The sun sets, the tired birds return to their branches, and the geese under the red clouds fly neatly towards the dense forest. The shadow of the moon gradually revealed, and a silver glow sprinkled on the earth. Swaying in the wind is the melody of the leaves, the weather in May is quite suitable, the old man under the tree ends the busy day, chatting comfortably under the tree, and the children not far away chase and play, causing the dogs in the village to be restless, barking and yelling.

Zhuangzi is harmonious and peaceful, there is a bluestone compound in Zhuangtou, the family is surnamed Wu, the ancestors have heard of capable people, but now it is declining, but the house left by the ancestors is still the best in Zhuangzi, compared to most of the thatched bamboo houses, the house made of stone is more majestic, and the moonlight shines like a layer of silver.

The declining Wu family did not have the capital to squander, but the huge house was dark, only the candlelight came from the back of the main room, reflecting a few window shadows under the corridor, and the candle flame shook the window on the ground as if it came to life, the time was short, and the people outside the window had no intention of observing, listening carefully to the conversation between the two people in the house.

There are many tablets in the room, one person is standing facing the tablet, and one person is kneeling facing the front person, all of them are silent, and the atmosphere is strange in front of the many spiritual seats.

"Have you really decided? I advise you to think more, in front of your ancestors, in front of me. ”

"Yes father, I have already thought about it, I don't want to stay in Zhuangzi for the rest of my life, the outside world is very big, there are many things we haven't seen, and there are many sages, I want to go out and have a look. ”

"I know you want to be a cultivator, but how difficult it is to become a cultivator, do you know? It's all because I tell you too many strange things about cultivators on weekdays, so I have such a ridiculous idea, it's all my fault. ”

"My parents gave birth to me and raised me, taught me saint humanities, I was able to read and write, and my father taught me the way of Confucius and Mencius since I was a child, the words and deeds of the saint, I hope that my son can be a general person, my parents have too much kindness to me, I can't pay it back, how can my father feel that it is his own fault?"

"Hong'er, father, I have taught you to be filial piety since I was a child, and your name is Hong instead of Hong, your mother and I hope that you can be safe and healthy, and we don't expect you to have great ambitions like the legendary Kunpeng, why do you want to do such ridiculous things?"

"Both parents and sons understand their thoughts, but how much does their son's father know about their thoughts? In this world, only a cultivator can live forever, and a mortal life is less than a hundred years, if I become a cultivator, I can make both parents live forever, so that my mother will not be sick again. ”

Hearing Wu Hong say this, his father was silent, his fist in his long sleeves tightened, and he said in a low tone as if he was recalling something: " I'll tell you a story, maybe you won't have the opportunity to listen to it in the future, thirty years ago, there was a teenager, when he was your age, with the same idea as you, he left home to find the ethereal avenue, like a headless fly in the vast world, after several ups and downs, he had a father who loved him and a good family background, and ran home as soon as he encountered a blow, and gradually a good family background was gone, but his father's spiritual position was in front of his eyes. The heart of yours you said, I understand, I was also young, I advise you to give up as a person who has come over, this road is extremely bumpy. ”

Wu Hong was silent after listening to his father's words, but the thoughts in his heart were stronger. "I understand what my father said, but some things will not be willing if I don't experience them personally, maybe this is what my father said about being young, if I don't give up if I don't fight, if I don't take steps if I am afraid that the road is bumpy, then I will never grow up, and I will never know what it is like to pursue my dreams. ”

After listening to Wu Hong's words, his father sighed softly, "It seems that you won't listen to anything you say, and you won't change your mind, so how are you going to explain to your mother? She is not in good health and hears that you are going to leave home, she will definitely not be able to stand the stimulation and get seriously ill, do you want to tell her?"

"I think I'd better hide it from my mother first? I said that I was going to go into the mountains to collect medicine for her, and I also hoped that my father could help hide it from my mother, because she was not in good health, and if she knew that she was stimulated, I would feel very guilty if my mother was hurt because of it. ”

"I don't want anything to happen to your mother, I can help you, but if you say that, your mother will definitely not worry that you will go up the mountain alone, after all, you are only twelve years old this year. ”

"It's okay I just said to go with Li Wei, although he is only one year older than me, he has been in the mountain for five or six years, so my mother will definitely allow it. ”

"Li Wei's child is also miserable, children as big as him in Zhuangzi have a happy childhood, but this child has no parents since he was a child, he has to rely on himself for everything, and he is not willing to accept the help of his neighbors in Zhuangzi, he is willing to do anything, he is much better than you, you say go with him, and your mother will believe it. ”

"Who said Li Wei is better than me? He's not as tall as me, so how can I tell he's older than me? And we've almost decided to go to his house to sleep today. ”

"I still don't understand your thoughts? Then you go and tell your mother, I'll go outside for a walk, just now as if it didn't happen, if you can't hold on outside, come back, although our family doesn't have much money, but no matter when you come back, there is a hot meal at home." ”

Then I went and told my mother. After that, he got up, because his joints were a little numb after kneeling for a long time, and he almost fell down, and was caught by his father on the side.

The figure outside the window took this opportunity, staggered back to the room by the moonlight, but his heart was a mess, before he saw the candle flame here, he came to take a look, I didn't expect to see the scene just now, worried that their father and son would quarrel, so they eavesdropped on the side, thinking that in case of quarrel, they could also go in to persuade them, but I didn't expect their father and son to join hands to deceive themselves in the end, one is the husband who has lived for decades, and the other is the son who has raised him for more than ten years。

I can't go in, I can't demolish them, and even though I feel bad, if they know that I already know, they'll really quarrel, and it might be even worse. The tempers of the two people are too similar, neither of them will compromise easily, and now this result is already very good, the child is just going out for a few years, and he will always come back, thinking about things, and before he knows it, he returns to the room.

Entering the room, the scene in front of her made the woman not think much about it, and came to the bed in a panic, the child was gone, the child was obviously sleeping in the bed before he went to the ancestral hall, he was not yet a year old so young where can he go? But after a while the woman saw the child, under the table, probably rolled in from the distance between the two chairs, the bed in the table was still some distance, and only the couple used it on weekdays, so there were only two chairs, and carefully picked up the child and put it on the bed to sleep, this child couldn't wake up like this, and your brother was not at all like you when he was a child, your brother was not as naughty as you when he was a child, from the bed to the bed to under the table, so far away from waking up, the faint candlelight hit the woman's face, and the shadow was reflected on the wall along the outline, and at this moment she remembered that she had not thought long before there was a knock on the door when there was no Qi'er。

"Mother, are you sleeping?"

"Not yet, come in, what's the matter?"

"Is my father here? ”

"Your father is not here, maybe Lao Zhang next door is chatting, I guess I will have to come back in a while, just tell me if you have anything." ”

A thoughtful mother and son, in order to hide the facts, said lies that they knew the truth of each other.

"Say whatever you want. A lone lamp dimly lit room that well concealed the expressions of the two.

"That's the case, my mother fell ill again a few days ago, and I got a prescription from Li Wei, according to him, it was prescribed by a famous doctor in the town, which is very good for the disease, and Li Wei also said that most of the medicine on the prescription is available in the nearby mountains, so I asked Li Wei to take me to the mountains to collect medicine to relieve my mother's illness. ”

"Child, you are still young, how can I rest assured that you will go up the mountain alone to collect medicine? I have been sick for decades, and I am not seriously harmed like that, so you don't have to worry. ”

"Mother rest assured, the child is not going alone, Li Wei said that with me, he will go up the mountain more and follow him will not be in any danger. ”

"In this way, Li Wei's kid is very clever, and in the past few years, he has often gone up the mountain to collect medicine and sell it in the town, if he is with me, I will be relieved, then you should go out to the mountain to play, it doesn't matter if you don't pick medicine." ”

"The mother can rest assured that the child will definitely cure the mother's illness, but it is only a few days to go up the mountain to collect medicine, and the child must take care of her body when she is not in the mother. ”

"Don't worry, no matter how long it takes, I will definitely wait for my son to come back, I will take good care of myself, and I will wait for you to grow up and get married and give me a grandson." ”

"My brother is less than a year old, and my mother thinks about my grandson? ”

"You kid"

"If my mother is fine, I will go to pack my things, go to Li Wei's house tonight to live, and I will enter the mountain early tomorrow morning, I am afraid that it will be too late. ”

"It's nothing, you go, I'll take care of your brother here, lest he roll to the ground and won't help you clean up." ”

"No, I packed it all up. With that, he left the room.

Seeing the child gone, the woman could not hold back any longer, tears fell on the soft collapse, looking at the sleeping child, she rubbed her face against the child's face, and tears flowed down her cheeks to the child's face, this is still an infant child who has no worldly affairs, and his face only has a light smile when he sleeps.

Packed up the luggage, and went to Li Wei's house, the moonlight was faint, the frogs were singing, Wu Hong was not sleepy, he came to the tree in the Zhuangzi by the moonlight, looked at the old tree, thinking about the time under his tree, Wu Hong climbed the branch and looked at the Zhuangzi, at night by the moonlight, I couldn't see it very clearly, the mountain was black, the pond was like a mirror, Wu Hong couldn't help but take off a short willow flute from his neck, this was made by his father, Wu Hong has always been very precious to hang on his chest, the voice of the willow flute is crisp and quiet, it spreads far away at night, and under the moonlight when no one is there can be so wanton to vent the reluctance in his heart, in fact, I don't want to go。