Chapter 404 Chapter Twelve

Grandma said again: "It's really not easy for this old man to come all the way from Lishu Village. You have to eat with us before leaving. Otherwise, I won't promise my wife and grandson to go with you." Hearing what grandma said, the old farmer trembled with joy, arched his hands and bowed to grandma: "Thank you very much." Grandma waved her hand and said, "Don't talk so much. Eat quickly, you will have strength to do things when you are full." After speaking, grandma pushed a bowl full of rice in front of the old farmer. We finished our meal quickly, and then the old farmer led us to Lishu Village.

After passing through Wentian Village, passing through Changshan Village, and then climbing over a few moderately high mountains, bypassing one or two large reservoirs, you will arrive at Lishu Village.I hoped with all my heart that I would have the opportunity to pass by "Li Tieshu" before arriving at the old farmer's home.But grandpa told me that that place was not on our itinerary. When they arrived at the old farmer's house, the old farmer's son and daughter-in-law were very enthusiastic, offering cigarettes and offering tea.Their daughter stayed in the boudoir and did not come out.The old farmer said that his granddaughter became more and more dull, like the ancient embroidery lady who never went out.

Grandpa picked up the hot tea and walked around the old farmer's house.The old farmer and his son and daughter-in-law followed respectfully, smiling broadly.Although I couldn't understand Grandpa's behavior, I followed him around and occasionally answered a few greetings.The old farmer was afraid of disturbing grandpa, so he always asked me some boring questions such as where to study and what grades he had. I was admitted to a certain key university in high school. I answered the old farmer's words without saying a word, but my eyes followed Grandpa's gaze.Wherever grandpa looked, I hurriedly followed.Knowing that I must not understand it, but in my heart I faintly feel that I may be able to learn something.

After walking to the back of the old farmer's house, grandpa poured out some tea from the cup. The old farmer hurriedly shouted: "Master Ma, be careful! Don't let the tea burn your hands." Grandpa turned back and smiled, "I did it on purpose." The old farmer's son was puzzled: "Why did you pour out the tea on purpose? You don't like this kind of tea?" Grandpa took a sip, shook his head and said, "Do you know how the name tea came from?" We all shook our heads in disbelief.My family has its own tea tree, and I often drink some tea before and after meals to quench my thirst and soothe my throat, but I have never thought about how the word "tea" came about.

Grandpa looked into the distance and said: "It is said that Shennong's stomach is as transparent as crystal, and the food wriggling in the stomach and intestines can be seen from the outside. Shennong tasted herbs, you all know this allusion. Once when he tasted tea, It was discovered that tea was flowing everywhere in the stomach, and the intestines and stomach were washed clean by checking it, so Shennong called this plant "cha", which was later changed into the word "tea", which became the origin of tea." After the first time I heard my grandfather explain the difference between the word "fish" and the word "cow", I took what he said as a joke.But after listening to my grandfather explaining the characters for "jujube" and "tea", etc., I was convinced that my grandfather, who had never been to school, had a much deeper understanding of characters than me who was in high school.

Grandpa looked at the place where the tea was wet under his feet, and said, "I just poured out some tea, just to find out what strange things happened here." "Then do you see any problems?" the old farmer's son asked hastily. The grandfather glanced at the old farmer's son, and said with a solemn expression: "I looked at the sky before coming here, and it was a small animal hexagram. That time foreshadowed the current speculation." "You knew it before you came?" The old farmer's son was a little surprised. Grandpa leaned over to put the tea on the ground, and then replied: "I wasn't sure at the time. I walked around your house just now, and I didn't find anything special. But after I poured some tea on the ground , I found that there was a burst of pregnancy on the ground."

The old farmer's daughter-in-law didn't hear clearly, and asked in surprise: "Master Ma, since our family is lucky, how could we encounter such a scandal with our daughter? Did you read it wrong?" The old farmer's son gave his wife a hard tug, and said angrily, "Master Ma is not talking about good luck, but about pregnancy and childbirth." The old farmer's daughter-in-law refused to admit defeat, and said convincingly: "The qi of pregnancy is on a woman, how can it be possible to see the qi of pregnancy from the soil?" Grandpa smiled and said, "It's because the land around here is pregnant that I find it strange. However, this just fits the little animal hexagrams I saw before. I can be sure that your daughter has encountered a ghost!" "Grandpa smiled because what the old farmer's daughter-in-law said was correct, that smile was not a happy one.

"Borrowing ghost?" The old farmer's family of three asked in unison. Grandpa nodded and said, "Borrowed ghosts are called ghosts. In fact, many borrowed ghosts are not ghosts. They may be people, or they may be other things, such as flowers and plants, such as snakes and wolves." The old farmer's son was confused: "How can a person be a ghost?" The old farmer's daughter-in-law immediately interrupted her husband and said, "Why not? I just heard from my sister that once my sister and brother-in-law went to worship Buddha in the temple, they happened to meet a young lady standing in front of the Buddha statue of the Empress Dowager and rubbing her stomach. When the young lady saw her brother-in-law, she asked him to help insert incense into the incense burner."

"And then?" asked the old farmer's son. "My sister said that she thought the lady was acting weird, so she didn't want her brother-in-law to help. The lady said to my sister fiercely, didn't you see that I was inconvenient? My brother-in-law thought that the lady's hand was injured. , so I kindly helped her insert the incense into the incense burner." The old farmer's daughter-in-law said, "But on the way back, my sister and brother-in-law ran into that young lady again, and found that she had healthy limbs and could move freely. People with disabilities."

"It's so lazy to pray to Buddha, and you need someone else to help you insert incense." The old farmer's son muttered. "You are thinking too simply! She is not lazy. If she was lazy, why would she go to a temple on a high mountain to worship Buddha?" The old farmer's daughter-in-law argued, "My sister was thinking wrong, so she asked her when she got home. There is an old lady in the village who understands supernatural powers. The old lady said that the young lady was unable to conceive a child, so she asked someone to borrow the fetus. Sure enough, the brother-in-law became dizzy and sleepy the next day, and then fell seriously ill. The old lady said that the young lady was trying to rob her I took my brother-in-law's life and reincarnated her as a son."