freenovelworld Chapter 740 The past is over
Chapter 740 The past is over
When a person loses his way, he might as well go back to the original place, stop and look back at the past, and perhaps he can find his original heart again.
After arriving in the rural area of northern Shaanxi and living in a cave, Lu Cheng's heart suddenly calmed down.
During the day, Lu Cheng would take his camera and walk around the Loess Plateau, taking pictures.
It was the coldest time of the year, and the New Year was approaching, and the Loess Plateau was beginning to become lively.
On the twenty-third, the sugar melon is sticky, and the Kitchen God is going to heaven!
On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, every household puts up new portraits of the Kitchen God and begins to welcome him. They also offer wine and other offerings, and continue to offer sacrifices until New Year's Eve.
On the twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month, people drive the carriage and sweep the house.
On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, people grind the mill to make tofu.
On the twenty-sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, pigs are killed to cut the New Year meat.
On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, people kill chickens and go to the market.
On the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, people steam buns and paste window decorations.
Lu Cheng stayed at Sun Ping's home in the village until the 28th day of the lunar year, and fully experienced the lively New Year celebrations in the rural areas of northern Shaanxi.
However, as the Chinese New Year is approaching, it would not be convenient for Lu Cheng, an outsider, to stay in someone else's house to celebrate the New Year.
Early in the morning on the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, after eating the big steamed buns made by the young wife of the Sun family, Lu Cheng said goodbye and left.
Before leaving, Lu Cheng left a sum of cash under the pillow of the cave where he lived as a reward for the young couple's warm hospitality.
It was New Year and families were reuniting, but Lu Cheng was living alone in a hotel in Yanchuan County, feeling a little melancholy.
Over the course of thousands of years, and after dozens of reincarnations, I have indulged in the bright lights and revelry, and I have also galloped on horses and fought on battlefields. I have had many confidantes around me, but the one I remember most deeply is the simple figure at the beginning.
I once thought that holding the power of the world when awake, sleeping on the lap of a beauty when drunk, and walking among a sea of flowers without getting a single leaf on me were my true pursuits.
But looking back, I found that even though there are thousands of beauties in the world, they are still no match for the village girl in a red jacket with floral patterns and two pigtails.
Recalling the past, Lu Cheng suddenly had an idea. He bought some painting tools in the city and began to paint a picture seriously under the sunset in the sky.
Lu Cheng painted this picture very slowly, taking almost the entire day to complete it. It was not until the sound of firecrackers rang out in the evening of New Year's Eve that Lu Cheng put down the last stroke.
At this moment, a complete painting was presented on the drawing paper in front of him. It was in a courtyard in northern Shaanxi. A girl wearing a red jacket with floral patterns, blue trousers, a pair of pigtails, and carrying two buckets of water was in the scene when Lu Cheng and He Xiu Lian first met.
The past scenes came to mind, from the heart-pounding moment when we first met, to our long-term companionship in the cave in northern Shaanxi, to our mutual support in the city of Yanjing, to our world travels in our later years, to the very end, that New Year's Eve...
At some point, Lu Cheng's eyes became wet.
After experiencing more than a dozen reincarnations and thousands of years of life, Lu Cheng couldn't remember how long it had been since he last cried.
Hundreds of years? A thousand years? Or even longer?
At this moment, a gentle voice seemed to ring in Lu Cheng's ears again: "Brother Lu Cheng, from now on, I am your wife. If you laugh, I will laugh with you. If you cry, I will help you wipe your tears..."
"Old man, I may not be able to wait until spring comes and flowers bloom. After I leave, take me home to see it, okay?"
I have never felt lovesickness before, but now I feel lovesickness and then I feel the pain of lovesickness...
Suddenly, Lu Cheng felt that his pursuit of life for thousands of years was nothing but a fantasy. The world seemed like an empty dream. In the end, everything was in vain. It was nothing but the ruthlessness of time...
I don’t know how much time had passed, the sound of firecrackers that had been ringing all night stopped, and then sounded again.
In this festival of bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, Lu Cheng did not feel the slightest bit of happiness in his heart.
Sitting on the busy street in the early morning, watching people coming and going to greet each other during the New Year, Lu Cheng felt isolated from the world.
He walked from dawn to dusk, and slept from dusk to dawn. Lu Cheng seemed to have forgotten why he came and was just immersed in his own memories.
Days passed like this, and Lu Cheng had no idea of the time until his homeroom teacher called and asked him why he hadn't gone to school. Only then did Lu Cheng wake up from his memory. He then asked for leave from his homeroom teacher and took a plane to Yanjing.
After arriving in Yanjing, Lu Cheng went to the courtyard house near Pudu Temple and recalled the scenes of living here with Chen Nanxing and Xu Hongdou.
The past is like smoke, and it is unbearable to look back. The lover has gone, and it is difficult to meet again...
It was not until a month after school started that Lu Cheng ended his trip and returned to class.
However, Lu Cheng had changed greatly at this time. He seemed to have lost the youthful vigor and vitality and became a little gloomy.
The head teacher and teachers of various subjects were all very worried about Lu Cheng's situation. Even the dean of studies expressed his concern, fearing that this top student might have some psychological problems that would affect his performance in the college entrance examination.
However, after a mock exam, Lu Cheng dispelled the teachers' concerns with a score close to full marks.
C City No. 3 Middle School is not considered outstanding in the entire C City, and is not even ranked among the best in the province. The annual admission rate is not high, and the funding and support from the Education Bureau are naturally not as good as those from No. 1 and No. 2 Middle Schools.
However, the emergence of Lu Cheng, a super academic master, gave the school leaders of No. 3 Middle School hope of turning things around. They have always attached great importance to Lu Cheng's academic performance, hoping that Lu Cheng could make a splash in the college entrance examination and make No. 3 Middle School proud.
In fact, if an outstanding student like Lu Cheng was placed in the No. 1 Middle School in the city, he might have already obtained a place in the university.
It is for this reason that the school leaders and teachers of No. 3 Middle School attach so much importance to Lu Cheng. After learning about Lu Cheng's family situation, those teachers and school leaders wanted to sponsor Lu Cheng, but were rejected by Lu Cheng.
Therefore, although Lu Cheng's mind was no longer on studying and going to school, he still planned to complete high school, as a way of putting an end to his youth in this life.
A few days later, when Lu Cheng got up early to exercise, he met Tang Zichen again in the park.
However, when seeing Lu Cheng again, Tang Zichen had a different feeling. The young man in front of him seemed to have matured a lot overnight, even seemed to have become more vicissitudes of life, with a kind of decadent air about him.
"What's wrong with you? Did something go wrong during your practice?"
"Nothing. I just read a book recently and was immersed in it unconsciously. It just caused some changes in my mentality."
What Lu Cheng said was true. The book he was reading was called "Life".
Hearing this, Tang Zichen stopped asking questions and said, "I have made considerable progress recently. Do you want to fight with me for a few more moves?"
"Of course, let's go to the riverside."
"no problem."
Afterwards, the two men came to the riverside and saluted each other with their fists clasped. Tang Zichen took the lead and clenched his palm into a hammer. He started with a Tai Chi move called "Sky-high Punch" and attacked Lu Cheng with the most powerful move...