Chapter 10 carve the world seven

Diao Tianxia Qi (1) A golden rooster comes to drink water, At the second moment, the carp jumps over the dragon's gate. The clouds of the three carved spirits rise, The boy at four quarters worships Avalokitesvara. The five carved peacocks come to open their screens, Six quarters Shanbo visits Yingtai. Seven carvings of seven fairies in the sky, Eight quarters of the fairy Lu Dongbin. Nine carvings and nine dragons return to the sea, At ten quarters the emperor sits in Beijing. Carved so that tigers come and occupy mountains, It is engraved so that the toad's mouth is facing the sky.

The carved dragon comes and the dragon shows its claws, The engraved Feng Laifeng turned over. ——Yunnan folk songs In the next three months, Gao Shimei began to organize and make wood carving tools.There are hundreds of kinds of his tools, which are filled with eight tables of eight immortals. The big ones are like hoes and the small ones are like needles.There are many tools that others have never seen before.He treats every tool like a god.He used to live in the east room, and saws, ink fountains, planes, axes... were all placed in the room where he lived.And for those self-made tools - there are single-sided knives, double-sided knives, single-sided straight knives, double-sided arc knives, arc knives, oblique flat knives, wide arc knives, round knives, trapezoidal knives, flat knives, etc. There are 47 kinds of round knives.Every time he made one, he would send it to the high table in Westinghouse to worship, because Westinghouse was the place where Zhao's family used to worship gods.

On the day Gao Shimei started carving, many people came to watch, including Zhao Tianjue.They didn't see anything.Gao Shimei said to them: "It's still early, come back in ten years." Gao Shimei only sculpts for two or three hours a day, and the rest of the time is spent eating and sleeping, or sitting quietly with his wife Zhao Jinhua under the cypress tree at the entrance of the village to enjoy the shade, for hours at a time.Sometimes when he was tired from sitting, he would go home, lie on the bed, and take a few puffs of big cigarettes.In the evening, he took Zhao Jinhua to watch the Yunnan opera sung by his father every day.Everyone in the village said that Gao Shimei was a lazy carpenter.Others said that Gao Shimei loved watching Yunnan dramas and was going crazy.But the people in the village have never seen any crazy behavior of Gao Shimei, he just became more and more afraid of interacting with people.

Gao Shimei's wooden board gradually showed the appearance of some people, some standing, some sitting; some talking but not smiling, some smiling but not speaking; If you don't understand, just ask him what he carved?Gao Shimei said: "Father-in-law, I carve what I like." Zhao Tianjue said: "No, you don't want to carve me some things about the three religions." Gao Shimei said: "My master said that here should be Build a Sansheng Palace or a Sanjiao Temple instead of a Zhao family ancestral hall." Zhao Tianjue got angry and said: "You Gao Shimei is still the son-in-law of the Zhao family. How can you say such a thing? I have worked hard and been running around. For the sake of you all my life, for the face of the Zhao family, I never thought that you would use my money to build the Sansheng Palace? Don’t you think about it, how did you get into our Zhao family? Do you still have a conscience? The emperor has the Temple of Heaven There is an altar to worship the heavens, and there is an altar to worship the land. The princes of all walks of life can worship the five mountains. The county magistrates can worship Confucius. Think about it, what do we common people have? If we don’t sacrifice our ancestors, what should we sacrifice? Do you also want to deprive me of power?" Gao Shimei had nothing to say, and never dared to mention the construction of Sansheng Palace ever since.

Zhao Tianjue had nothing to do, so Gao Shimei told him stories, such as Zhong Kui marrying his sister, Mu Lian saving his mother, Jiulao worshiping a boy, Eight Immortals celebrating his birthday, Qilin sending Confucius to learn Taoism, Wang Guan wandering in Heaven, Fahai Town Zhao Tianjue was fascinated by listening to the demon, Sangu Thatched Cottage and so on. After some time, Zhao Tianjue said to Gao Shimei: "You carve too slowly, are you lazy?" Zhao Jinhua said: "Father, don't you like to listen to stories? Let me tell you one. This story is similar to Shi Mei’s grid carving is related to a true story. One day, Shi Mei went to work at dawn. He arrived at the table and was about to put down the knife. The eighteen arhats he wanted to carve were repenting their sins and cultivating devoutly. Shi Mei came too early, which disrupted their practice. They all complained to Shi Mei and asked Shi Mei not to carve when they were practicing, but to rest in their resting place. You can only come to work when you have time, and the gods only rest for two or three hours a day, so Yumei can only work for two or three hours." Zhao Tianjue said: "I understand, and I will never say that Shimei is slow in carving."

Under the guidance of Gao Shimei, Zhao Tianjue began to read some books, such as "Poetry", "Li", "Yi", "Spring and Autumn", etc., and often talked about "benevolence", "propriety", "honesty and shame" , "filial piety", "chastity" and other words.He is also more and more particular about the furnishings in his room. On the desk, a vase is placed in the east to convey "peace", and a mirror is placed in the west to convey "peace".He said that this kind of arrangement is called "East Bottle and West Mirror".One day, after Zhao Tianjue finished reading "Three Hundred Tang Poems", he secretly learned to write a few small poems, which was discovered by Gao Shimei.Gao Shimei snatched it from Zhao Tianjue, chose one of them, and read: "Shuiraolou boats rise from the holy palace, and the double dragons are vigorous. The spring mountains are full of emerald greens for thousands of years, and they are not bad for Danqing Dyeing workers." Gao Shimei said: "This poem describes the unique terrain and beautiful mountains and rivers of Xinlin Village. The first sentence is magnificent, and the movement and stillness complement each other, forming a seamless whole. The last two sentences have a lofty conception, from the conception to the meaning, the combination is ingenious, and there is nothing to polish. It is really a beautiful poem. A rare and good poem! I want to carve it on the lattice door and use 'bamboo leaves' to form words, so that my father-in-law's masterpiece can be hidden and floating in a lush bamboo forest."

Diao Tianxia Qi (2) Zhao Jinhua also has things to do, as busy as a small servant, cooking, sweeping the floor, washing clothes, helping her husband pack things, beating his back for her husband, sitting with her husband... she is too busy.In addition, when Gao Shimei went to work, she also had to chant scriptures. Facing the "heaven, earth, monarch, relative and teacher" at home, she chanted words, begging the family god, the god of wealth, and the son-giving Guanyin.More often, she has to take care of her mother, Mrs. Ma, or send some money and things there.Zhao Tianjue found out, and decided not to allow Zhao Jinhua to have any contact with her mother.For this reason, the father and daughter had many conflicts, and Zhao Tianjue even wanted to beat Zhao Jinhua, but Zhao Jinhua would never compromise.

Zhao Tianjue's family lived a luxurious life, and he tried his best to respond to the villagers' requests, so he was praised by everyone.When the silver was not enough, Zhao Tianjue took a message to Gejiu, and Li Bang came back with a few boxes on horseback.When Zhao Tianjue saw Li Bang, in front of Gao Shimei, he praised Li Bang for his good management. Not only was he able to mine ore, he managed the original "factory tip" in an orderly manner, but also expanded his business projects and opened the "Yongfachang" furnace room. (Indigenous tin smelting site), smelting large tin and selling it to Hong Kong.People in the village saw Li Bang keep sending money back, and praised him repeatedly.

The front hall and the back hall of Zhao's ancestral hall have been built, and when the middle hall was about to be built, Mu Yingtian suddenly came to Gao Shimei and his master Yang Yishan, asking them to stop their work and go to Jianxizong County Confucian Temple.Mu Yingtian said: "As early as the Ming Dynasty, there was a system. When building a city in a county, in addition to building government offices, three temples must be built, one is the Confucian Temple, the second is the Wu Temple, and the third is the Town God's Temple. There has been a lack of Confucian temples because the imperial court has always strictly restricted the conditions for building Confucian temples. That is, if a prefecture or county wants to build a Confucian temple, at least one person from the county must have at least one Jinshi who passed the Jinjing examination. Xizong County has never had a Jinshi, so there is no The right to build a Confucian Temple. Now, the imperial court has relaxed the restrictions. As long as someone wins the provincial examination, they can also build a Confucian Temple. This condition is already met in Xizong County, so I decided to build a Confucian Temple. Official way. I also hope that the two brothers will help to build the Confucian Temple. You see, I have sent people to Lin'an Mansion to make a model according to their Confucian Temple. You can design and build it according to the model. Don't worry, two brothers, I will definitely gather skilled craftsmen from all over the county for your use."

To this, Zhao Tianjue resolutely opposed it, and Mu Yingtian argued hard with reason, and even used his power to overwhelm others. Gao Shimei and Yang Yishan had no choice but to bid farewell to Zhao Tianjue and went to the county to build a Confucian Temple.Zhao Tianjue was desperate, and lost face in front of the villagers, as if he had aged all of a sudden, and became an old man with gray hair. On the construction site, Gao Shimei was in Cao Ying and his heart was in Han. He always wanted to escape, and he had no intention of completing the tasks assigned to him by Mu Yingtian.He is like a man who is seriously ill. He can only show that he is still doing his daily work, but he can't see any progress.Mu Yingtian finally found out that Gao Shimei was a dangerous person, so he stepped up his surveillance and sent two people to stand beside him, turning him into a slave or prisoner in the actual sense.So Gao Shimei changed her strategy again.Instead of being passive and sabotage, he became proactive in his work.In the morning, he was the first to arrive at the construction site, and he picked up tools and chiseled wood; in the evening, he was busy under the oil lamp until late at night.He wanted to complete all the wood carving work in the Confucian Temple as quickly as possible.

Half a month has passed.Gao Shimei completed the task of carving the legendary "Kui Xing".It is undeniable that his carvings are extremely rough, without any sense of beauty.However, no one dared to accuse him.Because the original appearance of "Kui Xing" is ugly, showing teeth and claws, grinning.But in real life, no one dares to despise "Kui Xing", because it is said that anyone who takes the imperial examination, as long as "Kui Xing" is tapped on his name, this person can win the first prize in high school.Therefore, no matter how ugly Gao Shimei carved it, people came to worship it every day.When they knelt before it, the blood boiled, and all kinds of fantasies followed.In the end, they will never forget to praise Gao Shimei's exquisite and superb craftsmanship, expressing their dreams in the form of wooden statues.Then, Gao Shimei began to carve the tablets of 72 sages.What made him heartbroken was that the 72 tablets were all in the same pattern, and he had to repeat the same action every day, just like the punishment from God, which made him sculpt confused and exhausted.He felt terrible, his carving knife was so weak, and as soon as he sat down in front of the log, he sighed and felt that there was nothing he could do.If this goes on like this, he's going to lose his mind.Fortunately, at this time, someone came to replace him to carve the tablets of 72 sages, because he had a new task, to carve 8 hollow screen doors for the Dacheng Hall.This was a good thing he could have wished for, but because his wooden lattice door was still sleeping in Xinlin Village, it made him worry about it every day.Therefore, he always felt that there was a voice calling him, making him try to stay awake and stop being obsessed with those 8 hollowed-out screen doors. Diao Tianxia Qi (3) Gao Shimei carved the screen door into 28 groups of circles.Mu Yingtian asked strangely: "Why don't you carve 'Three Goats Kaitai', 'Kirin Sending a Child', 'Five Sons Enrolling in the Imperial Academy', 'Must (Brush) Set (Ink) Ruyi'? What is the purpose of carving all the circles?" Gao Shimei said: "Master Mu, you don't understand this. You see, 28 circles are 28 constellations. The seven constellations of the Canglong in the east are Jiao, Kang, Di, Fang, Xin, Tail, and Kei; the seven constellations of the white tiger in the west The constellations are Kui, Lou, Wei, Pleiades, Bi, Chi, and Shen; the seven constellations of Suzaku in the south are wells, ghosts, willows, stars, Zhang, Yi, and Zhen; the seven constellations of Xuanwu in the north are Dou, Niu, Nv, Xu, Wei, Room, wall, etc. The 28 constellations are combined together, reflecting each other, supporting the moon and setting the clouds, and the weather is myriad and ever-changing. All the mysteries of the world are contained in it.” Mu Yingtian had nothing to say.But it can be seen that he was not satisfied with the 8 hollow screen doors.He lowered his head and paced back and forth, constantly putting pressure on Gao Shimei. "I know you are dissatisfied with this official," Mu Yingtian said, "but you have to think about it, the current rituals and funerals in Xizong County are wrong, the law is lax and the law is lax, and the robbery is rampant, all because of the lack of education. This official takes it as his duty to govern the county. , building a school palace, promoting Confucianism, going through hardships and hardships. As a skilled craftsman in this county and an old friend of this official, you should help us with all your strength. In short, no matter from which point of view, you should not take it lightly. You can’t be passive and sabotage.” Sitting in the shadow cast by Mu Yingtian's body, Gao Shimei pointed to the two yamen servants standing in front of him and said, "Am I a prisoner? They never leave me for a moment, making me unable to eat well, sleep well, and How can I do my job well?" Gao Shimei stood up and raised her arms, letting Mu Yingtian smell his body.Mu Yingtian retreated again and again, he smelled a strange smell like some wild animals.His head was dizzy for a while, and his legs and feet were slightly weak.When Mu Yingtian felt that he had firmly established his footing, he asked in surprise, "You didn't take a shower?" Gao Shimei said: "Since the Confucian Temple was built, I haven't taken a bath for more than a year. It's your yamen servants who don't let me wash. They are afraid that I will run away." "Go take a shower, go take a shower!" Mu Yingtian said, "However, if you take the opportunity to escape and get caught by me, will you suffer from physical pain?" Gao Shimei was free for a short time.Under the supervision of two yamen servants, he came to a small river outside the city, took off his clothes, and plunged into the water.Two yamen servants stood beside his clothes.They saw Gao Shimei sitting down under a large rock not far from them, and the sun shone on his hair and beard, emitting a strange light.The eyes of the two yamen servants gradually became tired, and their attention began to shift to other areas.For example, where does the warm water in the river come from?What if the wolf comes?Is Lord Mu's second young master still alive? The two yamen servants sometimes looked up and couldn't see Gao Shimei's figure, but they could hear him playing in the water by himself.Both yamen servants thought that where could Gao Shimei run naked? In fact, at that time, Gao Shimei swam to the other side of the river quickly like a cheerful child, climbed on a boulder, peeped at the two yamen servants as if under his magic, and were making fun of each other.Let them have fun!As soon as Gao Shimei turned around, she escaped into the dense forest. Gao Shimei did not go far, he understood the danger of fleeing to the depths of the forest.He climbed up a big tree and watched the two yamen servants, like two soulless people, holding his clothes and searching repeatedly for his bathing place.It was getting dark, and the two fools sat on the ground in despair, shouting: Master Gao, where are you?Master Gao, come back quickly! When the shouts of the two yamen servants completely disappeared, it was already the middle of the night.Clouds obscured the stars, and it was getting colder.Gao Shimei got down from the big tree and hugged her hands tightly.He looked up at the sky, it seemed that it was going to rain, what should he do?He felt an indescribable chill and fear coming over him.He is a firm man.He immediately decided to abscond and go home.Of course not returning to Xinlin Village, that would be tantamount to throwing oneself into a trap.He is now going to his hometown in Nilang Town, where his father Gao Yingkai lives. It was after midnight when Gao Shimei walked to the gate of her hometown.There was a thunder, as if the sky had burst.Then there was a downpour, and the street became a rushing torrent.Gao Shimei was glad that she came to the gate of her house at that time, and a warm current surged in her heart.But he couldn't knock on his father's door, because the sky and the ground were full of noise at that time, and the knock on the door was completely drowned out.Fortunately, the torrential rain passed in a short while, and the streets washed clean by the rain were quiet, empty, and still glowing with a dim blue light.Gao Shimei couldn't bear it any longer, a bone-piercing chill on his back made him close his eyes, clenched his fists, mustered up his courage, and knocked on the door loudly, creaking, rattling, and the sound Whirling in the night sky. Diao Tianxia Qi (4) Finally, there was a rustling sound at the door.Gao Shimei knew that her father had been awakened by the knock on the door, but her father must be feeling like a nightmare at this time, he couldn't perceive what happened outside the door?He must have been awake for a long time, but he has been using his not very sharp ears to distinguish the sound outside the door, until he figured out that the sound outside the door was coming for him, he quickly lit the oil lamp, put on the Clothes, came to the door to observe the movement outside the door.Gao Shimei saw her father's lonely figure through the crack of the door, and fluttered to the door.Suddenly, my father blew out the oil lamp and stood motionless inside the door.Gao Shimei understood that the cautious father wanted to use this last opportunity to find out what was going on outside the door.So Gao Shimei called out in a low voice, "Abba, it's me, Shi Mai is back?" "It's midnight, what are you doing back here?" Gao Shimei felt extremely disturbed by her father's old and panicked voice.Since I came to Xinlin Village, I never visited my father again.He lived alone, no one served him, no one said a word to him, how did he get here in the past few years?At this time, conscience and responsibility deeply pricked Gao Shimei's extremely weak inner world. "Father, open the door quickly, I'm coming back to see you," Gao Shimei's voice choked up, "I'm cold, open the door and let me in, Dad!" Father opened the door with trembling hands.He couldn't believe his eyes that his son was standing naked in front of him.Knowing that the situation was very bad, he immediately welcomed his son into the door, closed the door behind his back, and bolted it tightly. As soon as Gao Shimei entered the door, she rushed into her father's room impatiently, got into her father's bedding, panting heavily, as if she wanted to spit out the cold air in her body in an instant. "Shi Mai, what happened?" Father asked impatiently. Gao Shimei couldn't bear to deceive her father, so she narrated the ins and outs of the incident.The father suspected that there was something wrong with his ears, and repeatedly asked his son to explain every detail clearly.But he still couldn't understand why his son escaped from the construction site.Gao Shimei had to repeat it several times, saying: "Mu Yingtian has turned bad. His two sons died one and fled the other. The tragic result made him unable to distinguish right from wrong, and he was in a panic. All of that had nothing to do with us. , and we also sympathize with what happened to him. But he always wants to find fault with us, and always wants to take revenge on us. He took advantage of the opportunity of building the Confucian Temple to torture me. Dad, think about it, the seated statue of Confucius, the coiled pillars and cloud dragons, Shrines, gods, hollow door screens, etc., so many things need me to carve, how can I finish it alone? Besides, what about our Zhao's ancestral hall? What about my grid carving? Master Mu only cares about his own interests , Regardless of our life or death, he is still the same Master Mu as before. In short, I am not convinced, I want to fight against him. See what he can do to me?" Father said: "Are you crazy? Shi Mai, Master Mu is your benefactor, how could you act like this and repay your kindness with revenge?" Father shook his head vigorously.He didn't know what to do with his son?He knew things were bad and getting worse.He was full of speculation about his son's fate, and this speculation made him shudder.He asked his son to give up those terrible thoughts, to change his ways, Gao Shimei was extremely sleepy.But his father wouldn't let him fall asleep, and when he saw that he was in a drowsy state, he pushed him hard to wake him up.The father is afraid of being alone. He still wants to talk to his son. He needs his son to be awake and listen to him.He firmly believes that this kind of nagging can help his son change his situation and save his son from danger.But the son fell asleep irresistibly, completely leaving his father aside.The lonely father looked at his son's almost deformed face, and felt more and more strange. There was always something in his son that he couldn't understand, and this thing was still growing.How to do it?In any case, you have to think of a way to get the best of both worlds for your son, right?My father has been restless and has been unable to find a good plan.He lowered his head and continued to think about the way out for his son tomorrow. The next morning came too quickly, it seemed that Gao Shimei just closed her eyes and took a nap, and the sky was dim.He felt a rare relief, but then he was dead tired.He felt that the situation was getting worse, that some danger was approaching him. "Abba," he called, "where are you? I have a fever, give me some cold water!" The room was very quiet.Father did not know where to go.Gao Shimei wanted to turn over, but she couldn't turn over, her body was very heavy, and she couldn't move. As if being suppressed by a huge and invisible thing, her hands and feet lost their freedom, as if she was tightly entangled by something.He also had difficulty breathing.What the hell is going on?He tried to get himself out of that nightmare feeling and get back to the waking state as soon as possible.But when he was finally sure that he was fully awake, he suddenly opened his eyes and looked, oh my god, what the hell?He thought he was back in a nightmare again.Because he saw that his body had been tightly tied with brown ropes like magic, and his hands and feet were also tied with iron chains. Diao Tianxia Qi (5) Gao Shimei struggled desperately.He didn't believe that anything in this world could bend him, make him change course.But for some reason, the more he struggled, the tighter the brown rope on his body was, almost suffocating him.He had to stop struggling and find a way to escape again. "Abba, Abba, let me go! I am your own son, how could you treat me like this?" Gao Shimei's attention was very focused, and he hoped that his father's figure or voice would appear.But in the end it ended in disappointment.There was no response other than the sound of his calling.He no longer shouted, no longer thought, lying on the bed like a hollowed out wooden man, at the mercy of fate.At this time, he began to feel pain, swelling and shaking all over his body, and his throat was burning. Father finally appeared.Behind him were two yamen servants.For Gao Shimei, they were two poor and hateful young people he was all too familiar with.One of them was holding a whip, and the other was carrying a shackle.Gao Shimei understood what was going on at a glance.He hated his father. He saw his father looking at him with red eyes, and he turned his head away to prevent his father from seeing his angry eyes.Now, Gao Shimei is like a piece of dough, falling into their hands, and they can knead it however they want.Sure enough, a yamen servant quickly untied the rope and iron chains on Gao Shimei's body, and returned the messy things to their owner - Gao Yingkai.Another yamen servant put Gao Shimei in shackles almost at the same time.They pushed Gao Shimei into the yard and kicked her hard several times.The father stood aside and said in fear: "You can't beat my son, you can't beat my son! You must hand him over to Master Mu. Master Mu is our family's benefactor." The two yamen servants ignored Gao Yingkai.They continue to vent their resentment on Go Seok Mi.Gao Yingkai got angry. He said, "I'll report you to Mr. Mu." The two yamen servants laughed. Gao Shimei was taken back to the county seat and locked in a small house like a dungeon.There were no oil lamps, no beds, no food, no water.After being locked up for two consecutive days, he was cold and hungry, and after a while he scolded Mu Yingtian why didn't he come to see me?After a while, he complained about why his father was so ruthless that he betrayed his son? It was not until the third day that Gao Shimei ate a table of unusually sumptuous meals.He couldn't help eating a full stomach.The mood also inexplicably improved.He said to the yamen servant: "I want to see Mr. Mu." As soon as he finished speaking, Mu Yingtian walked in. "Ha, ha, ha, child, do you want to see me too? To be honest, do you really want to see me or imagine it? Do you want to scold me or ask me?" Gao Shimei lowered her head in shame.Mu Yingtian said: "Young man, you have plenty of time. You can start everything from scratch. Now, my official announces that all the things you carved before will be scrapped. You must start from scratch and carve everything into a force-pressed shape." Fine art from Quandian. Child, can you promise me?" Gao Shimei's lips parted, but she didn't make a sound.After a while, he nodded meaningfully. Six long years have passed, and the day when the Xizong Confucian Temple was completed happened to be August 27.As soon as the third watch passed that day, there was a "bang" and the earth cannon rang.Yang Yishan woke up Gao Shimei, "Get up quickly, wash your face, today we will participate in the Confucian ceremony. After the end, we can go home." At four o'clock, the earth cannon rang again, and Yang Yishan drove Gao Shimei out of the work shed and went to the Confucian Temple go.At five o'clock, the earthen cannon rang again, and the master of ceremonies directed everyone to stand in line.The sky was dim, and the sacrifice began. Gao Shimei saw that all the participants were neatly dressed like the civil and military officials in the emperor's early court. They were all dressed in shirts, mandarin jackets, green socks, and powder-soled court shoes. Everyone stood in line in the hall.Everything is done according to ancient etiquette.Officials and gentry are in front, teachers and students are closely behind, and Yang Yishan, Gao Shimei and other craftsmen and common people stand at the end. On the hall are enshrined the wooden carved dragon tablets of seventy-two sages including Confucius, Mencius, Yan Zi, Zeng Zi and Zisi.On the platform in front of the hall, there are one slaughtered cattle, two sheep, two pigs and one rooster.On the three Eight Immortals tables on the front are incense lamps, candlesticks, zu and beans filled with chicken, duck, fish, rabbit, deer, grain, silk, white wine, green vegetables, celery, bamboo shoots, peaches, plums, pears, plums, cakes, pastries etc.But everyone's attention was not on the sacrifices, but was deeply attracted by the tablet of 72 sages carved by Gao Shimei.People are talking in whispers, saying that it is really an exquisite wood carving, which is so exquisite and gorgeous! In fact, Gao Shimei was not satisfied with the tablet of 72 Xian.It was carved by him in a state of being tired and let it go naturally, numb and dull. Although it looks a bit calm and composed, in Gao Shimei's eyes, it is dull, heavy, vulgar and lifeless.Gao Shimei lowered her head and didn't look at them. Diao Tianxia Qi (6) At the beginning of the sacrifice, Yang Yishan and Gao Shimei followed the crowd into the Dacheng Hall in turn.Cigarettes linger in the hall, lights and candles are brilliant, and fairy music is fluttering.In the music, the master of ceremonies sang loudly: one bow, two bows, three bows, first offering incense, second offering incense, first offering honor, second offering honor, third offering honor. People began to sing loudly: Great Confucius, Foresight Prophet, with heaven and earth ginseng, The teacher of all ages. After singing, the four holy names of Confucius, Yan (Yan Zi), Zeng (Zeng Zi), Si (Zi Si), Mencius (Mencius) and seventy-two sages are read out.Immediately outside the hall sang: In the journey of the great way, the world is for the public, selecting the virtuous and capable, preaching trust and repairing harmony. Therefore, people do not only care for their relatives, not only their sons for their sons, so that the old will be able to die, the strong will be useful, the young will be strong, and the widowed, widowed, lonely, lonely, disabled and sick will all be supported. Men have points, women have returns. Goods, hate it and throw it on the ground, don't hide it in yourself; Power, evil does not come from the body, it does not have to be for oneself. That's why they don't prosper when they seek closure, and they don't commit robbery and chaos.Therefore, if the household is not closed, it is called Datong. For the above etiquette, Gao Shimei has endured it again and again, but people seem to ignore his eagerness to return to his heart. He said and sang a few simple words and sentences again and again, as if he sang and sang with gusto. Not tired.He finally lost his patience, pulled Yang Yishan, and was about to leave the sacrificial field.Yang Yishan said: "No, if you bear it any longer, it will be over soon. Look, Master Mu is staring at us, please lower your head!" After finally waiting for the end of "burning silk money" and "burning paper dragon", Gao Shimei turned around and left when she was "delivering to the saint".When he walked to the gate of the ceremony, someone grabbed him from behind, handed him a yellow note, and said, "Master Mu told you that you are a great craftsman, and you will be issued a 'remuneration for a catty'. , please pick it up at the gate." Gao Shimei tore the yellow paper into pieces and threw it in the air.Then, he picked up his toolbox and hurried back to Xinlin Village.When Zhao Tianjue saw Gao Shimei finally came back, the two couldn't help crying.Just crying to the point of sadness, Yang Yishan walked in carrying a catty of "reward fish".Gao Shimei wiped away the tears from her face, and curiously went to see what Yang Yishan brought back the "reward fish".Yang Yishan opened a paper bag and said, "Look here, these are pigs, beef, and mutton cut from the sacrificial offerings. Shi Mei, you have a piece too, didn't you go to get it?" "We didn't get a penny of the wages for six years. Mr. Mu sent us away with such a little 'reward'. His heart is too dark. I tore up the yellow note, what did I say?" No, I want to come back clean." "You mean to say that Master Yang is not innocent?" Zhao Tianjue said, "Master Yang will come to me with a 'reward fish' instead of returning to his hometown. He is a good master who is once in a lifetime!" Gao Shimei said: "Stop joking, let's discuss business." Yang Yishan said: "I'm sorry, Boss Zhao, the Zhao's Ancestral Hall has always fascinated me. Now that we are free, we must build it well." Zhao Tianjue said sadly: "I'm afraid I won't be able to wait for that day." A few days later, Yang Yishan began to prepare for the construction of the nave.He was old too, and seemed incapacitated. Gao Shimei sat in front of his wooden lattice door again, carving more attentively.He still only sculpts for two or three hours a day, and eats, sleeps and sleeps the rest of the time.The difference is that now he no longer sits quietly with his wife Zhao Jinhua under the cypress tree at the entrance of the village to meditate as he did six years ago, and he no longer takes Zhao Jinhua to watch a Yunnan opera sung by his father.As soon as he got home, he lay on the bed, smoking opium hard. Zhao Jinhua has never had a child.Mother Ma took her to burn incense and worship Buddha everywhere, but it still didn't work.She had no choice but to think of Monk Yuantai from Yuanming Temple. He is Gao Shimei's mentor and a generation of eminent monks. He will definitely help Gao Shimei have a son.It was only when the mother and daughter came to Yuanming Temple in great anxiety that they found out that Monk Yuantai had passed away.But they were not left out, and they found a young monk——Huiming.Monk Huiming received them warmly.Monk Huiming is the most handsome man Zhao Jinhua has ever seen. He has a stone-like figure and strong muscles. What is especially charming is that he has no beard and the lines around his lips are very clear, giving people an unusually clean and bright feeling.Besides, Monk Huiming seemed to exude a charming aura.When Zhao Jinhua saw him, her cheeks felt a little hot. Strangely, Zhao Jinhua also had an attraction to Monk Huiming, and he looked at Zhao Jinhua greedily.Zhao Jinhua's eyes were smiling, her cheeks were soft, and her lips were round, looking fresh and bright.She licked it lightly with the tip of her tongue.He saw Zhao Jinhua's legs showing the outline of slender muscles in the loose white trousers.He also saw Zhao Jinhua's cautious little hands supporting her mother just right. Diao Tianxia Qi (7) Monk Huiming stammered and said to Mrs. Ma: "Master Yuantai...when he was alive, Yuanming Temple never...helped people 'tie...dolls', but for the sake of Gao Shimei and Master Yuantai, the little monk I am willing to open a precept and tie a doll for Zhao Jinhua." Then, the monk Huiming told Zhao Jinhua: "You come alone some other day." After hearing this, Ma was very unhappy. which nerve.She took her daughter and left Yuanming Temple resentfully.Monk Huiming watched them off all the time, just like Zhao Jinhua's back was full of countless suspense and things he didn't know. When Zhao Jinhua came to Yuanming Temple again, Monk Huiming had placed several white and fat clay dolls in front of the Empress Hall.Monk Huiming smiled and asked Zhao Jinhua to tie one of them with a colorful thread, and then pulled it hard, and the clay doll rolled into Zhao Jinhua's arms.Zhao Jinhua was surprised for a while, and her eyes exuded a gaze that fascinated Monk Huiming.Holding the clay doll tightly, she quickly ran out of the temple gate as if someone was fighting with her.After walking a long distance, she slowed down, dressing the doll while walking, and calling the doll by its pet name—Xiao Ergou, Xiao Ergou.Monk Huiming stood at the gate of the temple, looked at her going away, and said loudly: "Jinhua, if you are not satisfied, you can tie it again." When Zhao Jinhua returned home, she carefully showed the tethered doll to her mother, and then quietly hid it in her bosom, stroking it day and night, loving it with utmost care.A few days later, she was lying on the bed, waiting for Guanyin to send her son in.Ten days and a half months have passed, and Zhao Jinhua's stomach still hasn't moved, but she is not disappointed.As long as she thought of that little monk, she felt at ease in her heart, and even became excited for no reason.She was eager to see him, and she decided to go to him again to tie the doll. During this time, money is not enough.Zhao Tianjue urged Li Bang several times to bring it quickly, but there was no sign of Li Bang.Their lives are thus in trouble.In desperation, Zhao Tianjue had no choice but to go to Gejiu to see what happened. Returning to the old place, this is the place where Zhao Tianjue made his fortune. He was full of emotions, and he had a special feeling in his heart.Zhao Tianjue couldn't find Li Bang. His original "Changjian" and the "Yongfachang" furnace house opened by Li Bang have been seized and confiscated by the government.He saw the whole mining area turned into a wilderness, overgrown with vines.Several tin-melting furnaces became shelters for beggars.Zhao Tianjue was so anxious that he slumped on the ground, unconscious.When he woke up, someone told him that Li Bang had broken the law.When he was smelting tin, he hollowed out tin lumps, filled them with opium, and shipped them to Hong Kong to buy, thus making a fortune.Unexpectedly, once when unloading and transshipping, a tin block was accidentally broken and the opium was exposed. The government not only confiscated their goods, but also sealed up their "factory tip" and furnace room.Li Bang was not captured at the time, and now he does not know where he fled.