Jia Mo

When setting up dinner at noon, my aunt said that this was the first family reunion for her, and she must set up a table properly.After my aunt rushed Xiaoyuan around, Qi Yin took the initiative to ask to cook, heat the oil, first fry the onion, ginger and garlic, and then add the meat. The steam in the hot pot was steaming, and people's faces could not be seen clearly.When a plate of meat came out of the pot, my aunt was full of praise, and she personally took the plate and carried it to the table.

In fact, when he was at Yao's house, he was also in charge of cooking, but my aunt never praised him.

Qi Yin took his seat, and the whole family gathered around the Eight Immortals table, their faces beaming with joy.Today, my aunt is happy, and even my uncle is also honored, and I have suffered a lot less scolding.Qi Yin also laughed, and his aunt poured wine for him, and Qi Yin drank it cup by cup until his face turned red.The last pot of wine was about to run out, Qi Yin poured a glass of wine, stood up unsteadily, and said, "Auntie, this glass is toast to you."

"How much have you drank, kid?" Auntie gave him a gouging look.

Qi Yin walked in front of her, the skylight came in through the window screen, and shone on her face, her eyebrows were beautiful, with a delicate look, she and his mother were sisters, so they must look very similar.It's just that he gets angry all the time, and there are fine and dense wrinkles at the corners of his eyes.Qi Yin touched her wine glass, her voice became hoarse, and said: "Auntie, I have something to confess to you. When you were young, you hid a ladybug in your rouge box. At that time, it happened that my cousin kept a big box. Hiding in the house. You thought it was my cousin who let it go, but I didn’t. I caught it and deliberately blamed it on my cousin. You used makeup with ladybugs on your face, and it took half a month. The rash, even my cousin was beaten so badly that he couldn't get out of bed."

The aunt was stunned for a while, then smiled and said: "You child, you were naughty and ignorant when you were young, so I save it. Forget it, it's all old accounts, what are you going to do with them?"

Qi Yin looked down at the wine glass, his wry smile was reflected in the clear liquid.They didn't know that he was actually quite a villain. Auntie and the others all thought that he was obedient and obedient, but no one knew his rough heart.

He said again: "Actually, you have treated me very well. I have food, housing, and education. There is no money in the family, and I am not your son. You are the daughter-in-law of the Yao family. Logically speaking, you are no longer the Meng family. , but you still dragged me up. Now I really regret that I changed your beauty soup, if not, at least you won’t die with hatred for Uncle.”

This series of nonsensical words made my aunt speechless in shock, Qi Yin didn't wait for her to react, hugged her hard, and said in a hoarse voice: "Auntie, I'm sorry."

He turned to his aunt again, filled the glass with wine, and drank it in one gulp.His throat was hot, like a knife was being cut, Qi Yin took a breath, and said: "Uncle, do you remember that you went back to Tianshui Lane to look for prostitutes, and was caught by my aunt on the spot, walked on the street with your ears, and was dragged back Home. Everyone in the street saw it, you lost face to the boss and didn't dare to go out for a month."

Uncle was embarrassed and confused, he patted Qi Yin's forehead, and said: "You child, you said this so well, are you crazy?"

"That time, I told you the secret. As soon as you went out, I deliberately woke up my aunt who was taking a nap, and mentioned you in front of her. She couldn't find you, so she asked me where you were. I said I didn't know, but it seemed Seeing you carrying a box of makeup, my aunt guessed that you might have gone to Tianshui Lane." Qi Yin took a breath and said, "I'm sorry, Uncle, I'm sorry. In fact, you have nothing to offend me. Sometimes my aunt scolds me. And speak for me. I just hate you for not loving me, sorry."

Uncle didn't know what to say, he watched him turn to the old lady in a daze.The old lady sat on the twig and stared at him blankly.She is very old, her cheeks are dark yellow, like old cardboard that has been soaked in water and dried in the sun, wrinkled.She stretched out her hand, grabbed Qi Yin's neck, and murmured: "Xiao Yin..."

"Grandmother." Qi Yin knelt down.

A child like him always seems to be more dependent on the old man. Since he was a child, he felt that the old lady was the kindest in the Yao family.At least she will take him to the market two miles away to buy vegetables, at least she will give him money to marry a wife, no matter what purpose or secret.He felt that he was pathetic, and he drew warmth from the fake acting, but he was helpless.

Qi Yin said in a shy voice: "Your white-haired person sent off the black-haired person, and your grandson also went to Xianshan, and you stayed alone in Wutang. Before I leave, I should kowtow to you."

My aunt and uncle looked at each other, and my aunt twisted her handkerchief in panic, and said, "Is this kid crazy? What nonsense are you talking about?"

"And Yao Xiaoshan," Qi Yin looked at Fulan, the quiet young man was sitting in the corner, looking at him silently, "I don't know why, my cousin has become Fulan. I'm sorry for my cousin , he was studying in a school, fell in love with his wife's daughter, Miss Zhang, and wrote love poems every day when he went home and nestled in the house. I once cleaned up his house and saw his love poems, and then I secretly put them into his Strategies. The master saw the assignment and gave him a scolding in class. After that incident, the schoolmates laughed at my cousin for a whole year."

"Xiao Yin! Don't talk about it, you are in a daze, let your uncle find a doctor to show you later. You go in and rest in the room, hurry up." My aunt couldn't sit still anymore, and came to pull Qi Yin.

Qi Yin shook her head, broke away from her, walked out of the main room, and knelt down outside the threshold.The tears that I had endured for a long time finally dripped down, my heart was like a broken bag, and all the grief and resentment of more than ten years came out of my mouth at this moment.He lowered his head and said: "The old lady is right. I am an unfamiliar wolf cub with a hard heart and a cruel heart. You should not raise me. Because I am here, there will never be peace at home. I am sorry for you." Everyone, everyone."

Everyone stared at him blankly, and the whole hall was silent.Qi Yin kowtowed in silence, and every time he kowtowed, meandering drops of blood flowed from his forehead.Qi Yin leaned his head against the threshold and closed his eyes.

The wind was silent, the sparse leaves of the tallow tree swayed on his body, and the faces of his aunt, uncle, Yao Xiaoshan... flashed before his eyes.This is the first time he opened his heart and faced his unspeakable resentment and sadness for more than ten years.

He is such a bad character. My aunt's family never liked him, and he didn't like them either.He had a thousand ways to make the family sad, to take his childish revenge.But he would never have imagined in his dreams that a catastrophe caused by a monster bird would destroy his aunt's family and take away his few remaining blood relatives in this world.

From now on, my aunt will never hate him again, and it is impossible to like him again.

The dead should not be chased, it turned out to be stuck in his heart, the relatives and enemies he regarded as bigger than the sky, like a shadow in the mirror, like a joke, muddled by fate, disappeared at once.Looking back, the vastness of the past was empty, and suddenly, his past in Wutang and the grievances of more than ten years disappeared like smoke.

"Auntie, Uncle," Qi Yin said softly, "Goodbye."

In a daze, he seemed to hear someone's sigh, like a wisp of smoke scattered into the wind, stirring his hair.Where he couldn't see, aunt, uncle, grandmother and Madoka seemed to have evaporated and gradually became blurred.They seem to be ghosts who sneaked out through the gap of time, and now when the time comes, they are going back again.

Silence enveloped him like a sheet of water.The sound of cicadas in summer is gone, and the rustling of fallen leaves in the wind is also gone. My aunt's bluffing and uncle's obedience are all gone.Everything was silent, and it was pitch black. He seemed to have fallen into an indescribable time and space.

Slowly straightened up, raised his eyes, everyone disappeared, even the Fulan in the dream disappeared.The hall in his memory was gone, replaced by a small thatched hut. He saw a familiar person sitting on a bench with a black glove on his right hand and a sword in his arms.

"Junior brother, are you awake?" Yun Zhi still had that mean smile, "Why are you giving such a big gift? Senior brother is so embarrassing."

Qi Yin: "..."

Yun Zhi bent down and patted him on the shoulder, "Not bad, he came out of the dream by himself."

Qi Yin got up from the ground, sat next to him, and said nothing.

"I remember that Master didn't tell you how to break the nightmare, how did you get out?"

Qi Yin raised his eyes and looked at him, this look seemed to disregard life and death, Yun Zhi was startled, squeezed his face hard, and said: "Brother, are you all right, don't ascend to heaven where you are."

Qi Yin brushed his hand away, and said: "I heard from Sang Ya earlier that Master helped you eliminate your nightmares by letting them enter your dreams one by one to help you kill monsters. Killing monsters is easy, why do you have to go with Sang Ya and the others? I guess, The way nightmares trap people lies in obsession. If you break the obsession, you can break the dream. You met a monster when you were a child, and the monster ate your parents in front of you. Your obsession may lie in fear. Brothers and sisters, they compare each other Poor, few people have swords, they must have come in with hoes and rakes to help you fight monsters, and they are my brothers and sisters. When you see everyone chopping monsters with hoes, the scene is really vigorous, so naturally you don’t have to be afraid. The nightmare will be broken."

"Smart!" Yun Zhi gave a thumbs up, "But when you talk about other people's sad things, at least express your sympathy."

This guy looks like a fool, and doesn't need sympathy at all.Qi Yin said with a dull face: "Brother, you are so pitiful, I give you a hug."

Yun Zhi raised his legs with a smile, and said, "You are right. Dreams are born from the heart, and the dream is the state of mind. The nightmare weaves dreams, or weaves against your mind, and it will show you what you are more afraid of, or Weaving according to your wish, it will give you whatever you want. If you fall into it, you can’t get out. How about it, what did you see?”

"A few old friends." Qi Yin said perfunctorily.

Seeing that he didn't want to say more, Yun Zhi didn't ask any more questions.Qi Yin looked around, and found that the walls of the dilapidated house were bare, only a square table with short legs and two stools stood alone on the muddy surface.Qi Yin frowned and said, "Where is this? Have you seen Brother Du and Master Cat? They came with me, and we got separated."

"I didn't see it, you are still tossing about in Lan Xian's dream." Yun Zhi shrugged, "This is your senior brother's dream, the house I lived in when I was young, my grandparents were eaten in the courtyard outside You managed to break the dream, and you fell into my dream again. Look at this, Lan Xianer is not going to let you and me go."

He said these words quite bitterly, but he still had that cynical look on his face, and he didn't know if he was pretending.Qi Yin was in a complicated mood, and said, "Are you still afraid?"

"Don't think your elder brother is so useless, okay?" Yun Zhi said helplessly, "Let me tell you, an ordinary dream is like a box, you enter it, and you come out when you wake up. The dream of a nightmare is different. She put a lock on us. Your lock is easier to open, the key is hidden on your body, and you can open it if you find it. Mine can’t, I don’t have a key.”

Qi Yin felt strange, and said: "What did you do to the girl? Are you a bully? She is targeting you like this."

"I didn't do anything, so I sent her down the mountain. At the foot of the mountain, as soon as I turned around, she disappeared. Changlefang was gone. I walked all the way and entered this forest and this house." Yun Zhi thought After thinking about it, he said, "Oh, she asked me a few things about you." He rubbed his chin and smiled, "She seems to be interested in you, junior brother."

Qi Yin doesn't have a hobby of transsexual love. Now that I think about it, Lan Xian'er should have targeted him in the first place, but somehow she let him go and chose Yunzhi.Qi Yin sighed and said, "I'll go out and have a look."

Yun Zhi grabbed him and said, "Don't."

"What's wrong?" Qi Yin was puzzled.

As soon as the words fell, there was a knock on the door suddenly.The sound was so abrupt that Qi Yin was startled.

"Who knocked on the door?" Qi Yin asked.

No one answered.

The knocking on the door suddenly started again, and the knocking became more and more urgent. Suddenly, the whole door was knocked everywhere, and the sound of knocking was like rain.The door was knocked and shook, and the dust fell.It seemed that there were many people knocking on the door at the same time with all their strength.

Qi Yin looked back at Yun Zhi, leaned towards the door in surprise, and looked out through the crack of the door.

nobody.

It was empty outside, except for a forest, there was nothing.

"God knows," Yun Zhi answered lazily, "it's not human anyway."