Northeastern Wild Fairy Tales Record

  After dinner, my father and mother asked me a lot of questions again, only then did they finally relax from the tension that had been hanging in the air all evening.

  After the two left, only Grandma and I were left in the house. Grandma asked casually: "Grandson, you said your grandfather saw you last night, did he come to find you later?"

  "Ah, he's here! He spent the whole night teaching me the Teng Long Quan technique. I studied very seriously all night and finally learned it. Grandpa said that in the future, he'll be busy, so he won't have as much time to come teach me again. Grandma, do you think Grandpa is a ghost or something? Why does he keep appearing?"

  Grandma burst out laughing after hearing my words, and said with a smile: "Why do you think your grandfather is a ghost? That dead guy wouldn't be a ghost, don't worry about anything else, just listen to your dead grandfather's words and learn that what's-it-called trick well."

  "I've promised Grandpa that I'll train to the highest level, Teng Long Jiu Bian. I'll definitely reach the ninth transformation." I said confidently to Grandma.

  "Did you say Teng Long Jiu Bian?"

  I didn't think much either and replied: "Yes, it's Tianlong Jiubian. At that time, I will protect Grandma."

  "My good grandson, you've really grown up and know how to take care of your grandma now." My grandmother said with a relieved smile.

  But I was scratching my head, wondering why Grandpa and Grandma said I had grown up. I'm already fifteen years old, haven't I grown up yet? I've grown so tall already.

  "Grandma took a look at me and said, 'Finish your homework and then go out to play, don't stay cooped up at home.'"

  "Okay, got it grandma." After that, I took out my backpack and started organizing the books and homework that were randomly stuffed in last night, then began doing my homework.

  An hour and a half later, I finally finished all my homework, put it in my backpack, and left with Bai Hu. After leaving the house, I suddenly didn't know where to go for fun, looking at the deserted village road, I just went east along the way.

  Unconsciously, I have come to the place where Dog Egg jumped into the water to commit suicide. Looking at the fish pond in front of me, the clear and transparent water, the ripples shimmering, the gentle breeze blowing, everything remains unchanged.

  But *** , however, is no longer seen old friends, things have changed.

  A sense of desolation I had never felt before appeared in my small heart, and this feeling made me want to shed tears for a moment.

  Facing the water, I muttered to myself: "Dog egg, San Ge misses you. If San Ge hadn't told you to die back then, you might not have jumped into the water and killed yourself so stupidly. It's all San Ge's fault that hurt you. I don't know how you're doing now, is there anyone playing with you? The white fox has grown up a lot now, but it still hasn't grown much bigger than when we saw it in the grass back then."

  "Gou Dan, you think this white fox won't be a demon, right? Why hasn't it changed for so many years? If you were here, that would be great. At least there would be someone to talk to me and play with me. Now Third Brother feels really bored, no one is playing with me."

  "By the way, Dog Egg, Third Brother has found a Third Sister-in-law for you. She's from my class, not particularly good-looking but not ugly either. She's very nice to me. If you were still alive, Third Brother would have introduced one to you too, so you could find a wife."

  "What a pity... why are you so silly..."

  So I sat in front of the fish pond, talking to myself about my experiences, telling them to the deceased Dog Egg, not knowing if he could hear me or not, but I wanted to say it, I wanted Dog Egg to know what was going on with me now.

  I hope he can hear these things from me, happy or not, I want to tell him, at least it counts as sharing my happiness and sadness with him.

  At the same time, it is also a way for me to express my thoughts about Gou Dan through these words.

  No matter how many years have passed, I will never forget my memories of Dog Egg, and at the same time, I still remember the moment when he asked me if there was any way to not go to school.

  A faint sense of guilt has been lingering in my heart forever, becoming an unforgettable memory for me throughout this life.

  Until I was tired of talking, had said enough and had said all I wanted to say, I stood up and spoke to the water in front of me: "Dog Egg, that's it for today. Third Brother is tired and wants to go back home. Wait until next time when I come back and we can chat again."

  After finishing speaking, I went home with the white fox in my arms.

  Along the way, I met some villagers who nodded and greeted me with a smile.

  This habit was cultivated by my grandmother since I was a child. She said that in the village, no matter who you see, you should always greet them and ask how they're doing.

  This is the most basic courtesy for human beings, and in addition to living in a village, over the years, it has been a bit of a relative's relationship, so basically everyone you see can be called by a title.

  What's with all these "second uncle", "second brother" and so on, they're all like this, and I don't bother to examine these relationships closely, because the more you examine them, the more confusing it gets, it's better to just call them that way.

  I arrived home soon and saw grandma preparing lunch. When she saw me, she asked: "Where have you been?"

  "I'm going to the fish pond in the east, I'll take a look at Dog Egg and have a chat with him." I said lightly and happily, without feeling that there was anything wrong with this.

  "Alas, Dog Egg has been gone for so many years, what a pity for such a good child. I still remember that day you came back huffing and puffing saying Dog Egg had provoked you, now that Dog Egg is no longer here, you can't let go." Grandma sighed and said.

  "I don't know what's going on either, but as soon as I get back, I think of Dog Egg and want to go see him." I also replied casually.

  "Alright, don't think about it anymore, go inside and wait for a while, we'll be eating soon." Grandma said.

  The two-day period passed in a flash, and after bidding farewell to family members, I returned to school.

  The next day in class, when I saw him, my heart came alive again, and I returned from Dog Egg's sadness to the sweetness of love.

  The man and woman who fall in love are the happiest, but I still told Sheng Yanqiu about my experience, saying that it was because of him that I almost got killed by a ghost, but Sheng Yanqiu said she didn't believe me, saying that I was cheating her.

  Later on, I thought about it and realized that's the way it is. Ordinary people haven't experienced these things, so they really won't believe what I've seen and heard. After that, I never talked to her about this kind of thing again.

  Some ghosts actually won't go to the underworld because they have some lingering attachments in their hearts and will stay in the mortal world.

  But it's you who are sleeping, they just walk by your side, but won't do anything bad to you, just passing by. Maybe when you're sitting, he stands behind you, staring at you with a fixed gaze, just looking.

  Unless you are in a place where he (she) died and offended them, they will not harm you. Otherwise, ghosts will not take the initiative to attack people.

  But anyway, back to the topic, my love with Sheng Yanqiu was so smooth and uneventful for two years, welcoming the life of junior three, and I was also seventeen years old, after passing the year it would be eighteen years old, an adult.

  When I was in second grade of junior high school and had summer vacation, I went out once to visit my relatives' home in Wudalianchi, which is a relatively famous place in Northeast China.

  But my trip was not for fun, but for learning, because my English had dropped to below zero after my first English teacher left. It basically belonged to the most patriotic group, and my English score in the second semester of junior high school was only 16 points, which was the lowest score I had ever achieved since entering junior high school, the lowest score in history. In order to make a comeback without spending money, I went to this relative's house, because my cousin is a top student.

  With a pilgrim's attitude, I set out alone on the journey to Wudalianchi.

  On the road, I still remember a very interesting thing. At the halfway point, the car refueled. Just as the oil was about to be filled up, an old lady selling water came over. I bought a bottle of water from her, but when the car started moving and I didn't have time to take out my money, we just left.

  The old lady shouted a few words from behind, saying that she hadn't been given the money yet, but the driver had already driven away. Only the stunned old lady was left standing in place, while I had innocently gotten a bottle of water for nothing. The people on the bus looked at me with friendly smiles, and I couldn't help but lower my head in embarrassment.

  After arriving at my relative's house in Wudalianchi, I settled down and started learning. My cousin is indeed awesome, English comes out of her mouth effortlessly, and she can basically converse with foreigners without any problems. However, unfortunately, my brain seems to be extremely unresponsive to English, and no matter how hard I try, I just can't learn it. In the end, I frustrated my cousin so much that she had to ask my cousin's husband to take me out for a walk to clear my mind.

  My uncle was going to the mountain to check on his land, and the wild boars had ruined his bean sprouts. He happened to take me along with him, and since I had never seen a big mountain before, it was a perfect opportunity, so we set off immediately.