Autumn rains.

Only above the land in the countryside can you see the charm of autumn rain.

Walking along the ridges, holding an umbrella in your hand, and listening to the sound of rain jumping on the surface of the umbrella, your heart can't help but want to dance with it.

"It's been almost a year......"

Lin Yi looked up with an oblique umbrella, and the raindrops were like smooth crystals, falling from the sky full.

If you throw away the umbrella, close your eyes, and let the rain slide across your face, the dripping coolness will make every heartstring flutter with it, quickly creating a feeling that is both familiar and unfamiliar.

The little girl with a child's heart can't help but turn the umbrella around, and the raindrops will splash in all directions, as if it were a huge turbine.

In the autumn rain, there is more childlike fun and joy.

"Uncle Lin, let's go back to the town quickly, I want to eat candy!"

A year has passed, and the snot child of the elder brother's family has grown a lot taller.

"Good. Lin Yi smiled slightly, put away the axe, put the chopped wood on his shoulder, and walked towards Qingniu Town with the snot child.

After killing in the cultivation realm for a long time, Lin Yi was intoxicated with such a leisurely life.

The kind face and the customs, the river and the field outside Qingniu Town, the mountain behind the house, and the cropland......

From time to time, a team of marrying relatives came on the village road, several cattle workshops supported a horse carrying the groom, wearing red flowers, full of dowry, lined up for a long time, both pomp and bustle, under the blue sky and white clouds, in the sound of suona, a smiling face was as bright as the sun.

"Congratulations, congratulations!"

"Hahaha......"

On the big day of marriage, Qingniu Town is particularly lively.

Guns, artillery battles, red lanterns open the way, blowing and blowing along the way, the two newcomers finally arrived home, and they had to pour wine for the elders next to each other.

"What a lot of candy!"

The snot child smiled on his face, followed the congratulatory appearance of the elders, and then scattered in a hurry under the scolding of the adults, and disappeared with a group of playmates.

As a member of Qingniu Town, Lin Yi naturally had to go up to give gifts and thank you.

"Yo, it's Brother Lin!" the groom greeted warmly.

In fact, not only him, but everyone in Qingniu Town is very familiar with Lin Yi, and even Mr. Niu appreciates Lin Yi, and even feels ashamed.

There is no other reason -

Lin Yi has a gentle temperament, is literate and decent, his conversation is not as rough as other villagers, and he has a skill, he runs a shop by himself, and is one of the best carpenters in Qingniu Town.

Even many young girls who are just starting to love this Brother Lin are quite appreciative......

"On the day of great joy, Lin deserves to come. ”

Lin Yi smiled, and the gift that had already been prepared behind him was covered by a red cloth, moved it to the groom, and arched his hand.

Someone lifted the red silk -

I saw that the real appearance appeared under the red silk, it was a brand-new wooden table, and it was made by Lin Yi himself without thinking about it, and everyone in Qingniu Town knew that he was a carpenter.

But......

This wooden table is a little special.

On the table, some lifelike things were carved, and it looked like the real thing, and some people stepped forward to touch it in disbelief, and they were surprised.

"Red dates, peanuts, longan, lotus seeds...... It's all engraved!"

"What do you mean?"

Many villagers looked at each other, not understanding the meaning, and even a couple of newcomers scratched their heads and said nothing.

At this time, the Niu scholar, who was literate and had read books, stood up.

"Everyone, I don't know, hehe......"

Niu Shusheng stroked his white beard and explained with a smile: "Red dates, peanuts, longan, lotus seeds, these are the four joys, which means that you will be born early!"

Many villagers were so surprised that they secretly smacked their tongues, and they all sighed that they were worthy of being forest carpenters, and they were decent people who had read books.

"But ......"

Speaking of this, Niu Shusheng changed his words, hesitated for a moment before looking at Lin Yi and asked: "Housheng, how did you do this, such ingenious workmanship, but it is really caused by your carving?!"

"A little care, a little effort. Lin Yi said with a smile.

Mr. Niu and other villagers didn't know that this Lin Yilin carpenter, in addition to selling and customizing some furniture needed for life, as well as repairing the work, spent the rest of his time carving.

People say;

Carving is a skill job, beginner practice, high level training.

Lin Yi didn't know what the villain in his mind meant by Huafan, but in this year, he had roughly comprehended some fur.

Cultivating the mind, cultivating the character.

As a result, Lin Yi will carve it when he has nothing to do, which is lifelike, and it is not a problem to give birth to a noble son early.

"Brother Lin, thank you!"

The groom is a real person, and he doesn't know how to say thanks, but he is sincere.

Lin Yi waved his hand, signaling that he didn't have to be so polite.

"What is this, those beautiful sisters carved by Uncle Lin are called good-looking!" said the snot child eating candy in the hustle and bustle.

But

He had sugar in his mouth, he couldn't speak clearly, and his voice was not loud, and he was a child, so no one paid attention to his words.

Only Lin Yi glared at him secretly.

The snotty child grimaced at him, and then, reprimanded by his father, Bull, laughed and ran away with his playmates.

"People are small and big!" said Zhuang Niu angrily.

"Brother Qiang doesn't have to be angry, it's normal for children to have playfulness. ”

Lin Yi said with a smile, he has watched the snot child grow taller this year, but he is a little naughty and mischievous, and he has no bad intentions and problems.

Zhuangniu can also see that Lin Yi is not a simple person.

He hadn't read any books, he didn't know what a man with a story was, he didn't understand those things.

He just knew—

Whenever in the dead of night, when I occasionally go to this little brother's house, I will find that he is carving, and every time he carves, he is depicting a different woman.

Zhuang Niu swears that he has lived for so many years, and he has never seen such a fairy woman in Qingniu Town!

......

Joys and sorrows, Lin Yi has seen a lot.

He has seen lonely widowed women, happy weddings full of peach blossoms, babbling newborns, and dying in bed in the twilight of his life.

Those people are either mediocre or amazing.

People are like this, no matter how invincible they are in life, how peerless they are, there will be a day when they die.

"And me?"

At night, Lin Yi couldn't help but think like this.

He also knew that the day would come when he would die, turning into a cloud of ashes, and he would not be able to hear or reply when someone called his name.

It's just that......

As much as possible, as much as possible, Lin Yi wanted the day when he would grow old and die, come later, later......

At the very least, he can let his family, his wife, and the countless people who have pinned all their hopes on him live in peace.

Simple life, just fine.

Knock Knock Knock –

Someone pushed the door in, it was Niu Shusheng, every time after tea and dinner, he would come to the door from time to time to talk about ideals and ambitions with Lin Yi.

It's rare that in Qingniu Town, there is a person who has a topic to talk to.

A ragged colt may make a good horse.

Niu Shusheng didn't speak, he quietly walked to the side and sat down, looking at Lin Yi's carving carefully and seriously.

Starting, filing, chiseling, polishing......

Every step, Lin Yi is so quiet, as if it forms one with the autumn wind and rain overnight, and it is natural.

A simple piece of wood was carved out of flowers by Lin Yi.

He never deliberately carved the things that the masters loved, and every time he carved something, it was something that ordinary people could not understand.

For example, now, the wood in Lin Yi's hand.

"Housheng, ...... this?"

Seeing that Lin Yi had finished carving, Niu Shusheng hesitated for a while before asking.

The wood was carved in all sorts of ways, and nothing could be seen.

It's like a child scribbling with a pen, and like a little Taoist priest who has just started, drawing a blind run, messy.

"It's the heart. Lin Yi said.

Niu Shusheng was puzzled and said in amazement: "Why the heart? If your heart is really so complicated, then ...... Why do you know it, but still don't try to clean it, but carve it out?"

"It's the way. ”

Lin Yi placed the carved wood on the cabinet, paused, and said: "There is injustice in the sky, disturb my gods, cut off my mind, cut off my way, and mess with my heart." ”

Niu Shusheng only felt a roar in his head.

He didn't understand!

Thinking that he has traveled all over the world for several years, has seen countless strange people, and has read more books in his life than he has eaten rice grains, he can't understand the meaning of Lin Yi's words at this moment!

As soon as the cow scholar sits, it is a few hours.

It wasn't until late at night that Niu Shusheng asked tentatively, "Dare to ask...... But the Tao involves the heart of the afterlife?"

"Yes and no. ”

Lin Yi nodded and shook his head, which made Niu Shusheng very puzzled.

"Listen up, please advise!"

Niu Shusheng made a gesture and humbly asked for advice, although he was gray-haired and old, but at this moment, he was more like a student than a student.

Actually, why not?

If you really want to count the age, in fact, Lin Yi is not younger than Scholar Niu, what he has seen and heard, he has experienced so many ups and downs and hardships, just one and a half points of it, it is not something that Scholar Niu can compare with.

"The Tao is pervasive. ”

Lin Yi sighed again and again, and said with a helpless wry smile: "Everything in the world can be Tao, you and I meet, it is the Tao, you and I know each other, it is also the Tao, and even everything in Qingniu Town is the Tao." ”

Niu Shusheng didn't seem to understand, and kept Lin Yi's remarks in mind, and immediately asked: "So, what is the heart?"

"The heart rules all things. ”

Lin Yi said indifferently: "Everything in the world can be heart, when you and I meet, it is the heart, you and I know each other, and it is also the heart, and even everything in Qingniu Town is the heart." ”

"The heart can be the way, and the way can be the heart......"

Scholar Niu was like a Confucian scholar who had absorbed a huge ocean of knowledge, constantly muttering.

It took a long time for him to get up.

After performing some etiquette to Lin Yi again, he hurriedly left, perhaps, he would not be able to sleep this night.

"Readers sink themselves, and they are afraid that there will be storytellers. ”

Seeing that Scholar Niu was so dazed, and his concept was completely turned upside down, Lin Yi smiled self-deprecatingly.

People, it's all like that.

Countless people live in their own world, intoxicated, unwilling to wake up, and they are even more afraid of storytellers who ruthlessly shatter their world and wake them up.

And what about storytellers?

seems to be awake, but in fact sleeps in a higher layer of dreams, and the most ridiculous thing is that he knows that he is bound by dreams and has the heart to escape, but he is unable to escape.

Lin Yi is a storyteller and a ridiculous person.

He was sometimes particularly envious of Niu scholars.

You don't have to have so many troubles, get drunk in dreams, be born not so long ago, and die soon after, be born on the earth, die on the earth, and return to your roots.

Does he need to worry that if he doesn't work hard, or if he says the wrong thing or does something wrong, he will be killed?

No.

He only needs to worry that if he is not diligent, the wheat will run out, and he will starve to death without food.

Will he be worried that after he dies in the future, there will be countless people who have all the hope for the future, lose the flag-bearer, and the heavens and the earth will collapse and be shattered?

No, still won't.

He only needs to worry about whether his wife and children will be sad because of this.

Too many people, like Niu Shusheng;

Born confused, died confused.

But what Lin Yi envies the most is this kind of foolish person, you laugh at them for being stupid, and they laugh at you for being tired.

Even......

Sometimes Lin Yi feels that he is not as good as a dog in the Zhuangniu family next door.

Spring goes and autumn comes.

Lin Yi had forgotten how many years he had been in Qingniu Town.

It seems like...... It's been a long time, a long time.

It seems to be in the blink of an eye, for thousands of years.

"Grandpa Lin, are you here too?"

"Hmmm......"

In front of the grave, Lin Yi, who was old and had some difficulty even walking, looked at a tombstone and was silent.

This is the tomb of Niu Shusheng, next to which is the tomb of their entire family lineage.

The person who swept the tomb was the grandson and great-grandson of Niu Shusheng.

Niu Shusheng's grandson, like Lin Yi, is the year of the sixtieth year, the years are withering and urging people to grow old, too many faces are born, old, sick and die, and there are too many new faces, descending on Qingniu Town to water this piece of land.

Lin Yi, the only person with a foreign surname in Qingniu Town, is more than sixty.

Strangely, he never married or had children in his life, but he ran a small artisan shop from young to old.

It's a carpenter, not just a carpenter.

Too many people who are illiterate will come to consult Lin Yi, and even in this cemetery within a radius of several miles, many of the loess tombs of the dead old man are all inscriptions carved by his own hands.

"Grandpa Lin, do you want to go back with us?"

After burning the incense paper, the descendants of Niu Shusheng asked kindly.

"Not necessarily. Lin Yi shook his head.

Everyone didn't say anything, they all knew it, don't look at this old man Lin's age, but his body is very tough, and this mountain road is nothing to him.

People gradually dispersed.

Only Lin Yi has been standing in place, and he doesn't know what he is thinking about in his heart.

"The next generation, but also old......"

Lin Yi looked at the tomb of Niu Shusheng, and said to himself calmly: "The night talk in the past, the future life is vivid, as if it was just yesterday, but the Tao is ruthless, you and I are separated from heaven and man forever." ”

"Maybe it won't be long before the next generation will leave this place, leave Qingniu Town, and leave ...... the planet. ”

"Do you still remember what the future said about the Tao and the heart?"

"Over the years, the descendants have figured it out. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Yi narrowed his cloudy old eyes and looked at the cloudless sky, "No matter how crazy the Tao is, the more crazy it will be, if you put down the sword, you will pick up the crutches in your hand, and everyone will kill them, that is, my heart!"

Boom Boom –

Tiandao opened his eyes and glanced at the white-haired Lin Yi, thundering and rolling, as if even the sky was warning him.

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