Chapter 3: Speaking of Hunger
On the edge of Longtan, a middle-aged man is holding a wooden branch, as if he is quietly fishing.
He squinted slightly, and a smile hung on his lips. His face was a little too white, as if it had no blood. It's just that this kind of whiteness doesn't give people a sense of pathology, but has a bookish atmosphere unique to weak scholars.
To put it another way, it is the elegance of a reader. It's just that the only thing that makes people feel strange is that the branch in his hand is several feet above the water, and under the branch, there is no silk thread, no bait, nothing.
On the left side behind him, Lin Xiu sat cross-legged with his eyes closed, his face calm, like an old monk in a fixed state.
On the right side behind him, there was a woman from the Star Realm who was also sitting cross-legged on the ground, her eyes drooping slightly, but her eyes flashed from time to time.
The woman and Lin Xiu were separated by a distance of four or five zhang.
This appearance lasted for about two sticks of incense, and the middle-aged man suddenly sighed softly: "Hey, after fishing all morning, I have never found anything, is this the will of heaven, and the punishment of God for me is not successful?"
The woman opened her eyes, glanced at the other party, and then frowned and said coldly: "Hmph, you have no silk thread, and you have no bait...... You still want to catch a fish with a twig? If you can catch it, that's hell. ”
The middle-aged man didn't care about the woman's extremely unkind tone, but just smiled slightly and said softly:
"Little girl, I said that you are not very old, and your temper is not small!"
The woman said coldly, "So what?"
The middle-aged man then smiled: "No, no, I just heard people say that women who love to lose their temper are because their liver fire is too strong, if they are not channeled, in the long run, not only will the figure slowly become bloated, but the skin will gradually darken, not to mention the rough pores and yellow hair...... Hehe, I don't know if these people understand it or not, it's still quite scary."
The woman was still angry at the beginning, and when the middle-aged man mentioned her body and skin, her eyes were already slightly condensed, and when the last sentence fell, she had completely fallen into silence.
After a few moments, she let out a long sigh of relief, and there was no longer a trace of gloom on her face.
Seeing this scene, the middle-aged man was satisfied. But then he suddenly chuckled, as if he was too bored to have some fun, after hitting the woman here, he looked at Lin Xiu who was closing his eyes, and then quipped:
"I said, boy, people have a bit of a temper, but what beautiful girl doesn't have a temper? In my opinion, it comes from the pride in the bones, and it is the embodiment of true temperament. But you're boring, aren't you, sitting there like a wooden stake, not even letting out a fart all day, such a muffled gourd, aren't you afraid that you won't be able to get a wife in the future?"
Lin Xiu opened his eyes slightly, and said with a faint smile: "What happens in the future, I'll talk about it later."
The middle-aged man was slightly stunned, and the next moment his face became extremely exciting, he turned his head suddenly, looked at Lin Xiu with a strange expression, and after a while, he suddenly stretched out a thumbs up, showing an exaggerated look of worship on his face, and praised him: "High, it's really high!"
Lin Xiu was completely stunned, not knowing where Gao came from.
The middle-aged man looked ashamed, shook his head and sighed: "Hey, I think I have been romantic all my life, indulging in flowers, and I think I have already seen the wind and the moon, and I have understood yin and yang, but I didn't expect that your kid's casual words, whether it is artistic conception or mind, are far above me." The afterlife is terrifying, it is really terrifying!"
Lin Xiu blinked his eyes twice, and he didn't even understand what the other party was talking about.
It was the woman who returned to the Star Realm, frowned and pondered for a moment, and then suddenly raised her eyebrows, then blushed and spat fiercely.
This scene made the middle-aged man laugh and said: "What's so shy about this? Just like the so-called fair lady, a gentleman is good; the love of men and women is a matter of course; and in this world, pay attention to one thing you love and I want." As long as it does not hurt heaven and reason, and violates the harmony of heaven, then why should you suppress your heart, disobey the will of heaven, and take the initiative to stretch out your head to be bound by the useless courtesy, righteousness, and shame?"
Hearing this, a look of disdain flashed in the woman's eyes, and she snorted coldly, but she didn't speak.
And Lin Xiu was dumbfounded.
Yes, he is ignorant, but he is not an idiot. The other party said these four words of male and female love so bluntly, who can't understand it.
Not only did he understand, but he also drew inferences from one case to another with his outstanding comprehension, and faintly understood the wind and moon and flowers mentioned by the middle-aged man earlier......
But it was precisely because he understood that he felt incredible, and it was the first time he had seen someone who could talk about such a thing so blatantly and freely.
The middle-aged man is like a tireless and hard-working private school teacher, continuing his great cause of teaching and educating people: "The wind and the moon are elegant, and the yin and yang are pregnant and mysterious." This kind of thing, to put it mildly, is related to the reproduction and inheritance of human beings. To put it more broadly, it is related to understanding the way of heaven and gaining insight into the universe. ”
Lin Xiu's eyelids shook violently, even if he was as calm as him, listening to the other party's loud words at this time, it was the way of heaven and the ...... of the universe There is also a feeling of heart-pounding and life-upside down.
As for the woman who returned to the Star Realm, she had already opened her mouth slightly, her beautiful eyes were wide open, and she seemed to have completely lost the ability to think.
The middle-aged man continued to brainwash: "This thing, which originally implied the truth of heaven and earth and gave birth to the mysteries of the universe, was reduced to a dirty thing that was immoral and unspeakable by those hypocrites with ulterior motives and sanctimoniousness. Hmph, is this simply not being able to eat grapes and saying that grapes are sour? If it is really immoral, why have emperors always had three palaces and six courtyards since ancient times, and there were groups of concubines?"
"Hmph, there is nothing wrong with this matter itself, the real difference is that the emperor doesn't need to care about other people's opinions, while ordinary people are bound by that courtesy, righteousness and shame. There is no trouble in the world, but mediocrity disturbs itself. If you want to get rid of the mediocrity, you have to open your heart first. ”
The middle-aged man suddenly looked up at the sky and laughed:
"Let that gossip spread like a sword, I have a delicate heart. ”
When the words fell, a group of birds in the distance were startled.
Lin Xiu's face was sluggish, and the woman's beautiful eyes widened.
After a while, the woman said in a strange way: "Listening to what you said, the head is the Tao, I must have understood a lot about the truth of heaven and earth, and the mysteries of the universe", speaking of this, her face turned slightly red, but she gritted her teeth and said: "If you really have the ability, you will not fall into such a field, ragged, like a beggar." ”
Lin Xiu's gaze suddenly fell on the middle-aged man's body, and his eyes showed doubts, as if to say, "Hey, yes?"
The middle-aged man was annoyed for a while, glared at Lin Xiu before saying, "Girl, you must know that people are not good-looking, and if you look at people in the crack of the door, you will become cross-eyed."
The woman snorted coldly: "It seems that you are really amazing, you have the ability to report your reputation, and let me hear if there is a person like you in the rivers and lakes." ”
The middle-aged man was slightly stunned, and then laughed.
Hearing the other party's laughter, the woman lowered her head slightly, her eyes flickering a little.
The middle-aged man smiled, looked at the woman with deep meaning, and said, "You really know how to seize the opportunity!"
The woman was told a trick, and her eyes were confused, but she still said stiffly: "What, don't you dare to say it?"
The middle-aged man gradually became calmer and said with a smile: "We are all fallen people at the end of the world, why do we need to know each other? Once some things are said, maybe they don't feel right." Aren't we very good now? You see, people don't ask much. ”
The woman snorted coldly, and suddenly blurted out: "He is the sanctimonious hypocrite in your mouth." ”
As soon as the words came out, he suddenly felt a little weird, frowned slightly, and blushed in an instant, but he didn't forget to glance at Lin Xiu.
The middle-aged man laughed, his eyebrows full of relief.
Lin Xiu suffered an unwarranted disaster, and he looked aggrieved.
The middle-aged man suddenly smiled at him: "The tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, that's what I said." ”
Lin Xiu's eyes condensed slightly, and he suddenly felt that the middle-aged man's words were inexplicable, like ...... Uncle Seven in general. Such a thought made him can't help but look at the other party a few more times, but it's okay not to look at it, the more he looks at it, the more he feels that the other party is full of ruffianism, and he can't be associated with the calm and indifferent image of Uncle Seven.
He let out a long sigh, thinking that he might be overthinking.
But then, he suddenly heard something, frowned and asked, "Are you fishing?"
Hearing this, the woman sneered and said sarcastically: "Your reaction is really shocking." ”
Lin Xiu didn't pay attention to the woman's sarcasm, just stared intently at the unbaitless wooden stick in the middle-aged man's hand. The middle-aged man raised his eyebrows slightly, and asked with a smile: "If I say that I am fishing for dragons, do you believe it?"
Hearing this, the woman pursed her lips, and after Lin Xiu was slightly stunned, she suddenly said seriously: "I believe it!"
"Oh?" it was the middle-aged man's turn to be surprised, and he chuckled, "Why?"
Lin Xiu lowered his head slightly, and said with some surprise: "There is an elder in my family who used to fish for dragons. ”
The middle-aged man's eyes showed a hint of surprise, and after a moment, he smiled and said, "You elder must be very remarkable!", Lin Xiu nodded and said, "His old man has taught me a lot of things. ”
The middle-aged man's eyes fell on the waterhole again, and he said with some emotion: "It's just that the dragon I want to catch, I'm afraid I won't be able to catch it." ”
Lin Xiuqi said: "Why is this?"
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "Everything pays attention to a fate, and if the fate is, the cause and effect are there." When the fate is exhausted, the cause and effect disappear. Some things, once lost, are really lost. ”
Lin Xiu was slightly stunned, and then he didn't know what he thought, and there was a gloom in his eyes.
And the woman who returned to the Star Realm was also surprisingly not objected to the middle-aged man's words, she looked up at the sky slightly, and her eyes gradually blurred after a while.
The breeze swept across the water, mixed with a little moisture, and blew on people's faces, with an indescribable refreshment.
Such a peaceful atmosphere was very enjoyable, but it was completely broken by the sudden voice of the middle-aged man:
"I feel like I'm hungry!"
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Returning home today, update in advance!!