Chapter 63: Resurrection of the Dead, Several Possibilities
"Is the power of faith so strong?" Li Pingan asked curiously, "Then how about the resurrection of the dead?"
"There are several possibilities for the dead to come back to life." Li Chengfeng gave an example: "The life span has not yet ended, the ghost catches the wrong person, or the person is possessed by someone else, so the soul is reborn through the corpse."
"There are so many possibilities." Li Pingan opened his eyes wide and continued to ask: "Then what is the possibility of resurrection this time?"
Zhang Dongyang and Qi Yu stood beside her, also with curious expressions.
Li Chengfeng spread his hands and said, "Then I don't know. I'll know when I meet the person."
"Ah..." The three little ones made regretful sounds at the same time.
A heated discussion ensued.
Li Pingan: "I think his life span has not yet ended and the ghost caught the wrong person."
Zhang Dongyang: "No, I think someone has possessed him."
Qi Yu: "Oh, resurrection through a corpse is the most likely possibility, right?"
The three people came to three different conclusions, and everyone firmly believed in their own opinions, so they couldn't reach a consensus for a while.
In the end, it was Li Chengfeng who stepped forward and ended the debate.
"Okay." He clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention. "Today's hot spring day trip ends here. You should go to bed. You still have to do social practice tomorrow after sleeping."
"Oh, that's right. We still have to do social practice tomorrow." Li Ping'an looked as if he had suddenly realized something.
Zhang Dongyang scratched his head and said, "I would have almost forgotten it if Master hadn't told me."
Qi Yu suggested: "Let's decide on the social practice we will do tomorrow today."
The three little ones began to rack their brains to think about what to do tomorrow.
Li Chengfeng asked curiously: "Doesn't your school have any regulations on social practice?"
Li Pingan shook his head and said, "No, the teacher only said the theme is to do one good deed every day."
Li Chengfeng raised his eyebrows, "Do one good deed a day. That can be done in a wide range of areas."
It was because the scope was too broad that the three of them were unable to decide what to do.
Everyone talked at once about their ideas on doing good deeds every day, and they became more and more excited as they talked.
As time goes by, the content of the social practice has not yet been determined.
Zhang Dongyang yawned, looked at the clock on the wall, and suggested tiredly: "Forget it, why don't we do some simple tasks? The teacher didn't make any requirements anyway."
After playing for a whole day, Li Pingan felt a little sleepy. He forced himself to ask, "For example?"
Zhang Dongyang thought for a moment and said, "For example, how about helping an old lady cross the street? Isn't it simple and a good deed every day?"
Qi Yu snorted coldly: "I knew you couldn't come up with any good ideas."
Zhang Dongyang was unconvinced and said, "Then what do you say we should do? I proposed an idea tonight and you said it was not good. Did you do that on purpose?"
Qi Yu: "Then don't you agree with my idea?"
Zhang Dongyang argued, "That's because what you said is too outrageous. What's the point of saving the people from disaster? We are not saviors. Besides, there is nothing dire here."
Qi Yu suppressed his anger and said, "I just want to do a unique social practice. Helping an old lady cross the road is something everyone wants to do. What's the point of doing it?"
Seeing that the two were about to argue, Li Pingan quickly said, "Dongyang's idea is a good one, but why do we have to go to the hot spring town to do it?"
They both turned their heads to look at her.
Zhang Dongyang asked: "Little Junior Sister, what do you mean?"
Li Pingan said, "Didn't Qi Yu say that we should do a unique social practice?" She pointed to the introduction of the hot spring town on the wall and said, "Since we are here, why don't we do something different in social practice."
Zhang Dongyang and Qi Yu asked in unison: "What social practice?"
Li Pingan and Li Chengfeng looked at each other, smiled mysteriously and said, "For example, visiting a centenarian who has come back from the dead."
Zhang Dongyang & Qi Yu: Σ(っ°Д °;)っ
After a fierce competition, Li Pingan's proposal finally stood out and became the final topic of this winter vacation social practice.
Everyone unanimously recommended Qi Yu, who had the best handwriting, to record the entire process of this social practice.
Qi Yu took over the important task, picked up the pen in his hand, and solemnly wrote eight big words on the title page of the social practice book:
[A centenarian came back to life.] 】
The eight big characters are written so smoothly, elegantly and timelessly that people can't help but admire them.
only……
Qi Yu raised the pen in his hand and asked in confusion: "This title seems so weird to me. It sounds like we brought a centenarian back to life. Isn't it a bit ambiguous?"
Zhang Dongyang glanced at him and said lightly, "What do you know? Only an eye-catching title can make our social practice stand out from the rest of the school. This is a strategy, a strategy, do you understand?"
"Ha." Qi Yu said disdainfully: "Only the weak will think of all kinds of tricks."
Zhang Dongyang replied, "Good wine needs a bush. What else would you think of as a title? A visit to a centenarian. There's nothing in it that would make people want to read on."
"Alright." Li Chengfeng held down the two boys' heads and threw them into bed. "Go to bed early. See you tomorrow."
Then a calming spell was cast, and the world became quiet.
He glanced at Li Ping'an, who had already finished washing up, crawled into bed and went to sleep, not forgetting to say good night to him before going to bed.
I couldn't help but sigh: "My daughter is still the best."
The next morning, the four of them gathered at the hotel entrance and headed to the home of the centenarian who was rumored to have come back from the dead.
This matter had been spreading in the hot spring town for some time, so Li Chengfeng just walked to a fruit stall and asked the stall owner, and got the address of the old man.
The fruit stall owner said enthusiastically, "It's the second house at the third intersection on this street. You are also reporters here for interviews, right? There shouldn't be too many people coming here for interviews during this period... The total is 108 yuan. Just scan this with your phone to pay."
After Li Chengfeng paid, the stall owner laughed and said, "It's a coincidence that Grandma Zhang is also 108 years old this year. At that time, they said she had died of old age and was put in a coffin for burial. But she came back to life. Not only did she come back to life, she even took off her shroud and went to play mahjong."
Grandma Zhang is the target person that Li Chengfeng and others are going to visit. Her full name is Zhang Dedao.
Just hearing the name, you can tell that he is not a simple person.
Li Chengfeng and others followed the direction indicated by the fruit stall owner and successfully found the home of Zhang Dedao's grandmother.
Just as the stall owner said, Grandma Zhang was in high spirits and was still winning at the mahjong table.
Seeing Li Chengfeng and others coming in with fruits, Grandma Zhang's family immediately greeted them warmly.
When he learned that they came from the provincial capital, he was even more surprised.
"Has grandma's affairs spread to the provincial capital?"
Some time ago, some reporters from the city came to interview us. Unexpectedly, not long after that, leaders from the provincial capital also came.
Grandma Zhang's descendants happily told each other about this bizarre experience. Apparently they had told it countless times during this period, so it was easy for them to tell it again.
It turned out that Grandma Zhang had always been in good health, even better than the younger generations in the family. She was strong and had no illnesses. Even if she lived to be 108 years old, she could still take care of herself.
Generally, older people always have problems of one kind or another, but Grandma Zhang has no such worries at all. She is nimble and quick-witted, and she always likes to play mahjong when she has nothing to do. Sometimes even her grandchildren cannot beat her.
How could Grandma Zhang, who had always been in good health, suddenly pass away?
Li Chengfeng asked, "Is Grandma Zhang suffering from any acute illness?"
Someone shook his head and said, "It's not an acute illness, it's just something abnormal that happened this winter. When the weather turned cold, grandma's health suddenly became weak. I don't know why, but I saw her getting weaker and weaker."
At first, the family thought it was a simple cold, but after visiting many hospitals, none of them could cure it. Two months passed, and not only did Grandma Zhang's health not improve, it became worse day by day.
Zhang's son was also anxious. He tried various methods but nothing worked. He heard someone say that the hot spring water in the hot spring town can cure all diseases and it is very effective. So he took Grandma Zhang to take a hot spring bath with the idea of giving it a try.
They thought that even if hot springs could not cure diseases, taking a bath in them in the winter could make people feel happier.
However, after soaking in the hot spring, Grandma Zhang showed no signs of improvement, and her body began to show abnormalities again. Her face soon turned pale and bloodless.
"We regretted it at the time. We shouldn't have taken grandma to the hot springs. Hot springs that claim to cure all diseases are all scams."
The old people in the town said that this was a sign of a dying person and asked the Zhang family to be mentally prepared.
Although they were reluctant to accept this fact, the sons still prepared for Grandma Zhang's funeral based on the worst-case scenario.
During those days, they didn't dare leave the house and sent people to take turns to look after Grandma Zhang at night.
Not long after, one night, Grandma Zhang suddenly threw off the quilt and sat up, counting with her fingers, muttering: "Time is almost up, it's too late, time is almost up, it's too late..."
The second son who was watching over her that night was startled by her actions and woke up from his sleep. He immediately got up and asked, "Mom, what did you say?"
Grandma Zhang just kept repeating: "It's too late, too late..."
The second son didn't think too much and hurried out to call for help.
Unexpectedly, Grandma Zhang passed away just after she stepped out of the house.
When everyone arrived, there was only a cold corpse left on the bed.
"They say that some elderly people who live long will calculate the day of their death. My mother and father must have sensed that their lives were coming to an end, so they kept saying it was too late, too late... It's a pity that I didn't know that, and she didn't have any relatives by her side in her last moments."
Talking about the scene at that time, the second son still couldn't help feeling regretful.
Fortunately, Grandma Zhang came back to life later, otherwise he would have regretted it for the rest of his life.
Li Chengfeng continued to ask: "What happened next? How did Grandma Zhang come back to life?"
The second son replied: "We thought that hot spring bathing was useless, but it actually was useful. It's just that the time has not come yet. When the time comes, miracles will really happen."
He excitedly recounted what happened next.
After Grandma Zhang died, her sons confirmed that her heart and breathing had stopped, and they burst into tears.
Although it is very sad, Grandma Zhang is already 108 years old, which is considered a long life.
So with the help of relatives, the funeral was carried out in an orderly manner.
Grandma Zhang was also dressed in funeral clothes, her face was arranged, and she was covered with a funeral quilt.
According to custom, the body of a person is kept for three days after death.
During this period, descendants wore mourning clothes and held the coffin and cried.
Grandma Zhang was popular during her lifetime, and many people from the town came to pay their respects.
In this way, the three-day ritual was completed and the day of burial finally arrived.
Everyone walked around Grandma Zhang's body, said their final goodbyes to her, and then put her in the coffin that had been prepared long ago. They would wait until the ceremony was over before burying her.
Unexpectedly, before the burial, something horrific happened.
When Grandma Zhang was being placed in the coffin, the eldest grandson exclaimed, "Grandma's eyes moved."
This frightened all the people who were keeping vigil, and they all stood in front of the coffin, not daring to close the lid.
We waited quietly for a while, no one dared to speak, not even to breathe.
Then a miracle happened. Grandma Zhang's eyes opened!
Some elderly people at the scene said that this was a last glimmer of life. It might be because the crying for the dead during the past three days was too harsh, which made the elderly people reluctant to reincarnate in this world. They had to come back to see their descendants before they would close their eyes.
So all the descendants of the Zhang family gathered in front of Grandma Zhang's coffin, surrounded her, and waited for Grandma Zhang to see all her relatives, finish her last moments of life, and close her eyes peacefully, and then restart the burial procedure.
Unexpectedly, after waiting for a while, I didn't see Grandma Zhang close her eyes again. Instead, after waiting for a while, I saw Grandma Zhang directly lift the longevity quilt off her body and sit up from the coffin.
This sudden change stunned everyone present.
The second son of the Zhang family bravely helped Grandma Zhang out of the coffin. He saw that Grandma Zhang's eyes were bright again and felt that her body temperature had risen. Only then did he confirm that his mother was alive again.
He had been dead for three days, so how could he suddenly come back to life?
Grandma Zhang's resurrection caused an uproar in the whole town.
Everyone ran to Zhang's house to see what was going on.
What is even more bizarre is that the day after Grandma Zhang was resurrected, she sat down at the mahjong table and started playing mahjong in high spirits.
You know, she was bedridden before her death. Unexpectedly, after coming back to life, not only did her illness disappear, but she also became more energetic.
"Isn't it amazing?" Along with the Zhang family's words of amazement, Grandma Zhang said "self-touch" with full energy at the mahjong table.
Those who sat at the same table with her and played mahjong with her were all younger people, but they had bitter expressions on their faces, and it was obvious that they could not beat her and had lost a lot of money.
"It's really magical." Li Chengfeng looked up at Grandma Zhang and saw that she had long drooping eyebrows, full earlobes, and a clear and smooth philtrum. She indeed looked like a person of longevity.
The people at the mahjong table heard the conversation here, and before the next round of mahjong began, someone interrupted and said, "I think that hot spring is really effective. It's not easy for you to come from the provincial capital. Soak in it more often, maybe it can really prolong your life."
Someone else laughed and refuted him, "It's not that magical. Later, she went to see a doctor and the doctor said that grandma was faking her death. She wasn't really dead at all."
"Fake death?" Li Chengfeng asked curiously, "Did the doctor say it was fake death?"
The Zhang family descendant who had just spoken nodded and said, "After grandma came back to life, we took her to a big hospital for a physical examination just in case. The doctor said that confirming death requires professional machines, not just by feeling her breathing and pulse. So it was incorrect for our family to think that grandma was dead just because she felt her body was cold. In fact, grandma was not dead, she was just in a state of suspended animation. Her heartbeat and body temperature were the same as if she were really dead, so we mistakenly thought she was dead."
"What's even more shocking is that when the final medical examination results came out, the doctor said that grandma was in good health, even better than some young people. Don't you think this is incredible?"
You have to know that Grandma Zhang is 108 years old, which makes her a "living immortal".
Li Pingan felt that this matter did not make sense. "Since Grandma Zhang's physical examination showed that everything was normal, why did she suddenly become weak before she died?"
Zhang Dongyang also said, "Yes, after coming back to life, his body returned to normal all of a sudden. It's like when a character's health bar in a game suddenly disappears and various debuff states appear. After taking a blood-replenishing drug to fill up the health bar, the debuff states disappear all of a sudden."
Faced with the child's soul-searching questions, the Zhang family was somewhat helpless. "We don't know why, and the doctor can't explain it clearly. In the end, we can only attribute it to the magic of the human body."
Unable to get a satisfactory answer from the Zhang family, Li Pingan leaned close to Li Chengfeng and asked in a low voice: "Uncle, is grandma really faking her death?"
Li Chengfeng shook his head, "No, she is dead."
Zhang Dongyang blurted out: "Then she was possessed by someone?"
Qi Yu: "Or is it a resurrection from the dead?"
Li Chengfeng: “Neither.”
What's going on?
Three pairs of inquiring eyes looked over at the same time. Li Chengfeng thought for a moment and then asked the Zhang family, "Has anyone in your family felt unwell during this period?"
The Zhang family shook their heads.
Li Chengfeng continued to ask: "Who accompanied Grandma Zhang to the hot spring?"
Someone answered: "It was grandpa, he went with grandma."
"Oh, by the way, grandpa didn't seem to be feeling well since returning from the hot springs, but when we asked him, he said he was fine."
Li Chengfeng looked around the room and didn't see any elderly people except Grandma Zhang, so he asked, "Where is Grandpa Zhang?"
Zhang's family member replied, "Grandpa went to the town to do some work. He should be back soon." After that, he hesitated and asked, "What do you want to talk to Grandpa about?"
Usually reporters who come to interview her would interview Grandma Zhang, but I didn’t expect that they would actually care about Grandpa Zhang.
This is really strange.
Li Chengfeng smiled and said, "Grandpa Zhang is also a centenarian, but it's rare to see a couple who are both so long-lived, so I want to wait for Grandpa Zhang to come back and chat with him, is that okay?"
So that's how it is.
The Zhang family breathed a sigh of relief and said enthusiastically, "That's not the case. Although there are many centenarians around here, it's rare to have someone like my grandparents who have been together for such a long time."
Li Chengfeng got the information he wanted and waited quietly by the side.
Li Pingan watched him and others ask and answer questions. After waiting for them to finish, he could not wait to pull Li Chengfeng's clothes and whispered, "Uncle, why are you asking these questions?"
Li Chengfeng looked at her: "Because uncle is looking for the answer."
Li Pingan asked curiously: "What's the answer?"
Li Chengfeng answered slowly: "The answer to why Grandma Zhang came back to life."
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