Dreaming of 1988, I have the ability to see ghosts and ghosts

So my grandma and I found some straw paper, sealed it with white paper, and wrote "Chen Daya, Chen Erya", all the way to Chen Jiuya's name on it.

My grandma and I didn't know what to name them, so we just called them whatever they were.

We gave each of them three, a total of 27.

Before it got dark, my grandmother and I walked on the snow, holding incense, hay and matches, and followed the guidance of the nine-headed bird to an open space by the river.

"Is this the place?" I asked.

"Yes!" the nine girls answered in unison.

With the changes of the times, their graves no longer exist.

My grandmother and I dug up a piece of snow on the ground, sealed the fire with straw paper, lit incense and stuck it in the ground. Looking at the blazing flames rising, the nine girls all showed long-lost smiles on their faces.

As the flames slowly burned out, the nine little ones slowly rose up.

"thank you all!"

Hearing their thanks in unison! Nine tiny wisps of green smoke floated up into the sky.

There was still a string of meteors streaking across the sky, leaving behind a few shining white lines before slowly disappearing.

At this time, I saw the nine-headed bird following us. I don’t know when the other eight heads disappeared. It chirped at me, turned around, spread its wings, and flew into the sky.

"Poor children, I hope you won't be so miserable in your next life."

Grandma clasped her hands together and prayed sincerely.

After sending the nine little ones away, my grandmother and I finally got over our pity for them.

Things are unpredictable, and it is inevitable that there will be hurt and setbacks in life.

We have all cried, been disappointed, and suffered. Who hasn't experienced the fickleness of human nature and the cruelty of the world?

Life is like falling leaves, we should let nature take its course. It is not necessarily destined by heaven, but being able to live well is already a gift from God.

We don’t ask for brilliance, but we must live truthfully, even if we will eventually turn to dust.

In a blink of an eye, it was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and the Lantern Festival was here. My grandma and I did not make glutinous rice balls, because making glutinous rice balls requires a stone mill, and there was no place in our small home for the stone mill, and my grandma didn't want to trouble others.

"I'm sorry, Feng'er, I forgot to buy some glutinous rice flour this year. I'll make it up to you later." Grandma was very apologetic.

"Grandma, it doesn't matter. As long as I'm with you, I feel as sweet as if I had eaten rice dumplings every day." I looked at my grandma and giggled.

"Silly girl!" Grandma touched my head and the corners of her lips curled up slightly.

I noticed that there were many more wrinkles on her face. I gently stroked her face with my hand and spoke softly.

"Grandma, having you by my side is my greatest happiness."

My eyes were wet. In my previous life, I grew up in an orphanage and didn’t even know who my parents were.

Traveling to this era and having my grandma’s company, I am already very content. This may be the greatest gift God has given me.

"Look, who is that?"

Grandma suddenly pointed at a shadow in the distance and asked.

The snow has stopped in the past few days, but it has not melted completely. The temperature is particularly low at night, and a layer of ice has formed on the road where people walked during the day.

The man walked towards my house slipping and almost fell several times.

"It's Brother Erming!"

When the person slowly came closer, I realized it was Wang Erming.

He was wearing a navy blue cotton jacket, his cotton shoes were soaked with water, and he was holding a package in his hands.

"Erming, it's so cold, why are you here? Come on, come in and warm yourself by the fire."

When grandma saw Wang Erming walking straight to my house, she said with concern.

"Grandma Xu, Feng'er! My mom asked me to bring you some glutinous rice balls!"

Wang Erming walked in and said.

"Thank you! Brother Erming!"

I looked at Wang Erming with gratitude. His previous frivolous look had completely disappeared. He was still tall and full of bookish air, which made people feel very comfortable when looking at him.

"Then please thank your mother for making this for me. Is there enough for your family?"

Grandma took the glutinous rice balls handed to her by Wang Erming and said embarrassedly.

His family often sends delicious food to my house, and when my grandma goes to town to buy something delicious, she will also send some to Erming's family.

"Enough food, enough food. My mom knows it's inconvenient for you to make it, so she made a little more and asked me to bring it over."

Wang Erming sat down and put his hands over the fire to warm them.

Then he reached into the pocket of his cotton jacket, took out two packages and asked me.

"Feng'er, look what I brought you?"

My eyes lit up and I looked at him seriously.

He opened it with a smile and saw two large paper bags, one containing melon seeds and peanuts, and the other containing washed water chestnuts.

"It's melon seeds, peanuts and water chestnuts. Thank you so much, Brother Erming!"

I shouted with joy.

The snacks for the New Year in this era are melon seeds and peanuts, and only wealthier families buy more of them. My grandma also bought some, but we had finished them long ago.

As for water chestnuts, my family definitely doesn't have any, because they are grown in fields, and my fields have long been sold to others.

Moreover, this thing is difficult to dig. It is too cold in winter. When you dig it out of the soil, it is covered with mud and you have to put it in freezing water to wash it.

When the pond was frozen, we had to break the ice. Looking at Wang Erming's hands that were already frozen red, I knew that he must have washed these water chestnuts before bringing them to me.

"Er Ming, have lunch at home. I'm going to cook. You and Feng Er can roast some sweet potatoes!"

Grandma said this with a smile and turned into the kitchen.

"Okay!" Wang Erming didn't hesitate and looked up and smiled at me.

I looked at Wang Erming. Actually, apart from his previous bandit look, if you look closely, he has clear features, deep and bright eyes, a high nose bridge, a crew cut, and his skin is much whiter than before.

He is 16 years old and is estimated to be about 1 meters tall. If he dressed more fashionably, he would be a handsome guy in modern times.

"Feng Er, why are you staring at me?"

Seeing me staring at him, his face flushed slightly.

"Brother Erming, I just realized that you are quite handsome!"

I curled up the corners of my mouth and chuckled.

"What are you talking about? Come on, take it and eat it! I'll help you roast the water chestnuts."

After saying that, Wang Erming put the melon seeds and peanuts in my hands, took a wooden stick to dig a little deeper into the charcoal fire, and threw a few water chestnuts on it.

We ate and chatted.

"Brother Erming, are the junior high school courses difficult? How are your grades?"

"It's OK. My Chinese and math scores are OK, but my English is a little weak."

Wang Erming touched his head and said.

"It's okay, just memorize it carefully."

In my previous life, English was also my weak point, and the only way I could learn it was by rote memorization.

In this era, everyone’s spoken English is definitely not good, so it’s enough to just get more points on the basic questions at the beginning.

"Yes, but I still ranked seventh in the class in terms of total score."

He even sounded a little proud after saying this.

"If you want to get into a technical secondary school, you have to work harder."

I poured a bucket of cold water on him because I knew that in that era, in a rural junior high school like the one we attended, only three or five students in a class could be admitted to a technical secondary school.

Thousands of people are trying to squeeze into that single-plank bridge, but only a very few can finally pass.

"Oh, I see!" he said shyly.

“The water chestnuts are roasted!”

Wang Erming used a stick to pick out the roasted water chestnuts, blew on them in his hands and then gave them to me.

I tore off the surface layer of skin and put it in my mouth. A sweet taste rushed directly to my taste buds, but it was still a little hot. I took a breath.

"Brother Erming, you eat too!"

I called Wang Erming while eating.

"Eat slowly, be careful of the heat. I've already eaten at home. These are for you."

He looked at me eating happily and smiled sweetly.