Chapter 3: Farewell
Since the day of the fight, the old goddess's body has been weakening day by day, as if she had set a curse, at first she was just unable to move, and after half a month, she was bedridden, at first she could chat with Mo Xun, and pointed out a few words to Mo Xun, but later she couldn't even say a complete sentence.
The old goddess didn't even survive March, and before she saw the spring of that year, she died in a hurry. In the first two days of her death, the old goddess miraculously got out of bed and offered incense to the statue for the last time before Mo Xun woke up.
These days, the old goddess is seriously ill, and the villagers rush to visit the mountain, and they are grateful for the good deeds of the old goddess over the years. Especially the second grandma Tong and the second grandmother Tong, they go up the mountain to visit almost every day, especially the second grandmother Tong, even if the legs and feet are inconvenient, they have to go up the mountain every day, to say that the second grandmother Tong is already in her eighties, if it is not that the other party is really an important person, how can an eighty-year-old couple visit every day?
Although the old goddess's body collapsed, the wild immortals around her were still there. Like those villagers, they are reluctant to let the old goddess die, but they understand reincarnation better, and they know better that the old goddess has done good deeds all her life, and even if she dies, she will be reincarnated back into the world. If there is a fate, they will meet again when the old goddess is born.
"Brother and sister-in-law, we won't see each other! Don't come here tomorrow, it's not good for you to come, I have a dead breath in me, and you will be unlucky. The old goddess held the hand of the second grandfather and grandmother Tong, and tears seemed to roll out of her eyes. In the year when she lost her husband and son, what kind of life would the old goddess have lived if it had not been for the help of the two of them?
"Old girl, I'm sorry for you. If I care more about it, I can't die!"
"Speaking of Jishi, I've been dreaming about Jishi lately, this kid is waiting for me with his father, and our family is finally going to be reunited. The old goddess sighed.
Then, in an instant, the old goddess seemed to be possessed, her body froze, her eyes were hollow, her mouth was open, and her voice was jerky and hoarse: "Go! go!" The voice was distinctly the voice of a young woman. This is a manifestation of the possession of the earth immortals.
Second Master Tong wanted to ask what was going on, but the old goddess's black eyes rolled and fainted.
"Mo Xun, Mo Xun!" "Second Grandma Tong hurriedly called Mo Xun, who was working outside. Mo Xun hurriedly put down the sheets in his hand and trotted to the house. "What's wrong?" Mo Xun's heart sank, and the person was gone?
Mo Xun's hands trembled violently. "It's okay, it's okay, the people are still there. Second Master Tong touched the pulse of the old goddess and comforted Mo Xun. Mo Xun is still not at ease, although this old lady usually speaks viciously and has no doorkeeper on her mouth, but she has really not been bad to herself in the past seven years.
"What's going on? Haven't you been fine today? Mo Xun asked almost angrily.
"Possessed. Grandma Tong said tremblingly. Mo Xun is familiar with the old goddess in the end, she has always gotten along well with those wild immortals, and they will not harm her.
It wasn't long before the old goddess woke up. "She's coming? She's already wanted to come, but I didn't let her, she's a chance to vent the sky, and she will be punished. ”
The woman was originally a snake spirit, named She Xiaotian, there was a famine in the mountains in the early years, She Xiaotian was young and ignorant, and went down the mountain to steal food in the village, but there was a famine on the mountain, and it was also difficult to have a good time under the mountain, if it was in someone else's house, She Xiaotian was found out and was caught and stewed and eaten, but it happened that She Xiaotian stole to Tong Erye's house.
Tong Er's grandmother was collecting firewood for cooking, and She Xiaotian hid in the firewood stack behind the door. Tong Er's grandmother was about to fill the firewood, and when she picked up the firewood, she found a small snake, which was snow-white, the thickness of her thumb, and a small lump was coiled there.
"Old man, old man, there's a snake in the house!" Second Grandma Tong was so frightened that she dropped the firewood in her hand and shouted loudly to Second Master Tong. Second Master Tong picked up the iron hook by the stove, and wanted to kill her, but he stretched out his hand but relented. The little snake was so small that it wouldn't have come down if it weren't for the lack of food on the mountain.
"Let's go. Second Master Tong said to the little snake, and took a piece of cut rabbit meat from the stove and threw it to the ground. She Xiaotian was already human at that time, she ate the piece of rabbit meat, and then went out through the door openly.
"This little snake is human. Grandma Tong sighed.
It is the kindness of this piece of rabbit meat, She Xiaotian remembered it for a long time, she often hunted some hares in the mountains and delivered them to the door of Tong Erye's house at night. A few days ago, She Xiaotian was successful in her studies, so she made a hexagram for Second Master Tong, and by mistake, she calculated that Second Master Tong was about to face a disaster. Her fellow clansmen advised her not to divulge the secret of heaven, after all, she was still too young to withstand the near-devastating curse. But She Xiaotian was very stubborn, in the end, she still got into the body of the old goddess and told Tong Erye all this.
"Where can I go? I'm so old!" Second Master Tong sighed while thanking She Xiaotian for her kindness, and sighed that he couldn't leave this place. "I've grown up here, and almost every young person here has grown up watching me. "Yes, the old couple is over 80 years old, where can they go? People have feelings, and their feelings for their homeland are no more bland than their feelings for a certain person.
"She won't lie to you, if she stays here, disaster will come. "Mo Xun has been with the old goddess for so long, and he still trusts the wild immortals around her. She also complained that she had suffered so much in the mountains, and those wild fairies must have known, but why didn't they help her? Later, she also understood, they were the spirits of a clan, and if they were really in danger, who of them could pay for it?
"Let's go back and talk about it. Grandma Tong finally handed a piece of candy to the old goddess. "Life is hard, eat this piece of sugar, and get on the road. ”
When it was almost dark, Second Master Tong and Second Grandmother Tong went down the mountain. After serving the old goddess to sleep at night, Mo Xun knelt in front of a locust tree and burned a handful of paper money. A tall, thin man wearing a dark gray robe with a length of nearly two meters appeared. "I thought you would never look for me again. The man's voice was like grinding beans on a millstone.
"She's leaving, let her be born a rich family in the next life. Mo Xun said to the man.
"In exchange, you'll need to help me take someone. The man stretched out his hand, and the paper money that had turned to ashes swirled a few times in the air, and by the time it reached the robed man's hand, it had turned into a dozen neat and new dark coins.
"Change it, I'm not going to kill anyone. Mo Xun recalled the bits and pieces with the old goddess, if the old goddess knew that she killed for her, she would be blamed!
"Go to Changbai Mountain to save Mr. Centennial, his life is coming. The robed man pondered for a moment, then changed his conditions. Mo Xun nodded, and the robed man's body gradually became transparent.
In the early hours of the next morning, the old goddess stopped breathing. According to the instructions of the old goddess, Mo Xun found the prime of life in the village to put the old goddess in the coffin that had been made a long time ago, carried it to the ancestral tomb of the Chen family, and buried it beside her husband and son. Obey the instructions of the old goddess, do not stop the corpse, do not mourn, and immediately burn the temple and leave after entering the earth.
Mo Xun was dressed in a white cloth, and for the first time walked in the forefront of the funeral procession, she held a white spirit flag in her hand, and her eyes were blank. This is not the first time Mo Xun has worn mourning clothes, when he used to be a maid in a big family, the whole family needs to wear mourning clothes when the lord dies, she looks at those young ladies and young masters, usually only know how to reach out for money, go out to squander, and don't care about the affairs of the family, they can cry all over the night at the funeral, like the real thing, they cry until the death of their father or the silver that can be reached out?
There was also a faint sound of sobbing behind him, Tong Erye Tong and Grandma Tong listened to the words of the old goddess and did not come to the funeral, but the banquet they prepared for the funeral people, they are the only relatives of the old goddess, and this white banquet should be handled by them.
Mo Xun watched the coffin of the old goddess being buried in the soil, the last handful of soil, the villagers agreed that Mo Xun should fill in for the old goddess, she was picked up by the old goddess, and took care of the old goddess until she died, which is half the daughter of the old goddess, according to local customs, this last soil should be added by the descendants, representing the last attachment of the living to the dead.
After burying the old goddess peacefully, people returned to Tong Erye's house for dinner, Mo Xun stayed alone, she sat silently in front of the old god's tomb alone, the words on the tombstone were set up by her in her name, Tong Erye asked her in what capacity, she said "master and apprentice". In fact, she has never learned the divine power of the old goddess, and she knows nothing about the old goddess's medical skills, the old goddess has never said that she will be accepted as an apprentice, but what the old goddess taught her is that she has lived for so many years and no one has taught her.
Seeing that the people were gradually dispersed, Mo Xun returned to Qingyue Nunnery, she knelt down and buckled her head to each idol according to the old goddess's instructions, and after saying "offended", she climbed on the offering table and smashed all the statues. Then she moved the straw from the back room, drenched it with soybean oil for stir-frying, and set fire to the place where she had lived for a long time. "Master, see you in the next life. ”