Tanhualu

The sky and the earth are bright white, covered with silver, the wind is bitter, and the snowflakes are fluttering, slapping on the cheeks, as painful as a knife.

On the snow-covered mountain road, from far to near, came a small figure——

He was wrapped up like a ball, with thick felt boots on his feet, and a food box on his arm. In this icy and snowy field, his steps were unusually nimble. In the blink of an eye, he walked to the cave in the mountain den. A place to leeward.

This is a boy about eleven or twelve years old, dressed and behaved like all the boys of this age in Da Zhou.However, he was very handsome, with delicate eyebrows, and his fair little face was blushed by the cold wind, which made him look extraordinarily cute.

He carefully placed the food box on the clean snow beside him, looked up at the sky above his head that was filled with snow flakes without a single gap, and silently sighed that he didn't know when the heavy snow would stop.

He raised his face, thinking this way, suddenly a large ball of snowflakes fell on the middle of his nostrils, smoked by the heat of his exhalation, it turned into a wisp of snow water, and slid down the middle of his body to the ground. There was a itchy feeling at the corner of the mouth.

The young man thought it was very funny, so he simply raised his face and let the snowflakes hit him.After a while, his face was covered with a layer of whiteness.

He raised his hand to wipe off the snowflakes and snow water on his face, and let out a chuckle, which sounded very pleasant.

"Aunt Hong, if you are here, you will blame me for being playful again?" The young man said to himself after having had enough fun.

After finishing speaking, he straightened his clothes, picked up the food box again, and walked towards a tombstone not far away.

The tombstone is made of stone, and it looks like it is several years old; behind the tombstone is a small tomb, which looks quite lonely and pitiful in the wind and snow.

The boy put down the food box again and squatted down.body, and lightly brushed off the heavy snow covering the tombstone, the writing on it gradually became clear——

Aunt Hong's Tomb.

The inscription in the lower corner reads: Jin Er Jin Li.

"In such a windy and snowy weather, Aunt Hong, are you cold?" the young man muttered softly while sweeping away the thick snow on the small confession case in front of the tombstone.

"I made you your favorite food...I don't know if you have an appetite..." He murmured, opened the food box, and placed the vegetables, snacks, and meat inside on the confession case one by one.

After placing it properly, the young man stared at the tombstone, and then involuntarily swept his gaze over the unremarkable tomb, and said to himself, "Aunt Hong, don't worry, I'm doing fine...well, my mother-in-law is out again. It's been nearly two months, and I don't know where her old man is now, whether she is cold or hungry."

"I get up early every day to practice..." He suddenly paused when he said this.

"Mr. Zhuang, my mental method, and... well, I will practice it seriously. I will also cook and eat three meals a day on time, so I won't treat my stomach badly..."

Speaking of this, he smiled sweetly at the tombstone, stood up straight and said, "Aunt Hong, look, I have grown a lot taller than when I came back to see you last time?"

The wind and snow gradually died down.After the snow cleared, a beam of warm sunlight was projected on the handsome face of the young man.

"Aunt Hong, look! The snow has stopped!" the boy said happily.

Immediately, his eyes darkened: "I should go down the mountain... In the twelfth lunar month, Uncle Shen promised to pick me up for the New Year in the village in the next few days. By this time, he should be here, right?"

He stared at the tombstone in ecstasy, with a sparkle in his eyes: "Don't worry, I'm fine! My mother-in-law and... the owner treat me very well, I will... I will be obedient and not mess with the owner angry……"

After finishing speaking, the young man knelt down on both knees, knocked his head three times "dongdongdong" towards the tombstone, and said, "Aunt Hong, I'm leaving!"

His figure quickly disappeared around the corner of the mountain road.The mountain wind passed by, and even the few lines of footprints were blown away and disappeared.

The long-lost sun jumped out from behind the clouds, and the warm sunlight shone on the mountains covered by winter snow, and the snow on the ground refracted the sunlight back, shining brightly.

The boy turned back along the original road, and when he reached halfway up the mountain, the skin hidden under the thick clothes was covered with sweat, and his small face was even more sweaty.This was a feeling he hadn't felt outside for a long time, and his gloomy mood immediately improved a bit.After a few more steps, a white fluffy head popped out from the snow cave. On the fluffy head was a pair of tall ears and a pair of red jewel-like eyes.

"Rabbit!" The boy exclaimed, and couldn't help but move closer.

The poor white rabbit had just escaped the heavy snowstorm and lost its life. At this moment, it seemed like a frightened bird. When it heard this sound, it trembled in fright, turned around and ran down the mountain in a panic.

At the beginning of the boy, he was taken aback, and then became playful, without even thinking about it, he followed the direction in which the white rabbit was fleeing and chased after it.

However, he was young after all, and his cultivation level was still low, so he chased for a quarter of an hour, but he still couldn't catch up with the white rabbit.On the contrary, it was the white rabbit, who lived in the mountains for a long time, was very dexterous, and suddenly jumped and disappeared.

Feeling lost, the young man had no choice but to stop in his tracks.At this moment, he realized that he had unexpectedly run to a place that he didn't come to often.

He looked around and suddenly realized——

The cliff not far from him, isn't it exactly...

Thinking of this, the boy's eyes showed a bit of eagerness.

He stood at the same spot, fascinated by the recollection of the past, and suddenly his left shoulder trembled, and a white light brushed past his shoulder.He turned around again, narrowly dodging a white light that shot towards his right waist.

However, this was not enough, at the moment when he broke out in a cold sweat, the third white light roared again, only hitting the vital part of his lower abdomen.

The young man murmured "No", he stretched his feet and thought of a trick of "plucking green onions from dry land" and jumped up to dodge it.But it was too late, he had just pulled up half a foot, the white light had already arrived, and with a muffled "poof", it hit his thigh.He grunted in pain, and fell down in the snow with a "plop".

He is proficient in medicine, when he felt a dull pain in his thigh, he guessed that he must have been hit by a hidden weapon. If he lost too much blood because of it, it would be terrible. He didn't have time to think about it, so he raised his finger to tap his acupoint for hemostasis.Suddenly, eyes darkened, and a black shadow covered the sun's rays.

The enemy's movement is so fast!

The young man was shocked, and hurriedly raised his head, only to see that the other party was a man with a tall figure and well-dressed clothes. The most eye-catching thing was the blue mask on his face.

"Senior!" The young man didn't panic but was happy, he sat up and looked at the man in front of him earnestly.

"Jin'er." The man in the mask looked down at him with a smile on his face, and his eyes were filled with warmth that couldn't be concealed through the hollow part of the mask.

The young man called Jin'er looked down at the place where he was hit by a "hidden weapon" on his thigh, and was stunned: Where is there a trace of blood?

The man smiled brightly: "It's the three snow balls I swung. Let's try your skills!"

Only then did Jin'er understand, and immediately blushed: "It's because I didn't practice kung fu well enough to make seniors laugh at me..."

"Where!" the man cut off his words, "The moves you just made are very good for me to pass on the essence of your mind. It's just that you are still young and have little experience in the world, so it is reasonable, so don't belittle yourself. !"

When Jin'er heard the words, his expression was lifted, and he said with emotion: "If senior hadn't saved me back then, I'm afraid I would have fallen off that cliff long ago and died without a place to die! Senior not only saved my life, but also taught me how to cultivate. Mind, I really don’t know how to repay it!”

The man looked at him fixedly, and his eyes became more and more gentle: "Why do you have to be so alien? I told you earlier that your mother is my best friend. Since she is gone, I will treat you as my own."

He said, pressing his palms on Jin'er's shoulders, exerting a little force, and said with emotion: "A good man has ambitions everywhere! From now on, don't act like a child like this!"

Jin'er was moved, her lips moved, she wanted to say something, but she held back.

The man didn't allow him to say any more, took out an embroidery kit, put it in his palm, and said: "You should keep the things in it, in the future, if you encounter difficulties while walking in the rivers and lakes, you may be able to solve the crisis. "

Jin'er looked at the little bag in her palm, and said in a daze, "Senior, did you mean that I will travel in the rivers and lakes in the future?"

The man smiled: "Naturally. Didn't you always want to know who I am? In the future, when the rivers and lakes meet each other, I will definitely tell you!"

"Really?" Jin'er's eyes lit up.

The man nodded with a smile, and asked again: "Do you still remember what I told you when I passed on your heart?"

"Remember! The senior said that this set of mental methods is your housekeeping skill, senior, and it is something coveted by countless people in the world. Before you say that I am proficient, you must never tell anyone about it, otherwise you will definitely bring yourself a disaster. .”

"Not bad." The man said solemnly.

"Senior, don't worry, I have never mentioned you and this method to anyone, and I will never mention it in the future!" Jin'er swore.

The man nodded solemnly, stared at Jin'er intently for a while, and then said: "After today, I don't know how long it will be until we meet again, take care of yourself!"

"Senior, take care too!" Jin'er said reluctantly.

The masked man had been gone for a long time, but Jin'er was still standing in the distance, staring at the direction where he disappeared.

The sun gradually turned towards the west, and the wind in the mountains became cold and hard again.Jin'er felt that the soles of his feet were cold, so he sighed silently. He looked down at the remaining snow traces on his thighs, and then at the darkening sky.

A small yard, a few semi-old houses, and a spacious warehouse for storing different medicinal materials behind the houses, this is where Jin'er has lived for many years.

It is also one mile away from the nearest village, lonely, as if isolated from the world.

Jin'er is usually self-sufficient, and occasionally needs to buy household items and food, so he carries the medicinal materials picked from the mountains to the nearest market for exchange.The folk customs here are simple and simple, and he and his mother-in-law who taught him medical skills help the nearby villagers to heal their diseases from time to time, so every time a villager appreciates their life-saving kindness, they don't have to worry about eating and drinking when they send vegetables, meat and so on.

Jin'er hurried back to the courtyard where she lived before the sun set, and found a carriage parked outside Chai Fei, and behind it were several smooth-coated horses that seemed to be of great value.

In this remote place, ordinary wealthy people would never come here.Jin'er already knew who it was, so he hurriedly took a few steps forward.

Sure enough, at this time, the cotton curtain on the carriage was raised, and a familiar face appeared.

This person was in his thirties, his face was white and beardless, and he smiled a little when he saw people who didn't speak.Seeing Jin'er's figure, he hurriedly jumped out of the car, adjusted the clean and elegant thick brocade robe on his body, smiled and clasped fists at Jin'er, bowed and said, "Young Master, long time no see! Are you safe?"

Jin'er also smiled happily, and hurriedly supported his arm: "Uncle Shen! Long time no see!"

Shen Quan looked at him with a smile, and said gratifiedly, "I've grown a lot taller again!"

Jin'er was also happy to see him, and did not forget to ask: "How is the foster mother?"

Shen Quan hurriedly said respectfully: "Madam and owner are doing very well! We are all looking forward to your coming home for the New Year!"

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