Chapter 13: The Sparrow

Li Shaojun is an eccentric person, how can he be eccentric?

If it is said that the monks of the Jindan period represent a slight success in cultivation, then Li Shaojun once opened a small shop in the capital with his beloved woman before he achieved a slight success in cultivation, that is, when he was building the foundation and practicing qi.

At that time, in order to lay a good foundation, the brothers of the same sect were all green lantern scrolls, and they were dedicated to the Tao.

He is the only exception......

This kind of behavior is better to say, it is called Hongchen refining the heart, and if it is not so elegant, it is called not wanting to forge ahead.

The shop opened by Li Shaojun specializes in tea, and its name is 'Grass and Trees Spring and Autumn'.

The address of the store is in Beicheng, it is a side street, it is also the old street of the capital, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple is at the end of that street, when Zheng Yin went to visit the Ten Thousand Buddhas Temple under the pseudonym 'Zheng Dadao', and sat in his small shop, drank a cup of tea that he did not dare to call his wife's beloved woman to brew, and praised 'the atmosphere of spring and autumn of grass and trees', he felt that this praise was good, and it was also the first time that the elders of the division praised his beloved woman.

So he changed the plaque originally called 'Xiyin Zhai' and changed it to 'Spring and Autumn of Grass and Trees'.

At that time, the shop was tepid, not to mention any characteristics, only a pure old Beijing flavor.

Because some shops are not available on the street, they are generally hidden in the alleys of the capital.

Or every day I push a small cart, go out to set up a stall on the street, and when I am tired, I will find a corner to sit in.

At that time, there was a stall that sold bean juice every day, selling coke rings and water chestnut cakes, and the water lumps were cut as thin as hair.

The residents of the area of the shop seem to be very fond of drinking bean juice, and every day at noon, a man comes to sell a cart with a wooden bucket that can hold a load of water, and there are more than half a bucket of bean juice in the barrel. Don't shout, when the time comes, the old ladies are ready to wait for the jars.

At that time, there was a shop on the east side of Hengjie that sold whip whistles, leather strips, ropes and other accessories used in mule carts and carriages. Due to the better living conditions, there were fewer people in the capital at that time, and most of the people who came to buy were the migrants next to the capital, and many materials were transported to the capital by them in large cars. Sometimes some old people in Beijing look at the old white leather strips hanging in the store, and the whip whistle made of two strands of strong bamboo, which makes people a little indescribably moved.

This is the most authentic taste of Beijing......

At that time, Li Shaojun and her shop were on a high step, and there was a small plaque outside the door, which read "Spring and Autumn of Grass and Trees".

What is this for?

Many locals in the capital don't know why, so they will go up the stairs and walk in to have a look. After reading it, it suddenly dawned on me that it was a monopoly on tea, and "Spring and Autumn of Plants and Trees" was used for tea. Most of the locals in Beijing will find it very interesting, and they have smiled and asked: I don't know which celebrity wrote the plaque.

But there are also some people in Beijing who will say unceremoniously, "What kind of grass and trees are in spring and autumn, it is obviously a mom-and-pop shop that sells tea." ”

Whenever he heard this, Li Shaojun would giggle happily.

Mom-and-pop shop, what a nice name.

At that time, they pretended to be an old couple in their fifties and ran such a shop.

Everyday life is extremely simple.

She got up early to build the stove, light a fire, boil water, and go out to buy groceries.

He swept the floor, wiped the counter, and straightened the potted flowers and goldfish in the store.

Their 'old couple' both love to raise flowers and fish.

The fish is a dragon's eye, one golden, two transparent, she doesn't like the red koi with the flower name 'red hat', she loves the dragon's eye, perhaps because the name of the dragon's eye has a dragon character in it, which contains more scattered dragon gas than the red koi.

The fish tank is not large, and there is grass floating there.

Flowers change in all seasons.

In summer, Jasmine and Julan; autumn, chrysanthemums; In winter, narcissus and heavenly bamboo fruit.

If an acquaintance comes to buy tea, he will pick a few fresh jasmine flowers or a small string of orchids and wrap them with the tea leaves......

Some old local customers in Beijing who are familiar with each other, every time they buy tea, they always like to chat with him and look at his flowers.

Flowers are not precious, but they are very spiritual.

Li Shaojun said every time: "We people in Beijing love to watch operas, but I don't watch operas, that's my hobby." ”

Now he can finally blatantly call the deceased beloved woman 'wife' in front of the elders of the school, and even often miss her, he can't help but whisper 'little finch'.

It's a pity that the 'little finch' who has always been interested in human life has long since left the world, and even if he is reincarnated again, he is not the little finch who was full of expectations for life everywhere.

It's not the one he once loved so much......

That's right, Li Shaojun's beloved wife is a demon who has become a dragon sparrow, but she is a demon who is full of interest and expectations for human life.

Little Sparrow knows nothing about the worldly life of human beings, but she knows everything about the prairie and the forest, the medicinal herbs of the Great Snow Mountain, the grass on the grassland, there is nothing she does not know.

Little Finch knows a lot of stories and is very good at telling stories.

The wolf on the steppe alone, she could speak all day. It's all experienced, not hearsay. How the wolf teased the lamb, the lamb was happy, jumped up, and passed the thorn fence of the sheep, and the wolf took the lamb away in one bite; The wolf will have pox, and the old wolf buries the pox-stricken wolf with sand, revealing only a few small heads; Once, he was dug up and taken away by a young priest from the Great Snow Mountain, and the she-wolf followed the young priest every night.

I cry every night......

At that time, Daxueshan was fighting with the Buddhism on the grassland, and it is said that it was because the Grassland Buddhism wanted to expand the teachings on the grassland, rob the incense faith, and offended the reverse scale of the Daxueshan.

Later, the young priest was afraid of revealing his position, and when the Buddhist monk learned about it, he let the little wolf go.

Xiao Que also said that there is a kind of grass on the grassland, called the rhino nose, which is extremely sticky, and it is easy for the upper and lower teeth to stick together after eating too much, and you have to open your mouth hard to open it. Li Shaojun vaguely remembered that when she said this, she made a look of opening her mouth vigorously at that time, which was very funny and cute.

However, another kind of grass called the flying dragon is different, according to legend, it is watered by the blood of the ancient dragon and grows, with a strong scattered dragon atmosphere. Little Finch often eats this, she loves to eat it, she is a fan of Wyvern grass, and she likes to promote the benefits of Wyvern grass to him.

Afterward...... The battle between the Great Snow Mountain and the Buddhists of the Grassland reached a critical moment.

The little finch from the Great Snow Mountain was caught back, stripped of his soul, broke his ankle bone, cut a cut on it, bled out, and used it to forge a hunting god crossbow to deal with the grassland Buddhists who had the full support of the Garan Kingdom.

At that time, he followed the sacrifice of the big snow mountain that caught the little finches all the way to the prairie.

Since he was a disciple of the Dao Sect of the Central Plains Qing Ying Sword Sect, Da Xue Shan did not dare to provoke easily, after all, the Dao Sect was a sect that followed the First Emperor to end the Incense Fire Shinto era, and his strength was strong.

There was no food on the prairie, only the sweet potatoes he brought himself, and the cattle and sheep everywhere.

Cattle and sheep asked for money to buy, Li Shaojun had no money at that time, and he was unwilling to violate the admonition of the sect not to compete with the people for profit, so he did not dare to rob openly and secretly, so he had to eat all kinds of dry grass and sweet potatoes roasted from cow and sheep dung every day.

Li Shaojun followed him to the Great Snow Mountain, and when he saw that Xiao Qi'er was about to die, he cried heartbreakingly, hating himself for doing nothing, his cultivation was low, and he could only watch and be powerless.

Afterward......

Master Bai Yuchan came to the Great Snow Mountain to take him away, and warned him, saying: "If one day you can enter the Land Sword Immortal, just like the predecessor of the Donghua Sect, the world is dominated by eight fights, and the Great Snow Mountain is merely the enemy, but you are only the enemy of a sword, and the life and death of all living beings are only in your thoughts." ”

Today, Li Shaojun has long been able to step into the Mahayana realm, but he is reluctant to take a step forward.

It's just because, stepping into the Mahayana period like this, you can't achieve a land sword immortal.

Holding the white fox who had eaten glutinous rice, Li Shaojun looked around, and finally turned around to look at the thatched house, on which hung a crooked plaque with the four big characters of 'Spring and Autumn of Grass and Trees'.

The handwriting came to life, as if the man were still in front of him.

Li Shaojun looked down at the white fox in his arms, and smiled gently, "Little Sparrow, they don't know, today is the day you and I meet, and it is also the day you set this day as your birthday...... You know how much I miss you. ”

The silly bird flew around him in circles, and he was very happy.

Li Shaojun took the white fox to wash his face at the clear spring, the spring breath was strong, the flowers in the mountains were in full bloom, when he squatted down to wash the white fox's face, he saw the begonias blooming by the spring, picked one casually, put it on his head, took a self-portrait near the water, touched his cheeks, and chuckled, just like the boy back then.

The sun is shining and the breeze is warm.

Little Sparrow......

If you don't come, how dare I grow old?