"On the auspicious day of the month, the beginning of the Canadian Yuan service. Shou Kao Weiqi, Jieer Jingfu. ”

"With the right of the year, with the order of the month, the salty gar is served. Brothers are there, in order to become a virtue. Huang Lao has no borders and is celebrated by the sky. ”

"Gan Li is only thick, and I recommend Ling Fang. Worship and accept sacrifices, in order to determine the auspiciousness. The rest of the heavens, the longevity test will not be forgotten. ”

Zeng's family temple gathered together to carry out the ceremony of harmony for Zeng Xiu'er.

In ancient China, men were twenty and crowned, and women were fifteen and fteen. However, most of the references here refer to imaginary years, and their actual ages are a little younger. In ancient times, the ceremony of the crown and the ceremony of the crown, that is, the sign that the boys and girls have grown up, also indicates that they are about to begin to fulfill the obligations of an adult.

For example, getting married...

Zhou Cheng knew the name of the bow and the crown ceremony, but he had never seen it with his own eyes. In the later era, when materialism was rampant and foreign flattery was admired. Due to the change of history, coupled with the eastward movement of Western learning under the banner of breaking the old and establishing the new, many Han traditions were regarded as feudal dross and backward symbols, thus swept away.

Xiu'er's parents are dead, and only an elderly grandfather is still there. So the ceremony was turned over by the female elders of the clan who had not produced five costumes.

"Although the child is not sensitive, dare not only admit it" accompanied by the ceremony, Xiu'er bowed to the old man three times and thanked him, and the old man's tears couldn't stop flowing.

No one knows what kind of mood the old man felt when he resolutely took on the responsibility of raising his granddaughter after the death of Xiu'er's parents? No one knows how difficult it was for an old man who was supposed to be a fool of his grandson to face the expulsion of the clan and raise a granddaughter alone.

The old man is old, but in the face of his young granddaughter, he does not dare to relax for a moment. For many days and nights, the old man tossed and turned, lamenting his granddaughter's future.

The old man is afraid of death, afraid that after he dies, the lonely Xiu'er will not be able to live well. What he was thinking about was that if he didn't raise his granddaughter and didn't die first, how would he face his son and explain to his daughter-in-law when he arrived in the Netherworld.

Now that Xiu'er has finally grown up, although she still hasn't been able to see her marry and have children, at least she can put her mind at ease.

Xiu'er's life path behind is destined to go by herself. The old man can no longer be with him. The old man can be sure that with Zhou Cheng, even if he leaves, Xiu'er will not be without support.

The burden of a thousand catties is put down in one day. While the old man was relaxed, he also immediately thought of his "death".

Now that his granddaughter's task has been completed, after such a long delay, it is time for him to rest.

People are born, old, sick and die, and the old man knows that the limit is in front of him. Now that there is no concern in my heart, I have naturally seen it. Now that Xiu'er is an adult, the old man is less afraid of death and more open-minded.

This point, in fact, can not be done in Chengdu Zhou.

In the following days, the old man was very happy, so happy that he even had the energy to look at the longevity materials (coffins) that he had urgently built for himself, from helping to select materials, to starting work, and then supervising the construction day and night, and then tirelessly oiling and painting over and over again. It's so careful that I almost forgot about my granddaughter.

Xiu'er's eyes have been red for the past few days, and she is still a little at a loss. Even if he pretended to have a smiling face, he couldn't hide the panic in his heart.

Life is rare in seventy years, and the old man is actually less than fifty, but he looks no different from seventy or eighty years old. Years of difficult life have long hollowed out his body, and he has been able to live until now, in fact, there is a breath of energy supporting him to live.

After all, before this, he was Xiu'er's only support, if even he was gone, how could Xiu'er live? Now that her wish has been fulfilled, it is time for Xiu'er to let go, and if this anger is discharged, she will never get up again. The old man looks good now, but it's just a return to the light.

On the fifth day after Xiu'er's ceremony, Zhou Cheng asked Xiu'er to prepare an extraordinarily sumptuous dinner. The old man looked at the table full of wine and food that he had never dared to think of before, and seemed to understand something, so he immediately breathed a long sigh of relief and drank the wine in the cup with a smile.

There is no major event in life than life and death. The old man was drunk, Zhou Cheng was also drunk, and only Xiu'er was still crying there.

For the first time, the old man didn't comfort Xiu'er who was crying, but went back to sleep with a drunken feeling as if he had given a sigh of relief.

The explanation has already been explained, only Xiu'er is still guarding the old man's side with red eyes.

But what should come will always come, and before the third watch, Zhou Cheng had already woken up drunk, and then let out a long sigh and stood outside the gate to silently bid farewell to this venerable old man.

There is life and death, what regrets are there in life!

Old man, Huangquan Road is far away, go all the way!

This is the first time that Zhou Cheng has faced a familiar old man and left calmly. It was also the first time to observe life and death in the world. Zhou Cheng silently watched the old man leave with the ghost, until the wisp of back disappeared into the mist of the night.

The waning moon in the sky is like a hook, and everything on the ground is quiet. Zhou Cheng seemed to be stupid, just stood at the door of the small road gate and looked at the distant mountain road in a silent daze. Knowing that Xiu'er's heart-rending cry had reached her ears, she turned around and walked silently towards the old man's room.

The old man walked very quietly, quietly leaving in a drunken dream. So much so that Xiu'er, who had been guarding the bedside, didn't notice her grandfather's departure, and it wasn't until she didn't hear the old man's breathing for a long time that Xiu'er reacted.

A little light is like a bean, but it illuminates the whole room. The old man lay peacefully on the bed, with a smile on his face.

Zhou Cheng is really sure that the old man has seen through life and death. Isn't it a blessing to have this realization in life?

Zhou Cheng looked at the old man again, and his heart, which was still heavy, was much more relaxed in vain.

After all, people are not plants and trees, how can they be ruthless? And Zhou Cheng stood by and watched, how could he not experience some suffering in his heart?

Even if you understand that the old man is destined to reach the limit. If he interferes and interferes with the life and death of the old man, not only will he not be able to save the old man, but he will also bring endless trouble, and he will also be unbearable.

"What is the way to die, and the body is the same as the mountain. "Man comes from nature and will eventually return to nature.

The blessed land of the Wang family is at the foot of Qingyang Mountain. There is a creek in front and a green hill in the back, which is also a good place to sleep. The old man finally fulfilled his last wish, and was finally buried in the ancestral tomb of the Wang family, with his parents on his head, his old wife by his side, and his son and daughter-in-law at his feet.

The old man is gone, and Zhou Cheng and Xiu'er are also leaving. Just when Zhou Cheng took Xiu'er, who was still sad, to start sorting out the old man's relics, Xiu'er suddenly seemed to be attracted by something, and stood there motionless for a long time.

"It's really sprouted!" Xiu'er stood up, walked to the windowsill and picked up a clay pot full of clay, a little distracted.

Zhou Cheng heard Xiu'er's exclamation, and immediately followed the prestige, just in time to see that among the black clay pots, the bean sprouts were like a little green.

"One thing dies and one thing is born, all things rotate, life is endless, is this also the Tao?" Zhou Cheng was shocked in his heart, and the whole person suddenly stood in place as if he had been struck by lightning, muttering to himself.