Seeking the Way of Immortality

"Er Niang, why are you doing this! My brother is deaf and dumb, and he just ate a corn cob from you. Is it necessary to do this?" Wang Laoshi frowned and said.

In his impression, it was not the first time that Liu Er Niang had acted like this. Although it was not directed at him, he really couldn't stand it.

"Oh! You damn it! You did something wrong, and you still said such words. Are you still a human being?" Liu Er Niang cried and cursed.

Wang Ershu stepped forward and said, "Laoshi, throw the rabbit in your hand to this woman."

"Er Shu, my brother is hungry! You also know that my family has no surplus food. I want to give this rabbit to my brother. If I give it to her, what will my brother eat?" Wang Laoshi felt embarrassed for the first time.

On weekdays, he didn't care about anything, but today was a special situation. There was one more person in the family, and he could no longer be as casual as before, with meals coming and going.

"Didn't you hunt a lot of rabbits these days?" Wang Ershu asked dissatisfiedly.

"But I pickled them all. I saved them for the winter!" Wang Laoshi said seriously.

"What? You saved them for the winter?"

"Puff!" Even Liu Erniang, who was still crying, stopped crying and couldn't help laughing.

"In the dog days of summer, pickling bacon for the winter?"

"That's it! This kid is really stupid!"

"Tsk, it's not just one or two days, don't you see that this kid is still wearing a cotton robe?"

"Honest! It's only July now, it's not the season to pickle bacon yet, you give this rabbit to Liu Erniang, and eat the bacon you pickled first." Wang Ershu said with a big laugh.

"Then what should I eat for the New Year?"

"Don't you still have to hunt in the mountains?"

"Honest, tell everyone, who taught you to pickle bacon now?" A woman asked with a smile.

Wang Laoshi scratched his head and said, "It was Brother Wang Hu."

Wang Hu, who didn't walk far, almost fell to the ground with a clang.

I told him to pickle the bacon, but I didn't ask him to pickle it now! Wang Hu was so angry! He secretly swore in his heart that he would never tell this kid anything again.

"It turned out to be Wang Hu, this little bastard. I said this kid didn't have any good intentions." Liu Erniang glanced at Wang Hu not far away with a sense of relief.

"Hey! So Wang Hu is such a person!"

"You can't know a person's heart by knowing his face!"

Wang Hu not far away wanted to die, and he slapped himself hard and walked up the mountain with a cold face.

But Wang Laoshi looked confused and didn't understand what this had to do with his elder brother Wang Hu!

It was Wang Laoshi's character that led to his lack of popularity. Even those who had helped him were unwilling to get close to him. There was no reason. Wang Laoshi was good, but he was just heartless and knew nothing about the ways of the world.

"Laoshi, what's your brother's name?" A young man asked with a smile.

Wang Laoshi scratched his head and said, "I don't know either!"

"Laoshi, how about calling him Wang Laowu?"

"Hey! This name is good. My name is Wang Laosi (Wang Laoshi), and my brother is Wang Laowu. This way, people will know that we are brothers!" Wang Laoshi said excitedly.

Wang Laoshi has never been to school since he was a child, so how can he tell the difference between "Laoshi" and "Laosi"!

He can't even tell that others are playing tricks on him!

This is the sadness of honest people, or perhaps it is also the sadness of those self-righteous smart people!

Unbridled laughter came from all around.

The young man Wang Laowu was even more scared, and he tightly pulled the collar of Wang Laoshi's coat.

On the Black Bear Mountain over there, the little black bear said coldly: "This group of humans deserves to die."

The baboon holding him uttered a crisp female voice and whispered: "This is the way he wants to go. Only after experiencing the vicissitudes of life and the various aspects of human life, he may wake up."

The black bear exhaled a long breath, his voice returned to peace, and said: "I know."

After speaking, the black bear jumped off the baboon and walked deep into the Black Bear Mountain.

The baboon shook his head and followed the black bear.

"Wang Laoshi, don't do that useless thing. Either give me the rabbit or accompany me with a piece of cornfield." Liu Erniang shouted unreasonably.

"A piece of cornfield?" Wang Laoshi was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth.

Damn, he hasn't eaten corn for more than ten years. Where can I get a cornfield to accompany him!

So, Wang Laoshi couldn't bear to look at the rabbit that had fainted in his hand, and threw it to Liu Erniang.

Then without saying a word, he took Wang Laowu and walked towards home in big strides.

"Er Niang, you've gone too far this time! Wang Laoshi is a bit silly, and now he has a deaf and dumb brother. How can he support two strong guys?" Someone couldn't stand it and said dissatisfiedly.

"Che, Chen Mazi, how I do things has nothing to do with you!" After saying that, Liu Er Niang left with the rabbit in a chic manner.

The people under the apricot tree shook their heads, laughed at the joke, and went home laughing.

Wang Laoshi's home is at the east end of Xinghua Village, right next to Xinghua River, far away from Black Bear Mountain. There is only Wang Laoshi's family in that place. The rest of the families thought it was too far away from Black Bear Mountain and moved away long ago!

Three mud houses, bare walls, and only one bed. Originally, there were two beds. Later, the hunter Wang Hu got married and there was no new bed at home, so Wang Laoshi gave him one of his own beds. That was why Wang Hu told him the trick of catching rabbits.

There were no fences or barns. In front of the door was the Xinghua River. Golden apricots hung on the branches along the bank. The sun shone on the Xinghua River, sparkling with scales of light.

Coupled with the green trees and red flowers around, it was a beautiful landscape painting!

Unfortunately, Wang Laoshi lived like this.

Landscape and pastoral are only in rich families. Ordinary people care about three meals a day. How can they have the mind to appreciate this poetic and picturesque scenery!

After casually settling Wang Laowu aside, Wang Laoshi went to cook by himself.

As he said, there was no surplus food at home. Wang Laoshi had no choice but to take out the pickled rabbit meat, simply processed it, and then put it in the pot and started to cook.

Not only that, Wang Laoshi found some green vegetables from somewhere and simply fried them, which can be regarded as a dish!

In July, there are many delicious crucian carps in Xinghua River, but unfortunately Wang Laoshi doesn't know how to catch them, and he can't catch any fish.

I don't know why I was lucky today, as soon as I threw the hook, a fish was caught.

Wang Laoshi was so excited: "Brother! You are really a lucky star!"

A crucian carp as long as a chopstick appeared in front of the two brothers. Wang Laowu squatted on the ground curiously and watched the crucian carp jumping around.

Wang Laoshi took advantage of his luck and started fishing again.