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"Young man, don't worry about the old woman, I'm really fine." The old woman smiled and said, "If you have something to do, go first, I finally climbed this Emei Mountain, how can I just go?" Besides, I still have a big thing to do, old woman! ”

"Big deal? What's the big deal? Li Bai was not at ease, and said: "Old woman, tell me about it, if you need me to help you, you will definitely be able to do it." ”

"You young man is so funny, but I don't need your help in this big matter, old man, and you can't help me." The old woman kindly said, "You are in such a hurry just now, there must be something important to do, right?" So young man, you'd better hurry up, don't delay. ”

Li Bai suddenly lowered his head, his expression was sad and gloomy, and he said, "It's too late!" ”

"Too late?" The old woman asked, "What is too late?" When I look at your appearance, you must have encountered emotional difficulties between men and women, right? ”

"Yes old woman, I ......" Li Bai hesitated for a moment and said: "I did a big mistake and broke my lady's heart, so she left without quitting." ”

"What a big mistake? Old woman, I guess. The old woman thought for a moment, and said, "If you can hurt your own lady without quitting, I guess, young man, you must have had something indescribable with other women, so that your lady could see it, right?" ”

"Anthracene?" Li Bai was stunned, full of surprise, but he didn't expect the old woman in front of him to guess correctly. But Li Bai couldn't think much about it, and soon, this surprise turned into sadness and gloom again, and said: "Old woman, you guessed right, I did some shameless things with other women, but ...... But there's a reason for that. ”

"Young man, I'll listen to the old woman." Old woman: "Maybe, old woman, I can still help you!" ”

"Alas!" Li Bai sighed, took a few sips of the black cracked gourd on his waist, and then just like this, like this, he made all kinds of misunderstandings between himself and Liu Shuang clear. After that, Li Bai felt a sense of relief, and felt much happier after revealing his grievances.

After hearing this, the old woman smiled 'hehehe', seemed to be more cheerful than Li Bai, and said: "Young man, although your matter is a little tricky, but the old woman believes that your lady must not be an arrogant and unreasonable person, as long as it is explained in the future, she will definitely forgive you." ”

"Indeed, my lady is indeed not an arrogant and unreasonable person, but she ......" Li Bai was in a dilemma and said, "It's just that I still go down Mount Emei." Li Bai had completely calmed down here, and thought of Xiang Wulu's refusal to allow him to leave Emei, and said: "Maybe it's providence, if it weren't for you, the old woman, I'm afraid I would have made a big mistake and hurt my wife and a good friend." ”

Li Bai understood that if he broke down the mountain like this, he would inevitably be ruthlessly furious. At that time, he will definitely take revenge on the ruthless, and even kill people, and completely keep the matter of the truth of the shrine from being known to outsiders.

"Young people, who can live without fault? Knowing your mistakes can make a big difference. The old woman smiled and said, "I don't think you're a stupid person, old woman, but why are you so impulsive and reckless in doing things?" In everything, think twice before acting. ”

"The old woman's lesson is that I am indeed too impulsive and reckless." Li Bai: "Just now, I just wanted to find my wife as soon as possible, but I didn't consider the consequences of leaving Mount Emei, but fortunately I met you, the old woman." ”

"Meeting is fate!" The old woman paused, leaned on the big stone, and said, "Young man, forgive the old woman, I have been talking too much, you, the edge of the water chestnut on your body is too sharp, you have to change!" ”

Li Bai was stunned, it was not the first time Li Bai had heard such words today. The first time was the letter left by Xu Lanxian: 'When you are calm, we will see you again.' If you don't have the intention, it will be indefinite', the second time is from Meng Haoran's mouth, and the third time is this old woman.

Because of this, Li Bai suddenly didn't understand the meaning of this 'water chestnut', so he asked: "Old woman, forgive me for taking the liberty, how do you see that I have a water chestnut edge?" I, how can I not see it myself? ”

"Young man, if you don't have a water mirror to look at, can you see your ears?" The old woman paused, and suddenly asked: "You say, the old woman and I are so old, why do you still want to climb this Mount Emei?" ”

Li Bai shook his head, full of doubts. Then, the old woman said: "It's such a young man, I have a grandson, and I should be about the same as you this year, just in his early twenties." He is pitiful for this child, his parents died early, and he has been following the old woman and me for his life. ”

"Like us, children from poor families, the only way out is to enter Beijing to take the exam, hoping to have a good career in the future. About five or six years ago, my grandson accidentally fell into the valley when he went up the mountain to collect firewood, and broke his leg, and now he can only lie in bed for a long time, pitiful! ”

Hearing this, Li Bai was also saddened. Seeing that the old woman in front of her was afraid that she was already six up, her children had died, and only one of her children and grandchildren had broken her legs, Li Bai really felt that it shouldn't be, so she comforted: "Don't be sad, old woman, I accidentally bumped into you just now, it's my fault, so in order to make amends, I am willing to serve you in the future." ”

"Young man, your heart is really good, in this world, there are not many people like you!" The old woman looked at Li Bai and said, "But young man, I don't need your help, old woman, it's all fate." Besides, in a few days, my grandson's broken leg will be healed. At that time, he can enter Beijing to catch the exam and enter the official career. ”

"Anthracene?" Li Bai was stunned, confused and curious, and asked, "Old woman, didn't you say that your grandson's leg has been broken, how can you ...... How can it still be cured? ”

"Hahaha, young man, this is a long story!" The old woman smiled happily and said, "That's right, five or six years ago, on the third day after my grandson's leg was broken, a great monk came to the old woman's house, a very powerful great monk. ”

"Great monk?" Li bai.

"Yes, young man, a great monk." The old woman said in a colorful voice: "There is a dry well in the old woman's house, and there has been no water for nearly ten years, but the great monk only turned his hand, and the dry well immediately came out with sweet well water. What's even more amazing is that the old woman used to have an eye disease, no matter what I could see, it was blurry, but the great monk only turned his hand, and my eye disease was cured. And my old bones, I will be seventy-two after this year, but you see, I haven't climbed this Emei Mountain in the same way? This is all the help of the great monk, so that the old woman and my legs are sharp. ”

"Old woman, since this great monk is so powerful, then ......" Li Bai: "Then why didn't he directly heal your grandson's leg?" ”

"Didn't I tell you, young man, old woman? It's all about what it should be! The old woman: "The great monk has a good heart and wants to help my grandson heal his leg, but before the treatment, he helped my grandson calculate a hexagram, saying that my grandson should have this catastrophe in his life, and if he rashly heals his leg, then it will cause greater disasters in the future." ”

"But the old woman, I really couldn't bear my grandson's suffering, so I begged this great monk to try to save my grandson." The old woman paused, and then continued: "The great monk thought about it, and suddenly turned his head to look at an iron pestle placed next to him, No, this is it. ”

As she spoke, the old woman took off an iron pestle from her waist behind her back, the thickness of her thumb, and said, "This was originally a medicine pestle, an iron rod used to pound medicine for my grandson." At that time, the great monk pointed to the medicine pestle and said, 'There is a big stone halfway up the mountain to the west of Mount Emei, and there is a grinding stone under the stone. If you really want your grandchildren's legs to heal as before, then you climb Mount Emei every day, find this grinding stone to polish this medicine pestle, and the day when this iron pestle is sharpened into an embroidery needle by you, it is the time when your children's and grandchildren's legs are healed. Since then, the old woman has been grinding my needle every day, for five or six years! ”

Li Bai was shocked and felt incredible, but when he thought that this old woman was for her grandson, he also figured it out. But as soon as he turned around, Li Bai became puzzled, looked at the medicine pestle in the old woman's hand, and said, "Old woman, but how can this be done?" How can such a thick medicine pestle be ground into an embroidery needle? This is clearly the great monk who is difficult for you! ”

"Young man, you can't say that." The old woman raised the medicine pestle in her hand and said, "You see, I have worn off a lot of this grinding stone in the past five years, and this was originally a medicine pestle, which is much thicker than it is now. ”

"But how much time does it take?" Li Bai was very puzzled and asked: "Old woman, you have to grind it from the medicine pestle into an iron pestle, it took five or six years, and you have to grind it from the iron pestle into an embroidery needle again, what is it...... It's not ten or eight years, and at least another five or six years, right? ”

"Young man, it's not a day's work to penetrate the stones." The old woman spoke earnestly and said, "Old woman, I think you should also be a scholar, and now I ask you, old woman, there are countless scriptures and classics in the world, how many have you read so far?" ”

Li Bai was silent, he really hadn't thought about this question. Then, the old woman smiled and said, "Young man, old woman, I still think you should be a martial arts practitioner, otherwise when you hit me just now, we may all fall down the mountain." So, how much do you think you have learned about martial arts? Have you reached the invincible Mahayana realm? ”

Li Bai was stunned and replied: "Don't hide it from you, old woman, whether it is martial arts or calligraphy, I used to think that I was the most powerful, but now...... I found myself knowing very little. ”

"That's one of the water chestnuts, and thankfully, you've found it now." The old woman smiled, paused, and then continued: "Actually, everything in the world is like the old woman and I sharpen needles in this iron pestle. ”

"Although my poor grandson has broken his leg, he still insists on studying hard every day and never slacks off." The old woman seemed to fall into a memory, and said: "In the past, he was like you, and he felt that he was the most powerful, and the water chestnut was as sharp as a thorn." Originally, my hard-working grandson was married to a woman since he was a child, so he can be regarded as my daughter-in-law! But who would have thought that my daughter-in-law's father would look down on my grandson and say that he was a lame cripple. ”

Li Bai suddenly felt deeply touched when he heard this, and felt that the story told by this old woman was very similar to his current situation. So, he asked, "What about later?" What does your grandson think about this? ”

"Later, my daughter-in-law got married, we can't delay a good girl, right?" Old woman: "As for my grandson, although he is lame, he has never fallen because of it, and he has not thought about it." He firmly believed that he would one day get ahead, just as I firmly believed that one day I would be able to sharpen this iron pestle into an embroidery needle. ”

Li Bai fell into deep thought, and after the old woman paused, she suddenly asked: "Young man, old woman, I look at you, it seems that you are also entangled in such a thing, isn't it?" ”

Li Bai was stunned again, and suddenly felt that the old woman in front of him was like a prophet, and said: "Yes, the old woman, I have indeed encountered such a thing now, and now after listening to your words, I suddenly feel very confused." ”

"What's there to be confused about?" The old woman worked tirelessly and said, "Tell me your story, I am so old, what have I never experienced?" Maybe, old woman, I can give you some pointers! ”

Li Bai thought that this was indeed the case, and he needed a good person to talk to now. So, Li Bai told his story to the old woman in an easy-to-understand and concise way.

After that, the old woman suddenly smiled and said, "Young man, I thought you were entangled in some kind of inexplicable matter, but it turned out that it was because of this!" ”

"Do you have any good ideas, old woman?" Li Bai: "Do I go to Emei to Anlu to propose relatives now, or do I stay in this Emei Mountain?" ”

"You have worshiped heaven and earth in private with others, and you have done Zhou Gong, and you still talk about mentioning relatives or not?" Old woman: "Although this name is very important, what do you think you can do now even if you go to Anlu?" Will your father-in-law agree to you taking his daughter away? ”。

"But ......" Li Bai: "But if I don't go, I'm worried that my wife will have a big accident." She has always been in poor health, and yesterday she fell because of me, and she had an old illness. It's a long way to Anlu, old woman, I really can't let her go, what if ...... What if you run into some kind of bad people on the road? ”

"Hahaha!" The old woman laughed, and said, "Young man, you are too worried! To put it bluntly, isn't your lady just going back to her parents' house? Besides, from what you just said, your lady should not be the kind of arrogant and unreasonable person, so I believe that the old woman will never misunderstand you! ”