The sloppy old man taught me a lot of things, especially some exorcism methods, which simply opened the door to a new world for me.In the past, if I had heard these things, I would have dismissed them and decided that it was feudal superstition.But after experiencing the supernatural events that science can't explain, I began to take these things seriously and study them very seriously.After all, the sloppy old man said before that the mother and son will come to me again, learn a little more, and have a little self-protection ability in the future.During this time, the police approached my grandfather and me and asked about the village.Although our village is remote, such a big incident naturally alarmed many people.In the whole village, only my grandfather and I survived, and it was normal for the police to come to the door.The policemen didn't get any useful clues from our grandfather and grandson, and finally had no choice but to leave, but my grandfather and I were related to the village after all, and we had to assist the policemen in their investigation.Anyway, this matter can't be investigated, and as time goes by, it will gradually become an unsolved case.As the days passed, I became more and more familiar with the sloppy old man, and some of my previous impressions of him were gradually changing.I once jokingly said to him, I learned so many things from him, do you want to kowtow to the teacher Ah The sloppy old man's response was very direct, impatient words, said: "Lao Tzu does not accept apprentices, trouble" I don't know what the sloppy old man's name is, and he didn't tell me, we maintain this relationship similar to a teacher and a friend, although a little weird, but I feel quite comfortable.I have been dependent on my grandfather since I was a child, and I have no relatives, and the sloppy old man has been with me during this time, and I feel like my elders.Although he is usually neither big nor small, I have gradually promoted him to the same position as my grandfather in my heart.During this time, in addition to those exorcism methods, I mainly studied those weird runes.It looks easy, but it's hard to draw.Those strange rune patterns are not simply drawing a scoop on the gourd, they must be fully concentrated, not distracted at all, in one go, not dragging mud and water, and not stopping.The sloppy old man got a lot of yellow rune paper, cinnabar and brushes out of nowhere, and let me practice all day long, and never tired of teaching me.Sometimes, the scruffy old man would take me out at night to some of the graveyards near the town for a while.He said that the most important thing about runes is the spirit and spirit, and the runes drawn by those who are full of spirit are effective.On the contrary, no matter how beautiful the painting is, it is still a piece of waste paper.If you are bold, the effect of the runes drawn will naturally be better.Two months passed in a blink of an eye, and the time for my start of school was getting closer and closer, and when I was leaving, I bought a lot of braised vegetables and drinks, and that night I drank with the sloppy old man in the shroud shop.After three rounds of drinking, the sloppy old man looked at me drunkenly and said, "You kid didn't disappoint me, I taught you everything I could teach you, you can practice hard in the future, don't waste it" "Hmm" I nodded fiercely and toasted him.He stayed with me for two months, teaching me carefully, and I was a little reluctant to think that I was going to go to college in another place soon.I drank a lot of wine, and the sloppy old man didn't know what to say, and I felt a little light, and I couldn't drink enough, and I was a little dizzy.I was lying on the glass counter, drunk, and I heard the old man's long sigh.Before I fell asleep, I seemed to hear him say something, and only heard the last sentence clearly, "Before leaving, you must always leave something, tiger poison does not eat children, I hope he will not do anything to you" I don't know how long I slept, and when I opened my eyes in a daze, I found that it was already dawn outside the shroud shop.I slept here all night, and the sloppy old man didn't send me home, which was really convinced.Hey, where did the sloppy old man go There is no sloppy old man in the shroud shop, I was a little puzzled, and when I turned my head to look outside the store, I was stunned for a moment.Grandpa didn't know when he came to the door of the shroud shop, looked up at the door frame of the shroud shop, his face was cloudy, and he didn't know what was going on.In the past two months, there seems to be some misunderstanding between the sloppy old man and the grandfather, who has not been here during this time, and the sloppy old man has not been to our new home.Grandpa actually came today, is it because I didn't come home from a hangover last night I hurriedly ran out of the store, greeted grandpa, he didn't pay attention to me, still standing there looking at the door frame of the shroud shop.I was a little curious, and followed my grandfather's gaze to the door frame, and saw a palm-sized yellow paper note pasted on the door frame of the shroud shop.On the yellow paper runes, the rune iron drawn by bright red cinnabar is a silver hook, which faintly has a majestic momentum.During this time, I learned strange runes from the sloppy old man, and I learned a lot, but I didn't know this rune.What makes me feel strange is that after Grandpa saw this rune, there was still a little gloom in his solemn expression.After a while, grandpa breathed a long sigh of relief, looked at me, and asked gently: "This paper talisman was pasted by him" I blinked my eyes, showing a confused look, shook my head, and said: "I don't know, I drank too much last night, I just woke up, and I didn't see this thing on it yesterday" Hearing me say this, grandpa didn't say anything, and strode directly into the shroud shop, looking around.I asked with some curiosity, "Grandpa, what are you looking for?"
and "What about the yellow lantern?"
said in a deep voice without replying.Grandpa the yellow lantern didn't say that I didn't care about it, but now when grandpa said it, I was stunned.I really thought that the human skin lantern was thrown in the corner of the shroud shop, and I don't know when it disappeared, was it thrown away by the sloppy old man Grandpa was eagerly looking for it, is this human skin lantern very important After a while, grandpa took out the dry tobacco pouch pinned to his waist, lit the fire, squatted at the door of the shroud shop, and smoked it.I can tell that Grandpa is in a bad mood, and as for why, I don't know.After a while, grandpa sighed, knocked the cigarette ash, and said to me in a somewhat gloomy tone: "Go home and pack up your things, school is about to start, don't delay" I nodded and went home with grandpa.I packed up my things, took out tens of thousands of dollars from my bank card and left it for my grandfather, and the rest was enough for my tuition and living expenses.When I was about to go to the station in the town, my grandfather suddenly asked me: "God, have you learned some drawing skills from that old man during this time" I subconsciously wanted to nod, but in the end I held back, shook my head, and pretended to be puzzled and said: "What kind of ghost drawing talisman or something" Grandpa looked at me, his eyes burned, as if he could see through my heart.I feel a little guilty in my heart, although it's just a little secret, but grandpa is my dearest person after all, it shouldn't matter if I tell him just as I had this idea in my heart, and when I wanted to tell grandpa, grandpa sighed lightly, shook his head and said: "It's okay, just ask, okay, don't rub it off, hurry up and take the car, don't worry about me, study hard, don't forget to come back when you're on vacation" "Hmm" I nodded, although I was a little reluctant in my heart, but after all, I was an adult, and I couldn't always stay by my grandfather's side, I'll never grow up in that case.The university I applied for after the college entrance examination was a teacher's college, which is quite famous in the country, and is located in a city by the sea.I got on the long-distance bus in the town, and it took nearly a day to come to this seaside city full of lights and temptations.After getting out of the car, it was already evening, so I found a small inn to stay and waited for the next morning to go to the teachers' college.