father snake

No matter how many concerns one has, as long as one closes these eyes, everything will be empty, ashes to ashes, dust to dust, and those who remain are destined to let go of those unwilling hands.

If your father is a mountain that supports your life, then Shi Xiaochuan feels that the mountain is collapsing and the ground is sinking, and he can't breathe.

When Shi Song was alive, no matter whether he was by his side or not, there was always a place that could accommodate him, but now, he was a little confused, like a duckweed floating on the water, that kind of rootless feeling of weakness Followed like a shadow, Shi Xiaochuan knew that he had to try to grow up, or it should be said to be a habit.

With a white face, he went down the mountain, and when he got home, he told Shi's father and mother exactly what happened.

Mama Shi tidied up immediately, and went to the Civil Affairs Bureau in the town, which was in charge of this matter.Shi Song has neither relatives nor successors, so he can only do what happens after his death. Shi Xiaochuan is small and weak, so he can't do much.

In such a small place, there are quite a few people who help with weddings and funerals, especially now that the New Year is approaching, and many people who study and work in other places have returned, so there is naturally no shortage of manpower. Besides, Shi Song is a Taoist priest, and those funerals have to be done The seventy-seven-eighty-eight process is also useless.

The weather is mild, and the sun shines through the clouds, but it cannot penetrate the tall and lush old locust trees on both sides of the street. Even in the deep winter, these old locust trees in Lingshan Town are still luxuriant. , Those leaves are emerald green, so green that they are about to turn black.

Several people carried a pair of fir coffins and walked all the way to chop the branches and vines that blocked the road. The speed was not slow, and they arrived at Lingshan Temple in a short while. After entering, of course there was an old woman who specialized in doing this singing While Ge was helping the newly deceased to clean up and tidy up, so that he could go on the road clean and finish the last journey.

Afterwards, it is burial, and the coffin is filled with antiseptic lime. If there are relatives who have not come back, the face will not be sealed temporarily, waiting for the relatives to come back to see this last side in the world. Although Daoist Shi Song is surnamed Shi, But he didn't have any close relatives. In this world, he came naked and went naked. He was lonely all his life. He was originally accompanied by Shi Xiaochuan, but he left quietly when he was dying. According to the people of Lingshan Town, he was a Those who have no blessings don't even have one to die.

Everyone sighed for a while, discussed for a while, and talked about what the stone pine they came into contact with on weekdays was like. Most people just had a vague impression. This stone pine lives far away, and it is rare to go down the mountain. After saving the lives of those children in the town, I'm afraid no one will remember him.

People in Lingshan Town have passed away, and they are used to doing water and land ashrams. Those with a little money at home are even more troublesome. It seems that if they don’t do this, they won’t show their filial piety. Two days, that is also necessary, the monks and priests in the ten miles and eight villages more or less rely on this to earn some incense money, only the Taoists in the Lingshan Temple never do this.

But this is a funeral organized by the Civil Affairs Bureau. Of course, these feudal superstitions can't be practiced. Besides, the money can't be wasted on these things, right?

Therefore, the people from the Civil Affairs Bureau originally planned to invite a few people to put the person in the coffin and find a place to bury him. This matter would be over, but they didn't expect that when they got everything done, even the grave had already been dug. While waiting for the coffin to be brought over for burial, several men rushed to the mountain, and the leader was Shi Chen's father, Shi Anqing.

As soon as he came, the person in charge of the Civil Affairs Bureau immediately went up to him, the two of them talked a few words, the person from the Civil Affairs Bureau nodded repeatedly, and immediately put down the coffin that was supposed to be carried away.

Standing beside Shi Xiaochuan, he vaguely heard the people next to him saying that Shi Anqing was grateful to Shi Song for saving his son, and planned to pay for Shi Song's funeral. No, even the Taoist priest who is the dojo is already on the way Came here.

Shi Xiaochuan didn't care about these things. According to him, of course, he wanted to put Shi Song in the ground as soon as possible. Shi Song didn't care about these imaginary things when he was alive, and he didn't need them when he was dead.

But he is only a half-grown child, and his arms can't hold his thighs. If he said these words, I'm afraid someone would say that he is a heartless black-hearted ghost, who doesn't even run a decent dojo. what?

Shi Xiaochuan stood by the coffin, not saying a word, the people next to him came in and out, busy, there are many people to do things, and money is better to do things, only half a day, the side room of Lingshan Temple was vacated Come out, place the coffin, and then set up a plastic shed on the small flat in front of the Lingshan Temple. Square tables and long stools were transported to the mountain one by one. , startled some winter birds.

In the afternoon, the Taoist finally came.

When Shi Xiaochuan saw the old Taoist priest sitting on a wooden wheelchair with black age spots on his face and thin gray hair, he felt that the world was too small. Isn’t this the old Taoist priest named Tong Lingzi? ?This time he brought four Taoist priests over, of course, and She Junhan who was always inseparable from him.

She Junhan's face was as white as paper. Although he was thin and bloodless in the past, but now he looks like a walking skeleton. He is so thin that it is shocking. I always feel that he will fall down at any time and his bones will be scattered. land.

After Tonglingzi arrived, Shi Anqing and a few others immediately went up to greet him. Tonglingzi's sinister eyes fixed on Shi Xiaochuan from time to time. Ever since the time at Lingshan Town Hospital, Shi Xiaochuan never I have never met this terrible old man before, he disappeared out of thin air as if he appeared suddenly, and Tianqiu never mentioned this person again, but Shi Xiaochuan knew that this haunted old man would not let him go, he always felt This matter is endless, the old man will come to the door sooner or later, but he did not expect that he would appear at this time.

Fortunately, the sky was bright and bright, so he didn't dare to do anything for the time being.

The dojo was already set up, and the four Taoist priests who came with Tong Lingzi began to prepare for the opening, while Tong Lingzi was pushed by She Junhan to a clean and empty room in the backyard.

It was very lively outside, and the speaker brought by the Taoist woke up the whole Lingshan. Shi Xiaochuan sat on the bench beside the coffin, next to the smoky incense. There, until the evening.

These four Taoist priests took turns to go to battle. According to Shi Anqing, they would sing all night and give double the red envelopes. Most of the people who rushed to Lingshan to help went home in twos and threes to rest after dinner. Mama Shi found it. Shi Xiaochuan, let him go home with him, those vacant rooms in Lingshan Temple have been requisitioned long ago, even the room dedicated to Shi Xiaochuan was not vacant, it was used as a temporary place for a few big men to help.

Shi Xiaochuan shook his head, Mother Shi didn't force it, but said lightly, "I can come back when I want to. It's cold on this mountain, so don't freeze."

Shi Xiaochuan watched Mama Shi's back disappear into the woods. He stood up, knelt down in front of Shisong's memorial tablet, kowtowed respectfully three times, then turned around and walked out the door.

When the people around had almost left, Shi Xiaochuan also walked out of the Lingshan Temple. He did not walk on the path on the mountain, but bypassed the low wall of the Lingshan Temple and went to the back.There is a dark forest in front of you, which looks like a black hole. Those who enter by mistake will be confused by this darkness if they are not careful, and they will never be able to get out. Faced with this unknown horror, people with normal minds They would all consider retreating, but Shi Xiaochuan did not hesitate to look in one direction and walked in.

He didn't encounter obstacles, even the seemingly dense forest without any gaps caused him the slightest trouble, neither tripped him nor hurt him, he just walked into the depths of the forest step by step After walking for a long time, he finally came to the place he wanted to go.

The sound of gurgling water sounded, Shi Xiaochuan raised his head, his face was covered with tiny drops of water, this place was very familiar, it was the deep pool where the giant snake sent him down, and it was also the place where he picked up the egg, Shi Xiaochuan walked In the past, I sat on a stone by the pool.

It stands to reason that sitting on a rock in such a cold weather must be icy cold, but the rock was not cold at all, but rather warm. Shi Xiaochuan touched it with his hand.

If it is a dream, then this dream is too real.

Shi Xiaochuan watched a black shadow jump down from the cliff, and landed in the deep pool with a "crash". The splash of water splashed on Shi Xiaochuan's head and face, making his whole body drenched. Shi Xiaochuan wiped his face The water drops on the face, looking over, I saw a white thing rolling in the pool, just like the giant snake playing in the water.

The pool water was stirred violently, Shi Xiaochuan saw the giant snake rushing towards him at an extremely fast speed, almost in the blink of an eye, the huge head had stretched out in front of him.The lantern-sized red eyes looked at Shi Xiaochuan, then tilted his head, as if he was looking up and down to see if he could speak. It should have been a scary scene, but Shi Xiaochuan felt that it was not scary at all, but with nostalgia Feeling, he stretched out his hand and placed it on the giant snake's head without thinking.

In fact, if you take a closer look, you will know that this giant snake is not very similar to the giant snake I encountered in the dense forest before. The giant snake has black and white stripes on its body, but this giant snake is all white with pearls on it. like color.

But these two giant snakes are so similar, even their habits are a bit similar. When Shi Xiaochuan put his hand on it, the giant snake hesitated but didn't dodge. It seemed a little confused why it wanted to get close to the human being in front of it so much.

One man and one snake, one on the shore and one in the water, just staring at each other.

It wasn't until a gust of cold wind blew in that Shi Xiaochuan sneezed fiercely, and then he broke this magical barrier.

The giant snake shook its head, bit Shi Xiaochuan's collar with its mouth, picked him up and swam into the deep pool.