On the other side of the mountain, there is a small fishing village on the other side of the sea. To the east of the fishing village, a group of children frolic in a stream, and the women of the village above the stream are chatting while washing clothes.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang from the east side of the village, and smoke billowed from it. The women and children by the stream were startled at first, and when they saw a figure passing by, they continued their work as if nothing had happened.

"Mu Bai, you little cub, you actually stole my fire charm!" a big man yelled.

"Uncle Liu, isn't it just to use your ignition charm to fry fish, as for being so angry. And it's called stealing, can stealing be considered stealing," said a young man with red lips and white teeth and a fair body shuttling through the path by the stream.

"You stole my fire talisman for a month! And you called it fried fish! You almost blew up the entire lake dam! What a mess of "stealing" and "stealing"! The little cub learned some crooked reasoning from the stinky old man of the wooden boy! I only knew that you stole my things! When I caught you, I would beat you to death!" the big man yelled.

The boy was chased to a ruined temple and bumped into an old monk who was sweeping up fallen leaves. The old monk looked at the young man and jokingly said, "Amitabha, Mu Bai, you can't wait to practice Buddhism with me?!"

Mu Bai looked at the smiling old monk and said with a smile: "Monk Huici, I'll come to you to hide first, and when Uncle Liu comes, you can help me cover up." Hui Ci patted his belly full of fat and said, "Mu Bai, you can rest assured to hide, I patted my chest and promised not to tell anyone." ”

When Mu Bai heard this, he plunged into the water tank in the temple, Hui Ci took the lid and closed the water tank with his hand, and then continued to sweep the fallen leaves in the broken temple with a shy stomach.

There was a sound of footsteps like an earthquake, and a big man rushed headlong into the temple, shaking off many leaves. Monk Huici frowned and looked at the falling leaves on the ground.

Then he said to the big man: "Master Liu, why do you have time to come to my broken temple today." Come on, come on, and make such a big move, the poor monk just swept the leaves on the ground, and if you toss so much, the poor monk will have to spend many hours sweeping the leaves. ”

The big man ignored Monk Huici's words and asked, "Huici, have you ever seen that kid from Mu Bai?" I just chased this little loach-like cub and saw him burrow into your temple. ”

Monk Huici shook the shabby wide monk's robe and said, "I haven't seen it, I've never seen it." The poor monk has been sweeping the fallen leaves, one leaf and one world, and he has never seen anything else here except the fallen leaves. With that, continue to bow your head and sweep the fallen leaves.

The big man looked at Monk Huici and said, "I still have a pot of peach blossom brew that has not been opened, but unfortunately you only have this fallen leaf in your eyes." ”

Monk Huici's eyes flashed, and he said hesitantly: "Amitabha, the Dharma crosses sentient beings, how can a poor monk stick to a fallen leaf, just outside this fallen leaf, it seems... Something vaguely broke in. ”

"Two bottles of peach blossom brew!"

"Amitabha, the poor monk remembered that there was someone in the water tank. ”

When it was too late, the big man punched the water tank, and as the water tank broke, a fair-skinned figure wanted to escape from the chaos, but was grabbed by the big man with one hand.

The big man carried Mu Bai like a chicken, glared at him and said, "Good boy!

Mu Bai scolded at Hui Ci and yelled: "Old monk Hui Ci! You just patted your chest and promised not to tell anyone!

Hui Ci clasped his hands together and said: "Amitabha, the poor monk was obviously patting his stomach just now, how can there be any patting his chest." Moreover, the poor monk had just consulted with the Buddha, and the Buddha allowed the poor monk to speak out. ”

Mu Bai struggled and said, "You old liar! You are just greedy for other people's peach blossom brew!"

Hui Ci smiled and said: "No, no, the Buddha Buddha smiled and passed on the Dharma, and the poor monk took the peach blossom brew to better feel the mystery of the Buddha's flower, completely out of studying the Dharma." ”

"Ahhh

After Mu Bai left, Hui Ci flicked the flower to the broken water tank, only to see that the broken water tank was slowly restored to its original state, and the water on the ground also flowed back to the water tank. Hui Ci looked at the spilled leaves on the ground and sighed and said, "This old Liu's strength is still so great, I still have to sweep the fallen leaves, but the peach blossom brewed 、、、 hehehe, suck." ”

At this time, a golden-bodied Arhat slowly appeared beside Monk Huici and saluted Huici: "Uncle Shi, after this incident, do you want to return to Lingshan?"

Hui Ci took a bowl of water from the water tank and said, "I am no longer a master and ancestor, you don't need to bow to me. And it's too early to tell. ”

The golden-bodied Arhat bowed his head and said, "Uncle Shi, Lingshan is waiting for you! ”

"Don't say any more, that's it. With that, Monk Huici flicked his sleeves and shattered the golden light, and waved it out of the temple along with the fallen leaves. For a time, the ancient temple was spotless.

In a small dilapidated house in the valley area east of the small fishing village, a large stove is placed in the middle of the house, and a bellows is set up next to the hearth. The iron to be forged is first burned red in the furnace, and then moved to the large iron pier, where Master Liu holds a sledgehammer for forging.

Holding a small hammer in the right hand and iron tongs in the left hand, the iron material is constantly turned during the forging process, and the square iron is beaten into a round iron rod or the thick iron rod is beaten into a slender iron rod.

After the iron is finalized, it is quenched by Mu Bai with cold water. This cold water is taken from a natural cold pool in the east of the fishing village, which is bitterly cold all year round, even on dog days.

If the water of this cold pool is scooped up in winter, it will immediately form ice, and the person who takes the water will also freeze if it sticks. When Mu Bai was a child, he often secretly went to Hantan to take a bath in the summer, and every time he was discovered by Uncle Liu, he was often chased by Uncle Liu and ran all over the ground.

Over time, Uncle Liu found that Hantan Water seemed to be very close to Mu Bai, and scooping water in winter would not freeze, so he handed over the task of taking Hantan Water to Mu Bai.

Since then, Mu Bai went to Hantan to take a bath, and Uncle Liu no longer stopped him. Mu Bai's white skin is also caused by soaking in the cold pool all year round, otherwise Mu Bai is running around in the mud and water all day long, how can he be as dark as other children in the village.

After Mu Bai finished taking the water, he went to a Taoist priest in the village to buy some rune paper. After Mu Bai was caught stealing the fire charm, Uncle Liu didn't let him go so simply, not only did Mu Bai go to the blacksmith shop for free to help, but he also needed to compensate 100 fire charms. Fortunately, Uncle Liu is in charge of the rice, otherwise Mu Bai's life will be difficult.

Mu Bai is an orphan in a small fishing village, and his parents have been gone since he can remember, and he was raised by his grandmother. After his grandmother raised him, he died, and Mu Bai buried his grandmother on the hill behind the house, and opened the window every day to see his grandmother's cemetery. After his grandmother's death, Mu Bai began to live alone, and he never went hungry often by relying on the fishing boats left by his parents.

Because of Mu Bai's fair body, the children in the fishing village don't like to play with Mu Bai and often laugh at him as a "little girl". The girls in the village like Mu Bai, and often girls secretly give Mu Bai some small things, but Mu Bai doesn't care about this and returns them all. Over time, there were no more children in the small fishing village to play with Mu Bai.

Therefore, it is common to see a lonely figure wandering around the fishing village, sometimes using a fire charm to blow up other people's fish, and sometimes flooding other people's yards with water charms.