Yanshan Records

When Zhou Lukang returned home, his wife and children were not there, but the [-]-square-meter house seemed a little deserted.

It's really unlucky recently, it seems that the bad luck in this life is concentrated at this time, career, family, no one is spared.

The rupture of the capital chain caused his small company to be on the verge of bankruptcy. If someone is willing to invest money, he will definitely be able to turn losses into profits, but his credit record is not enough for others to invest again. and not seen.

To make matters worse, not long ago, his son Zhou Boxan was diagnosed with bowel cancer, and the medical expenses, hospitalization expenses, and chemotherapy expenses were also a lot of money.His wife, Zhao Yixin, stopped working after getting married. After her son was hospitalized, she took care of the child in the hospital, and the whole family relied on Zhou Lukang's income alone.

He knows the virtues of those relatives in the family. They do some farm work and sell groceries in the backcountry, and they can't save a lot of money in a year. Zhou Lukang's family is considered rich in his hometown, let alone asking those people to lend him money.

When he was admitted to a good university and settled down in the city after graduation, Zhou Lukang had drawn a clear line with those relatives.When his father was still alive, he would still go back to his hometown during the Chinese New Year. Who wouldn't say he was promising?But after Mr. Zhou died, he never returned to his hometown.

There is no need to mention sweeping the tomb during the Qingming Festival. The tomb of Mr. Zhou is basically an empty tomb.Back then, he talked about going to other provinces to work, but he hadn’t come back for more than ten years. Zhou Lukang was sure that he must have died outside.

Zhou Lukang really felt that this bad luck was the retribution brought by Mr. Zhou - Mr. Zhou was the one who did it wrong.

When Mr. Zhou was a child, the famine was difficult, and he opened a nearby ancient tomb with some outsiders. After exchanging the contents for food, it got out of hand and he worked for decades.With the money earned by Mr. Zhou digging graves, Zhou Lukang gritted his teeth and studied hard, left his hometown, and left Mr. Zhou's dishonorable livelihood behind.

It wasn't until his luck began to turn from prosperity to decline that he realized that what Mr. Zhou did was definitely detrimental to Yin and virtue, and the retribution would be on future generations.

Otherwise, it doesn't make sense at all. Zhou Lukang thinks that he is studious, hardworking, hard-working, and responsible for his family, so he shouldn't suffer this bad luck at all.

Even if he didn't love Zhao Yixin, but Zhao Yixin told him that she was pregnant with his child, he would just make do with it and get married, putting emotional matters aside, at least he had to take this responsibility.

Although the child is not a product of Zhou Lukang's plan, he will also raise him, in any case he is his own flesh and blood.

These things have hit him head and face recently, making him think about it day and night, and he can't keep up his energy during the day. If a beautiful girl didn't call him today, he almost walked straight to the main road.

Zhou Lukang boiled a pot of hot water and made himself a pack of instant noodles. He sat on the sofa by himself, took two bites and stopped.The surroundings were too quiet, which made his already weak appetite even weaker. He picked up the remote control to turn on the TV, picked a channel at random, and didn't pay attention to the content. It was just that there was a background sound that made the house less deserted.

"Om - hum -"

The mobile phone that was set to vibrate suddenly started beeping. Zhou Lukang chewed the instant noodles in his mouth, looked at the strange number on the screen and didn't want to answer it.Most of the calls are sales calls, but now he wants to do sales, so he doesn't have time to listen to them.Until the phone automatically hung up, Zhou Lukang was about to put down the phone, but the number called again.

Zhou Lukang thought about it this time, and still accepted it.The food in his mouth hadn't been swallowed completely, so he said casually, "Hello?"

"Is it Zhou Lukang? I am your uncle's son, Zhou Ke."

"Oh?" People from my hometown, but he rarely communicates with his hometown, how could Zhou Ke have his number?Zhou Lukang took another bite of the instant noodles. He didn't like the instant noodles soaked for too long, as the texture would lose its texture. "I am, what's the matter?"

"Dinning, are you out to socialize again? Hey! I don't want to disturb you at this time. Didn't I just find someone to get your call..."

Zhou Lukang paused in his chewing movements, and looked up at the TV. On the TV, there was a big family gathering together, pushing glasses and changing glasses at the banquet.He hummed vaguely, "What's the matter?"

"My father passed away, and there is a funeral banquet at home. Thinking about it, I still need to inform you. If you are busy, it will not be a problem if you don't come back." Zhou Ke's tone was a little cramped, and he lacked the confidence to disturb Zhou Lukang hastily.Although he is Zhou Lukang's cousin in terms of age, he is richer than others, no matter how unreasonable it is, it is a fact.

Uncle passed away?Zhou Lukang still has some affection for his uncle. Mr. Zhou "runs and commits crimes" everywhere, and he is taken care of by his uncle's family at home.Zhou Lukang swallowed the food in his mouth and said, "My condolences."

"If you are free to come back tomorrow or the next two days, you can call me and tell me that I will reserve a seat for you at the main table."

Whether it is a funeral banquet or a red banquet, the custom in my hometown is that there are one to three main tables and several guest tables.The people sitting at the main table are all people of high morals and prestige, or people who have achieved fame and status. If the host family arranges to sit at the main table, that is a very high compliment.

Zhou Lukang thought for a while, and decided to go back. He had to go back and pay homage to his ancestors, so that this bad day would come to an end as soon as possible.

The next day Zhou Lukang drove his own car back to his hometown, and it took him a day and a night to get there.Zhou Ke's family greeted him at the entrance of the village, surrounded him and led him to a small two-story building. The old house in his memory had been replaced with a new one. It seemed that their life was pretty good now.But Zhou Lukang still had a lukewarm attitude, and he didn't dare to let them see that he was strong on the outside but capable on the inside.

When I arrived, it was just in time for dinner, Zhou Lukang sat on the table, and the uncle’s coffin was parked behind the temporary mourning hall in the main hall of the small building, surrounded by relatives whom I hadn’t seen for many years, those who recognized their faces but couldn’t name them were considered acquaintances Yes, and more than half of it is very raw.

Zhou Lukang barely coped with the pleasantries of the people around him, and someone asked, "Why didn't you bring your wife and children back?"

Although he didn't know the other party, Zhou Lukang still replied: "The child is a little sick recently, and his mother is taking care of him. The journey is far away, so I didn't let him come with me."

"Oh! You should have a good rest." The man said, "The children in the city are well-raised, and the children in the country are rough and hard-skinned."

But Zhou Lukang didn't know if Zhou Boxan was well-raised or not. He basically never ate at home.Hearing people say this, Zhou Lukang twitched the corners of his mouth in a half-smile.

After drinking for three rounds, the people around were chatting happily, Zhou Lukang was full of water, and urgently needed to find a place to release it.Relying on his memory, he hurried to the hut at the back of the yard, unfastened his belt and turned on the water.

The hut is still an old hut from many years ago. Two waist-high walls were built with cement, which divided the entire long pit into three sections.Zhou Lukang was halfway through urinating when he heard someone call his name.

"Zhou Lukang, Zhou Lukang! I am your third uncle, do you remember me?"

Suddenly someone made a sound, so frightened that Zhou Lukang almost didn't wet his shoes. He took a closer look and saw a person squatting on the pit next door. He was looking at him with his upper body tilted and smiling. It was indeed his third uncle.

"Third Uncle, why didn't you speak up earlier." Zhou Lukang finished urinating, put on his pants, and Third Uncle also stood up.

"Your father hasn't come back for more than ten years, and you haven't come back for more than ten years? We relatives still miss you." The third uncle lit a cigarette and handed one to Zhou Lukang.

"I'm... busy too, it's really not easy to live a good life." Zhou Lukang took the cigarette and just pinched it on his fingertips.

"Hey, speaking of it, your father entrusted me with a dream the day before yesterday, and asked me to tell you a few words." The third uncle took out a big puff of cigarettes. The taste of the smoke was different from that of Zhou Lukang's, and it seemed particularly choking.

Zhou Lukang squinted his eyes, resisted the itching to cough, and said, "Really? Why didn't my dad come to me directly? I haven't seen him for many years."

The third uncle nodded with his finger holding the cigarette: "He said he was embarrassed to see you, but he said he had a girlfriend. He said he wanted to earn a lot of money to marry you a wife so that you would have face, but it didn't work out. , and even lost his life.”

Zhou Lukang let out a cold snort-like smile: "Then he is too worried, and I never thought of counting on him."

"Yeah. He didn't help you at that time. You are in trouble now, and he wants to help you again."

Zhou Lukang was stiff all over. He didn't tell anyone about his situation. People outside thought he was still a rich urbanite, toasting and complimenting him. No one knew that he was now facing bankruptcy.How did the third uncle know that he was in trouble?

Is it really Mr. Zhou's dream?

"My dad... what did my dad tell you?" Zhou Lukang said suspiciously.

"He said, it will be Zhongyuan in a few days. At that time, when the gate of ghosts is wide open and the two worlds of Yin and Yang are connected, the management of the ghost world is the most difficult. You have to go to a place called the city gate tower and find it before midnight. A black cat, follow the black cat all the way, no matter who you meet, you ignore it. If you just talk, you ignore it. If someone stops you, you curse loudly, spit, and the person who stops you will go away No more. The black cat leads you to a ghost market, and you should stop following. Find three lights in the ghost market, and your father will wait for you there."

"Wait, I didn't remember clearly, can you say it again?" Zhou Lukang hurriedly turned over the mobile phone on his body. He lowered his head and touched his pocket, found the mobile phone and called up the recording interface, but when he looked up, he found that the third uncle didn't know something Time is gone.

Zhou Lukang froze on the spot holding his mobile phone. Zhou Ke walked in: "Lukang, what are you doing here? Don't make calls here. It has been abandoned for a long time, and it is dirty and messy."

Zhou Lukang turned to look at him: "Didn't you see Third Uncle go out?"

"Third Uncle?" Zhou Ke looked a little ugly, "Don't talk nonsense, my dad hasn't been buried yet, so he just said such weird things... Third Uncle passed away the year before last."

Zhou Lukang was so excited that all the wine he drank before turned into a cold sweat and broke out.

After a long time, Zhou Lukang calmed down.

Since he thought that everything he suffered was retribution, he didn't care whether he was superstitious or not. As long as he had a little hope to show up, he would dare to try.

"Brother Ke, that's it for tonight, I have something to go back in a hurry."

"It's so late? You're still drinking, so leave early tomorrow morning." Zhou Ke shook his head disapprovingly.

Zhou Lukang patted his forehead angrily: "Yes, yes, I forgot that I drank a lot...Brother Ke, I was also drunk just now, don't worry about it."

"Hi! Why are we brothers talking about this? Let's go out to eat. I saw that you only drank alcohol and didn't even eat a few bites of food." Zhou Ke laughed, turned and walked out.Zhou Lukang still kept his smile on his face, but there was no smile in his eyes, and he followed him back to the table.

Before dawn, Zhou Lukang bid farewell to Zhou Ke's family and drove back to the city.

Fu Zongming said he wanted to see Xiao Kelan, so he specially took out the afternoon, and Liu Guohong drove him to the hospital with Gu Su.

He was thinking about how to introduce Gu Su to Xiao Kelan all the way, feeling a little nervous for no reason.Since he was a child, he seldom played with his peers. He only got along with the elders in his family. Xiao Kelan was an elder he respected in his heart. He wanted Xiao Kelan to like Gu Su too.

Xiao Kelan was surprised and delighted to see Fu Zongming, and hurriedly asked Fu Zongming to sit down.

When I met Aunt Xiao for the first time, did you mean a friend or what?Fu Zongming glanced at Gu Su, and Gu Su was also looking at him, feeling nervous, he said, "Auntie, his name is Gu Su, he is my boyfriend."

Xiao Kelan: "...Huh?"

Gu Su: "...Huh?"

Fu Zongming almost bit off the root of his tongue, and his back was sweating.But he has to stabilize now, with Aunt Xiao on one side and Xiao Su on the other, if he can't stabilize the scene, he will collapse.Fu Zongming said calmly, "A good friend of a man."

Xiao Kelan laughed, and continued to call the two to sit down, and ordered Liu Guohong to wash the fruit for Fu Zongming and Gu Su.

This is considered to be over, Fu Zongming secretly heaved a sigh of relief, not daring to look at Gu Su's face, he quickly pressed Xiao Kelan's hand: "Don't worry, I came to see Auntie, and I even ate Auntie's fruit , What is it like? If my grandfather finds out, he will beat me with his dragon-headed crutches from thousands of miles away."

A few words made Xiao Kelan smile, she stopped laughing a few times, and said: "Your grandfather used to ask your mother to come to me to pack pastries and bring them back by himself. Why is it halfway through this year, and I haven't seen your mother?" Come?"

"Grandpa was found to have high blood sugar last year, and the doctor told him to eat less pasta, less fat and less sugar." Fu Zongming said, "He didn't let my mother bring it to my father, saying that as long as he smelled the pastry you made, One must break the precept!"

Gu Su watched quietly from the side. What Fu Zongming said made Xiao Kelan very happy, and he laughed out loud from time to time. His complexion was much better than when he first entered the ward.

Although Gu Su can't know life and death, a person's general luck must be traceable, unless it is tampered with, otherwise there will be no sudden change in luck.Although Xiao Kelan suffered a serious illness, it was only a catastrophe, and he will have a better life in the future.

But the other people in this ward... Aunt Xiao is on the second bed, and the first bed is an old man who is dying of illness; the third bed is empty; the child on the fourth bed, since Gu Su came in, curled up on the bed with his knees in his arms From behind his knees, a pair of eyes peeked at him.

The child was very thin, not too short, and it could be seen that his arms and legs were quite long, so he looked even thinner, and there was not much flesh on his cheeks.

Seeing that Gu Su was looking at the child, Xiao Kelan grabbed a few kumquats and called, "Boyan, come here and eat some kumquats."

Zhou Boxan's gaze shifted from Gu Su to Xiao Kelan, then he timidly shook his head.

He dare not move, dare not approach that person, he will be taken away, like that little girl.Mom is still hoping that his health will get better, and he can't go with those people.

Xiao Kelan withdrew her hand, looking a little lonely, and put the kumquats back into the fruit bowl.She said in a voice that could only be heard by a few people around her: "The kid is undergoing chemotherapy recently, and he can't eat a lot of food, and he's lost his appearance. His mother wants him to eat too much, but what can he do if he can't eat it? I heard last night that his mother secretly cried outside several times."

Fu Zongming also turned his head and took a look at the child. This was a big deal. Zhou Boyan looked at him, his eyes widened instantly, and the hand holding his knee was thrown away by the kicked leg.Zhou Boyan grabbed the thin quilt on the bed and covered himself up. He called out to his mother, and Zhao Yixin, who was following Dr. Wei, hurried over: "What's wrong? Boyan, what's wrong?"

Zhou Boxan didn't speak, just hugged Zhao Yixin and cried loudly, Zhao Yixin hugged him and comforted him softly.

Gu Su watched from the side, feeling a little envious gradually in his heart.

In Gu Su's memory, he was only cared for by Su Yu when he was six or seven years old.Afterwards, a huge change happened suddenly. Su Yu brought Cui Lifei back and left him aside in the cold. My aunt couldn't stand her eyes and took him back to take care of him for two years.Later, Master Ban came to this city, accepted him as an apprentice, and brought him back to Rong Town.

He looked at Fu Zongming again, and saw Fu Zongming sitting there expressionless, with a tall and tall figure sitting upright.But for some reason, Gu Su saw a little grievance from the broad and straight back, and the sense of loss that came out of remembering the past was also covered up, and the corners of his mouth could not help but curl up slightly.

After the visit, Fu Zongming didn't intend to go back to the company, and decided to go home directly. Naturally, Gu Su wanted to escort him.During the short [-]-minute drive, Fu Zongming had countless words "stay back" in his mind, and even reached his lips several times, but his lips were tightly closed, and he couldn't open them no matter what.

Such indecision made him anxious, and Gu Su couldn't help but check if there were any spikes on the seat of his chair.Fu Zongming held his arm and said seriously: "You should stay here."

Under Gu Su's surprised and confused gaze, Fu Zongming's tone became weaker: "This way you don't have to run around every day."

"It doesn't matter. I have a lot of things to do at night recently. I have to go to a nightclub to do my work. It doesn't matter where I live." Gu Su said.

Fu Zongming questioned: "You go to a nightclub? What do you do?"

Gu Su hesitated for a while, thinking that if he told Fu Zongming, he might follow him too, which was not good.Gu Su shook his head: "As for ordinary work, you should not ask." After speaking, Gu Su felt that such an answer might make Fu Zongming more curious, so he added: "It's just exorcising evil spirits, there is nothing to see."

Fu Zongming was full of suspicion and didn't believe this statement, but he couldn't just ask like this, wouldn't it appear that he was suspicious and narrow-minded?Fu Zongming pursed his lips tightly, with a lingering melancholy in his heart, he seemed to have really become suspicious.

He leaned back in the chair, his shoulders relaxed, and there was obvious depression in his eyes.Gu Su touched his shoulder: "Be good."

Fu Zongming squinted his eyes and turned his head to look at him: "Do you treat me like a child?"

Gu Su quickly said: "No, I just want to comfort you."

Fu Zongming: "..." It's over, has his image not been successfully established in Gu Su's heart at all?

This is not right!He should be mature, stable, reliable, and strong... Fu Zongming was so lost that he didn't even want to talk about the words to keep him. He was very suspicious that those words of holding on to Gu Su's ears would make him a child who couldn't live without the company of adults. cheating.

When he reached the door of his house, Fu Zongming got out of the car resolutely, and Aunt Qiong opened the door and waited for him at the door.

Fu Zongming's eyebrows were already three-dimensional. When he was very serious, his face looked cold and deep. He said lightly, "Uncle Liu, help me send Xiao Su home, thank you."

The car started and drove away. Fu Zongming looked at Aunt Qiong with a cold face: "Aunt Qiong, am I stable enough?"

Aunt Qiong's eyeballs must be, and it seems that there is nowhere to rest them.She grabbed the apron and rubbed it twice: "The soup is still on the fire, I'll turn off the fire and serve the soup."