Chapter 74 Finale - Episode 74 My name is Tangjia.

My name is Tangjia.

Three hundred years ago, I was still a little flower girl beside the Buddha's seat, taking care of the camellia flowers on Lingshan Mountain every day.

Fifteen years ago, I successfully survived my last human tribulation, finally attained Bodhi, and ascended to the Dharma seat.

The Buddha personally bestowed upon me the holy title of "Ci Ming Bodhisattva" and ordered me to preside over Tanshan Temple, the greatest temple on earth, to accept offerings from all directions, to bring lasting blessings to all living beings, and to show great compassion.

I've experienced the calamities of this world hundreds of times. That last time shouldn't have been anything special.

In that life, I was just an ordinary woman.

When he was a child, his family was well off. His father worked in the county's salt official office. Although he was just an insignificant official, he ensured that the whole family lived a life of ease and comfort.

My parents were deeply in love and treated each other with the utmost respect. The only regret was that my mother only gave birth to two daughters, my sister and me. Due to a chronic illness early in life, she remained weak and had difficulty conceiving.

To ensure the continuation of the family line, my mother repeatedly urged my father to take a concubine, but he always refused. After much deliberation, they eventually adopted a boy from a branch of the family, thus continuing the family bloodline.

In this way, my sister, my new brother, and I grew up together. Although we were not born of the same mother, we got along very well.

Childhood is the brightest time of my life.

Until I was fifteen, and I met a boy at the corner grocery store.

He was the son of a grocer and was very kind to me. Every time I went shopping, he would pack a few extra pieces of maltose for me. When he saw me too frightened by the stray dogs at the alley entrance to cross, he would often wait there, holding a bamboo pole to drive them away for me.

I fell in love just like that, and despite my family's opposition, I put on my wedding dress and resolutely walked into the backyard of the grocery store.

Just two years after the marriage, her husband's true nature gradually revealed itself.

He was indeed a hardworking man. In addition to running the shop, he also helped people slaughter pigs every morning. He also reclaimed several acres of wasteland and planted grain, vegetables, fruits and trees.

Unfortunately, his diligence was not only for himself, but also for his family. When he was tired, his family had to work together, and taking a day off was a mistake.

Once, he came back from the rice fields while I was cooking in front of the stove. Because a customer called me to buy something, I went out to chat with him for a while and forgot about the food in the pot.

When he came back and saw that the rice was burnt, he immediately overturned the rice pot and swung a wooden chair at me.

I didn't have time to dodge, and a sharp pain came from my lower back...

Such situations were not uncommon in the days that followed. However, since when, his temper had become increasingly violent, and beating and scolding became commonplace.

I can't figure out why he became like this.

Late one night, after I had put my little daughter to sleep, I suddenly heard the sound of a door turning in the yard because of the pain from an old back injury.

I put on my clothes and stood up, looking through the crack in the door.

I saw my husband tiptoeing out of his room and quietly leaving the yard.

I followed him and saw him walk into the yard of Fu Cai's house in the village.

Fu Cai got married when he was old and bought a beautiful woman for two taels of silver.

After the woman married, the Fu family became the talk of the village, and rumors of their affair never ceased. It wasn't until the third year of their marriage that a scandal finally broke out.

That night, a dog suddenly started barking in the Fu family's yard, alarming the neighbors.

Everyone came out with lanterns in hand to investigate, and happened to see a dark shadow tumbling down from the wall of the Fu family's house in a panic.

Fu Cai chased after him, hoe in hand, cursing profusely. When the dark figure came crawling closer, the light from the lamplight illuminated his face, allowing everyone to see it clearly.

It turned out to be Liang Lao Er, a newly married man from the village. He was naked, only wearing a pair of underwear, and fled in panic amid the astonished gazes of the crowd.

Despite such a mess, the Fu couple did not divorce and continued to live in quarrels.

One day, when I was returning from hoeing lotus in the fields, I passed by a small forest beside the fields and inadvertently saw Fu Cai's wife kissing a strange man.

I immediately lowered my eyelids, quickened my pace, and quietly left. Everyone in this world has their own way of living, so why should others say more?

Who would have thought that the butterfly's wings would one day flutter against me.

The moment I saw my husband enter the Fu family's courtyard, I vaguely remembered the news I had heard during the day:

Fu Cai went to the neighboring county to buy soybeans in the afternoon and came back two days later.

From then on, I began to notice that whenever Fu Cai's wife came to the store to buy something, she would always exchange a knowing look with my husband.

I lowered my head and pretended not to see.

My mother taught me since I was young that as a wife, I should be virtuous, learn to be patient in everything, and cherish the blessings I have.

Yes, it is a blessing in front of me... I have children around me, and my home is peaceful. I want to create a complete home for my children, so why should I create trouble?

After my husband passed away, the grocery store closed. I started collecting herbs to supplement my son's income. My granddaughter, Zhou Tiao, started going up the mountain with me to collect herbs.

After my grandson was born, Tiaoer moved in with me.

One night, my old injury flared up and my waist was in excruciating pain. Worried about waking up my granddaughter, I had to get up in the dark, hold on to the wall and move to the yard. I leaned against the earthen wall and gritted my teeth to endure the pain.

Just as I was trembling with pain, the door behind me opened softly.

I don’t know when my Tiaoer woke up. She walked up to me wearing a single piece of clothing and held my palm tightly with her little hand.

In the moonlight, her upturned face was covered with tear marks, and her voice was choked with sobs:

"Grandma, I will study hard and make a name for myself in the future! I will find the best doctor in the world to heal your injuries, and then take you on a journey around the world."

The next morning, I got up early on purpose and rushed to the old banyan tree at the entrance of the village, where I told this story over and over again to a group of old friends.

Yes, I just want everyone to know that God has given me the best granddaughter in the world.

Later, I died from a fall and slowly closed my eyes amid Tiaoer's cries.

That life was like that. There was really nothing special about it. It was just the life of thousands of ordinary women of that era.

In the hundred or so tribulations before this, I'd tasted even more excruciating pain and endured even more desperate situations. But each time I'd overcome the tribulations and returned to the lotus throne, all the love, hate, and resentment I'd felt vanished like smoke.

Looking back, it feels like I am standing beneath the stage, watching others perform a script from afar.

But this time, the cry of "Grandma" kept lingering in my ears.

I thought my fate with Tiao'er was over, but I didn't expect to see her on Naihe Bridge so soon.

The souls of the deceased flowed across the bridge like a tide, but she was the only one who curled up in the shadow of the bridge pillar, hugging her knees tightly with her hands. No matter how the ghost urged her, she refused to embark on the road of reincarnation.

"Zhou Tiao, why don't you want to enter the reincarnation cycle?"

"I hope my grandmother will be healthy and well in her next life. I want to accumulate merit for her."

Well, whatever. In recent years, the human world has been corrupted, treacherous and corrupt, and the world is in turmoil. It would be better to let her temporarily postpone her reincarnation and escape this chaotic world in the pure Buddhist world.

So I arranged for her to guard the lamp in Tanshan Temple and gave her the name "Tang Suzi".

Later, the Blood Qilin Ling An escaped. I sensed this was both fate and opportunity—Tiao'er's connection to this mortal world was unfinished, so I took advantage of the situation and ordered her to return to the human world to find Ling An.

What happened afterwards was something I had never anticipated.

Especially when Wen Wenxin came to the temple and accidentally revealed the true cause of my death in my previous life, which happened to be overheard by Tiao'er. The child immediately lit a lamp and sent a message, asking the lower world to avenge me.

The last time she was sent down to the mortal realm, it was to retrieve the sacred Buddhist beast, so that her merits could protect her. If she were to forcibly travel back and forth between the three realms in her mortal body again, her soul would likely disintegrate and she would never be able to reincarnate.

I explained the pros and cons to her.

Tiao'er only replied: "Even if I die, I will not regret it."

That's all. In recent years, the voices of the people praying for blessings and complaining about their grievances have grown louder at Tanshan Temple. Those in power are incompetent, and the people are weeping. Why not let Tiao'er help bring about the arrival of Heaven's Way and the Law?

Besides, would I really let her lose her soul?

I knew her fate in the human world was not yet over, but her body could not be damaged any further. As the fire in Four Seasons Valley was about to break out, I took advantage of the new Lantern Slave taking over and ordered Ling An to destroy Tang Suzi's fate, allowing him to see Tiao'er's past life.

After everything settled, I told Tiao'er she could return to the human world and end her earthly ties. But she hesitated. I understood her concerns.

"Don't worry, everything you do will not implicate your grandmother. All the good deeds you did for her by keeping the lamp will also count."

"You saved the way of heaven, helped the virtuous emperor ascend the throne, and saved the people from disaster. Your merits outweigh your faults. This arrangement is your reward."

Before leaving, Tiao'er asked, "Master, how is my grandmother doing now?"

"She's fine."

When she turned around, I called her.

"Zhou Tiao, your grandmother once made a wish here. I thought I should let you know."

"What wish?"

"Her wish was that my grandson Zhou Tiao would get what he wanted."

——The main text ends.

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