Chapter 381 - Old House and Old Friends (1/2)

Chapter 381 Old House and Old Friends

20 years ago, Old Master Qin took Qin Sheng to the Zhongnan Mountains, which was acknowledged as the place where luck was gathered He also chose this place as his graveyard, believing that his spirit would gain luck for Qin Sheng Qin Sheng had led a life continuously drifting fro which ti back to the Zhongnan Mountains to visit Old Master Qin’s grave, officially declaring that Qin Sheng started an unpredictable new life

The 20 years of suffering were preparation for Qin Sheng’s later success, which, however, was still unknown

They burned incense, koed, and bowed They didn’t do too an stood up and looked at Qin Sheng and Qin Ran “You’ll stay in Xi’an for another day I’sun to pick you up at the airport tomorrow afternoon”

Qin Ran nodded and said, “Dad, take care of yourself Don’t drink too much wine at the party Reht for you They’re good for your health”

“OK,” Qin Changan said, san and saw hioodbye to his father in a silent way He wanted to stay longer and clean the graveyard

After Qin Changan and Gongsun left, there were only Qin Sheng and Qin Ran here Qin Ran dusted off her clothes Qin Sheng took off his coat and hung it on a tree nearby He then squatted down on the ground and did the cleaning He was good at doing these jobs When he was a child, he often went to the neighboring village to help others do soers would help hirape planting Qin Sheng enjoyed the season when the grapeswhich time he could beco

“Qin Sheng, what do you think of our grandfather’s life?” Qin Ran looked at thea sense of loneliness She wondered randfather

Qin Ran’s words randfather’s life? He didn’t even knoho deserved to give an answer He reuantai Te to hi recalled his words and tried to repeat it “Priest Ren frouantai Temple said that some people didn’t live for themselves, but for others; they were just passers-by in this world, leaving no traces and being remembered by nobody In Taoist theory, this is Wuwo It ht about Qin Sheng’s words It was true of their grandfather

Qin Sheng was busy with his cleaning job for half an hour and finally finished He thought about what he sahen they came here There was a not fully burnt incense stick on thethat so, Xin Xin, or sorave o See you next ti and Qin Ran left Their car was still waiting for them on the road The driver was a staff member from the local branch of the Qin Fa was taking Qin Ran to taste the local food of Xi’an He was also eager to have so to his childhood like pita bread soaked in la, where did you and Grandpa live in those days? Did you live in the Lins’ house?” Qin Ran asked, wonderingrecalled so, we lived here When I had to go to primary school, I lived in the Lins’ house on school days, and I went back to live with Grandpa on weekends and holidays Since Grandpa took me to Xi’an, he had never left for the whole 20 years”

“Aha?” Qin Ran was surprised It was hard to ile place for 20 years She would be driven led and said, “Sis, let’s go I’ you to where I lived in randpa andasked the driver to take the front seat and he drove the what she would see then

A few e The old house that Qin Sheng and Old Master Qin used to live in was hundreds of e Old Master Qin had chosen this place because he didn’t like to be disturbed by others

This yard was located in the south of the village, with its door opening toward the north The Zhongnan Mountains were to its south and Xi’an city was to its north Instead of having a wall for a fence, the yard was surrounded by a fencetree, which was common in Xi’an, in the yard This tree was e now

This big tree was an i’s childhoodbut it was not so lively in the winter He reme tree, listening to the recording of Beijing operas or playing the traditionaljust played around That atmosphere was truly comfortable

It had been several years since Old Master Qin had passed away Qin Sheng hadn’t returned here since that time The yard was run down and surrounded by weeds There were piles of old things scattered around Children in the village ht play hide-and-seek here

“Is this where you lived with Grandpa?” Qin Ran was surprised She had presuht live in a simple and crude place, but she didn’t expect that their life had been so hard She had never lived in such a place

Qin Sheng laughed and said, “Yeah, this isand said, “My boy, you really led a hard life in those days I’s and said, “Sis, coood now This is a rather nice place, and at least I had such a yard to live in You don’t know that some people in really remote places live under even worse conditions”

“Well, I’ll s,” Qin Ran said fir felt o I’ll show you around” Qin Sheng held Qin Ran’s hand and led her into the yard The car was parked beside the gate and the driver waited for them in the car