Chapter 55 Chapter Fourteen

The strange thing is that his child doesn't seem to be affected by him in any way. That child often plays with mud and sparrows outside the house, and when he sees passers-by, he gives a hearty smile.It was too late for others to dodge his smile, and he didn't care.Naturally, children from other families did not dare to play with him.Later I heard that the child was doing very well academically. However, I didn't have time to think about the future of that child.Except for the normal class time, I spend the rest of my time reading that "Hundred Shu Drive", which contains many words that are not found in junior high school Chinese textbooks.It was very difficult for me to learn, almost gnawing word by word.

Sometimes on the way home from school, I would like to seek guidance from crooked Taoist priests.But either the crooked Taoist was not in the ruined temple, or he heard voices in the ruined temple but dared not enter. I also want to go to find the fourth grandma who guards the earth temple.But my mother told me that the fourth grandma had never read a book in the old days, and she didn't know a single character in Dou Da.For example, she asked the elementary school students in the village to help write the tablet of the father-in-law of the land, and she gave a rock candy for each word.

It was the first half of the ancient book that was difficult for me to learn, so I put aside my thoughts of finding the second half for the time being, and didn't think much about the meaning of the seven words "moving the chair, leaning on the tree and enjoying the moon together". Once in a Chinese class, I casually wrote these seven characters on straw paper.The Chinese teacher saw it when I passed by, and asked curiously: "Isn't this the last sentence of a couplet? What are you doing writing this?" At that time, I was nervous and the teacher blamed me for not paying attention in class, so I didn't dare to answer.

I ran around the ruined temple a few times and didn't meet a crooked Taoist priest. I couldn't help but think, where does this weird Taoist priest have so many contacts?Is someone looking for him or is he looking for someone else?He always goes out happily in the early morning and comes back happily in the evening.No one knew where he was or what he was doing that day. Later, many of us saw that the crooked Taoist brought a woman back to the temple.We are all surprised by this sudden change. I have seen that woman with my own eyes.Her appearance is also quite strange, her hair is pale in her early thirties, and even the hair on her face is white.The skin is white and transparent, and the complex capillaries under the skin can be seen.The eyes are not black like ours, her eyes are yellowish, it seems that she will see things differently from us.

Because the ruined temple was very close to the school, several teachers also saw the woman.The teacher also said: "The structure of her eyes is different from ours, and the things she sees are not in the same form as what we see." I don't know if the teacher is joking or serious. After I went back, I told my mother about it.I didn't expect my mother to know this woman. "She is from Wentian Village." Mom said, "her parents died very early, and she left the village at the age of twelve or thirteen to learn art from a group of Taoist priests. Some funerals would invite her to sing filial songs. She is very happy. She can sing filial songs. During Qingming, she will go back to Wentian Village to hang Qingming. I have seen it several times. You didn’t notice it.”

Singing filial songs is also a custom in this area.During the seven days of the funeral, a filial song will be sung at night. The content of the filial song is the main deeds of the deceased from childhood to adulthood.To sing a song of filial piety, you need to have a bit of a crying voice. If you sing well, you can make the listener cry.It is said that the woman can make passers-by cry, and her singing skills are very good.