In early spring, the snow melts. Small insects sting, and young shoots spit green. But the cold of spring can still freeze people to death.

The little guy in the tavern happens to be the fourth, so everyone calls this little bartender who thinks about it all day long as Xiao Si, although Xiao Si looks up at the window all day long, whenever there is a Lingshan Sword Immortal who flies by with a sword, Xiao Si screams again and again, dances with his hands, and even scolds uncontrollably when he is excited. always shouted that one day his old man died, he would sell the small shop out, and he would also go to Lingshan and become a Lingshan Sword Immortal.

At this time, the toothless old man in the corner of the wine shop who was lying on the rocking chair was getting harder and harder, always picked up the guy at hand and slashed at the unfilial son who cursed him to death, whether it was a small bench or a wine jar. Filial piety comes first, and for the bottom of the rivers and lakes like them, they are not qualified to "lead by all evils and prostitution", and naturally unfilial piety is the biggest of the bad things. Of course, the old man can't really beat his own lone seedling to death, just to vent his emotions, or in order to reflect his prestige as a Lao Tzu, he has been a grandson for others for a lifetime, and he is a Lao Tzu in front of this little cub, of course, he must cherish this hard-won. Although there is a poor way to raise children, but four of them were born, and they died of hunger and plague, so it is really not easy to pull this big.

Although Xiao Si thinks about it all day long, and keeps saying that the old man is good to go to Lingshan after he dies, people who are familiar with him know that this kid is very diligent, and he is really filial to his father.

A family of two, the small singles raise the old singles, and they live by being at the foot of the Lingshan faction, and the people gather quite densely.

The haggis soup made by Xiao Si is a must, to be precise, it is a skill passed on to him by his father. Therefore, the main source of income for this family is not the full house at noon, nor the banquet that drinks until midnight, but the haggis soup every morning. Xiao Si always gets up in the early morning to boil his father's secret recipe.

This morning, before dawn, an old woman with a wrinkled face staggered over and walked into Xiaosi's shop. Holding a wooden crutch in his hand, this crutch is really good in Xiao Si's opinion, a natural rhizome, it is actually in the shape of an eight-point dragon head, although the horns are not very obvious, but the last time it is also a python. The old woman's nails were half an inch long, and she was holding her "dragon's head cane", and her nails were fighting with each other.

Xiao Si looked at this dirty old lady asking for food, watching her swaying, I was really afraid that she would accidentally fall, what should I do if I slandered myself again, there is already a lame father at home, and then an old woman, hey, don't let them be lame donkeys with broken mills, no matter how good it is...... Xiao Si quickly interrupted his terrible thoughts. ran out of the counter and greeted with a smile: "Old lady, you are really early, you can drink the first bowl of haggis soup in the shop." ”

"Is there a discount for the first bowl?" asked the old woman with a smile.

"Well, the first bowl can give you more meat, the store is small, and there is no discount. Xiao Si didn't expect this old woman to say this first.

At the same time, when he got closer, Xiao Si found that this old woman was actually carrying a sword behind her, but she didn't have the demeanor of a Lingshan Sword Immortal at all. The Lingshan disciples all held their swords steady, and the hilt of the sword was placed diagonally above the right shoulder, the height of which was the same as the head. But the old lady had made the back of the sword so loose that the hilt was in the back of her heart, and the scabbard hung down through the crotch of her trousers, and was about to reach from between her legs to the front. What a waste of a sword.

Let the old woman in, according to the instructions to the old woman a bowl of haggis soup and a baked cake, although the old woman did not emphasize more meat, but Xiao Si still consciously added a lot of meat in it, who let him enter the store when he said this unintentionally.

While eating, the old woman kept praising the taste of this haggis soup, and said that if she could drink a bowl every day for the rest of her life, she would be satisfied when she died. Xiao Si subconsciously thought that this old woman lived with her father, and she could drink it every day, and his father did better than his. But he hadn't read a book, and the only bit of reason he had told him that he couldn't say this, in case he was sticky, there would be another burden, and his desire to go to Lingshan to be a sword immortal would have to be postponed again.

Anyway, it was still early, and there were no other guests, so Xiao Si found a way to be active behind the old woman, wiping the table and setting up a stool, in fact, just to see the old woman's sword, he claimed to be self-taught and had a study of swords. In fact, the gentleman who heard the story described the appearance of the sword in the drama a few times, and then he imagined it according to the glorious image. The sword on the old woman's back is too simple, with a wooden handle, a wooden sheath, no decoration at all, and the only brass stoppers are worn out of texture, and it is estimated that it is not worth a few dollars. I don't know what she's doing with it at such an age, she won't just exercise with weights, or she yearns for Lingshan Sword Immortal like herself, and thousands of mountains and rivers come to learn swords. Thinking about it, if the old man of his own family really lived a hundred years and would not die for another thirty or forty years, wouldn't he be like this old woman, with gray hair and then limping up the spiritual mountain, thinking about it, almost tears rolled around his eyes. Most fantasy lovers are like that.

"I said this old man, why do you always carry a sword on your back?" Xiao Si looked at her image, and he was sure that he would not be a practitioner, so he simply asked.

"Alas, the old woman also liked swords when she was young, so she saved up money to buy one, and she never wanted to throw it away. The old woman said as she ate.

If you were a young man who also carried a sword, he should have found a lady a long time ago, but with a lady, it is estimated that it will affect his "sword heart". Xiao Si couldn't help but fantasize again.

"Oh, then why did your old man come to Lingshan? I don't think you're a local with your old accent. Xiao Si said.

"I have heard for a long time that the Lingshan Sword Sect is all sword immortals, and I have never been here, I want to come to see and see before I die, but I have also studied swords in my life. Because the old man thought that the haggis soup was really delicious, after eating the haggis, there was still most of the baked cake left. As he spoke, he nibbled on the dry baked biscuits.

Xiao Si couldn't help but feel closer when he heard that this old lady was actually like-minded with him and liked to study swords. Hurriedly took the old lady's bowl away, scooped a large bowl full of broth, and then served it to the old lady.

"Young man, I don't have the money to buy another bowl of soup. ”

"This bowl of soup is given for free, you can always drink it with baked cakes. "Small business, honest shop.

"You young man is a good man, so the old woman drank it. ”

"Old man, don't go up to Lingshan, the mountain is too high, with your old body and bones, I'm afraid you can't climb up, you just sit here steadily, sometimes you can see Lingshan Sword Fairy stepping on the flying sword flying in the sky, I look up every day, I can see it once every few days." To tell you the truth, I also love kendo. ”

"Oh, can you see Sword Immortal Fei here?" asked the old woman with a surprised expression.

"yes, often, I don't lie to you. ”

"What if you don't keep your feet on the ground and fall off?" the old man asked.

"No, how could the sword immortal fall. Xiao Si almost pumped her when she saw that this old woman who had never seen the world said such childish words.

As everyone knows, at this time, a group of sword immortals flew down the Spirit Mountain, and the person headed by the third elder Chen Guang led dozens of disciples down the mountain, and was ordered by the head of the sect to go down the mountain to welcome a kendo senior. Xia Yunhai only said that there was an extremely strong sword intent at the foot of Lingshan Mountain, and asked Chen Guang to come down the mountain to greet this person. It's just that when they waited for Edgeworth to come, that person's aura was hidden, and with Chen Guang's cultivation, he couldn't even detect where this person was, so they could only search for it in the mountains.

The little four in the room were foaming at the mouth, telling the old woman what he thought was kendo like a kendo master. The old woman listened to him steadfastly, and she couldn't close her mouth with joy. At this time, Xiao Si heard the sound of "sigh, boom" in the sky, and was as happy as picking up silver, rushed to the gate, and looked up to see several sword immortals volleying the sword, under the morning light in the sky, the sword light was shining, so not majestic.

"Hey, my mother-in-law, come and see, there are so many sword immortals, it's the first time I've seen so many at once, it's too majestic......" Xiao Si couldn't suppress the excitement in his heart, and he didn't know what to say.

The old woman with the sword on her back heard Xiao Si screaming, and also walked out of the door, and looked up to see the flying swords in the sky, and she also looked worshipful.

"Well, well, I didn't lie to you. Xiao Si shouted excitedly.

When the old woman looked up at the flying sword in the sky, the people of Edgeworth suddenly felt the flying sword trembling under their feet, and their flight was obviously unstable, like a herbivorous animal seeing a beast that eats meat.

Third Elder Chen Guang also sensed this, but he really couldn't determine where the source of this aura was.

Suddenly, the flying sword of a disciple of the sect was inexplicably broken from the middle, and the person fell down with an "ah", rolling in the air in a panic, the three elders quickly caught up with him, picked him up, and everyone flew back to Miaoling Mountain under the hint of the three elders.

At this time, Xiao Si was dumbfounded, it turned out that the sword fairy would really fall.

However, the old woman was excited, and her long nails pointed at the distant figures of the sword immortals and said, "Look at you, let me say, if you don't keep your feet on the ground, it will fall off." Now believe it, hahaha. ”

The two returned to the table, Xiao Si hung his head, and the figure that fell down in surprise just now deeply affected Xiao Si's "sword heart". Sitting there without speaking, it seemed that he had to replan his own fate after his father died.

The old woman finished her last sip of soup. smiled and said to Xiao Si: "Young man, it is said that in the next hundred years of the rivers and lakes, it will be easy to achieve results in practicing martial arts, my old woman only saved enough money to buy a sword at the age of forty, you are still so young, if you start practicing sword today, you may not be a sword immortal in the future." ”

Xiao Si is lonely and recovers quickly, in just two sentences, he has once again regained his confidence and worship in the sword fairy, when the tiger is still napping, he has seen the sword fairy for so many days, isn't this one the only one who has fallen, and isn't he dead. So he nodded seriously to the old woman and hummed heavily.

"How much?" asked the old woman.

Xiao Si said: "Two copper plates, a bowl of haggis soup, one copper plate and one baked cake, a total of three copper plates." ”

The old woman reached out and touched it for a long time, and took out a large handful of copper plates and put them on the table, there were only four copper plates in total. Push the three forward, buckle one with your long nails, and carefully put it into your arms.

Seeing that the old woman was pitiful, there were only four copper plates on her body, and there was only one left after eating this meal, so he was arrogant, returned the copper plates, and said: "I invited you for this meal, and I should hand you a New Year's friend, who let us both like to study kendo." ”

The old woman said with a smile: "You are also a small business, just put so much meat for me, and spared a bowl of soup, you have done your best, your friend, the old woman has paid it, but the money still has to be collected." ”

Since Xiao Si has already spoken, it is always difficult to go back on his word in front of this old woman, and usually, no one really listens to him say that he understands kendo, only this old woman listened to it happily, and said that it was good, not bad, it really made Xiao Si very satisfied. So he learned the tone of the heroes of the rivers and lakes and said: "Alas, how can the husband go back on his word, compared with the righteousness of the rivers and lakes, what are these three copper plates, I invited this meal." After that, Xiao Si actually blushed slightly, I don't know if it was the first time to be so arrogant, I couldn't help but be enthusiastic, or I felt that my words were like a child's house.

The old woman nodded approvingly, and really reached out to take the copper plate back. said: "Okay, there is a lot to be done. Since you like swordsmanship, I will give you two paths, one is to go to Miaoling Mountain, let Xia Yunhai personally teach you swordsmanship, and learn the high and high sword that leaves the hand. The second is to close your small shop, follow me, and let's study and study down-to-earth kendo together. "The old man spoke righteously, not as if he were joking.

Xiao Sixin said, go with you, you want to fool someone to give you a pension and send you to the end, so he said: "I still have a father to serve at home, so I can't grow old with you, and my father will be gone in the future, and I will naturally go to Miaoling Mountain." It's just that I want the old sword immortal Xia Yunhai to teach me personally, that's a fool's dream. ”

The old woman nodded and said, "Since you don't go with me, it's also for filial piety, then I'll go up the mountain this time and say hello to Xia Yunhai in person, and you can go up the mountain to find him directly in the future." Since we are New Year's friends, then you call me an old sister, my name is Fan Qiushuang, what is your name?"

"My name is Zhao Xiaosi. ”......

The two parted, and the old woman staggered towards Miaoling Mountain. Looking at her back, Zhao Xiaosi was reluctant from the bottom of his heart, worried that she would really die on the way up the mountain, or he would take her to his father, but it would be a big deal for him to work harder and raise two old people. But in the end, looking at the old man's distant back, he still didn't say anything, just watched the old man disappear into the morning mist from a distance.

......

Later, it was rumored that Fan Qiushuang, an old-timer in the rivers and lakes and a master of swordsmanship, had been on the Lingshan Sect to ask for swords, and he was not on a par with the Soul Chaser for thousands of miles.