"There is no way to cultivate, there is a way in the heart......"

Azu read silently and walked out of the back room. But I saw that Xu Mu was sitting upright at the door, just holding a cup of hot tea in her hand, looking at the scene outside the door in a daze.

"Mother. Azu's heart was sour, knowing that his mother missed his father.

Hearing this, Mother Xu turned her head, but said gently, "Zu'er, what's wrong?"

Azu originally wanted to talk to his mother about this cultivation, but the words couldn't come out for a while, and when he saw that the courtyard was empty and lifeless, he said, "Mother, let's post Spring Festival couplets." ”

Mother Xu smiled in her eyebrows: "Okay, then the sticker, my mother will buy it." ”

"I'll go along. ”

Looking at the little figure that followed, Mother Xu felt relieved. Zu'er hadn't gone out with her for a long time. After locking the door, the two rushed to the market......

The winter morning was a little cold, and the sky was not bright. But probably because of the Chinese New Year, most families get up early. A few of the shops in the bazaar also opened earlier.

"Mrs. Xu, it's really early today. "The owner of the New Year's goods shop is a middle-aged man with a mustache, a mole on his face, and he always wears a small felt hat in the northern style in winter, which is very joyful to look at.

Since the news of Xu Si'an's becoming an official spread throughout the village, most of the people in the village have called Mrs. Xu that. Mother Xu was also a little annoyed and felt flattering, but the villagers were used to it, and they didn't bother to let them change.

"The sound of firecrackers is too loud. It's Boss Hu, who got up early, and has done a lot of firecracker business?"

"Small business, small business. Boss Hu smiled with a thief's eyebrows, and only saw Azu with a sharp eye, "Yo, Young Master Xu is also here today." ”

Azu frowned, but didn't say anything.

"It's been a long time, what does Mrs. Xu want? I have ...... firecrackers and fireworks" Boss Hu began to sell his own goods, a little gushing. After all, the Xu family is now a rich and noble family, and everyone knows it.

Mother Xu looked at Azu and shook her head when she saw him, so she politely rejected Boss Hu: "No need, I'll pick the vice couplets." ”

Boss Hu rubbed his hands and said busily: "It's easy to say, it's easy to say, this way." ”

Welcoming into the shop, Azu looked at a dozen couplets neatly hung on a wall, and the handwriting was neat and generous, which was quite good. Just have to see how the verses are.

"How about this one?" Boss Hu pointed to the leftmost one.

Azu looked at it, but it was written "Reunion and family reunion, happy and happy to celebrate the New Year".

Mother Xu's color changed, glanced at Boss Hu, and shook her head.

"Boss Hu, it's not very authentic. ”

Boss Hu's expression was also frozen, counting the meaning, and quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it's my negligence." ”

Xu Si'an lived in Shuntian for a long time and never returned. How can the Xu family come to have a happy reunion, and how can they come to have fun with the family?

Xu Mu sighed, but said, "It's okay, let's change it." ”

Boss Hu snorted again and again, so he could only take the two of them to look at something else again. But the atmosphere was a little cold, and the two were not in the mood to continue to choose, so they roughly chose the Spring Festival couplets for fortune and treasure, and they were about to leave.

At the time of checkout, Boss Hu apologized again and again, he was indeed just an unintentional move.

A pair of Spring Festival couplets cost seven yuan, but they are not expensive. Mother Xu took a bunch of money, and Boss Hu looked for Sanwen in a hurry, wrapped the Spring Festival couplets, and handed them over.

Azu took it, but Boss Hu stuffed two honeys over, and smiled at himself, looking at Azu with yellow teeth.

So when she left the store, Mother Xu asked Azu if she wanted to buy something else, but Azu just shook his head and wanted to go back.

The two were somewhat silent, and their pace was unhurried. Mother Xu suddenly quipped: "That Boss Hu is courteous to you, I'm afraid he wants to marry his daughter to you." ”

Azu thought about it, Boss Hu did have a daughter, but she was strong and looked like a boy, and hurriedly said, "I don't want to marry her." ”

"Hehehe. Mother Xu laughed profusely, but Azu hadn't heard it for a long time.

In my impression, Mother Xu is also dignified and elegant, but she is never ambiguous when she does farm work. Azu only thinks that her mother has the flavor of an iron lady, but she will reveal tenderness to her family.

It's just that he knows about his father's background, but he has never understood his mother's background.

The street back is still the same. It's probably the most broken stone road, but it's much better than the muddy mountain road. Shoveled snow was piled up on the side of the road to make it safer for people to walk.

I just passed by a small opening, and I saw the old beggar curled up and trembling there. There was still the bowl in front of him, but he didn't see any money in it, as if it hadn't opened yet.

Azu felt a little pitiful in his heart. Thinking that his family probably has some spare money now, he asked Xu's mother to ask for the three pennies she found to buy Spring Festival couplets before, but she put it in a bowl.

The old beggar reacted a little, but only snorted twice, and could not hear what was said.

Mother Xu touched Azu's head, and the two continued to go home.

......

It doesn't take much time to paste the couplets. After a short time, the two finished posting the Spring Festival couplets. This small courtyard seems to have some vitality, which makes people feel more satisfied.

Mother Xu looked at it and smiled knowingly: "Take the scissors red paper and cut two more window flowers for my mother." ”

Azu nodded. I've noticed before that my mother's handiwork is very skillful, she can embroider and cut paper. Such a pair of hands is clearly everyone's beautiful hands, but they often have to farm in the past, which is really bad.

After that, I had to work hard to keep my mother from doing farm work.

Mother Xu cut it carefully, and Azu just looked at it intently.

I folded the red paper in half, but I didn't draw a line or anything, I just cut it confidently, and when it unfolded, it became a gorgeous flower, which was a bit magical.

The flowers are finished, but they can't be used yet. Mother Xu folded the window grille at a different angle, unfolded it again, and repeated it several times, but the window grille had a few edges and corners.

"This step is called folding. ”

Xu Mu's voice was very gentle.

"After folding, the window grille will not wrinkle. ”

Azu listened patiently, but he was a little funny: "Mother, you teach me this, do you want me to learn female workers in the future?"

"Stinky boy. Mother Xu pointed to his nose. "You used to be curious, didn't I save you from asking?"

......

Until the window grille was pasted, Azu's thoughts of cultivation that he held back in his heart still didn't come out. In the end, seeing that Mother Xu was a little tired, Azu just urged Mother Xu to go back to rest.

Mother Xu didn't shirk it, but just warned Azu not to stay at home all the time, and to go out for a walk when appropriate.

Azu answered, and just went back to the room. Looking at the hot porridge on the table, it was already cold. I swallowed it, and I didn't have any intention to taste it.

"Practicing qi is virtual, opening the pulse is real......"

Azu sat on the bed and chewed on this sentence in his heart.

What is Qi Training?

The term Qi practice Azu is not unfamiliar, and it is often mentioned in most Xianxia novels, and it is probably the most basic realm. But I have never heard of the word "open pulse".

Qi practice is empty, and opening the pulse is real?

Azu felt like he was groping for something.

But there was a sudden vibration in my mind. Azu felt refreshed, his mind turned, and he saw a new scene.

That's the heart, that's the liver, that's the five organs and blood in the body.

And in the head's mind, there was a small golden ball, like a sweet spring, bubbling and flowing.

Is this in one's own body?

Azu's heart was shocked, is this an inward view? The legendary master can look at his own body and see all kinds of organs, is this the scene?

As he looked, his vision was like his own, slowly moving forward. After a while, I saw a long gray vein running out of the spine, sliding long to the back of the neck, and then straight into the brain.

What is this meridian and why is it gray?

Azu was puzzled in his heart, and then he saw that the golden ball flowed out of a golden line, following along the meridian. The thread was stretched extremely long, and finally covered the entire meridian.

After the thin golden thread was pulled, the golden ball also lost its color, and it didn't feel so golden anymore.

The golden thread only covered the meridians, but there was no movement. Azu was curious, and suddenly there was a sudden pain. If you look closely, it is the golden thread that has turned into golden water, seeping into the meridians.

The pain is intense and persistent. Azu was in pain and cried out.

The golden water seeped in quickly, and Azu only felt as if his seven orifices were bleeding, and a fishy salty taste spread in his mouth. The world was spinning, and it seemed to be dark in front of me.

"Zu'er, Zu'er, what's wrong with you?"

The scream attracted Mother Xu, who ran in, only to see Azu lying on the bed, looking pained, with black dirt and a foul smell on the outside of her body.

The golden water had already seeped in, and the pain was gradually dissipating. Azu could only see that the gray veins had faintly become transparent, as if something was different.

The body was tight, but it was Mother Xu who hugged him tightly regardless of the dirt on Azu's body.

"Mother, I'm fine. Azu opened his eyes, only to see Xu Mu's anxious face.

"How does this seem to be fine...... "Mother Xu's words were hurried. "Mother, mother, I'm going to find a doctor. ”

"Mother, don't go to ......" Azu stretched out his hand to hold Xu's mother, but said. "I'm hungry ......"

Mother Xu listened, but a cooing sound came from Azu's belly. Mother Xu looked at Azu, and it didn't seem to be so painful. Hesitantly nodded, and went to cook.

Azu looked at his mother's back, but jumped off the bed in a hurry.

I seem to be a little different.

Azu only felt that his eyes had become unusually good. Looking at the ground, you can see a few ants running a foot away, and even their feet can be seen clearly.

The ears are also surprisingly ethereal. The slightest sound that appears outside from time to time can be heard in my ears, not only the sound of firecrackers of those children, but also the sound of magpies in winter.

Clenching his fists, Azu felt a strength in his body that he had never felt before.

It's just that my stomach has become really hungry......

Moreover, the sense of smell is also much more sensitive, but what I smell is the stench on my body, which is really disgusting.

The bed was actually the dirt left by himself, and Azu felt a little helpless and a little surprised.

The golden thread was all produced by the golden ball. It's just that the little golden ball seems to have lost its luster now, and it no longer shines.

All this is given by the Tao Te Ching, what is the secret in it? Why is there such a thing as Qimen Dunjia in a family heirloom?

What is it that has just happened to you? Isn't it the real opening pulse?

Azu thought, but there was no answer.

It was almost noon, and my mother was cooking. Azu looked at the bed, pulled out the futon, and was about to wash.