Looking back at the gloomy Foziling, I walked home with a heavy heart.
It was past 1 a.m. when I got home.
I gently pushed open the courtyard gate, put the hoe down, and tiptoed toward my room.
Back in my room, I first put the two bags of things I brought back from my parents' graves on my desk, and then casually took off my sweaty t-shirt.
I picked up a bottle of mineral water and drank it all in one gulp.
I sweated a lot tonight, partly from the heat of digging up the grave, and partly from the cold sweat from being surrounded by filth.
I felt sticky and uncomfortable all over, so I got up and went out to take a shower.
When I walked out of the room, I saw that the light in my fifth grandfather's room was on, and I guessed that he had gotten up to go to the toilet.
I was about to close the door and wait for my fifth grandfather to go back to rest before taking a shower.
But just as I turned around, I was suddenly patted on the shoulder.
I shuddered, raised my fist, and turned to throw a punch.
But when I saw my fifth grandfather's aged face, I couldn't stop myself from punching him.
"don't want……"
I yelled, "With my current strength, if I were to deliver this punch, my fifth grandfather probably wouldn't be able to withstand it."
Just as I was feeling extremely anxious, my fist didn't land on my fifth grandfather, but was instead tightly gripped by his withered hand.
“Changming, do you think that because Fifth Grandfather is old, you can bully him at will?” Fifth Grandfather glanced at me and continued, “Although Fifth Grandfather is very old, he is still a big fat pig weighing two or three hundred pounds. I, Chaoyang, can hold it down tightly.”
"Fifth Grandfather, I..."
Before I could finish my sentence, my fifth grandfather let go of my hand and slowly walked towards his room, a faint voice drifting over, "Alright, get ready and go to bed early."
I watched my fifth grandfather's departing figure with a puzzled look on my face, but I didn't think too much about it and went to take a shower before coming back.
I went to my desk shirtless and put the small box I had brought back from my grandfather's grave and the two packages together.
I was very curious about what was inside those packages, but for that sliver of hope, I not only dug up my grandfather's grave, but also my parents' graves.
Although all of this was a backup plan left by my grandfather, I still feel a little guilty thinking about it. But I've already dug it up, so I don't have anything to regret anymore.
Composing myself, I slowly opened the two packages. When the contents were revealed to me, I was completely stunned.
I had wondered what kind of powerful talisman or magic weapon my grandfather had left me, but I never expected that it would actually be a set of funeral clothes.
That's right, it's the kind of shroud worn by the dead, wrapped tightly in a vacuum bag, and it's quite old now because so much time has passed.
I took out the burial clothes and compared them to my body. They fit perfectly. Moreover, they were men's burial clothes. My grandfather knew that I would experience a great calamity when I turned 24. But I was only 12 when my grandfather passed away. How did he know my height and such? The size of these burial clothes fit me perfectly.
What I don't understand is, why did Grandpa leave me this set of burial clothes? Was it for me to wear after I die, or for me to wear while I'm alive?
However, judging from the series of contingency plans left by my grandfather, they were all for my survival, so he probably didn't intend for me to wear them after I die.
Wearing funeral clothes for a living person is considered unlucky, but in the eyes of us Taoist practitioners, there is no such thing as good or bad fortune. Everything we do has its reasons.
Although I don't yet understand the purpose of this set of funeral clothes, since Grandpa left it to me, it must have some use. Perhaps I'll find out its purpose when I take the things out of the incense burner.
I placed the shroud on the desk and picked up the small box.
The small box wasn't locked; it was just held in place by a copper strip.
What will my grandfather leave me?
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