On the morning of the winter solstice, after Li Ye swept the snow in front of his house and practiced Fuhu Luohan Fist, he returned to the house to practice swordplay with bamboo leaves. Suddenly he discovered that he could carve eight figures smoothly.

Zhang Zhuye.

It was a little earlier than Mr. expected, and he was very happy that his efforts had finally yielded some results.

If you continue practicing at this speed, you won't have to wait until spring comes. You can carve scriptures on ten bamboo leaves. I believe the old monk at the Great Buddha Temple will be very happy when he finds out.

After he went to Tianshan Mountain, he did not seriously go to the hall to chant sutras every morning as he did at the Great Buddhist Temple. However, he wrote sutras all the time on the mountain. In fact, the entire sutra had been deeply engraved into his body.

Deep into the bone marrow.

He no longer needs to deliberately practice Buddhism, because Buddhism has been rooted in his soul, and every verse is circulating in his body endlessly.

The moment he carved the sutra on the stone wall or bamboo leaves, he was the sutra, and the sutra was him.

This is the state of unity between nature and man mentioned by Mr. and the great master monk. Only by being in a state of mind that is unrestrained and forgets both things and myself can we cultivate such a state.

This is the truth that Li Ye only understood during his endless troubled life.

Thinking that his husband wanted to eat porridge when he got up, he went out with a wooden bucket to get water. The water could not be left for a long time, otherwise it would freeze into ice.

After leaving the house, he went to the cave where the spring water flowed from the moso bamboo. The husband also got up and walked out of the cave. He looked at Li Ye who was collecting the water without saying a word, and walked into the house by himself.

My husband's eternal habit is to make a pot of tea first in the morning before thinking about what to have for breakfast.

When Li Ye carried the bucket into the house, he saw that the copper kettle that his husband had put on the stove had half a pot of water in it, just for washing tea and cups.

Li Ye added some water to the pot, looked at his husband and said, "Sir, I seemed to have finished carving eight leaves just now."

The gentleman was washing the cup. His hands shook slightly when he heard Li Ye speak, and he said, "It seems to have improved much faster than expected. I thought you would reach it in about half a month."

"Maybe it's because I've been practicing harder recently, and I finally gained some results." Li Ye replied to his husband while pouring the washed rice into the pot.

Stirring the rice in the pot, Li Ye said: "Sir, why don't you see Mu Mu and Mr. Bai today? Usually they are already up at this time. Did you see them when you came out?"

The master had made the tea and was pouring it into the cup. After listening to Li Ye's words, he remembered that he had not seen the two masters when he got up.

Then he replied: "They are not in the cave. Did Master Bai take Mumu to play in the mountains? It's really boring to stay on this small cliff every day. Otherwise, you can go for a walk outside, maybe

We can also hunt some wild animals back."

Li Ye thought about it. They had been eating dried meat for a long time and missed the taste of barbecue.

Mr. He nodded and said, "When they come back and have dinner, I will take Mumu for a walk. I will see if I can bring back a beast and roast it for dinner at night."

The gentleman was stunned, holding the tea cup and forgetting to put it into his mouth. He thought to himself that this disciple has never killed a living person, is it going to break his innocent state of mind today?

Li Ye didn't think too much. He thought that Mumu could drag the big snake back by himself at such a young age. He was much older than her and he was her brother. Naturally, he and his sister would find some delicious food to bring back.

I forgot that he was still a piece of white paper with a pure heart and no blood stained on it.

The gentleman did not answer him immediately. Instead, he held the tea cup and carefully put the warm tea into his mouth. He wanted to think carefully about whether he should let Li Ye feel the blood in this world now...

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The porridge cooked in the pot is steaming, and the faint aroma of rice and tea lingers in the room.

The curtain of the wooden house was lifted, and Mumu's head got in first, shouting: "It's so cold, brother, give Mumu a cup of hot tea."

Just after he finished speaking, someone came into the room. Li Ye felt his eyes turn red, and a branch of delicate red plum reflected in his eyes.

Mu Mu held a sprig of Tianshan snow plum in one hand and held Li Ye's hand in the other, clamoring for hot water.

Li Ye poured half of the tea he had not drunk into her, then added some hot water from the pot and mixed it together, carefully brought it to Mu Mu's mouth, and said softly: "Don't worry, be careful not to burn it."

Mu Mu didn't care about this. She felt that the water was warm enough not to burn her mouth, so she drank all the water in the cup in one gulp. She kept asking for more, and Li Ye poured all the tea in the cup to her.

The curtain was then opened, and Bai Susu came back, steaming from her body, holding a handful of plum blossoms in her hand. She handed it to Li Ye with a smile and said: "Find a bamboo tube that has drunk all the wine, put some water in it, and raise it."

If you keep it, you can drive it for a few more days."

Li Ye found a bamboo tube from the corner of the house, poured some water into it, inserted Mumu and Bai Susu's plum blossoms, and placed them on the edge of the stone table. Suddenly, the whole wooden house took on a different vitality.

After Mu Mu drank enough water, she lay down on the recliner, pulled the animal skin around herself, stretched out her little head, and talked to Li Ye. "Brother, the winter weather in Tianshan Mountain is so fun. Mu Mu will take you with me tomorrow.

Go. The colder the day is, the more fragrant the plum blossoms on Tianshan Mountain will bloom."

Mumu didn't know how to use words, so she could only describe the fragrance of plum blossoms.

Bai Susu glanced at Mu Mu and said, "You just know how to play, but don't you know the dangers on this mountain? If you accidentally fall down the mountain, what should you do?"

Mu Mu pouted and was a little unhappy, thinking about how to convince her master to let her go out to play with her brother.

The husband looked at the steaming pot and said, "The porridge is ready. Let's eat first. You have been running all morning and you are tired."

Li Ye nodded, took a few bowls, put them on the table, filled a bowl for Mumu first, blew the hot air carefully, and said to her: "This porridge is hot, don't drink it like water, drink it slowly.

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Mu Mu got up from the recliner obediently, sat next to Li Ye, and followed Li Ye's example, blowing gently into the bowl and sipping the porridge in shallow bites.

Seeing that Mu Mu was honest, the three of them drank the porridge from their bowls with confidence.

Seeing the three of them quietly drinking porridge, Mu Mu was a little uncomfortable. Halfway through her drink, she interrupted the master's rhythm and shouted: "Master, didn't you teach Mu Mu a technique to not roll down?"

From the mountain stream? You can teach this to your brother too, so that Mumu can play with him."

Bai Susu, who was drinking porridge, was stunned and looked at Mumu angrily. She didn't think that she was silent for a long time, but he was thinking about how to let her go out to play.

The husband was also stunned. He didn't expect that Mu Mu's little mind was thinking about this move.

Only Li Ye remained silent, quietly drinking porridge from his bowl. After practicing with his husband, he had become accustomed to not opening his mouth when eating.

Only Mu Mu opened his big eyes and looked at his master with a cute look. He said reluctantly: "Master, please teach me. Mu Mu is sure that he will learn it soon."

Looking at his disciple's appearance, Bai Susu sighed and said: "Drink up all the porridge in the bowl first, and then talk about this."

After saying that, he ignored Mumu's coquettishness and slowly drank his own porridge from the bowl.

The husband also looked at his bowl quietly until all the porridge in the bowl was gone, then handed the bowl to Li Ye.

Li Ye took the bowls that several people had finished drinking, poured some hot water from the pot into the pot, and carried it to the edge of the cave to wash the pots and bowls.

The gentleman added two pieces of charcoal to the stove, added some water to the copper kettle, and continued to boil. He only drank one cup of tea in the pot, and he had to continue drinking it, so he couldn't waste it.

The husband was thinking about what he had been worried about before, and asked Bai Susu to teach Li Ye not to break his mood so early. As for hunting, he could do it alone or ask Bai Susu to come with him.

With the decision made, Mr. No longer anxious, he looked at the fire in the stove and the water in the copper kettle with peace of mind.

Bai Susu took out a silk scarf to wipe Mu Mu's mouth and wiped her mouth. "Mu Mu, I've told you many times that you will be four years old soon. You must learn to eat without sticking to your mouth. If your mouth is dirty, you should do it yourself."

Wipe it off, who will wipe it for you when the master is not around?"

Mu Mu tilted her head, thought for a while, then looked at the master seriously and said: "Master, of course you will always be by Mu Mu's side. Even if you are not there occasionally, you still have your brother to help Mu Mu wipe."

Tong Yan Wuji, Bai Susu couldn't help but blush after hearing Mu Mu's words, and hugged Mu Mu in her arms to prevent her from seeing the tears that were about to fall.

The gentleman's hand holding the purple clay pot shook and he almost broke it on the table.

The world is unpredictable, who can always be by whose side? I don’t know if I can accompany Li Ye, let alone Bai Susu and Mu Mu who are about to face nine tribulations.

If Mu Mu knew that when she was four years old, she would be separated from her master who depended on each other for life. I don’t know how miserable it would be. Mr. Mu didn’t dare to think about it. Fortunately, Ye’er followed her, maybe he would be able to help her by then.

She shares some of the sorrow.

Mu Mu didn't know these things. She only said that her master felt sorry for her, and she couldn't stop even if she relied on Bai Susu.

When Li Ye finished washing and carried the bucket and pot into the house, his husband had already boiled some tea and poured it for him, gesturing for him to sit down and drink the tea.

Li Ye put down the pot and bucket, sat across from the husband, and picked up the cup in front of him. Although he mixed hot water to wash the dishes and pots, the snow water flowing out of the hole became more and more bitingly cold.

Bai Susu looked at Li Ye who was drinking tea quietly and took out two animal skins from his arms, placed them in front of Li Ye, and said softly: "This is the technique I taught Mu Mu.

The nice name is called "Opening Mountains and Breaking Plum Blossoms". The technique emphasizes that when fighting the enemy closely, one's own dexterity and movement combined with an instantaneous burst of strength will make the enemy unable to defend, thereby achieving the effect of defeating the enemy.

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"When I taught Mumu, I didn't teach her to fight with others, but she was really naughty and often fell down. I was afraid that I would accidentally fall down the mountain stream without taking good care of her, so I forced her to practice.

Now she wants you to take her to the mountains to play with this skill. Just give it a try. Whether you can learn it or not depends on your own understanding. I can only tell you a few things to pay attention to."

Li Ye gently unfolded the two yellowed animal skins on the table, and saw obscure words engraved on one, and unused hand gestures and footwork on the other. Hand gestures and footwork.

This was also the first time I saw Li Ye. He looked as obscure as the rhyme and looked awkward no matter how he looked at it.

Seeing Li Ye's focused look, the gentleman thought that he had finally found a way to tie him down temporarily.

"Today is the winter solstice. We won't eat dried meat at night. Master Bai and I will go to the mountains to kill wild beasts and come back to roast the meat. At night, you and Mu Mu stay at home to practice this new technique. If you don't understand, go first.

Let Mumu teach you." The gentleman made his decision and looked at Li Ye and Bai Susu and said.

Mu Mu was naturally the happiest. She had been eating dried meat for cooking these days and she was tired of it. She clapped her hands and said, "Okay, okay, sir and the master will definitely get some delicious meat back."

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Chapter completed!