Adventure Code

Chapter 192 Mysterious Research (9)

Youdao is that it is difficult for an honest official to decide on housework. What is going on with Mrs. Wu's house and why she refuses to leave? Logically speaking, as an outsider, I shouldn't ask more questions.

But seeing this situation now, and thinking of the old man living alone in the lonely village, I feel sad, and can't help saying: "Grandma Wu, you are the only one in this place, how lonely you are on weekdays, your children Woolen cloth?"

Granny Wu looked at me kindly, smiled and sighed, and said, "They are long gone."

When an old man says absent, it usually means that he has passed away.

I was shocked, but at the same time, I was a little puzzled. It is a great tragedy for a white-haired person to send a black-haired person. Why did Mrs. Wu not look sad when she talked about the absence of her children, but smiled instead?

Probably because the doubts on my face were too obvious, Mrs. Wu asked me, "Guess how old I am?"

I estimated her appearance and said, "It should be eighty?"

Mrs. Wu shook her head, and did not directly say her age, but said, "My eldest daughter lived to be 72 years old, my second son lived to be 64 years old, my third son lived to be 51 years old, and my fourth daughter lived to be 65 years old. It's a pity that my fifth daughter died early."

Brother Wei and I were dumbfounded. The eldest daughter lived to be 72 years old?According to the calculation of people giving birth early in the past, this old lady must be at least 90 years old, and may even be a hundred years old.

This is longevity!

No wonder she didn't show any grief when talking about the death of her children.

The old lady Wu said again: "When they left, I went to see them off."

Wei Ge looked admiring, and said: "So that's the case, then you should have grandchildren, why don't you live with them?"

Old Mrs. Wu said: "I'm afraid to frighten them."

scare them?

What is this talking about?Thinking of this, I asked.

Mrs. Wu said: "Some things are so abnormal that they will make people afraid." What she meant was that she was too old and a little abnormal, and she was worried that her grandchildren would be afraid.

I immediately persuaded: "Grandma Wu, you can't think that way. There are quite a few centenarians now. There is a longevity village in our country. The natural environment there is so peculiar that there are so many centenarians there. I have lived for more than 110 years, almost one hundred and two years old. That is an old birthday star. The country not only subsidizes it, but also shades the children and grandchildren. Speaking of old people, your life span is only given by the family of great virtue and great kindness. If you think like you just now, you should go to your grandchildren, it will be lively, and there will be a care for you."

I persuaded her with good words, but Mrs. Wu just pursed her lips and smiled, and didn't answer any more. I could see that she didn't accept my opinion, and I thought there might be something unspeakable.

Younger parents in modern times think differently. They often have the idea of ​​being separated from their children in their later years. The family model has gradually changed from the big family in the past to the small family now; With the idea of ​​a big family, most of them are unwilling to live separately from their descendants.

If Mrs. Wu hadn't had some unspeakable secrets, she would definitely not live alone.

However, what she told us just now is enough, and since she doesn't want to say the rest, I'm sure I won't continue to ask questions ignorantly.

Immediately, I lit the fire, Brother Wei cooked the meal, fried six farm side dishes, and started to eat.

In the middle of eating, there was a sudden thunder outside and light rain.

The rain in winter is generally not heavy, and occasionally there will be a heavy rain. Unfortunately, this heavy rain just happened to be caught up by Brother Wei and I.

In this mountain village, there are no cement roads, but mountain roads covered with weeds. It is very torturous to walk on a sunny day, not to mention that after a heavy rain, the mountain roads are slippery.

At this time, Mrs. Wu smiled and said: "It's raining, it's the day of staying away, God wants to help me keep you today. This winter rain, it's not in a hurry, it will be big and small at one time, I'm afraid you won't be able to leave today , just rest at my house tonight."

I looked at the heavy rain outside, the sky was gloomy, and the winter in the south was gloomy and cold. It seemed that today I really had to stay for one night.

It rained intermittently until four o'clock in the afternoon.

This village is not too remote. It used to take about [-] minutes to walk to the town, but now that the road has been diverted and the main road is deserted, it takes an hour to walk on the small road.

Now that there is a heavy rain, except for the villages paved with stone slabs, there are wild roads and weeds outside. When you step on it, the yellow muddy water will wet the upper of the shoe, and it is very slippery.

If you go to a place close to the downhill, slip your feet and fall, it will be terrible.

Brother Wei said: "This road is not easy to walk. I guess it will take two hours longer than when we came here. The road is too slippery."

I said: "After going out, I still have to take a bus in the town. It takes four hours to get to the city, and an hour to fly to Nanchang. Counting the delay, it will be twelve o'clock at night in Nanchang."

Brother Wei said: "It's too embarrassing to go back like that, why not stay in the city for one night and return to Nanchang the next day."

The place is so gloomy that it is uncomfortable to stay here during the day, let alone spend the night here.

Brother Wei and I saw that the rain had stopped and it was not dark yet, so we wanted to leave. Who knew that while we were talking, the old lady Wu had already found out the quilt, and she hobbled happily to make the bed for us. up.

As he walked, he said, "I'll make your bed warmer, and I guarantee it won't freeze you. They're all clean beds, so don't dislike them." Speaking of this, she was so enthusiastic, Brother Wei and I said no for a while. If you want to leave.

This day is not suitable for traveling, if we want to leave by force, doesn't it appear that we despise her family?That old lady is so sad.

If she was just trying to save face and keep us casually, brother Wei and I would have been on our way, but Mrs. Wu was obviously sincere, so it would be difficult for us to leave, so we could only stay overnight and help make the bed right away.

There was no entertainment at night, we chatted for a while, and when it got dark, Brother Wei and I went to sleep in the room.

The room was old, with faded charms on the walls.In the past, people were superstitious, and there were some things such as safety blessings and disease-dispelling charms posted on the walls of every household, but it is rare now.

Faded charms, yellow, yellow and red are pasted on the wall, the wattage of the yellow light bulb is too small, and the room is very dark. I was lying on the bed, and when I was about to turn off the light, I suddenly found that there was something wrong with the pillow I was sleeping on.

The quilt was a very old blue quilt, but the pillowcase of this pillow was silver-gray, cold and smooth to the touch, with dark lines on it.

I know this pillowcase, it belongs to Xu Kaiyi, and it is exactly the same as the pillowcase on the bed in his apartment.

Xu Kaiyi has a problem, that is, when sleeping outside, he must use his own pillow, otherwise he will feel uncomfortable all over.However, it is inconvenient to bring a pillow on a business trip, so he usually brings his own pillowcase.

Geniuses will more or less have some quirks that are difficult for ordinary people to understand, just like me, it has always been difficult to understand why he, a rough old man, has to be so obsessed with sleeping.

Such a pillowcase should not appear in a lonely old lady's house in the country.

I was almost certain immediately that this was left by Xu Kaiyi!

As long as Xu Kaiyi is free, he will visit the grave with us every year, but I can be sure that we have never spent the night at Mrs. Wu's house.

So, why is Xu Kaiyi's pillowcase here?
(End of this chapter)