There is an ancient Taoist temple in the mountains of northeastern China, why is it said to be ancient! Because this road looks like it is... It's too broken, the old door panel has no original paint color, the wall of the Taoist temple is also overgrown with all kinds of weeds, and even the main hall in the Taoist temple seems to have not been repaired for a long time, and it looks like it is full of ancient and dilapidated scenes.

At this time, there was an old Taoist in the view who was reasoning with the little Taoist: "Apprentice, you are still too young to eat chicken legs, things like chicken thighs are to be left for the master to eat. Come good apprentice! The chicken butt is for you, and you'll get smarter if you eat it. As he spoke, the master tore off the chicken legs, looked at the apprentice with a smile, and then ate it in a big gulp. That eating appearance is really, and it will make you feel an urge to unconsciously slap him.

And the apprentice sitting opposite had his hands clenched tightly at this time. The apprentice looked at the master's appearance, his eyes lit up and then dimmed, this kind of scene is very common in this Taoist temple, every time the apprentice is very unaccustomed to the master's cheap appearance, but the apprentice can't beat the master, so he can only endure it again and again. And his master laughed secretly in his heart, he likes to see that his apprentices can't get used to him, and they can't beat him, and he has the ability to practice! Brat! Knock me down! Ha ha~~~~

The little Taoist priest looked at the chicken thigh with only bones left, and there was a hatred in his heart, he sat and thought that if he could snatch the remaining chicken thigh, and then said loudly to the old Taoist, the chicken leg will be mine in the future, you eat the chicken butt! That will definitely make Old Man Zhang angry to death! The old man's face will definitely pull the old man、、、、、

The old Taoist priest looked at the apprentice who was holding a posture and smirking, and listened to him let out bursts of small laughter from time to time. suddenly slapped him on the skull of the head and said loudly: "What are you smirking at, you've become stupid."

The little Taoist priest looked at the master as if he had just woken up from a big dream, and said with a bitter smile: "Master, you have become handsome today" But what I thought in my heart was, how could I tell you that I care about abusing you!

Lao Dao took the chicken bones open to his mouth, glanced at Xiaodao, and smiled as if he had seen through the psychology of the little Taoist.

"Surely that's not what you think in your heart! But it doesn't matter, the time is almost up, you are about to go down the mountain, and then you will be free, isn't it happy. ”

The little Taoist priest was silent, did not answer the master, but quietly looked at the master in front of him. The little Taoist priest was very reluctant, but he didn't know what to say. Suddenly, the atmosphere became heavy. The old Taoist priest put down the chicken bones in his hand, glanced at the apprentice seriously, and then got up and came to the window to look at the scenery in the mountains in the distance.

After a few seconds, he said: "Your opportunity has not yet arrived, so you can't understand the Tao of this world, you need to enter the red dust to experience a state of mind before you can continue to improve, this is your opportunity, but also your calamity!" ”

The little Taoist priest glanced at the master suspiciously, saw that there was a big chicken leg in the master's left hand, and suddenly said: "Old man Zhang, I am also very reluctant to you, but I almost believe that you are also sad?" You're just embarrassed to eat that chicken leg in front of me, am I really your apprentice? ”

The old Taoist priest blushed and coughed lightly: "These are not the point, you kid have to take good care of yourself outside, I will also go out for a walk after you go down the mountain, I have to deal with some mortal past, and then take a tour." ”

The little Taoist priest looked at the master in front of him and felt a little sad, it was the master who pulled him up little by little, and he still remembered the handsome appearance of the master when he was young, and as he grew up, the wrinkles on the master's face became more and more little by little. The little Taoist priest was not a person who liked to be sad, so he walked out under the excuse of excuse, he came to a big stone in front of the Taoist temple, and sat cross-legged on it, this is the place of his daily cultivation, but today he did not cultivate, but sat there quietly, and the past floated by his side like a breeze.

Eighteen years ago, a Taoist priest who traveled all over the world, wearing a somewhat shabby but very clean Taoist robe, when he traveled to a small village in the mountains, he didn't want to disturb the villagers, so he planned to spend the night in a dilapidated Taoist temple on the mountainside. When he walked to the path next to the Taoist temple, he saw a baby in a small basket, and the baby did not cry loudly, but quietly looked at the world, as if to say goodbye to the world, as if he knew that his short life might end here.

In fact, being abandoned in this place is no different from death, because this place is so remote that no one usually passes through here, and there were not so many people who love adventure at that time, so few people come to this place almost all year round.

But the strange thing is that when the Taoist priest walked in front of the baby, the baby didn't cry, but the little eyes blinked and watched the Taoist priest walk slowly, and the small mouth would smile from time to time, and the Taoist priest saw the baby like this, so he leaned over and gently picked up the baby, and the baby was saved at that moment.

The Taoist priest took the baby into this abandoned Taoist temple and taught him as if he were his own disciple, taught him how to practice, taught him how to calculate numerology, and the Taoist priest never traveled around again, concentrating on accompanying the child, and even sending the child to study at the foot of the mountain. Of course, since then, this Taoist temple has gained popularity again, and it is no longer so desolate, because there are two more Taoist priests here, but one of the small Taoist priests rarely wears Taoist clothes, but mostly wears the common clothes of farmers under the mountain.

That's right, this child is this little Taoist priest who is meditating on the stone, and the Taoist priest who picked him up is surnamed Zhang, so he also followed the surname Zhang, and the master also gave him a very, very ..... Easy to remember name, Zhang Xiaodao. Probably because he was found on the path next to the Taoist temple!

Zhang Xiaodao's master, Old Man Zhang, he always looks like he has hung Langdang, he doesn't have the demeanor of a master at all, let alone put on a master's shelf, and there are no taboos on eating, but he is particularly concerned about the cleanliness of his clothes, he always says that the environment around him is not particularly important, but his own cultivation is very important, clothes are a sign of his own cultivation, always keep clean, is to show his heart that he will not give up his cultivation because of the external environment.

What kind of theory is this, Zhang Xiaodao will definitely not follow this regulation! Fortunately, Old Man Zhang never asked Xiaodao like this, he always said to Xiaodao, your own path of cultivation is to be taken step by step, the master can't help you choose anything, and the master can't find a shortcut for you.

Regarding some things about Old Man Zhang's past, Zhang Xiaodao only knew a little, only knew that he was a disciple of a certain Daomen, and after cultivating to a certain extent, he went down the mountain to travel to the mortal world. Maybe for some reason, I don't want to go back to the mountain gate if I have a concern with the red dust, sometimes Xiaodao even thinks if the master and a girl from a certain family have made a private agreement for life, so I don't want to go back to my own Daomen, once Xiaodao wanted to take advantage of the master's drink too much to talk about it, but was beaten by the master a good beating, fortunately, Xiaodao has been practicing since he was a child to withstand the destruction of the old guy, but since that time, Xiaodao has never mentioned this problem.

As for these Taoism taught by the master, naturally he did not tell Xiaodao where it came from, and the master was worried that Xiaodao would be fettered after knowing it. He hoped that Xiaodao could live as he pleased, and enjoy all the twists and turns and joys he encountered, so that the exercises would reach a higher level.

Maybe it's the reason for practicing the exercises, Old Man Zhang is very open to Xiaodao, and never forces Xiaodao to do anything he doesn't like, except for cultivation, of course. He allows Xiaodao to have his own opinions, and he also supports some of the apprentice's decisions, as long as it is not a matter of principle, he makes his own decisions.

Also because of the cultivation reasons, Xiaodao's intelligence is higher than that of ordinary children, so Xiaodao decided to go to school in the hope of receiving the same education as ordinary children, that night Xiaodao thought hard of a lot of excuses to persuade the master, but the next morning after doing his homework, when he went to talk to Old Man Zhang about this problem, he actually agreed directly.

Xiaodao can still remember the scene at that time, after the old man Zhang heard his apprentice say that he was going to school, he straightened his waist, put his hands behind his back, raised his head and looked into the distance when he formed a 45-degree angle with the horizontal plane, and then said slowly: "Your path of cultivation has begun, and what awaits you is all kinds of opportunities and challenges. ”

It was like an old father talking to his child, how bitter it was. But as he continued to walk forward like this, he accidentally stepped on a rock and almost fell headlong down the mountain. Xiaodao couldn't help laughing, what a master's appearance, what a deep appearance, Old Man Zhang just can't pretend, otherwise he will immediately break his work. The original picture of deep admonition was shattered, and it also made Xiaodao still fresh in his memory.

Old man Zhang also has a special place, that is, he is very gluttonous, and he eats everything. Therefore, Xiaodao has been trained since he was a child to cook all kinds of dishes, so it can be said that if he needs to work part-time one day, it is okay to be a chef, at least there is no problem to be a cook.

As an orphan, he should be considered a relatively unfortunate person, but when he met Old Man Zhang, Xiaodao felt that he was a lucky person. Since he was a child, he has been able to receive school education like a normal child, except for the need to get up early every day to finish the exercises before going to school, he has a happy childhood like ordinary children.

Under the cruel teaching of Old Man Zhang, Xiaodao's exercises had already entered the Qi training period at the age of 7, and Xiaodao was already able to remember it at that time, and he could easily write it down after reading the content of the book. This also made his grades always the best in the class, he was very famous in the village primary school at that time, and the teacher also liked Xiaodao's cleverness.

The teacher let Xiaodao get a lot of information about the outside world, and let him know that the excitement of the outside world is something that this small Taoist temple can't give, so Xiaodao worked harder and spent almost all his time practicing and studying. When I was in high school, Xiaodao met a female teacher who had just joined the work, and she was in high spirits at that time, coupled with Xiaodao's cleverness, Xiaodao easily won the first place in the age.

And as his teacher, the female teacher who had just joined the work, was praised by the principal in public! Xiaodao was also rewarded and got the first mobile phone in his life, you must know that in China at that time, mobile phones were not so popular as now! This gift made Xiaodao happy for a long time, the excitement of not being able to sleep, the kind of having to put the phone next to the pillow to feel at ease, is incomparable to any gift in the future. The reason why Xiaodao is so excited and likes it is because the mobile phone can access the Internet, and you can see a lot of information about the outside world.

Although Old Man Zhang rarely said some of his previous things, he was never stingy with some of his travel experiences, so that Xiaodao knew the size of China since he was a child, as well as the scenery and people around the country, every time he heard this, Xiaodao was very yearning. So Xiaodao wanted to go to the outside world by going to college, after all, there are so many unknown challenges and beauties, and all kinds of beautiful things waiting for him!

Just when Xiaodao was full of thoughts, Old Man Zhang suddenly appeared beside him, patted my head and said: "Xiaodao, let's go to the village under the mountain to have a look, and say goodbye to my uncles and aunts, when you were young, everyone pulled you together, especially your Aunt Wang, you have also eaten her milk!" Your going down this time is different from going to school before, and you won't come back many times in the future, and you will develop outside after going to college, so let's talk about it well. ”

Hearing what the master said, Xiao Dao got up and jumped down, came to Old Man Zhang's side, looked at his clean Taoist robe and neat hair, and replied with a smile: "Good old man! You can eat at home by yourself, I'll go back as soon as I go, and I'll get some pork head meat back in a while to satisfy your cravings. ”

After finishing speaking, Xiaodao walked towards the Taoist temple, because he didn't want to see the reluctant eyes of Old Man Zhang, in fact, Xiaodao knew that the master also had a lot of things to do out of the mountain to make a settlement, and it was because of his existence that the master had to come back soon even if he went out.

Xiaodao came to the room, picked up his school bag, and hurried down the mountain on his back, because there was still half an hour to go down the mountain. Old man Zhang didn't want the villagers to know about his cultivation, so the roads and trails down the mountain were all trotted down the mountain like normal people, and the time was only 9 o'clock in the morning, and when he arrived at Aunt Wang's house, he could still help with some farm work.

Aunt Wang can be said to be Xiaodao's wet nurse, Xiaodao grew up drinking her milk, Old Man Zhang had no experience in taking care of children at that time, so he went to the village to find someone to help, and it happened that Aunt Wang had just given birth to her daughter and milk, so Aunt Wang raised Xiaodao as a son. When Xiaodao was hungry, Old Man Zhang brought him to drink milk, and Aunt Wang Jue fed one and fed, and fed two, so he was used to feeding him, but later the milk was not enough for the two children to drink, and Xiaodao was forced to wean slowly, but he was already very healthy at that time.

In Xiaodao's heart, Aunt Wang is an amiable mother, every time she goes down the mountain, she will go to Aunt Wang's house to help with some farm work, but with his physique, he can really help Aunt Wang a lot, just take the corn harvesting as an example, Xiaodao can transport all the corn of Aunt Wang's family home in 2 days, and then neatly load it into the granary.

In addition to planting corn, Aunt Wang's house also has a large number of apple trees, and in autumn Xiaodao will also help unload apples, which is Xiaodao's favorite thing.

I trotted all the way to Aunt Wang's house, and saw Aunt Wang picking vegetables in the vegetable garden, Xiaodao unceremoniously picked a tomato and took a bite and said, "Aunt Wang, what are you busy with today, I have just the right time today for you to see what work I need to do." ”

Aunt Wang smiled and said, "I don't know how to wash and eat, I'm not afraid of stomach trouble." Aunt Wang smiled and got up to pick a big, red tomato for Xiaodao, and then went to wash it.

Looking at Aunt Wang's back and suddenly didn't know how to tell her about going to school, Xiaodao knew that she was going to leave for a long time this time, even when she was in high school, Xiaodao would come several times a week. This time he may have to come back once in a year or more, although now the village is also a kilometer, but it is still very troublesome to come back once, fortunately there are telephones in the village now, so it is more convenient to contact, but after farm work or something, I can't help Aunt Wang solve it.

Aunt Wang seemed to see Xiaodao's thoughts, slowly walked to Xiaodao, stretched out her hand and handed the tomatoes to Xiaodao, and said, "You don't have to worry, I still have a daughter, you forgot." Besides, I'm glad you can make a living, and if you can stay in the big city, you'll be happy, and then you can take me and your uncle to see the world. Don't stand stupidly, come over and help pick vegetables, and make you something delicious in a while, and you won't be able to eat the taste of home outside in the future! I know you'll be here today, I asked Xiaojiao to buy you meat, and you should be back soon. ”

Xiaodao smiled happily, and immediately went to pick vegetables, but there is always a kind of sadness in the psyche, I don't know how to dispel it, Xiaodao is actually a more cheerful person who doesn't like to be sad, and I don't know what's wrong today, maybe this is the common problem of everyone who wants to travel far away from home. It didn't take long for footsteps and singing to sound outside the courtyard, and you didn't have to listen carefully to know that it was Aunt Wang's daughter Xiaojiao who had returned.

Aunt Wang's daughter is called Liu Xiaojiao, and like Xiaodao, she is also 18 years old this year, with long black hair fluttering in the wind, coupled with a melon seed face, 165 height and slender thighs, it doesn't seem much shorter than Xiaodao. Her skin is very white, although there is no makeup modification, but she is not lost to those so-called big stars at all. Coupled with her unpolished lively and lovely temperament, she can be regarded as the most beautiful girl in Xiaodao's heart, at least in this small village.

She came to me like a gust of wind, picked up the meat in her hand and said, "Brother, you have taken it orally, how delicious did my mother say to cook for you today?" Xiaodao tried his best to avoid looking directly at her figure, and said embarrassedly: "Yes, you are not allowed to eat it for a while, it is specially made for me!" ”

Xiaodao has a good relationship with her, friends from childhood to adulthood, so they often fight when they meet, and Xiaodao wins every time. When she heard Xiaodao's words, her mouth widened and said, "I want to eat all the beauty, but I also want to eat it all." Then she snorted, gave Xiaodao a roll of her eyes, and headed into the kitchen.