy snow would seal the mountains and I would be unable to hunt. My great-grandfather was anxious to get some game to replenish my health, so he staged a " The chase between humans and roe deer".

Unconsciously, I chased into "Heigouzi". The so-called Heigouzi is actually a cave that was washed away by mountain torrents in the early years.

It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a cave, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as an abyss. I heard from my grandfather that after the cave collapsed, it must be at least several tens of feet wide, and there is no light inside, and there are towering old trees around to avoid the sun. It's completely black.

I heard from people in the village that this is the mausoleum of a Khitan royal and nobleman, and there are a lot of gold, silver and jewels inside, so the bearded second-in-charge took a dozen strong beards to hunt for treasures, but no one came out, and the village There are rumors of ghosts in Heigouzi.

Grandpa stopped a dozen meters away from the entrance of the cave, feeling a bit guilty in his heart.When he was hesitating, he saw on the other side of the cave, the silly roe deer was turning his head to look at the grandfather, as if saying: You are a bad old man, you are very bad, if you have the guts, you should chase after him!

Great-grandpa was already very angry. He looked at the roe deer as if he was laughing at himself, and then looked at the dark hole, thinking that you didn't go into the hole anyway.So he tiptoed and slowly moved forward, while lighting the oil lamp at his waist with a match.

The roe deer looked curiously at Grandpa's oil lamp, so he tilted his head and walked forward two steps, most likely wanting to see what this shiny thing was.

Because there is no sunlight in this place, after the oil lamp is lit, the surrounding area is illuminated instantly, only the entrance of Heigouzi seems to absorb all the light, and it is still pitch black.

Grandpa moved slowly, approaching the roe deer, not noticing that there was a mound of dirt under his feet, and stepped into it.The center of gravity was shifted, thinking badly, and reaching out to grab something, but it was already winter, and there were no plants.Grabbing empty hands, he fell headlong into the hole in Heigouzi.

It may be that he accidentally knocked his head when he rolled in, and the great grandfather fell into a coma for a long time.When I woke up, the glass of the oil lamp was broken, and the hole was so dark that I couldn't see my fingers.

Grandpa scratched the lamp oil on the ground with his hands, felt a handful of weeds and threw it on the oil, and lit it up.With fire, there is warmth. It is extremely important to keep the body temperature in the temperature of minus [-] to [-] degrees.

Grandpa touched his head, the blood had already clotted together, nothing serious.Looking around, I found that this is not a Khitan imperial mausoleum full of gold and silver treasures, but just an ordinary big hole.However, the space in this hole is really too big.The light can only illuminate a small area. Grandpa leaned against the cave wall on one side, but he couldn't see how big the surrounding area was. It was so empty, it was a bit creepy.

After confirming that the limbs were intact, the grandfather found a handkerchief on his body, dragged a tree root from the cave wall and wrapped it around it, rubbed it out of the oil lamp for a long time, and made a torch.Going to take a look around to see if there are any treasures or the like.

After walking a few steps, Grandpa was pleasantly surprised to find a roe deer lying on the ground.This time, it must have been unable to escape. It must have been curious, wanting to see why the great-grandfather got into the hole, but ended up falling into it himself.

But unluckily, one of its legs fell on a raised stone impartially and cracked. The white bones were bared outside, and the blood underneath had already solidified.Although it is not dead yet, it is only exhaled but not inhaled.

"You said us, alas, if you don't run away, we don't have to suffer this! Forget it, I'll give you a good time. If there is any enmity, let's talk about it in the next life!" After speaking, he took out the dagger in his boots and aimed at it. The position of the roe deer's heart was stabbed in, it struggled a few times, and then stopped moving.

Grandpa sighed, tied the roe deer's legs with oil ropes, and planned to walk forward.Before taking a few steps, I heard someone calling me.

He held his breath and listened carefully. It was the grandma, and there seemed to be the voices of the uncle and the second grandfather.Feeling happy in my heart, I quickly shouted: "I'm down there! I'm down there!"

"Dad! How did you fall?"

"Stinky boy, don't talk nonsense, quickly pull me up!"

"Okay, wait a minute!"

After a while, a rope stretched down the cave wall.

"Hang this stupid roe deer up first!" After shouting, the great-grandpa quickly tied the rope to the roe-deer's leg, pulled the rope and signaled to pull it up, and when the rope came down for the second time, great-grandpa just grabbed When I was about to climb up, suddenly, a sentence came from behind:
"Don't go!"

The sound was very small, but it was amplified countless times in this huge hole, and the grandfather was so frightened that a layer of white sweat oozes from the top of his head.

"Who? I'm so fucking convinced by you, you keep pestering me! I deserve you?" Great-grandfather was angry and frightened, cursing into the empty cave behind him.

But after cursing for a long time, it was of no use, and I kept saying in my ears: Don't go, don't go, don't go.

"I won't go, I'll stay here to live with you? You don't even have a kang, what are you thinking?" I don't know if the shouting is a little hypoxic, and my grandfather started talking nonsense.

The uncle and the second master above guessed that they were also in a hurry. They only heard the great grandfather scolding the street, and they didn't know if it was scolding themselves, so they told the grandma to go on and see, and the two walked along the rope one after the other. climbed down.

As soon as the two of them came down, they saw the great grandfather holding a torch and shouting and cursing at the back. They wondered if the great grandfather was looking at something, so they hurried forward and patted the great grandfather.

Because my great-grandfather was scolding, he was so scared by the sudden slap, he slapped my uncle round, and half of his face was swollen.

"You two little brats didn't make a sound when you came down, trying to scare your father to death!" the great-grandfather cursed heavily, panting heavily.

The old man hadn't recovered from the slap in the mouth, the second master hurriedly asked what was wrong with the great grandfather, and the great grandfather said exactly what he had just heard someone tell him not to leave.

"Father, is it possible that you heard it wrong?" As soon as the words fell, a clear "Don't go" came to the second master's ears.This time the three of them looked at each other in blank dismay.

"Father, why don't we go inside and have a look? Maybe someone is trapped inside?" The uncle covered half of his face and said to his great-grandfather, thinking in his heart, why did he gain weight even if he hadn't eaten oil or salt for a day?
"Look, what are you looking at, you forgot what Dad taught you, don't meddle in other people's business, you know?"

"That's just in case." The second master hurriedly stepped on the uncle's foot, winked at him and told him not to talk, or the other side's face would also get fatter.

Uncle hesitated to speak, and quickly shut his mouth.Grandpa didn't care so much anymore, he turned around and let the two of them go up first, and he climbed out after him.

When I went out, I realized that it was already dark. Grandma was guarding the roe deer while looking at grandpa with tears in her eyes. On the roe deer, he looked up at his grandma wiping tears, and said: "Look at your prospects, what are you crying for? I'm not dead. Why are you crying for me? It's only a day away. When I die, can you cry?" What's up?"

Uncle, Second Master and Grandma were all stunned after hearing what Grandpa said.

"Father, you...you haven't come home for three days!" Second Master blurted out.

"Ah?" Grandpa was confused at the time, how could it be possible?I feel like it's only been a few hours. If I've been in a coma for three days, it's impossible to still have the strength to crawl out now?
I was like a mirror in my heart, but I didn't dare to say it out, fearing to scare my son and daughter-in-law, so I vaguely said that I bumped my head and got confused.

Carry the roe deer on your body and tell everyone to go home quickly.Walking behind by himself, before leaving, he looked back at the dark hole and muttered: It's too evil.

I still remember when my grandfather said this to me, as if he was also present at the scene, his old hands tightly clutched the corner of his clothes.

When I asked him who was the voice that my great-grandfather heard, my grandfather just shook his head. I couldn't see whether the shaking of his head meant that he didn't know, or that it meant forget it and let the past go with the wind.So I stopped asking questions and helped Grandpa to rest.

After talking for a long time, I haven't introduced myself yet. My name is Zhong Shisan. I don't know why my father gave me such a simple name.

My grandma told me before she was alive that when my mother gave birth to me, there were several people who gave birth together in the hospital that day, and my mother happened to be the No. 13 one. Not a vulgar name.

He proudly explained to my mother that talking about this name used up all the vocabulary he had accumulated in his life. My mother was also angry and thought it was funny. Got the name.

But after so many years, no one has ever called me by my first name, so I just called myself Zhong Shisan.

"Hey, why do you think this year's high school freshmen feel so young?" The person who spoke was Xiao Li, who had been hanging out with him since he was a child, but he didn't expect that this group of high school students had been together for 20 years.

Back then when his mother gave birth to him, he was only less than five catties, and the family was afraid that he would not live for a few days. Who would have thought that now he can hold the two of us, the weight has increased, and the grades have not changed much. If it weren't for his uncle Working in the Education Bureau, I'm afraid our friendship ended two years ago.

He glanced at Li Xiao's big butt face, which was filled with a wretched smile, quickly looked away and said:
"I said you stare at these little bastards every day, are you perverted?"

"Hey, you don't understand, this is called discovering potential stocks and cultivating them slowly!" I heard that he was still talking about it, so I quickly turned my head away from him.

Although my academic performance is still in the upper middle of the grade group, I am only a sophomore in high school, and the horrible campus life has just begun.

Thinking about tomorrow's test in my mind, a slim figure appeared on the playground outside the window.

Chen Xiaohe, the class flower of our class, has a sweet voice, studies well, and the most important thing is that his family is very wealthy.It is the type that almost every boy covets. Seeing her dancing rubber bands gracefully, especially in a skirt, my heart feels restless like being hit by a car.

At this time, I was still a little unhappy, because the school uniform skirt issued by this school was too long.

Just when I was about to indulge in unlimited lust, Li Xiao came up and gave me a big neck, "You boy, did you hear what I said?"

"What do you say?"

"Let me tell you, you're no good, what's up with others, what's up with you, you have a bit of a b-number, don't you look in the mirror?" Xiao Li is good at everything, just like what our head teacher said, Like a stinky old woman, she babbles every day.

"I don't have a mirror! What's wrong?" I ignored him and continued to look at the little lovely man outside the window.

"Hey, you are unrequited love, this is not possible, I have a trick, we will have winter vacation soon, how about I make a fuss, how about we go on a field trip?"

"No money."

"If you want to tell me this, you're heretic. When did my buddy ask you to pay for it? If you come, you'll pay for it all, how about it?" I thought about it, and it seemed like a good idea, but when I thought about it carefully , I always feel that this kid should have no good intentions.

Taking a closer look at his confident, very greasy face, he nodded. Anyway, he didn't need to pay, so he just took a break.

Ever since my grandfather passed away a month ago, I have been in a low mood, and I should think about it. People only have this life, so don't embarrass yourself.

After discussing the specific matters, Xiao Li ran back to his seat shaking his big butt.The boring physical education class is finally over. Thinking about the second half of the semester, even the boring physical education class is gone, and there is an inexplicable sadness in my heart.

(End of this chapter)