Bai Xiaoyu was annoyed to death by Wang Haocheng, so she ignored him and ran up to talk to the Taoist priest.
She asked: "Young Master is from Xingqing, why did you travel abroad and not return to the capital? Studying in this wilderness is both hard and dangerous, and it is far less relaxing than studying at home."
The Taoist priest replied: "I have always believed that the book is at my feet, not the empty words on the paper. Everyone should have their own path and explore it on their own, rather than blindly borrowing the ideas of their predecessors."
Wang Haocheng felt even more unhappy after hearing this. Isn’t it just me who blindly follows the trend of others?
He immediately retorted: "The Taoist priest's words are forgiven, but I don't agree with them. The Taoist priest has a handsome face and extraordinary bearing. He must be a descendant of the nobles in the capital. He has no worries about food and clothing, so he can say such words. When he is traveling, he is with his family. Staying away not only cannot help the family earn money, but also costs a lot of money. This may not be a big deal to the Taoist priest, but it is unbearable for most people."
Bai Xiaoyu listened carefully to this and felt that it made sense. It seemed that this scholar had some talent after all.
The Taoist priest nodded and said, "Brother Wang's words are true. However, the road that poor Taoist people talk about is not the road you think of, but the road of life. Whether it is farming in the fields or buying and selling in the market, Whether you are chatting with neighbors or relatives, it is all a journey. Traveling on the dirt and bluestone road is a journey, and walking on the road of the mind is also a journey."
When Wang Haocheng heard this, he couldn't help but admire in his heart.
This is a truth that has never been found in books, but this Taoist priest summarized it clearly and convincingly. It can also be said that it is extremely reasonable. Then this person's knowledge should be much higher than mine.
Bai Xiaoyu clapped her hands happily and said with a smile: "Young Master is really talented and knowledgeable. Even a woman like me, who has never read a book, thinks this is the truth. It's really amazing!"
The Taoist priest smiled, neither modest nor boastful, and his indifferent appearance showed his refined temperament.
The young master is really talented and knowledgeable... Bai Xiaoyu's words echoed in Wang Haocheng's mind and could not dissipate for a long time.
Obviously I am not bad at learning, why do I only praise that stinking Taoist priest? Just because that Taoist priest is good-looking?
The little admiration he had just felt turned into jealousy. His face turned livid, and he turned his gaze to the surrounding woods and stopped talking.
Bai Xiaoyu's favorable impression of the Taoist priest was not actually because he was good-looking, but because he had raised the clay Buddha statue in the dilapidated temple that day.
She was originally an ordinary little snake in this mountain forest. Because of the existence of that temple, she lived there. She accidentally ate the incense offered by the temple. She felt very good about it, so she ate the incense every day. As a result, it didn't take long for her to slowly discover that she seemed to have been enlightened. She could understand people's words and their emotions. She practiced in the temple for several more years before she achieved the skin she has today. A little white snake is alive.
Later, the incense in the temple became less and less. People said that the temple was not working well and was haunted by ghosts. In addition, the location was indeed remote, and gradually no one came here to pray.
Year after year of wind and rain, the temple was destroyed into what it is today, and the Buddha statues were knocked to the ground. She didn't dare to help him up, fearing that he, a little goblin, would tarnish the purity of the Buddha statue.
Later, she met that sister. My sister is a ghost, but she is a ghost with a story.
Bai Xiaoyu lived in the mountain forest next to the temple. His life was very boring, so he lived in the temple with his sister. Anyway, a ghost or a monster, no one is afraid of anyone. Later, I found out that my sister is a very nice person, and I gradually developed feelings for her.
Along the way, nothing else happened. However, Xu Huaigu was more generous and gave everyone a beautiful stone.
What was given to Bai Xiaoyu was a bright red stone with a round shape and just the right size. It was as thick as her wrist, so it was considered top quality. Bai Xiaoyu had never seen such a beautiful stone before, so she quickly treasured it and kissed him happily, making Xu Huaigu very embarrassed.
What was given to the scholar was a long dark green stone. The scholar liked this elegant thing very much and immediately wanted to compose a poem. Unfortunately, after reciting it for a long time, he only came up with the sentence "Thick ink penetrates into jade and three points are green." ”, there is no further content, and he must have run out of ideas.
He was already very satisfied with this poem, so he specially observed Bai Xiaoyu's reaction. As a result, she didn't even look at him, but just looked at her stone with joy. He couldn't help but be a little disappointed.
The grade given to Li Zi was different, it was the piece he played with in the morning and couldn't put it down. One side is fiery red, the other side is emerald green, but the transition is just right in the middle, making people feel no sense of disharmony. It is a rare treasure at first sight.
Li Zi was stunned at first sight and said, "You gave this to me?"
Although Xu Huaigu was a little reluctant, he still replied firmly: "Yes, it's for you."
Li Zi took it carefully and put it in the palm of his hand. The stone still carried a little bit of Xu Huaigu's residual warmth. She quickly held the stone tightly, fearing that the heat would dissipate in the blink of an eye.
She was extremely happy and said with a smile: "Okay, since you are so sincere, I won't care about you laughing at me yesterday."
Xu Huaigu also responded with a smile.
The Taoist priest also turned to look at him with a smile, but didn't say a word.
Xu Huaigu was very afraid of this Taoist priest and was at a loss for a moment. He just stared blankly at the Taoist priest's smiling face.
The Taoist priest spoke in an angry tone: "Why, Xu Huaigu, are you partial? Everyone has it, but you don't give it to me?"
Xu Huaigu reacted immediately, and there was no way he could refuse to give it. He immediately took out his pocket, chose his second favorite blood-red transparent stone and handed it to him.
The Taoist priest took the stone, put it in his sleeve robe, swung his sleeves, said, "The stone is pretty good," and then continued to move forward.
Xu Huaigu could feel that his mood was much better, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
Bai Xiaoyu caught up with the Taoist priest, blinked and said, "Master, can you show me the stone? I want to see whose one looks better."
The Taoist priest laughed and said, "No."
Bai Xiaoyu puffed up her mouth and blamed: "Why are you so stingy, Master?"
"Just won't give it."
Bai Xiaoyu smiled and said, "Then I'm going to steal it. I'm sure the young master won't blame me, right?"
Without waiting for the Taoist priest to respond, she quickly reached into his wide sleeves to grab the stone.
After all, she is also a little spirit, and her skills are much better than ordinary people. Do you think you can deal with this little Taoist priest?
As a result, her first shot only caught air. She quickly grabbed his sleeve with her backhand and stretched out her other hand to grab the stone. As a result, the Taoist priest's hand caught hers at this moment.
She felt the warmth of the Taoist priest's hand, her heartbeat slowed down a beat, and then she subconsciously tried to pull her hand away, but the Taoist priest refused to let go.
She was annoyed that she shouldn't have been so reckless and said, "Master, please let go!"
In the end, the Taoist priest smiled and said, "This is Miss Bai's fault. It was the girl who wanted to snatch my things before, but now I have caught her in the act. Why should I let her go?"
Bai Xiaoyu was very shy, her face was red, but she felt wrong and couldn't say anything, so she could only curse in her heart: "This is also a sanctimonious scoundrel! Sure enough, men don't have a good thing!"
She may have forgotten that her strength is much greater than that of ordinary people. Even she herself doesn't know what she is thinking.
So the Taoist priest took this shy woman's hand and smiled as brightly as a peach blossom.
Bai Xiaoyu couldn't stand the ambiguous atmosphere and said angrily: "What do you want to do before you let me go?"
"Sing me a song and play it."
Bai Xiaoyu was furious and shouted: "You want me to sing to you, go ahead and dream!" Then he bit the Taoist priest's hand hard, but the Taoist priest's smile did not change, his hand did not loosen, and he held her hand shamelessly.
This time, Bai Xiaoyu was stunned, looking straight into the Taoist priest's eyes without saying a word.
Xu Huaigu and Li Zi both had evil smiles on their faces, watching the two gods fighting with relish.
Wang Haocheng leaned on a tree to prevent himself from falling, beating his chest and feet, burning with jealousy, even his intestines turned green with regret. If I had known earlier, I would have been bolder, maybe I would have succeeded.
Of course, there was another person who saw this farce.
She had no expression on her face, could read everyone's thoughts, and then disappeared quietly.
