Lu Yangsheng was stunned for a moment, pointed at himself in disbelief, and looked at Jiang Guining with a suspicious look, looking at Jiang Guining a little unnatural, and then he spoke.

"Dao Chief, you said you want me to be your junior brother?"

Jiang Guining was a little numb by Lu Yangsheng's eyes, but in the end, he nodded stubbornly.

Seeing Jiang Guining nodding, Lu Yangsheng didn't speak, turned around silently, completely extinguished the fire at the bottom of the pot, and then went to serve the porridge by himself.

This scene made Jiang Guining look stupid, why, he looked at Xiaodao like a fool for a long time, and then left Xiaodao here? How can anyone do such a thing?

Jiang Guining looked angry, and his voice naturally raised a few points.

"Lu Yangsheng, what do you mean? Don't you say hello to the little junior brother of the trail, what does it mean to leave the trail here silently? ”

Seeing that Jiang Guining was really angry, Lu Yangsheng turned his head and said with a bitter face: "Dao Chief, I'm just a country boy who is bitter haha, I don't know much about cultivation, how can I be a little junior disciple for you?" You are not afraid that accepting me will insult the master and make your master angry to death! ”

Lu Yangsheng's words were euphemistic, but the meaning has been expressed very clearly, I, Lu Yangsheng, am a complete layman in cultivation, and it is not appropriate to worship your master.

After Jiang Guining listened to Lu Yangsheng's explanation, the anger on his face decreased slightly, but he still didn't give Lu Yangsheng any good look.

"Stinky boy, to tell you the truth, if you are willing to be my little junior brother, you don't have to think about this, my master ......"

When he said this, a trace of pain flashed in Jiang Guining's eyes, so there was a pause, but it was fleeting, but Lu Yangsheng now had a keen perception and just caught it.

"My master is a small sect, and I am the only one left in the world, so I am the head, and I have the final say on whether I accept you as my junior brother or not."

When Jiang Guining said this, there was no joy or sadness on his face, but Lu Yangsheng still felt a little sadness from Jiang Guining, although this emotion was not very strong, it could linger in his heart for a long time. For no reason, Lu Yangsheng believed that what Jiang Guining said was true. But even so, Lu Yangsheng still shook his head.

"Dao Chief, apprenticeship and apprenticeship are not trivial matters, can you allow me to think about it again?"

This time, Lu Yangsheng did not directly refuse, but he did not mean to agree.

Jiang Guining seemed to have known that this was the result, and shook the wine gourd with some interest, but he didn't mean to speak, turned around and walked back to the house. I didn't intend this kid to agree, but now it's just a casual remark.

There's a long way to go, and let's take a look.

Looking at the lost back of this unobtrusive Taoist priest, Lu Yangsheng felt a little distressed for no reason, but he still didn't want to be his little junior brother.

It's not that what others expect you to do, you have to do it, some things, if you can't do it, don't agree easily, otherwise you can only hurt others and yourself in the end.

Lu Yangsheng filled a bowl of gruel, drank it without a sip, and his already bad mood now sank to the bottom.

After eating and tidying up the house, Lu Yangsheng turned around and went out. During this period, Jiang Guining, who was the most talkative on weekdays, meditated cross-legged in the house, without saying a word, and only when Jiang Guining went out did the little Taoist open his eyes and take a look, and then shook his head.

After Lu Yangsheng went out, he glanced at the south, and then walked straight to the patriarch Li Chengyuan's house. At the beginning, he told the ninth master that he would give his old man filial piety, but now the ninth master's future affairs should have been completed, he can't afford to buy sackcloth and filial piety clothes, so he can only go to the patriarch's house to ask for one, and this is also the thing that he agreed with the patriarch at the beginning. Besides, something should happen soon, and he has to leave the town for a while to avoid accidents.

When he arrived at the patriarch's house, he knocked on the door, and then Lu Yangsheng went down the steps and waited for the patriarch's family to come out at the bottom of the steps.

Lu Yangsheng didn't wait too long, and a person came out of the patriarch's family, but it was not the patriarch Li Chengyuan and his wife Feng Ying, but a young man. Lu Yangsheng was stunned, then reacted and bowed to the visitor.

The person who came was the son of the patriarch - Li Nianfeng.

After Li Nianfeng opened the door, he was also stunned when he saw Lu Yangsheng standing under the steps, and then remembered his father's arrangement.

According to his father's temperament, he would definitely go to observe filial piety after the funeral of the ninth master, but this time his father did not go, nor did he let him go, but placed him and asked him to prepare a set of very small mourning clothes, and let him wait at home for a young man named Lu Yangsheng to come to the door. At that time, Li Chengyuan was very serious when he placed Li Nianfeng, and told him that no matter what he was doing at that time, as long as Lu Yangsheng came, he needed to find him immediately, and he couldn't delay for a moment.

Of course I know Lu Yangsheng and Li Nianfeng, after all, the Lu family used to be a well-known kind family in the town, and they helped the town a lot, plus the rumors about Lu Yangsheng in the town after the Lu family's accident, it was difficult for Li Nianfeng to know Lu Yangsheng or not.

It's just that knowing is knowing, that is, not familiar. Although Li Chengyuan did not help Lu Yangsheng when he was a child, Li Chengyuan did these things himself, and even Feng Ying never interfered, let alone Li Nianfeng.

Because the matter was solemnly ordered by his father, Li Nianfeng was driven home by his father before he even attended the funeral of the ninth master. Now that it was hard to wait for someone to come to the door, in order to avoid recognizing the wrong person, Li Nianfeng did not ask questions after returning the salute, but waited for the person to speak.

didn't let Li Nianfeng wait too long, and after Lu Yangsheng saluted, he directly went straight to the point and explained his intention.

Li Nianfeng nodded slightly, smiled and said let Lu Yangsheng stay less, and then turned around and went back to the courtyard, and not long after, Lu Yangsheng saw Li Chengyuan walking out alone with a mourning suit.

In the small town, mourning clothes are divided into heavy mourning and light mourning, heavy mourning is generally for the immediate family of the deceased's children and grandchildren to wear, belonging to the whole body to wear mourning, head, clothes, shoes and other places need to be covered with the thickest raw linen, light mourning is for the side relatives to wear, generally wearing a mourning hat without too much attention, this is also because the town is mostly poor people, can not afford too much funeral cloth.

The mourning clothes prepared by Li Chengyuan for Lu Yangsheng are heavy mourning, and they are heavy mourning for his children.

Seeing Li Chengyuan come out, Lu Yangsheng saluted again, and then said: "Patriarch Grandpa, you just put the mourning clothes on the steps, and I'll just go and get them myself." ”

Li Chengyuan didn't talk, but walked straight to Lu Yangsheng, holding the mourning clothes in his left hand, and raised his right hand to touch Lu Yangsheng's head.

"Baby, the mourning clothes need to be worn by the elders themselves, otherwise it is unlucky, how can it be put on the ground?"

Li Chengyuan said very gently, as if he was dealing with his own juniors.

When Lu Yangsheng heard the word elder, his nose was sore, and he almost burst into tears.

After his parents died, he was left with a single seedling in the family, how could he, who had already participated in two funerals, not know that the mourning clothes needed to be worn by the elders in the family for the younger generations? But since his father died and his mother went crazy, he Lu Yangsheng has no elders, and even the first two times he wore mourning clothes were the same as today, and they were personally handed over to him by the patriarch Li Chengyuan. It's just that there were no rumors in the town that he was a dead star at that time.

Lu Yangsheng looked at this familiar scene, his eyes were full of tears, and his heart was sour, but he still took a step back and let his head leave the patriarch's warm big hand.

"Patriarch Grandpa, I'm different."

When Lu Yangsheng said this, he lowered his head, his voice was like a mosquito and a fly, and it was inaudible, but Li Chengyuan heard it clearly.

Li Chengyuan sighed, but did not stretch out his hand again, but put it on the mourning clothes of his left hand.

"Yangsheng, don't press yourself too hard, you are still a child, the future is very long, don't let other people's eyes crush you."

Lu Yangsheng listened to Li Chengyuan's words, and still just shook his head.

Looking at the sensible young man in front of him, Li Chengyuan could only sigh. Some words are easy to say, but why don't you have some unspeakable alienation from Lu Yangsheng? The truth is clear, but who can do it?

Li Chengyuan didn't say anything more about this topic, but just stretched out his hand and handed over the mourning clothes in his hand.

Lu Yangsheng stretched out his hand to take it, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Li Chengyuan.

"Yangsheng, don't go yet."

Lu Yangsheng stopped, but didn't turn around.

"The ninth master is also the elder of the patriarch's grandfather, but since I can't go to the ninth master to keep filial piety, the ninth master only told you to let you go, then the grandfather will put on a mourning dress for you, which can be regarded as a filial piety."

Lu Yangsheng hesitated, not knowing whether he should agree or not, Li Chengyuan also saw Lu Yangsheng's hesitation, and when he hesitated, he reached out and pulled the mourning clothes in his hand, and shook it away directly. When he shook it off, he didn't forget to comfort Lu Yangsheng.

"You don't have to worry about your reputation, I've already passed it through for you twice, isn't it okay? Filial piety comes first in the world, and nothing can be greater than filial piety, so you don't have to worry too much. ”

The folklore of the town has said that the mourning clothes cannot be shaken off after they are made, and once they are shaken off, they need to be put on, otherwise it will be unlucky for the deceased. Now that the mourning clothes have been shaken open by Li Chengyuan, he still said so, Lu Yangsheng can't wear them if he wants to.

Li Chengyuan squatted down and let Lu Yangsheng continue to hold the scattered mourning clothes, he first picked up a mourning crown made of white burlap, and gently put it on for Lu Yangsheng, and after smoothing the mourning bun, he asked Lu Yangsheng to reach out and put on the mourning clothes. Lu Yangsheng had tears in his eyes and did it one by one.

Everything went well, but when it was time to mourn, Li Chengyuan was stunned on the spot.

Lu Yangsheng can't afford to buy shoes, in fact, his usual income is difficult for him to afford a pair of shoes, even if it's just straw sandals. Usually Lu Yangsheng didn't pay much attention to it, after all, the soles of his feet had been ground out with thick calluses, even if he didn't wear shoes, he could walk on the roughest sand and gravel, and his shoes would naturally not be used.

In small towns, mourning shoes are generally tied to shoes with belts made of linen cloth to save fabric, but Lu Yangsheng doesn't even have shoes now, so how can he tie hemp belts on shoes?

Seeing the patriarch's embarrassment, Lu Yangsheng lowered his head and shrunk his calloused feet, and the two thumbs on his feet shook slightly on his index fingers, looking a little helpless.

Li Chengyuan came back to his senses, patted Lu Yangsheng distressedly, and said softly: "Xiao Yangsheng, wait a while, I'll buy you a pair of shoes." ”

Hearing what the patriarch said, Lu Yangsheng hurriedly shook his head, lowered his head and quickly tied the two hemp belts to his ankles, revealing a bright smile.

"Patriarch Grandpa, no, no, don't you think this is enough? I haven't worn shoes in a long time, so I can't get used to them. ”

Looking at Lu Yangsheng like this, Li Chengyuan felt even more uncomfortable.

Just when Li Chengyuan was determined to buy a pair of shoes for Lu Yangsheng, Feng Ying came out of the house with a food box.

The food box Feng Ying was carrying was very large, looking at it three layers high, and bursts of meat aroma came out of the box, making Lu Yangsheng couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva.

Feng Ying didn't know what Li Chengyuan and Lu Yangsheng were doing, so after she went out, she walked directly to Lu Yangsheng and stuffed the food box in her hand to Lu Yangsheng.

"You're Xiao Yangsheng, right? Bring this with you when you keep filial piety to the ninth master, and put it in front of the ninth master's tomb when the time comes, don't let his old man go hungry. ”

Feng Ying's eyes were red when she spoke, and her wrinkled old face was full of sadness. After explaining the matter, Feng Ying glanced at his old man, and then turned around and went back to the courtyard.

Li Chengyuan, who was originally going to buy a pair of shoes, seemed a little hesitant after seeing his wife's eyes, and coupled with Lu Yangsheng's shirk, he could only give up.

Seeing that Li Chengyuan finally gave up the idea of buying shoes for him, Lu Yangsheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. He doesn't like to owe favors to others, and he doesn't want to owe anything to them.

After putting on the mourning clothes, Lu Yangsheng breathed a sigh of relief and gave Li Chengyuan a heavy salute, Li Chengyuan stood up straight and did not dodge. Waiting for Lu Yangsheng to straighten up, Li Chengyuan touched Lu Yangsheng's head again, and said in a soft tone.

"Xiao Yangsheng, the ninth master has already set up a mourning shack there, and has prepared some food, you can use it directly when you get there, according to our rules here, you need to mourn for half a month, if there is anything not enough, just ask someone to say it, and I will let someone send it to you."

When Lu Yangsheng heard this, he hurriedly refused, but was pushed back by Li Chengyuan.

"Be obedient, if you come, you will come, and I will be angry if I shirk it again, besides, I still use the money of the ninth master, and it is not my own, you keep filial piety to the ninth master, and the ninth master should take care of your food and accommodation."

The patriarch has already said so, and Lu Yangsheng will be too ignorant if he shirks it again, so he can only agree.

After saying something, Li Chengyuan patted Lu Yangsheng's head, then turned around and left, Lu Yangsheng bowed three times to the Li family, and went away with Li Chengyuan's back.

When Li Chengyuan walked to the door, Feng Ying was also there, and the two of them looked at Lu Yangsheng who was getting farther and farther away, Feng Ying asked softly: "Old man, do you think the Song family will really make a move?" ”

Li Chengyuan nodded, his face a little gloomy.

"With Song Laosan's temper, he will definitely make a move, and I think he is already doing it."

Feng Ying looked at Lu Yangsheng in the distance, and said worriedly, "Then ...... this kid"

Li Chengyuan patted his wife's hand and comforted: "As long as the Song family doesn't plan to tear their faces with us, they will never make a move on this child, this child's mourning clothes are worn by me myself, Song Laosan should know the consequences if he dares to make a move." ”

When he said this, Li Chengyuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and his voice was a little gloomy.

"No matter how powerful the Song family is, there is no courage to break ground on Tai Sui's head."

Hearing his wife say this, Feng Ying breathed a sigh of relief.

When he couldn't see Lu Yangsheng, Li Chengyuan pulled Feng Ying to close the courtyard door, and after returning to the house, he called his son Li Nianfeng, and opened his mouth to command: "Nianfeng, you pick some trustworthy clansmen, keep an eye on the old Song family's pharmacy and Li Aniu, and if necessary, also keep an eye on Liu Mazi." ”

Li Nianfeng looked at his father with a shocked face.

Li Chengyuan said with a dark face: "I'm already old, and you're going to take over my position soon, but the old Song family has danced a little hard in the past two years, so I can only take the opportunity to beat it." ”

Seeing that his son wanted to speak and stopped, Li Chengyuan didn't continue, but waved his hand to let him hurry up.

When Li Nianfeng came out of the house, Li Chengyuan sat down on the chair a little tiredly, and remembered the old Lu family for no reason. What a good family, why is there only one single seedling left to survive in the cracks? Is it true that good people are not rewarded?

With some tightness in his chest, Li Chengyuan took a deep breath, and then fell into a deep sleep.

Sad things are the most draining, conspiracy and calculations are the most sad, and most of the things in the world are helpless, helpless, and take a nap to wait for the day to be decided.