I looked at the third grandmother and asked, "What does this mean?" Why hasn't she aged? ”

Mr. Lu said: "I don't know about this. ”

We observed for a while and found that the third grandmother not only did not get old. The villagers stopped attacking her. They turned a blind eye to her, and both killing and reproduction were far away from her.

The third grandmother wandered the street for a long time, and she did not leave here, as if there was only this street in the world outside the temple.

I don't know how many generations passed, and the third grandmother finally slowly squatted on the side of the road, and then buried her child. She buried the child in the pit, covered it with earth, level with the street next to it, and stepped on it with her foot, as if fearing that others would find her child.

Mr. Lu said: "This is probably the beginning of indoctrination. ”

We watched quietly as the third grandmother buried her son and began to bury the other dead in the village. Gradually, she consciously piled up graves for the dead. When she passed by the tomb. They will even nod their heads.

The villagers are still ignorant, but the third grandmother has been able to distinguish who is the brother and who is the mother. She began to persuade and propagate her theories.

After many years, the third grandmother began to teach the villagers that men and women should become husband and wife, so that the children could not only know their mothers, but also their fathers. In this way, relatively weak women and weak children are no longer in a state of being bullied at any time with the protection of men.

The villagers outside are rapidly forming a society. A clear blood relationship makes old age come to an end. Young grow.

I sighed: "In myths and legends, Nuwa created people. I look at the exploits of the third grandmother, which is very similar to Nuwa. She taught people what it means to be human. ”

Mr. Lu and Xue Qian both nodded, but the two of them did not speak, as if they were shocked by the scene in front of them.

After a while, the third grandmother suddenly walked straight towards us. I had a feeling that she could see us.

After the third grandmother walked to the gate of the temple, she did not stop, and her steps did not slow down at all, and slowly walked inside. The three of us got out of the way for her. And she turned a blind eye to us. I walked straight to the main hall.

She slowly knelt on the futon and kowtowed to the statue of the third grandmother. Then he sat cross-legged on top of the futon, and he couldn't move.

The three of us looked at each other, not knowing which one we were singing.

I tentatively shouted, "Third grandmother? ”

She let out an extremely old voice: "I am not the third grandmother, I am her messenger. "This is exactly what we heard before we entered the temple. At that time, he also claimed to be the messenger of the third grandmother.

Then, he slowly turned around. Face to face.

The lamp in the hall illuminated his face, and I saw that he was very old. It's so old that we can't tell his gender.

I hesitated. Asked, "Are we in a dream?" ”

He nodded: "Yes, you are in a dream, you are very smart, and it takes a lot less time to see through this qiē than I expected." ”

I asked, "What did we just see?" Is it the origin of the third grandmother? Why let that look at this? Where is the third grandmother? ”

He smiled and said, "Young man, you have a lot of questions. ”

He was silent for a moment, as if trying to figure out how to answer us. After a while, he said, "A long time ago, I was a villager in this village. On my twelfth birthday, the previous messenger chose me and told me the origin of the third grandmother. ”

I wondered, "The last messenger? ”

He nodded: "The villagers all thought that it was the third grandmother herself who dreamed of it, but it was not. The third grandmother has experienced an unknown number of years, and her old man is no longer able to support her dreams. But this matter is too serious, and she is unwilling to let the truth disappear into time. So the most loyal villagers were chosen as messengers. Once you become the messenger of the third grandmother, you have to keep your mouth shut for the rest of your life, and after you die, you can't be reincarnated lightly, and you have to wait until the next suitable person appears and tells the truth to the next messenger before you can complete the task. ”

When he said this, he sighed again and said, "I've been waiting for many years. But the right person never appeared. I was a little worried that if I was gone, no one would ever know about it again. Luckily, the three of you came. ”

I asked, "So what is the truth?" ”

He smiled at me and said, "Haven't you already seen the truth?" The envoys of the past generations have only obtained this one dream, and we have passed it on from generation to generation, and we are passing on this dream. As for what the meaning of the dream is, only the third grandmother knows. "

Then, he smiled at us again: "But you are very lucky, the third grandmother decided to meet you." Rest for a while, and then go to her. ”

I wondered: "Is the third grandmother really alive?" ”

He smiled and said, "This is natural, the third grandmother has never died." But ......" There was a sad look on his face: "However, although the third grandmother has a much longer lifespan than ordinary people, she is still aging a little bit after all, she is very old now, I don't know how long she can live." ”

After saying this, he looked at Mr. Lu and said, "My mission has been completed. Within a few days, you will be reincarnated. But my soul is too weak, and I am afraid that if I am not careful, my soul will be gone. If the Taoist can help me, then I can't thank you enough. ”

Mr. Lu arched his hand to him and said, "The predecessors have orders, so they should obey them." ”

Then the old man arched his hand at us and disappeared.

The moment the old man disappears. I saw two lanterns slowly come on, and gradually, the whole hall was illuminated. I heard voices around me, chanting, murmuring, chanting, and drifting into my ears.

I sat up and found myself lying in a large hall. And this hall is clearly the one we saw in our dreams.

I looked to the side, and Xue Qian and Mr. Lu had also woken up. Immediately afterwards I heard a rooster crowing from inside the village: it was dawn.

I saw a lot of villagers surrounding us with curious faces. The village chief came up to us and said, "How is it?" Did you dream of the third grandmother? ”

The three of us nodded and said, "I dreamed it." ”

The villagers all had envious looks on their faces and said to the three of us, "You are so lucky. Those of us who have never dreamed of it once in our lives. ”

After that, the village chief babbled a lot of things. It's nothing more than what happens after we fall asleep. The process was as we expected. After the three of us fell asleep on the straw stack, the village chief found that we were too tired to wake us up, so he carried us to the main hall. Then, we slept until now.

I rubbed my eyes, and suddenly remembered that in my dream, the messenger's words had come. I said to the village chief, "We want to meet the third grandmother." ”

The village chief said, "If you want to see her old man, you can do it, but you have to fast and bathe for seven days and seven nights." ”

The three of us shouted, "Seven days and seven nights? I'm afraid it's too late. ”

The village chief was puzzled: "Three days and three nights, right?" "Baidu sister-in-law|--Empty house

I said, "You don't know it's urgent, I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for an hour." ”

The village chief said with some unhappiness: "The third grandmother is the most noble living immortal in our village. Your mouths are filled with wine and flesh, and your bodies are not clean. If you go to see it like this, eighty percent will blaspheme the immortals. In case the third grandmother gets angry and no longer blesses us, it will not be good. ”

Mr. Lu waved his hand and said, "Let's fast and bathe for a day and a night, okay?" ”

The village chief thought for a while and said in embarrassment, "Okay. I finally fasted once, and I thought about it, hoping that the third grandmother would see that you were sincere and not worry about you. ”

The three of us thanked the village chief. Then two people led us to the bath.

After we have washed ourselves, the day's fast begins. Hungry from morning to noon. We have been informed in advance. During the fasting period, there is only one meal at noon. So we're all ready to eat a little more. But when lunch was served, I found out. These meals are really vegetarian. I didn't even see a single oil splash if there was no meat