Chapter 12: The Great Road
As soon as he got home, Mo Lao Liu shouted into the house, "Different!" Different! Is the rice ready? Rabbit cub, why don't you squeak" When I entered the door, I found that the child was falling to the ground, and Mo Lao Liu was frightened and hurriedly pinched the child. Don't scare Dad, what's wrong? ”
This child is Mo Laoliu's son named Mo is just six years old this year, Mo Laoliu is a gambler by nature, and his relatives are almost gone, Mo Laoliu named his son differently, hoping that his son would not dislike himself and run away, and there is also a layer of implication that he is different from himself, don't be poor and sour.
Mo Wei's eyes moved and he woke up, "Dad! Are you back? ”
"Daddy's back, what's wrong? Still sleeping on the ground, is the meal ready? Mo Lao Liu picked up his son and looked at the house.
"There's no rice, I'm hungry and fainted," Mo said aggrievedly.
"Oh... All right! That one... It's different, you go somewhere with me" Mo Lao Liu was a little weak-hearted.
"Good" doesn't even think about it.
"Hehe, good son, let's go." Mo Lao Liu said that he carried his son apart from the door, and the door did not need to be closed, and the mouse was too clean to live in.
When he came to the gambling house, Mo Wei was just about to enter the hut, and there was a conversation between the owner of the gambling house and the master.
"Master, did you say that this sixth man knew about this and would he fight with you?"
"What do you fight?"
"Hehe, too, this Mo Lao Liu can't support the child anyway, it's better to let his son die early."
When Mo Lao Liu heard this, he felt that his child was definitely not just going to prison for a few days, and was about to leave, when he heard someone behind him call him, "Yo, Lao Liu, teach your son to gamble too?" ”
When the sixth man heard this, his body instantly cooled, and he couldn't run away now, and the master in the hut poked his head out, "Coming?" ”
"Here, sir." Mo Lao Liu and his son were brought in.
"You go back, come on, give my sixth brother some gambling money, let him be happy for a while." The master gave the casino owner a look. The owner of the gambling house immediately took out a bag of silver and threw it to Mo Lao Liu.
Mo Lao Liu took the silver and smiled, "Thank you, master!" Lord"
"It's none of your business, let's go out" Master's face sank.
Mo Bu's eyes were drowsy on the ground now, as if he was about to faint again. Mo Lao Liu looked a little distressed, "Master! The child has eaten every few days, you see, I want to buy something good, let him taste it," he said, flipping the silver in his hand.
The master was a little impatient, but he was afraid that Mo Lao Liu would find something, so he waved his fan, "Come on, call for Pan Chicken, and then order a few dishes and bring them to the house." Okay, Mo Lao Liu, you go out. ”
Mo Lao Liu licked his mouth, "Master, I'm also... Hey. ”
"Okay, okay, let's go out with me" said the master and his party walked out of the house and said to a person next to him, "You two are watching here, don't let people run away, especially children." ”
The meal was placed in front of the father and son, and Mo Wei swallowed his saliva and looked at Mo Lao Liu from time to time.
"Child, let's eat" Mo Lao Liu touched Mo Fang's head, but his face was not happy, he was very entangled. Mo Wei heard that his father agreed to eat it, and devoured it.
Looking at the child in front of him, Mo Lao Liu regretted a little, touched Mo Different's head and said, "It's different, it's delicious" Mo Different's mouth was full, and he couldn't speak, he swallowed desperately, Mo Lao Liu smiled, "Dad knows it's delicious, don't say it, don't choke." ”
At this moment, Mo Lao Liu began to think, 'Although I Mo Lao Liu said that I did not enjoy half of the blessings of the rich, but I lived at least half of the life of the rich, and I was content, my child is still young, I don't know anything, how can I die, fight." ’
After eating about the same, Mo Lao Liu handed over the sack of silver to Mo Wei, "Wait a minute, child, you go out from this window and keep running towards the mountain, do you know?" ”
Mo Wei was a little puzzled, "Dad, will you go together?" ”
Mo Lao Liu shook his head, "Dad, don't go together, you do Dad a favor." This bag of money is well hidden, you plant it in the soil, if a cash cow grows, you come back to pick up your father, how about it? ”
Mo Wei was a little reluctant, "How long will that take?"
"It won't be long before there is no cash cow, and my father will faint like you and die, so are you willing to plant it?" Mo Lao Liu suddenly became serious.
"Willing" is no different, but in fact, his face is full of reluctance.
"Remember? If you don't grow a cash cow, you are not allowed to come back, by the way, there is also this chicken leg, take it with you on the road to eat" Mo Lao Liu said more and more anxiously, he himself did not expect that he would suddenly be so afraid of death.
Mo Wei half-pushed and half-climbed out of the window, looking back and reluctant to go.
"If you don't listen to your father, your father won't want you, remember that you can't grow a cash cow, and you're not allowed to come back, do you know? And don't let anyone see the bag of money, don't let people know where you are! Mo Lao Liu said that he also cried, watched his son cry and ran away, then closed the window and slapped himself hard, then walked to the table, eat, after a long time, Mo Lao Liu felt that the time was almost up, pushed open the window and looked at the window There was no son outside, and then looked at the knife hanging on the wall on the side.
"Sixth, you brute, this is the only good son, you know how to gamble, don't do it"
He picked it up, waved his hand and cut off his left arm, the scream was heard by the whole gambling house, the master and his party rushed in, saw the vision, a little surprised, and found that the child was gone, he instantly became angry, "Good boy, come on, chop me and feed the dog." ”
The owner of the gambling house on the side hurriedly comforted the master, "Master, I will send someone to find the child back immediately"
"What are you looking for, Lao Tzu is tired enough of looking for children, if there is no sixth, there will be no seventh?" The master fiercely folded the fan in his hand into two sections, "You have done this for me, send it to the county government before sunset, remember!" Go through the back door, there is another point, to be dumb "the casino owner agreed repeatedly" yes yes, the little one understands. ”
Mo Wei ran all the way east with the silver, crying as he ran, I don't know how long he had been running, he fell to the ground, and vomited all the food. His face was full of vomit and tears mixed together, at this time he looked so helpless, stood up and continued to walk, not knowing where he should go, what his father said made him dare not disobey, but now how is it good, go, go, and finally came to a temple, at this moment he was hungry again, walked into the temple, Mo Wei suddenly saw the tribute in front of the Buddha, ran over and picked it up, just wanted to eat and did not dare to "anyone?" Anyone? Anyone? When no one responded even after shouting three times, he put the tribute back, "In case I eat, this big clay figure will be hungry." So Mo Wei walked to the corner with the silver and sat down, "It's dark, let's not go out first, let's sleep for a while."
In the valley, Sheng Linyun has been here for a few days, except for the cabin, he has almost been familiar with all the places, and he is also very harmonious with this group of monkeys, and by the way, he also came up with a clever plan to escape, he collected vines everywhere and weaved a long rope, let the monkeys climb to the entrance of the gully valley and find a tree to tie it, and he was ready to climb up with a rope, the plan has been almost implemented, just wait for the old man to fall asleep in the dark, and sneak out by himself.
The night fell silent, and Sheng Linyun crept to the bottom of the cave, ready to carry out the escape plan.
"Old man, bye-bye, mother, I'm here to save you" Sheng Linyun began to climb up after rubbing his hands, but after only a few climbs, he found that it didn't work, his hand hurt, and he fell down. No, continue, of course Sheng Linyun won't give up like this, he climbed hard several times and fell down, he began to wonder, this old man really didn't hear? Although he endured the pain and didn't scream, but he really couldn't hear it, it was too fake, it seemed that he couldn't go up, to say that he had been curious about this wooden house for several days. "If you don't let in, if you don't let in, what if I get in? If you don't let me in, I'll make trouble. Sheng Linyun walked to the wooden house and was about to push the door in, when suddenly the old man's voice came from inside, "If you come in, you will be my apprentice, everything must listen to me, are you willing?" ”
'Huh? I said that I was still awake, pretending not to hear' Sheng Linyun thought that his suspicions were good, so he said, "Apprentice? What can you teach me, old man? Teach monkeys to pick peaches, or learn to bully children? ”
"Hmph, I can teach you how to talk to the elders first, come in"
As soon as the old man's voice finished speaking, Sheng Linyun was sucked in by a force, "Ah! ”
I don't know if I don't enter, and when I enter, I was startled "Wow!! After Sheng Linyun entered the wooden house, he found that there was a cave here, it was no longer as simple as the outside, and the feeling inside was that the stars were on his head, the sun and the moon were crowned, and the Yinchuan was stepped on, and the mountains and rivers were in his hands. In this blessed cave, the top of the cave is a yin and yang Taiji diagram, the white half is composed of night pearls, exuding white light to illuminate the entire hall, the black half is naturally black light, the depth is difficult to understand, the Taiji diagram is constantly turning. And the old man is sitting on a piece of jade under the picture, surrounded by a pool, the pool is unpredictable, reflecting all kinds of humanoid beasts, presumably there is something in this pool to reflect, the whole hall is much larger than a wooden house, this is why Sheng Linyun can't figure it out, his mind has been conquered by the scene in front of him. Continuing to look, on the left side of the hall are seven rows of bookcases, seven rows of bookcases are enough to support the top of the main hall, and there are also some books on the right, but not much, more than some weapons and armor. Seeing this situation, Sheng Linyun didn't dare to make a mistake anymore and stood quietly. The old man stood up and rushed to Sheng Linyun, "How is it?" Doll, worship or not? ”
"You're also a god?" Sheng Linyun asked solemnly.
"No," the old man shook his head.
"Youkai?" Sheng Linyun asked tentatively again.
"It's not right" The old man shook his head again, "I'm just a hermit, I read books in my spare time, I am good at practicing martial arts, I am good at fortune telling, and I am curious."
"I also love to read, I learned a thousand words at the age of three," Sheng Linyun raised his head proudly.
"Learn words, but are you sensible? Do you look at the world in a hot and cold state? Can you read through this vast world? The old man led Sheng Linyun to the bookcase.
Sheng Linyun didn't quite understand, "Ghost... Ghost Sixteen, I asked my mother what is the use of reading and learning words, but she didn't tell me. ”
The old man stroked his beard and said, "This scholar wants to be an official, so that he can soar and glorify his ancestors." ”
"And what can you teach me?" Sheng Linyun raised his head and asked.
"You haven't told me yet, what are you going to learn? Will you worship me as a teacher? The old man took a book and flipped through it.
"Anyway, I can't get out, I'm willing to worship the ghost sixteen old man as a teacher, I... I'm going to learn. ”
"Hmph, idiot," the old man walked away angrily, and said as he left, "I'll take you out tomorrow." ”
"Really? Thank You, Master! Sheng Linyun didn't care if the ghost sixteen was angry or not, he found a book and read it, ""Foolishness", huh? A book written by a stupid person? ”
'It's not a world, it's stupid?' will be a soldier, in vain, and be a philosopher. 'What kind of mess? If you don't know the world, you will become a fool, I don't refute it, how can you understand the righteousness if you work in vain? Sheng Linyun is a little arrogant, just because he was six years old, he had already memorized the books in Shuiyue Nunnery upside down like a stream, "I don't read it, I don't read it, I don't want to hold me, I don't want to read it" Put the book back on the shelf, Sheng Linyun squatted on the ground with his feet and silently shed tears, "I can see my mother tomorrow." ”