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

After the matter in Lingshan, except for the fact that Xiaobailong couldn't leave because he had just jumped into the dragon pool and recovered his dragon body, Monkey King and his apprentice brought Xiaoshitou back to Datang.

"Great, I still want to buy candied haws!" Xiao Shitou clapped his hands while standing on the cloud.

Hearing his impatient tone, Monkey King smiled and accelerated the cloud speed.

The last time they came back, they were just learners of the scriptures, but this time they became Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. The attitudes of Taizong and the civil and military officials were more than a little awe.

Tang Seng devoted his heart to the Buddha, and when he came back, he also went to Yanta Temple to continue reading scriptures that he had not recited before.

Compared with his boring life, Xiaoshi's life is much more fulfilling.In the beginning, he just went shopping, and gradually the palace became a place he frequented.

Brother Sun Wukong has a more stable personality after he has achieved a positive result. He is not as energetic as the little guy. At the beginning, he was always with him, and slowly he began to learn to let go.For example, they knew that nothing would happen to him in the palace, so they followed him step by step.

Taizong liked the little guy very much, knowing that he was delicious and fun, he often ordered the imperial dining room to make a bunch of delicious food to coax him into the palace.

This day has not yet come to court, Little Shitou is already waiting outside the court hall, sitting on the steps with his little face in his hands.

The reason why he ran over so early was because Taizong said yesterday that he would treat him to a snack that he liked very much today.

"Why isn't it better?" The little guy looked up at the already bright sky, and then turned his head to look into the main hall. Seeing that the morning morning was not over yet, he couldn't help but sigh, "Oh..."

The guards not far away stood in their positions with serious expressions, but they couldn't help but glance at him from the corner of their eyes, with a faint smile in their eyes.

Xiao Shitou waited for a while, and couldn't help but stand up, and quietly ran to the entrance of the main hall, wanting to see when the inside would end.

"Who is looking outside?"

Taizong had noticed the small figure outside the hall a long time ago, and he finally opened his mouth when he saw him approaching the door, with a slight smile in his majestic tone.

"I just wanted to see if you were done."

Little Shitou was only poking his head by the door, but when he heard him find himself, he walked out from behind the door openly.

Not long after returning to Datang, the little guy's face has grown a little fatter, making him look more chubby and more pleasing.At this time, he showed a serious expression of "I don't want to disturb you", even the always serious Yushi didn't say anything because he interrupted the morning court.

Of course, it was also because the political affairs that should have been discussed had already been discussed.

"Do you still have something to play? Don't keep Xiao Shitou waiting." Taizong said with a smile.

After the ministers said that there was nothing to do, the early court came to an end.

"Little Shitou, do you want to play at my house?" Cheng Yaojin was the first to come out of the hall, and stretched out his hand to hug the little guy who was still standing at the door.

Xiao Shitou shook his head and said, "No, I still have things to do."

"What can you do?"

"Uncle said he wanted to treat me to a snack."

"Which uncle? Don't pay attention to him, my house also has delicious snacks, go to my house to eat the same."

"Zhijie, what do you think of me?"

As soon as Cheng Yaojin finished speaking, Taizong's voice came from behind him, and at the same time, the little guy in his arms stretched out his hand and said, "This is the uncle!"

In fact, a little guy at Taizong's age can call him grandpa, but he is well maintained, and he called Tang Seng Yudi, so the little guy called him uncle.

"No objection, no objection. I suddenly remembered something at home, so I will leave." Cheng Yaojin pushed the little guy in his arms forward, turned and left.

Xiao Shitou threw himself into Taizong's arms consciously, turned his face and said, "Why is he running away? I can go to his house to eat some snacks another day."

"The dim sum at his house can't compare to those made by the imperial chef."

Taizong didn't have any experience in holding children, so his posture was a little stiff, but the little guy was used to being hugged, and he automatically adjusted his comfortable posture in his arms. He found that holding such a soft little guy didn't feel bad. , they did not put people down.

When Xiao Shitou heard that the imperial chef was thinking of something serious, he raised his head and asked, "Then the dim sum imperial chef you mentioned yesterday is ready?"

"Of course." After Taizong finished speaking, he carried the little guy back to his bedroom on a dragon chariot.

The dim sum he mentioned yesterday was Babao Crisp, the full name is Shaolin Babao Crisp, which is made from Ganoderma lucidum, white fungus, Hericium erinaceus, black fungus, black fungus, Song mushroom, Poria cocos and shiitake mushroom.

As soon as Taizong sat down at the table with a small stone, a court lady immediately brought up the eight-treasure pastry that had just been made by the imperial dining room.

"It smells so good!"

As soon as Xiao Shitou smelled the fragrance, he felt that it must be delicious, and his eyes lit up slightly.

"Taste how it tastes."

They had cleaned their hands just now, Taizong said and personally took a piece of Babao crisp for him.

The little stone took it and broke it in half, gave him one half and said, "You eat too."

Taizong took it with a smile and looked at him while eating.

"This is really delicious!" The little guy couldn't help boasting as soon as he took a bite.

Eight Treasure Cake is Taizong's favorite snack, and the smile on his face grew stronger when he heard his words: "I didn't lie to you, did I?"

"Yeah!" Little Shitou couldn't care less about talking to him, and after nodding, he finished the dim sum in his hand and took the second piece from the plate.

The way the little guy eats is very contagious, and Taizong followed him to finish a plate of Babao Cake without knowing it.

One big and one small each finished the last piece in their hands, looked at the empty plate, looked at each other and laughed at the same time.

After snacks, they drank tea and ebony drink together.Xiao Shitou took a big gulp of the sweet and sour ebony drink with the bowl in his hand, opened his mouth and let out a "ha".

Taizong was amused by him: "It's not drinking."

The little guy ignored him, buried his head in a gulp and drank the ebony drink in one gulp, and then jumped off the chair.

"Want to run after eating?" Taizong raised his eyebrows slightly when he saw his movements.

Xiao Shitou was indeed about to leave, but when he heard his words, he asked back, "Then what else do you want?"

"Accompany me to practice calligraphy."

"Aren't you busy today?"

"Not busy." After Taizong finished speaking, he got up and motioned him to go to the study with him.

Youdao is soft-spoken, Xiao Shitou made sure that he was not busy, and took the initiative to hold his hand.

Taizong was originally just on a whim, but when he arrived at the study, he found that the little guy could learn everything quickly, so he suddenly became interested in becoming a teacher.

"I don't want to write anymore, I want to draw."

Little Shitou is used to doing whatever he wants with Tang Seng and his disciples. Whether it is reading or writing, they will only teach him when he is interested, so he is not patient enough to practice calligraphy.

"You are very talented. If you practice hard, you will become a master of calligraphy. Write two more."

"You write it yourself, I don't want to write it anymore." The little guy bowed his head and began to draw after he finished speaking, all of which were the delicacies that he ate in Datang recently.

Taizong had no choice but to teach him to paint instead.

The whole morning passed unknowingly, and Taizong didn't realize that it was almost noon until the people below asked if they wanted to prepare the little guy's lunch.

After all, Taizong was the emperor, so it would be nice to be able to take a break from his busy schedule, so he let the little guy have lunch here and didn't keep him.

Before Xiao Shitou left, he did not forget to bring back a box of Babao Cakes, obviously for Tang Seng and the others.

Originally, Taizong specially prepared a special mansion for Tang Seng and his disciples, but Tang Seng didn't want to be so troublesome, so he still lived in Hongfu Temple after returning.

Xiao Shitou returned to the temple in a carriage, and immediately came to Tang Seng and the others with a food box offering treasures.

Tang Seng went to Yanta Temple to chant sutras as usual in the morning, and he had just returned.He saw the little guy running over and said with a smile, "Going to play in the palace again?"

"Yes, I brought you some snacks. It's Babao Cake. It's delicious!"

When Zhu Bajie heard that there was something delicious, he immediately reached out to take the food box.Sun Wukong didn't like to eat as much as he did, so the little guy took the eight-treasure crisps to him before he caught them.

Compared with when they were either preparing to hurry or on the way to learn the Buddhist scriptures, the picture of them sitting at the table eating snacks and drinking tea at this time is indescribably leisurely.

Xiao Shitou ate a piece of eight-treasure cake with them, then raised his head and asked, "Master, aren't you going to read scriptures this afternoon?"

Tang Seng shook his head slightly to express his refusal to go.

"Great, then we can go shopping together!" the little guy excitedly said.

Tang Seng was not very interested in shopping, but he didn't want to spoil his interest, so he agreed to accompany him later.

It's a pity that the weather is not good, they hadn't finished their snacks when it suddenly started to rain outside. It was still light rain at first, but it gradually became heavier as it fell.

"Dragon King, why is it raining at this time?" Xiao Shitou's cheeks puffed up slightly when he heard the sound of rain outside.

Sun Wukong laughed and said, "It's not up to him to decide when it will rain. If you want to blame it, blame the Jade Emperor."

Xiao Shitou just said it casually, but he didn't really want to blame anyone.

"Master, it's okay. We can wait for the rain to stop before going out to play. I'll buy you candied haws."

Tang Seng didn't expect him to coax himself instead, and a smile appeared on his face.

"it is good."

"Just buy it for Master?" Zhu Bajie asked.

"Buy it for the second senior brother too!" After Xiao Shitou finished speaking, he moved the small bench and sat at the door, waiting for the rain to stop.

He was quite energetic at first, and even got up and stood under the eaves to catch the rain and play for a while.However, after sitting back on the small bench, the little guy gradually began to feel sleepy listening to the sound of rain.

Sun Wukong was originally sitting on the couch, when he saw his little head start to tickle, he immediately got up and picked him up.

"I'll buy candied haws for Dashi when I go out to play later, and I'll buy two..."

Little Shitou was carried into his arms and still thinking about going out to play, but unfortunately he closed his eyes and fell asleep before he finished speaking.

When the rain stopped, a certain little guy was already sleeping soundly on the couch.

Rainy days are indeed a bit hypnotic, Zhu Bajie is fine at first, seeing him sleeping, he simply finds a place to lie down too.

After a while, apart from Tang Seng who was still quietly flipping through the scriptures, Drifting Monk and Monkey King also went to rest.

When the sun started to set, Sun Wukong and the others woke up early, only the little stone was still lying on the couch.

Now there is no need to rush on the road, and the little guy has nothing to do, so no one wakes him up at all.It wasn't until the sky darkened that he got up from the bed by himself, and after rubbing his eyes, he realized that it was almost dark.

It was getting late, and the ground was still wet after it had rained before, so it was naturally not suitable for going out to play.

Xiao Shitou pursed his lips a little unhappy when he found that they didn't tell him to get up.

"Okay, it's the same when we go out to play tomorrow." Sun Wukong originally wanted to pretend that he didn't notice, but when he saw that his little hands were starting to hug his chest, he still couldn't help coaxing.

"I promised you that you didn't even buy the candied haws..."

"It's okay, I just don't want to eat today, I want to eat tomorrow." Zhu Bajie coaxed.

The little guy's emotions come and go quickly, and he regains his energy when it's time to eat.

The vegetarian food in Hongfu Temple is good, and Taizong also specially sent a few imperial cooks over, so the daily vegetarian food is a kind of enjoyment.

"This bamboo shoot is really delicious."

As Xiao Shitou said, he ate a big mouthful, until his cheeks bulged.

When learning the scriptures, Tang Seng and his disciples would let the little guy eat first even if he was not full, but it is probably because the road consumes a lot, and it is not easy for him to gain weight.Now in Datang, he eats, drinks, and has fun, and he has gained a lot of weight in a short time. At this time, his white and tender cheeks are slightly bulging, and he looks like a little bun.

Monkey King is not hungry, and after taking two casual bites with him, he started helping the little guy with food.

After dinner, Little Stone stood at the table and wanted to tell them a story.

The reason why he changed from liking to listening to stories to liking to tell stories was probably because he saw the storytellers in teahouses who were affected when he was shopping, so he imitated them.

Tang Seng and the others were very supportive, sitting at the table with a smile and listening carefully, and Zhu Bajie would say hello from time to time.

The next day was a fine day, and in the afternoon Tang Seng and his disciples went shopping with small stones.

The people in Chang'an City are used to seeing Brother Sun Wukong take the little guy out to play, and they are not as excited as they were in the first few times.But seeing Tang Seng coming out together today, he subconsciously took a few more glances, and some Buddhist believers saluted him.

After Tang Seng returned the salute, he saw Xiaoshitou enthusiastically greeting people on the street, sometimes calling him uncle, sometimes calling him grandpa, he even knew the proprietress of the rouge shop, and sweetly calling them sister.

"Little Stone, do you want to try the candied fruit I just bought?"

"Thank you sister, the candied fruit you bought is delicious!"

"Little golden boy, come over and eat a mustard pancake, it's delicious just out of the oven."

"I just want one~"

Many people in Chang'an City called him "Little Golden Boy". At first, the little guy explained that he didn't call him that, but later he got used to it, and when others called him, he knew it was him.

The people on the street like to feed the little ones very much, but the little stones are only accepted by some inexperienced for the first time, and they will consciously give money later.

At this moment, he took a cake from the cake stall, and immediately took out the money from his pocket and put it on the stall.

"Hey, what's the money for a cake?"

"I have money!"

Xiao Shitou is really not short of money, not only the private money he saved on Xitian Road, but Taizong insisted on returning to him double the personnel he gave to Anuo and Jiaye when he came back from learning scriptures.

"That's not necessary, it's just a cake, I invite you to eat." The stall owner who sold Hubing said with a smile.

After he finished speaking, a young man in the alley next to him came over and said, "Since you are so generous, boss, give me one too."

"No! If the boss sends them all, he won't make any money. How can he make cakes if he doesn't have money?"

Before the stall owner could speak, Xiao Shitou frowned and said to the young man.

"A person of this age is not as sensible as a child."

"That's right, the boss is willing to give the little golden boy, but he doesn't say he's willing to give him too."

"Really..."

Hearing the accusations from the people around him, the little gangster lowered his head and recognized that the child in front of him was the recently famous "Little Golden Boy" in Chang'an City, and quickly turned around and ran back to the alley.

After the episode, Xiao Shitou, who had given the money, turned to share the pancakes with Sun Wukong and the others.

"Little Golden Boy, do you want to eat candied haws today?"

As soon as the Hubing was finished, there was another offer to sell candied haws. Xiaoshi immediately took out money from his purse and ran over to buy it.

"I want six!"

"Okay, then I'll give you another one and pick the big one for you."

He picked the candied haws for him, and he took the candied haws and gave them to Tang Seng and the others first.

"Little Golden Boy is really good, and he even knows how to buy candied haws for his family."

"Our family eats candied haws and won't even take a bite..."

The people nearby were already paying attention to him, and they couldn't help but boast when they saw this scene, they only hated that this was not their own child.

"Why does senior brother have two?" After Zhu Bajie finished speaking, he leaned in front of Monkey King and said, "You don't like to eat anyway, senior brother, why don't you give it to me."

The little guy gave it, but Monkey King would not give it away even if he didn't like food that much, so he ignored him at all.

Little Shitou wasn't partial, but he remembered that he said yesterday that he would buy two for him.

"Second senior brother here!" The little guy still had two strings left in his hand, he immediately gave him another string when he heard Zhu Bajie's words, and held up the remaining string to ask Tang Seng and Drifting if he wanted more.

They are not Zhu Bajie, so naturally they won't want it.

"Little golden boy, is the candied haws delicious?"

Xiao Shitou held up the candied haws he had just eaten and said, "It's delicious, do you want to try it?"

"No, no, I'll treat you to a piece of fruit. You don't need money to pick it from your own tree."

Tang Seng held the candied haws and didn't eat them. He watched the little guy talk to everyone all the way, and couldn't help showing a smile on his face.

When he was looking at the little guy, he suddenly noticed from the corner of his eye that an old man sitting in front of the stall was lying on the ground, and immediately turned around to help him.

Xiao Shitou followed after he found out, and asked concerned: "Grandpa, are you alright?"

The old man waited for a while before waving his hands and said, "Thank you, I'm fine, I'm fine."

In front of him was a small stall for making clay figurines. As soon as he was helped to sit, he reached out to grab the half-made clay figurines.

Seeing that his hands were shaking, Xiaoshi frowned and said, "Grandpa, what's wrong with you?"

"It's okay, I've got an old problem, just wait for a while." It's not the first time the old man has done this. Kneading clay figurines is a handicraft. He was afraid that he would not be able to knead clay figurines if he continued like this, so he wanted to save more coffin books while he could still knead. .

Seeing that his hands were still shaking, the little guy handed the unfinished candied haws to Monkey King and said, "Grandpa, I can make clay figurines. Let me help you."

"Then thank you, little golden boy." The old man likes children, especially a child like him who is white, tender and well-behaved.

He thought the little guy wanted to make a clay figurine to play with, and thinking that there was no business left and right, he handed over the unfinished clay figurine with shaking hands.

Zhu Bajie had already finished eating candied haws. Seeing the little guy squatting in front of the stall to help others make clay figurines, he borrowed a small bench for him to sit on.

People in the nearby shops saw them staying here, and offered to give out chairs. Tang Seng took the chairs and sat down after thanking them.

Little Stone's craftsmanship may not be as good as that of an old man who has made clay figurines all his life, but he has a wealth of experience in playing with clay and has learned to paint, so he can really make clay figurines decently.

Looking at him, the old man couldn't help but feel relaxed. Although his hands were still trembling a little, he didn't feel so uncomfortable anymore, so he simply instructed him how to pinch.

Under his guidance, Xiaoshi completed the semi-finished clay figurine, and imitated the surrounding businessmen and yelled: "Come and see, freshly made clay figurine~"

"You think you're selling buns? They're still fresh." Zhu Bajie couldn't help joking when he heard his yelling.

The people nearby had noticed him running over to help make the clay figurines, and before he finished speaking, some people actively stepped forward and said they wanted to buy it.

So in a short time, a group of people surrounded the clay figurine stall, wanting to buy the clay figurines made by the little guy.

Sun Wukong saw that he was so busy that he didn't even lift his head, so he simply brought candied haws to his mouth.

Little Shitou took a bite off a candied haws, ate it with puffed cheeks and made a clay figurine carefully. His small appearance was very attractive.If it weren't for Monkey King and the others guarding the side, the customers who surrounded him would have long since wanted to pinch his little face.

"Little golden boy, I don't want a clay figurine, just pinch a candied haws for me."

Customers knew that he was making clay figurines for stall owners who were not feeling well, and many of them specially picked some easy ones for him to make.

When the sun went down, the clay on the stall was almost used up, and the little stone clapped his hands and said: "No more, you can buy it tomorrow, the clay figurines made by grandpa are better than mine!"

The customers who were still around the stall immediately praised him for a good pinch, coaxing him until his eyes rolled up with laughter.

Because of the popularity of the little guy, the old man's clay figurine stall made money in one afternoon that would normally take more than half a month.

The old man thought it was his hard earned money, and he wanted to give him the money, but of course he didn't want the little stone, and even secretly hid a piece of silver in the remaining mud.

When he pulled Sun Wukong to leave quickly, the old man got up and chased after two steps, and couldn't help but raised his hand to wipe his eyes.

Under the setting sun, Xiao Shitou led Monkey King in one hand and Tang Seng in the other, and walked bouncingly among them.

"Master, next time I'll take you out to play, treat you to a sugar man~"

"What are you waiting for next time, there is a sale ahead, you give me the money and I will buy it." Zhu Bajie said.

When Sun Wukong sent him an emoji of "You are also embarrassed", the little guy had already paid him.

"Bajie, just buy two, I'm going back to eat soon." Tang Seng reminded.

After a while, Zhu Bajie and the little guy returned to Hongfu Temple with a candy figurine each.

In the days that followed, the already popular little stone became even more sought-after, and ministers of civil and military affairs such as Cheng Yaojin and Fang Xuanling rushed to invite him to play at their homes.

The reason why they are like this is that Taizong couldn't help showing off in front of his courtiers after the early court, saying that he met a good student, and boasting how talented the little guy is.

When the civil and military ministers heard what he said, they couldn't help but ran to find the little guy, and found that he was better than Taizong's boast, and they all loved talents.

Xiao Shitou didn't come into contact with many things on the way to learn scriptures, and he had only just learned to write and draw, so he was quite interested in teaching him how to play chess, read, and archery.