let me look at you

Chapter 28
From the temple to the river bank, it is like returning to the world from fantasy.They are penniless and cannot escape to the ends of the earth.After all, I have to go back.

They ran through sugarcane forests, dirt roads in urban villages, and the only bus stop nearby. On the way, they almost knocked over a speeding bicycle.The boy on the bicycle threw the bicycle in shock, and the girl in the back seat almost fell to the ground.

Wu Yu turned her head and said "I'm sorry" to the girl. They didn't stop, but Ju Nian seemed to hear a voice behind him shouting: "Xie Ju Nian, you crazy...is there a ghost chasing you? What are you running to?" The hell..."

This tone and tone of voice reminded Ju Nian of the boy who was holding a badminton racket, wearing neat sports equipment, and riding a beautiful girl on a bicycle.Yes, a new badminton hall has just opened in the area.She looked back and saw that his body had become smaller and he couldn't see his facial features clearly.

Ju Nian forgot who stopped first, Wu Yu or her.They were finally tired and couldn't take another step. On a deserted river bank, they bent over and opened their mouths, breathing like dying fish.It was only at this time that Ju Nian felt the fear. How could Wu Yu's body withstand such a toss, and he didn't get sick this time? It's a miracle. Maybe long-term proper exercise is effective.

Wu Yu slowed down, pointed at Ju Nian who was still panting loudly with a finger, and said intermittently like the boy he didn't know just now: "Xie Ju Nian, you crazy..."

Ju Nian also feebly replied the same words.

"Wu Yu, you are also crazy!"

Only at this time did she realize that she was still holding the bottle of orange soda tightly in her right hand. There was no blood on it, nothing on it, it was thorough and clear, and it looked so beautiful in the sun.

Ju Nian turned the slender glass bottle. In addition to the drink label, there was actually a line of small words in an inconspicuous position on it-"This bottle is only used to fill XX brand soda".She suddenly found it funny, so funny, perfect black humor, why didn't she know that this bottle had other uses before.

"Are you thirsty? Wu Yu." She held up the bottle.

Wu Yu froze for a moment, took the bottle, bit open the cap with her teeth, took a few sips, and handed it back to Ju Nian.

The two stood side by side on the river bank full of pebbles. In front of them was an endless stretch of gray reeds, and the river flowed quietly on the other side of the reeds.They fell silent like this, and neither of them wanted to speak the first sentence.Is Lin Henggui dead?Was that blow enough to kill him?What should they do next?
"Wu Yu, do you believe in fate?" Ju Nian finally spoke.

Wu Yu forced a smile and said, "My grandma said that if you believe it, it will work. If you don't believe it, it won't work. As long as I don't believe it, this thing doesn't exist. Don't fool me with the same thing you read in the book."

Ju Nian also smiled: "What are you talking about, I just want to ask, there is a Guanyin Temple near here, have you ever been there?"

"Oh, I know." Wu Yu said, "My grandma has been there, but I haven't."

Ju Nian touched his arm, she was embarrassed to hold Wu Yu's hand again, although for a moment, she only hoped that he would never let go.

"Come with me, let's go to the temple to have a look."

The Guanyin Temple was on the other side of the river, and Ju Nian and Wu Yu tremblingly walked across the pontoon bridge.When I entered the temple, because it was not a religious festival or a big temple, the incense was very deserted, and only an old man who did not look like a monk was dozing off at a table next to the main hall.There is a statue of Avalokitesvara in the main hall. Apart from the incense table on the altar, the most striking thing is the large wooden board on the side, which is covered with yellow paper strips.

"Monk, do you know what those are?" Ju Young asked the people around him in a voice.

Wu Yu shook her head.

"It's the Avalokitesvara spirit lottery. I read our local historical records in the library. The spirit lottery of the Guanyin Temple was very famous in the past. After the person who asked for the lottery waved out the lottery, he tore off the corresponding sign on the wooden board according to the lottery number. Sign the document, that person should be the one who released it."

"Do you want to ask for a lottery?" Wu Yu knew that Ju Nian liked these weird things.

Ju Nian said: "You don't know, it costs money to unravel the lottery. The lower lottery is two yuan, the winning lottery is five yuan, and the upper lottery is ten yuan. In addition, there is no money for the lower lottery, and 36 yuan for the upper lottery. exquisite."

Wu Yu laughed and said, "The better the lottery, the more expensive it is. If I were to draw it, it would be better to sign the lottery, at least you don't have to pay."

"Nonsense!" Ju Nian didn't like to hear such arguments, "This is the first time I've heard that in order to save this money, I would rather be unlucky all my life."

"Shall we try it?"

"I don't have any money left."

"It's okay, this old man has to go to the toilet. Anyway, there is no one, so let's shake it quickly. Besides, there is no need for others to untie the lottery. No, you are a ready-made fortune-telling master here." Wu Yu laughed.

After waiting for a long time, the old man at the table really got up to go to the toilet. There is nothing valuable here, and there is no need to guard against it. He did not expect that two teenagers would come to "steal the lottery". What is there to steal from this thing? Yes, most people can't read it.

As soon as the old man left, Wu Yu and Ju Nian ran to the incense table. Ju Nian knelt down on the futon with a plop. Seeing that Wu Yu was still in a daze, he tugged at his sleeve, and they knelt down together.

"Shake quickly." Wu Yu handed the lottery to Ju Nian.

Ju Nian shook his head: "You come first."

Wu Yu's movements were very fast, within a few seconds, a bamboo stick fell to the ground.He picked it up in the orange age, and it said: Four lottery.

"It's you, Ju Nian."

Ju Nian held the stick with both hands and shook it vigorously, but the stick seemed to be deliberately difficult for her, and it couldn't fall off no matter what.

"Hurry up, the old man should be back."

The more Wu Yu urged, the more impatient Ju Nian became. The old man's cough seemed to have come from behind the main hall. God, just give me a hint.

The gods seem to have heard it, and the lottery for the Year of the Orange was difficult to land.

No.12 sign.

She quickly ran to the signature board, looking for the yellow slips corresponding to the two signatures.

"54, 54, twelve, twelve..."

Wu Yu was in a group nervously guarding her.

Ju Nian first found her No.12 lottery and won the lottery. Then the No. 54 lottery entered her eyes. The first line on it was - the next lottery.Like signing up and up, it is not easy to appear. Most people are ordinary people, and the life of ordinary people is full of mixed joys and sorrows.

Ju Nian took a breath.Wu Yu has a crow's mouth, why can't the good ones work and the bad ones?

"Ju Nian, are you okay? We should go." Wu Yu stepped in without knowing, still urging.

Ju Nian had a thought, she couldn't let Wu Yu know this.So she only tore off half of each signature, and left the part where the signature was written on the signature board.

The bottom half of Wu Yu's photo has only one sentence: "The sea of ​​bitterness turns back without shore."

Ju Nian watched it, feeling unspeakably uneasy in her heart, she doesn't want this fate!There is no remedy.

Taking advantage of Wu Yu's inattention, she randomly tore another sheet and stuffed the original one into her pocket.Before the old man came back, he and Wu Yu slipped out along the way they came.

Back on the river beach, Wu Yu really asked: "Where is my signature, please help me to see it."

Ju Nian took out the fake signature that she tore off later, and handed it to Wu Yu.

"I don't know if I don't know... Is this talking about me? Just this little bit, why do I feel like there is no end, Ju Nian, what's going on?"

"You were in a hurry, and the top half was glued tightly, so you didn't tear it off." Ju Nian babbled nonsense, "It's a sign, this is a sign. It means that there are good things and good people by your side, but you don't know yet , who is as stupid as you, so you are an idiot. But when you open your eyes, you will see everything."

"Good man, good thing?" Wu Yu shook his head inexplicably, "The good thing I hope for is that this high school entrance examination will not be too miserable, and you, Ju Nian, you successfully passed the entrance examination to No. [-] High School."

Ju Nian pursed his lips and smiled: "That's all you can do. Let me see my own... It's hard to get away from the blue sea."

"What do you mean?"

Ju Nian was also a little confused, she kept repeating that sentence.

In the allusion, Chang'e stole Hou Yi's elixir of immortality, so she was able to fly to the moon, and in the Guanghan Palace, the blue sea, the blue sky, and the sky were heartbroken every night.So what does this sentence mean that medicine becomes a blue sea and it is difficult to run?What can make Chang'e "difficult to run" after getting the elixir?Could it be that everything is ready, and there is nothing she wants in the Moon Palace?

"Forget it, this thing can only be considered for fun. Mine is a winning lottery, it's not as good as yours."

"Wait a minute, Ju Nian, what is in your pocket, it seems that there is another one."

Wu Yu's eyes were sharp, and Ju Nian regretted that he was too hasty at the time. The 54 lottery was not fully hidden in his pocket in time, and the yellow corner was exposed.

Before she could speak, Wu Yu had already pulled out the lottery from her pocket, and said: "The sea of ​​bitterness turns back without a shore... I seem to understand this, it must be very bad." He looked at Ju Nian, "This sign is mine, right?"

Those eyes were black and white, extremely clear.

Against his will, Ju Nian lied again under the gaze of these eyes.

"What, me, I want to draw one for my future one, tear it up casually."

"Your future one?"

Ju Nian's blush is real.

Wu Yu was not too stupid after all, suddenly said: "That's it."

"Yeah, one is yours, one is mine... mine... that or something. I have hidden the other one, and you still have to see it."

Wu Yu showed a funny expression: "You girls are just so weird."

Ju Nian let out a long breath.Wu Yu's happiness was already very little, she didn't want this kind of vain game to give him any more haze, it seemed that she had finally concealed it.

From the temple to the river bank, it is like returning to the world from fantasy.They are penniless and cannot escape to the ends of the earth.After all, I have to go back.

"Orange year, where are we going?"

Ju Nian lowered his eyes: "Go back to my aunt's house. I want to tell my aunt about this, Wu Yu, don't make a sound when you go back, and don't say what you saw. If the villain dies, I did it too. It's him Shameless, I, I am not afraid."

She said she was not afraid, but she was trembling.

(End of this chapter)