Chapter 13 Letter from the Southwest Corner

It is said that in the monkey kingdom, one way for the monkey king to establish his prestige is to take other monkeys' girlfriends as his own. Taking them as his own is always accompanied by a fierce storm, going straight to the point and taking possession of their bodies. In broad daylight and in full view of the public, the monkey king and their girlfriends have sex, making those male monkeys humiliated or envious, in order to show his hegemony and consolidate his position.

In the Chinese world, the change of dynasties and the consolidation of the regime are all about seizing land and taking possession of land, and grabbing benefits from the land, from the wilderness to civilization, without exception.

Li Dafa's small mountain village is experiencing a revolution about land.

In this upcoming revolution, everyone has their own little abacus, and the abacus of the eldest and second sisters was once in a mess. In a society where the flowers of human affection are blooming everywhere, Li Dafa's house is like a swaying boat, which is returned to the calm sea by some kind of rapids.

The second sister understands that the sudden reversal of the village chief's attitude is by no means a change in policy, but the benefit brought by the power behind it. Chen Xiaomei's husband did all this easily without bloodshed.

Anything that can be solved by money and power is not a big deal. Money and power cannot solve the life and death of Li Dafa, this is a big deal.

It is said that a person who is terminally ill will reach a hurdle on the 29th day, which is called "chuang".

On the 29th day, the eldest sister and the second sister were both there. People who knew Li Dafa's situation were waiting for what would happen on this day, whether he would be taken away by God as scheduled.

This day was spent in peace and calm, Li Dafa was sometimes awake and sometimes unconscious. When he was awake, the second sister turned on the TV again, and the three brothers and sisters watched Zhen Huan together.

Zhen Huan's Seventeenth Master died on this day, and the Seventeenth Master was very young. Li Dafa did not die, he broke through on this day!

Everyone was disappointed. There is no filial son in front of a long-term sick bed, which means that his eldest sister and second sister will have to endure it, and it is unknown when it will end. The little grandson still can't see his grandmother and will spit fire from his mouth, and the scholar and the eldest brother-in-law will continue to be bachelors and live a very miserable life.

Except for Chen Xiaomei who called to greet him. Chen Xiaomei's brother said on the phone: "It's been 29 days. It's a miracle that he's not dead yet."

After 29 days, it was the first day of the tenth lunar month. The local custom is to visit the ancestors' graves on the first day of the tenth lunar month. Dumplings are made when visiting the graves. The local custom is that dumplings are always dressed up and attend all important events.

In the early stage of his illness, Li Dafa told his sisters a bizarre story.

On the first day of the tenth lunar month before he became ill, he went to the mountain to visit his parents' graves. That mountain is called Jinshan. There is not a pound of gold in Jinshan, and half of the mountain is covered with trees and half of the mountain is covered with grass.

Li Dafa made dumplings, bought a few apples, carried a pot of white wine, and went up the mountain. He burned paper for his parents, kowtowed, picked up a few dumplings, threw a few apples, poured a pot of wine, and changed the new grave paper. When he was about to leave, he found that the graves of his parents were overgrown with weeds, and the graves were surrounded by weeds. Li Dafa put down his packed things and started to clean up the weeds. He turned around like a barber shaving a big head. When his hair was almost shaved, one of his feet suddenly got stuck in a big hole. He pushed hard for a long time and finally pulled the foot out like pulling a carrot. The shoes were filled with dirt and the trouser legs were also covered with dirt. Li Dafa sat on the ground and knocked for a long time, finally cleaning the dirt in his shoes.

At this time, he saw the big hole clearly. It was actually a deep hole hidden in the weeds. He thought that maybe a vole had dug a hole here, so he picked up a shovel and shoveled a few shovels of dirt to fill the hole.

At the end of autumn that year, his iron body machine had a problem, and the parts failed and could not operate from then on.

He felt that he did not cheat or harm others, did not go to prostitutes, gamble, or spend money recklessly, and he was upright and had nothing to fear. Why did God take him away too early?

Li Dafa's thoughts were like a pig running into an alley. When the pig got to the alley, it figured it out: "Did my parents blame me? They caught one of my feet but didn't catch it, so they made me sick and took me away?"

The eldest and second sisters thought it made sense.

In a blink of an eye, it was October 1st again.

The matter of visiting the grave was left to the second sister who was agile.

The second sister burned paper in front of the grave, and the grass around was also burning. The flames jumped up high. The second sister used a small wooden stick to knock the flames caused by the weeds, while muttering: "Dad, Mom, when you were here, you spoiled the fifth child. I am only three years older than him, and I don't see you love me much. It's right for parents to spoil the child. Since you spoil him, why do you want him to accompany you early? It seems that you two are too selfish. Since you two want the child to accompany you, we can't stop it. Why do you want him to suffer so much and drag it out? As long as he doesn't leave, we can't live in peace. The family is not like a family and the business is not like a business. Since you have decided on it, just let him go to accompany you. If he goes alone, don't think about other people. If you think about other relatives, no one will burn paper for you, add soil, and send you food and drink." The second sister said the last sentence with a vicious tone, warning the parents in the underworld. The second sister felt that ghosts should be respected when they should be respected and strict when they should be strict. Otherwise, they will become more and more aggressive. After saying this, the second sister poured the wine in the wine pot on the grave. The flames of the burning paper quickly rushed over, kissed the alcohol, and connected with the weeds. The flames spread all of a sudden, and the whole grave was about to burn. The second sister beat the small wooden stick like pounding garlic, and the flames rose and fell. The second sister simply threw the wooden stick away and shoveled the soil over with a shovel. After working for a long time, she finally suppressed the fire.

The second sister said: "Dad, Mom, didn't you just say a few words casually? You don't have to get so angry."

The second sister said: "Dad, Mom, you are busy getting angry. Do you agree or disagree? I will kowtow to you three times."

As she said that, she knelt down and kowtowed three times with great piety. The wind blew the farmer's hair, and her hair was like weeds.

The wish made by the second sister in front of the grave did not come true quickly. Li Dafa's life was like the kerosene lamp he had lit when he was a child. When the oil in the lamp was about to run out, the flames always flickered.

Zhen Huan's legitimate husband, the emperor, was also dying. He kept coughing on his sickbed. Zhen Huan's eyes became more and more fierce, and she seemed to have become another woman.

Li Dafa no longer had the strength to cough. One day, his breathing was like a fish out of water, only exhaling but not inhaling.

The eldest nephew wanted to take the eldest sister home to wash her hair and change clothes, but the eldest sister said, "I won't go back. It's just a matter of a few days."

The scholar came to report that the youngest son of the village party secretary was going to get married. He was laid off for the first time on his way to being the wedding host. The party secretary invited a wedding emcee nicknamed tear gas, who had to make everyone cry about the grace of raising him at the wedding. The scholar fell headfirst from the host's seat to the guests. The scholar wanted the second sister to go back and see the bride together, but in fact he wanted the couple to eat back the money for the gift. Chili Oil didn't listen to Lao Chencu this time. The second sister said, "It's just a matter of a few days. If I go back, he will be gone. All my efforts in serving him all these days will be in vain."

The custom-made Zhongshan suits have been made and brought back, neatly stacked at the end of the bed. The second sister said, "In this world, a pair of leather shoes is more expensive than a cow, and the labor cost of a piece of clothing is more expensive than the fabric. Money is a bastard. I don't understand it at all."

Everyone is waiting for the moment when Li Dafa wears new clothes.

The emperor of Zhen Huan's family died trembling.

He is still alive with ups and downs.

This time, everyone is anxious. Even Liu You's wife would come to check on him from time to time, and then run home to report to Liu You: "Li Dafa's breathing is like the gills of a fish, it's just a breath."

The next day, she reported to Liu You again: "Li Dafa was awake today. When he saw me, he might want to smile, but he couldn't force a smile, and his expression was very ugly."

Later, she reported to Liu You again: "Li Dafa closed his eyes today, and he was like this, and he also peed. I hurried out when his eldest sister changed his diaper, after all, men and women should not touch each other. Alas, that diaper is as hard as a cardboard, it must be uncomfortable to put it under the body. But it's hard for his two sisters, no one has that patience."

This time, they finally invited the blind man in the village. Last time when Liu You's wife was refused to use the pig pen, they did not use the blind man, but the wisdom of the second sister.

The blind man's eyes are not as black as other blind men. He has two white eyeballs, embedded like ping-pong balls. Some people said that the blind man had two dog eyes, but Li Dafa's second sister observed carefully and confirmed that they were not dog eyes, as the dog eyes had long been rotten.

The blind man was also fair and slightly fat, and looked like a Maitreya Buddha.

With the help of his second sister, the blind man walked slowly around the yard, and the big stupid dog barked twice weakly.

After returning to the house and sitting down, he asked his second sister to light a cigarette. He held the lit cigarette, muttered something, and then put the cigarette on the table. The cigarette stood up like a graceful and beautiful girl!

Everyone exclaimed, the blind man really lived up to his reputation.

Everyone held their breath and listened to the blind man announce the date when Li Dafa went to heaven.

The blind man said slowly, "The southwest corner of your yard has a lot of yin energy, which suppresses Li Dafa's yang energy. He can't die now because the yin energy is still there. He still hasn't seen the people he wants to see, and hasn't done the things he wants to do." Li Dafa's second sister said, "What else is he worried about? Even his childhood friends have come to see him. He can't get up to do anything he wants to do."

The friend she was talking about was Chen Xiaomei.

The eldest sister asked, "Old Five is like this, he will eventually leave. No matter what he can't let go of, there must be a rough date for him to leave, so we can prepare for it."

The blind man moved one hand back and forth on the other hand, like playing the piano. After a long time, he said slowly, "If we talk about the day he will leave, it will be around his birthday. His birthday is coming soon, right?"

The eldest and second sisters were amazed again. The blind man actually knew that Li Dafa's birthday was in the tenth month of the lunar calendar.

The second sister said, "Old Five's birthday is on October 20th. Oh, there are still more than ten days."

These ten days seem to be very fast, but also seem very slow.

The blind man took fifty yuan, took the opened box of cigarettes, and left.

The eldest sister asked the second sister: "Is he accurate in his predictions?"

The second sister said: "You married early and didn't know. In the early years, someone lost a chicken, dog, goose, or duck and asked him to predict it. He said in which direction the chicken, dog, goose, or duck was, and the person went to that direction to find it. Sure enough, he found it."

The eldest sister said: "Those are livestock, there are only four directions: east, south, west, and north. What about people? After all, people are more advanced than chickens, dogs, geese, and ducks."

The second sister said: "No problem, he has strangled several of them to death!"

The goal is like a beacon, and the future is no longer bleak. Even if it is a death feast, the living must prepare wine, food, cups, and plates.

The two older sisters began to pack up Li Dafa's things. In preparation for the sudden arrival of the moment, everyone can share it fairly.

The second sister wrote down the things in the house on paper and made a detailed list. For example, there is a liquefied gas stove, a liquefied gas tank, six large white bowls, three small porcelain spoons, five thick disks, an iron spoon, an iron colander, and a large black pot in the kitchen. As for oil, salt, firewood, rice, sauce and vinegar, they are not included.

The second sister is really a scholar's wife. She is careful and organized in everything. The eldest sister thinks that if the fourth child reads more books, he will be a female cadre.

Detailed records are also made in the west wing, the east wing, the yard, and the big fence. Even the big stupid dog is recorded. In the end, only Li Dafa's room is left uncounted.

The eldest sister still wipes Li Dafa's face every morning. Li Dafa's face is already old bark, with only two tumors with distinct textures, the devil's fruit, revealing the tension of life.

The flame of the oil lamp was on. Li Dafa looked at the eldest sister and said a few words in his throat: "Second sister, why are you climbing up and down? Be careful not to fall." The eldest sister said: "I'm wiping the dust in your room. There are five brothers and sisters, and only you two like to be clean." The second sister was counting the things in the room. She climbed to the end of the bed and opened the big elm box. It was the same quilt that the Sichuan woman had covered last time. The second sister took out the quilt and said to the eldest sister: "Such a good quilt, do you want to keep it or not?" If you don't keep it, it will be burned with the dead. But in front of Li Dafa, the second sister couldn't say that. The eldest sister said: "Put it aside for now, just know that it happened." The topic was wiped away. The second sister continued to rummage through the boxes. Under the quilt, there was an old electric blanket. The wire inside seemed to be broken, and it was probably unusable. Li Dafa was a neat person, and even this old thing was folded and placed at the bottom of the box. The second sister was about to put the electric blanket back when she suddenly saw an envelope lying quietly in the corner of the bottom of the elm box.

The second sister took it out and looked at it for a long time. The words on the envelope were delicate and small, and it was obvious that they were written by a woman or a child. The postmark date was not long after the fifteenth day of the eighth lunar month, and at that time, Li Dafa had not yet lain down.

The second sister reached into the opened envelope and pulled out a piece of letter paper.