Chapter 70: The Spring of the Back Mountain
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A few people bought some rice and vegetables in the village, and finally came to the butcher's house again, and the butcher saw my wife and a few of them, and his face actually looked a little unnatural.
After letting the butcher cut a few catties of raw meat, Xiao Laodao asked the butcher with a smile, "Donor, there is something wrong with the poor road, I don't understand, can I ask you?" As soon as Xiao Lao said this, my grandfather saw that the butcher's face became even more unnatural.
"Daoist, you, what is the matter with you, just ask." It can be heard that the butcher seems to be a little weak in his heart.
Xiao Laodao asked: "Why is the mountain outside your village called Maverick Mountain, it can't be because it looks like a calf, right?" β
The butcher then stumbled and said, "That's it...... It's because it looks like a calf that it's called Calf Mountain. β
Xiao Laodao nodded, and then asked, "Have you ever been to the Qingniuguan on the mountain?" β
"No, never, never!" This is a draft, to be revised tomorrow. In the past two days, my stomach is not very comfortable, especially at six or seven o'clock in the afternoon, don't worry about me, I am sick, and I will be fine after two days.
When Xiao Laodao heard this, his eyes were fixed on the butcher and he laughed, "Donor, what are you afraid of, is there something to hide from us outsiders?" β
"IβWhat can I hide from you, do you want to buy something else, if you don't buy it, let's leave quickly."
Xiao Laodao stood still, suppressed his smile, and said, "That view is good, but it's not clean inside, right?" β
The butcher's face changed again, "What is clean or not, I don't know what you are talking about, you don't buy anything and leave quickly!" β
Xiao Laodao suddenly threw his hand at the butcher, "Poor Dao has to thank the donor again for pointing out the accommodation yesterday and say goodbye." β
Xiao Lao Dao immediately beckoned everyone to leave, but after walking a few steps, the butcher shouted from behind, "Dao Chief, you better leave that Taoist temple and hurry early." β
The master glanced back at the butcher, and it could be seen from the butcher's expression that this person was not bad-eyed, and he was worried about a few of them, Xiao Laodao didn't look back, and raised his fist above his side, "Thank you for your kindness." β
On the way, Xiao Laodao said to my grandfather: "There is something strange in this temple, after sending the rice noodles up the mountain, you take the ninth and eleventh years to the back mountain to have a look, and I will go around their village to see if there are any rumors or legends about this mountain." β
My grandfather was puzzled when he heard this, "Brother Xiao, there is no tomb here, why delay here?" β
Xiao Lao Daoshen smiled mysteriously: "Although there is no tomb, there may be something more precious than a tomb here." β
"What's that?"
Xiao Laodao waved his hand mysteriously again, "This can't be said, it is said that these things are all good ears, as long as I hear someone say it, it will not come out again." β
"You're talking about ginseng that has become a sperm?" When I was a child, I heard my ancestor say that it was ginseng that became refined in the mountains, and if it was seen, the person who saw it could not tell others, as long as he told others, the ginseng would be heard, and when he went to the mountains to find it, it would be impossible to find it again.
The master looked at Xiao Laodao, and saw Xiao Laodao smiled helplessly at him, and didn't say anything more.
After returning to the mountain and settling down, Xiao Laodao went down the mountain again, and the master was going to take Xiao Chujiu and Xiao Shiyi to the back mountain to have a look, but Xiao Shiyi had a stomach at this time and kept running to the toilet.
In the end, the master left him in the temple and rushed to the back mountain with Xiao Chujiu.
Here in the back mountain, it is the place where the little green cow left before, the terrain is steeper than the front mountain, there may be no one coming all year round, and the wild grass is much denser than the front mountain.
My grandfather and the two of them went down from the top of the mountain to the bottom of the mountain, and there was nothing abnormal, so my grandfather wondered, what did Xiao Laodao let him see?
The only thing the two men found was a spring, the size of a basin, bubbling out of the mountainside, and the water formed a meandering stream at the bottom of the mountain.
The two of them climbed from the mountain to the spring, drank a few sips of water, and sat next to the spring to rest, Xiao Chujiu asked my grandfather at this time, "Liu Daxia, what does the master want us to do in the back mountain?" β
My grandfather glanced at him, and was about to say what he saw last night, but then remembered Xiao Laodao's half-concealed appearance, and didn't seem to want more people to know, so he changed his words and said: "Isn't it just for us to come and find the spring water, now that we have found it, we don't have to go down the mountain to carry water." β
Although Xiao Chujiu was honest, he was not stupid, and said, "You and Master, is there something to hide from us?" β
My grandfather smiled, "There is something to hide from you, because there are some taboos, your master will not let you say it, and when the time comes, you will naturally know." β
Xiao Chujiu nodded, "I believe in you, and I believe in Master." β
When the master heard this, he glanced at Xiao Chujiu, he was really a loyal and good apprentice, of course, Xiao Laodao was also very good to them, all of them were like his own sons.
The two of them rested next to the spring for a while, drank a few more sips of spring water, and saw that the time was almost up, and beckoned Xiao Chujiu to return to the Taoist temple.
When my grandfather stood up from the spring, I felt that the tiredness I had felt all over my body had been swept away, and my spirit was extremely refreshed.
The two of them grabbed the weeds and climbed up the mountain, and the master felt extra strong at this time, and he didn't feel tired, so he subconsciously turned his head and glanced at Xiao Chujiu beside him, Xiao Chujiu also looked relaxed.
When the two of them returned to the view, Xiao Laodao had not come back, Xiao Shiyi was still running to the toilet one by one, the grandfather asked him if he had eaten something bad, Xiao Shiyi gestured and said, we are all eating together, he has not eaten anything privately, the grandfather said, it may be that he fell cold from sleep last night, and it is not summer now, and the night on the mountain is even cooler.
At this time, Xiao Chujiu took out two wooden buckets from the side room where pots and pans were placed, saying that the water in the water tank was too long to drink, and he wanted to go to the spring to carry water.
Xiao Chujiu said, this is difficult for him, and then, Xiao took out a rope for going down to the tomb, and tied the two buckets to himself, my grandfather shook his head when he saw this, however, Xiao Chujiu is tall and big, and carrying two buckets of water up the mountain, it is not a big problem for him, so he explained that he only beat half a bucket of water in each bucket, so it should not be too much, and it will not be too laborious.
Xiao Chujiu agreed, and left with the bucket on his back.
An hour later, Xiao Laodao came back, at this time, Xiao Chujiu had already carried a tank of water, but he was soaked all over his body, and Xiao Shiyi miraculously stopped having a stomach, as if he had never had a stomach, playing with the two ghosts and monkeys.
Xiao Laodao smiled, seemed to have heard some news, called my grandfather to the wing, and told my grandfather a legend here, saying that a long, long time ago, their area was a big mountain, and it was inconvenient for the common people to travel, and the land was barren, and they grew food in the cracks of the stones on the mountainside, and there was often famine.
Suddenly, there was one, ran a little green cow, with the horns of the big mountain, the big mountain to another place, the mountain is gone, revealing the land below, the road is easy to walk, however, the green cow is tired to death, lying on the ground into a hill, later, in order to commemorate the green cow, on the top of the mountain to build a green cow view.
After hearing this, the master couldn't help but smile and shook his head, and said to Xiao Laodao, "Brother Xiao, do you believe in such myths and stories?" β
Xiao Laodao said: "Of course I don't believe it, but tell me, what happened to the calf I saw yesterday?" β
The master was speechless for a moment, Xiao Laodao said: "Many local legends are not groundless, there must always be something real in it, in fact, you are not the only one who has seen it, many people in their village have seen this green cow, and they all say that the green cow has appeared." β
At this time, Xiao Chujiu came back from outside with two buckets on his back, Xiao Laodao glanced at him and asked, "Chujiu, what are you doing here?" β
Xiao Chujiu replied with a simple face: "I'll carry water on my back, master." β
Xiao Laodao looked at Xiao Chujiu again, "Isn't there a flat shoulder, how can you carry the water, look at your body, it's all soaked." β
Xiao Chujiu replied: "The mountain is too steep to carry the flat shoulder. β
At this time, my grandfather hurriedly said to Xiao Laodao: "Just now we went to the back mountain and saw a spring, which is very close to the Taoist temple, and we carried water from there on the ninth day of the first month. β
When Xiao Laodao heard this, he glanced at my grandfather and sighed, "What a stupid child." β
The master hurriedly said: "Brother Chu Jiu is not stupid at all, Brother Xiao, it is your blessing that you can have such a good apprentice." β
Xiao Laodao shouted at Xiao Chujiu: "Okay, don't carry it, we can't live here for a few days, it's useless to carry too much, hurry back to the house and change clothes." β
Xiao Chujiu agreed, poured water into the water tank, and went back to the house to change clothes.
At noon, steamed white rice, pork and wild mountain vegetables, Xiao Laodao ate rice, while smacking his lips, and said to himself: "Shanxi territory, I have been here no less than ten times, like this kind of white rice in their place, it is a rare thing, although it is not much, but I have eaten it a few times, it is very rough, but this time the rice, why is it so sweet?" β
As soon as Xiao Laodao said this, Xiao Shiyi gestured to him, Xiao Shiyi's gesture probably meant that it may have something to do with water, just now I have been having stomach trouble, very uncomfortable, seeing that my brother picked up spring water, I couldn't help but drink a few sips, and my stomach no longer hurts after drinking, and the spring water is very sweet, especially delicious.
When Xiao Laodao heard this, he hurriedly got up, and my grandfather looked at him. The place where they ate was in the kitchen, I saw Xiao Laodao walk to the water tank, scoop up some spring water with a scoop, taste it carefully, and then turned around and asked my grandfather, "Where did you find the mountain spring?" β
After lunch, my grandfather took Xiao Laodao to the spring in the back mountain, Xiao Laodao looked at the spring, and then took off the Taoist robe on his body, rolled up the sleeves of the inner lining, and put his arm into the spring.
The spring didn't look too deep, Xiao Laodao seemed to be going inside to touch something, and after a while, Xiao Laodao laughed, looked up and said to my grandfather, "Brother, we are really blessed people don't need to be busy......"