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Xueqiu was not kept in a cage at Zhang Huai's place. Because of his cleverness and spirituality, Zhang Huai and the others treated him as a pet like a cat or dog. He was free and only cared about enjoying himself no matter where he was, so he couldn't say he didn't adapt to it. adapt.

For Xueqiu's ability to understand Jiang He's words, the second idiot showed some admiration and envy. It didn't know what the name Jiang He gave him before, but it was just used to the sound and shape when he called it that way. Knowing that the person who has been feeding it is called Jiang He, since he knew it, he has been chasing Jiang He's feet and calling his name non-stop.

"Snowball, you called Er Fool and called me Dad." It was his dog son, so he should call him Dad as a matter of course.

The second fool blinked and waited for Snowball to translate it.

Xueqiu regretted his talkativeness a bit, and said impatiently: "He asked you to call him a fool."

It was too late when Jiang He stopped him, and the second idiot happily yelled: "Big idiot! Big idiot!" and carried a snowball around the yard to express that he liked the name very much.

This is called throwing a stone at one's own foot. Jiang He regretted it, and sent a message to Zhang Huailai to take Xueqiu away. He didn't want this troublemaker.

Zhang Huai didn't know what was going on, and thought that Xueqiu had really done something to Jiang He. When he went to see him, Xueqiu was lying on his shoulder intently, as if watching him draw.

While the two were talking, Snowball picked up the pen on the table and waved it boldly on the paper while no one was paying attention.

After a while of flying around, the whole house was in a mess.Snowball's degree of damage is higher than that of the second idiot. Although the second idiot can't understand human words, he can slowly understand what to do by yelling at it or hitting it lightly. Qiu can understand everyone's words, it has no shame at all, and it seems to have found the fun in life. It likes to watch Jiang He lose his temper and completely help him.

"Come on, come on, come and catch me~" Standing on the bookshelf condescendingly looking at the two people who couldn't touch a single hair of their own after scratching for a long time, even if Xueqiu's triumphant laughter couldn't be heard Zhang Huai who understands also thinks it is too arrogant.

Jiang He was fuming with anger, but he pulled Zhang Huai to let him leave it alone. He couldn't believe that that nasty little guy could stay on the bookshelf for a lifetime.

In fact, Xueqiu sneaked down before dinner. Jiang He didn't prepare his dinner, so he walked around and saw that no one was paying attention to him, and then he rummaged through boxes and cabinets to find something to eat. Erfool's dog biscuits were dragged everywhere by him. , before Jiang He found out, it and the second idiot ate their stomachs to the fullest.

Two animals, one black and one white, cuddled together and slept soundly. The silly two idiots rested their front paws on Xueqiu like a warm boy. , as soon as the head touches the pillow at night, it will immediately transform into a pure little angel, so that no matter how much anger the adults have, it will disappear in smoke.

"Snowball should stay with me, it and the second idiot can still keep each other company."

Jiang He actually doesn't know what other activities a normal couple can do besides cooking and eating when they get along. Seeing that it's only seven o'clock, Zhang Huai will be left out in the cold if he draws by himself, and he can't find anything when he goes to watch a movie together. In the movies I watched, he could still pretend to be calm and get along with Zhang Huai when the relationship was not clear, but even after doing that kind of thing, he was more likely to be shy and reserved when he was alone with him.

Zhang Huai nodded, not intending to comment on this matter, but just asked: "What about me?"

Jiang He felt baffled and puzzled: "What? What's wrong with you?"

"Can I stay?"

Jiang He's face turned red, he hesitated and said, "My bed is too narrow, it can't fit two people."

"Then go to my house."

"No!" He refused sternly.

It was Zhang Huai's turn to be surprised: "What's wrong?"

I always feel that it’s not just sleeping. Even if we can be said to be a couple now, Jiang He still feels embarrassed. Zhang Huai is not the only one in his family, and he doesn’t know if Zhang Huai has told them about their affairs. , It's obvious when you say it. New daughter-in-law or something, besides, how long has it been since the first time? Although you are young, you must be restrained...

"Just, just...it's nothing. Let's go to your house next time, okay?"

"Okay, then I'll go back first, what do you want to eat tomorrow, I'll bring it to you when I come over."

In fact, Jiang He thought too much, Zhang Huai just wanted to hug him, and he couldn't force it if he didn't want to.

"Anything is fine, don't be too troublesome, I still haven't finished eating a lot of things I brought from home."

Zhang Huai reached out and touched his face, but finally resisted the urge to pull him into his arms.

The heartless Jiang He hid himself and said with a smile, "Itches... you should go."

It took several days for Jiang He to go to Zhang Huai's house, not to spend the night at his house, but to deliver something.Xiao Moru gave him two boxes of candied dried fruits and pomegranates, saying that they were sent by his old friend who taught far away. Jiang He chewed on raisins and red dates and felt that these were also very suitable for the elderly.

He didn't say hello to Zhang Huai, but when he went to the door of Zhang Huai's house, he saw Zhang Huai's grandfather smiling and looking at him, his eyes as kind and kind as ever.

It's just that he didn't respond to Jiang He's words, nodded and followed him to the door, Jiang He went to the main room, and he walked into his room in a blink of an eye.

Zhang Yunyuan was lying on the table writing something, and nodded when he saw Jiang He coming. He put away the paper in his notebook and prepared to pour tea for Jiang He. Jiang He waved his hand and said no. Nothing to say.

"Are you leaving?" Zhang Yunyuan seemed a little bit reluctant, and he didn't always look condescendingly at Jiang He as before.

Jiang He felt that it must be because Zhang Yunyuan knew about him and Zhang Huai. Since there is no way to stop him, then try to accept this. Base.

Not long after returning, Zhang Huai called and asked him to eat.He left Xueqiu at home and took the second idiot with him. The second idiot ruined all the flowers and plants in the yard. Jiang He scolded it a few times and it knew how to retaliate. , Jiang He was helpless, Grandpa Zhang Huai stood at the door with his hands behind his back and his mouth pursed into a smile.

At noon, with four dishes, one soup, and three sets of bowls and chopsticks, Jiang He asked strangely, "Don't you eat, grandpa?"

When he was talking, Grandpa Zhang was still playing with the flowers and plants trampled by the two idiots in the yard, but Zhang Yunyuan's expression changed, and the vicissitudes between his brows became more and more intense, and Jiang He felt that he had aged more than ten years in an instant.

"Xiaohe, let's eat first, and I'll talk to you later." Zhang Huai sighed, stopped Zhang Yunyuan from smoking, and said like coaxing a child, "It's nothing, it's all over, let's eat well. "

It was the first time for Jiang He to visit Zhang Yunyuan's room. He was a middle-aged man who had been single for many years. The room was very monotonous, but tidy and clean should be the tradition of their family. The quilt was neatly folded on the bed, there was a photo album next to the pillow, and the wardrobe was very simple. , there were two mahogany boxes on it, which Zhang Huai said were his mother's dowry.

Zhang Huai first picked up the photo album and showed it to Jiang He, then opened the cabinet and took out four photo frames, inside were four black and white photos.

"This is my mother, my grandpa, grandma, and grandpa..."

The photo album that Jiang He had just opened fell to the ground with a slap, and the photo album that had been ripped apart couldn't withstand the impact and fell apart. Zhang Huai squatted down with him to pick it up.

The photos cover all the experiences of the family from the time the child was born to the adulthood. Although the family is poor, they are very careful in recording the growth of the child and the changes over time.When he was young, Zhang Yunyuan was exactly the same as Zhang Huai now. Grandpa Zhang was also similar to Zhang Yunyuan at that time. When he was young, Zhang Huai was somewhat similar to her sister. She is also more and more charming, but she looks more like her mother, with an oval face and almond eyes, peach petal-like lips that are not smudged, and there is always a smile in the photos. dislike; despise.

But these should be slowly turned over and recalled in very warm moments, what is the current situation?

"Impossible. I saw your grandfather when I entered the door. He is in such good health that he can live to be a hundred years old." But how could Zhang Huai make fun of this kind of thing and lie to him?

"This is a fact, and no one can change it. Grandpa suffered a lot when he was young, and his body is actually not as tough as it looks, but he walked very peacefully."

Jiang He thought of his grandma's tearful struggle before she died, saying that she didn't want to die and didn't want to leave. He felt that things were far less calm than what Zhang Huai said, no matter it was for Grandpa Zhang or Zhang Yunyuan and his son.There is no disease or disaster, and suddenly that person is gone, and it is not a relief to die from suffering from illness while alive.It was only a month since he left Nanxing Village and came back, which was definitely bad news for him. He couldn't imagine how Zhang Huai and the others got here during that time.

"Why didn't you tell me earlier? Why didn't you tell me?" Didn't he have the right to know about their family affairs?

Jiang He has always been an emotional person, tears fell uncontrollably with his questioning, and he pushed Zhang Huai away, wanting to go to the yard to see if that person really existed.

Grandpa Zhang was still fiddling with flowers and plants, and it didn't affect the second idiot walking back and forth through his body. He raised his head and smiled at Jiang He. Jiang He blinked, and saw him disappear after entering his room.

However, the door is closed.

"I clearly saw..." So is it a ghost?Are there really ghosts in this world?

Zhang Huai pulled Jiang He into his arms and wiped his tears, "You didn't see Grandpa die, subconsciously you think he's still here, I don't tell you because I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself, the day we come back It happens to be Grandpa's first seven."

It was only then that Jiang He remembered that when he was alone at home and suddenly dropped his pen, the sound of "Xiao He, you are back" next to his ear was so familiar...

No wonder Zhang Huai hugged him so tightly the night before, as if he was afraid that he would leave again. There was not much left to lose in his life and world.

His eyes were swollen from crying again, one was sad about Grandpa Zhang's death, the other was sad for Zhang Huai, he stayed with Zhang Huai at his house all afternoon, when Xiao Moru came to him at night, he saw his eyes were as red as a rabbit's. It seems that although the heart is soft, but what should be said is still said: "Mr. Xiao Jiang, I understand the sorrow of your young love period, but absenteeism is really bad behavior."

Jiang He immediately apologized: "Sorry, I forgot to have class this afternoon."

Xiao Moru sighed, and said: "The salary will not be deducted, but you have to make up the class, and it can't take up other class time. You can figure it out."

At this time, even if Xiao Moru said anything, he would nod and agree. Who told him that he was really wrong. Then he would ask the children if they have time and interest on the weekend. He would take them to sketch, but he still needs to discuss it with Xiao Moru. .

Xiao Moru stayed for dinner before leaving, and Jiang He went with him along the way.He asked uncertainly, "Principal Xiao, did Zhang Huai's grandfather really pass away?"

"That's right, we all felt it was very sudden. It was a fall the night before, and he couldn't wake up the next morning. I thought that his physical condition would not be a problem to live to 90 years old, but he just turned 80 years old. Threshold..." Xiao Moru sighed and said, "I'm getting old, I can't help bumping, if only I didn't fall that way."

Jiang He wanted to cry again, he wished he had come earlier, although it might not help, but he could see Grandpa Zhang one last time.

"People have souls, maybe they will be reincarnated..."

"Reincarnation, causal cycle, is just an excuse for your human beings to paralyze themselves and the ruling class to fool you for thousands of years. If you die, you will die, and there will be nothing. Human beings are still good, but the lives of our animals are even worse. For the short-lived, in the flick of a finger, some even live and die, so this is why we urgently seek ways to delay aging and death, but this is only a minority of the minority."

"I remember you said about Phoenix before, saying that he was just a pheasant before nirvana, but I heard that only after being bathed in fire can he be reborn. Why can Phoenix be reborn?"

"First of all, how do you know that I'm talking about the Phoenix in your impression? Secondly, even if the Phoenix is ​​really reborn from the ashes, is he exactly the same as before? The nirvana of the Pheasant Essence is just shedding a layer of feathers. Relying on his long practice time, he forced us to call him Fenghuang. The road you walked yesterday, if you walk today, if there is one more stone and one less stone, it will not be the same road as yesterday. Haven’t you read the book, dialectics According to the materialist theory, matter is primary, and only when one ebbs and another ebbs and flows can the world stabilize its cycle.”

"That's what I said, but don't your existence break away from the general opinion?"

Huang Shan sighed, obviously not knowing what to say to him, he thought for a while and said, "Let me tell you this, since things already exist, there must be a reason for their existence..."

"That is to say, you don't know why you guys exist." Huang Shirt's words actually made him very confused. He had the illusion that he was in a dream, half awake, knowing that it was a dream, but he didn't know what to do. When he woke up, he was even more worried that when he woke up, he would still be in a rented room in S City, without a yellow shirt, without Erfool Xueqiu, and without Zhang Huai...he would have nothing.

"Ahem," Huang Shirt was a little embarrassed, "Actually, in a sense, the energy contained in the mountain god stone can give people a lot of extraordinary abilities. Maybe it's just your subconscious thinking that we It should look like this, or you really want to communicate with animals."

The more he talked, the more panic Jiang He felt. Why did he want this subconsciously?Zhang Huai also said that he subconsciously believed that Grandpa Zhang was still there, so is everything in front of him really fake?

Seeing him in a daze, Huang Shan clicked his tongue and said, "You don't have to fear death, the mountain god stone is on you, as long as you learn how to use it, you will share life with the mountain god, and when everyone dies, you can still live on .”

What does it mean for a person to live forever?Seeing the people around him disappear from his life one by one, leaving him alone, it must be too scary.

"I don't want to live forever, and the mountain god stone is not what I want. Although I am afraid of death, I will not complain when it is my turn to die. As long as it is not a dead end, it will be fine if I can accompany the person I love for the rest of my life." gone."

A gleam flashed in Huang Shirt's eyes, and suddenly he burst out laughing. Jiang He looked at him puzzled, and saw the corners of his mouth twitching, and said very flatly, "You are a big fool!" It looked like a small animal, and it was about to walk away with small steps. In a blink of an eye, Zhang Huai stood at the door with an expression of disbelief.But after all, Huang Shirt is a ghost who has been cultivating for many years, so he took no notice of it, and walked out the door casually rubbing his legs.

Jiang He was left stunned, not knowing how to explain to Zhang Huai.

"Are you going to disappear?"

After Jiang He explained the ins and outs of why he saw that scene just now, Zhang Huai just asked.Jiang He's mouth was dry, he didn't expect him to be so calm, and he didn't know whether to admire him or complain about his nerves.

"Why don't you question it at all? It's so different from your previous world view, okay...I'm not a monster, I'm a living person, and I won't disappear from your eyes suddenly."

The corners of Zhang Huai's lips moved slightly, as if smiling: "If I doubt it, then you may be a fake, why don't you just believe that all this happened for real."

Jiang He blushed, and his heart was beating violently as if he had been bewitched. Zhang Huai stretched out his hand and leaned towards him, muttering softly, "Do you just like me that much? Did you feel this way when you were with others before? "

Zhang Huai rubbed his head, ruffled his hair like a little animal with fried fur, then pinched his face, looked at his angry look, and said: "I like cats, not because of anyone I also like, I like you, not because of who you are."

Hearing such love words, although I couldn't restrain my happiness, I still felt a little unbelievable, why did I like him?

"When I saw you for the first time, you were covered in dirt, and you might not even know it. There were a few bird feathers in your hair, and your face was probably the cleanest place you were at that time. You stood smiling under the sun with your eyes squinted. , It’s like making an appointment with me to wait for me at that place, and rushed over as soon as I saw me. I’m sure it’s the first time I’ve seen you, but at that moment, all that came to my heart was a feeling of deja vu.”

Huang Shan just told him that there is no such thing as past life and present life, but he didn't know which of the monster's words was true and which was false, and he didn't believe in fatalism before. It is even more mysterious to get the mountain god stone by accident. After all, the mountain god stone is not what he wants. Among all living beings, this person has a good impression of him the first time he sees him. This is something he dare not expect even if he has the mountain god stone.

If he didn't fall in love with Zhang Huai at first sight, he could only blame him for being blind at the time. After the glasses broke, everything was blurred.

"Don't talk to me like that, my whole body is numb and I have goosebumps." Zhang Huai pressed his chin on his shoulder, his breath was close at hand, he felt itchy and pushed him away.It's not that he dislikes him, it's that he really feels an itchy neck. He has never been used to getting too close to people.

"Just get used to it." He had already discovered that Jiang He was very sensitive, and his body would tremble when he kissed his neck and earlobe, and he kicked him just touching his waist that night. There were a few laughs at that severe moment, he liked to hug him and kiss him, Jiang He couldn't keep avoiding him.

"You have to get used to me being by your side, and I can rely on you anytime, anywhere, whether you are hesitating or frustrated, ups and downs in life are inevitable, some people come and some people leave, but you will no longer be alone, you don't have to be cowardly or Sad, I will always be with you."

Jiang He was overwhelmed with emotion, and said that he would always be by his side, but when the time came, he let Zhang Huai go home alone.