Chapter Ten: Wiping Away Cow's Tears Sees Past Life

  I don't know why Zhang Daoye blinded my eyes, the feeling of not being able to see is very painful. I cried loudly and said that I couldn't see anything. At this time, Zhang Daoye said: "How dare you, don't be afraid, don't worry, you don't have heavenly eyes, can't see those things. This is a temporary opening of your acupuncture point with cow tears to help you open your heavenly eyes, so that you can see those things that shouldn't be seen. Close your eyes, I'll start now."

  Master Zhang stroked my crown with his hand and recited: "The Heavenly Way is clear and pure, the Earthly Way is peaceful and tranquil, the Human Way is void and spiritual, the Three Talents are united as one, blending the universe, embracing yin and yang, water and fire harmonize, opening the heavenly eye, perceiving the divine light, urgent like a command."

  Mr. Zhang removed his hand from my head and then smiled and said: "You dare to open your eyes now."

  I quickly opened my eyes, and as soon as I did, everything in front of me was hazy and dreamlike, like a paradise. Then the things in front of me became clearer and clearer, and I saw that Zhang Daoye's head had a faint red glow emanating from it. At this moment, I remembered that old yellow cow - where had it gone? As soon as I thought of this, I quickly looked around, but there was no sign of the old yellow cow in front of me. Instead, I saw an old man standing not far away, his face full of wrinkles and tears in his eyes. The old man's clothes were tattered, with a nose ring on his nose, and two faint horns growing on his head.

  At that time, there was no TV, even if you sang a big show, you had to wait until the temple fair to have it. I was scared by the old man's appearance and quickly ran behind Zhang Daoye. Zhang Daoye smiled and said: "Don't be afraid, this is the old yellow cow from just now. Now I've opened your heavenly eye and temporarily cleared your spiritual orifice with medicine. You can see what people were in their past lives. People may not necessarily have been human in their past lives, and animals may not necessarily have been animals either. The six paths of reincarnation, good and evil are rewarded. Don't be afraid, the old cow head is still that old cow, you just see his spiritual body now."

  At this time, Old Cow Head said: "Dao Ye, you are right. Three feet above the head has a divine light. In my previous life, I owed someone a debt, and in this life, I have to pay it back. After I died that year, my soul escaped, and later I was pushed into a cow's belly by a man in black clothes. When I opened my eyes, I became a beast with round hair on its body. But I didn't want to be a cow, so the old yellow cow who gave birth to me said: 'Even if you die of starvation now, you will still be reborn as a beast. The debt owed to others will eventually be repaid. Let me be at peace and work as a cow, repay the debt, and then re-enter the cycle of reincarnation. Only in the next life can I enter a rich and noble family.'

  So I was at ease as my yellow cow, one day I suddenly saw the master holding an iron awl, I knew what that iron awl was used for, I had used such an iron awl before, at that time I was so scared to death, thinking of running away, but my yellow cow mother said, we are born with a stubborn temperament, need to have some restraint, otherwise will get more whips.

  After listening, I didn't run away from there anymore. I just stood there and waited for the iron ring to be pierced through my nostrils. My head was held tightly, a surge of great pain came, and I almost died in agony. The smell of charred flesh filled my nose. For several days afterwards, I was extremely painful. After my nose healed, a cow nose ring appeared on my nose, from then on I had restraint and could no longer be unrestrained.

  I started learning to plow the land, with a hard wooden frame on my shoulders, every step was heart-piercing pain. At that time, my yellow cow mother would secretly pull hard from the side. Slowly I grew into an old ox, strong and full of energy, no longer needing my yellow cow mother's help, I could plow by myself. But my yellow cow mother had grown old.

  One day, I saw the master invite a person who took out a knife over a foot long and sharpened it on a whetstone. I clearly knew that this was to slaughter one of us. From that knife, I smelled the breath of death from our own kind. This breath is imperceptible to humans, but we can smell it. Several strong men pulled my yellow cow mother to an open area, and I knew my yellow cow mother was about to die. At that time, my heart was like a knife being twisted, and I struggled desperately to break free from the cow rope, tearing my nose to shreds, which I didn't care about. Fortunately, the master's family hadn't tied the rope too tightly that day, so I managed to break free. After breaking free, I ran wildly to my yellow cow mother's side. At that time, my cow temper flared up. When I passed by, those people who were holding down my yellow cow mother were scared away, including the butcher who was sharpening his knife. He was so frightened that he wet his pants. In my heart, I thought, if anyone dares to kill my yellow cow mother, I'll fight them to the death, even if it means I die too.

  After I had run clean, I went to my mother's side. My mother stood quietly there, her eyes looking at me, and there was not a bit of fear in those eyes. After I passed by, she knelt down on all fours, tears streaming down her face. The yellow cow mother stretched out her tongue and licked away my tears, saying: "Child, why are you so impulsive? Look, your nose is all torn and broken, it hurts this mother's heart."

  I said to the ox mother: "Mother, run quickly, they want to kill you."

  The old cow said: "I'm old and won't run anymore, death is a relief for me. In my previous life, I was arrogant and bullied others because I was born in a wealthy family. This life as a cow is to atone for the sins of my past life. Now that I've finished atoning, I'm waiting to be reborn. You're so impulsive, you've missed the timing, who knows when it'll come again? Listen to me, child, go lie down by the feeding trough from now on, and I won't be able to take care of you anymore. Be a good cow."

  I knelt there crying and didn't want to leave, but my yellow cow mother kicked me to one side with her foot. I had no choice but to go to the other side of the feeding trough and lie down in tears. The master and those people saw me lying by the feeding trough, so they carefully walked over to my side and tied me up again. At this time, someone shouted loudly: "Look quickly, this cow is crying!"

  I really want to tell them my story, but the cow and humans are separated by an invisible wall, no one will understand my words. My yellow cow mother is lying on the ground over there, her face calm and fearless. Several people see my yellow cow mother lying on the ground, hurry up and tie her up together, a sharp knife inserted into her neck, my mother lets out a sad cry, falls to the ground, but after a while, my mother gets up from the ground again.

  "When my mother got up, there was something strange. There was another one on the ground. After a moment's thought, I realized that it was my mother's soul. My mother looked at me and then walked out of the door calmly. I cried my heart out in the cowshed."

  Old Huang Niu was speaking, when suddenly someone said: "How dare you? What is this child crying in front of my cow for? Ah, Lord Dao, you're here too? Is there something wrong with my yellow cow?"

  I heard the voice and quickly looked over, seeing that the person approaching was Old Man Liu. This Old Man Liu had also changed his appearance, with a vague pig shape visible behind him. It seemed that in his previous life, he was a reincarnation of a pig. At this moment, I discovered a problem: people who were reincarnated from animals looked unclear and vague, but animals that were reincarnations of humans could be clearly seen as human. Old Man Liu arrived in front of us and saw the old yellow cow crying, so he hastily said, "Oh dear, why is this old cow crying again?"

  I then hastily said to Old Man Liu: "Old Man Liu, your family's old yellow cow is actually..."

  At this time, Zhang Daoye pinched me and then slightly shook his head towards me. I knew that Zhang Daoye was telling me not to mention the old yellow cow's matter, so I quickly changed my words and said: "Liu Dajie, your family's yellow cow is as gentle as a human being."

  Old Liu said: "Yes, you guys don't say I really feel that this cow is human-like. When we're plowing the fields, it doesn't need to be whipped or yelled at, it just quietly does its job. And one time, when I asked someone to slaughter that old yellow cow, I found out that this cow was not quite normal. You guys won't believe how fierce it was, it scared people to death! But then suddenly it became gentle and ran to the feeding trough by itself. After we slaughtered that old yellow cow, this cow actually cried for several days."

  I looked at old yellow cow, then looked at Liu Dage, the two people are actually beasts, in fact, only one is from the previous life, and one is from the next life, who can say clearly about the cycle of heaven?