Guide to raising cubs in westbound [Journey to the West]

"Master is always in danger at every step, so there's no need to make a fuss about falling through a hole." Sun Wukong said.

Little Shitou was curiously exploring this interesting burrow, when he heard this, he ran back, lay on Monkey King's back, and asked, "Master, why do you always encounter disasters every step of the way?"

"Because he was unlucky." Sun Wukong said casually.

Tang Seng looked at him helplessly when he heard this.

Fortunately, although it was raining heavily outside, it did not last long. They simply ate some dry food in the burrow and continued on their way.

For Sun Wukong and the others, they could get out of this hole with a single jump, but Tang Seng had to use a rope to pull him out when it was his turn, but it took a lot of effort.

Little Shitou had a lot of fun in the cave, but he was a little bit reluctant to leave.

"Then leave you alone in the cave."

In the end, it was Sun Wukong who frightened him, so he hurriedly threw himself into Sun Wukong's arms.

Coming out of the cave, there were no accidents in the next few days.

There is no shortage of wild fruits in the wild in autumn, and Xiaoshi likes this season very much.

Another day at noon, he followed Monkey King to pick fruit in the forest, and found a field of wild chestnuts.

When the chestnuts were hung on the tree, they were in the state of thorn balls. At first, the little guy didn't know that they could be eaten.It was Sun Wukong who knocked off the thorn ball with a golden cudgel, then smashed it and took out the chestnuts inside, peeled it and fed it to him, so he knew it was edible.

"It's delicious~"

Fresh chestnuts are crunchy and sweet, and the little ones love them.

Seeing that he liked to eat, Monkey King filled his purse with a cloth bag and packed a lot more.

When going back, the little guy insisted on bringing an unknocked thorn ball.

"Show Master and them~"

Seeing that he insisted on taking it, Sun Wukong could only pick a few leaves and wrap a thorn ball for him to hold.

"Look, master, what is this?" As soon as Xiao Shitou came back, he immediately ran in front of Tang Seng and the others holding the thorn ball like offering a treasure.

Tang Seng knew the chestnut thorn ball, but when he saw the little guy excitedly showing it to him, he didn't say it directly, but asked him instead: "Does Xiaoshi know?"

"I know, this is a chestnut, it's delicious~" the little guy put the thorn ball on the ground, took out a chestnut from his purse and handed it to him.

Zhu Bajie is the most active in eating. As early as when he was talking, he had grabbed a handful of chestnuts from the cloth bag in Monkey King's hand and started eating. He nodded while eating: "Delicious..."

He tasted raw chestnuts during the day, and at night, Xiaoshi also ate chestnuts roasted in the fire. The soft, glutinous and sweet taste made him feel satisfied.

Sun Wukong and the others have always been the little guy who likes to let him eat as much as he wants. Fortunately, Tang Seng reminded him that it is not advisable to eat too much chestnuts at a time, so they didn't let the little guy eat chestnuts directly.

But that night, the little guy had the sweet aroma of roasted chestnuts in his sleep.

The next morning.

As soon as Xiao Shitou opened his eyes, he shouted, "The chestnuts are flying..."

"What flew?"

The little guy who just woke up spoke a little vaguely, Tang Seng and his disciples couldn't hear what he was saying clearly.

"Chestnut, the chestnut is flying!" Xiao Shitou was fully awake and stood up anxiously.

"Isn't this a chestnut?"

The master and apprentice looked at him a little funny, then Sun Wukong reached out and grabbed a handful of unfinished chestnuts and put them in front of him.

Little Shitou blinked, stretched out his hand to hold the two chestnuts, then raised his head and laughed: "The chestnuts are here, they didn't fly~"

"Aren't you awake yet?" Tang Seng hugged him into his arms with a smile, and tied up his hair again.

Little Shitou let him tie his hair obediently, and told him in a childlike voice: "I fell asleep yesterday and wanted to eat chestnuts, but all the chestnuts flew away!"

"Co-authoring is a dream..." Zhu Bajie couldn't help laughing when he heard his words.

Sun Wukong saw that he was still thinking about eating chestnuts in his dreams, so before he set off, he took the cloth bag and went to the old place to pick a lot again.

After eating something for breakfast, monk Tang and his disciples headed west again.

Little Shitou sat on the horse with Tang Seng at the beginning, but it didn't take long for Monkey King to hug him again.

"Why do you have so many things to do?" Sun Wukong said so, but immediately got him off the horse.

"Do you want to eat the big rock?"

The little guy nestled in his arms for a while to watch the scenery, for a while to eat a chestnut from his purse, and now he peeled another chestnut and raised it up to ask.

Sun Wukong shook his head, and the little guy immediately lay on his shoulder and asked Zhu Bajie behind him: "Second senior brother, do you want to eat chestnuts?"

Zhu Bajie took it without saying a word, threw it into his mouth and ate it while saying, "Did the little stone peel these chestnuts by himself?"

"Yes~"

"Not bad, it's quite clean."

Sun Wukong couldn't help laughing when he heard the idiot's praise: "It's not clean, but the little stone has been chewed with its teeth for a long time."

Chestnuts still have a layer of soft skin after removing the outer hard shell, which is not very easy to peel, and the little ones use their front teeth to gnaw bit by bit.

Zhu Bajie was silent for a moment and then said: "So what if you gnaw, I don't dislike small stones!"

After he finished speaking, he probably felt that Sun Wukong didn't remind him sooner or later, and waited for him to finish eating before he acted later. He deliberately said: "Little Shitou, you see that you are kind enough to peel chestnuts, but the elder brother dislikes you for chewing them with your teeth. Unlike me I don't care, old pig!"

When the little guy heard his words, he couldn't help looking up at Monkey King.

"Don't listen to this idiot's nonsense, he just wants to trick you into eating chestnuts. Unlike my grandson, if you don't eat them, you will eat them."

Sun Wukong really didn't dislike the little guy, after all, they ate a peach together at the foot of the Five Elements Mountain.

"Eldest brother, you actually imitated my speech!"

"Bah, it's clear that you are an idiot who is greedy for children's food, and you still speak so nicely."

"Don't quarrel, I'll give you chestnuts~" the little guy said, biting the chestnuts he had just gnawed in half.

"I won't eat, lest the elder brother say I'm gluttonous again." After Zhu Bajie finished speaking, he retreated directly behind the horse.

Seeing that he refused to eat the little stone, he held up half of it and said, "Eat the big stone~"

Sun Wukong couldn't help but feel that he really disliked him, so he opened his mouth and ate half of the chestnut he fed.

"Wukong, raw chestnuts are not easy to digest, don't let him eat more." Tang Seng could not help reminding when he saw the little guy peeling a chestnut from time to time along the way.

"Understood, Master." After Sun Wukong finished speaking, he found that the little guy in his arms couldn't control his hands, so he could only temporarily confiscate the chestnut purse on his waist.

Autumn is coming to winter, and in a blink of an eye, it is the most difficult season of the year to travel.

Tang Monk and his disciples were facing the wind and snow, and the progress of the journey was a little slower than before.

In winter, there are basically no wild fruits on the mountain, and the master and apprentice rely on Huazhai to fill their stomachs.

At noon that day, they had just finished their vegetarian meals.Seeing the little stone staring at a bird flying in the sky, Zhu Bajie couldn't help but move towards Monkey King.

"Brother Monkey, you can bring back some meat for Xiao Shishi, it will make the child thin from starvation."

Sun Wukong glared at him: "Master doesn't allow killing and doesn't allow the changed money. Where can my old grandson get meat?"

Zhu Bajie: "You don't have a golden hoop, you can buy it if you scrape some gold from the two ends."

Sun Wukong: "..."

Sun Wukong directly took out the golden cudgel and said, "Hey, watch the idiot!"

Seeing that he was going to beat him, Zhu Bajie quickly picked up the little guy as a talisman.

"Little Shitou, do you want to eat meat?"

"miss you!"

The places they passed through recently were sparsely populated, and it was difficult for them to stay overnight, let alone eat.Basically, Monkey King went to Huazhai in the distance and came back to eat, so the little guy hasn't eaten meat for a while.

Zhu Bajie said: "Brother, that golden cudgel can be exchanged for meat, you ask him to change it for you."

"The big rock doesn't have a golden cudgel!" Little Shitou shook his head and said, "I don't eat meat anymore..."

"You don't need to change the whole thing, just scrape some gold from both ends." Zhu Bajie said.

"No. Big stone's golden cudgel can beat monsters, I don't eat meat!"

After finishing speaking, the little guy got down from his arms, and went to Tang Seng's side to listen to him recite sutras.

"Eldest brother, don't listen to second senior brother's nonsense, Xiao Shitou is not skinny, but a little fatter." Drifting found that his senior brother really stared at the two ends of the golden cudgel, and couldn't help saying.

Winter is the season for fattening. Although the little guy has no meat to eat, Monkey King will never starve him.In addition, the road is difficult to walk after winter, he is basically sitting on a horse or being hugged, and he has never walked a few steps by himself, which will make his face fleshy.

The little guy ran to Tang Seng's side and listened to the scriptures for a while, then mischievously imitated his meditation posture, but still couldn't sit still, shaking his head or moving his little hands from time to time.

Sun Wukong's eyes fell on his little hand with a wwo, and then he put away the golden cudgel.

Although there are all kinds of inconveniences in winter, Xiao Shitou doesn't hate this season, because he can sleep late and play in the snow.

It snowed suddenly at noon that day, and there happened to be a house nearby, so they didn't continue their journey, but stayed in advance.

After the snow stopped in the afternoon, it was already a vast expanse of whiteness outside.

Xiao Shitou got up late in the morning, and slept again after eating at this house at noon. Now he is in a very good mood, and they will go out to play in the snow with Monkey King.

Zhu Bajie also dotes on him, because he wants to build a snowman, and even digs snow for him with his nine-toothed rake.

"Don't take him to play in the snow all the time."

Tang Seng was originally sitting in the house chanting sutras, feeling that they had been out for a long time, so he got up and walked to the door.

"Master, look quickly~"

Before the brothers could respond, the little guy turned around and took Tang Seng's hand and pulled him out.

When you first start playing in the snow, your hands will be cold, but after playing for a while, your hands will become warm.

Tang Seng felt a little relieved when he felt the temperature from his little hands.

At this time, four snowmen, one small and five snowmen have been piled up in the snow, and there are even white dragon horses beside them.

When Tang Seng saw this snowman who was somewhat similar to them, a smile overflowed in his eyes.

"Master, this is you, this is the big stone, this is the second senior brother..." Xiao Shitou seemed to be afraid that he would not recognize him, so he stretched out his finger and introduced them one by one.

This snowman was built together by Monkey King and the other three, not to mention exactly the same, but at least it has all the characteristics it should have.

Tang Seng praised him a few words, feeling that the temperature outside was much lower than inside, so he coaxed him in quickly.

The little guy wanted to continue playing, but Sun Wukong saw that the master had already spoken, so he directly carried him into the room.

"Drink some hot water to keep you warm." Tang Seng picked up the teapot and poured them a few cups of hot water.

When the weather is cold, Little Stone doesn't like to drink water, so when he sees him pouring water, he deliberately hides in a corner.

The three brothers Sun Wukong looked at each other and couldn't help shaking their heads.

"Little stone, come here." In the end, Sun Wukong used a trick to coax him to drink water by conjuring a small fish swimming in the cup.

After drinking the water, the little guy found that there was no small fish in the cup, and immediately frowned, showing a crying expression: "I... I drank the small fish into my stomach..."

"No, no, it's not inside!" Seeing that he was about to cry, Monkey King hurriedly changed him again.

When he saw the fish, he became happy again: "The little fish is still inside~"

That night, after they fell asleep, it snowed again.

When leaving the next day, Xiaoshi rarely didn't sleep in, but wanted to take another look at the snowman they built yesterday.

When he was carried out in Sun Wukong's arms, he was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help laughing: "Master has become chubby, the big stone has become chubby, and everyone has become chubby~"

But no, after the snow at night, the snowman who was originally in normal shape has gained a lot of weight, and Zhu Bajie's snowman is almost fattening into a ball.

Hearing the little guy's laughter, Tang Seng and his disciples all raised their lips.

In March of Yangchun, warblers fly and grass grows.The trees on both sides of the road have sprouted, and there is a vibrant scene everywhere.

The master and apprentice were admiring the scenery of spring on the road, and their mood became lighter due to the infection of this season.

"Big stone, come and chase me!"

The little guy didn't let anyone hug him, instead he ran in the front by himself.

Sun Wukong slowed down and followed, until he ran a little farther, and then a flash appeared in front of him.

"Ah...hahahaha..."

Seeing him suddenly appearing from the front, Little Stone screamed and laughed, then walked around him and continued to run.

A large and a small one were playing around, and a temple appeared in front of them.

"There is a house here in the big stone, we can stay here~" The little guy ran towards the gate after finishing speaking, very actively doing the work of staying overnight.

Looking at it from a distance, Monkey King felt that the temple was too desolate and quiet. When he saw him knocking on the door, he pushed the door open and immediately jumped to his side.

The moment the door fell down, the little guy patted his chest first, and then raised his head worriedly: "Big stone, what should I do if I broke the door?"

"You are not that capable, this door is broken." After finishing speaking, Monkey King picked him up and led him in directly.

The little guy said: "Master said, you can't enter other people's homes casually."

"This is a temple, not someone else's house." Sun Wukong said casually.

Not long after they entered the monastery, Tang Seng and the others also came over.

Zhu Bajie was expecting a place to eat, but when he entered the door, he saw that the monastery had been demolished, and he was a little disappointed.

"Goku."

Sun Wukong heard his master call him, he came out with the little guy in his arms and said, "Master, there is not a single monk in this temple, it's really strange."

Tang Seng also felt strange when he heard the words. After all, the scale of this temple is not small, so it is impossible for it to be so desolate.

At this moment, there were bursts of noise outside.

"It's thundering~" Xiao Shitou said in a childish voice.

Zhu Bajie shook his head and said, "It sounds like shouting."

"Wait for my grandson to take a look."

After Monkey King finished speaking, he flew out on the clouds, and soon found a group of monks in the wilderness pulling carts and doing coolies.

When he was wondering whether these monks were transporting bricks and tiles to build a temple, he saw two Taoist priests beating those monks with whips, and his curiosity was immediately aroused.

The next moment, he simply turned into a Taoist priest and went down to inquire about the news. Only then did he know that this place is called "Che Chi Country" and it is a place where Taoism is respected and monks are exterminated.

According to his inquiries from the two Taoist priests, he learned that the reason why Taoism and monks were worshiped here was because of a severe drought 20 years ago, and three immortal elders suddenly descended from the sky to pray for rain to relieve the disaster for them.

Those three immortal elders have now become the national teachers of the Che Chi Kingdom, and they are also the masters of these two Taoist priests. They are respectively named "Huli Immortal", "Luli Immortal", and "Yangli Immortal".

After Sun Wukong inquired about the news, for the sake of fellow monks, he rescued those monks doing coolies by the way.

When he took the monks back, Tang Seng and the others knew why Zhiyuan Temple was so desolate.

According to the group of monks, the reason why they had to do coolies was because of the severe drought that year, they did not ask for rain, so they were punished to do coolies for those Taoist priests.

Not only local monks like them, but also monks passing by will be arrested.There were originally more than 2000 monks, but because they could not bear the suffering, six or seven hundred died, and seven or eight hundred committed suicide. In the end, only 500 of them remained.

When Tang Seng heard what happened to them, he immediately said "Amitabha".

That night, they had a simple vegetarian meal in the monastery and rested separately.

On the second watch day, Monkey King was still asleep. He heard the faint sound of blowing and beating in the distance, so he couldn't help getting up and going out to check.

The voice turned out to be coming from the Sanqing Temple nearby, but it was the three state teachers of Che Chi Kingdom who were doing things for the king.

Sun Wukong watched the excitement outside, and suddenly his eyes fell on the pile of rich tributes on the altar.

Zhiyuan Temple had been defeated long ago, so naturally there was nothing good to eat, and the fasting meal at night was porridge that was as thin as water.

Sun Wukong thought that this good thing could not be enjoyed by himself alone, so he went back and called his two junior brothers.

Zhu Bajie was so sleepy that he simply called Drifting Monk first.

Drifting opened his eyes, he couldn't help wondering why he didn't sleep until midnight.

When Sun Wukong was telling him how many delicious things there are in the Sanqing Temple, Zhu Bajie woke up immediately: "Brother, you are not kind, why don't you call me if there are delicious things?"

"Keep your voice down!"

Sun Wukong heard him yelling and hurriedly reminded him, but it was a bit late.

"What's delicious?" Little Shitou sat up from the bed, rubbed his eyes and asked.

Sun Wukong didn't want to disturb his sleep at first, but planned to bring some food back for him, but now it's obviously impossible not to take him there.

To avoid waking up the master again, Monkey King took the little guy who was reaching for a hug into his arms and took him out first, not forgetting to take his red cape and wrap it around him.

"Where are we going to eat delicious food?"

Blown by the evening wind in spring, and thinking of delicious food, Xiao Shitou will be very awake, and he will not look like he woke up in the middle of the night at all.

"You'll know when it arrives."

After Sun Wukong finished speaking, he took him directly to Sanqing Temple, and Zhu Bajie and Zhu Bajie followed.

The stars are very bright tonight, and the sound of frogs and insects can be heard in the night.

It was the first time for Xiao Shitou to be brought outside so late without sleep, and now everything looks fresh.

Sanqing Temple is still doing things, the little guy was reminded by Monkey King not to make a sound, and he stretched out his hand to cover his mouth and watched quietly.

Zhu Bajie is impatient, seeing so many delicious food on the table, he can't wait to rush in.

Sun Wukong stopped the man, chanted the mantra, and blew a gust of wind into the hall.

The strong wind blew out all the incense candles in the hall, and everyone was a little unsteady.

The incense sticks were all extinguished, so there was no need to continue the ceremony, and the people inside left soon.

They walked on the front foot, and Monkey King came in with a few back feet.Seeing so many delicious foods on the table, Zhu Bajie grabbed a roasted fruit and wanted to eat it, but was interrupted by Monkey King's slap.

"This is from someone else, can we eat it?" Xiao Shitou probably still remembered what happened in Wuzhuang Temple back then, although he was also attracted by the delicious food on the table, he couldn't help but ask first.

"Little stones are more polite than you." Monkey King said to Zhu Bajie, then pointed to the statue above and said to the little guy, "Look at that old man, do you still recognize him?"

"It's grandpa~"

Taishang Laojun also gave the little guy a Nine-turn Resurrection Pill as a meeting gift last time, so he naturally remembered him.

Monkey King nodded and said: "These tributes are for them, but they won't be able to eat them in the sky, it's a waste, so let's eat them for them."

"Then who are they?" Xiaoshi asked, pointing to the other two statues beside him.

Zhu Bajie said: "In the middle is Yuanshi Tianzun, and next to him is Lingbao Taoist Lord."

After he finished speaking, Sun Wukong took the little guy to salute to the statue, and then changed into Yuanshi Tianzun in the middle and sat down.

"The big stone has grown a beard, it's so fun~" The little guy saw his change, clapped his little hands and laughed.

After Sun Wukong reminded him to keep his voice down, he urged the two juniors to change quickly so that they could sit down and eat with peace of mind.

"Why is it so troublesome?" Zhu Bajie muttered, he quickly got better and was ready to eat, but was stopped by Monkey King, motioning him to hide the statue first.

After the statue was hidden, Monkey King sat in the middle with the little guy in his arms, Drifting Monk and Zhu Bajie sat on both sides, and finally they could start eating.

The food on the table is very rich, including steamed buns, snacks, steamed crisps, roasted fruits, rice, and fresh fruits.

Zhu Bajie eats whatever he gets, but Sun Wukong prefers fresh fruit. While eating by himself, he peels a lychee from time to time and feeds it to the little guy in his arms.

Little Shitou ate the fruit he fed, and held the snack in his hand, eating it until his cheeks bulged.

"Little Shitou, come and eat a banana." Zhu Bajie finally slowed down after eating half full, and even knew how to pick up a banana for the little guy.

The little guy's hand was occupied by the dessert, so he opened his mouth and leaned over to eat it.

As he ate, he put it in his purse, thinking about taking it back for Tang Seng to eat.

Sun Wukong actually wanted to stop it, after all, if Master knew about this, he would have to talk about them again.It's just that seeing the little guy has deliberately picked a good belt, it's not easy to stop his intentions.

When they were about to eat, there was a sudden sound of footsteps outside.But it turned out that a Taoist priest heard the movement of Sanqing Hall and notified the three great immortals Hu Li, Lu Li and Yang Li to come over.

Sun Wukong gave a "shh" to the little guy and hid him behind him.

Although Xiao Shitou didn't know why, he still hid cooperatively and kept quiet.