Healing Hotel

In the early morning, when the sky was just getting light, there was a cough in the mist.

No one heard.

But the villagers who passed by early in the morning felt a sudden gust of wind blowing away the fog, as if something had lifted the mysterious veil of Yu's old house, and the sky was bright.

The villagers were chilled for a while, and hurriedly walked a few steps away.

At the gate of the small courtyard, the three-headed dog fell asleep on its stomach, raised one eye to glance at the hurriedly passing figure, and then slowly closed it.

The day is still like summer, but the night can already feel a little cool, and the dew is heavy, only the courtyard of Yu's house has not changed.Fortunately, the trees in the south are evergreen, and the tenants didn't notice it.

The villagers rarely visit, even the second uncle Liu next door doesn't often visit, only the second aunt likes to run here the most.Because the Liu family also planted some of the Yu family's land, she came here to deliver things from time to time, and no one wentssip.

Yu Qing also likes this aunt, she is very experienced in field work and taught him many things.Moreover, she never gossips about the old house, and doesn't make a fuss, just treats the old house as an ordinary neighbor.

"Don't listen to Mrs. Wang and the others talking nonsense. There is no such thing as a ghost. If you want me to say, your house is almost like a fairy once lived in." The second aunt brought him a big bag of peanuts, picked them, but they were still a little wet, and could be fried. , can also be dried and stored.

"When I got married, your house was locked. Although no one lived in it, it has been doing well for so many years. Look at our old house, don't say that it has been ten or eight years, and there is a big storm , you have to repair the tiles. If there is nothing wrong with your house, there must be a courtyard guardian!" Second Aunt said mysteriously.

"To tell you the truth, my house has two snakes guarding the house. I saw it once, and the second master said it was a good thing! They were not allowed to be chased or beaten. I was so scared... I haven't slept well for several days."

Yu Qing had never seen a snake before, so he couldn't help asking curiously: "Then what happened after that?"

"I never saw them again after that." Second Aunt said with mixed feelings, "Second Master said that they are divine beasts protecting the house, and they are easily invisible to people. Who knows if it's true or not."

Yu Qing laughed and said, "Then my house also has divine beasts?"

The second aunt said yes, but she couldn't say anything.

But she said as if exhorting: "If Xiaoyu sees it, don't be afraid." Her tone seemed to be the same as she had seen it before.

Yu Qing nodded.

586 wondered, "Does she know about the old house?"

Yu Qing was not sure either.But he inexplicably felt that it would be better not to tell the truth about some things, in case the aunt didn't know, asking would only make her worry.

He lifted the peanuts to the drying yard and dried them on the spot.

586 said again: "Be careful in the old house in the future, don't let people see you move. Don't be careless at night."

The old man obediently said, "I know."

Yu Qing thought for a while and said, "If you feel panicked, you can move about in my room."

Instead, the old house comforted him: "It's okay, I can play in the garden, no one will see it there."

Then it said that it wanted to move some small stone mountains into the garden, and Yu Qing got busy.

Although the stone is small, it is extremely heavy, so this trip is not easy.

Yu Qing was sweating profusely when he moved, and it happened that a guest came, so he took a break.

The mother and daughter took advantage of the weekend to go out for a walk.Strolling around here, I saw such an antique house as the old house, and I was attracted to it.

Daughter Zheng Xiaoyun was originally reluctant, but she was attracted after she came in, and she was very surprised when she discovered Stone Mountain at the first time.

"What is this?" she asked.

"Xiao Yun, don't disturb other people's work." Mama Zheng said sternly.

Zheng Xiaoyun didn't dare to speak anymore, and silently went to help her mother take pictures.

But my mother seemed dissatisfied with the photos, and said: "Your photography skills are not good, well, forget it, I will do it myself, you can sit for a while."

Zheng Xiaoyun just sat there in a daze, watching Yu Qing come in and out, the morning glory on the fence, and the man in Tsing Yi in a long robe not far away in the vegetable field.Then look at the busy man in suit who came out with Yu Qing, wearing white gloves, even more weird.

Obviously the boss struggled even with a rock the size of an egg, but he easily picked up the rock with one hand and brought it into the house like serving food.

"586, you are human now..."

The boss reminded him in such a low voice that the man changed his posture and held it with both hands.But that relaxed look is obviously not what humans can do!Zheng Xiaoyun couldn't help laughing.

Yu Qing also noticed Zheng Xiaoyun's gaze, and said to 586: "I'll do it myself, you bring some food for the guests and treat them."

586 took out the snack tray from the room, and said with a deadpan expression, "Eat."

Then he quickly ran back to Yu Qing's side, muttering after him: "You really don't need my help?"

"How about I bring the cart over..."

"Human beings are so fragile, your body is especially fragile..."

"Would you like to borrow a pair of physical activities too, there are still..."

Zheng Xiaoyun pricked up his ears, and felt that everything here was interesting and full of strange and unusual atmosphere. Suddenly, he became interested, and hurriedly took out a pen and paper from his bag, and began to draw.

Only halfway through the painting, my mother discovered it.

"Why are you playing this again? I brought you out to relax, not to paint..."

"Are you also stealing paintings in class? Don't quibble, your teacher told me that you are still drawing in textbooks, what do you look like in class! It's not serious at all!"

"You are already in the third year of high school, why can't you put more effort into your studies?"

Zheng Xiaoyun couldn't continue to draw, and turned the pen in silence.

Mom sighed again: "I also know that you are under a lot of pressure from studying. Tell me, what are you thinking in your heart? Do you want to learn painting and don't want to take the college entrance examination?"

"No." She just drew when she wanted to.

"If you want to learn art, just say it clearly."

"No." Zheng Xiaoyun replied absently.If she really wants to learn painting, her mother will try her best to persuade her not to learn it, because she has no future.Adults are always like this, take out other people's words, and then attack in all directions!

So she has nothing to say.

"Your teacher said that you don't cooperate with the heart-to-heart talk and don't tell the teacher the truth. You are in the third year of high school, and the attitude is very important. If you have any troubles, you must tell the teacher..."

"Uh-huh."

"It's okay to tell me..."

"Hmm."

Zheng Xiaoyun absent-mindedly saw the big white dog coming out of the house, and went to sleep under the tree with a pillow in his mouth.This picture is so good...

"Then tell me! What do you usually think about? Are you listening to me!" Mom slapped the table angrily.

Zheng Xiaoyun came back to his senses after being photographed, and said unhappily: "Mom, sometimes people don't want to tell everything. Everyone has a little secret that they don't want others to know."

Mom quickly restrained her momentum, and whispered: "What secret do you have?"

"No!" Zheng Xiaoyun said angrily.My mother always peeked at her diary, and the secrets she could know had already been known.So she didn't write a diary easily afterwards.

Mom curled her lips. "Then don't be preoccupied and study hard. Stop drawing first, and you can draw as you like when you go to college."

"Hmph, everything waits until college, college is not as easy as you say..." Zheng Xiaoyun couldn't help but whisper.

Mom glared at her.

Zheng Xiaoyun shrank his neck and turned to one side, writing and drawing, and heard the voice from the other side: "Little Er! Come and help."

The big white dog under the tree stretched its waist and opened its mouth, "I..."

It suddenly came back to its senses, noticed the gaze of others, and changed its voice: "Aww~!" It doesn't want to move!

Zheng Xiaoyun: "..." She was sure that the dog wanted to talk just now!By the way, it is not like a dog, more like a fox.She has drawn so many foxes, she can't admit it!

but……

〖After hearing the introduction from the boss, my mother believed it was a dog.The world of adults is so strange.I think it looks more like a fox...〗

"Give it to me, I'll take it up and put it away first." Mom said.

Zheng Xiaoyun left the drawing book and handed her the backpack.

Mom glared at the picture book again, and finally went upstairs silently without saying anything.She locked the door, checked the environment, opened her daughter's backpack, and took out the diary that was disguised in a book cover.The first few pages were still class notes, and I started to write a diary in the middle, and my mother knew it clearly!

When she saw those words, she froze for a moment, then closed the notebook silently, and stuffed the notebook back as it was.She is very careful every time, even the owner of the notes can't find any traces of movement, let alone in the bumpy backpack.

But Zheng Xiaoyun actually knows everything.She knew it without seeing it.She did it on purpose.

At night, my mother said abruptly, "That dog in the store, don't tell others that it looks like a fox when you go out."

Zheng Xiaoyun: "Huh?"

I'm coming.

"The boss said it's a dog or a dog, understand?" Mom said, "You kids don't understand, sometimes people lie because they want to protect something. Mom also thinks it looks like a fox, but have you ever seen a fox that big? If it gets out, many people will come for the fox, and even cause other troubles. The boss said that because he wants to open the store with peace of mind."

Zheng Xiaoyun was silent.Yes, she had never seen a fox so big, with snow-like fur and graceful steps, just like the ones in the picture.

"Oh……"

Mom convinced her, and she felt much more at ease.But after thinking about it, I felt that there was a loophole in my words, and quickly added: "I said that, just for this matter, not to let you learn to open your eyes and talk nonsense."

If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't mention it.In fact, my daughter is not a talkative person, so what does it matter if she thinks it is a fox or a dog?Mom was very upset.

"Oh." Zheng Xiaoyun didn't like to lie either.She has a straightforward temper, and she always speaks directly, or she doesn't speak.

Mom said again: "You asked for a lot of living expenses last month. What did you buy? Tell me."

Zheng Xiaoyun had already laid down, and said irritably, "It's just for eating and using, so what's there to say."

"I'm looking to see if you have messed up."

"Hey, you are so annoying, what else can you waste at school?"

"Did you buy someone a present? Boy?"

"no!"

"Is there really no puppy love?"

"What puppy love? Now there are too many couples in school..."

"You still say no?"

"That's someone else!"

"Then who did you go out with last weekend night? Where did you go? During the summer vacation, you told me to go to a classmate's house for a while, but your aunt said that she saw you working at a milk tea shop..." Mom babbled explain.

Zheng Xiaoyun clicked, and said irritably: "My best friend's birthday is on the weekend. Summer vacation... Auntie must have read it wrong! Mom, can you check everything out, even if I work part-time, it's not illegal! And what kind of express delivery can I buy? Can't stop asking. Can't I have some privacy?"

"I care about you. I'm just afraid that you'll spend money indiscriminately. If you're short of money, tell Mom why you need to work part-time? Do you know how much time is left for the college entrance examination?"

"I know, I know!"

"Then tell me, what do you use the money you earn from part-time jobs for?"

"Don't tell you!"

"look at you……"

"You're so annoying, I'm going to sleep!"

In the corner of the room, at the foot of the bed, green quietly grows.Although it was very inconspicuous, Zheng Xiaoyun still found it when he woke up the next day.She has always been very careful observation.

What is this... It's green, a bit like moss, but it's greener and cuter than moss.Well, why does she think it's cute...

Although I had a little quarrel with my mother last night, Zheng Xiaoyun seemed to have forgotten it as soon as it passed, and didn't worry about it.

Mother was cautious at first, afraid that she would get sullen, so she was relieved to see her happily going on the swing.

Yu Qing stopped moving stones today, and used a ladder to pick loofahs by the courtyard wall. The tender stir-fried vegetables are too old to be used as loofahs, and they are very useful for washing dishes.

He picked it up, and suddenly noticed the eyes behind him. Looking back, it turned out that Zheng Xiaoyun was sitting on the small balcony drawing a picture. Looking over his eyes, he probably was sketching.

Zheng Xiaoyun promised her mother that after finishing the painting, she would temporarily close the pen and concentrate on reviewing so as not to be disturbed.

She likes this little yard.

Although my mother said that there is no need to be so troublesome, just take a picture, and the boss allows it.But she felt that photos and paintings were totally different things.What you draw is different.

At first, my mother was watching from the sidelines, and she was very uncomfortable. She always felt that her every move was exposed to the eyes of others, and she couldn't concentrate at all!It's so annoying, even at home, I have to be stared at when I write anything.Ah ah ah ah ah!

Until my mother was called by the boss.

"Aunt Liu said that if you want to buy native chickens, her family doesn't have many, so ask the folks for you..."

Zheng's mother thought that since she was in the village, she would buy some local goods by the way, so as to nourish the child.

"This child is good in everything, but he doesn't want to tell us anything." Mom chatted with him, and began to sigh again. "Oh, the child's mind is too difficult to guess, and he is becoming more and more rebellious. I don't know what is going on in that little head all day..."

After Yu Qing said a few words of relief, she went to watch chickens with her neighbors.

When Yu Qing passed by the small terrace, Zheng Xiaoyun couldn't help asking: "What is my mother nagging me about?"

Yu Qing said with a smile: "Praise you."

Zheng Xiaoyun rolled his eyes. "Why do you adults like to coax children?"

Yu Qing said: "Because I don't want to disturb you."

Zheng Xiaoyun lowered her head: "I know. I didn't want to annoy her, so I didn't tell her."

Then asked: "Boss Xiao Yu, has your diary been peeped by your parents?"

Yu Qing thought for a while: "I don't have the habit of writing a diary."

Zheng Xiaoyun let out an "oh" in disappointment, and then asked unwillingly, "Then you have nothing to hide from them?"

Of course Yu Qing has.

When I was in school, I went on a diet for several months in order to buy my favorite figure.

Fighting for friends and others, come back and tell parents that I fell down.

In order for his father to replace the pair of broken leather shoes, he secretly threw them away...

After work, he never told his parents about all the things that didn't go his way.

"It's not for anyone. Everyone always has some privacy and doesn't want others to know. Some things are already in the past, and talking about them will only increase troubles. They are troubled, and I am also troubled." Yu Qing didn't regret it after thinking about it .

Zheng Xiaoyun excitedly said: "Me too! But..."

She said dejectedly: "I can't hide anything from my mother. I hide it very well. I don't understand how she knows that I buy gifts for people."

"Well, I also found out later that my mother knew about those things, but she just didn't tell the truth." Yu Qing smiled.

"Have you checked online what gifts to buy?"

"correct."

"Just look at the search records and recommendations." Yu Qing took out his phone and sighed, "In the era of big data, I just bought osmanthus saplings, and these two days have been full of various sapling pushes. I just chatted with my mother on V letter this morning. What to eat for breakfast, this web page is an advertisement for eating..."

Zheng Xiaoyun: QAQ!

"Look, aren't parents much friendlier than Big Data?" Yu Qing was also a little hopeless, because of this, he wanted to give up his mobile phone recently.

"And, at least your parents are really good to you."

"Okay, it seems like..."

Probably found a common topic, Zheng Xiaoyun also took the initiative to show him the painting.

Yu Qing took a look, the little girl painted his yard, in a comic style, with the same brush strokes as hers, quite lively and delicate.

"It must be beautiful when it's colored..." he said, his eyes suddenly widened.

In the yard in the painting, there is a triangular head in the grass; in the shadow of the peach tree, there is a shadow of trying to pick peaches; beside the small pool, there is a jelly-like silhouette; on the fallen leaves fluttering in the wind, there is a little man standing ...

"What are these?" Yu Qing pointed out.

"Eh?!" Zheng Xiaoyun looked at it, feeling dumbfounded.

She was fascinated by the painting just now, and she was in a state of being. She didn't even think about what she was writing, and she finished it without knowing it. Now, looking at the strange little details in those paintings, she is a little confused.

Did she really see it?Or was it subconsciously drawn out of imagination?

But when she compared it, she felt that her painting really fit the atmosphere of the yard.Without those little things, it's just a normal yard.With them, everything seems to come alive, even the whole yard breathes...

She was taken aback by her own thoughts.Press it down and change the subject: "Well, I found moss growing in the room. Can I take some back?"

Yu Qing can guess where the moss came from, but...

"You want to take it back to plant?" Yu Qing asked strangely.

"Yeah, I think it's cute. Can you?" She said with a begging look.

Yu Qing ran up to ask the old house, he remembered that the moss was very difficult to clean up, let alone transplanted.

"Others can't make a fuss." Lao Zhai said, "But it was born by her, you can try it."

Yu Qing asked again: "What's the matter with that painting? Can she see the emotional villain?"

Before Lao Zhai could answer, Zheng Xiaoyun ran over by himself again, and said in a panic: "The things I drew are gone!"

Yu Qing saw that the villain in her painting had disappeared.

"It's not gone, it's just hidden." The old house said, "This is what the secret villain likes to do most. It likes to hide things that people don't want to be known."

Yu Qing felt sorry when he heard it, this is definitely another little guy who can be invisible, don't try to find it.

"But it's okay, if she wants to see it..." the old house gave an idea, "The painting hasn't been painted yet, has it? When it's painted, the secret villain can't help but run out. It likes Hides things, but occasionally responds to people."

Yu Qing asked Zheng Xiaoyun to go to Cheng Jing for coloring, he had enough paints there.

Zheng Xiaoyun was reluctant to come down once he went up.Cheng Jing has a lot of brushes, paints and equipment, and he paints so well!Look at her again... woo woo woo.

"I like your drawing." Cheng Jing said carefully, "I've lived here for so long, but I've never seen this kind of... animal? Although the lines are very simple, it's full of imagination, and it feels... very wonderful .”

Zheng Xiaoyun came down happily, only to remember that he hastily looked at the painting, and in the painted painting, the villain disappeared again!Ahhh, it's all because she was too obsessed with paint just now.

Yu Qing joked: "Probably the villain is the same as you, sometimes I don't want to be seen."

Zheng Xiaoyun was stunned for a moment.She stared at the painting all afternoon in a daze, and didn't know when her mother came back.

"Did you finish the painting? Then let's go. It's getting late. I'll go back and cook chicken soup for you." Mom said.

Zheng Xiaoyun quickly put away the painting.My mother's mind is only on eating and drinking, and never asks about painting.If in the past, she placed the painting, she just wanted to praise her mother.But today, for some reason, she wanted to hide...

In the car, my mother asked again: "What are you hiding? You keep peeking in your bag."

"no!"

"Okay, okay, I won't ask, I don't know what you have. I have seen all the love letters my classmates gave you."

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh again!" Zheng Xiaoyun broke down.She didn't even know there was a love letter!

"No, the laundry was found out of your pocket." Mom said calmly, "Do you want to know who gave it~ Do you want to know what was written~"

Zheng Xiaoyun: "..."

After a while, she hesitated and said, "Mom, can I have a cat?"

The living expenses given by my mother are sufficient, and of course she doesn't need to work to earn pocket money.However, recently she rescued a stray cat near the school, and it cost a lot of money to take it to the doctor...

"Then you didn't say it earlier." Mom couldn't tell whether to laugh or cry, "What am I supposed to do? You are so mysterious."

"Then... can you return the love letter to me..." Zheng Xiaoyun said weakly.If it wasn't for XX, she wouldn't let people know that she picked up a cutie!

"You didn't clean your pockets when you changed your clothes. When I found out, it was already soaked in water~"

"Ahhh... But, you've seen it, right?"

"That is, who told your mother that I have a particularly good memory~" my mother said slyly. "Are you sure you want to say it now? Although Boss Xiaoyu won't hear it~"

Yu Qing smiled slightly and said, "Yes, I can't be distracted while driving."

In the rearview mirror, he found a small figure with a shimmer on Zheng Xiaoyun's head, with a tree leaf on it.It grabbed both ends of the leaf, floated down like a parachute, landed on the backpack, and got in.

……

When he got home, Zheng Xiaoyun framed the picture and placed it on the desk.Sometimes she can't see the painting, and she is not in a hurry, she will definitely find it somewhere in a few days.

She still keeps a diary, but she always writes about happy things.

Because later, she found that she was always lucky.When she soiled her skirt in public, it seemed like no one could see her.

The boy she had been secretly in love with was unknown to anyone except her mother until they were admitted to the same university.

The little secrets she agreed with her good friends will never be known by a third person again.

It's just that when she did something stupid and didn't want others to know, someone would always slap her on the head, and she suddenly became sober.

She felt that it must have something to do with the villain in the painting.Once, she secretly used her mother's cosmetics, and she saw it in the mirror, and a villain on her head gave her a pia, causing her to put on her lipstick crookedly.But she was not angry at all, on the contrary she was pleasantly surprised.

The little man hid behind the leaves and disappeared.Only a leaf remained on top of her head.

She put away the leaves.When the time is right, the villain will definitely appear.she thought.So this leaf became her little secret.