Li Yueru's grandfather was called Li Laotie, and he was taught by a great heavenly master from his ancestor Longhu Mountain. By the time his grandfather arrived, he no longer practiced in Longhu Mountain, but came to the Yuhang area.
Li Laotie can be said to be the kind of disciplined disciple who is very serious about everything he studies. Although he was young at that time, he was still somewhat capable and had a solid foundation of skills.
Within a few years, he became famous in the Yuhang area, and he was a famous heavenly master in this area until liberation. After liberation, he gradually stopped working, and just did some simple work like looking at the feng shui of cemeteries and exorcising evil spirits for people. Later, in the early 1960s, there were natural disasters, and Li Laotie didn't know. Where did he find a woman who had fled from the north? Not long after, the woman gave birth to a fat boy for Li Laotie.
The child born this way is Li Yueru's father.
It wasn't until Li Yueru's father, Li Zhenhai, was born that Li Laotie finally stopped working. Instead, he opened a wreath shop and followed a northern woman, Li Yueru's grandmother, to live a life that belonged to the two of them. In my small life, although business was slow, I could still maintain it. Later, the Li family became prosperous, and Li Laotie gave birth to another son and a daughter.
Decades passed like this, until the year Li Yueru was born, a big event happened in the family, which also changed their family's peaceful life.
Li Yueru was born in the spring of the year Dingmao. Not long after she was born, when the whole family was still immersed in the joy of having a new generation, one night, a man came to the door.
The wreath shop run by the Li family is usually open until midnight and closes on time, and opens early the next day before dawn.
On this day, it happened to be 11:58 in the middle of the night. Just when Li Laotie was about to close the door and take a rest, a fair-looking young man came to the door.
As soon as he entered the door, Li Laotie also inadvertently looked at the time, so he smiled and said to the young man that it was too late and the store was about to close. If you need anything, come early tomorrow morning.
Li Laotie's wreath and shroud shop has always had this rule for decades. No matter how big the business is, it closes at midnight, and the big things are only done the next day. Looking at this young man who comes in, Li Laotie naturally feels uncomfortable. Hui had broken the rules for so many years for him, so he politely issued an eviction order.
The young man looked at his watch and didn't have much reaction. Instead, he didn't say a word. Just when it was about twelve o'clock, Li Laotie began to push the younger generation impatiently, but the younger generation grabbed the door. Li Laotie was shaken open by a force, which was a Tao power that was both familiar and unfamiliar to him.
It was just past twelve o'clock at this time, and the young man walked into the store again calmly and closed the door.
Li Laotie looked at the young man in front of him in surprise, and asked with some confusion: "What on earth do you want to buy?"
The young man took out a big seal from his pocket. Li Laotie was stunned when he saw the big seal, and then he pulled the young man to sit down without hesitation.
The two of them talked for less than ten minutes before the young man got up and left, and Li Laotie also closed the store door.
On the next day, when the family was having breakfast, Li Laotie, who had always been gentle, turned over his wreath shop to Li Zhenhai, who had just become a father, with a straight face, and told his family that I want to go out to the vicinity of Poyang Lake to reassure my family not to come looking for him.
Li Laotie's wife fell ill when she was giving birth to the youngest girl, and died when the children were very young.
The family must not agree with Li Laotie's decision. Everyone thinks that he is old and does not agree with him traveling alone. But at this time, Li Laotie seemed to be a different person, with a resolute attitude. In the end, the children could not defeat this stubborn old man. After leaving Li Zhenhai a few books inherited by the Heavenly Master, he left the house and never came back. Been back...
Not two years after Li Laotie left, the young man came to the door again. It was still the same time that night, but the person guarding the store became Li Zhenhai. The two of them talked for less than ten minutes. The young man came to the door again. Leaving in a hurry again, Li Yueru's second uncle Li Pinghai followed the young man and left the next day.
Li Yueru, who grew up many years later, found out that she had a second uncle who was now working as a Taoist priest on Longhu Mountain.
There are two people missing from the family, and Li Zhenhai is also supporting the family alone. In addition, Li Yueru's mother's family is relatively wealthy in Huhai. In addition, in the past few years, Li Zhenhai has carefully studied the books left by his father and learned a lot. , in addition to making money from selling wreaths and paper, I also learned a lot, and was able to do a lot of things for others. The family’s income was pretty good.
Over time, after Li Yueru grew up and went to middle school, the family business became prosperous and gradually got on the right track. Li Zhenhai also became somewhat famous in the local area.
But not long ago, when Li Yueru came home for vacation, she rarely saw her second uncle at home. Ever since she was a child, she seemed to have no impression of her second uncle Li Pinghai. I met my second uncle once, and he left on the first day of the new year.
This law seems to have never changed. Until she met her second uncle this time, Li Yueru was also surprised that her second uncle showed up before the Chinese New Year.
As she grew older, her father did not hide it from her, and would also tell her about her grandfather Li Laotie and her second uncle. So she knew that her grandfather ran away from home when she was very young, and that her second uncle had been a Taoist priest on Longhu Mountain since he became an adult.
This time the second uncle came back with a solemn expression. He talked a lot with his father, including topics about awakening the heart. At that time, Li Yueru still didn't take this matter to heart, thinking that her second uncle might have come down from the mountain because he was homesick.
But the next day, Li Yueru's father handed over the business of the wreath shop to his sister. Li Yueru's sister-in-law Li Canghai also told her family that she was going on a long trip, so that the family should not worry and not come. Find him.
When Li Yueru asked where his father was going and for how long, Li Zhenhai just frowned and said that he was going to the Laoye Temple in Poyang Lake. As for when he would come back, he only said that it could be as short as three to five years. If it was longer, it would be hard to say. Yes, but I promised Li Yueru that she would definitely come back.
Li Yueru looked at her mother and sister-in-law with naturally calm expressions, as if they already knew it. Besides, neither of them had any intention of stopping it, so Li Yueru accepted it all with some worry.
There has been no news from his father since then. Li Yueru asked his mother and sister-in-law many times, but neither of them gave Li Yueru a satisfactory answer in the end.
Li Yueru spent the entire holiday in such uneasiness. It wasn't until this National Day holiday that Li Yueru returned to her hometown accompanied by a scholar. When she was looking at the wreath shop, she met someone, which made her heart throb and worry.
He was a young man with ordinary clothes and appearance. She just said that his grandfather, second uncle and father would not be back in a short time, and asked them to be prepared. As for what the preparations were, the man didn't say anything and left in a hurry. Li Yueru also quickly told her mother and sister-in-law about the incident. After hearing this, the two of them had no reaction, but her mother silently shed tears and said nothing more after that. what.
Speaking of this, Li Yueru basically explained everything she knew clearly. She looked carefully and it seemed that Qi Huanxin was mentioned when her second uncle came during the meeting. He felt that Qi Huanxin might really be able to help. He really hoped that Her father could go home safe and sound, and Qing Xin also knew why Li Yueru was looking for her.
