In my eyes, most of the people in Old Liu's family are quite capable, and this little girl in front of me, if she also knows the "Three Pure Books", I wouldn't be surprised at all. However, one thing that I just can't figure out is, hasn't the "Three Pure Divination" already been taken away by Uncle Liu? Moreover, Mr. Liu's last wish after his death was that his descendants would not be allowed to come into contact with divination techniques again.

  When I recited this poem to Liu Yudi, she was stunned and said to me: "What did you say?"

  I saw her as if she hadn't heard clearly, so I whispered again: "The palace where the ancestral treasure is located..."

  She looked puzzled and asked me: "What palace?"

  I said to her with some anxiety: "It's not what palace... it's the palace where one is, this sentence is saying... Ah, never mind, have you heard of this poem?"

  She inexplicably said to me: "I've never heard of it, what kind of poem is this? It's both elegant and refined. Xiao Fei, you're getting corrupted!"

  Good heavens! What's gotten into her? How is it that young girls these days are so precocious? It's enough to make an old man like me blush all over.

  But since she didn't know the poem, it just proves that she doesn't understand the "Three Pure Ones Book". Thinking of this, my mood is fortunate, but I also feel a little lost. It seems that finding that escaped female ghost won't be so easy after all. But this is good too, after all, the "Three Pure Ones Book" isn't something that's easy to learn, and the price one has to pay is really too great. Because of this unusual day, I finally understand why Mr. Liu made such a will back then.

  After all, the heavenly way is not something that ordinary people can fathom. This is a matter of equivalent exchange, and the price of exchange is really too great. Once you set foot on this path, there is no turning back.

  I saw that she had no idea what was going on, so I said to her: "What's wrong with you? I'm talking about the classic poem of Nicholas Guangkun, a great postmodern poet. It's very popular now, haven't you heard it?"

  Liu Yudi shook his head and asked me: "Nicholas Guangkun? Never heard of him, who is he?"

  I couldn't help but laugh to myself, thinking that it was just Nicholas Siegfried, and casually said a sentence, you actually believed this little girl.

  So I said to her, "Nicholas Gorky, ah, he's the father of Prague Strong, never mind, don't talk about that, tell me, how did you see that there are bugs in this lunchbox, little girl?"

  She saw me ask her, and with a mysterious tone replied: "I won't tell you, just take it as a woman's intuition, hehe."

  Got it, little rice bowl, she even brought it up for me. I didn't ask her to do so, but I also didn't have the leisure to know. I took out a bottle of purified water from my bag. That half insect just now really made me feel sick, but for some reason, my stomach had a feeling that I hadn't eaten enough yet, and it seemed like I was still a bit hungry.

  Does that dish have an appetizing effect?

  But I'd rather die than eat the dishes in that box of rice again, the rice is still okay, it's edible. So I reluctantly took out two 'Ha Red Sausages' from my bag under the seat.

  "This 'Harbin Red Sausage' is a specialty of Harbin, and if you ask what the most classic food in Harbin is, it's got to be red sausage and dried sausage. The flavor of the red sausage is garlicky, with lots of fatty meat bits inside, perfect for drinking with alcohol, paired with beer, the taste is simply divine. It's just too expensive. You can't even get a few links for 100 yuan, this time I went home and gritted my teeth to spend 300 yuan on it, what a splurge."

  Liu Yudi saw me take out the big meat, and this little girl's eyes actually changed, staring at me with wide eyes. I thought to myself that her gluttonous habit really hadn't changed. So I gave her one, and just as I was about to take a bite, I noticed a woman sitting across from us with a child, who clearly couldn't eat the boxed lunch on the train either. So I broke off half of it and gave it to the little kid.

  Liu Yudi smiled and said to me: "Xiao Fei, I didn't expect that your personality hasn't changed."

  I was chewing on a sausage and asked her: "What's my personality like?"

  Liu Yudi broke off a small piece of sausage and threw it into his mouth, then smiled at me and said: "Tough outside, soft inside."

  These four words really hit me where it hurts, sigh.

  Since I was young, my old man taught me that if others don't offend me, I won't offend them. However, when doing things, one must be ruthless; if not, they will be bullied by others. I always thought that what my old man said to me had no persuasive power at all because he is soft-hearted like me, but his words are harsh on others.

  My bad luck is also influenced by some genetic factors.

  It's really depressing to think about it, so I just stopped thinking about it. I asked Liu Yudi: "By the way, did you bring something back home this time?"

  Liu Yudi shook his head and said: "No, this month's money was spent too quickly, no money means no buying."

  I thought to myself, "This poor kid comes home once a year empty-handed, it's really not good enough." I thought for a moment, then took out the package from under my seat, divided the sausage I bought into two halves, handed one half to her and said: "Take it, just say you bought it, let the old lady be happy."

  Liu Yudi was a bit stunned, didn't expect this little girl also had times when she felt embarrassed, her face slightly red as she said to me: "What are you doing, how embarrassing."

  I said to him, "What's the point of giving me any more, from childhood playmates to grown-ups. Besides, your Liu family has been kind to our Cui family, so consider this a little thoughtfulness from me to Old Lady. After the New Year, if my family goes to your house for a visit, I'll go along and take a look."

  She saw me with such a sincere expression at this moment, and for some reason, her face turned even redder. She couldn't refuse anymore, so she accepted it.

  After dinner, we started chatting again. However, when it comes to chatting with a little girl like her, it's all about food and clothes. Luckily, I'm also good at talking nonsense, so we chatted on. On a rainy day, even big kids get bored, so it was nice to have something to pass the time.

  About four or five hours later, Longjiang arrived. I stood up with my things and said to Liu Yudi: "First of all, happy new year! I've arrived, I'll go see you after the holiday."

  Liu Yudi nodded and smiled at me: "Well, see you later, Xiao Fei"

  I helplessly smiled and got off the train, thinking that this little girl can't be changed after all. Forget it, let Xiao Fei be Xiao Fei then. Changing waste into tips isn't bad either. It's just that consumption is quite high.

  After all these years, my hometown has not changed. As soon as I got off the car, I smelled the thick earthy scent. Once back in this small county town, I feel particularly grounded in my heart.

  It seems that in the future, if I get tired of drifting around, I'll really have to come back here, because this is my roots. Pfft, how old am I anyway? Why do I feel like an old man already?

  As I walked out of the station, I found that my old father had already been waiting there for me. For many years, every time I returned home, he would come to pick me up. Looking at my father's slightly hunched back, he was no longer the robust man in my eyes when I was a child. My nose suddenly felt sour as I thought of what happened this year, and how I almost didn't have the chance to return to Longjiang again.

  Because I really thought about death. At that time, I didn't feel scared, but at this moment, I suddenly felt really afraid, it's the kind of fear after the event, and then I realized, I'm not nothing, I still have my hometown, my home, my old dad, my grandma.

  This bond of kinship can never be erased.

  I hastily wiped away the tears that hadn't fallen yet, and smiled as I ran to hug my old dad. My dad has indeed grown old; I remember how he used to easily carry me to and from school, but now when I jump into his arms, he's a bit unsteady.

  He smiled and said to me: "You little stinker, isn't Harbin cold? Why are you wearing so little?"

  I smiled and said to him: "It's not cold, it's warmer than our house."

  When I returned home with my father, my grandmother hadn't gone to bed yet and had been waiting for me all along. Seeing the old lady, I felt a pang of unease in my heart again.

  Every time I come back, the old lady will gently touch my head and say: "Xiao Fei has lost weight again."

  The old lady is almost eighty years old, and she still misses me so much. How can I not feel heartbroken? I hastily turned around to prevent the old lady from seeing that I had already cried, and after wiping away my tears, I quickly took out the things I brought back - a box of chocolates, many dried fruits and other snacks for my grandmother, and cigarettes for my father.

  The old lady saw me bringing back some old things and said with a tone of complaint: "What's the point of buying these old things? I can't eat much, it's better to save money to buy yourself a piece of clothing."

  My old man took the cigarettes I bought and smiled at the old lady, saying: "You can have them since you like to smoke, it's a token of my child's heart."

  Actually, I could tell that the old lady was still very happy. She said to me: "Don't buy it next time, by the way, do you have any money left?"

  I know that the old lady was afraid I didn't have enough money, so I told her: "Don't worry about it, Grandma, I can take care of myself now."

  The old lady saw that I had matured a lot this time, so she nodded and said: "Don't be humiliated outside, okay? Your dad has already prepared dinner for you, go eat something and then sleep, it's almost midnight."

  I nodded and went to my father's room. As usual, he had prepared some familiar dishes. The beer from our hometown was refreshing to drink. I remember that night, my father and I talked about a lot of things, although there were some things that couldn't be told to him. But I still felt much more comfortable in my heart.

  The days at home are always so soulful, I don't have to cook for myself every day, and I don't have to worry about any monsters or ghosts, the life of eating and waiting for death has come back, it feels great.

  In the blink of an eye, it's New Year's again.

  The safest time of the year is during Chinese New Year. In the past, New Year's Eve wasn't a peaceful day at all. It was said that on this night, various monsters and ghosts would appear, including homeless ghosts looking for homes, ghosts without substitutes looking for scapegoats, and knife-wielding ghosts wanting to eat humans. All sorts of ghosts would try to make some extra money on the last night of the year. But the power of the people is strong, and someone came up with a clever idea - setting off firecrackers.

  That's right, firecrackers, firecrackers, two kicks, and loud thunder. This thing is evil, no matter what kind of dirty things you are, they can all be scared away. So on this day, the dirty things were the most distressed, because on this day, every household set off firecrackers, scaring them to hide in deserted places and tremble with fear, and not daring to come out and harm people.

  I originally wanted to spend a comfortable year, but at that time I never thought that my luck would be so bad, and I actually encountered a very strange thing during the Chinese New Year.

  (As for what happens next, tune in tonight for a breakdown, thanks for all the votes of various kinds.)