Chapter 3

I bought sandalwood, the old tree chestnut from Xiaowang's family, roasted seeds such as peanuts and melon seeds, and more than a dozen fragrant pears.

I didn't encounter anything on the road, and it's not a protagonist, so how could something happen as soon as I go out.

On the road, Chen Chuanwang saw many students wearing blue and white school uniforms walking together, or talking and laughing on bicycles.

Looking at the school name on the chest of the school uniform, it is his alma mater, but when he was in school, there were no school uniforms.

After shopping, Chen Chuanwang rode his bicycle around the school. Compared with the street that had not changed much, the school seemed to be rebuilt.

In his memory, the school building where the walls were scattered all over the ground was repainted. The grass-covered playground had a running track and more football hoops, and there was a basketball court where many male students were sweating profusely.

There was nothing like this before. At that time, physical education classes consisted of playing on the lawn, or sweating on the red brick and cement-covered ping-pong table.

Although simple, but very happy.

Missing his alma mater, he took a look outside the office, but there were no acquaintances. The teachers he used to go to school probably all retired.

When leaving school, Chen Chuanwang saw an acquaintance, the owner of the canteen, who was still the same aunt for more than 20 years, but now her hair is gray and she is getting older.

Chen Chuanwang went to the canteen to buy a bottle of drink, but he no longer saw the Coke Sprite that cost [-] cents a bottle at that time.

"School is over so early?"

The boss regarded Chen Chuanwang as a fifth or sixth grade student.

Without him, it will grow tender.

Chen Chuanwang smiled and said, "I have graduated."

"It's not so early after junior high school." The boss muttered, and then he heard that eight yuan was deposited into the account by scanning the code.

"Hey, I paid too much. A bottle of Coke is only three yuan. Why do you give me eight yuan?" The boss immediately cheered up, and she opened the small box next to her: "I don't know how to use my mobile phone, so I'll give you some change. "

"No need, the five yuan was on credit before, and I had no money to pay back at that time."

After Chen Chuanwang said something casually, he took his drink and ran away on his bicycle.

Credit in the canteen was very common at that time. At least seven or eight of the more than 20 boys in the class had paid on credit in the canteen.

As for whether he owed five yuan, Chen Chuanwang didn't remember. It was more than ten years since elementary school, and he only remembered one debt that he hadn't paid.

But it must not exceed five yuan, because at that time, if it exceeded five yuan, the boss would remind me at the door of the class.

It took only 15 minutes to go back and forth, plus shopping, it took more than half an hour at most, but it took almost an hour for Chen Chuanwang to go back and forth this time.

"Why did you come back so late?"

Seeing his grandson come back, grandpa stepped forward with a cigarette in his mouth, and took all the things out of the car basket.

Chen Chuanwang sighed: "Turning around, many shops on the street are closed."

Grandpa took out the chestnut from the old tree: "Otherwise, young people have gone out now, and there are not many people here. You have never been to the vegetable market now. There are more people selling vegetables than buying vegetables. Half an hour. Almost gone."

"No way, it's too exaggerated."

Chen Chuanwang couldn't believe it. When he was in elementary school, the street was so lively that even after morning reading class, he still took advantage of the 10-minute break to go to the street to buy some steamed buns.

"You'll know when you get up early tomorrow to have a look. It's just to change your bad habit of sleeping until noon. How can a person not eat breakfast? My stomach can't stand it."

While talking, Grandpa opened the paper bag, took out a chestnut and bit into his mouth.

"Hey?"

Chen Chuanwang yelled: "Didn't you say to burn incense to sacrifice? Why did you eat the chestnut?"

"I didn't say that it was originally intended to be used for sacrifices, but your grandma wanted to eat it." He said, he took out the pulp from the shell and threw it into his mouth.

"I think you want to eat."

Chen Chuanwang curled his lips: "Then these roasted seeds and pears..."

"These are used for sacrifice."

Grandpa put all the things on the table, and then said to Chen Chuanwang: "Eat dinner first, then you go to sleep, and I will call you when the time comes."

"Not now, but at night?"

Chen Chuanwang was a bit reluctant. Normally, let alone at night, it would be no problem to ask him to go to the South Lake in the middle of the night, but he just met monsters and big fish today. If he went to the lake at night, even if he was curious, He was still a little scared.

No matter what, let's pick a daytime to go, under the blue sky, there can't be another monster...

"Monster! Monster!"

"Shemale, shemale."

See also crows, again crows.

Chen Chuanwang looked up, and saw three crows standing on the old tree next to the house, probably those monsters.

Demon, who is it called?

Did something sneak into the village?

Chen Chuanwang's scalp felt numb all of a sudden, and goosebumps sprang up. It's okay for this monster to enter the village, but if something happens, it's over.

Hearing the crow above kept shouting "monster", "shemale", Chen Chuanwang looked left and right, trying to see the shadow of a monster.

But in the end he found out that the crow was staring down at him and calling, so he was the demon.

"Why are there so many crows flying here, where are the magpies?" Grandpa raised his head, looked at the dark crows, and muttered.

Putting crows and magpies together, people who work in the countryside actually hate magpies the most. They don't care about what magpies represent good luck and crows represent bad luck.

They only care who eats their seeds!

The fat and huge magpie is the thief who steals the seeds. On the contrary, the slender crow who likes to find something to eat beside the garbage dump is more popular.

"It was probably scared away by the crow."

The above is not only a crow, but also a monster.

Chen Chuanwang felt that the monster should be territorial, and the crow might have driven the magpie away.

Seeing those monsters kept calling, Chen Chuanwang went to the kitchen to fill some rice.

Grandpa saw that the bowl was full of rice and said, "For the dog? Just plain rice, no vegetables?"

"Give them something to eat."

Chen Chuanwang pointed to the crow and poured the rice on the ground.

Grandpa was a little angry: "Give them food?! Isn't there rice in the back? Just grab a handful."

Chen Chuanwang said: "If it weren't for them, the two children would have drowned."

"Just these few? Well, but we will have to use rice in the future, and you will throw it on the ground for the chickens to eat. It should be dumped on the balcony."

"got it."

As if hearing Chen Chuanwang's words, the three crows flew down and jumped around beside the white rice.

At this time, the little black tail of the nursing home was tucked under his buttocks, his hair was blown all over, and he grinned at the crows.

"Little black!"

Chen Chuanwang held down Xiao Hei who was about to rush over, found a rope and tied it to the door.

"Don't call, everyone is at home."

After brushing down the fried hair, most of the little blackness disappeared, but his eyes were still fixed on the crows who were eating.

The sun went down, grandparents were hungry, and dinner began.

After eating and washing the dishes, it was already half an hour later. The crows were still standing on the tree, but the rice on the ground had already been eaten.

Chen Chuanwang untied Xiao Hei, then waved his hand towards the tree as a greeting.

After preparing meals for Xiao Hei, Chen Chuanwang went up to the second floor and returned to his room.

Chen Chuanwang was sleepy after a long day of exhaustion, encountering monsters and rescuing people in the water.

Knowing that he was going to go out at night, he didn't take off his clothes at all, and went directly into the bedding, put down his mobile phone, closed his eyes, and within 3 minutes, he heard the sound of snoring.

This sleep was very comfortable. Compared with the bed in the company dormitory, the bed at home is softer and warmer.

Chen Chuanwang was woken up by his grandfather, and habitually pressed his cell phone. It is now eleven fifty in the evening.

"Are you going to burn incense at twelve o'clock?"

Chen Chuanwang reluctantly crawled out of the warm bed. Originally, he was a little shy when he went to burn incense by the lake at night. The time chosen by his grandfather was still twelve o'clock in the middle of the night. Chen Chuanwang was really worried about what might happen.

The old people are very stubborn. Grandpa insists on going, but Chen Chuanwang has no choice.

However, things had to be properly prepared. In addition to the sacrificial items, Chen Chuanwang also put a kitchen knife in the basket and found a small steel fork that was covered in rust.

Grandpa found a flashlight and a headlamp in the small room where the sundries were kept.

Chen Chuanwang tried it, and the light was quite bright.

In this way, the old and the young came to the South Lake with baskets and lamps in hand, and steel forks in hand.

The night was calm, but the weather was a bit cold, leaves fell from the branches from time to time, and there were three crows hopping on the branches.

Chen Chuanwang raised his head, the light from the headlights shone on the crow, and the eyes of the three monsters were glowing green, which was a bit piercing.

Chen Chuanwang was very nervous when he touched the steel fork with his fingers.

The weather is unfavorable, the ground is unfavorable, and the conditions for disharmony between people are all there. If nothing happens, he will feel abnormal.

Walking along the asphalt road to the small sluice, grandpa put down the basket, and took out the incense burner, sandalwood, yellow paper, paper money, a plate of cooked fish, three fragrant pears, and a plate of peanuts and melon seeds. ,a bowl of rice.

"Grandpa, why did you bring all the yellow paper and paper money here?"

Seeing that grandpa brought something unexpected, Chen Chuanwang was numb.

Does he really not think about his surroundings?
At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, there are monsters above the head, there are big fish in the water, and the cold wind is blowing. Burning paper money at this time is too scary!
"I've bought all the incense, and I will burn some paper for your great-grandfather and great-grandmother during the sacrifice, and let them bless you."

Chen Chuanwang was speechless.

Grandpa's idea is really good, if the priest attracts some dirty things, he will also invite his parents to fight, right?

Grandpa arranged the things and asked Chen Chuanwang to take the yellow paper and paper money to the side to burn.

Chen Chuanwang muttered and complained, found an open space, put a piece of yellow paper on the ground, he knelt down on it, and started burning the paper while shouting grandpa and grandma.

About a minute or two passed before he heard a crack, the sound of melon seeds being chewed.

Chen Chuanwang suddenly became excited, turned his head to look in the direction of his grandfather, and then stayed where he was.

"Crack..."

I saw my grandfather sitting not far away after putting the fish and burning incense, with peanuts, melon seeds and fragrant pears in front of him.

Co-author or eat by yourself? !
If you weren't my grandfather, I would have scolded you.

With a dark face, Chen Chuanwang put down the yellow paper and paper money, and walked to his grandfather: "Grandpa, how can you eat at this time!"

Grandpa said while eating: "Whoever eats is not eating, I have already cooked the incense and prepared the fish. If you put these things away, they won't be wasted."

"Why don't you eat that fish?"

"Let it sit for an hour, it's all cold, and I've been eating fish for decades, so I don't want to eat it."

It really makes sense!

Chen Chuanwang was powerless to refute.

The so-called burning incense sacrifices, after a long time, they burn incense one by one, and the sacrifices are still made of their own teeth.

He covered his face with his forehead, not knowing what to say.

At this moment, he heard the sound of water, the rushing sound of something coming out of the water. He turned his head and saw a monster by the light of his headlamp.

"monster!"

He hurriedly picked up the steel fork on the ground, and wanted to drag grandpa away.

Grandpa looked suspicious, and he said: "What are you dragging me for? We can only leave after the incense is burned."

Seeing his grandfather's unchanged expression, Chen Chuanwang was surprised. Didn't his grandfather see the monster in the water?
Chen Chuanwang looked up at the crows on the tree, only to find that they had flown to the incense burner and were eating fish.

"You kid ate my peanuts and melon seeds again?"

Suddenly, Chen Chuanwang heard a dull voice, as if coming from the water, it was the monster who came ashore talking.

He was looking in the direction of the two of them: "It's been decades, just two sacrificial offerings, and you still ate my peanuts and melon seeds!"

"Uh……"

Chen Chuanwang came back to his senses, the monster seemed to be talking to his grandpa, but grandpa...

Turning his head, Grandpa looked expressionless, as if he hadn't heard anything. He said, "It seems that the burning of incense and offering sacrifices is all a lie of your great-grandpa. The sacrifices were all eaten by those crows."

Grandpa, you ate the sacrifice!
At this time, the monster who came ashore spoke again, and he pointed to the fish bones scattered on the ground because of the crow's snatching: "I have eaten this stuff for hundreds of years, and I almost vomited, you bastard!" The boy is quite old, and he still robs me of food, why is his mouth so greedy?"

Chen Chuanwang: "..."

From what the monster said, it seemed that he knew his grandfather a long time ago, and he might even know his great-grandfather.

And he didn't seem to have any malicious intentions, even if the sacrifice was eaten, he just pointed at Grandpa's nose and cursed, that's all!

(End of this chapter)

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