The stepmother is rude, her words and deeds are completely unreasonable, but there is no trace of emptiness on her face. His son was broad-shouldered, round-waisted, and unkind-looking, and stood by waving his fists like a thug. and threatened with old things, so that the man did not dare to make a noise because of his scruples, so he had no choice but to turn around with his wife and children.

Fortunately, his wife is a virtuous person, and when she first went to her mother-in-law's house, she was treated like this, not only did she not complain, but also covered her children's ears to prevent foul language, and persuaded him to be a husband: "The dove occupies the magpie's nest, and it should be with them." It's just that, in comparison, the most important thing is that people can be safe. Instead of dwelling on here and making a fuss, why don't you pick up your father-in-law, let's go back and live our own lives, okay?"

The man shook her hand, shook her hand, nodded in response, and then went to the shack to pick up Daddy.

When the father and son met, a sigh was not mentioned, and the old and the young made do with the shack that night.

In order to prevent shrews from making trouble, the next morning before dawn, he took his wife and children up the mountain with his father. There was a bitter cry in front of the grave, and then he hurriedly cleaned up and left his hometown.

Back in the fishing village, the man looked at the strange and familiar house and sighed. Fortunately, I understand my wife, in order to leave a memory for her, I never sold all my belongings, otherwise I wouldn't even have a place to stay now.

It's just that, in order to make up the road money, there is still a deficit more or less, and these days the back and forth are delayed, and I also miss the work to make money.

After settling the father and the child, the couple began to work.

After that, a few years passed although he was poor but still comfortable.

A year later, his wife became pregnant with her third child.

It is said that the family conditions are not good, and the woman is no longer young, and it is somewhat risky to have a child, so you can not have this child. But the people are not interested in beating children casually, Xi Po looked at the stomach and said that it was a twin, although he felt sorry for his wife, he was not willing to open his mouth after all.

The old man also pointed to the prosperity of the people, and laughed and teased his grandchildren all day long, saying that there were two more children in the family, and they were going to be brothers and sisters.

The fetus remained.

As soon as she gave birth in October, she thought that the woman who worked all day would give birth more smoothly than the squeamish boudoir woman, and it was not the first child, so the mother and child would be safe. However, it happened that something went wrong.

More than seven months later, unreasonable traffickers came to the village, and they couldn't make sense, so they fought with everyone. The pot-bellied woman was also piggybacked, pushed, and fell.

At the time, I thought it was fine, but when I gave birth, I found that the child didn't fall out because of this fall, but turned over in the stomach.

The fetal position is not correct, there is no miracle doctor on the side, and a rural midwife can only resign herself to fate.

In the end, the child was saved, but the child's mother died, leaving the family behind.

Bidding farewell to his deceased wife, the man dragged his four children to be a father and a mother again, and it suddenly became difficult. Although the father doesn't have to serve him in front of the bed, and can even help with the children, in the end, he can't fill the labor force and solve the dilemma.

The old man pretended to be fine, and watched his son get up early and quickly show his old face in the dark, and felt very guilty.

First, he was incompetent, causing his family to leave his hometown; second, he was greedy for his children and grandchildren, and forgot to pity his daughter-in-law's life; third, he was old and useless, and he was burdened with his son in vain.

I had not been optimistic in my heart, and I fell ill not long after. Poverty and illness are increasing, and the life at home is becoming more and more cramped, and he feels more and more redundant. After lying in bed for half a year, he kicked his legs and left.

The father and mother-in-law are gone, and the wife is gone, leaving the man alone to pull the child, and he doesn't even have a heart to rely on. The taste is bitter.

After struggling to survive the daylight until the child reached adulthood, the strong anger in his heart was released, and he ended this life in a hurry.

The coffin is conclusive, and the dust is extracted.

The water jumped out of the tank, and his face was condensed.

The old man tugged at the rope and tied the knot in the medicine packet and asked him, "How do you feel?"

Luochen sighed: "Life is not easy. ”

Lao Suo asked again: "Why is it not easy?"

Luochen looked at the herbs covered with his sifted straw and said, "It's comparable to Coptis chinensis." He raised his eyebrows and looked at Lao Suo, full of puzzlement, "What is the meaning of the immortal letting me go through this mortal world?"

was involved in a murder case and left his hometown, so it was easy to live a stable life, and his family was ruined and he was helpless...... He saw that he was also a mortal, and he also lived happily, why did he have to deliberately let him see such a bitter and astringent life experience?

Yao Su seemed to see what he was muttering in his heart, and said disapprerovingly: "If it wasn't deliberately arranged, I'm afraid there would have been no such things for a long time." ”

“？”

"Life is hard, although this arrangement is deliberate, but it is also difficult to escape the reality of similarity, although it is out of line, there are indeed people who are like this. However, the old man let you go through this experience, not to let you taste the bitter wine of life......"

"Why is that?"

"Ups and downs, all kinds of tastes, the old man has no time to talk about it here, I only talk about life and death. Compared with you and me, mortals are equivalent to mayflies, but they die in the twilight of life. is short in life, but it is difficult to ensure the end of life. You've also seen it, the new peach for the old charm, the things posted on the doors and windows of every house, what do you want?"

Luochen recalled and asked, "Does the immortal mean that the 'Five Blessings' that mortals pray for?"

"Five blessings, one longevity, two wealth, three Kangning, four good virtues, and five good deaths. Seeking longevity, seeking good health, and seeking a good death, five prayers, and life accounts for three, which shows what mortals value most.

If you value it, it is often because you can't ask for it.

Mortals are too vulnerable. Since the birth mother, there has been a worry about life all the time. If you are not careful, you don't even have time to breathe, and you will be stillborn.

It is not easy to be born, drink and peck, and take care of it carefully to avoid premature death. A little growth, cold, heat, stumbling, tripping, or illness or pain, there is a hidden danger everywhere. It's a simple and common game, and it can also be a little life.

is older, free from childish ignorance, but encounters all kinds of situations in the world, adding a different kind of risk. If you meet someone unladylike, make friends carelessly, or just make a joke, or just draw a knife to help you when you see injustice, you are likely to face the end of your life.

Choking to death when drinking water or eating is funny, but it's not nothing. All kinds of tricks, mortal life, the old man can give you a list of death methods.

If it weren't for the deliberate sequel, that kid would have died many times, and where would he have come from in a miserable life?"

Luochen nodded when he heard this.

No wonder some things look far-fetched, and they were originally for the follow-up. If it weren't for that, the previous incident would have been the end of his life, and there would have been no follow-up.

He also asked, "I followed him through this scene, and I heard them chanting 'life and death are impermanent,' which shows that mortals are self-aware here." But what is the purpose of the immortals?"

Hearing this, Yao Suo's eyebrows suddenly became solemn, and he asked rhetorically: "The old man just said that mortals are like mayflies to you and me. Mortals regard mayflies as nothing, and you treat mortals as if they were nothing—what should you think?"

Luochen looked at Lao Suo and did not answer immediately.

He's figuring it out.

I don't know what the purpose of this old man's question is.

Is it like the king of heaven back then, who has a protection for mortals? Or is it like Xinyue and others, because they have endured all the hardships in right and wrong, and have a grudge against mortals, so they test him with words at this moment?

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