Walking to an open place, with the soft soil on his feet, two steps and one step, stepping over the turbid sparse depression, reflecting the sunset is blood-red, the sky is getting late, Chu Qi is ready to find a family and spend the night.

"The old man, Fushou Kangning, poor Chu Qi, is polite. Chu Qi clasped his hands together and gave a salute.

The old man sat in front of the thatched hut, hunched up, curled up in his right hand holding a dry cigarette, swallowing one after another. He slowly raised his head, and Chu Qi saw a pair of cloudy and dull eyes, swept over his body, and then his eyes showed a bit of horror and awe, and there seemed to be a glimmer of imperceptible hope.

The old man leaned forward, knelt on the ground, and bowed: "Little old man Li Quanfu, meet the Taoist master." ”

Chu Qi was blinded, and hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man up, and said, "Fu Bo, why is this so?"

Li Quanfu looked at Chu Qi suspiciously, not understanding what kind of medicine was sold in this Dao master's gourd, and said in fear: "Dao Ye forgives sins, Dao Ye forgives sins, is it an old man, I don't stumble well, and I will knock over the villain again." After speaking, his body weakened, and he wanted to bow down again.

Chu Qi supported the old man's arms with both hands, and said pretending to be stern: "If I don't like such a vulgar and worldly gift, don't worship it." ”

Li Quanfu was immediately relieved after hearing this, and said respectfully: "Yes, yes, Dao Ye has taught me, Dao Ye has taught me, I am old and confused, people are old and confused, and I ask Dao Ye to forgive, Dao Ye to forgive." Then he raised his head cautiously, glanced at Chu Qi secretly, and said in a low voice: "Dare to ask Dao Master, come here, is there something?"

Chu Qi sighed secretly in his heart, waved his hand, and said with a straight face: "Tired...", after a pause, he changed his words: "Prepare a room for this road, I want to spend the night....cough... I'm going to stay one night. ”

Li Quanfu suddenly said happily: "Okay, good, you can stay for a few days if you want to, you are very welcome, you are very welcome." After speaking, he walked outside the fence in small steps, and said in a loud voice: "Blessed, blessed, hurry up and roll back to Lao Tzu, there are distinguished guests, there are distinguished guests." He bent down and smiled at Chu Qi, revealing a mouth full of missing teeth, and walked towards the back room again, shouting, "Lihua, Xiangzhi, come out to meet your guests." ”

"Daoye, this is my son Li Youfu, this is my daughter-in-law Jing Lihua, and this is my granddaughter Li Xiangzhi, come and come, come and see Daoye. There is also my old immortal wife, who has been sick in bed for a long time, and the Taoist forgives the sins, and the Taoist forgives the sins. ”

Li Youfu is lean, dark-skinned, and a typical farmer, with a wooden and honest face, and falls to the ground without saying a word. The little daughter-in-law, Jing Lihua, had a pale face, pointed eyebrows and rat eyes, revealing a hint of vigilance, and slowly bowed down. But the granddaughter, cardamom years, green pheasant, honey complexion, beautiful appearance, neither like a father nor like a mother, people are secretly surprised. The little girl was born with a calf, and she had not seen the world, but she only felt that the person in front of her was like a fairy in a painting, a person in the sky, handsome and undecent, and it happened to be at the beginning of her love.

Chu Qi sighed: "Get up." ”

At night, the windows are filled with dim pine oil lamps, illuminating the sparse thatched huts, and the faint smell of cow dung shines. If there is a deep pool in the field, there is no bottom, faintly rippling with dots of oil, it is other families in the township.

"Lihua, kill the chickens, pick some wild vegetables, and have less water in the rice. Li Quanfu paused and said, "It's just one serving of Dao Ye." ”

Jing Lihua threw down the wooden scoop in her hand and said sharply: "There is only one chicken left, the chicks can't hatch, and there are no eggs after killing them." A few days ago, the grain was taken away by the township, and those people didn't know what spells they used, and they couldn't hide any money and food at home, so they couldn't live this day. After speaking, he covered his face and began to cry.

Li Quanfu persuaded: "Lihua, we can't afford to provoke these Taoist masters, if the greeting is not thoughtful and makes him unhappy, our whole family should not think about it." In my opinion, this Taoist master is dressed orthodox, and he must be from the authentic Taoist sect. Besides, he doesn't have a shelf, and he is willing to commit himself to living in our shabby house, maybe, take care of him comfortably, and he will happily reward us with something, which is not a little bit of silver that can be compared. ”

Seeing Jing Lihua's slight complexion, Li Quanfu said again: "I don't want to do more, at least I have to offer to this great god, I can't say that we won't see the sun tomorrow." ”

After Jing Lihua's impulsiveness, her heart was also shocked, and she reluctantly said, "Then I'll prepare." ”

"Master Dao, please take a seat. Li Quanfu wiped the gray rotten wooden stool with his tattered sleeves, and said: "There are no good things to entertain you in the township, so you can take care of it." ”

In the ash dish on the table, there is a whole boiled chicken with a few chopped green onions, boiled wild bitter dices sprinkled with salt and mixed with cold vegetables, a plate of scrambled eggs with bracken, more green and less yellow, a small plate of home-pickled dried radish and a bowl of coarse white rice.

Li Quanfu can't remember the last time he ate white rice, and he has even forgotten the aroma of rice and the sticky texture in his mouth, not to mention the meat.

Chu Qi sat at the dining table alone, and saw that the four of them were holding a bowl and staying outside the house, and the man was squatting in the corner of the wall, drinking loudly, not moving his chopsticks at all, and from time to time he glanced at the food in the house, and drank more violently; the woman walked far away and walked to a place where the light could not shine; the little girl stood in a regular manner, bowed her head, and took small sips; the old man sat on the small bench at the door, holding the bowl, turned around and said with a smile: "Master Dao, you eat, you eat." ”

Chu Qi pointed with one hand, "You, come here." ”

"Xiangzhi, Xiangzhi, Dao Ye called you. Li Quanfu reminded.

"Ah!", Li Xiangzhi was startled, and hurriedly responded: "Yes, grandpa." Lianbu walked into the house with his head down. accidentally caught a glimpse of Chu Qi looking at him scorchingly, and just happened to meet him, his honey-colored face was as red as blood in an instant, and his heart was like a deer colliding with him, and he hurriedly buried his head.

Chu Qi glanced at Li Xiangzhi's bowl and didn't notice her reaction. I saw that in the ash bowl with a few corners missing, there were a few grains of white rice under the clear water, mixed with a few pickles in the middle, this bowl of things can neither be called porridge nor rice soup, and it is appropriate to call it pickles directly.

Chu Qi closed his eyes, picked up the dishes and chopsticks, hurriedly pulled out a few mouthfuls of rice, and twisted a chopstick in each of the several dishes, except for the pickles, the other three dishes have no salt taste, and generally know that there is no salt at home, and the pickles do not know what year and month ago they were pickled. That plate of cold salad and wild bitter dices is bitter to the heart.

Li Xiangzhi stood aside obediently and swallowed her saliva secretly. Chu Qi snatched the blistered pickles from her hand, Li Xiangzhi was shocked "ah", Li Quanfu stood up tremblingly, and was about to make amends, Chu Qi stopped with one hand, and poured the soup pickles in the bowl out of the house with the other hand, and the rest of the people looked stunned, feeling uneasy.

Chu Qi pulled all the white rice that he hadn't eaten in his bowl into Li Xiangzhi's bowl, handed it to her, and said, "I'm full, you guys come in and eat." The most hated wasting of food in this way, you must eat it all. After thinking about it, he took back Li Xiangzhi's bowl, picked a big chicken thigh, picked up the plate and pulled some scrambled eggs with bracken, and sandwiched some pickles, but he didn't move the wild bitter ding, and said: "This dish is cold, and women should not eat it, so don't eat it." ”

Li Xiangzhi didn't react for a while, and said stunned: "Yes."

Chu Qi put his hands behind his back, pretended to walk towards the inner room, and before entering the door, he paused and remembered: "This way has reached the realm of Bigu, you don't have to pre-prepare me for food, don't spoil my way." Li Quanfu said yes again and again.

The rest of the people were happy, and the little daughter-in-law didn't know when she would automatically walk in, and everyone was thinking while eating, maybe the Taoist didn't look down on these coarse tea and light rice, but he had a good temper, and he didn't embarrass them, but he had a good meal and good drink. But thinking about eating this meal, it led to a more and more embarrassing life, and my heart was obscure for a while, and I lowered my head and ate in a sullen voice.

Li Xiangzhi was still standing obediently, she was the age of the long body, she ate the chicken legs in three or two, looked at some chicken skeletons on the table, wanted to clip them to nibble on the taste, with rice, cautiously stepped forward, just about to stretch out her hand, the little daughter-in-law Jing Lihua raised her head and glared at her, Li Xiangzhi's body shook, lowered her head and stepped aside, and ate with some pickles, while the others were indifferent. Thinking of Chu Qi's actions just now, her heart warmed, and the corners of her eyes were not moist.

Chu Qi sat in front of the dark window, looking at the stars and moon, a little stunned, and his thoughts couldn't help but drift to the Qingsong Lake Courtyard of the Shangqing Courtyard, a corner of the library pavilion, the tens of millions of flying flowers in the sea of flowers and butterflies, and the 100 million star dome of the Wangxing Pavilion. Suddenly there was a rustling sound in his ears, which pulled him back.

Chu Qi often eats Ganoderma lucidum fairy grass, his body is already extraordinary, and his ear power is different from ordinary people, listening carefully, he frowned, and muttered: "What is this going on?"

"Daddy, I said that Xiangzhi was promised to give birth to a baby for me, and I have raised her for so long, why is it cheaper for others at this time. ”

"You are stupid, if Xiangzhi is happy with that person and gives birth to an heir, isn't it the same to call you a father and Lihua a mother? ”

"That's not good, Xiangzhi is my own, you don't know how many days I've waited, how many years I've endured, Lihua's old lady is loose and doesn't know the customs, and she pushes back and pushes back once you do it. ”

"Fuck you turtle son egg, you and Lihua have no children for so many years, bringing Xiangzhi is for you to give birth to a baby, not for you to be sexually happy, even if someone gets it, it can still be used, don't you still have a habit of cleanliness. ”

"What if that person gets Xiangzhi and then takes her away, it won't work. ”

"How did I give birth to such a stupid son as you, if he really wants to take Xiangzhi away, let's move him with emotion. I think that man is easy to talk to, and when the time comes, we will ask for some elixir as compensation. Isn't Aunt Sun and his son doing things under Fengcheng Mansion, ask him to exchange some money, let's move away immediately, with these money, why worry about living a hard life, and then why is it difficult to marry you a beautiful daughter-in-law. ”

Li Youfu silently bowed his head and pondered, his father saw this, and hurriedly said: "In two years, Xiangzhi and Xu, with her appearance, are very likely to be dragged to be official prostitutes. ”

"You have to say something, can you make it?"

Li Youfu was unwilling to shout: "Cheng! ”

"You turtle grandson, be quiet. ”