Chapter 57: Ever-Burning Lamp
As soon as this thought came to Lin Mianmian's mind, she smiled helplessly the next second.
If this bracelet was not real, how could the pawnshop accept it and keep it until today?
As she was thinking, she heard the clerk of the pawnshop sigh again.
"I still remember that young man brought this bracelet to pawn, saying that he wanted to exchange the money to buy a tombstone for himself in the nearby Qingshan Cemetery."
She was stunned for a moment and said in disbelief, "Isn't he a young man? Why would he buy a tombstone for himself?"
"I don't know about that, but I see that he is dressed very shabby, I guess he encountered some difficulties." The clerk sighed, "It's strange for a young man like him to buy a tombstone, so I can remember it until today, right?"
Lin Mianmian was thoughtful, could it be that she couldn't find the man all these years because he had...
She shook her head and gave the money to the clerk to find the transaction record of the man who brought the bracelet to the pawnshop that year.
The register says that the trader is "Mr. Su" and the transaction was made two years ago.
Su?
This coincidence in the surname completely confused Lin Mianmian.
She was very entangled in her heart, and finally went to Qingshan Cemetery. After asking the cemetery manager, she learned that a man named Su really bought a cemetery here two years ago.
"I know the man you are talking about." The cemetery manager looked strange and pointed in the direction of a cemetery, "The cemetery No. 56 there is where he was buried."
"Buried? He is dead?" Lin Mianmian was completely stunned, and a trace of panic and coldness filled her heart.
The person she had worked so hard to find for so many years was actually dead?
"Yes, a few months ago, his sister brought his ashes and buried him there without saying anything, but it was really strange that there was nothing written on the tombstone."
Standing in front of the man's tombstone, she felt mixed emotions.
What exactly is this person's identity? She still can't find out until now.
What kind of person would have no words written on his tombstone, and no portrait?
Did he die of illness, or commit suicide? Or was he murdered by his enemies?
Lin Mianmian's slender fingers touched the tombstone, and the cold touch spread from her fingertips to her heart, and a painful feeling of powerlessness filled her whole body.
If it weren't for the extremely desperate situation, which young person would think of buying a tombstone for himself while he was still alive?
If she had found her benefactor earlier, maybe he wouldn't have died.
If...
Unfortunately, there are not so many ifs in the world...
She knelt in front of the man's tombstone and cried bitterly. After a long time, she kowtowed to the man three times.
"Benefactor, if I have a chance in the next life, I will definitely repay you for saving my life." She promised solemnly, but this sentence suddenly reminded her.
Next life?
The words that Su Ming said appeared in her mind again.
Su Ming said what the benefactor said to her, and he also knew where the bracelet was. Moreover, if Su Ming was just a little kid, how could he have such clear ideas?
Could it be that... Su Ming was the reincarnation of her benefactor?
Thinking of the Qingchan Temple near Qingshan Cemetery, where there was a very powerful master, she got up and hurriedly left the cemetery to meet the master.
"Master, is there really someone in this world who can reincarnate and still carry the memory of the previous life?" She asked devoutly.
Hearing her words, the master who had been closing his eyes and concentrating slowly opened his eyes, looked up in the direction of Qingshan Cemetery, turned his head for a long time, and sighed leisurely, "That's probably because the person still had a strong obsession when he was alive."
Lin Mianmian was stunned, and instantly became more curious about her benefactor.
"Master, I want to ask, if a person reincarnates with memories, will he look very similar to the person in the previous life?" Thinking of Su Ming's eyebrows and eyes that were 70% similar to those of her benefactor, she asked again.
The master just sighed again and said helplessly, "The dead cannot be resurrected. Even if they are reincarnated, they are not the same person. Benefactor, you have to think about some things."
"No, no, no, master, you misunderstood. I have no relatives who have passed away. I just met a person. I think he looks very much like my deceased benefactor, but he said exactly the same words as my benefactor, so I guessed whether he would be the reincarnation of my benefactor."
Hearing her say this, the master just smiled slightly, "If the memorial day and birthday of the two people you said are on the same day, it is not impossible."
Lin Mianmian suddenly turned from sadness to joy. Just now, when she went to sweep the grave of her benefactor, she specially gave benefits to the cemetery manager and asked the manager when the benefactor was buried.
It happened that the benefactor was buried only a few days earlier than the day Ming was born. It is very likely that the benefactor died on the day Su Ming was born.
Although the master told her that even if it was the same person reincarnated, the person in this life and the person in the previous life were two completely different and unrelated people.
But Lin Mianmian felt that Su Ming was her benefactor, after all, she did not tell the master that Su Ming still remembered the things in his previous life.
She could hear Su Ming's inner thoughts, which must be the will of God.
It was God's hint to her that she should repay Su Ming in this life.
But she did not expect that the lifesaver she had been looking for would become her godson in this life. It was really fate.
If Su Ming could not speak now, she would not know how to face him.
She happily wanted to donate money to the temple, but the master kindly said that she only needed to donate a lamp to the temple.
"Since your benefactor has passed away, why not donate an ever-burning lamp to him to light his way to the afterlife."
When the master handed the eternal lantern to her, she noticed that the Qingchan Temple seemed to be full of everlasting lanterns. However, the everlasting lanterns were lit for the deceased. It was said to pray for the deceased, but in fact it was just a kind of lantern. Relief for the living.
She couldn't help but asked the master curiously, "Are many people coming to the temple to light everlasting lanterns recently?"
The master seemed to understand what she was thinking, and smiled slightly and said, "No, these are all prepared by a female donor for her deceased brother."
"Are these all?" Lin Mianmian was a little surprised. There were already many ever-burning lanterns in the temple. She just walked up from the bottom of the mountain and saw an unknown number of ever-burning lanterns along the way. Could it be that these lamps are all the female donors the master said? Donated?
"Well, these lanterns were not only lit by the female donor, but also made by herself." The master looked at the ever-burning lanterns in the temple and said in a leisurely tone, "She came to our temple a few months ago and has been working for her. My brother lights a lamp and prays for blessings. I think the relationship between them must be very deep. "
Lin Mianmian couldn't help but be moved when she heard it, and she couldn't help but want to meet this woman.