Past for Future

At last, the big day, the most sacred day and the most mysterious day, had come, and with joy, enthusiasm and preparation, the Wu people, who belonged to various branches of the family with different motives, backgrounds and the way they see on life, came together with the same principles.

From Grandfather Ming's branch, Huang's branch, Shang's branch, Lin's branch, Ao's branch, Ning's branch, Jin's branch, Su's branch, Hei's branch, Bei's branch, Cang's branch, Zhou's branch, Hong's branch, Feng's branch, to Yong's branch.

They are all blood families with a considerable distance, gathered by blood, kin, and nature. United by a common fate and responsibility.

Everyone here was important and influential in every aspect and storyline of their daily lives, so if just one of them disappeared or never existed, there might be a nothing or at least the oral stories that served as their daily entertainment would be short.

Events, dramas and tragedies followed the Wu relentlessly, bringing new tales of joy and sadness almost every day, punctuated by the gray tales they made up to sweeten their delivery.

Today, they all came back together tightly, forgetting the bad things of the previous day in hopes of a better day tomorrow.

Improvement that is always dreamed of, kindness that is always remembered, and evil that may be forgiven.

Today too, they all remember all the contributions and good things that have been passed down to them, and try to forgive and correct the mistakes made by their ancestors.

Jin Fei introduces Wang Jun who is relaxing on the wooden fence of the village boundary displaying the wild frontier forest landscape of the Wu tribe's territory, which has become a means or perhaps more than this, the word that best describes it is that they have become completely dependent on grasslands, small forests where forest ground bees reside, and frontier forests that contain all kinds of wild and unique and amazing vegetation.

Wang Jun understands what Jin Fei is saying even though Jin Fei's explanation is not standardized and is not entirely correct because Jin Fei himself is also fully remembering what he has done.

The story of Jin Fei's childhood journey and his mischievous behavior is always almost retold and accompanied by a hint of hope and regret, but of course Wang Jun understands it, it is the past and the past is the writing marks of the old ink on the paper, it is impossible to tear the paper, we can only write new things or at least improve on what we wrote before.

Wang Jun is fully aware of the entire village, memorizing everyone's activities and mannerisms here.

Contribution and legacy are important, as important as one's life.

Being remembered and not being remembered are also important, not being remembered is the same as dead for second time.

Morning turned into afternoon, earlier, the Wu tribe people visited each other's houses, some other people especially Lin Wen's uncle tried to calm Zhou's grandfather, he seemed to care more and understand more about what he felt, but then again he understood that his nephew Huang Tian understood more about what Zhou's grandfather was going through.

They thought that Grandpa Zhou's consciousness and mind were damaged, and slowly getting more and more damaged, his mental injuries were getting worse and worse, they thought.

At one point they wanted to treat him, but Zhou's ego forbade it, ruling his body and rebelling violently, but on the one hand he could still do his part of the work because it had become like one of the pillars of his life that would never disappear, as if without doing his work Zhou's grandfather had betrayed himself and his family ancestors.

He was aware that he was always betraying himself controlled by his ego, but there was a value that he could not betray and had to live by, which was the value of respecting his ancestors who had given him a way to live.

It was like a dogma that had been embedded in the seed of his soul.

Even people who were considered half-mad by the other branches of the family had to take on the belief of this value and could not betray it.

"Please, help me Ming Qi, help me Huang Gu, help me all of you, that child of mine went there without any preparation at all, help me just this once" was the perspective he remembered.

In a weak and pleading tone, grandfather Zhou pleaded as hard as he could to grandfather Ming Qi with a look of holding back tears and sadness piercing his heart, "I really didn't know that my son would be like this, please help me Ming Qi, I really regret giving him the year, I'm also not sure if it exists or not, my son is just an innocent human being and doesn't know anything, hey hey hey... You men of the hunting lodge, please chase after my son, I'm sure he hasn't gone far", said grandfather Zhou while holding the collar of Ao Qi's uncle who was still young at that time.

That night was full of confusion and sadness for Grandpa Zhou.

Previously, he had only told his son that there was a way to save his wife and that it lay deep in the unknown paths of the outside world.

But at that time, in Grandpa Zhou's point of view, the other branches of the family seemed to be indifferent to him, he really could no longer contain his anger and deep hatred towards them.

Grandpa Zhou let go of Uncle Ao Qi's collar and tried to chase after his son alone but was held back by Uncle Feng Ge and Uncle Hong Ling at that time, he who had entered late old age couldn't fight much, but his spirit was thrashing to chase back his only son.

At that time Grandpa Zhou really didn't remember what Grandpa Ming Qi was talking about among others, but one thing he thought was, every movement of the mouth wrapped in a gray mustache and beard would say insulting words to him from behind, and with no preparation Grandpa Zhou could only accept it with resignation.

Actually, Huang Tian who was still a novice at that time had learned the part about mental illness, but in the Wu tribe village they believed more about mental illness, consciousness and mind, of course Huang Tian couldn't refuse and could only adjust, regardless of how it was named and mentioned, Huang Tian diagnosed that grandpa Zhou had mental retardation and the longer he was going to be completely crazy.

Huang Tian really tried to warn the entire Wu Society about this, but unfortunately his intentions were hindered by the customs and dogmas of the Wu Society.

And this is also what caused Grandpa Zhou to become depressed due to the loss of his beloved wife, unlike Grandpa Ming Qi who could survive and make the sad incident a lesson and a new ladder to a better path, but Grandpa Zhou was trapped and sank into the infinite abyss of despair when he saw the pale slightly blue face of his dead wife.

This disease of his slowly displayed side effects that were not too noticeable but over time this unconsciousness also infected Zhou Rui, that was Huang Tian's opinion when he spoke with Su Yan.

It was common knowledge that the cause of Zhou Rui's departure was Zhou Huan's grandfather himself, the disease of mental retardation as well as the suggestions that kept being thrown at Zhou Rui made him believe that there really was a cure out there, making him prepare himself with a firm belief rather than preparing real and adequate equipment.

In Huang Tian's journal, he almost agrees with Wang Jun about the condition of his village and Wu tribe, but again he is unable to rebel and make changes because he too has been deeply embedded in the pillar.

The pillar of thought and dogma of the Wu tribe that has been passed down from generation to generation and taught from childhood, makes Huang Tian himself feel that he is standing in the middle of a giant wooden fence, he is confused about the direction of his destination, now he can only live his ambiguous life without a clear direction and can only be helped by his parents.

The afternoon progressed without realizing that the Wu people were busy telling stories and playing the board game invented by Ao Nan, that afternoon before the afternoon, almost all of them played the game with their respective boards after being assisted by Ao Nan and explaining the steps and rules set.

Ao Nan had made a considerable contribution this time, and Wu Liang could only be amazed and also happy to be able to play along with other families while playing the game invented by Ao Nan.

"Hahaha mom is great, always one step ahead of dad" said Ao Nan as he watching to the game between his father and mother, his amazed face clearly visible on the other side of the living room table.

"Dad, let me try it one more time", "No my son, you have to take turns with your brother", Bei Zheng pouted at that, he was completely addicted and enjoyed Ao Nan's game so much that he forgot the rules of taking turns.

"Hohoho, Shan Yu, look at your brother, he has beaten grandfather several times, try to avenge your grandfather and win the game, let's beat your younger brother", Ming Qi's grandfather was really impressed with Wu Liang, especially the change in his decision-making and behavioral appearance which also changed for the better.

The rest of the family is no different, today is the day when they will perform a ceremony to honor their ancestors.

One of the ways they honor them is by not doing any strenuous activities or activities that require a long process.

Full moon night is a night when the moon shines brightly, and because of this, there is a belief that the bright moon is a sign that the spirit door to the world has opened and only then can they interact and make pilgrimages to the ancestors of the Wu tribe who have passed away.