Chapter 4: Spirituality
Outside Zhu Chen Village, Chen Huaitian and his wife took the two-year-old Xiao Mufeng for a walk at the entrance of the village.
Two-year-old Xiao Mufeng followed his parents with staggering steps, and the sprout of spirituality gradually opened up like a small stream spring, and began to recognize all the new things around him with his suspicious eyes.
For Xiao Mufeng, everything in this world is so strange, so novel, and desirable.
At the beginning of the new life, even the wildflowers and weeds that can be seen everywhere Xiao Mufeng did not know their names, and his deep eyes kept staring and looking. And his parents pointed and told Xiao Mufeng the names of these inconspicuous things in their eyes to satisfy his curiosity.
The village is still quiet and quaint as always, but there are seven more thatched huts in the open place in the past, and it is Xiao Mufeng's grandfathers who live in them.
The seven elderly men stayed in the clan all day and had nothing to do, and they were so bored that they panicked. Now that there is such a grandson as Xiao Mufeng, who can stay and live, they have moved into the village, saying that they want to give Xiao Mufeng a move and a half, and be the title of grandfather.
For this, even the harsh old lady acquiesced.
After all, although these old men are usually ragged, unkempt, and hanging, they are all people who have been to Shura Heaven and come out alive, and have experienced the great war 10,000 years ago, and they are all people with real skills, and they know how to survive better.
With their guidance, Xiao Mufeng can grow up faster, so that he can live in this generation of murderous people, grinding his teeth and sucking blood.
The sky was gray, the distant mountains were hazy, and the sun was hidden in the mountains.
After satisfying his curiosity, Xiao Mufeng held his right hand with his left hand, held his parents' hands with his right hand and left hand, and returned to the village with a satisfied smile on his face.
"Grandma, grandpa, grandpa, grandpa, third grandpa, fourth grandpa...... Mu'er is back. ”
Xiao Mufeng shouted in a vague voice with a childish voice unique to babies, telling the grandmothers and grandfathers in the village that he had returned.
"Mu'er is back, come over to Grandpa, today Grandpa used a big copper tripod to stew a Ding of Xianzhen Flying Birds for you! I and your Grandpa Liu made a special trip to Quhua Mountain to call for you to replenish your body. ”
Before Xiao Mufeng could answer, he was directly swept away by a group of enthusiastic grandfathers and brought into the house, and then the voices of grandfathers "greeting" Xiao Mufeng came from the house.
"Mu'er, try this, this is a special product of Quhua Mountain, the desolate chicken, which has phoenix blood, but it is not strong. There is also a triceratops dragon, although it has a dragon word, it is far from the dragon. Try these today, and when you have the chance, the grandpas will get you some pure-bloods to make up for it. ”
"Old eight, didn't you say last time that you saw a pure-blooded dragon loach in Luolongqiu, I heard that after fighting with it, you let it run away, and you got muddy, you said that you are not ashamed. Next time, let's go and see if we can get it to Dingli. ”
"The snow Linglong in the North Pole of the Northern Wilderness Prefecture is about to bloom, Ninth Brother, after a while, you and I will go to the Polar Star Hall to ask for a plant to make up for Mu'er, if they don't give it to our brothers, they will rob it, and if they can't rob it, they will steal it back." The old man in third place also said.
Chen Huaitian and his wife outside the door were speechless for a while, how many elders raised Mu'er as a young son of a divine beast?
They all ran all the way to Quhua Mountain to catch fallen chickens! They also boiled and ate all the triceratops!
And at this time, they are still fighting the idea of dragon loach! You must know that the first two are outrageous enough, but the old men have even more outrageous ideas!
The dragon loach is one of the pure-blooded true dragons! Although the dragon loach is the weakest of the dragon clan, it is a great supplement. But after all, it was a real dragon, born with infinite Dao power, and it was not like words! At this time, it became a big supplement in the eyes of the old men!
"Huaitian, will the uncles spoil Mu'er too much. If it goes on like this, I'm afraid that Mu'er will develop a pampered personality and lose her perseverance. ”
"You don't have to worry about this, uncle, they are all people who have been to Shuratian! They have also experienced the war 10,000 years ago! They know how to train Mu'er to be a good preacher, and they also know how to survive better! Although they usually do things a little outrageously. Besides, isn't there still a mother, you should always believe in your mother. ”
"Yes, if you have a mother, you don't have to worry. Speaking of the old lady, the woman showed a relieved attitude, otherwise she was really afraid that the old people would teach Mu'er what to be.
After two quarters of an hour passed, Xiao Mufeng returned to the house from the warm hospitality of his grandfathers.
"Dad, mother, grandpa's craftsmanship is still so good, Mu'er eats full every time, and the taste is different every time, and the grandfathers also said that they will cook a dragon for Mu'er next time." ”
Xiao Mufeng had a yearning look on his face, listening to his grandfathers say that what kind of pure-blooded real dragon was very delicious, he really wanted to taste what it tasted like.
The woman looked at Xiao Mufeng, whose little face was chubby and red, the corners of her mouth raised a little arc, and said gently, "Since you are full, then Mu'er has to change her clothes, and then go to the ancestral shrine to incense the ancestors, and meditate after the incense." ”
At the same time, the woman was also secretly sighing in her heart, "Uncles, what did you instill in Mu'er! Pure-blooded real dragons can be cooked and eaten, isn't this a disguised way to tell Mu'er that real dragons can be used as food!"
"Hmm!" Hearing his mother's words, Xiao Mufeng responded very seriously. At the same time, he hiccuped because he was too full, and looked at his mother with a smile.
In fact, going to the ancestral shrine on time every night to offer incense and meditate is something that Xiao Mufeng must do every day.
Although he was young, Xiao Mufeng was not as naughty and disobedient as other children. Instead, he has come to the ancestral shrine every night since he turned one, although he didn't know why he did it, but because it was the intention of the adults in the village, Xiao Mufeng did it.
By now, it has become Xiao Mufeng's daily habit to go to the ancestral shrine on time to offer incense and then meditate and cultivate. Sometimes, even if his parents didn't remind him, he would go to the ancestral shrine on time to offer incense and then meditate.
In front of the ancestral shrine, Xiao Mufeng took the three green incense sticks lit by his father, knelt on the round straw mat in front of the tablet of the ancestors of the Chen family, and chanted words in his mouth.
"The twenty-ninth son-in-law of the Chen family has worshiped the ancestors, and may the ancestors bless the Chen family with prosperity, endure, inheritance, and eternal ......prosperity."
After finishing speaking, he solemnly kowtowed three times and sat up straight, meditating very well. Then it is the first article of the unique Taoist scripture "Qianyang Xuanyan Decision" of the Chen family, which calms the body and mind, and is gentle and spiritual.
Next to the straw mat, Xiao Mufeng's parents sat next to him.
"There's only one year left before we're leaving for the Enlightened Realm. Mu'er is still so young, I really don't want to give up. ”
The woman's eyes were hazy as she spoke. As a mother, there is nothing more cruel than not being able to accompany her children, but a year later, she and her husband had to leave, which made her not uncomfortable.
The man took his wife into his arms and said softly, "We have an appointment with the Heavenly Alliance, and we have to go." It was not easy for Mu'er to be born safely, and staying here would only destroy all the good things that existed. ”
"Besides, we'll be back soon, twenty years have passed in a blink of an eye. Although a man also has a lot of reluctance, but at this moment, as a husband, he must put away his reluctance and comfort his wife.
"Twenty years! When we come back, Mu'er will be an adult! What if he doesn't recognize us and complains that we left him at such a young age?"
The more the woman thought about it, the more frightened she became, and finally she sobbed in the man's arms, but the voice was very small, she was afraid of disturbing Xiao Mufeng, who was meditating.
"What are you talking about, you are Mu'er's biological mother, Mu'er is such a smart child who will understand our hardships. ”
Under the thoughtful gaze of his parents, Xiao Mufeng woke up from meditation and felt exhausted all over his body.
When he meditated, he seemed to have a dream for a long time, and vaguely remembered that there were many old people like his grandfathers in the dream, and some of them were even much older than his grandfathers. The old men were all around him, and there were words in their mouths, but he just couldn't remember what he said.
"Father, mother, Mu'er is tired and wants to sleep. Xiao Mufeng said with a yawn.
"Well, let's go. Go home and change your clothes so that Mu'er can sleep well. ”
Inside the house, the candle flame was bright, illuminating the room warmly.
On one side, a woman was helping her young son change his pajamas, while the little boy was so sleepy that his eyes were about to move and he was dazed.
On the other side, the woman's husband and the boy's father watched this warm picture quietly, without the usual majesty and martial arts, and the courage to swallow mountains and rivers.
At this moment, he is the husband of a woman and the father of a child, and gentleness is the expression he wants to show.
"Mother, Mu'er is going to play in the mountains tomorrow. This time I want to take the little white dragon with me, Xiao Mufeng said with tiredness and weakness. The voice grew quieter and quieter, and after the last word he finished speaking, he fell asleep
The bright moon hung high above the village. The sky is full of stars, the house is full of moons, and the day is over.