Chapter Sixty-Nine: The Past Year II

When I returned to the mountain, I was still immersed in sadness and couldn't extricate myself, but I found that Master was already waiting for me at the mouth of the valley where the bamboo forest was located. (You can find this site)

"Parting is bitter, bitter in the days to come, thinking but can't get, thinking but can't do, but if each other's feelings are sincere, this cause and effect can always not be broken, even if there is no result in this life, the next life will always be entangled, three babies, some things don't just look at the present, a road is always accompanied by someone, someone leaves, but maybe at the next intersection, the person who leaves is waiting for you there." Master didn't look back, just silently walked in front of me and whispered.

Thinking but not getting it is missing but not being able to stay together and have. Thinking but not being able to do it, it is worrying but not being able to do anything. Yes, parting is bitter, parting can turn any relationship into a helpless thing, how not to be bitter?

But Master also reminded me that what I need to tell the future is that the entanglement of cause and effect is not just looking at the present, the long road, maybe this life and this life, maybe life and life, people with cause and effect will one day be able to walk together for a while.

Looking at the back of the master, the tears of sorrow that I had endured for a long time finally fell slowly and slid across my face, but at that moment, the gloomy mood finally had a ray of sunshine, and the future can be looked forward to, so why bother to be obsessed with the present.

Walking to the familiar bamboo forest building, I found that it was a little unfamiliar, and after a closer look, some of the herbs that were originally planted around the yard were gone.

"Master, those," I couldn't help but ask.

"Oh, since I'm leaving, I've asked someone to distribute those herbs to the villagers in the village, it's not a valuable thing, there are three illnesses and two pains on weekdays, and it's always good to soak in water and drink." The master walked back to the bamboo forest without looking back.

Looking at the potholes all over the ground, a trace of loneliness climbed into my heart again, people always want to spread their wings and fly high, when they really want to leave the familiar environment, that kind of helpless loneliness will still appear.

I followed the master into the bamboo forest building, but found that it was empty except for a few simple pieces of furniture.

"Master, this?" I was mentally prepared, but I still couldn't help but ask, as if I was reluctant to do so today.

"I've already asked someone to move things down the mountain, and an assistant has already taken the lead to bring some things to Beijing, so let's stay overnight in the bamboo forest today." Master said lightly, his eyes were unusually calm.

Perhaps Master has become accustomed to this kind of unruly life, and I have heard him sigh that this remote mountain village is the place where he has stayed for the longest time in his life, and he has spent the most peaceful years with me.

Maybe for Master, peaceful years are a very luxurious thing, but once you have it, it is enough, why bother to persistently pursue it, thinking that I want to live a peaceful life?

Taoism is natural, a natural heart is that no matter what the years give you, you will calmly accept, experience, and experience, instead of escaping, forcibly thinking about what kind of life you must live.

After putting down my luggage, Master came over and sat with me in front of the bamboo corridor in front of the small bamboo forest, and for many days, we sat in front of the corridor, listening to the sound of the wind blowing the bamboo leaves, and watching the smoke curling from the mountain village below the mountain, until the night was full.

"Why do you want to stay one night?" I asked Master softly.

"For your farewell, I know your kid's heart best, and I always can't do it in parting and emotional matters, so why should I not fulfill you." Master said that he habitually wanted to serve tea, but found that there were still any teacups there.

I am silent, Master understands me, and I really can't do many things neatly.

With a light sigh, my eyes fell on every place in this small valley, the waterhole under the small waterfall, the gurgling stream, the tender green meadow at the beginning of spring, and the quiet bamboo forest, every place is my memory, I have laughed, made trouble, sad, tired, they have accompanied me through this time

"Sanwa'er, I'm afraid I won't be able to start a gang today, hungry? Or are we cheeky to eat? Master suddenly asked.

"Nonsense, of course it's to eat." I said out loud that I wanted to see the place where I was born and raised.

"Haha, I think so too, Sanwa'er, do you remember the time we went to rub rice and ate cowpea soup and rice? I really want to eat it again. Master said with a smile.

How could I possibly forget? It was that time that I heard a poignant love story, and I was sad for it for a long time, when I was young, I didn't know what love love, and now I am fifteen years old, although I have not experienced love, but I can feel a little taste.

Master is a simple person, since he has made a decision, he and I strode down the mountain, and we talked about the old woman, who I had seen a few days ago when I received medicine and fought insects, and she was a long-lived old man in the countryside.

When I got to the bottom of the mountain, I went back to the small mountain village that I was familiar with, and I told Master that I wanted to go home and have a look, and it had been many years, so as not to touch the scene, I always went to my old house, and I had to leave tomorrow, anyway, I wanted to go and see it.

Soon, Master and I walked to the front of our house, and a large lock locked the gate, which was already rusty.

I took out a polished brass key, and my hand couldn't help but tremble a little to open the big lock, the key was shiny, because I often played with it, the lock was rusty, because I didn't have the courage to open the door after all.

It took me a minute to open the door, and it was only because I hadn't touched the lock for so long, and the embroidery was so bad.

As soon as I opened the door, the smell of moldy dust hit my nose, and I couldn't help but sneeze, but when I saw this familiar courtyard again, I couldn't help but tremble.

At this moment, it is a small courtyard that I am familiar with, but it is no longer strange, because here, there is no longer my mother's busy figure, my father's cheerful laughter, my sister's crazy appearance, it is overgrown and desolate.

I walked through every corner of this small courtyard, and every corner was full of memories, which engraved the only childhood years that my family and I could stay together, and it was indelible in my heart.

In the kitchen, every puff of smoke that once rose was the warmth of home, and I seemed to see my mother shouting: "Sanwa'er, don't be crazy in the yard, come wash your hands and get ready to eat." ”

The hall, where the whole family sits around to eat, is also a place to talk and laugh together on the stove in winter, I seem to hear my father saying: "Sanwa'er, you will give Lao Tzu a countdown score at the end of this period, Lao Tzu can't beat you." "Dad didn't want to kill me after all, but I really wanted to leave.

Mom and Dad's room, my sisters' room, my small room I seem to see again, the eldest sister pinched my face again, and the second sister smiled next to me peeling grapes and stuffing them into my mouth.

The road was covered with dust, cobwebs, and an old and decaying atmosphere, but all I saw were memories.

I ran into the yard like crazy, and there were many unknown insects along the way, and even a grass snake, I didn't care about it, just stood at the well in the yard in a daze, the well water did not dry up, looking down, the water quality was still clear, here, this is the only place that has not changed.

"Three babies, let's go." Master stood at the gate, never speaking, until at this moment, he saw me staring at the well water in a daze, but finally reminded me that it was time to go.

I didn't cry, even my sadness has faded, these memories are mine, I have had, it is an inseparable part of my life, what do I have to carry on my back, the long road, we have walked together.

"Master, wait a minute." I shouted loudly, then picked up a small stone and used all my strength to draw a line of words on the wall of the courtyard.

Mom, Dam, Sister, I love you, in my heart, we will always be together and will not be separated.

-- Chen Chengyi.