Grandpa remembered what Helian Tian said after Millet was drowned by King Weak Lang, and he said that he had heard that water ghosts could dive into the mud like loaches and yellow eels, and King Weak Lang should have gotten into the mud.

Since Millet was brought into the mud by the King of Weak Lang, Millet's mouth and nose were blocked by the silt, and the angry anger at the time of death naturally could not be vented.

Helian Tian said these words, but he didn't expect that the mud would block the passage of the gas leakage.

After absorbing the Qi of Evil, Mr. Bai fell from the air, and when he landed, his feet did not stand firmly, and he rolled on the spot. At the same time, Millet, who sat up, leaned back and lay down in the coffin.

Looking at Mr. Bai again, its belly was already bulging, and its whole body was round and round, like a cooked rice ball that slipped out of a soup spoon.

Helian Tian saw that Mr. Bai's stomach was round, so he said in disbelief: "It's really angry!" "He has raised a lot of cat ghosts, so he naturally knows what cat ghosts look like after sucking their breath. If the cat ghost hadn't sucked the soul of the deceased, his stomach would never have become like this.

Mr. Bai immediately returned the same way after inhaling the evil qi of millet, and no one dared to stop it, and they all avoided it like a plague, for fear that it would have the corpse qi of the dead sticking to it.

Daddy was so surprised that he forgot to ask someone to catch it, and by the time he came back to his senses, Mr. Bai had disappeared without a trace.

Everyone gathered in front of Xiaomi's coffin and saw that Xiaomi's face was a little greener than just now. Several people put the lid back on the coffin.

Grandpa later said that when a person is about to die, the seven spirits will disperse first, and the three souls will leave again. In fact, when Millet was pressed in the pond by the weak king, the seven spirits were already gone. What is sealed by the mud and left behind is only the three souls of millet. Therefore, what Mr. Bai sucked away was only the soul of Xiaomi, but not the soul.

But at that time, my grandfather didn't know this, and thought that Mr. Bai had sucked away Xiaomi's entire soul.

He hurriedly called for people to look for Mr. Bai everywhere, but no one could find him.

But when no one else is looking for it, it will pop up again. Sometimes on the ridges, sometimes on the eaves, sometimes on the floor, sometimes in the mountains and forests.

When I didn't mean it, I found it everywhere, and I deliberately searched for it, but I couldn't find it anywhere.

Although Xiaomi's soul was sucked away by Mr. Bai, the funeral still had to be carried out.

The Ma family's old house continued to blow and beat, and the gongs and drums sounded. Millet is in the ground as usual.

Grandpa wants Miss Tie's maid to be buried in the mountains and forests of Thrush Village. Miss Iron refused. She's going to bring her people back to her turf. Soon after Millet was grounded, Miss Tie left Thrush Village with her dead maid. Miss Tie's makeup skills are superb, and the dead maid is transformed into a dying patient under her fiddling, occasionally moving her arms and making an expression. If you don't look closely, you don't know that Miss Tie is controlling it.

When Miss Tie left Thrush Village, Grandpa said, "I want to thank you, but I don't know how to thank you." ”

Miss Tie helped the maid who had put on makeup and said, "I really want to help you, but I don't know how to help you." With that, tears crept out of the corners of her eyes.

Grandpa wanted to send Miss Tie to Hankou, but Luo Buzhai hadn't woken up yet, Zhao Xianyun fell ill in bed, and no one at home took care of him. Grandpa only sent her to Yuezhou City.

When Grandpa sent Miss Tie, Helian Tian and Zifei helped take care of everything in the Ma family's old house.

When Grandpa came back, Helian Tian and Zifei also said that they wanted to leave.

Grandpa knew that Helian Tian still had Xu Ani waiting in Baoding, and he couldn't keep it, but Zifei was alone, he didn't have to worry about it, so he didn't have to go back to anywhere. Therefore, on the one hand, grandpa prepared food and clothing for Heliantian for the journey, and on the other hand, he struggled to keep his son.

Zifei said: "Master, don't worry, I will definitely leave later than Heliantian." I'm not done yet. ”

Grandpa didn't react for a while, and asked, "Your business?" What's the matter? ”

Zifei said: "The matter of transferring flowers and trees." ”

Daddy was silent.

Zifei said again: "This matter is not only a way to save my wife, but also Xiaomi's last wish." Please also ask Master not to give up. ”

Grandpa sighed and said: "The people around me left one after another, and I can't keep it if I want to, so it's better to let go of everything." What's the use of keeping? What's the pain if you don't stay? ”

The son is not without answering.

Before leaving, Helian Tian had some heart-to-heart words with his father.

That day, Helian Tian and his father were walking on the ridge of Thrush Village. Helian Tian said to his grandfather: "Our ancestors have always had the method of reincarnation of the soul 'grafting', and when you catch Mr. Bai and obtain the soul of millet, you will write to me, and I will come here again to help you let millet reincarnate as an adult through 'grafting'." Originally, this method was kept secret by our family, but I have already counted Xiaomi as a member of our family, and I am a member of her mother's family. ”

Grandpa said helplessly: "I understand Brother Helian's kindness." But you see, I'm old now, even if Mr. Bai is willing to send Xiaomi's soul back, even if Xiaomi is reincarnated, I will already have gray hair at that time. On the day I visited the church with Zhao Xianyun, when I saw Xiaomi, I thought, we have a huge age difference, and I am afraid that we will not have a chance in this life. That was the case then, what can I think about now? ”

That year, my grandfather was close to fifty years old.

Helian Tiandao: "As long as it is sincere, it doesn't matter if there is a lot of age difference." ”

Grandpa smiled bitterly: "Missing someone once in your life is a lifelong regret." I've missed her three times in my life, where can I expect it? I used to have a friend who was the Taoist of Dayun Mountain. He had missed someone countless times, and then he told me that you should wait for her to come again in this life, just like two people who have been separated on a certain road, and one of them waits on the same road for the other person to come back. He thinks that he missed that person because both of them are in reincarnation, just like both of them have left the same path, so they frequently miss it. But you see, I've waited long enough on my path, haven't I? Didn't miss it yet? Maybe that's fate. ”

Helian Tiandao: "You who know numerology actually accept your fate?" ”

Grandpa looked ahead, and in front of him was a zigzag and intricate ridge. Paddy fields are not regular, there are large and small, high and low. If you look down on the paddy fields, you can see the ridges that look like veins of leaves. Grandpa pointed to the ridge and said, "Life is this ridge road with seven twists and turns." Knowing numerology only knows the width of each ridge and knows where each ridge leads. You can't change its shape and direction, so you can only walk along the ridges. If that's what you mean by resignation, then I do. ”

Helian Tian said: "I have felt like you before. When I was looking for Xu Ani but couldn't find it, I also accepted my fate. I thought I would never meet her again in my life. At that time, I entrusted Zesheng to look for it, but I didn't have much hope, and I also wondered if he was just using me and didn't really go to her. But I'm still going to do it. As long as there is a little more hope, I will not give up. It's like walking on this ridge, knowing that there may be no direction ahead, but still walking in the direction that you think there may be a miracle as much as possible. Unexpectedly, she was always by my side. Even when I was about to give up, she was actually close to me. Now Xiaomi's soul is still with Mr. Bai, just like Xu Ani was around me at the beginning. I hope you end up having a happy ending like me. Then you will understand that you have accepted your fate, but as long as you have the last glimmer of hope, you may eventually find that fate is not what you think it is. ”

"You resigned yourself to your fate, but it doesn't have to be what you think it is?"

Helian Tian nodded and said, "Yes." Ma Xiucai, think about all the people we know. Ze Sheng thought that he was the emperor's destiny, and he devoted himself to cultivating Yin soldiers, but the result was a dream of Huangliang, and he was exiled overseas∮ Fei Yuan was just to accompany Ziyu, and he was willing to join five hundred boys and wander on the East China Sea, but he met the immortal chief by chance and unexpectedly obtained immortality. Xu Fu worked hard and searched everywhere, but in the end, because he couldn't find the elixir of immortality, he had to hide on the island of Japan and didn't dare to come back. Besides, he thought that having everything that others expected would make his sweetheart happy, but after he got it, the person who worked hard for it was gone. ”

Daddy nodded silently.

"Everyone is running for their own lives, and they are trying their best to think that they can embark on the path they want. But the result is often a completely different path. ”

"That's true." Daddy said.

Helian Tiandao: "In this case, why cling to your fate? Why bother with your life? Why accept fate? ”

Grandpa asked: "In this way, those who are not destined are all imaginary." So, do you advise me to keep a glimmer of hope, or don't hold out any hope? ”

Helian Tiandao: "It seems that you haven't understood what I mean. I mean, you don't have expectations for the future, don't expect you to be in your seventies, and Xiaomi will come to you again; But you also don't give up on yourself and give up the chance to reunite with Xiaomi completely. Keep a glimmer of hope without expecting anything from it. ”

Grandpa carefully tasted Heliantian's words.

Helian Tian said again: "Keep a glimmer of hope, so as not to despair." If you don't expect anything, you won't suffer. ”

Grandpa sighed.

While the two of them were talking, Mr. Bai appeared in the distance again. It stood on the avenue in front of the village, looking at his grandfather and Helian Tian from afar with blue and yellow eyes.

Grandpa asked Helian Tiandao: "Brother Helian, why didn't it let me catch it, but it often looked at us from afar?" ”

Helian Tian looked at Mr. Bai in the distance and said, "I think this is also the meaning of millet." Mr. Bai is only under the control of Xiaomi. ”

"What does millet mean?"

"yes."

Grandpa asked, "If Xiaomi's soul can control Mr. Bai's movements with her mind in Mr. Bai's body, she should let Mr. Bai return home." ”

Helian Tian said: "I think what Mr. Bai sucked should only be the soul of Xiaomi." When a person dies, the seven spirits are scattered first, and then the three souls. Although Mr. Bai sucked away the evil qi that day, it is likely that there is only Xiaomi's soul in the evil qi. Of course, I wasn't sure before. But seeing the change in Mr. Bai's temperament these days, I think Xiaomi's kind soul has worked in Mr. Bai's body. The soul is too kind, she is afraid that you will love her and let Zhao Xianyun die, so she leaves you; She misses you too much, so she leaves but doesn't leave. ”