Extra: Fifty years of new looks
The dusk is gloomy and there is a sense of snow.
Xia Yuanchen is already seventy-three years old this year. The house where he is located is a bit remote. He has to walk about thirty feet to cross a bridge before he can get into the village. As for going to the county town, it will take a further journey. Today, Xia Yuanchen saw that the sky was getting darker, so he got up from the door and wanted to close the door and enter the house. Suddenly, he heard a sound from the mountain.
Xia Yuanchen looked at him and saw a man and a woman coming from the side of the road. The man was wearing lilac clothes and a black belt, with a good appearance. The woman was wearing emerald green clothes, with a slanted hairpin, and a willow eyebrows and almond eyes. The two of them were talking and laughing, and they were about to walk up the mountain.
"Young people, the weather is cold and the night is getting longer, let alone the wind and snow are coming. You can go home quickly."
Xia Yuanchen warned.
The two people who were talking stopped hearing this and smiled at each other. Then the man looked up at the sky and said, "Yes, it's going to be dark and it's going to snow heavily." Then the man looked over and asked Xia Yuanchen, "Old man, can we spend the whole night in your house?"
Xia Yuanchen looked at the man and looked at the woman. He felt that he didn't look like a bad person, so he nodded and said, "Come in, I'll make a fire for you."
The man and woman heard this and walked into Xia Yuanchen's home side by side.
There are three upper rooms in this house, and there are two wing rooms on the left and right. One side is a kitchen and a coffin, and a house for storing grain on the other side.
Xia Yuanchen brought the man and woman into the upper room, took the brazier, and wanted to make a fire. The woman in green clothes stepped forward, reached out to hold the brazier, and said, "I'll make a fire later."
Xia Yuanchen was also old and weak. He nodded and handed the brazier to the woman. His legs became weak and he sat down with the help of the man.
"My leader is now dizzy and all limbs are sick."
Xia Yuanchen said to the man: "So I prepared a coffin at home. If I leave, I will ask the villagers to collect the body and bury it casually."
The man looked at Xia Yuanchen and said, "You have five children, why don't you let them take care of you?"
Xia Yuanchen lowered his head, sighed, and said, "They are all busy."
When the man heard this, he sighed.
In just a while, the woman in green clothes had already walked over with a brazier and put the brazier in the house. Xia Yuanchen suddenly felt that the house was as warm as spring, and his whole body was comfortable. His limbs, which were gradually stiff and cold, were now warm, and his words were a little bit full of energy.
"It's already so late, why do you have to go up the mountain again?"
Xia Yuanchen asked.
"Haha, we just came down from Baochan Temple and hadn't had enough fun yet, so we thought of walking away, but we didn't expect it was already dark."
When the man spoke, he smiled. There was a unique charm in this smile, which immediately infected Xia Yuanchen and made him laugh.
Looking at the man and woman, Xia Yuanchen asked, "Are you young master's maids?"
Upon hearing this, the man laughed again, looked at the woman in Cuiyi, and said, "Chunyan, we were misunderstood by him again."
Chunyan gave Su Yang a blank look.
The two of them went to Baochan Temple to visit, and this place was the place where the two met for the first time. Every time Su Yang and Chunyan came to Baochan Temple, they would imagine the way they looked when they first met.
"My name is Su Yang, she is my wife."
Su Yang said, Chunyan held her cheeks aside, and under the fire, the little redness on her cheeks became clearer.
"Baochan Temple."
When Xia Yuanchen heard the name, he said, "I haven't been there for many years. Speaking of which, many years ago, I experienced something strange in Baochan Temple."
"oh?"
When Su Yang heard this, he looked at Xia Yuanchen and said, "Come and listen."
Xia Yuanchen stood up, poured tea for Su Yang and Chunyan first, and then said, "That was when I was young. It was about fifty years old. At that time, Baochan Temple had been remote for many years. There was incense. When I went there, it was too late. I lit a lamp in front of the Buddha statue and was cleaning the sleeping position. Suddenly, a sound came. I turned my head and saw that there were many soybean-sized people floating in front of the lamp. They were drinking lamp oil."
"After seeing me, these soybean-sized people said that their King Qi died when he usurped the rebellion and had suffered many years of hardship in the world. Now he sensed the Buddha's sea wisdom lamp, so he went up to drink lamp oil, receive the law, replenish the soul, and enter the cycle of reincarnation."
"Those soybean villains asked me to help them add oil to the lamps and watch the candlelight. After a night like this, these soybean villains all became human-sized and then saluted and said goodbye to me."
Even after fifty years, Xia Yuanchen could still remember what happened back then.
"This kind of nerd book is no longer popular now."
Su Yang laughed.
"Don't you believe it?"
Xia Yuanchen looked at Su Yang and said, "I tell you, I have witnessed this matter. At that time, I was not the only one in Baochan Temple. There was a room behind the main hall. At that time, a couple stayed there. Her wife was dressed as a maid. At that time, I asked them: Are you a maid?"
When the words spoke, Xia Yuanchen was suddenly stunned, looking at Su Yang in front of him, and then looking at Chunyan. The memories of the dusty fifty years ago suddenly opened up in his heart.
The couple at that time are now in front of him. After fifty years, the appearance of the two of them has not changed at all.
"So, you are gods."
Xia Yuanchen looked at Su Yang and Chunyan, and when he laughed out loud, tears also flowed down his eyes. He sighed that he had been rushing in the world for fifty years, and said, "The Buddha Sea Wisdom Lamp mentioned by those ghosts are your supernatural powers."
"It's his little skill."
Chunyan looked at Su Yang and said.
Xia Yuanchen wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, sighed again, looked at Su Yang and Chunyan, and asked, "Can you tell me how many years I have left?"
People among the gods and immortals have the ability to numerate and can know it in advance.
Su Yang was silent for a moment, looked at Xia Yuanchen and said, "No more."
When Xia Yuanchen heard this, he was stunned. He looked at Su Yang with serious expression. In a trance, he realized his life span. He was dizzy and his limbs were cold. This was not a good sign.
"Can you guys let me see the kids?"
Xia Yuanchen begged and said.
Su Yang nodded and took him through thousands of mountains and rivers in an instant. Later, before he arrived at a house, Xia Yuanchen looked into the room and saw that the room was extremely warm. His son had already started to be his grandfather and was teasing his grandson. His daughter-in-law was making clothes beside him. As for grandchildren, they were all in another place.
"I have no ability."
Xia Yuanchen apologized and said, "I was working hard to divide the land, and everyone had a share of it. Then I worked together. I would have more food when I worked more. At that time, I had more children in my family and could not raise them alone, so I forced him to drop out of school and let him farm with me. Their teacher ran to my house to scold me. Later, he followed the teacher and took some money from home a year, taking into account the brothers and sisters behind him, but it made him suffer."
Seeing the eldest son like this, Xia Yuanchen nodded with satisfaction.
Su Yang grabbed Xia Yuanchen's shoulder and then arrived at another mansion.
This house is much worse than the eldest son's house. Xia Yuanchen leaned over and saw his second son smelling alcohol and quarreling with his wife. The two of them fell and fought. There were two children, one older and one younger, next to them. These two children were not surprised by this, and were even very annoyed.
"My second son is scammered and he is everywhere, not a material for academic research. Later, when he was farming, he never worked hard and followed people to do business, but he never made any money. He just had a broad vision, five people and six people every day..."
Xia Yuanchen regrets that iron cannot be made of steel.
Su Yang grabbed Xia Yuanchen's shoulder and took him to the third place.
This is where his youngest son is. He is sitting on the bed, holding a newspaper in his hand, stretching his feet forward, asking his wife to wash his feet. After washing his feet, he tilted his whole body on the bed, and then began to instruct his wife, his son, and the woman were very afraid of him.
"My youngest son has been studying hard since he was a child, and he also has the help of my eldest son. Later, he finally entered the yamen. He is also a clean yamen. He is not very strong, but he is very powerful at home."
Xia Yuanchen sighed helplessly.
Su Yang grabbed Xia Yuanchen's shoulder and took him to his daughter's place.
This is an ordinary farmer. His daughter and son-in-law have already gone to bed early, but the room is bright and there is a boy in the room who is reciting the books in his hand. As time goes by, the boy takes a pen to mark it.
Xia Yuanchen stared at the boy for a long time.
The young man seemed to have a sense of emotion, suddenly raised his head and looked outside. He saw that it was dim outside. He pushed open the window and saw snowflakes falling down, and everything was already silver-white.
"My eldest daughter died early, and the youngest daughter married a butcher. Both of them were honest people and lived a down-to-earth life. My grandson has been very strong since childhood and is determined to do big things, so he has been very diligent and hardworking since childhood."
Xia Yuanchen came back with Su Yang. After looking at the big circle, he finally sighed softly.
"Who will I be after reincarnation?"
Xia Yuanchen looked at Su Yang and asked.
He must say goodbye to all this.
"You will not be reincarnated in a short period of time."
Su Yang smiled and said to Xia Yuanchen: "You take care of lamp oil, protect the ghosts, and remember the merits in the underworld. It just so happened that a ghost messenger left his post and was reincarnated. If you go there now, you will replace this ghost messenger."
Xia Yuanchen nodded, looked back at the world, and sighed again.
It was almost noon.
The village chief still did not see Xia Yuanchen open the door. He immediately found a few young men in the village, moved a ladder and came to Xia Yuanchen's home. He saw that the doors in the house were all open, and there was a brazier inside that still had the remaining heat, and the inside was very neat. At this time, Xia Yuanchen was already lying in the coffin.
At the time of death, there was a smile on his face.
Chapter completed!