CHAPTER VIII HOME 2
The menu for dinner at home is always simple, a plate of salted meat, a bowl of tofu and vegetable soup, and a pickle that occupies the table all year round. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info but today seems to be a little different, in addition to these, there is also a large bowl of steaming meat on the table.
"Grandmother, what is this meat?" Tie Xuan asked puzzled.
"Your uncle sent it, saying that you are recuperating recently and need to make up for it, so I didn't refuse. Grandmother explained with a smile, but that smile seemed a little reluctant to Tie Xuan.
"Oh, that's right. ”
Tie Xuan knew that his grandmother was actually a person with very strong self-esteem, even if her family background was not good, she was never willing to accept things from others for no reason when she interacted with people on weekdays. But this time, for her own sake, she still accepted it with pride. Thinking of this, Tie Xuan secretly made up his mind that he must advance to the Quenching Realm, only in this way can he change his fate, change his grandmother's fate, and bring hope to this family.
An old man and a young man sat opposite each other, Tie Xuan ate quietly, and the old woman's mouth has not stopped since the meal, and the trivial and trivial things of the east and west families have been told one by one.
"Osmanthus has found a few family affairs for Xiao San in the past two days, but they are all girls from Crouching Tiger Village, you know, how can people from Crouching Tiger Village marry into our Tiejia Village, so, ah, I don't think this can be done. Grandmother said nonchalantly, a hint of contempt at the corners of her mouth, apparently unrelenting for something in her words.
Crouching Tiger Village, as soon as he heard his grandmother mention this name, Tie Xuan's thoughts about eating couldn't help but pause, and the hand holding the chopsticks trembled unconsciously, but then he still casually took a piece of meat and put it in the bowl.
The vast mountain has always been a huge treasure place for the people of Tiejia Village, just because it is full of fierce beasts and rampant monsters, so the danger is very high, which also makes the people in the village can only barely live even if they are backed by Baoshan.
But this situation changed a little more twenty-seven years ago, and since then, the danger in the vast mountains is no longer just the beasts, but also the people, the people of Crouching Tiger Village.
More than 30 years ago, a team of dozens of people came to settle in a place hundreds of miles away from Tiejia Village, and as their number gradually increased, a village was eventually formed there - Crouching Tiger Village.
Since then, the people of the Tiejia Village hunting team have often encountered them in the vast mountains when they go up the mountain to hunt, but the mountain is so big, there are many resources, and the two sides have never had any conflicts, and they have always been safe and sound.
It's just that this peaceful day was quickly broken, and after several years of peace, the group of people in Crouching Tiger Village suddenly launched an attack on Tiejia Village under the pretext that the people of the Tiejia Village hunting team had injured them in the mountains.
They wanted to occupy the land of Tiejia Village to expand the scope of survival, and then occupy the resources of the entire mountain, in this regard, the people of Tiejia Village naturally refused to hand over the land of their survival in vain, so the two sides fought a life-and-death battle in the mountain.
In this battle, the two sides came out strong, although the number of opponents was small, but there were many good players, while Tiejia Village relied on the villagers who were many people and guarded the village to dare to fight, and the result was that both sides were defeated, and the good hands were lost, but no one could help anyone.
In the days that followed, both sides returned to their former peaceful lives, until nineteen years ago, when the people of Crouching Tiger seemed to have amassed enough strength to start another great war.
Unfortunately, this time they kicked the iron plate and met Tie Xuan's father, who was recognized as the strongest person in Tiejia Village at that time, and a proud figure.
In this battle, they ended in a crushing defeat, and finally spent a lot of money to invite a big man from Qianshan Town as an intermediary to make the Tiejia Village side stop fighting.
It's just that although the war is over, the hatred between the two families has become more and more profound with the two wars, and in recent years, the small actions of Crouching Tiger Village have been continuous, and the two sides often have to compete with each other if they meet in the mountains.
Tie Xuan knew these things from a very young age, because his grandfather died in the first great battle with Crouching Tiger Village, so his grandmother has always had a grudge against the people of Crouching Tiger Village, and he is undoubtedly the inheritor of this hatred.
"By the way, during this time, Huazi's kid always looks at our door when he has something to do, I know that he wants to play with you, but ignore him, save you from taking you badly, you are not the time to play blindly. ”
Grandmother didn't notice the change in Tie Xuan's expression, she seemed to have forgotten about Tie Xuan's injury, and also forgot that Tie Xuan hadn't returned home for half a month, she said to herself, as usual.
As for Tie Xuan in the past, he would definitely listen quietly to his grandmother after talking about these old tunes, then clean up the dishes and chopsticks, come out to cool off after taking a bath, and finally fall asleep under the story that his grandmother told countless times.
But today is a little different, Tie Xuan's brows have been frowning slightly, he is looking for a gap between his grandmother's words, and wants to tell her about his upcoming promotion, after all, the person he wants to share with this kind of good thing the most is his grandmother.
It's just that I don't know if I haven't interrupted my grandmother's nagging before, and now I suddenly want to interject a sentence, but I find that I can't interject at all, and I can't make him depressed.
"What's the matter, Xuan'er, is there anything bothering you, your brows have been furrowed?" the old woman stopped talking at some point, and suddenly asked, her eyes shining with wisdom.
"Well, no, just one thing I want to tell my grandmother. Tie Xuan, who was uncertain, was suddenly 'attacked', and his expression was a little embarrassed, so he had to laugh and laugh.
"Oh, what do you want to tell me?" asked Grandmother with a smile, the corners of her mouth curvature, her eyes full of kindness.
"That's right, haven't I been treating my injuries with Master Mo these days, and today he experimented with a newly developed medicinal bath for me, and I feel that it is very effective. Master Mo said, if I persist for seven days, I may be able to break through the triple body of forging at that time. Tie Xuan tried his best to narrate to his grandmother in a calm and soft tone, but he didn't know if the blood was boiling again, and the speed of his speech became faster and faster, and his tone became higher and higher, until in the end, the words almost seemed to be roaring out.
"Oh, Master Mo is working on a new treatment again, this old guy is always uncomfortable, always treating patients as 。。。。。 What, you said you were going to be promoted?" Grandmother said casually, her face suddenly changed, her eyes widened, she looked at Tie Xuan with a shocked expression, and asked in disbelief.
"Yes, grandmother, I'm about to be promoted. Tie Xuan said lightly, he had already adapted to it, and this time his blood finally calmed down, and his face was serene.
"Did that old man really come up with this kind of medicinal bath that can advance to the ranks?" Grandmother still had an expression of disbelief, muttering to herself, and even the chopsticks in her hand were unconsciously put aside.
Tie Xuan looked at his grandmother with a suspicious look, and he didn't know what to say, he could only say that Master Mo's unreliable image was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and even people like his grandmother, who rarely went out, heard of his 'notoriety'.
"Master Mo said that this medicinal bath should be kept secret and not let outsiders know. Tie Xuan said solemnly.
"Of course, of course, hahaha。。。。。 I know, I know, the sky will not die my Tie clan, the sky will not die my Tie clan. Suddenly, the grandmother smiled heartily, and then, as if she remembered something again, she immediately got up and went to the back room. As he walked, he still muttered, "Hurry up and give the ancestors incense, all this is the result of the ancestors' manifestations." ”
Looking at his grandmother's gaffe, Tie Xuan couldn't help but laugh silently, when did his grandmother in his impression be so cute today. It's just that he also understands how much he paid for promotion, although his grandmother didn't say it, she must remember it in her heart. It's just that with the phrase 'the sky will not die my Tie clan', my grandmother seems to have made a bit of a fuss.
"Stinky boy, I haven't come to burn incense to my ancestors. Before Tie Xuan could think about something, a grandmother's urging came from the back room, and it was obvious that her incense had been prepared.
"Hey, here we go. For his grandmother's call, Tie Xuan didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly rushed over.
As soon as he entered the inner room, Tie Xuan saw a huge pear blossom tree neatly placed with several storey tablets, and at a glance, there were at least dozens of them. As for the three tablets closest to him, Tie Xuan knew that the three people on them were his grandfather, father and mother. It's just that his grandmother never told him much about them, so he has almost zero impression of these three people in his mind, and he doesn't feel any sadness in his heart.
In fact, Tie Xuan has always only respected and disbelieved in ghosts and gods, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with kowtowing to his ancestors.
First he burned incense and prayed, and then knelt down three times and bowed nine times, Tie Xuan did it according to the most standardized etiquette, and at this point, he did not dare to have the slightest neglect. After all, in the face of ancestors, whether they believe it or not, people still have to have some awe.
After everything was done, grandmother sent Tie Xuan out to continue dinner, and she had to stay with her ancestors to chatter. Tie Xuan knew that this was his grandmother's habit, when he was old, he always had a lot of words in his heart that he wanted to say, and he seemed to know that he was not the best listener.
Lifting the curtain, Tie Xuan glanced back at his grandmother who was communicating with his ancestors, although her eyes were still attentive, her back seemed to be bent a lot, and her white hair became more sparse.
She seems to be old, but when did this begin?
After dinner, my grandmother was in good spirits, and told Tie Xuan a few familiar old stories, but Tie Xuan still listened to them with relish, until my grandmother was tired, and the two went back to the house to rest.
However, Tie Xuan couldn't fall asleep tossing and turning on the bed, his head kept buzzing, and the package in his arms didn't have time to look at it, so while his grandmother was snoring, he tiptoed into the yard.
As soon as he got out of the house, a cool breeze suddenly hit, fortunately, Tie Xuan has practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his body bones are not bad, although he is only wearing a nechim, but he has strong qi and blood, and he does not feel cold.
At night, the moon is like a silver plate, hanging high in the sky, and under the starlight, the whole night looks particularly charming.
Just by moonlight, Tie Xuan planned to take a look at the things that Mulan handed to him, and to be honest, he was really curious about what she had sent.
When I opened the package, it was a small wooden box with rough workmanship, and when I opened the wooden box, it turned out to be a white gourd-shaped bottle inside.
"Hey, what the hell is it contained, it's so densely wrapped. Seeing this scene, Tie Xuan couldn't help but feel a little surprised in his heart, and faintly felt that the things sent by the other party might be worth a lot of money.
Fortunately, in the next moment, he saw that there was a small red note on the white bottle, and in the moonlight, Tie Xuan saw three words-Forging Bone Pill.
"Forging Bone Pill, this is actually Forging Bone Pill, is it really fake?" Looking at the ordinary small white bottle in his hand, Tie Xuan's gaze never moved away for a moment, and his hands were a little trembling and muttered to himself.
However, he still didn't believe it, so he pulled out the cork, sniffed at the mouth of the bottle, and suddenly a strange fragrance came to his nose, and he immediately felt a shock to his whole body, and the fatigue of the day was swept away.
"Sure enough, this should be a pint of pill forging bone pill, the pill has a strange fragrance, this will not be wrong. Tie Xuan muttered to himself, and the whole person fell into confusion again, only to feel that his thinking suddenly couldn't keep up with the rhythm.
After a long time, when Tie Xuan's eyebrows seemed to be stained with a thin layer of hoarfrost, he slowly eased up and accepted the fact in front of him.
"Why did she give me such a valuable thing, could it be... Looking up at the full moon hanging high in the sky, the corners of Tie Xuan's mouth showed a trace of arc, and countless thoughts flashed through the mind of the little figure under the moonlight.
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