Chapter 23: The Human Heart
When he woke up again, Ning Yang sat up suddenly, and saw that the light bulb was still on in the room, but he found that his face was full of tears, but he didn't know what he did 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?
Ning Yang didn't remember what happened last night, but he felt that his grandfather seemed to have returned to his soul and explained some things about himself, but most of them were very vague, and his heart was still so painful now, it was estimated that he would never see his grandfather again, so he felt guilty.
Ning Yang looked at the time and it was already more than seven o'clock in the morning, and when he came out of the hall, he saw that An Laodao was already doing Tai Chi in the courtyard, and he had to go to the kitchen to wash, after An Laodao saw that Ning Yang seemed to be going to make breakfast, so he stopped him and said: "Village Chief Li seems to have done it, it should be almost ready!" ”
Sure enough, a few minutes later, Village Chief Li brought over the meal in a large bag, which made Ning Yang very embarrassed, and after the meal, Ning Yang 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 she was asked to rest more in bed.
Then, Ning Yang remembered that his grandfather seemed to have explained something to him last night, and he was busy finding a small steel drill in the house, and when he came to the West House, there was an old-fashioned lock on it, and he directly inserted it into it with a small steel drill, and broke it with force, and the old lock was torn off.
Open the door, a look, the sun is not bad today, the light is very sufficient, so, Ning Yang saw the West House, it seems to be a little familiar, last night seems to have seen it, there is an offering table, and there is a portrait of the Sanqing Dao Ancestor, however, he only glanced at it a few times, then turned to the room next to the back room, and saw a table with a book "Yin and Yang Secret Art".
Ning Yang took it, looked at it, and suddenly felt a little weird, I don't know that there is something wrong there, the handwriting in this book is in the vernacular, but he feels weird, but unfortunately, he can't remember it clearly.
At this time, An Laodao walked in and asked Ningyang, what did you find in this room? I also asked him if it was your grandfather's explanation of returning to his soul last night?
Ning Yang pressed his temples and said a little strangely: "It seems 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 said to Ning Yang that it was because his physique was suitable for cultivating Taoist physical arts, and the book "Yin and Yang Secret Technique" left to him by his grandfather could be assisted, and he could read it in his spare time.
Although Ning Yang felt strange, he still nodded, and then, all morning, Ning Yang and An Lao Dao were in the courtyard, and An Lao Dao taught him the external and internal skills 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 Ning Yang think about it all morning, but he didn't understand it, and An Laodao just asked him to memorize it by rote, and in the future, he will slowly comprehend it.
Of course, he also explained the mystery of this internal recipe to Ning Yang in detail, 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 him to practice external skills diligently, and he can feel from the outside in, and when the time comes, the body will be strong, and 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 them, the sun was very strong today, An Laodao let Xiaolian get up, they moved the table to the yard, and the four of them were eating lunch in the courtyard, Ning Yang asked casually, how is Daoist 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, so don't think about it if you don't squat at the police station for a few months. There are also people from ten miles and eight towns who may not let him go. ”
Ning Yang sighed and said, "Everyone has desires, but they 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! ”
Ning Yang 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! ”
Ning Yang shook his 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, Ning Yang had nothing to do, so he continued to practice Taoist physical arts, and Xiaolian was basking in the sun next to him, smiling at him to practice physical skills.
Sometimes he was a little embarrassed, because some of the movements of this body technique were a little weird, but thinking that this body technique was good for the body, he didn't care about these postures.
After dinner, Xiaolian should not move too much, so she went back to the house to rest, there was a moon tonight, Ning Yang and An Laodao were sitting in the courtyard, and he frowned and told An Laodao about the red-clothed ghost. I seem to have been entangled by that little ghost, just because my grandfather arranged a magic circle around this old mansion, he couldn't get in, but he was almost hooked last night. It's a little scary to think about.
Fortunately, An Laodao told him that the red-clothed imp came to him because he was involved in cause and effect. At the time of the funeral, although Ning Yang interfered with the ghost affairs in the underworld because of his grandfather's action, fortunately, the power of the bone sword did not hit the red-clothed ghost, but was intimidated. According to An Laodao, as long as he handles it properly, I believe that the little ghost will not really want his 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 Ning Yang heard An Laodao's statement, he muttered a little in his heart, it is true that the contradictions between people will be fine, but the other party is a little ghost, and he still seems to be a powerful ghost, can he be reasonable? Have you ever seen a child be reasonable?
Ning Yang 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!" ”