After lunch, the old Taoist priest was in a hurry to go home, saying that a customer wanted to ask him to tell his fortune, and he had made an appointment in advance. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

After I said goodbye to the old Taoist priest, I immediately called my hometown, which was thousands of miles away, and it was my mother who answered the phone.

"Mom, I want to inquire about something?" I said straight to the point, "Do you remember the little gourd pendant I wore since I was a child?"

"Of course, it's your favorite toy. When I was a child, I had to pinch the little gourd in my hand every night to sleep, and without this little gourd, you would clamoring and not going to bed. Mother recalls happily.

"Mom, do you know where this little gourd came from?" I asked eagerly.

Mother thought for a moment, hesitated and said, "It seems to be a gift from someone else." ”

"Who sent it, when did it happen, do you remember it?" I asked anxiously.

"Oh, it's been a long time, I don't remember this. Mother said.

"Don't you have any memory at all?" I couldn't help but be disappointed.

"I just remember that you have been wearing this little gourd since you were one year old. As for who sent it and when it was delivered, there is no impression at all. The mother replied helplessly.

"Mom, you ask Dad to answer the phone. "I also wanted to get an accurate answer from my father.

My father took the phone and said, "That little gourd was given to you by a passing Taoist priest on your first birthday." ”

"Ah!" I was shocked and thought to myself: The old Taoist priest is right, this little gourd is indeed a treasure of Maoshan Taoism. However, I am a little disappointed, since it was sent by a passing wandering Taoist priest, it shows that my grandfather is not a Maoshan Taoist priest.

"Dad, tell me the details of the little gourd you gave me that day. I pleaded.

"On that day, your first birthday, I booked five tables in a hotel and invited relatives and friends to sit down. When the table was about to open, a man in a Taoist robe suddenly walked in from outside. He said to me: When I passed through this place on the poor road, I saw a cloud in the sky above the hotel, and I came to congratulate me. When I saw that it was a Taoist priest, I invited him to the table. But the Taoist priest refused, he took out a small gourd from his back, and said to me: This is a Taoist artifact, if your son wears this object, he can drive away evil spirits and keep him safe. After saying that, put the little gourd on your neck. My father recalled.

"What else did the Taoist priest say?" I was anxious to find out more.

When the Taoist priest left, he repeatedly told him: Don't lose the little gourd. My father continued: "It's strange that you can't do without this little gourd ever since it was put on your neck. When I was five years old, your uncle bought you a jade Guanyin pendant, and we wanted you to replace the little gourd, but you just didn't do it, and you cried all day long, and refused to eat a bite of food. We had no choice but to put on a small gourd for you. Your uncle is angry about this. Father said with a grin.

The mother took the phone again and said, "Shiwen, you have to keep this little gourd pendant, don't lose it." You must know that since you wore this little gourd when you were one year old, you have never been in the hospital. There have been times when you've been in a catastrophe and you've saved the day. Your dad and I both think: it's this little gourd that blesses you. ”

"Mom, have I ever had a big problem?" I asked curiously.

"Shiwen, in the summer when you were seven years old, you went back to your hometown for the summer vacation, and went swimming in the river with three children from the same village, and suddenly there was a flash flood, and the three children were swept away by the flash flood, and you were washed ashore alone and escaped. The people of the village said, "There are gods who are blessing you." My mother said fearfully.

"I can't remember this anymore. "I vaguely remember that I was swimming not far from the shore and the three children swam to the middle of the river.

"When you were eight years old, you fell from the fifth floor, and you said it was a coincidence, and it happened to fall into a carpenter's pile of shavings. The pile of shavings is more than a meter high. At that time, the carpenter was about to carry the pile of shavings away, and if you fell half an hour late, you would fall to the concrete floor. My mother rejoiced, "Even the carpenter said, 'This boy has a great life.'" ”

"Haha, I have escaped these disasters thanks to this little gourd?" I asked deliberately.

"Your father recalls the words of the Taoist priest who repeatedly instructed: Don't lose the little gourd. It seems that that Taoist priest is not an ordinary Taoist priest. Shiwen, you have to keep the little gourd. Mother admonished.

"Mom, I see. Now, this little gourd is with me every day. I was relieved.

"By the way, Shiwen, have you talked about a girlfriend?" asked the mother.

"I'm still young, and I'm talking about a girlfriend in a panic. "I'm most afraid of my mother asking about this. Every time I talked to my mother on the phone, my mother would ask this question.

"Shiwen, you are twenty-five years old, are you still young? Your father already had you when he was twenty-five years old. Mother said anxiously.

"Mom, the times are different now, advocating late marriage and late childbearing. According to statistics from the relevant departments, the average age of marriage is now 28 years old, and I am still three years away. I prevaricated.

"Statistics? I don't believe in that statistics. The children of my colleagues and friends were married at the age of twenty-three or four. Mother retorted.

"Mom, I've been thinking about it for a long time. "I didn't want to argue with my mother about it, so I came up with a delaying tactic.

"Shiwen, you have to hurry up and talk about a girlfriend, it's best to bring it back for me and your dad to see during the Spring Festival. "Mother gave an ultimatum.

"I'll try to fight for it. I hung up the phone, sighed, took the treasure gourd from my waist, sighed and said, "Treasure gourd, treasure gourd, you only know how to bless me, why don't you bless Miao Siyu? If you can bless her, then I can bring her to my house during the Spring Festival. ”

Suddenly, from the mouth of the treasure gourd, a trace of red mist emerged, and these mist actually drew the word "Xi" in the air.

"You, what do you mean by that?" I asked the gourd in surprise.

The gourd did not answer. I thought to myself: yes, the gourd doesn't have a mouth, how can it answer my question? However, the treasure gourd uses smoke to write the word "Xi", which definitely has its meaning.

After a while, the word "Xi" slowly disappeared.

I thought about it for a while, and suddenly realized: Perhaps, this word "Xi" is a hint from the treasure gourd to me: You and Miao Siyu will definitely be able to enter the palace of marriage.

I remembered the words of the old Taoist priest: "You are in love with a female ghost, this road is too difficult." ”

I gritted my teeth and thought: No matter how difficult this road is, I have to go on, because I love Miao Siyu so much.