After his father left, Cheng Shenggui thought over and over what he said and felt that it made sense. It was already very late that night, and her husband, Long Qiyun, came back. Cheng Shenggui told him that his father-in-law came today. Long Qiyun didn't ask much at first. When he went to bed, he asked, Shenggui, why is your father here? Cheng Shenggui told Long Qiyun exactly what his father had said.
Long Qiyun felt particularly guilty and sad about the death of his child. After hearing the talk about their lost child, he felt that this was also fate and was the retribution of his sins in the past life in this life. Let this unbearable thing go, let it go, I don't want to mention it again.
He only mentioned things about himself and his wife’s life span, saying that if it was like what Professor Shi said, what’s the point of making money every day? I am 30 years old this year. If I die at the age of 40, I will only have 10 years to live.
Cheng Shenggui said, I am 28 years old this year. If I can only live to 36 years old, my remaining life span will be shorter, only 8 years. However, Professor Shi and his father both said that if you do good deeds and accumulate great virtues, you may be blessed and live longer.
How to do great good and accumulate great virtue? Long Qiyun, who was lying on the bed, asked in confusion.
Qiyun, I think that if we donate our villa to the local social welfare institution, it will be considered a good deed, but it will not be considered a great evil deed. Whether it is accumulating big yin virtues or accumulating small yin virtues, having a yin character means doing some good deeds quietly that others don't know about and you don't make it public.
You make a good point, I disagree. Even if you donate this villa to the local social welfare institution, it may not increase your happiness and longevity, and of course it may not necessarily not increase your happiness and longevity.
We must do good deeds first, otherwise, in a few years, when our life span is approaching, it will be too late to do good deeds.
Let’s not talk about this now.
What do you want to talk about?
Long Qiyun didn't answer immediately. He turned sideways from the bed, leaned into her ear and said, I want to have another baby. Even if you and I have 8 and 10 years to live respectively, there is still time.
Therefore, Cheng Shenggui was speechless. Although she was in a bad mood, she made do with her husband and had sex. She also lamented that the sage said that there are three types of unfilial piety, the greatest of which is not having children. I'd love to have another one. I don't know if it can be regenerated.
Are you so unsure of yourself? Long Qiyun asked back. But in fact, they had sex many times, and Cheng Shenggui just couldn't get pregnant. One time I was pregnant, only four months old, and I miscarried after a slight movement of my body.
Time flies by like a flash, and in a blink of an eye, Cheng Shenggui is already 34 years old. For ordinary women, this is a beautiful time when dreams and reality are intertwined with youth and charm. However, for Cheng Shenggui, it is just as cruel as the countdown of life. The ground was closing in on her.
Really, she doesn't want to die at all, because she hasn't lived enough and she still wants to live well. She knew that to break the fate of life, she had no choice but to do more good deeds. Now that it was too late to do ordinary small acts of kindness, she planned to do great acts of kindness, that is, to urge her husband again to donate their villa to the welfare home.
But Long Qiyun disagreed, because even if he did this, it might not be able to extend his life. But Cheng Shenggui said, if you don't do this, your lifespan will be up, and you and I, Long Qiyun, will really have no hope of survival.
For this reason, the couple struggled endlessly, and then quarreled until they divorced. Since Long Qiyun had tens of millions of assets in his name, the court decided to award the entire existing villa worth nearly tens of millions to Cheng Shenggui.
On the first day the verdict came into effect, Cheng Shenggui went through the donation procedures and donated the entire villa to a welfare home in Qianshan County.
In order to express his gratitude to Cheng Shenggui, the director of the welfare home recruited her as an employee of the welfare home and appointed her as the head of the logistics department. Cheng Shenggui thought to himself: I am already a dying person, why should I be an official? He resolutely refused and was only willing to be an ordinary employee.
She works hard and doesn't ask for a penny of salary. Fortunately, during the divorce, the court awarded her more than five million yuan. How could she use it all? He planned to donate another 4 million yuan to the welfare home, leaving only 1 million yuan to spend for himself. He told the director of the welfare home that I would use the money as much as I could use it, and any money that could not be used up would be donated to the welfare home.
The dean said, you are so young and have decades to live, so this 1 million yuan may not be enough! Cheng Shenggui felt that there was no need to tell him the reason why he only had two years left to live. He only said that I would definitely not use up all the money. Any unused money must be donated.
A year and a half later, Cheng Shenggui still had 960,000 yuan left, which she wanted to donate to the welfare home. The dean didn’t want it and repeated that sentence again. You still have decades to live, but you have donated them. What will you eat? Drink the northwest wind? Cheng Shenggui said, don't worry about that. I have no use for keeping this money.
When the dean heard this, he felt that there was something in what he said, but it was difficult to ask her, so he said, if you donate this money, then the hospital will pay you every month. Otherwise, how will you live?
Cheng Shenggui said yes, but the welfare home accepted another donation of 960,000 yuan from her. In order to thank her, the dean also presented flowers and plaques to Cheng Shenggui who was standing on the stage at the donation ceremony. Cheng Shenggui should be happy, but she shed tears. They looked like tears of joy, but they were clearly tears of sorrow.
After the donation ceremony, the dean quietly said to her, if you are unhappy, our hospital will always refund the nearly 5 million yuan you donated to you.
Where, where, how could I not be happy? A bitter smile appeared on Cheng Shenggui's face.
Cheng Shenggui did not tell anyone about this matter, but it spread from other people's mouths, and they all said that Cheng Shenggui was a good man. These words also reached the ears of Cheng Shenggui's father, Cheng Xinxiong. He remained silent and muttered in his heart: It's a pity that my daughter, a kind person, is about to reach the end of her life.
He was particularly worried about his daughter. He once again found Shi Zaitian, who lived at the Medical University of L Province, knelt in front of him and said, Professor Shi, can you think of a way to save my daughter? Shi Zaitian shook his head, and said again, I am not the King of Hell who holds the power of life and death. Your kneeling is in vain, even if your knees are broken, there is nothing I can do.
After hearing what he said, Cheng Xinxiong had no choice but to stand up, sit on the chair opposite Shi Zaitian, and said slowly, Professor Shi, my daughter donated a villa and nearly 5 million yuan to the welfare institution, and it should be counted as accumulated savings. With great merit, can the underworld bring her blessings and longevity?
Shi Zaitian gave him a jolt, and his love was not simple. Then he said, you go back first! I will meditate tonight and go to the underworld to ask if your daughter can be saved.
When will I come to ask you?
Tomorrow!
When Cheng Xinxiong heard what Shi Zaitian said, it was as if he had grabbed a life-saving straw for his daughter whose life was about to end. His wrinkled and sad face showed a rare joy, and he immediately stood up and said goodbye to Professor Shi.
That night, Shi Zaitian meditated and fell into trance. His soul left his body. With just one thought, he was in the underworld in an instant. He came to the King of Hell in the Hall of the King of Hell, who had the power of life and death. The King of Hell, who was reviewing the case files, suddenly smelled a smell from the underworld. There was a strange smell, and when he looked up, he saw that Shi Zaitian, a man of great merit and virtue whom he was familiar with, was bowing to him.
The King of Hell said, "Ping your body." Seeing Shi Zaitian standing up, he asked, "It's so late, what's the matter with meeting me?"
Yes, Your Majesty. There is a woman named Cheng Shenggui in Qianshan County, Yangjie, Dongtu Kingdom. It is said that she can only live to be 36 years old. Her remaining life is not long. During this short period of survival, can Cheng Shenggui accumulate good deeds and help others? Does she want to increase her longevity?
When Shi Zaitian was talking about this, the King of Hell shook his hand and said, "No, yesterday, the city god in Qianshan County sent a memorial, saying that Cheng Shenggui had accumulated great kindness, and wanted to wish her a birthday, but this king also rejected it. . did you know? In his previous life, Cheng Shenggui was called He Shanxian, and he caused too much murderous karma. The souls of many killed animals have not yet been saved, and they are suffering extremely.
Since ancient times, those who kill will be punished with a short life. Cheng Shenggui has done so many good deeds, but they were not in vain. She almost killed no one in this life. When she reincarnates in the next life, she will have a long life.
The next day, Cheng Xinxiong came to Shi Zaitian's house very early. That was because he didn't leave the provincial capital at all yesterday, but stayed in a hotel.
Shi Zaitian looked at him with a wry smile and said, Xinxiong, I went to Hades to inquire about your daughter's prospects. When Cheng Xinxiong heard this, he felt a little nervous and asked, why are you not optimistic? Shi Zaitian told him some things about Cheng Shenggui that the King of Hell told him.
Cheng Xinxiong pondered for a long time and said what was stuck in his heart, Professor Shi, my daughter was born as a man in the past and killed many animals. Their souls were not saved. Are they still complaining to the King of Hell?
Of course, but I'll think of a way with you to see if we can transcend those undead souls. As he spoke, Shi Zaitian stood up, took off the casual clothes he wore at home, put on a Chinese tunic suit, and combed his hair slightly in front of the mirror with a comb.
Cheng Xinxiong asked, Professor Shi, do you have to go out for something? I'll leave first. Just as he turned around, Shi Zaitian stopped him, "Don't leave first, come with me!" I'll take you to a place. Cheng Xinxiong asked again, where are you taking me? Shi Zaitian said, just follow me.
In this way, Cheng Xinxiong followed Shi Zaitian out and took a bus, changing from No. 7 to No. 8, and No. 8 to No. 9. He couldn't remember how many times he changed. It seemed that he had gone around the entire provincial capital for more than half a circle, and finally the car drove to Foshan. Stopped at the entrance of Yuantong Temple in Xiyuan where the sound of music was playing.
Cheng Xinxiong followed Shi Zaitian out of the car and walked into the temple. There are many pilgrims coming and going inside. Compared with the bustling market outside the temple, the only difference that can be felt is that it is much quieter here.
Shi Zaitian led Cheng Xinxiong to the Ksitigarbha Hall in the temple. He suddenly turned around and said to Cheng Xinxiong, I will ask a mage to perform rituals for your daughter in the Ksitigarbha Hall to redeem the beasts that the Orions killed in your daughter’s past life but have not yet been redeemed. Living being, you must be respectful to the mage and don't be careless. This is a Buddhist pure land, not a secular bustle.
Yes, thank you Professor Shi for your enlightenment. Cheng Xinxiong looked at Shi Zaitian and said respectfully.
In this way, the master from Yuantong Temple in Xiyuan performed rituals for Cheng Xinxiong's daughter for three days. After leaving, Cheng Xinxiong was unsure whether the souls of those beasts had been saved. He asked Shi Zaitian, but he was also unsure.
On the evening of the fourth day, Shi Zaitian returned home and meditated. His soul came to the underworld again and found the King of Hell to salute him. Before he could speak, the King of Hell said, "I know your purpose. The undead beasts have been saved, but Cheng Shenggui's lifespan is limited." Coming soon, there is still no hope of survival.
Having said this, the King of Hell paused for a moment and then continued in a scolding tone. You should be familiar with this sentence, right? ! You can be considered a half-enlightened person at least, why do you always worry about the length of life?
Your Majesty, as you said, I am only half an enlightened person, but I feel that I am not even half (an enlightened person). I am not enlightened at all. I am just a layman. I am just a substitute for Yang people who do not want to die early. Cheng Shenggui took the liberty to come to ask about something. Shi was offended. Please forgive me.
I don’t blame you for giving to the fields. The ants still cherish their lives, let alone the human beings? It's a good idea to do things for people in the hope of prolonging their lives, but you have to look at it as things are irreversible. I suggest you stop worrying about this matter after returning to Yang.
Your Majesty, Shi Mou is aware of his sin and will never disturb Hades again.
When Shi Zaitian was about to leave Hades, the King of Hell told him not to rush back to Yang. At that moment, a Yin official was summoned to lead him to the archives room where the Yang's life and death books were stored. He saw a sight that surprised him: a row of white flags on the names of Yang people.
Shi Zaitian asked the Yin official and learned that anyone with a white flag on his name means that the Yang person's Yang life is about to expire. Shi Zaitian looked carefully and saw that the name under the fourth white flag was Cheng Shenggui.
Shi Zaitian knew it well, and when he left, he passed by the Palace of Hell. The King of Hell suddenly approached Shi Zaitian and whispered that the underworld thought that Cheng Shenggui had some good deeds in giving alms, and there was only one way for her to prolong her life. At that moment, the King of Hell told him this method. Shi Zaitian kept it in mind and saluted the King of Hell with his fists again, and then returned to the sun with joy.
