Chapter 23: The Human Heart

When I woke up again, I sat up and saw that I was in the room, and the light bulb was still on, but I found that my face was full of tears, and I didn't know what I had done last night. I vaguely remember that I had a nightmare, but unfortunately, I just don't know it very clearly, I just feel that my heart hurts so much, as if I have lost something?

I don't remember what happened last night, but I feel like my grandfather has come back to my soul and explained me some things, but most of them are very vague, and my heart is still so painful now, I guess I will never see my grandfather again, so I feel guilty.

I looked at the time at seven o'clock in the morning, and when I got out of the hall, I saw that An Lao Dao was already doing Tai Chi in the courtyard, and I had to go to the kitchen to wash up. ”

Sure enough, a few minutes later, Village Chief Li brought over the meal in a big bag, which made me very embarrassed, and after the meal, I went to take care of Xiaolian for breakfast, but she was actually able to get out of bed, but she still looked a little weak, so I let her rest more in bed.

Then, I remembered that my grandfather seemed to have explained something to me last night, and I was busy looking for a small steel drill in the house, and when I came to the West House, there was an old-fashioned lock on it, and I directly inserted it into it with a small steel drill, and when I broke it hard, the old lock was torn off.

When I opened the door, I saw that the sun was not bad today, and the light was very sufficient, so I saw the West House, which seemed to be somewhat familiar, and I seemed to have seen it last night, there was an offering table, and there was a portrait of the Three Qing Dao Ancestors, but I only looked at it a few times, and then turned to the inner room next to it, and saw a table with a book "Yin and Yang Secret Arts".

I took it, and when I looked at it, I suddenly felt something strange, I don't know that there was something wrong there, the handwriting in this book is in the vernacular, but I think it is strange, but unfortunately, I just can't remember it clearly.

At this time, An Laodao walked in and asked me, what did you find in this room? He also asked me if it was my grandfather's explanation for returning to his soul last night?

I pressed my temples and said a little strangely, "Looks like this, right?" However, I don't remember very clearly, but my grandfather seems to have instructed me to practice physical skills with you, an old way? What's going on? ”

An Lao Dao just smiled and told me that it was because my physique was suitable for cultivating Taoist body arts, and the book "Yin and Yang Secret Technique" left to me by my grandfather could be assisted, and I could read it in my spare time.

Although I felt strange, I still nodded, and then, all morning, An Laodao and I were in the courtyard, and An Laodao taught me the external and internal techniques of physical arts.

The external skill feels like practicing martial arts, but it needs to be combined with the internal recipe to breathe, etc., and the internal recipe has a set of obscure and mysterious formulas, which made me think about it all morning, and I didn't understand it.

Of course, he also explained to me in detail the mystery of this inner secret, but Taoist cultivation is really mysterious, and I am afraid that it will have no effect in a short time, but An Lao Dao asked me to practice external skills diligently, and I can feel from the outside in, and when the body is strong, it will naturally have a mediating effect on the internal breath.

After practicing all morning, my body was a little tired, but my energy felt better, and I was immediately pleased that this Taoist body technique was really mysterious, although I didn't comprehend it at all, but I could feel some benefits from external skills, and I suddenly had a great interest in this body technique.

At noon, Village Chief Li still cooked for us, the sun was very strong today, An Laodao let Xiaolian get up, we moved the table to the yard, and the four of us were eating lunch in the yard, I asked casually, how is Chief Qian?

Village Chief Li's face changed, and he snorted coldly: "That old man who is greedy for money almost killed the villagers this time, what else can he do?" Locked up at the town's police station? The family members of the three villagers were angry, and they had to ask Qian Laodao to compensate, otherwise, they would file a lawsuit with him, and now it seems that they are mediating in private. However, I estimate that Qian Laodao's job is lost this time, and life will definitely be difficult, don't squat at the police station for ten days and half a month, don't think about it. There are also people from ten miles and eight towns who may not let him go. ”

I sighed, "Everyone has desires, but you can't be too greedy. After that, you will go crazy and your morals will be corrupted. The hearts of the people have lost their standards! Qian Daochang is too greedy, and people's hearts have changed. ”

An Laodao suddenly said: "When people's hearts have no sense of belonging and can't find the support of life, they are naturally bound by the shackles of power and wealth desires in the world, hey~ What is in front of us, is it heaven or hell?" ”

Village Chief Li also shook his head and said, "The key is that people's hearts are too complicated!" Seeing others live well, they also want to live well, so people's desires are endless. Now that I think about it, in the past seventy or eighty years, although life was harder, people had a sense of belonging and lived not so tired. But now, the whole world is full of money and power, people's hearts can't find a standard, they can only wander in money and power, we older generations feel very tired of life, and the younger generations are even more miserable. Chasing fame and fortune, when is it a head? What is the purpose of this? In fact, people don't need much, not three meals a day, but people want too much, so the days are too tiring! ”

Xiaolian said: "Dad, this is the reality. The reality has become like this, and we have to adapt. Individual power can't change this situation! ”

I nodded in agreement, "Indeed! Everyone else is chasing fame and fortune, do we have to pretend to be high? When the time comes, you won't be able to eat, and no matter how high you are, others won't care about you, so you can only wait to starve to death. Therefore, we will also chase financial interests, for ourselves, but also for the future, as long as it is not enough, I believe that life will not be too tiring! ”

An Laodao sighed bitterly: "You juniors just live too really, and everything is calculated by materials, so you are too tired, and your family affection is weak." Like us, the older generation, at least there are some fantasies, and they attach great importance to family affection, although they are a little illusory, but at least there is a thought in people's hearts. You're all in real life, and you're too tired. I'm so tired! ”

I shook my head and said, "Forget it, don't talk about these big truths!" Anyway, to live is to eat! You have to earn money to eat! That's the truest truth! ”

Village Chief Li and An Laodao glanced at each other with a wry smile.

In the afternoon, I had nothing to do, so I continued to practice Taoist physical arts, and Xiaolian was basking in the sun next to me, smiling at me as I boxed and practiced physical skills.

Sometimes I was a little embarrassed because some of the movements of this body technique were a little weird, but I didn't care about these postures when I thought that this body technique was good for my body.

After dinner, Xiaolian should not move around too much, so she went back to the house to rest, there was a moon tonight, I sat in the yard with An Laodao, and I frowned and told An Laodao about the red-clothed ghost. I seem to have been entangled by that little ghost, just because my grandfather had set up a magic circle around this old mansion, and he couldn't get in, but he was almost hooked last night. It's a little scary to think about.

Fortunately, An Laodao told me that the red-clothed imp came to me because I was involved in cause and effect. At the time of the funeral, although I took action because of my grandfather, I interfered with the ghost affairs in the underworld, but fortunately, the power of the bone sword did not hit the red-clothed ghost, but was intimidated. According to An Laodao, as long as I handle it properly, I believe that the little ghost will not really want my life, after all, the cause and effect in this is like some contradictions between people, as long as it is said, it should be fine.

However, when I heard An Laodao's statement, I muttered a little in my heart, it is true that the contradictions between people are fine, but the other party is a little ghost, can he be reasonable? Have you ever seen a child be reasonable?

I felt a headache, and told An Laodao about these consequences, he nodded and said: "It's better to be cautious, it seems that we still have to make some preparations, otherwise, that little ghost is really fierce, and you can't resist it!" ”