Chapter 183 The background wall to ward off evil spirits
They stayed at grandma's house until the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, when Wei Ran's parents and Suisui's parents set off home one after another amid the reluctance of the two elderly people to leave.
"Wei Ran, when will you return to Volgograd?"
Before leaving, Professor Alexey, who was carrying large and small bags of gifts, asked. This is also one of the few times in the year when he calls Wei Ran by his Chinese name, and it is also one of the few times when Wei Ran takes the initiative to call him uncle.
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“Tickets for March 10th”
"I'll pick you up then"
After Professor Alexey finished speaking, he gave Suisui a few more instructions, and then reluctantly got into the car driven by Wei Ran's father.
After seeing off their parents, Wei Ran and Suisui stayed with the two elderly families until the Lantern Festival, and then they left the small village surrounded by Baiyangdian together.
"Suisui, where are you going? The high-speed rail station?"
"Where are you going?" Suisui, who was sitting in the passenger seat, asked with interest.
Wei Ran thought for a while and replied, "Go home for two days, and then take the time to talk to your classmate's father."
"Then I'll go to your house and then I'll go back to the capital with you."
"Then let's go." Wei Ran didn't think much, stepped on the accelerator, increased the speed of the car, and drove into the community before the sun went down.
By the time the two of them walked in, Wei Ran's parents had already returned from get off work, and even the table was full of food.
However, after dinner, when Wei Ran carried his suitcase and prepared to go to the bedroom as usual, he was stopped by Suisui who had taken the lead.
"What are you doing?" they both asked in unison.
After a moment of silence, the two said the same sentence again, "This is my room!"
Suisui rolled her eyes, pushed open the door and said arrogantly to Wei Ran, "You said it was yours, are there any of your things inside?"
"Why don't you have...my stuff?!"
Wei Ran turned to his parents who were busy in the living room and asked, "It's fine that this room is occupied by Suisui, but it's only been a few days, why are the cardboard boxes filled with his belongings under the bed gone?!"
"I'll just say this is my room!" Suisui proudly declared her sovereignty with her hands on her hips.
"Where are my things?"
Wei Ran asked again. He was really a little angry this time. Those boxes contained all his own things, including photos from kindergarten to high school.
Suisui was about to say something when she heard Wei Ran's mother, who was busy serving dishes, say, "Okay, you girl, stop teasing him, take him to see him!"
"Then I'll take you to see it!" Suisui flipped her hand, took out a bunch of keys from her pocket and waved it in front of Wei Ran's eyes, "Come with me!"
"What are you going to see?" Wei Ran asked confused, but this little thing opened the security door and walked straight out.
Resisting the urge to lock the security door directly, Wei Ran followed Suisui out of the house, and then saw the former using the key in his hand to open the neighbor's door opposite!
"Come in!" Suisui saw Wei Ran standing outside with a blank look on his face, so she simply grabbed his sleeve and dragged him into the neighbor's house.
"Isn't this Grandma Wu's house? Why..."
Wei Ran looked at the furnishings inside with confusion. The house had obviously been recently renovated. Even though the window in the living room was half open, he could still smell the vague smell of new furniture.
"Grandma Wu was picked up by her daughter because of her poor health."
Wei Ran's mother followed from behind, "Didn't you transfer back two sums of money years ago? With those two sums of money, I dared to use the money your dad and I had saved. Grandma Wu was about to sell her house at that time, so I
I made the decision to buy it. As for the money you sent back, I haven’t touched it, it’s all kept for you.”
As soon as Wei Ran's mother finished speaking, Suisui said as if taking credit for it, "I was responsible for decorating this house, how about it? Thank me quickly!"
"You really have to thank Suisui."
Wei Ran's father also walked in from the door holding a teacup, "Your mother and I just bought the house, and this little girl is solely responsible for the rest."
"So my things..."
"follow me!"
Suisui opened the door of a bedroom in a familiar manner, "Looking at how stingy you are, all your things are there!"
Wei Ran probed into the room and saw that this house had one more bedroom than the two-bedroom and one-living room in his house across the door, and the area of each room was larger.
But the furnishings in the bedroom Suisui opened were the same as the bedroom she had lived in since she was a child. The solid wood desk she had used since she was a child was placed in the same position, and even the same one had been used for a long time.
There are also a lot of the same things on the bookshelves.
Apart from that, the only extra thing was a solid wood piano table, and what was placed on it was the small guqin he bought for Suisui years ago.
"You did all this?" Wei Ran turned to Suisui, who was leaning against the door frame and watching the excitement and asked.
"Isn't it awesome?!"
Suisui patted the thick wall, "I didn't know you were practicing piano when we went to Inta before, so I specially added a sound insulation layer to the wall of this study. Let alone playing piano in it, even if you were there
It’s no problem to have a disco inside!”
Before Wei Ran could speak, the former had already dragged him back to the spacious living room. After pretending to clear his throat, he said seriously, "Attention! Now I want to show you the surprise I prepared last year!"
"What's the surprise?" Wei Ran asked curiously, and this time even his parents joined in.
The crazy Suisui signaled the three of them to stand with their backs to the TV, then picked up a remote control only the size of a cigarette box from the sofa facing the TV and stood next to Wei Ran's mother.
"3!2!1! Dang Dang Dang Dang!"
Along with Suisui's own soundtrack, the gadget pressed the red button on the remote control. In an instant, the glass window on the wall behind the sofa that went straight to the ceiling lit up dimly, illuminating the huge picture inside.
The landscape paintings reflect every detail.
"That's it?"
"It's not over yet!"
Suisui proudly pressed the second button. Amidst the subtle sound of gears, the landscape painting slowly rose up like a miniature rolling door, revealing two large lifting poles placed crosswise behind it! And those two large lifting poles were
On both sides of the lifting pole, two rusty anti-Japanese swords are fixed!
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "How did you get this thing back?" Wei Ran asked dumbfounded, "Where did those two broadswords come from?"
"Of course it's used to ward off evil spirits!"
Of course, Suisui gave an impeccable reason, "Things like my grandfather who killed little devils can ward off evil spirits, so I put it up here. I also asked my grandfather to help find those two swords. How about this! This background
Doesn’t the wall look particularly safe?”
"Those two big iron rods are the big lifting poles you took out of the pigsty?" Wei Ran's father asked in surprise, "In that case, maybe these things can really ward off evil spirits."
"No, why am I trying to ward off evil spirits?" Wei Ran said, dumbfounded.
"Aren't you just like Zhongxie?"
While Suisui was speaking, she pressed the remote control switch again, and two dim spotlights suddenly shone on the big lifting pole. Then, the little gadget was pressed against Wei Ran's ear and whispered in Russian, "
When you were in that abandoned military base, you were talking in your sleep about Hans, Rocky, Marco Mario, etc. Fortunately, I learned German for a semester, otherwise
I thought you were talking to aliens."
"Really?" Cold sweat broke out on Wei Ran's forehead.
"It must be true." Suisui rolled her eyes, "otherwise, why would I wake you up over and over again to accompany me to the bathroom?"
"What are you two muttering about?" My mother, who had already visited the other two bedrooms, asked curiously.
"nothing!"
Suisui returned to her quirky and arrogant look, "My brother said he will bring a wife back next year to give you some grandsons!"
"That's good!" Wei Ran's mother was immediately fooled. She didn't even take any cover and asked directly if Wei Ran had a girl he liked.
After finally fooling her overly gossipy parents away, Suisui blocked the door again.
"What?" Wei Ran asked helplessly.
"I can't work in vain, can I?" Suisui rubbed her fingers familiarly while speaking.
"Didn't I buy you a guqin bed?" Wei Ran pointed to the study room, "It's still there."
"One code is one code, and brothers are still settling accounts!" Suisui raised her chin, "The piano is your New Year's gift to me, and it has nothing to do with me helping you decorate your house."
"Okay, tell me what you want!"
Wei Ran had lost his temper a long time ago. Although buying a house was unexpected, he was really busy with this gadget, especially the intact furnishings in the study. It was obvious that the other party had put his care into it.
"As long as you say this, I'll tell you what you want after I think about it." As Suisui spoke, she happily handed over the bunch of keys in her hand.
That night, Wei Ran moved into the new house as a matter of course. Although the two houses were only separated by a wall, he only lived in the big room, so he inevitably suffered from insomnia.
Unable to fall asleep, he simply went into the study and took out the metal book as a New Year's gift to himself. After getting this guqin and learning and playing a Guangling San with it, in order not to arouse suspicion, he played it again
It has never been taken out.
Adjusting the desk lamp to its brightest setting, Wei Ran carefully observed the piano case reflecting the dots of light, then opened it and took out the dark guqin once again.
During most of the first month, he was not idle. Although there was an endless stream of people coming and going from his grandmother's family and visiting relatives, and Sui Sui made trouble from time to time, he still found opportunities to take pictures of the piano that the metal book gave him.
Several photos were sent to Chen Guangling in the capital.
With the help of the other party, Wei Ran at least already knew that the two ancient Chinese characters engraved on the back of the harp above the dragon pool were "Yao Guang" written in large seal script.
After thinking for a moment, he sat up straight, plucked the strings and played Guangling San, which he had only learned once again. When the song ended, Wei Ran felt more and more clearly the peace in his heart. It seemed that all the negative emotions in his heart disappeared with it.
All the music just released was released.
"Is this guqin bed really calming, or is there something wrong with that piece of music?"
Wei Ran secretly decided to ask Chen Guangling before leaving, maybe the other party could see something.
After putting away the piano case and leaving the study, Wei Ran glanced at the large lever on the wall of the living room that was still shrouded by spotlights. After hesitating for a moment, he finally did not summon the metal book that turned into a tattoo.
Of course he wanted to know the secret behind these two large levers, but he still wanted to wait until he had replenished enough ammunition for the semi-automatic rifle before going there. In that case, he might at least feel less regretful.
