the last priest

The Chinese Taoist culture has a long history and has a history of thousands of years. There are endlessly high-ranking people. In the long years, how many records about Taoism have been annihilated in the dust of history or left in the folk villages. Most of the once glorious Taoism has now become a tourist cultural attraction. …

There is such a Taoist priest whose life is legendary, tortuous, and more helpless. He has saved many lives, including mine and my aunt's; I asked many people from my hometown about this Taoist priest. life. 1 Chinese swastika 1

Telling about the last Taoist priest: Zha Wenbin's life, a person drawn out by a small story

Zha is a rare surname, and it is recorded in this way: Cha (zha) surname is one of the Chinese surnames, ranking 397th in "Hundred Surnames".One is from the Jiang family, a descendant of Emperor Yan.In the Spring and Autumn Period, the son of Duke Qing of Qi State of Qi was enfeoffed as "Zha", and the descendants took the feudal city as their surname and became "Zha". Later, the word "Mu" was removed and became "Zha".The second is from the Mi surname.In the Spring and Autumn Period, the officials of the Dukes of the Chu State were entrusted to Zhayi, and the descendants took the place as their surname.

Chapter 1

There is a village called Hongcun in the mountainous area of ​​western Zhejiang. In the village there is a family surnamed Xu. The man who heads the family is a carpenter who is good at carpentry. He is called Xu Luban. He was born in the first generation, so he naturally inherited the family business. Although he has a good craft, but because he is in the business of dead people, few women from ordinary families look up to him. After several twists and turns, he finally asked a matchmaker to marry him in a neighboring village A daughter-in-law, there was one thing that was underdeveloped in that era, and that was contraception. Three daughters and two boys were born in ten years. As the population of this family increased, the expenses increased. Once the husband and wife discussed it, they sent the daughter-in-law to have a vasectomy. .

Who is Xu Luban?that's my grandfather

Another ten years later, I didn't expect my grandmother to be pregnant again, and my grandfather didn't know whether it was happiness or worry. Why was my daughter-in-law still pregnant after she had undergone a vasectomy.My belly is getting bigger day by day, I am pregnant in October, and the melons are ripe. My grandfather didn't expect that he would have a daughter when he was 40 years old. He named the youngest daughter "Xiu", which is my aunt. , that year was 1977.

Grandpa was born with a daughter, so he was very happy. On the day when the woman was full moon, there was a big banquet, and the neighbors in the village also came to congratulate her. Amidst all the joy, a person passing by in front of the Xu family was wearing a tattered Taoist robe and carrying a The Taoist priest of the gossip bag.Those who have good deeds called the Taoist priest to stop, and suggested that the owner of the family just got a daughter, and asked the Taoist priest to do the math and see his fortune.The Taoist priest was quite refreshing, and came over to take a look at the baby in the swaddle, and immediately pinched his fingers, but showed a look of shock, called the male master Xu Luban into the inner room, and said in a low voice: "Master, It is a gratifying and congratulatory event for you to be blessed with a daughter, but Xiaodao has a saying, I don’t know if I should say it today.”

Although my grandfather is a carpenter, he is also very reasonable. He said with a smile: "You Taoist priest, you can say whatever you want. No matter what you say is good or bad, I will treat you to a glass of wine when the banquet begins!"

The Taoist glanced at Xu Luban and said, "Although your little daughter is beautiful, I'm afraid it will not be very easy to support in the future."

Grandpa became impatient when he heard that, he had just had a daughter, and you, a Taoist priest who came from nowhere, was lying here, and said such unlucky words, so he went up and pushed: "You Taoist priest is too ignorant, how can you be like this? What about talking nonsense?"

The Taoist priest was originally dressed in rags, but when Xu Luban pushed him like this, his clothes were torn, a copper bump fell out of his rags, and rolled to the ground.

The yelling inside startled the grandma who was waiting for guests in the room. When she came over to see, a tattered Taoist priest was entangled with her own man. She went up to separate the two. I heard from my mother that he was really a person, so I didn’t ask the reason first. After scolding Xu Luban for his rudeness, he apologized to the Taoist priest, took out a needle and thread to mend his old clothes, and insisted on keeping him for a meal, but the Taoist priest couldn't shirk it, so he joined the crowd After entering the table, after drinking a few glasses of wine, his face turned red, and he began to boast that he was the head of Maoshan, and his Taoism skills were amazing, but he didn't want to, but the guests laughed. . .

I don't know if the Taoist priest drank too much or something, during the banquet, everyone asked about the baby's fate again, and he said again: "This little baby girl is short-lived, it's not easy to feed, I'm afraid there will be troubles in the future. "When all the people heard this, how could you, a Taoist priest, dare to utter wild words for your kindness, especially grandpa, the fire that had just been suppressed suddenly sprang up again, and he ran into the house and took out an ax to chop it off. , fortunately was stopped by the crowd, and cursed there

This time, grandma listened so sincerely that she couldn't help but couldn't help but shouted at the Taoist priest, "Where did you come from, a wild Taoist priest? I entertained you kindly, but you curse my daughter like this! Get out!"

I didn't want the Taoist priest to be insulted like this, but he wasn't annoyed. He touched his chest, looked at the sky, glanced at the crowd and said, "Master, don't be angry, Xiaodao is telling the truth, you girl, I'm afraid you won't live to be nine years old." , if you have any trouble at that time, you can come to Wulipu, Anxian County to find me." After speaking, he bowed to everyone, turned his head and walked away. . . . . .Only a group of people were left looking at each other and the grandfather's family was very popular. Although everyone advised not to take it seriously, it left a shadow in the heart of the superstitious grandmother.

Nine years later in a blink of an eye, my aunt is not only healthy and smart, but also very beautiful, especially a pair of big watery eyes, which pleases the adults very much. Gradually, the people of my grandmother's family said to the Taoist priest nine years ago Those words have been gradually forgotten.

In rural areas, there are many places where a dead person needs to hold a big funeral, which is the so-called happy funeral. Everyone in the village has to go to help with the funeral. Everyone has to drink a lot of wine and eat meat. It’s so lively, but there must be a dish Every family has a serving of white tofu, so Bai Xishi is also called eating tofu rice.

In the summer of 1986, that is, the day I was born, an old man died in Hongcun. In the era of relative scarcity of material, there was a white wedding event, which meant a tooth-beating ceremony. Grandpa and grandma took their aunts to eat tofu rice .

During the banquet, my aunt also ate a lot of oil and water. After the banquet, the family of three took advantage of the light of the stars in the sky to rush home. The family was about two miles away from the grandmother's house. On the necessary road, there was a The reservoir is only about [-] meters long. After I was a child, I often sneaked away to swim in that reservoir. Every time I was caught by my grandma and beat me up, I didn’t say why. . . . . .

That section of the road is uninhabited.It only takes about 10 minutes to walk these two miles, and this road is usually walked a lot.The moon and stars were so bright that night, and the path illuminated was so pale that there was no need for a flashlight to illuminate it.

In the summer countryside, there is one thing that always attracts children, and that is fireflies. My aunt is chasing the fireflies in front, laughing while chasing them, and the children follow behind as the insects fly forward. Not far away from grandma, looking at the child with a smile

The grandfather smoked a pipe and said to the grandmother: "Who said that my daughter is not easy to raise? This child has never suffered from even a minor illness since she was born. I think the Taoist priest is a charlatan!"

Grandma told my aunt to run slowly, and she arrived home after a while.

My aunt used to sleep with her grandparents when she was young, but when she grew up, she was arranged to sleep with her third sister. Grandpa has four daughters and two sons. My aunt, uncle and my mother have already married. , only these three aunts and aunts and a little uncle are still at home.

Before going to bed, my aunt told my third aunt about the good things I ate at the banquet today, which made my third aunt very envious. Since the arrival of this younger sister, the grandfather's house is a bit good, and I try to keep it for my aunt as much as possible. For eating corn, my aunt will always get the part near the head, and the third aunt will always eat the half of the tail, but my aunt is really cute. After washing her feet, the third aunt put her on the bed Accompanied by my third aunt, my aunt quickly fell asleep, until a scream in the middle of the night cut through the peaceful life of the Xu family for nine years

Accompanied by the third aunt, the aunt quickly fell asleep, until a scream in the middle of the night broke the peaceful life of the Xu family for nine years.