My name is Ou Ning. I was born in a remote village called Sheshan. When I was born, I was destined to live an ordinary life because my family is a unique family.
The composition and structure of our family are simple and complex.
Simply, our family has only three people, Grandpa, mother and me.
The complex meaning is that I, Grandpa, is a mysterious old man. I have never seen my father since I was a child. It is said that he was not at home before I was born. But my mother has been persevering, serving the elderly, and giving birth to me with great difficulty.
The village is remote and the villagers have no other activities. They will discuss the village's family issues before and after dinner every day. There are also many rumors about our family that fall into my ears, most of which are from my Grandpa and my father.
I have never met my father since I was a child. Since I was sensible, I have often heard similar topics about our family. But every time I asked Grandpa and my mother about my father, Grandpa would irritably curse that the beast was dead.
And my mother always hugged me tightly at this time and cried quietly.
Later, I became more sensible. In order not to make Grandpa angry and cry with my mother, I never mentioned my father's topic once, but in the Heart system - ruler of consciousness, I still maintained a question about the man who was unwilling to mention in the entire village.
Since they are all dead, why has my mother never taken me to the grave?
Since he is dead, why does Grandpa curse every time he mentions him?
Grandpa and his mother are very kind people. Although the people in the village would say some gossip behind their backs, they were all respectful when they were in front of them, because Grandpa was the only traveling Doctor in the village and the only Taoist priest.
Grandpa's clinic is in the bungalow at the entrance of the village. The name of the clinic is quite strange. The dual forces of Yin and Yang clinic. I believe anyone will remember it clearly when they see it.
Grandpa said that it was a clinic left by our ancestors, with a history of hundreds of years and a valuable legacy left by our ancestors of the Ou family to our descendants.
I never saw this strange clinic open.
The villagers had a minor illness and disaster. They all liked to run to our door and shout: Lao Ou, who is not at all uncomfortable in anyone's family.
I, Grandpa, would respond with a smile, and then run to see someone with his old medical box on his back.
If any family has a wedding or a wedding, they will come to our house and shout: Lao Ou, who has had fun?
My grandpa still carried his old box and ran to help people.
I once asked Grandpa, Why don't you come to see a doctor? You have to go to see someone?
Grandpa always smiled and said to me, "This is the ancestral teaching of our family. Doctors must come to see a doctor."
Although Grandpa said it lightly, I always feel that he is not just as simple as seeing a doctor or organizing a funeral.
Because when it's late at night, Grandpa will get up quietly and go out quietly, and will go home quietly until dawn.
As for what he was going to do, I don't know, nor did my mother know.
Every once in a while, Grandpa would go out for a long trip, about three or four days, and every time I came back, I would stuff me a box of popcorn. I always smiled and kissed Grandpa on the face, and then held the popcorn and slap the teeth.
My mother is a model of a good wife and a good mother. She is virtuous and virtuous, and she respects filial piety. She never talks much, nor does she ask what Grandpa is doing when she goes out.
Every time Grandpa comes back from a long trip, she will give her a stack of colorful banknotes.
My mother never asks where the money comes from. She just keeps her silent washing and cooking, serving the lives of our father and father.
Although the village is small, our family's life is the richest. Now, it is obvious that the meager reward for practicing medicine and holding funerals alone is not enough to make our lives so nourishing.
My mother is very smart and hardworking. Her yard is always cleaned and she raises chickens and ducks. She will slaughter one or two of them for me and Grandpa to improve the food, and her life is very comfortable. The Heart system - ruler of consciousness.
After three years old, before six, other people's children were in kindergarten, but they could only struggle in the mountains and fields in our remote areas.
However, I, Grandpa, often took me up the mountain to collect herbs, and gradually instilled a lot of medical knowledge in me. In his words, I am the root of the old Ou family. In the future, the dual forces of Yin and Yang clinics will pass on to me. How can I not have medical skills?
Having said that, I have never been to the dual forces of Yin and Yang clinic in Grandpa. It's not that I don't want to go, it's that he doesn't let me go.
At that time, I was still young and at the age of obedience, so I have never been to Grandpa's clinic, but this also led to my curiosity about the mysterious clinic when I grew up.
As time goes by, I gradually grow up.
When I was six years old, I reached the age of school. Grandpa solemnly hung a piece of mutton fat jade, the size of an index finger, on my neck on my birthday, and said to me very seriously: "Ou Ning, you are a descendant of my Ou family. G When randpa is by your side, Grandpa will protect you. When Grandpa is not by your side, this piece of jade will protect you. You must protect this piece of jade and must not be lost. "
I was still young at that time. The Heart system - ruler of consciousness said that I didn't let jade protect me? Why has it become my protective jade again?
Later I gradually realized that the so-called "people raise jade" and jade raises people is not as simple as the literal meaning.
However, this piece of mutton fat jade is very pure, and it is so white that it is very cute. Naturally, I can't let it go. When I sleep at night, I always like to pinch it in my hands and play with it, and hang it close to my chest during the day.
It is precisely because of this piece of jade that I have escaped many disasters, of course this is all a story later.
After my birthday, Grandpa sent me to the school in the town to study.
The village is quite far from the town, so most of the children in nearby villages have to carry rice and go to school by themselves. When they go to school, they hand over rice and noodles to the canteen, even if the food is settled for a week.
I was still young at that time, Grandpa carried a lot of rice and flour on his back, held my hand, and walked along the rough road leading to the town into the school.
Every time I walk on this rough road, Grandpa will point to the beautiful scenery among the mountains, forests and fields to tell me some stories about his childhood and some strange stories.
Although Grandpa is not very educated, when it comes to storytelling skills, it is very powerful.
Later I learned that the stories Grandpa told were facts that he had personally experienced.
What I remember most was that he pointed to a path and said to me, "Ning Wazi, remember, you must not enter this road."
I once asked Grandpa why it was impossible to enter that road. Grandpa's long gray eyebrows trembled a few times, and said with some regret: "There is Dongshan over there, a place where people are buried. You are still young, and you are afraid of being scared when you go."
Then I seemed to hear Grandpa murmur in a low voice: "What a pity, there are no such powerful Taoist priests now..."
Grandpa's voice was very low. I didn't care at the time, but just remembered that the land was buried by the dead.
I was really young at that time, only six years old, so how could I not be afraid of death? When I heard that it was a place where people were buried, I hid far away every time I passed by the path of the intestine, for fear that some monsters and other monsters would suddenly appear and capture me.
Later, the village was built and the car was opened, and the sheep intestine path was abandoned. It was covered with weeds, making it difficult to find it.
With the convenience of transportation, many villagers have made plans in the town and their living conditions have improved a lot.
Most children go to school by their father riding a motorcycle to the school. Only me, every time I am held by Grandpa My hand was standing on the side of the newly repaired road, waiting for the shuttle bus from the town to the villages every morning and evening.
After a year slowly, I became very familiar with the road to school and after school, so I didn't let Grandpa send it. Every time I went to school with the boy from the old Gan family in the village and got off school together.
This kid is named Gan Chengxiong. He is as old as me. He can be said to be a kid.
At that time, Gan Chengxiong, a popular cartoon doll cat, looked like the Titan there, and his personality was very similar. He wore a pair of round-frame black eyes and a yellow short-sleeved shirt, so the nickname we gave him was Titan.
When I was seven years old, I vaguely remembered that it was a weekend. Titan, and several other classmates had been playing in the school for a long time after school.
After the parents of those classmates took them away, it was already dark.
Titan and I realized that we missed the shuttle bus back to the village.
The two children stood helplessly on the side of the road. Looking at the sky getting darker, the two of them decided to walk back to the village after discussing.
The road back to the village was an unfinished gravel road. Large pieces of stone were trampled under my feet, making my feet hurt, but we both ran while making a fuss, and we walked very quickly.
But as we were walking and making a fuss, we somehow walked down the gravel road and went further and further.
When we both found the problem, we were all weeds in front of us and bamboo forests.
Looking up, I saw that there were a lot of fields, and there were continuous mountains. Where could there be gravel roads?
It was dark very quickly in the mountains and villages, and it became dark in the blink of an eye. Titan and I were a little scared, and we began to discuss where to go.
In fact, there is no need to discuss at all. We both decided immediately and returned the same way.
We started to turn our heads and walk back, but after we both walked back for almost an hour, the problem arose again.
We have obviously not walked very far, so why can't we find that big road?
Finally, we have to recognize a reality and we are lost.
It was getting darker at this time, and we were both tired and hungry. We finally found a big stone. We sat back to back and rested. After a while, I actually heard Titan's snoring slightly.
Let's have a sleep! A voice said to me, and then I fell asleep in a daze.
I don't know how long I slept, but I felt like I was being pulled a little, as if I had woken up, and it seemed that I was not awake. It was the state of being awake but not awake.
In a trance, I seemed to hear a lot of noises not far away. Titan stood beside me, pulling my shoulder and saying to me, "Oun Ning, wake up quickly, your mother calls you to go home for dinner."