The old saying often says that the relatives of generations are not only the old people who love the younger people, but also the younger people who love the younger people. Especially in some remote mountain villages, young people will leave their children at home to take care of their parents, go out to work and earn money to support their families. At this time, the task of taking care of children fell on grandparents and grandparents.
The wish of the elderly is also very simple, that is, to watch the children grow up healthily, get married and start a career, this kind of strong family affection can even overcome life and death. The following story is related to this.
In the 26th year of the Republic of China, there was a small mountain village in the Shanling area. The village was not big, with only more than 30 families. There was an old man named Chen in the village, who was the local patriarch.
Chen's son and daughter-in-law went out in the early years and never came back. She was surrounded by her grandson Chen Shikang. The situation of other villagers was similar. At that time, young people were unwilling to continue farming, but were willing to go out and go out for fun. The family was all the elderly and children.
Old man Chen is very strong. He loves Chen Shikang very much. He often carries him to the field to play. When he is fine, he will sit at the entrance of the village and look into the distance. Chen Shikang was very curious and asked his grandfather what he was looking at. Old Man Chen smiled and said that he was waiting for his son to come back and was waiting for Chen Shikang to grow up. He also told Chen Shikang to keep the one-acre and three-point land in his family. If no one farmed, the inheritance of their village would be cut off. How could he have enough food in the future?
Chen Shikang was still young at the time and didn't understand what his grandfather meant, but he still nodded and agreed. Later several times, Chen Shikang's father came back and said he wanted to take his son away. Grandpa did not express his opinion. Instead, Chen Shikang said he refused to leave no matter what, and wanted to stay by his grandfather's side, and said he wanted his grandfather to watch him marry a wife. The father had no choice but to let his son go. After all, he was more at ease with the care of his grandfather.
More than ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and Chen Shikang has grown up. At this time, his grandfather is already in his eighties and has a white hair, but his waist is still upright, and he walks with great vigor and no age at all.
Soon, under the introduction of Old Man Chen, Chen Shikang got married with a girl named Liu from a neighboring village. On the day of the wedding, everyone in the village came. After all, Old Man Chen is the patriarch and has done a lot of practical things for the village over the years, and everyone respects him very much. At the same time, Chen Shikang's father also rushed back.
But just when Chen Shikang led the wedding team to the neighboring village to pick up the bride, the old man Chen sat alone at the entrance of the village, looking at the distant mountain road. His son and daughter-in-law worked hard for a long time and did not see his father. Then he went out to search and found him at the entrance of the village. It was noon, and Old Man Chen hurried back to the venue to prepare. After all, he still needed to sit in the middle hall after worshiping the world.
But when the couple went to help their father, he suddenly said, "Children, my father's birthday is here. I am very happy to see you all grow up healthily. The person who picked me up is coming soon. You can also prepare it for me. When the hour of You is over, prepare a coffin for me!"
The couple was shocked after hearing this. On the happy days, the father said such unlucky words, but looking at Old Man Chen's serious expression, he didn't want to joke.
But Old Man Chen has always been in good health, and now he is full of red face, not like a dying person at all. In order to comfort him, the couple had to agree temporarily and prepare to wait for the wedding to finish.
Soon, Chen Shikang led the bride back. As soon as he entered the door, the old man Chen, who was originally lonely, suddenly became smiling and browsed. The couple felt relieved when they saw this. The wedding was held normally until the afternoon of the afternoon, the banquet ended and the guests left one by one. When Chen Shikang sent the last person out of the house, the old man Chen, who was originally standing in the central hall, had a smile on his face, suddenly fell down straight.
This scared the whole family. Chen Shikang immediately rushed to his grandfather's side. Unfortunately, Old Man Chen had already died and his body had begun to cool down.Chen Shikang was extremely sad and was about to cry, but his father hurriedly stopped him: "Child, this is your happy day, let alone your grandfather is a happy funeral. Don't cry, it will be bad if you cry. You are waiting here, and I will prepare the coffin with your mother!" After saying that, Chen's father and mother got up and ran out, leaving Chen Shikang to kneel in front of his grandfather's body. The newlywed wife seemed to feel his sorrow and stepped forward to pat his shoulder to show comfort. Chen Shikang tried his best, but when he thought of every bit of his relationship with his grandfather, he still couldn't stop his tears.
Soon, the coffin was settled, and the happy event turned into funerals. The villagers did not expect it. However, after everyone arrived, they praised Mr. Chen for being blessed and leaving peacefully, and saw his grandson marrying his wife. Later, a Taoist priest told Chen Shikang that his grandfather's life span had actually arrived long ago, but he kept breathing a sigh of relief just to see Chen Shikang marry his wife. Maybe the day of the wedding was the limit, otherwise he would not have chosen to leave at that time.
After this incident, Chen Shikang did not leave his parents, but stayed in the village with his wife, took over as the patriarch of his grandfather, and continued to work hard.
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