I Am Immortal

  Chapter 44 Washing My Feet

  Qi Wuhuo bowed his hands at the man and said, "I've seen this one, this big brother..."

   Then he looked at the ox that was bigger and stronger than all the beasts he had ever seen, and saluted slightly, saying:

   "I've seen this big brother Niu too."

The scalper seemed to be quite satisfied with the young man's respect and integrity, so Mou Mou yelled twice, rubbed his body against the young man, and the tall man's face became softer unconsciously, and he laughed and said, "Good boy, Good boy, it turned out that I took the liberty."

  Fu looked at the old man again, and said, "I'll give you three hundred..."

  The old man coughed slightly.

  The man said without changing his face: "Ahem, yes."

  "The rice is ripened every three hundred days...the rice is ready, the rice is cooked, and the wine is brewed."

   "I'm just waiting for you to come. Although there is an extra little brother, the prepared food is enough."

"please."

The old man smiled and nodded. The tall man was leading the way. Qi Wuhuo looked around and found that there were not only fields, but also waterways for irrigating the fields. There was a reservoir to store water, like a farm. This tall man had a gentle and simple smile, his cuffs were rolled up, revealing his strong arms. When he walked, he looked like a mortal who didn't know how to practice, but he also had a sense of calmness.

   Noticing Qi Wuhuo's gaze, the man smiled and lowered his eyes, and nodded to him.

   Then he exclaimed in admiration: "He is a child with very good understanding."

   "Your vision is still as critical as ever."

He knew that this old man often traveled around the world, and when he met someone with a good heart, he was not stingy with imparting some Dharma. Such people, in fact, also have some, and they have achieved good achievements in practice.

   "Don't be confused, let's go for a walk and have a look."

The old man seemed to have something to say to this man, so he asked Qi Wuhuo to go around to enjoy it first, and the young man should salute, and then he walked around this place with his sword box on his back, and saw that those rice plants grew huge and faintly scattered. Lingyun, even the pond that is filled with water is not a mundane thing, exuding a spirit.

  Qi Wuhuo saw a stone tablet standing next to the irrigation pool, with words written on it, flying like dragons and phoenixes.

   "[Jiukan]?"

   "Does it mean Nine Gully?"

  Qi Wuhu was puzzled.

   "Puff, how could it be so straightforward."

Just as he was wondering, there was a silver bell-like laughter from behind, Qi Wuhuo turned around, and saw behind him a young girl who looked only thirteen or fourteen years old, wearing light blue clothes, with a gauze skirt written on it. With a pattern of flowers and birds, he was looking curiously at the young man in blue cloth with a sword case on his back.

   "Are you a guest?"

   "I haven't had any guests here for a long time!"

  The girl seemed to seldom see outsiders, she leaned forward, her eyes were black and big, and her smile was clear.

Qi Wuhuo took a step back calmly, pulled away to a suitable distance, cupped his hands and bowed slightly, and told the story of himself coming to visit friends with the old man, the girl nodded, seemed relieved, and said clearly: "Oh, I see, you followed the elders to find my father, so your seniority is about the same as mine."

   "After all, some guests look very young, even younger than you and me."

   "But in fact, he has a very irritable personality and is very old."

   "Of course, the seniority is also great!"

   "It's so big and scary."

   "You are not such a person, it's really nice!"

  The girl stuck out her tongue, obviously having lingering fears about something, and then asked:

   "Where are you from?"

"May I have your name?"

   "Come here, I'll show you around my house."

  The girl is natural and pure in nature, with a bright smile, as if she is happy because it is rare for her peers to come here.

  Qi Wuhuo cupped his hands in thanks.

Walking along the road, the girl happily introduced the scenery of the entire island, but Qi Wuhuo could see that, except for the farmland and houses where they were, the entire island was still very large, and it was almost impossible to see the end at a glance. , and the girl seemed to seldom go to other places, she just said that it was deserted and there was no need to visit.

  In fact, the place where the straw is planted is already very large.

What's more, the scenery is especially beautiful. The young man carried the sword box on his back and walked forward step by step, listening to the girl talking about the scenery of this family, and also about the scenery of the world. In the "Cheng Xian Lu" where Xuan struggled all his life, all kinds of scenery are in the eyes and in the heart.

   Talking about the scenery outside attracted the young girl's longing and curiosity.

  She sighed melancholy:

   "It's nice, outside."

   "When can I go out?"

  Qi Wuhuo said: "Why do you want to go out?"

The girl pointed to the surroundings and said, "If you spend your whole life here looking at such scenery, don't you want to go outside to see it? Besides, my father and mother met outside, why didn't my father let me go out?"

  Qi Wuhuo said: "Is your mother here too?"

   "I'm a junior and a guest, so I should pay a visit."

   "She's gone."

  The girl waved her hand, indicating that the boy in front of her should not do this, and explained: "Mother, she is in another place now."

"Well, why do you ask? Because a long time ago, my father and mother worked in the same place. At that time, my mother was from a higher family background. My father was a general protecting the law. When we met every day, we had a good impression of each other and were discovered. Dad was just a guard at the time, so he was dismissed from his duties and kicked out, and then mother also ran out, and met Dad [outside]."

   "It was hard to overcome all difficulties to get married, and then they were separated again."

   "Although it seems that one person finally spoke up, he was not criticized too much, but he was assigned a very heavy task."

   "We can only meet once a year in the middle of the year."

  Qi Wuhuo said: "See you once a year?"

   "Then you can only see your mother once a year?"

  The girl didn't seem to care that much: "Yes."

   "But we can also write and chat on weekdays, so it's okay."

   "There is also [Circular Light Appearance Method], it doesn't matter."

   "Huh, I'm so tired from walking."

   "Sit down too."

The girl sat on the bluestone next to her, then took off her shoes, and stepped into a stream of water in her socks. This is a tributary of the water that irrigates the farmland. For this purpose, the girl let out a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "The water in [Jiukan] is very good for soaking your feet, and it can soothe your spirit. Would you like to try it too?"

  Qi Wuhuo saw the clarity and purity in the girl's eyes.

  It is a kind of elation to introduce something that you are very proud of to friends of the same age you know.

   smiled slightly: "Thank you then..."

He took off the sword box and his thin-soled shoes, and put his feet into the water. Indeed, there was a cold feeling, which made Qi Wuhuo feel relieved, as if all the exhaustion in his body had been wiped away. Dispelled, he said: "Speaking of which, you haven't said yet, what does [Jiukan] mean?"

  The girl supported the ground on both sides with her hands, raised her feet to step on the water, and watched the ripples.

  Hearing this, he laughed and said, "Ah, why don't you know this allusion when you come here?"

   She looked at the sky, casually, and replied:

   "Because the Xingguansu, which consists of nine stars, was originally called [Jiukan]."

   "What is there to ask?"

  Qi Wuhuo was stunned.

Seeing that the water of the nine ridges was crystal clear, and then all the veins merged into the incomparably majestic river that Qi Wuhuo had never seen before, everything seemed to have lasted for a long time, after thinking about it, Nodding his head, he said, "So that's the case, are the branches of the water flow here named after the stars and officials in the sky?"

   "It's very interesting."

  The girl tilted her head, did not correct a certain mistake, but said in doubt:

   "Where's the fun?"

  Qi Wuhuo pointed to the vast river over there, and replied:

   "In this case, if this is really the water of the Nine Kans, wouldn't we wash our feet in the river made up of stars in the sky?"

   "The Milky Way washes my feet."

   "It's very romantic."

   "Like something a fairy would do."

  The girl's eyes lit up, she looked at the things she often did, and suddenly smiled brightly.

  The more I thought about it, the more excited I became, then I hugged the boy in the blue shirt and said loudly: "Is there any other explanation like this?!"

   "Can you still explain it like this?!"

   "It's so bold!"

   "You are really an interesting genius!"

   "Among the guys I know, no one can say such a thing!"

It was just a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl, with clear eyes, no embarrassment, and no evil thoughts, and she replied: "I just happened to meet." The girl patted Qi Wuhuo on the shoulder, sat back, and thought happily With this statement, write it down—compared with her unwillingness to practice and be lazy, such words are undoubtedly more magnificent.

   Next time, you can talk to your dad and teacher like this!

  While chatting, Qi Wuhuo gradually became sleepy, and he followed the example of that girl and lay back on the ground.

  The boy in the blue shirt was biting the young sprout stuffed by the girl in his mouth, resting his arms behind his head, looking at the sky.

   Strange.

   he thought casually.

  Why are there no stars in the sky today?

  (end of this chapter)