On the second day of February, the dragon raised his head, and today I was taken by Aunt Lu to get a haircut, and my hair, which was not long, was cut into a flat head.

In front of the mirror, Aunt Lu stroked my little head and asked me, "Silly boy, what are you doing in a daze?"

I said nothing, but my eyes never left me in the mirror.

In the second grade, I don't like to study, I always want to sleep when I look at the boring content in the books, the second sister said that she is too, she is punished by the teacher for copying words every three or five times, and she is punished thirty or fifty times, and every time she is punished, she uses a rubber band to write with four pens tied between her fingers, and when she can't finish writing, she lets me and Lu Youcai help write.

It's been half a month since school started, and I'm still going to school and looking forward to getting out of school, Monday and Friday.

After school today, I am waiting for the second sister at the school gate, and the second sister is on duty today.

As soon as I left the school gate, I saw an old Taoist priest, black and thin, with white hair, his face was full of wrinkles, his beard was as thin as his hair, he was holding a whisk in his hand, and he was carrying a cloth bag diagonally.

I was stunned, isn't this Master? But I didn't dare to come forward to recognize each other, because I hadn't seen each other for five years, and I was just a toddler who only knew how to eat, maybe Master didn't come to me today, not to mention that I didn't want to leave my father and sister.

I was thinking about going back to school to hide, but I found a little girl dressed as a Taoist priest walking up to the master with a whisk in her hand.

I saw that the two of them talked a few words and left together.

After the second sister came out, I told her that I had seen the master, and she was surprised for two seconds, and kept her head down, and she didn't say a word when she got to the house.

That night, in the ruined temple outside the village, the master took out an iron wine jug from the cloth bag, leaned against the painted statue and drank it in a small sip, the little Taoist aunt not far from him was meditating, silently reciting the sutra in her mouth, and when she finished chanting the chant, she opened her eyes and stood up, and walked slowly to the master: "Master, are you sure that Uncle Seventh is in that school?

The master replied with a smile: "Xing Miao, who said that my apprentice has to be thirty or forty years old, can't he be eight or nine years old?"

Xiao Daogu was stunned, but she didn't ask any more questions.

When Dad heard that Master had appeared at the school gate, he immediately became nervous.

Dad said: "Tomorrow I will go to school to ask Fu Lu for a few days off, our family can't stay, if he finds it, he will say that Xiao Fu Lu is back in Jiyang, let Fu Lu deal with it at the village chief's house for a few days, this little face The three fat men will still give it to me, Cuihua, you start going to school tomorrow and pay more attention, see if Liu Daochang is at the school gate every day." The second sister happily responded.

When I first arrived at the third uncle's house, his family was simply a good meal, and the worst was four dishes and one soup, the specifications were very high, I knew that my father gave the village chief 500 yuan to buy two good cigarettes for himself.

The time I lived in the third uncle's house is still unforgettable, because I don't have to go to school, so I can only read books in the house every day, and there are many ancient books in his house, and I heard the third uncle say that these were confiscated when the People's Liberation Army raided the rich man's house in the past.

After a week, Dad and Aunt Lu sneaked to the third uncle's house, carrying all kinds of meat in their hands.

Aunt Lu put her arms around me and asked me if I thought she would, I said think about it, Aunt Lu happily wanted to hold me in her arms, but found that she couldn't hold me.

"Shou'an, have you noticed that Fu Lu looks very much like a person now. Aunt Lu asked Dad.

"I found out, it must be him, he was reincarnated in my house. Alas, Liu Daochang said that I had a sixteen-year relationship with him, and he is now eight years old, and there are still eight years to go. Dad said.

Dad said that the second sister told him that the old road has not left yet, and that he hangs at the school gate every afternoon after school, and that it is possible that I will have to live here for a few more days, and when it is safe to take me back.

Aunt Lu forgot to bring me a change of clothes, although it was autumn, the weather was still hot, and my clothes were always wet with sweat, and my whole body exuded a sour smell of sweat.

Dad said, "Let's go, son, let's go to the city and take a bath, and buy you some new clothes, your hair has grown, it's time to cut it." ”

Dad took me into the largest clothing, shoes and hats store in Jinping County, the salesman took us around, I finally only picked out a yellow shorts and a white vest, Dad asked: "Silly son, why did you pick such an ugly dress, the weather will turn cold soon, or pick a few long-sleeved clothes!"

When I walked out of the store, my dad was smoking a few autumn clothes, and I had a pair of blue shorts, a white tank top, and a pair of pale red sandals.

After getting a haircut, taking a shower, and putting on my newly bought shorts and vest sandals, I hid on my second sister's way out of school, ready to scare her.

When I appeared in front of the second sister, she was shocked and looked at me in disbelief, my appearance and clothes at this time were the same as that flat-headed boy!

But she cried when she looked at it, and when I asked her what was wrong, she wouldn't answer.

After a while, the second sister with tears in her eyes choked up and touched my face, looking at me, while saying, "Brother, brother", and after shouting twice for the elder brother, she couldn't help crying again.

I asked her what you were crying about, she seemed to be holding back not to cry, the corners of her mouth kept shaking, she steadied her breath, said nothing, you are careful outside, and walked away after speaking.

I still remember the back of the second sister who walked away slowly that day, reaching out to wipe her tears, which is unforgettable in this life.

When I walked back to the courtyard of the village chief's house, through the glass of the door, I saw Master sitting in the hall talking to the village chief.

I wanted to dodge, but I had already reached the door, so I gritted my teeth, opened the door and walked in.

Seeing me enter the room, Master quickly stood up and walked up to me and looked at me carefully, his eyes full of surprise and puzzlement. I smiled and asked him, "Master, what are you looking at?" Master stroked his goatee and said with relief, "Apprentice, I haven't seen you for five years, have you practiced the Dao?" I shook my head and looked at Master, the gossip on his chest was gone, and the flickering golden light in his heart was gone.

Seeing this, the third uncle went out to buy cigarettes under the pretext, he knew some inside things in my family, so he went straight to my house to report the news.

Master looked very happy to see me, either brushing his beard or stroking my head. He asked me if I was happy that he came to pick me up this time, and asked me why I didn't live here instead of my own house, I lowered my head and didn't speak, and after a while, I finally mustered up the courage to ask, "Master, do I have to go with you?"

The master was silent, frowned, his eyes flickered, and then he looked left and right, and saw that no one was eavesdropping, so he said to me: "Silly apprentice, Master is saving you and your family by accepting you as an apprentice, do you know?"

I was puzzled, the master looked at me, and whispered to me, "Your life is not good, you belong to the lonely person, do you know what a lonely life is?" I shook my head, feeling inexplicably lost in my heart.

"Life is lonely is that no one wants to pay attention to you, whoever touches your side will be unlucky, Ke parents, Ke sisters, the consequences are not dead is also a long life. Think about it, don't you?" Master finished and glanced at me.

A scene flashed in my mind, since I was born, my mother died due to difficult childbirth, and after moving to Longmiao Village, several neighbors who lived close to my family also died, no one played with me, and my classmates bullied me.

All the past has been skimmed over my mind, am I really a lonely person?

I asked Master what I should do, and Master squinted his eyes and said, "You just need to stay away from your relatives until you become an adult, and the farther away the better." Your dad has eight years to live, and if you stay away from him, he will probably be able to live longer, or you'll kill your dad!"

I was packing my clothes when Dad arrived, and I wanted to go home and stay for a few more days and then leave with Master.

Dad smiled and handed the master a cigarette, respectfully lit it for him, the master took a puff, and said slowly: "I'll pick up my apprentice, I understand your thoughts as a father, and I don't force it, give Fu Lu some time for him to think about it himself." ”

Hearing Master say this, Dad was relieved, and he knew that I didn't want to leave the house.

Dad took Master and me home, and no one spoke along the way.

The family has changed to a big house in the past few years, it is the former Lu house, and the mother and son of the Lu family are used to the excitement of getting together, so they simply moved in. The house was very large, and there were several empty rooms except one room for each of us, and Dad had Master live in the empty room farthest from my house, in the corner of the first floor.

The arrangement was made, the master sat in the living room to read tea and books, and the father said that he would go grocery shopping and accompany the Taoist chief to drink a few more cups in the evening.

After Dad left, Master said that there was still an apprentice living in the ruined temple, and he didn't know that it was inconvenient for Fang to call her over.

Aunt Lu was busy chattering in the kitchen, wiped her apron with both hands, called the second sister out of the study, and told her to go to the broken temple to find someone.

When the second sister passed by the master, the master's eyes flickered obviously, but she still watched the TV quietly.

At dinner, I came from the room to the dining room, my family and the master were already seated, and the little Dao Gu I saw that day was also sitting next to my mother, and when she saw me coming down, she quickly stood up and walked in front of me and bowed her head: "Disciple Xingmiao to meet the Seventh Uncle!" The master said: "This is your senior brother Fa Tong's apprentice Xingmiao, who is three years older than you, and this time I came with me to pick you up and visit the deceased by the way." ”

At the end of the meal, the initial greetings slowly turned into quiet and deserted, and the father and master's cup and cup change also became their own drinking, no one spoke, only the sound of chopsticks and dishes colliding.

My second sister and Lu Youcai and I bowed our heads to eat as usual, and we ate a lot, as if we hadn't eaten for a long time, but she only ate vegetarian dishes, even the eggs in front of her She didn't move.

After eating, the master went back to the room to rest, and when the master returned to the room, Aunt Lu secretly called me over, pointed to Xingmiao and said to me: "This is Fuzi and his sister, called Sister Xiaoyi." I respectfully called Sister Xiaoyi, stood up happily, and made a gesture to me.

Aunt Lu pulled Xingmiao's hand, the two cried while talking, Aunt Lu said: "Xiaoyi, live here in the future, this will be your home in the future, don't go, you are still young, the road is still long." ”

Xingmiao said expressionlessly that she had long regarded Aunt Lu as her own sister, but now that she has become a monk, she came back this time just to take revenge, and she has no worries after taking revenge.

I said, "Sister Xiaoyi, that female ghost disappeared a few years ago. ”

Seeing me talking, she hurriedly stood up and said to me: "Seventh Uncle, even if I find the ends of the earth, I will kill her with my own hands!"

In the past few days, my family has been consciously or unconsciously so that Master and I have not had much chance to talk.

Xingmiao went out every day and night, and sneaked out as soon as it was dark, but it seemed that every day to no avail, I didn't tell her that the female ghost was not what she had seen before, because I didn't want her to hurt the female ghost.

In the past few years, I have lived so peacefully because she fended off the evil spirits that came to me while I was asleep, and she would slap me like a child when I was bullied by my classmates and friends.

Therefore, I can't bear to see her killed, although I don't know why she doesn't speak every time, but I can feel her kindness, and I don't know if she will follow me when she leaves this time.

I told my father and Aunt Lu that I wanted to go to the Taoist cultivation with Master, but they refused.

I insisted again and again, in exchange for a slap from my father.

On the speeding train, I fell asleep on Aunt Lu's arm, my father looked out the world by the window, and Master and Xingmiao were napping with their eyes closed.

After two trains and two buses, and more than half an hour of walking, it took three days to finally arrive.

There is a Taoist temple on the stone steps layer by layer, at the foot of the mountain you can see the temple in the fragrant mist, there are two little Taoist children in front of the door sweeping the floor, as soon as they see the master, they stop their movements, hurriedly walk forward to salute, turn around and run into the courtyard and shout: "The abbot is back!"

Twenty or thirty Taoist priests dressed in Taoist robes poured out of the backyard and lined up in four rows to respectfully salute the master, who waved his hand and motioned for them to get up.

Master said that he studied under Beijing Baiyun Temple Chong'an Zhenren, although his master has passed away for many years, but he still forgets the teacher's grace, previously stayed in Qinglong Mountain Kaiyuan Temple is only a temporary foothold, now the new view is built, in order to remember Chong'an Zhenren, so this Taoist temple is named Chong'an Temple.

A senior brother led his father and Aunt Lu around the temple, and my father felt that it was okay here, but he still didn't worry about letting me be alone outside at such a young age, but I still insisted on staying: "Don't come to see me when you go back, I'll concentrate on cultivating here, and I'll go home when I have good skills in college." ”

When they left, the fortress gave me money, and I bowed my head and said no, but in the end, I couldn't help it, so I took a piece of ten yuan and asked them to put the rest of the money with the master, and I asked the master when I didn't have any money.

Before parting, Aunt Lu cried and told me a lot, but I didn't listen, because I was holding back my tears, I felt like I was about to suffocate, which was very uncomfortable.

Looking at their backs as they descended the mountain, I finally cried, Dad, eldest sister and second sister, you must live safely and healthily!

In the main hall of the backyard of the Taoist temple, I gave a big gift to the master, and then sat on the futon in front of him, waiting for him to arrange food and accommodation for me.

"Fulu, it's not early today, I'll introduce you to the same master when I get up tomorrow morning, and if you're hungry, call the senior brothers to bring you food." It's no better than at home, and you have to abide by the rules in the future, you know? You go down first, Fayou, and take your junior brother to live in the second wing room on the east side. ”

After saying goodbye to the master, a senior brother dressed as a Taoist priest of the same age as me led me straight to the south, and the master reprimanded the little brother for this.

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