The Stone Mill of the Old Mill: Hiding the Prayers of Three Generations
by Second Senior Brother From The Taoist Realm
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In Buckwheat Town at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the century-old mill under the old locust tree at the end of the town hid unknown secrets. Chen Shouyi, the third generation descendant of the Chen family, followed his grandfather's instructions before his death to guard the mill and the stone mill carved from bluestone, but he often encountered strange things - the stone mill rotated in the middle of the night, grinding out shredded pieces of paper for prayers with the fragrance of ink. There were even rumors that it could grant wishes but charge an equivalent price. After Fa Xiao Zhao Erzhu returned to his hometown, he coveted Shi Nian's "efficacious" power and wanted to make money from it. He repeatedly disrupted the situation and even colluded with outsiders to explode Shi Nian's secret grid. In the process of guarding Shi Nian, Chen Shouyi gradually revealed the secrets of his ancestors from Granny Li: his ancestors exchanged lifespan for the townspeople's harvest, his great-grandfather exchanged his eyesight for rain during drought, and his grandfather exchanged freedom for the safety of the mill. The efficaciousness of Shi Nian all stems from the sacrifices of three generations of the Chen family. In the face of a flash flood that had never happened in a century, Chen Shouyi abandoned his ancestors' model of "sacrifice for peace" and used courage and responsibility to rally the villagers to protect their homes. At the critical moment, Shi Nian's secret secret opened, and the ancestral contract and the dust-laden love letter from Granny Li appeared. Shi Nian emitted golden light to block the flood, and fulfilled the unfinished wishes of all generations. The story uses stone grinding as a guide, connecting the protection and inheritance of three generations, telling the true meaning of "the true efficaciousness is kindness, perseverance and interpersonal support", allowing the warmth and responsibility in folklore to be passed down from generation to generation over the years.
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