hold on

Le Wenze didn't let the ball stay in the kitchen for too long, and took him out, "Have you practiced well recently?"

The ball rubbed its feet and bowed its head in silence.

Le Wenze stared at him to see how he was arguing.

"In the bottleneck period, you should take a good rest and come out to relax." Ball finally came up with a reason.

Le Wenze glanced at him, pulled two leaves from the tree and placed them above his hand, "Control it, if you drop it before eating, you won't have to eat."

"That's... how long is it?" Ball stared at the two trembling leaves that looked like Parkinson's, his voice trembling a little.

"Steady." Le Wenze sat on the stool and looked at him, ignoring his question.

"It's time to eat." Li Ci went out of the kitchen with the meal, and saw the ball following the two leaves around the yard. After hearing what he said, he threw the leaves and ran over.

"I'll come, I'll come," the ball reached out to catch it.

"Just sit down." Li Ci glanced at the little man who could only jump around his legs, and motioned him to the living room.

Le Wenze went into the kitchen and served the rest.

There was a child who was fussy when eating at the dining table, picky eaters and refused to sit properly, the stool seemed to be stuck with needles, and the claws could not use the chopsticks, so Li Ci dug out a spoon for him.

Li Ci was only concerned with taking care of the ball all night, so he didn't have time to talk to Le Wenze, so Le Wenze could only sit on the side and silently pick up vegetables, eat steamed buns and drink porridge...

After dinner, it was already dark, so Le Wenze sent the ball away and went to wash the dishes by himself.

"Is the ball the squirrel demon you mentioned earlier?" Li Ci asked.

"En." Le Wenze responded in the kitchen.

"Why is he half human and half demon? Half demon?" The weather was too dry these two days, Li Ci went into the room and poured two glasses of water, and put a cup next to Le Wenze, "It's hot, I can drink it after washing .”

"No, it's because he's playful and doesn't practice hard enough to fully transform." Le Wenze nodded to indicate that he knew, "I'm leaving soon."

"Oh." Li Ci glanced at him in surprise, he thought he was leaving tomorrow, "Shall I get you something to eat?"

"No, I'm going to enter meditation tonight until the night after tomorrow, when you go up the mountain in any direction, the ball will pick you up." Le Wenze came over after washing the dishes and drinking water.

"Why go up the mountain?" Li Ci gave him a suspicious look.

"Let you listen to prayers, I promised you." Le Wenze drank the rest of the water and said, "I can hear it all day tomorrow."

"Oh..." Li Ci thought about it, smiled and said, "Oh, when I asked you for proof of the mountain god, I actually believed it."

"It doesn't matter, if you have time, let the ball guide you to find your way." Le Wenze said.

"Okay, then I'm free to go." Li Ci drank his saliva and said.

"Hmm..." Le Wenze hesitated a few times, "Then... I'm leaving."

Li Ci nodded.

Le Wenze hesitated a few more times before moving forward, and when he reached the woods, he turned his head and looked back.

"What's wrong?" Li Ci was still sitting where he was.

"You...won't you leave?" Le Wenze asked after hesitating for a while.

"No." Li Ci smiled and waved to him.

After Le Wenze left, the yard became completely quiet. It was so quiet that Li Ci even felt a little uncomfortable.

All in all, he has been accompanied by Le Wenze since he came here. Although sometimes he is afraid of embarrassment and has nothing to say, but when he is happy, it is good to have someone to listen to when he is unhappy, and to have someone to accompany him when he eats. The feeling of loneliness. Speaking of which, I have never lived here for a long time, but I have gotten used to the life here almost without any adaptation period. Le Wenze still has a lot of credit.

Li Ci thought about it, took out his phone and played music, and felt better when there was some movement, and suddenly remembered that he was going to run alone tomorrow.

He sighed and warned himself, what's the big deal?Don't keep thinking like this, you have to get used to doing things alone, isn't it always alone in the end?Go to bed early, why are you always thinking about things?

In the morning, Li Ci got up for a run, turned out the earphones and put them on. The fog was still thick and hadn't cleared away. He unexpectedly bumped into people from time to time on the deserted road before.

"Xiao Ci, how about running?" Aunt Wang and several people walked towards her.

"Yeah." Li Ci took off the earphones, wiped his face with the towel around his neck, and greeted Aunt Wang.

"You haven't eaten yet. Don't do it later. After running, go directly to the altar. I think the cooking has already started. Just wait for you to go there and eat directly." Aunt Wang stopped and said.

"Did you do it?" Li Ci leaned over and asked with a smile.

"What? Did you like my cooking?" Aunt Wang patted his shoulder and asked with a smile.

"This Xiaoci has a good eye." The aunt next to him teased, but Li Ci didn't recognize him after looking at it. He probably just came back from another place.

"That's right, Aunt Wang's cooking is the best." Li Ci boasted with a smile.

"Then you have to go later, I'm going to help." Aunt Wang patted him again, "Let's go."

"Hey." Li Ci responded and continued to run.

Go for a run in the morning, scrub your body, and wash your hair.

So cool!

Li Ci packed up and took a bowl filled with oil film flowers to the altar.

The altar is set at the foot of the mountain facing the east. There are many things on the altar, and a neat layer of cushions is laid on the bottom. To the west are several large temporary stoves. Bowls, there are already a lot of people, some people have already eaten, and some people are still busy arranging things.Li Ci went to the west.

"Hey, here you are, and you brought sacrifices." Aunt Wang saw him coming and waved at him, "Just put the things in the pile of things beside the altar, and someone will fix them later."

Li Ci looked over and put the things away.

"Did you find it?" Aunt Wang shouted worriedly.

"I found it." Li Cifang came over, "If you are so busy, leave me alone."

"I have nothing to do, so I cook and eat quickly." Aunt Wang handed the rice to him, and said to him while washing the dishes: "It's not too busy now, you don't want to eat until after eight o'clock." Get busy and don't have time to relax until evening."

While eating, Li Ci saw that they were distributing things and arranging things like spinning tops, speeding up their eating.

After eating, he rolled up his sleeves and started to wash the dishes, and said to Aunt Wang, "I'll help too."

"Okay." Aunt Wang smiled and made room for him. "There are only a few bowls. After washing, you can just sit and watch, or play with the children."

"Hey." Li Ci responded.

At about eight o'clock, everything seemed to be neatly arranged. The sun shone through the trees on the mountain and hit the altar. Uncle Wang rang the bell on the table, and the crowd became quiet and sat upright. On the mat, the children stopped running around, and sat peacefully next to their family members.

Uncle Wang started to recite the sacrificial oration, holding a stack of papers in his hand, it might be very long from this posture.

Li Ci stood under a tree in the back. After listening for a while, he couldn't hear clearly. He felt that standing here alone was a bit boring. Remembering what Le Wenze said last night, he found a hidden direction and walked up the mountain. .

"Hey!"

Li Ci was patted on the shoulder, startled, twisted back suddenly, and hit the head of the ball.

"Hey." The ball hung upside down on the tree and covered its head, complaining, "Why are you so careless?"

Li Ci rubbed his head and hugged the ball, "Then why are you so scary?"

"Just kidding." The ball hung on Li Ci's shoulder and said.

Li Ci patted him as comfort, and asked him, "Where are you going?"

"There," the ball pointed in a direction, and jumped down to lead the way.

Li Ci followed behind. It could be seen that there were few people walking on the road. The ball was jumping on the tree. Although he had chosen the best path as possible, he still had a hard time walking. The bushes were tall and there were thorns in the middle. Every now and then you have to stop and wait for him.

"Hey, let's take a break, how long is it?" Li Ci was already a little out of breath as he walked all the way, leaning on a tree trunk to look at his white shoes that were scratched with black marks, regretting that he was Which muscle is broken, I have to wear this pair.

"It's almost there, right away." The ball jumped back to the tree he was leaning against, and squatted down to look at him.

"Wait for me for 1 minute, 1 minute is fine." Li Ci felt a little ashamed, and took the time to catch his breath.

Leaning on the mountain wall and walking through a section of cliffs, I finally saw the cave.

"Is this the place?" Li Ci asked, wiping off the sweat from his fright, regretting his decision to come here.

"Well, here we are." The ball jumped in first.

Li Ci walked in along the stone ladder. It was very dark inside and the sun hadn't shone in yet, so there were candles lit inside under the lampshade, but it didn't ease much, it was just enough to see the road clearly. There was a wooden frame next to it. There are all kinds of square boxes, and some bottles and cans.

Walking a little further in, I saw Le Wenze sitting there, coiled on the stone slab covered with blankets, motionless.

Li Ci walked in cautiously, not even daring to make a sound, he was a little puzzled, how could he show himself the evidence since he was already in samadhi.

The ball jumped directly onto the blanket, and pointed to Le Wenze's arm, "Touch it."

"What?" Li Ci asked in a low voice, not understanding what he meant.

"You touch it." The ball repeated.

"Are you sure?" Li Ci asked uncertainly.

"I'm sure, hurry up." Ball urged.

Li Ci sat on the blanket and tentatively touched a corner of Le Wenze, only to feel a buzzing sound in his head, as if the back of his head was hit hard by a brick. His first reaction was that the ball hurt me, and then he He didn't have time to think about this, he wanted to try to retract his hand, but he lost control and his whole body was stiff and unable to move, only a sound from any pile of scenes drilled into his mind like an electric drill.

His head was buzzing and hurting for a long time, until he felt that his coat was almost soaked in sweat, and he gradually got better, and he could see clearly what was going on.

Uncle Wang was standing on the altar reciting the sacrificial oration, and his voice became clearer and clearer, but he didn't have the time to worry about what Uncle Wang was chanting. He only felt that the voice was ethereal... the sound of heaven, and he found it with the remaining brain cells. This word doesn't sound like Uncle Wang's voice at all, it's like standing at the foot of a mountain and listening to a monk chanting scriptures and ringing a bell... also... No, it sounds much better than this.

Li Ci suddenly realized that he was able to think about things, his head... didn't hurt anymore, he tried to move his hand back, his hand trembled a little but he still pulled it back, he hurriedly wiped his sweat, sat up and took a step back.

The ball was eating pine nuts beside the blanket, and seeing him move, he asked, "How is it?"

"...I don't want to watch it again." Li Ci said, thinking about it again, he felt a little angry, "You didn't touch it just now, did you know it would happen?"

"Well, I touched it secretly once." Ball smiled and said, "My head will explode."

"..." Li Ci cursed in his heart, calmed down and continued, "Why didn't you say it earlier."

"..." Ball scratched his head, "Do you want to go back?"

"Go back." Li Ci glanced at him, brat...