Chapter 132: Drinking in the Snow
Setting off again, the journey was smooth, arriving directly at Mengjiazhuang, the time was five o'clock in the afternoon.
Because of the wind and snow weather, the sky is already dark, the village has been lit up with starry lights, sparse, but gives a very warm feeling.
Shangguan Ning came for the first time, asked about some people and things in the village, and was also a little curious about that crack, but because of the mood, people did not have much interest in talking, Meng Fan said two sentences in a salty way to put off the past, and then went straight into the village.
Under the authorization of Meng Fan, Liu Erxie directly drove the car to the door of the house of Zhang Mazi, so that they were surprised, a one legged old man, leaning on a walking stick, is standing in the snow and wind, looking over to them …… She is covered with a layer of snow, should be waiting for a long time, perhaps all the time, the figure looks a little cold and lonely, and lets a touch of stubbornness. The figure looks a bit cold, lonely, and contains a touch of stubbornness.
After Meng Fan got off the bus with Xiao Xi in his arms, the old man came over.
"Are you asleep?"
"I'm asleep."
"Did you have a good time?"
"Very happy."
"Good!"
The old man led Meng Fan and opened the door to Xiao Xi's room, his hands kept shaking, and his mouth indignantly said, "It's really cold, the snow came a little early this year ……"
After entering the house, Meng Fan looked at the familiar furnishings in the house, as well as the sword marks on the ground that had been chopped out from fighting with the rotting corpses, and let out a light sigh as he carefully placed Xiao Xi onto the bed, and took out the long crystal dress.
"Granny, Xiao Xi loved this dress before she went to bed, help her put it on."
"Good, it's so beautiful, it cost a lot of money, didn't it?"
The old man's complexion had been very calm, no emotions could be seen, calmness was a bit too much, she carried that long skirt, her fingers rubbing on the fabric, the crystals scattering a nice halo in the light, like the stars in the sky, also real and illusory, the old man in the room sighed in admiration, and didn't avoid anything, and started to help Xiaoxi to change her clothes right in front of Meng Fan, the clothes were faded off one by one, revealing Xiaoxi's white neck, delicate collarbones, the wonderful …… chest just, the old man's hand is always shaking.
Meng Fan could not bear to look at it anymore, afraid of not being able to leave, afraid of not being able to forget, afraid of sinking …… down, knowing that his mother-in-law was not in a good mood either, he took a deep breath, and said in a gentle tone, "Granny, you are allowed to …… cry out. "
The old man's body a beat, turned his head to look at Meng Fan's back, the corners of his mouth pulled, pause a good while before saying, "Cry what, Xiaoxi is not the first time to sleep over, the family is not she a person sleeping, the old body to look at the light, it is not still you, go outside to break in, the next time you come back, you will save Xiaoxi to wake up … …"
"Good!"
Meng Fan nodded and said only one word, but it was as if the word weighed a thousand pounds, making it difficult for him to breathe, his eyes looked towards the door, his heart flew out, crossing the mountains and rivers, the five lakes and the four corners of the world, as if he was searching for something, and as if he was inquiring about something: "Can you help me save one person? Let me die all I want ……"
"Beautiful, beautiful!" The old man helped Xiao Xi change her clothes, tsked and praised, "Xiao Xi didn't follow you for nothing, this dress is the best dress she has worn since she was a child ……"
Time was as if it had frozen, one minute and one second went by very arduously, Meng Fan didn't know how to walk out of Xiao Xi's room, nor did he know how to remove his last glance from Xiao Xi's face, he only knew that the whole world disappeared when he helped Xiao Xi cover her with a quilt ……
"Meng Fan, there are still friends in the car?" The old man asked as he stood in the doorway.
"Uh, Two Evils and a friend." Meng Fan said, "I'm helping that friend out, trying to break out through them."
"Good, do well!" The old man nodded, and asked, "haven't gone home yet, right, don't go back, have a meal here in the old body, the reception banquet, since you left …… the old body has been set up, know that you will come back at any time."
"Good." Meng Fan said.
The wind and snow filled the sky, Meng Fan took Shangguan Ning and Liu Erxie, followed the old man into the backyard, the backyard set up a table, the table is full of wine and food, put a few bottles of wine, has been covered by snow, the dishes have also long been cold, as the temperature of the sky of snowflakes, but when he saw these dishes, Meng Fan's heart warmed for no apparent reason, smiled, and sat down in the snow and wind, he knew that the old man had already been prepared to welcome this moment He knew that the old man had long been ready for this moment.
This moment could not be avoided, nor could it be escaped.
"I didn't know that an honored guest was coming, I'll go get chopsticks." The old man glanced at Shangguan Ning, hobbled on his crutches, and brought chopsticks again.
In the middle of the snow and wind, this scene looks a little strange, a little unusual, no one will eat in the snow …… Shangguan Ning swept the snow on the stool and sat down, looking at the old man, looking at Meng Fan, she did not say anything, but slowly, she actually felt that this is what it should have been like, and that this is the right way to do it.
As for the black coffin in the middle of the courtyard, it didn't look so eye-catching anymore.
"Second Evil, open the wine." The old man greeted and sat down as well, "These are all Xiao Xi's favorite foods, let's all try them and let's make a lively scene."
"Good." Meng Fan's palm ignited the earth fire, one by one, stroked through the rice, the fragrance of the dishes drifted out, wisps of white gas dissipated in the wind and snow, letting people smell and see, their hearts inexplicably settled down, clamped a chopstick of the dish and put it into his mouth, Meng Fan said, "It's really tasty!"
Dishes hot, wine poured full, three young people and an old man, in the snow have drunk up, in the snow and wind, in the current situation, this scene does not seem to be out of place, but some of the children of the rivers and lakes not to be modest in the meaning of it.
The old man's wine was well prepared, and this day was the time when Meng Fan drank the most.
When it was time to disperse, the old man left Meng Fan alone, grabbed his hand and said, "Meng Fan …… can you call me a …… grandmother."
Meng Fan held the old man's hand tightly and nodded, then actually bent his knees and kowtowed twice: "Grandma, Meng Fan and Xiao Xi kowtow to you."
The old man tilted his face up and looked at the snowflake-flecked night sky, exhaled a long breath, and two lines of hot tears flowed out of his cloudy eyes as he pulled Meng Fan to his feet, "Promise the old man one more thing, and don't come back to see Xiaoxi after you've left, not even if you want to think of her……. Until the day when you can save her from awakening. "
"…… Good."
Meng Fan thought for a while before nodding, gazing at the old man, his figure disappeared into the roiling snow …… Behind him suddenly came the cries that the old man was desperately trying to contain, and she would accompany the two sleeping people and continue to live, alone as if she were alone.
When Meng Fan came out, Shangguan Ning was standing outside waiting, still holding the child in her arms. Meng Fan knew what she wanted to do, and nodded at her and slipped her a cloth bag, saying in a deep voice, "Finish the job and give the money to the old man, I didn't have a chance to just now."
Shangguan Ning nodded and went inside, and when she returned, her face was relaxed, and in her arms she held a strand of soul as clear as amber, the child's.
"The child's body I destroyed, only the soul remains, and then it will be necessary to warm up his sanity." Shangguan Ning said this, her face was crimson due to the wine she drank, "Do you want to go home to see what's next?"
"Not going back, straight to Tiger City." Meng Fan leaned back on the seat and sank his eyes closed as he said, "I'm a little sleepy from drinking, I'll go to sleep first."
Liu Erxie didn't drink much because he drove here, but only drove the car halfway to his house, moved the things in the car down, explained a few things to his mother-in-law, and then left.
The woman looked at the departing Liu Erxie in the wind and snow, and whispered, "Erxie, after earning money, go home early to accompany me ……."
After returning home, she hugged the clothes the man gave her and cried, she had never seen such nice clothes when she was so old.
The next day, the woman will be two evil brought back things to the Sun village head, Sun village head after counting, gifted to the most needy people in the village, those who hold the hands of the flashy to the extreme things, a long time back to God, just the heart of the emergence of a person's name …… Meng Fan.
Back to the city of Huyang, it was midnight, because of Xiao Yu, Meng Fan politely refused to Shangguan Ning stayed in the Grand Hotel request, once again stayed in that hotel, but found that Xiao Yu is not, until the next day Xiao Yu still did not show up, he knew that Xiao Yu must have been in trouble, because Xiao Yu promised him that he would always be in the room, waiting for him.
Then, he went to the front desk of the hotel, after some sideways knocking, finally learned the original cause of the matter, the front desk girl told him, a Taoist priest to help the hotel to catch the ghosts, charging a low fee ……