Strange Tale

After resting for a while, Mrs. Si proposed to go home.Si Ren had also calmed down a little and turned back.

Shopkeeper Wang tentatively asked, "You... don't want to see your son anymore?"

Mrs. Si shook her head vigorously, "That's not my son. My son is an idiot, he died when he was 14 years old."

"Then..." Shopkeeper Wang glanced at Si Ren standing outside the door who could see them and hear them, "What if he wants to see you?"

Mrs. Si was silent for a moment, then took out a knife from her bosom and held it to her neck, "Then I will die in front of him."

"Hey!" Shopkeeper Wang hurriedly moved Mrs. Si's hand away, "Why are you doing this?"

"In that case, my whole family will die because of him. Even if we owed him something in the previous life, he should be able to eliminate any resentment in his heart."

"Alas..." Shopkeeper Wang had nothing to say, sighed and shook his head.

Having not slept much for several days, Si Bian's eyes were already bloodshot, and now he was facing his mother who was thinking about it day and night all the time, but he could only pretend that he was not watching from afar. , His face became paler, and he didn't even notice that his lower lip was bitten out of blood.Others look very scary.

Lin Sanqing asked Mrs. Si to bring the things she had collected and sent her to the entrance and exit of the market.Mrs. Si thanked her for a long time, then thought that everyone around her had left, so she turned into a pastry shop and bought some pastries.

Shopkeeper Wang couldn't do without and still went back to the grocery store, Lin Sanqing sent his servants to go home first, and he still had to follow.Mrs. Lu Si, who was going up the mountain, was struggling and walking very slowly.Si Ren set up a small barrier to cover several people and followed him all the way.

Passing by a cemetery on the way, Mrs. Si stopped and walked over to put some snacks and incense sticks in front of several tombstones.Si Ren and the others couldn't read the writing on the stele because they were far away.Looking around, Si Ren can be sure that this is the grave of the Si family.

When Mrs. Si left, they leaned over and took a closer look. The three graves that Mrs. Si had worshiped belonged to Master Si and Si Ren's two elder brothers.All the tombstones in the cemetery were spotless, and the surrounding weeds were also cleaned up in time. It seemed that Mrs. Si came here often.Si Ren understood why his mother wanted to live in the mountains.

When they followed the boss's wife again, they soon arrived at her residence—a small thatched cottage with one room.

Asking others to wait outside, Si Ren concealed himself and followed secretly.

The room was dilapidated and the lighting was not good.The furniture and utensils are quite old, but they are neatly arranged and wiped clean.Mrs. Si walked through the kitchen into the bedroom and went straight to the bed.Sure enough, there was a big package on the bed.Mrs. Si put down the basket in her hand, opened the package and touched it: there were rice noodles, meat and eggs, cloth, and money.

After roughly confirming the amount of money, Mrs. Si tied the package again and carried it on her arm, went outside the house again and walked up the mountain with difficulty.Without going too far, she entered a ruined temple with ease.

The temple seemed to have been deserted for a while, and there were some beggars lying here and there under the dilapidated Buddha statue.The hidden Si Ren took a glance: either he was very old or physically disabled.As soon as they saw Mrs. Si, except for a few with weak legs, the rest stood up and surrounded her happily.

Mrs. Si put the package on the ground and opened it.

"Well...some things have happened to my family recently. I don't know if I can come to deliver food and money to you in the future." She whispered while distributing things to everyone.

An old lady with white hair grabbed Mrs. Si, "Sister, didn't you say that you have no home?"

Mrs. Si lowered her head, "It's gone, but today one of my sons came back to look for me."

"Ah?! Son? Didn't you say..."

"One is still alive."

"Ah, that's great! It's a great joy to be reunited with your son. Go back and live a good life with your son! Don't worry about us, it's okay."

Mrs. Si held the old lady's hand and smiled wryly, "It would be great if it could be like what you said. It's a pity... well, forget it, anyway, you should be more careful and take care of yourself in the future."

It was already afternoon when we left the ruined temple, and when we got back home, Mrs. Jia Si had a simple stutter.Seeing the black and dry shredded pickles on the plate, Si Ren cried again.

Later, as the sky gradually darkened, Mrs. Si lit a lamp.Si Ren silently watched over his mother, watching her busy and reluctant to leave.Qilin, who had been waiting outside, couldn't hold back and turned into his original form and sneaked into the house and climbed onto Si Ren's shoulder, "Let's do this first, I'm tired of waiting. Besides, can't you feel the evil spirit not far from here?" Let’s do business first.”

Qilin set up an enchantment to come in, and no one else could hear him except Si Ren.

Si Ren glanced out the window: Yechang and Lin Sanqing were already sitting on the ground, and Huan'er was sleeping soundly in Yechang's arms.

Think about it too: as long as my mother and I are still alive, there will still be many opportunities to meet in the future. Even if my mother refuses to see me all the time, I can always stay by her side like this.

Thinking so in his heart, Si Ren turned around and raised his foot to leave.At this moment, Mrs. Si, who had been groping for paper patterns and cutting insoles by leaning close to the light, suddenly stopped what she was doing and let out a long sigh.

Si Ren stopped in his tracks and turned his head, and saw Mrs. Si put down the insole, turned around and reached out to open a small cabinet next to the bed. After touching it twice, she took out a small wooden box from it.She put the wooden box in front of her eyes, slowly opened it, and inside was an emerald green jade bracelet.Si Ren knew that it was left by his grandmother to his mother. Before he was at home, his mother always wore the jade bracelet, and she didn't take it off when she slept.

Thinking that his mother was just missing her own mother, Si Ren raised his foot and wanted to leave again, but Mrs. Si took out the bracelet and put it aside, then opened a mezzanine at the bottom of the wooden box.Si Ren moved a few steps towards her.Mrs. Si took out a piece of neatly folded paper from the interlayer, and then folded the paper open again.Si Ren was stunned: it was a safe talisman he had drawn for his family when he was 14 years old.The first and only one.

That day, Si Ren had just learned how to draw various spells from his master on the mountain. When he got home, he excitedly drew the peace talisman for his family, hoping that their family could be together in peace and harmony forever.But his father was very angry after seeing the talisman, and began to scold him for not studying hard enough to learn these crooked ways without asking any questions, and he insisted on telling him where he learned these messy things.At that time, my mother went on to say that he had smoothed the matter out with a few words.

Si Ren had long forgotten the talisman, and thought it was torn up by his father, but unexpectedly, it was his mother who kept it for so many years.

Mrs. Si held the crooked paper talisman that was drawn by a novice and had no magic power. She looked at it for a long time—she probably couldn’t see clearly, and she was probably remembering something—and finally looked at it, and tears fell onto the paper , Mrs. Si threw herself on the table and burst into tears.

Si Ren tried his best to control himself from going over to hug his mother.He raised his hand and touched his mother's somewhat disheveled white hair and thin shoulders, tears streaming down his face again.

After crying enough, Mrs. Si raised her head, hesitated for a while, and gritted her teeth as if she had suddenly made up her mind.Lifting her hand, she put the paper talisman on the lamp.

The paper talisman caught fire instantly, and Si Renben and others raised their hands, mouth and legs to stop it, but Qilin jumped on his head in time and held his mouth down.

"Son..." Mrs. Si suddenly opened her mouth, "This is the last time I will call you that. No matter what is going on with you or who you are. Our fate...let's end here. If you really want to do my best, just Don't appear in front of me again. Otherwise...all I can do is leave here...or leave this world."

After Mrs. Si finished speaking, the paper talisman had already been reduced to ashes. Just as a gust of wind blew in from the window, the black paper ashes flew away with the wind. In a blink of an eye, there was nothing left, as if it had never existed.

After closing the interlayer and putting the jade bracelet back, she put away the wooden box. The traces of tears dried up on her face, and Mrs. Si, who was already expressionless, carefully cut the insoles again.

Si Ren can be sure that his mother can't see him, maybe she told him, maybe it's a guess, maybe... it's a kind of induction—the induction between mother and child.

Seeing that Si Ren and Qilin finally came out, Ye Chang and Lin Sanqing stood up to meet them.Si Ren plopped and knelt down in front of Lin Sanqing.

Lin Sanqing was so frightened that he knelt down on the ground in a hurry, "Grandfather! You're not breaking Sanqing..."

Si Ren grabbed Lin Sanqing's shoulder, "Promise me one thing."

"As long as it's benefactor's request, Sanqing will agree to anything. Get up quickly. How can I bear this?!"

"Listen to me: help me take care of my mother."

"I promise, get up quickly."

"Give her a retirement pension."

"I promise, you..."

"And the beggars in the temple that my mother wanted to help."

"I promise, I promise everything. I treat Mrs. Si like my own mother. As long as it's what Mrs. Si wants to do and what she wants to accomplish, I will do my best."

"My father and brother were not killed by me."

"I know, I believe in benefactor."

"Then can I trust you?"

"Engong is Sanqing's reborn parent. My life is now given by Engong. You have saved so many people. I swear, if I can't do what I promised Engong, let me, Lin Sanqing..."

"No need to swear." Si Ren got up and pulled Lin Sanqing up at the same time, "I believe you."

Lin Sanqing breathed a sigh of relief, "But... Madam Si, will she listen to me?"

"Tell her: You can make her never hear from me again."

"Ah? You mean..."

Si Ren raised his finger and pointed at the thatched cottage, "Go, take her down the mountain now. I want to settle some things on this mountain, and I don't want her to be frightened any more."

Lin Sanqing scratched his head, "What are you going to do?"

"You don't have to worry about it. Anyway, you take my mother and get out of here as soon as possible."

"What about you?"

"Us? We still have our business."

Lin Sanqing bit his lip, knowing that he had nothing to ask, "Then can I see my benefactor again in the future?"

Si Ren was helpless, "What is your horoscope?"

When Lin Sanqing reported his birthday, Si Renchou calculated without saying anything, and walked straight up the mountain. Lin Sanqing understood: the fate is over, and there will be no chance for the two to meet again.

There was a unicorn in Si Ren's bag, and he often held Huan'er in his arms. They quickly found a cave with an obvious evil spirit.Along the way, the demonic aura has never diminished or been disturbed by other things. Obviously, this goblin often travels between the thatched cottage and the cave.

I looked at the entrance of the cave for a while, but there was nothing unusual.Si Ren and he often looked at each other, and they walked into the cave together.They didn't go far before seeing a faint light, and walking towards the source of the light for a while, they found a stone door that was half-hidden.The light is protruding from this stone gate.

Si Ren poked his head into the stone gate: That's right, this is the goblin's residence, and it's inside right now.

Si Renhe often dodges one after the other and enters the stone gate.

The surroundings are always quiet, there is no sound at all, but there are lights everywhere. From the layout and furnishings of the room in the cave, it can be seen that it is a fairy with strong demon power and a good life.

Finally, there were some slight noises from a side hole without a door, and Si Renhe often looked for the sound carefully: a man in the hole was lying down on the stone table and writing something earnestly.

That's right, all the evil spirits emanated from him.And Si Ren has already seen his true form: just like Qilin, he is also a weasel spirit, but the number of years of practice is beyond Qilin's reach.

Feeling something, the "person" raised his head, saw Si Ren, he was stunned for a moment and then smiled, "You finally found it."