Chapter Twenty-Three: The Old Cow Gives Fire
I listened ignorantly, but Liu Cheng didn't continue, just now my father said that I saw something terrible under the old locust tree, but Liu Cheng didn't let my father continue, which made my heart itch, and now I want to talk and stop, and I can't sit in the house all afternoon.
Until the evening, the sound of firecrackers and gongs and drums came from the grandfather's house, although the grandfather has no descendants, but the popularity of several nearby villages is very good, he has an accident, and the people of several nearby villages naturally came to see off the grandfather, and invited the gong and drum team by themselves, bought firecrackers, and the village was not lively.
I wanted to go to the mourning hall to have a look, but Liu Cheng didn't allow me to go out until twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, when I almost fell asleep on the chair, and Liu Cheng patted me and said, "Aren't you kid going to join in the fun?" Come with me. ”
I immediately came to my senses, quickly stood up and followed Liu Cheng out of the door, and went straight to my grandfather's house after going out.
When we went, Grandpa's mourning hall was already full of people, because Grandpa's coffin had been lent to my grandfather, so his coffin was also borrowed from someone else, and after we arrived, everyone in the village stood up and greeted Liu Cheng.
Since Liu Cheng pulled his father back from the death line, he has become a fairy-like figure in the eyes of these villagers, no matter who sees him, he will greet him respectfully, and Liu Cheng is not arrogant and responds politely.
The cause of grandpa's death, grandpa had already explained to the people in the village, Liu Cheng chose to come at this time, and he didn't want to be disturbed by various problems in the village, so not many people came forward to ask grandpa how he died, and Liu Cheng was clear.
Liu Cheng arranged for me to keep filial piety during the day, and I was just going to leave with incense sticks for my grandfather, and I was also very obedient to put a stick of incense in front of my grandfather's coffin, kowtowed a few times, and then got up and looked at Liu Cheng, wanting to ask him what arrangements he had.
Liu Cheng turned his back to the coffin, looked out the door and said, "The cow that saved your life is here." ”
The villagers were puzzled and asked, "What cow?" ”
As soon as I finished asking, I saw that the old ox that my grandfather had raised before appeared at the door of the mourning hall, stared at my grandfather's coffin in a daze, blinked after looking at it for a while, and then tears flowed from my eyes.
The people in the village were also very emotional, and they all said, "This old scalper has a relationship with Sun Wensheng, and he knows that Sun Wensheng is dead, so he came to see Sun Wensheng off." ”
Rural cattle are extremely important, many times do not regard cattle as livestock, but regard them as a part of their own family, rural people can have enough food every year, cattle account for half of the credit, in the eyes of rural people, cattle are very spiritual animals, there have been many people who want to kill cattle before, but as long as the cattle see people holding knives towards it, they will kneel on the ground and cry, over time, there will be starvation and do not eat cattle to eat.
In the past, when I was poor, there was an old man in the village who carelessly did not lead the rope of the cow when herding the cow, so that the cow fell off the high hill and died, but the old man drank pesticides that night, which shows that in the eyes of the people at that time, the life of the cow is more valuable than the life of the person.
The old scalper of the grandfather's family came to send the grandfather, and the people in the village felt strange at most, but they didn't think it was strange, and no one went to chase it, but someone persuaded it, "Sun Wensheng is dead, we will raise you in the future, I can't starve you, go back to the cattle pen and stay." ”
The old scalper still looked at the coffin of his grandfather and wept, and he didn't enter the door or leave.
It's not a matter of letting the cow block the door of the mourning hall all the time, grandpa stepped forward to take it away, but before grandpa approached it, it took the initiative to enter the mourning hall, and finally stood in front of me, staring at me.
I used to look for it and get the brass bell, it didn't bark or make trouble, at that time I felt that it was very human, and now standing face to face with me, I seemed to feel that the person standing in front of me was not a cow, but a person.
The old scalper stared at me for a long time, then took a few steps forward, and then its forehead touched my forehead a few times, as if to tell me something, and the people in the village were puzzled and said, "Sun Qing, does this old scalper have something to explain to you?" ”
I shook my head, "I don't know. I could only ask Liu Cheng for an answer, "Master, what does it want to tell me?" ”
Liu Cheng frowned and said, "Kneel down and kowtow to it, thank it for saving its life." ”
I sighed, and the rest of the people were even more puzzled, why did I, a young man with strong blood, kowtow to an old cow to thank it for saving his life?
However, Liu Cheng must have a reason for what he said, and he didn't even ask why, he simply knelt in front of the old scalper, kowtowed to the old scalper, and said, "Thank you for saving your life." ”
After I kowtowed a few times, the old scalper let out a low groan, and then turned and went out the door.
The thoughts of the people in the village were not on the mourning hall, but shifted to the old scalper, and they all followed the old scalper out, and Liu Cheng and I also followed.
The old ox left the mourning hall and walked directly towards the stone scoop next to the grandfather's house, the stone scoop is half a meter high, and the people in the village used to use this stone scoop to scoop rice, but now there is a special machine for scooping rice, and this stone scoop is also abandoned.
Everyone looked at the old scalper, and when the old scalper was about to get close to the stone scoop, he suddenly increased his speed, and with a bang, he hit his head on the stone scoop, and the stone scoop was instantly broken by it, and the old scalper also hit his head and broke the blood flow.
"It's a suicide?!" This scene shocked the people in the village, although the cow is humane, but there has never been a precedent for the cow to commit suicide, "This cow knows everything in his heart, knowing that Sun Wensheng is dead, it will be alone, hey, it's a pity." ”
The old scalper looked back at me after hitting the stone scoop, mooed at me, and seemed to call over, Liu Cheng seemed to understand what it was saying, and pushed me, and then Liu Cheng and I walked to the old scalper.
As soon as I approached, the old scalper lay on the ground, staring at me and leaving tears again, blood blisters appeared in his nose and mouth, and his forehead was also struck with skin and flesh, and he was already angry.
I didn't understand what it meant, and it always insisted on its last breath, and it must wait for me to understand before it was willing to die, and finally Liu Cheng opened its forehead that had broken through the skin, took out a bone the size of a small half a palm from its forehead, and then said to the old scalper, "Your kindness and I keep it in mind, hurry up and report it below, and you will be rich and glorious in the next life." ”
It wasn't until Liu Cheng took out the bone on its forehead that the old scalper completely lost his breath.
Liu Cheng sighed, stood up again, handed me the bone he had taken out, and said, "This is what it gave you, keep it safe." ”
The people in the village also came over, and they saw Liu Cheng take out a bone from the old ox's forehead, and asked Liu Cheng one after another, "Master Liu, what is that?" ”
Liu Cheng said, "It only takes a few years for a person to open a spiritual wisdom, but it takes decades for a cow to open a spiritual wisdom, and the lifespan of a cow is no more than forty, so there are very few cows that open spiritual wisdom." Once the ox has opened the spiritual wisdom, they will grow an extra bone on their forehead, this bone is called the 'wisdom bone', and the reason why the ploughing ox is blessed by God is also because of this wisdom bone, which can enhance luck and wisdom, and can also enhance yang energy. In addition, the wisdom bone is equivalent to the third eye of the cow, with this third eye, the cow can see things that the living cannot see, it has a good impression of Sun Qing, so before he died, he chose to give the wisdom bone to Sun Qing. ”
After Liu Cheng finished speaking, I completely understood, no wonder I used to go to get the bell around the neck of the old scalper, the old scalper didn't bark or make trouble, and the co-author had a good impression of me.
This old ox looks very ordinary, and it turns out to be a wise cow.
The people in the village looked at the wisdom bone I was holding in my hand, their eyes were very hot, Liu Cheng smiled and said, "There are very few cattle with wisdom bones, so you don't have to try to get the wisdom bones when you go back, and the cow wisdom bones are only effective if the cow gives them themselves, if you go to the cattle to take the wisdom bones, you will be punished by God." ”
Liu Cheng's words shattered the people in the village who had a dream of wisdom bones, and they all said no.
Liu Cheng then recited the mantra to the old cow a few times, and then asked me to kowtow to it a few times, and then cooperated with the villagers to carry the cow back to the mourning hall, saying that it was to be buried with the grandfather.
I was busy until the next morning, when Liu Cheng and I had free time, and I asked Liu Cheng when no one was paying attention to me and him, "Why does Grandpa want to harm me, but his cow wants to help me?" ”
Liu Cheng said, "People's minds are the most complicated, and the mind of a cow is very simple, and he will give it to whoever he has a good impression of, and he won't think so much." As he spoke, he looked at my eyebrows and said, "It also gave you the fire in the center of its eyebrows, and your grandfather picked up your fire, but his cow gave you a fire. ”