I have a deep mountain

Chapter 2 Black Cat
Dinner in the countryside is eaten very early, before the sun sets, grandpa Han Qingguo has already prepared the meal.

"Come on, Xiaodong, eat chicken wings."

Grandma Chen Sumei picked up chicken wings and put them in Han Dong's bowl. She always remembered Han Dong's favorite part of chicken.

"Grandma, you eat this, grandpa, you eat this..." Han Dong smiled and gave grandma and grandpa the part of the chicken without bones.

"Xiaodong, after you finish eating later, go to the mountain to see your mother, she should miss you a lot too." Han Jianguo said suddenly with a sad expression.

Han Dong lowered his head, nodded lightly and gave a "hmm".

Except for the posthumous photos, Han Dong's impression of his mother comes from a bowl of egg custard.

At the age of three, he is a picky eater. His mother, Han Ru, steams a bowl of egg custard in the kitchen every morning, sometimes with sugar and sometimes with salt.

"Come on, have another bite."

"Awesome! Our Dongdong family is the most obedient."

Han Ru coaxed Han Dong to eat it mouthful...

Afterwards, Han Dong never ate egg custard that was better than his mother's.

... Everyone in the village said that Han Ru was carried away by wild animals and died in the barren hills.

At that time, my grandmother and grandfather were worried that their daughter would not have a place to live after her death, so they invited a master to perform rituals at home.

The mage picked up Han Dong's mother's old clothes to summon the soul, and then put these clothes in the coffin and buried them on the hillside behind the courtyard.

Rural people think that in this way, the deceased can have a place to live after death, instead of being a lonely ghost.

Han Dong knew in his heart that what he went to worship every year was actually his mother's clothes.

But even so, Han Dong still has a lot to say to his mother.

……

In the back mountain, the sun is setting, and the sunlight has turned dark red. It won't be long before the sky will darken.

Han Dong took incense sticks, candles, paper money, half-baked meat and a few oranges, and came to his mother's grave to worship.

He lit incense sticks and candles, inserted them in front of the tombstone, and then arranged raw meat and oranges. While burning paper money, he chatted with his mother:

"Mom, I came back to see you. How are you doing recently?... I graduated and could have stayed in the city to work, but I want to come back and spend more time with grandma and grandpa. You know, grandma's back It always hurts. Grandpa is doing everything at home. He must be working very hard. If only you were still here..."

Han Dong separated the square paper money into pieces and lit them aside. While burning the paper money for his mother, he continued:

"I plan to open a barbecue stall in the county this time when I come back, so that my grandma and grandpa won't urge me to go to work, and I can go home to sleep and eat every day, and help grandpa do some work. I have the money to open a barbecue stall , I participated in the student chef competition in the province, won No.1, and received a bonus of 9000 yuan. After living expenses, I have more than [-] yuan left. It should be enough to rent a booth and buy equipment and materials..."

Han Dong usually doesn't like to say these things, he likes to bury many things in his heart, and only when he comes to his mother can he not help but say everything.

He felt that his mother must be very lonely there alone, so he had to chat with his mother for a long time every time he came to visit.

Unconsciously, the sun has completely set, the sky is also gray, and night is about to fall.

Suddenly, a wild cat jumped out from behind the tombstone:
Meow--

Han Dong was startled and took a few steps back.

The black wild cat's pupils glowed yellow, and it kept calling at Han Dong:

Meow meow--

……

Han Dong breathed calmly, thinking that the black cat must have been attracted by the smell of raw meat.

He picked up a branch on the side of the road and made a gesture to drive the black cat away.

The black cat took a few steps back, but it showed no sign of leaving.

It kept staring at Han Dong, still calling:

meow~
meow~
meow~
However, its expression was gentle and not aggressive, as if it wanted to talk to Han Dong.

Han Dong saw that it was a bit pitiful, so he threw a piece of raw meat over, but the black cat didn't even smell it, and directly pulled the meat aside with its paws in disgust.

"Aren't you hungry?" Han Dong asked suspiciously.

But the black cat was still calling to him.

"Do you want a drink of water?"

"Meow~meow~"

"You want me to take you home?"

"Meow~meow~"

It doesn't seem to be the case, and Han Dong didn't know what the black cat wanted to do, so he turned to his mother's grave and said:
"Mom, then I'll go back first. It will be dark and the road will be difficult to walk later. Grandpa and grandma should worry."

Seeing that Han Dong was about to leave, the black cat barked even louder. It suddenly ran to Han Dong's feet and pressed the shoelace of one of Han Dong's feet with its front paw, as if it didn't want him to go back.

It was the first time that Han Dong saw a cat so spiritual, and he was surprised.

So Han Dong tentatively asked:
"You want me to go with you?"

The black cat only meowed this time, as if to say 'yes'.

It was already too dark to see the road, so Han Dong turned on the flash of his phone and said to the black cat:

"Then where do you want me to go with you?"

The black cat seemed to really understand Han Dong's words. It glanced at Han Dong, turned around and walked behind its mother's grave, looking back from time to time to see if Han Dong was following.

Han Dong followed curiously. This was his mother's grave, and he was not afraid.

Walking to an open space directly behind the tomb, which was covered with herbs, the black cat stopped and started pawing the soil with its two front paws.

Han Dong was lighting the light at the side, and after a while, the black cat pulled out a piece of wood.

Then the black cat stopped and barked at Han Dong.

"You want me to dig this up?"

Han Dong bent down and took out the wooden box. The wooden box was so small that it could be held in the palm of one hand. The workmanship was also very good. There was red paint on it. It looked like a girl's jewelry box in the past.

Han Dong curiously opened the wooden box, and under the light of the flashlight, there was a jadeite bead lying quietly inside.

"This?!" Han Dong became more and more strange.

How could there be such exquisite jewelry in the barren hills?
And it was found by a cat. Is there anything special about this emerald bead?
Han Dong held the wooden box and stood up. The black cat glanced at Han Dong, screamed, and ran away immediately, disappearing into the bushes in a blink of an eye.

It was completely dark, Han Dong thought he should go down the mountain first, what happened just now was really weird.

If it wasn't in front of his mother's grave, Han Dong would have thought that the next episode would be the plot of a horror novel.

Han Dong picked up the wooden box and walked down the mountain quickly, and vaguely saw his grandma holding a flashlight, walking tremblingly up the mountain, calling himself:

"Xiaodong...Xiaodong..."

Thinking that grandma saw that she hadn't come home after dark, so she came to look for it anxiously, Han Dong quickened her pace and ran towards grandma...

While running, he replied:

"Grandma, don't come up, I'm already back."

Grandma Han Dong's waist, legs and feet are not good. In such a dark day, if she falls, she will be in trouble.

When grandma heard her grandson's response, the worry on her face turned into joy. She stood there panting and waiting for her grandson to come down.

After Han Dong went down the mountain, he walked home with his grandma on his arm.

Grandpa Han Qingguo also heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that both of them had returned:
"Everyone tells your grandma not to worry, Xiaodong definitely wants to talk to his mother more, your grandma insists on worrying that you can't see the way, so she took a flashlight to find you."

Han Dong smiled and held the back of grandma's wrinkled hand, saying:
"Hee hee, grandma loves me the most."

"Xiaodong, the bed is made for you. You go to bed early today, and tomorrow I will ask your grandfather to go to the county to buy watermelons for you to eat."

Grandma said with a smile.

………………

Lying on the familiar wooden bed, Han Dong felt very relaxed. Being able to go home and be with his grandma and grandpa was the happiest thing for him so far.

He took out the small wooden box from his pocket, and the jade beads inside looked clean.

Han Dong took out the beads.

The emerald beads gave him a warm feeling.

The moment he held the emerald bead in his right hand, the bead was absorbed into Han Dong's body and disappeared within a few seconds.

At the same time, a row of VR subtitles similar to 3D movies suddenly appeared in Han Dong's mind:

[You own a deep mountain and old forest, do you want to enter? 】

The next row is:

[OK] and [Cancel]

(End of this chapter)