A full moon hangs high in the sky. The moonlight covers the earth with a layer of light silver. At the same time, it also greatly extends people's eyesight. Images a hundred meters away can be seen clearly. By the way, you can see the countryside
The shadows of the street trees on both sides of the road are also clearly projected on the ground.
At this moment, the rural roads are no longer crowded with people during the day, and everything has returned to the calm and tranquility of the night.
There was a man walking slowly and staggeringly on the rural road. One glance showed that this man had drunk a lot of wine.
This man is about twenty-five or six years old. He is about 1.7 meters tall and looks like he is nodding. He is slightly stout, but not very fat. He is wearing a white short-sleeved shirt on the upper body and off-white on the lower body.
She was wearing loose linen casual pants and a pair of flip-flops on her feet.
Well!
The young man felt nauseated and subconsciously held on to the tree pole next to him. He lowered his body and began to vomit.
After vomiting almost all the contents in his stomach, the young man raised the back of his hand and wiped it casually.
"These guys are really good at drinking!"
The young man muttered, and then began to stagger towards his home.
The young man's destination is not far away. From his current position, there is only less than a mile left.
There are a number of residential areas created by renovating villages and building towns. Originally, several nearby villages were gathered together, and everyone lived together. Originally, each family had a single-door courtyard, and the houses were built in various styles. After they were gathered together,
It has been transformed into a two-story Chinese-style building, with a small courtyard in front of each house and a small garden and garage behind.
This condition is comparable to that of small villa areas in the county.
The young man's home is here, but the young man doesn't feel much about his new home. Firstly, he does not live at home permanently, and secondly, many of his memories of his hometown were produced in the original village, and his current home is no longer there.
The old appearance in his memory became extremely strange.
The young man is called Zhang Chi, which means Zhang for articles and Chi for galloping.
Just like the Chi in his name, at the age of thirteen or fourteen, the young man followed his clan uncle to the other side of the ocean. The clan uncle opened a Chinese restaurant in a small rural town over there, and he worked as a busboy there.
This time he came back to visit relatives and arranged a blind date with his family.
But today is not a blind date. Who can drink like this on a blind date?
Today was a meeting with old classmates. We all had a good time together and it was a way to prepare for Zhang Chi's return to the United States, so Zhang Chi was made into a drunken cat by a group of enthusiastic middle school classmates.
Now that I was getting drunk, my originally light steps gradually became heavier, and my mind started to get a little confused.
So as he walked, his brain began to control his limbs according to Zhang Chi's memory.
If Zhang Chi's mind was clear at this moment, he would have found that he was now heading away from his new home and towards his old house.
Walking and walking, Zhang Chi probably didn't know how long he had been walking. Just relying on the original memories in his mind, Zhang Chi returned to his childhood village.
The village is no longer what it was like when he was a child. Now many of the houses have been demolished and the area will be turned into farmland again in the future.
The old house of Zhang Chi's family no longer looks like it did in the past, with only a small courtyard wall remaining.
"Where's my house?"
Zhang Chi, who was unconscious, opened his blurred eyes and looked at the old house that had been demolished and was in disarray, muttering in his mouth.
The house was gone, but Zhang Chi did not leave. Instead, he stood and looked at it for a while, then staggered around the village.
Most of the houses in the village were demolished, but Zhang Chi soon discovered something in his memory.
A small earth temple.
The Earth Temple is not actually a temple, but a small house that is not that big. It is only one and a half meters high and covers an area of only four square meters. It cannot be any smaller.
There is a statue of a god inside. Zhang Chi doesn't know what the specific god is, and I'm afraid even the old people in the village don't know. Some say it's the Earth Temple, some say it's Lingbao Tianzun, and some say it's the Five-Colored Plague God.
In short, this small temple is quite old.
Zhang Chi often played here when he was a child, so let's call it the Earth Temple.
The small earth temple has also been almost demolished. The small stone walls around it have disappeared, stones are scattered around, and the statues of gods inside are completely exposed.
"Why are you still fine?"
Zhang Chi looked at the statue and wanted to stabilize his body, but he was too drunk and couldn't stabilize himself, and his body fell towards the statue.
Even though he was drunk, he still had basic consciousness of his body. The moment before he hit the statue, Zhang Chi stretched out his hand to hold the statue.
I don’t know whether Zhang Chi’s strength was too strong, or whether the foundation of the statue had been shaken, because Zhang Chi’s support caused the statue to fall down together with Zhang Chi.
After lying on the ground for a long time, Zhang Chi finally sat up. After being dazed for a while, he started to try to get up.
I just rolled over and was on all fours, thinking about kneeling down first and then standing up. My eyes were attracted by something exposed on the base of the statue.
Not caring whether he was standing or not, Zhang Chi crawled over on his hands and knees and put his head up to take a look.
"It turns out to be a wooden box!"
Zhang Chi muttered, reaching out and slapping the wooden box lightly or hard.
He was so drunk that he was a little confused. Zhang Chi didn't pay attention to the exquisite patterns on the wooden box. He knelt on the ground and stretched out his hands to pull the wooden box open.
It was a pity that he was very drunk at this time and pulled it several times. Although he clearly saw the buckle on the wooden box right in front of his eyes, his hand refused to move.
"Oh, why are you moving!"
He himself was dazzled and weak, but he complained that the wooden box was moving around!
Finally, Zhang Chi opened the wooden box and found a wooden gourd about the size of the palm of his hand inside.
"Huh?! What the hell!"
Zhang Chi picked up the wooden gourd and looked at it carefully in front of his eyes. After looking for a long time, he didn't find anything strange.
Zhang Chi is not very clear-headed now. When he discovered that it was a gourd, he felt a little childlike.
He picked up the small gourd, raised his hand above his head, and pointed the gourd at the fallen statue.
"That land, if I call you, do you dare to agree?"
Drunkards also know how to play "Journey to the West"!
After calling three or four times, the broken statue on the ground would definitely not be able to comply with him, so he had no choice but to speak next.
"receive!"
Just when Zhang Chi said it was over, the statue on the ground suddenly disappeared, but Zhang Chi, who was a little out of his mind now, didn't notice anything wrong with this.
"As you wish, as you wish, follow my wishes...".
Good guy, this kid has played a lot, from "Journey to the West" to "Calabash Baby".
The happiness of a single boy is so simple!
Tired of playing, Zhang Chi, a drunkard, yawned. He didn't care where he was because he was drunk, and just lay down on the ground.
"Gourd, Gourd, protect me!"
Then his head tilted, and he started to snore happily.
Zhi~~~! Zhi~~hiss!
Sleeping there is so beautiful.
Zhang Chi, who was asleep, did not notice that the gourd he was holding in his hand suddenly rose up and floated in the air as if there was no gravity.
The moment the gourd floated up, it grew more than ten times in size and became the size of a large gourd about fifty centimeters. The small mosquito that was originally next to Zhang Chi suddenly seemed to be shaken away by an invisible force, and Zhang Chi
Not even a living ant was missing within a two or three meter radius of the Chiwei center.
This sleep, Zhang Chi's sleep was so beautiful.
Ah~~!
Stretching slightly, Zhang Chi took a deep breath and opened his eyes.
But when he saw a gourd floating in the air, he couldn't help but scream like a little girl seeing a mouse.
It was a good thing that there was no one in the village at the moment, otherwise he would have sent away several of the young and old men in the village at once.
After coming back to his senses, Zhang Chi reached out and touched the top, bottom, left and right sides of the gourd, and found that there were no ropes or threads hanging on it.
"This... this is not scientific," Zhang Chi muttered.
After looking around, Zhang Chi found that he had actually returned to his old village, so he was a little confused as a monk.
Zhang Chi couldn't remember how he came to the old village. It was fragmented!
Finding himself in the old village, his attention soon returned to the gourd. Anyone who found a big gourd floating in front of his eyes would be surprised.
Zhang Chi reached out and touched the gourd, and found that it looked like wood but was not made of wood. It felt as warm as jade, and actually had a little bit of warmth to it.
"Do your parents know that you are so angry?"
Zhang Chi spoke to the gourd.
After saying that, Zhang Chi started playing with Hulu again, almost repeating the same trick from the night. It can be seen that the old saying that one speaks the truth after drinking and that one's temperament is revealed after being drunk still has some truth to it.
I tried all the myths and legends related to the treasure gourd in my mind.
As he played with it, Zhang Chi understood that he had acquired a treasure that he could not understand and that even modern science could not explain.
This thing can not only suck things in, but also spit out the things it sucks in intact. Even though it is as small as a palm-sized gourd, it can actually hold an old tree trunk taller than Zhang Chi.
You can also pour a green, thick, colorless and odorless liquid from the gourd. Just one drop can make a small sapling no more than waist tall grow into a towering tree in an instant.
baby!
What a great blessing!
Now Zhang Chi's mind was filled with only excitement.
This time, it went directly from the dim sky to the sun jumping out of the horizon.
At the same time, the sound of cars reached Zhang Chi's ears.
The construction team to demolish the village is here!
Zhang Chi looked at the floating gourd a little anxiously. How could such a treasure be seen by others?
"Hide quickly, become invisible, become invisible!"
As Zhang Chi's thoughts moved, the gourd that was originally floating in the air disappeared instantly, but Zhang Chi knew that the gourd was beside him, and it seemed that he had a mysterious connection with the gourd.
At this moment, Zhang Chi didn't have time to think too much. Since the gourd was hidden, he naturally had to leave here as soon as possible.
As soon as he stood up, he noticed the box on the ground. After a brief look, he found that the box was quite exquisite, so with a thought, the box on the ground went into the gourd.
"Hey, what do you do?"
People from the construction team came over and saw Zhang Chi standing here, so they asked.
Zhang Chi said: "My family used to live here, come and have a look."
The visitor laughed after hearing this and said: "It's all demolished. There's nothing to see anymore. Leave quickly. We're going to start construction soon. We don't want anyone to stay at the site. Leave quickly!"
"Well, let's go now"
Zhang Chi said something to the people and then moved away from them. At first he pretended to be calm, but as soon as he left the sight of these people, he immediately started running away, as if he was afraid that others would snatch his invisible gourd.
generally.
This good guy almost ran a half marathon in this run!
Normally it would take half a life to run two thousand meters, but now I had a little secret in my mind. My legs were swinging like hot wheels, and before I knew it, I had arrived at the entrance of the town where I live now.
A black Audi car came to a stop when it saw Zhang Chi, who was sweating profusely.
The cousin stuck his head out of the car window and joked at Zhang Chi: "Da Chi, no wonder people say you Americans love fitness. You get up early in the morning to run?"
Zhang Chi smiled and replied: "It turns out to be the second brother. He can run around as he pleases. What are you...?"
"I'm going to go to the city for something at the company. By the way, you kid, don't go back. What's so good over there? If you want to make a fortune, you have to stay in China. Come back and work with me..."
"Second brother, I'm not as capable as you. I'm afraid I won't be able to make a fortune in this life," Zhang Chi said with a smile.
"Forget it, I won't tell you anymore, see you later."
"Second brother, see you later!" Zhang Chi said, watching the black Audi leave his sight, and then walked home.
When I arrived at the door of my house, I entered the yard and found that my grandfather was weaving bamboo baskets and my grandma was watering the green vegetables in the yard.
"Why didn't you come back yesterday?"
Zhang Chi said: "Master, I drank too much yesterday and stayed at my classmate's house."
"Drink less!"
The old man said this and continued to work on the basket.
Grandma put down the water ladle in her hand and asked happily: "You tell me what you want to eat in the morning, and grandma will make it for you."
"Anything you want, how about some stick noodle porridge?"
"Okay, I'll do it for the eldest grandson." The old lady put down her work with a smile and turned around and entered the kitchen.
Arriving at the door of the house, Zhang Chi remembered and asked, "Master, where are my parents?"
"Going to the ground".
Going to the fields here does not mean going to the fields in the past, but going to work in a nearby greenhouse. Now Zhang Chi's parents, like most people, work in the greenhouse of a fruit and vegetable company, which is considered to be working.
"Oh, didn't my sister and her family say they would come over today?"
"There is something going on at your sister's family today. A relative at your brother-in-law's family has passed away. The family has gone with the gift. I'm afraid I won't be able to give it to you this time," the old man replied.
"Um!"
Zhang Chi said yes and went back to the house.
After a while, grandma prepared the meal. After Zhang Chi finished the porridge, he started tossing the gourd in his room.
There wasn't anything new to play now, it was just the same moves as in the morning, but Zhang Chi was still having fun playing it.
The gourd that has been tossing all day long,
Early the next morning, Zhang Chi's family drove to the high-speed rail station in the county. This was not the first time. They knew that many things would be troublesome to go through customs, so Zhang Chi didn't bring anything with them.
With a suitcase and a backpack on my side, I set off from my hometown to the United States.