Strange Tale

It was still early, and there were not many pedestrians in the market, but all the stalls had already been paid out.There are basic necessities of life, food, housing and transportation in ancient and modern China and abroad, as well as selling everything.There was even a pair of father and son who performed on the street after breakfast, set up their home for the performance, and were exercising their muscles.

A panorama of the bazaar that is no different from anything I have seen before, from far to near, from small to large, from part to whole, slowly unfolds in front of Si Ren's eyes in a real and cruel way.

Where is home?mother?Where is the father?Where is my brother?What about Xiao Zhu... Liu Chengfeng is right...

Standing on the small road that was supposed to be the door of the house, but now it is the entrance of the market, Si Ren only felt dizzy and dizzy for a while, and almost passed out.

It is also often said that Si Ren used the land shrinking technique, and ordinary people could not catch up. Lin Sanqing asked someone to drive out of the family car.When they arrived, Si Ren was about to run again.Huan'er ran over and hugged his leg, "Xiao Ren, what's wrong with you? Why do you keep running around?!"

"Huan'er, let go." Si Ren looked down at Huan'er, his voice hoarse and expressionless.

"Xiao... Xiaoyan..." Huan'er was so frightened that she almost cried when she saw the confused and gloomy gaze of her boss, but she still refused to let go.

Si Ren raised his head, "Xiao Lin."

Qilin pulled Huan'er away, and Chang and Lin Sanqing also came over.

Si Ren didn't say anything, just turned around and left.No way, everyone had to continue to keep up.This time he didn't cast a spell, but ran to a grocery store very, very fast.

Rushing into the store, Si Ren went straight to the counter.

There was a young guy standing at the counter, resting his chin in a daze of boredom, when he saw a customer coming, he immediately changed his face like a magic trick.

"Hey, gentlemen, what do you want to buy?"

Si Ren stood opposite him aggressively, "Is the shopkeeper of your shop surnamed Wang?"

The boy froze for a moment, "Yeah, what's the matter?"

"I want to see shopkeeper Wang!" Si Ren was too anxious, and his tone sounded a little tough.

The young man showed an obviously displeased expression, he looked Si Ren from head to toe, "What do you want from our shopkeeper?"

"Urgent!"

"Our shopkeeper is not here."

"Where have you been?"

"how could I know?"

"You don't know where your shopkeeper is going?"

"do not know."

"When are you coming back?"

"I didn't say it."

"Then when did he leave?"

The boy became impatient, and lowered his head, pretending to turn over the ledger and not want to deal with it anymore.Si Ren was already dizzy, and without warning, he rushed forward and grabbed the clerk by the collar, "I'm talking to you!"

The little guy was also in a hurry, grabbed his hand and tried to break it apart, "Didn't I say that our shopkeeper is not here?!"

He often came over quickly to push Si Bing's hand away and dragged him aside, "What are you doing? Talk to me if you have something to say. What's the use of being anxious with a child?"

Lin Sanqing also persuaded, "That's right, why don't you talk to him clearly first."

"I……"

"What's the matter? It's noisy early in the morning?"

Si Ren was about to get angry again, when a question came from the room behind the counter, and a middle-aged man in his 40s wearing a cloth cap came out leisurely with his hands behind his back.

"Treasurer Wang!" Si Ren flung himself away and threw himself on the counter in the direction where the shopkeeper came out.

Shopkeeper Wang instinctively took a step back and hid, "You are... um? Why do you seem to have seen it somewhere?"

Si Ren pouted his buttocks and leaned over half of his body, "Of course I have! Have you forgotten? I am Si Ren! Xiao Ren! I used to come shopping with my mother and Xiaozhu. I accidentally broke into your house. A jade ornament!"

While listening to Si Ren's words, shopkeeper Wang's expression changed from doubt to shock, and finally turned into panic, "You...you are the third young master of the Si family?! Aren't you already dead?!"

While talking about Shopkeeper Wang, he took two steps back. The boy's expression changed, and he quickly hid behind him.He also often looked at each other with Lin Sanqing.Qilin was expressionless.Huan'er didn't understand at all, and of course she didn't understand what happened.

Si Ren's patience was almost at its limit, he supported the counter with one hand and got up and jumped in, and just when shopkeeper Wang turned to run away, he took his hand and put it on his pulse, "Look, am I dead? ?!"

The back room of the grocery store.

Several people sat down, but shopkeeper Wang still stared at Si in disbelief and shook his head, sighing, "I can't believe it! You are still alive! I can see you again after so many years!"

The young man came over with tea and shared a cup with each of them.Si Ren took the teacup and put it aside, "What's going on? What happened to my family?"

"Actually, I don't know exactly what happened. It just happened that one morning your house was sealed off by the government, and no one else was allowed to approach it. Then first, people from the public security station came to investigate for a few days, and then the mage also came, monks and Taoists. After a few more days, seals were posted inside and outside the courtyard, and you still can’t come in and out casually. I inquired, and I told you that accidents happened to all of your family except Mrs. Si, and..." Shopkeeper Wang stopped at this point.

Si Ren leaned forward, "And what?"

"And..." Shopkeeper Wang avoided his gaze, "And all of them died tragically."

Si Ren was dumbfounded, his nose became sour and his eye sockets started to heat up.

Shopkeeper Wang hurriedly added a few more words, "Of course I heard this, and it was passed on one by one. It seems that no one has been able to explain clearly what happened."

Si Ren felt strange or suspicious, gritted his teeth and held back his tears, "You mean... my mother is still alive?"

"Ah."

Could it be that something happened after I left?But... I have been receiving letters from my mother all these years!Why didn't she tell me that the family was in such a difficult situation?He always said that everything is going well and the world is peaceful.She doesn't have to hide it from me!Si Ren thought about it secretly, and felt something was wrong.

"Then do you still remember what happened to my house?"

"Wait a minute." Shopkeeper Wang lowered his head and recalled seriously for a while, then counted with his fingers, "Well, it's exactly eight years and seven months today. It was spring... the eighth day of March."

"Impossible!" Si Ren blurted out.

"The day before that was my father's birthday, I'm sure I won't remember it wrong." Shopkeeper Wang insisted.

Pa——Si Ren slapped the table and stood up, "Impossible! I left Dushuo City on the ninth day of March, and I'm still at home on the eighth day of March!"

Shopkeeper Wang looked up at him, "I won't remember wrongly, if you don't believe me, you can ask someone else."

Si Ren looked at Qilin, "Did we leave home on the ninth day of March?"

Qilin nodded, "But I have been on the mountain for half a month, and you came to the mountain to find me and we walked together. So I don't know what happened on the eighth day of the lunar new year."

Si Ren was stunned, and sat back down.

No one spoke anymore, and there was silence for a long time.Si Ren stood up again, "Does the shopkeeper know where my mother is now?"

"know."

Shopkeeper Wang pointed at an inconspicuous corner of the market, "It's here. Mrs. Si would come here every day to sell embroidery. When they first saw her, many people who knew her felt sorry for her and wanted to take care of her business. I came here specially to buy something, and asked about your family by the way. But she has never said a word about family affairs, and she refuses to mention a word, as if nothing happened. And the number of times, she found everyone She came to patronize out of sympathy, and she said that in fact, her life is usually taken care of by others. She embroidered things and sold them because she didn’t want to be idle at home every day. After a long time, we all got used to it and no longer Disturb her casually, but only go to her stall if you need something. However... her health seems to be getting worse and worse in the past few years, and her eyes are not getting better. So she came out later than others. "

Talking about it, shopkeeper Wang looked up at the sky, "It should be coming soon."

Si Ren bit his lip, "Where does she live?"

Shopkeeper Wang shook his head, "I don't know about that. I heard that someone saw her come down from Dushuo Mountain."

Shopkeeper Wang still has business, so Si Ren asked him to go back first.Then he asked Lin Sanqing to go home, but Lin Sanqing insisted on refusing, saying that Si Ren would not return to Dushuo City for many years, and if he needed help with anything, he might not be able to find anyone for a while, so he insisted on staying with him.

The two were arguing, when Qilin suddenly said, "Here we come."