Celestial Masters Alliance

"It would be great if there really was a space capsule, which would keep us all in the most beautiful moment." Zhao Shuang said in a muffled voice. He nuzzled me gently with the back of his head. This move gave me goosebumps, and I quickly jumped up to refill the incense candle for my grandma.

Zhao Shuang was sitting on the side, his face turned to one side, his shoulders shaking slightly. Only then did I realize that I had been tricked. This bastard was still the same as before. He was used to being bullied by me. Occasionally he would find a chance to tease me once and then he would be so happy. In the past, I would have fought back fiercely, but today, forget it! I just hope that the smile can stay on him for a second longer.

After Zhao Shuang had laughed enough, I took out a bottle of pure water from the box in the corner, unscrewed the cap and handed it to him. He frowned, as if he was a little dissatisfied with me unscrewing the bottle cap for him, but he didn't say anything and took it. He took a sip of water and placed it at his feet. I took a few sips of his water, put it on the table, and sat back down next to him.

"Xiangzhou is not far from us. Can I go to you often in the future?" I thought for a while before saying to him.

Zhao Shuang raised his eyes and stared at me. When I started to worry about his rejection, he said "hmm" and nodded. I'm a little happy, at least he doesn't hate me interrupting his life.

"Can I call you every day?" I quickly asked.

"No!" He lowered his head and looked at his toes again, but his eyes were full of smiles. I was a little confused by his answer, maybe he was trying to trick me. After a while, he continued: "It's not convenient to answer the phone when I'm on a mission. Is it okay if I send you a message twice a week to report that you're safe?"

Sure enough, he read my thoughts, and I sighed to myself and said "Hmm" in return.

The second aunt got up very early today. As soon as the sky turned white, she made breakfast. After we finished breakfast, Zhao Shuang hurriedly stood up to say goodbye. I grabbed him and said, "I'll go live with you at the eldest grandma's place!" The second aunt and the second uncle looked at me in surprise at the same time.

"I'm not used to sleeping in grandma's bed. I'll come back at night to keep vigil." I explained to my second aunt. I can’t say that grandma has been standing on the bedside and talking non-stop, I’m afraid. Although I adhere to atheism, there is no scientific theory to explain what happened yesterday.

"All the guests who should come are here, so there is no need to keep vigil. Just come back later and burn incense!" said the second aunt and started to clear away the dishes. I heard that she was a little unhappy, so I quickly gave Zhao Shuang a look. He nodded and helped the second aunt pack up with me.

"Okay! Okay! You guys go back and have a rest! After two days of staying up, you still haven't recovered from coming all the way back!" the second aunt said politely.

"Second aunt has been very tired these days. She has to take care of the mourning hall and arrange our daily life. It will be easier with the help of uncle and aunt. After they go back, they will all rely on second aunt. I feel sad when I see them." I secretly felt sorry for myself. The dog leg gave a thumbs up and picked up a bunch of dishes and chopsticks to clean. Zhao Shuang picked up the rag and wiped the table quickly, cooperating with me tacitly.

The second aunt smiled and spoke in a much gentler tone, losing her previous politeness: "I'll leave this to you, I'll clean up the yard."

"Hey!" I replied cheerfully, but I was actually so sleepy that I couldn't even open my eyes.

After everything was packed, I went to my grandma's room to retrieve my backpack, said goodbye to my second aunt again, and then followed Zhao Shuang out.

We returned to Grandma's house and almost fell asleep. I hadn't had a good rest in the past two days. I thought I would sleep until dark, but I didn't expect to wake up until five in the afternoon. No nightmares, no grandma nagging, just can't sleep anymore.

Zhao Shuang was taking a nap beside him. "It would be great if there really was a space capsule, which could keep us all in the most beautiful moment." I remembered what he said again. The idea of ​​"time capsule" grew in my mind. I kicked Zhao Shuang with my foot. He turned over and glanced at me with squinted eyes. He asked impatiently in a hoarse voice: "What are you doing?"

"Shall we go to the locust tree and dig out the time capsule?" I deliberately raised my voice, trying to pull him out of his sleep.

After Zhao Shuang heard this, he immediately turned his back to me, as if he was too lazy to pay attention to me. I pushed him again unwillingly, but when he still didn't respond, I had to give up.

But the time capsule bothers me as if it is something important that must be completed immediately. I decided to go dig it out myself. I got up and deliberately stepped over Zhao Shuang's head. The boy didn't react at all. It seemed that he fell asleep again.

I put my small bag on my back and looked around for my grandma. The yard of Grandma’s house is very big, as big as two football fields put together. The foyer is facing the courtyard door, and the kitchen is set up on the west side of the courtyard door. I think it should be the west side! I can't find North anyway. There is also a cellar dug next to the kitchen. I have never gone down there because I am a little afraid of the underground world. It is the kind of fear that has no clear reason. There were some vegetables planted on the east side of the yard. I walked to the vegetable field to look for tools that could dig the soil, and finally picked a small shovel and weighed it in my hand. Hmm! Pretty handy. Where is grandma? strangeness! Did you go to visit? I muttered.

When I just stepped out of the courtyard, a voice startled me: "Mo'er, get up." It turned out to be the grandmother. She was sitting on the small bench by the door, looking up at me and smiling.

"Yeah! Grandma, Zhao Shuang is still sleeping!" I responded with a smile.

Grandma stretched out her withered hand to hold mine, and I sat on the door frame: "Grandma, we are all in the back room. Who are you waiting for at the door?"

The eldest grandma looked at me with dark eyes and replied with a smile: "Qiming hasn't come back yet! He hasn't come back for a long time!"

My heart skipped a beat. Grandma also thinks Uncle Qiming is not dead? I was speechless for a moment and didn't know how to answer the question, so I had to sit quietly.

Grandma didn’t say anything, she just held my hand and looked at me. Maybe it was because of her bad eyesight, she narrowed her eyes slightly. Anyone would be embarrassed if she was stared at like this, but she was a grandma, so I couldn't walk away. He had to relax his body and shift his attention to look at her. Grandma’s cloudy eyeballs seemed to be covered with a layer of white frost. The cheeks have almost no muscle support, and the skin wraps around the bones like translucent wax paper. I doubt that lifting the skin like that will let light through. The lips without teeth were sunken and retracted, and the color could not be seen clearly, but he still tried hard to smile. The dry hands are covered with age spots, and the blue blood vessels under the skin are slightly bulging, making the joints appear particularly abrupt. My mind was agitated, and the time capsule emerged from the bottom of my heart.

"Grandma, I want to go to the old house and see what it has become like." I broke the silence and wanted to break free from Grandma's hands for no reason.

She frowned and glanced at the small shovel I held in my other hand and said angrily, "What are you doing there? It's haunted there!"

"Huh? It's haunted?" Why haven't I heard of it?

Grandma held my hand tightly, and it hurt a little from her pinching, but I didn't dare to move for fear of interrupting her thoughts. She looked away and said, "Two years ago, I said I would demolish that place and build a new one." Activity center. When the house was halfway demolished, there were cries all around, and a beam fell down and killed the worker. From then on, no one mentioned demolishing the old house again."

Only then did I dare to twitch my arm. Grandma noticed that the pinch hurt me and quickly let go. "I just went to take a look, but nothing happened."

The eldest grandma sighed, waved her hand, turned around, and continued to look at the road where Uncle Qiming's figure would never appear.

"Grandma, I'm going!" I said goodbye to her.

She whispered without looking back: "Come back soon!"

When I got up and walked five or six meters away, I heard the grandma sigh and say, "What an injustice!" I looked back at the grandma, and she didn't seem to move at all. I wondered if I was hallucinating.