Chapter 179: Xanadu
The sky has been darkened, and the quiet mountain forest is dyed red by the setting sun, and the clouds are steaming, which is a rare beauty. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Dao Gu has a very old face, but her temperament is very dusty.
Holding a dusty sword in her hand, she carried a green sheath long sword on her back, and the white spike of the sword fluttered slightly on her shoulder.
Liu Xi returned the salute: "It's just to find Master Wuchen, is Master Wuchen here, and how does the Taoist know our intention?"
The old Taoist aunt smiled slightly and said, "Uncle Wuchen is in the middle of the view, and said to me in the afternoon that there will be distinguished guests coming today, let me greet you at the entrance of the cave." ”
"Unknown prophet?" Ding Min was so tired that he lay on the ancient tablet that had been exposed to feng shui for an unknown number of years, and said in surprise: "Is it possible that the dustless master will still be clever?"
The old Taoist aunt smiled slightly and corrected: "The believer doesn't know something, Shitai is generally the name of a nun in the world, and we are Taoists. ”
Ding Min was stunned, and glanced at Liu Xi awkwardly, but saw Liu Xi looking at her with disdain from the corner of her eye, and suddenly became angry.
Damn, what do you mean by that? Despise my sister and I'm ignorant?
Who said that he was going to come to Heming Mountain to find a cat and a teacher?
Fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter, are you embarrassed?
Ding Min grinded his teeth, glared at her, turned his head to the old Taoist aunt and said apologetically, "I'm sorry, Dao Chief, I didn't mean to." ”
The old Dao Gu had a good temper, shook her head and smiled when she heard this: "Don't get in the way, those who don't know are not guilty." Uncle Wuchen is not a clever plan, but someone notified Uncle Wuchen today, so he knows that there will be distinguished guests. ”
A trace of regret flashed in Ding Min's eyes, and he thought that he had met the legendary master, but it turned out to be empty joy.
"I don't know what to call it?"
"Poor and clear. ”
Xuanqing Dao said with a long bow, slightly let go of his figure, and stretched out his hand to invite: "The two of you came from afar, climbing the mountain road all the way, it must be a little tiring. Please go in with the poor road, drink some vegetarian tea, and eat some coarse tea and light rice to rest?"
"Thank you, Chief, sorry for bothering Chief. ”
Liu Xi and Ding Min walked into the cave with Xuanqing Dao, and the cave was not wet or narrow. The walls and floors of the cave are dry and tidy, and it is clear that someone cleans them up every day.
The cave is twisted and dimly lit.
Xuanqing took the torch placed next to him, lit it, and then walked in front to lead the way, telling the two of them to be careful all the way.
After walking for about ten minutes, Liu Xi's eyes suddenly brightened, and he saw green mountains and green waters, and rows of neat mountains appeared in front of him like a chessboard.
There are all kinds of vegetables, vegetables and fruits planted in the mountains, and several elderly Taoist aunts wearing sackcloth and Taoist robes are busy in the fields, or diving to water vegetables, or weeding and ploughing the ground.
Not far from the mountains are rows of neat mud-walled tiled houses, with a little smoke rising from the chimneys on the roof, and the sound of chickens and dogs barking comes into the ears, which makes people's souls feel a kind of escape from the world.
Ding Min opened her eyes wide and looked at everything in front of her, and took a deep breath, the fresh air, the leisurely farmhouse atmosphere, and the artistic conception of the small bridge and flowing water suddenly made her whole person relaxed.
"There is a cave in this cave, like a paradise, and I have the idea of settling down here. ”
Ding Min sighed, plucked a lilac wildflower from the side of the road, put it on the tip of his nose and sniffed.
Liu Xi glanced at her and said lightly: "Don't you have the ambition to conquer the world?
Ding Min put down the wild flowers angrily: "I am not allowed to dream and dream?"
She also understands that modern people who are accustomed to living a modern life and have enjoyed all kinds of convenient modern facilities cannot re-adapt to the farm life of sunrise and sunset.
Ding Min just misses this kind of farm life very much, she originally grew up in the countryside, lived with her grandmother from childhood to adulthood, and did all kinds of farm work.
Rural life is not new to her, she just misses it.
Daoist Xuanqing sighed lightly: "The world is changing too fast, and children are no longer willing to live in isolation and self-sufficiency like us. Now in the entire Xiaochun Yang Temple, there are only 20 or so of us old immortals left, and there is not a single young person. ”
Liu Xi also discovered this, whether it was working in the fields or coming out of the house, they were all very old Taoist aunts, and the younger ones were at least fifty years old, and there was really no young person.
Not only young people, but also the entire Xiaochun Yang Concept does not even have a child.
This phenomenon ...... Not so good.
From the big country to the small family, they are all made up of individual members.
The age level of the members determines whether the country or family can be passed on.
The three generations of the old, the middle and the young, plus the children, are a healthy and complete inheritance relationship. Missing any link will affect whether the organization can continue to pass on.
What's more, without the most important three generations, middle, young, and young, this organization can basically be declared extinct.
It may be another twenty-three years, with the death of these old Taoist sisters, there will be no more people here, and the Little Pure Yang Concept will no longer exist.
"Dao Chief, are there no young people here?"
Ding Min also noticed this and asked.
"There used to be young people, but they ...... Hey!"
Daoist Xuanqing sighed lightly, everything was silent.
The three of them walked through the boxy fields like a chessboard to the row of stone houses.
Daoist Xuanqing pushed open the wooden door of the stone house with the plaque of "Wugu Dojo" written on it, and walked in with the two of them across the threshold.
As the name suggests, Wugu Dojo means dining room.
Inside are neatly arranged rows of long tables and benches, unpainted, all the color of the wood itself.
But it can be seen that the tables and stools are clean and clean.
After the Xuanqing Daoist beckoned the two to sit down, two old Taoist aunts in Mai came over with trays and took out a plate of stewed tofu, a plate of small green vegetables, a plate of fried shredded radish, and a plate of fried pea pods from the tray.
Then, three bowls of white rice were brought out and placed in front of the three of them.
"The monks only have some coarse tea and light rice, and I hope that the two believers will not dislike it, please use it. Daoist Xuanqing greeted.
Liu Xi and Ding Min were also really hungry, and after thanking them, they picked up the bowl and started eating.
The four dishes are all vegetarian dishes, lacking oil and less salt, but they are fresh and pollution-free, and the bite is full of the fragrance of the vegetables themselves, which is tender and delicious.
For modern people who are accustomed to eating greenhouse vegetables and all kinds of frozen meat, such light and delicious vegetables are very appetizing to Ding Min.
The three of them ate all four dishes with rice, and the white rice in the coarse porcelain bowl was also eaten cleanly.
Ding Min patted his belly and said with emotion: "I never thought that one day I would eat a large bowl of white rice, and I think vegetarian dishes are the most delicious in the world." ”
Xuanqing Daoist smiled: "You're hungry, you won't think so if you eat too much." ”
She stood up and said to the two of them, "Please come with me, and I will arrange a place for you to stay first." ”