Seaside Inn

In August, the forbidden sea was finally lifted.

What a great thing.

The whole village began to be busy making various paper bundles, stacking ingots, and paper-cutting money, in order to worship Mazu.

For those who rely on the sea to eat the sea, the god of the town is Mazu. The sea is calm and the harvest is abundant all year round, all thanks to Mazu.

The day of the festival was very lively, the firecrackers were crackling in the early morning, the stage opera on the beach, and the sea festival on the sea, all with local characteristics attracted many tourists to visit, and Yang Bai came here when the sky was bright up.

"Why is your family still the same? Didn't do anything?" Yang Bai was surprised as soon as he entered the door. Every household hung up firecrackers and set up altars. Why didn't Jiang's have anything?

Jiang Ran put her fingers between her lips, "Shhh, our family doesn't believe in God. My grandma is taboo about this, so I won't say it anymore."

Why do seaside people still taboo Mazu?

Yang Bai was a little curious, but seeing Mrs. Jiang coming out of the room, she shut up wisely and didn't say much.

While eating breakfast, she secretly looked at Mrs. Jiang. Mrs. Jiang was really different from usual. She was always amiable today with an expressionless face. In the past, she would greet her when she saw her, but now she didn't make a sound. Everyone can tell Mrs. Jiang is in a bad mood, very bad.Not only Mrs. Jiang, but even the old man Jiang is silent and always smiling. What's wrong?

After all, Yang Bai is just an outsider, how dare he gossip casually, gather the guests and take them away.

Mrs. Jiang locked herself in her room after breakfast, and old man Jiang sat at the door and guarded. He didn't watch TV or listen to the opera, just sat.

Jiang Ran packed up the dishes and prepared to go upstairs, when she turned around, she saw a tall figure standing at the door.

"Hi."

Ji Kun raised his foot and entered the door, "Is there any leftover food? I'm starving to death."

Jiang Ran said blankly, "Wait."

As he spoke, he brought a bowl of mung bean porridge and a plate of pickled radish from the kitchen, "That's all."

Fried dough sticks, steamed buns, and omelets have already been shared among the guests.

Ji Kun didn't dislike it at all, and finished drinking with a bowl of radish, "Can I keep my room?"

Jiang Ran nodded, "Keep it."

Unlike the last time, there was only one suitcase last time, but this time there are two, and there is also a trunk full of snacks and beer, all of which are imported and not easily available in supermarkets.

"Your doomsday plot!" Jiang Ran couldn't help complaining.

Ji Kun picked out two boxes of light snacks for Jiang Ran, "I can't move my mind without eating."

"That's good, just die."

The two entered the room chatting one after another, and when they entered the hall, Ji Kun saw the old man Jiang who was guarding the door of the room and was about to say hello. Jiang Ran quickly kicked him, "Don't call."

"what happened?"

Jiang Ran said, "It's not the right time for you to come back. They are in a bad mood these two days, so just say hello!"

When we got to the room, Ji Kun asked, "What happened?"

"What happened many years ago is a knot in the heart." Jiang Ran said lightly, "By the way, it's worshiping Mazu outside. It's so lively that you join in the fun."

Ji Kun drove all the way over and saw that it was indeed very lively. In comparison, the Jiang family seemed very deserted. He guessed in his heart that it had something to do with what he was doing outside. He didn't want to mess with Jiang Ran when he just came back. unhappy.

"Nothing to see."

Jiang Ran didn't care, nodded and turned to leave.

Suddenly her waist tightened, and the sky spun suddenly. Jiang Ran was thrown onto the bed, Ji Kun's magnified face was in front of her, and the tip of her nose was the familiar smell of tobacco.

"Long time no see, miss me?"

"roll!"

Ji Kun helped his face, lifted the broken hair on his forehead, whispered in his ear, "I miss you, I miss you every day."

Warm lips were attached, hooking the tip of Jiang Ran's tongue with longing to want to linger, suddenly his whole body shook, his eyes widened, Ji Kun bowed and fell beside Jiang Ran, "Fuck".

Jiang Ran stood up and looked at Ji Kun, who was throbbing with painful veins, and wiped his mouth, "I told you, if I do it again, I will destroy you."

Ji Kun curled up and gritted his teeth, "You are too cruel."

Jiang Ran snorted and turned away.

At noon, Mrs. Jiang still didn't come out to eat. Old man Jiang entered the room with his rice bowl and didn't come out. According to him, Ji Kun was tired from driving all night and wanted to catch up on sleep. Jiang Ran hoped that it was because of his lower body pain. Can't get down!

The next day, Mrs. Jiang and old man Jiang were wearing plain clothes, "Aran, don't cook for us today."

Jiang Ran nodded and said softly, "Grandpa and Grandma, I'll wait for you to come back."

Mrs. Jiang nodded her head and went out.

Ji Kun looked at the other white cloth on the arm of Old Man Jiang and Mrs. Jiang, it must be something else after death...

Jiang Ran didn't cook at noon, and the guests all went out to relax freely, and some Yang Bai took him for sightseeing. Anyway, Jiang's house was very quiet, so he just told Ji Kun to take care of it by himself at noon.

Ji Kun felt strange, yesterday and today were all strange.

The always kind Jiang old man and Mrs. Jiang disappeared all day yesterday, and today she has no white cloth on her hands. She has always been responsible, and Jiang Ran, who cooks as long as there is one person in the family, is on strike today.

He was a little worried, stood at Jiang Ran's door and knocked on the door for a while, but still no one answered, Ji Kun thought about it, and stretched out his hand to open the door.

Jiang Ran's room is the same as others, clean and tidy.

Ji Kun found Jiang Ran's shadow on the balcony. He was sitting on the floor leaning against the door, blowing the sea breeze. There was a dozen beers next to him, and several cans had already been emptied.

"Aran"

Jiang Ran turned around, and instead of losing his temper at the trespassing Ji Kun, he shook the wine bottle in his hand, "Do you want to drink?"

"drink."

Both men and women have the desire to talk

Ji Kun took the bottle without hesitation and sat beside Jiang Ran.

Jiang Ran looked at the distant coast. The sacrifice to Mazu lasted for more than one day. Yesterday was a grand event, but today and tomorrow, many people dispersed, and the rest were devout men and women who brought offerings and prayed on the beach.

"No matter how the times change and how technology advances, superstitious people will always be superstitious." Jiang Ran said suddenly.

and then,

Then no.

After Jiang Ran finished this sentence, there was no more text. Maybe it was because Ji Kun was not a good person to confide, or maybe he had no desire to confide at all.

Ji Kun turned to look at Jiang Ran, Jiang Ran was still looking into the distance, but his eyes were cold and mocking.

Jiang Ran's mother is not an only child.He should have an uncle above him, who was taken away by 'Mazu' when he was three years old. "

People in ancient times lived in misery, so there were various myths, and all unknown natural phenomena were replaced by gods, ghosts and ghosts, praying to gods and Buddhas, and looking for spiritual dependence.

People need spiritual dependence. It is not ugly for people to have faith, but it is ugly and harmful to others and themselves if they are too extreme.

Old Jiang Po didn't understand this truth. She forced her sons and daughters-in-law and even newborn children to accompany her to pray to God and Buddha, thinking that it was good for them.

People will always feel that the words "I am for your own good" are full of painstaking efforts.

On the contrary, disgusting makes people sick.

Old man Jiang's mother was born in the feudal era. As an ancient fisherman, she had a natural dependence on ghosts and ghosts. Old Jiang Po dedicated her whole body to ghosts and ghosts. The family collected countless small statues of ghosts and ghosts, even in turbulent times. In the era when superstition was banned, she still stubbornly hid her little statue.

She works hard every day, picks and picks, and whenever she saves some money, she puts gold foil on her little statues to make golden bodies, worships three times a day, and talks about God and God.

Mrs. Jiang has no children for two years since she entered the house. The old Mrs. Jiang denounces her daughter-in-law every day as a hen that does not lay eggs, and a "bad person" despised by her gods and ghosts.

When Mrs. Jiang finally conceived a child and was left with a boy, Old Jiang Po was also very happy. She hugged the newborn child and begged in front of the gods and ghosts. The child was weak and sick. Let her take the child to the beach to pay homage to Mazu.

Unexpectedly, when a wave hit, the child's high fever did not subside that night, and it was gone by dawn.

Jiang Pozi had another daughter after five years, that is, Jiang Ran's mother, who was still a frail and sickly child. The old Jiang Pozi wanted the old things to reappear, which directly drove Jiang Pozi crazy. Losing a child, the always docile Mrs. Jiang couldn't take it anymore, she went crazy and threw all the gods in the house on the ground. The pottery ones were broken, but the copper and silver ones were not broken. Old Jiang Po went crazy when she saw this, mother-in-law and daughter-in-law pinched for a while, and finally old Jiang Po directly drove their mother and daughter to the room where the pigs used to be raised, saying that they were doomed children and she didn't want to be affected by bad luck. Finally, he couldn't stand his own mother's abuse of his wife and children, so he was forced to a corner and left home with his wife and children.

I don't know if it's because Mrs. Jiang smashed the statue. The child, who was obviously only breathless, slept in the thatched hut, and got better day by day despite the wind and rain. After taking two medicines, he recovered immediately.

A healthy child, and only then did Jiang Pozi, who was on the verge of madness, be pulled back.

Pozi Jiang is still regretting it to this day. If she had broken up with her mother-in-law earlier and dropped those idols earlier, whether it was her eldest son or not, she wouldn't have just left.

From then on, the meek, virtuous, submissive daughter-in-law of the Jiang family died, and was replaced by the strong Mrs. Jiang.

Since then, Mrs. Jiang and her mother-in-law have never been in touch with each other, and they have never offered sacrifices to gods and ghosts. The village's twice-yearly sacrifices to Mazu have never seen the shadow of Mrs. Jiang's family.

Jiang's family of three became the first atheist house in the village.

Every year today is also the day when old man Jiang and Mrs. Jiang go to the cemetery to see their children.

That person has scars, which are hard to tell.

Jiang Ran was feeling sorry for his elderly grandparents.

The fate was ill-fated, and the pain in the early years gradually faded away after the daughter gradually grew up. The daughter got married, had a son, and enjoyed herself happily.

The sky is in trouble.

They were supposed to be old enough to take care of themselves.

But they have to taste the pain of losing their own flesh and blood again, leaving them with a half-grown child.

Now at an age, I still have to worry about his feelings...

Jiang old man and Mrs. Jiang didn't come back until evening. After the Mazu sacrifice, the mood of the old couple gradually improved.

When the old man Jiang announced that he was going to sea tomorrow, Jiang Ran was so excited. He got up early the next day and passed by Ji Kun's door, which happened to be opened too.

"Can I go with you?"

Jiang Ran frowned, "I don't have rain boots in your size."

Ji Kun took out a pair from the house, "I bring my own."

Impressed.

The author has something to say:——(Too much, the part about Mazu is removed above, it’s a real person, and it’s the past of an old man who is very close to me. Her child was taken away by the so-called "ghosts and gods". Compared with those who watched The invisible creature, I think the most feared species in the world is man.)