Chapter One Hundred and Seventy-Seventh The Great Gift from the Master to Jinger
I thought that after breakfast, my uncle and grandpa would go door to door together to pay New Year greetings to the residents in the village.
I remember that every year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, the village chief of Lijia Village would walk around the village, say auspicious words to every household, and take out candies and preserves from his pockets when meeting children.
After dinner, my uncle, grandpa and others just asked Chujiu to set up a long table at the door of the house, and then put teacups and teapots on them. They drank tea and chatted around the long table.
When I was wondering what kind of custom this was, I heard a burst of chatter and laughter from afar. Without even thinking about it, I knew it was Mi Li, Lan Xi and the others.
Mi Li, Lan Xi and others were still wearing the new clothes and sneakers they bought on the ninth day of the Lunar New Year. The cobblestone path, combined with the picturesque landscape, naturally formed a beautiful scenery.
When they walked to the uncle's door, with Mi Li at the head and Lan Xi at the end, the eight of them stood in a row. With smiles on their faces, they spoke a series of words to the uncle in dialect.
The uncle smiled and nodded, loudly replied with an unintelligible word in dialect, then stood up and handed out red envelopes to Mi Li and others.
Then Grandma Jian Shu and Master Chi Ming also smiled and distributed red envelopes to everyone.
In front of their uncle and others, several people opened the red envelope and took out the lucky money inside. They raised the red envelope above their heads with one hand, shook it towards the sky, and then respectfully put the empty red envelope back on the table with both hands.
They opened the red envelope given by their grandfather and saw the face value of fifty yuan inside. Everyone showed joy on their faces. When the empty red envelope was placed on the table, they said a blessing loudly.
The uncle stared at the grandfather coldly, looking dissatisfied. The grandfather spread his hands with a smirk on his face, making a helpless expression.
"Don't look at me. The red envelope was faked by Qin Feng. I didn't know there was so much money in it. I'm really sorry for stealing your limelight."
Although grandpa said this, he could not hide his proud look. Master Vidyadhara muttered in a low voice that this old man could not change his annoying face.
Grandpa replied casually, wait until you find the successor and then compare with me. Hey, my grandson is too good, there is nothing he can do about it.
Master Vidyadhara snorted angrily and glared at me fiercely. I said to him with my mouth: "Three thousand yuan." Master Vidyadhara immediately smiled and said with a smile.
No matter how little brother Qin Feng looks at him, he is pleasing to the eye.
"You call me grandson and little brother, why are you calling me? I didn't prepare a red envelope for you."
As soon as Grandpa had finished his addiction, Master Vidyadhara punched Grandpa fiercely, with a fist as big as a casserole, and pushed Grandpa from his seat to the ground.
"Amitabha, the old monk has confused his state of mind and has committed a sin."
Master Vidyadhara saw his grandfather falling to the ground and recited a Buddha's name. There was no sinful expression on his face, and he looked completely proud.
This scene stunned Chujiu and I. After Grandma Jian Shu pursed her lips and smiled for a long time, she told me that despite the fierce bickering between these two people, when we go out to do errands, Master Vidyadhara will always stand in front of your grandfather.
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My uncle ignored the fight between his grandfather and Master Vidyadhara from beginning to end. When he got up from the ground and wiped the dust off his clothes, the smile appeared on the corner of my grandfather's mouth. Then I realized that the friendship between them could no longer be broken up.
Lanxi came over and took Chujiu and I's arms, urging us to leave quickly, otherwise we wouldn't be able to arrive before noon.
"Set off?"
"It's time to climb the mountain. On New Year's Day, we are going to climb the highest mountain. It means that everything will go well in the coming year. That's the mountain."
Mi Li pointed at the mountain behind her uncle's house. It turned out that there was a path going up the mountain behind the house.
I thought that my grandfather and uncle would also go together to seek good luck. Chujiu told me that after receiving the younger generation, my uncle and the others would go to pay New Year greetings to the older people later.
Girls in the mountains are indeed expert climbers. The journey lasted more than two hours without stopping. After reaching the top of the mountain, I sat on a stone slab and secretly rubbed my swollen calves.
Looking around, the majestic and towering mountain peaks are coated with a layer of warm gold by the scorching winter sun, making them even more steep and spectacular!
The beam of light from the scorching sun is soft and warm, like a transparent golden gauze, gently covering the tall branches in the mountains, and all the branches and leaves are coated with a layer of light gold by the warm sun.
I don't know who started a song, and a sweet and crisp voice began to echo in the valley opposite. Then several girls started singing with a smile.
The beautiful singing voices contain infinite power. The rotating beats and twinkling notes all bloom in an instant.
The song was like a bonfire on the long street last night, passionately expressing infinite power. The voice was like an oriole, melodious and singing with joyful light. The song was the release of the girls' youth, and the air was filled with a touch of hope.
I was deeply affected by the singing, and couldn't help but wave my hands to beat the beat. Although I couldn't understand the words, my whole body was filled with enthusiasm, as if I was intoxicated in a sea of joy.
When I returned to the house, the sun was about to set and the table was already filled with dishes.
Chujiu laughed and rolled up his sleeves and jumped onto the bamboo chair in front of the table. His uncle smiled angrily and tapped Chujiu on the forehead.
As soon as I sat next to Chujiu, ripples seemed to appear in the air around me. My uncle suddenly put down the chopsticks in his hand, took out a piece of talisman paper from the cloth bag on his waist and held it in his hand. The Vidyadhara Master's eyes widened.
He stared at me as if he was facing a formidable enemy.
"Brother, brother, Jinger is here."
A cheerful sound like a bell rang, and a playful and lively figure appeared behind Chujiu and I. It was Jing'er who we hadn't seen for a few days.
In the incredible eyes of my uncle and Master Vidyadhara, Jing'er was like an octopus, hanging on Chujiu and I, holding our necks tightly with both hands.
"Brother, I miss you. Someone is bullying Jing'er, woo woo woo."
Jing'er ignored the other people around her, or she thought that ordinary people couldn't see her. In short, she spoke a series of words without stopping.
"Brother, where is this place? It's so beautiful! Brother, what happened while I was away? Why is there the smell of ghosts around? Have many ghosts been here?"
Jing'er looked around and asked doubtfully, saying that if there were ghosts bullying her brother, she would beat them all away.
"Ahem! Who is this little girl?"
My uncle suddenly spoke, and Jing'er screamed and jumped behind me and Chujiu, blinking at the people in front of her. It was only then that she realized that the people in front of her were very human.
On Chujiu, I told my uncle and grandpa exactly what happened to the passers-by, and then I introduced Jing'er to everyone.
After listening to my introduction, Jing'er happily jumped to her grandfather and uncle, took her grandfather's arm, shook her head coquettishly, and said hello to her uncle and the others.
The grandfather showed a smile on his face and said happily that the girl is really smart, just like the children from Lijia Village, he casually touched Jing'er's head out of habit. When he put his hand on Jing'er's head, he suddenly froze.
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The uncle's eyes also showed surprise. After he and his grandfather looked at each other, they got up and ran up the stairs to the second floor.
"Ah! What happened to the two grandpas? Did Jing'er scare them?"
Jing'er froze on the spot with her eyes wide open, staring at the stairs with a look of grievance in her eyes, as if she was about to cry at any moment.
At this time, there was an urgent sound on the stairs. Grandpa and uncle came back. The uncle held a porcelain vase in his hand.
Without saying a word, the uncle put the porcelain bottle in Jing'er's hand.
Jing'er looked at her uncle in confusion and opened the lid of the porcelain bottle. After just one glance, Jing'er capped the porcelain bottle and threw herself into her uncle's arms. She hugged him and started to shed tears.
"Grandpa, you are so kind to Jing'er. Just now Master Niu and Master Ma told me to practice well and not run around. Without the help of heavenly materials and earthly treasures, it would take me hundreds of years to become a Yinsi. Unexpectedly, there was no
Thinking about it, woo woo woo.”
Jing'er hugged her uncle and her body began to shake as she cried. We all could see that Jing'er was crying with joy.
"Grandpa, what did uncle give Jing'er? Jing'er is so excited?"
Grandpa looked at everything in front of him, sighed slightly, shook his head, and said with a smile:
"That's it! That's it! Thanks to our research for so many years, it turns out that the master has already planned it."
"Grandpa, what was planned a long time ago? What on earth are you talking about? What did uncle give Jing'er?"
Hearing my grandfather talking to himself, I became even more confused and asked him again.
Grandpa waved his hand to me and told me to wait a moment. He looked at his uncle with a complex expression. He saw that his uncle was also in a daze. He let Jing'er hold him and cry for a long time before he realized what he was doing and comforted Jing'er softly.
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After Jing'er calmed down and stopped crying, her uncle motioned for everyone to eat and chat while eating. Chujiu moved another chair, and Jing'er happily sat between me and Chujiu.
The uncle picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine, then looked at grandpa, meaning he wanted grandpa to tell everyone.
Grandpa nodded without hesitation, picked up the chopsticks, picked up a piece of food and put it into his mouth. He also picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine. Looking at Jing'er sitting directly in front of him, a smile appeared on his face again.
The porcelain vase in Jing'er's hand dates back to the last time grandpa saw his master. The master left behind two wooden boxes, one of which contained the magic weapon, and grandpa gave it to his uncle.
When my uncle was sorting out the ritual artifacts, he found a small porcelain vase inside. There was a piece of paper stuck on the back of the vase, with a few small words written on it with a brush.
"The Mermaid Tears, give them to me."
A gift on behalf of the master? To whom? Grandpa and uncle studied it for a long time, but never understood what it meant.
As an extremely yin thing, the Shark's Tears can only be used as a treasure of ghosts in addition to their collection value. In the Taoism that my uncle learned, this material was definitely not used as a Taoist magic weapon.
The master placed the porcelain bottle in a conspicuous position. The two speculated on many possibilities. At one time, they believed that the clue to the phoenix blood was in this porcelain bottle. For this reason, the two of them spent several months on a trip to the sea.
For many years after that, my grandfather and uncle would discuss the clues and meaning of this porcelain vase when they met. Grandpa also made predictions, and the hexagrams showed Jing et al. Until I met Jing'er just now, Chujiu told me about the guide, and my grandfather and uncle
Only then did he realize that his master had already planned this day.