Taoism on the tip of the tongue

Back in the narrow and oppressive mine, darkness swallowed everything.

The mine tunnel was very quiet, and the place where the cave collapsed happened to be supported by a wooden frame to create a small space, which allowed Wu Jiaxing and Liu Jingen to survive.But unfortunately, Wu Jiaxing's waist and abdomen were pierced by a sharp piece of wood that fell.Injury and bleeding made Wu Jiaxing see no hope of being rescued.

"Jin Gen, do you think I'm going to die?" Wu Jiaxing didn't dare to move for fear of aggravating the injury.Because of his weakness, he struggled to speak. After working hard for a long time, his voice was still very low.However, the space in the cave is small, and the two of them are close enough to hear clearly.

"Don't talk nonsense." Liu Jingen comforted: "The rescue operation is very fast now, maybe we will be saved in a short time."

"It's okay, it's going to be okay." Liu Jingen said this to Wu Jiaxing as well as himself.

"You're right, we're all going to be fine. I can't just give up." Liu Jingen's words gave Wu Jiaxing the courage to keep going.

The two came from the same mountain village and grew up together. They are not brothers, but they are better than brothers. They comforted each other so much that they endured for almost two days.There is no food and no water in the mine.At first, the two of them were able to hold on by urinating, but later they could no longer urinate, so they endured it.The dry skin on the mouth has formed layer after layer, and when you open your mouth a little, you can feel the bloody smell of the mouth skin being torn open.

After two more days, Wu Jiaxing couldn't hold on any longer.The injuries on his body were so severe that he was barely breathing.The situation was very unfavorable to him. The environment in the mine was too harsh. Under the high temperature, the wounds on Wu Jiaxing's body had begun to smell faintly.

Several times, Liu Jingen thought he was dead.

Hunger gnawed at Liu Jingen's heart.The weak Wu Jiaxing didn't realize at all that as time passed, the way his good brother looked at him gradually changed.

"Ah—" Liu Jingen woke up from the dream: "I'm sorry." Liu Jingen hugged his head and muttered to himself: "I didn't mean it, and I can't help it."

If possible, he didn't want to attack his brother.But he can't die yet.Nannan is still so young and sick, if he dies, who will care about her?

Jiaxing couldn't hold it anymore.

It would be better, it would be better than the two of them dying together... Liu Jingen took out the small knife that he usually used to cut ropes, and under Wu Jiaxing's unbelievable eyes, he took the first piece of meat with trembling hands.

"With the first time, there will be the second time. Then the third time, and the fourth time." When Wu Jiaxing said this, his tone was very calm: "He only eats a small piece a day, and after ensuring that he can survive He didn't do anything again. I know that he also has the idea of ​​eating less, in case we can survive to the rescue together." Liu Jingen kowtowed to him while eating.

"Actually, I don't blame him." Seeing the doubts on Gu Changsheng's face, Wu Jiaxing explained: "In that situation, if it were me, I might have made the same choice." Anyway, he couldn't hold on any longer. Yes, if you can leave the chance of life to your brother, you can eat it if you eat it.

"What I really resent is," Wu Jiaxing's tone was no longer calm, with a distorted expression on his face: "There is obviously a large amount of compensation."

The black air in his body was surging, and it took a while for Wu Jiaxing to calm down. He continued: "After a mining accident occurs, the families of the victims can receive compensation."

"I don't have a wife, so there are only old parents at home. They are illiterate and have lived in the mountains all their lives. They don't watch TV or read newspapers. They don't know the situation at all, so no one goes there. The company decided to ask someone to send the money. But my family lives in a ravine, the terrain is complicated, and it is very difficult to find. Liu Jingen said that he felt guilty and was willing to lead the company for free. The people in the company were worried about this, so of course he would not refuse. People with pensions can’t move. Liu Jingen asked for help to send it up. The people in the company were hesitant at first, but Liu Jingen performed very well all the way and promised again and again that he would definitely send the money to my parents. The company After careful consideration, he finally agreed."

"Who knows," Wu Jiaxing said, his mood was a little unstable: "Liu Jingen, that bastard!" Wu Jiaxing said through gritted teeth: "He cut off the money and only gave some of it to my parents, saying that I was here during this period. I asked him to bring me the money I saved from working outside. I also took a video to fool the money delivery staff at the foot of the mountain. My parents cooperated and said it was for me to watch, so I could feel at ease."

If the rest of the money, the other party will pay his parents in installments, pretending that he is not dead, so that his parents mistakenly think that he is still alive and well.This is kindness.

But Liu Jingen didn't do that at all.

Liu Jingen succeeded in making his parents think he was not dead, but he also swallowed the rest of the money.Although Liu Jingen didn't use the money to spend the day and night, but left it for the medical expenses of his daughter suffering from polio.But my parents are also old, don't have enough money, and have no son, how will I take care of them in the future?

Thinking of this, Wu Jiaxing couldn't help but want to kill Liu Jingen several times.But every time he sees that little girl who used to be obediently called him uncle, he can't do anything.

Wu Jiaxing hated it, hated himself for not being cruel enough, and hated Liu Jingen for being too cruel.

The two of them grew up together and knew everything about each other's family.Liu Jingen's parents are gone, his wife divorced and never came back.When Liu Jingen went out to work, the little girl was supported by this family and supported by that family to survive.Liu Jingen usually sends them some money as food expenses and rewards.

This was when Liu Jingen was here. If Liu Jingen died and had no money, the neighbors would still help out of kindness for a day or two. After a long time, the situation of the little girl would be difficult.Human love is always limited.In particular, the little girl's illness was too troublesome to take care of.Without pay, no one has the patience to take care of her carefully.

In addition, the little girl's legs are paralyzed, and she can't walk at all. It is difficult to even move out of the wheelchair, and one of her hands is not very flexible.Without the only father he can rely on, whether he can grow up in the future is a problem.

After hesitating and hesitating, Wu Jiaxing hesitated until today.

"Master," Wu Jiaxing looked at Gu Changsheng, "Can you do me a favor and help me get the compensation back to my parents."

As he said that, fearing that Gu Changsheng would not agree, Wu Jiaxing eagerly added: "I can be your ghost servant. I am very hardworking, and I can do anything." He has not read any books, but he has heard a few things from his workers. Ghost stories, know that not only people can be servants of others, but ghosts can too.Although the veracity of this ghost story has yet to be confirmed, it is the only thing he can offer.

"I don't ask you to use any means. You just need to tell Liu Jingen that I exist." As long as he knows that he is still there, Liu Jingen will return the money no matter whether it is out of guilt or fear.After all, he took the money to treat his daughter. If he knew that there were ghosts in the world, and the ghosts were always by his side trying to take revenge, for the safety of his daughter, he would choose to pay back the money.

"Otherwise, if I'm in a hurry, I'll just take his daughter away, and he won't have a place to cry." Liu Jingen didn't know that he couldn't do it.Wu Jiaxing grinned and showed a somewhat honest smile.

Gu Changsheng agreed to his request: "However, I have no shortage of servants. When the matter is resolved, you can go to reincarnation. Staying in the world for a long time is not good for people, and it is not good for ghosts." , Wu Jiaxing was a little hesitant, and always felt that it was not very good.However, under Gu Changsheng's reiteration, Wu Jiaxing finally nodded: "As long as you don't feel disadvantaged."

Gu Changsheng didn't waste time, and after agreeing to Wu Jiaxing, he set off to the place where Liu Jingen was staying temporarily, one person and one ghost.

Waking up from the nightmare, Liu Jingen couldn't fall asleep anymore, with sudden pain in his forehead.He pressed his forehead, squeezed it, and turned over again. The movement woke up the child lying on the bed.

To save money, they didn't go to the hotel.Directly in the village in the city, I rented a narrow room for 200 yuan, and there was only one bed in the room.Fortunately, it's still hot now, so I won't catch cold if I sleep on the ground.Liu Jingen didn't waste money on buying a bed, and made a floor bunk on the spot.

The advantage of doing this is that it costs less money, but the disadvantage is that in the same room, they are close together, and nothing can escape each other's ears.

Liu Jingen tried his best to keep his movements light, but still woke up his daughter.

"Dad, are you having nightmares again?" The little girl was a light sleeper, and it was noon now, with cars passing by outside and horns constantly beeping.There is also a vegetable market nearby, and the voices of people selling can be heard all the time.It's okay at night, but during the afternoon nap, she can't sleep well at all: "Don't hide it from me, I've heard Dad yelling to wake up several times."

"Father, you have been haunted. When I had a nightmare before, I was frightened and woke up. Grandma Liu said that I was stunned, and told me to recite 'Amitabha Buddha', and said that it would be fine if I recited it several times. Dad, try try."

Grandma Liu refers to Wu Jiaxing's mother.

Liu Jingen felt even more guilty.But facing his daughter's black and white eyes, he didn't dare to confide the matter at all, so he could only coax him: "Dad knows, be good, and sleep for a while. Dad is going out to buy some vegetables and cook for you." After returning from the hospital Too tired, neither of them had eaten at noon.

In the vegetable market, Liu Jingen picked two kinds of vegetables and bought some fruits.After hesitating for a while, he finally gritted his teeth and went to the meat stand.

He may not eat meat, but his daughter is still growing and cannot be short of nutrition.

"Hey, what's the matter with you?" The stall owner stopped cutting meat and looked at Liu Jingen dissatisfied: "I have to vomit somewhere else. What's the matter with vomiting here? How much it affects my business!"

"Looking at a healthy person, it doesn't look like a sick person. If you vomit well, don't do it on purpose, right? Those who don't know think that my meat is not fresh, and it stinks so much that you vomit."

Liu Jingen quickly apologized: "It's my own problem, not the boss's meat..." Before he finished speaking, Liu Jingen's stomach rolled again, and he couldn't hold it back, and vomited it out again.

"I'm sorry, I'm leaving now." Liu Jingen covered his mouth and was about to leave.The stall owner was a little dumbfounded, and raised his voice and asked, "You don't want any more meat?" All of them were cut.

"Yes. How much is the boss?" Liu Jingen remembered that there was still meat, and hurriedly searched his pockets.

"Nine five dollars, forget about ten dollars, I have to pack that mess for you." Count me as unlucky today.The stall owner had an unlucky look on his face.

After paying the money, Liu Jingen hurried away with the meat.

Gu Changsheng took Wu Jiaxing to the place where Liu Jingen lived, but he couldn't find anyone.It was Wu Jiaxing who had been following Liu Jingen all this time, and he knew Liu Jingen's routine better, thinking that he might be in the vegetable market, so he brought Gu Changsheng over.

In the distance, the two stood in the corner of the vegetable market, seeing the scene just now.

Wu Jiaxing had a complicated expression.

The few times before when he was shopping for vegetables, Liu Jingen didn't go to the place where the meat was sold.They all bought vegetables and fruits, and bought some seafood before going back.Therefore, he did not notice Liu Jingen's abnormality.