www.biquge.info It was July, and although the sun in the sky was covered by dark clouds, it was more sultry than the sun, and I knew that I was chirping in the trees by the river, as if I was complaining loudly "hot, hot, hot, hot,,,".

"You're hot, I'm hot, I'm going to die."

Hui Xiaoyou said while rubbing the dirty clothes in her hands on the stone slab by the river, talking to herself is a habit that Hui Xiaoyou has had since she was a child, because there are no friends around to talk to her and play with her, only the master accompanies her, but the master doesn't like to talk and doesn't play with her very much, only he talks to himself to the rhubarb who can't speak every day.

Hui Xiaoyou has no father or mother, no brothers and sisters, is an orphan, was picked up by the master Wang Surabaya back to the Taoist temple to raise her, although the master is not good at words, but she takes good care of her, Hui Xiaoyou's body has been very weak since childhood, a little cold will be sick, a few times also developed pneumonia, for this reason, the master will also view the treasure of the town, a jade bead hung on her neck, said that it is good for her, will protect her healthy growth.

Sweat dripped down Hui Xiaoyou's forehead into the river.The weather was so hot that she felt that the soles of her feet were sweaty, so Hui Xiaoyou simply took off her cloth shoes, pulled up her trouser legs, and stepped into the river, so comfortable that she sighed softly.

Suddenly, a fish swam past her feet, wiggling its tail very wantonly, and rubbing Hui Xiaoyou's ankle intentionally or unintentionally, and then quickly swam away, as if provocative.

"Hehe, there are fish, see if I don't catch you to replenish the master's body."

Hui Xiaoyou grew up in the mountains since she was a child, digging eggs from trees and fishing, which was trivial to her, only to see her pick up twenty wooden sticks about half a meter long from the woods next to her, and then all broke them into short wooden sticks about twenty centimeters long, upstream along the river bank, found a place with more grass, leaned against the river bank, inserted the wooden sticks into the silt one by one in a semicircle, and left a gap four fingers wide in the middle, and continued to insert it into an inverted triangle along the gap to the inside, but did not seal it, in order to let the fish swim in but could not swim out, Because Hui Xiaoyou is very lazy, she usually has to save two large basins of dirty clothes before she washes her clothes, so the master often says that she, but the sun is so hot in summer, and it is so cold in winter, and it takes two or three hours to wash, which can't blame her, if you want to blame it, blame why there is no washing machine in the temple.

Three hours later, Hui Xiaoyou's clothes were also washed, but the dark clouds in the sky were thicker, the sky was darkened, and the wind was getting stronger and stronger, it seemed that it was about to rain heavily.

"Why did you come back so late?

"Master, the people are so well-behaved, and they also caught two fish and came back to give your old man and rhubarb to eat."

"Wang, Wang." As if he understood, Rhubarb jumped up and hugged my thighs and arched his head.

"Hey, rhubarb, you doglegs, when did you learn to hug your thighs, look at you so well-behaved, wait for you to eat something"

"Don't be poor, go cook." The master sat in a rocking chair and said while fanning his fan.

"Oh, go cook right away, let's eat braised fish today~"

The life in the Taoist temple is more difficult than the life of ordinary people, although there is electricity, gas and running water, but there is no washing machine, no air conditioning, and even the vegetables that are usually eaten are planted in the back mountain with the master.

Hui Xiaoyou was busy in the kitchen for a while, brought out a plate of fried vegetables, and a small pot of braised fish, and deliberately removed the crab meat and mixed it into the rice and gave it to Rhubarb.

"Xiao You, do you still wear the jade bead that the master gave you?" The master asked her as he sandwiched a piece of meat from the fish's belly and put it into Hui Xiaoyou's bowl.

"Master, I didn't take it off when I took a shower."

"Well, that's good, don't take it off in the future, this jade bead is left by the last head of the previous reincarnation view before he died, and it is said to be the treasure of the town, which is not only very nourishing, but also very aura." As for how he has aura, Hui Xiaoyou doesn't know, and he has never asked the master.

"Speaking of which, I have been wearing this jade bead for 16 years, and I have not been sick since I was eight years old, and my skin is still white and tender.

"Nonsense, this jade has become accustomed to your temperament, you are its owner, you can't just give it to people, and don't let others know the existence of this jade bead, you know?

"Got it, master." Hui Xiaoyou held the jade bead tightly, and then put it in her clothes.

"After taking a nap, remember to practice, kung fu people, don't be lazy when I'm not at home, and when the sun sets, go to the back mountain to help water the vegetable field."

"Master, are you going out?"

"Well, Aunt Wang under the mountain has passed away, and there is a ritual."

"Oh, then master, you come back early."

The master left, Hui Xiaoyou washed the dishes, and went directly into the master's study, Hui Xiaoyou doesn't like to practice martial arts, Hui Xiaoyou likes to read, there are a lot of various books in the master's studyUsually the master will throw a few books about Chinese medicine to her, but he never teaches her about Taoism, saying that although she is his nominal apprentice, but she is not a person in the Tao, so there is no need to learn.

Slowly it got dark, the master hadn't come back yet, Hui Xiaoyou had just finished reading a book, and was rummaging through the bookshelf to see if there were any interesting books he hadn't read, and he didn't find it after looking for half a circle, and when he turned around and was about to leave, he saw a tattered book in the innermost corner with the foot of the bookshelf, and after a long time, he finally got it out, turned it over and looked at it, and it was written on itJust as she was about to open it to take a look, an anxious shouting from outside interrupted her movements.

"Master Wang, Master Wang.""

Hui Xiaoyou closed the book when she heard the voice, opened the door and walked out, only to see a child in the village under the mountain sweating and half-squatting, with his hands still on his knees, out of breath.

"Atsuko, the master is not at home, what are you looking for him?"

Atsuko cried when he heard that he was not at home, "Then what should I do, my mother fainted, woo woo~" Wang Surabaya is good at some medical skills, and whoever is sick and uncomfortable at the foot of the mountain on weekdays will look for him.

"Don't cry, Dunzi is good, the master is at the foot of the mountain, I guess I can't leave now, I'll go with you to have a look."

"But can you?"

"Well,,, it's better than nothing, if not, I'll go find the master."

"Okay".