The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

Afterwards, he got up and walked into the kitchen, seeing the two little people busy making dinner, his heart suddenly felt warm.

Not long after, Xiu Kang returned home with the farm tools, but saw that her husband had already returned, and when Xiu was doing farm work, she still wondered whether Zhong Mugen had returned from time to time.

"Husband, are you back? What's wrong with your face? Are you injured?"

Xiu looked at Zhong Mugen, in addition to the injuries on his head and face, his body was even more dirty.

"My lady, it's okay, Xiaowen has given me herbal medicine."

Zhong Mugen really didn't dare to say that he was beaten, he could only rot in his stomach so as not to worry his family.

"May I invite Daoist Li to come over and show you?"

Listening to Zhong Mugen's words, Xiu really became worried, seeing that although the injury was not serious, her husband was the pillar of the family, so she really couldn't fall down.

"It's all right, lady, it's just some minor injuries, it will be fine in two days."

Zhong Mugen knew his wife's worry in his heart, so he tried to persuade him, and Zhong Wen and his sister stood by and watched quietly.

Such an admiration in the family is beyond envy. Although Zhong Mugen suffered some injuries, it was not a serious injury, and it did not affect his activities. He only needed a few days of care, and he would naturally return to normal.

"Xiaowen, what kind of meat is this? It's so delicious, Dad has never eaten such delicious meat."

In the evening, a family of four sat in the kitchen and ate beggar pork. Although they seldom spoke, it was the first time for Zhong Mugen to eat this pork badger meat. never appeared.

"Father, this is called a pig badger. I found it yesterday when my brother and I went to the wilderness to check the slings. We ate half of it yesterday and kept the half. My brother said he would give it to my father." .”

Xiaohua held a piece of meat in her hand and put it into her mouth. With a lot of oil stains on her face, she squinted her eyes and explained to Zhong Mugen.

Zhong Mugen looked at the show, and then looked again. Zhong Wen, who kept his head down and kept eating meat, suddenly felt an indescribable sense of happiness. He thought in his heart that as long as the family of four is safe and healthy, there is food , Bitter, tired, and willing in my heart.

In Zhong Wen's mind, he was not actually eating dinner attentively, but was just planning something. As for what it was, the rest of the family didn't know.

The meat for dinner made Zhong Mugen eat too much. Zhong Wen deliberately got some more for his father. The three of them had already eaten yesterday. Besides, the more meat his father ate could also heal his wounds. Faster, although this statement is not quite correct.

But as a son, there is nothing to help, so he can only choose this way so that his father can get better soon.

At night, Zhong Wen came over again with the bowl of herbs and asked his mother to smear other bruises on his father's body, at least it could reduce swelling and activate blood circulation.

"Husband, be patient."

Xiu took the rag and began to help Zhong Mugen rub it. This is a common method used by ordinary people. As long as there are some bruises on the body, she will definitely help rub it. Of course, that is without herbs. , but now, Zhong Wen has made a bowl of herbal medicine. As for whether it has any effect, Zhong Wen firmly believes that there must be.

After helping Zhong Mugen rub, Xiu put out the torch and whispered something to Zhong Mugen.

Zhong Wen lay on the side, listening quietly, and then closed his eyes, and began to study his characters again. As for whether it will be successful, it can only be verified by time, and the little flower sleeping in the innermost place, this time At that time, he had already fallen asleep.

The night passed, and the light from the outside came in through the window on the wall of the house. Xiu got up, looked at Zhong Mugen beside him, reached out and touched his forehead, and found nothing unusual, then got up and went out.

At this time, Zhong Mugen didn't know about Xiu's series of actions. In the past, he was the first to wake up. In the past few days, he was carrying a burden on the road, he couldn't eat well, he couldn't sleep well, and he even suffered a meal. Hit, got some injuries, naturally she will sleep a little bit, but fortunately, the bruises on her body have gradually faded away.

As for the Zhong Wen brothers and sisters, they usually don't wake up at dawn, they will definitely wake up after dawn. The habit of the biological clock has caused this, and there is no way to change it for the time being.

In other words, it takes at least three weeks for a person to form a habit, but it also takes some time to change a habit.

Chapter 36 General text

It was only after dawn that Zhong Wen woke up and got up from the thatched mat, only to find that his father was still in a deep sleep, breathing evenly, and felt that his father was fine, so he went out of the house, Start doing gymnastics in front of the clearing.

Not long after, Xiao Hua also came to the open space and started doing gymnastics following Zhong Wen's example. Of course, Xiao Hua's movements were not as standard as Zhong Wen's, and at most they were just showing off.

"Brother, Dad is still sleeping."

After finishing the gymnastics, Xiao Hua whispered to Zhong Wen, and pointed to the house.

"Little sister, father is a little tired these days, let father sleep for a while, let's not disturb him."

After speaking, Zhong Wen took his small wooden hoe and other things to some remote and wet corners of the village to dig up earthworms.

Zhong Wen thought about catching a few fish today and cooking some fish soup for his father. This is something a son can do.

Xiao Hua didn't follow, she stayed at home to watch the house, at least she had to let her father wake up, someone would be there, in fact, this was just a little worry in Zhong Wen's heart.

After digging up the earthworms, I went back home and turned around again.

"Brother, Dad hasn't woken up yet."

After Xiao Hua saw her brother came back, she hurriedly reported the situation to Zhong Wen. After that, Zhong Wen entered the house and checked Zhong Mugen's breath and forehead, but found nothing unusual.

"Xiaohua, Dad is fine, maybe he's too tired and sleepy, you stay at home, I'll go catch some fish and come back and cook some fish soup for Dad."

Zhong Wen told Xiao Hua, and then went to the small river to catch fish with the basket and fishing rod.

After two quarters of an hour, Zhong Mugen gradually woke up from his deep sleep, but when he found out that it was dark outside, he blamed himself a little. He slept too deeply, and his wife had already gone to work in the fields. , but should have been lying on the thatched mat to sleep, and felt that the two brothers and sisters had already woken up.

"Xiaohua, why are you at home? Where is Xiaowen? Where has he gone?"

Zhong Mugen came outside the house, but only saw Xiao Hua sitting alone on the stone in front of the open space in a daze.

"Father, you're awake. Brother asked me to stay at home. Brother went fishing. He said he wanted to make fish soup for Dad."

Seeing her father wake up, Xiao Hua hurriedly got up and ran over, explaining to Zhong Mugen.

"Then be good, I'll go to work in the fields."

After listening to the explanation, Zhong Mugen didn't have any idea, but just blamed himself.

"Father, Auntie said that you have to rest at home these few days, and brother also said that you are not allowed to go to work in the field, you are not in good health."

Xiaohua hurriedly stopped Zhong Mugen to resist the hoe, not forgetting what Xiu told her yesterday, and even what Zhong Wen just told her.

"There is no one who does not work. If he does not work, he will have no food to eat."

Zhong Mugen knew that his wife and son were caring about him, but he only suffered some minor injuries, which didn't hurt me seriously. Besides, he was a big man who didn't work, and his wife went to work alone. People know it, but they will be laughed at.

"Don't go, brother said, father must rest at home."

Xiaohua stretched out her hands to stop Zhong Mugen, but she didn't allow him to go to work in the fields, and what Zhong Wen told her was much better than Zhong Mugen's words.

"You... okay, Dad will also have a day off today, so he won't go to work in the fields."

Zhong Mugen wept sadly in his heart, with such a home, what else could he ask for?There is a good woman in the family and a pair of good children. He is satisfied and happy in his heart, thinking to himself, he did not know how many times he kowtowed in his previous life to come to such a good family.

Seeing her father put down the hoe, Xiaohua stopped reaching out to stop her, and raised her head to look at her father.

At this time, Zhong Wen already had several palm-sized small fish in the small basket. It was enough to make fish soup, but the rest of the family still needed to eat, so he thought about fishing for a while, so that he could give it to them. The family makes fish porridge or something.

Half an hour later, Zhong Wen's basket had enough fish for the family to eat, so he stopped fishing and walked to the small river bank, picking a lot of wild onions, ginger and garlic. Picked up some wild vegetables, and then walked home.

"Xiaowen, how's your harvest today?"

Seeing Zhong Wen's figure returning, Zhong Mugen hurriedly asked.

"Father, it's not bad. Although the fish is not big, it's enough to eat."

Zhong Wen took a look at his father with the basket. Although the fish in the basket were basically the size of a small palm, it was no problem to cook fish soup, and it was no problem to cook some fish porridge.

"Brother, I want to eat grilled fish."

Xiao Hua stretched out her hands to pick at the fish in the basket, and saw a slightly bigger fish, and Xiao Hua also liked fish, but of course, she preferred to eat meat.

"Okay, brother, I'll make it for you to eat."

Zhong Wen hurriedly carried it to the ditch below, and began to handle the fish.

The fish has a strong fishy smell. If you don’t fry it with oil, try grilling it to remove some of the fishy smell. There is no so-called vegetable oil in the house, and some are just a little bit of animal fat that was saved before. When cooking porridge, Put on a teaspoon.

After packing everything up, Zhong Wen started to make breakfast. Of course, he thought fish was the main thing, so he cooked fish soup for his father first. In the fish soup, there were also some Chinese herbs collected by Zhong Wen, although they could only be eaten as wild vegetables. Yes, but these Chinese herbal medicines have the effect of treating bruises.

Afterwards, I started to free up the pot to cook the fish porridge. The rice was the one-stone rice my father picked up yesterday. There is nothing to choose from.

"The fish porridge made by Xiaowen is even better than that made by Auntie."

After Xiu got home, she started to eat breakfast, but at this time she was holding a bowl of fish porridge, and was eating with big mouthfuls.

"Yeah, Xiaowen's craftsmanship is really good. I don't even feel the fishy smell, and it's very delicious."

Zhong Mugen drank his fish soup, and after Zhong Wen roasted it, if it still smelled so fishy, ​​then Zhong Wen really didn't have to live, and he would have to lose his face.

As for Xiao Hua, she didn't have time to talk, she held a grilled fish in her hand, bit into it, swallowed it after chewing, and then drank a mouthful of fish porridge, for Xiao Hua, eating was the most important thing, Talking is the business of adults and has nothing to do with her.

After three consecutive days like this, and after Zhong Mugen's body showed no abnormalities, he showed the three of them, and then let Zhong Mugen go to work in the field.

In these three days, Zhong Mugen has seen the power of his son. In addition to fishing, hares, and even some wild vegetables and herbs, Zhong Mugen has greatly improved his knowledge.

Of course, all of this is due to the old man with a white beard. Without him, Zhong Wen would not know how many brain cells would be spent.

"Brother, are you still going fishing today? But I want to eat beggar rabbits."

Not long after breakfast, Zhong Mugen and his wife went to work in the field, and Xiao Hua followed Zhong Wen's buttocks, circling in front of the open space at home.

Although it was going around in circles, for Zhong Wen, it was a different experience.

In the past few days and nights, the characters in my mind have been connected together. Although there are still some missing characters in the middle, or unreasonable collocations, this is a good start for Zhong Wen.

And turning around in circles is actually because of this Taoist essay in my mind, the central idea of ​​the Taoist essay is a circle, just like a Tai Chi diagram, or more like a cycle of reincarnation.

As the Taoist ancestor said, one life is two, two is three, three is all things, and all things return to dust, and then breed all things, and it goes on and on again, as if there is no end.

As for the little follower behind Zhong Wen's ass, she just thought it was fun to follow her brother around in circles. She didn't have any extra thoughts, she was just playing along.

"Little Hua, later this afternoon, let's change the position of the sling to see if there is any harvest. If there is any, I will make you a beggar rabbit tonight."

While circling around, Zhong Wen talked to Xiao Hua behind him, but he was always calculating those dao essays in his mind. His state of dual-tasking, or even multi-tasking, was only recently. found.

As for the extent to which he can multitask, Zhong Wen has never tried it. Of course, he has never paid attention to this situation. Maybe it is just a common thing.

Xiao Hua followed Zhong Wen for a while, then left, sitting under the tree in front of the open space, sitting bored, watching her brother's boring behavior in front of her.

Zhong Wen, who kept circling around, did not notice Xiao Hua who had left the team, and was still calculating the Taoist text in his mind.

At this time, Zhong Wen had already fallen into a kind of self-awareness, and he didn't pay attention to anything happening around him at all.

Unless there is some big movement that wakes Zhong Wen up, as for Xiao Hua, she won't bother with her brother, and besides, her brother just goes around in circles and doesn't do anything, and what happened to Zhong Wen starts to make him The little girl is immune.

Even if Zhong Wen can jump far away at this time, Xiao Hua will be shocked at most for a while, and won't think about it anymore. As long as her brother is in good health, her parents are well, and there is food and drink at home, everything is for her. For her, it's not very important.

After half an hour, Zhong Wen finally stopped circling.

At this time, in his mind, a Taoist text tending to be complete appeared in his mind. It may be complete or it may be wrong. Of course, these are not important to Zhong Wen, what is important Yes, this sermon can be sold for money, and it is estimated that it can sell for a lot of money.

As for whether Guanli will accept it or not, I don't know, but Zhong Wen firmly believes that as long as this Taoist essay is written, it will definitely be sold for money.

Picking up a branch in his hand, he began to write out the characters in his mind word by word in front of the open space.

Thousands of characters, there are not many characters, but if you really want to write in this open space, it will be a large area.

When Zhong Wen finished writing, he stood up and stared at the Taoist text on the ground.

In Zhong Wen's mind, this may be the Daoist text. Although he doesn't understand the meaning of some words, as long as he understands the meaning of the entire Daoist text, he will not go into it.

After confirming again and again that there was no problem, Zhong Wen then wiped the characters on the ground with his feet.

"Brother, are you not going around in circles?"

After dozing off, Xiao Hua saw Zhong Wen standing in the open space with his feet stretched out, thinking that his brother was doing those stupid things again.

"Xiao Hua, we will go to the wilderness in a while, you go and get things."

Zhong Wen didn't answer the little girl's question directly. The circles were caused unintentionally, not intentionally, and it would be useless to talk too much. Besides, the little girl didn't understand.

As for this sermon, just memorize it for the time being, but you have to study it carefully to see if there are any mistakes. I can go to the Taoist Temple to find Li Daochang, sell this Taoist text to Longquan Temple, and exchange some money, and I can exchange it for a knife at home.

All of this may just be Zhong Wen's wishful thinking. Whether Li Daochang will accept this Taoist essay is a matter of opinion. What's more, this Taoist essay is still from Longquan Temple.

But in the Longquan temple at this time, Li Daochang sighed, holding a booklet in his hand, and he didn't know why.

"Hey, I can't find a disciple with a root of wisdom in this temple. Is it possible that Longquan Temple will lose its incense in the future?"

After Li Daochang read the brochure, he sighed to himself.

"Master, Master, I have a wish to hide your wishes, and I haven't found a satisfactory disciple so far. Although my Longquan Temple is in the same line, but now, I can't even find this satisfactory disciple. Master, Master , Disciple is ashamed of you."

Li Daochang was talking, and he began to cry.

The brochure in Li Daochang's hand is actually the roster of ancestors in Longquan Temple. It has been passed down for more than 900 years. The inheritance of the view has a history of thousands of years.

As for the inheritance of Longquan Temple for more than 900 years or thousands of years, there is no way to find out. After all, it is a long time ago and there are no records. What has been recorded is only these 900 years.

In the hands of Li Daochang, it is the No.18 generation, and this No.19 generation disciple has not yet found a suitable candidate, and Li Daochang is old, and he has not found a disciple to inherit the mantle. This Longquan Temple will also come to an end.

As for why no disciple can be found so far, this can be said to be the secret of Longquan Temple, and only Daoist Li knows it. Of course, if a disciple can be found, then the No. 19 generation His disciples will also know about it.

Inheritance, for Li Daochang, is like Mount Tai pressing on him. He has gone out of the mountain many times to search, but he still hasn't found a suitable disciple. But now, one of his legs is already lame, and he wants to go out of the mountain again. It seemed a little powerless.