The child's punch hit Chen Hongjing. Although the fist was small, it was very powerful. He leaned into Chen Hongjing's ear and whispered softly: "Children are children. Diseases come from the mouth, and disasters come from the mouth. Remember this sentence in the future."
Chen Hongjing woke up again. He looked at the surrounding environment, which looked like a study. Sitting next to him was a white-haired old Taoist, holding a whisk in his right hand and flipping through a book with his left hand. The old Taoist said without turning his head: "When you see a virtuous person, you think about it. When you see a virtuous person, you introspect yourself. Good sentence, good sentence. My little Taoist friend, are you awake?"
Chen Hongjing thought to himself that he sat up and asked himself if he was awake? The man in front of him is really strange. He dares to think so, but he dare not say such words. That sentence of misfortune and the childish influence have been lingering in Chen Hongjing's mind. Who knows if this old man will be like last night? Give yourself a punch like that. A child's fist can make him faint from the pain. Judging from the fact that this old man is probably a mountain man, if he gives it to him, he can go and get together with his biological parents.
Chen Hongjing clasped his fists and said respectfully: "May I ask, old gentleman, where is this place?"
The old Taoist flipped through the book and said with a smile: "This is where you can learn knowledge and gain insights."
Beside the door, a young girl walked in, it was Chen Xu. Seeing that Chen Hongjing had woken up, she smiled and said, "Are you awake? This is my master, come, have something to eat first. It's already noon."
Chen Hongjing immediately pointed at the old Taoist who stretched out his finger and asked doubtfully: "Is he your master?" After saying that, he immediately realized that his action was impolite, so he quickly stretched out his finger, turned around and said again: "I beg you, Master, to accept me as your disciple."
The old Taoist smiled and said, "I am sorry that I am powerless and have no right to accept you as my disciple."
"It doesn't matter, I just want my status. I have my own things to do. I want it." Chen Hongjing stopped again.
It was the old Taoist who stopped him from continuing. The old Taoist continued: "I have just met you, and you trust me so much? That sentence of misfortune comes from your mouth, but it can't shock the little Taoist friend. It's the little Taoist friend's state of mind. Is it stable enough? Or is it childlike?"
The old Taoist closed the book and said with a smile: "I won't disturb my little fellow Taoist's rest." The old Taoist turned around and opened the door. Chen Hongjing found the master standing at the door. The two exchanged greetings, and the old Taoist led Chen Xu outside. After leaving, the master walked into the house.
The master sat down in the old Taoist's seat, pushed the book and food in front of Chen Hongjing, and said with a smile: "You eat first, after you finish, the master has something to talk to you about."
At this end of the study, many children finished their lunch at home and returned to their seats one after another. What's strange today is that the master didn't ask his classmates to deliver food to Chen Hongjing. The two children who were supposed to have their turn today and didn't have to listen to the master read were a little envious of the two people who delivered the meal last yesterday.
The children talked more and more loudly, and their voices gradually became louder. Suddenly, for a moment, the children became quiet, and the whole study became quiet. Everyone stared at each other, but it turned out that no one was passing by outside the house, and it suddenly became lively again. .
Suddenly, it became quiet again. This time someone really came, an old man holding a whisk. However, the old man only passed by outside the house and did not enter the house. The children became happy again, but also, My wife is definitely not as celestial as that old man.
When the children were talking happily, the old man holding a whisk returned to the door of the house. He coughed heavily, walked into the room, and said with a smile: "Because Mr. Su Lixian, your master, has some personal matters to deal with and will be away for a while, so during this period, Pindao will take care of it." You solve problems."
"So you will be our husband?" a child asked.
The old Taoist shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't dare to take it seriously, sir. At most, if you don't understand something, you can ask me. If I don't understand something, I can also ask you. It's that simple."
The children laughed again. There are only children in the world who ask adults, so why are there adults who ask children? No wonder this old man said he can no longer be our husband.
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On the highest mountain range of Xianxu Mountain, a young man in white had just climbed to the sect on the top of the mountain from the foot of the mountain. Walking into the ancestral hall, he lit three pillars of incense, knelt in front of the stage, waved it reverently three times, murmured softly on his lips, lit the incense, and then bowed three times to the seniors and juniors who had sacrificed for the sect on the stage. Down.
An old man was sweeping the floor with a broom outside the ancestral hall, and said with a smile: "I have been sweeping the floor in the sect for so many years, and I have never seen anyone who is as diligent as you in offering incense. Whether you are traveling far away , or come back and come here as soon as possible. Your master is envious of those old friends who died. "
The young man turned around and walked out of the ancestral hall, cupped his fists and bowed to the old man who was sweeping the floor, and said respectfully: "Grandpa Zhong, please stop laughing at this junior. Grandpa Zhong knows that this junior is doing this."
The old man stopped what he was doing and looked at the polite and handsome young man in front of him, but he was actually an ambitious young man at heart. Looking at the young man in front of me, he has quite the demeanor of his youth, no, it can be said that he is more demeanor than he was back then.
The old man became more and more satisfied as he watched, and said with a smile: "Are you preparing to go out this time to burn incense, or have you just come back?"
The young man in white took the broom from the old man's hand, swept up the floor and said, "We are ready to go out. We will go to the main peak sect to find the master first, and then we will go out."
After the young man in white said goodbye to the old man, he slowly walked down the mountain towards the second highest mountain. The old man looked at the retreating figure and said towards the sect hall: "You guys have done a lot of merit for the sect. In exchange for such an outstanding disciple, you spirits in heaven remember to continue to protect him well. .”
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Zhong Xiaofan and Liang Siheng quietly slipped out of the study and approached the door of the room where the master was talking to Chen Hongjing. Liang Siheng looked at Zhong Xiaofan who was glued to the wall and listened carefully to what the two were talking about inside with a puzzled look. How did this guy know that the master and Chen Hongjing were inside? Could it be that he had a dog's nose?
The door opened with a creak, and Liang Siheng immediately pointed at Zhong Xiaofan: "Master, Chen Hongjing, I didn't eavesdrop on your conversation. No, it's Zhong Xiaofan who insists on coming here to eavesdrop on your conversation." , I tried to persuade him, but he still didn’t listen.”
Zhong Xiaofan rolled his eyes at Liang Siheng. He didn't care about Liang Siheng's little move. Zhong Xiaofan looked at the Master and said, "Master, can I travel far away with you?"
"Oh? Do you want to travel with us? Tell me your reasons." Master asked with a smile.
"I will become a hero in the future. If I have the opportunity to travel far away now, it will be more helpful for me to travel in the world in the future." Zhong Xiaofan glanced at Chen Hongjing and said again: "I know you are sending Chen Hongjing somewhere. , I may not be able to see him for several years, so I also want to send him to that place."
"If that's the case, then you have to ask Chen Hongjing and your family what they think? This matter is allowed here." The master looked at Chen Hongjing.
"I'm going too. I also want to see Chen Hongjing off for the last time." Liang Siheng said, raising his right hand.
"Ah, what do you mean by giving me a last ride? It seems that you want me to give you a last ride. Do you know how to speak, Liang Siheng?" Chen Hongjing retorted.
Liang Siheng laughed and said awkwardly that he just spoke too quickly.
Chen Hongjing nodded and allowed the two of them to see him off. It's just that the two of them still have to pass the test of family members. If possible, we can meet in front of Al Fang's shop tomorrow morning. When the time comes, if they haven't shown up yet, Master and Chen Hongjing will set off immediately.
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At a post station, an old man and a young man sat down and ordered a sip of tea. The old man took a sip of tea, pointed to the big mountain in the distance with his right hand, and said calmly: "After climbing over that mountain, then walking through a small town, you will not be far from the capital."
Young people will not drink up the tea in one go like the old people do, but will chew it slowly and carefully. A Fang just followed the old man and the young man on the road to the capital. However, not long after the young master traveled with them, he sighed and said: There are so many things going wrong. He stood on tiptoe and disappeared between the two. In front of people's eyes.
Although A Fang had seen this person's techniques in his dreams, seeing it with his own eyes still shocked him.
A Fang nodded, which was a response to Fu Hengze's conversation with him just now. A Fang recalled the dream he had that night. It was because of that dream that he chose to follow Mr. Fu to Beijing and left that thing with Chen Hongjing, whom he had met many times but never said a word to.
A Fang said slowly: "Sir?"
"Well, what's wrong?"
"No, it's okay, it's nothing." A Fang turned to look at the mountain that Fu Hengze pointed to, and asked what was on his mind: "Sir, can Mr. Chen come back? Hong Jing?"
The five fingers of Fu Hengze's right hand covered the mouth of the bowl and turned slowly: "Don't worry, the green mountains are all here. Are you afraid that there will be no firewood to burn? Don't worry, the old man will arrange everything. You, you should think more about yourself, you His identity is more special than anyone else’s.”
Fu Hengze picked up the tea bowl and drank it all in one gulp, looking meaningfully into the distance.
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In the evening, Chen Hongjing and the other three followed the Master back to the study. The children in the room all returned to their homes early.
"Is there anything you want to say? If so, just write it down. It can be written to anyone. Maybe when you come back in the future, the classmates in this study will have gone their separate ways." The Master looked at Chen Hongjing.
Chen Hongkong nodded, then shook his head: "Forget it, even if I write it, I may not remember it. After all, fate is something that can only be encountered but cannot be sought. What you should encounter will eventually be encountered in the future, and what you will not encounter, No matter how hard you try to pursue it, you will just become a passerby in your life."
"As long as you are happy." The master rubbed Chen Hongjing's little head. He couldn't understand why such a young child had so many heavy thoughts in his little head. It was not like the thoughts that a child should have.
The three of them returned to their homes. Siheng Liang ate two large bowls of rice for the first time tonight. Both his parents felt that their son had become well-behaved and sensible, and learned not to be picky about food and not to waste.
Liang Siheng put down the bowl and chopsticks and said shyly: "Father, mother, I want to travel far away to study with the Master."
The woman immediately shouted: "What? If you don't stay in the study and teach, why don't you go on a long trip? I heard that your study has a new teacher today. The previous one is not going on a long trip. Go to a place with poor mountains and harsh waters, where there is a lot of things, and there are a lot of unruly people. Why are you going with me? You are not allowed to go!"
Liang Siheng looked at his father affectionately. His father just preferred him more. He would let Liang Siheng decide everything by himself. If a man has no choice of his own, he will be inferior to that little bitch. Even that little bitch. If they are not as good as us, then why do you need that thing in your trouser pocket?
As expected, the man also put down his bowls and chopsticks, and said softly: "Oh my God, you don't know who the master is? They have to take these children with them when they go to steal other people's chickens." The children come to apologize and pay back the money. Is this a bad person? I think he is."
The man raised his thumb.
"Furthermore, he said, even if Master goes to a place with poor mountains and rivers, it may still be to educate people. Furthermore, he said, it is a far-off trip, and the world is big. Why didn't the other children choose, but chose our Si Heng? It shows that our Si Heng is also like this. Master’s clarity is even more so."
The man raised his thumbs up with both hands.
The woman thought for a moment and felt that what her man said was not wrong. There were so many children in the study, why did she choose her own Si Heng? It should be like what her man said, our children are really very good. Great, I gave birth to it myself, so I'm sure I can't be stupid.
"Well, let's go. It's okay to go out and see the world, but you must stay with the master honestly and not run around alone. You must also write a letter back to any place where there is a post station. As for Regarding money, your parents will communicate with your master. Later, you can go to bed early, and your mother will help you pack some clothes and make some of your favorite pickles, and share them with your master on the way there. "
"Oh my god, it's not like I'm really going to travel across mountains and rivers. There are so many inns on this official road that I can't even count them. How can I still miss the pickles you made?"
The woman glared at the man, who immediately picked up the bowl and chopsticks, ate in large gulps, and covered his face with the bowl.
"Dad, I don't understand. No matter what delicacies there are, they can't compare to the pickles my mother made for me."
The woman nodded. Her child understood her best. She turned around and went to make pickles. Behind her, the father and son gave each other a thumbs up.
"Brother, I want to go on a long trip with my master tomorrow, is that okay?" Zhong Xiaofan looked at his eldest brother who was a few years older than him.
The eldest brother's name is Zhong Heling. Although he is a few years older than Zhong Xiaofan, he looks like a man in his late twenties, tall and thin, with dark skin.
After listening to what Zhong Xiaofan said, Zhong Heling opened the bed board, squatted on the ground, pried open one of the bricks, took out a bag of silver from it, and handed it to Zhong Xiaofan.
Zhong Xiaofan didn't know what to say, because whatever he said, his brother would always only reply to him with those few words.
Um.
knew.
Be careful yourself.
Study hard and find a solution for the money problem.
If you encounter any problems, you can also go to your brother. If you can't help, you can go to your master.
"Brother, you have never doubted me, are you not afraid that I am lying to you?" Zhong Xiaofan took a deep breath and said this, because the first few times he asked his brother for money, Zhong Heling also gave it to him directly. Over time, When Zhong Xiaofan had no money, he would use this method to defraud his brother of money to buy food and entertainment.
He didn't know why he mustered up the courage to tell his brother this time.
Zhong Heling nodded: "I never doubted you. Before my parents passed away, you asked me to take good care of you. As long as you don't study well and don't skip classes, it will be fine. Master will occasionally come to the iron shop to chat with my master, and I often ask When he mentioned your situation, he said you were serious, which made me very happy."
Zhong Heling smiled. It was the first time Zhong Xiaofan saw his brother smile after his parents passed away.
"Follow me carefully, don't ask about money if you don't have enough. My brother is rich, and your sister-in-law's family is not short of money."
Zhong Xiaofan laughed and cried: "Sister-in-law, if you call me sister-in-law, why don't you marry someone else home? Let me call others sister-in-law in a dignified manner."
Zhong Heling nodded and said with a smile: "Soon, soon."
Chen Hongjing sat swaying on the wicker chair where the old man usually sat. He looked at the things the old man left for him in a daze. He sighed, and finally took out a paper and pen and silently wrote down the names of every classmate in the study. .
The first sentence at the beginning is:
Regardless of whether we meet again in the future, I will write two copies of what I wrote to you, one for you and one for myself...
