Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Growth of All Things
Spring is blooming, everything is growing, Xiao Yi's body has also begun to develop, and now his height has reached seven feet, he looks like a tiger ape arm, a wolf's back and a bee's waist, and his arms have hundreds of catties of strength. According to the law of conservation of energy, Xiao Yi's performance of such a strong physique is his infinite thirst for food, in fact, the young men in the Taoist temple are at the age of blood and strength, plus daily martial arts, the amount of exercise is very large, and they are very edible in terms of the amount of food, but Xiao Yi has to add two words in front of being able to eat - very edible!
A meal of several liters of rice, a few catties of meat, is already a commonplace for Xiao Yi, the amount of food is growing, and the strength naturally soars, the 3-stone strength of the wind strong bow can now be easily pulled into a full moon shape in Xiao Yi's hands, hundreds of pounds of stone locks, one hand can be easily lifted, in terms of strength, even the most majestic bull in the partner is not Xiao Yi's opponent, the only thing that can compete with him is the same fast-growing, amazing power of the colt' Cabbage', so that now when he is bored, Xiao Yat's most played game is to wrestle with 'Cabbage'; in the face of this situation, in addition to nodding slightly, the 'Out of the Dust' old way is to increase the amount of medicinal baths every night by one percent.
The puberty of the body has arrived, the spring of love has also arrived, the first to welcome their spring turned out to be the most honest cow, which is beyond everyone's expectations, but fate sometimes favors those simple people, speaking of some dog blood, when the big cow went to the river alone to ride a horse and walk, I saw a fisherman's little lady washed clothes washed away by the river, so anxious that the little girl cried, for a poor family, every piece of clothing is precious, especially a family with many children, It is often left for the younger brother or sister to wear after the older person wears it. Seeing this, the bull, who was eager to help others, rushed into the river and helped to pick up his clothes.
The consequence was that the big bull fooled back to the Taoist temple stupidly, and everyone thought that he was sick or possessed by a goblin, and almost took out the original method of dealing with Xiao Yi ---- the boy's urine. It is said that the most indispensable thing in the Taoist temple now is the child's urine, not only Xiao Yi and the four of them are, it is said that the old Taoist practice of 'out of the dust' is also a child's skill.
The condition of the cow has the following characteristics:
First, he would often giggle, laughing at any time or place, and several times suddenly laughed in his sleep in the middle of the night, scaring Ma Liu, who slept in the same room, half to death.
Second, the number of times you go to the river every day has increased significantly, rain or shine, if you can't see the big cow in the Taoist temple, then it must be right to go to the river to find him.
Third, he began to pay attention to his appearance, he couldn't wait to change his clothes three times a day, and wash his feet more times a day than in the previous year combined.
In the end, Da Niu was dissatisfied with his name, thinking that the title Da Niu was too vulgar, and he was 18 years old this year, so it was time to take the word.
Generally speaking, a man will wear a crown at the age of 20, indicating that he has grown up and can exercise the rights and obligations of an adult man, while most of the poor people tend to advance the crown ceremony one or two years in order to let their sons grow up as soon as possible.
The purpose of taking the word is to make people respect him and to be called by others. In Chinese etiquette, once a man has a character, he can no longer call him by his name casually, and if he has a number, he can no longer call him by his name.
For example, Zhuge Liang, word: Kong Ming, road number: Wolong. Everyone generally respectfully calls him Mr. Wolong, and only some relatives and friends call him Kong Ming, and the title 'Liang' is Zhuge Zhuge only when he meets the elder or the monarch!
Xiao Yat was very enthusiastic about naming people, but everyone looked at the colt 'cabbage' who was spreading joy in the yard, and unanimously rejected Xiao Yat's help, thinking that it was more solemn to ask the 'dusty' old way to make a move. This incident made Xiao Yi sad for several days, and since then he has a habit of having a child, as long as he has a child in the family of the soldiers under the command of the 'Great Wei Shenwei Tiance General', Xiao Yi will definitely be present to congratulate him, and propose to give the child a name, almost no one in the entire Great Wei will dare to refuse the general's request, and he will feel very honored, so all kinds of strange names appear: "potatoes, pineapples, peanuts, dragon fruit, ......".
Later generations of "Three Kingdoms - Book of Wei" recorded: General Shenwei Tiance is good at naming young children for fun, and the name is so strange that people don't know what it means, what is dragon fruit??
The man's coming-of-age crown ceremony is very solemn, you must choose a good day, pick an auspicious day, and invite a group of relatives and friends to come to watch the ceremony, so the blacksmith couple, the leatherman Zhang Ji, Liang Xiaoyu and others all came up the mountain.
On the day of the crown ceremony, the old Taoist of "out of the dust" first pious incense to the statue of Laojun, and then Da Niu and Ma Liu together, bathing and changing clothes, changed into a grand Han family dress, and the old Taoist pulled their originally scattered hair into a bun, solemnly put on the crown hairpin, and from then on the two can marry a wife and have children, officially become a man.
After the crown ceremony, Lao Dao took the words for the two of them:
Big cow, named: Niu Wei, the word Zhenyuan. Lao Dao hopes that he will be able to power the town far away in the future and promote my heroic style.
Ma Liu, named, Ma Ning, the word Zhiyuan. The old Tao told him to be wary of impatience, calm and ambitious, and quiet and far-reaching.
After listening to the words given by Lao Dao, Xiao Yi began to seriously suspect that he was also from the Crossing Clan, and he must have ...... from the Beiyang Naval Division; As for Liang Xiaoyu, who watched the ceremony, his eyes were full of envy, especially when he thought of his own words: 'Xiaoyu', he couldn't wait to hit his head against the tree; it was a pity that the word was given by his parents and elders, and once it was given, it would never change, so he could only call it Xiaoyu for a lifetime.
As for Yat Siu...... is still Xiao Yi, the old Taoist calls him 'Wu Worry', and other people in the Taoist temple called him 'Senior Brother' at first, but he always felt that this was the title of 'Brother Monkey' in Journey to the West, so he refused with all his might, and then simply asked them to call him the boss, which is quite majestic.
As for outside, because Xiao Yi is young and wise, handsome, and has brought so many benefits to the people of Crouching Tiger Pavilion, everyone respectfully and affectionately calls him Xiao Lang! Lang was the ancient name for a young and handsome man, so this title began to spread slowly.
For the peach blossom luck of the big cow, Ma Liu is congratulations, Zhang Yan doesn't care, Liang Xiaoyu has nothing but money in his eyes, and Xiao Yi is naked envy, no way, two lifetimes of singles! And he is actually the oldest of the four people, plus the previous age, he is almost thirty years old, that is, in the 21st century, which advocates late marriage and late childbearing, his age is enough to be a husband and a father.
If you want to encounter an affair, you must not wait for the rabbit in the Taoist temple, and the little Taoist priest who has been in the spring decided to take the initiative, since he can find an affair by the river; So......
Since then, Xiao Yat has a hobby--- fishing, in his words, fishing is the same as cultivating human eyesight, patience, agility, and now the leatherman Zhang Ji no longer teaches him the method of archery, "the master leads the door, and the practice is in the individual," whether he can become an archer depends on his own creation. Moreover, fishing can also improve the food of the small Taoist temple - Xiao Yiyu.
Fishing rods, hooks, fishing gear are ready, these things are not a problem for Xiao Yi, who is now wealthy, move a homemade pony to sit by the river, the golden hook full of fragrant bait hangs into the water, the breeze blows the face, leisurely, just sit and wait for the fish to take the bait!
But it's strange to say, eyesight, wrist strength, endurance, agility are super-first-class Xiao Yi fishing is not good, there are often people from small fishing villages by the river to fish, basically all are full of returns, only Xiao Yi goes out early and returns late, empty bucket goes, empty bucket back, not a single fish has ever been caught, not only that, all the fishermen who are fishing around him will be very bleak, all can not catch fish, over time, people see him come to fish all far away. In later generations, about the fact that Xiao Yi never caught a fish, a literati who was afraid of horses wrote a poem to explain:
Several zhang of silk fell into the water,
The golden hook is thrown away and never to be seen;
It's not Xiao Lang's less fragrant bait,
Mortal fish dare not see the evil dragon!
I can't catch fish all the time, Xiao Yi also feels a little embarrassed, "It's okay, since I can't catch it, then buy it, anyway, my brother is rich now." So people near the Crouching Tiger Pavilion often see a strange thing, every sunset, there will always be a cute little Taoist priest with a dark face and two big dimples when he laughs, carrying a long fishing rod and carrying an empty wooden barrel, and running to the market outside the town to buy fish.
Fortunately, people seem to like him very much, and there are always old fishermen who give him fish, and even some beautiful girls in fishing villages will wait for him in the market with golden carp they have hit, and they are all smiling with peach blossoms......
Handsome Xiao Lang, who doesn't love it! Since then, the small Taoist temple has finally drunk the fish soup......