Gu Changsheng lit two oil lamps tonight, and the light of the oil lamps was dim but warm. Gu Changsheng didn't want to waste these two oil lamps in vain, so he took a book from the bedside and looked at it in the dim light.

Tonight is Chinese New Year's Eve, Gu Changming had dinner early, burned some yellow paper at the mouth of the stove, and invited the god Vesta. After that, Gu Changsheng began to sit on the bed to observe the New Year. On Chinese New Year's Eve, the house was going to be lit, so Gu Changming lit two oil lamps.

Gu Changsheng was still a little distressed, two oil lamps, and he had to burn a lot of lamp oil all night, that is, several copper coins.

So Gu Changsheng decided that he couldn't waste it, so he took several books at the bedside and put them on his lap, and decided to read the books tonight.

The first book Gu Changsheng opened was "The Book of Filial Piety", this book was actually read by Gu Changsheng a long time ago, but my brother said that it would be good to read too much, and besides, I had nothing to do now, and I couldn't waste those two oil lamps.

At the beginning, Gu Changsheng saw "filial piety, the foundation of virtue, and the birth of teaching." The body is skinned, and the parents who receive it dare not destroy it, and the beginning of filial piety is also. Standing up and doing the way, making a name for yourself in future generations, in order to show your parents, and the end of filial piety. Husband filial piety, starting from the family, in the matter of the king, and finally standing. ”

Seeing this Gu Chang life is a little sad, this evening Gu Chang Ming went to the mother to "send light", ancient customs, Chinese New Year's Eve deceased relatives will go home to reunite, need to light candles on the graves of relatives to light the way home for them. Gu Changming has been going every year since he was two years old, but this year he went alone.

Gu Changsheng knelt on his mother's grave and his tears still couldn't stop flowing, Gu Changsheng couldn't remember his mother's appearance. Gu Changsheng knelt on the grave and said a lot to his mother. said that he was seriously ill when he was two years old, that the Taoist priest saved him, and that his brother had traveled far away...... Gu Changsheng kept talking until it was dark, and the tears on his face had long been dried by the wind, Gu Changming lit the candle, carefully dripped a few wax tears, fixed the candle in a small tomb made of a few stones, and folded a few cypress trees to cover the tomb to prevent it from being blown out by the wind.

Walking on the path home, Gu Changsheng found that the moon was round and bright tonight, illuminating the path white, Gu Changsheng was a little happy, so that his mother would not be afraid of the dark when she went home.

Gu Changsheng read the Book of Filial Piety, and his mood was still a little low. The body is skinny, but he was seriously ill when he was two years old, and he has relatives, but he has nothing to do with his parents.

As the lamp oil burned out in the oil cup, Gu Changsheng had finished reading the "Book of Filial Piety", closed the book, Gu Changsheng did not rush to open the second book, but put down the book and put it neatly at the head of the bed along with a few books on his lap.

Gu Changsheng got up and squatted down and pulled out a small box from under the bed, opened the box and took out a two-fold folded parchment sheet on the top, which Gu Changming bought for three copper plates when he went to the town to stock New Year's goods some time ago, which made him feel distressed for a long time.

The parchment is spread out about ten inches, and there are four rows of little figures painted with ink on it, and the little people are very simple to draw, but they can still distinguish the movements, and the little people have different movements, but they are all clenched into fists. Obviously, this is a boxing book, and after Gu Changsheng bought it back, he would practice according to it every morning, evening, or after dinner, but Gu Changsheng obviously has no talent for boxing, no matter how he practiced, his body was not strong at all. This made Gu Changsheng a little depressed, but it was a pity for his three copper plates.

Gu Changsheng regretted it a little when he thought about it, the person who sold him this piece of parchment was also a thin monkey, if it was useful, then why didn't he practice himself, and he also sold the last three copper plates at a price of twenty copper plates to himself, why didn't he think of it at that time.

But I will still practice, these are three copper plates! The brother said that he didn't want to be so weak when he met next time, and if his mother "came back" tonight, he would also see his hard work, and he would be at ease

Gu Changsheng took out the parchment sheet from the wooden box, walked to the table again, and gently put the little green turtle on the table on the bed, for some reason during this time, the little turtle shrank its head into the shell and slept most of the time every day. Now only the little green turtle accompanied him, the black bull died the day before the elder brother left, the elder brother said that it was old, tired, and he and his brother buried it on the hill behind the hut where the old cow used to graze.

After placing the little turtle on the bed, Gu Changmei spread the parchment sheet onto the wooden table, and then moved the wooden table to the side, leaving a little space in the room. Then he began to practice boxing according to the pattern on the parchment, Gu Changsheng did it very seriously and hard, but he always couldn't do it well, either his body shook or his fist couldn't get straight.

Gu Changsheng went to the wooden table to look at the parchment sheet every time he finished two movements, and studied the next movements, and each action Gu Changsheng repeatedly hit over and over again, clenching his fists, punching, closing his fists, raising his legs, and stepping sideways...... Gu Changsheng did every action extremely seriously, Gu Changsheng practiced for a long time, but it didn't seem to have made any progress, Gu Changsheng felt that his movements were still very clumsy.

When Gu Changsheng practiced until the sweat on his forehead continued to drip down, Gu Changsheng stopped, put away the parchment and put it in the box.

Gu Changsheng scooped out a scoop of water from the water tank and poured it into the wooden basin, and as soon as he reached in and wanted to wash his face, he felt that the water was still a little cold.

Gu Changsheng is still not used to using the raw water of the cold Tan, although the elder brother is no longer at home, but Gu Changsheng still goes to the cold Tan every day to fetch water, Gu Congsheng likes to wash with the water of the cold Tan, so after Gu Congsheng left, Gu Changsheng also tried to use the water of the cold Tan.

Chinese New Year's Eve is still a little cold, Gu Changming didn't want to take a bath, so he just washed his face and neck, Gu Changming took off the "sincerity" copper coin and the evergreen leaf hanging around his neck, the brother said that after letting himself carry these two "elders' gifts" with him, Gu Changming found a thin rope and put on the copper money to tie the petiole and then hung it around his neck, except for washing Gu Changming rarely took it off.

Gu Changsheng sometimes takes it down and looks at it when he has nothing to do, but Gu Changsheng doesn't see anything special. However, the little green turtle saw it once, so he kept staring at it, looking very wanted, but Gu Changsheng took it close to show it, but it immediately shrank its head and legs into its shell, and no matter how Gu Changsheng teased it, it couldn't come out.

Gu Changsheng washed it a little, put on the copper coin and green leaves, and walked to the door of the thatched hut to tie the wooden door that was blown open by the wind, but saw the bright moon in the sky through the gap in the door.

The moonlight was dazzling, and Gu Changsheng couldn't help but rub his eyes, and in a trance, Gu Changsheng seemed to see the moonlight drilling into his eyes again. Gu Changsheng's eyes suddenly swelled and ached, and his eyes were dark, but he regained his clarity after a few breaths.

Just these few breaths, but Gu Changsheng was a little frightened, because in these few breaths, Gu Changsheng seemed to "see" a gray stone in his head, and this gray stone was nothing else, it was the star he touched in that strange dream.

Gu Changsheng didn't notice that just now, the green leaves and copper coins hanging around his neck suddenly shone brightly, one green and one white, and suddenly disappeared.