Chapter 11: The Story of the Half Wooden Plaque
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But the disciples of Yaowang Mountain all regard it as a treasure.
And Li Yan divided him in two.
Cheng Xuanwen carefully put the wooden card into his arms and said: "I thought that back then, only your master was the only one who was driven out of Yaowang Mountain, and you refused to return to Yaowang Mountain because you had a grudge in your heart......"
Li Yan did not speak.
Li Huan watched Cheng Xuanwen take the token into his arms, and the longing in his eyes slowly disappeared and turned into loss.
Li Yan can also see these changes clearly.
Didn't you regard such a brand as a treasure back then?
His childhood, like Lihuan, experienced major changes.
Presumably, Lihuan is also very eager to have such a brand.
Li Yan ignored Cheng Xuanwen and walked in front of Lihuan.
Put his hand on Lihuan's hair: "Do Lihuan want to hear a story?" ”
Li Huan slowly hid the loss in his eyes and nodded.
Li Yan took out a bench from under the table and motioned for Li Huan to sit down.
Li Yan sat on the other side of the bench with his back to Cheng Xuanwen.
Cheng Xuanwen was not annoyed when he saw that Li Yan ignored him, and walked to the position where Li Yan had just drunk tea.
When he entered the door, Li Yan poured him tea that was already a little cold.
But Cheng Xuanwen didn't care, and took the teacup and poured it into his mouth.
"It's been almost twenty years. At that time, Master was very young, and he was so big as Lihuan......"
In a village in the mountains, the arid environment has made the originally isolated mountain village desolate.
Hunger sent the whole village into a panic.
Most of the men in the village went out of the mountains to look for food.
But so many people went out, and no one came back.
The village chief said they all starved to death.
The lack of food for a long time, coupled with the words of the village chief, has dashed the only hope that everyone had.
From that day on, everything seemed to have changed.
The whole village became desperate.
Emotions are contagious, and the young Li Yan doesn't know how to deal with himself in this environment.
The desperation of the villagers intensified.
From crying at the beginning, to madness later.
On the dry riverbed, only loess remains, but there are still people fishing barefoot on it.
On the old willow tree, the dry leaves were brushed again and again.
Livestock that graze have already entered the stomach of people.
The whole village was shrouded in sorrow and despair.
Li Yan's parents died when the drought first came.
Li Yan, who is only eight years old, doesn't know anything, but the animal instinct tells him to stay away from this environment.
So Li Yan, who was hungry, walked in one direction and wanted to leave the village.
The mountain village was surrounded by woods, and Li Yan left the village, and after only a few steps, he fainted.
When he woke up, he found himself in a strange place, dressed in clean clothes.
A kind middle-aged man in front of him told him that his name was Lu Ting.
At that time, Li Yan was trembling in everything he did, and he didn't have the vitality of a young man at all.
It wasn't until a few days later that Lu Ting handed him a wooden plaque with the words "Medicine King" and "Acting" written on it.
The word "King of Medicine" was originally engraved.
But that character is indeed engraved by the master little by little these days.
Lu Ting told him: "If you accept this brand, you will be my disciple in the future." ”
The young Li Yan didn't know what the disciple represented, and asked tremblingly, "What about after that?" ”
Lu Ting smiled kindly: "After that! You don't have to go hungry! ”
This wooden plaque is not only a testimony of the master-apprentice relationship, but also the spiritual sustenance of Li Yan.
At that time, the wooden plaque was more important than his life.
After knowing a few years later, Li Yan remembered that on Yaowang Mountain, Master Lu Ting and Uncle Su Yunding had a big quarrel.
In the end, Uncle Shi slammed the door and left.
After a while, two people came outside the door, and the master handed them his token, and they picked up their knives and made two cuts on the word "King of Medicine".
The young Li Yan couldn't bear to have his beloved token destroyed, so he kept the token in his arms.
In the end, Lu Ting snatched the token and handed it to the two despite the young man's crying.
......
Li Yan said that there was a pause here.
"At that time, your master was already in the devil!" The person who spoke was Cheng Xuanwen.
Cheng Xuanwen naturally knows these things, although it has been ten years.
Li Yan heard Cheng Xuanwen's words, but still ignored them.
continued to tell Lihuan......
Later, the two also took Li Yan's brand, made a few cuts on the back, and the two signs were thrown to the ground casually, and the boy's cry sounded in the room.
Then, Lu Ting bent down and picked up the sign on the ground that read "Act".
The word "King of Medicine" on the back of the brand is no longer the same, but the words on the front are not damaged.
Lu Ting wiped the dirt off the wooden card, took out a knife, and smoothed the back of the wooden card little by little.
The wooden plaque, which was originally an inch thick, has become half an inch.
On the front, it is still "acting", but the back is still flat.
The half-inch-thick wooden plaque can't be engraved on the back anyway.
Lu Ting handed half of the wooden plaque to Li Yan: "From today onwards, you will no longer be a disciple of Yaowang Mountain, but you can still be my disciple." ”
Li Yan took the wooden card, threw it to the ground, and cried and said, "Master is deceiving, there is no word behind this token." ”
Lu Ting looked at the token, and the words on the front were also engraved, and there was no way to engrave the back of the token.
Lu Ting picked up the token and said, "Apprentices should remember the master, just keep it in mind, what's the use of remembering it on a wooden card?" ”
Li Yan gradually stopped crying, and Lu Ting continued: "Moreover, no one will cut a knife on the back of this sign anymore. ”
......
After Li Yan finished speaking, he handed his wooden card to Lihuan.
Li Huan took the sign with both hands.
This wooden sign is much thinner than the one given to him by Cheng Xuanwen, and the ink in the front performance has fallen off a lot, but the back is very flat, and there is not a word.
is not only the yearning for the wooden cards in the story, but also the helplessness of the teenager.
Li Yan sighed in his heart, if he wants Lihuan's heart to really settle down, a sentence of master and apprentice is not enough.
Li Yan said: "The story has been told, and Master knows that Lihuan wants that brand very much. ”
Li Huan interrupted him, "I don't want that now." ”
Li Yan had a smile on his face, and Li Huan rarely interrupted him.
"That's Uncle Cheng's, you can't ask for it, your token, Master will give it to you."
A happy smile appeared on Lihuan's face: "Then Master, can I be like you." ”
Li Yan said seriously: "Master's token, yours naturally has to be the same as Master's." Well, go play! Master and Uncle Cheng still have something to say. ”
Li Huan nodded obediently and ran to the back hall.
Li Yan sat next to Cheng Xuanwen.
"How? Is the story good? ”
The smile on Li Yan's face has not yet dissipated.
Cheng Xuanwen smacked his lips and said: "The story is good, but these two protagonists are really not very popular." ”
Li Xianqi did not refute, and nodded in agreement.
Cheng Xuanwen said: "Li Yan, your master was ...... back then"
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Yan: "Master, back then, it was really wrong......