father snake

At this time, it was almost dawn.

In the gray sky, the house in front of me stands alone. The front and back of the house are full of weeds and shrubs, but the houses on the left and right are closely connected, and even the yard shares the same courtyard wall. Yes, the huge contrast makes people feel a strange mixture of curiosity and fear about this room.

This is the home of Zhou Ming who died in front of my house.

When Shi Xiaochuan came back, he was in a hurry, only caring about the old lady, and didn't pay much attention to the surrounding environment of the house. Now it looks like this house is like an isolated island floating in the sea.

Early in the morning, most of the people were still sound asleep. Occasionally, some sleepy old people got up, opened the door, and saw Shi Xiaochuan and Tianqiu standing at the door of Zhou Ming's house, and suddenly closed the door again with a "bang". , the lights in the room inside turned on, and there was the faint sound of someone talking.

Of course Shi Xiaochuan was too lazy to think about these strange things.

Since Zhou Ming's death, Shi Xiaochuan has heard more or less about those things about his family. According to them, this family has been cursed by someone, and all the evil things done by the older generation Retribution to the younger generation.

Men in the Zhou family don't live long. When they reach a certain age, they will die for various reasons, or just disappear for no apparent reason.People in small places have all kinds of taboos and superstitions. Usually, they avoid these things for fear that the bad luck will touch themselves. What's more, Zhou's family members call themselves cultural people and always have a bit of aloofness. Conceited, over time, the Zhou family was isolated by the surrounding neighbors.

The door was ajar, and it was unknown if the old lady had come back. The room was pitch-black, with the stench of dead rats emanating from the surrounding walls.

Tianqiu walked to the inner room familiarly, as if he knew the structure of the house very well. Shi Xiaochuan had also been to that room, which was the room where the portrait was hung. Shi Xiaochuan saw Tianqiu press the switch, orange The yellow light suddenly illuminated the dark room.

At first, he thought that the old woman should not be at home, but after turning on the light, Shi Xiaochuan realized that she was actually sitting on a rocking chair in the middle of the room.

The chair swayed up and down gently, covered with a thick black cushion, the old woman was covered with an old yellow blanket, she didn't know how long she had been lying here, when she saw the light on, she was awakened As if she was confused, she slowly opened her eyes, and stared at Shi Xiaochuan firmly with her cloudy eyes. After a long while, she seemed to have finally regained her senses, and stood up from the rocking chair, which made an unpleasant "creaking" sound. .

"It's Xiaochuan who came to see grandma. Grandma has been looking for you for a long time, and you are finally here." She walked towards me slowly, and suddenly grabbed Shi Xiaochuan's arm with her skinny hands. Shi Xiaochuan He was so frightened that he took a step back and wanted to struggle, but he was also afraid that his own strength would cause the old man's already extremely thin body to be thrown out by him.

The old woman put her attention on Shi Xiaochuan, completely ignoring Tianqiu, who was next to her, walked towards the table with her long legs. He looked at the two portraits hanging on the wall, frowned, his eyes It was very complicated, nostalgia, regret, determination and even love, all kinds of emotions were intertwined. When Shi Xiaochuan thought he would not do anything, Tianqiu stretched out his hand and peeled off the two portraits from the wall.

The old lady here finally noticed Tianqiu. Seeing Tianqiu's actions, the old lady let out a scream, and she rushed towards Tianqiu waving her withered hands like chicken feet, as if she wanted to find him desperately. Tianqiu's hands were light If it was lighter, the old woman staggered back a few steps, and then sat back on the rocking chair involuntarily, and the rocking chair shook vigorously. Sour.

The old woman made a "cluck" sound from the back of her throat, Shi Xiaochuan looked at her with some fear, so nothing will happen, right?

Tianqiu glanced at Shi Xiaochuan, and said softly, "It's okay, I didn't use my strength just now, but now it's making her unable to do so, she's too excited."

Shi Xiaochuan walked over, and gently covered the old woman with the blanket that had fallen on the ground. She looked at Shi Xiaochuan, and a line of tears flowed down her surrounding face. Inexplicably, Shi Xiaochuan also felt a little sad.

In fact, the life of this old woman is really hard. Her husband died young, and her son who had grown up with great difficulty disappeared early. After more than ten years, she finally brought her son back after looking forward to the stars and the moon. Before she was happy for a few days, But suddenly died tragically, the white-haired man sent the black-haired man, and after giving hope, people despaired. The huge gap made the old man's sanity a little out of order.

Shi Xiaochuan sighed, and when he looked up, he saw that there was another universe under the two photo frames. Tianqiu knocked on the wall, and after a while, he took away a brick, and there was a square inside. wooden box.

Seeing this scene, the old woman was even more excited and trembled all over, and let out a terrible "hoo hoo" sound from her mouth. She tightly grasped the armrest of the rocking chair with her veins exposed. Shi Xiaochuan looked at this terrifying look, and then looked at the sky. Qiu was in a dilemma, "It belongs to my family, my Zhou family, you can't take it away." The old woman finally choked out such a sentence, she struggled to get up from the rocking chair, but she couldn't do it, so she could only He beat the handrail with his hands, looking distraught.

Tianqiu walked over with the wooden box, and said to the old woman, "Didn't you say you want to give this to your grandson?"

The old lady was taken aback, "Of course, this thing is a family heirloom of our Zhou family, so it can only be given to my grandson." Then she turned her head and looked at Shi Xiaochuan expectantly.

"This——" Shi Xiaochuan hesitated. He thought of the conversation he heard from the nurses in the hospital. The meaning behind the words was clearly that Shi Xiaochuan was indeed a child of the Shi family. Like, that doesn't really have anything to do with their family either.

Tianqiu pulled Shi Xiaochuan over, grabbed one of Shi Xiaochuan's fingers, and took advantage of Shi Xiaochuan's inattention, bit Shi Xiaochuan's finger hard.

Shi Xiaochuan yelled in pain, almost didn't shed tears, his fingers twitched in pain, blood flowed, Tianqiu let the blood drip on the wooden box, and then gently turned the dark wooden box, round The wooden box opened in response.

The old woman who was screaming fiercely looked at all this and immediately calmed down. Her eyes were red, she kept wiping her tears with her old hands, and said with a sob, "I knew it, I knew it, this child, I You can tell at a glance that it is the seed of our Zhou family. This thing is left for him. Take it away quickly. Last time, there were two people who tried to trick me and steal the family heirloom of the Zhou family. They thought I was old , my mind is not clear, in fact, I know everything, understand everything."

She stood up slowly, "Xiao Chuan, I don't ask for anything else, you just come to see me occasionally, report me safe, just make a phone call, I don't ask for anything, nothing else."

Her voice was so miserable that Shi Xiaochuan nodded involuntarily.

The old woman smiled gratifiedly, "Good boy, good boy."

Shi Xiaochuan almost escaped from the old woman's earnest gaze. He pulled Tianqiu and coaxed the old woman as he walked out. He didn't even have the mood to ask why his own blood could open the wooden box.

The old woman sent them to the door, and then leaned on the door to watch them walk away slowly, and then closed the door halfway, as if she had never locked the door.

The door is always ajar.

In the past, I was waiting for my son, but now I am waiting for my grandson.

The two walked in silence for a while.

"Tianqiu, what is this?" Shi Xiaochuan pointed to the box in Tianqiu's hand, "How do you know that the Zhou family has such a thing?"

Tianqiu took out a book with a black cover from the wooden box, "This is the 'Snake Classic'."

Shi Xiaochuan stared dumbfounded at the thing that had been admired for a long time, so casually appeared in front of him, and was fiddled with by Tianqiu, "This, is this thing?"

Tianqiu nodded, "What do you think the 'Snake Classic' would look like?"

Shi Xiaochuan muttered, at least it wouldn't be so inconspicuous, something that caused so many people to snatch it must at least be a little strange, besides, even though Tianqiu told him that the "Snake Classic" was just a name It sounds like a book, but it is actually the natal bead left by the previous generation of snake kings. He has always taken it for granted that this "Snake Scripture" must be a bead.

"Don't even think about it." Tianqiu patted Shi Xiaochuan's head with the "Snake Book", "This thing can change into various shapes, as long as it has enough mana, but it's better to turn it into a book. It’s not bad, no one will suspect it.”

This is true, looking at the black cover of the "Snake Classic", it looks like a black soft leather notebook that can be bought in an ordinary store, it is indeed ordinary and unobtrusive.

Tianqiu looked at the already bright sky, there were pedestrians in twos and threes on the street, and some vehicles sped past from time to time.

"We have to find a place to hide." Tianqiu said.

When Shi Xiaochuan heard what Tianqiu said, he didn't ask why he wanted to hide, but directly thought with Tianqiu, where is the best place to hide?

The two of them thought hard for a while, but they couldn't find a solution. Shi Xiaochuan had basically never left Lingshan Town, and the places he knew were limited, while Tianqiu hadn't been out for hundreds of years, and the places he was familiar with had already undergone changes. The ashes disappeared.

The two ordered two bowls of noodles for breakfast at the station.

Shi Xiaochuan watched Tian Qiu pick up the noodles with chopsticks, swallowed the noodles with a disgusted expression, and then quickly took a sip of water. He remembered feeding Xiao Tianqiu before. Didn't see it picky eaters when I was eating?How did he become like this when he grew up.

Although he said so in his heart, Shi Xiaochuan didn't make a sound, but ate the noodles in the bowl slowly.

Over there, Tian Qiu had already pushed the bowl away, and it seemed that he didn't intend to eat any more. Shi Xiaochuan picked the eggs and tomatoes from his bowl and put them into his own bowl, and began to eat with satisfaction.

When he finished eating, Tianqiu stood up, "I thought of a place."

Shi Xiaochuan hurriedly followed behind him, "Where is it?"

Tianqiu took his hand, "That place is far away, we have to take a long car ride, but that's good, we won't be followed by people." Tianqiu said.

"Where is it?" Shi Xiaochuan continued to ask.

"The place where I was born." Tianqiu said softly.