Flying doesn't work

Shao Lian held some gifts in his hand, and told the taxi driver an address he was very familiar with.

The taxi driver looked at his handsome appearance and those bags, and guessed, "Young man, why don't you go home and see your parents?"

Shao Lian was taken aback, and replied with a smile, "It's to visit the elderly, but it's not my parents, but the people who took care of me when I was young."

The driver nodded knowingly, "I mean, I know that neighborhood. It was a house a long time ago. There are not many young people living there. Usually, people like you go to see the elders at home."

After hearing what the driver said, Shao Lian felt a little emotional. How many years has it been since he saw Uncle Lin and Aunt Li?

Oh, by the way, there is also Lin Hua, who I played with all the time when I was a child. He is two years younger than me. At 24, he is either working or a graduate student, right?

After getting off the car at the place, Shao Lian found that although he hadn't been here for more than ten years, he still remembered how to get to the familiar building.

More than ten years ago, Shao Lian lived in 503. His parents were busy with work in the first few years when he was born. Since Shao Lian was six years old, both of them went abroad to work. At that time, Shao Lian was too young, and his parents were not stable abroad and could not They took him over, and Lin Cong and his wife, friends of his parents who lived in 403 downstairs, took over the task of taking care of Shao Lian.From the age of six to ten, Shao Lian's parents sent money back to China every month. Lin Cong and his wife took care of him, and his playmate was their son Lin Hua.

After going abroad at the age of ten, the two families had frequent contact at the beginning, but at that time there was no mailbox and video chat, and sending letters across the country was time-consuming and expensive, and gradually they lost contact.At least since Shao Lian was 15 years old, he has never heard any news about the Lin family.

This year, Shao Lian was 26 years old and was transferred by the company to work in the Chinese branch. This branch happened to be located in his original city, so Shao Lian planned to visit the family who took good care of him back then.

When he came to door 403, Shao Lian raised his hand and rang the doorbell, but no one answered, and he rang again, but still no one answered.Just when Shao Lian thought that he had come by accident, there was no one in the Lin family, a young man's voice came from inside.

"Who is coming? Which sect of fellow Taoist?"

What?Shao Lian didn't understand these two sentences at all.As a person who left the embrace of the motherland at the age of ten, although his parents at home still speak Chinese with him, it is still very difficult for Shao Lian to have such an old-fashioned dialogue.

But he still asked, "Excuse me, is this Mr. Lin Cong's house?"

The answer inside the door was another silence. After a while, the door didn't open, but the small window on the door opened, revealing the face of a bearded man through the gauze. The man looked at him blankly. Shao Lian said, "Lin Cong and his wife have passed away." Then he closed the small window with a touch.

Shao Lian understood this sentence, he was stunned for a while before he came back to his senses, died?Uncle Lin and Aunt Li passed away?Shao Lian started ringing the doorbell again.

This time it took a long time for the other party to open the door.

Without waiting for the bearded man to speak, Shao Lian hurriedly asked, "Dead? How did they die? What about Lin Hua? It's their son. Where is it?"

Hearing this question, the man was stunned for a moment, looked at Shao Lian's eyes, and said, "The poor Taoist has already entered the Tao, and his Tao name is Wuwuzi, and he will no longer care about the world of mortals, and his common name is also a passing eye. Pindao is no longer implicated."

After speaking, he closed the small window again.

Shao Lian didn't understand again. He thought it was because he hadn't been in contact with domestic popular culture for a long time and was not used to it, so he rang the doorbell again, but this time the person inside the door didn't respond to him again.

Shao Lian left with some disappointment, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart. He never expected that the kind Uncle Lin and Aunt Li had passed away, and his childhood playmates did not know where they went.

When he was about to leave the unit building, an aunt was about to come in. She stopped Shao Lian, "Young man, who are you looking for? I don't think I've seen you before." This aunt is the building manager of this building. First of all, Shao Lian's upright appearance is really eye-catching, and second, the aunt is also more defensive, so it's best to ask strangers.

Shao Lian responded cooperatively, "I'm here to find someone."

A job like aunt is most keen to understand all kinds of people's sentiments (gossip), so she immediately asked, "Who are you looking for, young man?"

When asked about this, Shao Lian's tone became even deeper, "I want to find Mr. Lin Cong who used to live in 403..." Before he finished speaking, the aunt was surprised, "Oh, how long have you not been in touch? Teacher Lin and him My wife died in a car accident two years ago."

Shao Lian felt that this aunt should know something, so he wanted to ask Lin Hua's whereabouts, "Then do you know where their son Lin Hua is?"

"Lin Hua?" The aunt's expression showed some different emotions, "He still lives here, tsk tsk." The aunt shook her head, "It's ruined for a good young man."

Shao Lian was even more puzzled, still living here?Then the bearded man who looked 40 years old was Lin Hua who was two years younger than him?He frowned and asked, "I went to 403 to knock on the door, but that person doesn't seem to be him."

When Aunt was asked this question, thoughts of gossip flooded into her mind immediately, and she began to chatter, "Oh, so you met Lin Hua? He has been like this since his parents passed away two years ago, and he graduated from XX University. It’s a prestigious university, you know? He’s not looking for a job, he says he’s going to cultivate immortality and ascend. He doesn’t go out all day long, and food and drink are delivered by someone, and the house is full of smog. Let me tell you, come on. One time I asked him for something, and he only agreed after knocking on the door for a long time, I was shocked when I saw inside, he was dressed in nondescript clothes and had long hair, and incense was burned everywhere at home..."

After Shao Lian heard it, he found that the aunt began to repeat the content, so he asked, "What is Cultivation and Ascension?"

The aunt explained, "It's the kind of person shown on TV who wants to become a fairy if he doesn't eat or drink. This kid is really a demon. Several times people in our building wanted to call the police and say that he was going to run a cult."

Shao Lian was a little puzzled, did Lin Hua become what he is now because of Uncle Lin's death?Still want to become a fairy?

The aunt talked for a while and then left. Shao Lian stood there for a while, and finally walked towards the fourth floor.

This time Shao Lian pressed the doorbell for a longer time, until Lin Hua finally opened the small window, without saying a word, just looked at Shao Lian like that.

Shao Lian said calmly, "Open the door and let me pay respects to my uncle and aunt. Lin Hua, I'm Shao Lian."

"Shao Lian?" Lin Hua finally stopped pretending, and after thinking about it for five seconds, she showed a look of surprise, "You are Shao Lian?"

Shao Lian was helpless, "You open the door first, can I come in and say it's okay?"

Entering this home that he was so familiar with in childhood, Shao Lian's eyes almost popped out.

The first is Lin Hua's shape.Shao Lian has lived in the United States for many years. In terms of ancient costumes, he basically watched the old version of A Dream of Red Mansions and Journey to the West. Lin Hua dressed a bit like those monsters in Journey to the West. He also had a beard and hair that hadn’t been taken care of for a long time. However, in a messy bunch.

Secondly, there was an unknown spice smell in the house, and several incense burners were emitting white smoke in the corners of the room.

Finally, there is the arrangement of the home. Although there are sofas in the living room and tables and chairs in the dining room, the walls are covered with spells in yellow background and red letters and some pictures of gods. There is also a statue of a god in the living room, and there are futons on the ground.

"What are you doing?" Shao Lian looked at Lin Hua with disbelief in his eyes.

Lin Hua shook her head and replied, "Poverty is searching for the way of heaven and man, the way of longevity..."

"Sorry for you to wait a moment," Shao Lian had no choice but to interrupt him, "I don't understand what you are saying, can you speak so that I can understand it?"

Lin Hua was dressed in a Taoist robe and fell silent.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Shao Lian was a little anxious, "Although I don't know what you are doing, but Uncle Lin and the others probably don't want you to do this?"

After hearing this, Lin Hua suddenly raised her head and began to talk again, "The way of heaven and earth is so ethereal..."

Shao Lian was not a rude person, but he couldn't help getting angry, and said again, "Can you speak something I understand?"

Lin Hua looked at the obviously angry childhood playmate in front of him, and saw that he looked like the favorite of the social elite, and the emotions in his heart were indescribable, like jealousy and loss.Lin Hua thought, well, I'll just say you can understand.

"How about me, does it have something to do with you?" Lin Hua finally changed from the exaggerated misty tone before, but turned cold (although the expression was hidden by the beard), and said mockingly, "We haven't been in touch for a long time, you don't need to care about me so much."

Shao Lian was taken aback by the words, and frowned, "I..."

"You are kind, aren't you?" The bearded man in front of him took up Shao Lian's words, "You don't even know my parents are dead, so don't pretend to be familiar with me. More than ten years have passed, and I and I It's nothing to do with you, don't trouble you to worry about me."

Shao Lian was completely choked by this call, and it took him a while to feel that his kindness was not rewarded, and he simply came up to scold him, but he couldn't return the scolding.What Lin Hua said was right. I haven't seen each other for many years, so what right do I have to judge other people's lives?

So Shao Lian went out without paying homage to the two deceased, nor was he able to send out the gifts in his hand.

After leaving this familiar neighborhood, Shao Lian regained his composure, and suddenly a feeling of grievance welled up in his heart.It's unlucky to encounter such a thing the next day after returning to China.Thinking of Lin Hua's astonishing image again, he couldn't connect with the cute little boy chasing after him ten years ago and calling "Brother Shao Lian".

Lin Hua drove Shao Lian away, the coldness and sarcasm on his face gradually disappeared, he became a little dazed, and finally settled on a firm expression.

Well, the last person who was in contact with Lin Hua was also driven away, now, as long as he works hard to cultivate immortality, it will be fine.

As long as you ascend, you don't have to worry about those messy things anymore!

Ignore that subtle sense of loss, Lin Hua said to herself.

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