The next day, Dad inquired about the family of the person who was holding the funeral, and then brought the peach wood talisman over and explained his intention to the Taoist priest.

These Taoist priests are all acquaintances, and wherever someone dies, they hold ceremonies wherever they are, and they are familiar with people everywhere in this area.

The Taoist priest said, "If you raise your hand, you can put it here, and you will come and get it tomorrow."

After another night, Dad went to the Taoist priest to get the peach wood talisman.

The Taoist priest said that when he was nearing the end of his prayer last night, he suddenly saw a girl dressed in plain white walk into the mourning hall, sit on a bench in the corner behind the door, and listen to them chant while looking under their table.

The Taoist priest knew that this girl was extraordinary, and that she might be coming for the peach wood talisman under the table, so he stepped on the peach wood talisman.

At that time, there were more than a dozen people sitting in the mourning hall listening to the scriptures, most of whom were old people who were about the same age as the deceased old man. When the Taoist priest recites the scriptures, he will tell the life of the deceased from birth to death in the form of singing night songs, saying what kind of joys and sorrows the deceased experienced in the world, which can be regarded as a summary of walking in the world. The reason why those old people are willing to stay up late to listen is because some of these things they have experienced or witnessed with the deceased.

When a Taoist priest sings about the experience of a deceased, if one of the listeners remembers the incident, he will say to the people around him, "I was also next to me when this happened" or "I remember who mentioned this incident back then", and then sighed that time flies and the years change.

In addition to those old people, those who stay up late to listen to the scriptures are basically the family members of the elderly or the family members of the deceased. These people were rarely interested in what the Taoist priests were singing, and most of them were drowsy. Even if the Taoist priest sang with a dry throat and turned to beating a drum and a trumpet, it could not drive away their drowsiness.

But the girl sat upright on the bench, listened attentively, and did not speak to anyone else.

When the night song sang until the deceased confessed to the aftermath before he died, and said with tears in his eyes that he did not want to leave, and that he might not know each other again in the next life, the girl began to cry silently.

When the night song was sung to the fifth watch, an old man said, "It's almost dawn," and the girl listened to it, and immediately got up in a panic and walked into the vast fog outside.

Dad relayed the words of the preacher to my grandfather.

Grandpa said lightly that the girl was a crescent moon.

Crescent moon? Is it the kind of crescent moon that can only be seen in the fog in the early morning? I've heard my father say it before, but I've never seen it. Dad said excitedly.

Yes, it's the crescent moon. Grandpa said.

Did she come for this peachwood talisman? Dad asked.

Yes. But you don't have to worry about her. You put the peach wood charm next to your rice tank, and every time you wash the rice, pour the rice washing water on the place where the peach wood charm is inserted, just like watering a small sapling. When the child is over twelve years old, the mahogany charm can be unplugged. Grandpa said.

Dad said yes repeatedly.

When the father was leaving, the grandfather asked again, is the child's name good?

Dad said, I asked my father, and he named the child "Brilliant", which means brilliant in the future.

As his name suggests, he is the most learned person in our village. He gave many of the names of the children in the village.

Grandpa hurriedly waved his hand and said, no, no, this name is too big. He couldn't afford to carry this eight characters, and then take such a big name, this can't work!