After the last rainstorm of the summer, Xiaobai once again completed the quenching in the flash flood.

Li Ye and Xiaobai lay under the cedar trees on the cliff flat, quietly looking at the mountain stream opposite in a daze.

Xiao Bai squinted his eyes, stared at the sky blankly, and said, "Let's just leave quietly, don't we say hello to Grandpa Ape and Grandpa Wolf?"

Li Ye looked at Xiaobai, who was still tired, and thought for a long time, and his light gray face showed a lonely look.

Stretched out his hand and gestured at the sky, and said lightly: "Always have to separate, and telling them will only add to the sadness." ”

"Brother, your face seems to have turned a little pale recently, you don't need to wear a hat after going down the mountain, right?" Xiaobai looked at him and said seriously.

Li Ye frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about something, and only replied after a while: "In this way, it is estimated that even my father will be frightened." ”

Xiaobai smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, at least Mr. has seen your appearance, and he won't dislike you." ”

Li Ye glared at him and said, "I just like this, who doesn't like not to come near me." ”

"Tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, do you want to call Grandpa Ape and Grandpa Wolf over for a drink tonight?" Xiaobai felt very uncomfortable at the thought of separating from the old wolf.

"If the wolf seniors come down today, we will leave early tomorrow morning. Otherwise, push it back by one day. Li Ye looked at him and said softly.

Xiaobai looked at him, nodded and said, "Let's cook a good meal for the two grandfathers, and we won't be too sad when we think about it in the future." ”

Li Ye looked at him and said with a smile: "You practice with Mr. well, don't hold back, maybe in a few decades, we can see them again." ”

Xiaobai nodded, got up from the recliner and said, "Do you want to call Grandpa Ape over for tea?"

Li Ye got up, looked at the bottom of the cliff and said, "Go, I'll make tea." ”

After saying that, he turned around and dragged his chair and walked to the wooden shed, looked at the back of the person who was about to go down the cliff, and shouted, "Don't say anything about leaving." ”

"I'm going to ask him for a drink, and there's going to be more to say. Xiaobai's voice came from under the cliff.

......

Li Ye remembered that Mr. said: Drink hot tea to get rid of dampness in the summer heat.

So he was making tea, and carefully placed melon seeds, flower seeds, and apricot blossoms on a small plate, and put them on the table.

It was as if preparing for a grand farewell tea party.

For the separation he was about to face, Li Ye did not have enough mental preparation.

He just thought about carefully making a pot of tea for the old ape and the old wolf, roasting a good meal of python meat, and boiling a pot of python bone mushroom soup, and then quietly leaving here with Xiaobai before dawn came.

Don't let the old ape and the old wolf be sad.

Don't let yourself be sad.

He looked down at the ground under his feet, this was a large piece of natural bluestone slab, I don't know what year and month formed a complete piece of ground, there are no gaps, and I don't know if it is the miracle of the Void Breaking Monk.

Looking up at the roof of the canopy made of cedar bark and purple bamboo, it was a wooden shed that had been built with a lot of effort without the guidance of his husband and with the help of the old ape.

Although it is extremely simple, it has sheltered itself from the wind and rain for a whole year.

I wonder if the wooden shed on this cliff will still be there when I come back?

The hut was unusually quiet, except for the sound of the water in the pot.

Li Ye suddenly thought about leaving the tea leaves and teapots, maybe the two old people had nothing to do, and they could come over and make a pot of tea by themselves to talk about life.

Listening to the heavy footsteps of Xiao Bai Na and the old ape on the shore lawn, Li Ye carried the pot and poured it on the purple sand, and began to warm the pot, wash the tea, and wash the cup.

Before the old ape entered the house, there were already three cups of hot tea in front of Li Ye, and a faint aroma of tea spread around.

The old ape's voice was a little dry, and he sat opposite Li Ye and said with a smile: "This voice is uncomfortable today, thinking that I want to come for a cup of tea, Xiaobai came to invite me." ”

......

Xiao Bai, who was standing behind the old ape, frowned, knowing that Li Ye was saying goodbye today, and said in a low voice, "Do you want me to go up the mountain to invite Grandpa Wolf?"

The old ape raised his right hand and waved it, asked Xiaobai to sit down next to him, and said, "It is estimated that the old guy will come by himself, let's drink tea first, and he will smell the meat and come to find wine to drink." ”

Xiaobai didn't notice that the old ape was talking to Li Ye, but he was just thinking about going to Xiaoqing to play after going down the mountain.

The old ape patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Did you practice the sword today?" ”

The look on Xiaobai's face was a little ugly, and it took a long time to reply: "It's still ...... It's just a little bit closer. ”

The old ape laughed a few times, looked at him and shook his head.

Li Ye looked at Xiao Bai's sneering appearance, and explained for him with a smile: "Xiao Bai is still very young, and he is about the same as my Mu Mu, don't put so much pressure on him first, and let him and Mu Mu learn slowly with Mr. in the future." ”

The old ape glanced at Li Ye and knew that he was covering up for Xiaobai, so he didn't say anything more at the moment.

Touching Xiaobai's head and whispering: "Cultivation is a long and difficult process, your brother will learn Buddhism with his monk master after he goes back, it is estimated that he will not have much energy to care about your cultivation at that time, you have to learn to understand the various states of the world at the same time, remember to practice seriously, you know?"

When Xiaobai heard this, he nodded heavily.

"Don't look at your current realm is much higher than the cultivators in the world, you must know that cultivation is like sailing against the current, if you don't move forward, you will drag your brother back, and then it will be useless for you to be anxious. ”

The old ape sighed softly, picked up the teacup in front of him, and took a few sips gently.

Li Ye asked, "Have a drink tonight?"

Without waiting for the old ape to reply, Li Ye looked at Xiaobai and said, "Go to the river to fetch a bucket of water and come back, and cook a pot of python bone mushroom soup in a while." ”

Xiaobai jumped down from the stool, looked at the old ape and said, "Grandpa Ape, I'll have a drink with you tonight." ”

The old ape smiled and said, "Okay, as long as you're not afraid of getting drunk to death." ”

"When I'm drunk, I can go into the cave and sleep. Xiaobai carried the barrel and walked out of the shed.

"See what you can. The old ape laughed and scolded.

"I can have a drink with you, and then let my brother have a drink with you. As he spoke, Xiaobai had already run off the cliff.

"Really. When the old ape heard this, he laughed.

"He drank half a glass and was so drunk that he couldn't find his way, how could he really drink a drink. Li Ye smiled and added tea to the old ape.

The old ape looked at him with a smile and said, "You two can really pretend." ”

The two said a few words, and the atmosphere suddenly relaxed, and Li Ye continued: "Do you think the old wolf senior will definitely come down the mountain?"

The old ape was annoyed, and said in a calm voice, "You don't even trust my intuition?"

Looking at the old ape's annoyed expression, Li Ye couldn't help but laugh softly.

......

Before nightfall, the old wolf had arrived.

The old ape pointed to the broth boiling on the brazier and said, "I told him that people will come down and drink when they smell the meat, and these two little ones just don't believe my old man." ”

"I'm living a good life in the mountains, and if I don't even know that there is wine and meat here, then I'm living an idiot!"

The old wolf sat down next to Li Ye, gently knocked on the tabletop, and picked up a piece of apricot blossom cake from the plate.

"Only with ideals can we pursue, and only with pursuit can we eat meat and drink wine in life. Old men without ideals will eventually become weeds in the autumn on the Tianshan Mountains. The old wolf did not wait for them to reply.

Li Ye was stunned and said, "Weeds?"

The old ape quietly looked at Li Ye's eyes, ignored the old wolf's unreasonableness, and said with a smile: "This old man scolded me, saying that I was an old thing with no ideals and no one to pursue, and I was only waiting for one day to make fertilizer for the opposite hillside." ”

Xiaobai covered his mouth and smiled, reached out and grabbed a handful of melon seeds and quietly swallowed them.

Li Ye lowered his head and uncovered the iron pot, stirred the broth, and looked at the rising broth moisture, feeling a little lonely in his heart.

He took a quiet breath, and when he raised his head again, his face showed a bright sunshine.

looked at the two old men and said: "I have been with Xiaobai for more than a year, thanks to the care of the two seniors, and I have nothing to repay, it's really embarrassing to think about it." ”

The old wolf was stunned with the teacup, and then glared at him and said: "What are you talking about, although Xiaobai is not my own grandson, there is no difference between him and his relatives, and you are the same, Mr. Xiao." ”

The old ape also nodded, and there was some moisture in his eyes.

He said with emotion: "We two old things have practiced on the Tianshan Mountains for thousands of years, and only this year is the happiest day for the two of us. There is meat, wine and tea to drink, and you can still listen to the little gentleman chanting scriptures every day, and there is nothing to be satisfied with. ”

"I can watch Xiaobai's child transform into a shape, and I have no regrets in my heart. Even if tomorrow I ask the two old men to go to the top of the mountain to survive the calamity, my heart will be happy. ”

The old wolf touched Xiaobai's head, and his face was full of love.

Li Ye took out a small hand-sewn animal skin bag from his arms, put it in front of the old ape, and said softly: "This is the thing left by the Void Breaking Monk, I still have some here, this point for the two seniors." ”

"I guess it will be very inconvenient for you to go there after the robbery, and I don't know where to spend something? ”

The old ape opened the pouch with a trembling hand, poured the contents into the palm of his hand, it turned out to be a small pile of red, green, and green gems, and his heart tightened at the moment: "This can't be done, some of my valuable things are very valuable in this world, or you and Xiaobai keep flowers." ”

The old wolf looked at the gem in the palm of the old ape's hand and nodded, indicating that he agreed with the old ape's opinion.

"I still have some with Xiaobai, and I still have the ability to make money in this world with my ability, but you have to bring some valuables to defend yourself when you first go to a strange place. I've tried these things very hard and shouldn't shatter and dust on ascension. ”

Li Ye smiled hard and looked at the two old men.

Xiaobai stopped knocking melon seeds, took the old wolf's hand and said: "Grandpa wolf, you can take it, my brother and I and my sister under the mountain will earn money by ourselves, I will work hard to earn more, and I will raise you over there in the future." ”

The old ape gently put the gem into the leather pouch, tied it carefully, and glanced at the old wolf with tears in his eyes.

said with a smile: "I met Mr. Xiao and Xiao Bai on the Tianshan Mountain, and I really don't know if it is a blessing that I have cultivated in several lifetimes. ”

......

This night, the two old men who were worried about it didn't get drunk for the first time, I don't know if it was because of what Li Ye said before, or because the two were sad about to part.

Halfway through, the old ape waved his hand to the old wolf and left early, and the two of them muttered as they walked, not knowing what to say.

Xiaobai helped the old ape down to the shore, and Li Ye sat quietly at the table, looking at the leftover soup, and an inexplicable sadness rose in his heart.

This kind of pain is more painful than when he was separated from the young lady, and the injury is deeper than when Mu Mu cried and shouted when he went down the mountain.

He secretly warned himself in his heart that if he walked in the world in the future, he would never be able to use such affection again, and in the end he would make himself scarred.

Thinking that he has not yet grown into a teenager, he has to face separation again and again.

Xiaobai came back from sending the old ape, sat down next to him with his head bowed, and lowered his voice listlessly, not knowing whether he was counting the lines on the stone slab or looking at the patterns on his shoes.

Li Ye sighed softly, looked at Xiaobai and said, "Put away the jerky hanging under the eaves in a while, and then pack up the things you want to take away, and tomorrow morning at dawn, the two of us will leave." ”

Xiaobai raised his head and replied weakly: "Okay, I'll listen to you." ”

"The uneaten rice is left, and the mushrooms are also left, except for the python meat, the other dried meat is left, the wine is also left, the tea leaves, the teapot, and the stove for boiling water are all left, and then half of the herbs you and your predecessors are left, and we will take the rest." ”

Li Ye thought about it and explained carefully to Xiaobai.

"Put away your bamboo knife by yourself, you have to continue practicing after you go down the mountain, and I will clean up my things by myself. "Pick up the kettle and refill the water, he wants to make the last pot of tea, and drink it slowly here.

Xiaobai looked at him and nodded.

......

Halfway through the next day, Li Ye and Xiaobai stood quietly on the cliff floor, and they had carefully cleaned up the inside and outside of the cave last night.

wiped the table in the shed clean, stood under the cedar tree for a long time, gently took Xiaobai's hand, and the two walked down the cliff together.

The sun on the Tien Shan Mountains has not yet climbed to the top.

The cool breeze blowing from the top of the mountain gently blew on the two of them, lifted the corners of their clothes, and dried the tears of parting.

As he was about to enter the woods, Xiaobai turned his head and glanced back at the wooden shed on the cliff floor, and a tear fell on the placket of his white clothes.

Li Ye didn't look back, and quickly pulled Xiaobai to the bottom of the waterfall.

As he walked, he whispered softly: Sadness and sadness......

Sadness is sad and parting.