Chapter 45: The Poor

Old man Yun and I are facing each other, and I don't know if I'm wrong? I always felt that his eyes were moist, and the water seemed to reflect the starlight in the sky.

Unfortunately, he soon turned back and fell into memories again, and I couldn't see whether he was in tears or not, which became a 'puzzle' in my life.

Under the quiet night sky, he took me by the hand and walked into the mountain gate, behind which was a small platform, paved with bluestone slabs, about half the size of our school's playground.

Behind the platform, there is a main hall, and behind the hall there are many rooms connected to form a hilltop complex.

But except for one room next to the main hall, which was dimly lit, the rest of the rooms were dark, and like the mountain gates, some had collapsed, and some looked dilapidated.

Is this my awesome master?

My heart was full of questions, but when Old Man Yun was about to approach the main hall, he shouted: "Zhengchuan'er, I came back with your junior brother." ”

Brother Zhengchuan? I suddenly remembered the good-looking boy I was a child and after so many years, has his appearance changed?

There was no reaction in the main hall, and after a long time, I heard the door of the main hall squeak open, and the main hall was lit up with a dim light, and a figure lazily folded his arms and leaned in front of the door.

I haven't seen it for a few years, Brother Zhengchuan's head has grown, it is no longer the tiled head of the past, but the head has grown to the neck socket, and the bangs on the forehead almost cover the eyes, fluttering with the mountain wind, it looks a little more melancholy, as if such a half-length head is more suitable for him.

He was already more like an adult, almost as tall as my father, and his face was a little thinner than what I had seen when I was a child, and there were no softer lines like when I was a teenager, but more angular.

But he has always been good-looking, still like the person in the painting, who walks out of the TV, so he just looks a little more mature.

On such a cold day, he didn't seem to care, but he was wearing a very clean white shirt, a casual coat, the hem of the shirt was very casually exposed, and the black pants underneath were so simple to wear, the lazy look, the lazy posture, and the polite, sensible, and a little shy when he was a teenager seemed to be very different.

And the smile on the corner of his mouth is more and more like Old Man Yun, but he is a hundred times better looking than Old Man Yun.

At least that's what I thought in my heart.

"Old man, you're finally back." Brother Zhengchuan said lazily.

"Huh?" Old Man Yun raised his eyebrows, then quietly kicked a small pebble from under his feet, took it casually, and smashed it towards Brother Zhengchuan without saying a word.

Brother Zhengchuan subconsciously went to hide, but he didn't dodge in the end, he was smashed on the forehead, covered his forehead and shouted angrily: "Master, are you trying to kill someone?" ”

"Do you still know to call me Master? Who taught you to call me old man? Old man Yun said in a light tone, but I was shocked by Old Man Yun's skills, and he was also kicking small pebbles under his feet, wanting to learn from him, kicking one in his hand, but he couldn't succeed.

But I couldn't stand it at this time, a figure rushed over like the wind, and hugged me the next moment.

Before I could react, he let go of me, and then looked at me and said 'painfully': "Senior brother, don't you know how disrespectful the master is to the old man, and calling him an old man is considered to be a face-saving one?" Brother, do you still recognize me? Do you remember my innocence? In the end, after living with this master for a long time, the more I grew up, the more I became like him, and I was very painful. ”

"Begging for a beating." Old man Yun seemed to be a little embarrassed, and yelled at Brother Zhengchuan.

Brother Zhengchuan shrank his neck and hurriedly said, "Master, don't you want to eat?" I'm counting the past two days, you should come back too, the big bone broth that has been boiling since the morning has been cooked, don't you eat it? ”

"Ahem, let's eat first." Old Man Yun coughed again, trying to maintain his master's dignity in front of me, but he looked a little nervous.

Brother Zhengchuan winked at me, then took my hand with a smile and said, "You are here, my hard life is over, otherwise I will always be bullied by the master." Seriously, Zhengling, do you remember me? ”

My head has always been a little dizzy, but I have ** in my heart to believe Brother Zhengchuan's words, if you stay with this old man Yun for a long time, you will become like him.

I always think of him before he used to swallow a lot of rice, while staring at the woman in the album, and then laughing very obscenely, and also thinking about which beautiful girl he is along the way, he immediately raised his chest, a high-ranking demeanor immediately took square steps, several times I couldn't keep up with his rhythm, almost fell to the ground.

Am I going to be like that? My heart suddenly panicked.

However, I still heard Brother Masakawa ask me, nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"Do you remember that chess game I gave you?" Brother Zhengchuan seemed to be really happy, leading me all the way, ignoring the old man Yun behind him, and kept talking to me, leading me all the way into the main hall.

"Remember, I brought it too" At first, it was still a little rusty, and my answer was a little restrained.

But as soon as he heard this answer, Brother Zhengchuan immediately smiled, rubbed it on my head, and said, "Good boy." ”

I don't know why he was so happy, but he had already entered the hall, which was still a little dim despite the lights, and looked at him with some curiosity.

This hall is not small, because there are only three of us in it, so it seems a little empty, and some yellow curtains hang from the beams, but the curtains are very clean, and the color is already a little white, and it can be seen that they are often washed.

I don't know what kind of wood is laid on the ground, there is a good smell, and the ground is also very clean, almost in the dim light, you can also shine the shadow of people.

In the middle of the main hall, there are three statues, I recognize, because the old man Yun once saw a painting of these three statues in a shop on the road, so he told me, this is Sanqing.

All Taoists should worship the three Qings first, this is an immutable rule.

The three statues were also cleaned very clean, although the color has been dimmed, and the color on them is also a little mottled, and under the three statues, there is a very large painting, the painting is an old man, wearing a Taoist robe, but at first glance, it is a little awkward, I can't tell why?

After thinking about it carefully, I realized that the person in this portrait had the same expression as the old man Yun, with a smile that was not very sober, and his eyes were 'essence', as if he was looking at a beautiful woman.

After staring at it for a long time, I felt that he had an extraordinary bearing, a truly chic temperament.

"Senior brother, that's our ancestor master, a real immortal! This portrait of Master Zu was painted by the ninth generation of our master, he is a real Danqing master, and only he can draw the aura and temperament of our master Zu. Brother Zhengchuan seemed to be very enthusiastic, and when he saw my eyes fall on the portrait, he enthusiastically began to explain it to me.

This is Master Zu? Or is it a real immortal? Immortals are like this? I was puzzled in my heart, but since I had already called Old Man Yun to be my master, how could I dare to be disrespectful to Master Zu? I can only stuff it in my heart, and I don't dare to say it.

Actually, I'm very confused, and I still don't know what the old man Yun is doing in the mountain gate, saying that he catches ghosts, hunts demons, fights zombies, and says that the senior brother is among the immortals? I always felt far from my reality.

Only without speaking, I continued to look at this hall under the portrait, it was a very exquisite incense burner, about the size of the two heads of the old man Yun, since he tricked me into blowing bubbles, I have been used to measuring things with the head of the old man Yun.

The incense burner is exquisite, and the fragrance on it is also different from a kind of radiant red, and the aroma of the incense does not have the taste of smoke and fire, but has an indescribable fragrance, which makes people feel calm and calm.

It's just that compared to the incense burner, those tributes seem to be a little 'cold', a few hard steamed buns, some apples, and a lot of meat.

Seeing that I noticed this, Brother Zhengchuan said helplessly: "No way, the most difficult thing to eat on this mountain is vegetables and fruits, especially this winter, hey, poor." At this point, he leaned into my ear and whispered, "I don't believe what you see the old man doing?" Wait a minute, he's absolutely scolding! ”

I felt strange, when I turned around, I saw that Old Man Yun was really doing something I couldn't understand, blowing out candles all the way, extinguishing the oil lamp, watching my senior brother take my hand and turn back, he really jumped to his feet and scolded: "Tang Zhengchuan, these lamp oil candles don't need money, how can you waste them so much?" ”

The senior brother looked innocent and said, "Master, this junior brother is here, can't you welcome him?" I didn't even light up the whole hall. ”

"Hmph." Old man Yun had a stiff neck, but he didn't speak, and it took a long time to say: "It's not a good family, I don't know how expensive firewood and rice are!" I worked hard to raise you, and now there is a little more hairy head, do you want money to dress? Reading"

Brother Zhengchuan helplessly plucked out his ears and led me to sit under the offering table, where there was a low table with several futons under the table.

He rubbed my face a few times and said, "Don't listen, it won't stop for five minutes, you will get used to waiting here in the future, and you can eat later." ”

Eat here? Isn't this a great hall? My parents have also taken me out to play, what temples have I visited, and in those places, aren't the main halls all majestic? How can you eat in the main hall?

I endured the doubts in my heart, honestly waiting in the hall, this place is very strange, although the hall is not small, but also very warm, the curling fragrance, but also make people feel peaceful, I don't feel how uncomfortable.

Old man Yun really chattered for five minutes, and then walked to the table and sat down, these five minutes have given me a firm belief, it's over, this old man Yun is generous on the road is pretending to be in fact, we are very poor, really poor, so poor that the oil lamp and candle can't even light Cheng dΓΉ.

But at this moment, Brother Zhengchuan came to the table with a large plate and put down a pot of soup, a meat dish, a vegetarian dish and a few dishes.

Old Man Yun's face suddenly changed, and he exclaimed again: "You actually ate so luxuriously today? ”

I took a look, is it extravagant? The soup is the pork bone soup that my brother said, and the meat dish is a plate of fried shredded meat, and as for the vegetarian dishes, it seems that it is already a little awkward, and I can't recognize what it is.

At least, my family's standard of living is definitely normal, not a luxury?

Brother Zhengchuan sat down lazily and said: "This pork bone and shredded meat were sent by the old man Wang of 'Wangxian Village', he went into the mountains a few days ago and got a wild boar and sent us some meat. As for these vegetarian dishes, they were also sent by Aunt Wu in the village, and you can always find some wild vegetables. I took it all, just thinking that you would bring your junior brother back for a good meal. The bad news is that we can't hold this rice, so we can't let people send rice, right? Old man, you went down the mountain and took all the money with you, and now that you're back, it's time for you to think of a way, or the three of us will be hungry." ”

Brother Zhengchuan said helplessly, Old Man Yun blushed for a while, and he didn't care that Brother Zhengchuan called him an old man, it was time to clean up Brother Zhengchuan or something.

And Brother Zhengchuan looked too lazy to pay attention to him, served me a big bowl of rice, and then put a big chopsticks and vegetarian dishes on my rice, and said to me: "Eat, this thing is really good in the mountains, especially in winter!" You'll find out later. ”

I picked up the bowl and silently thought in my heart again, the three of us are poor eggs, and when I left, my father stuffed me with fifty yuan of pocket money, and I didn't know if it was worth it.

Moreover, What is Wangxian Village? In this kind of deep mountains and old forests, there are still villages?

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