Artisans in Tunli

Chapter 3 The Man Behind the Door

Speaking of field trips, it might be better to say that they are justifiably deserting.

As soon as our students entered high school, there was a trend of making up lessons. The children were immersed in studying at school, and they couldn't take a rest during the holidays. At least they should combine work and rest.There are a few top students in our class who look like they are chronically hypoxic. They know they are actually going to school, but they don’t know they are in reform through labor.

But things like making up lessons don’t exist in my family, and my parents have never been too strict with me. It’s enough to go to a similar university. After all, making up lessons is a big expense. As a third-generation poor peasant, I really I can't afford to make up for it.

In recent years, the harvest has not been good. I also consciously and secretly work and study at home. At school, I am also the kind of person who has nothing to do with bad children. Rather than saying bad children, it is better to say that I have no relationship with everyone. I have a sense of existence. Terrible kind of person.Fortunately, my academic performance is good, and I thought it would be more than enough for an undergraduate degree.

I am such a person who is easy to be satisfied, just like now, as long as I can look at the back of Chen Xiaohe walking in front of me.I just watched in a daze, until Li Xiao patted his big greasy hand on my neck again, and I didn't react.The loud "pop" sound attracted a group of girls to snicker.

"You tiger, if you work harder, I can fly!"

"What are you looking at? See what you can see, go! Show your courage!" Xiao Li sneered and stared at Zhang Yuying's ass.

"You are really perverted, what are you looking at? You can see her pants off!" I gave him a blank look, thinking that this field trip is really boring, and I have to carry a bunch of things on my back.But as soon as he saw Chen Xiaohe's smile, he forgot everything and continued to move forward.

"I said you, where are you arranged? It's almost two hours away!" I said while panting.

"It's almost there, just ahead, just pass the forest."

I took a look, this... isn't this Heigouzi?
"Brother, what's the scenery here, why don't you lead us here? My great-grandfather can say, this" Before I finished speaking, Li Xiao hurriedly covered my mouth, "Stop blah, what's the matter?" Ghosts and gods, what era is it now, the great leader *** taught us that it is urgent to defeat all ghosts and snakes!

Besides, if it is not scary, how can we protect them? "Looking at this obscene smiling face, I really wanted to slap him away, but on second thought, maybe it was true, if something happened, maybe I could really get closer to Xiaohehe. I held back and didn't let myself Laugh out loud and keep walking.

"Hey, you guys are too slow, it's getting dark, we little girls will be scared!" The one who spoke was Wang Jing.This little girl, no, is a big girl, half a head taller than me, and my waistline ruins both. I think she has some misunderstanding about the word little girl.

"Don't worry, you must be the safest 'little girl' among us!"

"Xiao Li, you are looking for smoke."

Listening to Wang Jing talking about Beijing movies, I thought of my missing grandpa. I remember grandpa said that when he was 30 years old, grandpa resolutely left this dense forest and took the train going north. .

On the day I left, I said that I would come back like a normal person, but when I came back, I was three years old, and my uncle was not married and had no children.

The second master and the grandfather have been in the north. The second master died of a cerebral hemorrhage in his 50s, leaving behind the second grandmother and a daughter, who is my eldest aunt.

The grandfather has two children, the second aunt and the father. With the help of the family, the second wife raised the eldest aunt and followed in the footsteps of the second master.

The uncle has a straightforward temper and a hot temper. He quarreled with his family members at every turn. Because of his bad mouth, he fought with his grandfather several times.In the end, he slammed the door and left without any news.The only impression I have of Grandpa is probably the slap and the kind Beijing film that Grandpa told me about Grandpa.

Thinking about it, if he is still alive, he should be over 90 years old. Thinking about it, we have reached the edge of "Heigouzi".So put down the bags, Li Xiao and the other "patients with long-term hypoxia" went to get firewood. I told them again and again to find some more stones, big ones, and surround the fire. If the fire escapes, we will die After going to school, let's just transform into a human being in the next life.

As the saying goes, set fire to the mountain and sit in prison.

It didn't take long before a small bonfire was made, which is not difficult for us children who have lived on the side of the mountain for a long time. Who hasn't baked potatoes and corn?
I tidied up everything one by one. This time, Xiao Li really spent a lot of money. He brought only two pheasants and some roe deer meat. The most exaggerated thing is that he even brought his Western-style tableware. How many sets, is this a field trip, or a candlelight dinner?I muttered and tinkered there, and a sentence came from behind me:
"Do you want me to help you?"

I turned around and saw that it was Chen Xiaohe, she wanted to help me, should I accept it?I stared straight at her, she was a little embarrassed and said what I was looking at, I nodded quickly, and she came over to help me clean up.

"Huh? Why did you bring western tableware? Candlelight dinner?" It seems that she and I are really destined to each other, and we even have the same idea.

"What are you laughing at?" I was asked by her, afraid of being regarded as a weirdo by her, so I quickly became serious.

It's really reasonable to say that the combination of men and women is not tiring.Especially working with beauties, even though spring is just beginning and the air is still very cold, I can still smell Chen Xiaohe's breath through my ten-year-old rhinitis and through the cold air. burst of aroma.Smell it carefully again, um, it didn't run away, it must be carved.

Set up the grill and just toss the meat on to grill.This roe deer meat does not have as much fat as pork, especially the roe deer meat that has passed the winter. Although the roe deer meat is artificially bred and not as good as wild ones, the taste is much better than ordinary pigs, cattle and sheep.Apply a thin layer of raw soybean oil with a brush, and after a while, Xiao Li and the group of chattering "little girls" are attracted.

"Thirteen, you have two tricks, this taste is so fairy!" Li Xiao looked at the meat for a while, and the girl for a while, and he bleed all over the place, and he didn't know what it was because of.

"You're a little boy, wipe your mouth quickly!" I handed over a pack of tissues and smiled wryly while shaking my head.

Speaking of barbecue, thanks to the long time with my grandpa, I used to take me into the mountains, and when I came back, he taught me how to peel the skin, divide the meat, and how to cut the knife. Grandma said grandpa, such a small doll , don't give him a knife, stab him again.Now that I think about it, my grandparents are gone, and my nose is suddenly a little sour. How good it is to give them a few more years, so that I can honor them well.

Chen Xiaohe seemed to see that something was wrong with me, and asked me what was wrong, I rubbed my eyes and said it was all right, my burning eyes felt uncomfortable.

"Little Li, watch out, I'll go to the little one."

Li Xiao reluctantly sat on the Maza, and Maza crawled to the ground, making these "little girls" burst into laughter.Mazar oh Mazar, you carry a weight you shouldn't bear.

When I was walking back after the convenience, there seemed to be a person standing on my left, which is above the entrance of the big cave.But there were some dead Artemisia stalks on it, and it was impossible to tell who it was, so he shouted: "Who is it?"

The figure didn't seem to hear me calling him. I was a little puzzled, so I called a few more words, but there was still no response.So I wanted to go over to see who it was, in case a classmate got lost, we couldn't afford it.

Those who are not familiar with this forest can easily get lost.I walked forward step by step carefully, recalling in my mind the scene when my great-grandfather stepped on the empty space and fell, and looked down at my feet from time to time. If I fell, I guess I would be cold.

As he was getting closer and closer to that figure, he suddenly turned around. Before I could react, I was pulled over by him, and then I fell down as soon as I let go.At that time, my mind was buzzing, and I really wanted to come here. Goodbye my lovely classmates, my beloved teachers, my dear parents, what's the matter, let's talk about it in the next life.But at that time, there was only one word in my mouth: Ah!

When I was about to give up struggling, I was at the bottom of the hole.Fortunately, when I fell three or four meters, the entrance of the hole suddenly became a slope instead of vertical, and I slid down the slope.Although it is a slope, but combined with my many years of physics knowledge, this angle, after all, will have to fall to a femoral head necrosis.

Fortunately, after skating for about half a cigarette, I landed.It turns out that the slope is getting slower and slower. I am glad that I kept the femoral head, but I am faced with a new problem: it is too dark.

And I didn't know how to get up, so I stood up, imitating my grandfather, I moved a bit and found that my limbs were still healthy, only my palms were scratched, and I remembered my grandfather's words, mind your own business, and smiled wryly.

I looked towards the entrance of the cave. Since the cave was sloped, I couldn't see the light outside at all, so I could only try to shout.When my mouth was dry, I sat on the ground to calm myself down and try to recall the survival skills my grandfather taught me.But I found out that I just need a rope, why don't I try to climb back?
I stood up and was just about to go to the entrance of the cave when I found a fatal problem.I stretched out my arms, but I couldn't reach the hole.

Forget it, I guess they will find out after a while, I have to save my voice, if I become dumb, it will be over.

I was thinking about whether I had a flashlight or something, so I touched my trouser pocket, and Li Xiao's lighter was in my pocket.This is the ZIPOO that his uncle brought to his father when he came back from abroad, and he asked for it after a lot of hard work.I quickly took out the lighter and lit it. Although the brightness of the flame was not very high, there was such a little light in the dark that I felt a sense of security in my heart.

As I walked forward in small steps, I thought to myself, Sadako, will Kayako suddenly pounce on my face?What made me different was that I saw the wall of the cave not far away. I suddenly questioned what my grandfather said at the time, or did we fall into a hole?
After walking another eight or nine meters, I can already touch the wall of the cave. When I touched the wall of the cave, my hands felt damp, maybe it was too deep.In fact, the temperature in the cave is not as cold as outside.While using the lighter to light the cave wall, I groped with my hands, and suddenly felt as if I had touched some lines. I subconsciously photographed it, and sure enough, under the dim light, some strange characters appeared on the cave wall.

It can't really be the graveyard of Khitan nobles. Thinking of this, I swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and my mind was full of images of bones and corpses.But I still bravely walked along the cave wall. After a while, the writing on the cave wall disappeared, but something even stranger appeared. A door appeared two meters away from the writing.

At this moment, my fear has been defeated by my curiosity, I am that silly roe deer, I don’t know whether it is a shotgun or a pile of corpses waiting for me behind the door.

This door cannot be called a door in a certain sense, because there is no door handle, it is just a stone slab, but it has been pushed in a little bit, which means that someone may have gone in or come out before me. .

I was hesitating repeatedly in my heart whether to go in, when a cry from Li Xiao came in from outside.

"Thirteen, are you down there! Thirteen?"

I quickly ran back to the entrance of the cave and shouted to the top: "I'm below, quickly find a rope and save me!"

"Damn, what are you doing down here? What's so fun about it?"

"Good for your grandma's legs, go find a rope in a hurry!"

"If you scold me again, I won't care about you!"

"I was wrong, Brother Li, save me quickly, there's an old man here!" Xiao Li agreed, and there was no movement.

After a while, I heard a voice that seemed to be Chen Xiaohe asking me if I was hurt. I felt warm when I heard it. It seems that even if I didn't protect them, gaining sympathy could bring us closer.I responded that it was okay, and the image of me lying in her arms slowly filled my mind.

Just as I was thinking about it, I felt that the atmosphere suddenly felt a little strange, because I felt, at some point, there seemed to be a hand on my shoulder.

I took a deep breath, turned my head slowly, and suddenly my mouth was covered by a dry hand. I wanted to struggle, but found that the other party was extremely powerful.Goodbye my lovely classmates, my beloved teachers, my dear parents, the next generation is talking.

Thinking this way, I found that the person behind me was just dragging me away. I thought he was going to break my neck.Who is this grandson?Do you want me to make supper and save it for a fresh one?
But after a while, I was dragged into the stone gate by him.

"Hey, grandson, why did you come here?" I was wondering, but he had already let go of his hand.Why is this person scolding people as soon as he comes up?But suddenly felt that this voice, this Beijing film, isn't this the voice of the uncle?

"Master? Is that you?" I asked him, and he took out a box of matches and lit something like an oil lamp on the wall. The light slowly illuminated the whole space, and this place is not like outside. , all of which are neat stone brick walls, and some stones on the ground are also polished very flat, but it seems that it has not been cleaned for a long time, and a thick layer of dust is spread on it.While I was still looking around, a word from the man brought my thoughts back.

"Hey, what are you looking at, I'm asking you, why did you come here?"

"You haven't said who you are yet? Why should I tell you first!" The light shone on his face, and I could see clearly that he was not very old, maybe in his early fifties, very energetic, but always It looks familiar, but at least he's not my uncle.

"Grandson, you don't even know your grandfather?"

"Let me tell you, even though you are older than me, you can't always take advantage of me, how old are you!"

"I'm 95 this year." After he said this, I almost spit out a mouthful of old blood. Could it be that I'm really a grandpa?But he looks too young. "You are 95, so young?"

"Here, it's a secret. Hey, grandson, we haven't met too many times, and I don't know you very well, but you are a descendant of the old Zhong's family, and I won't harm you. You hurry up, and there will be opportunities in the future." We met, do you know?" I was confused by his words, but I didn't know what to say, this is comparable to the mood when Columbus discovered the New World.When I was organizing words in my mind, Xiao Li's voice came from outside again.

"Okay, don't say anything else, we will meet again, don't say anything about this matter, otherwise, your life will be in danger!" Close the stone door heavily.Visually, the door has a handle of about [-] catties, and he closed it so lightly.Alas, don't think about it, let's go out first.

When I appeared safely in front of everyone, they all breathed a sigh of relief. I clearly saw Chen Xiaohe's red eyes, and I was so happy, so I comforted everyone that I was fine, and let's continue playing.

Everyone insisted on letting me walk in front, for fear that my legs and feet would break into the hole.So I led the way ahead, thinking in my heart, was the figure above the cave entrance the uncle?And when my great-grandfather fell, it seemed that the time I experienced was not too different from what I experienced. Why, the great-grandfather told the grandfather, the second-grandfather and the great-grandmother said that he had been missing for three days?Is there something grandpa is hiding from them?There is no way to know everything, but with the appearance of the uncle, it seems that there are rules to follow.Oh, I don't want to, at least I have healthy hands and feet now.

Although I was unlucky enough to fall into the hole that day, between me and Chen Xiaohe, I was no longer secretly looking at her, and I would greet her when we met later, but it was just a greeting.

The whole winter vacation, I thought it would pass so plainly, except Li Xiao told those little girls every day that I fell into the hole, how bravely he rescued me, slandering others, and exalting himself. One thing happened, and it was this one thing that changed the trajectory of my entire life.

(End of this chapter)