Neighbors all know that the Xu family's son was named after the master.
Basically no one pays attention to the quality of the name. The important point is that the master’s name does not cost money or give gifts. I am depressed that I don’t have the immortality to save money. As for the immortal bone aura, no one cares about it. Everyone who sees the blind Dong Dong on the street says that the gods have descended to earth. , even the offspring of a dog can be dragged onto the Tengu.
It's noon on a scorching day, and the weather shows no sign of cooling down, and even the toads in the pond have lost their energy.
It will be doomed if we go to the paddy fields if it gets this hot again.
"Woof woof~ woof~!"
Whose big yellow dog is lying on the wall of his yard and barking in the distance.
As they got closer, the big yellow dog suddenly whined and tucked its tail between its legs and got into the kennel and refused to come out. On this hot day, it was difficult to get into a small kennel unless it was in danger.
His vision was distorted and blurred by the heat wave, and he couldn't see very far. The silhouettes of three figures, one large, two small, became increasingly clear.
As we got closer, we saw an old monk, a young monk, and a little boy with long hair. The three guys were in tattered clothes and carrying pots and pans on their backs. Those who knew well could tell they were monks, and those who didn’t knew thought they were beggars. Group a group to go out for a picnic, or the monsters from Black Wind Mountain come down the mountain to parade around.
Although they are both monks, they don't get that special treatment because they are too shabby.
It was Huixian and his party, two of them and one snake.
The little boy with long hair had a cold face, holding a knife in one hand and squeezing a toad in the other. He didn't know which unfortunate frog was in jail, and he was protecting the safety of old Huixian seriously.
The pebble was still so big, and old Huixian was not dead yet. He once felt that he had lived too long and had to go to the underworld. He lay in bed on hunger strike until he was dizzy and dizzy, and finally he jumped up and gave up.
Old Huixian rubbed his bald head while walking. When he first entered the city, a mirror fell down and hit his head.
There was no such thing as porcelain in these days. If you really wanted to touch porcelain, you would probably have your legs broken and thrown out by the city guards. Fortunately, old Huixian had such a nonchalant attitude.
"Master, why did that broken bronze mirror fall down?"
"Maybe it's because we can't stand the wind, sun, and rain anymore. Don't worry about it. We're going down the mountain to make money."
Why go down the mountain?
The reason is very simple. The ruined temple that was repaired back then can no longer hold up again after hundreds of years. It is not a problem of being supported by wood. Basically, even the tiles and beams are rotten, so rotten that they can grow elixirs. .
Looking at the ruined temple that was in a pile of ruins. Even the gate could not hold up this time. The three guys ruthlessly decided to go down the mountain to make money.
"You don't have to go this far to make money, you can already go to Suzhou and Hangzhou." Xiao Shitou complained.
"Hello, Suzhou and Hangzhou. There are many rich and wealthy families in Suzhou and Hangzhou. By the way, have you learned the art of making umbrellas?"
"Learned."
Hearing that Xiao Shitou had learned it, Lao Huixian breathed a sigh of relief. Before he could breathe out, Xiao Shitou continued.
"Forgot again."
"Well... that's it, let's find another way to make a living." Old Huixian almost choked to death.
The three guys were each carrying something on their backs. The long-haired boy was the strongest and carried the most. The bamboo basket was almost as full as his height. He held a straight knife in his arms and looked cold and silent.
Huixian turned around and saw the frog in the boy's hand and felt compassion.
"Snake, put down your butcher knife and immediately become... No, I'm talking about that toad."
Seeing that the boy was about to put down the knife, he quickly stopped. The whole journey was protected by the snake monster holding the knife to protect him from bandits. Knives are sometimes good things, but one should not kill animals to eat frogs. In the end, the boy handed the frog to Hui Xian, which seemed to make him angry. Give it to the old monk.
"I don't kill animals and I don't eat toads. Let me go quickly..."
Before he could finish speaking, the snake demon boy threw the toad into his mouth and swallowed it with a gurgle.
In the end, Lao Huixian only saw two toad legs at the corner of his mouth, and silently prayed for the lost life in his heart. Being a toad was the only thing he could do to have an eminent monk pray for him.
The melon-eating dandies walked towards them. Seeing the three guys looking down and out, they found it funny and started to taunt them.
"Hey~ are you moving?"
"The donor is right, we are moving, and we will move back again in the future~"
Xiao Shitou replied seriously, which made the Dandy and the two losers burst into laughter. The Dandy couldn't even catch the melon and dropped it to the ground, laughing so hard that he couldn't stand upright.
Then I saw the long-haired boy who was carrying a lot of things on his back and his hands were shaking. He thought he was scared because he had just entered the city.
"I didn't expect to meet three fools~ Go back to the countryside and pick dung~hahaha~"
The leader laughed and left.
The boy couldn't help it.
"Hiss~!"
Little Shitou secretly thought it was not good, and without saying a word, he turned around and pounced on the snake demon boy, hugging him tightly and not letting go.
"Don't do it... hold on... you've killed more than ten people along the way! We went down the mountain to make money and eat bacon, not to cause trouble. Hold it back, control your emotions, and take a deep breath~"
I don’t know if it’s a conditioned reflex, but every time the snake demon boy started to fight and kill people, he would tremble with excitement and make rattling noises. I don’t know if he thought it was a rattlesnake. All the evil people he met along the way were slashed and stabbed to death by the snake demon, but that was In the wilderness, killing people in the city will cause trouble.
Old Huixian was stunned.
"Bacon? What bacon?"
"Uh... Master, let's hurry up and ask for alms. You also said that monks should practice Zen, meditate, and beg alms."
Little Shitou let go of the snake demon and sucked back the snot that fell out of his nose.
"Well, very good. This Zen practice, meditation, and alms are the beginning of becoming an eminent monk. One flower and one world, one leaf and one bodhi. This is how you know, how you see, how you believe and understand. Everything is illusion..."
The world was spinning, and Xiao Shitou felt a buzzing in his ears, dizzy, and the snake demon boy next to him had his mouth twitching, feeling like a ball of flies buzzing around his head.
A civet cat's paw slipped on the wall on the street and fell into the yard with a bang, destroying the doghouse.
Huixian, who wanted to continue chattering, saw a house in the corner of his eye. He always felt that something was not normal there. His old face wrinkled and he thought that since he found it, he should go and have a look.
The snake demon boy picked up the dizzy little stone and followed Huixian.
The three down-and-out groups came to Xu's house with clinking pots and pans. As the saying goes, a man relies on his clothes and a horse relies on his saddle. Although they are also monks, their shabby appearance makes them uninterested. They thought they were dragging their families to beg for food.
Knock on the door.
When I opened the door and saw the little girl, I was startled when I saw three strange, tattered guys outside who were about to grow grass, then turned and ran back to the house.
"Dad~There are big monkeys outside~"
One of the two monsters has black lines on his head and is in such a miserable state. He is carrying a rag on his back and has food, but he is a monkey. Only the snake monster looks good. He ate a lot of frogs, field mice and big carps along the way. Master and apprentice The two of them were miserable. There was no shortage of wild vegetables on the official road, and they were still half-starved.
The man surnamed Xu was startled when he came out, thinking that a thief had entered the city in Suhang.
"You are...master?"
"Sure, can you have some water to quench your thirst?"
"Of course, master, please come in, madam, make some tea quickly~"
The three destitute people who had carried all their belongings walked into the small courtyard, making a lot of noise. After sitting down, Huixian kept frowning and looking in the direction of the house, always feeling that something was wrong there.
