February 23, 2012, this is a very ordinary day, if there is anything different about it, that is, this day happens to be the second day of February in the Year of the Dragon, the day when the legendary dragon raises its head. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But this day is an unusual day for Longwangmiao Village in Jiaozhou, the first three days in the village died an old man Li, just today funeral.

Originally, it was not a big deal to die alone, but this old Li Tou had a somewhat different past.

Old man Li is an old bachelor, **** when a person ran bare-bottomed to Longwangmiao Village, survived with the help of blind dates, and has since taken root in Longwangmiao Village, Old Man Li's surname is Li, his name is noble, he has no father and mother, and he has no family in his life, only when he went to the city for eighteen years, he picked up a small doll and named it Li Guangming.

Although Li Chonggao pulled Li Guangming up alone, he refused to let him call him his father, but insisted that he call him grandfather, saying that it was not good to call his father because he was too old.

But 18 years later, when Li Guangming walked at the forefront of the funeral procession with a spirit banner crying, people seemed to understand the foresight of this old man Li, he seemed to be able to pick up Li Guangming when he arrived, he couldn't wait for Li Guangming to give him another doll to pick up the sails. (According to the local funeral rules, grandchildren carry a spirit flag at the front of the funeral procession, which seems to be a symbol to guide the deceased into Elysium.) ）

Li Chonggao's life was originally the same as that of other people in the village, there was nothing outstanding, fishing, farming, eating and waiting for death, but on that day in 1952, when the old Li head was photographed back to the shore by the sea, this old man became a legend in the village.

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At that time, Old Man Li was not an old man, he was strong, and he wanted to save more family business to ask for a daughter-in-law in the village, so he got up early every day to fish and farm the land, and saved money with red eyes.

Early in the morning of this day, Li Chonggao came to the beach and saw that the place where the sea and the sky met was full of black clouds, as if they could float to their heads at any time, pouring out a thunderstorm and lightning rain, the old fishermen went out to look at the sky, and they all stretched their waists and went home to rest.

Li Chonggao looked at the sky that was getting dark in the distance, and despite the dissuasion of the old-timers, he drove his small boat into the sea alone.

After all, Li Chonggao is not a child who grew up by the water, he doesn't know how powerful the sea is, he originally calculated not to go far, and he will collect the net and go home if he catches some benefits, but not long after he went to sea, Li Chonggao was dumbfounded, and the black clouds that were far away in the sky just now suddenly floated to his eyes, and then it rained heavily.

Under this strong wind and waves, the boat under his feet did not listen to the call at all......

Li Chonggao didn't go home for five days, and the old and young masters in the village all shook their heads and sighed and said that this stunned young man must have let this sea roll to feed the fish, a good child, and if he didn't, he would be gone.

Just when the people in the village were preparing a symbolic future for Li Chonggao and dividing up his poor family property by the way, Liu Dacheng, who was about to go out to sea to fish early in the morning, unexpectedly found Li Chonggao who still had a breath on the beach.

Everyone hurriedly sent Li Chonggao to the town's health center, and after two days of rescue, the stunned young man was pulled back in the palace of the king of Hades.

After opening his eyes, Li Chonggao looked at the villagers in the village, without panic, without the joy of the rest of his life, but showed a very mysterious smile.

"Do you know why I didn't die? I walked around the Dragon Palace in the East China Sea......" When he said this weakly, he really scared the villagers around him.

The villagers wanted to believe it or not, but they really couldn't find any reason for such a young man in a small boat to live in the sea for five days without dying.

Three days later, Li Chonggao was discharged from the hospital with a red face, and when he saw people, he boasted about what he had seen and heard in the "Dragon Palace of the East China Sea".

If it was made up, it would be too true, and the villagers gradually believed him.

After Li Chonggao recovered, in addition to often boasting about his trip to the "Dragon Palace", as usual, he should fish and farm, but in the future, whether there is a red and white celebration or a sacrificial celebration in the village, he must invite the "red man" who has been blessed by the dragon prince to preside over the overall situation.

Li Chonggao has never mentioned the matter of marrying since then, and the family has offered the Dragon King of the East China Sea, burning incense on time on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. All the villagers of Longwangmiao Village, regardless of men, women, old and young, must respectfully call Mr. Li when they see Old Man Li.

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Now Mr. Li finally did not survive his second hurdle, and at the age of 79, he left to go to the west, and Li Guangming, who was in college outside, hurriedly asked for leave and came back to send the old man to the end.

Li Guangming walked at the forefront of the funeral procession, carrying the sail, crying with tears on his face, he has been such a grandfather since he was a child, he can't hurt him, but now he is so dignified, he just left, Li Guangming couldn't accept it in his heart.

The funeral procession bypassed the Longwangmiao Village where Mr. Li lived before his death, and finally walked to the place where Mr. Li was going to be buried.

Master Li deliberately instructed Li Guangming a few years ago that he could be cremated after his death, but he must not be buried in the dirt, and the ashes must be sprinkled in the sea, and he will go with the Dragon Lord.

So there was such a funeral in front of me that looked absurd and a little weird, on the beach where the tide receded, there was a small boat that Mr. Li rowed before his death, and the small boat was the urn of Mr. Li, and the photo of Mr. Li on the urn was smiling very peacefully.

In front of the boat there is an offering table with a large pig's head, a rooster and a fish tank with nine carp swimming.

"Kneel!" Mr. Bai picked up a clay basin full of charcoal in front of the offering table, slammed it on the ground, and shouted loudly to Li Guangming, who was standing at the front, with a desolate and solemn voice.

"Grandpa!" Li Guangming knelt on the coals with a bang, cracked his mouth and cried.

This kneeling charcoal should have been a child, and Li Chonggao was such a descendant, so he could only do the work of his son and grandson alone.

The sky gradually darkened, the fire candles on the offering table crackled and burned, no matter how strong the sea breeze was, it did not blow out these two small flames, the tide gradually rose, and the villagers pulled the crying Li Guangming gradually retreated, and the tide gradually spread to the shore, taking the old man Li's boat and his body and Li Guangming's mourning and leaving this world.