Jianbao Lingyan

Xu You has a secret, which he has never told anyone.

Xu You's eyes are different from others'. Xu You is color-blind, and his world is almost all black, white, and gray.

Since his family discovered this problem when he was three years old, Xu Wei's clothes are almost always made of dark material, with his name embroidered on them with white thread, so that he can tell whether the clothes belong to him or someone else. of.

Of course, color blindness is no secret.Many people know it, people in the village know it, and so do his classmates and teachers.

But Xu Wei never told others that he can actually see colors, but the way he sees colors is a bit special, which is different from what others see.

For example, there is a small black wooden plaque on Xu You's neck.

Xu Wei didn't know what other people looked like when they saw the wooden sign, but the wooden sign he saw had a black halo.

This black wooden sign was found by Xu Er in the corner of his woodshed.The wooden sign was originally stuffed in a piece of fabric that Xu You had never seen before, and hidden under a brick in the wall of the woodshed.

The things hidden under the bricks are naturally invisible to ordinary people, but for some reason, Xu You can see a faint black halo under the bricks, which flickers, especially under the moonlight. , exceptionally obvious.

When it first opened, Xu You, who grew up listening to the ghost stories of the neighbor's grandmother, was very scared, thinking that there were some monsters hiding below.From then on, Xu You never dared to go to the firewood room by himself, even in the daytime, he immediately took his things and left without staying.

Back then, Xu You once told his father that there were monsters in the house, but he was treated as a child's joke, and he didn't take it seriously at all.

Seeing that her parents didn't believe it, Xu You told her younger sister not to approach the firewood room. As a result, Xu Ni caught a cold because of playing too soon, and her high fever persisted.Xu Yanbin and Liu Yunhua took their daughter to the hospital in the town for two days of injections.

Xu Er thought it was the monster's revenge and was terrified.Later, Xu You remembered that in the story told by the neighbor's grandmother, if someone is eaten by a monster, the monster will not harm that person's marriage.So Xu Wei bravely approached the firewood house at night, and when he broke away the bricks, he saw a wooden sign wrapped in fabric with a halo hidden underneath.

As soon as Xu You picked up the wooden sign, he passed out.

Then Xu Er had a dream, a very beautiful dream for Xu Er.

Xu You dreamed that he came to a very big house. Although he didn't understand it, Xu Wei felt that this house should be a house from a long time ago.

Xu You didn't know why, but she knew it vaguely.

In the dream, Xu You could see all kinds of colors, red wooden table, green pen holder, blue curtain, and a pot of lavender flowers on the window sill, which was extremely beautiful.

Afterwards, Xu Wei saw an elderly man wearing a strange 'skirt' happily enter the room, holding a black wooden signboard in his hand, went to the table, picked up a carving knife and stamped it on the wooden signboard. It was planned by comparison.

When he woke up the next day, Xu Wei found himself lying in the woodshed. His parents took his younger brother Xu Mai to the hospital to see Xu Ni, but they were not at home. You, not only did not feel uncomfortable, but felt warm and comfortable all over the body.

Since then, Xu Er has been sleeping with the wooden sign, so that every night, Xu Er can see very beautiful colors.

At the beginning, Xu Er just greedily looked at the different colors in the dream, but in the dream, Xu Er could not leave the house, no matter how beautiful the scenery was, it would be boring to see too much, not to mention Xu Er was still a six-year-old. Seven year old child.

So, Xu You began to look at the man whom he had been ignoring all this time.

Every time in the dream, Xu You would see the man carefully carving on the wooden signboard with a carving knife. After watching it a lot, Xu You found that carving things on wood is also a very interesting thing.

So when he was going to the market, Xu You sharpened Xu Yanbin and bought him a small carving knife. After returning home, he searched around the village for some suitable small pieces of wood and carved on them.

It's very strange, since Xu You started to watch how the man in the dream carved a wooden sign, Xu You knew a lot of things inexplicably.

For example, there is a jujube tree in front of my door, which is not suitable for Yang engraving. There is an agarwood tree in the west of the village, which has lived for more than 100 years. The wood is very good, and it can be used for large-scale carvings.

When he was older, Xu Wei began to secretly read some martial arts and ghost novels with his classmates in their spare time.

So Xu Wei took the dream he had while holding the wooden sign as a lecture in the dream of a fairy.

Although this fairy didn't teach how to catch ghosts, Xu Wei felt that if he acquired a skill, even if he couldn't get into college, he could still earn money to support himself.

When he was 14 years old, Xu You was in the first grade of junior high school and went to the experimental middle school in the town. Every day because he lived on campus, Xu Yanbin would give Xu You five yuan a month as Xu You's living expenses.

This is definitely a huge sum of money for the children who are in charge of financial power for the first time.

So at noon, Xu Wei would go to the town to hang out with his new friends, even if it didn't cost money, but because he had money in his pocket, he would have a feeling in his heart, "Actually, I have money. I just don't spend" refreshment.

And just in the town, Xu Wei met the second thing with a halo that allowed him to see colors.

It was a strange feeling, the whole street was gray, black and even white.But that thing has a faint yellow halo, which makes Xu You, who has been living in a black and white world, see it at a glance.

It was a shop selling second-hand goods, and the one with the yellow halo was a copper coin made into a shuttlecock.

Xu Er spent [-] cents to buy the shuttlecock back. Although he was laughed at by his friends all day, Xu Er didn't regret it at all.

At night, just as Xu You guessed, Xu You, who was sleeping with the copper coins in his arms, dreamed again.

This time, Xu You went to a large factory, where everyone wrote this big braid. Xu You, who had read the comic book, knew that this was the hairstyle of the Qing Dynasty.

He saw a man like the eunuch on TV who spoke a lot of words with an imperial decree, and he also saw people kneeling down on the ground, listening in fear.

Xu You roughly only understood words such as Kangxi and Zhibi.

Then Xu You watched these people go to work, and watched an official take a very beautiful copper coin and handed it to a person in the factory who seemed to be in charge.

The dream this time was a bit vague, not as clear as the previous wooden sign, Xu Er guessed that it was because the copper coins were not as valuable as the wooden sign.

Xu Wei knew that "it is better to have a box of jewels than a house made of ebony", because in the first dream, the man often said this sentence, so Xu Wei knew that this wooden signboard was worth a box of gold and silver treasures.

Obviously, a copper coin is not worth as much as a box of jewels.

Xu You was lying on the bed, playing with a very simple copper tiger with green rust in his hand.

Xu Er bought this at the market in the town, and it was used by the stall owner as a stone to hold down the stall.Xu Wei bought two expensive picture albums at that stall, and the boss gave Xu Wei this little tiger as a hair extension.

The dream this time is different from the previous ones. This time the dream is not only clear, but also constantly changing scenes.

So Xu You personally witnessed the ten-year story of a much-loved Tang Dynasty noblewoman from the age of twelve or thirteen to her marriage and childbirth. It was divided into more than a dozen dreams and gradually entered Xu You's world.

From the majestic prince's mansion to the majestic frontier town with mountains and Hitachi; from the carefree girl to the heroic general's wife.For the first time, Xu Wei discovered that this world is so magnificent, and life can be so wonderful.

At the same time, Xu You also felt that there were some problems in his head, some problems that could not be said to be good or bad.

Ever since a gash was cut on her head and she went to the hospital for four stitches, for some reason, Xu Er felt that she had become smarter.

Books that seemed incomprehensible in the past are becoming easier to understand now, especially those with text or pictures, and even some poems have reached the point of being unforgettable.

Sometimes, Xu You even felt that he could memorize a very thick book in one day.

I just don’t know why, Xu Wei found that he was getting more and more confused about mathematics and physics formulas. Mathematics was considered a middle-level subject in the class, but it was a bonus subject for Xu Wei, and it became more and more difficult to understand until the time of the college entrance examination. , Didn't even reach 20 points.

This is also the main reason for Xu You's poor performance in the college entrance examination.

In any case, it's almost four o'clock now, and the whole family will be hungry if we don't cook.Xu You sat up with a sigh, patted the crumpled quilt, left the room, walked into the kitchen a little numbly, and sat with steamed buns, mustard greens, and tofu mixed with green onions that hadn’t changed since three days ago. The change is that you can cut a little beef sauce.

When Xu Yanbin came home, Xu Wei had just put the meal on the table, looking at the eldest son who was serving the food, a trace of guilt flashed in his heart.

It's not that the family can't afford any money, and if the eldest son's grades are studied for another year, it is not impossible to be admitted to a school. Although the hope is not high, it is not out of reach.

"Dad, you're back." As soon as Xu You turned around, he saw Xu Yanbin standing there, looking at him with complicated eyes, so Xu You was somewhat embarrassed. Xu You's biggest regret was that he had failed his father for many years. expect.

When he was very young, Xu Yanbin once told Xu Er when he was drunk that he must be admitted to the university to win for himself.

Xu Yanbin probably didn't remember it for a long time, or after discovering that Xu Er's grades did not have any hope of being admitted to university, and Xu Ni was very good, he had already pinned his hopes on his daughter.

But for Xu You, this is indeed the biggest motivation for Xu You to study.But now, Xu You felt that he had let down his father's only hope for him, so he was very depressed.

"Well, where's your mother?" The two youngest in the family live in school, so the three of them eat at home.

"It's the backyard." Xu You pursed his lips, "Pack up the clothes."

"Well," Xu Yanbin walked to the table, "you can do it too, and there are no outsiders."

As soon as Liu Yunhua entered the room, she saw the father and son sitting silently at the dining table, who were relatively speechless, and suddenly felt that Xu Wei was a little pitiful.

After eating, Liu Yunhua seemed to think of something suddenly, and said to Xu Wei who was cleaning up the dishes: "Xiao Er, I have some pastries here, which were brought back by your second aunt from the city. You go to your second grandfather's house and give them to you. Grandpa and mistress will send some." Then he went into the room, divided more than half of the snack box brought by Mrs. Liu, and handed it to Xu Wei.

"Stay with your second master and mistress for a while, and help with some work." Xu Yanbin interjected.

Xu You agreed, and after clearing the table, she left with the cakes.Xu You knew that Liu Yunhua was going to talk to Xu Yanbin about the house, and maybe about splitting herself out, but Xu You didn't mean to eavesdrop.

Whether to move or not is not a big deal for Xu Wei, after all, he always has to leave, it's just a matter of time.