As the sun set, Li Muchan just walked into the house.
The small courtyard is very quiet. The flowers in the east flower garden are blooming, exuding a lovely fragrance, which permeates the entire courtyard.
At this time, my father should be tending the flowers by the flower garden, but there was no one there today. He felt strange and asked loudly: "Is anyone home?"
"Uncle!" With a crisp voice, Zhao Yiyi hurried out of the kitchen with white flour on her hands and a little on her left cheek.
Zhao Yiyi came over, gently smoothed a strand of hair hanging from her temples, and smiled: "Li Jian's family is having a banquet, and my parents are going to help."
Li Muchan smiled and said, "Is there going to be a happy event in Xiaojian's family?"
"Yes, we have an engagement tomorrow." Zhao Yiyi smiled and nodded.
She was wearing green floral clothes and a snow-white apron. Coupled with her bright and flawless face, her whole persona was pure and elegant. In the dusk, she was even more charming.
Li Muchan often lamented and lamented that his eldest brother was born in blessings and did not know how to be blessed. He did not know how to cherish such a beautiful woman and quarreled every day.
He forced himself to move his eyes away from her, and said with a smile: "They won't come back for dinner, will they?"
"Yes." Zhao Yiyi nodded lightly and said with a smile: "Uncle, please go and rest for a while. I'll roll out the noodles and they'll be ready soon."
"Okay." Li Muchan nodded and smiled, then returned to his room.
He took off the long sword and brought it to his nose for a sniff. It seemed that there was still a faint smell of blood. He shook his head and smiled before placing it horizontally on the bedside.
He put on his clothes and lay down, resting his arms on his back and looking at the roof.
It was already dark, and there were dogs barking outside, as well as some adults shouting, calling their children to go home, mixed with the laughter of children.
There was no light in the room, and he lay in the darkness, feeling peaceful in his heart. The scene on the road just now seemed like a big dream, becoming more and more unreal.
Now that he thought about it, it was a little strange that he wiped his sword calmly and left without any discomfort. Could it be that he was a cold-blooded person?
Then he shook his head and smiled. He had deep concentration, but he was not cold-blooded. After living in this life, he became more gentle and calm. The reason was that he had practiced Buddhist concepts, including the concept of impurity and the concept of white bones.
Although the fire is not deep, it is already immune to the dead.
Besides, he knew what death was like, it wasn't that terrible, and he didn't feel guilty about killing someone, he just sent the other person somewhere else.
He thought again, this time it was the Twelve Plum Blossom Swordsmanship. It seemed that swordsmanship was the key to saving one's life. It required great effort to practice and become instinctive. Like today, he used it subconsciously without thinking.
I didn't expect that after practicing for an afternoon, I would have such a miraculous effect. Firstly, I am lucky, and secondly, I relax after being nervous, and the effect will be better later.
From this point of view, when practicing swordsmanship, you cannot just practice hard. You need to be relaxed and relaxed.
Thinking in the dark, one thought after another, as clear as a pearl.
The voice of sister-in-law Zhao Yiyi came from outside: "Uncle, the meal is ready, come out to eat."
"Here we come." Li Muchan responded, reached out and grabbed the sword on the bedside, stood up, left the bed and walked out.
When he opened the door and came out, the sword was already hanging on his waist.
From now on, the sword never leaves his body, and he has a vague consciousness of stepping into the world.
After coming out of the house, Zhao Yiyi was carrying two plates of dishes. She twisted her waist and came in. Her steps were light and silent, and her posture was light and elegant. Li Muchan's heart skipped a beat, and he stepped down and said with a smile: "What did sister-in-law do?"
Zhao Yiyi put down the plate and said while taking off her apron: "It's all what you like to eat, a plate of braised beef, a plate of fish fillets, and two side dishes."
"Okay, sister-in-law, thank you." Li Muchan said with a smile.
This fish fillet is not easy to make, it requires care and patience. Every time I make it, my mother complains about the trouble. It seems that my sister-in-law has a lot of work.
"Brother, you won't be back for a few days?" Li Muchan asked casually as they sat across from each other.
There were two oil lamps nodding in the room, the light was bright and soft, Zhao Yiyi's cheeks were white and rosy, and she was very pretty.
She was handing the chopsticks to Li Muchan. She paused when she heard this, frowned slightly with her delicate eyebrows, and nodded: "Well, I said I'm busy right now and I'll be back in a few days."
Li Muchan said: "Brother is really busy, and I can't see anyone else in the house."
"Yeah." Zhao Yiyi lowered her head and stopped talking.
The room suddenly became quiet, and Li Muchan sighed secretly. It seemed that his solution was unsuccessful, and the two of them were still having conflicts. This was not a good thing.
It is said that couples quarrel at the end of the bed and end up fighting at the end of the bed. These two are good friends and have been having a cold war. The eldest brother is a chauvinist and will not give in. The sister-in-law also has a temper. The two of them are frozen here and will not let anyone go.
Who, maybe the cold war has been going on for two months.
Li Muchan sighed secretly, they had never had sweet and peaceful days since they got married, and had been in a cold war, which was really worrying.
"Has sister-in-law been to Mei Mansion?" Li Muchan pretended not to see her expression, and asked casually while holding some vegetables.
Zhao Yiyi lowered his head and shook his head: "No."
Li Muchan said: "Then I will take my sister-in-law to see it tomorrow... Mei Mansion is very beautiful. There is a big lake in the center, and the scenery is extremely beautiful."
"...No need." Zhao Yiyi hesitated and shook her head.
Li Muchan looked at her and sighed: "...Okay."
He gave up after thinking about it, and his sister-in-law went. Depending on his temper, he might be angry and break out on the spot, and the two of them would have an even bigger fight.
Seeing that Zhao Yiyi was in a bad mood, he started telling a joke, and then told some interesting things about Tianshu Yuan, which made Zhao Yiyi giggle after a while.
It was not until midnight that Li Zhuzhu and Mrs. Qin came back. Li Zhuzhu smelled of alcohol, became chatty, and smiled broadly, as if he had become a different person.
He always has a straight face, is serious and taciturn. As long as he smiles, his family will know that he is drunk. Once he is drunk, the chatterbox will open up.
Normally, Mrs. Qin could still control him, but once he drank, Mrs. Qin's words would no longer work and she could only let him nag.
He kept nagging in the same old way, pulling Li Muchan to sit in front of him, and then kept blaming himself, beating his chest, saying that his family was too poor at the beginning, and he had a sudden thought and agreed to the old monk Faxing to let San'er become a monk.
, otherwise, San'er, you would also have a wife now.
He originally thought that it doesn't matter if he becomes a monk, San'er, you will return to the secular world when you reach your age, marry a wife and live forever, but he did not expect that the emperor suddenly issued a "forbidden order" last year, and monks can no longer return to the secular world!
Mrs. Qin was shaking her head at the side, Zhao Yiyi was serving tea and pouring water, pursed her lips and lowered her head and said nothing, while Li Muchan listened obediently to Li Zhuzhu's chatter, smiling bitterly.
After struggling for a while, Li Zhuzhu finally got tired. Li Muchan helped him back to the house and lay down. The family breathed a sigh of relief.
"Your father felt bad when he saw that Xiao Jian was getting married. He got high without drinking much." Mrs. Qin sighed and said, "You are not vulgar now, and it is a problem for him."
Li Muchan smiled bitterly and said: "It's good for me like this. I don't want to have any women. Dad is really..."
"What would happen without a woman!" Mrs. Qin shook her head and said, "A man always has to have a woman, otherwise, wouldn't his life be in vain?"
Li Muchan smiled, shook his head and said no more.
He had been married and divorced in his previous life. He really didn't have that much desire to marry and have children, but he just had a hint of regret.
He said: "Mom, I'm going to spend the night in the temple tonight."
"Well, go ahead and come back for dinner in the morning!" Ms. Qin nodded and said loudly, "Yiyi, get some dry food for San'er to take with you!"
"Hey." Zhao Yiyi agreed in the kitchen.
Mrs. Qin warned: "If you are hungry in the middle of the night, eat something to cushion your stomach. You are growing now. You cannot practice inedia like last time and go without eating for several days!"
"Okay, don't worry, mother!" Li Muchan nodded.
Zhao Yiyi squirmed and took out a bundle from the kitchen. Inside was a square box and handed it to Li Muchan.
Li Muchan took it, waved to the two of them, left the house, went up Mount Ai, and headed straight to the valley behind the temple.
The moonlight was like water, and his eyes were sharp and he could see clearly. He soon arrived at the hot spring and began to practice his sword skills.
After practicing for a while, I looked at the moon. It was almost midnight, so I sat cross-legged on a large square stone, entered meditation, and practiced the Observation of Heaven, Humans and Gods.
He fell into concentration so quickly that he didn't know the passage of time. He saw a clear lake in front of him, and a bright lotus on the lake, which seemed to be carved from white jade. It contained brilliance, and the brilliance flowed like water.