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In the early morning of this day, Guo San started very early. Recently, I have been idle and bored, except for eating and sleeping, I generally woke up when it was close to noon, today is strange, I opened my eyes at more than 4 o'clock, and I barely lay down for a while, I really can't sleep, so I just put on my clothes and get up and go around. During this period of time, except in the cemetery, he really didn't go out once. Coming out of the small gate, follow the mountain road, and go straight ahead, and not far away is a crossing, which leads to the city and several other villages. After Guo Sanri took a few breaths of fresh air, he suddenly felt a lot of energy, the air in the mountains seemed to have a hint of sweet taste, after inhaling, the whole person was refreshed, it seems that any effort will be rewarded, although this return is sometimes not as people want, but today for Guo Sanri, the price of getting up early is still very worthwhile. He wouldn't have imagined that the day wasn't as leisurely as he thought.

Just when Guo Sanri was refreshed and stopped to look into the distance, he felt that there seemed to be something at the crossing in front of him. After taking a few more steps forward, and after carefully distinguishing for a while, he could basically determine that it seemed to be a person. Curled up and squatting, as if he was still holding something in his arms, except for the slight ups and downs of his back, the whole person seemed to be motionless like a sculpture. Guo Sanri walked to him curiously, but he still didn't react, drooping his head and not lifting it. If it weren't for the cloak that was draped over his back and shook up and down his body, he really doubted that this man was still alive. Just when Guo Sanri got up to leave, this person suddenly moved, sighed a few times, raised his head and rubbed his sleepy little eyes with his hands. "Oh, go, it's asleep, uncle, won't you spend the night here?" Seeing someone asking, the old man immediately came to his senses, looked the young man in front of him up and down, and his expression was also very strange, as if the passengers waiting at the station saw their relatives who came to pick up the station, and their eyes were full of affection. Guo Sanri was a little hairy by this old man in the countryside who was over half a hundred years old and had a wrinkled face, and he began to mutter, wouldn't this mean anything to me? I heard that people's preferences are innate, and they are not different because of region, race, or anything, which means that the seemingly simple old man in front of him is likely to be somewhat interested in himself. Thinking of this, Guo Sanri couldn't help but tremble again, got up and walked quickly to leave. At this time, the old man suddenly stood up: "Young man, don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person......"

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It turned out that the old man's name was "Zhou Quande", and he lived in a nearby village and grew up here. Old man Zhou had a serious illness when he was young, and it was not long after liberation, and the medical facilities were not very perfect. So at the beginning, the family didn't pay much attention to it, thinking that it was just a common cold, and it would be fine after a few days of rest. But I didn't expect that more than half a month had passed since he was lying on his stomach, he had a high fever that did not go away, his mind was also a little trance, and he had lost a lot of weight, that is, he was usually physically tough, otherwise he would have been unable to stay up, but no matter how strong a person is, something will happen if he continues like this, seeing that there is no sign of improvement at all, Zhou Quande's daughter-in-law who just passed the door is anxious like something. But I've tried all the local methods that I can try, and this person just hasn't gotten better, except for being in a hurry, there's really no way at all.

On this day, an old man walked in at the door, saying that he was an "old man", but in fact it was a bit excessive, and he looked like he was forty or fifty years old. But bending over and carrying a cloth bag on his back, like a hunchback, he feels very old. Walking directly into the courtyard from the door, Zhou Quande's daughter-in-law asked, "What are you doing here?" "Give it to you on credit, you can use it." "What's that?" "Beans." …… It turned out that the cloth bag on the back of this "old man" was actually half a bag of beans. In addition to squeezing oil, this thing can only be used as a snack for the mouth. Now the situation of Zhou Quande's family, who has this leisure, his daughter-in-law is too lazy to take care of this "old man", so she replied, "No need." "Just think about getting people out. Unexpectedly, this "old man" didn't mean to go at all, but walked forward: "I'm a 'credit knife man', this bean can save your man's life." Hearing this, Zhou Quande's daughter-in-law trembled, this "credit knife man", it is said that he is the descendant of Guiguzi in the Spring and Autumn Period, known as the "fortune seller" in ancient times, and has been called "credit knife man" since the Qing Dynasty, they rarely lie and cheat, and they all give you things first, wait until what they say is verified, and then come to your house to collect the corresponding reward, so there is no possibility of cheating. Thinking that his man could get better, Zhou Quande's daughter-in-law was so excited that she almost cried, so what scruples did she have, and she grabbed the hunchback "old man" and asked, "What kind of credit?" How much does it cost? The hunchbacked "old man" was not in a hurry, nor did he say how much, he slowly put down the cloth bag, took out a spoon, scooped a full spoonful, poured it into the hands of Zhou Quande's daughter-in-law, and told her that after grinding and burning into a paste, she would have to drink the dew water in the morning for seven days, and the disease would basically be cured. As for the money, he is not short of money, as long as he has a piece of land, and when Zhou Quande wakes up, he will come and collect it from him. Zhou Quande's daughter-in-law thought about it, a piece of land can be regarded as repaying their wishes, if it can really be saved, isn't it better than anything else if people are fine? When someone in the family is prosperous, the land is meaningful, otherwise what would be done in the vacant land, so I agreed. Go back and grind the beans, get up early every morning, collect half a bowl of dew along the eaves and drink the bean paste, so for a few days, Zhou Quande pulled out the and urine for nearly a month, at first there was only some black water, and then it returned to normal, and the things pulled out were black and smelly, making it impossible to treat people in the house at all. Fortunately, his daughter-in-law really didn't have to say anything, she had been taking care of him inch by inch, and after seven days, the whole person was basically better, her face was ruddy, and her breathing was smooth, if it wasn't for the family not letting him get out of bed, where would he still be like a patient? Just when the whole family was happy that they could get a life back, the hunchbacked "old man" arrived as scheduled.

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Zhou Quande's daughter-in-law had already told him about this hunchbacked "old man" and the land, so as soon as he saw that it was this "old man" who came in, he immediately went down to the ground to thank him for saving his life. The daughter-in-law helped him to the hall, and when he saw the "old man", he was about to bow down, but the "old man" hurriedly waved his hand, and after everyone sat down, he kept silent. Zhou Quande also couldn't figure it out for a while, thinking that this "old man" is not simple after all, since people said that they wanted a piece of land as a reward, they should cash it out now that they are good, can they still let people ask again and again! How can that make sense. So he spoke first: "Old man, my family has a total of nine acres of land, three acres of paddy fields for personal use, and six acres of dry land to grow some coarse grain for some living expenses, how much do you need, what kind?" The "old man" saw that Zhou Quande was really a real person, and he had no intention of denying or concealing it at all, so he said bluntly to him: "I need a piece of land half a meter square from your house as a home." As soon as the words came out, the Zhou family was even more confused, if the old man was going to be buried in his own land after a hundred years, this was actually nothing, because in that era, they all buried their old people in the ground and put them together, of course, some of them had the ability, and they would also find another place to build a garden, but after all, it was a minority, and this hunchbacked "old man" was estimated to have no children and no daughters, and wanted to find a home for himself after a hundred years. But isn't half a meter square too small, what can this do? But since he said so himself, it is better to agree first, and then help the "old man" find a way to find a way in the details, so Zhou Quande reassured the "old man" that he would handle it according to normal customs, and he didn't have to worry too much. Unexpectedly, the "old man" looked at him, but he couldn't help but shake his head and said, "You don't need to prepare anything for me, you just need to do what I say." "The old man told Zhou Quande that he would die in 2019, that is, this year, and then the hospital would call him to take the old man's body back for cremation, and hand over the old man's clothes to him, and the next Monday after dealing with them, take his ashes and clothes to the crossing where his field is located, and wait for the first person to open his mouth to talk to him, and will take him to his family's current field, and bury him ...... in a proper place.

Zhou Quande didn't understand what he heard at the time, what was "the crossing where his home is located." "Why do you need someone to take him to his own field to find a suitable place? He didn't understand it, and the "old man" didn't say anything more after saying this, and got up to leave. Zhou Quande stayed hard and sent to the door, and when he arrived at the door, the old man turned around and said, there should be a "day" in the name of the person who picked you up, and after arriving at the place, he walked ten times according to the strokes of the character in the person's name, and walked three times, and then he could find the place, and left after speaking.

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Hearing this, Guo Sanri understood that the old man was holding someone else's ashes and clothes, and he dared to have no place to bury him, so he wanted to take him into the cemetery to bury him secretly. He can't afford this responsibility, not to mention that he has just arrived, and he is not familiar with the entire cemetery, even if he is familiar with it, the price of that cemetery is enough to sentence him directly, and he does not dare to do it. Guo Sanri's head shook like a rattle, and said: "Uncle, don't hurt me, I don't know how you know that I have a 'day' in my name, even if I bring three 'day' words, I can't help you." It's also a lot of effort for you to designate this, so if you have the time, you should think of other ways to find a place to bury it, don't bother with me. Saying that he was about to leave, Zhou Quande immediately followed, and said as he walked: "Young man, listen to your words, you really have a 'day' in your name, it seems that the hunchbacked "old man" said really accurately, when thanking him, the "old man" said that he didn't need to thank him, and what did he say, "I get the land because of people, and obey the sky because of the earth, it is my own merit, and he has to thank this opportunity ......." Guo Sanri saw that the old man was following him, and he had to stop talking about these things that he didn't have. Fortunately, it's morning, and there is no one in this place, otherwise they would have been able to do something to this old man for him, who would have thought that this old man was chasing and deceiving him!

"Uncle, I'm just a little security guard in a cemetery, not a leader, you told me so much, I really can't help you, besides, even if I help you bury this stealing, after a few days people find out, I have to get you up, when the time comes, not only will you be punished, I can't get out of it, you tell people those words, who can believe them?"

Zhou Quande heard it, in the end, this young man still didn't believe himself, he tightened his clothes, he stayed here for a night yesterday and was really frozen, slowly walked to Guo San's front, pointed to the direction of the cemetery and this road and said: "This piece is my family's land, the crossing is the original canal, this matter he himself has long forgotten, until he received a call from the hospital last week, he remembered, and only then did he understand what the old man said at the time, the old man said when he explained the future, because he came and went to nature in this life, He didn't want to be in love with the world, but everything has its own laws, so he had to bury himself here, but he didn't set up a monument, didn't note it, didn't leave bones, and after finding a place, buried his clothes with loess, and took the ashes home and scattered them into the river behind the mountain for 90 days, and didn't let me prepare anything for him. After listening to Old Man Zhou's words, Guo Sanri was also a little hesitant, the cemetery is planned as a whole, except for the various tombs, there are cement steps and asphalt pavement, it is difficult to have such a regular piece of land for him as the old man said. Then there is this monument how to call it a "tomb", the one who raises the soil is the tomb, the one who erects the monument is the tomb, the one who builds the mountain is the mound, and the one who repairs the temple is the mausoleum. If it is simply buried in the ground, how can it be guaranteed that it will not be disturbed by others in the future, if so, it is better to find another place and bury the "old man" peacefully. Thinking of this, Guo Sanri said: "That's it, I'll take you in to see, if there is really a place, as you said, it's reserved for the old man, I'll help you bury him there, if there is no suitable place, you can find another place to bury the "old man", how about it?" After Zhou Quande heard this, he was naturally a hundred willing, thinking that he finally had an explanation for this matter, if it was really as the young man said, the world was not as changed as the "old man" said, then he could only bury the "old man" elsewhere.

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The two came to the gate of the cemetery, and Guo Sanri took the old man Zhou Quande into the park from the small gate. At this time, there were basically no outsiders in the cemetery. Guo Sanri took out his work card, pointed to his name "Guo", "San" and "Day" on it and said to Zhou Quande: "Just press my name, let's go over and have a look together." said this in his mouth, but he secretly scolded himself for being a pig in his heart, and believed everything, but the person had already brought it in, and there was no way but to accompany it. The word "Guo" is ten paintings, multiplied by ten is one hundred steps, and the two walked one hundred steps one after the other, just to the end of the straight road facing the gate. Walking up is the first phase of the first phase of the cemetery. Guo Sanri saw this situation, and his heart was half cold, if he said that he would be able to walk another thousand eight hundred steps, he might be able to get out of this phase of the park, but his name could not be clearer, the first word is normal, and there are more strokes, the last two words, "three" and "day" together, are not as many strokes as a "Guo" word, even if multiplied by ten, it is not more than a hundred steps, how can dozens of steps go to the second phase. Looking back at Zhou Quande, who had a sincere face, he couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, yes, just walk with him for a few dozen steps, so that he was completely dead, and it would be useless to say more now. Guo Sanri turned his head and said the word "three" loudly, walked another thirty steps, and walked along the steps to the first row of tombs. The last "day" character is drawn four times, multiplied by ten, that is, along the corridor of the first row of tombs, walk another forty steps, which is basically exactly the middle position of this row. Guo Sanri walked forward with Zhou Quande, looking at the tombs next to each other, and they were all used, Old Man Zhou was also a little unstable in his heart, could it be that the "old man" was wrong, this is not like an empty space. Just when the two of them were muttering in their hearts, a strange thing suddenly appeared in front of them. The tombs, which were originally next to each other, were suddenly disconnected in front, and a square "weed" appeared. The two stared at the weeds strangely, and walked forward one by one,...... "forty", and the fortieth step stopped right in front of the pile of "weeds". Guo Sanri curiously stepped forward to check it, and it turned out that this place should have been built with "electromechanical wells" or "street lights" and "signs", but then I don't know why it was not built, only a circle of roadbed was built, and it happened to enclose a vacant land. Guo Sanri studied psychology, and originally did not believe in those supernatural things, and was willing to analyze everything from the perspective of psychology and other sciences. But since the last time the little nurse told him about the earthquake in Ajibao Village, he had to believe that there were some things outside of people's understanding, including those dreams and ...... he had, and he was still thinking about it, Zhou Quande had already knelt down and kowtowed three times. Guo Sanri hurriedly helped him up, and the two of them worked together to bury the "old man" and trim the weeds on it, so that it didn't feel anything special at a glance. Guo Sanri plans to make up some grass seeds after a while and plant them on it, even if someone comes close to see it, they will think that it is the green belt of the park, and they will not have any suspicions.

After finishing all this, watching Old Man Zhou gradually walk away with a satisfied face, Guo Sanri's heart couldn't help but ripple again. For an irrelevant person to be happy like a child, try so hard, is it just because the "old man" is kind to him, or because, in addition to this, there is a trace of "awe" for the hunchbacked "old man" in his heart, and if so, where does this "awe" come from? You know, on the surface it's just a business, but it's really too special. At a price that no one could accept at the time, giving you something, and coming back to ask for payment when the price was recognized by the world, the time interval between this is a few years or decades, and such a large span makes people wonder what they are doing. This really doesn't look like what a real businessman would like to do, and such a long cycle is indeed too long for a transaction. Aren't they more like they're fulfilling a mission that people can understand something? If this is in a period and region where commerce is underdeveloped, will their far ahead behavior have a greater impact and enlightenment ......? Guo Sanri suddenly felt that nothing in this world was given up and stopped, and the old man seemed to have shortened his life and lengthened one thing, which made people feel a trace of inexplicable "awe" for him.

Conclusion: The way of heaven is divided by quality, the earth is shaped according to the way of heaven, all things are kept by the way of heaven, and people are between heaven and earth;