"Mom, where is Maomao, why is Maomao gone???" Ah Qi shouted anxiously when she saw that Maomao was gone.

"Mao Mao! Mao Mao! Mao Mao ......"

The immature children's voice echoed in the mountains, but there was no response from Maomao.

Aki's eyes were red, and she asked her mother in a low voice, "Why is Maomao gone again, like last time......"

"Maybe Maomao has returned to the world that belongs to it," Aqi's mother comforted the somewhat depressed Aqi, "There are mountains and woods, Maomao is an animal, its home should belong to the natural world, you see, Maomao No. 2 is also here, they are all puppies, they can accompany each other, don't worry about Maomao......"

"Then can we still come here to see Maomao in the future?!!" Aki looked up and asked her mother.

Aqi's mother hesitated, and she didn't know how to answer at this time, in fact, she didn't know why Maomao appeared here?

However, at this time, a burst of light and shadow attracted Ah Qi's attention, making Ah Qi stunned in place.

Aqi's mother was also a little strange, and when she looked at Aqi's gaze, it was an orange-red sunset, which was suffocating......

In the green pine view, Qingzhu is pinching a long hair between his fingers.

There was a faint golden light in the hair that slowly dimmed, and when the breeze blew, the slender hair drifted away with the wind.

This is a hair that fell when Ah Qi was playing in the Taoist temple just now, and it was carefully picked up by Qingzhu and used as a medium for casting souls.

Everything has a spirit, and it is only because of fate that we will come together.

Looking at the long hair that was far away, Qingzhu said lightly, "All karma meets, stays, and meets, everything is like this, the dust is over, and the reincarnation of the past life, I hope you can meet again......"

At this time, Erbao also returned to the Taoist temple in a bouncing manner.

Erbao stuck out his tongue, and there was still some unfinished happiness on his face, obviously having a good time just now.

"Wang, I just saw a strange dog, it looks similar to Erbao, obviously Erbao can see it, but I can't smell him, it's strange?!!" Erbao asked Qingzhu curiously.

"It's normal to have no smell because it's very special, it's different from Erbao," Qingzhu patted Erbao's head, "How is it, did you have fun today?"

"I'm so happy, I'm so happy!" Erbao rolled on the ground happily, looking unsatisfied.

At this time, the black bear came out of the backyard, and the black bear slept and now became a hundred times more energetic.

"Erbao, let's go out and continue digging bamboo shoots!" beckoned the black bear.

"Wang ......" Erbao still shouted excitedly.

"Let's !!"

As dusk approached, a bear and a dog ran into the bamboo forest again and began their own adventure game.

Although bears and dogs are not the same creatures, there are many similarities, otherwise, why do people like to call bears bears?

"These two guys just like to make noise...... hen watched the black bear and Erbao leave gracefully.

"Hen, why don't you go and play with them?" Qingzhu, who was on the side, couldn't help but ask.

"Giggles, I'm tired of this meaningless activity......" said the hen proudly, holding her chest up.

"Obviously, the two of them don't take you to play anymore, and they think you're running slowly, do you feel a little lonely now?" Qingzhu smiled and complained

"Giggle...... Giggle...... Giggle......"

After a series of squacks, the hen flapped her wings and flew away.

……

The next weekend, Ah Qi and Ah Qi's mother came to Qingsong Temple again.

After entering the door, Ah Qi began to clamoring to find Erbao to play.

"Brother Dao Chang, where is Mao Mao No. 2?" asked Ah Qi with an innocent expression.

Qingzhu on the side, while cleaning up the dried bamboo shoots, smiled and said to Ah Qi, "Maomao No. 2 accompanied Maomao No. 1 to play......

"It turns out that Maomao really returned to the mountains, is it any wonder that she suddenly disappeared?"

"Maomao has returned to the place where it really belongs, and Aki should be happy for it!!" Qingzhu said comforting the little girl.

As soon as he heard this, Ah Qi's spirit regained and said, "Brother Dao Elder, you are right!"

"The little layman is really well......-behaved," Qingzhu sighed.

Aqi's mother next to her threw her gratitude to Qingzhu's side, and then said, "Daoist, we want to come to the Taoist Temple to worship today, is it okay?"

Since the last time Aqi's mother came down the mountain, she recalled the experience on the mountain, and she felt that the dead Mao Mao could reappear in front of their eyes, and it must be the gods in the Taoist temple who helped her.

Anyway, for peace of mind, or to thank the gods, it's always right to put on incense.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, of course you can, the incense is in the main hall, please take care of yourself. ”

Qingzhu smiled and continued to put the dried bamboo shoots into the sack.

Ah Qi's mother took Ah Qi's hand and entered the main hall, threw the incense money that had been prepared into the merit box, and then lit the incense stick.

Mother and daughter knelt on the same futon and prayed silently.

"I hope that my Aqi can live a happy life and grow ......up healthy," Aqi's mother said silently in her heart.

"I hope Mom and Dad still have Maomao, and they can be happy in ......the future," Aqi read out directly.

After kneeling quietly for a while, Aqi's mother stood up, took Aqi's little hand and said softly, "Let's go, Aqi, Maomao lives happily in the mountains, there are its kind of companions, it won't be lonely......"

"Well, Aqi knows......" The sensible little girl Aqi nodded.

……

The sun sets, the moon sets, and with the crow of the big rooster down the mountain, a new day begins.

That morning, Mumu and the ugly monkey sat on a branch of a big pine tree, not knowing what they were talking about.

Mu Mu suddenly lowered his head and saw the hen dozing under the tree.

Mu Mu rolled his eyes, probably looking for trouble again.

So, Mu Mu asked the hen under the tree and said, "Listen, that rooster crows every morning, why don't you crow?!!

The hen looked up and glared at Mu Mu fiercely, ignoring him at all.

The ugly monkey smirked and said, "Little brat, do you really want to know?!!

Mu Mu nodded and said, "Uh-huh, I've been curious for a long time?"

The ugly monkey pouted and said, "Because the hens under the mountain have come to the Taoist temple, the rooster will be very lonely, so I have to crow a few times every day to relieve my loneliness...... Yes...... Oops......"

Before the ugly monkey could finish speaking, he was knocked to the ground by the spoon thrown by Qingzhu, and his eyes were full of gold stars.

After breakfast, Qingzhu sat in the quiet room

Playing with your mobile phone, leisurely.

Black Bear, Erbao and Ugly Monkey suddenly ran in together.

"Boss, seeing that the Chinese New Year is approaching, isn't our Taoist temple going to do some activities?" everyone asked curiously.

These guys are so lively, it is estimated that they were picked up by the ugly monkey or Mu Mu again, so they ran in to find trouble.

Qingzhu smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "No more activities." ”

"Why?!!" the ugly monkey asked, puzzled.

"Last time during the Chinese New Year, there were many people who wanted to go up the mountain to grab the first pillar of incense, but as a result, there was no one at the bottom of the mountain, so there was a fire, which made the chickens fly and the dogs jumped, so this year I have told everyone early that don't come to the mountain to burn incense, pay attention to the most important !!."

"However, if you say that, the incense money of our Taoist temple will definitely be much less, why don't you have business acumen?" the ugly monkey muttered angrily.

"Monkey, you can make less trouble, don't worry about other things!!" Qingzhu glared at the ugly monkey.

"Then let's do something too, after all, it's the New Year, isn't it lively and lively? Let's also let everyone pay attention to the Daomen, brush up on the sense of existence, Qingzhu, aren't you saying that you want to carry forward the Daomen???!!!

Mu Mu suddenly came out of the ground and said a series of words, which were clearly thought out in advance.

"What ...... this?"

Qingzhu touched his nose and thought about it, what Mu Mu said also made sense.

After all, the New Year is coming up in a week, and the Taoist temple really needs to brush up on its presence, otherwise, the villagers will forget that there is a Taoist temple on the top of the mountain.

However, how do you brush up on your presence?!!

“…… Ding!" At this moment, the system in Qingzhu's brain spoke up, "Host, it's the end of the year, you have accumulated a lot of merit points this year, you can go to the system commissary to exchange for items, if you don't use it before the year, the merit points will be cleared, don't blame the system for not telling you!"

"I'll go, clear it at the end of the year, are you merit points, or membership points?!!" Qingzhu muttered in a low voice, and then he turned his head to the little animals and said, "Don't make any noise, I will consider your proposal, let's go, let's play, what should I do!!"

After blasting the animals away, Qingzhu sat on the bed and closed his eyes.

Subsequently, he opened the interface of the system commissary and found a long list of numbers at the top, which should be the merit value mentioned by the system, so at a glance, it is really a lot.

However, not all items can be exchanged for merit points, and there are not many items that can be exchanged.

Browsed casually, nothing interesting, the only one, Qingzhu took a few heavy looks.

The name of that thing is called the Hachijin Rice Cake Making Course.

According to the introduction, the item includes eight different grains and mixed bean paste filling, plus a tutorial on how to make rice cakes, making it an excellent ingredient for making rice cakes.

This item seems to be good, and the merit points it currently has are just enough to be exchanged.

In the past, when the old Taoist elder was alive, every year during the Chinese New Year, the master would make a big pot of rice cakes.

There is a large piece, the old Taoist is reluctant to eat, and it is left for Qingzhu to eat alone, and he can't eat it at all, and Qingzhu can eat it for several days.

When the rice cakes are finished, the New Year is over.

Therefore, when Qingzhu was a child, eating rice cakes during the New Year was the happiest and most hopeful thing for Qingzhu.