Chapter 22: Bullying
In the end, Ye Fan and Ling Xinchen stayed to prepare to take care of the life of the granddaughter, and the old man went to the backyard to clean up a room for the two to rest. Tell the two that they can leave at any time.
The two of them still want to stay here for a little time and continue to go to other places, and now they have no idea for the time being, and they are also going to practice here for a while, and they haven't had time to read the "Tao Sutra" they got before, so they can practice during this time.
At night, Ye Fan tossed and turned, and finally got up and climbed onto the roof, Ling Xinchen knew that Ye Fan was touched by the pair of granddaughters, which reminded Ye Fan of his relatives on the earth, and Ling Xinchen had no relatives at all when he crossed here, and only the director of the orphanage where he lived before was barely considered a relative, so Ling Xinchen didn't have any nostalgia for the earth, and now only becoming stronger is what Ling Xinchen really wants, but Ling Xinchen still accompanies Ye Fan.
The two came to the roof to lie down and watch the starry sky, the dark clouds had dissipated at this time, the bright moon swayed the bright moonlight, the stars in the starry sky were bright and bright, and the dark sky was dotted like crystal clear gems hanging on the night.
"I don't know if my relatives on Earth are doing well?"
Ye Fan looked up at the starry sky and didn't know what happened to the relatives on the other side of the starry sky, today he was touched by this old woman, Ye Fan thought of his relatives on the earth, it was hard to imagine how their lives were, whether they would be heartbroken after losing their son, and it was possible to wash their faces with tears every day.
Ling Xinchen looked at Ye Fan's melancholy appearance and didn't know how to speak, the original book described that when Ye Fan returned to Earth again, his relatives had already died, Ye Fan almost gave up his cultivation at that time, but fortunately, he was finally influenced by others and finally strengthened his belief in cultivation, and also accepted a few apprentices on the earth.
"Do you think we can go back to Earth again?" Ye Fan pinned his hopes on Ling Xinchen beside him, and wanted to know if Ling Xinchen could predict whether he could return to Earth again in the future.
"How to say it, our strength is still too weak now, even if there is a way to go back, our cultivation cannot withstand the coercion from the starry sky, so strength is everything, and it is possible to go back if our strength is raised to a certain realm." Ling Xinchen could only encourage Ye Fan like this, it was impossible to say that his relatives had already died after Ye Fan went back, and Ye Fan might not be able to withstand such a blow now.
"Is it?"
Ye Fan also knew that he couldn't do anything with his current strength, and only by cultivating to be strong enough could he let himself do what he wanted to do.
"Don't think too much, now let's hurry up and improve our strength, otherwise we won't talk about going back, we may all die here" Ling Xinchen also wanted to desperately improve his strength, but cultivation is not a leap and a squeeze, it needs to be slowly precipitated, and a good foundation can become stronger.
The two of them quietly looked at the starry sky, and before they knew it, they were sleeping on the roof, and it was not until the next day that the voice of the old man came from the house and the two opened their eyes.
"Children, how did you get to the roof, be careful, don't fall"
At this time, the little girl also came out of the room with sleepy eyes, and when she saw the two of them on the roof, her eyes widened instantly, and she said, "Two brothers, what are you doing there?" ”
Faced with the doubts of the granddaughter, the two felt a little embarrassed, and said, "We were originally going to come up to see the starry sky, but we accidentally fell asleep."
After the two went to wash, the old man called the two to eat, and the two came to the hall and saw a large pot of millet porridge and a plate of pickles on the table, which was very simple, because the conditions were limited and only these.
The little girl was very sensible, and she filled a bowl of porridge for Ling Xinchen and Ye Fan, and a full bowl for her grandfather, but when it came to herself, she only filled a little porridge, and then after eating a few bites, she said that she was full and put down her chopsticks.
"Why did Tingting eat so little?" The old man asked the little girl.
"I'm already full," the little girl said as she touched her little belly and touched her little belly, wearing a patched dress and a delicate face that looked like a porcelain doll.
"Nonsense, eating so little is so likely to be full"
"I'm really full Grandpa, I ate the chicken nuggets you left me last night, so I'm not very hungry yet" After the little girl finished speaking, she immediately picked up the small bowl and prepared to rinse it.
The old man did not stop the little girl, sighed, and said no more.
Ling Xinchen and Ye Fan also watched silently, unable to imagine that their lives were so hard, and it was difficult to calm down in their hearts.
The two of them knew the old man's surname from the old man's air, the surname Jiang, is a very ancient surname, which can be traced back to the ancient times, although it is very famous, but the old man is very ordinary, like all living beings, the old man has a sensible granddaughter named Tingting, because her parents died a long time ago, so the girl and the old man depend on each other.
After Ling Xinchen and Ye Fan finished breakfast, they said to the old man, "Uncle, let's go out for a walk."
"Children, you should pay attention to safety when you go out, you are not familiar with it here, be careful," the old man instructed the two of them.
The two walked around the town, which was not very big or very small, with a thousand households, and in the most prosperous center, there were several restaurants and inns, and the grocery stores were there, and then the rest of the place was a residential area.
The two of them walked around, and then thought about walking outside the town, where there were many fields next to each other, and every day hunters went to hunt in the mountains and forests.
The two walked into the mountain forest, stood on a high mountain and looked at the environment here, and found that there were rolling mountains in the distance, and the fog was shrouded, a bit like a primeval forest.
"Roar"
There was a sound of a fierce beast coming out in the depths, and the two of them were still a little surprised, there should be elixirs and fierce beasts in the depths, these are the things that the two need.
The two of them didn't go deeper, they didn't have a tight time, and the two of them just hunted in the periphery of the forest, and when they had time, they went to the depths to explore.
The two found a few robes in the forest, the two picked up some stones on the ground, and then the two ejected the stones from the manual, and instantly hit the roe deer, several roe deer collapsed to the ground weakly, the two stepped forward to clean up the prey, the two dragged a few roe deer to prepare to return to the town, but found a wild boar in the forest, Ling Xinchen stared at the wild boar, and threw the stone in his hand at the wild boar in the distance, and the hit hit, the stone instantly passed through the boar's head, and the wild boar didn't have time to know what was happening, only let out a scream, and fell to the ground.
On the way back, some hunters and peasants were surprised to see their thirteen or fourteen-year-old children dragging their prey, but they didn't care, this kind of thing was inevitable, and they were going to live here for a few days.
The two returned to the town and sold their game to a butcher, and the two took the money to buy some rice and pork, and left some money for the old man, and the two walked in the direction of the tavern.
I saw someone surrounding there from a distance, Tingting's helpless crying passed through the crowd, and the two quickly ran over when they heard it.
The two rushed to the front and saw the old man's gray hair falling down, his face stained with some blood, and sitting weakly on the ground. Xiao Tingting cried helplessly, wiped the blood on the old man's face with her sleeve, and said to the few wicked people in front of her, "You bad people, you bully us every time you come here, and you rob grandpa's restaurant, we have nothing to eat, and you still come to bully us all day long!" ”
A yellow-faced middle-aged man squatted down and flicked the little girl's forehead hard, and Xiao Tingting immediately fell to the ground, saying, "What does the little girl know......
The two of them looked angry, but they had to hold back at the moment, the other party was a family of cultivators, if they made a rash move, they were afraid that it would be detrimental to the old man and the little girl, and they might be retaliated against in the future, but the two of them didn't plan to let these people go so cheaply, they were really beasts, and even the old people and children were bullied.
The two could only watch silently, clenching their fists tightly, Ling Xinchen really couldn't bear it, and he couldn't stand it anymore.
Then, the yellow-faced middle-aged man and several others swaggered away, and the crowd of onlookers also stepped forward to comfort the old man and the little girl.
After a long time, the crowd slowly left, and the little girl went to help the old man and walked slowly towards the tavern.
The two of them were very angry when they saw it, such an old man was still hurt so much, and the little girl on the side was crying, and the two of them looked at it with a lot of taste.
At this time, it was almost noon, and the tavern was deserted, there was not a single customer, only the crying of the little girl was transmitting, and the two of them also walked into the tavern with rice noodles and pork.
Xiao Tingting's eyes were red, and she was carefully wiping the wounds on the old man's face with a hot towel, and the little girl was extremely distressed, watching her grandfather receive such bullying.
The two walked in to look at the old man's wound and said, "These brutes ......"
When the little girl saw the two coming back, she said "two big brothers", and the tears in her eyes couldn't stop flowing, and she began to cry.
"Tingting, don't cry, grandpa has nothing to do" The old man hurriedly comforted the little girl when he saw the little girl crying, and then the old man also saw the rice noodles and pork in the hands of the two of them, and said in surprise, "Two little brothers, where did you come from?" ”
"These things were bought by the two of us in exchange for hunting in the mountains" Then the two put these things on the table, but unfortunately there was no herb liquid on the two of them, otherwise they could use it to heal the old man.
"You're so polite, you're just here for a meal, you don't have to be like this," the old man was not good at words, and did not know what to say.
"Uncle doesn't need to say anything, although a meal is nothing, but the mind is very important" said, Ling Xinchen lowered his body, touched Xiao Tingting's hair and comforted, "Don't cry Xiao Tingting, we will stay here to protect Xiao Tingting from being bullied, so that you will not be wronged."
"Is everything you say true?" The little girl's red eyes lowered her head to look at her patched shoes, and she whispered.
"Don't worry, your brother Ye Fan and I will protect you"
"Children, don't mess around" The old man also felt the anger of the two, and he was afraid that the two of them would do something wrong under the impulse and harm themselves, and said, "Two children, we can't afford to mess with them, their Li family is a cultivator, not us mortals."
Later, the two also asked the old man about the Li family and how Xiao Tingting's parents died.
"I see, no wonder the Li family bullied you so much, it turned out that Xiao Tingting's parents offended them and were finally killed, and they wanted to take revenge" Ling Xinchen said his feelings after listening.
"Uncle, don't worry, we won't mess around," Ling Xinchen assured the old man.
At this time, Xiao Tingting went to wash the towel and came back, and said a sentence that did not match her age, "Why are the good people in this world always bullied, but the bad people live a long life......"
The two of them didn't know what to comfort when they listened, the road to cultivating immortals was so cruel, they were worrying every day, and if they didn't pay attention to it, they would be doomed.
"There are still a lot of good people in this world, Xiao Tingting, you just see a corner of this world, and you will meet more good people in the future" Neither of them is like letting the little girl have negative emotions too early.
"You two big brothers are good people, I believe that the two big brothers will live a long life with us" The little girl smiled at the two of them.
The old man showed a kind smile and said, "Give Xiao Tingting stewed pork noodles to eat today."
The old man closed the tavern, and then at noon several people had a big meal, satisfied, and Xiao Tingting also showed a happy smile.
In the afternoon, the two went to find out the Li family's property and the location of the old man's tavern, and the two did not act rashly, otherwise they were afraid that something would go wrong, and they were afraid that the old man and the little girl would receive retaliation in the future.
The two returned to the tavern and entered their room, Ling Xinchen looked at Ye Fan and said, "You cultivate the Dao Sutra first, after cultivating, we will make a plan, and we will go to surprise the Li family in two days."
"Okay, I'll go to cultivate first, and then I'll take revenge on them in two days" Ye Fan didn't act rashly, the two of them had to make a perfect plan.
The two of them also comprehended the benefits brought by the "Tao Sutra" here, at this time, Ling Xinchen was a realm higher than Ye Fan, and it was okay to fly in the air, and the two of them practiced for one night to realize the mystery of cultivation.