I rubbed my hair, got up and opened the door, and saw the third uncle standing outside the door, patted the doorrail, looked at me and said, "Let's go, our Taoist culture is traditional Chinese culture, you have to understand something, come to the front." ”

I nodded, and as he walked around the backyard to the front, they set up a table of offerings, and there were some magic weapons on the table, the Void Dao Elder and Zhang Jingting's fat and thin Dao Elder in front of the hall were there, they stood in order of the eldest and youngest, and the third uncle told me: "You can watch it later, and then go over and put on a pillar of incense." ”

After saying that, he stepped over and stood in front, I noticed that they were not wearing ordinary Taoist clothes, the third uncle was wearing a purple Tianxian cave robe showing the sun, moon and stars, and the others were Taoist robes Deluo, this kind of dress is generally worn on serious occasions, their expressions are solemn, and they take turns to incense, I quickly tidied up the placket, and also had a serious expression.

Although I am not a Taoist, the so-called black and white impermanence is all in the Tao, and the third uncle also said that there is a traditional culture at this time, so I am not solemn and serious.

I saw that the third uncle kowtowed after the incense, standing on the right side of the statue, holding a pair of yin and yang cups in his hands, and chanting in dialect in his mouth: "Taishang Laojun, the black general...... " He read too intensively, I couldn't even hear clearly, and then as soon as his eyes opened, he threw the yin and yang cup out, and then the Void Dao Chief stood on the left side of the statue of the god, staring at the Yin and Yang Cup to the ground.

"Yin Cup, Northwest." He watched the Yin Yang Cup fall to the ground, excused himself, and then walked over to pick it up, I looked confused, and asked Zhang Jingting next to him: "What are they asking?" ”

Zhang Jingting tilted his head and whispered to me: "This is throwing the yin and yang cup, every year there are three questions, one for the country, two for the people, and three for the family." ”

"Can this be asked? National affairs and national fortunes? Isn't this kind of fortune telling at what cost? "I looked confused, this is a bit subverted my experience of watching novels and TV series for many years, and I can calculate the probability of losing the yin and yang cup. And with only two cups, what's the difference between that and guessing boxing?

Zhang Jingting whispered patiently: "That's not what I said, the yin and yang cups are different in each sect of Taoism, you see that the back of the wooden cup is curved, ordinary people, just ask what will happen if you just ask about the double yin and double yang, but if you look carefully on the ground, is there a gossip map." Master and Uncle are calculating the direction and yin and yang, and the algorithm is a bit complicated, and I don't understand it too much, and I'm still learning. ”

That's true, according to him, there are still a lot of hexagrams, but this is also a kind of probability...... Using probability to calculate national fortunes? I'm confused. However, since there is impermanence, it is not surprising that each temple has its own different methods.

So I nodded, and asked again: "Then they are counting the national fortune and will not reveal the heavenly secret or something?" ”

"No, they are calculating the general trend of the country in the new year, which is a big general thing, and it is not a leak." Xie Wen's absence in Zhang Jingting is not the answer to 100,000 whys, that is, he has a better personality and answers the questions patiently.

The short and fat Taoist next to him squeezed over, looked at me with a smile and said, "Hello Miss Zhao, I'm Jingsheng, that tall and thin one is called Jingsheng, we just wait for Master and Uncle to ask God." ”

"Hello, my name is Zhao Qingming, I'm just curious, nothing." I also smiled, this Jingsheng Daoist is still quite cute, his eyes are very simple, I am also a lot happy when I look at it, and then I asked, "Whose apprentices are you?" ”

"It's a real person." The still road chief straightened his back and answered me as well.

When I looked over, I heard Jingsheng Daoist say: "Yes, the Void Spirit True Person does not accept apprentices, we heard the master say that the master only has one master and apprentice, and when the fate comes, the master also says that he will accept an apprentice." ”

Zhang Jingting also nodded, I pouted, and said in my heart: The third uncle still plays the plot of this kind of TV series routine, and he accepts an apprentice, which is a bit of a Mary Sue real hammer.

Then he listened to the third uncle's chattering voice, grabbed the yin and yang cup with both hands and held it flat on his chest, bowed three times, and walked back to the position just now, starting the second round of chanting.

I looked at Zhang Jingting and asked, "What is this?" Just finished asking? Is there anything big about it? ”

Zhang Jingting shook his head and only said; "What the master will say in a while, let's listen first."

I looked at it boredly, thinking to myself, do they really have a god in doing these rules? Although there are ghosts, I have never seen a god yet, but judging by the way they believe in it, it is possible that there are real ones, after all, when I have not seen them, I also think that ghosts are very nonsense. Since there are gods, they will not be in another universe or planet, or a parallel space and a different dimensional plane, so what do they rely on to burn incense to let the gods know?

Well? Suddenly, I remembered that the old ghost was not down there, and I didn't know how they celebrated the Spring Festival, so I wanted to call him up, but in a room of Taoist priests, I thought about it or forget it, so I took out my mobile phone and called my parents and grandmothers again.

I said to Zhang Jingting, and while walking to the yard, I connected my dad's phone, and there was a very lively voice over there, which was in stark contrast to the cold and serious here, and I shouted first: "Dad, Happy New Year." ”

"Happy New Year! Where are you now? At school, right? When are you going to take the art exam? I'll give you some money, you look at the flowers, buy what you should buy, don't buy it, and don't spend it indiscriminately. "My dad's voice on the other end of the phone sounded happy.

I nodded, in fact, I have some money here, and the third uncle transferred the remuneration that the Liu couple gave to the third uncle this morning, but I can only say vaguely: "It's okay, I have it, I made some money selling paintings some time ago, are my mother and grandma next to me?" Did the other uncles come home? Say Happy New Year to them for me. ”

"Huh, okay...... Your grandma is going to talk to you. He answered, and then he heard the old and kind voice of his grandmother over there: "Qingming, if you don't come back for the New Year this year, what will you eat at night?" Eat better. ”

"Grandma! Tonight we have white chopped chicken, steamed fish, and crab and shrimp! So much to eat! We're waiting for the exams at school and going to the next city, and it's going to be a few days! I laughed as I listened.

In the past, when I was young, I was closest to my grandparents, and my father didn't have time to care about me at work, so he put me at my grandparents' house when I was two years old, and I was so young at that time, I stayed for four years, and after I went to the first grade, my grandfather passed away, and I came back to accompany my parents.

At that time, my grandfather was a big child, and he always came back to share it with me when he bought candy outside, and the two of them ate it secretly. He would also take me to the uncle's house at the head of the village to drink, and then I played with the children of that family at the door, and I said yes to my grandfather, and when my grandmother came, I cried, and reported to him, and when I came home, he would buy me candy to eat.

I don't remember much until now, but I do remember clearly, my grandfather was sitting on a wooden chair drinking tea, and my grandmother bought him his favorite pomegranate, and he peeled it and handed it to me.

On the day my grandfather died, I took the final exam, and when I got home in the afternoon, I saw my grandmother cooking in the kitchen, so I ran over to steal the dishes that had been prepared, and my grandmother's voice came out of the kitchen: "Old man, you see if Qingming has come back, she is on vacation today, and I have made a lot of dishes." ”

I rolled my eyes and didn't dare to move, for fear that my grandmother would hear me, and after a while my grandmother shouted again: "Old man! Old stuff! ”

I was embarrassed to be born: "Grandma~ It's me." ”

"It's that we're coming back from Qingming, how did you do in the exam today?" Grandma's voice immediately changed to a new temperature, and she stuck her head out of the kitchen and said to me with a smile.

I looked at my grandmother and smiled embarrassedly: "Good test!" What about grandma and grandpa? ”

Grandma took a spatula and pointed to the place in the outer courtyard and replied: "I guess I drink tea in the back, I shouldn't call him, you go and see, by the way, call him to wash his hands and eat, the meal is ready." ”

"Yay!" I nodded happily and jumped to the backyard, sure enough, grandpa was sitting on the wooden chair he used to like to sit on, but his shaking fan fell to the ground, the tea was smoking, I wanted to scare him from behind, so I slowed down and walked over gently, and then shouted: "Grandpa! ”

I waited for a while, but Grandpa didn't turn around, and he didn't jump up and say: Bad boys know how to scare Grandpa. So I frowned and walked to the front, seeing my grandfather with his eyes closed and tilting his head, I thought he was sleeping, and said, "Grandpa didn't wake up scared when he slept." So I felt bored and ran to tell my grandmother.

After my grandmother brought the last dish, she took me with her to wake him up.

I only remember that when my grandmother saw the grandfather with his head tilted, she immediately rushed up, frowned and shouted: "Lao Zhao." After a while, grandpa didn't answer, and grandma's voice trembled at this time, and even cried: "Old man? ”

Grandpa still didn't respond, grandma trembled and put her hand under grandpa's nose, and then fell backwards, I hurriedly went up to support grandma, and then asked, "Grandma, what's wrong with grandpa?" Sick? ”

At that time, I didn't understand what death was, I just thought that my grandfather was sick and had to sleep. But when I saw my grandmother, I suddenly started crying, and I didn't know why my chest was stuffy, so I asked my grandmother again: "Grandma, do you want to help grandpa in and sleep?" ”

Grandma, her eyes were already red, she suppressed her voice to make herself sound normal, and then said, "No, let grandpa rest here for a while, you go and call your dad, just say...... Just say...... There is an urgent matter at home, so I call them back. ”

I nodded, then looked at my grandmother with some concern, but turned around and ran to the living room and called my dad on my landline.

I still remember that everyone was crying very sadly that day, I don't know why they were crying, obviously they told me that my grandfather was going to rest for a while, and when he woke up, wouldn't it be fine?

It wasn't until the first seven, the day I went out of the mountain, that I asked why I put my grandfather in a big box and went to the mountain.

My mother replied to me, "Qingming, grandpa, he wants to go to the mountains to cultivate." ”

"Can't I go then?" I asked innocently, and my mom just shook her head and put me to sleep.

In my dream, I dreamed of my grandfather, who gently patted me on the back and said, "Qingming, you have to listen to your grandmother and parents obediently, and don't get into trouble." Then he smiled and shook my hand, and said, "When you wake up, tell them that the car is leaking, and grandpa will go first, so be good." With that, he smiled and walked to the place where the light came in, and I couldn't catch up with it, and then he woke up after a fall.

I looked around blankly, it was in the car going to the mountains, and then my mother looked at me and asked, "What's wrong?" Why did you wake up? ”

I remembered that my grandfather told me that the car was leaking oil, so I immediately grabbed my mother's arm and hurriedly said to her: "Mom's car is leaking oil, there is an oil leak, you go down and take a look." ”

"Still having nightmares, aren't you? It's okay. Dad said as he drove in front of him, not forgetting to look at me in the rearview mirror.

I shook my head and urged them anxiously: "It's really leaking, grandpa told me, grandpa really just told me that the car was leaking." ”

Then my parents looked at each other, and my mother sighed and said, "Okay, let's go down and see, what if it's true?" ”

I was thinking about the past, and suddenly I heard a voice: "Qingming? ”

"Qingming? Is it still there? I reacted and hurriedly replied to my grandmother: "Grandma, I went up to prepare for the exam on the fifth day of junior high school, and I can't go back this year, happy New Year grandma." ”

"Okay, happy new year to you too." After speaking, grandma said: "Grandma don't say it, our family dishes are ready, and we have a reunion dinner, bye." ”

I nodded my head and said, "Bye Grandma." ”

After hanging up the phone, as soon as I turned around, I saw the third uncle standing under the door, leaning against the door frame and looking at me and asking, "What?" Got a call home? ”

"yes, you don't call one for the family? Don't say I'm here...... As soon as you say that you are a Taoist priest, you will be exposed. I said, shaking my fingers.

The third uncle rarely smiled at me, and then pointed at me and said, "You kid, you think I'm you, I've already beaten it, and besides, everyone in the family knows that I'm a monk, and you don't know it's your business."

A big question mark immediately appeared in my head, and they didn't tell us about this generation of children, so I nodded and gritted my teeth and said, "Okay, have you finished the rules?" Let's talk about what I asked, uncle. ”

The third uncle glanced at me, then flicked his sleeves and walked back: "I'm here to call you." ”

I followed him in, and sure enough, a table of people was sitting firmly around the vegetarian dishes, I glanced at the table of dishes, and said in my heart: I know, they are afraid that protein and vitamin A and the like are all solved by pills, right?

After we sat down, the third uncle cleared his throat and said, "We have rules every year, after three questions, can the three of you understand the hexagram?" ”

The corners of my mouth twitched, are you still taking the exam at this time?

So I saw Zhang Jingting and said: "Uncle Shi, I can't understand the hexagram very clearly and can't understand it." ”

The fat and thin Taoist chief also echoed and couldn't understand it, and the third uncle looked at them fixedly, sighed and said, "How can I be embarrassed to recommend you to the Taoist Academy." ”

Then he said, "These three trigrams...... I'll give you a brief explanation. ”