Chapter 58 Section VI

"Do you remember what he looked like?" Grandpa asked. I thought about it, and there seemed to be a layer of mist in front of the beggar's face, which prevented me from seeing his true face clearly.I shook my head and said, "At that time, I was in a hurry to get rid of him, so I didn't look at him carefully. What's the matter? Did you guess it was someone you knew?" Grandpa shook his head: "I'm wondering if this beggar has something to do with the loss of "Hundred Arts Exorcism"." "I think so too." I nodded. "Forget it." Grandpa took a long breath, "Sooner or later, those who should come will come, and those who should go will eventually go. They can't stay hidden forever, let's wait for the day when they show their true colors. Right now The matter of Zhang Jiu and Zhuyeqing is important, oh, by the way, I have to draw a spell of An Meng for Ma Juhe."

With a flash of inspiration, I asked, "Grandpa, you said that you released Kespo Ghost, is it because of Zhang Jiu's affairs?" I'm not busy, but I vaguely feel that Grandpa has his own arrangements and will not be careless. Grandpa refused to answer, but told me to go back to the house first to see if Rose was more energetic. Back in the house, I found that the rose is no longer sickly, the petals are much fuller, and the leaves are much greener. "It seems that Keshui Ghost is back." Grandpa smiled, "You pour some rice washing water on it, and I'll go to the back room to look for brushes and inkstones."

I hurriedly asked, "Do you want me to help you grind the ink?" I said this, but my heart was just to see how grandpa drew the An Meng spell.If it wasn't for my grandma and mother's objection, my grandpa would have taught me how to draw one stroke at a time. Grandpa prevaricated: "Your students are used to using pens now, and they don't even know how to hold a writing brush. How can you help me? The water used to grind the ink is not evenly adjusted, and the characters written are of different shades, which is not attractive. You Let’s take good care of the rose.” After finishing speaking, grandpa entered the back room, and then there was the sound of a chair bumping against the wardrobe, probably because grandpa climbed up on the chair to get the inkstone on the top of the wardrobe.

I looked at the rose in disappointment, so I had to go to grandma's bucket to get some rice washing water, and water the rose carefully. "Where did you go? Did you tell me to do something about Zhang Jiu? Did you see that green bamboo leaf?" I asked while watering. It's a pity that Rose can't speak, let alone answer my questions. The question I want to ask, of course, has to be answered by Zhang Jiu himself, but that will be a few days later. A few days later, just like his father did back then, Zhang Jiu circled a snake spewing out letters around his neck, walked through the avenues and alleys with a happy face, and came to the door of his grandfather's house.

Then, he recounted to his grandfather how Kespor ghost turned into a snake dealer to trade with his father.It's just that at that time, I had already returned to school and sat in the classroom listening to the teacher's lecture.Later, grandpa repeated it to me in Zhang Jiu's tone. At that time, Zhang Jiu and Zhang Snake saw that something was wrong with the "snake dealer", and immediately questioned what the "snake dealer" was up to. The "snake dealer" said that he only came to arouse Zhang Jiu's feelings, to see if Zhang Jiu really wanted to be with Zhuyeqing.The story he told Zhang Snake was just to discern Zhang Jiu's sincerity, to see whether he wanted to live a normal life with people, or muster up the courage to live a lifetime with a snake.

The "snake dealer" also said that he thought that Zhang Jiu would come out to stop him when he went out, but he didn't expect Zhang Jiu to do anything after going out for a long time, so he thought that Zhang Jiu's visit to Master Ma's house on the first day was just a It was just a momentary impulse, and it was simply to maintain an unexpected relationship, not to really want to continue this relationship. If Zhang Jiu doesn't come out, the "snake dealer" is going to send the snake he got to the real snake dealer's home, and tell the snake dealer: Zhang Snake's family is in a hurry, so he asked someone to deliver the snake one day in advance .In this way, the buyer and the seller will live in peace.

Then, naturally Zhuyeqing cannot avoid the fate of being made into the skin of the erhu or served on the dining table. But unexpectedly, when Zhang Snake was about to say goodbye to the "snake dealer", Zhang Jiucai appeared belatedly and said what was in his heart. Zhang Snake asked the "snake dealer", "Who are you?" The "snake dealer" said: "It doesn't matter who I am." After finishing speaking, the "snake dealer" handed over the woven bag in his hand to Zhang Jiu who was in a daze, "Since you have decided to bear the consequences, then the next thing It’s up to you to fight for it yourself.”

Zhang Jiu took the woven bag handed over by the "snake dealer" in a daze, and asked, "Did Master Ma from Huamei Village call you here? Then...can you thank him for me?" Zhang Snake asked in surprise, "Master Ma from Huamei Village? Zhang Jiu, have you ever looked for him?" Zhang Jiu knelt down in front of his father with a plop, lowered his head, and said, "Father, I went to see Master Ma. I went there just for this Zhuyeqing. I know you will definitely object to me living with a snake for the rest of my life, but I am sincere. I fell in love with Zhuyeqing. I know that you must have made a lot of determination and worked hard to switch from snake-charming to snake-catching. However, I also made a lot of determination before I went out of the house to stop you. , also after careful consideration. I know what I am doing, and I know what consequences I will bear after doing it. So...so please forgive me..."

When Zhang Jiu expressed his sincerity to his father, the "snake dealer" slipped away without a sound. Zhang Snake held his son's shoulders, listened to his son's confession word by word, and had no time to pay attention to the "snake dealer". "My child, you are wrong to think so." Zhang Snake sniffed and said softly. Zhang Jiu raised his tear-stained eyes and asked with a mournful face: "Father, I am not wrong. I really thought about it. I will not regret it." The snakes in the woven bag were unexpectedly calm at this time.The green bamboo leaf green slowly climbed to the knot of the woven bag, and licked Zhang Jiu's hand with the slender snake letter through a thin layer of warp and weft.It seemed to want to comfort the man who had spent countless wonderful nights with it, even if his father refused, as long as it had his words, it would die at ease.