At about noon, Qinhuang Restaurant brought a table of sumptuous meals, as well as three jars of aged Lao Fen wine.

At this time, the little boy came back with the little pug brother also playing crazy, maybe he was tired of playing, and he didn't have the naughtiness of the previous few days, so he greeted the elders obediently, and helped Zhuang Zhengde take the bench from the house, sat down with everyone, and prepared lunch.

Zhuang Yun instructed Zhuang Zhengde and Xie Cong to take some from the food and wine, and salute them to the offering table of the land lord.

Zhuang Zhengde and everyone sighed after hearing the story told by the old man Bai, although there is no thrilling content, but for the heavy responsibility of the old man Bai, several young people feel very heavy, this kind of burden on the shoulders, a lifetime of life has been unable to spend it in peace, the old man Bai has been like a day for decades, and he has to float in the rivers and lakes for his home, and the hardships are which ordinary people can understand and bear.

Zhuang Zhengde suddenly felt that everyone living in this world is a vivid character, whether it is an official in the court, or a coward in the mountains, whether it is a hero in the green forest, or a prostitute in Fireworks Willow Lane. Each person has their own joys, sorrows, and sorrows, and these things have nothing to do with your status, quality, or badness, because the most different thing between people and other creatures is that people have beliefs and emotions.

As a human being, the most difficult choice is a small family and great righteousness. Zhuang Zhengde has a small family, although he has no wife and no children, but the old father Zhuang Yun is alive for a day, Zhuang Yun has this small family for a day, Zhuang Yun can shelter Zhuang Zhengde, this is Zhuang Zhengde's small family; Zhuang Yun has great righteousness, he is an official, and he can live and work in peace and contentment for the small family of so many people, this is Zhuang Yun's righteousness. But in this troubled world, how many people can do it for the sake of righteousness.

Therefore, in the eyes of Zhuang Zhengde and others, Old Man Bai is a respectable person, and a young man chose a path that does not seek fame or profit when he needs to display his ambitions the most. For Zhuang Zhengde and Xie Cong, they gave up what should have been a comfortable life, but they begged for hardships and made their home from all over the world, just so that the people of Li could live a safe and stable life, and then dedicated their youth for decades.

Old Man Bai felt that the atmosphere of this lunch was a little heavy for a while, so he picked up a glass of wine, "You don't need to think about it, the sky will descend on a great task, this should be a catastrophe that you can't dodge if you want to, instead of bothering to fight, it's better to go with the flow." Although I can't fulfill my dream when I was young, I want to be a teacher to teach and educate people. But what the old man is doing now is worthy of the heavens and the earth, and the bottom is worthy of his parents and people. or don't do it, live a lifetime; Either do it, or do it to the best of your ability. I talk a lot, and I hope you don't dislike it. ”

Everyone raised a glass of wine and toasted Old Man Bai. The little boy couldn't wait to get off the chopsticks, and when he saw everyone put down the wine glass, he hurriedly inserted a chopstick into the roast chicken that had been planned for a long time just now, and divided a piece to the little pug who circled around the table.

The wine has passed three rounds, and the dishes have passed five flavors.

Zhuang Zhengde muddled his mouth full of oil and water, "Uncle Bai, this little boy is your grandson?" "Wine is a good medicine to open the conversation, no matter how strange the relationship is, as long as you can sit at the same table and drink two glasses of wine, then the enemy can also talk twice.

Old Man Bai put down the wine glass in his hand, smashed it, smashed his mouth, savored the taste of this old Fenjiu, and said, "Where did my old man come from such a blessing, since he took over the mantle of this big man, he has never stopped for a moment, and it is far from enough to rely on those records in the record of seeing and hearing. This day is either on the road of cloud travel, or is about to go to cloud travel, and there is no fixed place to live. Although there were a few good women in those years when we were young, we didn't want to delay others. Besides, if you don't come, you will have to fight to the death with the evil spirits, and you will not have an explanation for your family. I lost my father and mother since I was a child, and if I hadn't been a great man, my old man might have been a monk, haha. ”

"As for this little boy, I named him Yan Sihai. This child is quite pitiful, I picked it up when I was in Yan'an Mansion, it was the cold winter of Layue, and the four seas were begging on the side of the road, so he might be five or six years old. I'll take him by my side, and I can find someone for my old man who can support his old man. ”

The little boy Yan Sihai ate the rise, and when he heard the words, he dropped his chopsticks and pointed to the old man's nose and said, "Old man Bai, bah, don't talk nonsense, you won't die, you have to live to be nine hundred and ninety-nine years old!" Hurry up, baa ”

A group of people were amused by this little boy, and the old man laughed, "Okay, okay, bah, bah, grandpa is talking nonsense, don't count, grandpa will live to nine hundred and ninety-nine." ”

Zhuang Zhengde was just a little strange, this little boy looked fifteen or sixteen years old, and he looked like a seven or eight-year-old naughty boy when he spoke.

Old Man Bai continued, "I think you can also see that this kid is good anywhere, but it's a pity that when I first met him, these three souls and seven spirits were a little missing, and a refreshing spirit was missing, and the refreshing spirit is also the mind spirit, and if it is missing, this mind will develop much later than ordinary people." Some of the cool souls are badly missing, that is, they are born with dementia. But Sihai's child is okay, except for the slow development of his heart, he is no different from ordinary people. I don't want him to inherit the mantle, I just hope that the four seas can grow up safely and steadily by my side. ”

Zhuang Zhengde and the others suddenly realized, no wonder they always felt that this little boy always did something inconsistent with his age. Listening to what Old Man Bai said, he understood.

Zhuang Zhengde drank a cup of himself, "Uncle Bai, isn't this disease cured?" ”

Old Man Bai was silent for a long time, but he also poured a full wine glass and took a sip, sighing, "The cure can be cured, but I can't cure it." If you want to cure this child, you must take out his cool spirit from another healthy child of the same age and transfer it to Sihai. My old man has been jealous and hateful all his life, if he does this kind of thing, how can he be worthy of the title of this great gentleman? ”

Zhuang Zhengde was very sad and sad for the four seas. But think about what Old Man Bai said, if you don't even have a minimum moral bottom line as a person, if everyone is like this, what is the meaning of this world. Zhuang Zhengde has always believed that everyone in this world has their own lives, and nothing can be forced.

The old man Bai touched the little boy's head lovingly, and the little boy was happily disturbed by others, and he was a little angry, so he turned his head and rolled his eyes.

Old Man Bai was not angry with the little boy, "Sihai's parents, I have also been looking for a long time. Asking around in Yan'an Mansion, there is also a clue, this child is still young, but the accent is not the accent of Yan'an Mansion. It's like the accent of Chang'an Mansion, and somehow I ran so far. Maybe you traveled with your parents and got lost? It's a pity that this lacks a cool spirit, and the intelligence is different from ordinary people, if it weren't for the help of the surrounding neighbors, I'm afraid I would have died in the wild. ”

Old Man Bai always has good thoughts, in fact, there were many parents at that time, when they saw that their children were defective, they abandoned them and left them to fend for themselves. This kind of thing has not been seen once or twice when Old Man Bai was traveling. If you can, Old Man Bai will try to help as much as possible. Or find a suitable person, or send it to a nearby temple and other places. But after Yan Sihai met Old Man Bai, the child refused to stay away from Old Man Bai for a single step, and even grabbed the corner of Old Man Bai's clothes when he slept, for fear that Old Man Bai would leave him alone.

Some bits and pieces of life also pierced Old Man Bai's heart, and similarly, this also made Old Man Bai make up his mind and decided to raise Yan Sihai no matter how difficult it was.

Since taking Sihai in, this child has become more and more well-behaved and sensible. No matter where Old Man Bai went, he followed behind him, and when there were outsiders, Yan Sihai stood next to him silently, watching quietly. Old Man Bai went out to clean up those evil things, and Yan Sihai would obediently wait for Old Man Bai to return safely at the place where he lived. This also made Old Man Bai feel that it was good to have someone to worry about.

Dong Li saw that the atmosphere became depressed again, and hurriedly opened her mouth to pick up the conversation, "Mr. Bai, you said that you have to take care of such a large land, and this must not exhaust the individual?" Brother Cong and I are running around every day, and our bodies are a little unbearable. You're so old, and you're still suffering. But take care of yourself. ”

Old Man Bai nodded, "Haha, it's okay, then how did you say that you Third Master Hu came here just now?" The depth of this line is shallow, and the natural way of doing things is also different. Now that I have the four seas, it's not good for me to run around. In fact, in this Central Plains, I am not the only one who is busy. You have your own immortal family in the Northeast; In the central and eastern parts of the Central Plains, there is my old man; There is a big living Buddha in the west; There are big real people in the south. Each is in charge of the same place, and if there is something to do, they will help each other. In the past few years, my old man's health has not been very good, so he has been lazy, and every time he goes to a place to practice medicine, he will tell the local people in charge that if there is an incurable incurable disease, or evil things. I asked him to put a big bowl full of water at the bedside before going to bed at night, which was like queuing up at the doctor's office. I'll take advantage of the night to deal with it one by one. ”

Zhuang Zhengde and Xie Cong, Dong Li and his wife have already heard that their mouths have grown up, only Zhuang Yun is quite calm on the side, slowly holding chopsticks and eating vegetables.

Zhuang Zhengde felt that his world had been turned upside down countless times, and he would read Journey to the West, and the old teacher said it was apocryphal. But how did it come to this point that it all became true?

Xie Cong also suddenly realized, when he first met Mr. Bai Da, he only felt that the heavenly spirit cover was hot, so he listened to Mrs. Hu report to his home, and told Xie Cong and Dong Li that this was the famous Mr. Bai Da. But if you think about it, every time you ask God to sing a tune, people don't really walk two, oh no, it's running to the gate on four legs.

Xie Cong hugged his fist fiercely at Old Man Bai, "Mr. Bai Da is really good, the kid still has something unknown, I want to ask Mr. Bai Da, why do our old immortal families call you Erlang Zhenjun?" ”

Old Man Bai confessed, got up and settled Yan Sihai and Little Pug Er back to the house first, and let the little boy take a nap. After coming out, he sat down, "Today, my family is here today, and my old man is not hiding it." This matter, except for my previous Mr. Big, knows about it. I've never talked about anyone else, and I hope you listen to it and don't spread it around. It's not a big deal, but it's my old man's little secret. ”