Chapter 159: Old Osmanthus Tree Spirit

"It must be very sad." I lay on the bed, my face pillowed on the hot water bottle, my heart was full of emotion, not only the world has love, but the grass and trees have love! The osmanthus tree knew that it was going to be sold, that it was going to leave its master, and that it felt abandoned, but it still left the best things to its uncle in the end. "Thick ink, have you ever heard of plants and trees as essences?"

"Well, not only is there a lot written in the ghost work "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", but even in "Romance of the Three Kingdoms". He said.

""Romance of the Three Kingdoms" will also talk about ghosts and gods? I haven't finished reading it, you tell me about it. "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is one of the four famous works in ancient times, except for the paper version of "Dream of Red Mansions", I finished reading it, and the others are all learned through the guò TV series, and I only came into contact with "Dream of Red Mansions" because I liked the verses above, and the description was also beautiful, but this book gave me a good impression, as for what it is, it is a later story.

"There is a plot that Cao Cao was building in Luoyang, and cut down an old pear tree in the indiscriminate felling, but the old pear tree had already become a fine tree, and blood flowed out of the place where it was cut, and then he was still looking for him in Cao Cao's dream to ask for his life, which scared Cao Cao. This is a pear tree essence, and the osmanthus tree spirit at the entrance of the medical hall is the osmanthus tree essence! It is also rare for plants and trees to become fine, plants and trees have spirituality, but spirituality must also have opportunities to condense, a tree essence, it is not easy to cultivate. ”

In the evening, I went to study with thick ink, just at this time, I went to discuss with my uncle about the osmanthus tree, thick ink has finished dinner, uncle they haven't eaten yet, uncle is studying acupuncture, "Uncle, osmanthus tree, don't sell it, okay?" "I mentioned it directly.

As soon as I mentioned the osmanthus tree, the expression on my uncle's face showed a not very relaxed look, "Xuanzi has an idea?" He took off his glasses and asked me.

"I don't want to sell it, uncle, wouldn't it be nice to just leave that tree there? Don't move, keep it there, if you sell it, I can't see it when I pass by there, I will feel very unaccustomed, when the osmanthus is fragrant, it is also very beautiful! ”

The uncle put on his glasses again, "The medical hall is going to be sold, and the future owner, if it is not good, it will not be sold, but the ...... will be cut."

"Xuanzi likes osmanthus flowers, at the door of my aunt's house, in the yard!" My aunt took over.

"If the osmanthus tree adapts to the soil of a place and moves rashly, I am afraid that such a big tree will not be able to bear it." Thick ink finally helped me say a word.

"For such a big osmanthus tree, someone offered two thousand!" My aunt smiled and said, "I can't make money if I put it there, little girl, I don't know how to live, I can buy you a gift if I sell it......"

"Yuzhi!" My uncle interrupted my aunt's words, he looked at me and Nong Mo and said, "It's not a matter of money, so let's do it, the osmanthus tree will stay there, and give it to others with the medical center, and it will be there, and my uncle will ask the new owner not to leave it alone and take good care of it." It seems that this is already my uncle's bottom line, and my uncle's temper is also stubborn.

"Well, you have to tell that buyer! It must not be abused! "Although the result is not the best, there is room for improvement.

After evening self-study, thick ink first wanted to send me home, when passing the old osmanthus tree, we stopped, in the whistling cold wind, an old man sat crookedly on the threshold of the medical hall, the flashlight shone on him, a little transparent, his face was covered with beard, "thick ink......" I stuck my head out of the wide scarf. A cold wind blew, and I shivered, and my hand involuntarily reached into my pocket.

"Shhhh Thick ink helped me tuck my scarf a little tighter.

We approached the old man, who was leaning against the closed door of the infirmary, his eyes were also closed, and his face was slightly red, like a drunk birthday boy, "Old man." ”

His eyes opened a slit, "You're out of school." ”

"You know us?" I asked, is it really the old osmanthus tree spirit?

"Little girl, I watched you grow up, just like your elders, did you come to your uncle's medical hall less? You have to pass by the entrance of the infirmary every day when you go to and from school, young man, I know you very well! It's called thick ink, this girl always says to me about you, you think I'm just a tree, in fact, I see the most clearly, and the most clearly, when you cried when you were a child, I also gave you a few leaves to comfort you. "What kind of comfort is this when you drop the leaves.

"What did you say about me?" Thick ink grabbed a point from the words that killed me, ouch, I said, old osmanthus essence! You can't do good deeds! It's not that you don't know that this ancestor next to me is unspeakable! How many times have I complained to you, I thought it was the best way to keep it secret for me, but I didn't expect that the tree had spoken, is it true that pigs can really go up the tree!

"It's all praising you! Praise you for being tall, big-hearted, enthusiastic and generous, handsome and chic, and being a man...... "The past scene came to my mind, I punched a few big fists at the osmanthus tree, and then scolded at the trunk aggrievedly: Xiao Nongmo, this stingy ghost! Don't you just grow taller! The heart eye is so small, there is a sparrow to use! Isn't it just good-looking! I can't do things, I can't be a man, I have a sparrow......

"We owe this account first!" Thick ink said next to my ear, wrapped in layers of scarves. Then he asked the old osmanthus essence again: "Why did you show up today?" ”

"I don't have a long life! Thanks to Xiao Yin's care for so many years, I can only provide him with some osmanthus flowers and a little bark when it blooms, and now, he doesn't want me as a tree, and I have to do my last bit to give him the most precious thing, which can be regarded as repaying him. He said with emotion, and then his hand clenched into a fist, and when he spread it out, there were a few more small osmanthus flowers in his palm, bright and distinctly colored, "This is for you, girl, your fate is ill-fated, I can only give you this." ”

I took the little osmanthus and asked, "What's the use of this?" ”

"If you give this to a person who has lost his breath, he can keep his body from decaying for a year." The old osmanthus tree spirit said.

"It's all out of breath, what's the use of eating this, not rotting? I can't live anymore. I muttered, "Besides, it's just that it doesn't rot for a year, and it doesn't rot all the time, why do I want this, people are gone, and I still need my body to do it?" ”

"Ugh." He sighed, "Keep it, keep it, that's right, this is my essence condensed, and it's useless to give it to mortals, so I'll give it to you." ”

"Thank you." It's useless, but it's also a piece of his heart! Then I'll take it.

"You should have saved zài before you met Uncle Xuanzi, how did you get married?" Thick ink asked.

"Before I met Xiao Yin, it was also many years, but I was struggling to study the cultivation thing, took the wrong path, and did not succeed, at that time, I was a wild osmanthus, although for many years, but there has been no nutrition, no one to take care of, I myself have taken the wrong path, so I don't grow up, I know that I met Xiao Yin, he transplanted me here, took care of me every day, my essence came back soon, the thick ink boy is a Taoist, you should know that the grass and trees cultivate immortals, it is very difficult not to rely on external forces, and the natural cultivation of absorbing spiritual energy is very slow, It just so happens that Xiao Yin is a very kind-hearted person, he opened a medical hall again, I am at the door of the medical hall, absorbing all the kindness, doing good deeds and accumulating virtue, it is also good for us, not only for the benefit of future generations, even the cultivated flowers and plants will be blessed, my cultivation has become very smooth, now that the medical hall is gone, I have no chance to absorb virtue anymore. "Then you give up on yourself.

"You don't have to be sold now! Uncle doesn't know, if he knew, he would definitely help you. I said.

"I don't want to cultivate anymore, it's not easy to meet a good master, I don't want to change hands, now that I'm going to change, I won't stay."

"You're leaving? How do you get around? "Can a tree move? Can trees also walk on their own? It doesn't freak people out.

"He's dying." Thick ink said suddenly.

"What do you mean?" I can't believe it, the old man looks red, how can he ...... Isn't it going to be a return to the past?

"His essence has been condensed, the essence is obtained from years of cultivation, and if it is condensed, it is a waste of cultivation, and the osmanthus in your hand is a superior treasure." What Nong Mo said really scared me.

I hurriedly stuffed the osmanthus into the old osmanthus essence's hand, "You take it back!" I don't want it! Why are you doing this? ”

"The osmanthus root you left today is life, don't you want to live because you don't want to change the owner?" It turned out that thick ink had long known that he didn't want to live! This guy will hide! I glared at him.

"Alas, you won't understand the emotions of the grass and trees, once the plants and trees have a sense of belonging to people, it is difficult to change." He stood up with his support for the door and stuffed the osmanthus to me again, "Girl, take it well, keep it well, I can only do so much, and it can be regarded as repaying Xiao Yin, you are the heart of the Xiao family!" He put his arm on the shoulders and said, "You have to see your heart clearly, don't hurt the girl's heart, I'm also worried that you will take a detour, alas, ......" After he finished speaking, he walked towards the thick osmanthus tree, and then disappeared. "Don't tell Xiao Yin about me, just fate is here." His voice came from inside the tree.

"Thick ink, he doesn't want to live entirely because his uncle doesn't want him, if we convince my uncle to transplant the osmanthus tree back, then he won't be unable to think about it!" I ask for the opinion of thick ink.

"Let's go back to sleep first, and we'll talk about tomorrow tomorrow."

At noon the next day, after school, I followed Nongmo directly to my uncle's house, and Siyuan quickly greeted him, "Sister Xuan, Brother Nongmo!" Dad changed his mind. "Hearing the title of dad coming out of Siyuan's mouth, I was very moved, because he had no parents since he was a child, so he had no relatives for his uncle and aunt, and after the adoption came back, he called his parents very happily, and I also felt distressed.

"Uncle." I put down the two test papers in my hand and ran into the prescription, "Uncle! ”

"Xuanzi." When my uncle saw me come in, he was also very happy and beckoned me to sit, "I discussed it with your aunt, and I decided not to sell the medical hall, the osmanthus tree is still ours!" Seriously, my uncle is really reluctant, reluctant to the hospital, reluctant to it, forget it, just leave it as a souvenir. ”

"Yay!" I turned around happily and bumped into the chin of thick ink who had just come in, I covered my forehead, and I didn't forget to be happy, "thick ink, let's go see the old osmanthus tree!" I ran out again, "Siyuan! Let's go see the osmanthus tree! "In my excitement, I almost stepped on the green child who was dodging around.