Artisans in Tunli

Chapter 6 Revisiting Heigouzi

Having had an experience, I came to the cave without much effort.

When I went down, I found that Li Xiao and Chen Xiaohe were looking at the wall covered with unknown characters by the light of their mobile phones.

"Can you two please give me some peace of mind? I'm in good shape, and you two start to lead me into a demon!" My words shocked Chen Xiaohe.

"It scared me to death. Just now our feet were not considered slippery. It was as if someone pushed us." Chen Xiaohe explained, but Li Xiao was not the same as usual, he kept staring at the words on the wall without saying a word. hair.

"Li Xiao, I didn't see you being so serious in class. You can understand. Come on, let me translate for your brother." I said while patting the ashes off my body.

"I, where have I seen these words? That's right! There is a stone slab under my old house with these words engraved!" Li Xiao's words seemed to bring me back to my childhood.

Li Xiao's family was not in the city, but in the "Widow Village". I clearly remember his old house, which was a flip house next to the foot of the mountain. At that time, his family didn't have much money. The classmate relationship got his father into the railway bureau, and it was impossible for his family to afford a house in the city.

"Why don't I remember what kind of slabs you have in your house?"

"Oh, have you forgotten that you, me and your sister used to roast potatoes in the back garden of my house when we were kids? We built a fire on the stone slab!" When Xiao Li said this, I seemed to be a little bit embarrassed. Impressed.

Speaking of this, I have to mention my eccentric sister, Wang Jingjing.Wang Jingjing is the daughter of my second aunt's family. After my grandparents passed away, my family separated from my second aunt's family.

When I was young, this little follower always liked to follow me. We were much older than her, so we didn't want to take her to play.She went to inform the second aunt about digging out bird nests, roasting corn, and roasting potatoes.Every time I have to inform her, but in order to seal her mouth, I can only play with her.That was the first and last time I took her to bake potatoes, because that time almost set Xiao Li's house on fire.

"When you say that, I seem to be really impressed. What about the slate?"

"When my uncle was helping us move, he said that the slate was very beautiful, so he asked someone to transport it away." When he thought that it might be a cultural relic, he felt angry at his uncle for being such a stinky old man.

"Okay, let's, I don't understand after research. Hurry up, I guess we should be able to climb up, the entrance of the cave seems to be getting lower and lower?" I said and looked towards the entrance of the cave.

"Brother, aren't you growing taller?" I suddenly realized that after the last car accident, there seemed to be something wrong with my pituitary gland, and I grew a lot taller.

"Don't talk nonsense, let's go back, or it will be a while." Before I finished speaking, Chen Xiaohe asked us to be quiet. In the dark cave, there seemed to be some sound. Listen carefully, it seems that a person is talking Whispering.

Li Xiao pulled Chen Xiaohe behind him and bravely used the flashlight that came with his cell phone to shine inside.The three of us were dumbfounded by this photo.

About ten meters in front of us, there were two women standing, and I suddenly had everything connected.The two people my aunt mentioned, the one I dreamed about, and the moment before the car accident, that's right!It's them!
"I said, can you see the two of them?" I whispered to Li Xiaoxiao.

"nonsense."

"can see"

It seemed that what I had been seeing all this time was not an illusion or a ghost. These two women must be behind these things. I cleared my throat and said I wanted to go over and take a look.Chen Xiaohe and Li Xiao pulled me desperately and refused to let me go. I said it's okay, if something happened, they wouldn't stay with us for such a long time.

Looking at their helpless and terrified expressions, I was also a little scared.But if you want to know what is the connection between all of this, they must be the only ones who can give the answer.

I took out my father's old knockoff mobile phone, turned on the cool headlights, and walked forward gently.Just when they were about to be touched, they suddenly disappeared, and then appeared in a farther place.I looked back at Li Xiao, and they both looked confused.

I quickened my pace to keep up, but every time when I was about to get close, the two of them disappeared and then reappeared.Just chasing and chasing like this, when I was about to reach the cave wall, I thought, this time you can't disappear, so I rushed to the front.

Suddenly the woman on the left turned her head and disappeared completely in front of me.I stood there blankly, her face echoing in my mind, and the phone I was holding slipped to the ground.

I saw that this person's face was my mother's face.

Li Xiao and the others didn't know what happened, so they ran over quickly, saw me standing there blankly, and quickly asked me what was wrong.I know if I say it, I'm afraid I'll scare them back.

"It's okay, it just disappeared suddenly."

"Can you explain to me what it means to disappear suddenly?" Li Xiao looked at me in a daze, and Chen Xiaohe also turned pale with fright.I quickly comforted them, saying that this place is too evil, let's go quickly.I picked up the phone and found a small cloth bag next to the phone. Seeing that Xiao Li and the others didn't pay attention, I quickly picked it up and put it in my pocket.

"Okay, let's go quickly, it's really cold down here, don't catch a cold." I turned my head and was about to leave, but I didn't hear footsteps behind me.Looking back, Li Xiao and Chen Xiaohe also disappeared at some point.

I hurried over and searched around, and immediately saw that the stone door that was closed by my "uncle" before was opened a crack.You are really my ancestors!Cursing in my heart, I reluctantly got in.

As soon as I entered, I saw Li Xiao and Chen Xiaohe looking around.

"I said, can you two do it? Can't you say something in advance? Do you think you two are playing with me?" I complained, looked around, and it was nothing like the last time I came in. Too much change, and if there was a change, I can't remember it.

"Eh? Thirteen, when you fell in last time, didn't you come here?" I really didn't want to talk to him, so I ignored him.

"No, you didn't hear me talking to you?" Li Xiao came over and pushed me.

"Don't talk to me, I'm against you." I ignored him, thinking that this time, no one will hinder me, why don't I just go inside and have a look?
But after turning around for a long time, there is nothing else except the incomprehensible words.Generally speaking, it is like a large matchbox, except for a stone bed at the door, there is nothing to decorate, but there is a tripod-like thing on the ground in the middle.You can smell a strong fragrance when you walk over it, and you can't describe what it is. It should be like sandalwood, but who would use such a big tripod as an incense burner?

There are many patterns engraved on the "Xiang Ding", and I don't know what year it is. Then I thought I was carrying a mobile phone. Although the pixels are really poor, I can take a rough picture anyway, and quickly snapped and snapped. , After shooting the tripod, I took a few more pictures of the wall.

As I patted and patted, I felt that the atmosphere was not right. Why was there no movement at all for so long? Looking around, why was I the only one left?
These two people really didn't want to say anything, and they didn't call me when they left, and they planned to chase them out after thinking about it.However, Shimen did not know when it was closed.

I am nineteen years old this year, and I really have nothing to do with this stone gate that weighs a hundred catties. I just hope that there is some kind of ventilation here, otherwise I will not starve to death but suffocate to death.Thinking of this makes me uncomfortable. In this short year, I have endured too much pressure that I should not bear at my age.

When I was in a daze, a sentence came from my ear.

"Come on!"

I stood up abruptly, and found that I had fallen asleep beside the birch tree, and Li Xiao and Chen Xiaohe were still playing around.

"Scared me to death, this dream is too real." I muttered, put my hands in my pockets, as if I touched something.

A small cloth bag.

When I saw this little thing, I was sure there was a layer of cold sweat on my forehead. If it was a dream, then how could I have this thing.

I quickly ran towards Li Xiao, and talked about what happened just now, but they ignored me, as if I didn't exist.No matter what I do, the two of them are still indifferent. I am in a state of desperation, and they are playing in full swing. I was so angry that I threw my fist at Li Xiao.

"Bang!"

"Oh my god, it hurts me so much." My punch didn't hit Li Xiao, but hit the stone wall. It seemed that I was still in the "matchbox" and didn't get out at all.

No one around, still the same.Strange, where did these two go?I stood up, wondering if there might be some secret door or something I didn't see, and finally I found a small gap at the oil lamp next to the wall, probably it was a switch or something.On second thought, it might be a quicksand trap or something.

Anyway, being stuck here is dead, why not give it a try.It didn't take much effort for me to turn the oil lamp, but it wasn't a secret passage or a trap, but the switch of the stone gate.

As soon as the door opened, Li Xiao and Chen Xiaohe were seen standing anxiously outside the door.

"Oh my god! You've come out." Li Xiao came up and gave me a big bear hug, "I thought I wouldn't see you anymore?"

"Don't talk, who locked me in just now?"

"This... this." Li Xiaohe hesitated, I didn't even think about it, it was just a big neck.

"If I encounter something like this in the future, can we discuss it before taking action? If I weren't smarter, I might really be dead!"

"Brother, I was wrong, I asked you to have a skewer, what do you think?" Sometimes looking at Li Xiao's playful smile, I really can't get angry.

"Okay, okay, let's go."

When we climbed out of the black ditch, the sun was about to set, and our place was dusty and dusty, and we didn’t know how to explain it when we got home, so we went to the spring to wash our face, and Xiao Li frantically rubbed it Go.I wasn't in the mood to begin with, and going to the city and back would be a hassle, so I refused and walked home.

When I got home, I took a shower, lay on the bed, held the small cloth bag in my hand, and wondered what was inside.But I was afraid that it would be a strange thing to open, so after thinking about it, I opened it anyway.

It's a jade pendant. I'm not very interested in these things. In fact, I'm not interested in anything now.I couldn't seem to understand it, so I put the jade pendant in the drawer and fell asleep in a daze.

Because of the car accident, I had to take make-up classes during the summer to catch up with the progress, but ever since my mother passed away in the car accident, I always felt that life was too fragile. If I worked so hard, I might get cold one day, and I didn’t pay much attention to anything.

The tutor noticed that I was always absent-minded, so he told my father.My dad didn't say anything about paying the teacher's salary, and said he wouldn't come here again until I figured it out.

I spent a summer vacation in a hazy sleep. Li Xiao and Chen Xiaohe came several times and said they would go out for a walk together, but I didn't go out either.Later, Li Xiao came to me with a sad face, saying that she had broken up with Chen Xiaohe, and that her mother found out and did not agree with their relationship so early. I still had the same expression, saying to comfort her, but in my heart But I'm thinking that it has nothing to do with me, it doesn't matter.

The third year of high school is very stressful, but for someone like me, it is still leisurely.Li Xiao has never been able to get out of the shadow of a broken relationship, and instead turned grief and anger into motivation, and devoted himself to studying hard every day. Although his grades did not improve much, he did lose a lot of weight, and even lost his appearance.

In a blink of an eye, it has already reached the second half of the third year of high school.I don't know what's going on in the school, and they insist on holding some kind of sports meeting when everyone is sprinting. For the sports meeting, I only remember eating and drinking, but this time, I don't have much appetite.

Looking at the classmates with two dark circles around their eyes, I seem to be the only one who looks good.I don't know what's wrong, I just want to sleep when I go to class now.Falling asleep and falling asleep has become a beauty sleep.Occasionally, when I look at myself in the mirror, I realize that I have become more handsome, not narcissistic, and getting enough sleep can really improve beauty.

While eating melon seeds, I looked at the few energetic athletes in each class on the playground.His gaze finally settled on a girl with delicate short hair, fair skin, and big eyes.Doing warm-up exercises on the sidelines.I looked at the "love saint" next to me, who was flirting with my girlfriend, and I pushed him.

"Brother, the one with short hair, do you know him?"

"Oh, she's from the science and art class. She's super good at studying. She's called Sun Jing. I don't know what she's thinking. She insists on going to the specialty class. If I have her qualifications, I will..." I haven't finished speaking yet. I was dragged over by the girlfriend next to me for a bite, and I ate a sumptuous meal of dog food, thinking why are you so open now?What about the head teacher, the head of the year group, and where are the vice principals?Although I was 1 upset in my heart, I still watched it for more than ten minutes. I didn't react until someone patted me on the shoulder.

"Who is it?" Before I heard the word, that short-haired Sun Jing was standing in front of me.Because the school renovated the playground, I sat in the newly built stands.She is not very tall, standing one step lower than me, the scenery on her chest is fully exposed in front of me.

"looks good?"

"Yeah." After reacting, he realized something was wrong and quickly shook his head.

"Look again, and I'll dig out your eyeballs." Although these words were terrifying, they always felt like they were teasing me when they came out of her mouth.

"Don't worry, my eyes already popped out when I saw you." I don't know what I was thinking at the time, but I actually said such disgusting words.

"You're a poor girl, are you free now?" I saw that she didn't seem to be angry. Instead, she was very impressed by my earthy love words, so I wanted to continue being poor.But before she opened her mouth, she said, I am the most beautiful among these students, and asked me to help carry some tables out.

Originally, I didn't like physical labor very much, but I thought I could chat with beautiful women and so on, so I readily agreed.It seems that when I saw her, there seemed to be a slight change in my heart.

The two of us chatted without saying a word, so we learned that she was a sophomore in high school, and I was a little disappointed. Then she said that she would take the college entrance examination this year, and I was a little happy.I chatted with her with a playful smile. During these few hours, except for the conversation between us, all my troubles seemed to be forgotten.

Men and women match, work is not tired.

The sports meeting was over, and when Sun Jing and I were moving things, we saw Chen Xiaohe in the corridor, greeted him awkwardly, and walked over.

"Who is she? Your girlfriend?"

"No, hey, do you girls like to gossip so much? She is my friend's ex-girlfriend." While I was talking, those muddy and dark thoughts in my mind began to gather again.I shook my head, trying to drive all the negativity away.

"What's wrong with you?" Sun Jing looked at me and asked me, covering my head.

"It's okay, why do you care about me so much? Could it be that you like me?"

"Don't be poor." After she finished speaking, she turned her face away. I couldn't see her expression now, but I just hoped that it was that kind of shy expression, which would be the best.

After the sports meeting is over, it's just a small vacation for one day. I really don't like vacations. I feel empty at home by myself. It's better to go to school. At least someone will accompany me.

But this day's small vacation is different from the past. Sun Jing asked me if I want to go out to play together the first day. In fact, she asked me if I wanted to go to the library together.But for someone like me, it's just fun.

Before I went out, I seemed to think of something, so I took out the jade pendant from the bedside drawer to see if I could find any clues in the library.

We met at the entrance of the library. Today she was wearing a small white shirt and blue jeans, which perfectly set off her graceful figure.

"I said, can you stop staring at me like a greasy weirdo?" After listening to Sun Jing's words, I coughed lightly and restrained myself.

"I'm sorry, it's just that you are so amazing, I can't help it." I deliberately talked to him in a Hong Kong-Taiwan accent, which made her laugh like a goose, and kicked me. People walked into the library.

I have always wondered whether it is wise to choose a date in the library if it is really a couple.

She said she went to find a book and asked me to wait for her. I thought I should stop being idle and see if there are any books about jade pendants.In other words, it was the first time I entered the library when I grew up, and I didn't expect there to be so many books.My eyes were dazzled, and I couldn't find a reliable one.I stood in front of the bookshelf and became confused, so I picked up the jade pendant and looked at it carefully.

"Where did you get it?" Sun Jing hurried over with the book in her arms.

"This? This, I picked it up in the woods." In order not to scare her, I chose not to tell her the real process.

"I have a piece with a very similar shape at home, but it is red." I was a little shocked when I heard this sentence. It was all a bit too coincidental.

"Where did you get that piece in your house?"

"I don't know, it seems to be passed down from my grandma's life." She explained to me for a long time, and I got the general idea.But how did this jade pendant appear there?It feels like it was deliberately let me find out, what does it have to do with my mother?Sun Jing's words made my thoughts even more confused.

We didn't come out until the library was about to close, because she wanted to study, and we basically didn't say anything.I slept in the library all afternoon.

"Are you hungry, Jing?"

"What did you call me?" I saw her deliberately pretending to be angry, and thought it was funny, but also cute.I thought how great it would be if I could really catch up with him?But after thinking about it again, my family owes a lot of famine, my studies are not good, and the future is also at a loss. What can I give her happiness?

"What are you thinking about? Are you going to invite me to dinner?" Sun Jing's words interrupted my endless reverie.

"Let's go to Malatang. This is all I can afford."

"Eat Malatang again? It's Malatang at noon, let's go, I invite you, let's have a skewer." Sure enough, the children of rich families are different, and they speak hard.I had no choice but to smile awkwardly and walked into Laosan's house.

Some people say that youth is like a rushing river, once gone forever, it is true.

I was not surprised when the results of the college entrance examination came out, but Li Xiao was very surprised because this temporary rush and pre-examination surprise did not bring about any substantial changes, and he actually cried.In order to comfort him, I decided to ask him to give me a rub. After all, he often cheered me up before, and of course my little quietness was indispensable.

The relationship between us is really delicate.Not a couple, not a friend, just somewhere in between, far away but close at hand.Generally speaking, there is a little ambiguity from time to time.

Of course, this college entrance examination, to her, is like a university student answering elementary school exam questions.I was admitted to a famous key medical school in Harbin, and I was able to go to a non-famous college in Harbin.

But at least, we are not that far away. Thinking about it carefully, with Sun Jing's score, it is no problem to get 985 or 211 casually. Going to Harbin to go to university may be for me.While I was masturbating, I suddenly felt a sharp pain from the inside of my arm.

"Oh, you murdered your husband?"

"If you keep screaming, you probably don't want your thighs anymore!" Sun Jing is good at everything, but she likes to pinch people at every turn.I saw that she seemed to be playing for real, so I quickly gave in.

Li Xiao was stuffing meat skewers into his mouth, while hurting me: "You said me, I studied so hard and seriously, and in the end, I was not as good as you in the exam. Is there still a king's law, is there still a law of heaven?"

"Do you understand this is talent? This is strength!"

"Okay, you two's grades are similar to each other's licking and wiping each other's wounds, why don't you feel ashamed but proud?" Seeing that we were endless, Sun Jing quickly interrupted the conversation between our masters.

"Hey, you said you, what do you want, why did you fall in love with Shisan? What's so good about him?" Li Xiao seemed to be a little drunk, and started talking nonsense.Sun Jing, who didn't drink at first, snatched my wine glass and drank it in one go.

"My mother is happy, you don't care!" After finishing speaking, he poured himself another glass and drank it down.

"Oh, we will be separated in the future, Shisan really misses you!" Li Xiao stammered.

"What are you talking about? Harbin is not very old, so we can't see each other again. I said why do you look like a bitch." He interrupted me before I finished speaking.

"Thirteen, my dad wants to send me to study abroad."

That night, everyone didn’t talk much. I just remember that we kept toasting after Li’s novel finished.

I still remember that I didn't vomit that day. I was thinking of taking Sun Jing home and going to Li Xiao's house to sleep, but Sun Jing refused to go home. Hotel.

Although nothing happened that night, mainly because I drank too much and fell asleep straight away.But the distance between us is indeed more than just ordinary friends, she agreed to be my girlfriend.After hearing the news of the superior the next morning, I also lost my first kiss that I kept for more than ten years.

(End of this chapter)