I stayed at my grandma’s house until the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. Wei Ran’s parents and Suisui’s parents set off home one after another amid the reluctance of the two elderly people to leave.
"Wei Ran, when will you return to Volgograd?"
Before leaving, Professor Alexei asked, carrying large and small packages of gifts. This is also one of the few times in the year when he calls Wei Ran by his Chinese name, and it is also one of the few times when Wei Ran takes the initiative to call him uncle.
"Ticket for March 10th"
"I will pick you up then"
After Professor Alexey finished speaking, he asked Sui Suiji After saying a few words, he reluctantly got into the car driven by Wei Ran's father.
After seeing off their parents, Wei Ran and Suisui spent the Lantern Festival with the two elderly families, and then they left the small village surrounded by Aiyangdian together.
"Suisui, where are you going? The high-speed rail station?"
"Where are you going?" Suisui, who was sitting in the passenger seat, asked with interest.
Wei Ran thought for a while and replied, "Go home for two days, and then take the time to talk to your classmate's father."
"Then I'll go to your house. I'll go back to the capital with you then."
"Let's go then" Wei Ran didn't think much, stepped on the accelerator and increased the speed, driving into the community before the sun set. .
When the two of them walked in, Wei Ran's parents had already come back from get off work, and even the table was full of food.
However, after dinner, Wei Ran carried his suitcase and prepared to go to the bedroom as usual, but he was stopped by Suisui who was ahead of him.
"What are you doing?" the two asked in unison.
After being stunned for a moment, the two said the same sentence again, "This is my room!"
Suisui rolled her eyes, opened the door and faced Wei. Ran said arrogantly, "You said it was yours, are there any of your things in it?"
"Why aren't there...my things?!"
Wei Ran turned to his parents who were busy in the living room and asked, "It's fine that this room is occupied by Suisui, but it's only been a few days, why are the cardboard boxes filled with my belongings under the bed gone?" !
"I'll just say this is my room!" Suisui proudly declared her sovereignty with her hands on her hips.
"Where are my things?"
Wei Ran asked again. He was really a little angry this time. The things in those boxes were all his own. Photos from kindergarten to high school are all in it.
Suisui was about to say something, but she heard Wei Ran’s mother, who was busy serving the dishes, say, "Okay, you girl, stop teasing him, take him to see him!"
"Then I'll take you to see it!" Suisui flipped her hand, took out a bunch of keys from her pocket and waved it in front of Wei Ran's eyes, "Come with me!"
"What are you going to see?" Wei Ran asked confused, but this little thing opened the security door and walked straight out.
Hold itImpulsively locking the security door, Wei Ran followed Suisui out of the house, and then saw the former using the key in his hand to open the neighbor's door opposite!
"Come in!" Seeing Wei Ran standing outside with a blank look on his face, Suisui simply grabbed his sleeve and dragged him into the neighbor's house.
"Isn't this Grandma Wu's house? How..."
Wei Ran looked at the furnishings inside in confusion. The house had obviously been recently renovated, even if the windows in the living room Half open, you can still smell the vague smell of new furniture.
"Grandma Wu was taken away by her daughter because she was in poor health."
Wei Ran's mother followed from behind, "Didn't you transfer back two sums of money years ago? Do you have that?" With the two sums of money, I dared to use the money your dad and I had saved. At that time, Grandma Wu was about to sell the house, so I decided to buy it. As for the money you sent back, I didn't touch it. I kept it for you. "
As soon as Wei Ran's mother finished speaking, Suisui said as if she was taking credit, "I was responsible for decorating this house. How about thanking me quickly?"
"You! I really have to thank Suisui."
Dad Wei Ran also walked in from the door holding a teacup, "Your mother and I just bought the house, and this little girl has full control over the rest. Responsible."
"So my things..."
"Follow me!"
Sui Sui opened the door. The door of the bedroom, "Look at how stingy you are, your things are all there!"
Wei Ran probed into the room and saw that this house was already two bedrooms and one living room in the house across the door. There is one more bedroom, and the area of each room is larger.
But the furnishings in the bedroom Suisui opened were the same as the bedroom she had lived in since she was a child. The solid wood desk that I had used since childhood was placed in the same position, and even the bookshelf that had been used for a long time also contained the same items.
Other than that, the only thing left was a solid wood piano table, and what was placed on it was the small guqin he bought for Suisui years ago.
"Is this all your fault?" Wei Ran turned to Suisui, who was leaning against the door frame and watching the fun.
"Isn't it awesome?!"
Suisui patted the thick wall, "I didn't know you were practicing piano until we went to Inta to play, so I specially gave you The walls of this study are soundproofed. Let alone playing the piano in it, it’s okay even if you dance in it!”
Before Wei Ran could say anything, the former had already dragged him back. In the spacious living room, after pretending to clear his throat, he said seriously, "Attention! Now I want to show you the surprise I prepared last year!"
"What surprise?" Wei Ran asked curiously Said, this time even his parents came together.
The crazy Suisui signaled the three of them to stand with their backs to the TV, then picked up a remote control only the size of a cigarette box from the sofa facing the TV and stood in front of the TV.Mom's side.
"3! 2! 1! Dang Dang Dang Dang!"
With Suisui's own soundtrack, this gadget pressed the red button on the remote control, and instantly , the glass showcase on the wall behind the sofa that went straight to the ceiling lit up with dim light, reflecting the huge landscape painting inside in detail.
"That's it?"
"It's not over yet!"
Suisui proudly pressed the second button, and amid the subtle sound of gears, The landscape painting slowly rose up like a miniature rolling door, revealing two large lifting poles placed crosswise behind it! And on both sides of the two large lifting poles, there are two rusty anti-Japanese broadswords fixed!
"How did you get this thing back?" Wei Ran asked dumbfounded, "Where did those two broadswords come from?"
"Of course they were used to ward off evil spirits. "It's useful!"
Suisui naturally gave an impeccable reason, "Things like my grandpa's who have killed little devils can ward off evil spirits, so I put this aside, and I also let me use the two swords." Grandpa helped me find it. How's that? This background wall looks very safe!"
"Those two big iron rods are the big lifting poles you took out of the pig pen?" Dad asked in surprise, "In that case, maybe this thing can really ward off evil spirits."
"No, why can I ward off evil spirits so well?" Wei Ran said, dumbfounded.
"Don't you just look like you're possessed by an evil spirit?"
While speaking, Suisui pressed the remote control switch again, and suddenly two dim spotlights shone on the big lifting pole. ,, and then the little thing clung to Wei Ran's ear and whispered in Russian, "When you were in that abandoned military base, you were talking in your sleep and calling something like Hans or Rocky. , Marco Mario, etc. Fortunately, I have learned German for a semester, otherwise I would have thought you were talking to aliens."
"Really?" Cold sweat broke out on Ran's forehead.
"It must be true" Suisui rolled her eyes, "otherwise why would I wake you up over and over again to accompany me to the bathroom?"
"You two What are you muttering about?" My mother, who had already visited the other two bedrooms, asked curiously.
"Nothing!"
Suisui returned to her quirky and arrogant look, "My brother said that he will bring a wife back next year to give you some grandsons. !"
"That's great!" Wei Ran's mother was immediately fooled, and without even taking cover, she asked directly if Wei Ran had a girl he liked.
After finally fooling her overly gossipy parents away, Suisui blocked the door again.
"What?" Wei Ran asked helplessly.
"I can't work in vain, can I?" Suisui rubbed her fingers familiarly while speaking.
“Didn’t I buy you a guqin bed?” Wei Ran pointed to the study room,"It's still there."
"One yard is one yard, and the brothers are still settling the accounts!" Suisui raised her chin, "The piano is your New Year's gift to me, help me It doesn’t matter if you spend a dime to decorate the house.”
“Okay, tell me what you want!”
Wei Ran has lost his temper for a long time, even if he wants to buy a house. It was unexpected, but this little thing was really busy, especially the intact furnishings in the study room. It was obvious that the other party had put great care into it.
"As long as you say this, I will wait until I think about what I want." As Suisui spoke, she happily handed over the bunch of keys in her hand.
That night, Wei Ran also moved into the new house as a matter of course. Although the two houses were only separated by a wall, he only lived in the large room of Nuo, so he inevitably suffered from insomnia. .
Unable to sleep, he simply went into the study and took out the metal book as a New Year's gift to himself. Ever since he got this guqin and learned and played a piece of Guangling San on it, he never took it out again in order to avoid arousing suspicion.
Adjusting the desk lamp to its brightest setting, Wei Ran carefully observed the piano case reflecting the dots of light, then opened it and took out the dark guqin once again.
He was not idle during most of the first month. Although there was an endless stream of people coming and going from his grandmother's family, and there were Suisui making trouble from time to time, he still looked for opportunities to give the metal book I took some photos of the piano given to me and sent them to Chen Guangling in the capital.
With the help of the other party, Wei Ran at least already knew that the two ancient Chinese characters engraved on the back of the harp above the dragon pool were "Yao Guang" written in large seal script.
After thinking for a moment, he sat upright, plucked the strings and played Guangling San, which he had only learned to play, once again. When the song ended, Wei Ran felt his inner peace more and more clearly. It seemed that all the negative emotions in his heart were vented with the song just now.
"Is this guqin bed really calming, or is there something wrong with that piece of music?"
Wei Ran secretly made a decision and must go to Chen before leaving. Guang Ling asked, maybe the other party could see something.
After putting away the piano case and leaving the study, Wei Ran glanced at the large lever on the wall of the living room that was still shrouded by spotlights. After hesitating for a moment, he finally did not summon the metal book that turned into a tattoo.
Of course he wanted to know the secret behind these two big lifting rods, but he still wanted to wait until he had replenished enough ammunition for the semi-automatic rifle before going there. In that case, he might at least feel less regretful in his heart. Some.