Chapter 33: The Strange Old Man
Land Temple,
I looked at the land temple not far away, the temple door was open, but ,,, why did I lie outside the temple, I clearly remember that I was still in the temple when I was unconscious, and now I was lying on the ground outside, which is too unbelievable.
Also, the yin and evil atmosphere around it disappeared strangely, the dazzling sunlight shone on the face, the hot pain, I hurriedly stretched out my hand to cover it, when my fingers moved, I found that there was a round thing in the palm of my hand, it was a bead, a white bead, I swallowed my saliva violently, and secretly frightened: "Mother, this is a jade Buddha bead." ”
"Hahaha, little doll, you got such a good baby, what eyes do you see there, don't put it away."
An old laugh broke my thoughts instantly, and I turned my head sharply to look into the air, only to see an old man in gray cloth lying on his back on a tree with a withered crooked neck, his figure was like the old trunk, extremely thin and depressed, but his face was ruddy, but his beard and hair were gray and white, but it was a bit of a fairy wind bone,
It seems that the laughter just now came from his mouth,
I looked at everything around me again, and I was busy clenching my fists and laughing inexplicably: "Thank you seniors for rescuing, junior Maoshan disciples,,。 ”
"Wait." Before I could finish my respectful words, the old man suddenly stretched out his hand to stop him, and then asked suspiciously: "What rescue, my old man is resting and napping here, when did I save you?" ”
"Ugh." I opened my mouth in a daze, it wasn't he who saved me, I didn't believe it, seeing that he was dressed up, very much like a Taoist master who traveled all over the world, I confirmed again: "Aren't the old-timers from the Daomen?" ”
"Daomen, what Daomen." The old man suddenly sat up straight with a trembling hand holding on to a dead branch, and then said with a wry smile: "My old man doesn't even have his own door, where is the Daomen, you little doll, you are cultivating the Dao by yourself, and you are still forcibly pulling my old man to mix what Daomen, hahaha,,。 ”
I hurriedly stepped forward to help, and said hurriedly: "Old man, be careful, why are you so high." ”
The old man seemed to see me and wanted to help, and suddenly waved his withered palm with some displeasure and said: "I'm still very young, I don't need your little doll to help, not to mention, sleeping on this tree is comfortable, with the sky as the cover of the earth, hahaha, it's fun, it's fun." ”
"Ouch~~~"
"Snort~~~"
As he was talking, the old man was careless, the whole person was bald, and the placket of his clothes was just hung by a dry branch, and it was torn in response, I couldn't help but laugh, and hurriedly stepped forward to support the old man and stand on the ground, but the old man just stood firm and pushed me away, and blew his beard and glared: "Hmph, stinky boy, why did you go earlier, didn't you see that my old man is so old, and I don't know how to help it." ”
"Ahh I was stunned for a moment, and explained with a face full of grievance: "Old man, you ,,, you obviously didn't let me support you, have you forgotten?" ”
"Yes." The old man turned his head to look at me and asked suspiciously: "Did I say it, when did I say it, stinky boy, don't bully me, the old man can't beat you, I can make your kid turn a few times on the spot at any time." ”
As he spoke, the old man immediately rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush up to teach a lesson, and I retreated in a daze, waving my hand again and again and begging for mercy: "Okay, old man, it's my fault, it's my fault, it's my fault, I didn't expect to help you down, please forgive me this time." ”
After speaking, I clasped my fists and saluted again and again, which made the old man slowly stop, but then the old man said again: "Little doll, you see that because you did something wrong, my clothes are torn, you see how to compensate me." ”
"Ahh I almost jumped up on the spot, this ,,, and this, it's all my fault, but thinking that he is an old man, and he claims to be an old man, I can't refute others, I still have the etiquette of respecting the old and loving the young, I forcibly endured the grievances in my heart and asked: "Then that, what kind of compensation law is the old man going to let me." ”
The old man stroked his gray-white beard, thought for a while, and suddenly rolled his eyes, pointed directly at the magic bag on my waist and smiled: "Then compensate me for the new clothes in your bag, hehe." ”
"Nope." I almost didn't even have room to think about it, so I refused directly, just because the new clothes in the Dharma bag were ,,, Master's, and the Master rarely added new clothes, and I spent my own pocket money to secretly help the Master do it, but unfortunately before I could hand it over to the Master, he ,,, Hey, how does this old man know that I have a new dress in the Dharma bag?
I immediately asked, "Old man, how do you know I have a new dress in my bag?" ”
The old man pretended to smile profoundly, but immediately revealed his original form, and said with a smile: "Just when you were unconscious just now, I peeked at your broken bag, but I didn't expect that there was still some stock, not bad." ”
I was speechless for a moment, there are still people who peek at other people's things and dare to say that it is an understatement, but thinking that he is an old man, I don't care about him in general, but I must not give Master's things to others, even if I give him my clothes, but Master's, never,
I nodded solemnly and said, "Old man, I do have a new dress in my Dharma bag, but it is my master's, he ,,, he has passed away, I can't give away his things casually, I really can't,,。 ”
After saying that, I didn't know that my face was full of tears, alas, I missed Master so much, it was inevitable that I would be sad,
"Yo, isn't that revealing the corners of your clothes?" The old man suddenly pointed at my magic bag with a hippie smile and said with a smile: "Everyone is dead and there is still a fart, compensate me, we are two clear, hehe." ”
Suddenly, the old man turned around and came to me, and pulled out the master's gray robe, and before I could stop him, he ran away quickly, and quickly replaced it, and when I ran to me, the old man was already wearing his belt.
I looked at the old man's shirt in a daze, stretched out my hand in the air, and couldn't say a word, and finally had to sigh deeply,
The old man seemed to be a little dissatisfied and said: "Isn't such a fitting dress just made for me, hmph, it's still on my body, or you can wear it, give it to you." ”
I waved my hand again and again and said, "Okay, okay, I'll give it to you, you're satisfied now, alas." ”
As I spoke, I bent down and picked up the Cloth Evil Sword, and took out the Tiangang Demon Diagram to wrap it up and carry it on my back, but suddenly, the old man stood sideways in front of me, and he didn't speak, just kept rubbing his beard, and I asked impatiently: "Old man, we have already cleared the two, why don't you leave." ”
When the old man heard this, he was not happy again, and immediately blew his beard and glared: "Stinky boy, you are very unkind." ”
I was also angry when I heard this, and asked with a wry smile, "Why am I not kind." ”
The old man rolled his eyes and looked at my Dharma bag again, I was shocked, and hurriedly took two steps back, only to see him smile and say: "The ancients said: Ill-gotten gains, those who see them have a share, haven't you heard of it." ”
I glared at the beads of my eyes, and said in surprise: "Ill-gotten gains, what ill-gotten gains, how can I have any ill-gotten gains, by the way, the ancients said that ill-gotten gains should not be greedy, where is the one who sees it, hehe." ”
The old man suddenly became energetic, and immediately corrected: "Hey, did you kid just get a priceless jade Buddha bead." ”
My head was hot, and I suddenly understood the meaning of the old man's words, and said with a smile: "The treasures in the world are lived by virtuous people, and I got it by chance, if I stay here, it will inevitably be taken by other things to cultivate, by the way, the thousand-year-old charm doesn't know what, the jade Buddha bead is obviously ,,。 ”
The old man shook his head and smiled: "I didn't expect that your little doll still understands some human feelings, so let's sort it out, were you in a coma just now." ”
I didn't refute it immediately, but nodded, "Yes." ”
The old man continued with satisfaction: "At that time, I could have easily obtained the Jade Buddha Beads, but in the end I didn't take them. ”
My face tightened, and I nodded honestly ,,, said, "yes." ”
The old man continued: "Now that I have given it to you, should you express your gratitude, hehe. ”
"Uh,,。" I scratched the back of my head in amazement, how did this go smoothly or it was my fault, I looked at the old man, the old man was also smiling at the moment, I took a deep breath, and said, "Okay, then what do you want me to say." ”
The old man smiled slyly, stretched out two fingers and rubbed them slightly in front of my eyes, and said, "My old man had better talk, just give me some pocket money, hehe." ”
My scalp tingled, but I resisted it and asked in a low voice, "How much do you want?" ”
The old man suddenly stretched out five fingers, and said with a smile: "My old man won't lie to you, just give fifty yuan, hehe." ”
I finally couldn't suppress the flame in my heart, and I came out all at once: "Stinky old man, you robbed, first gave you clothes, I have already endured the pain to give you, and now I want so much money, you ,,。 ”
"Ouch~~~~ My old man is so bitter, even the little doll bullies my old man, everyone take a look at it~~~~" Before I finished speaking, the old man immediately slapped his thighs with both hands, sat on the ground and cried out with a long and short voice, I opened my mouth again, I admitted, I was really defeated by him,,,,
I don't have much money on me, or Baotou secretly stuffed it to me, a total of only a few dozen yuan, all given to this old man, I only have a dozen yuan, the road ahead is long, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get to the northern Sichuan area,
But look at this old man's posture, if he doesn't give him money, I'm afraid he will shout all over the world that I owe him money, alas, just give it,
handed over the fifty yuan to the old man, and the old man immediately regained his eyebrows and smiled, put it in his pocket as a matter of course, and then patted the dust on his body, and smiled kindly: "Little doll, the child can be taught, hehe." ”
I always thought this old man was strange, and hurriedly asked, "I don't know what you call it." ”
The old man squinted slightly, stroked his beard, and then said slowly: "Well, what about my old man's name, alas, I forgot it for a while, little doll, you can call it whatever you want." ”
I rolled my eyes and said, "I can't call you old man." ”
When the old man heard this, he immediately nodded with a smile and said, "The old man is good, the old man is good, my old man is qualified to be an old man, well, wonderful." ”
I have nothing to say again, this old man is weird for a while, a little crazy, a little fairy, and a child's childlike fun, it's really incomprehensible, by the way, what about the thousand-year-old charm in the land temple, I have to ask the old man,,,
Inadvertently glanced back at the land temple, when I turned back again, I saw that the surroundings were empty, where there was an old man's figure, immediately, I looked around, only to see the foot of the mountain in the distance, the old man was swaying far away, I was shocked to open my eyes, suddenly understood, it turned out, it turned out that he was really a master,
And the old man seemed to know that I was looking at him, so he waved his hand without looking back, and said, "Little doll, give you four words, Fa Cai and Ludi, and you will slowly understand in the future,,。 ”
I stood in place in a daze, and the old man's words were clearly echoed in my mind, and his words seemed to be imprisoned in my mind, and I couldn't linger until the old man gradually disappeared from sight, and the words echoed in my mind slowly disappeared.
With mixed feelings in my heart, I turned around abruptly and rushed into the Land Temple.