father snake

Shi Chuanxin stood respectfully beside the Great Elder, bowing his body. He secretly glanced at the old man holding an old pipe with several cracks in his hand. His face was dark and wrinkled. With a sparse beard, he looks weather-beaten, so that you can hardly see any obvious expression on his face, and his eyes are always slightly squinted, even if he is looking at you, it is difficult for people to notice.

The Great Elder was knocked against the corner of the table by the pipe, and the ash fell from it, "Has everyone been notified?"

Shi Chuanxin nodded, "All households have been notified."

"Where's Shi Anqing?" The Great Elder stuffed some high-quality shredded tobacco into the pipe again. This is the native shredded tobacco that his filial son Shi Daquan specially obtained from Yunnan. Asked after taking a sip beautifully.

Shi Chuanxin was pondering how to answer this question, and finally he could only say cautiously, "This--no news yet."

"Yeah." The Great Elder responded coldly, without saying anything, just knocked on his pipe, "Let everyone who should come back come back, this year's ceremony is sad." He sighed deeply, his head twitched He smoked a pipe, and the white smoke hovered in the air like a snake, and it didn't dissipate for a long time.

When they were talking, Shi Xiaochuan was lying on his own bed and was struggling. It has been two days since he went home this time, and Shi's father still has no intention of letting him go back to school. Instead, he is getting more and more——

Shi Xiaochuan thought of the way his parents sometimes looked at him, and felt bored for a while. Shi's mother, who loves to play cards the most, didn't go out much these days. When people called her to join the crowd, she also refused on the pretext that she couldn't get away because of something at home. What's the matter?Nothing happened, Shi Xiaochuan looked at Mama Shi, who was sitting in front of the TV and watching soap operas boredly, and more and more concluded that Mama Shi's abnormal behavior, which almost regarded playing mahjong as the only way to pass the time, was because of herself.

However, I don't know why.

In the past few days, those people who went out to work and study in the neighbors have rushed back to Lingshan Town one after another. Usually, people who can only be seen during festivals or family sacrifices will meet them when they go out. In Lingshan Town Gradually it became lively again, those who didn't come back often visited relatives and friends, exchanged experience in life, and those of the younger generation also had big events such as blind dates and marriages, which dissipated the invisible haze in Lingshan Town some.

Of course, this is just Shi Xiaochuan’s feeling. He looked around, except for him, everyone seemed to be in high spirits. Parents were happy because they saw their children they hadn’t seen for a long time. In the eyes of most people, it is a tradition, a tradition that distinguishes the entire Shi family from others. Continue, and keep it exactly as it was then?

People have a weird psychology. They want to blend in with the crowd around them, but they are afraid of losing their individuality. That's why there are so many "non-mainstream". However, the subtle psychology of the Shi family is similar to those "non-mainstream". Woolen cloth?

Shi Xiaochuan held the box containing Xiaobai tightly in his hand. Xiaobai had been sleeping for several days and hadn't shown any signs of waking up. He looked at the dark sky outside, why is there no moon now?

Thinking of Xiaobai who was basking in the moonlight and gradually regaining his vigor and vitality under the moonlight, Shi Xiaochuan felt a little depressed.

It's early winter, and it's almost impossible to see the bright moonlight at this time of year. The sky is gloomy almost every day.

Maybe some creatures were unhappy. He remembered the story told by Grandma Liu, a centenarian in the town when he was a child. Every time the weather continued to be bad, Grandma Liu would say that. Grandma Liu married to the Shi family at the age of 14. At the age of 20, her husband died in an accident. She did not remarry, but took her son as a widow all the time. Time flies. Now, she is the grandmother of a large family, with a lot of great-grandchildren .

She likes to tell those old stories to these grandchildren, and Shi Xiaochuan has heard it a few times by chance. Grandma Liu is one of the only people in this town who does not reject him, and even treats him quite well, Shi Xiaochuan I still remember that when he was five years old, Grandma Liu once gave him a piece of rice cake.

He remembered everything that others gave him, even if it was just a piece of rice cake.

But recalling it now, the piece of rice cake he swallowed was a little moldy, which made him sick and had diarrhea for several days. He attributed this to the old man's old age and confusion. Did not blame, still remember this matter.

He would go to see Tianqiu every day. This pale and thin child was still taciturn. He secretly asked the aunt who took care of them. Run to the provincial capital to rescue him.

Shi Xiaochuan was confused.

The two of them were sitting on the bench in the yard, and there was a child running over next to him yelling "cluck, cluck". This child was born with a cleft lip. He was abandoned by his parents at the gate of the orphanage. He was only three years old. Shi Xiaochuan watched his little arms and legs running towards him, and quickly stood up, "Don't run, don't run, slow down."

Shi Xiaochuan bent down, the child climbed onto him, he held him carefully in his hands, and teased him, he held an apparently dry apple in his hand, it must have been preserved for too long, the child seemed to offer a treasure He handed the apple to his mouth in the same way, "Hey, late." Because of the cleft lip, the child's speech is always leaking.

Shi Xiaochuan took the apple in his hand, bit the mouth pretendingly, and then stuffed the apple back into the child's hand, "Okay, brother, eat it, and give the rest to our little pig."

Suddenly, Shi Xiaochuan felt his clothes being pulled hard, he staggered, almost lost his grip on the child in his hand, and fell to the ground, he lowered his head a little angrily, and sure enough, he saw Tian Qiu staring at him coldly. holding the child in his hand.

The child holding the apple looked aggrieved, but after all, he was a little afraid of Tianqiu, twisted his body and jumped down, stumbled and went to play elsewhere.

Shi Xiaochuan looked at Tianqiu's small, upright face, annoyed and funny, this child is like this to anyone who wants to get close to him, there were a few children in the orphanage who had a good relationship with him, now, They were all scared away by Tianqiu, only the child just now, because he was still young and ignorant, so he hasn't been chased away yet.

He felt that Tian Qiu hooked his finger with his index finger, and did not let go for a moment.

This strong feeling of being needed made Shi Xiaochuan feel warm. He smiled and hooked Tianqiu's little hand with his fingers. Although this child doesn't like to talk, Shi Xiaochuan knows that he takes himself very seriously. Importantly, his eyes followed him almost all the time, maybe it was because of this that he came here to see him every day.

Shi Xiaochuan felt that he was a little despicable, this kind of practice of using a child's innocent feelings to make up for his inner shortcomings.

However, he was reluctant to let go of his hand, Tianqiu's dependence made him feel alive, not like at home, everyone regarded him as a blind spot in their sight.

Shi Xiaochuan was lying on the bed, thinking about these things, the memories were jumbled together, and he pieced together an abstract painting that could not see any meaning.

He finally felt tired and gradually dozed off.

His body was itchy. In his sleep, he unconsciously lifted up his pajamas and scratched the itchy place. The itchy area was very large, and it tended to become more and more itchy. Shi Xiaochuan opened his eyes annoyed, in the cold air He sticks his head out of the quilt, and it has always been like this for the past few days. Whenever he wants to sleep, his body starts to itch, and he dare not say it, so he can only endure it. It was growing steadily, almost occupying his entire chest.

If the silver scales were not on his body, he would look quite neat and beautiful.

He had a nightmare last night. He dreamed that his whole body was covered with scales, even his face was covered with scales. Everyone regarded him as a monster. Mama Shi hit him with a spatula and shouted hysterically, "Go!" Go away, go away, you are not my son, you monster."

When he woke up from the dream, he was a little sad, but more fearful, because the scene in the dream was being realized bit by bit, the scales on his calf had spread to his thighs, and his chest was covered with scales, spreading to his chest. to the back.

Fortunately, it is winter now, and the clothes are thick and thick, so no one notices his abnormality. However, if it continues at this speed, it may not be able to hide it in a short time. Imagining the scene in the dream, Shi Xiaochuan called Trembling, he decided that before that terrible scene appeared, he would leave Lingshan Town alone. Although he was not Mama Shi's favorite son, at least—at least he didn't want to be a monster in Mama Shi's eyes.

When Shi Xiaochuan was struggling with the scales on his body, he heard a small noise, opened his eyes, and looked at the darkness in the room, where there was a vague outline, Shi Xiaochuan held his breath in fright, and looked Holding that thing slowly walking towards him, he couldn't move his whole body.

But when that person walked in front of him, he was relieved, that little black shadow was Tianqiu, maybe it should be said that he looked exactly like Tianqiu.

This Tianqiu moved towards him step by step, climbed onto the bed, lay on him through the quilt, Shi Xiaochuan opened his mouth to speak, but found that he opened and closed his mouth but no sound came out, he lost his voice.

In the darkness, Tianqiu's face looked particularly white, his facial features that should have been blurred, but for some reason, they could be seen clearly, as if there was a faint light emitting from him.

As eye-catching as a glowing fish in the dead deep sea, Shi Xiaochuan watched Tianqiu lift his quilt, and his cool little body slid in, stripped off his clothes, and his limbs clinging tightly to him.

Shi Xiaochuan thought, maybe Tianqiu had a nightmare at night and escaped from the orphanage. He knew where he lived, so he came to find him, but this couldn't explain what happened next.

Tianqiu's skinny legs slowly melted together and turned into a tail. Shi Xiaochuan felt this obvious change dumbfounded. Although he couldn't move, even though he couldn't speak, it didn't mean he didn't feel it. Just now, It is true that Tian Qiu's legs turned into tails, and this tail is still curling up his legs.

The cold tail was intertwined with his legs, and that tail seemed to be playing, moving around on his legs, and even wandering around his sensitive area as if there was nothing.

Shi Xiaochuan blushed.

Tianqiu's small face was facing Shi Xiaochuan, looking at him seriously, very serious, Shi Xiaochuan was forced to look at him, he saw Shi Xiaochuan looking at him, his mouth slowly opened, revealing a sharp smile Small tusks.

"Borrow something from you." Tianqiu said slowly.

Of course, his words were not inquiries, but announcements. Then, he lowered his head and put his mouth on Shi Xiaochuan's lips. Shi Xiaochuan felt his sharp fangs piercing his lips.

Tian Qiu greedily sucked the blood oozing from his lips, forcefully pried open his mouth, stuck his cold tongue in, and moved around strangely, trying to tease Shi Xiaochuan's response.

However, Shi Xiaochuan had already turned into a wooden man.

It is really not a happy thing to be treated like this by a four or five-year-old child. Of course, even if it is a beautiful woman, with Shi Xiaochuan's personality, he will still be indifferent. People have nightmares.

Shi Xiaochuan remembered that this Tianqiu with long fangs was the Tianqiu who suddenly appeared in front of him that day on Lingshan Mountain. Later, Tianqiu's fangs disappeared, and he didn't think about it seriously, as if this matter was just like this. Naturally, of course Tianqiu will have fangs, of course Tianqiu will make the fangs disappear, of course Tianqiu will - drink his blood.

Tian Qiu was still licking his lips clumsily, pinching his body with his hands unsteadily, the cold hands moved around against his fiery skin, as if absorbing his heat, Shi Xiaochuan felt that his warm body was gradually cooling down, and Tianqiu, who had absorbed his warmth, became a little warmer. However, this was not the only change. Shi Xiaochuan looked at the picture in front of him without blinking. Correct face.

The face that was originally a small child now has the embryonic form of an eleven or twelve-year-old boy, with sharp edges and corners, with some evil spirits, but it is still so upright that it is unforgettable.