The first Taoist priest of the Tang Dynasty

Zhong Wen was holding the basket, and the weight of the basket was nearly twenty catties, but it made Zhong Wen tired.

"Xiaohua, let's sit down and rest for a while, brother is a little tired."

In addition to being tired, Zhong Wen's hunger in his stomach made it hard for him to have strength. He didn't pick anything to eat along the way, so he could only resist.

Xiao Hua heard her brother say that she was tired, so she stopped quickly, sat next to Zhong Wen, looked at her brother nervously, all the worry in her heart appeared on her little face.

"Brother is fine, I'm just a little tired from carrying such a heavy basket."

Zhong Wen saw worry on the little girl's face, and knew that the little girl was worried about herself.

After resting, she walked home with a basket and flowers in her arms.

After returning home, Zhong Mugen and his wife hadn't returned home from working in the field. They looked up at the sky, and it was almost five o'clock in the afternoon. They thought it would be time for them to go home and make dinner.

"Brother, I'm going to call my father and mother back."

When Xiaohua got home, she couldn't wait any longer. She had to make rabbit meat to eat at night, otherwise her parents would come back later, and it would be too late if the rabbit meat was ready.

"Xiao Hua, don't worry, Mom and Dad will be back in a while, sit down and rest for a while."

Zhong Wen didn't know why the little girl was so eager, even if it was late, the hare would not be revived and ran away.

Perhaps to Zhong Wen, hare meat is just a common thing, but to Xiao Hua, it is a rare delicacy, so there is no rush.

Of course, this is only because Zhong Wen's thinking mode is still in the previous life, and he has not entered the role, so he has such an idea.

Chapter 10 Father and Mother

While Zhong Wen and Xiao Hua were talking, Zhong Mugen and his wife were walking home with their hoes in their hands, carrying a basket of wild vegetables as usual, and talking about the two little ones at home from time to time.

"Father, Auntie, you are back, today we hunted a hare and a big snake."

Xiaohua stood in the middle of the path, looking towards the path towards home, finally waited until Zhong Mugen and his wife came back, and then shouted loudly.

Zhong Mugen and the others were a little far away, and they heard Xiaohua's cry, but they didn't hear anything clearly, but when they heard a big snake, Zhong Mugen and his wife were startled, and trotted towards Xiaohua.

"What? Xiaohua, what are you talking about? What big snake?"

"Father, Mother, today my brother and I went to the forest to hunt three hares and a big snake, right there."

Xiaohua saw her parents trotting over, and excitedly spoke to them.

"Big snake? Where is the big snake? Have you been bitten? Have you been injured?"

Xiu pulled Xiaohua and turned around to check it out. She was going crazy with worry, big snake, this is not an earthworm.

Zhong Mugen also trotted back home, saw Zhong Wen sitting on the stone in front of the open space, hurried over, pulled Zhong Wenzai to check carefully, fearing that he missed even a little place and didn't check. .

Even Zhong Wen's trousers were taken off by Zhong Mugen. After checking, it was confirmed that Zhong Wen was not bitten by a big snake, so he was relieved.

At this moment, Zhong Wen's mind was filled with ten thousand muddy horses. What's going on?I was sitting properly, when my father ran over and stripped off the clothes on my body.

"Where did the big snake bite? Is there any injury?"

Zhong Mugen shouted anxiously at Zhong Wen, which can only be described as shouting, because Zhong Mugen had an angry look on his face, as if he wanted to fight someone desperately.

"Father, I'm not injured, I wasn't bitten by a big snake, Xiaohua and I are fine."

Zhong Wen finally understood what was going on, it seemed that Xiao Hua had made a mistake, and he probably didn't explain clearly, which is why he suffered such a cruel treatment.

"Why do you go to the forest? It's either a poisonous snake or a wild beast. What if you get hurt?" Zhong Mugen picked up a branch from not far away and held it in his hand, pointing at Zhong Wen, not knowing whether he should be punished or not. It's good to have a good meal.

"Father, Xiaowen still has wounds on his head, don't get angry."

Xiu brought Xiao Hua back and saw her husband was about to beat Zhong Wen, so she hurriedly stopped her for fear of hurting Zhong Wen again.

Zhong Wen looked at his mother, feeling warm in his heart, this is the mother, she only has children in her eyes, even if the father wants to beat her, she will stop her.

"Father, don't hit my brother, if my brother hadn't killed the big snake today, I would have been bitten."

Xiao Hua also stood up and defended Zhong Wen. Although the villain's voice was a little soft, it was unusually warm to Zhong Wen's ears.

"Okay, tell me, why did you two go to the forest? Don't you know there are wild animals and poisonous snakes in it? Didn't I explain it to you before?"

Maybe Zhong Mugen really couldn't let go of his hand, he held up the branch, but it didn't seem to fall down for a long time.

"Father, brother took me to the mountain forest today to make a trap, saying that he wanted to put a hare on my father and mother to make up my body. Father, mother, look, there are three hares and a big snake with its head chopped off in the basket. .”

Xiao Hua heard her father questioning Zhong Wen sharply, and the little man knew that if she didn't stand with her brother at this time, the branch would definitely hit Zhong Wen's ass.

Zhong Mugen and his wife looked in the direction of Xiaohua's finger, and there were three big hares lying in a basket. As for the big snake, they didn't see it at all.

After listening to Xiaohua's words, Zhong Mugen and his wife wept secretly. If the family was not so poor, how could it be the turn of the two little children to take such a big risk in the mountains and forests? Looking at the hare in the basket, they felt complicated and sad.

"Father blamed you wrongly. Don't go to the mountains and forests anymore. There are many wild animals and snakes in the forests. If you are bitten, you will not be in a hurry to save them."

Zhong Mugen threw away the branch in his hand and touched Zhong Wen's head, but the tears in his eyes fell on Zhong Wen's hand.

Zhong Wen was a little overwhelmed, his father wept sadly at this time, thinking about it was extremely painful.

"Xiaowen, Xiaohua, listen to your father, don't go to the mountains and forests in the future."

Xiu walked over, holding her two children, comforting Zhong Wen and Xiao Hua, Xiu knew in her heart that the poverty at home cannot be changed, no matter how hard she and her husband work, they will not be able to get back a full meal , The two little children in the family suffered.

"Aniang, let's make hare meat today. I haven't eaten meat for a long time."

Xiaohua said the most appropriate words at the right time, which made Zhong Wen have to admire the intelligence of his little sister, so as to resolve the embarrassment at this time. Perhaps there was no so-called embarrassment in the first place, and it was only what Zhong Wen thought in his heart. That's all.

"This big snake, how did you hack it to death?"

Zhong Mugen approached the basket and pulled the three hares, only to find the body of a big snake nearly half a foot long under the basket.

"Father, when the big snake came out, my brother fell down, and then I fell too, but my brother fought with the big snake with a kitchen knife in his hand, and finally my brother chopped off the big snake's head."

Xiaohua's description may be too simple, but for Zhong Mugen and Xiu, this is a fight, and it is also an act of the elder brother to save the younger sister.

After hearing Xiaohua's words, Zhong Mugen and his wife were shocked. Xiaowen was not like this in the past, as long as he saw a snake, he would run away, but this time, he directly protected his sister, carrying The kitchen knife and the big snake fought together.

"Father was wrong, I shouldn't blame you."

Zhong Mugen approached Zhong Wen again, hugged him, then turned around and picked out the big snake from the basket to throw it away.

"Father, don't throw it away, big snakes can be eaten, as long as you peel off the skin and cook for a longer time, you can eat it."

Zhong Wen saw that his cheap father was about to throw away the snake body he bought with his life, so he hurriedly stopped it, otherwise, he would be really sorry for himself.

"Big snakes are poisonous, so you can't eat them." Of course, Xiu agreed with Zhong Mugen's approach. Snakes are basically not eaten in the village.

"Father, mother, snakes are poisonous, but the poison is in the head, as long as you cut off the head, you can eat it. This is what the Taoist priest in the temple told me."

Zhong Wen didn't want such a big snake to be thrown away, it would be a pity if it were to be thrown away, and he could only speak in the name of a Taoist in Longquan Temple.

"The Taoist priests in the temple have said that? Well, since the Taoist priests have said it, let's stay and cook."

After Zhong Mugen heard Zhong Wen's words, he chose to believe the latter instead of Zhong Wen. After all, he knew better than anyone else who his own son was, but that was just Zhong Wen from before.

"How did you hunt these three hares? Hares are not easy to hunt, and no one can outrun them."

Zhong Mugen was very curious about his son being able to hunt three hares, although he was slanderous, but it was related to his children, so it was better to ask clearly.

"Father, I know, I know, this is the sling made by my brother this morning. It is made of rattan skin and tied to the tree. When we went in the afternoon, we saw these three hares. , the biggest one was not dead at the time, but my brother beat it to death with a kitchen knife."

Xiaohua is anxious to show off, and even more eager to praise her brother's greatness to her parents.

"Xiaowen, what's the matter with the sling? How do you know?"

Although Zhong Mugen and his wife were confused, as long as it was about their own children, they had to ask and find out the situation.

"Father, let's make the hare meat first. My stomach is almost flattened by hunger. I can't tell you about this sling at the moment. You only need to see it to know. I will tell Dad tomorrow."

Zhong Wen didn't want to explain anymore, his stomach was already growling, and if he didn't eat anything, he would collapse on the ground in a while.

"Okay, daddy will go and pack a wild rabbit first, and let your mother cook it later, and we will have a full meal today."

Zhong Mugen had already heard Zhong Wen's stomach gurgling, so he had no choice but to stop asking, and called Xiu to go pick up the hare together.

Xiaohua also followed the past to watch the excitement, maybe this matter is new to Xiaohua, the poor farmers rarely see meat once a year, today finally got three hares and a big snake, Xiaohua I must be dreaming about the delicious dinner tonight.

Zhong Mugen and his wife, who packed up the hares, went to the kitchen, preparing to cook a delicious porridge with wild vegetables and rabbit meat for their children. Even they themselves were a little slanderous. They hadn't tasted meat in half a year.

Xiu vaguely remembered that she only ate meat once during the Chinese New Year, and it was a small piece of bacon sent by Guanli, otherwise, she wouldn't be able to eat it once a year.

Half an hour later, Zhong Wen's family, each holding a broken pottery bowl, sat on a few stones in the kitchen and ate the cooked hare meat. Although the hare meat was cooked in gruel, it was delicious But it can float everywhere.

Although the hare meat was not very delicious, the faces of the family were full of happiness and enjoyment at this moment, especially for Xiaohua, even her little face was covered with soup.

"Father, mother, this hare meat is really delicious, and brother is the best. If I can eat hare meat every day in the future, that would be the best."

Xiaohua is holding a pottery bowl, completely immersed in the world of hare meat, imagining that if she can eat hare meat every day, no matter what she is asked to do, she will be willing.

Today is the most full time Zhong Wen has eaten. In the past few days since he came to this world, he has never had such a feeling. There is food in his stomach, and everything looks beautiful. When the stomach is hungry, the world in Zhong Wen’s eyes is grey.

Perhaps for a hungry person, any food is delicious in his eyes, but for a person who has been starving for a long time, nothing is more important than food, the world and the like cannot be a meal Eating, just like Zhong Wen at this time, is like this.

Chapter 11 Making Letters

Xiao Hua was holding her bowl, gulping down the rabbit porridge. For Xiao Hua, this was the most delicious meal she had ever eaten in her life.

"Well, it's delicious, Xiaowen, Xiaohua, there are still in the pot, you two eat more."

As a mother, although Xiu knew that the rabbit meat porridge was delicious, she hoped that her two children would be full, even if she and her husband ate less, it was okay, as parents, this is basically the case .

"Aniang, I'm full, and you and Dad share the rest."

Zhong Wen had already drank two or three bowls of rabbit meat porridge. His small stomach naturally couldn't hold any more food. Besides, his previous stomach was used to porridge with wild vegetables, and the amount was still small, so the intestines and stomach in his stomach had already formed A kind of inertia has formed, and if you want to eat more, you will be full immediately.

"Then Xiaohua eat the rabbit porridge in the pot."

Zhong Mugen also seldom ate meat, although today's dinner got half a hare, and there was still half a pot in the pot, but he still wanted to be close to his children.

"Father, I'm full too, my stomach is so full."

Xiaohua's small stomach can't hold too much food, after drinking two bowls, she is already full and hiccups violently.

Xiu looked at Zhong Mugen, then at her son and daughter, feeling very distressed.

As night fell, there was no bright color in the night sky.

There are no oil lamps at home, so basically after dark, I have to lie on the thatched mat, staring at the dark roof with my eyes open.

Sometimes, Xiu would light a torch and knead some flax so that he could weave some flax when he was free.

"Xiaowen, tell Dad, what's the matter with that guy playing tricks?"

Zhong Mugen was lying on the thatched mat in the pitch-black farmhouse, and suddenly asked Zhong Wen about the sling. Since before dinner, he had many questions in his mind, wondering how the hare was hunted, What's more, it's meat.

"Father, I know, my brother took a sickle today and cut some rattan skins, and then..."

After Xiaohua heard her father's question, she scrambled to respond to Zhong Mugen. Although she heard some childish words, she couldn't explain the truth clearly. Only after experiencing it can she know what the sling is. It's over.

In the hearts of Zhong Mugen and Xiu, they were completely shocked by Xiaohua's words. Perhaps in their eyes, their son was rarely willing to talk. At best it is dull, at worst it is stupefied.

In the past, Zhong Wen, apart from going to Guanli to do some work, earn a ration, or bring Xiaohua to collect some firewood, Zhong Wen basically didn't know how to do things in the field except for weeding. He speaks little and is timid, so he cannot be said to be stupid, but he is definitely not smart enough.

In the past few days, although Zhong Wen's performance has not changed much, today Zhong Mugen and his wife were really surprised.

Listening to Xiaohua's words, it turned out that her son still has such abilities, could it be that they didn't realize it before?Or is it because after the head was smashed, he started to become smarter?

In the dark, Zhong Mugen and Xiu didn't know what they were thinking at this time, but they were all thinking that their son had changed his temper, that he would be smarter in the future, and that he would be able to protect his little sister well. Regarding the changes in their son, the two of them are the happiest. As for Xiao Hua, it is only a moment of joy, what was before and what will be in the future.

The family of four, each with their own thoughts, was silent, and only Xiaohua was muttering something.

In the dead of night, some insects could be heard outside the farmhouse, making the sky under this sky extremely beautiful.

Zhong Wen's family gradually fell asleep, leaving behind a whirring sound. The gentle breeze outside the farmhouse blew into the house from the window above the wall, making Zhong Wen and Xiao Hua tighten the torn quilt covering them.

A ray of light came in from the window above the thatched cottage. After Zhong Mugen woke up, he pushed Xiu beside him.

Afterwards, the two of them opened the door of the house, scooped up some water and wiped their faces in the wooden bucket in the kitchen, and went to work in the field against the wooden hoe.

The Zhong Wen brothers and sisters were left sleeping soundly on the thatched mat, and Xiao Hua slept on her back.

As the sky was getting brighter, Zhong Wen woke up, went out of the house, stood in front of the open space, stretched his body, doing radio gymnastics, a night of sleep made him extra energetic today.

Maybe it was because of yesterday's rabbit porridge that gave him some energy. Of course, except for the cloth wrapped around his head, everything else looked very good.

In a few days, the wound had already healed, and it seemed to be scabbed. Zhong Wen wanted to remove the cloth strip wrapped around his head, but he didn't dare to stretch out his hand. Worry.

"elder brother"

Xiao Hua also woke up after Zhong Wen came out, and she was leaning against the corner of the door, watching Zhong Wen doing all kinds of strange movements.

"Are you awake? Go get some water and wash your face."