Taoist chanting

Chapter 53 Senior Sister Comes Back to the Mountain

"Eldest brother's health is not very serious. He can take care of it for a few days. He has damaged the ruler given by master. The elder brother is very heartbroken. He has been unable to eat for the past two days. I comforted him for a while."

The second senior brother returned from Canghe Town next door in the afternoon and had tea with Guanzhu in the West Hall.

He likes the tea brewed by Guanzhu with boiling water. It has a unique fragrance, refreshing and lingering aftertaste.

"Old man Gu went to make amends this morning, and gave him a piece of fresh meat, a fresh fish, and a live chicken. When the big brother heard that the evil ghost was killed by you, he was very happy. He only said that the master had a unique vision, but it was a pity that you followed him. Master's cultivation time is the shortest, if it were longer, he would definitely be able to learn all of Master's skills, I didn't tell him about your breakthrough."

The second senior brother briefly explained the matter, and the room fell into a brief silence.

Zhang Wenfeng put down the white porcelain teacup, and said, "Taking advantage of this period of time is not busy, and there are several villages nearby, you can slowly select the apprentice seedlings, the gate can be stricter, it is better to be short than excessive, and when the new yard below is completed, the middle of winter is just right for the apprentices. Check in."

Not short of money, he is willing to support the apprentices in winter.

Just to test the will of the apprentice, practicing [-] in the cold winter is not a joke.

"Well, tomorrow morning I will open the vegetable field first, sow the seeds of radish (radish) and Chinese cabbage (Chinese cabbage), and go to Jieqiao Village in the afternoon to chat with the village official. It should take two days to recruit to a few seedlings."

After talking about the arrangement, the second senior brother hesitated for a while, and glanced at the spectator who nodded in agreement.

"What, have something to say?"

"There is one thing. I met the fourth junior sister, Yue Anyan, at the senior brother's house today... She said when she sent me out that she wanted to go up the mountain to practice, but I wonder if the spectator would accept it?"

"Oh, Fourth Senior Sister, what is she doing? I haven't seen her for several years."

"A few years ago, she went down the mountain to the rejuvenation medicine hall in the county town. She worked as a doctor and specialized in treating female guests. After her brother and sister-in-law had a few troubles, which disrupted her livelihood, she went to wander outside. At the beginning of this year When she returned to Xiling County, she settled down at a medical shop in Cuizhu Town, [-] miles away from here, and her brother and sister-in-law saw that she was too old to marry, so she didn’t go to make trouble again, and it was considered to have cut off contact.”

After the second senior brother finished speaking, he clasped his hands under the tea table and pursed his lips.

Zhang Wenfeng picked up the steaming teacup, slowly tasted the tea brewed by Lingquan, and fell into thought.

The fourth senior sister has a calm temperament and was born as a bitter child. It seems that when she was seven or eight years old, she was sent to the mountain by her brother and sister-in-law, in order to save one person's rations. The word "Yan" was taken by the master.

"Good and not fighting say peace", I hope she can practice quietly.

Later, when the fourth senior sister grew up to be 16 years old, she grew up gracefully. The elder brother and sister-in-law who sent her up the mountain decided to betroth her to a butcher in a neighboring village.

It dragged on for more than half a year, and seeing that the fourth senior sister never came home to visit, not even returning after the new year, her brothers and sisters-in-law and more than ten cousins ​​of the same clan came to the mountain on the first day of the first month. I want to take her back and send her to the man's house to worship and get married.

At the beginning, Zhang Wenfeng had only been up the mountain for more than two months, not long after he had eaten his stomach, and was very impressed.

The master did not allow other senior brothers to come forward, and only said to the angry Yue Anyan, "You have been practicing Taoism for eight years. Make up your own mind to go the way back, and don't disturb the cleanliness of the mountain gate."

Taoism cultivates inaction, but it is not a useless person to be bullied by others.

Yue Anyan understood Master's meaning. After eight years of cultivating Taoism, he still has no ideas of his own, so what kind of Taoism is he still cultivating?

She was dressed in a thin blue-grey Taoist robe, and went down the mountain with more than a dozen people following the commotion.

The cold wind whistled, the trees were stagnant, and the blue silk robes fluttered.

The scene that day fell into the eyes of the ignorant and frightened Xiao Zhang Wenfeng, and it was indescribably beautiful.

After going to the low mountain, Yue Anyan quarreled with the four brothers and sisters, and then kicked all the more than ten people who were going to tie her into the ditch, and sternly scolded "Whoever dares to go up the mountain again, I will break their feet. ".

He took out his sword and chopped off a thick and miscellaneous tree at the mouth of the bowl.

For more than a month, Zhang Wenfeng walked around the gentle Fourth Senior Sister, and even the small snacks that Fourth Senior Sister gave him were in his hands and dared not eat face-to-face.

"It's the same person from the end of the world. She wants to go back to the mountain to practice. You tell her, come back!"

Seeing Guan Zhu thinking for a long time and finally agreeing, the second senior brother was overjoyed, stood up and bowed, then turned around and walked outside.

He couldn't wait to tell the good news to the Fourth Junior Sister who was still waiting for the letter in the town.

Fourth Junior Sister was wandering outside and had no fixed place to live. He felt distressed when he heard it.

That's why my junior sister told him hesitantly today, and promised to make an exception for the junior sister.

Zhang Wenfeng didn't expect that the second senior brother, who has always been calm, couldn't wait for a whole night. Is there such a hurry?
Then he added: "Everyone else is well, so don't go back to the mountain."

The second senior brother ran out early, so I don't know if he heard it.

Zhang Wenfeng finished drinking the tea, went out and went back to the backyard, changed into half old clothes and walked to the kitchen. The old lame man was chopping chicken, so he tied up his sleeves to help, and said, "Uncle lame, I'll cook the fish and chicken, and I'll grab some more later. The rice is in the pot, and there are guests."

"Oh, how many? Is an extra handful of rice enough?"

"One, female guest."

Zhang Wenfeng didn't say it. Seeing the eagerness of the second senior brother, the fourth senior sister was probably waiting in the town?

He won't let the senior brother and the third senior brother go back to the mountain. Those two are good at business and have families. Taoists don't taboo on marriage, but the ascetics on the mountain don't marry ordinary people. He doesn't want to disturb the purity of the mountain.

The old lame man didn't ask more, put the chopped chicken nuggets in the basket, smiled and said nothing: "Brother Feng, I heard from the second that the food you cook is delicious, and I will try your craftsmanship later."

"It doesn't matter, cooking delicious food is nothing more than heavy oil, don't use too much salt, and don't put oil until it's cooked with water. I'm learning from the chefs in the city. We couldn't afford it before, but now, we don't need to do that. save."

"Then I'll have to study hard later. The dishes cooked by the chefs in the city are either delicious or not."

After the old cripple put the brown rice in the pot, it caught fire and said, "Brother Feng, what happened last night, the old uncle wants to sue, he shouldn't take it up, he almost didn't walk over, and he hurt our grandfather. three."

"It's over. You have a lot of loyalty. The next time you meet an acquaintance, you can agree to it after discussing the size of the matter."

"People are old and ruthless, how can there be another time? I will only take care of the kitchen and vegetable garden from now on, and no business."

In a few words, the two of them negotiated, and there is no estrangement.

Zhang Wenfeng asked to heat up an iron pan on another stove. He added salt and sauce to marinate the chicken. He still needed to wait. He poured a spoonful of clear oil into the pan, and then added a small spoonful of ground salt to remove the internal organs. The gills and the whole fish with a few knives in the dry water are put down.

There was a "chi la", and the smell of oil overflowed.

After he had fried the whole fish yellow on both sides, put in the water before frying the fish, put the sauce and minced ginger, covered the wooden pot and was cooking, when he heard a soft and soft call from outside: "Watch the Lord!"

Looking back, a beautiful young woman wearing a blue-grey Taoist robe and a sword around her waist is smiling.

I haven't seen each other for more than two years, Yue Anyan has added a bit of calmness, but I can still see that the tranquil eyes have two more points of the wind and frost that can see through the warmth of human feelings, and they are a little colder.

"Senior sister is back, first go to the West Hall with the second senior brother, and have dinner later."

"Yeah, it's the fourth girl who is back. Brother Feng only said that there are guests coming, let's grab more rice, and don't say which one? Really." The old cripple squinted his eyes and smiled happily.

"Uncle lame, your body is stiff! I'll set the fire, rest your hands."

"How come, don't get your clothes dirty."

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(End of this chapter)