Guan Dashi recognized him and hurriedly bowed his hands and said, "This is my nephew's blessing! I just came in a hurry and didn't have time to prepare the thank you ceremony. I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"
Master Changyuan waved his hand and said with a smile: "Thank you for being so courteous to the donor. People who practice Taoism should not worry about these things! If you really cultivate to the Tao, you can eat everything from wind to mist and jade dew." Then he turned to Yang Chaoxi and said, "I don't know, little one
Can you tell me your friend’s surname?”
Guan Dashi hurriedly stretched out his hand, patted Yang Zhaoxi on the back, and secretly said: "Hurry up and call Master!"
Yang Chaoxi was somewhat clever. He knelt down and knocked on the ground with his head: "Master above! Disciple below. Thank you for accepting me. My surname is Yang and my first name is Chaoxi, so my mother calls me Xi'er."
"Day and night, day and night, I will listen to the Tao in the morning and die in the evening! It is quite in line with my nature as a Taoist. It is indeed a good name!" Master Changyuan helped him up, stroked his beard and said with a smile, "My real name is Li Changyuan
, the title of 'Zhenren' is praised by Taoist friends. However, we who uphold the Tao and uprightness, and love the good and the people must not be sidelined by these false names. From now on, you can only respect me as your teacher. This title is not allowed.
of."
"Disciple, I've written it down." Although Yang Chaoxi didn't understand most of it, he understood the last sentence and replied respectfully.
At this time, the Taoist boy who had just retired brought another Taoist over, and Gongsun Zhenren introduced him with a smile: "This is my son Chengxu. From now on, he will be the tutor of the other three children." This Chengxuzi.
He looked to be about thirty years old, and he was dressed in Taoist attire, but there was nothing outstanding about him. After first paying homage to Zhenren Gongsun, he then made a welcoming ceremony to Guan Dashi and others. Guan Hu'er, Niu Pang'er, Sun
Hu Nian followed Yang Chaoxi's example and knelt down, kowtowed and saluted.
Guan Dashi and Niu Chong saw that the four children had all given their accounts, so they said goodbye to Gongsun Zhenren and others, and turned around to go down the mountain. Only four children were left, staring at them as they left, even though they were reluctant to leave, but
In this unfamiliar courtyard, I tried not to cry.
When Taoist Gongsun saw that the matter had been arranged, he asked the Taoist boy to take the four children to stay and arrange for meals, bathing, Taoist robes and other matters. The four people followed the Taoist boy into a room on the west side. The interior furnishings were quite simple.
There were two larger wooden beds, two quilts and four pillows. There was a large wooden basin on the ground with four pieces of linen cloth on the edge of the basin. There was a wooden comb in the basin. At this time, the boy changed his mind.
He looked polite and said happily: "My name is Huang Shuo, and I am only eleven years old this year. Where do you all come from?"
Guan Huer, usually the "leader" of these four people, stood up and said: "My name is Guan Huer, this is Yang Zhaoxi, Niu Pang'er, and Sun Hunian, they are all my good brothers. We have been together since
I came over from Yangliu Villa over there. I wonder where the little Taoist priest will stay at night? We would like to go over and listen to you tell stories tonight." As soon as Guan Huer said this, the other three nodded excitedly, having already put aside their previous separation worries.
Besu threw it aside.
The Taoist boy named Huang Shuo smiled and shook his head: "You can't call me 'an' in the temple. Master doesn't speak Taoist language. You can just call me senior brother. This is the first thing. You must change it. Second
The second thing is that you can sleep at night, read scriptures, sit quietly and practice Qi, etc., but you are not allowed to gather in groups and make noise. This rule was set by Gongsun Zhenren!" When the four people heard this, they were disappointed and exaggeratedly said "Ahem——"
After making a sound, Huang Shuo said again, "The third thing is simple. I will bring you the Taoist robes later and you will all change into them. From now on, you should wash up every morning, fold the bedding on the bed, and put away the pillows; and clean the room every day after meals at noon."
, then go back to the living room to rest in the evening..."
Yang Zhaoxi thought of a key point, so she interjected: "How many meals do you eat a day?" The other three people also looked over, obviously very concerned about this.
Huang Shuo laughed dumbly and corrected his expression: "Taoist emphasis on health preservation, only two meals a day. The master often said that eating more will accumulate more grain energy, which will be detrimental to health... However, you can eat more at noon.
!" All four people gave him thumbs up to express their admiration. Huang Shuo thought about it again, as if he remembered something again, "You just arrived today, and you don't have any homework scheduled for the afternoon. You can rest now. I'll let you know in the evening.
Brother Dianzao Zhu, please boil more hot water. Remember to pick it up and take a good bath at night." After saying that, Huang Shuo said goodbye to the four of them and went to do other things.
After a while, someone indeed sent four pairs of Taoist robes. It was a senior brother named Jiang Feng. The four of them bowed and thanked the senior brother, then sent the brother away, and then separated the four pairs of Taoist robes: undershirt, linen hakama, socks, and coat.
Trousers, green hats, Taoist boots, belts, wooden hairpins...etc., everything is available from the inside out. Niu Pang'er sighed: "Good boy! I...my father has never worn such good clothes.
It’s not bad to be a Taoist priest!”
Sun Hunian was usually very sharp-tongued, but now he sarcastically said: "It's good to be a Taoist priest! Then you don't have to marry Lin'er, and from now on you will be an old widower who has attained Taoism!" After hearing this, Yang Chaoxi burst into laughter and laughed.
After a while, I felt something was wrong again, so I covered my mouth and continued laughing.
Niu Pang'er choked at his words and flushed: "Stop talking nonsense! I...I...when did I say that I wanted to marry Lin'er's sister?" Sun Hunian only gave him a grimace, Niu Pang'er said.
The son rushed forward to tear his mouth apart.
Guan Huer stopped laughing, fearing that the two of them would be annoyed by the fight, he hurriedly stepped forward and separated, pretending to be serious: "A gentleman talks but doesn't do anything! How can it be so easy to marry Lin'er? You still have to look at me... look at me
It’s up to my brother whether he agrees or not!” Then he stopped Niu Pang’er who was about to rush forward, “Niu Pang’er, if what Sun Hunian said is false, you won’t be troubled. If it’s about the central matter, wouldn’t you...
Should you listen to what I, the 'uncle', say?"
Hearing this sentence, Yang Zhaoxi laughed "hahahaha" at the side. He couldn't even straighten his waist. He thought to himself: Guan Huer, you kid, you are not trying to stop the fight. You are clearly adding fuel to the fire!
Sure enough, Niu Pang'er became angry and threw Guan Hu'er away, trying to get up to him with all his strength. Seeing that something was wrong, Yang Zhaoxi also ran over to stop him. It took a lot of effort for the two of them to push Niu Pang'er down.
On the bed, Guan Hu'er didn't forget to sigh: What a beast~
Sun Hunian laughed for a long time, and then stood up when he was tired from laughing. He saw the other three lying on their backs on a bed, panting. Sun Hunian took a step forward and cupped his hands: "Brother Pang'er! Brother Pang'er!
It's nonsense, please don't blame me!" After hearing this, Niu Pang'er turned his head and deliberately ignored it.
Guan Hu'er was also on the side and said to Xi Ni: "Men, don't worry about this trivial matter! In the worst case, I will go back and tell my father, and Lin'er will give you a family. But your father must prepare three matchmakers and six betrothals..."
"Really?" Niu Pang'er suddenly became serious, his eyes shining.
"Fake! I'm teasing you..." Guan Hu'er replied with a smile. Niu Pang'er turned over and pressed on Guan Hu'er again... The four of them joked for a while.
In the evening, the four of them went to the kitchen together. They asked for a wooden bucket from a Dianzao brother named Zhu Jieran, carried the hot water into their room, and poured it into the big wooden basin. The four boys also
Without any shame, they each took off their clothes and scrubbed each other in the wooden basin. After washing, they couldn't wait to put on the new robes one by one, and looked at each other, but they were all full of energy.
, four naughty little Taoists who are radiant and lively!
When they were about to go to bed, the four of them started arguing again. Originally, Guan Huer and Yang Zhaoxi had agreed to sleep on one bed, while Niu Pang'er and Sun Hunian slept on the other. Because of the quarrel in the afternoon, Niu Pang'er and Sun Hunian
The two disliked each other and refused to sleep together. In desperation, Yang Zhaoxi suggested using a guessing game to decide how to allocate the sleeping places. In the end, Guan Huer and Sun Hu Nian slept together, and Yang Zhaoxi and Niu Pang slept together.
It is no longer controversial to share a bed with a son.
The four of them rested together and fell asleep, but because they had just arrived in the new environment, they lay down for a long time and felt no sleepiness. Guan Huer then remembered the proposal he had made with Senior Brother Huang Shuo again, and asked the four of them to take turns telling stories.
Until everyone fell asleep. Because he was the initiator, Guan Huer cleared his throat and told the story of "Sword Like Water" that Luo Junye told that day at home, adding details and vividly...
One story after another, like beating a drum to spread flowers, goes on, some are long and some are short, some are good and some are bad, but only the "Sword Like Water" told by Hu'er is the most exciting. The four children are all daily martial arts practitioners, and they are familiar with all kinds of magical weapons.
The rumors of the sharp weapon naturally attracted more attention. The subsequent discussion was about whether the "Rushui Sword" was real, where it was buried in Luoyang, and how to dig it out... While chatting, Niuchong felt sleepy first, and shouted
He fell asleep, followed by Sun Hunian, Guan Huer... In the end, only Yang Chaoxi was left with his eyes wide open, looking at the dim night outside the small window, thinking about the "Sword Like Water", and fell in unconsciously.