Chapter 25 The Year of the Pig

There are only a few left-behind households living in Lujia Village at the foot of the mountain. On New Year's Eve, the lights are lit, and they go to each other to play cards and chat together. The atmosphere of the New Year is not lacking.

There is no smoking ban in the countryside. Children play with fireworks outside the house, and after a while, they run in and shout, "Grandpa, it's so foggy outside, you can't see Qixia Mountain."

The old man who was busy playing cards smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, every year during the Chinese New Year, it is foggy on the mountain. Anyway, don't go up the mountain on this day."

"why?"

"There are monsters living in the mountains, hahaha..."

"Ah! There are still monsters in the mountains? Are they celebrating the New Year too?"

"Of course it's New Year's Eve, and the monsters have to eat and drink. Maybe they're drinking right now."

"Then, does that monster eat children?"

The old man laughed and shook his head: "The monsters don't eat children or people. You don't mess with monsters, and monsters don't mess with you."

"Then what if someone accidentally provokes a monster?"

At this time, the old lady who came out with the dumplings laughed and interjected: "Don't be afraid if you really mess with it, Nuo, have you seen the stack of decals? Those are all zodiac paintings this year, and they are kept at home every year. What, they will bless you with good luck, and all monsters are afraid of it. This year is the Year of the Pig, I will raise a few more pigs, and I will definitely be able to sell a good price. "

"Oh, who still raises pigs now, pigs are too edible..."

There was a commotion in the house.

"Excuse me, I'm a passing passenger."

The door of the villagers was open, and the house was brightly lit, but they could not see five fingers outside. Suddenly someone stood at the door and spoke. Everyone was startled at first. Is there a passenger? You are..." Unlike a passenger, who is wearing a suit and leather shoes and a trench coat with a big fur collar, holding an umbrella and a briefcase in his hand, he is tall and straight, but a pair of shoes are dirty. Muddy water, trousers are not clean.

The man smiled and said again: "Happy New Year, old man. I want to go to Qixia Mountain. Can you sell me a flashlight?"

"Go up the mountain?" The old man was stunned again: "If you don't go back for the New Year, why don't you go up the mountain now? Young people, don't think about it, there is nothing on Qixia Mountain, just stones and wild trees, and it's foggy now, you Now I can't tell the difference between the south, south, north and west of Shandong, so what should I do if there is one."

The man was silent and looked up in the direction of Qixia Mountain. In the quiet night, there was no wind and no rain. When passing through Qixia Town, you could see lights flashing in all directions from time to time. Arriving at Lujia Village at the foot of Qixia Mountain, Qixia Mountain is like another world, a mystery shrouded in dense fog.

"I have a friend who didn't come out after entering the mountain. I'm going to look for it. Can you do me a favor?" Qin Zhuopu handed over a piece of cash, more than enough to buy a flashlight.

"Then why don't you call the police? How can you find it alone?" The old man was full of doubts, but the young man in the room hurriedly took out the flashlight and handed it to the man, and quickly took the RMB.

"Thank you." The man turned and entered the mountain.

"Young man, if you don't come out for an hour, can I help you call the police?"

"No thanks."

The flashlight shone on the road under his feet, and the man kept moving forward.

"This decent person, it's too strange to go up the mountain now. Could it be that he couldn't think about it and went to the mountain to commit suicide?" Seeing the man leaving, the young man couldn't help but open his mind.

"Nonsense, nine times out of ten you're going up the mountain to find someone."

"But, but Grandpa, you said that the mountains are full of monsters." The child said.

The old grandfather blushed suddenly: "There are people other than monsters."

"people?"

"Of course, there are people who can be met only by fate." The grandfather's eyes were far away.

The family continued to eat, drink and play. Only the old man kept an eye on the passage of time, thinking to himself that if the man didn't come back for an hour, he should help the police. During the Chinese New Year, peace is the most important thing.

Fifty minutes later, the familiar figure returned to the door. The man was even more embarrassed than before. Now even his clothes were dirty, as if he had rolled around on the ground. In the darkness, the man's eyes were amazed, staring blankly at the familiar house for a long time. It seems very strange how he came here again.

"Did you fall?" The old man stepped forward and asked.

The man turned pale and shook his head silently, "It's okay, thank you. I'm going back..."

"It's better to go back, it's better to go back than anything else!" The grandfather breathed a sigh of relief, and enthusiastically pulled the man into the house: "Today's New Year's Eve, it's fate to meet each other. Come, come, drink water and eat something before you go, I'll see you I'm so tired, could it be that I came here from outside?" Under the light, the old man finally saw the man's appearance, and suddenly he was in a trance. Not ordinary people. And...why does it look so familiar? where have you seen...

The old man frowned for a while, thinking hard.

"Your house... I seem to have been here before." The man suddenly said something, startling the old man.

"Ah... that's right, I've seen you, it's you!" The old man slapped his head.

The man's eyes looked around in the hall of the house, in the middle of the old incense case, there was a huge portrait of a great man hanging on the incense case, and there was a black and white photo on the right side of the wall. It was this photo that suddenly reminded him of the same picture many years ago. This family, he seems to have come.

No, the entire road leading to Qixia Mountain seems to have been passed before.

"I don't see many people like you. I remember that it was spring and the weather was good. One day you came to our house to ask for directions. Ah, you gave me two thousand yuan at the time! You are you!" , pulled the old lady and said, "Chunmei, do you remember? Someone came to ask for directions a few years ago and gave me two thousand yuan as a big thank you. At that time, it was thanks to the two thousand yuan that Xiaoxia went to high school! This is my brain! How did I just remember it! It really shouldn't be..."

The old lady's eyes are not as good as the old man's, and she still can't confirm it after looking at it for a long time.

The man's heart was overwhelmed. He had been here before, passed by the same people, and met the same old man. At that time, the old man was frowning and looked sick. He asked the way, got the answer, and gave the old man a stack of cash. Countless. still remember that the old man was so grateful at that time. After that, he was busy going up the mountain, and in a hurry... he went up the mountain?

Holding down his temples, the man closed his eyes and slowly shook his head. He met Master Yuan, a national practitioner of traditional Chinese medicine, in the capital, and later went to see several elders on the recommendation of the old man. Today, on New Year's Eve, he hurried back from abroad. Before that, he had been in the United States for a week to see experts.

Everyone said he was mentally ill. It seems that only he himself knows that what he may have is just a disease related to Lu Ying.

Seeing his pale face, the old man hurriedly asked: "Are you feeling unwell? It must be freezing, so hurry up and rest, have a cup of hot tea, Xiaoxia, come here, you can go to high school and college entrance examination thanks to this big brother …”

Lu Xiaoxia, a talented student who has already worked in a big city, is even more shocked than her grandfather. What the hell, why does this person look like the one introduced in the magazine... such and such a young entrepreneur? Coincidence, definitely a coincidence!

As it approached twelve o'clock, Qixia Mountain was quiet.

Lu Zizai was already asleep, Qin Xiaotu and the adults were in the house watching the Spring Festival Gala that was coming to an end, yawning boredly from time to time, watching TV on the mountain, but the mobile phone signal was very poor, and it was sometimes non-existent, let alone using it. Mobile Internet access.

Watching the singing and dancing on the TV, Qin Xiaotu turned his head and yawned again. He caught a glimpse of Lu Ying next to him, fiddling with his mobile phone, and couldn't help but look forward to it: "Uncle Lu, your mobile phone can access the Internet? Why is there no signal on mine at all."

Lu Ying shook his head: "Mine can't either..." But he received a text message, the time showed that it was sent after 7:00pm.

[Lu Ying, I arrived in Qixia Town, are you in the store or at home? I will look for you. 】

It was just twelve o'clock now when he saw this text message...

Lu Ying held the phone tightly and stared absently at the TV. What was on it, he didn't see it at all.

"WowHappy Year of the Pig!" Qin Xiaotu suddenly cheered, awakening Lu Ying, and the bell officially rang at twelve o'clock.

"Happy Year of the Pig!"

"Happy Year of the Pig!"

"Lu Ying, Happy Year of the Pig!"

"Happy Year of the Pig..."

Everyone cheered in unison, and congratulations continued around Lu Ying.

"Happy Year of the Pig!"

Lu Ying smiled all over her face, and sincerely presented the small blessing bags made by herself to everyone.

Without missing anyone, Lu Ying finally said sincerely, "I wish everyone a prosperous Year of the Pig!"

"Thank you Lu Ying!"

Everyone put away the small blessing bag and smiled with satisfaction.

Mr. Xu took the lucky bag, pointed to the night sky outside the window and said with a bright smile: "Look, it's snowing outside."

"Wow, what a good year!"

"It's really snowing..."

"I really want to see the white Qixia Mountain when I wake up tomorrow, and it will be more perfect with the sunrise."

"I want to photograph the snow scene of Qixia Mountain..."

The crowd dispersed slowly, and Lu Ying returned to the room where Cub was asleep, looking at his chubby face, but his heartbeat was hard to calm while holding the phone.

He got up and walked to the window, snowflakes were flying outside, accompanied by the whistling cold wind, under the dim eaves lights, every snowflake was like a dancing firefly. It's beautiful and cold.

Lu Ying lowered her head and made a quick call.

Beep beep...No signal.

"Where are you going?"

A galloping shadow sprang out of the room, and Ji Xiaofeng, a night owl who was still guarding the TV in the hall, let out a hurried howl.

"Help me watch the cub, I'll go back when I go!"

Lu Ying waved his hand and disappeared into the night without looking back. That person came to Qixia Town after seven o'clock, and the phone couldn't get through. He might still be at the door of the house...

Maybe it's a bit inappropriate to think so, after all, was disappointed. But... Lu Ying pondered that since he realized that he had been separated for almost a year, he had never broken his trust, even if it was just a small thing that he promised casually, he would follow it.

If people have already arrived in Qixia Town, he feels that people must still be there. Maybe at his doorstep...

The New Year's Eve didn't stay at home and accompany the elders, what the hell did he do in a remote town, and no one welcomed him, he didn't come when he should come, and now he didn't expect him to come, but he came uninvited.

It's already the first day of the new year, the first day of the year of the pig, hum, for the sake of the new year, he can't be bothered to get angry! New Year's Day can not quarrel. Find the person first, and then say Happy New Year, it is also his luck!

Lu Ying went down the mountain quickly, and walked in the direction of the town, avoiding the villagers. Lu Ying made a call immediately, 'The phone you dialed has been turned off...'

"..."

Lu Ying's galloping footsteps braked immediately, staring at the phone for a while, at a loss.

Where is it? Have you gone...on the plane?

Standing under the thick night of flying snowflakes, Lu Ying took a deep breath and let the snowflakes fall on his face. It was cold and sensible. He should go back to the mountain and accompany the child. This is much warmer than the ethereal snowflakes.

Lu Ying spit out a white mist, put the phone in his pocket, and turned around gracefully.

...

From a distance, the world at a glance.It was a man who walked slowly and alone with an umbrella across an empty muddy water road, like a star still twinkling in the snowy night.

The snow was still falling, and the two figures gradually approached.

"Happy New Year."