Three years later, when my great-great-grandfather was twenty-three years old, Wang Shoudao officially began to learn some substantial things. The so-called substantial things were mainly practical. At this time, whenever someone came to ask for help, Wang Shoudao would bring my great-great-grandfather along. He had never brought him along before. He had only told him some methods of catching ghosts and exorcising ghosts, as well as the incantations and the specific usage of spiritual artifacts. However, he had never let him actually operate them.
"After coming into contact with the real thing, my great-great-grandfather will watch from the side and Wang Shoudao will personally do it. As he performs the technique, he will earnestly teach it and teach it by example. If it was easier, my great-great-grandfather would do it. Wang Shoudao watched from the side and reminded him.
My great-great-grandfather's advantage over me and my grandmother is that he has experienced many things in the past. He has also experienced and seen many things. It can be said that he has a lot of practical experience. My grandmother's generation was better, but in my generation, we haven't seen each other for years. Even if we do encounter each other, it's just a small matter. Things like getting lost (ghost building walls), being possessed (knocking into guests), children crying at night (adults going out at night to bring unclean things from the house), and of course, we've also encountered a few powerful ones. I'll have to wait until I tell you about my own experiences.
In the spring of 1855, which was the spring of the fifth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, my great-great-grandfather was twenty-eight years old and my father passed away. In the autumn of 1856, his mother died. At this time, his great-great-grandfather's two younger brothers and one younger sister had already married. His great-great-grandfather was still single and was still learning from Wang Shoudao.
In 1859, which was the ninth year of Xianfeng in the Qing Dynasty, my great-great-grandfather was thirty-two years old and officially graduated. It took twelve years from learning to graduation.
It was during this year that my great-great-grandfather found out his master's true age. It turned out that Wang Shoudao was exactly a hundred years old. At this point, some of his friends might raise objections. Previously, Dong Youcai was only in his fifties. Twelve years later, he would only be in his sixties. It seemed a little unreasonable to call a hundred-year-old old cousin. This could only be said that Wang Shoudao was of a lower generation, while Dong Youcai was of a higher generation. This was especially true for distant cousins. Sometimes, the generation hierarchy was chaotic. It was common for a biological uncle to be older than a nephew, let alone a distant cousin.
" As I said before, doing our job is to accumulate Yin virtue for ourselves. The most obvious thing is longevity. The few generations of our family have long lifespans, and the least is above 85 years old. It's not strange for Wang Shoudao to live to a hundred years old. Moreover, he's a virgin and has always preserved the true essence in his body. Longevity is certain.
Although Wang Shoudao had been single his entire life, he didn't want his disciple to be single with him. My great-great-grandfather was already thirty-two years old, and Wang Shoudao was worried for him. He didn't have any children, so he just wanted his disciple to have a child for him to hug.
My great-great-grandfather had lost his parents, and the family had been separated. He completely followed Wang Shoudao and took over all of Wang Shoudao's matters. He would play the night watch every night, and when someone invited him, he would go out to do some work. My great-great-grandfather had already treated Wang Shoudao as his own parents. Wang Shoudao treated him like his own son. Every time he finished his business, my great-great-grandfather would bring back some wine and food. The two of them would eat and drink happily in the small house. Their days were considered carefree.
However, every time Wang Shoudao mentioned that he wanted my great-great-grandfather to get a wife, my great-great-grandfather would frown. In his own words, my two younger brothers have children, and my Liu family has descendants. It doesn't matter if I get married or not. It's fine as long as I follow Master.
Every time Wang Shoudao heard him say this, he couldn't help but scold him. "However, at my great-great-grandfather's age, it wasn't easy to find a wife. At that time, girls were already married at the age of sixteen or seventeen, and they were considered old girls at the age of eighteen. It was even difficult to find a twenty-year-old virgin girl. Moreover, Wang Shoudao didn't like those who were too poor or widows who had been married. He was afraid that his disciple would be wronged. He wanted to find a decent virgin girl, but she didn't like him. The main reason was that she was too old." My great-great-grandfather is not like those rich and powerful families who can get three or four wives.
Every time I hear Grandma talk about this, I feel anxious for my great-great-grandfather. I would say that I wouldn't go to the mountains to buy one. My Grandma would pull a long face and scold me fiercely. Buying a wife is a bad thing. Even if the men in our family are single, the Liu family can't do that kind of thing!
Six years later, which was 1865, the fourth year of Tongzhi of the Qing Dynasty, the year of Yichou. This year, my great-great-grandfather was 38 years old, and Wang Shoudao was 106 years old. At this time, Wang Shoudao's body was gradually declining, and he was basically at the end of his life. However, he still hadn't forgotten about the matter of my great-great-grandfather finding a wife. He said that he wanted to hug a grandchild before he closed his eyes.
In the summer of the same year, there was a day when my great-great-grandfather had just returned home from the fifth watch and was about to eat something to sleep when someone knocked on the door.
Great-great-grandfather opened the door and saw two people standing outside. He knew the person in front, an old man from Sanwang Village. The person behind the old man looked unfamiliar and did not look like a local. He was dressed in a long silk robe and was dressed like a scholar. He was about 43 or 44 years old. In those days, people who wore long robes were all of high status. This middle-aged man dressed like a scholar was obviously not ordinary. In modern terms, he was at least an intellectual with status. Mr. Lu Xun's work Kong Yiji had clearly stated that it was divided into the short-sleeved gang (representing poverty) and the long-sleeved gang (representing wealth). This was evident.
There was a saying that one would not come to the temple without a reason. Since the middle-aged man was brought to the door by the old man in the village, it meant that he had something to ask for their help.
His great-great-grandfather hurriedly invited the two of them into the house. At this time, Wang Shoudao was still sleeping in the inner room. His body was not good, and he slept too much. Moreover, he could not wake up.
My great-great-grandfather didn't wake him up and received the old man and the middle-aged man alone.
It was the middle-aged man's youngest daughter who was involved in the accident. The middle-aged man did not speak much, and it was almost always the old man from the same village who spoke on his behalf.
When the old man finished speaking, my great-great-grandfather frowned.
The middle-aged man dressed like a scholar was called Cai Wenye. He was 45 years old this year and was from Weishi County, Kaifeng. His youngest daughter was called Cai Qingjun, and she was 20 years old this year.
Cai Wenye's family was not bad. He came from a scholarly family. He was a private school teacher. Other than his younger daughter, he had two sons. The eldest son was a businessman. His second son was an eighteen-year-old juren in the examination. He worked in the county government of Weishi County. His career was also very successful. It could be said that Cai Wenye's family was rich, powerful, and knowledgeable. Even his youngest daughter, Cai Qingjun, was beautiful and intelligent. She was proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting. A few years ago, matchmakers and marriage proposals for Cai Qingjun almost trampled on his family's threshold.
Just four years ago, when Cai Qingjun was 16 years old, Cai Wenye found a husband for Cai Qingjun. The husband was the son of a famous local rich man. Not only was his family rich, but he also heard that there were people in the court.
The two families were very optimistic about this marriage. However, who would have thought that on the day of their wedding, before the bridal sedan chair entered the Cai family's gates, the groom would suddenly die on the way to the bridal sedan chair. The happy event turned into a funeral. The groom died, and the marriage ended without any problems. Cai Qingjun could not get married.
At that time, as long as there was no wedding ceremony, it was not considered a marriage. Cai Qingjun did not have to be a widow in the rich man's house.
Three years ago, Cai Qingjun turned seventeen. Cai Wenye also asked someone to arrange a marriage for Cai Qingjun. The other party's family background was not bad and was also a wealthy family. However, something strange happened again. On the day of the wedding, the groom died on the way to the wedding.
To be honest, just thinking about this makes my heart turn cold. I even wonder if what my grandmother told me was true.
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