I promised with my mouth, without stopping my hands and feet. She used her hands and feet to arrange the medicinal materials in the pot and put the lid on the steamer. Then she went to the kitchen and washed her hands by the water tank outside. She returned to the kitchen with her father. By this time, her mother had already set up a small table on the kang and filled the dishes. Put the rice on the small table. With the help of my mother, my brother had already sat up against the wall, waiting for my father and I to come back and have dinner together. For dinner, my mother cooked millet porridge, cornmeal steamed buns and pickled vegetables. My father and I took off our shoes, got on the kang, and ate at the small dining table. Mother also served rice porridge, and she started eating in front of the stove without getting on the kang. During this period, my father also asked me, "Xiao Liang, did you not go to school in the afternoon to ask for leave from the teacher?" I said to my father. When I was going to bed in the afternoon, my mother went to school to ask for leave for me. Later, his father said: "Xiao Liang, you have to go to school hard! Your brother stopped studying a long time ago, so you have to study well. Our family still hopes that you can go to college and be promising in the future. Guangzong Yaozu. If you can help with things at home, you can help. If you are not suitable, your mother and I will still be there." My father told me a lot again, such as whose children were from the village next to so-and-so. After studying, you can make a future and go to the city to become a worker. There are others who go to the city and become a leading cadre because of their studies. In short, I hope that I will study hard and put my studies first. The Lao Li family’s hopes are all on me. If I can’t accomplish anything in the future, I will be letting down their hard work. Although my father has his own ideas, if I want to be admitted to school or be able to eat from the country, in the future, whether my father is in the village or in neighboring villages, he will be the target of other people's projects. But when I think about it carefully, my father is also good for me. If I can make a difference in the future, I can get out of this poor mountain valley and live a life in the city. So I said to my father, "Don't worry, Dad. I will study hard and be successful in the future. I will also help my mother with more work at home. My brother will get better soon, and their family will also get better." , our family will definitely have smooth sailing in the future.”
My father nodded happily after hearing this.
"Okay, okay, if you say that, I will feel relieved. I know Xiaoliang is a smart child."
I ate two big bowls of noodles at noon, and I wasn't very hungry at night, so I only ate a bowl of porridge and a steamed bun, and I felt very full. I thought about practicing Baduanjin Kungfu again, so I pushed the bowl and chopsticks away, got off the kang and put on my shoes, and said to them: "Dad, Mom, I'm full. You and your brother eat slowly. I have something else to do, so I'll Don't disturb me in the west room." After that, he walked out of the kitchen.
As soon as I walked out, I remembered the herbs still steaming on the fire. I turned back to my mother and said, "Mom, please remember the time. Steam the herbs on the fire for two hours. When the time comes, just serve it to me. I will do the rest." Come here and do it." After saying that, I came to the cave dwelling on the west side where tools and sundries are kept.
I came to the west cave to meditate and practice, mainly because I didn't want my family to see it, although they also knew that I had learned a set of exercises. But Hu Haishan still asked me to practice secretly and not let others see it. Furthermore, it would not be good if someone visiting me or looking for my father came to the kitchen and saw me. This would also interrupt my practice. They would go in the room where my parents slept from time to time. After much deliberation, only the westernmost cave was suitable for me to practice quietly. Another point is that I remember that there seemed to be a futon made of corn leaves in the cave dwelling on the west side. Every autumn, they would sit on this futon and shell corn on the drying field. It was kept in the cave dwelling on the west side when not in use. . I pushed open the west door and walked into the cave. First I touched the switch behind the door to turn on the light, and then I closed the door with my backhand. That's it. I walked towards the innermost part of the cave dwelling and started to look for the futon among the clutter. Since the light was very dim, it took me a while to find the futon among the messy clutter. I took it out and simply patted the dust on it. I cleared a space on the Tukang, then I turned off the light and sat on the futon. I sat down cross-legged on the futon and followed the sequence of practicing in Fox Fairy Cave last night. I put my hands together and let my breath sink to my Dantian. Then I slowly moved my hands down and took a deep breath, letting the breath flow through my limbs. The brain travels around the body and then returns to the Dantian. While I let my zhenqi circulate throughout the sky, I silently recited the eight-character mantra that Hu Haishan taught me. Slowly, this true energy automatically traveled throughout the body. My heart, eyes, spirit, and energy reached a high degree of coordination. My mind became clear. I gradually entered a state of selflessness, but I felt more externally. It's so sensitive that I can hear it clearly even if an apricot leaf falls in the yard. In this way, this qi circulated over and over again in my body, and a white qi gradually emerged from the top of my head. It was just because the water in my body evaporated during the practice, but I couldn't see it. Just when I was forgetting myself, I heard the sound of gentle footsteps coming from the yard. Although I was practicing Qigong, now I have sharp ears and eyes, and my senses of the outside world are very sharp. When I heard the footsteps, I knew that it was my mother walking over. Then my mother's voice came.
"Xiao Liang, are you done? The herbs have been steaming in the iron pot for two hours. Why don't you turn on the light?"
When I heard my mother's voice outside the window, I slowly exhaled and finished the exercise. Then I said to my mother, "Mom, I know, I'll be right away." After that, I got off the kang and opened the door and walked out. When my mother saw me coming out, she asked again: "Xiao Liang, what are you doing in there? Why don't you turn on the light in this dark place?" I smiled and said to my mother, "Mom, don't turn on the light. What I am doing is still a secret." I'll tell you. "
After that, I returned to the kitchen with my mother.
