Shigeaki

Lishan is in the southwest direction, and it is a long distance from Anshi just from the map. When Chongming and the old monk went down the mountain, it took two months to walk and occasionally use a car.

But it’s different now, there is a plane, and I arrived at the city closest to Lishan on the same day, and then I had a rest in the hotel for a night, and I drove early the next morning, and finally arrived at the foot of Lishan at [-]:[-] pm, and the car couldn’t get in. intersection.

The villagers staying at the foot of the mountain were very surprised to see the car entering the mountain. When they saw Chongming, they realized that they had come back to visit relatives.

Chongming is not very familiar with these villagers, only a few grandparents gave him snacks when he was a child, asked a few words with a smile, gave him some fruit snacks, and took his senior brother into the mountain.

The mountain where Chongming and his aunt lived was a long way from the village at the foot of the mountain, and they had to climb up to the foot of the mountain, which was 600 meters high.

In the past, with Wei Shufang's body, it would be a problem to walk to the foot of the mountain, not to mention climbing halfway up the mountain, but now it is different. After this period of "treatment", his body has improved a lot, let alone fully recovered, at least Can no longer rely on the cane.

Walking and resting, no matter how bad it was, Chongming was carrying him on his back, but Jing Hai and the bodyguards behind him had to carry a lot of things up the mountain.

"Senior brother, look quickly, this tree was my favorite to climb and play when I was a child. It turned out that there was a swing on it, but we accidentally broke it..."

Chongming returned to his territory, very excited, and ramblingly pointed out to Wei Shufang all the plants and trees that he had played around in the past.

"That, that house, is Xiaofang's house." He pointed to a bungalow at the foot of the mountain, hesitated, and said, "When I was young, I often ran down to play with Xiaofang, and Xiaofang's mother planted vegetables in the yard to dry. Food, and will make delicious food for us to eat."

Later, Gu Zhan came again.

He sighed: "Actually, when Gu Zhan first came here, he had a bad temper and ignored us. His grandma had grandchildren to take care of, so she didn't care about him. Once he had a fever and passed out on the side of the road, no one found him. I will carry him to Xiaofang's house, and Xiaofang's mother will take care of him."

"I was mischievous when I was a child, and the grandparents in the village wouldn't let the children play with me. Later, everyone moved outside, and there was no one else. Finally, Gu Zhan came. You don't know, I was very rare at that time. It’s obvious that he annoys me to death, but I always go to play with him.”

Thinking about it now, the friendship he thought was probably his own wishful thinking from the very beginning. To Gu Zhan, he was just a dispensable follower he met when he was in trouble. At first, they just looked down on him as a boy from the mountain village, and so did Xiaofang, so they belong to the same country, they all fell into trouble in the city and went back again.

What's more, for them, this experience in the mountains is a shame, a stain, and a nightmare that they don't want to think about again.

Wei Shufang embraced his shoulders, kissed his cheek: "Not annoying, if only I would never be annoying." Rubbing his face and sighing softly, "It would be great if I could get to know you sooner."

What is Gu Zhan, how dare he despise his treasure.

Chongming's melancholy was instantly healed by senior brother's sweet words, he closed his eyes with a smile, turned around and hugged him: "Senior brother, you are so kind!"

Wei Shufang rubbed the tip of his nose affectionately.

The two of them rubbed each other sweetly all the way, and when the sun was about to set, they finally reached the mountainside.

"Look there! It's here!"

Pieces of bamboo in the depths of the forest form a sea of ​​bamboo. In the middle of the sea of ​​bamboo is a small road paved with bluestone slabs. Along the stone slab road to the end, an exquisite tall bamboo building appears in front of everyone.

The bamboo building is in the shape of a square, and the bamboo ladder leads to a terrace, where pots of flowers and plants are placed. Although it is cold winter, it is lush green, and there are even unknown plants blooming in bloom.

"Auntie!"

Excited, Chongming stepped up to the second floor. The door of the house had never been locked, and it opened with a light push, but the situation inside made him stunned.

The bamboo building is not big, with only three rooms, the living room, kitchen and dining room in the middle, my aunt's room on the left, and Chongming's room on the right.

Even though Chongming didn't need to open his eyes, he knew where every piece of furniture and every item was placed, but at this moment, all the furniture was covered with a layer of white cloth.

"...Auntie?"

Chong Ming was stunned, what's going on?Aunt is out?not at home?Or went on a trip?

He guessed wildly.

"What's wrong?" Wei Shufang followed, looked around, and landed on the middle table.

Chongming was a little flustered, it was completely different from what he expected, he made a lot of assumptions on the road, how to surprise his aunt, how to persuade her to go back to Anshi with her, but he was caught off guard by the accident.

"Don't worry, look there, there is a letter." Wei Shufang led him in, picked up a letter in the middle of the table, the thin letter paper was folded into a square and placed on the table, there was nothing pressing it down, but it was lying on the spot .

Chongming quickly opened it, and the more he looked at it, the more surprised he became.

In the letter, my aunt first told a story, to be precise, about his life experience.

The aunt said that the reason why she raised Chongming for 18 years was to repay Chongming's mother for saving her life.

Chongming knew his mother's name for the first time, and it was also the first time that he followed his mother's surname, and his mother's name was Chongjin.

Chong Jin was born in a scholarly family, his parents and grandparents were all scholars. Because of the special age, the family fell into decline. After recovering, although he lived in poverty, he did not lose the character he should have.

Chongjin was brought up by her grandfather and grandmother. When she was 13 years old, her grandfather passed away and left her a painting, and told her not to open it unless there was an extermination.

At first, Chongjin abided by her grandfather's last words, shelved the painting and never moved it. After two years, her cousin, at the most naughty age, turned over the painting while she was not paying attention. , but I don’t know why it can’t be opened, and I plan to burn it in anger.

Chongjin hurried back to retrieve the painting from the fire, then subconsciously opened it to check.

From this point of view, I lost half my life, to be exact, lost 50 years of life.

This painting is my aunt.

She is a painting spirit, and can also be called a painting demon.

Summoning a painting spirit, equal to lifespan, can fulfill a wish.

This is the source of the Chong family's prosperity in the past, and it is also the reason why the descendants can avoid that special era and survive.

For the 15-year-old Chongjin, he suddenly knew that there are such strange things in the world, curious and apprehensive, and soon became good friends with Hualing.

Hualing can only come out to activities if she has a human lifespan. The lifespan she got from Chongjin's grandfather's father last time has been used up by her. Chongjin saved her from the fire, and it really saved her life. However, she didn't immediately make a deal with Chongjin to get her lifespan.

Then they chatted one by one, and gradually became friends.

Until eight years later, Chongjin and Chongming's father broke up.

Chongming's heart skipped a beat when he saw this. It is not difficult to see from the lines that his aunt disliked Chongming's father very much. After all, he even used his mother's surname to name him. Not a single name.

Looking down, as expected, according to my aunt's description, Chongming's father is a treacherous and shameless villain.

He was originally an orphan, and Chongjin's parents were teachers who supported him. He grew up with Chongjin's childhood sweetheart. Witnessed engagement, only to get married after graduating from college.

But later, Chongming's father's biological father was found, and he was a wealthy and powerful family. Because he had a child in wedlock and died, and lost his fertility due to an accident. In order to compete with his brothers for the right to inherit, he finally remembered that he was once Forgotten bastard.

From then on, Chongming's father ascended to the sky, and followed his father back to the big family. At first, he still cared about Chongjin, but later, in order to fight for the inheritance, he ignored Chongjin's pregnancy, abandoned her and chose to marry the daughter who was helpful to him.

It's fine if it's just being abandoned, but that Qianjin lady doesn't like the existence of Chongjin, so she found someone to frame Chongjin's parents, ruining their reputation and forcing them to commit suicide one after another. The 50-year lifespan was exchanged with Hualing.

Chongming's father, including the young lady, was haunted by nightmares, disasters continued, and they lost their inheritance rights one after another. In the end, they both died of accidents.

Chongjin was satisfied, and she died three days after giving birth to Chongming. According to her last words, her aunt buried her and Chongming's father together, including Chongming.

But Chongming was an accident, she didn't even notice it, until she realized that the tomb was passive, she didn't know that Chongming was not dead, she found an old monk and raised Chongming.

The aunt left a message at the end. The reason she raised Chongming was only to fulfill her promise to Chongjin. Now that Chongming is an adult, the promise is fulfilled. See you again by fate.

After reading it for a while, Chongming didn't come back to his senses.

My mind was in a mess, and I didn't know whether to be sad for my mother's experience, or for my aunt's "unfeeling".

It turned out that my aunt was not a human being, but a painting spirit, a painting demon. No wonder the old monk didn't like her. He couldn't help but think of the painting hanging in his aunt's room. In the lake, there is a boat in the lower right corner, and a woman whose face cannot be seen is lying on the boat.

Thinking about it now, it should be that painting, and that woman should be my aunt.

No wonder my aunt is proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, unlike modern people. He didn't understand it before, but now he understands that it is definitely not something that a peasant woman in a mountain village can have, and even many people in the city can't.

Thinking about it carefully, I'm afraid my aunt is not what he saw in the past, the woman in the painting is clearly young.

But why did he let him call her aunt?Why not aunt?He obviously hated his father so much.

Chongming pinched the letter paper, feeling dazed and at a loss.

Although he had already had a vague guess in his heart before, knowing that his aunt was definitely not an ordinary person, and he was waiting for her to tell him her secret, but he didn't expect it to be such a big inside story, and his parents were involved.

His father killed his grandparents, as well as his mother, and his mother took revenge back, it was...

Wei Shufang took him into his arms and comforted him: "It's okay, it's okay, the grievances of the previous generation have nothing to do with you, the matter has been settled, it's useless to think about it, besides, you still have me, and Master, and the days will be long, maybe See you again."

Chongming stretched out his hand to hug him back, he felt a little uncomfortable, the fact that his aunt left without saying a word really gave him a big blow.

It turned out that not only the friendship he thought was fake, but also the so-called family relationship.

But why did you gently coax him and hug him when you were a child?Because of a promise to my mother?Once the promise is fulfilled, turn around and leave without hesitation?

He rushed back excitedly, but it gave him such a shock, even though he was as optimistic as him, he also felt sad.

No more, he thought, he knew his aunt's character very well, she said goodbye by fate, and I'm afraid she would never see her again in this life.

In just over half a year, from Gu Zhan Liu Shufang to his aunt, Chongming was really hit this time, and he couldn't help but start to feel suspicious and apprehensive. My aunt is like this, but what about my master?What about my brother?Which is true and which is false?

Thinking about it, the hand holding Wei Shufang tightened unconsciously.