father snake

Shi Xiaochuan held the child's hand and walked down the mountain. The winding path disappeared into the forest like a snake. Shi Xiaochuan let the child walk for a while, and picked him up for a while. After taking twice as long as usual, he finally reached the bottom of the mountain. He touched his pocket and only found a one-yuan coin in his hand. He sighed. Now that the fare has increased, one yuan can’t even afford a bus ride. , it seems that we can only walk back to the town slowly.

Fortunately, it was not too far away. He held the child's hand and walked leisurely on the road. It was afternoon and the sun was good. From time to time, there were people passing by on the road, some were visiting relatives, and some were busy. As a worker, Shi Xiaochuan observed these people coming and going with great interest. He was always particularly interested in people, although he never got any warmth from the crowd.

Perhaps it was because of this that he carefully watched and observed everything around him, seeing more clearly and paying more attention.

After finally returning to the town, Shi Xiaochuan was not in a hurry to go home, so he went to the town's police station first. He led the child, and told the uncles at the police station that he encountered such a lost person on the road and couldn't speak. I didn't know what to do, so I had to ask the police, who brought him here.

The policemen over there saw that although the child was silent, laughing and making noise, but he was extremely cute, they all talked a lot, guessing whether he was lost or whether the child's parents saw the child as disabled and abandoned him .

One of the policemen pointed to the clothes that Shi Xiaochuan made on the child, "Why is the little doll dressed like this?"

A female police officer with strong motherhood in the middle pulled the little guy distressedly, "This is really a crime." It seems that she has already regarded the little guy as an abandoned child, and if it is lost, nothing will happen. Will dress like this, only abandoned children will appear like this.

At this time, I don't know whose stomach growled a few times, "Why, you two haven't eaten yet?" the female police officer asked.

Shi Xiaochuan scratched his hair in embarrassment, and nodded.

So, the policemen called in two boxed lunches, and after they finished eating, they began to ask about the situation from left to right. In fact, there was nothing to ask. When they met, they brought them here. In the end, Shi Xiaochuan only left a contact information, so he put the child here first.

Shi Xiaochuan sneaked up to the kind-looking middle-aged female police officer, tugged at her clothes, and asked in a low voice, "Auntie policeman, if the child's parents can't be found, what should the child do? "

The female police officer sighed, "Let's put it in our police station for a few days now, if you can't find it, then you can only send the child to the orphanage in the town."

Shi Xiaochuan nodded sympathetically, but he was relieved in his heart. It seems that the situation is really what he thought, as long as the child does not leave Lingshan Town.

He walked up to the child, knelt down, looked at him, leaned in front of him and whispered, "Be good, don't cause trouble, I will come to see you in two days, you must be obedient."

He squeezed the child's little hand, put his hand in his palm, and shook it, as if he had made a promise.

The child looked at him with eyes as black as lacquer, and his figure was reflected in his eyes, as if engraved in his heart.

Shi Xiaochuan left Lingshan Town almost step by step. When he passed by the door of his house, he hesitated for a while, but he still didn't knock on the door, and he decided not to bother him. He had nothing to say. , and for Shi Xiaoshan, it may be a good thing.

After returning to school, he was naturally questioned by Zhang Guo again, and had to face Shi Chen's scrutinizing eyes. Teacher Shu Youcai seemed to have not noticed anything, and went to class as usual, except that he occasionally mentioned a sentence during the break. , "Some students don't always ask for leave, it will have a bad influence." I don't know who it is.

After a day like this, it finally came to Friday. After the sixth class, Zhang Guo ran to Shi Xiaochuan's desk, "Let's go, let's go, we can leave now."

Shi Xiaochuan gave him a strange look.

Zhang Guo's face darkened on purpose, "Don't say you forgot."

"I haven't forgotten." Shi Xiaochuan shook his head, "It's just that we won't be in the seventh class?"

"I discussed this with the teacher." Zhang Guo pulled Shi Xiaochuan's arm, pulled him out of the seat, and planned to walk outside the classroom. When passing by Shi Chen, he was stopped by his long legs. "What are you two doing here?"

Zhang Guo said with a wicked smile, "What else can I do, get married."

In Shi Chen's daze, he had already dragged Shi Xiaochuan away, and Shi Xiaochuan followed him dumbfounded. This thin monkey-like friend is always so funny, no wonder the teachers love and hate him.

Zhang Guo’s home is in a village more than ten miles away from Lingshan Town. There is a three-storey building with a single courtyard on the side of the road. There are some fruit trees and some random flowers and plants in the courtyard. Of course, there is also a vegetable field. , but also somewhat interesting.

The wedding was going to be held the day after tomorrow, and the whole family was busy. When Zhang's mother saw her son coming back, she hurried over.

Although it was a wedding, I don't know why, Zhang's mother seemed unhappy, frowning, wearing a red festive dress, looking at Zhang Guo, who was jumping around like a thin monkey, and pointed her finger with displeasure. Poke his head and teach him a lesson.

Although Zhang Guo was yelling and arguing with his mother, but for some reason, Shi Xiaochuan felt that this scene made his nose sour, and he was a little envious, he and Shi's mother had never fought so intimately.

Mother Zhang greeted Shi Xiaochuan with a smile, and asked him to do everything casually, just like his own home. Shi Xiaochuan nodded too. Zhang Guo listened impatiently, interrupted his mother, and pulled Shi Xiaochuan away, leaving him behind. Zhang's mother scolded him a few more words.

"When will the welcoming people come?" Shi Xiaochuan looked curiously at the people coming and going downstairs. There were a lot of guests, and it could be seen that they were all the woman's three aunts and six aunts.

Zhang Guo scratched her hair, "My mother still doesn't quite agree with it, hey, these grown-ups are really troublesome, and the wedding will not be until tomorrow."

Shi Xiaochuan remembered that last time Zhang Guo mentioned that his sister was going to marry the grandson of the great elder of the Shi Family Ancestral Hall Presbyterian Church, and that the parents of the marriageable girls in the neighborhood were not very willing to marry their daughters to the men of the Shi family. , He frowned, this is really strange, logically speaking, the men of the Shi family are very promising, and there are few who can match them in these ten miles and eight villages, there is no reason why these parents are not willing to marry their daughters.

He played video games with Zhang Guo all night, Zhang Guo was shocked that he had never touched video games, but for Shi Xiaochuan, video games can only be touched by Shi Xiaoshan, and he can only touch Take a look at it from afar.

Early the next morning, Zhang Guo was woken up from the bed by his mother holding her ear, and the team to see her off was almost ready.

Zhang Guo's elder sister is a beautiful girl, wearing a red cheongsam, sitting nervously in the car welcoming the bride, crying to Zhang's mother, but her eyes still reveal the unique anticipation, joy and shyness of a newlywed.

The place where they held their wedding was the ancestral hall of the Shi family. According to ancient rituals, they worshiped their ancestors and heaven and earth here. Most of the Shi family members would do this when they get married, which is also a feature of Lingshan Town.

Shi Xiaochuan has never been in the Shi Family Ancestral Hall, and he does not have a share in the annual family sacrifices. Usually, this place is closed, and strangers are not allowed to come near it, and there is no chance to come in to see it, so this is the first time he has stepped into it. Enter the Shi family ancestral hall.

This place is similar to the family ancestral halls seen on TV. The whole building faces south, and the atmosphere is majestic. The ancient brick and wood structure, blue bricks and blue tiles, the gable is a fire-sealing five-flowered wall, divided into three entrances, and the entrance hall is Archway style, two rows of red-painted round wooden pillars lined up on both sides, the whole building is carved with carved beams and painted buildings, and stone carvings such as lions and Taotie can be seen everywhere.

Shi Xiaochuan hid in the crowd, watching all this, the white-haired but rosy-faced, energetic old man sitting in the middle of the hall, probably the Great Elder, he was looking at that A new team.

The ceremony was going on in an orderly manner, and there were people coming and going in the ancestral hall, but no one noticed him.

Zhang Guo wanted to accompany the bride at this time, leaving him alone. At this moment, he suddenly saw a familiar figure from behind. Is that Papa Shi?

He was poking his head into the hall, but he didn't come in. He just looked around, turned around and walked to the back hall. Shi Xiaochuan felt a little strange, and for some reason, he followed behind him.

The back is very quiet, the noise in the front hall seems to be completely isolated from here, and the place is still quiet and peaceful. Papa Shi walked to the side room in the back hall on the bluestone road. The window of that room was open, and there were two people sitting in it. It is hidden by a clump of sparse bamboos, but inside is completely antique furniture arrangement, which is quite interesting.

It's just the voices of the people inside breaking the remoteness. It's very quiet here, so even though their voices are not loud, they can still be heard.

"This time the sacrifice must be advanced?" A voice said anxiously, "What's going on? This has never happened before! No, it can't be advanced, it's not ready yet."

"If you can't, you can." An old man said angrily, "This is related to the foundation of my Shi family. Shi Daquan, you know what you are relying on today. Do you think I am willing to advance? There's nothing I can do about it." The old man talked, his voice lowered, and Shi Xiaochuan couldn't hear clearly what he said with sharp ears.

The man named Shi Daquan's originally loud voice also lowered, and he said helplessly, "Hey, if this is not careful!"

"There will be no accidents!" The old man said decisively, "As long as we are careful, it has been like this for so many years before, and it will be the same this year."

Shi Xiaochuan suddenly remembered that this Shi Daquan was the son of the great elder of the Shi family ancestral hall, the one who had set up a chain supermarket outside, with a family fortune of hundreds of millions, and one of the richest people in the Shi family. He probably came back because his son got married, but Judging from the meaning of his words, the son's marriage is second, and the more important thing is the sacrifice of the Shi family on March [-]rd every year.

They began to discuss matters about the sacrifice in a very low volume. In order to hear clearly, Shi Xiaochuan leaned over there unknowingly. Suddenly, he felt a chill on his neck, touched it, and pulled it easily. It fell on his neck and picked up Xiaobai, who was elusive, in his hand. Xiaobai shook his head and wrapped it around Shi Xiaochuan's wrist.

Once disturbed by it, he couldn't understand what he said intermittently. Shi Xiaochuan stretched out his fingers and flicked Xiaobai's small white jade-like head.

Since he couldn't hear him anymore, and Papa Shi didn't know where he was, Shi Xiaochuan decided to leave this place. He just stood up, brushed off the grass clippings on his body, and after walking a few steps, he saw Papa Shi walking towards him.

Seeing Shi Xiaochuan, he frowned and asked in a muffled voice, "Why are you here?"

Shi Xiaochuan lowered his head, "Dad."

Papa Shi didn't answer him either, but just repeated impatiently, "I'm asking you, why are you here? Did you come to this place? Hurry up and get out!"

Shi Xiaochuan had heard a lot of these harsh and indifferent words in the past, but now that he was at school, he somewhat forgot the feeling of cold heart. At first hearing, it was as if he was back at Shi's house.