Chapter 20: Beyond the Mountain

People pursue different things at different stages.

When people are young, their pursuits tend to be simple and simple, and they only begin to become more complex when they grow up a little bit. I began to have so-called ideals and visions such as love.

It's just that as you get older, when your ideals are disillusioned and your dreams begin to fade, people will become more and more realistic. There are very few who can maintain a childish heart without being changed. And in the eyes of real people, this kind of person is either stupid, or really worry-free.

If a simple person is left unprotected, he will either die early or change early. Ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign, no exception,

It used to be like this for old men. I have experienced too much and seen too much, so I naturally don't want my granddaughter to be like me, who has worked hard all her life, has no food, no clothes, and still has nothing in the end.

Glory and wealth, the world wants. The old man is just an ordinary old mountain farmer. Maybe he hadn't seen what a real wealthy family was like, but at least he had heard of it. People always imagine that what they can't get is extremely beautiful. The same goes for the old man.

It's that Xiu'er is still young and doesn't quite understand the old man's hard work. In her heart, everything is very good now, and in her small heart, she does not want to change.

It's just that everything doesn't change if you want to!

Although the old man still looks smiling in front of Xiu'er on weekdays, he knows his own affairs. Whenever Xiu'er is not there, her heart is full of things after she dies, how can Xiu'er live, who is considered to be unrelated and unreasonable?

The world is bustling, all for profit. The world is crowded, all for profit. The old man was anxious, but at least he maintained a kindness, open-mindedness and simplicity. At first, what he wanted to do was to return to the clan, thinking that after he died, Xiu'er at least had a clan to rely on. But these days, the old man can see through it. That's why I took Xiu'er with Zhou Cheng to live in seclusion in this mountain forest.

Zhou Cheng's promise is the only thought of the old man. But I didn't expect that things would encounter obstacles here in Xiu'er. And he was even more faintly worried that he wanted Zhou Cheng to fulfill his promise, whether it would arouse Zhou Cheng's disgust. I think I'm too greedy.

So the old man has been worrying about Xiu'er's affairs since these days, and he sees that he is getting old day by day, and the end of the day is not far away. The old man himself saw it a little clearly.

Compared with Ronghua and Fugui, Zhou Chengneng Xu Xiu'er is safe and sound all his life, Ronghua and Fugui are too difficult.

Actually, the old man is thinking a little too much!

Wealth and glory, if Zhou Cheng wants to get it, it is too easy, so he looks at it very lightly. Zhou Chengzhi is not here, but he will not hinder others from pursuing. Nor will they despise those who pursue.

Zhou Cheng is even like the old man, hoping that Xiu'er can live her life happily and peacefully. Therefore, prosperity and wealth are the most basic material guarantees. Because you can't expect a person who worries about vegetables, rice, oil, and salt all day long to live happily.

Well, a guy like Zhou Cheng, who has never bothered about food and clothing in his life, knows the importance of materials, but his vision standards are a bit high. In his eyes, the meaning is at least above the wealthy and big, and the small and medium-sized landlords who are reluctant to eat the white-faced buns are not enough to eat at all.

"What do you think, old man?" asked Zhou Cheng.

"Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren, old man, I am all about to enter the ground, where is there anything I can't see through. Glory and wealth are naturally good, but not everyone can do it. Although it is a little bitter, it is also peaceful to live to old age. Xiu'er is also used to being wild in this mountain, and there are many rules in wealthy families, Xiu'er can't stand it!" The old man obviously really talked to Xiu'er about this issue, and immediately replied.

The old man's expression didn't seem to be fake, and it seemed that he really saw it.

Zhou Cheng picked up the teacup and didn't say anything more. In fact, Zhou Cheng didn't know in his heart that Xiu'er was really not suitable for marrying into those well-dressed families in the south. Zhou Cheng himself is a farmer's son and has never seen a real wealthy family, but at least he knows that although wealth is good, it needs to be exchanged freely.

Especially a woman. Although the etiquette of this era is not as strict as it was later, it can still see the shadow.

The birds in the forest, although they have to experience wind and rain, can be free. Although the canary in the cage is happy, it can no longer fly freely.

One gain and one loss, who can say which is more important?

"What does Xiu'er want?" Zhou Cheng asked softly. I don't want glory and wealth anymore, but I always have to pay back the grace of saving my life. It's just that these things are not good to ask the little girl in person, and it is more suitable to ask the old man.

"The little girl is old, and I can't guess the old man's mind!" the old man sighed.

The son is too big to be a mother, and the granddaughter is too big to be a grandfather.

Zhou Cheng was silent. As soon as he picked up the teacup and waited for the tea to enter his throat, his brows furrowed suddenly: "It's a person from outside the mountain." ”

There are indeed people from outside the mountain, not from Zhou Cheng. Zhou Cheng has been either in retreat or wandering in the mountains and wilderness all these years, and the villagers outside the mountains rarely see Zhou Cheng. So if you come up the mountain on purpose, you usually come to see Xiu'er for a doctor.

I didn't expect Xiu'er, a wild girl, to now have the momentum of some famous doctors at the foot of the mountain.

Running early in the morning, I must have set off before the fifth watch today, after all, there are still more than ten miles to climb in the mountains!

Thinking of this, Zhou Cheng's face changed in an instant.

Last night, at the foot of the mountain, it was a day for the Yin soldiers to block the four borders and hunt down evil ghosts.

The old man and Xiu'er received the mountain people who came from outside the mountain to ask for help, and then came straight to Zhou Cheng with a somewhat worried face.

"It's the daughter-in-law of the Zhou family Saburo who is about to give birth, and I want to ask Xiu'er to help me take a look, but the fetus is unstable, and the person suddenly faints. The words are quite urgent. But I don't know why I always feel weird in the old man, those people, the old man I know, but I always feel that something is wrong, cold. When the old man saw Zhou Cheng, he immediately asked carefully: "Master Zhou, you... ”

"I'll go with Xiu'er!" Zhou Cheng promised without waiting for the old man to finish.

The old man's six senses are indeed keen. Naturally, the people who came were all living people, but they were just contaminated with some evil spirits. If you are not a person in the Xuanmen, you must not be able to see anything, and the old man can even sense that something is wrong, which is quite surprising to Zhou Cheng.

"Ah!" the old man was surprised, and immediately became worried again. You must know that Zhou Cheng generally does not deal with those mountain people outside the mountains who seek medical treatment. These things are generally Xiu'er's business. Now he has to accompany Xiu'er down the mountain in person. There must be something big about that!

"Old man, you don't have to worry, with me, it will definitely be fine," Zhou Cheng smiled and comforted. The figure flickered, and immediately became the appearance of the old man, the breath of the whole body converged, and in the old man's stunned, he smiled, and then went to find Xiu'er.

Pregnant women will definitely not be able to climb the mountain road, and if they want to see a doctor, they will naturally go outside the mountain.

When Zhou Cheng found Xiu'er, Xiu'er was receiving visitors from outside the mountain. The moment Zhou Cheng pushed open the door, everyone's eyes immediately turned around.

Xiu'er is too familiar with the old man, although Zhou Cheng didn't say a word, but it obviously made Xiu'er see the flaw, a pair of big watery eyes were not aimed at Zhou Cheng, but they were smart and didn't say anything.

In addition to Xiu'er, there are two men and a woman in the house, one of the men is the husband of the pregnant woman, the other is the brother of the pregnant woman, and the woman is the sister of the pregnant woman.

In this case, it is clear that there is a big story inside.

At this time, it was the husband of the pregnant woman who was babbling about the situation, and according to him, his daughter-in-law had been restless for some time. But there are many things at home, and his daughter-in-law can't be idle, so everyone doesn't take it seriously. Some of the women in the countryside are already working in the fields, not to mention that their daughters-in-law are still far away. It was only on the day that my brother-in-law and sister-in-law came, and my daughter-in-law's fetus was obviously unstable, and she was unconscious and lying in bed, so she went up the mountain with her brother-in-law and sister-in-law to ask for help.

The man was obviously a little unhappy with his brother-in-law on the way here, and he was a little far away from his brother-in-law's side, and he explained while talking. It's a bit of a shirk of responsibility. At this time, not only the pregnant woman's brother-in-law and sister-in-law had a bad face, but even Xiu'er looked at the man in front of her as if she was going to kill.

In ancient times, when a woman married someone like reincarnation, marrying such a husband would be considered the end of a woman's life.