Chapter 127: The peach blossoms are blooming and the flowers are red.
Manager Zhao stepped forward to present the gift. Chai Tiannuo and Mu Ying talked and followed. The villagers did not expect that this much larger caravan would hold such a large memorial ceremony. They were all a little confused for a moment and turned to look at
Old woman beside the coffin.
Although she is very old, the old woman takes care of herself extremely well. She must have looked very beautiful when she was young.
"Take it, the twenty taels of silver in the village can be used to do big things. When the old man returns, he will get more preserved fruit wine and caravans. This is a courtesy exchange."
The old woman said softly, but her voice was not hoarse at all for her age, but was instead a little ethereal.
Chaitino looked at the coffin, then at the old woman, and then at the peach blossoms all over the mountains and the people with sad faces. He couldn't help but sigh softly. He never thought that there would be people in this remote place.
Such an amazing discovery.
The funeral procession continued to move forward, followed by Chai Tiannuo. At a place where petals were falling like rain and most of the early fruits had already grown, Lao Dongheng's coffin was buried.
Before entering the tomb, the coffin lid was opened. The old woman held the hand of the gray-faced Qiao Mushan and said with attachment on her face:
"Old man, you go first. Don't be in a hurry on the way there. I will go down to find you soon. I have been with you for decades. Without you by my side, there is no life."
After talking for a long time, although there was reluctance, the coffin was finally sealed. The old woman was helped by two women, and the men were about to put the nails in. Chai Tiannuo quickly stepped forward and said softly:
"Mr. Qiao walked away calmly, but it's not good to be alone after all. He lacks something to warm and nourish his soul."
After saying that, Chai Tiannuo took out a jade mandarin pendant from his sleeve pocket, placed it gently on Qiao Mushan's heart, put his hands together and bowed, and recited a melodious poem.
After Du Ren Jing, he waved his hand and asked everyone to do something.
The old woman and all the villagers bowed to Chaitino with gratitude on their faces.
Jade nourishes the soul, but gold is precious. Very few people can have it, not to mention a song that makes people's hearts tremble when they hear it. What the gentleman in front of him did is more serious than twenty taels of spindles!
Watching the coffin being buried and topped, a slightly rough tombstone was erected, with only the last name and date of birth engraved briefly, but there was unfinished red tracing underneath. Chaitino took a closer look and saw that it turned out to be a tombstone for a joint burial.
I'm afraid that the old woman had made preparations to bury them together here when they died. No wonder the coffin was slightly larger than usual, and there were only two nails driven in, and they were not even to the bottom.
After attending the funeral, Chai Tiannuo returned to the caravan, and his words were like thunder rolling from the sky. He wanted to stay. This Taohua Village cannot be without a teacher.
"Mr. Da, you are completely different from Qiao Mushan who never got into the exam. He is mediocre, but you are one of the greatest literary giants in the world. How can you waste your time here!"
Mu Ying became anxious as soon as she heard Chai Tiannuo's idea. Chai Tiannuo was a good mentor to her. Whenever she asked for advice on things that she couldn't handle these years, she would definitely gain something and help her avoid many mistakes.
In the past three years, the Mu family's caravan has occupied almost half of the Shang Kingdom, and Chai Tiannuo has played an indispensable role. Without his guidance, Mu Ying would really have no idea.
Seeing Mu Ying so anxious, Chai Tiannuo smiled, looked at the bright red peach blossoms and said softly:
"My boss, do you still remember what I said when we met?"
Mu Ying was slightly startled, and the second shopkeeper answered softly:
"Travel thousands of miles, read thousands of books, and watch the flowers bloom and fall in the world."
"Of course, the second shopkeeper still has a good memory."
Chai Tiannuo smiled again, pointing to the bright red all over the mountains and plains and said:
"A certain person is nearly sixty years old. People say he is seventy years old."
It has been so rare since ancient times that I can already see the scene ahead, and it is enough to find this place where flowers bloom and bury myself."
Hearing what Chai Tiannuo said and looking at his gray temples, the people in the caravan around him all looked sad.
Mu Ying, in particular, had a little wetness in his eyes. He had worked hard for the caravan in the past few years, but Mr. Da was much older than when he met the general.
"Don't look like this. Birth, old age, illness and death are normal. It's a great blessing to be able to find such a good place to return to!"
Chai Tiannuo smiled again, and what he said was not a lie. He thought that after Bu Fan, there would be amazing changes in his state of enlightenment. Unexpectedly, in these years, except for his state of mind becoming calmer and his spiritual consciousness becoming slightly longer, the rest has not changed at all.
The only thing that has changed dramatically is the bones of his body. According to his true age, he is already in his sixties, and all his functions are declining. Chaitino was also anxious at first.
If things continue like this, I'm afraid I won't have time to fully understand them, and I'll be gone. I've been anxious about this for a long time.
But one rainy night, I saw the ghost of an earwig emerging from the soil, transformed into a cicada in the rain, and wanted to flutter its wings towards the sky and the moon, but in the end it was blown away by the rain and wind, and was buried in the water.
At that time, I suddenly realized that I have my desires for all things, but there are so many changes, how can I just follow my heart?
The cicada will hatch and die, but there will still be countless other cicadas flapping their wings and chirping, eventually continuing the race.
If you can only rely on yourself in the world, it means that there is indeed no hope in this world, and human beings should be treated as a catch.
I don’t know the reason for the bet back then, but what does it have to do with myself in this life?
Just following the laws of nature, birth, old age, illness and death are not necessarily a result.
"Don't worry about the caravan. You and I have trained so many talents in the past few years.
, as long as you don’t go the wrong way, you will have no worries.”
"But it's you who I'm worried about."
Chai Tiannuo said seriously. Mu Ying looked up in confusion, not understanding what he meant.
"Women, good times only last for a few years. Boss, are you really going to live alone like this?"
Seeing Mu Ying open his mouth, Chai Tiannuo waved his hand, pointed at the second shopkeeper and sighed:
"This fool has watched you grow up since childhood and has been silently by your side. Don't you understand that he doesn't mess with women at such an old age?"
As soon as these words came out, the second shopkeeper's face immediately turned red. He was about to speak but was interrupted by Chai Tiannuo:
"It is very difficult for a woman to meet a beloved in her life, but this fool is your beloved. The spring breeze always has time, and if you miss it, there will be no turning back."
After that, Chaitino returned to the carriage and took off his big cloth bag, said goodbye to everyone, turned around and walked into the depths of the peach blossoms.
Mu Ying, who was shocked, woke up and shouted hurriedly:
"Mr. Da, don't you want to take some commissions from these years?"
Chaitino waved his hand, and soon his figure disappeared among the falling petals of the rain.
Mu Ying felt a sense of loss in her heart, and turned to look at Yao Erlang, seeing that he was at a loss and did not dare to look at her. Unexpectedly, he thought of countless moments of getting along with each other, from childhood to now, and his mind immediately became turbulent.
"...Second brother, it's been so many years, why didn't you tell me?"
"That, that, me me me"
The second shopkeeper's mouth was stiff and his usual composure was gone. Mu Ying covered her face and cried, feeling that Yao Erlang was a fool and she was also a fool!
We have been together for many years and have already regarded each other as family members. Why can't we understand his thoughts?
Mr. Da is right. If we talk about a good man, there is no one else in the world who can compare to him.
Can you get enough of him?
After leaving the caravan, Chai Tiannuo and Taolin walked lightly in the peach forest, their faces full of joy, and for a moment they seemed to have returned to the paradise of Taoyuan.
"They say they like to reminisce about the past most before they die. Isn't it possible that someone has reached that stage?"
Chai Tiannuo grinned, feeling that there was something wrong with his state of mind, why was he willing to die?