Chapter 32: Old Friends Go and Old Friends Return
Li Qinghe was fetching water at home and preparing to wash his face, when he saw Li Changan breaking in the door in a panic, almost knocking down the two leaky wooden boards.
"Qinghe!
"Don't you have to go to school today?"
"Qinghe, come with me, I'll take you to learn the Tao!" Li Changan gasped and wiped away the cold sweat that came out of his forehead.
Li Qinghe didn't move, as if he didn't react to what he meant, looking at him with a haggard face, as if he hadn't slept all night, thinking that he shouldn't have drunk last night?
"Where are you going? Are you really going to run away from home?"
Li Changan was stunned suddenly, yes, where is he going to run away from home, he is going home.
"Qinghe, to make a long story short, master...... I'm going back to Taihe Mountain. ”
"Back?"
Li Changan quieted down, gasping for breath and not speaking.
"Don't worry, I can go to see you, Taihe Mountain is only three counties away from here, and it's not like going to the north to leave the dynasty, what is life and death to do. ”
"You're not surprised?"
Li Qinghe looked up at the sky and sat on the edge of the well: "I am poor, and I am not stupid, you and I met when I was seven years old, and you were not the accent of Qiling County when I was a child." ”
Li Changan's arrogance was extinguished at once, and in the face of the hesitation of his friends for many years, he was as worried as he was in the face of the master Bosu Aoki.
"I won't send it, and when the time comes, I will cry, and it will ruin the glorious image of your sons and daughters. ”
Li Qinghe laboriously carried the bucket into the house, ignoring Li Chang'an who was standing in the courtyard.
"Li Village can't eat enough, so he went to Taihe Mountain to find me, the master has money. ”
Li Qinghe put the iron kettle full of water on the stove and carefully lit the fire with a fire fold.
Li Changan didn't look back and ran out of the yard.
Not long after he left, the door of the small courtyard was pushed open again, and Lychee walked in, and the maid beside him was still carrying a bag of coals.
Li Chang'an, who left the courtyard, ran towards the west of Li Village, and in order to take a shortcut to Lizhi's house in a hurry, he was caught by Su Qingmu halfway and forcibly took him into the carriage.
The palm like an iron tong fell on his shoulder, and the thick Taoist true qi did not move at all, and Li Changan, who was pressed by only a handful of strength, could not move.
The shopkeeper who drove the car sighed again and again, according to the generation, Su Qingmu is his ancestor, and if Li Changan really wants to talk about it, he can be regarded as his uncle, which is why he is always respectful to this child who has not yet reached adulthood.
Taihe Mountain has always been like this, generation has nothing to do with age, Li Changan's father and Su Qingmu are half a lifetime apart, and Su Qingmu is actually two years older than his master Cui Laodao.
The shopkeeper heard that Su Shizu was originally a pork seller, and later he was taken in as a big disciple by the head of the house, and he ate vegetarian food in the mountains for decades, and he cultivated his self-cultivation so thin.
Looking down at the fat on his stomach, the shopkeeper closed his eyes and meditated, trying to minimize his presence.
Li Changan on the side couldn't move, but he didn't dare to attack, through the curtain of the carriage, looking at the familiar area on the side of the road for more than ten years, Li Changan's body slowly softened.
Yes, Taihe Mountain is only three counties away from Li Village, and it is not far to the horizon, but leaving so suddenly is always a little too impatient.
"Li Qinghe, who has no conscience, owes the master to invite him to eat for a few years, and if he doesn't come to give it back, he really won't come to send it!"
His heart slowly calmed down, Su Shibo's hand still refused to relax, Li Changan shook his head, closed his eyes and practiced the kung fu of meditation and condensation in advance, but his father's affairs always made him upset and couldn't settle down.
The horse's hooves gradually became sick, and soon arrived at the west village entrance of Li Village, Li Changan's brows were furrowed, and he opened a crack carefully, thinking that it would be good to meet Lychee Road on the road.
Bite......
A crisp bell rang, and Li Changan's eyes widened, this was the voice of Mr. Xuejuku preparing to start lecturing.
Su Qingmu behind him didn't open his eyes, but the strength in his hand loosened a little, Li Changan desperately broke free, and leaned half of his body out of the car window.
I saw that on the side of the dirt road, Lychee, supported by the maid, was holding a small bronze bell in one hand and a wooden hammer in the other, and was knocking again and again.
Li Qinghe was right, she laughed like a cloud.
And Li Qinghe was standing beside her, still wearing the shabby single clothes, with an equally tattered copy of the "Cave Spirit Sutra" hanging around his waist, and his hands were tied with a nondescript handprint of praying for blessing Lingzun.
Li Changan pursed his lips vigorously, his eyes involuntarily hung with water, choked up, and shouted at the top of his voice:
"You're fucking wrong with the knot!
"Lychee, I'll go back and ask Cui Niubi, can I cure your leg ......"
The carriage went faster and faster, and Li Changan's voice dispersed into the wind and finally disappeared.
There were only two people left on the side of the road, Li Qinghe and Lychee, Lychee's eyes were red, her body was a little soft, and the maid couldn't help but use more strength.
"Why didn't you say it earlier, I said that I came out yesterday and didn't even eat the last meal. ”
Li Qinghe looked at the direction of the carriage's departure, the crappy handprint in front of him refused to let go, the weather in early spring was not warm, and he was a little shivering when the wind blew.
"Let's go......"
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Li Changan left Li Village so suddenly, and the two of them always felt a little uncomfortable, but they still had to live, and Lychee said that maybe one day, they would hear his name from the mouths of the passing merchants.
The restaurant in Li Village was closed, but it reopened the next day, and the second child of the restaurant hurriedly pulled Li Qinghe from home, saying that the shopkeeper had entrusted the restaurant to him before leaving.
A month after Li Changan left, Li Qinghe sat quietly in the corner of the lobby of the restaurant, even though he is now the shopkeeper, he is still used to sitting below.
He will never go hungry again, this restaurant has been open for more than ten years, and the regular customers are enough to make his life rich.
Early that morning, Li Qinghe was drinking tea and reading Taoist books as usual, Chang'an was not there, and Lychee had come to him to send him notes recently.
In half a month, it will be time for the medicinal materials to mature, and there will be many pharmacists coming over, and the restaurant will usher in the first peak season, and he must be ready.
Suddenly, Li Qinghe looked upstairs, and Cassia, who was wearing an old Taoist robe, walked down the stairs and sat down with a smile.
"Master......"
"Well, how's it going?"
Li Qinghe felt helpless for a while, where did he realize something, he couldn't understand anything at all, but he still said: "It's too profound, I can't read it for a while." ”
"It's normal if you can't read it, if you can read it again, Taihe Mountain, it's you who hangs in the hall of Qingcheng Mountain. ”
Cassia took a big sip of tea, then got up and walked out, "Apprentice, the world is long, there will be a farewell, those books are good to read, and I will be my apprentice when I have a reputation in the future." ”
Li Qinghe was shocked in his heart, raised his eyes to see where there was still a figure of the master at the door, he ran out in a panic, looked left and right, the only main road in Li Village, there was only a thin morning mist, and there was no human figure.
"Master......"
Standing outside the door for a long time, Li Qinghe returned to the table without saying a word, solemnly poured a cup of tea, placed it in the place where Cassia had just done, and then turned to leave.
At the entrance of the village to the west of Li Village, Li Changan walked from here, and Cassia also left from here, and in the mist, two tall figures walked into Li Village.
If you look closely, they are two men in armor, with countless sword marks on them, and some stains on the bright armor, which seem to be border guards.
"Second brother, is this the case?" asked the slightly shorter man, holding a half-human-tall box in his hand.
"It should be good, there is this Li Village in the east of Qiling County, and the county owner has also received the silver, so there is no reason to lie to us. The slightly taller man replied.
"Fourth, hug it, it's cold, don't let the third freeze. ”
"Don't worry, second brother. ”
The two border guards took advantage of the rotation of the defenders and walked thousands of miles into Li Village, they didn't know their brother's home, so they had to find a restaurant, and they hurried overnight, and their stomachs were indeed hungry.
At this time, Li Qinghe was packing up his things behind the counter, and when he raised his eyes and saw that an outsider had come so early, he hurriedly greeted him.
The two ordered a jar of wine and a few side dishes, and ate them in the lobby.
Halfway through the meal, Li Qinghe personally walked over with a teapot: "It's from the small shop, the two military masters eat slowly." ”
Maybe it was because his father was dragged away to become a soldier, but he didn't really dislike this kind of grinning appearance.
"Shopkeeper, ask you personally. The fourth said.
You say. ”
Li Qinghe thought to himself, there is really nothing in Li Village that I don't know.
"Where is Li Hetian's home, and does he still have a family?"
The teacup in his hand fell to the ground and shattered, Li Qinghe looked at the two border soldiers in a daze, and his voice trembled a little: "Who ......?"
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