After billions of reincarnations

In front of the stage, the young man wearing the red and flying white crane cloak sat down with the rest of the old people.

Candles were lit behind the screen of the gossip shed, which had been built all afternoon, and the candlelight cast shadows through the red silk cloth.An old man in a blue long gown tapped the cowhide drum with a drumstick. With the sound of the drum in the night wind, the red silk curtain was pulled open to both sides.

Gong and suona, silk and bamboo orchestra.

Amidst the lively music, delicate puppets appear on the stage in gorgeous clothes.

A ray of light shines through the gap between the ages in the beautiful past, so the ancient beauty of thousands of years ago traveled through time and space and came across generations.

Behind the exquisitely carved railings, a handsome scholar in a green shirt and a long gown came with a scroll in his hand, and he paced back and forth.

"...Ten years of hard work, neither the cold nor the heat, did not know the hardships, and finally got a scripture in my stomach. There is one matter today, and I hesitated a lot. I want to go to the capital to seek a good reputation, and my life's ambition is not in vain... "

The scholar in green shirt walked back and forth alone.

While the scholar was pacing and hesitating, the light from the candle lighted up again behind the curtain, and then another corner of the stage lit up. An old woman with white hair and another young woman were beside the loom. The old woman was holding silk thread. Traveling like a living, the young woman lowered her head and quietly wiped her tears with her handkerchief.

The old woman asked her daughter-in-law, why worry about it.

The young woman sobbed softly, and said that the imperial examination is coming soon, and the husband should go to Beijing.There are thousands of miles of heavy mountains and thousands of miles of rivers to separate the two places. I don't know when and what month we will meet.I am afraid that the mountains are high and the water is far away, the road is dangerous and difficult, and I am afraid that I will do my makeup in the mirror, and no one will put hairpins and eyebrows.

The old woman stopped the loom and scolded her daughter-in-law for not knowing what to do.

The daughter-in-law remained silent. Amidst the mournful sound of the erhu, she got up and retreated, and went to cook by herself.

Seeing that the daughter-in-law withdrew, the old woman went back to weaving, but the silver thread was no longer flying and dexterous.The thread was wrong for several lines, the old woman suddenly threw the silk thread on the ground, and wiped her tears with her sleeves.

"Although the old woman scolds the daughter, there are so many worries in her heart. My son is studying poetry and books as a young man, and he studies hard all day long. No one in the hundreds of miles of countryside knows." The silk and bamboo turned down, and the old woman sighed, " However, the road to Beijing is so far away. The old woman is old and old, and I don’t know, if my son goes, when will we meet again in spring and winter? I’m afraid that Lord Hades will be nominated early in the book of life and death!”

The old woman mourned and wept here, and the scholar also sang melancholy in another place.

There is a mother in the singer's family who is very old, and he is afraid that if his mother is old and sick, no one will take care of him.It also sings that there is a childhood sweetheart, a childhood sweetheart, who has just started for less than a year, and the two places are separated and love each other bitterly.

Jiang Ge sat under the stage, stroking the edge of the wine cup with his fingertips, and watched the scene intently.

This is just an ordinary old puppet show about a scholar from a remote and poor village going to Beijing for a long-distance examination.The scholar is very talented, but he is hesitant to decide whether to take the exam or not.The family was poor, and they had to walk early on their own to catch the exam. At that time, there were not a few scholars who had dreams of prosperity and wealth, but died on the way to Beijing.

In the scholar's home, there is an elderly mother and a new wife.

He was worried that if he went away, his mother and wife would have no one to take care of them if something happened to them.

The scholar's mother was worried that she was too old to wait for the day when her son came back, and the wife was worried that her husband would be in danger, and also worried about long-term lovesickness.

The puppets in the play were full of melancholy, and the old people outside the play had tears in their eyes.

Jiang Ge understood the play.

This scene was sung to him by the old people.

He is the scholar who is about to go on a long journey and is reluctant to give up. The old people are the old and young women who can't express their worries.

He is about to travel far away, but he can't say goodbye. The old people are worried that they are old, they don't know when they will die, and they will never have the chance to see him again. Tell him in a low voice that he is gone, and they still miss him in their hearts.

"Come on, let's go! The imperial city is unpredictable!"

The scholar flicked his sleeves.

"I have a pastoral field, and I am self-sufficient by farming. I have ancient pine trees, and the white cranes are singing. I have a loving mother, and Xu Xu misses old clothes. I have a beautiful wife, and the beautiful family is like a flower. I don't care about the bureaucracy!"

The scholar went to tell his mother that he was afraid of the hardships of traveling far away from home, so he would not go to Beijing.

The old woman suddenly got up, clapped her hands and scolded him angrily, scolding him for being a gentleman but acting as a villain, and paying for all the poems and books for ten years.

The sound of gongs and drums suddenly changed.

The old woman's voice was louder and louder, and her words became more urgent.

In the play, the old woman scolds the scholar and asks him to go to Beijing to gain fame early, so that he can live up to his expectations for many years.The old people outside the play tell the young people who are about to travel in fierce libretto: Don't hesitate to go here!Don't hesitate to go here!They can take care of themselves!

Old man Liu beat the gong the most urgently.

Old lady Liu turned her head and smiled at Jiang Ge.

All the old people have already noticed that Jiang Ge has repaired the spaceship, and it is time to go.But in the past few days, no one said, no one mentioned.Until today, in the ancient libretto, he was told one by one, go, they want him to leave, so don't hesitate to go.

Perhaps it was because the lights were too bright and the candles were too flickering, Jiang Ge's eyes were slightly red.

In fact, in many cases, he would also wonder if he was a mistake.

He lived in such a state of embarrassment that the whole world told him that he was a virus or a mistake.

Only by living himself as a lunatic can he not be so sad.

He has struggled in embarrassment for so many years, until his soul is scarred and his body is exhausted.

However, at this time, sitting among the old people, he suddenly had the feeling of returning to a long, long, long time ago, as if he was really just a child who knew nothing, just staying with his elders, Watching a secular drama in the night wind at the entrance of the village.

Only at this time, he has the kind of...

That feeling of not having nothing, not being nowhere.

As long as there are people in this world who are waiting for you to come back, hope you are well, and remember you, then even if you don’t even have a room, you still have a family.Conversely, if no one in this world remembers you or cares about you, then even if you have thousands of planets and countless tallest and most beautiful houses, you still have no home.

Sitting among the old men, he is a child with a family.

The opera has a hundred turns, the curtains are closed one by one, and the opera has been folded in three.

The scholar carried his schoolbag and brought a square scarf, while the old woman, the young woman and other folks stood at the entrance of the village.The respected village elders held wine and sang tremblingly.

"This way, the mountains and rivers will be peaceful, the greedy wolf will not hurt you, and the tiger will go around. The light boat sails on the ground, the dragon gate jumps the koi, and the dawn breaks the nine heavens."

"This time, I have been admitted to the imperial examination for ten years, and the name is titled immortal and noble, and the Tianfu will be the first to ascend. The Yan Pagoda was named early, and the third-level wave of the Yumen, and there was a thunder on the ground."

Old man Liu beat the gong and sang loudly, even the old people sitting under the stage sang together in a low voice.

Jiang Ge raised his head, and the light fell on his face.

In the play, people wish the scholar a smooth journey on his way to Beijing, no beasts, no bandits, no waves in a light boat, wish him success in the imperial examination, and wish him wealth and prosperity.The old people outside the play wished the young man a safe and safe journey, and also wished him a bright future, smooth progress and fulfillment of his wish.

Old man Liu struck the gong twice, Jiang Ge lowered his head, took out his chopsticks, tapped the rim of the wine bowl in tune with the old people, and sang along with the old people.

sing:

"This time, when I was young and ascended to the throne, the emperor returned home proudly. When my parents were not old. When the brocade clothes returned to their hometown, they brought a man. The spring breeze is rushing!"

The old people hope that the young people will do what he should do, hope that he can have what he wants, wish him prosperity and safety, and finally hide his thoughts and reluctance in the ancient libretto, just say, remember , I will return to my hometown after I have finished my clothes.

The young traveler understood, so he also sang, and when he sang Jinyi, he would definitely return to his hometown.

No one said goodbye, no one said goodbye.

All the long, soft emotions are hidden in the singing voice blown far, far away by the wind.

The silk and bamboo orchestra was still playing, and the wine cup on the table was already empty.Old man Liu beat the gong with the greatest strength in his life, and the sound of the gong was heard far and far away.

The young man in the red flying crane cloak walked farther and farther in the street lights, until finally the darkness engulfed his back.

Old man Liu let go of his hand, and the drumstick fell to the ground.

He stared at the shadow in a daze, tears streaming down his face.

The wind blew low over the road, blowing over the flickering candles.The old people were blinded by the wind.

Gathering joys and sorrows with a glass of wine, thousands of miles from north to south, from east to west, from now on... I don't know when we will meet again.

After an unknown amount of time, suddenly there was a sound approaching like an airplane flying through space.The old people heard the sound and looked up, only to see a spaceship flying from the wasteland in the night.

The space signal light outside the cabin of the spacecraft is on.

The spaceship flew over their heads, and stopped at a height that was just right, relatively close, and would not bring air currents to sweep things on the ground.

Old man Liu jumped up and waved vigorously towards the spaceship.

The signal lights outside the spaceship flickered, as if responding to him.

"Boy, remember what I told you!" Old man Liu shouted at the top of his voice, then bent down again suddenly, picked up the drumstick that fell on the ground, and beat his gong hard, making him hoarse He sang loudly, "This time, when I was young, the emperor returned home proudly. When my parents were not old. When the brocade clothes returned to their hometown, they brought a man..."

The old people also stood up and sang this sentence loudly.

In the singing of "Brilliant Clothes Returning to Hometown", the spaceship circled several times over the settlement and slowly rose.Fly into the vast night sky.

When your parents are young, after the golden clothes, remember to return home!

The young man with half-painted gorgeous drama makeup drove the spaceship and flew three times around Venus, which had become a waste planet, and finally rushed to the vast space amidst the lingering singing in his mind.

This world is so cold, so cruel, but also so tender.

he knows--

Since then, I am no longer alone.

The author has something to say: "This world is so cold, so cruel, but also so tender."

This sentence is written to Jiang Ge, to myself, and to you who are reading this story.

We will be sad, sad, and at a loss, but believe it, we will always encounter warmth enough to make you cry, for that warmth, we can rush into the vast space alone without hesitation.

Please believe that there will be tender flowers blooming in the cracks of steel.