piecing together the soul

Chapter 45 31

It seems that I just said everything I wanted to say today, and this time I was on the sidelines not talking, but it was the two of them who talked endlessly.I only took one stop from Xizhimen, Master Xu was chatting and laughing with brother Xiu while pulling me out of the car. It was already eight o'clock, and it was the time when there were many people, and there were also many people in Xizhimen.

Master Xu asked, "Why are there so many people here? Qingluan, is there a concert today?"

"Isn't it too late to go to the concert?" I replied casually, "It's because of Sunday, we all went back to the city center. Seriously, where should we hide?"

Brother Xiu said with a smile: "It's still convenient for ghosts, you won't be seen anywhere."

Looking at his smile, it doesn't look like he was depressed just now, but I don't know why, but I am a little depressed instead, feeling indescribably bored.

"What's wrong with you?" Master Xu saw that I was wrong, and said in a low voice, "I just enlightened a depression, don't make trouble for me!"

I immediately asked, "What depression?"

"What are you two mumbling about?" Brother Xiu immediately came over.

Master Xu winked, and I couldn't ask anymore.According to my guess, Master Xu meant that brother Xiu wanted to become a wraith just now because he was suffering from depression?Depression is a significant and persistent low mood, which can be regarded as a mental illness.Thinking about it, brother Xiu has a little energy left, and it is still possible to suffer from mental illness.But will depressed ghosts turn into grievances?Are wraiths just a disease of ghosts?Could it be that Li Gui got mania?
This sudden idea just hit my laugh point, and I really couldn't help laughing.Master Xu saw that I had a sad face just now, and suddenly smiled again, as if he was a little surprised: "Are you all right? Are you really mentally ill?"

"Fuck you," I was still smiling, "Leave me alone, I'll be fine if I smile for a while."

Having said that, if a living person commits suicide due to depression or mania and dies, and then becomes a wraith or ghost after death, wouldn't it mean that the person is still suffering from illness after death?Oh, it's really a bit pitiful.So as a human being, I still want to open up a little bit. If I am really depressed, I will not be able to escape even if I die.

Thinking of this, I finally stopped laughing, and the three of us stood between the two safety gates, pretending to be waiting for the bus, but in fact we were just waiting for the time.

It should be just looking for something to say, Master Xu asked: "Xiuying, can you tell us something about you and your wife?"

"What's there to say?" Brother Xiu smiled, "And you all know about it."

I hurriedly intervened: "We only know about the fact that you two eloped after dating, but we don't know how you fell in love."

Brother Xiu asked, "Then, how did you and your boyfriend get along?"

"We've known each other since we went to school." I said, "You shouldn't be able to go to school together at that time, right? Then how did you know each other?"

Master Xu loves to gossip more than I do, and he also asked: "Yes, you still said that her family is an old bannerman, and she is also considered a young lady, how did you get on with her?"

"How do you talk about it?" Brother Xiu laughed, "What do you mean being hooked up?"

"Yes, it must be called hooking up."

"Qingluan!" Brother Xiu was a little angry, but it might be because he thought of his wife, he wasn't really angry, and his face was filled with a very common kind of happiness that was being teased.

Brother Xiu continued: "My family is in business. I heard from my mother that when she first got married, the family lived well. Although she was not particularly rich, it was not bad. Later, when my father went out to do business, he encountered war chaos. Passed away. My mother just gave birth to me when she heard the news, so I haven’t seen my father. When I’m about eleven or twelve years old, I’ll go out to work for others, doing odd jobs and so on. I’m a hard worker As for the adults, the adults are very kind to me, and they should know that our mother and child are not easy. When I was sixteen or seventeen, I was also doing handyman to deliver water, and when I had the opportunity to go to the master's house, I met Sier."

"Sier?"

"She is a four-year-old, and her nickname is Si'er. She was only 12 years old when I saw her." Brother Xiu explained, "Although her family is a bannerman, it is not a particularly prominent surname, so she lives in a It’s not the kind of deep house, it’s just a small courtyard with two entrances, and the Qing Dynasty was about to fail at that time, and she was young, so it was not difficult to meet her. I went to her house to deliver water. I just keep doing it. My wife and I have always been kind to me, and my wife and I chatted for a while, and after knowing that I have to take care of my mother, the wife will reward me with whatever spare money she has."

"Is it that good?" I asked, "Is this story too vulgar? How much has happened in 5000 years?"

"Although many things have happened, who will have my fate?" Brother Xiu's eyes were far away, and he smiled slightly, "When she was talking about the age of marriage, all the ideas of freedom of marriage had already spread in, although I don't study, but I'm still thinking about other girls in my heart, so I'm also sensitive to these words. If someone says it, I'll listen to it, otherwise how dare I think about it? Elope? In the old thinking, elopement must be a death penalty. At that time, Si'er and I jumped into the river hand in hand."

"Jumping into the river, Qingshui River? That seems to be the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China?" I laughed.

Master Xu knew that I was talking about Xiao Qu'er, so he smiled and said, "Go, listen to Xiuying continue."

"Originally, I thought, no matter what we do, we can't kill other girls, right? But when I was 20 years old, I didn't care about the old ideas at all. If we couldn't propose marriage, we just ran away. Anyway, life in Beijing was not good at that time." Better off."

I didn't know whether I should ask, but I asked anyway: "What about your mother?"

(End of this chapter)