Volume 1 Learning the Tao Chapter 3 A Thunderbolt in the Clear Sky
To make a stone mold seal, the sleek pebbles may be too hard, but Zhuang Yu responded with one bite.
For teenagers, it is worth it to be able to do something for people who think about themselves, it is nothing more than to spend more time and get tired. However, everything is unpredictable, and the two teenagers don't know that this is the last time they meet.
That's how it was with teenagers.
Next, the two of them turned out some precious stones from Zhuang Yu's private collection and found them.
After choosing the stones, Zhuang Yu took out two larger strip stones from them, intending to carve something for Ah Ye and Miao Qing. The two of them took advantage of the fact that it was still dark on the stone slab at the entrance of the courtyard, and sharpened the stones while hiding from the rain. There are no extra tools, only grinding slowly. At this moment, Miao Qing regretted it, it turned out to be so difficult, and the stone was a little hard.
Zhuang Yu took the stone from his hand and grinded it on the ground one by one. He looked at him with a smile and didn't speak, as if to say, it's okay, I'll just come. Miao Qing snatched his small stone again, and happily grinded it with Zhuang Yu, and talked about the strange things in the book, Zhuang Yu had to pick up two big ones and grind them together.
Time flies, and the rain in the sky is still falling slightly, but there are a few stars in this whole night sky. It seems that tomorrow the weather will be fine.
Zhuang Yu pointed to the stars while telling Miao Qing the story of the stars, which always made this kid curious, and all kinds of questions kept coming. At nightfall, Miao Qing didn't go home, looked at the stone in his hand, his small one looked a little good, but the two big ones in Zhuang Yu's hands basically didn't change.
"It's okay, Brother Qing, don't worry, I have time, take your time and go into the house to sleep." ”
The two walked into Zhuang Yu's small house together, and as soon as they saw it, the pair of little wooden men on the bed who had robbed Zhuang Yu from Miao Qing in the past, their faces were still blank......
Miao Qing saw this, and the air was a little quiet.
"Ah Yu, I was bad when I was a child, I'm sorry......"
"Huh?" Zhuang Yu asked and immediately looked at Miao Qing, and then followed his gaze to the woman next to the pillow, only to know what he said.
"Ah Brother Qing, don't say that, I used to be too serious, and it wasn't a big deal. The boy added.
"Don't worry, in the future, big brother, I will cover you, and no one will bully you, even if the big families in the alley are rich and noble. Miao Qing said affirmatively.
"Uh-huh......" The boy also agreed.
The two slept on the same side, and did not fall asleep until the second half of the night, Zhuang Yu held the wooden figure under the pillow tightly with one hand.
The next day, early in the morning.
In response to the boy's words, the weather was clear, and after a rain after the spring equinox, it was a little warmer.
Zhuang Yu followed Mo Lao Dao early, and slowly played Tai Chi together, although he was young, but for many years, he also had a little taste.
Regarding Mo Lao Dao, there are not too many words in the alley, that is, he can read and write, can read a little feng shui, and does not smile, no matter how the spicy old mother and widow in the alley scold, how to cheat, they have never given a good face, as if they were born to owe him much money, a little bit of looking down on people, and there are not too many rumors about others.
Ah Ye said that every morning, the yin and yang of heaven and earth, the fusion of all things, seize this time period, in order to learn Tai Chi, improve their own heaven and earth, and make up for their shortcomings. Therefore, Zhuang Yu has been following the old Tao for ten years, playing Tai Chi, learning gossip, breathing and breathing, and has a deep understanding.
Zhuang Yu also has a strong interest in these traditional cultural treasures, whether it is a good poem or a poem or book, it is no worse than the children who are familiar with it in the outside world, after all, Mo Laodao is not a foolish character.
The old and young played Tai Chi together, and their postures were exactly the same. Tai Chi pays attention to static braking, overcoming rigidity with softness, and dialing thousands of catties in four or two, it seems that Zhuang Yu has comprehended a lot.
About an hour later, the sun was fully rising.
Miao Qing walked out of the house and happened to meet a teenager who had just finished Tai Chi. The two of them walked together towards the long stone cliff to the west, with a basin and towel in hand, ready to wash their faces.
After that, the two of them sat on the side of the long stone cliff for a while! Zhuang Yu took out the stone from his pocket and grinded it, basking in the sun together, and it didn't take long for Miao Qing to go down the mountain.
Teenagers are like this, they are careful in everything and serious in everything.
For the next few days, Zhuang Yu was grinding stones, or began to carve a smooth small stone that had been sharpened, first sliding it lightly with a knife, and waiting for himself to feel very satisfied, and then began to slowly carve it.
It took about two days to finish carving this small piece.
The font is convex, the handwriting is clear, and the square atmosphere is square, Zhuang Yu originally planned to use a font that is a little grass or willow jin, but he thought that it was used to show his identity, so he didn't do it.
The seal has four large characters neatly on it.
Miao Qing seal
But now it's the other way around, and it's only true if it's used. The boy still didn't feel satisfied, so he began to polish the periphery again, and finally added a frame to the bottom text, which complemented each other and was full of satisfaction.
The next step is to slowly polish the two larger stones, a little longer......
As usual, the teenager is growing up little by little. Because the fingers of the engraved seal are worn out a lot, it's just that at night recently, the teenager always can't sleep well, and sometimes he can't sleep all night, which is a bit strange.
According to the boy himself, he always felt that someone was talking to him at night, calling him, but not calling his name, and he felt that he was shouting at him. This made the boy have a little headache, and he once wondered if he was stunned by those myths, and he couldn't figure it out. I have never said to Ah Ye, it has always been like this, I got up late several times, and I was taught two sentences by Ah Ye.
Seeing that the last stone medal in his hand was about to be completed, Zhuang Yu felt happy, and in less than eight or nine days, he had done it himself, and he felt a little complacent.
One afternoon, the sky was cloudless and the weather was fine. Zhuang Yu sat on the feldspar cliff in the west, bowing his head and carving a seal.
Suddenly, a roaring thunderclap exploded in the cloudless clear sky. At that moment, Zhuang Yu felt that it exploded above his head, and Zhuang Yu, who was thundering, had empty eyes for a while, and even the stone medal in his hand fell to the ground, with a solemn expression and a frightened mouth.
The young man seemed to see the scene of dreaming at night, not only shouting his name, but also the monstrous battle, as if returning to the battlefield of the ancient gods and demons.
"Boom........." Another thunder roared in the sky, pulling Zhuang Yu back from the hollow. But the moment felt so real for the boy.
The monstrous thunder also startled Mo Laodao, and he hurriedly rushed over to check on Zhuang Yu's situation, because the thunder he saw in the courtyard was clearly exploded above the long stone cliff, and it couldn't be said that it was going to the child, so after coming over, he immediately pulled Zhuang Yu up.
"Strange. Mo Laodao said two words to Zhuang Yu very simply, so that the young man was confused.
The people in the alley at the foot of the mountain also ran out to look at the sky, but after two thunders, they disappeared, and they felt that there was no fuss.
But Mo Laodao frowned, pinched his fingers again, and after a while, his face was serious, and his brows were even more wrinkled, and it seemed that it was fruitless. It shouldn't be, how can it be so, Mo Laodao was struggling in his heart.
"The star position is so rebellious, how can the eight gates deviate from this, dry one, exchange two, and leave three ......"
"Why will they all move forward, the eight numbers are chaotic, why is the Qianyi ranked in the second position, and the Xunwu is in the first place, squeezing out the position of the Qianyi, why is the Qimen confused?"
Mo Lao Dao whispered to himself in a stunned voice, Zhuang Yu rarely saw Ah Ye like this, and he didn't dare to ask more, so he didn't tell Ah Ye that he had always dreamed of strange things recently, and everything just now.
Lao Dao hurried to the wooden house, apparently to turn over a book.
Lin Yang heard all the words just now, and he also felt strange, Ah Ye meant that the position of the innate eight numbers was fixed, for some reason, now the southwest of Xunxi has reached the Qiannan position, this is not an ordinary change, the eight gates are out of order, and the door of life and death is moving forward, this is a great thing, and the impermanence of heaven will not be like this.
Zhuang Yu thought so, and slowly returned to the wooden courtyard, the sky was still very clear, but the young man did not notice that the sunset that was supposed to shoot directly to the long stone cliff was now offset.
After entering the courtyard, sure enough, Ah Ye was rummaging through his treasures, looking at old books, and kept pinching his fingers to calculate the direction, but he still couldn't figure it out.
Seeing Zhuang Yu coming over, he said.
"You should know what I'm saying and how to .........," he said when he stopped abruptly and stared at the sun, as if he had seen something he couldn't believe.
"Zhuang Yu, do you see if the sun has also moved to the southeast, just more than forty-five degrees, that is to say, the azimuth has moved once, even the sun. ”
Zhuang Yu raised his head, and then looked at the long stone cliff to the west, and felt very weird.
"Ah master, what the hell is going on, just two thunders just now, even the direction is out of order?"
"Well, the sky is unpredictable, and it shouldn't be like this, if it goes on like this, it won't be long before it recovers, and the world will be in chaos. Mo Laodao replied in a deep voice.
"If the stars of the universe move at the same time and are completely reversed, won't they all be reversed in the future?" the young man said suddenly.
"Don't talk nonsense, the way of heaven has its own order, Tai Chi two rituals turn into four images, yin and yang overlap, alternate. It's not that simple. ”
"If the two instruments are confused, the heavens and the earth are upside down, how can there be living beings, the stars and gods are in chaos, everything will be nothing, repeated.
"Then why, we don't feel the slightest bit now, not even the weather has changed, let alone a little cold," Zhuang Yu pouted and said.
"How did I tell you, it will be so fast, it will only be reflected in the accumulation of time, and the direction is out of order, which has too much impact. Mo Laodao replied with a straight look, still not believing much in this matter.
After the old and young were over, Zhuang Yu then took out the stone and carved it, and there was still the last word "spring", which seemed to be finished before going to bed tonight. The boy was overjoyed, this is also a good gift for Ah Ye.
But the young man didn't know that some people had some things that they had to say goodbye to in the end, just like the couplet he wrote to Ah Ye under his pillow and an interesting story about Ah Ye's method of making wine, all of which were thoughts of Mo Laodao's life in the future......