Without further ado, I'll go to Lujiazhuang now. Grandpa said.

Dad asked, what are you doing in Lujiazhuang?

My grandfather got up and said, "I'm going to cut down a peach tree, and it must be more than seven years old." Lujiazhuang: Your aunt's house has peach trees that are more than seven years old. After chopping, I will make a peach wood talisman and insert it in your house to ward off evil spirits and be safe, and to bless the child from being disturbed by evil spirits.

As he spoke, my grandfather took the hat and coat that hung on the wall.

Dad was overjoyed, and said that it was not raining outside, so there was no need to bring a hat and a coat.

My grandfather said that there was a south wind when I went out last night, and it should rain today. It hasn't been down yet, so it should be in the evening. When I came back from cutting down the peach tree and making the peach wood talisman, it would definitely be night.

My grandfather can not only predict others in a calculating way, but also predict the weather by looking at the wind direction and observing the sky. The people of Thrush Village often praise him and say, you are simply comparable to Zhuge Liang. Grandpa said that it was just a bunch of rigid formulas, and there was nothing magical about it.

He once taught me a sentence - the clouds cover the moon on the fifteenth day of August, and the snow lights up on the fifteenth day of the first month. It means that if you see clouds covering the moon on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, it will definitely snow on the day of the Lantern Festival.

Out of curiosity, when I was a child, I carefully looked at the moon in the sky to see if it was covered by clouds on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, and then kept it in mind and waited until the Lantern Festival to verify whether it would snow. Of course, sometimes I forgot to go outside to see the moon on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival, but as long as I saw the moon obscured by clouds, the next Lantern Festival was indeed snowflakes, without exception.

To this day, I don't know why the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Lantern Festival are so connected.

After my grandfather left, my father didn't go back, and waited for him to come back at my grandfather's house.

Later in the day, there were suddenly dark clouds in the sky, and then rain began to fall.

When the rain hit the green tiles on the roof and made a crisp sound, my father was completely convinced of my grandfather.

My grandfather came back from the rain wearing a hat and a coat.

As soon as he entered, he pulled out an arm-long piece of wood from his bosom, which had been cut into a triangular shape and smelled of greenness.

Grandma had already prepared the meal and was just waiting for her grandfather to come back and eat together.

My grandfather didn't care about eating, so he took out his pen and ink and wrote and drew on the wood.

Dad couldn't read what was written on it, so he asked, can you finish writing?

Grandpa didn't answer him and continued to paint.

When he had put away the pen, my grandfather carefully blew the ink on the mahogany to let it dry quickly.

After blowing the ink, my grandfather replied that if it was used by ordinary people, it would be fine, but this child's first aid is special, and he should put this peach wood talisman at the Taoist priest who recites the scriptures overnight, so that it can listen to the scriptures all night.

Dad said anxiously, it is not difficult to hire a Taoist priest, but it is too difficult to ask a Taoist priest to recite the scriptures all night. Taoist priests inevitably fall asleep and doze off.

Grandpa waved his hand and said, don't invite a Taoist priest to come, you go and inquire about which family is holding a funeral. If you hold a funeral, you will definitely invite a Taoist priest to come and chant scriptures and sing night songs. Put this peach wood talisman under the Taoist priest's table, and bring it back overnight.

The custom of holding funerals here is to invite five or six Taoist priests to blow and sing for a few days and nights, and wait until the auspicious day of the zodiac before going out for burial. Five or six Taoist priests would take turns chanting the sutras to prevent one person from being too sleepy and tired.

Dad was overjoyed, clapped his hands and said, yes, why didn't I think of doing this!