When Yan Ling distributed the fruit preserves again, the eldest girl was already holding a bowl of hot bubble pot and slowly walked over.

When the younger brothers and sisters saw it, they ran over one after another, raised the fruit compote in their hands and shouted:

"Sister: Give you oranges. ”

"Sister: Give you persimmons. ”

"Sister, sister...... Eat My Eat My Eat My ...... My apples are fragrant and sweet. ”

"Sister: And my cakes, too, are delicious. ”

The eldest girl turned slightly sideways, for fear that the younger siblings would knock over the sea bowl in her hand, bent her waist slightly, lowered her mouth and opened her mouth, and bit the fruit preserves delivered by the younger siblings one by one, but the dragonfly was just a little water, and then said: "It's really delicious, younger brothers and sisters, you get out of the way first, and let my sister give this bowl of soaking pot to the guests." ”

The younger siblings got out of the way and followed the eldest girl together.

The eldest girl put the sea bowl on the table of the Eight Immortals, pulled out the bench, placed it steadily, returned to the kitchen and brought the second bowl of pots, and finally took two pairs of wooden chopsticks and a plate of salted radish. The salted dried radish is clear and yellow, which makes people appetite.

The old man invited the two to sit down for dinner.

Under the hospitality, Lao Wu and Yan Ling each sat down, started to eat oil, salt and boiling water to soak the pot, and ate salted and dried radishes.

It's a very simple meal, but it tastes like it's a different flavor!

Yan Ling actually felt that this oil and salt boiling water soaked pot Babi in the Tufu mountain and sea delicacies had a lot of flavor, only to find out afterwards: it turned out that the food in Tufu was missing a human flavor, and this meal with human flavor was the best meal in the world!

The night is getting deeper, the mountains and rivers are silent, and the starlight in the sky seems to be connected to the sky, making the lights of the mountains and fields more and more small and cold.

After the eldest girl cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks, she washed her hands and feet for her younger siblings, and went to sleep together lively.

It is rare for a guest to come to the door, and the old man's spirit has become extraordinarily strong, without a trace of sleep. Since the host had no intention of going to bed early, Yan Ling and Lao Wu, who were guests, were also embarrassed to sleep, so the two sat by the fire with the old man, chatting while baking the fire.

After chatting for a while, I realized that this old man has a lot of children, and the land within a radius of 100 miles is already their family's territory, and the owner of this house is the third in line, because the radish and cabbage planted recently have been trampled by wild boars, so the couple went to guard the vegetable field at night, ready to kill the wild boar.

After chatting and chatting about children, Lao Wu said with concern: "Old man, you have so many children at home, or I'm afraid it's not easy to have children, right?"

"Good health, good health...... These children are all God-given, all healthy and strong, and they are very skinny. ”

"But with so many children, it's heartbreaking to eat three meals a day?"

"Nothing to do...... Children in the field, just eat some coarse tea and light rice, this child can not be pampered, and the pampered child cannot withstand the wind and waves. ”

"That's just as well. With so many children, it's really hard for the virtuous couple, if there are only one or two children, it should be easier to make a living, right?"

"It's not appropriate for the guest officer to say this, since ancient times, the more children and grandchildren here, the better. The old man immediately denied Lao Wu Dao, "Recently, my daughter-in-law of Ah Wu was pregnant with a second child, and the unfilial Ah Wu actually said no, and said to my old man with crooked reasoning: Is it better to eat a cake by one person, or is it better for two people to eat it? If one person eats, it is a whole cake; if two people eat it, the cake must be divided into two." ”

"Well, that makes sense. "Old Wu bowed his head.

"It seems reasonable, but it's nonsense. The old man said excitedly, "If you only give birth to one child, not to mention the development of the family business, maybe any time you encounter a natural disaster or man-made disaster, you will cut off the heirs, even if the family has ten thousand, all of them will be given to others; if you have more children, although the children are a little harder, there is always a way, this living person can still suffocate to urine, but the children will be different when they grow up, blooming everywhere, not only the family business will be inherited, but also more able to strengthen the family power, maybe there will be one or two glorious ancestors among the children and grandchildren." ”

"Hmm...... It also makes sense. Lao Wu still agreed.

Because of this, the old man taught Ah Wu a good lesson. The next generation of cubs, what can young people know, but they only want to be comfortable in front of them, and they don't know that they are old and desolate, and that wealth is just a dead treasure, and this person is a living treasure! Do you want more living treasures, or do you want more dead treasures? There is no dead treasure, you can earn it slowly; if this living treasure is gone, there will be nothing. ”

The old man talked highly, and his words made the contemptible mouth suddenly. ”

"This is not a lofty theory, this is a true truth since ancient times. The old man said confidently, "I have this feeling of the old man, when the old man took refuge here, only a single family, often bullied, after decades of hard work, a radius of 100 miles are my old man's children and grandchildren, now no one dares to bully my old man's family, bullying the old man's children and grandchildren here, where the children and grandchildren come to help; The family is like this, and the country is like this, if it weren't for the large population of our Han people, I would have given the northern Wuhu to extinction long ago. ”

"Yes, yes...... Yes, yes......" After all, Lao Wu stayed at someone's house, and it was inconvenient to refute the old man's meaning, so he had to nod frequently.

Seeing that Lao Wu was perfunctory, the old man said abruptly: "Although I am old, my temperament has not changed much. ”

"Where, where...... The old man's words were thought-provoking and despiseful. Lao Wu said seriously.

"The old man is also talking on a whim, and please don't be surprised by the two guest officers, seeing that it is not too early, please go with the old man to rest. The old man was exhausted, and saw that the two of them were tired, so he pressed the fire in the fire pit with a few stones, retrieved the oil lamp, and led the way out.

The old man and Lao Wu chatted, Yan Ling had been listening, three points understood and seven points were confused, so he didn't interject, but he decided that the old man was more reasonable.

At this time, the old man asked the two to rest in peace, and Yan Ling followed behind him with Lao Wu and carefully walked out of the Maoci Hall.

Early the next morning, the weather was still sunny and cold.

The two got up early, finished the dotting, and after eating some coarse tea and light rice, they said goodbye to the old man's family, and the basket was left with the fruit preserves for the children. The old man's family, men, women and children sent the two out of the tent door lively, and waved their hands to say goodbye, and the immature farewell sound resounded all over the world.

Yan Ling also waved frequently in the rear window, and slowly left with the bumpy carriage, but the warm picture of farewell had already been deeply imprinted in his mind.

The carriage turned to the official road and galloped all the way between the mountains and valleys, one moment fast, one moment slow, the horse's hooves clattered, and the sound was endless.

Yan Ling's eyes widened for a moment, and she watched the scenery on both sides of the road without blinking, her mood was both happy and excited, as if her little daughter-in-law who had not returned to her parents' house for a long time was eager to put on her wings and fly to Li Mountain immediately.

Sure enough, after a few long hisses, the carriage slowly stopped.

But I heard Lao Wu look back and shout: "Girl, Li Shan has arrived, please get off the girl." ”

"Really, Li Shan has arrived, so soon!" Yan Ling took the package in one hand and the red silk sword holster in the other, hurriedly got out of the canopy, and jumped out of the car.

A continuous verdant mountain lies in front of you, the peaks are scattered, the temple is faint, not far away from the white marble archway of three rooms and four pillars stands high, among which the banner is written in block letters "Li Mountain Holy Realm" four gilded characters, the momentum of the end is extraordinary, / Zhuang / Yan is special.

"Li Shan, I'm back! I'm back! I'm back......" Yan Ling couldn't hide her tears, and spread her arms as if she wanted to hug Li Shan, calling out affectionately and loudly, while jumping and spinning, just like a naughty child playing in her mother's arms.

"Girl: The contemptible person has sent the girl here, please go up the mountain by herself. ”

"Uncle Wu, you can also go up the mountain to play, there are many interesting places on this mountain. ”

"The contemptible person still has business to be busy, so he didn't go up the mountain, so he said goodbye to the girl here, and the girl took care all the way. Lao Wu shook his head in the carriage, waved his whip, and prepared to beat the horse for a turn.

"Uncle Wu go slowly, I haven't paid for your car yet. Yan Ling hurriedly asked to pay the fare.

"Hahahaha...... The girl doesn't need it, the car money has already been paid, and the contemptible person has taken her leave!" Old Wu laughed, shook his horsewhip, and drove away.

The wheels rolled, shaking the mountain road, and the carriage faded away, finally disappearing into the dust.

"Who paid for the car? Who paid for it? I paid it, or did Tu Gong pay for it? I don't care for the time being! Anyway, I've met good people along the way, so I'd better hurry up the mountain to meet Master." Yan Ling looked at the carriage leaving, muttered secretly, and suddenly came back to his senses, so he hurriedly stepped forward and went straight to the gate of the Holy Realm.

It was around the winter solstice, and the mountains and ravines had already shown a depressed scenery, only the pines and cypresses full of mountains were still glowing with life.

Yan Ling entered the Li Mountain Sacred Realm, and along the long stone steps, he galloped happily all the way up the mountain.

Originally, she thought that she would meet her senior sister on the way, but she went straight to the two mountain gates, and she didn't see them, Yan Ling couldn't help but feel a little restless in her heart, and she sped up her pace more and more, and ran until she ran to the inner mountain gate (it was the place where Manjushri Guangfa Tianzun came with her fifteen years ago), and then she caught a glimpse of a senior sister dressed in green cleaning the dead leaves in front of the doorway.

Yan Ling happily walked up to the green-clothed senior sister and asked, "Senior sister, Yan Ling has taken the lead. ”

Senior Sister Green looked up and saw that it was Yan Ling, she was not happy, and replied indifferently: "Senior Sister Yan Ling is back." ”

"Hmm. Yan Ling happily replied, "Senior sister: Do you know where Master is now?"

"Senior Sister is a disciple of the outer court, I don't know where the master is now, if Senior Sister Yan Ling wants to ask, you can go to the temple and ask Senior Sister of the Master of Ceremonies. "Senior Sister Green said, still sweep up the fallen leaves.