"Sir, what a master!"

"I'm waiting for an eye-opener today!"

"What a fairy trick!"

Everyone surrounded Song You all the way, shocked and admired, as if he was a master of the world.

A large crowd went to the old man's main house.

It is the largest family in the village.

Don't say anything else, just stand outside the courtyard, look at the eaves of the white wall, and see the bamboo and plum in the courtyard, you know that it must be a family that lives here. After passing the stone lion and entering the vermilion gate, the scenery inside is by no means something that ordinary rich people in mountain villages can have. Sure enough, when the old man went in to report and explain the situation, someone around him told Song You that this family was originally an official, and after returning to his hometown at an old age, he retired here.

Two days later will be the 70th birthday of Mr. Liu.

Seventy years old, Liu Laoguan has been back to his hometown for a long time, although he doesn't plan to do a big job, and he hasn't invited any guests, but the children and nephews of the family still want to come, and they also invited a drama troupe, wanting to have a good time.

A few days ago, this evil tiger came to the village.

At first, I thought it would leave when it was full, and I killed pigs and sheep for it, and said good things, but people actually relied on it.

Old official Liu began to be a little anxious.

If it is an ordinary tiger, organize some young and strong people to drive away, but this tiger is cunning, and it is difficult to fight with them for a few days, so I decided to go to the county to invite someone.

The exorcism of the tiger went smoothly, and the birthday could barely be held, but the exorcism of the tiger was not smooth, so he sent someone to inform the county nephew not to come.

Now that Song You easily drove away the evil tiger, he not only helped a lot, but also showed extraordinary ability, Liu Laoguan was courteous, and hurriedly arranged the best room for them, invited them to stay, and the jujube red horse was also pulled to the backyard to serve well, and sent someone to ask Song You what his preferences and taboos in clothing, food, housing and transportation, and said that he asked them to take the clothes to wash the Huanyi Niang at home, which can be said to be very attentive.

It's just that Song You only persuaded the tiger to go after all, not to get rid of the tiger, and everyone in the village still couldn't let go.

In the evening, the old official Liu arranged a sumptuous dinner, the table was full of big fish and meat, and the poor old official was almost unstable on the road, and he personally poured wine for Song You.

"Sir is really a master."

"It's just a mountain cultivator, and I can't do it."

"I don't know where Mr. is practicing?"

"Lingquan County, Yizhou, Yinyang Mountain Fulong Temple."

"I think it's also a famous mansion in Xianshan." Old official Liu said, "The old man has been yearning for the immortal road for many years, but I don't know what is the magic method of Mr. to drive away the tiger?" ”

"The little skill of carving insects is not worth mentioning."

Old official Liu and the people around him looked at each other a few times, showing a look of embarrassment, and then complimented: "Mr. can persuade the evil tiger in the mountains to leave in a few words, it is really a fairy method, but the evil tiger has returned to the mountains and forests, and when Mr. leaves in a few days, I am afraid that I will be afraid to worry again." ”

Saying that, the old official immediately laughed:

"It's not that I suspect Mr. Xian's methods, it's just that this beast is a beast after all, and his temperament is difficult to get rid of......"

"Liu Gong, please rest assured, I have made it clear to it, and it will not come back."

Song You also knew that most of the reasons why they tried their best to keep themselves were also included, but it was just that the tiger hurt people, but they just ate some poultry and livestock, and seeing that it was clean, there was neither black and bloody air on its body, nor was there any ghost behind it, and it had never harmed anyone, plus with some wisdom, it was not far from opening the spiritual wisdom, and God had the virtue of a good life, and he was willing to open the net.

And all things are animistic, animals are stupid, and they don't pay attention to rules and credit, but they actually need "intelligence" to support, so animals are more disciplined than people. Once you have a rule in your head and know that something can or can't be done this way, you rarely break it again.

In addition, this method of adjusting birds and beasts has its own mystery, and since he made an agreement with the tiger in the mountains, Song You will no longer seek it and hurt it, and it will not go down the mountain against its oath again.

It is not only an agreement, but also a Tao.

It is not only the nature of the heart, but also the mystery.

The two were added together, and Song You dared to assure everyone that it would never go down again.

And seeing that Song You was so sure, Old Official Liu looked at the people around him a few times, and it was not easy to say more, so he had to believe it.

"Thank you, sir."

"It's a gesture."

"Eat vegetables and eat vegetables ......"

When I returned to my room in the evening, Mr. Liu also sent someone to send a few candles.

The light of a candle is brighter than that of an oil lamp.

Song You was still a little emotional when he lit the lamp.

To be honest, he has grown so big, and this is the first time he has taken the initiative to light a candle. There are occasional orders in the Taoist temple, but that is also the pilgrims come to worship the gods, and the Taoist master and apprentice are not sincere to worship the gods, and they usually do not buy candles to worship the gods.

Candles are too expensive.

The last time Song You made lamp oil in Yidu, it was less than 100 yuan per catty, and if it was replaced with a candle, it would cost three or four hundred yuan for one piece, and if you lit it all night, you would have to use two or three sticks.

This old official Liu is really generous.

Song You washed up and lay down on the bed, covered the quilt and glanced at it casually, and saw the three-flowered cat lying by the window, approaching the window, looking at the night outside.

How can the cat's mind be guessed.

After a while, I saw her turn her head, staring at Song You on the bed, and asked crisply:

"Are all tigers that big?"

"Sanhua Niangniang is thinking about the tiger during the day."

"That's right."

"The first time Sanhua Niangniang saw a tiger?"

"That's right."

"Tigers just grow big."

"Are they all that big?"

"There are big and small."

"Is that big one today?"

"Not the biggest."

"It's not the biggest......"

"Are you inferior again?"

The cat by the window didn't answer, but continued to ask, "Can a cat grow that big?" ”

"I'm afraid not."

"Where's the sperm cat?"

"I'm afraid not."

"Oh......"

"Actually, Sanhua Niangniang is better than it."

"Why?"

"Sanhua Niangniang can speak, spit fire, and transform into a human form, and the mountain tiger is powerful, but it is just an innate advantage." Song You looked at the cat, "It's still Sanhua Niangniang who is better." ”

"I'm smart."

"Absolutely."

The cat jumped back from the window, no longer thinking about it, and still symbolically lay down in the corner at the end of the bed.

If nothing else, she'll be under the covers tomorrow morning.

"Sleep."

Song You waved his hand and extinguished the candlelight.

Early the next morning, Liu Laoguan sent someone to invite him to have breakfast, and invited him to take a walk outside the house, and talked with him respectfully.

Another day will be the birthday of Old Official Liu.

The Liu family invited all the farmers in the village, and some of the children and nephews who were out of the village came back, and also invited the singing and dancing team, which made it very lively.

Originally, there was a disturbance in the village a few days ago, and even if the old officials Liu emphasized it in every possible way, the people's hearts were still a little unstable, but as soon as there were many of them, they were afraid of nothing when they got together.

Song You was invited to sit at the main table.

He was surrounded by respectable old men.

On the table are big fish and meat, which are rarely eaten, and there is no shortage of delicacies and game. The chef is also rare and exquisite, and each dish has a rule, at least like a dish. Not to mention, in this era when iron pots have just become popular, it is relatively rare to have so many dishes and patterns at the village banquet.

Soon Song You found that eating here was very interesting.

Everyone is overly enthusiastic, so when eating, you have to take care of the bowl, and there is a special person behind you who walks around with the rice bowl, and if you are not careful, you will have a big spoonful of rice in your bowl. There are even times when two of these people will flank left and right, making you look to the left and right.

Song You found it interesting and watched carefully.

Soon he figured out that this is actually a symbol of the generosity and enthusiasm of the main family, because in these years, white rice is a luxury for most people, and being able to manage enough white rice, and even eat you, not only shows that the host is not stingy at all, but also shows the strength of the master's family.

And this scene of forcibly adding food softens the showmanship of the host's house, covers the embarrassment of the guests, and adds a lot of fun to it, making the atmosphere of the banquet also very good.

Look at the people who eat.

Even if these people just started to eat the first bowl and had two or three bowls of rice, they covered the rice bowl tightly at the beginning, tacitly fought wits and courage with the chef who added rice, and waited until an "inadvertent mistake" to add a bowl of fragrant white rice to the bowl, and then caused laughter.

It seems to be cooperative, and it seems to be playful.

It seems to be a subtle culture.

Song You gradually fell into deep thought.

And just when he was thinking, an accident, the cook has quietly come to his back, he panicked, only learn to be next to him, holding the bowl from right to left to avoid, but unexpectedly there is a cook on the left, when he reacted, the rice bowl that had just eaten half of the rice had re-emerged and became a rising head.

"Hahahaha......"

Laughter erupted on the table.

Song You looked at it one by one, except for himself and the curious cat standing on his lap, everyone was laughing, the beard that was stained with oil soup and trembling, the faces that were dark and full of ravines, and the yellow unhealthy missing teeth that were exposed when he opened his mouth, strangely, not only did he not have any disgust and resistance in his heart, but he only felt full of simplicity and splendor.

It is pure heart and pure joy.

Inexplicably, he also smiled.

It's the joy of this era.

It is the wanton joy of this era.

Immediately, the old official Liu next to him nodded, and happily wanted to teach him the trick of protecting the bowl, he was clear in his heart, only bowed his head and listened attentively.

The only thing left is the three-flowered cat.

……

In the evening, the troupe took the stage.

The stage is the shrine of the ancestral hall, and the side is full of lanterns, which is more lively than during the day, and the troupe sang all night, and the audience also listened all night. The ground is full of running children, screaming and chasing the most simple happiness in this neon night.

Song You also sat down and listened all night.

Why is it more lively than during the day?

Because the birthday banquet during the day only invited the farmers in the village, but at night when the opera was sung, even the people across the mountains and rivers came.

Some of them received a letter before the tiger entered the village, saying that there were people here singing on stage today, so they calculated the day in advance, and did not know that there were tigers here a few days ago. Some of them were close, but they had heard that there were tigers coming down the mountain recently, but thinking that there were many people, there was nothing to be afraid of, so they also rushed over before dark in order to listen to the play.

Many people came by walking ten miles of mountain roads.

Some people even brought straw mats, and when they heard that they were sleepy, they slept anywhere.

This is undoubtedly an era of very little fun, and it is very rare to have fun, perhaps because of this, some things have become precious and need to be cherished, not taken lightly.