The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

Zhong Mugen didn't let go of the burden on his shoulders. After yelling, he walked towards the village, and then everyone followed.

Zhong Wen and his three children followed behind, whispering something.

I haven't seen him for half a year, and Xu Shuangma actually wanted to come here, but the adults in the family didn't allow it, so he finally got such an opportunity, so he begged his father to come here.

Yesterday, Zhong Mugen and his wife brought a load of dried tofu, some bean paste and soy sauce, and some cured rabbit and cured fish to Xu's house in the second village, which made Xiu's natal family very happy.

Although Zhong Mugen and his wife also go to Ercun’s natal home, they don’t go there often. They only go to Ercun when there are no beans. Bring some dried tofu, or bean paste, but never soy sauce.

Soy sauce was developed by Zhong Wen only this year, and it was not available in the past. It took Zhong Wen a lot of energy to get it out.

Although soy sauce is simple, it is also the most prone to problems. The ratio of temperature and salt is prone to problems.

Furthermore, Zhong Wen has never been in contact with the production of this soy sauce, so he is not familiar with everything. He can only make it successfully through continuous experimentation and experimentation, and repeated deliberation.

Today Xiu brought back some soybeans from her natal family, but Xu Lisheng was afraid that his sister would not be able to carry such a heavy soybean, so he came here together.

Otherwise, Xu Lisheng and Shuangma father and son would not have come here today when there is a lot of farming.

After the group returned home, they rested for a while, then Xiu went to prepare dinner, and Xiaohua went to help.

Zhong Mugen took his brother-in-law and introduced the things at home one by one. As for the production of tofu, he would not tell it. This is a family secret, and no one would tell it, not even this brother-in-law of.

The ancients, when it comes to the inheritance or secrecy of skills, basically follow the rules of not passing on to their own descendants, unless it is some unimportant skills or people with a particularly big belly.

"Mugen, these are the beans used to make bean paste? There are so many shelves, no wonder your family is getting better and better now."

Xu Lisheng looked at the soybeans in the basket on the shelf in the house, with envy in his eyes.

"This is Xiaowen's method. Otherwise, my family would be so poor that I wouldn't be able to get rid of it. Fortunately, Xiaowen met the old man before, so I have these things."

Listening to his brother-in-law's words, Zhong Mugen felt a sense of pride in his heart. All of this was attributed to his son. If he didn't have his son, the family would probably still be worried about the food problem.

"Cousin, what are these two birds?"

Xu Shuangma, who was by the door, entered the house, but found two young birds in a bird's nest not far from the door.

"Shuangma, I don't know what kind of bird this is, but I just caught it today, but it looks like a grass hawk, eating meat."

Zhong Wen looked at Shuangma's expression, and probably wanted to raise one, but this thing is not something that Shuangma can raise. As far as eating meat is concerned, it is probably impossible for Shuangma to feed them. Eating, it is estimated that they can support them, but Zhong Wen doesn't want to give these two young birds to Shuangma.

Speaking of which, Zhong Wen didn't want to give Shuang Ma, just two baby birds. Could it be that he was still so stingy with his cousin?

In fact, this is also Zhong Wen's opinion. The young birds were caught by themselves, so they must be raised well, because their parents are very large. of.

Furthermore, Zhong Wen didn't want these two young birds to die in Shuang Ma's hands, because even if he was about to die, he could send them back to their parents.

Xu Shuangma looked at the two young birds in front of him, listened to Zhong Wen's words, said that he wanted to eat meat, and thought to himself, forget it, the meat-eating birds can't feed themselves.

In the evening, Xiu prepared meals, a big pot of white rice, a stewed hare with tender bamboo shoots, a cured fish, and wild vegetables.

Xu's father and son have never seen such a way of eating. This kind of eating can only be enjoyed by wealthy families, and ordinary farmers cannot afford it.

"Sister, this is big white rice, meat and fish, you can't eat it like this."

Although Xu Lisheng was a bit slanderous, he had the right to live what kind of life a farmer's family should live, and he couldn't eat so extravagantly just because his father and son came here.

"Brother, there is still food at home, don't worry, let's eat."

Xiu listened to what her elder brother said, although she wanted to explain something, but she didn't know how to say it. Could it be that she earned a lot of copper coins?

Xu Shuangma had already opened her eyes wide, staring at the big white rice and several dishes on the small table, her mouth was drooling.

Xu Lisheng also stopped talking, sat on a stool, picked up his chopsticks, and started eating.

Whether the food is delicious or not, you can basically tell from a child, just like Xu Shuangma at that time, from the beginning to the present, never stopped eating, the same is true for Xiaohua, as for Zhong Wen, he just hugged Eat eighty-nine percent full attitude.

In the Xu family, meals are all rationed every day, no matter whether you are full or not, and whether you are hungry or not, they are all rationed, just like Zhong Wen's family used to.

Therefore, the health of the child can be seen how the family's food is. Just like Xu Shuangma, not to mention thin, it is inevitable to have a disheveled face.

As for the Zhong Wen brothers and sisters, after this year's meals, they have long since changed from their previous state. They have broken away from the thin and weak level and developed towards the strong direction.

After the meal, Xu's father and son had enough to eat, so they left the stove and started to eat in front of the open space, but Zhong Mugen and his wife were busy making tofu in the stove, adding some fire to the earthen stove to bake the tofu. do some.

Xiaohua took some bugs and frogs she caught today, fed the two young birds, and of course got some hare meat.

As night fell, everyone went back to the house, lit a torch, and arranged the place where Xu and his son lived. Actually, there was nothing to arrange. There were only these thatch mats to sleep on, and they just needed to be squeezed. .

Zhong Mugen and his wife slept inside, the three babies slept in the middle, and Xu Lisheng could only sleep outside.

Late at night, when the adults were chatting, Shuangma asked Zhong Wen about something without saying a word, and Zhong Wen could only answer occasionally, and Xiaohua chatted with Shuangma when she was fine.

The next morning, the adults all got up, and the three little ones were sound asleep.

However, today, Xu Lisheng and the others had to rush home, so they had to wake up Xu Shuangma, and Zhong Wen, brother and sister were also woken up.

Xiu went to the kitchen and began to cook some meals for her elder brother and nephew, and took them on the road to save her from going hungry.

Half an hour later, the family of four sent Xu's father and son away. Before leaving, they took some family things back home, and at the same time sent out the cloth left a few feet ago.

After the four of them got home, they started to get busy again. Zhong Mugen and his wife didn't go to work in the fields, they were packing up the things at home.

As soon as Xiaohua came home, she started feeding the two young birds, and it was Zhong Wen who was doing the training.

Later, after Xiaohua fed the young birds, she also started to exercise, and Zhong Mugen and his wife just smiled. For their own children, although they do some weird movements every day, they have improved their health. The couple Sometimes when the two are busy, they basically don't participate. They only join in when they are not busy.

After breakfast, Zhong Mugen and his wife went to the field. They hadn't been in the field for two days. The weeds in the field had to be cleaned up.

"Brother, shall we go to the mountains and forests today?"

Xiaohua looked at Zhong Wen, then looked at the forest behind, the little girl was no longer afraid of the forest, she thought she had her brother around, so she didn't have to be afraid of what happened, and she could run very fast.

"Okay, let's take a look at those slings that were dropped a few days ago in the forest."

After Zhong Wen thought about it, he felt that there was nothing wrong. Anyway, there was not much to do today. Apart from getting some firewood, there was basically nothing to do.

He took a knife, hung it on his waist, held a spear in one hand, and a basket in the other, and walked towards the forest. Behind him, Xiao Hua held the spear that belonged to her in her hand. As she walked, she stabbed a few times to the side to show Her spear can stab everything.

The brothers and sisters came to the mountain forest, and the more they walked in, the quieter they seemed. Zhong Wen felt a little depressed, as if something was staring at him from somewhere. This feeling was rarely seen in Zhong Wen's memory. I realized that it only manifested once when I was stared at by a poisonous snake.

"Little sister, go back, be careful, there is a problem."

Zhong Wen, who felt that there was something wrong in the forest, whispered to Xiaohua behind him, and began to back away while releasing his consciousness to check the forest.

It wasn't until the brother and sister retreated several hundred meters that the oppressive feeling disappeared, which made Zhong Wen convinced that something was staring at the two of them.

"Little sister, go, leave here and go home, there is danger here."

Zhong Wen urged Xiao Hua to hurry up and go home as soon as possible. He has not found out where the danger of this mountain forest is, so he dare not take it lightly.

Xiaohua didn't say a word, knowing that her brother must have encountered some serious danger. This is not the first time to avoid such danger. There was one time before. It was a big poisonous snake that almost bit them both. In the end, he was beaten to death by his brother.

"Xiao Hua, you go home, close the door, put a wooden stick against the door frame, and I'll go look inside again."

After Zhong Wen and the others returned to the side of the road, they warned Xiao Hua, fearing that their little sister was small and ran slowly, and if they encountered any danger, they would suffer disaster.

"Brother, be careful then."

After Xiaohua heard this, she turned around and left immediately. Although she was worried about her brother, she also knew that if she was there, Zhong Wen's speed would definitely be slowed down.

After Zhong Wen saw Xiaohua running towards the village, he felt relieved, turned around, and walked into the forest again. His spiritual consciousness began to patrol the thorns and thatch, for fear of missing any one.

Just when he came to the place where he felt depressed just now, the feeling of depression struck again, and the hairs on Zhong Wen's body stood on end.

Zhong Wen didn't go forward either, he stood quietly on the spot, and his consciousness began to walk towards the forest.

Holding his spear tightly in his hand, he was afraid that something would jump out from his side and bite him.

After his spiritual sense confirmed that there was no danger within 100 meters, Zhong Wen walked cautiously, but the further he went inside, the more oppressive he felt, which made Zhong Wen extremely nervous.

Retreating and not wanting to retreat, moving forward but being afraid, the double contradictions are reflected in Zhong Wen's mind.

"Fight it, who knows what it is, I don't believe it, are you a ghost?"

Zhong Wen made up his mind, and wanted to know which great god this oppressive feeling came from. If it was a snake, it must be nearby. If it was a beast, it would not be too far away, but if it was a large beast, then It's hard to say.

But Zhong Wen is not afraid of any snakes or beasts, he is afraid of this invisible thing, because the investigation just now has a radius of 100 meters.

Zhong Wen stopped, and his consciousness began to go deeper, but just as Zhong Wen's consciousness was going to the right, and about 200 meters in front of him, a big tiger with a wounded forehead was staring at him. Looking at Zhong Wen, he quietly walked towards this side.

Zhong Wen, who was not in danger within a hundred meters, tightened the spear in his hand, and walked forward again, and the big tiger was also approaching Zhong Wen, and the distance was getting closer and closer.

"Roar" Just as Zhong Wen stopped, ready to release his spiritual consciousness to explore again, the big tiger was less than 30 meters away from Zhong Wen, and it sped towards Zhong Wen directly, roaring.

"Ele, motherfucker, tiger, you're dead."

When the big tiger was running towards Zhong Wen, Zhong Wen saw the tiger in front of him, and there was only one thought in his mind, to run, but the speed of the tiger in front of him was too fast, he wanted to run, but he couldn't run, his mind was only dead. That's it.

When people face danger, whether they are nervous or afraid, they will always make some defensive actions, or it is called the struggle before death.

When the tiger sprang up, rushed towards Zhong Wen, opened its mouth wide, and bit Zhong Wen, the spear held by Zhong Wen unnaturally pointed at the tiger's mouth.

After two sounds of "pushing, bang", the tiger directly pressed Zhong Wen under its belly, and all the breakfast Zhong Wen ate was vomited out. The weight of the tiger was seven hundred catties at least. This pounce has increased his strength even more. Fortunately, this is a weedy field, and there are still a lot of withered grass and leaves on the ground. Otherwise, Zhong Wen should have arrived at the Palace of the King of Hell at this time.

A long spear was inserted into the body from the tiger's mouth, and blood flowed out from the tiger's mouth, but at this time he was not dead, struggling to stand up, after several struggles, he finally moved a few steps, and the tiger's belly was also hurt. Zhong Wen has a chance to catch his breath.

"Mother Erle, she didn't die, it's okay, it's okay."

Panting heavily, Zhong Wen comforted himself regardless of the stench of the breakfast he sprayed out just now.

Chapter 45 Tiger Fighting Hero

At this time, the villagers working in the farmland heard the roar of the big tiger, and they were anxious and afraid. They were afraid that the little ones at home would be hurt, so they climbed up from the farmland one after another and ran back home quickly.

The same goes for Zhong Mugen and his wife, and they are even more anxious because they know that their two little guys may have gone to the mountains and forests.

When they got home, the door of the family house was closed, as if from the inside.

"bang bang bang"

"Xiaowen, Xiaohua, are you in there?"

Zhong Mugen and his wife felt relieved, because as long as his two children were in the house, nothing would happen. Zhong Mugen patted the door and shouted loudly into the house.

"Father, mother."

Xiaohua opened the door and saw her parents came back. The roar of the tiger in the forest just now really frightened the little man. If her parents were there, she would feel a little relieved up.

"Xiaohua, where's your brother? Is Xiaowen not at home?"

Xiu only saw Xiao Hua, but Zhong Wen didn't see her, and became anxious.

"Father, Auntie, brother has gone to the forest, told me to come back and close the door."

Xiaohua watched her parents respond, and prayed in her heart that her brother would not be caught by the tiger just now.

"What? My God, Xiaowen, my Xiaowen."

After listening to Xiao Hua's words, Xiu felt as if he had been struck by lightning. up.

Zhong Mugen picked up the stick from the house and ran like crazy into the forest. If his son died, he must kill the big tiger to avenge his son.

Although I thought so in my heart, I couldn't suppress the sadness and pain in my heart, and I was crying while running.

At this time, Zhong Wen managed to get up from the ground and checked whether there were any missing parts on his body. Fortunately, he didn't lose a leg or an arm, otherwise, his life would be over.

"You beast, you also want to eat me. I am not so easy to provoke, don't treat you as a fat person, and you will still die in my hands."

After Zhong Wen rested for a while, he kicked the tiger that had lost its vital signs, yelling in his mouth, he had already seen the scene where he was frightened when the tiger pounced on him, now he looked like a villain. As for Zhong Wen himself, he seemed to be fine, at most he just spit out some food under the pressure of the tiger, and he didn't suffer any harm at all.

The spear was still in Dug's mouth, and a nearly two-meter-long spear was inserted straight into Dug's body from Dug's mouth, and came out from Dug's side.

If not for this spear, Zhong Wen would have been buried in the belly of a tiger by now, and after a while, he might not even be able to see his bones, and it would eventually become the fertilizer that nourished the earth.

Zhong Wen, who squatted down, stretched out his hand to touch the tiger's fur. It was not so smooth, and it was a little prickly. He thought to himself, why do people like tiger fur so much?If you sit on it, won't your butt be uncomfortable?

Maybe Zhong Wen doesn't understand at all, fur needs to be tanned, and the tanned fur will naturally not be so prickly, and will be very soft, otherwise, whoever has nothing to do will use this butt-pricking thing to dry under it what?

"Xiaowen, Xiaowen."

Not far away, Zhong Mugen's voice was heard, with a crying voice, anger and sadness in his voice.

"Daddy, I'm here."

Zhong Wen listened to his father's call, it seemed that his father was too worried about himself, otherwise he would not have made such a call, and trotted towards Zhong Mugen.

"Little text."

Zhong Mugen was overjoyed when he heard his son's response, and ran to where the sound came from, and finally saw his son, his heart almost collapsed just now.

"Xiaowen, are you alright? Are you alright?"

Zhong Mugen completely ignored the big tiger not far behind Zhong Wen, as long as his son was fine, and his son was everything to him, he stretched out his hand to feel if there were any missing parts on Zhong Wen's body.

"Father, I'm fine. Look, I killed this big tiger."