The dazzling white flowers of the afternoon sun, the steaming water vapor of Fengxi is like a dream, Zeng's mother Zhou sat on the ferry with a canopy and looked in the direction of Ishida, the white walls and black tiles, the houses are continuous, the dozens of hundred-year-old camphor trees in the east gate are the most eye-catching, that is the symbol of Ishida, on the left side of the ancient camphor is the two halls of the Zeng family, of course I can't see it at this time, but I know in my heart that the two halls of the house are quietly under the green shade of the ancient camphor-

"Mother, don't be sad, my son has grown up, he must always stand on his own, how can he live a long life according to his brother and sister-in-law, don't look at us now that we are walking sadly, we will definitely be able to come back in the future, if I have been trapped in this small village and remote county, it will be difficult for my son to have a good life."

Zeng Yu held his mother's hand and whispered comfort, it is necessary to look forward to a better future at this time.

Mother Zhou smiled, nodded and said, "My son must have a future, and Fang Xiucai, who was the guarantor before, praised you for writing a good hand." ”

Niuniu's little face was flushed, and she said crisply: "My brother has a lot of skills, my brother can do anything." ”

Zeng Yu smiled, looked at the hills on the other side, and said: "Mother, when we leave Shitian this time, there will always be a year and a half when we can't come back, so let's go to the lion's graveyard to bow down and say goodbye to our grandfather." ”

Mother Zhou nodded again and again: "Mother is about to remind you, you have to set up your own door, of course, you have to sacrifice to your ancestors, and please ask your ancestors to bless my son with peace and security." ”

The old man who was holding the boat had been deaf for many years, and he couldn't hear what Zeng Yu's family of three was saying, but he just smiled and helped pull the black donkey ashore when he got off the boat, and said goodbye to Zeng Yuzuo.

Zeng's cemetery is halfway up the lion's head mountain, this is the tomb that Zeng Yu's grandfather chose before his death, facing the air, arching guards on both sides, surrounded by mountains and rivers, Tibetan wind gathers qi, it is the best auspicious cave within a radius of dozens of miles, but it is obviously far from the dragon vein auspicious soil mentioned in the feng shui secrets of "Green Capsule Aoyu" and "Burial Law Inverted Staff", in fact, the feng shui master is not unable to find a good tomb for himself, but the land in the world has a master, not where you can be buried anywhere, only the emperor is an exception, and even if it is the emperor, It is only buried in a hole hundreds of miles around the capital, and it will not be buried in any auspicious cave in other provinces-

Zeng Yu's grandfather, uncle, father and grandmother Wu are buried here, Lion's Head Mountain is lonely, the grave grass is green, Zeng Yu and his mother Zhou, little sister Niuniu kowtow to the four tombs in order, Zhou pointed to the open space next to Wu and said to Zeng Yu: "Yu'er, you remember, you will bury your mother here in a hundred years." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Mother, you are only in your forties, and your body is still very healthy, what are you talking about now." ”

Zhou said solemnly: "The tree is thousands of feet high, the leaves fall back to the roots, of course my mother will go back here to accompany your father and big sister after a hundred years, Yu'er, you promise your mother." After that, he stared at his son and asked him to agree.

Zeng Yu knows his mother's thoughts, his mother has stayed in Ishida for most of her life, cautious, and has no quarrel with others, but when she is old, she has to leave this place where she has lived for decades, of course, she will feel unpredictable and uneasy about the future, her mother is not afraid of the hardships of life, but she is afraid that she will not be able to return to Shitian after death, so she took this opportunity to tell him-

Zeng Yu said solemnly: "Don't worry, my son will not forget." ”

Mother Zhou suddenly smiled, swept her sideburns, looked at the mountains on three sides, and saw that there were black clouds gathering on the top of the mountain and gradually expanding to the sky, and hurriedly said: "Son, let's hurry up on the road, I'm afraid it will rain this day." ”

The mother and son followed each other down the mountain, and suddenly heard the sound of the donkey under the mountain, and shouted several times in succession, Zeng Yu glared and said: "Isn't someone stealing the donkey!" When he went up the mountain, he tied the black donkey to a tree with a crooked neck at the bottom of the mountain, and his luggage and books were laid under the tree, and he carried only two compasses and a sword on his back.

Before Zeng Yu ran down the mountain with a sword, someone at the foot of the mountain shouted: "Young master, young master, second grandmother-"

Niuniu's eyes widened and said, "It's Sixi, not a donkey thief." ”

Great-mother Zhou said: "Why is Sixi here, isn't it that your eldest brother is in a hurry?" ”

Xiao Xi Sixi ran up the mountain panting, bare-chested, ribbed, wearing indigo blue pants on his lower body, carrying a burden on his right arm, his head and face were drenched, and a pair of straw sandals were hanging under his neck, he ran to Zeng's mother and son, knelt down, and cried: "I beg the second grandmother, the young master, and Miss Niuniu to accept the four joys, the four joys want to go with you, the four joys don't stay here, woo woo woo, the four joys want to follow the young master carp, woo wow wow-"

Sixi burst into tears as he spoke, his face covered with snot, tears, and sweat.

"Get up and speak, get up and speak."

Zeng Yu helped the little Xi servant up, but saw that several wounds on his elbow and the back of his hand were blistered white, these scars were bruised by a fall on Boshan Road the night before yesterday, and they were originally scabbed, Zeng Yu exclaimed: "Sixi, you swam over!" ”

Previously, Sixi saw the eldest young master send the young master carp and his mother and son to the ferry, so he went back to the room and hurriedly packed a few of his own clothes into a small baggage, slipped out of the back door, went around to the north gate and went out of the stone field, ran all the way to the ferry, and saw the eldest young master and Uncle Li coming back from a distance, he hurriedly flashed to the back of a big locust tree on the side of the road, and waited for the eldest young master and Uncle Li to walk over before running to the ferry, and when he arrived at the ferry, he saw that the young master Li's family had already gone ashore and were heading towards Lion's Head Mountain-

Sixi shouted "Young Master, Young Master", far away, the young master couldn't hear, Sixi shouted "Deaf Uncle Deaf", the deaf uncle couldn't hear it, the ferry boat was motionless under the weeping willows on the opposite bank, Sixi knew that this deaf man liked to lean on the boat to nap, it was difficult to call the boat across the river, seeing that the young master's family had bypassed the Lion's Head Rock, he was so anxious that he couldn't catch up, relying on his own water is not bad, Fengxi didn't rise in water, so he took off his clothes and pants and put them in the baggage, and the straw sandals on his feet hung around his neck, In this way, he swam across Fengxi with his burden in one hand, and chased all the way to Lion's Head Mountain-

Great-mother Zhou was embarrassed, looked at her son Zeng Yu and said, "What do you say about fish?" ”

Seeing that Zeng Yu was a little hesitant, Sixi quickly knelt down and begged: "Young master, Sixi will not go back if he is killed, and he will definitely follow the young master." ”

Zeng Yu said: "Okay, you just follow us, quickly put on your clothes, and beat what it looks like to be shirtless." ”

"Thank you young master, thank you second grandmother - and Miss Niuniu."

Sixi's tears were not dry, and he happily found a flat big stone to sit down and wear straw sandals, but he was in a hurry, and the straw sandals had been hanging around his neck and he didn't have time to put them on.

Niuniu said happily: "Great, great, Sixi also goes with us, there is company on the road." ”

Great-mother Zhou was a little worried, and said to Zeng Yu: "Your eldest brother is just there, how can your sister-in-law be willing to give up, I am afraid that the official will sue you for abducting people, she will do this kind of thing." ”

Sixi hurriedly said: "It's not the abduction of the population, it's not the abduction of the population, it's Sixi who is willing to follow the young master of Li." ”

Zeng Yu laughed and said to his mother: "It's okay, we are also the heads of the Sixi family, if I go back to Fucheng, it will not be Sixi who will go with me, where can I have to kidnap the population - Sixi, go on the road together." ”

Sixi happily agreed, followed Zeng Yu's family down to the foot of the mountain, grabbed the book on his back, and led the black donkey to carefully wait for his great-mother Zhou.

In this way, Zeng Yu was much more relaxed, there were two big compasses in the green cloth bag on his back, the left shoulder was an umbrella, and the right shoulder was a sword. ”

Great-mother Zhou smiled and said: "Beauty, my Niuniu is a little beauty." ”

As they drifted farther away from Ishida, Zeng Yu's family was in a cheerful mood.

There is a dragon boat drum in the middle of nowhere, "dong dong" knocking, today is April 26, and there are nine days to the Dragon Boat Festival, great-mother Zhou called Zeng Yu to his side, handed over a money bag to Zeng Yu, heavy banging, this is the sound of copper coins-

Great-mother Zhou said: "This is some broken silver and copper coins that my mother has accumulated over the years, about a lot of money, two taels of silver, you take it, and rent a house in Fucheng first, so that you can have a place to stay." ”

Zeng Yu took his mother's money bag, put away the more than three taels of silver that his brother Zeng Qian gave him, but handed a small wooden box to his mother, and said: "Mother, you see, this is left to me by my uncle, I only found out last night, my uncle mentioned it when he was dying, I haven't cared about it, my uncle seems to have already calculated that our mother and son will have such a day." ”

Zhou, the great-mother who was riding on the back of a donkey, took the small wooden box, saw the gold inside, was surprised, and at the same time felt a lot more stable in her heart, and did not panic when she had money, and handed the wooden box back to Zeng Yudao: "Your uncle is dedicated to your sake, and he doted on you when he was a child, but unfortunately you can't do more filial piety for him, you can put away this box." ”

Zeng Yu said with a smile: "Mother take it, and marry a good daughter-in-law for her son in the future." ”

Mother Zhou smiled, carefully put away the wooden box, thinking that her son is twenty years old this year, and he has not yet married a wife and started a family, it is time to pay attention, his son is good-looking, well-educated, of course, he wants to marry the daughter of a good family who knows books and gifts as his wife-

"Boom" exploded, as if the sky had fallen, the sky that was originally shining under the scorching sun darkened in the blink of an eye, and the black clouds of the mountains on all sides were originally stacked and tightened, and were shaken by the thunder, and the black clouds pulled away from the sky from all directions like a large mantle, covering the sky and the sun, and the wind suddenly rose, stirring the dark clouds and rolling, and in the depths of the dark clouds, lightning and thunder -

Sixi shouted: "Young master, it's going to rain heavily, what should I do?" ”

Zeng Yu said: "Cover the book with an oilcloth, don't get the book wet, there is a post pavilion four or five miles ahead, hurry there as soon as possible to shelter from the rain - mother, you sit firmly, there is an umbrella, you hold it." ”

Sixi trotted up with the book on his back and the black donkey.

Zeng Yu squatted down, put Niuniu on his back and strode away, trying to rush to the post pavilion before the heavy rain fell, but he couldn't wait for the pouring rain, and he could hear the "rustling" sound in the mountains and fields, and the pouring rain poured down from south to north, and it only took a few steps to get Zeng Yu's head and face wet-

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Tomorrow there will be a second watch, please supervise the book friends.