Grandpa

Lin Yurong came by car.

Tang Gang's hometown is in a small mountain village named Tangjiachong in Wushi next door.It takes at least six hours' drive from Qi County to get there.

"Meow~" The orange cat drooped its ears, lying in Shao Yunqu's arms aggrieved.

Motion sickness, meow.

Shao Yun had no choice but to pinch his paws for a while, spare his chin for a while, or rub his stomach. He asked helplessly, "Is it better?"

The orange cat directly collapsed into an orange ball of glutinous rice, it barely opened its eyes, and looked at Shao Yun with watery cat eyes.

"Meow~"

Still uncomfortable.

At this moment, the car stopped slowly, and Lin Yurong in the driver's seat turned around and said, "Master Shao, it's already noon, why don't you take a rest here. I see a farmhouse here, which happens to be Have a light meal here."

"Okay." Shao Yun nodded.

After getting out of the car, the orange cat seemed to have eaten some life-saving elixir, and came back with half a life.

After entering the farmhouse, there were quite a lot of customers in the store. The proprietress brought up a brand new menu, and Lin Yurong directly passed the menu to Shao Yun.

The orange cat cheered up and pressed its paw on a certain picture on the menu.

"Meow meow meow~"

Sauerkraut fish, more sauerkraut.

Shao Yun went to take advantage of the situation and said: "One serving of sauerkraut fish, and then—" He followed the orange cat's paw and looked down: "Three servings of charcoal-grilled crucian carp."

Then he handed the menu back to Lin Yurong.

She took the menu, glanced at it quickly, and pointed to an angelica stewed chicken and stir-fried cabbage.He also told the proprietress: "Please hurry up and serve the food, we are still on our way, it doesn't matter if you add some money."

The proprietress nodded slightly.

The palm-sized crucian carp is freshly killed, marinated with secret seasoning, wrapped in lotus leaves and grilled over charcoal fire. It is tender and delicious, with a compelling aroma. It is the signature dish of this farmhouse.

The orange cat resolutely abandoned the pickled cabbage fish it wanted, and devoted itself to dealing with the crucian carp in front of it.

Lin Yurong and Shao Yun went to see this, and simply put their share in front of the orange cat.

Halfway through the meal, Lin Yurong received a call from Tang Gang.

Seeing the caller ID, Lin Yurong was furious. She didn't shy away from Shao Yun's presence and connected the call directly.

"Hey, Yu Rong, where have you been? Director Chen from your unit called and said that you didn't go to work today..."

"I'm going back to Tang's house." Lin Yurong interrupted him directly.

"What? Tang Jiachong——" Tang Gang's tone faltered, and then he said hastily: "What are you doing going back suddenly? Didn't I say that I'll go back with you when I have time? Come back soon, your Director Chen said I need you urgently."

"Tang Gang, do you have something to hide from me?" Lin Yurong said calmly.

"I-I can hide something from you, Yu Rong, listen to me..." Tang Gang on the other end of the phone begged bitterly.

"There's nothing to talk about." Lin Yurong only felt a chill in her heart. At this point, Tang Gang still refused to tell the truth, "I have to go back no matter what. I'll talk about it when I come back from the Tang family. Bar."

"Yu Rong, Yu Rong, listen to me." Tang Gang paused for a while, then said in a low voice, "Where are you now? I'll come over right away. I'll explain to you when I get there."

"Okay, I'll wait for your explanation." After speaking, Lin Yurong hung up the phone.

Looking at Lin Yurong with a lonely face, Shao Yunqu could only say: "I think Ms. Lin must be rich and powerful in this life, with a lot of children and grandchildren. Your son will definitely be fine this time."

After hearing Shao Yun's words, Lin Yurong's complexion improved a lot, and she smiled, "Thank you Master Shao for your kind words."

After lunch, Shao Yun went to hold the loveless orange cat and got into the car again. Three hours later, the car drove into Tangjiachong.

Tangjiachong is surrounded by mountains and rivers and has rich products, so most of the villagers are relatively well-off. This can be seen from the fact that Tangjia Village is almost all three-story courtyards.

Someone in the village was probably attending a funeral, and the sound of funeral music could be heard faintly.

Lin Yurong turned the steering wheel, and the car parked steadily in front of her husband's house.

The small courtyard imitates the architectural style of the Republic of China period, and it is the only one in this village. There are two red lanterns hanging in front of the gate.

Following Shao Yun's line of sight, Lin Yurong knocked vigorously on the door and said, "My mother-in-law watched and built this house, and the couplets were also made by her. According to my husband, my mother-in-law was also from a family background. Later, the family fell into disarray..."

"Here we come." A moderate voice sounded from the yard.Immediately there was a clicking sound, and the courtyard door opened, and an old woman in her 70s or [-]s came out. She was wearing a black and gray cloth scarf coat, a pair of cloth shoes on her feet, and her gray hair was combed meticulously.

When she saw Lin Yurong, she was stunned for a moment, and almost shouted: "Yu——Yurong, why are you back? Where's Gangzi?"

She subconsciously looked towards Lin Yurong, but she didn't want to face Shao Yunqu's unfamiliar face. Her attention was attracted by the cloth bag on Shao Yunqu's back, and her wide eyes slowly narrowed .

"Mom, where's Xiaokun?" Lin Yurong asked impatiently.

"Ah?" The old woman came back to her senses, her eyes shifted to Lin Yurong, her face was pale and white, she didn't know what to do, she opened her mouth, but finally said nothing.

"Mom, what about Xiaokun, did something really happen to him?" Seeing the old woman's expression, Lin Yurong knew that her dream might be real. She took the old woman's hand, panic surged In my heart, "you talk--"

Hearing Lin Yurong's words, the old woman also knew that the matter could not be concealed, so she smiled wryly, "You come in first."

Lin Yurong was so excited that she didn't have time to talk, she pushed the old woman away, and rushed into the yard following the memory of her dream.

The old woman came back to her senses in a trance, she looked at Shao Yun outside the door, and the other party calmly bowed to her and saluted: "I don't know what to call senior?"

The vigilance in the old woman's eyes flashed, she nodded slightly: "Everyone in the village calls me Mrs. Jiang, I don't know where the little brother is from?"

Shao Yun said calmly, "I am here from Qi County at the invitation of Ms. Lin."

"Qi County?" The old woman frowned slightly: "Who is Mr. Shao from Qi County to you?"

"It's my grandfather." Shao Yun raised his eyebrows, "Why, Mrs. Jiang still knows my grandfather?"

Mrs. Jiang nodded slightly: "I have met a few times. Speaking of it, my ancestors and the Shao family ancestors were originally three generations of in-laws, and they were friends for generations, but later both of them were lost. My family moved out of Wu Province because of fleeing. In terms of seniority, you should call me aunt and grandma."

Is this for dating?

Shao Yun didn't change his face: "It turns out that Mrs. Jiang and my ancestors still have such a relationship..."

At this moment, a piercing shout suddenly came from upstairs: "Xiao Kun, what's wrong with you, my Xiao Kun..."

Followed by a burst of heart-piercing cries.

Old lady Jiang didn't change her face, she just stared at Shao Yun. This old lady Jiang clearly didn't want to have anything to do with her, and the fear in her eyes deepened a little.

She turned her body sideways: "Come in."

Shao Yun went upstairs behind Mrs. Jiang.

In the small attic, a pungent smell of incense candles hits the face.Just not far from the door, there are a lot of incense sticks, and the sparkling fire flickers on and off.

Looking inside again, there was a young boy lying on the bed, his breathing was weak, and he seemed to have passed out.Her body was not covered with gauze as in the dream described by Lin Yurong, but her whole body was covered with incense ash, and the pus and blood seeping from her body seeped into the incense ash, forming thick gauze. Like a black and red terracotta figurine.

Seeing Mrs. Jiang coming in, Lin Yurong ran to her side in disorderly steps, begging like crazy: "Mom, what happened, why did Xiaokun become like this, tell me?"

Mrs. Jiang sighed and supported Lin Yurong, her eyes were full of sorrow, she said: "We didn't mean to hide it from you. Xiaokun came to me at the beginning of the year and was killed by the children in the village within a few days. I dragged him to skate on the river, but I didn’t expect that the ice on some places on the river was too thin, and he and another child fell into the water directly. If I hadn’t arrived in time and pulled Xiao Kun up, I’m afraid that at that time... ..."

Speaking of this, Mrs. Jiang's voice couldn't help sobbing: "It's just that the other child is not as lucky as Xiaokun, and he didn't even find the body in the end."

"Yes, but why did Xiaokun become like this?" Lin Yurong burst into tears.

"You also know what my natal family used to do. I speculate that there should be a water ghost in the river, and Xiaokun is her chosen substitute. Even if I tried my best to rescue Xiaokun from the river, but he He is still cursed by the water ghost." Mrs. Jiang said helplessly, "The reason why Xiaokun became like this is because of this incident."

"How could such a thing happen, my little Kun, my child..." Lin Yurong looked at Tang Kun lying on the bed, and wept loudly.

"That's why I want to keep it from you and not let you go back to your hometown."

Just then, a male voice came in.

What caught my eye was a dusty middle-aged man, wearing a pair of gold-rimmed glasses and looking like an elite.He stepped forward and hugged Lin Yurong: "I didn't intend to hide it from you, I just want to give you back a complete son. Originally, my mother also said that, within two months , can break the curse of the water ghost. But what I never expected is that the water ghost killed another child a few days ago, and its strength has greatly increased. My mother can't break her curse again, so the already The good Xiaokun's condition suddenly deteriorated..."

Lin Yurong beat the middle-aged man Tang Gang's chest hard: "What right do you have to hide it from me like this? It's my own flesh and blood... If he didn't entrust me with dreams, would I even have my child in the end?" I can't even see one side."

"Don't say that, I can't help it." Tang Gang hugged Lin Yurong tightly, with guilt on his face.

When Lin Yurong finally cried enough, she suddenly came back to her senses, her eyes lit up, she grabbed Shao Yunqu's sleeve, and said hastily: "Master Shao, Master Shao, please save my son, I beg you Save my son."

Shao Yun went to pat her hand to comfort her, walked to the bed, looked Tang Kun back and forth, and said: "The only way to get rid of the curse on your son is to destroy the water bottle." ghost."

"Who is this?" Tang Gang raised his hand to wipe away the tears from the corner of his eyes, looked at Shao Yun, and asked hesitantly.

Lin Yurong's eyes lit up, and she responded, "This is Master Shao who my father said was the one who saved the young master of the Li family."

After finishing speaking, she looked at Shao Yun with an excited face: "Master Shao means that he is sure to save my son?"

But he didn't notice that Tang Gang, who was supporting her, froze for a moment, and subconsciously looked at Mrs. Jiang.

Mrs. Jiang shook her head calmly.

Shao Yun went to look at Lin Yurong: "There is certainty, but it's still daytime, and it's not easy to do it in a large crowd. In addition, I'm a little out of energy after traveling all the way. I have to cultivate enough energy to be more sure."

When Lin Yurong heard that Shao Yun was able to save Tang Kun, she burst into tears of joy, she nodded hurriedly: "What Master Shao said is, I'll go clean up the room and let you have a good rest..."

After speaking, he ran out with messy steps.

Shao Yun nodded slightly at Mrs. Jiang and Tang Gang, and followed with the orange cat in his arms.

Seeing Lin Yurong cleaning the guest room in a hurry, Shao Yun went to stop her.

"Why, what's the matter?" Lin Yurong looked at Shao Yun in confusion.

Shao Yun went to put the orange cat on the ground, and only said: "Lack of energy or something is just an excuse I just made up. The purpose is just to avoid your husband and your mother-in-law."

"What, what do you mean?" Lin Yurong was puzzled.

Shao Yun went to sigh and said, "Ms. Lin, what do you think what Mrs. Jiang and Tang Gang said?"

Lin Yurong had a flash of inspiration, and said incredulously, "Master Shao means that they are--lying?"

Shao Yun went to shake his head: "What you said is correct and reasonable. The point is that what they said is probably only what they said on the surface for outsiders to see. I speculate that there may be something hidden about this matter, and they must be inseparable." Otherwise, the water ghost would not have already killed the two children, but instead of using them as substitutes, he would chase after the son."

Lin Yurong was a little at a loss: "This, this..."

The author has something to say: Thanks for the reminders, cats can’t eat chocolate, okay?