"Brother Xian" received a big gift today, a set of root carved tea tables. Originally, he thought that it would be sent by Wang Yongchao or Qian Longfei, but after carefully looking at the address, it was the address of his hometown, he was a little puzzled, and called Liu Chunyan: Sister--I got rich-send such a big thing!

Liu Chunyan said with a smile: Yes-I don't want your sister to get rich-

"Brother Xian" also said happily: Willing—can you still be willing—why do you suddenly send such a luxurious thing?

It's not me—it's—yes—Dad gave you—a gift for your fortieth birthday!" Liu Chunyan replied in a slur manner.

Liu Jianjian-sent--didn't wait for "Brother Xian" to finish speaking, Liu Chunyan interrupted him and said: Well-I'll hang up first!

"Brother Xian" turned his head and removed all the foam on it, revealing it as a whole, with a smooth cut surface and delicate wood grain, which was as warm as jade and bright as a mirror after proper polishing. From the back, it is a smiling Maitreya Buddha, sitting firmly on the lotus; from the front, it is also Maitreya Buddha, holding a pu fan, lying on the tea table; there are two lines of words on the left and right sides: the big belly can tolerate, tolerate the intolerable things in the world; smile when you open your mouth, laugh at the ridiculous people in the world. At first glance, it is Liu Jianjian's words, he often deliberately writes the "夭" below the word "laugh" as "day", others say that he wrote it wrong, he will justify: laugh at the sky and open, not laugh at the "夭" and come. Matching with the tea table, there is also a root carved Taishi chair and three root carved small round stools. "Brother Xian" couldn't help but admire Liu Jianjian's craftsmanship in his heart, and there was a kind of meaning of turning decay into magic.

There is a small box that has attracted the attention of "Brother Xian", a familiar and unfamiliar box, which is also a makeup box made by Liu Jianshe for Yang Caixia, which has been placed on the table in their bedroom before. "Brother Xian" opened it carefully, and on the lid of the box was a mirror, which had two layers, the top layer was divided into small squares, and there were layers below, divided into two grids, I remember that Liu Jianshe did it looking at the TV. There is no rouge gouache in the box, but there is still a faint smell of fat powder, distant and familiar, There are some things in the second layer of "Brother Xian" - longevity locks, bracelets, etc., and a small red cloth bag, "Brother Xian" opened it gently, and inside was his own fetal hair, and his eyes couldn't help but moisten......

There is a temple on the mountain beam behind the village, the temple is one, it was just a building before, but the monk lived in it later, it is said that the old monk has some background, has been the steward of the rich man, followed the guerrillas to fight the devil, after being the bandit's military advisor, he hid in the temple and did not leave, he did not know where to find the scriptures, nothing to chant oh oh chant this, he called "ring me monk" to the outside world, shaved his hair, wore a patched monk's robe, found someone to make a plaque at the temple gate, "Golden Horse Temple" three words inlaid in it, so far the temple has become a temple. The people in the village will also go to burn incense on the fifteenth day of the new year, ask for a lot, ask for peace, the incense is still vigorous, and the old monk is also kind and kind, and he will respond to his requests.

Liu Guixian - Listening to the crepe of the text, what kind of country is called, what kind of army, what kind of strong era, this name is really unique. This is when Yang Caixia deliberately held a half-year-old boy and went to the temple to ask for peace, she happened to meet "a monk who quits me", and after looking at his palmistry, he said: "Just call it "Guixian" -- a healthy life, and you will be able to glorify your ancestors! Yang Caixia was also very happy when she heard this, and randomly threw a handful of incense money into the merit box.

It was 1981, and the spring breeze of reform and opening up began to blow in the small ravine, just like the earth had not yet woken up, it was woken up by the white belly of the fish in the east, rubbing its eyes, and the faint light shone in the quiet above the village; like the sun had not yet put on its wedding dress, hiding behind the mountain with shame; like a naughty child who had not yet gotten up, sleeping in the bed and shouting for something to carry water, as if everything was still immersed in the silence that had never been broken.

"Brother Xian" only learned after going to school that "Guixian" really had a source, from "Xunzi Fei Twelve Sons": Guixian, benevolence; But I have always been obsessed with the word "expensive", and I always feel tacky, and then I simply changed it to the word "gui".

But for the "virtuous brother" when he was a child, the children called him "ghost brother", in addition to the homonym with the word "gui" in his name, more because he looked a little different: the big head is very prominent (later I learned that this is a large brain capacity, smart), always people have a small head and a big body illusion, seeing him always feel that he is going to fall forward. It's a bit like the image of a little zombie in a horror movie, or the appearance of an alien in an American science fiction movie. And because "Brother Ghost" is three to six months older than children of the same age, adults also called him "Brother Gui" at the beginning.

Adults often say, go, don't bother us, let your brother play!

But later, I don't know when it started, and I don't know who it started, everyone called "Brother Xian" as "Brother Ghost", and this title was accompanied by the appearance of "Brother Xian". Yang Caixia naturally loves him very much, Liu Jianshe also likes him very much, and finally has a successor, with children and daughters, she is even happier when she meets people, and she can't close her mouth with a smile. Yang Caixia takes "Ghost Brother" and Yanyan with her wherever she goes, and other children are playing like crazy, eager to escape from their parents' cage as soon as possible, Yang Caixia always puts the two children in front of her. Liu Jianjian's house, the "ghost brother's" house, is happy every day, just like a small garden in the yard, purple and red.

The happy days begin to rise every morning, accompanied by the curling smoke of the cooking, like the new dew on the leaves, quietly, gently falling on the petals that are stretching their waists, and lying down in the fragrant embrace;

Yang Caixia loves "Brother Ghost", I don't know when to develop the bad habit of Brother Ghost: "Brother Ghost" is an open yard, only a foundation, no wall, this is a natural table and chairs, there is a trivial walnut tree in the corner, in summer it has become the whole alley to avoid the sun and enjoy the coolness, and the treasure land for basking in the sun in winter, the yard has naturally become our playground, adults often gather here, or chat, talk about farming, pull homework, or take a sole, sew a button, and do some manual work, so "Ghost Brother" has become the whole alley set entertainment, A gathering place for leisure, sports, and baby. "Ghost Brother" was in Yang Caixia's arms, didn't go anywhere, occasionally played with children, said like the child king that you should play like this, you should play like that, and then returned to Yang Caixia's arms, riding on her legs, reaching out and touching Yang Caixia's clothes, crawling on her chest, and touching her hands in it, she didn't shy away from it. The adults made jokes about "ghost brother" at first, but after a long time, they didn't seem to be surprised, and no one said it anymore.

Although this is nothing in the ravine, but in Liu Jianjian's eyes, he always feels that "Brother Ghost" is already so big, and he is about to go to school, what should he do like this, after discussing with Yang Caixia, the three of them sat in the courtyard, spoke earnestly, and reached an agreement calmly. Since then, the hands of the "ghost brother" came out of Yang Caixia's clothes, and the adults asked Yang Caixia when they were chatting together, and Yang Caixia said half pitiful and half angry: His father hung the "ghost brother" on the beam of the house for this matter, smoked it with a belt, and got two balloons for him, so that the "ghost brother" was tied to himself and touched as he wanted.

After saying that, someone joked about Yang Caixia and said: That's because his father wanted to touch it, and he didn't let the "ghost brother" touch it! After laughing, the hand of the "ghost brother" really didn't enter Yang Caixia's clothes in front of the big guy.