On the cement river dam, my mother took the small bamboo basket from Jupiter, lifted the white cloth, took out the incense candle, money paper, a bowl of raw rice, a pot of white wine, two wine glasses, and three bowls of cold dishes.
My mother lit three incense candles towards the river dam, inserted them into the raw rice, arranged wine and food, and pulled Jupiter to kneel down together.
Mom lowered her head and burned paper money, muttering words in her mouth.
Today is the first anniversary of her husband's death. She went to her husband's grave early in the morning to sweep the tomb and come here again.
After Mu You passed away, his wife was overly sad and became a little nervous, and she began to be superstitious. She gradually believed that it was the water ghost in the river dam who took her husband's life.
She came here to worship the river god of Yuanyang River, hoping that the river god could save her husband's soul and allow him to be reincarnated as soon as possible and not become a lonely ghost.
Jupiter buried her face deep and didn't dare to show off. He couldn't help but think of his father: It would be great if his father was still there. At that time, the family of three was very happy every day, and his mother would not have become like this now.
But my dad is never here, I killed him...
Jupiter's chest felt a suffocating pain, sadness, guilt, grievance... The negative emotions that had accumulated in his heart over the past year finally burst his body at this moment.
He raised his head and looked at his mother.
At this moment, my mother's prayer for the river god had ended. She respectfully poured a glass of white wine, held it high, and sprinkled it on the river surface.
The first cup, respect the river god.
Pour another glass of wine and sprinkle it on the dam under your feet.
The second cup, respect the mountain god.
Pour another glass of wine and spread it hard into the sky.
The third cup, to honor the sky.
Guru...
A few bubbles emerged from the water surface in front, causing small ripples to slowly expand.
The woman was stunned and thought she had read it wrong.
Soon, she was convinced that this was not an illusion: Could it be that the River God appeared?
She subconsciously grabbed Jupiter's hand beside her and grabbed it tightly.
Wow
A few seconds later, a head came out of the water.
Ha...ha... The man gasped, reached out to wipe his face, looked at the mother and son on the river dam, and waved and shouted: Xiaofang!son!
Old wood?Jupiter's mother Yan Xiaofang opened her mouth wide, and her shocked eyes quickly wet: You, you...
Ha ha!Mu You in the water smiled and swam towards his wife and children, asking as he swam: Son, have you remembered the time?How long have I been holding my breath this time?
Jupiter held her mother's hand and smiled happily: I counted 233...
Haha, no Ah.Mu You still laughed: Your dad, I could hold it in 300 times before.
Mu You swung his arms and kicked the water splash, and swam to the edge of the river dam. He supported his hands and brought the water splash, wanting to get ashore.
Yan Xiaofang was stunned for a few seconds, then immediately reached out and grabbed one of her husband's hands: It was not a corpse, it was not a water monster, it was warm and powerful, it was the hand of a living person.
Yan Xiaofang pulled Muyou up the river dam with force.
Lao Mu, you, you... Yan Xiaofang's face was full of tears and her voice trembled. She quickly pulled down her face and blamed her angrily: Where have you been this year? You have been so hard that we mother and son!
Oh, what's wrong?Before Mu You expected that, he stepped forward and carried his wife into his arms, but his movements were still so clumsy: Wife, stop crying, sorry, sorry Ah, it was me that made you both suffer.
Mu You tilted his head and glanced at Jupiter, and waved his hand with a smile.
Jupiter rushed over immediately, hugged her father and mother's legs happily, and the family of three snuggled together.
Lao Mu, nothing happened to you, why didn’t you go home?Do you know how I got through this year... Yan Xiaofang was buried in Mu You's arms and sobbing, feeling very aggrieved: I really didn't want to live many times, just wanted to take my son with you...
What stupid things to say!Am I back now?Mu You touched his wife's hair and let go of her: Come on, let me see you.
Mu You stared at Yan Xiaofang's face and frowned with heartache: I have lost a lot of weight, stop crying, it's all over, I'm back, everything will be fine.
Well... it's all over, just come back... Yan Xiaofang cried and laughed.
Mu You reached out to wipe his wife's tears. The man's hand was about to touch his wife's face, and he disappeared.
Yan Xiaofang was stunned and didn't understand what was going on.
The fact is: in an instant, her husband Mu You disappeared from her eyes.
Old wood?Yan Xiaofang opened her eyes wide and stood on the river dam. She looked around in a panic: Lao Mu!Lao Mu Where are you?Don't scare me, come out quickly...
Are you hiding in the water again? Stop teasing me!I was angry...
Old tree!Old tree!!
Yan Xiaofang's anxious and desperate voice echoed in the empty mountains and forests.
No one responded.
Yan Xiaofang turned sideways and found that Jupiter beside her was a little strange. Her son's eyes turned green at some point, a stream of blood flowed out of his nostrils, but a smile was on the corner of his mouth.
Jupiter, you... Yan Xiaofang is very confused: What's wrong with you?
Mom, I'm fine... Jupiter's face was pale and his breath was unstable, but he was very happy: Wait, wait a little longer, Dad will be back soon...
Yan Xiaofang was shocked. She knelt in front of Jupiter and grabbed Jupiter's shoulders with both hands: Jupiter, what did you do to your mother just now?
Jupiter's voice is proud: Mom, dad will be back, you wait, I have a way...
Yan Xiaofang's red eyes burst out from tears again, and she hugged Jupiter into her arms: Jupiter, silly child, I'm sorry for you during this period. Mom is so miserable. Mom doesn't know what to do, so she went crazy. Can you forgive your mother?
Jupiter's chin was pressing against his mother's shoulder. He was weak, but he smiled happily because his mother was finally willing to hug him: Mom, it's not your fault, it's me that's not good...
It's Ah, it's you that's bad.The mother interrupted Jupiter coldly.
Jupiter realized it later and found that her mother's arms became cold and slippery, becoming tighter and tighter, almost holding his body apart.
Mom...It hurts so much!!Jupiter yelled while struggling.
It's too late.
My mother's arms had turned into countless soft, slippery tentacles. They entangled Jupiter, and the blue-gray insects were squirming on the tentacles, like strange lees, biting open his skin, sucking blood while drilling into the flesh.
Gray white and gray-blue scales also grew on my mother's face, and her pupils contracted like a dark purple glass ball.
No, she is not a mother, she is a monster.
Jupiter thought in fear and despair.
It's all you are bad!It’s all your fault!So mom wants to eat you!Yan Xiaofang entered a state of extreme excitement, with a hideous expression and a trembling voice: Be obedient, your mother will be quick, very fast, very light, without pain, and without sadness, just like falling asleep...
Mom...Mom...Save...I...
Jupiter suffocated and could no longer make any sound.
At first, he could feel the cold, sharp and slippery little bug biting his flesh and blood, and soon the pain became blurred.
He was wrapped in some cruel tenderness, as if soaked in water.
His body was like snow under the sun, melting little by little, and finally becoming invisible and completely silent darkness around him.
Soon, darkness seemed to collapse, and some strange light flowed in, illuminating Jupiter's face.
My father's voice sounded in my ears:
The universe is so big, boundless, there is nothing in the universe, and there is nothing. In the universe, we are as small as a grain of sand. Just thinking about it makes me feel very beautiful...
Dad, I seem to have seen the universe.
You didn't lie to me, it's so beautiful.
My mother lit three incense candles towards the river dam, inserted them into the raw rice, arranged wine and food, and pulled Jupiter to kneel down together.
Mom lowered her head and burned paper money, muttering words in her mouth.
Today is the first anniversary of her husband's death. She went to her husband's grave early in the morning to sweep the tomb and come here again.
After Mu You passed away, his wife was overly sad and became a little nervous, and she began to be superstitious. She gradually believed that it was the water ghost in the river dam who took her husband's life.
She came here to worship the river god of Yuanyang River, hoping that the river god could save her husband's soul and allow him to be reincarnated as soon as possible and not become a lonely ghost.
Jupiter buried her face deep and didn't dare to show off. He couldn't help but think of his father: It would be great if his father was still there. At that time, the family of three was very happy every day, and his mother would not have become like this now.
But my dad is never here, I killed him...
Jupiter's chest felt a suffocating pain, sadness, guilt, grievance... The negative emotions that had accumulated in his heart over the past year finally burst his body at this moment.
He raised his head and looked at his mother.
At this moment, my mother's prayer for the river god had ended. She respectfully poured a glass of white wine, held it high, and sprinkled it on the river surface.
The first cup, respect the river god.
Pour another glass of wine and sprinkle it on the dam under your feet.
The second cup, respect the mountain god.
Pour another glass of wine and spread it hard into the sky.
The third cup, to honor the sky.
Guru...
A few bubbles emerged from the water surface in front, causing small ripples to slowly expand.
The woman was stunned and thought she had read it wrong.
Soon, she was convinced that this was not an illusion: Could it be that the River God appeared?
She subconsciously grabbed Jupiter's hand beside her and grabbed it tightly.
Wow
A few seconds later, a head came out of the water.
Ha...ha... The man gasped, reached out to wipe his face, looked at the mother and son on the river dam, and waved and shouted: Xiaofang!son!
Old wood?Jupiter's mother Yan Xiaofang opened her mouth wide, and her shocked eyes quickly wet: You, you...
Ha ha!Mu You in the water smiled and swam towards his wife and children, asking as he swam: Son, have you remembered the time?How long have I been holding my breath this time?
Jupiter held her mother's hand and smiled happily: I counted 233...
Haha, no Ah.Mu You still laughed: Your dad, I could hold it in 300 times before.
Mu You swung his arms and kicked the water splash, and swam to the edge of the river dam. He supported his hands and brought the water splash, wanting to get ashore.
Yan Xiaofang was stunned for a few seconds, then immediately reached out and grabbed one of her husband's hands: It was not a corpse, it was not a water monster, it was warm and powerful, it was the hand of a living person.
Yan Xiaofang pulled Muyou up the river dam with force.
Lao Mu, you, you... Yan Xiaofang's face was full of tears and her voice trembled. She quickly pulled down her face and blamed her angrily: Where have you been this year? You have been so hard that we mother and son!
Oh, what's wrong?Before Mu You expected that, he stepped forward and carried his wife into his arms, but his movements were still so clumsy: Wife, stop crying, sorry, sorry Ah, it was me that made you both suffer.
Mu You tilted his head and glanced at Jupiter, and waved his hand with a smile.
Jupiter rushed over immediately, hugged her father and mother's legs happily, and the family of three snuggled together.
Lao Mu, nothing happened to you, why didn’t you go home?Do you know how I got through this year... Yan Xiaofang was buried in Mu You's arms and sobbing, feeling very aggrieved: I really didn't want to live many times, just wanted to take my son with you...
What stupid things to say!Am I back now?Mu You touched his wife's hair and let go of her: Come on, let me see you.
Mu You stared at Yan Xiaofang's face and frowned with heartache: I have lost a lot of weight, stop crying, it's all over, I'm back, everything will be fine.
Well... it's all over, just come back... Yan Xiaofang cried and laughed.
Mu You reached out to wipe his wife's tears. The man's hand was about to touch his wife's face, and he disappeared.
Yan Xiaofang was stunned and didn't understand what was going on.
The fact is: in an instant, her husband Mu You disappeared from her eyes.
Old wood?Yan Xiaofang opened her eyes wide and stood on the river dam. She looked around in a panic: Lao Mu!Lao Mu Where are you?Don't scare me, come out quickly...
Are you hiding in the water again? Stop teasing me!I was angry...
Old tree!Old tree!!
Yan Xiaofang's anxious and desperate voice echoed in the empty mountains and forests.
No one responded.
Yan Xiaofang turned sideways and found that Jupiter beside her was a little strange. Her son's eyes turned green at some point, a stream of blood flowed out of his nostrils, but a smile was on the corner of his mouth.
Jupiter, you... Yan Xiaofang is very confused: What's wrong with you?
Mom, I'm fine... Jupiter's face was pale and his breath was unstable, but he was very happy: Wait, wait a little longer, Dad will be back soon...
Yan Xiaofang was shocked. She knelt in front of Jupiter and grabbed Jupiter's shoulders with both hands: Jupiter, what did you do to your mother just now?
Jupiter's voice is proud: Mom, dad will be back, you wait, I have a way...
Yan Xiaofang's red eyes burst out from tears again, and she hugged Jupiter into her arms: Jupiter, silly child, I'm sorry for you during this period. Mom is so miserable. Mom doesn't know what to do, so she went crazy. Can you forgive your mother?
Jupiter's chin was pressing against his mother's shoulder. He was weak, but he smiled happily because his mother was finally willing to hug him: Mom, it's not your fault, it's me that's not good...
It's Ah, it's you that's bad.The mother interrupted Jupiter coldly.
Jupiter realized it later and found that her mother's arms became cold and slippery, becoming tighter and tighter, almost holding his body apart.
Mom...It hurts so much!!Jupiter yelled while struggling.
It's too late.
My mother's arms had turned into countless soft, slippery tentacles. They entangled Jupiter, and the blue-gray insects were squirming on the tentacles, like strange lees, biting open his skin, sucking blood while drilling into the flesh.
Gray white and gray-blue scales also grew on my mother's face, and her pupils contracted like a dark purple glass ball.
No, she is not a mother, she is a monster.
Jupiter thought in fear and despair.
It's all you are bad!It’s all your fault!So mom wants to eat you!Yan Xiaofang entered a state of extreme excitement, with a hideous expression and a trembling voice: Be obedient, your mother will be quick, very fast, very light, without pain, and without sadness, just like falling asleep...
Mom...Mom...Save...I...
Jupiter suffocated and could no longer make any sound.
At first, he could feel the cold, sharp and slippery little bug biting his flesh and blood, and soon the pain became blurred.
He was wrapped in some cruel tenderness, as if soaked in water.
His body was like snow under the sun, melting little by little, and finally becoming invisible and completely silent darkness around him.
Soon, darkness seemed to collapse, and some strange light flowed in, illuminating Jupiter's face.
My father's voice sounded in my ears:
The universe is so big, boundless, there is nothing in the universe, and there is nothing. In the universe, we are as small as a grain of sand. Just thinking about it makes me feel very beautiful...
Dad, I seem to have seen the universe.
You didn't lie to me, it's so beautiful.
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