Chapter 513 Out of Place
"The sun and the moon shine together? Sometimes this kind of scene can also be seen in the mortal world."
Lu Chaochao sat on a low stool, resting his chin on his hand, looking at the old lady.
The old lady's spirit and this body don't quite match.
"No, what I meant by 'the sun and the moon shining together' is that the sun and the moon are hanging high in the sky at the same time." She looked up, as if revealing some vicissitudes of life.
Xie Yuzhou was stunned: "I've never heard of this before."
"Grandma, does that mean you can never go home?" Xie Yuzhou shouted loudly.
The old lady's breathing stagnated, and the shaking bamboo chair also stopped.
Ah Man glared at Xie Yuzhou. Xie Yuzhou realized belatedly and covered his mouth. He said bitterly: "Grandma, I was talking nonsense. Don't be angry...you will surely turn bad luck around and return to your hometown." Although, he didn't know where this hometown was.
He even had a sense of traveling through time and space when listening to the old lady's description.
The old lady smiled bitterly and shook her head. She tried to stand up several times but failed.
Ah Man hurried over to support her: "Grandma, Ah Man is here."
The old lady hunched over: "I'm old... old."
"What's the point of going back? Maybe I'm old or dead."
She was humming a tune that sounded gentle and beautiful, a melody that no one had ever heard before.
"Grandma is a little mysterious... I can only go home when the sun and the moon shine together. Is there really such a place?" Xie Yuzhou always felt it was too bizarre.
Lu Chaochao recalled what he had seen and heard after his sacrifice, and nodded: "Yes."
"Perhaps, outside this world, there are countless small worlds."
"The Way of Heaven governs this world."
"But the entire vast void is made up of countless small worlds."
"At the moment when the sun and the moon met, the gate of time and space was disordered and took her away from her original world. Of course, I'm just guessing." Lu Chaochao knew in his heart that his guess was probably right.
"Really? This is the first time I've heard such a statement." Xie Yuzhou was very surprised.
"If this is the case, then the old lady will never be able to go home!"
"If she were in the world of gods, the human world, the demon world or the underworld, she would be able to find a way to go home. But in another time and space, wouldn't she never be able to go home?" Xie Yuzhou took a breath.
"Friends and family, all ties are in another time and space." How sad it is to miss each other forever but be unable to meet.
“No wonder grandma always feels alienated and out of tune with this world.” Ah Man closed the door and lamented in a low voice.
In fact, she could guess that her grandmother did not belong to this world.
Everything that my grandmother revealed did not belong here.
"I heard from the villagers that my grandmother was dumb when she was young, but suddenly became smart after falling into the water. But she was also crazy and kept shouting that she wanted to go home."
"She did a lot of stupid things."
"Later, he seemed to have given up. He became withdrawn, quiet, and even stopped communicating with others."
"She lived here alone at the time."
"It wasn't until she adopted me that we became dependent on each other. Only then did my grandmother smile more often."
But she knew that her grandmother never let go.
Ah Man breathed a sigh of relief: "Why am I telling you all this? It will only add to your troubles."
"Come on, come on, I've cleaned up the room for you. Go and rest first."
"The villagers... are somewhat hostile to me and my grandmother. You are just here to stay overnight. I will explain to the villagers." Ah Man was kind-hearted. Although the bedding was old, it was washed clean and had a fragrant smell.
"You two siblings have such a good relationship." Ah Man said with a smile.
Xie Yuzhou was only ten years old and Chaochao was four years old. Ah Man was afraid that Chaochao would be scared because of his young age, so she let them stay in the same room.
Besides, there were no other rooms in the courtyard.
After Ah Man left, Xie Yuzhou obediently dragged the bedding to the ground.
"I'll sleep on the floor."
"Mom said that men and women should be careful not to sleep in the same bed. Brother Yuzhou, you know so much!" Lu Chaochao said with admiration.
Xie Yuzhou...
"The age of separation between boys and girls should be seven, at least."
"I'm mainly on guard against you."
"I'm afraid you'll wet the bed and blame me..."
"Zhuifeng is not here now, so no one will take the blame for you! I'm already ten years old. If I wet the bed, how will Ah Man and grandma look at me?" Xie Yuzhou wrapped himself in the quilt with a huff.
Lu Chaochao's cheeks were puffed up and were about to curl up with anger.
"Who takes the blame? Let Zhuifeng tell you!" The little girl put her hands on her hips, her brows raised.
Xie Yuzhou curled his lips: "If Zhuifeng could speak human language, he would be able to express his grievances in three days and three nights."
Lu Chaochao…………
He really shouldn't have a mouth.
After a while, Xie Yuzhou fell into a deep sleep hugging the quilt, and even snored softly.
Lu Chaochao was half asleep and half awake when she seemed to hear the sound of a door opening.
The little girl, wearing her inner garment and wrapped in thick, soft, shiny red fur, gently pushed the door open.
Under the moonlight.
The old lady with silver hair and a weathered face knelt down devoutly to the moon.
The old lady shed two lines of turbid tears, and her eyes seemed to be looking through the moon at her past.
Her home.
She never married, was unwilling to communicate with others, and lived in the memories of the past. She is resisting this world, but cannot leave.
"Child, go back and have a rest. It's cold at night, be careful not to catch a cold." The old lady wiped her tears, and when she saw Lu Chaochao coming out, she couldn't help but take her hand and sit on the recliner in the yard.
There are flowers and vegetables planted in the yard, and it is well maintained.
"As for me, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait until the day I can go home." She said with a wry smile.
"I know my body is about to die. I wanted to marry Ah Man off so she would have someone to rely on. But I didn't expect..."
"A'man is a girl with a miserable life and her father is nowhere to be found. What should we do?" She hugged Chaochao and tears seemed to be flowing out.
"Grandma, when the sun and the moon are shining together, did something happen to you that brought you here? What's so special about it?" The little girl lay obediently in the old lady's arms, and the old lady patted her on the back from time to time.
The old lady seemed to be thinking about something.
"I am a patient in my hometown."
"In fact, whether to go back or not, maybe it doesn't make any sense."
"I was born with many illnesses and have always been bedridden. I am a frequent visitor to the hospital. The hospital is the clinic here."
"The hospital said I wouldn't live past 18, but my parents spent all their money just to give me one more day."
"I'm the one who's holding them back."
The old lady's voice was trembling. She would not live long in her hometown, but her parents had exchanged everything for this life. She wanted to go back and give them an explanation!
"That day, there was a child, about two or three years old, climbing onto the balcony and crying. It turned out that her family was out, and she was crying to find an adult, so she stepped on a stool and went up to the balcony."
“The floor was very high and there were a lot of people watching.”
"I had just left the hospital and rushed to catch her without having time to think."
"She fell on me, and at that moment, the moment I closed my eyes, I saw many people gathering around me... I saw the sun and the moon in the sky, but in just a moment, they disappeared. Then, I lost consciousness and fell into a coma."
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