forget the soul

When we got to the sea, we couldn't feel the wind for a while, but felt the waves of humidity and heat swept over us, and the boat was bouncing violently in the small waves.Yu Rong started to assemble the tripod and asked Ali: "I have a few questions I want to ask him. I don't know if it's okay?"

"Him?" Ali asked, pointing to the boatman.Yu Rong nodded, opened the tripod, Lin Wangyue supported him on the side, Ali patted the boatman, raised her head and talked to him, she just said a few words, the boatman looked into the camera, smiled and waved .He simply agreed.

As dusk approached, the light was just right, gentle enough and soft enough, making the fishing boats floating far away on the sea look a bit warm. They were lonely, but they were complete homes one after another.In the distance, the island with only a slight outline is so quiet, the sky and the sea are so close, the twilight dyes the water waves, dyes the boatman's face, Ali's neck, and Lin Wangyue's arms red.

Yu Rong hit the board with his hand, and asked first: "Can you briefly introduce yourself?"

Ali is the translator.Su said a sentence, and she translated a sentence.

The boatman is Su, a fisherman. The island is not open to outsiders at all times. Tourists are only allowed to land on the island in October and May every year. Only during this time will he work as a boatman to earn some extra money.Because Yu Rong and the others were friends of A Peng, and the days were approaching October, this time they made an exception and took them to the island.

Ali said: "Director A Peng's "Floating in the Lonely Sea", which was filmed on the island before, caused a great sensation. Afterwards, many people came here to travel and generated a lot of income. They are very grateful to Director A Peng."

After Ali finished speaking, Su bowed to everyone with clasped palms.Ali asked Yu Rong: "You know that movie, right? It was shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival."

Lin Wangyue said, "Is it a horror movie?"

Yu Rong cleared his throat and said, "It should be considered a horror movie..."

Lin Wangyue glanced at him and smiled.Yu Rong looked at Su in the camera and said, "I remember a legend born on the island."

Ali conveyed it on her behalf, and Su replied: "Yes."

He told the legend.

The ancestors on Huludao believed that the whole world is a huge island, and there is a huge labyrinth on the island, the living and the dead live in this labyrinth, the road in the labyrinth is too complicated, so the living and the dead Almost never meet, and when they do, they don't know each other.But later everyone figured out that the world is not a huge island, nor is there a huge labyrinth in which the living and the dead can coexist.If the living want to see the dead, they can go to the master for help.

Yu Rong asked: "When he said that the living and the dead do not know each other when they meet, does that mean that mothers cannot recognize their dead children, and people cannot recognize their dead partners?"

Su shook his head and said a lot. Ali struggled to translate: "What he meant... Well, according to what you said, mothers can't recognize their own children, and lovers can't recognize each other."

"But they met?"

"Yes, they met." Ali confirmed this.

Yu Rong thought for a while and asked Su: "That master, can you tell me about him? Are you familiar with him?"

Su said, "Master, you are my benefactor."

"Has the master ever rescued you? Or your family?"

"My child, my child Ayu died three years ago. The master chose her to be his little devil. I am very grateful to the master."

Yu Rong was stunned, looked at Ali timidly, and asked in a low voice: "So, is it something to be grateful for the dead child to be made into a little ghost by the master?"

Su patted his chest, smiled and showed his white teeth.

"Of course, that's something to be happy about! We will hold a banquet to celebrate, and we call it..." Ali thought for a while before coming up with a suitable word: "Apprentice banquet."

According to Su, on the island in the afternoon, he was preparing for the banquet. He would kill a pig, and a whole roasted pig would be eaten at the apprentice banquet. Today, he killed the pig.Then, Su happily talked a lot, Ali listened to a few words, and told Yu Rong a few words: "It is a very happy thing to be a little ghost for the master. Because in their tradition... because the island and the mainland It is far away, and the materials on the island are not rich. For a long time, it is difficult for a child to grow big and live for a long time. Children die more frequently. If the dead child can become a master The little ghost who can help the master do things, the master will bless his whole family and their next child. The master is passed down from generation to generation."

"Death becomes something to be celebrated," Yu Rong said.

Lin Wangyue interjected, "Ali, let me ask for him. He wants to ask Su if we can go to the apprentice banquet."

Yu Rong kicked him, Lin Wangyue stuck out her tongue, hung her hands on the edge of the boat, and lay down very comfortably. He also said, "Why don't you go to Mexico to shoot the Day of the Dead? It's also very lively to celebrate death there."

Yu Rong ignored him, Ali and Su exchanged words, and said to Rong: "He said it's okay, and if you want to see the master, you can meet him at the apprentice banquet."

Ali said, "We'll be staying at Sue's house tonight."

Suddenly, the sun sank completely below the sea level, and the glow in the sky was completely diluted by the darkness. It was dark when it said it was dark. Su gave Ali a flashlight, and Ali sat on the bow of the boat with the flashlight on.Yu Rong was going to change her, Ali looked at her watch, but she didn't agree.

Yu Rong couldn't see Gaodang at all, there was no land anywhere, and the sporadic fishing lights gradually went away. They rose and sank with the waves on the endless sea.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the boat docked and arrived at Huludao.As soon as he landed on the island, Yu Rong heard a burst of cheerful music. He made a smart move and walked forward with his suitcase buried in his head.Lin Wangyue laughed beside her, lit and ate a cigarette with one hand.

Su's home is in a stilted building built by Yihai. At this moment, there are no lights in the neighborhood. Su said that everyone went to the apprentice banquet to congratulate Apu's family.Today's apprentice is the youngest son of the Apu family, Apa, who died of a high fever. The master took a fancy to him and decided to accept him as his apprentice, a little ghost who can pass through the underworld.

The master does not live by the sea, but the master lives in the forest, and the apprentice banquet is held at the junction of the forest and the beach.

There, the islanders put up white roofs and tents, put candlesticks made of shells on the beach, lit red candles, and hung paper lanterns on the branches. Drinking, eating roast pigs, children running around, kicking a deflated football, playing games of throwing small toys made of coconut shells, adults toasting around the campfire, and some people are beating tambourines, young men and women Sing and dance with bare feet.Pious people lined up in front of the white tent to be received by the master and receive blessings.

Yu Rong held the tripod in one hand, searched around, and asked Ali: "Can I interview a few children? It is best to interview the children of Apu's family."

Soon, Ali helped him find a child of Apu's family, Ah Nan. He was Apa's elder brother and the second child in the family. Stretched outwards, with a pair of skirt-like underpants hanging from his navel, and a pair of slippers that were much bigger than his feet.Ah Nan was full of curiosity about the camera, couldn't sit still, stared at the camera for a while, and got up to touch the camera, giggled a few times, and shyly hid to the side.Yu Rong pulled him back in front of the camera several times, but he couldn't coax him, and Ali couldn't help it either. It was Lin Wangyue who took out a pack of Skittles from his backpack and stuffed it to him, and Ah Nan finally settled down.He sat on the ground eating candy and licking his fingers.

Yu Rong hurriedly asked: "Apa is gone, are you sad?"

Ah Nan shook his head and murmured: "Apa is going to a better place, he will protect us there..."

"Who told you that?"

"Everyone says that." Ah Nan raised his head, half of his face was illuminated by the bonfire not far away, and one of his eyes was too bright. He smiled and sucked the pigment on his fingers, "After you die, you will die." Will be happy!!"

Two children rushed into the screen screaming. They kicked and kicked each other in martial arts moves, and made the sound of Ada Ada in their mouths.Lin Wangyue looked at it with a smile, Yu Rong's head was getting bigger, he and Ali pulled the two children away, but in a blink of an eye there were two young girls dancing, dancing in front of the camera, they twisted their waists frequently Limbs, full of bluebells dangling from their long hair.

Ah Nan grabbed the candy and ran to play football.

Yu Rong had no choice but to stand behind the camera with his head akimbo and sighed.Lin Wangyue pointed at Ah Nan who was running away, and shouted: "Shoot! Keep shooting! Director! Isn't this the nature you pursue? It's so natural!"

He still had a pack of Skittles, he opened it and ate it by himself, approached Yu Rong with crooked eyes, adjusted the camera angle, and took pictures of the children playing on the beach.He said: "Death can be celebrated, it can be appreciated, it is a relief..."

Yu Rong squatted down to look at the shooting screen. The light was too dark to see any images, but the sound of the waves and children playing was very clear. He asked, "Do you also believe that people go to a better place after death? "

Lin Wangyue said disdainfully: "How is it possible? If this is the case, why don't people who believe so much not die themselves?"

He was very close to Yu Rong, and Yu Rong looked at him and said, "You didn't seem to be so cynical before..."

Lin Wangyue stood up straight, ate the candy, and said, "How many unrealistic fantasies do you have about me?"

He smiled: "Forget it, you like me, liking this is a fantasy." He opened his mouth to say something, Su and Ali came over, Ali pointed to the tent of the master, and said to Rong: " Master can see you now."

"now?"

"correct."

Lin Wangyue pushed Yu Rong: "Don't let Master wait!"

Yu Rong grabbed Lin Wangyue with one hand and the tripod with the other, and walked towards the white tent.

The master's tent is very bright, there are candles everywhere, and even kerosene lamps, which are constantly burning.Master, a middle-aged man with high cheekbones, a long face, three layers of flesh piled up on his neck, fat fingers, and wearing a white cloak sat at a small wine table with his eyes closed, cross-legged in a meditation posture .Surrounding him are a dozen transparent glass jars.Yu Rong took a closer look, and there were some human-like black things soaked in the glass jar.

Yu Rong swallowed his saliva, and the master spoke.

Su didn't follow, and Ali stayed in the tent as an interpreter. After the master finished speaking, she said to Rong: "Is your mother the only direct blood relative you passed away?"

"Yes."

"Okay, hold out your hand, here."

Yu Rong stretched out his hand to the small wine table, and there was a porcelain plate on the table, with a ball of rice in it, and a small knife.Yu Rong looked back at Lin Wangyue, who also came in and was pointing his camera at them.

The master spoke again.Ali said: "Now cut a hole, and the blood is here."

Lin Wangyue interjected and asked, "Is there a place in Gaodang where you can get a tetanus?"

Yu Rong shivered and asked, "Can I bite it away?"

The master agreed, and Yu Rong stuffed his fingers into his mouth, biting hard, and dripped some blood into the porcelain plate.The master opened his eyes, looked at the porcelain plate, stretched out two fingers to dip the rice ball in the plate, and wiped away Yu Rong's blood, then he picked out a glass jar behind him, opened it Yes, grab the black thing inside——Yu Rong saw it clearly, the black thing was an immature child.His hands and feet were curled up, and his ribs protruded, like a shed poultry.

The master opened the child's mouth and fed the bloody rice ball into it.

Yu Rong quietly asked: "What about now?"

Ali said: "Wait a minute." Her hands were clasped together, her voice was tense, "I have to wait."

The master returned to the state of meditation, his lips moved, but he didn't make a sound.Outside the tent is still so noisy, singing, cheering, one after another.

After a long time, a candle flickered, Ali trembled, and Yu Rong got goosebumps.The master suddenly jumped up and hugged Yu Rong, and the two of them fell to the ground together. The master stroked Yu Rong's hair, pressed him to his chest like a mother holding a baby, and whimpered. say.Ali stumbled and translated: "My child, my child, it's my mother."

"It's mom...it's so dark here, mom is here to see you..."

"Son, are you okay?"

Yu Rong didn't answer, he tried to push the master, the master pushed him away, looked at him, held his hands, and burst into tears.Yu Rong was dumbfounded, and after a long pause, he patted the master on the back lightly.Unexpectedly, this move made the master cry even harder, and all the snot and tears poured on Yu Rong's hands and wiped them on his body.

Lin Wangyue reminded in a low voice: "Is there nothing you want to tell your mother?"

Yu Rong shook his body as if waking up from a dream, looked at the master, but there was no sound.He was caught and stopped by the master, but he didn't say anything in the end.

The master cried for a while, and passed out from crying, but soon woke up by himself, glanced at Yu Rong, folded his palms and bowed, Yu Rong put money on the table, the master continued to worship him, and he gave all the Thai baht on his body Take it out.The master stopped moving and lowered his hands to meditate.

Yu Rong also bowed to him and walked out.

The master apprentice banquet reached its climax, and everyone, adults and children, held hands and danced around the bonfire.Yu Rong found a quiet place and sat down.Lin Wangyue closed the camera beside him, and Ali went to get some drinks.

Yu Rong whispered, "My mother wouldn't do this."

Lin Wangyue said: "The battery is almost dead."

Yu Rong nodded, Ali brought them two glasses of wine, and she brought one for herself, Lin Wangyue drank and clinked glasses with her, Su was also dancing around the campfire, and when he passed by them, he came over and called them to join, He pulls Ali, Alila Lin Wangyue.Lin Wangyue gave Yu Rong a wine glass made from a bamboo tube, and joined the dance group.

Everyone formed a big circle and danced, the big circle was divided into small circles, and the small circle was divided into two, one by one.

Lin Wangyue first danced with Ali, and later with an old woman. He also danced with a young man with strong arms, and with a curvaceous girl.He never refused to come, and soon blended into the jubilant and celebratory atmosphere.

Ali jumped for a rest, came back to get a wine glass, Yu Rong drank, looked at the place where the food was placed, and asked Ali: "Do you want something to eat? I'll get some."

Ali looked at her watch, and her enthusiastic attitude suddenly cooled down. She shook her hair and said, "It's time for me to get off work. See you tomorrow."

she left.

Yu Rong went to get the food by himself, took a plate of roasted pork rice, picked out some crispy roasted pork skin, grabbed a handful of peanuts, and looked at Lin Wangyue, he stopped dancing, and wore it with his face glistening with sweat. Walking towards him in the light of a fire.

He sat down across from him.

There was also beer in glass bottles on the table, and the two of them opened a bottle and drank from the mouth of the bottle.

Yu Rong asked Lin Wangyue, "Do you want to eat?"

Lin Wangyue looked for it: "Where is Ali?"

"She said she was off work and left."

"You just let her go alone?" Lin Wangyue yelled for help, "Shouldn't homosexuals be delicate and sensitive?"

Yu Rong couldn't laugh or cry: "You compare yourself, do you think it matches?"

"Just because I speak harshly, it doesn't mean that my thoughts are not delicate and my nerves are not delicate." Lin Wangyue said.

"Su's home is not far from here." Yu Rong drank beer and ate peanuts and pig skin. Lin Wangyue grabbed a handful of peanuts from his plate and ate them one by one in his palm.

Yu Rong looked at him, touched the bridge of his nose, and shrugged his eyebrows: "Can I show you some face?"

His eyes fell on the crowd still dancing in couples.

Lin Wangyue said, "No, I won't dance with you."

Yu Rong asked him, "What's the reason?"

Lin Wangyue looked at him directly: "Don't have any illusions about me, we have no possibility."

Yu Rong drank a bottle, opened another bottle after drinking, and said: "How can you say that it is impossible? Then you and that old woman, Ali, and other men and women, is it possible to be with them?"

"None of them are serious, it's just a dance, but dancing with you, once you dance, you will be serious with me, so I have to reject you." Lin Wangyue said with reason.

Yu Rong couldn't help laughing, and took a few more sips of wine. He felt that his tongue was out of his control, and he said, "Because I'm serious, I can't do it. What's the reason?"

Lin Wangyue said: "You have to figure it out, there are some things in the world that you can't do if you are serious, and some people, you are not serious, and they want to be with you. I have no interest in you, not at all."

He spoke clearly and earnestly.Yu Rong didn't care about it, and asked back and forth like he was standing still: "Then you will accompany me on a tour of Bangkok? Are you waiting for me at the door of the nightclub? Are you following me to here or there?"

Lin Wangyue rolled his signature white eyes, not without contempt: "Haven't you seen the news about migrant workers chasing their bosses for their wages?"

Yu Rong had a belch, he couldn't even control his hands and brain now, he buried his face in his arms, after a long time, he raised his head, Lin Wangyue was still sitting in front of him.Yu Rong stretched out his hand to grab his hand.Lin Wangyue withdrew her hand.

Yu Rong raised his eyes, rested his chin on the back of his hand, and asked, "Have you guys broken up yet?"

Lin Wangyue raised her eyebrows.

Yu Rong looked to his right side, lying on his stomach, and said softly, "Oh."

"What did you say?"

"I said, oh." Yu Rong stood up abruptly, staggered, and said "oh" in his loudest voice, which sounded like a hiccup that had been held back for a long time.He knew that he had drunk too much, his head was dizzy, his temples were aching, and he was still a little sleepy, his feet were light at one moment, so light that he could float up, and at another moment they were very heavy, as if tied to a shot put, dragging him back heavily on the ground.He said loudly: "Why are you always so cold to me!"

He looked at Lin Wangyue, saw his mouth from his forehead, and his wrist from his Adam's apple.He couldn't see what else was around him, he only saw many Lin Wangyue, coming out from the cracks of every light and every shadow, each of which he missed, he couldn't see clearly, and he couldn't catch up.

No one can catch up with him, he always circles in the same place, he may fall into the lonely sea, the huge maze of the lonely island.That dream-like feeling surged up again, and Yu Rongmeng was flustered and felt tight in his chest.He wanted to speak, but his tongue was too big to speak, so he opened his voice and sang.

"What a fun thing! Will be lowered sooner or later!"

"When lovers fall in love to a certain extent, they will find another comfort!"

Lin Wangyue's voice came from behind him: "Crazy! You missed the words!"

Yu Rong had no scruples: "The setting sun is wireless, it's already dusk!"

"If you want to give, give a kiss!"

Lin Wangyue continued to scold: "Crazy line!"

Yu Rong turned around and smiled at him: "I can also speak a little Cantonese, please don't curse, I can understand..."

Lin Wangyue pointed to the dv on her hand: "I took pictures for you!"

Yu Rong made a grimace, jumped up, turned his head and ran forward, after a few steps, he dragged Lin Wangyue, and rushed forward together, he rushed out of the beach and into the sea, a wave It was so cold that he jumped and yelled at the street. He had nowhere to go and collapsed into the water.

forget the soul