Dream Guide

That mulberry tree is huge. The trees are covered with mulberry fruits, either red or purple, which make people salivate. Red silkworms are vaguely visible, lying on the mulberry leaves to eat.

It is impossible to tell the size of a tree without contrast in the painting, so the artist painted many children under the tree. Seven or eight people joined hands and surrounded the tree, barely circling the tree. Two brave children climbed up a tree to pick mulberry fruits, and startled a huge crow on the top of the tree.

Looking at this painting, Bishenghua suddenly remembered the blurry old photo she picked up under the willow tree that day.

Mei Yiqiu did not say where this set of pictures came from, and Bishenghua did not ask. She is a straightforward person and doesn't like to ask questions. If she can speak, the professor will naturally tell her. If the professor doesn't speak, there are naturally reasons why he doesn't speak.

For Bishenghua, this set of pictures is a timely help, rather than the icing on the cake for the current project. She has been suffering from not knowing the exact appearance of the mulberry garden back then, and she could not find any historical information about the mulberry garden. Except for a few short records in the county annals and the ancient willow tree in Liuying Lane, no one could prove the existence of this place. However, let alone telling Bishenghua how to restore the mulberry garden to its original state.

Bishenghua read it several times, and through comparison, he determined that the place where the willow tree is now is the location of the giant mulberry tree back then. The mulberry garden back then was divided into two parts: the mulberry tree was in the middle of the front garden, and the willow tree was by the lake in the back garden. This was consistent with the ancient legends she knew.

"Professor, thank you so much." Bishenghua thanked her sincerely.

Mei Yiqiu said: "There's no need to thank me. I came here in the rain so late and I won't give you anything for free. I want to ask you to do me a favor."

Bi Shenghua was stunned for a moment and said, "Professor, please tell me, as long as I can do it."

Mei Yiqiu said: "Don't rush to agree. This is easy to say, but not easy. Once you agree to do it, you may need to wait and persist for the rest of your life, just like some of the things you are insisting on now." The same. And if things develop to the most unfortunate stage as I expected, then you need to take on responsibilities that should not be yours, and you will likely be burdened with infamy and infamy, and you will live in self-doubt and denial. For the rest of your life. You need extremely firm beliefs and fearless courage to face the consequences this will bring to you and the world. Of course, I will always stand in front of you and bear everything you should bear before you .”

Bishenghua didn't understand what he heard, so she looked at the professor with confusion and said, "Can you explain it more simply, like what exactly do you want me to do and what are the worst consequences?"

The professor took a deep drag on his cigarette, and then took out something like a car key from his pocket with a red button on it.

"What I want you to do is push that button at the right moment."

Bi Shenghua took it and looked at it. It really looked like a car key. There was even something like a car logo on it. It was a triangle with two vertices connected, with a thin line running through the middle.

"Just press it like this?" She made a pressing motion with her thumb.

"Right, that is it."

"What are the consequences?"

"It's not certain yet. The best outcome is that nothing happens; the worst outcome..." the professor exhaled a puff of thick white smoke, covering his wrinkled face, "the worst outcome is that humans return. By the 1960s.”

"Time travel?"

Bishenghua knew that this professor was a famous scientist, but it was hard to believe that the small key-like thing in his hand was a space-time machine. Even if it's true, what's wrong with being able to travel through time and space?

"No! It's not time travel." The professor's face was still hidden behind the continuous puff of smoke. "In 1960, the world's population exceeded 3 billion, and reached 4 billion in 1974. The population in the 1960s was almost half of what it is now. If you press this button, the worst result is that half of the population on the earth will be lost, and human technology and civilization will inevitably return to the level of the middle of the last century. That's why I say that humans will return to the 1960s. .”

Life Flower was startled and quickly moved her finger away from the red button.

"Don't worry, there is a safety guard on the side of it." Mei Yiqiu said, "You have to turn on the safety first before triggering the switch."

"Professor..." Bishenghua wanted to ask what exactly this is, a nuclear bomb? Genetic weapons? But she felt it was impossible.

The professor seemed to see what she was thinking. He laughed a few times and said, "Don't worry, it's not what you think. I'm not crazy enough to be anti-human. On the contrary, this is saving humanity. It may not necessarily succeed, but I will try my best.”

I don't know whether it was because of smoking too many cigarettes, laughing too loudly, or because of poor health. Mei Yiqiu coughed violently, and her silver hair was trembling.

"Why me?" Bishenghua asked.

"Two reasons...cough cough cough..." the professor coughed a few more times before slowly calming down, "I have to hand it over to the person I trust most. There was originally a very suitable candidate, but he is not here now .Like you, I have been waiting for him to come back. But I don’t have much time left, I have to find another person. He is the person I trust the most, and you are the person he trusts the most, so I thought of it. You. This is the first reason. Of course, this is not enough to make me determined to hand over such an important thing to you."

Life Flower nodded to show her understanding, "So, what about the second reason?"

"The second reason, ahem..." The professor couldn't help coughing, but he still couldn't bear to take the pipe away from his mouth, "The second reason is... ahem... I just saw you. At that time, I saw hope from you!"

"hope?"

"Yes, hope! This is the most important thing. Hope gives people courage and firm belief support, so that people can survive in the worst environment, regardless of dirt, pain, shame, sadness, loneliness ….Hope is also the only motivation for us, who are tiny, to survive in the vast and dark universe!”

Bishenghua didn't quite understand these things, but she still decided to accept Mei Yiqiu's commission. She believed in this silver-haired old man just as she believed in the wood that ended in a chicken coop.

"I promise you." She looked at the key in her hand and said, "Does this thing have a name?"

"Name?" Mei Yiqiu was stunned, "Ah, it's time to give it a name. Let's call it 'Key to Dreams'."

"The key to dreams..." Bi Shenghua muttered several times, "Then, when should I press this button?"

"At the right time." Mei Yiqiu said.

"When is the right time?" Bi Shenghua was puzzled.

"You will know when the time comes. This is the Sword of Damocles. As a sword holder, when it needs to be cut off, your heart will definitely get the appropriate prompts. Follow your heart and do it. Bar!"

The professor stood up and said, "Today's trip has been worthwhile. It's too late. I should leave."

Life spent sending him out.

When passing the bird stand, the professor sniffed over like a hunting dog that smelled the smell, picked up a piece of sauced elbow meat from the bird food box, smelled it, then stuffed it into his mouth, chewed it and said: " Mmmmm, it tastes really good!”

Then he suddenly asked: "Did you buy a space box?"

Bi Shenghua said in surprise: "Yes, what's the matter?"

The professor took another piece of marinated elbow meat and said as he walked out: "Lock it in the cabinet and remember, never use it."