On the first night back home, Xiang Que, who had eaten a large bowl of pork stewed with pickled vegetables, didn't sleep much for most of the night. He didn't sleep, and the Xiang family and his wife didn't sleep much either. The three of them lay on the hot kang and chatted for almost a whole day.
Night knock.
Since Xiang Que left home twelve years ago, his parents have asked him in detail how he spent every year.
Xiang Que's answers were almost the same, because his life was basically the same every day, but he was not impatient at all. He told his parents that after arriving at Zhongnan Mountain, there were four people in the Taoist temple, the master, the master, and the uncle.
A big brother.
In the first three or four years, the old Taoist and his uncle left him to his senior brother. From the age of twelve to fifteen, he was almost brought up by his senior brother. Whether it was chanting sutras or learning Taoism, he followed his senior brother's ass.
, The senior brother was very strict with him. If Xiang Que failed to learn anything well, the senior brother would randomly pick a branch from the old locust tree in the temple and beat him. After a year or two, the old locust tree under the
The branches were all pulled down by the senior brother.
Later, there were only three people left in the Taoist temple.
Four years later, my senior brother left the mountain very suddenly and silently.
Xiang Que didn't know where his senior brother had gone. The old Taoist priest and his senior uncle didn't tell him, so he wouldn't say anything even if he asked.
From then on, the old Taoist began to take responsibility. Apart from taking a nap under the old locust tree, he began to teach Xiang Quelai during the rest of the day. After another three years, the old Taoist left him alone, and his uncle took over again.
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Until two years ago, the two of them began to ignore him again. Xiang Que stayed alone in the Sutra Pavilion at the back of Sanqing Hall and read Taoist scriptures alone. This was the case until he went down the mountain.
"Mom and Dad, don't worry. I've been living a good life these past few years. I don't have to worry about eating or drinking, and I don't have to do anything. I'm pretty stable here. I'm fine except that I can't go down the mountain."
"Then why did that old man let you down this time? I remember he said he would not let you go home until you were twenty-five years old."
"Who knows what he was talking about all day long? Not long ago, a man came to the Taoist temple to ask for help, and the Taoist sent me out. The time was actually advanced by three years. But who cares, isn't this good? It's early
Once you go down the mountain, you can go home early, so you won’t have to worry about it.”
"Ah, it's good that you don't have to endure hardship. We are afraid that you will get cold and hungry in the mountains. There are no men in the Taoist temple. Who do you think will do the cooking, washing and so on? We are thinking that you are an apprentice and you can't handle these tasks well.
It’s all up to you.”
"That's not true. There is a village below the Taoist temple. The villagers are nice and serve us food and drink. We don't need to worry about these things at all."
"Okay, the child must be tired just after he came back. Go to sleep. Go to sleep. If you have anything to do, we can talk to you tomorrow. When his eldest and second sister come back, we may have to continue talking to him. Those two girls are just like you, they both like to worry.
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"Are we worried? Are you worried? I don't know who is talking about why my son hasn't come back when he's drinking. He's almost crazy."
·······Early the next morning, Xiang Que slept for the first time until he woke up naturally. His parents had already gotten up and were busy, one went to buy groceries and the other cleaned the house. Today’s Xiang family must be happy and must be more beautiful than before.
The New Year is still festive.
Around noon, a car drove in from outside the yard, and the two cars stopped in the yard. Xiang Que's mother raised his head and said, "Your eldest sister and second sister are here. They must have brought their husband and children.
You haven’t seen your nephew and brother-in-law yet, hurry up and go out to greet them.”
When Xiang Que walked outside, he saw two women in their twenties walking quickly towards him with their children in their arms and tears in their eyes.
"Hurry up and show me, sister, what has become of you."
"Oh my god, why did you come back so suddenly? You should have told me in advance that I would ask your brother-in-law to pick you up at the station."
When Xiang Que's eldest and second sister met him, they were exactly the same as when they met their parents yesterday. The two of them couldn't stop asking him questions. Xiang Que patiently answered the two sisters and looked at them at the same time.
The man standing next to them.
The eldest brother-in-law is called Liu Yang. He is thirty years old, not tall and very honest, with an ordinary face, nothing surprising. He has been an apprentice to a car repairman since he was a child. He has been apprenticed for seven or eight years. He is very hardworking and hard-working. Later, Liu Yang became an apprentice.
He established his own business and repaired cars and became a small boss.
The second brother-in-law's name is Xu Wei. He took the civil service examination in a prefecture-level city. He works from 9 to 5 every day. Although he doesn't make much money, he is very stable.
Both families live a good life, and both men are very honest. Among the women who marry outside the village, Xiang Yuping and Xiang Yulian can be regarded as role models that others can admire.
The whole family came into the house, and the two children from my sister's family, aged four and two, climbed on the kang and played around. Xiang Que casually chatted with his sister and brother-in-law while holding the two children over.
In the Taoist family, there is a saying about divination and fortune-telling, which is called "Three No-Looks".
If you don't look at the king, it means that the king of a country and the master of a country cannot be looked at. The emperor is the true dragon and the emperor embodies the destiny of a country. Any fortune teller who dares to look at the emperor must be looking for death and will be reviled.
At least the life span will be shortened by ten or twenty years.
The second one is not showing it to people who are about to die, and not showing it to people who are unlucky. It means that people who are about to die cannot be shown, because you have to charge money just to look at it, and living people are
You can't accept money from dead people. If you don't read the fortune teller, it means that the fortune teller will have no luck in the rest of his life. It's useless for you to look at it. It's like a person who has been picking up rags all his life. It's useless for you to tell him.
The third reason is that close relatives cannot see it. For example, Xiang Que cannot show it to his parents, his two sisters, or himself.
If you force a divination, it will disturb the other party's numerology and cause big trouble.
He has seen the faces of his two brothers-in-law. They are all faces of ordinary people, the kind who will live peacefully until death without serious disasters or serious illnesses. But he has not seen the faces of his two nephews.
The child is still young, his body has not yet matured in all aspects, and his face is not yet formed. Most fortune tellers will not read fortune tellers for children because they are not accurate. But that is an ordinary fortune teller, and Xiang Que dares to read fortunes.
Someone asked, Xiang Que's two nephews are also his closest relatives, and they are closely related by blood. How can they be shown to him?
In fact, this is not the case. The two nephews are from other surnames. Although they are related by blood, they are already considered members of the Liu family and the Xu family, so there is no problem with them.
Xiang Que held the two children in his arms, looked at their faces calmly, and then touched their bones. Xiang Que's initial concern was put down after seeing them.
In his life, he was destined not to stay at home very often, but to wander away. He could only come back once every three or two years at most. Xiang Que was worried that after he left, his sister and parents would have no one to take care of them and they would fall into the hands of these two nephews.
Therefore, Xiang Que doesn't want anything to happen to his nephew.