Li Shifu shed tears.

Li Shifu is the unique god in my grandma's village. He is a native of this village. Although I don't know which generation he belongs to, it is said that his family is well-off, compassionate and charitable all his life. Therefore, after his death, he was specially named an immortal by the Jade Emperor to keep this shore safe. The specific level is unknown, and people respectfully call him "Li Shifu".

Through generations, Li Shifu can do anything. He not only has the ability to exorcise demons, but also sympathizes with the suffering of all beings. He is the god of righteousness.

According to the old people, in the year of the Boxer Rebellion, a gang of robbers came from nowhere. In the name of the uprising, they burned and robbed one side, and no one dared to stop them wherever they went. One day, they killed the neighboring village, almost bloodbath the whole village, took a break and came to grandma's village with big blades. At this moment, dark clouds surged in the clear sky, the wind was blowing hard, and heavy rain poured down with hail, which made the robbers dizzy and could not move, so they had to give up.

Old people say that Li Shifu had an epiphany. It was Li Shifu who saved the life of our village.

As a village-level fairy, Li Shifu has a wide jurisdiction. From human life marriage to hen laying eggs, the villagers turn to Li Shifu for help. Clans and neighbors will also chant to Li Shifu because of the contradiction between separation of families and distribution of fields: "Li Shifu, thunder killed that bear thing."

Don't you know, the other side prayed the same wish to Li Shifu.

People have a natural kindness and tolerance for this god from around them. If the harvest in the field is good, the daughter gets married smoothly, the daughter-in-law gives birth smoothly, the ginger sells for a good price, and the child has a rash and the fever has gone down ... People will sincerely thank: "Thank you for Li Shifu's blessing."

If the cotton harvest is not good in case of insect disaster, or even the dried sweet potatoes can't be dried on cloudy days, and the wheat is flooded by drought ....., people will scold: "Grandpa without eyes can't let people live?" They selectively forget that Li Shifu is partly responsible for this.

Of course, there are occasional complaints: "What world? Li Shifu does not care? "

After complaining here, the listener there teased: "Li Shifu is busy all day, who cares about these stupid things?" Shut up. "

Therefore, it is time to burn incense and supply it. People who believe in Li Shifu are always like this. They gnash their teeth when they are unhappy. I believe that Li Shifu will always see his hardships and grievances, and look forward to beginning of spring's good days, just after autumn, people going through customs safely at the end of the year, and children growing up ... Looking forward to bumper harvests, daughters getting married, sons propping up and grandchildren running all over the street.

More than 30 years ago, villagers were afraid to mention Li Shifu. In the late 1980s, several old ladies in the village got wind of it, and on Li Shifu's birthday-it is said that there is no way to verify it-a little paper man was tied up as Li Shifu for the two of them to make steamed bread, burn some paper money and worship together, which was regarded as a memorial service.

It was done secretly behind others' backs, but in the village, there was never a secret. In the second year, several more old people joined; In the third year, several middle-aged women led several kannika nimtragol to join in the fun. Paper men are tied up more, there are more offerings, and the memorial ceremony is more decent.

After the ceremony, various legends about Li Shifu's apparition began to circulate in the village. Someone said, "My little grandson was frightened and fell asleep with a high fever. I worshipped Li Shifu, my fever subsided, and I drank a big bowl of porridge. "

Others said that he saw it with his own eyes. At the time of paying homage to Li Shifu, the originally cloudy sky suddenly became clear, and there were such clouds, especially like an old man with a white beard.

In the next few years, the memorial ceremony became more and more solemn, because it attracted more people to participate, not only villagers, but also people from neighboring villages, and later people from neighboring villages came-not far anyway. Please handle it with Li Shifu.

Since so many people came, the venue of the memorial ceremony was moved from the farmhouse to the river beach outside the village. 1990, when I spent my summer vacation at my grandmother's house, I also participated once.

It was in the countryside in August, and the sun was dazzling. People are not afraid of heat from all directions. Grandma and I were also caught in the crowd and walked slowly with the crowd in the hot sun. I saw an eight-sedan chair at the height of the floodplain, in which sat Li Shifu, dressed in official clothes and with a dull expression. The lady standing next to the sedan chair is not beautiful, but better than black eyebrows and white skin; Several maids waited on both sides, each with a red face and a low eyebrow.

Of course, all the above are made of paper.

People also built buildings, televisions, modular furniture, motorcycles (private cars were not popular at that time), tractors, cows, horses, pigs and sheep for Li Shifu ... Around him, because of the admiration of the villagers, Li Shifu was able to enjoy various conveniences of modern people by wearing ancient costumes. In front of him, the ashes of paper money are more than one person high, and there is still a distance, and the burning air is coming. Finally, it was my turn and grandma's. Just kneeling down, someone behind him urged, "Hurry up, hurry up." After hastily burning paper and kowtowing, we stood up. Before we finished filming the dirt on our knees, a new wave of people swarmed up and fell to the ground.

I helped grandma squeeze out the crowd. Suddenly, someone shouted, "Li Shifu is in tears." There was a commotion in the crowd, and then they fell to their knees, which was spectacular in the dazzling white sun.

In a daze, grandma has knelt down and dragged me to her knees. I really want to look up at Li Shifu's tears, but everyone around me knelt down and prayed devoutly. After all, curiosity lost to fear.

In the afternoon, a distant relative came to grandma's house for hot water. Grandma asked, "Did you see Li Shifu crying?"

"flow! True flow! " Relatives clapped their thighs excitedly: "Grandma, I can see clearly that two lines of tears rolled down Li Shifu's face." "

In the next few days, the whole village was boiling with tears for Li Shifu, and people rushed to tell each other. Many people said that they saw Li Shifu crying with their own eyes, and there were more and more witnesses.

Because Li Shifu shed tears, all the legends about Li Shifu's apparition have come true, no doubt; Because of Li Shifu's tears, this grand memorial ceremony is more mysterious and needs to be held year after year.

Finally, Li Shifu's tears shocked the whole village. More than a month later, during the autumn harvest, village cadres led a police car, followed by a group of children, to the old lady's house in charge of the memorial ceremony. The old lady is over 80 years old. She is deaf and blind, but her back is a little hunched. She was picking peanuts at the gate of the yard, leaving her head full of dirt.

The policeman headed by him informed the old lady of his purpose: "You are propagating feudal superstition, which is illegal! Is to be detained! "

The old lady was calm, adjusted the straps of her trouser legs, stood up unhurriedly from the futon, patted the soil calmly and said to her stunned daughter-in-law, "Go, I'll go out and find my jacket."

After that, the old lady walked to the front of the police car with her little feet hanging upside down, climbed into the police car with her hands and feet, knelt on her seat and knocked on the dirt on her shoes, turned around and sat cross-legged and said, "Go! What it's like to live such a big age without eating official meals. "

Several strong men in the public security bureau were shocked, and they didn't know whether to hold or block them. As the saying goes: 70 don't stay overnight, 80 don't leave meals. If anything happens to the old lady when she arrives at the office, how can she tell her family?

Finally, the police finally persuaded the old lady, symbolically lectured the village cadres, drove away and never came again. Of course, in people's view, the smooth settlement of this matter also benefited from Li Shifu's blessing.

From then on, Li Shifu became famous. Later, not only people from neighboring villages, neighboring townships and counties, but also people from cities and provinces came to attend the memorial service of Li Shifu, and some people paid Lu Opera Troupe in the county to sing and entertain. I also heard that the village is going to hold a tourism festival related to Li Shifu. I wonder if it has been held. Grandparents are gone, and I have no grandma's house to go to. What happened after that can only be heard, not witnessed.

Text: Not long to write.

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