Li Yueru's grandfather was called Li Laotie, and he was taught by a great heavenly master from Longhu Mountain, his ancestor. By the time of his grandfather's death, he no longer practiced in Longhu Mountain, but came to the Yuhang area.
Li Laotie can be said to be the kind of well-behaved disciple who takes everything he studies very seriously. Even though he was young at the time, he was still somewhat capable and had a solid foundation of skills.
Within a few years, he made a name for himself in the Yuhang area, and he was a famous heavenly master in this area until the liberation. After the liberation, he gradually stopped working, and just simply looked at the feng shui of some cemeteries for people, and helped people to ward off evil spirits.
Later, in the early 1960s, when there was a natural disaster, Li Laotie got a woman from the north who was fleeing famine. Not long after, this woman gave birth to Li Laotie.
I got a big fat boy.
The child born was Li Yueru's father.
It wasn't until Li Yueru's father, Li Zhenhai, was born that Li Laotie finally gave up and opened a wreath shop. He followed a northern woman, Li Yueru's grandmother, to live a life that belonged to both of them.
Although the business was tepid during their childhood, they were still able to survive. Later, the Li family became prosperous, and Li Laotie gave birth to another son and a daughter.
Decades passed like this, until the year Li Yueru was born, a major event happened in the family, which also changed their family's peaceful life.
Li Yueru was born in the spring of the year Dingmao. Not long after she was born, when the whole family was still immersed in the joy of having a new generation, one night, a man came to the door.
The wreath shop run by the Li family usually stays open until midnight and closes on time, and opens early the next day before dawn.
On this day, it happened to be 11:58 in the middle of the night. Just when Li Laotie was about to close the door and take a rest, a fair-looking young man came to the door.
As soon as he entered the door, Li Laotie also inadvertently looked at the time, so he smiled and said to the young man that it was too late and the store was about to close. If you need anything, come early tomorrow morning.
Li Laotie's wreath and shroud shop has always had this rule for decades. No matter how big the business is, it closes at midnight, and the big things are only done the next day. Looking at this young man who comes in, Li Laotie naturally feels uncomfortable.
Hui had broken the rules for so many years for him, so he politely issued an eviction order.
The young man looked at his watch, but he didn't have much reaction. Instead, he didn't say a word. Just when it was about twelve o'clock, Li Laotie began to push the young man impatiently, but the young man grabbed the door and Li Laotie was
A force shook out, it was a Tao force that was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.
It was just past twelve o'clock at this time, so the young man walked into the store again without any hurry and closed the door behind him.
Li Laotie looked at the young man in front of him in surprise, and asked with some confusion: "What on earth do you want to buy?"
The young man took out a big seal from his pocket. Li Laotie was stunned when he saw the big seal, and then he pulled the young man to sit down without hesitation.
The two of them talked like this for less than ten minutes before the young man got up and left, and Li Laotie also closed the store door.
On the next day, when the family was having breakfast, Li Laotie, who had always been gentle, turned over his wreath shop to Li Zhenhai, who had just become a father, with a straight face, and told his family that
I want to go out to the vicinity of Poyang Lake and reassure my family not to come looking for him.
Li Laotie's wife fell ill when she was giving birth to the youngest girl, and died when the children were very young.
The family definitely disagreed with Li Laotie's decision. Everyone thought that he was too old and did not agree with him traveling alone. But at this time, Li Laotie seemed to be a different person, with a firm attitude. In the end, the children could not resist.
This stubborn old man left Li Zhenhai with a few more books passed down by the Heavenly Master, then left the house and never came back again...
Not two years after Li Laotie left, the young man came to the door again. It was still the same time that night, but the person guarding the store became Li Zhenhai. The two also talked for less than ten minutes. The young man came to the door again.
He left in a hurry again, and the next day, Li Yueru's second uncle, Li Pinghai, followed the young man and left.
Years later, when Li Yueru grew up, she learned that she had a second uncle who was now working as a Taoist priest on Longhu Mountain.
There are two people missing from the family, and Li Zhenhai is supporting the family alone. In addition, Li Yueru's mother's family in Huhai is considered well-off. In addition, in the past few years, Li Zhenhai has carefully studied the books left by his father and learned a lot.
, in addition to selling wreaths and paper money, I also learned a lot of things, and was able to do a lot of things for others, and my family’s income was pretty good.
Over time, after Li Yueru grew up and went to middle school, the family business became prosperous and gradually got on the right track. Li Zhenhai also became somewhat famous in the local area.
But not long ago, when Li Yueru came home for vacation, she rarely saw her second uncle at home. Ever since she was a child, she seemed to have no impression of her second uncle Li Pinghai.
I met my second uncle once, and he left on the first day of the new year.
This law seems to have never changed. Until she met her second uncle this time, Li Yueru was also surprised that her second uncle showed up before the Chinese New Year.
As she grew up, her father did not hide it from her, and would also tell her about her grandfather Li Laotie and her second uncle. So she knew that her grandfather ran away from home when she was very young, and
My second uncle has also been a Taoist priest on Longhu Mountain since he grew up.
This time the second uncle came back with a solemn expression. He talked a lot with his father, including the topic of awakening the heart. At that time, Li Yueru still didn't take this matter to heart, thinking that the second uncle might be homesick and came back from the mountain.
came down.
But the next day, Li Yueru's father handed over the business of the wreath shop to his sister. Li Yueru's sister-in-law Li Canghai also told her family that she was going on a long trip, so that they should not worry and not come.
Find him.
When Li Yueru asked where his father was going and for how long, Li Zhenhai just frowned and said that he was going to the Laoye Temple area in Poyang Lake. As for when he would come back, he only said that it could be as short as three to five years. If it was longer, it would be hard to say.
Yes, but I promised Li Yueru that she would definitely come back.
Li Yueru looked at her mother and sister-in-law with calm expressions, as if they already knew about it, and neither of them had any intention of stopping it, so Li Yueru accepted it all with some worry.
There has been no news from his father since then. Li Yueru asked his mother and sister-in-law many times, but neither of them gave Li Yueru a satisfactory answer in the end.
Li Yueru spent the entire holiday in such uneasiness. It was not until the National Day holiday that Li Yueru returned to her hometown accompanied by a scholar. When she was looking at the wreath shop, she met a person, which made her heart throb.
, worried endlessly.
It was a young man, and his clothes and appearance were very ordinary. She just said that his grandfather, second uncle and father would not be back in a short time, and asked them to be prepared. As for what
The person who was preparing did not say anything, and then left in a hurry. Li Yueru also hurriedly told her mother and sister-in-law about the incident. The two of them had no reaction after hearing it, but the mother shed tears silently, and said nothing after that.
Speaking of this, Li Yueru basically explained everything she knew clearly. She looked carefully at the meeting and it seemed that Qi Huanxin was mentioned when her second uncle came. He felt that Qi Huanxin might really be able to help. He really hoped that
His father could go home safe and sound, and Qing Xin also knew why Li Yueru was looking for him.