Chapter 4: Young Scholars
Looking up at the dry plane tree, the verdant branches and leaves of the tree have faded, and the huge plane tree shows the loneliness of extinction...... was robbed of life functions, but it created the birth of the world's miraculous medicine - the birth of heaven and earth Ganoderma lucidum. The young man received this favor, but there were some ripples in the peace of the spiritual world.
"The sycamore tree was planted by my grandfather, and it has been decades since then. I don't know what the reason is, but it's a pity that it died. A few years ago, the sycamore tree was luxuriant, covering the sky and the sun, it was a good place to enjoy the coolness, at that time there were many small birds flying to build nests in the plane tree, and there were two woodpecker tree holes on the trunk, and a group of wasp doves occupied the magpie's nest and forcibly occupied the woodpecker's hole, which was very domineering......
Liang Shanbo chattered endlessly, happily introducing the former plane tree to the young man next to him. The plane trees flourish so much that a few years ago they were a playground for children in mountain villages, with playful children climbing up the trees to dig birds' nests, catch chicks, and burn wasps...... Indeed a joyful childhood memory.
The young man's gaze is blurred, and the plane tree that carries the memories of his childhood has died, and perhaps it is still standing here, and it is the emotional memory of it that people still remain...... Looking down the trunk of the tree, the roots of the plane tree are deeply rooted in the earth, absorbing the nutrients of the land - the vicissitudes of the world, the vitality of the plane tree is not there, and it condenses the miracle medicine of the world, but only the dead branches remain.
"The sycamore tree has died, and this is the cycle of fate, just like the life of the world - the parents are getting old, but the new generation is thriving...... The destiny is like this, but it can't be sad to remember......" Liang Shanbo's eyes stared at the plane tree, his expression was indifferent, and he had a dusty temperament.
"Destiny Cycle ......"
The young man's gaze moved horizontally to Liang Shanbo's body, Liang Shanbo was wearing a white plain clothes, his long hair was regularly draped behind his head, and his whole exuded a "clean atmosphere of intellectuality".
"I'm going to study at the academy, and I'm looking forward to it, but I'm still a little reluctant to leave my mother and home...... I'll be back, though. Mother said that 'knowledge of books is not ungrateful'......"
"Hongluoshan Academy is a very famous academy, and it is said that peach and plum are all over the state capitals. May Day, you ...... Hey, where did you go on May Day?"
Liang Shanbo, who only cared about talking to himself, when he turned his head to look at the young man, he suddenly found that the young man had long since lost any traces, and only left some "magical warrior" breath in the atmosphere, as well as the faint fishy aura of the five-step snake.
He's gone?
Liang Shanbo's heart produced an indescribable feeling, based on the delicate feelings of the reader, he paid special attention to the young man, whether it was the impression of "clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes" at first sight, or the "chic and neat" of the young man pinching the snake's mouth...... All made Liang Shanbo feel a fresh feeling - whether it was vision or feeling, the teenager exuded a unique temperament from the inside out.
Liang Shanbo looked for the firewood house and the entire backyard, but he couldn't find the young man, and finally he reluctantly came to the conclusion: the young man really said goodbye!
Filled with a sense of loss, Liang Shanbo stared at the plane tree in a daze, and his spiritual fantasy was ethereal...... However, the trip to the academy could not be delayed, and the Hongluoshan Academy was hundreds of miles away, and it was the rainy season, so Liang Shanbo had to plan early and set off early.
The woman had already packed her clothes and food the night before...... In the early morning, Liang Shanbo carried a bookcase and a burden on his back, and under his mother's caring gaze, he waved his hand and walked out of the mountain village.
The crooked mountain road is rugged, due to the heavy rain not long ago, the road is muddy, Liang Shanbo step by step, he has a beautiful vision for the academy, embarked on the road of study.
With dreams in his heart, he doesn't care about the sludge under his feet; he reads books, enriches his spirit, and lets his mind fly...... Thinking in the book, he also felt the flamboyance of the reader. There is a saying in the book, "There are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people on people." If you don't go out of the mountain village, how can you understand the world outside the mountain?
The road under your feet leads in all directions, and you may be able to reach the end of the distant world!
As big as the heart is, so is the heavens and the earth.
After all, the sky in the rural village is imprisoned, and the sky outside the mountain is high and wider...... Liang Shanbo felt that his heart was refreshed, and a breath of turbid air was spit out of his chest.
Birds chirp and sing in the branches, grasshoppers jump in the weeds along the roadside, and occasionally you can see the faded "snakeskin" on the roadside...... Everything is full of different feelings, just because Liang Shanbo walked out of the mountain village alone and embarked on a dream journey in the future.
He should be grateful to his mother, without her control, how could he study with peace of mind? Moreover, his mother was open-minded and did not deny his enthusiasm for learning. It was still too early to think about gratitude, Liang Shanbo glanced back at the mountain village, and said as if to himself, "I will come back." ”
In fact, embarking on the journey of his dreams, Liang Shanbo not only has novelty and excitement, but also has a trace of awe, after all, he has never walked out of the house alone, and the future world will be alone.
In the early morning, the morning mist is still in the forest, and from somewhere there is a pheasant or two crows, and occasionally in the wind, there is a wild boar's roar...... Liang Shanbo walked with his feet, but there was also an indissoluble vigilance hidden in his eyes.
"Quack ......"
A toad crawled slowly off the road, its bloated and clumsy appearance, but it also gave Liang Shanbo some arrogant and unscrupulous visual sense...... Liang Shanbo looked at the toad and jumped over in one step.
A breeze blew, Liang Shanbo's eyes immediately glanced around, and his potential consciousness was not without worry, would there be any big insects that "the evil wind went first"!
Hiss~~~ The scalp tingling sound suddenly sounded, and a long brown snake suddenly came out of the weeds, it stopped in front of Liang Shanbo wildly, raised half of the snake's body, opened the snake's mouth and hissed at Liang Shanbo to threaten, and the blood-red tongue was stretched and swallowed.
Liang Shanbo was taken aback, and then his mood fluctuated, because this snake was the five-step snake he had seen yesterday. The five-step snake has appeared, does that mean that the teenager is nearby?
The young man did go and returned, not far in front of Liang Shanbo, he stood quietly on the mountain road, his eyes fixed on Liang Shanbo opposite. However, the young man's clothes surprised Liang Shanbo.
The mysterious boy who went and returned, he took off yesterday's clothes, and today he is wearing a set of scholar's clothes, with a reasonable combination of clothes and hats, and the whole exudes a kind of "weak demeanor of accompanying a reading boy" - literacy, answering papers, and knowing a little about the things in the study.
"Liang Gongzi, it's good for me to be a companion reading boy for you. ”
The young man's words were not to ask or ask, but to really state the meaning, he didn't care about Liang Shanbo's reply, walked to Liang Shanbo's approach, stretched out his hand to take off the burden and bookcase on his shoulder, and carried it on his back.
Liang Shanbo had never thought about the matter of "accompanying the reading boy", and today such a situation suddenly happened, which made him at a loss for a while - he wanted to snatch back his things, but in the face of the slightly domineering teenager, he lacked some confidence, and for a moment, his face was embarrassed and unnatural.
"Let's go, let's go to the academy together. ”
The reason why the boy came back to look for Liang Shanbo was that he really wanted to repay "that share of the favor of heaven and earth", if there was no immortal medicine, how could he live unharmed? Although Liang Shanbo did not know that the plane tree grew in the miraculous medicine of heaven and earth, the young man still attributed this favor to Liang Shanbo, after all, if there was no huge plane tree, there would be no place for Ganoderma lucidum to grow.
The young man inherited the teacher's kindness, knew the honor and disgrace, he did not regard himself as noble, nor did he despise any ordinary people, he got the honor of heaven and earth in vain, he knew that he was kind to others - to be kind to others, and to be kind to himself.
"May Day, where are you from?"
Liang Shanbo was happy to have a companion, but he didn't really see the boy as his companion. Because he loves to read, he also feels more heartfelt like the boy's dress. With "like-minded" companions along the way, Liang Shanbo took the lead in feeling the friendship of "classmates".
The boy carried a bookcase on his back and a burden on his shoulder, and the overall image was that of a reading boy. However, there was a five-step snake wrapped around his left arm, which made Liang Shanbo happy and had to be vigilant.
The young man turned his head to look at Liang Shanbo, who was dressed in plain clothes, giving people a refreshing feeling, and his eyes were blinking, and they were also radiating some wisdom...... The young man stared at Liang Shanbo and replied, "Jiuhua Mountain." ”
"Jiuhua Mountain?"
Suddenly hearing this name, Liang Shanbo's heart irrepressibly gave birth to some supernatural feelings, this is the first time he heard the name of this mountain, but in his heart he vaguely made up the prototype of a big mountain - the supernatural Jiuhua Mountain, the mountain is high and dangerous, the ground is full of purple gas, and the eyes are full of green flowers.
Jiuhua Mountain -- the peaks and peaks are stacked, the nine peaks are like lotus flowers; in the mountains, you can see the children's fish crying like children from time to time; among the strange mountain rocks, a Jiuhua Mountain Villa has been built in the middle of the mountainside...... There were some lights and shadows in the young man's eyes, and the strange scenery of Jiuhua Mountain also appeared in his thoughts.
With companions, along the way, Liang Shanbo also let go of some "deep awe of the world", he took the trouble to tell some stories in the book, fortunately the young man did not show impatience, on the contrary, he would ask from time to time, which made Liang Shanbo even more interested.
In Liang Shanbo's feeling, the boy may not be as literate as himself, but he must have been to a lot of places, and often the questions he raised made Liang Shanbo deeply feel the difference in "thinking angle". Of course, this is due to the identity of a young man, he has martial arts, and what he thinks and thinks, he naturally subconsciously integrates his martial arts thinking.
Blinking his eyes and staring at the young man, Liang Shanbo couldn't help but feel that if this young man was really a scholar, in the grade of today's scholar, he would inevitably be a high-level scholar, detached from some vulgarity and low-level.
After the day, the night crept in. The boy and Liang Shanbo walked into a dilapidated temple before nightfall. Although the temple is dilapidated, it can still shelter from the wind and rain, and the boy and Liang Shanbo don't care about this.