Chapter 15: Days at Home
"Qi'er, you go out by yourself, and I'll talk to your brother about something. "It seems that my father has something to say to me alone, and it just so happens that I have something I want to say to my father.
"Brother, if you don't leave, I'll take the candy back. This intimidation is really much more effective than his father's words, but I saw that Wu Qi, the kid, disappeared as soon as he slipped away.
"Hong'er, come with me to the room. After speaking, he turned around and went to the room, and Wu Hong had no choice but to follow.
"Tell me, how have you been out there in the past few years?"
"Didn't you already say this? That's it, in general, I was lucky, and I met a lot of well-wishers. β
"Well, there are some things you don't want to say and forget it, so why are you coming back this time?"
"Look at what you said, my son can't even go home?"
"You kid don't talk about it well, do you believe it or not, I told your mother all those things? Li Wei also told me a lot about you, if I hadn't covered it up for you every time in front of your mother, your mother wouldn't know how to worry about you?"
"You know everything, what did Li Wei tell you?" I couldn't help but scold Li Wei in my heart that kid was not righteous, how could I tell my family about those things outside?
"He told me a lot, but now it's mainly about the purpose of your return, anyway, if you don't want to say it, forget it, I'll go to the kitchen to help your mother cook, I hid it from your mother last time, and I can't help it until now. With that, he got up and prepared to walk out of the room.
"Well, let me tell you, in fact, you probably guessed a little, I came back this time mainly to see you, and then I went out again, and this time I went farther away. β
"How long are you going to stay at home?"
"Let's wait until the weather warms up next year, it's almost two months away. β
"Well, take advantage of this time to spend more time with your mother. β
"I will, and I also want to see about my brother, I heard Li Wei say that there is a bead on my brother's forehead, and I came back this time to see what was going on, but I saw nothing on his forehead just now. β
"He put away the beads on your brother's head, and we don't know what's going on, but it doesn't matter anyway, so we don't take it seriously. β
"Can my brother control that bead?"
"At first it didn't work, but the other children in the village always said that he was a good boy, and he himself may have been troubled by it, but in the end it disappeared without knowing what happened, and we thought the bead was gone, but just pat your brother's forehead and it will appear again. β
"It seems very strange, I'll take a look at it when I have time, and teach him to cultivate by the way. β
"Actually, I'm still very entangled in my heart, I hope you all have a good future, but I also hope that you can all stay by my side, if you teach your brother too, he will learn from you, then what will we do in the future?"
"It's okay, I can also ask you to cultivate, as long as our family has become a saint, there is nothing to worry about. β
"Your mother and I are already old, we don't have any expectations about the Sage for a long time, we just want to live a peaceful life, watching you marry a wife and have children, it is already satisfied, but you have become a Sage, you are still young, you have your ambitions, I know I can't keep you, but I selfishly ask you to leave Qi'er behind, just let him be an ordinary person, so that we will not be lonely in our old age. β
After listening to my father's words, I realized that what my parents wanted was so simple, and I could only agree to this simple request, "Father, don't worry, you don't want your brother to become a saint, I just don't teach him." β
"Am I being selfish?"
"No, you are great, and there is no one in the world greater than your parents. β
After saying these words, both of them were silent, the atmosphere was a little heavy, every parent hopes that their children can do something, live better than themselves, but there are times when they can't help but be lonely, those things that will make parents sad I can do it alone.
"Father, I'll go to Li Wei's side to have a look, and by the way, I'll call him over for dinner. "The atmosphere was a little uncomfortable, and I didn't have anything to say, so I had to divert the topic.
When he went out of the yard and saw Wu Qi playing there alone, the smile on his face was very innocent, and Wu Hong could only say sorry in his heart, he and his father decided his life like this.
When I came to Li Wei's house, I realized how serious the matter was, the yard was demolished, the doors and windows were also demolished, if it weren't for the children who were still young, it is estimated that the roof would have been removed.
Seeing Li Wei cleaning up there alone, it was inevitable that he would not be a little reluctant in his heart, which was somewhat implicated by himself, so he had to pat him on the shoulder and said, "By the way." I wanted to ease his mood, but he didn't seem to hear it.
This house is very important to Li Wei, every table and chair in it are left to him by his parents, this house carries his thoughts about his parents, but now it is destroyed by his younger brother like this, and he can't sit idly by as an elder brother, so he has to help him clean up, and when he has time, he will go to the mountain to cut down a few trees and come back to make windows, and the yard will have to be redone, it seems that it will not be finished in half a month.
After cleaning up again, calculating that the time was almost up, he called Li Wei home for dinner. I won't talk much about eating, anyway, the family is quite happy.
After eating, he helped Li Wei tidy up his house, and made an appointment to go to the mountains tomorrow to cut wood, and the first day he returned home was over.
In a blink of an eye, Li Wei's house can be regarded as tidying up, the doors and windows are all done, and the yard is also reorganized, of course, Wu Qi, this kid will inevitably be taught a lesson by me, if this kid hadn't caused trouble, I don't know how leisurely this time was, but fortunately, it was finally solved.
Finally had time to rest, came to the old tree and stood for a while, looking at the bare branches, the leaves had already fallen, skillfully climbed the trunk, lying on the tree basking in the sun, warm and comfortable, ignoring Wu Qi's noise under the tree, closed his eyes and quietly observed Zhuangzi.
The nests on the trees are empty, the birds have flown to other places to spend the winter, the children under the trees are still playing, Zhuangzi is very quiet, and Wu Hong's heart is also quiet, which is really lovely.
Gradually, Wu Hong fell asleep on the trunk of the tree, he had not practiced for a long time, maybe he should work hard after this sleep, in his sleep Wu Hong saw the whole Zhuangzi bathed in light, feeling the flow of the big tree, Wu Hong felt that he had melted into nature, turned into a big tree, quietly stared at Zhuangzi, looked at the children playing under him, it turned out that this tree was conscious, usually staring at Zhuangzi like this?
"Wu Qi, Wu Qi, look at your brother's body shining again. "The one who spoke was the soybean in Zhuangzi, and he was a little fatter than other children, so they called him soybean.
"Really? I see, really, why does my brother shine?"
"I heard my grandfather say that when people are going to die, they shine so that their souls can go to heaven. β
"Ermiao, are you saying that my brother is going to die?"
"I don't know, but he's glowing. β
"Brother, don't you want to die, I haven't known you for a long time, you said you were going to give me sugar when you beat me last time, and you still owe me sugar. He was about to climb up the tree, but he was too young and his hands were too short to climb up, so he had to kick the trunk underneath.
Wu Hong was originally staring at Zhuangzi and feeling the breath of the big tree, but he found that his younger brother was kicking the tree below, very helpless, what is this kid crazy about?
"Wu Qi, the light on your brother's body is getting brighter and brighter. With this sentence, Wu Qi kicked the tree faster and faster.
"Hey, Wu Qi, what are you doing? Doesn't your feet hurt when you kick the tree?"
"My brother is dying, I'm going to kick him off. "Don't you want your brother dead?"
"Yes, I don't want to. β
"Okay, don't kick it, my brother has come down. Wu Hong was still a little comforted in his heart, it turned out that this kid still cared about himself in his heart.
"If my brother died, I wouldn't have bought candy. At this moment, Wu Hong just wanted to be alone and quiet, and if he knew it, let him kick the tree for a while.
As soon as Wu Qi finished speaking, he saw his brother behind him, and one of them pounced on Wu Hong, "Brother, shall we go buy sugar?"
"I'm going back to rest, you can play with them first. β
"Brother, then you'll tell me the next time you die. β
Wu Hong, who had already walked away, suddenly sped up, God, how could there be such a younger brother.
When he returned to the room, Wu Hong found that there was nothing to do, so he meditated and practiced on the bed, if it weren't for Wu Qi making a fuss there, he might have broken through now, so he had no choice but to continue to absorb the vitality, but until his mother shouted for dinner, there was still no breakthrough, but Wu Hong believed that he would be able to break through in two days.
Whenever Wu Hong meditated, Wu Qi always thought that his brother was going to die, so he ran away to disturb Wu Hong, and when Wu Hong meditated, he had to find a place where Wu Qi couldn't find it, it seems that his father's approach is right, if this kid has great skills, he won't know how to harm the world in the future.
Time flies really fast, the arrival of a heavy snow, so that the whole Zhuangzi can come down at once, but the snow is really kind to the naughty children, they have something to play with, the whole Zhuangzi can see the children playing in the snow, you throw me to smash the play is very happy, Wu Hong now has no such thoughts, because there are still six days before he is leaving, although this time he stayed for a long time, but he always felt that he did not stay enough, he was reluctant to leave Zhuangzi, leaving his parents and that annoying brother, but he could not stay, once he stayed for a long time, he did not have the courage to leave, he wanted to leave while he still had the courageγ
It will be even more beautiful when he returns, and hopefully it won't be too long.