When Ah Xia came out of the back room, she had already changed into a delicate white sleeveless cheongsam, her hair was also coiled up high, and with the high-heeled sandals she bought during the day, she actually showed a charming charm out of thin air. I only felt that the entire front hall was instantly lit up, and I couldn't help but stare at her, and Jin Siniang didn't notice when I called me, until I was reminded by Ah Xia, I reacted suddenly, and turned around to make amends in her light laughter.

Jin Siniang didn't care, she said a few words to me as usual, and while beckoning us to dinner, she asked me about my judgment of my condition. After seeing that I had gotten better with "Wangqi", she was also overjoyed and in a good mood, so she opened a rare bottle of rice wine and drank it with Uncle Dachuan.

Seeing that the two of them were happy, I hurriedly said some words of thanks, and the atmosphere became more and more harmonious. Seeing this, I couldn't help but ask Uncle Okawa about their precious son, it wasn't me gossiping, but I had been disturbing his house for so long, and I heard his couple talk about it many times, but I only heard about him, but I didn't see the details, which inevitably aroused my curiosity. It's just that as soon as the words came out, I realized that this was really not a good word.

I saw Jin Siniang, who was smiling, and when I heard that I mentioned her son Jin Zhengxiong, her face was immediately covered with dark clouds. I saw that she didn't say anything, only raised the wine glass, drank the remaining wine in the glass, put down the dishes and chopsticks, lit the pipe, leaned back on the jujube wooden chair, and smoked a stuffy cigarette.

Ah Xia and I were immediately dumbfounded when we saw this, and we didn't know what to say. Uncle Dachuan hurriedly spoke, bluntly saying that it was not our fault, and glanced at Jin Siniang as he spoke, and saw that she did not stop her, so he said the knot in the hearts of her couple who had been bored in recent years.

It's a long story, and the source even goes back to the story I heard from Don Cripple.

"Don't hide it, in the past when Xiao Li heard Uncle Tang say, the Phnom Penh medicine box that sacrificed himself to slay demons was Siniang's father." When Uncle Dachuan said this, his eyes couldn't help but be full of admiration, as if the old man with the fairy wind and bones had already come to him, and he was teaching his wandering and confused juniors, and pointed out the way forward.

When Mr. Jin was alive, he had three sons and one daughter. The three sons, who are sensitive in nature and have no quarrel with the world, are either engaged in business, or specialized in learning, or are obsessed with Danqing calligraphy and painting, in their respective fields, not to mention being among the best, but also quite accomplished. It's just that although the three of them have entered the WTO in a low-key manner, none of them have a Taoist heart, hide their roots and bones, and have no interest in the Taoist magic inherited by the times. Fortunately, Mr. Jin can also be regarded as open, regardless of the opposition of other sect leaders, he open-mindedly selected a few young men with pure character from the branch family as disciples, regarded them as his own, and taught them all his life without reservation.

It's just that the road is bumpy, and it's very human. At first, the diligent and motivated young people, after the Tao became small, they were inevitably respected by the world, and they were impregnated by the bright world of flowers, and one after another left the teacher and set up their own doors. Seeing this, Uncle Jin was inevitably sad, but more helpless.

Fortunately, God still favors the old man, when he was sixty-four years old, let him get a daughter in old age, and the old man is also grateful for the gift of fate, and calls the girl "Siniang", very loving.

This girl is also dexterous, well-read and strong, far better than the three brothers, not to mention, she is also interested in medical skills. Although he has not been formally taught by the sect, he can familiarize himself with the essence of the Jin family's secret method just by hearing and seeing it, which shows that his understanding is quite high. When the girl grew to the age of fourteen and her talent appeared, Mrs. Jin couldn't help but cry, although he was afraid that she would suffer, he still couldn't help but secretly make up his mind to hand over the Jin family to her at the helm.

When Siniang grew up, she really had the style of the Jin family, fought with swords, hung pots to help the world, walked the rivers and lakes for many years, and her reputation was also very good. There is only one thing that is criticized by the sect family: because of this heroine, she has already been favored by the other four sect masters, and intends to make her a Taoist companion with the disciples who have become a disciple under her disciples, so that yin and yang are suitable, and she is diligent in Taoism. Who knew that Siniang fell in love with a carpenter guy who went south and north to run business, and made a private agreement with him for life. This incident also directly aroused the hostility of the Zong family's bloodline faction, and it was not until the young carpenter apprenticed to his master, joined the Jin family, and changed his surname that he reluctantly stopped the scolding war. It's just that, in this way, the status of the Jin family is difficult to restore to what it used to be.

After the death of the old man Jin, several sects were still polite on the surface, but they already looked down on the Jin family inside, and agreed that the five families would each cultivate for three years. Jin Siniang has a strong temperament, and has come to the door several times to accuse Boss Hong of being unkind, but he has been pushed back on the grounds that there is no successor to the Jin family.

In desperation, Jin Siniang had to be ruthless and forced her only son Zhengxiong to learn Taoist medicine - originally she wanted to follow the will of Uncle Jin and Uncle Dachuan, go with the flow, and let him freely choose what he likes to play, but the pressure from other sects is increasing, and she can't bear the decadence of the family business left by Uncle Jin, and it is inevitable that she will sway between inheriting her father's will and maternal instinct, and suffering the child.

That Zhengxiong character is also introverted and well-behaved, well-mannered, until high school, are influenced by modern education and traditional culture, during the day in the school to study the number of words, at night to go home to remember the seasonal meridian herbs, but also peaceful.

Until June of the previous year, the dust of the college entrance examination settled.

Uncle Okawa and his wife were full of gloom when they saw Zhengxiong coming back from the exam. When I asked, I found out that he had a confidante who got along well and admired each other, and he had agreed to be admitted to F University, but because of family pressure, he did not perform well in the exam...... Fortunately, the girl is also well-versed in affairs, and after getting the notice, she encouraged Zhengxiong to wait for him at F University.

It's just that half a year later, Zhengxiong, who was repeating, learned at the spring break class reunion that the girl had started a relationship with the class president who had entered F University because of the 20 points of the outstanding class cadres.

Finally, Zhengxiong, who has always been gentle and obedient, had an unprecedented quarrel with Jin Siniang over this matter. After losing both, Zhengxiong relied on Uncle Okawa several times to go to South Korea for further study, only returning every year on Chinese New Year's Eve, working hard in his spare time, and not asking his family for money. Jin Siniang was afraid that he would suffer, so she urged Uncle Dachuan to send him money every once in a while, but it was only later that she found the bank card full of remorse in the drawer of her study.

These old things have been slowly diluted by time, and the couple also supported each other to find an opportunity to repair their relationship with their son. It's just that it's time for the quadrennial qualification assessment of the sect's mountain movers made by Boss Hong, if the Jin family still can't stand out this time, the next round of Yun Chenzhu's cultivation ownership will be divided up by the other four families. Uncle Dachuan was afraid that Jin Siniang, who received the post, would be upset because of this matter, so he proposed to make her a few new cheongsams to interrupt, but I didn't want to, as soon as I got home, I stabbed the basket. Ah Xia and I learned the reason for the incident, and we just wanted to help, so we couldn't help but blurt out:

"So, uncle, when is this so-called qualification assessment?"

"Well, probably in two weeks. I remember the prayer post saying 'Come to your door in one breath.'" Uncle Dachuan looked at Jin Siniang, who was speechless, thought about it, and told us the truth.

Taoism pays attention to the seasons of heaven and earth, and I also heard it when I was reading the books of Jin Siniang, and naturally knew the four seasons, eight festivals, twenty-four qi, and seventy-two waits. So he explained to Ah Xia: "According to our calendar, the 12th day is one day, the fifth day is one day, the third day is one breath, the third quarter is one period, the second quarter is one time, and the fourth hour is a year. In this way, the sect's investigation of the Jin family should be within fifteen days. ”

I saw Ah Xia nodding in support of my fiery gaze, thinking that the introduction to self-study had been going smoothly in the past few days, I couldn't help but burst with confidence, and couldn't help but speak: "Sister Jin, uncle, otherwise, this time the qualification exam, I will represent the Jin family and make up the number of people, in case I pass, I can also save some face for the two of you, in order to repay the grace of saving lives......"

"Nonsense!" Jin Siniang was originally only smoking a stuffy cigarette and closing her eyes to recuperate, but when she saw me holding her big, she opened her phoenix eyes early and stopped me from drinking: "Isn't the sect test child's play, just your half-baked level, don't say that you have passed, and you can come out of the ink maze completely, which is a great luck." As he spoke, he frowned, his face was tired again, he looked at Uncle Dachuan and asked him inquiringly:

"Otherwise, let's ask Zhengxiong to see if he is willing to ......"

"Okay, I'll find a time and give him a call." Uncle Dachuan nodded, agreed to Sister Jin, and sent her back to the room to rest. After half a ring, when he returned to the front hall, he had the phone in his hand and couldn't dial it for a long time.

When I saw the two of them leaving, I quickly jumped out and picked up the phone that Uncle Okawa put on the table, and the number of Zhengxiong on it had been selected.

"Dad, what's the matter? I'm still working. Hearing a gentle, firm and slightly immature male voice on the phone, I quickly turned my head away and turned the earpiece in the direction of Uncle Okawa's departure-Brother Zhengxiong, this title, brother, I can't afford it.

When the voice on the other side settled, I quickly took over the conversation, rolled my eyes, and said to him: "Brother Zhengxiong Xian, I am your Lei Shibo's little apprentice Mu Zilong, today to your house to distribute the sect worship post, I heard that Ling Tang's words are quite offensive to the family teacher, I had to take action and Ling Ci to fight, mistakenly injured it, Ling Zun has taken her back to the inner hall for treatment, read each other as a family, the same source of Taoism, I hereby inform you to return quickly, if you want justice, just come to me, this is my number: 13xxxxxxx......"

I only bet that the bear is a filial son, and when I hear that my mother is sick, I will rush back in the starry night, and when the person arrives, I will admit my mistake to his family of three after solving the urgent need, and it is not appropriate to forgive me - with wishful thinking, I just wait for the other side to be angry, and then hang up the phone calmly, create a little suspense, and force him to return quickly, even if it is done.

Who knows, there was no outburst on the other side for a long time, let alone anger, there was not even a response at all, and what was waiting for me was only a wordless silence. I was startled, thinking that it was because the transoceanic phone signal was not good, he didn't hear it clearly, and secretly scolded a bad breath, a little uncontrollable, and quickly raised his voice and called:

"Hey! Bear! You hear me? Forget it, I'll say it again......" As the saying goes, a drum is like a tiger, and if you say the same thing a second time, the momentum has been reduced by half.

"Don't lie to me." Hearing such a sentence suddenly popping up on the other side of the phone, I was stunned for a moment. I only heard the other end say: "You are the childcare that my dad found, right?" Where's my dad? I have seen all the brothers and sisters in the sect. How could my mother lose to a descendant of your age. Speaking of this, he paused and said seriously: "If she really loses, can she tell me?" Besides, everyone is a modern person, who in the sect would deliberately speak like you? I'm going to work. Good bye. ”

"Wait!" I heard that Zhengxiong was neither humble nor arrogant, so I hung up the phone, quickly stopped him, and said in a passionate voice: I am a friend of his parents, because I was poisoned in the ancient tomb, I want to use the dust bead to detoxify and heal the injury, and ask him to come back during spring break to participate in the sect test. Speaking of which, I saw that he didn't hang up the phone, so I added:

"My family has also robbed tombs for generations, what can I do? Sometimes parents just impose their unfulfilled wishes on their children, and by the time they realize that they are wrong, it is too late. As children, isn't that what we are waiting for is the phrase 'I'm sorry'? In addition to being angry, who doesn't feel sorry for their parents. Brother Zhengxiong, while your parents are still well, you have to talk. Don't be like me......" Although my words were half-true and half-false, they were still mixed with their heartfelt words at the end, and I don't know if it touched him, but I still didn't respond half-loudly.

It took me a long time before I heard a voice on the other end of the phone: "I'm thinking about it...... What is the time? ”

"The first day of April!" Hanging up the phone, I was overjoyed, but I was vaguely a little stunned, and I heard the footsteps of Uncle Dachuan and Ah Xia in the distance, so I quickly took a deep breath, squeezed out a smile, and greeted it.

"It's finished?" Seeing that I was smiling, Ah Xia couldn't hold back her joy and couldn't help asking.

"Well, it's a little close, give him some time to think about it." As I spoke, I turned my head to look at Uncle Okawa and said, "However, we still have to be prepared with both hands, if not, we have to stand up to it first." Sister Jin also asked Uncle to do the work. ”

"Well said! If Zhengxiong is willing to come back, we will have to thank you. "Uncle Okawa has already learned about my plan from Ah Xia, so he naturally nodded in agreement.

In the next few days, Ah Xia and I didn't dare to slack off, ate and slept together, reminded each other, and studied the Dao Gate day and night. Jin Siniang also agreed to my plan under Uncle Dachuan's repeated persuasion, and constantly corrected the shortcomings of our skills. In addition, she taught us some quick routines in case we needed them.

Two weeks is fleeting.

Tomorrow is the deadline for the sect test, and there is still no news from Zhengxiong. Uncle Dachuan and Jin Siniang were still sitting in the front hall, staring at the main door, looking for it. In the wing, Ah Xia sat beside me meekly as usual, quietly watching me reading books and asking, seeing me looking at her, I couldn't help but smile at me: "Lizi, I think, you are so handsome, you are so handsome......"

"So, if I'm distracted by you, I'm not handsome?" After listening to her, I couldn't help but hold her in my arms and tease her with my eyebrows.

"Not only is it not handsome! It's still bad! Seeing me move her hands and feet, Ah Xia was afraid that she would be provoked by me, so she quickly took advantage of my unpreparedness, lightly pulled away, ran to the desk and stood still, and then made a playful face at me. Seeing that I didn't catch her, Ah Xia simply sat down with me half a body apart, took out the book "Survival in the Wilderness" from my satchel, and flipped through it.

"Lizi, it's been ten years, and you're still reading this book?" Ah Xia looked at the soaked and sun-crumpled pages, glanced at me with beautiful eyes, and then fell back to the book, her eyes full of memories.

Of course, I remember that this was the first book I bought with Ah Xia when I was in college. It was not long after we entered the Donkey Friends Club, and when we were shopping, we happened to see a huge poster of Bei Ye, so I entered the book city, and after opening it, I thought it was good, so I bought it and gave it to Ah Xia.

"Well, every time I feel different." I thought of those ignorant memories and couldn't help but sigh: "For example, Bei Ye always emphasized that the first rule of survival in the jungle is to find shelter, food and water. In fact, how is this not the case in our modern society? In this concrete jungle of reinforced concrete, people will not feel safe if they do not have a nest to live in, and they will not be able to eat a full meal. As I spoke, I leaned my head back on the solid wood chair and fell into deep thought, and suddenly felt for a moment how objective and practical the so-called "well-off family", "car and house" and "stable income" of the money worshippers were...... If modern people don't have these things, what is the difference between them and primitive people who don't have caves, food and water? The living environment, no matter where it is, is still sinister in the end.

"Well, Lizi, don't think too much, although we all lost our jobs, don't you still have medical skills! Besides, you have learned a lot of magical powers from Sister Jin now, and after returning to Nanhua, we will open a small husband and wife clinic, build a small nest, and give birth to a bunch of small plums as you said...... "Ah Xia wanted to comfort me, but when she thought of her future life, she couldn't help but blush on her pretty face.

"Yes, life is full of dangers, but we have the skills to overcome obstacles, and when we practice a unique school that can be passed on to future generations, it will be in vain to become parents. Daughter-in-law, am I right? After listening to her, I couldn't help but reverie, and I couldn't help but reverie, I can't wait to learn one or two tricks at once, as a gift of love, to teach my future children.

"Poor mouth. The truth is a set of rules, and the top priority is to help Uncle's family tide over the difficulties first, and then make plans for our affairs. Ah Xia followed me and imagined the future for a while, only to realize my routine, and when I came back to my senses, the person had been caught by me, and sat in my arms with soft bones, and then I wanted to escape, where would I still have a chance to give her.

I saw that she was no longer struggling, and was about to make love with her, but I found that the cold thunder was rolling outside the hospital, and the white fog was repeated. After careful consideration, I felt more and more that this thundercloud water vapor was by no means an ordinary scene. Thinking of this, I hurriedly picked up Ah Xia, sorted out my clothes, and came to the front hall.

In addition to Uncle Okawa and his wife, there were really four more people in the house, and I saw:

On the left side sat a middle-aged man in a suit and bow tie, with a fat head and big eyes, who looked like a businessman, and when he saw us coming in, he shrewdly turned his round eyes and looked at me for a while, and then his eyes fell on the slim Ah Xia, and he couldn't take it off anymore.

"Ouch!" I only heard him scream in pain, and the eldest sister behind him who was wearing heavy makeup and a Minnie Mouse hat was pinched hard, and couldn't help laughing: "Xiaoyun!" What are you doing! ”

Sister Minnie didn't show weakness, snorted, and sneered: "Master, don't blame the apprentice, it's just that the master has orders, but if you look at other women for more than three seconds, you want me to be right for you on her behalf." ”

"Hahahaha-" I looked at it, and the series of unbridled laughter actually came from the mouth of the white woman wearing narrow-rimmed glasses and looking like a university teacher standing behind the guest seat opposite, and for a moment I felt that it was very different from her previous serious, restrained, and unmoving momentum. Look at the slightly chubby middle-aged man sitting in front of her, smiling and scolding her for paying attention to his manners, shaking a feather fan, a white shirt, a huge pair of black-framed glasses on his round face, leaving a smooth and slippery head, and crossing his legs, he looks like an insider who is engaged in music. Seeing that Ah Xia and I saluted the two of them under Jin Siniang's greeting, I hurriedly clenched my fists, and I had already seen Ah Xia and me clearly in a glance. I felt that he was slightly surprised, but he still smiled quietly and said:

"Sister Jin, don't talk about it, since the people have arrived, let's start." Saying that, the treasure fan in his hand "bang" put away, has taken the teacher behind the teacher handed over a roll of ink painting, steadily shouted "open", with a shake of the wrist, has been the more than one meter wide, more than two meters long picture scroll flat, I don't know where to find a wool pen, in the teacher's hand inkstone dipped in thick ink, in one breath, draw a calligraphy and painting.

I was only attracted by the heroism of his gestures, and when I came back to my senses, I realized that he had completed the masterpiece with ease. I was marveling at what kind of magnificent landscape it would be, but when I heard the shallow and vulgar Minnie Mouse on the other side, I couldn't help but laugh out loud.

When I looked closely, in the center of the rice paper scroll, there was only a lonely drawing—