Liu Yuanxing, a native of Daliushuang, is sixty-four years old this year. He is of the same generation as Liu Yuanqi, the father of Liu Daye. In fact, they live in the same village as in the human world, and are basically people of the same roots. For example, Liu Yuanxing's great-grandfather and Liu Yuanqi's great-grandfather are brothers, but they separated in the generation of his grandfathers, so they became two families. Anyone who lives in the same village is more or less related, or has a blood relationship, although after several generations, the blood relationship has become very weak. Today, Liu Yuanxing went to the north slope to graze cattle early in the morning. In the afternoon, when the sun was setting, Liu Yuanxing drove the cattle down the north slope to go home. Halfway on the way, Liu Yuanxing met Liu Dazhi, who came to graze cattle with him. Liu Dazhi was older than Liu Yuanxing is a generation younger than Liu Dazhi, but the age difference between the two is not much. Liu Dazhi is 62 years old this year, only two years younger than Liu Yuanxing. However, Liu Dazhi, who looks only 62 years old, looks older than Liu Yuanxing. When Liu Yuanxing saw Liu Dazhi with a frown on his face, he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. This Liu Dazhi is an honest man, and his son is also an honest man. So the result is that this honest father and son are controlled by the woman in the family. This woman is Liu Dazhi's daughter-in-law, Hu. Since she married into Liu Dazhi's family, she has controlled the whole family tightly. Moreover, this woman is very unfilial. She dislikes her father-in-law Liu and lets Liu Dazhi eat half a bowl. Moreover, Liu Dazhi does not work and even does not give the family any work to do. Liu Dazhi has to work 70% of the time. If there is no work to do at home, he will have no food to eat if he is idle for a day. Liu Dazhi's son is also an honest man. He can't control Hu's gossip behind her back. Hu is also very arrogant. If he hears someone gossiping about him, the only one in the village who is not afraid of Hu is Liu Yuanqi. Liu Yuanqi and Yuanxing sometimes do the same, otherwise Liu Dazhi would have starved to death. Although they are of the same age, they are of different generations after all. At that moment, he immediately caught up and called out. Liu Yuanxing responded with a smile, then drove the cow aside, sat down on the spot and said, "Come, sit down and have a rest." "Okay," Liu Dazhi nodded, drove the cow aside to eat grass, then took a stone, put it on the ground and sat down. Liu Yuanxing came from his He took out half a pancake from the cloth bag and handed it to Liu Dazhi, saying, "I haven't finished Hui's pancake, but I'm too lazy to carry it back. Come, let's eat it." Hui was Liu Yuanxing's son, and he was filial and gentle. Liu Dazhi was not polite and took the majority of the pancake from Liu Yuanxing's hand and started to eat it. While eating the pancake, they talked about where the grass was good and where the land was fertile, and finally talked about the incident when Liu Daye went into the mountains and encountered wild beasts. "If we had known that Daye had encountered trouble, Daben and Hui would have gone to see him. I haven't seen him yet. I'll go over and sit with him tomorrow if I can," Liu Yuanxing said. Liu Dazhi smiled, "I've seen him, and Daye is fine. He's already alive and kicking." Liu Yuanxing nodded and said, "That's good, that's good."

As he was speaking, Liu Yuanxing looked up and looked down on the small path halfway up the north slope. He saw the ridges of fields below like stairs, layer upon layer. The setting sun illuminated the north slope red, and the whole mountain was green, with insects and birds singing softly in the fields. Looking down again, he saw the village of Daliushuang. At this moment, smoke was coming out of the village, and it was quiet. Liu Yuanxing picked up a piece of straw and said leisurely: "I have lived enough in this life. My children are filial, and my grandchildren are smart. I have nothing to regret." When Liu Dazhi heard this, an incomparable smile appeared on his face. The smile squeezed the traces of time on his face, piling up grooves. "Uncle Yuanxing is so blessed," Liu Dazhi said sincerely. Liu Yuanxing laughed, then looked around at the north slope again, and then suddenly became excited. He raised his hand and patted the land under him and said: "This place is good, this place is good!

Afterwards, Liu Yuanxing and Liu Dazhi got up and continued down the mountain. On the way down, Liu Yuanxing was in a very good spirit for some reason and even sang a folk song with full energy. The two said goodbye at the village entrance and each drove the cattle back home. Liu Yuanxing put the cattle into the cowshed and then walked into the house. The son, wearing an apron, saw Liu Yuanxing come in and said, "Dad, please rest for a while. It's time for dinner."

"Okay," Liu Yuanxing nodded, then walked into his room. He suddenly felt a little tired, so he took off his shoes and lay down on the bed to rest for a while. Liu Dazhi closed the cow and returned home. His daughter, Mrs. Hu, saw him come back and said with a cold face, "The rice is on the stove." Liu Dazhi did not say anything, but walked to the kitchen silently, opened the sieve on the stove, and under the sieve was a bowl of leftover rice, half a bowl of rice, and half a bowl of vegetables. That's all, eat it if you like. Liu Dazhi picked up the bowl, drew his breath, walked out the door, squatted in the yard and started to eat. When he was about to finish his bowl of rice, he suddenly saw a man standing at the gate of the yard. A white shadow appeared. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be Liu Yuanxing's son Liu Daben. Liu Dazhi was stunned for a moment, because Liu Daben was wearing a white linen shirt and mourning on his head. Liu Daben knelt down at the gate of Liu Dazhi's courtyard with a plop, kowtowed three times, and then said in a sad voice: "Big brother, my father...my father is gone. Big brother, if anyone in your family is at home, please go to my house to see him off." After that, Liu Daben kowtowed three more times, then stood up and went to the next house to report the death. Liu Dazhi stared blankly at the gate of the courtyard, and forgot to swallow the food in his mouth. Why? He was clearly fine when he came down the mountain, and he could eat cakes, talk, and sing. How come he died suddenly? Liu Dazhi didn't think too much about it. He quickly got up and went back to the kitchen to put down the bowl, then walked to the main room and said the first words of the day to his daughter Hu: "Uncle Yuanxing is gone. When Hongjing comes back, you all go to help." After that, Liu Dazhi ran out of the house. When he arrived at Liu Yuanxing's house, he found that white cloth had been hung in Liu Yuanxing's house, and everyone was in mourning. Liu Yuanqi's family had come early and were wiping Liu Yuanxing's body and changing his shroud in funeral clothes. "When the life span is up, no matter how healthy the body or spirit is, you will die." Fang Jian stood at the door of Liu Yuanxing's house, thinking to himself that so many people in the world practice and seek immortality, isn't it just to escape reincarnation and live forever?

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