When Tang Qing rushed to the Li family's old yard on Lushan Road, Li Ya lay on the cold road and fainted from crying.
Tang Qing knelt down and helped Li Ya into his arms.
Seeing Li Ya's eyes closed tightly, her face pale and her lips chapped, Tang Qing was heartbroken.
"Master Jiujin, Master Jiujin..."
Li Ya called softly.
"I'm here, I'm here."
Tang Qing hugged Li Ya tightly, fearing that she would run away like crazy when she woke up from the door of the Li family's old house in Lutei Mountain last time.
"Master Jiujin, the baby is gone, the baby is gone..."
Li Ya opened her eyes, tears rolling down again.
"Isn't your father's wish for the baby to become tangible and intangible?"
Tang Qing said to Li Ya with a smile while wiping her tears.
"What did my father expect?"
Li Ya straightened up from Tang Qing's arms.
"Is jasmine your mother's favorite flower?"
"Um."
"Your father was not able to get along with your mother day and night during his lifetime, so he could only put jasmine flowers in sachets as treasures to accompany them. Now that your father and mother are reunited in another world, shouldn't this baby also accompany them?"
"Um."
"Then you are still sad?"
"I am no longer sad. I am happy that I can find the baby that my father misses so much, and I am also happy that the baby goes with my parents."
"Can you get up now? My feet are so sore."
"I'm sorry, Master Jiujin, for making you worry so much again."
Li Ya got up from Tang Qing's arms and smiled at Tang Qing.
Tang Qing wanted to stand up, but after moving a little, he fell to the ground.
"Master Jiujin, are you okay?"
"Master Jiujin, are you important?"
Li Ya and Cai hurriedly helped Tang Qing up from left to right.
"This foot has been numb after squatting for too long. Alas, this man is old and his muscles and bones are aging."
Tang Qing stood up, moved his legs and feet, and laughed at himself.
"Master Jiujin, if you say such things, should I, an old man, be sad or happy?"
Caitou asked Li Ya with a smile.
"Master Caijiao, you are a semi-immortal, how can you compare with us mortals?"
Tang Qing responded with the same smile.
"Master Jiujin, according to the older generation, those of us who are engaged in corpse burial are indeed half yin and half yang people, and can communicate with gods and ghosts. But in front of you, I don't dare to make mistakes easily. Just what you just said
That sentence, 'Baby becomes invisible, isn't that what your father expected?', is worthy of my eternal respect."
"Master Caijiao, you are just giving me face and a chance to say that you should be as clear as a mirror."
"Master Jiujin, you are the one who praises me. If I had this level, I would have enlightened Manager Li just now, so there would be no need to invite you over at night."
"Master Caijiao, you are the one who discovered the treasure. Can ordinary people find, touch, and see the treasure? You see, I am not lucky enough to see the treasure."
"Master Jiujin, you are so humble."
"Okay, none of us are modest. It's getting late. You can go back and rest."
"Master Jiujin, I will sleep here at night until the renovation of the old courtyard is completed."
"You sleep here at night?"
Tang Qing was a little surprised. After cleaning up during the day, the roof of the main house in the old courtyard had been raised. The only way to sleep was in the kitchen or under a temporary awning erected in the yard.
"Master Jiujin, Master Caijiao must sleep here in order to take care of the old yard."
Li Ya made two cups of tea for Tang Qing and Master Caijiao.
"It's really hard to thank you for your kindness. It seems that I was right to ask you to come out and renovate this old yard!"
Tang Qing sincerely admired this old man who was over seventy years old.
"Master Jiujin, thank you for finding such a good treasure hunter for me. Master Caijiao, thank you also for finding the treasure for me."
"Liya, don't talk about the word 'thank you', especially to me. All relationships between people rely on the word 'fate', especially between you and me."
"Master Jiujin is right, everything in this world depends on fate. The fact that I found the treasure accidentally means that I have a fate with this old courtyard and with your Li family."
"Yes, everything is destined. You don't have to force it, and you can't give up at will. Just like the love between my parents, it is destined but not shared, all because my father did not stick to it to the end!"
"Liya, it really makes me happy that you can realize this. Love relies on fate at the beginning, but in the end, persistence is more important!"
"Master Jiujin, you should be about the same age as Manager Li, right?"
"Master Caijiao, Master Jiujin is still a few months older than me."
"Hey, this has nothing to do with age. Alas, I've been here."
"Master Jiujin, you have more social experience than Manager Li, and you understand the ways of the people at the bottom better. But you are still as young as Manager Li. You should not be so old-fashioned."
"That's right, someone younger than me looks like an old woman."
"Liya, talented master, I'm not just showing off, that's the truth. Judging from my appearance, I'm a standard country woman. And you, Li Ya, are a diamond beauty in the city. Judging from my experience, I'm a dead ringer.
A widow who lost her husband. Li Ya, you are the white rose in the eyes of men!"
"Master Jiujin, please don't make fun of me like this, okay? What diamond beauty? What white rose? I'm actually very ordinary and stupid!"
"Master Jiujin, a person's appearance comes from his parents and cannot be decided by himself. And his experience can only be said to be a trick of fate, and it is not something you can control."
"Master Caijiao, I believe in fate, so I don't complain about fate. Li Ya, you said you are very ordinary and you are stupid. On the contrary, these words are most appropriate for me, because I weigh a few ounces of myself."
It’s obvious. The reason why my neighbors respect me and call me Master Jiujin is because I have self-awareness. Otherwise, a person like me would be even more humble than a nagging woman.”
"Master Jiujin, how can you say that?"
"Yes, Master Jiujin, how can you compare with the woman Bao asked about?"
"Liya, Master Caijiao, it's rare for the three of us to express our true feelings tonight, so I'll just say a few more words. From your tone just now, you can clearly tell that the woman Bao Dawen is very humble in your eyes. In fact,
Otherwise, if it weren't for fate's trick, she would definitely not be worse than the three of us."
"Master Jiujin, this is not certain."
"Yes, Master Jiujin, she is someone who has done that kind of business."
"Liya, Master Caijiao, this is because you have a problem with your thinking. Put yourself in her shoes and think about her experience. Did she want everything on her own? She was trafficked from the Northeast to the Southwest, which is pitiful enough. And she was forced by evil people.
It is extremely miserable to do business in our city of Yan. You will definitely say that she can fight or simply die."
"Yeah, if it were me, I would just die. How could I possibly go into that kind of business?"
"You have to have a certain amount of backbone as a human being, you can't just accept your fate all the time!"
"Liya, master, you are talking lightly. Do you have to have the integrity to be a human being? Just die? It's not like she has never died. If you see the scars on her wrists, you will never say that again. She cut her wrists several times herself.
Ten times, she failed. She ran away several times, but failed. When she was in the Southwest, the villain threatened her with her daughter, so she succumbed to her fate. She exchanged her body for her daughter's life and endured hardships that ordinary people would never do.
The humiliation endured!”
"ah?!"
"So that's it!"
"So, you must not generalize about anyone and anything, and look at other people's faults from your own perspective. Just like I used to have an opinion about Li Ya's father, thinking that he was too cowardly and not manly at all. Since I love him so much
Aunt Li, you should love boldly and just elope!"
"Yes, I still wonder why my father didn't elope with my mother? Wouldn't it be nice for the two of us to go away?"
"People in Yancheng say that Aunt Li fell in love with someone she shouldn't love, and it's not worth it!"