Urban Youth Cultivating Immortals

Chapter 18 Return to the original owner
Longyin Ridge, as the name suggests, is shrouded in clouds and mist all year round, and it is difficult to see people all the year round.

There is a ring-shaped village at the foot of the mountain. People in the village have lived by collecting herbs for generations.

It’s just that in recent years, with the changes in the outside world, young people in the village have gone out to work or study, and rarely return to this small mountain village with inconvenient transportation. There are fewer and fewer people coming, and Chengtiao Village has gradually become deserted and declining.

As soon as the sun shines on this small mountain village, the people in the small mountain village start a new busy day.

An old Taoist priest with a dust whisk came down from the mountain, smiled and nodded to the people in the village all the way, and then walked towards the east end.

At the east end of the village, there is a small courtyard surrounded by firewood. There are three large tile-roofed houses in the courtyard. The longan tree with intertwined roots all shows that this yard has a long history.

The old Taoist pushed open the firewood gate, and shouted loudly into the big tile house: "Old Lin! Old Lin...Old Lin..."

"Daozhang, why are you here?" After a while, a white-haired old man came out of the room and said to Daozhang with a smile.The old man collects herbs and does farm work all the year round. His skin is tanned. Although his face is wrinkled, he is full of energy.

"Xiao Lin, hurry up and move a stool for the Taoist priest." Lao Lin turned his head and called into the room.

"Of course I came here to play chess with you." The Taoist said with a smile, "I haven't seen you go up the mountain to collect herbs these few days. I was alone in the Taoist temple, and I was so bored that I came down to play a few games of chess with you."

"In the past few days, my grandson has come back from the city. I want to teach him some herbs at home, so as not to embarrass our Lin family by not knowing any herbs." Lao Lin said with a smile.

While speaking, a young man had moved out a bamboo stool from the house.

The old man took the bamboo chair and looked at the boy.The children in the city are slightly fairer than the children in the country, and the boy in front of him should not be more than 15 years old. He has a pair of bright and clear eyes, a high nose bridge, and a plump face with a little baby fat. He looks very cute.

"Is this your grandson?" The Taoist priest looked at old man Lin and asked.

Old Lin said: "Yes, I just came back from the city. I graduated from the third year of junior high school, and after this summer vacation, I will go to high school. This kid's academic performance is very good, and he can focus on the key points!" smile.

"My name is Lin Lin, Taoist priest, what's your name?" Lin Lin said.

"A poor Taoist and a crazy Taoist." The Taoist priest said with a smile.

Mad Taoist?The name is so strange.Lin Lin couldn't help but look at the Taoist priest again.

This priest was very different from those he had seen before.Although he was wearing an old Taoist robe, he didn't feel shabby at all, but he seemed to be outstanding and immortal.Secondly, although this old man has white beard and hair, his face is rosy, like a seven or eight month old baby, without any wrinkles.Again, his eyes are piercing and penetrating, as if they can penetrate a person's heart.

Facing the eyes of the old Taoist, Lin Lin seemed a little surprised, but he was not afraid, instead he looked at the Taoist priest more seriously, and at the same time said naturally: "Taoist priest, please sit down."

The boy is a kind-hearted man.

Lin Lin's naturalness, generosity, and frankness won the praise of the Taoist priest.After the Taoist sat down, he smiled and asked, "How old is this year?"

"15 years old." Lao Lin took up the conversation and said, "When I was his age, I dared to go up the mountain alone with a basket on my back to pick herbs, but he..." At this point, Lao Lin couldn't help shaking his head and laughing.

"Grandpa, I haven't been in the mountains since I was a child, so I don't know the roads in the mountains. I know them after walking a few more times." Lin Lin said very dissatisfied.Since he was taken to the city by his parents when he was five years old, he can count the number of times he went back to the small mountain village on one hand, and every time he came back, his grandfather would not let him go up the mountain, worried that he would have an accident, but now it is his fault that he does not understand Herbal medicine.

"Hahaha..." The two couldn't help laughing when they heard Lin Lin's unconvinced words.

While talking, the chessboard has been placed, and the chess game is about to start.

Lin Lin had just learned how to play chess, and he couldn't help but said, "Master Dao, I can also play Go. I want to play a game with you, Mr. Dao?"

Hearing what his grandson said, Lao Lin immediately said: "Xiaolin, how long have you been learning Go? You can't even win against me. You still want to play with Taoist Master? Don't make trouble!"

Lao Lin still knows what level his grandson is.

"It's okay, it's okay, there are not many young people playing Go now. If he wants to play with me, let him play with me." Dao Chang looked at old man Lin happily and said.Who else would like to play Go among the young people nowadays?It is rare to meet a young man who can play Go and wants to play Go with him, and the Taoist leader is still quite willing in his heart.

"Grandpa, look, the Taoist leader has agreed. Just let me go!" Lin Lin said while looking at his grandfather coquettishly.

Lao Lin shook his head helplessly, and said, "Okay! The Taoist priest doesn't mind playing chess with your stinky chess basket, what do I mind! Well, let you play."

After Lao Lin left, Lin Lin was very happy and played chess with the Taoist chief.

Lin Lin's chess skills are indeed not very good, his chess skills are mediocre, and he makes stupid moves from time to time. After a short while, he was defeated by the Taoist priest, and he seemed unwilling to fail, so he dragged the Taoist priest to another game.

The Daoist didn't refuse, so he played another game with Lin Lin.

I don't know how many games have been played, it's getting dark, and Lin Lin is still unsatisfied, if it wasn't for being scolded by grandma and grandpa, Lin Lin would probably drag the Taoist chief to play chess until dawn.

"No, Daoist, I will play chess with you every day from now on. I must beat you!" Lin Lin said, looking at Daoist, refusing to admit defeat.

In the juvenile dictionary, the word "lose" does not seem to exist.Looking at Lin Lin's serious eyes, the Taoist priest couldn't help laughing.

"Xiao Lin, what are you messing around with? Taoist priests are not free every day. Sometimes, when someone goes to the mountain to offer incense and asks the Taoist priest to release a lottery or someone seeks the Taoist priest for medical treatment, the Taoist priest is not free." Lao Lin stared at him immediately. He glanced at his grandson and said.

The Taoist twisted the three long beards on his chin with his hands, and said with a smile: "Old Lin, your grandson is very smart, hehe, I have only played Go with him for half a day, and I found that he has made great progress. Young man, how about it?" , I can't come down the mountain every day, you can go up the mountain to find me to play chess."

This child's unyielding character is admirable.But I don't know how his perseverance is.

"My Taoist temple is on the mountainside, not too far from the village." The old Taoist said with a smile, "You go to the mountain to find me to play chess, and I still have company!"

"Then it's settled." Lin Lin said happily.

The Taoist priest smiled slightly and said: "The poor Taoist is in the Taoist temple, waiting for my little friend to come." After he finished speaking, he waved his whisk and was about to leave.

Lin Lin couldn't help but asked, "Master Dao, don't you want to eat dinner? My grandma's food is delicious."

"Hehe, don't eat. It's been many years since I've been a poor Taoist." The Taoist smiled and shook his head rejecting Lin Lin's offer, then turned and left.

This Taoist is really strange, has he not eaten human fireworks for many years?Does that mean he doesn't have to eat?Or do you only eat raw food and no cooked food?
From then on, Lin Lin ran to the Taoist temple halfway up the mountain at dawn.Pilgrims who come to offer incense every day can see such a scene.An old and disrespectful Taoist priest was arguing with an unyielding young man.

"Use tiger. Should not use long."

"Use long, it will be better."

"I said use tigers, not grow."

"Use long!"

……

Seeing all this, the pilgrims were stunned. Is this the old fairy they said?It's just an old joke.

Fortunately, these two people quarreled until the end, and no one could convince the other, and they all met on the chessboard in the end.

Next, the Taoist priest showed a triumphant smile, while the young man held his head and went crazy, yelling as if he would not admit defeat.In the end, the boy continued to pester the Taoist priest to play chess, as if he was about to defeat the Taoist priest.

This kind of time is, it is one of the most unforgettable times in Lin Lin's life, and it is also one of the happiest times.Happy time is always very short.In a blink of an eye, the two-month summer vacation passed like this.

When we parted, the Taoist twirled his beard and said, "I'll give you something as a souvenir!"

A pendant made of two black and white Go pieces strung together by a red thread. When I touched the two pieces with my hands, I found that the two pieces were very gentle, just like two black and white jade.

"The texture of this chess piece is so strange." Lin Lin couldn't help but said, "It doesn't look like a stone, it doesn't look like a bone, and it doesn't look like wood. What is it made of?"

"Hehe, Pindao doesn't know either. These are handed down from Master Pindao's ancestors. It is said that these two chess pieces have the effect of warding off evil spirits. Well, since you like Go so much, Pindao gave you these two chess pieces to make Commemorated."

Although Lin Lin didn't know what these two chess pieces were made of, he felt an inexplicable intimacy with them in his heart. Hearing that the Taoist priest said that he would give this pendant to him, he quickly said: "Thank you It's been a long time."

"Go down the mountain! It's getting dark soon." The Taoist priest looked at the sky and said to Lin Lin with a smile.

Lin Lin nodded, and then said: "Well, Daoist, goodbye! When the summer vacation is over, if I have time, I will definitely come to see you. At that time, I will definitely defeat you!"

"Hehe, the poor Taoist is also looking forward to such a day." The Taoist priest said with an inscrutable smile.

The Taoist priest watched Xiao Lin leave, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and he said to himself: "This string of pendants finally returned to their original owners. But I don't know if this child will get the chance in the legend of this pendant?"

"Things in this world have their own determinants of cause and effect. How can the poor should take care of them. The things here have been completed, and it is time to leave."

(End of this chapter)