Lizard Keeping Diary

On the river bank, a row of reeds stood up and fluttered in the wind.In the distance, a young man with his luggage on his back passed by the new wetland plants and walked back to his hometown.

In this village that lives by the river, every family has its own happiness.But Schatz often thought that there was nothing but misfortune in his family.

He wanted to escape from here countless times and never come back.Now that he has a chance, he is thinking about this place at the first time.For no other reason than his mother, Patty, still lived in the village.

Far away, before reaching the door of the house, Shatz saw the old woman at the door, blowing the wind on the coal stove, and cooking.

He sniffed hard.The air was full of the smell of potatoes, which made him run over.

"Mother!"

This sound woke up the old woman.She looked up, just in time to see Shatz running over, and the fan in her hand fell off in shock.

"Shatz? My child, am I right?"

Schatz threw his arms around the old woman.He laughed first, and then she laughed too.But Shatz was not happy for long, and found that compared to the last time they met, his mother was much older, almost skinny.

Even compared to the women of her age in the village, Patti looked more haggard.

"Mom, how are you doing recently?" Schatz whispered, "I sent some money back half a year ago, did you receive it?"

"Silly boy, I told you not to send it back. Keep it for your own use in the future, don't waste it."

This answer made Shatz's heart sink slightly.If the mother used up the money, she definitely wouldn't say it was a waste, but... the money might have been taken away by the father.

"Where's that old drunkard?" he asked in disgust.

Patty jumped up and smacked him on the head. "What did you say? That's your father. If he hears it, there's going to be another big fuss."

Schatz rubbed his head, was urged by Patty with a fan, and entered the room quietly.

The mother and son reunited after a long absence and talked a lot behind closed doors.Schatz told Patty that he was going to a faraway place where he could make money and meet princes and nobles.Patty looked happy and said that he was very promising, which made Schatz blush.

"When the time comes, find a foreign princess to marry and give birth to a fat boy and bring it back for me to see." Patty said with a smile.

Shatz was a little embarrassed, "How could a foreign princess like me."

"Why don't you like me? You are the most beautiful boy I've ever seen, gentle and considerate, ingenious, good at singing and dancing, versatile, petite and exquisite..."

Are these used to describe boys?Xia Ci sweated like rain, "Mother, stop talking."

"Oh, good. Would you like some water now?"

After taking a sip of herbal tea, Xia Ci's embarrassment was greatly relieved.

Patty knew he wouldn't be home for long, so she said she wanted to see what luggage he had.

Schatz showed her the suitcase.Patty insisted that he lacked this and that, and stuffed it with a lot of messy things, which can be bought everywhere outside, but Schatz let her in without saying a word.

Patty went to the bedroom again and took out a necklace Schatz had only seen once before. It was set with an emerald disc. It was the only valuable jewelry of the mother. Father found.

"Take this. If you run out of money, sell it for some travel expenses."

Shatz was startled, "But...but this..."

All these years, his mother has not sold this necklace, he thought it should be something of great value and commemorative significance to his mother.How can he accept it?

"There's nothing wrong with it. Things are dead, but people are alive. I haven't taken good care of you all this time. Now that you take it away, just treat it as me by your side and do my best."

"Don't say that, mother."

Schatz held her hand, inadvertently dazzled by the rough texture of the skin.

It would be great if I could take my mother with me.It's just that he knows very well that his mother will definitely refuse, because...

"Mother! Mother! Where are you? Come out!"

There was a knocking sound outside the door, and Xia Ci was taken aback.He won't get used to it no matter how many times.

Patty was very calm, went to open the door, and met a man with a red nose, "I'm here, what's wrong?"

"What are you doing at home? The stove outside is scorched!"

Patty took a look. There was a slight burnt smell on the stove, but it was far from burnt.She didn't say anything, and ran over under the man's stare, and began to tend the pot on the coal stove.

"What an old sow, lazy and stupid."

The man entered the room cursing, and suddenly saw Shatz's figure, and froze in place.

Schatz and his father looked at each other for a while, and then took the initiative to look away, like a subdued animal.He just didn't want to give the other party a reason to start a conflict.

Fortunately, his father Hall ignored him, turned around and left, and didn't come back for lunch until the afternoon.

Granted, lunch was gone by then.

"What's going on?!" Hall raged at the empty dining table, "You're just trying to feed that little bastard and want your man to starve to death, aren't you?!"

Patty came out, in dirty clothes, about to work the vegetable patch.

"I thought you'd be back at night," Patty whispered, "wait a minute, I'll get you some hot food, and a bowl of..."

"So now I can only eat leftovers?"

Hall shook the bottle in his hand angrily.Only then did Shatz in the bedroom see that Hall came back with a bottle of wine from outside.

It really is hard to change nature.Schatz thought unbearably, going out to Patty's side.

"Mom, I'll be leaving later."

"It's rare to come back, don't you stay a little longer?" Patty looked at him in surprise, his palms trembling slightly, "...well, I understand...you should go."

"Let's go!" Hall appeared at the door at some time, and said with a sneer, "It's a waste of food, a waste of my money, and the whole thing loses money!"

Schatz ignored his father's insults.

After all, after listening to it for so many years since childhood, such words can no longer cause him any harm.

Patty suddenly put the pot down, brought the coal stove into the house, and sat on the side without talking.Seeing that his meal wasn't hot enough, Hall yelled, "Where's my meal, ma'am?"

Patty said, "Go to the heat yourself."

Hall was furious, "Old sow, I didn't raise you to make you lazy and do nothing!"

Schatz couldn't listen anymore, and opened his mouth to refute Hall's words, but before him, Patty yelled, "You feed me? I grow the vegetables at home, I raise the chickens, and I cook the rice! All you did was take the few copper coins left at home to buy wine!"

Mother... is she talking to father?Schatz froze.This is really the first time I saw it.

The man opposite was also stunned.Why did this woman who had always been tolerant dare to raise her voice today?After a long time, Hall came back to his senses and growled, "Shut up! You old sow who is full of lies!"

It's so quick to go into a rage.

Still don't argue with such a person.Anyway, the other party doesn't make sense.

Schatz grabbed Patty's hand and dragged her out, "Let's leave together. I dare not say it will make your life better, but it's better than being here..."

Strangely this time, Patty didn't break away from him, and didn't say she wanted to stay.Maybe the mother had really had enough of the father.

It just so happened that he had grown up now and was able to support his mother.Then they can start a new life.

Shatz jumped up and down, but suddenly felt a dull pain in the back of his head.Before he could react, he rolled over and fell to the ground.Seeing Hall holding the wine bottle, he said ferociously, "Come if you want, leave if you want, do you think my place is a hotel?"

A wet, greasy feeling spread out in the back of his head.Schatz was a little dizzy, and Patty, who was in view, screamed, "Hall! You crazy! You killed him!"

"What are you talking about, it's just a little blood, no one has experienced it before."

"Hall!" Patty turned around angrily, and the grievances accumulated over the years erupted in an instant, causing her to rush forward desperately, "How dare you hit him like this! I want you to pay for it! Pay for it!!"

"Crazy bitch! Let me go!"

The two wrestled together, punching and kicking.

Schatz knew he wasn't dead yet.He tried to straighten his body, using the backpack as support.If he was a strong man, he should be able to bounce back now, but he is not, he is bleeding constantly, his limbs are weak, and he has no strength to stand up.

In front of him, Patty grabbed Hall's face, pulling the flesh off him.The bottle shattered, and Hall hammered her hard down the spine, yelling at her to let go.

"Go away! Stay away from me! Or I'll kill you!"

Shatz panted heavily and stood up while leaning against the wall.

Hall has been entangled with Patty, unable to break free.Patty was also good at sticking his eyeballs in.Holder suddenly roared, fumbled like a blind man, and found a sharp weapon on the table next to him.It's a paring knife.He immediately picked it up and stabbed Patty, screaming strangely.

"I told you not to let go! I told you not to let go!"

"Ah! Ah!" Patty screamed.

She was stabbed three times in a row and slipped stiffly, blood spurting from her neck.

mother.

Schatz's time froze.At that moment, his heart was filled with great shock and the strongest anger in his life.

A gust of hot air came out of his belly, rushed into his throat, continued to burn his eyes upwards, and went straight to his brain without stopping.His soul was also set on fire.He uttered an earth-shattering roar, but no one heard it.

But one god heard it.He observed the ins and outs, smiled lightly in the universe, scattered thousands of dark fragments from his sleeves, and generously gave it to his new favorite.

"Enjoy yourself, my child. 』

Crash!The flames in the coal stove suddenly exploded, rising into the air with billowing black mist, and rushed towards the standing man.

The man's clothes were quickly ablaze.Shouts ensued.

Hall hurriedly tried to take off his clothes, but it was too late.The smell of alcohol ignited the flame, making it more powerful, burning all over Hall's body, forcing out bursts of screams.

"Ahhh! Help me! Help me!"

Schatz ignored the man in the fire, but walked to Patty's side, knelt down to look at her remains.

Patty lay on the ground, her eyes wide open, her arteries still bubbling, though she was out of breath.Schatz reached over to close her eyes, and sent her into the fire.

Soon after, the entire house was engulfed in flames.

A mysterious black mist surrounded Shatz, separating him from the flames like a protective umbrella.

The green eyes suddenly widened.Shatz looked down at the people at his feet as if he had just woken up.Both his father and mother had been burnt until they could not recognize their faces.The house smelled of burning.

"No!" Schatz flicked back, in disbelief.

But he knew what just happened...he set fire to his father.involuntarily.

Shatz looked at the black mist around him, trying to touch them.A small tentacle stretched out and gently touched his fingertips.Shatz suddenly cried out.

"Don't touch me! Murderer!"

He wanted to rush out of the house and escape from the black mist, but the black mist was his shadow, following him closely.

"Son, don't be stupid. 』

Suddenly, a gray nothingness fell before the eyes.

Shatz didn't know who the voice was, and looked around in a daze, but there was no one in sight.There is only one eight-arrow star floating there, like a decoration on the wall.

Shatz approached in confusion, but heard the Eight Arrows speak again, "It's me, kid. 』

"Who are you?"

"I?Hmm...let me think about which name to use...」

Eight Arrows began to deform, gradually twisting into an elongated shape.Then, that shape had four more limbs and became more three-dimensional at the same time.Organs emerge.His face became clearer.

A beautiful boy appeared in front of Shatz, with red hair slowly growing on the top of his head, as if carved out of Shatz's template.It's just that the red hair can't fall down naturally, it has to float upwards, against the force of gravity.

The beautiful boy stroked his hair, trying to make the wool a little more obedient.But in the end it failed.Letting go of his hand, his hair floated up again, so he could only smile at Schatz.

"Just call me 'Chaos'."

"chaos……"

"Yeah." The beautiful boy smiled mischievously, "I just gave you a big gift: my one-trillionth power. That's why you can kill your father."

"Yes... you did it?" Shatz's head was in a mess, "I don't want this power! Take it back!"

"I really don't know what is good or bad!" The beautiful boy crossed his waist, "I am the highest god in all universes! Like that... No, nothing can compare to me!" He said complacently, "You should kowtow to thank me for giving you strength That's right."

Xia Ci stared blankly at the beautiful boy, but what he saw in his eyes was the scene of his parents' death.

Everything that happened today has really stimulated him too much.Now that he had come to his senses, he couldn't bear it and covered his eyes, trying in vain to stop the tears from falling.

"Oh, what a crybaby."

Xia Ci choked up silently, the more he recalled the details just now, the more he fell into the abyss of despair.

What did he do? !

"That's not okay. If you break down now, how will you work for me in the future. I want my children to grow up to be healthy slaves...well, I mean healthy employees."

The beautiful boy patted his face, "So, cheer me up! Do you hear me!"

But Schatz couldn't see anyone else, his eyes were blank.

If it wasn't for him, my mother wouldn't have died.

All because of him...

Why wasn't he the one who died?

"Don't think so. People are going to die sooner or later." The beautiful boy comforted him, "Besides, she has no value in living. If she dies, she will die."

However, the remarks appear to have backfired.

Schatz was completely devastated.Tears of despair flowed freely, and there was only one thought left in my mind.

Yeah, it would be nice if he died!

Affected by his thoughts, the black mist in his body drifted out, turned into a solid sharp blade, and landed on his palm.

This scene made the beautiful boy turn pale with fright, "No way, this is going to commit suicide." He scratched his hair in distress, "It seems that you are a child who needs to be taken care of by others. You can't get over it by yourself, so let me help you again It's done."

Who made him particularly like the green-eyed Saktaren?

"Go." The beautiful boy tapped the sharp blade lightly, dissolving it into black mist, then put his palms together, and gently covered Shatz's eyes, "Close your eyes, my child, from now on..."

The voice gradually became full of bewitching.

"...you will forget everything about today...how your parents died, what you did here, all the memories that can overwhelm you...the pain has been blocked, don't insist on thinking about it. Some people call it a strong anesthetic , and I call this... the Blessing of Chaos..."

In the nothingness, the beautiful young man disappeared, only the dark Eight Arrows were left spinning.

"Open your eyes, you will see a tombstone, a bouquet of flowers. May you enjoy the rest of your life, and then go to the end of your life, to...me."

Quiet and sudden.

I don't know how long it has passed.

Schatz slowly opened his eyes.

It's day and night.

The burning house disappeared.And he didn't know that the house had been on fire.His injuries are all healed.

Facing a tombstone created by God, he held a bouquet of lilies in his hand, thinking about his trip to Guangming Island.He chose to go on the road alone, just to visit his late mother on the way.

As for how his mother died... He... can't remember clearly... Thinking about the past will give him an inexplicable headache.

"Hope you like lilies, mother."

Schatz placed the bouquet of white flowers in front of the gravestone.

The autumn wind blows, blowing three or two petals onto the engraved words.

sleeping here

Patty Prang

Schatz's mother

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