Yu Shu ate early and went out with Yu Xiaoxiu, one went to a private school to take classes, and the other went to Jingshutang to go to labor reform.

"It's a nice day, and if the wind blows a little more in the afternoon, it's best to fly a kite." Yu Shu stood at the gate of the courtyard and looked up at the clear clouds above the mansion, and said happily.

Yu Xiaoxiu looked up at her for a while before lowering his head and twisting the strap on his shoulder, "I'm leaving." ”

"Come back early."

"Oh."

Yu Shu fed the carp hidden behind the tree, and then went to the west compound leisurely.

It was early, and there was only one Yike wandering around in the hall of Jingshutang, so Yu Shu took the initiative to go over and say hello and ask what she was going to do today.

"Wipe the floor." The man casually ordered, his eyes fixed on a few hexagrams and did not leave.

The wind blew last night, and a lot of dust was swept in from the skylight on the roof, and the floor that had been wiped the day before yesterday was only clean for two days.

Yu Shu looked around the hall and found the bucket in the corner, I don't know who put the bucket she used yesterday on the side of the bamboo bed, the old Taoist priest was lying on the bed, one leg stepped over the edge of the bed, snoring, sleeping soundly, and not covering a quilt.

Yu Shu was a little puzzled, she put the bucket behind the door after she used it up yesterday, why did she run there?

She walked over lightly, and without looking at the old way, she took the bucket and left, not wanting to be pulled from behind by someone as soon as she took a step on her legs.

"Aha-" yawned, the old Taoist priest sat up crookedly, holding a corner of Yu Shu with one hand, rubbing off his eyes with the other, and said with some displeasure:

"I was having a good dream and was woken up by you."

"I'm sorry, Dao Chief, you continue to sleep." Yu Shu quietly pulled the corner of his clothes out of his hand, took two steps back, turned around, and walked quickly.

She didn't hear the person behind her, she walked to the door and slowed down, and couldn't help but look back, the old man was sitting on the edge of the bed and stretching, and he didn't mean to stop her or follow her.

Yu Shu felt that he was too careful, maybe he didn't deliberately put this bucket next to the bed.

Walking to the well, Yu Shu put the bucket down, shook the rope for a while, felt that the water was full, and then held the roller and shook it up, the water hit a little too much, her entire upper body exerted strength, the water hit up, and she put down the heavy bucket, and she was a little panting.

"The root bones are too bad, too bad, alas."

Almost against the back of the criticism, Yu Shu stiffened his neck and turned his head, and could hear the "click" sound of his cervical vertebrae, facing a crumpled bark face.

Although he knew that the old man was ugly, but when he looked at it under the blue sky, the layers of withered skin on his face were more obvious, and the overly protruding eyes were even more terrifying.

Without waiting for Yu Shu to be frightened and retreated, Lao Dao himself retreated to the side first, but did not walk away, but looked at Yu Shu, shook his head, walked back and forth a few steps, looked at Yu Shu again, sighed, and shook his head again, as if there was something hesitating to make a decision, which made him worry.

Yu Shu originally wanted to stand with him politely for a while, but when he saw his disgusted appearance when he looked at him, he immediately dispelled this idea and left with a bucket.

"Stop, you come back."

Yu Shu pretended not to hear and go her own way, she didn't think that this old Taoist priest would have any good things to find her if he was so entangled, and she didn't want to ask for trouble.

However, after taking two steps, someone grabbed her collar from behind, and as soon as she shook her body, the water in the bucket spilled out, because her hands were carried in front, and half of them were spilled on the skirt, and in the blink of an eye, they seeped into the clothes, and her knees were cold.

Yu Shu almost got angry, but Lao Dao didn't notice it, pulled her collar, and rudely took her aside, the bucket in her hand didn't have time to put it down, so she staggered and spilled it out, and she didn't stop until her whole skirt was wet-

"What are you doing, let go, let go!"

Ignoring Yu Shu's struggle, he walked to a secluded corner behind the room, Lao Dao let go, threw Yu Shu aside, looked at her hurriedly slapping the water, blowing her beard, and said in a rough voice:

"Kneel down and kowtow to the old way."

Knock, knock your head!

Yu Shu twisted the water on her skirt, tidied up her clothes, and glared at him depressedly, her heart turned out to be a nervous disorder, no wonder her eyelids kept beating in the morning.

Seeing that she didn't move, Lao Dao impatiently changed his standing posture, "Hurry up, slow down, don't blame Lao Dao for changing his mind." ”

"Ha," Yu Shu smiled angrily, pulled the wrinkled skirt, and raised his eyebrows, "You better change your mind, change it quickly, change it immediately." ”

Lao Dao didn't like her very much, but when he saw her untamed appearance, he was even more unhappy, and his face was three points uglier than what he looked just now:

"The old way makes you kowtow, it naturally makes sense, if you don't kowtow now, don't regret it."

Regret? She has done a lot of regrets in her previous life, she has tasted all kinds of suffering and bitter fruits, and again, as long as she is not ignorant of her conscience, there is nothing in this world that can really make her regret!

Yu Shu straightened his clothes, snorted lightly, and stared at the old Taoist priest opposite.

When he came to his senses, the man was gone, and all that was left was a puddle of water on the ground.

"Hiss-" Lao Dao stretched out his hand to cover his chest, gasping, the feeling of panic just now was still there, God knows, at that glance, what he saw was not the whites of his eyes.

"The Sanqing Patriarch is above, what is that?"

***

Yu Shu wiped the floor of Jingshutang clean, and when he went back, he didn't see the strange old way again.

On the way back, she thought about the right talent, and she felt ridiculous when she got angry. According to her experience of watching TV and reading novels in the previous generation, the old Taoist priest was about a master of the world or something, and asked her to kowtow, probably to pass on her skills, but the old man was arrogant, and he looked down on her poor bones, no spirituality, and hesitated.

It's ridiculous, who begged him to fall in love with himself? Don't force it if you can't see it, and threaten her, this is the most annoying.

Probably guessed a **, Yu Shu doesn't feel a pity, she lives again, that is, to enjoy life and pursue life, by the way, teach the younger brother, train him to become an adult, and then find a well-controlled lover to start a family and have children, live happily in this life, live freely, those "good things" that fall from the sky are not suitable for her.

Back in the courtyard, Yu Shu changed his wet clothes, took out the clothes to set up and dried, and by the way, took back the two clothes he washed yesterday, folded them and put them in the cabinet, and then began to pack up the things he wanted to bring when he went out in the afternoon.

After wrapping a few pieces of pastry, I asked Aunt Liu to find her a bamboo tube to hold water later, and then took the money bag and a book with her, and stuffed them into her little flower bag.

She cleaned up almost, Yu Xiaoxiu also came back from school, and when she entered the door to see that she was loading things and preparing for the trip, he was a little happy on his face, but he was not very obvious, so he took off his schoolbag and put it on the table without pretending to care, and said:

"What's for lunch?"

"Aunt Liu hasn't come back yet, I don't know what to do, you go and ask?"

"Okay."

Yu Xiaoxiu went out and came back after a while, "Eat noodles." ”

Yu Shu took out the sketch of Yiyang City that Uncle Saturday drew yesterday, spread it on the table and called Yu Xiaoxiu to come over and take a look, the sisters and brothers knelt on the bench, and their heads came together to study:

"You see, Ji Zhai is here, this is Changmenpu Street, this is the private school, here is the river I said, this is the east, this is the south, this is the west, this is the north, you say, which side are we going to go to?"

"You don't even know the way?"

"Isn't this admitting, don't interrupt, say it quickly."

"Over here"

Aunt Liu walked to the door, originally wanting to ask the two of them if they ate soup noodles or noodles, but when she saw this scene, she pursed her lips and smiled, couldn't bear to disturb, and turned back to the kitchen.

***

"Aunt Liu, let's go, don't come back for dinner at night."

"Miss, young master, slow down on the road, stay away from the river, the road is dark at night, come back early."

"I know the way, Aunt Liu will see you again!"

Yu Shu and Yu Xiaoxiu went out with a small bag and a kite, and according to the map drawn, they went around the east of the city for half a circle before they found the riverbank, and the scenery was much more beautiful than Yu Shu imagined.

In particular, there is a plum forest on the opposite side of the riverbank, it is about to wither before the last bloom, red and white are intertwined, thick or light, the wind blows, rolls up the fallen flowers on the ground, overflows the intoxicating aroma, look at it for a long time, under a certain tree in the forest, there is a blurred white shadow, like a fairy born from this plum forest, which makes people's hearts pound.

Yu Shu blinked, the white shadow disappeared, laughed at himself dizzy, stood by the river and looked at the other side, he liked the scenery very much, he couldn't wait to pass the water, Yu Xiaoxiu called her twice, and then reluctantly withdrew his gaze.

"Here, I won't get it." Yu Xiaoxiu depressedly handed the kite connection to Yu Shu.

Yu Shu wrapped the string in two by two, handed the kite to Yu Xiaoxiu, stretched the kite line backwards, and saw that the distance was about the same, before Yu Xiaoxiu said loudly:

"You run with me, and when I say let go, you let go."

"Hmm!"

"Lift a little higher and run!"

Yu Xiaoxiu obediently raised the kite high, heard her shout and ran, and followed in a panic.

"Let go!"

As soon as the hand was released, the gray eagle rode the wind, and it was about to fly, but without waiting for Yu Xiaoxiu to scream, his head tilted, and he planted it.

"Ahh Yu Shu screamed, the sister and brother ran over together, picked up the kite, and saw that it was not broken, before they breathed a sigh of relief, continued to pull and fly, tried several times in succession, but failed to put it up, just under Yu Xiaoxiu's suspicious gaze, when Yu Shu's face was about to hang up, the wind blew on the river bank again-

"Hurry up, run fast!"

"Let go!"

"Ahh

"Fly! Fly! Minor repairs, come here! ”

"It's coming!"

A gray eagle soared up, flying proudly in the sky, and under a plum tree on the other side of the river, someone looked up quietly for a while before he picked up the long sword in his hand, turned around and walked slowly into the forest.