Chapter 16: Shihu Stream
The sky is slightly bright, and the slightest warmth is rippling.
The fish belly white in the east slowly jumped out from below the horizon, it was like a naughty and a little shy child sneaking out of the house, seeing the outside world of flowers, his eyes were shining a lot, it turned out that the outside world was so beautiful.
The villagers of Zizhu Village began a busy day's work, autumn arrived, and after the harvest began, the next year's sowing began, with bright smiles on their faces, as in the past, they met and greeted each other, and trotted all the way to start the day.
"Ergou, good morning!"
"Huzi, you've grown taller again!"
"Second fool, why are you wearing pants?"
"Uncle, did you sleep well last night?"
"Brother Chen, get up for a walk so early!" A yellow-faced old man with loose hair who looked like a caveman whispered to Uncle Chen with a smile, "Brother Chen, I heard that your family came to your house last night, why didn't you stay at home to accompany them?"
"Brother Yuan, early, come for a run?" Uncle Chen didn't have any disgust, but talked naturally, and said with a smile, "It's indeed a distinguished guest, my wife's maiden nephew and niece are here." However, they didn't spend the night at our house, and they went back to Keelung last night. ”
"Keelung?" The eyes of the person who was called "Brother Yuan" were about to fall to the ground, "Where to be an official?"
Keelung is the place where the Zizhu Town Government entertains people from above, and the people of Zizhu Village habitually call it a place where officials are officials.
"Yes!" Uncle Chen turned his head and smiled, continued his morning run, looked at another figure and said, "Mu'er, it seems that you have to hurry up and exercise, you will start to be out of breath after just a few steps, it is not as fast as me, an old man, can't you?"
"Haha!" Qin Mu smiled slightly, "You are old and strong, how can I compare with you!"
The "Brother Yuan" in the back originally wanted to be a few more enthusiastic words, but seeing Qin Mu running together, he had already run far away, Qin Mu's name as the "Plague God" was still well-known in Zizhu Village, and he basically belonged to the kind of dangerous person who was not allowed to enter.
"Feeling a little lost?"
Uncle Chen looked at the "Brother Yuan" who was like avoiding the plague and went away, then looked back at Qin Mu, who was casual, and said indifferently: "Mu'er, in fact, they are not unfriendly to you, don't mind if they get used to it, as long as we sincerely want to integrate into their lives, I think the villagers will definitely accept you, and I was not accepted by them when I first came!"
"No!" Looking back at Uncle Chen, who looked like Maitreya Buddha, Qin Mu said indifferently.
"Bibi, see who runs to the Shihu Stream in front of you first?" Uncle Chen tilted his head and said with a smile, "How?"
Qin Mu stopped, looked at Uncle Chen, and was silent for a moment, "Can you say that I bullied the old man later?"
"This is nature, I am willing to gamble and lose!" Chen Bo was still smiling, his right hand stretched out in the air and gestured, "Let's start!"
Shihu Stream is almost 20 minutes away from Zizhu Village, in fact, it is a small river and stream, and a stone mountain like an ancient tiger on one side, on which you can basically see the whole picture of Zizhu Town, which is relatively close to Zizhu Village.
The crystal clear water of the stream flowed loudly, and the most common sunflowers bloomed on both sides.
Occasionally, you can see a few small goldfish swimming by in pairs, and a few waves are naughty and mischievous.
"Oh, no, no, no!" Uncle Chen sat on a stone, took the small hand towel handed over by Qin Mu and wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said breathlessly, "It's not okay to be old, I think when I first arrived in Zizhu Village, I would run several times a day to this Shihu Stream to see the goldfish, I have never been so breathless, it seems that I am really old, and the years are urging people to get old!"
Qin Mu stood up and looked at the whole picture of Zizhu Town, as if he heard the melodious bell of the Six Banyan Temple not far away, as if there was a smoky fairy scene between them, and even vaguely could see many pilgrims kneeling down and worshipping the Buddha.
"Hey, don't you know Master Kurong, the presiding officer of the Six Banyan Temple?" Qin Mu turned around and suddenly asked.
"Know, how...... Do you know Kurong too?" Uncle Chen was a little unsure of Qin Mu's reason, "Mu'er, something?"
Qin Mu's consistency, he has never called Uncle Chen any father-in-law or anything like that, he always calls him like this.
Taking a breath of fresh air, Qin Mu looked in the direction of the Six Banyan Temple again, "Master Kurong has a lay disciple, who is known as 'Old Man' in the Six Banyan Temple, is the hair-wearing cultivator who greeted you last time we went to the Six Banyan Temple, are you familiar with it?"
Chen Bo stood up and walked to Qin Mu's side, the two of them stood side by side, and looked at the Six Banyan Temple in the distance, the misty place, as if they saw a person, and in a trance they saw that person smiling at them, smiling a little brightly.
"That's the person you're talking about, right?" Uncle Chen pointed into the distance, "Mu'er, in fact, I didn't mean to hide it from you, he is your third uncle and my sworn brother." There was another one we were with back then, that is, Shangguan Feiran, the owner of Xinglong Island that we often saw. ”
Qin Mu listened quietly and didn't interject anything.
"Due to an unforgivable mistake I made back then, the three of us were all under house arrest in Zizhu Village," Uncle Chen's eyes flashed with a crystal light, "Under the melon field and plum, the three of us usually don't meet privately, we must all be guilty for fear of provoking criticism!"
Qin Mu was still quiet, as if he was listening to the story, he didn't interject, but his eyes were always wandering in the direction of the Six Banyan Temple, and when he came to this world, Uncle Chen was his relative, although the two of them didn't talk much, but Qin Mu was very grateful.
"The third child used to be a Gu master, and the last time we went to the Six Banyan Temple, I talked to him about you!"
"The six-character mantra of Buddhism can indeed suppress the golden silkworm in my body!" Qin Mu said as he left.
Looking at Qin Mu's figure gradually moving away, Chen Bo fell into contemplation alone, his brows furrowed and wrinkled, as if the Maitreya Buddha had changed his appearance, and in a trance, he saw his former youth from Qin Mu's figure, the high-spirited self.
The sun in the east finally came out, bringing infinite warmth to the earth, the water of the stream next to Shihu Stream became clearer, even the goldfish that came together were more cheerful, and the sunflowers twisted their rhizomes and whiskers harder.
An autumn wind hit, and Uncle Chen felt a little cold on his body, and his body shivered unconsciously.
"Master, Childe has gone away, let's go back, right?"
The sharp-beaked monkey gills butler who appeared at some point stood next to Uncle Chen and put on the silkworm robe that Chen Liang gave him.
"Let's go, it's time to go back to dinner!"
Chen Bo looked at the place where Qin Mu had finally disappeared, turned around and hurried home, and the appearance of Maitreya Buddha returned.