Chapter 1285 I Must Live Two More Years
When they reminisce about the past, the two sisters can talk until dawn.
Alai was also uncomfortable lying on the kang (a heated brick bed), so he limped to the kitchen doorway and sat on the threshold to listen to them talk about the past.
Time seems to have flown by, and before we knew it, the food was cooked.
When Ah Lai ate the noodles with minced meat sauce, he felt a great appetite and was able to eat five bowls in one go.
"Auntie, I think the minced meat you stir-fried is especially fragrant and flavorful. It's delicious, really delicious."
As they were talking, Alai had already finished a large bowl of food and picked up a second bowl, pouring the contents into his own bowl.
"If you like it, then eat more, but slowly. Chew it thoroughly before swallowing. How can your stomach handle this?"
Alai didn't say anything. Actually, he had chewed it, but it smelled so good that he felt like he hadn't even chewed it yet. His throat was already gulping down the noodles.
This loud, booming voice must come from food that's exceptionally delicious and that your stomach really enjoys.
Surprisingly, the three of them ate the equivalent of three meals a day in one sitting.
Just like during the Lunar New Year, the taste of fresh lean meat is vastly different from that of cured meat, so the noodles made with it will naturally be very different.
After eating and drinking his fill, Alai went to his room to take a nap.
Song Chunxue followed her fourth sister in the kitchen, one washing dishes and the other rinsing them, one sweeping the floor and the other tidying up the stove.
After tidying up, the two sisters felt sleepy and lay on the kang (a heated brick bed) to continue chatting.
Even when they're very sleepy, they'll keep chatting even with their eyes closed.
I don't know why we have so much to talk about, we just can't seem to finish.
But when Fourth Sister went to herd sheep in the morning, she kept her eyes open and closed, and then fell silent, her breathing becoming long and even.
Song Chunxue turned to look at her fourth sister's increasingly aged face and stared at her gray hair. As she looked, her eyes welled up with tears.
In her past life, she and her fourth sister lived the longest, but her fourth sister passed away before her.
The last time they met was five years before the fourth sister passed away.
Even though they are not far apart, it is very, very difficult for the sisters to meet.
Looking at her fourth sister's face now, she can already imagine that many years later, they will also be separated by death.
She found her purpose in spiritual practice, gained the freedom she desired, and saw many beautiful sights.
However, she was somewhat afraid of the scene of her children walking ahead.
This is universally acknowledged as the greatest punishment Heaven can inflict on mortals.
Everyone can accept poverty, accept dying young, but they can't accept the tragedy of parents outliving their children.
After all, such pain is like having one's bones torn out and flesh scraped off; it is hard to bear.
Therefore, she was indeed in a predicament during this period and didn't want to practice diligently anymore.
However, when she was at ease, meditating and practicing swordsmanship did indeed help her forget those chaotic thoughts.
Just as she was sleeping, she suddenly heard her fourth sister coughing violently. She woke up from the coughing, turned over, and continued to sleep.
My fourth sister's health is not good, and her knees are not as good as before. When going downhill, she has to spread her legs to make herself more comfortable.
She had experienced the taste of aging.
She has now delayed the onset of aging herself, but her sisters have not.
She not only failed to fall asleep during her afternoon nap, but became even more awake.
She got up and went to her fourth sister's house to find mugwort. She picked the leaves, rubbed them into moxa floss, and came to the kang (a heated brick bed) to perform moxibustion on her fourth sister.
If your legs are uncomfortable, moxibustion on Zusanli (ST36) is always a good idea; it's a universal acupoint.
She then applied a small amount of heat to the gap between her knees to relieve the joint pain.
"Hmm?" Fourth Sister woke up and found her legs feeling warm.
"Why aren't you sleeping? My legs have been a problem for a long time. That's how it is when you get old. Everything in your body is useless. Moxibustion is a waste of time. Why bother? It's a little better today, but it will still hurt when I walk tomorrow."
Despite saying that, Fourth Sister remained seated and did not move.
"You said it yourself, you'll do moxibustion today if it hurts, and stop tomorrow if it doesn't hurt anymore. You need to do moxibustion for at least three days to get rid of the cold and illness. Since you're older and it's not so easy to get better with moxibustion, thank you for your patience."
Song Chunxue pressed down on her legs, "You and your child only have two stomachs, how much can you eat? You work so hard all day long, who are you saving this for? You haven't spent the money I gave you, can't you take some time to take care of your health?"
Song Chunlian sensed something else in her expression and looked down at her. "Are you afraid I'll die?"
"..." Song Chunxue was quite speechless. "I think you're not having such a hard time now, so why are you still working so hard and hurting your health? I'm giving you money so you can spend it on yourself, not to save it for Alai. I will continue to take care of him in the future."
“You know what kind of person A-Lai is. Even after I’m gone, he won’t have any wild thoughts. Of all the children we sisters have, yours is the most worry-free.” Song Chunxue pressed her acupoints hard, annoyed.
Fourth Sister frowned, but didn't utter a sound.
It hurts, so what's the use of crying out in pain?
“You’re still angry? Everyone has their own destiny and their own way of living. What’s the use of you being anxious? I’m used to it, I can’t control it.” Song Chunlian laughed. “If I’m destined to suffer through birth, aging, sickness and death in this life, even if you cure me, God will still find other ways to make me suffer. It doesn’t matter. When you get old and sick, you’ll suffer eventually. When I can’t take it anymore, I will naturally find a way to cure myself.”
"Distorted logic and heresy!"
“Look, you, a spiritual practitioner, are arguing with me. People with high moral character can prolong their lives and change their destiny. We farmers are content with just filling our own bellies; we don’t need to go around doing good deeds. We’re just fine as we are.”
Song Chunlian said earnestly, "You're just too selfish. You think I understand, that you're sad to see me old, with white hair and a limp, but why don't you think about it differently? At least you've seen what I'll look like when I'm old, seen how hunched I am. Our parents didn't even have the chance to see that. We didn't even have the chance to complain about them, right?"
Song Chunxue sniffed. "You certainly know how to talk."
"That's right. Although I'm the quietest among us, I rarely talk nonsense. I'm quite smart. If my parents had lived a few more days, I might have been the most learned among us. My teacher praised my handwriting back then..."
Here we go again, here we go again, Fourth Sister is going to talk about how she almost married into a rich family back then.
"Forget it, that's all ancient history. Anyway, you should just walk the path you're supposed to walk now. I'm very comfortable now. I'm just working because I don't want to get carried away and become annoying. I don't want to look down on people with arrogance just because I have a little money." Song Chunlian laughed. "Even so, the people in Second Brother's village still say that I'm pretending. They can't even get out of breath when they ask me questions, even though I'm obviously a little hard of hearing."
"You've become hard of hearing so early?"
Song Chunlian slapped her, "Is it strange that I'm hard of hearing? I'm getting old."
"Third Sister also said that you were so sad when Second Sister passed away, who knows how much you'll cry when the rest of us are gone. Originally, there was Master Xie to take care of you, oh well, now Master Xie has flown away like a cooked duck. God has put a lot of tests on you, and Third Sister has cried for you several times because of it."
“I didn’t even cry myself, but she cried for me.” Song Chunxue changed her moxa stick. “By the way, once Alai is better, how about you come with me to the south and visit the capital?”
"Huh?" Song Chunlian exclaimed in surprise, "How can we get there? Things are so chaotic right now, it'll be difficult to issue an ultimatum."
"I can fly."
"Bullshit," she said, then remembered that the fifth brother could indeed fly. "None of us can fly, so how could you carry us on your back? You're such a big shot."
"I have a plan, it just depends on whether you go or not."
Song Chunlian sat up, her expression serious. "Are you serious?"
"Would I joke about something like this?"
Fourth Sister couldn't hide her smile, and seemed a little flustered. "What should I wear? Second Brother and Third Sister are going too. Will carrying the three of us on their backs crush you?"
"..." Why is it so difficult? "I have other ways. I can go whenever I want. Otherwise, like my second sister, I didn't even have time to take her."
"Then don't worry. For the sake of what you said about the south of the capital, I want to see how wide their ponds, rivers, and streams are. I'll live at least two more years. Since you promised, I'm determined to see it alive before I'm satisfied!"
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