[Xianjian + Ancient Sword Colleague] Being a master is also a kind of practice

"So, your mother and son suffered a catastrophe at home and had to be exiled to our Taiping Village?"

At the head of the hall sits a thin old man with three long beards under his chin. Although he is wearing a green shirt, he does not look rich, but his eyes are clear and energetic, and he has a majestic bearing.The old man's surname is Yun and his name is Ping, and he is the head of this small village at the foot of Huangshan Mountain.Taiping Village was originally named Yunjia Village, and the Yun surname was naturally a large family in the village, and the position of Lizheng has always been held by a highly respected elder in the Yun family.

This Yun family is not an ordinary rural family. Their ancestors were the frontier generals who guarded one side, and they also made great achievements. Therefore, the Yun family village was able to build an ancestral hall with the gift of the court, and named it "Taiping".It's a pity that after a hundred years, the Yun family has no more capable people in the court, not to mention that there is not even a person who has passed the examination to become an official.Even so, in this Taiping Village, the Yun clan still has a lot of power.

Although Yun Ping, the village head, has never been admitted to any fame, he can be regarded as a scholar.He has read the books of sages and sages, but he also has a bit of compassion for the poor. At the village head, he saw Shen Bailing helping his mother pass by. After a while, ask them about their origins.

Shen Danqing hated the human race the most, although he was soft-spoken by them, he was not happy to talk to them.Shen Bailing had no choice but to make up some lies to prevaricate the village head, saying that he and his mother were from the mountains in the north, and had fled here, hence the question just now.

Seeing that Shen Bailing was only thirteen or fourteen years old, although his manners were not polite, his speech was orderly, so he didn't doubt him, and nodded, "It's not easy for you to get here. Going further is Ziyunjia, There are not many people in the deep mountains and old forests, so it is better to settle down in Taiping Village, which can be regarded as a place to stay."

He just said this, but Shen Bailing didn't care much, and just looked at his mother's expression.

Since Shen Danqing arrived at the foot of Huangshan Mountain and still saw no one chasing him, he was relieved a lot.Although he disapproved of the proposal of the human village chief, he did not say no to it.

With the permission of the village head, no one in Taiping village will come to talk about it anymore.There was an ownerless broken thatched hut in the very remote place at the south entrance of the village, and Shen Bailing and his mother settled there.

In the first few days, he was still very worried, fearing that those Taoist companions would find this place along the way.Unexpectedly, after half a month, it would still be calm, so he felt relieved.

Due to the relapse of the old injury, Shen Danqing lay in bed all day, thanks to the herbs that Shen Bailing picked up when he went up the mountain with the villagers to cut firewood every day.As the saying goes, relying on mountains to eat mountains, relying on water to drink water, Taiping Village is at the foot of Huangshan Mountain, and it has been relying on this mountain for many years.Out of the village entrance to the south is a rocky road leading up the mountain. Shen Bailing followed the villagers after walking a few times before he knew the mountain road by heart.

Huangshan is known as "the most wonderful mountain in the world". There are strange pines, strange rocks, sea of ​​clouds and hot springs, which are called four wonders. The mountains are undulating and countless. The three main peaks have the most beautiful scenery.Taiping Village relies on an unnamed small peak among the 82 peaks, but it has a very Buddhist name called Ziyunjia.

Although Ziyunjia is not a scenic spot, it is also beautiful.Shen Bailing went to the mountains from time to time, firstly to gather some medicinal herbs for his mother to recuperate, and secondly, to admire the famous mountains and great rivers.

One day he found a sloping depression on the Ziyun shelf, in which there were naturally many low shrub-like trees with no flowers on the branches but fragrant leaves. Although he didn't know what kind of strange tree it was, he guessed that his mother You should know, so I picked a big handful and put it in the back basket.He went down the mountain with a basket of harvest, and before he reached the door of the house, he heard someone shouting, mixed with a woman's pleading voice.

"From the Yun family, your son has to be disciplined! You can cheat at food and drink at such a young age, but what will happen when you grow up?"

As soon as Shen Bailing heard this, he knew that it was the only son of the neighbor's family who caused trouble in the village again, and the suffering master came to him to reason.That family is just a widowed mother with a son, the widow's surname is Li, and her husband is an offshoot of the Yun family, but unfortunately passed away a few years ago, leaving only a five-year-old only son, but he is extremely stubborn.Shen Bailing moved to his house next door for half a month, and he had already heard about the child's bad deeds, which were really too numerous to list and countless.

Mrs. Li always apologizes for her sins at this time, but today the village woman is very aggressive, and she is quite unreasonable, and the more she scolds, the louder she is: "Even if you are so poor that you have to beg for food, you didn't get it from others. The principle of robbing, wouldn’t this become a robber and a thief? It’s impossible to have a mother without a father’s education!”

Shen Bailing didn't have a father himself, so he felt slightly unhappy when he heard this.At this time, I only heard a tender voice saying: "Hey, I don't care about your rotten buns and stinky cornbread! It's so unpalatable, so I have to feed it to pigs and dogs. If it wasn't for your family's dead Axiang who forced it into my hand, I don't want it!"

As soon as the words fell, something Yuanyuan jumped over the fence and landed in front of Shen Bailing's house. He took a closer look and found that it was a meat bun, but it rolled on the ground and got a lot of dust, and there was a row of small pieces on it. Small tooth marks.

The child sounded young, but his mouth was bright, and he cursed a lot of words one after another. The village woman who only spoke was speechless, so she had to leave angrily.

Shen Bailing picked up the bun, passed it over the fence, and said, "Hey, you lost the bun."

Standing in front of the door, Mrs. Li still had pink eye circles, wiped away her tears and forced a smile, "It turns out to be Brother Shen, so you can laugh at me." Just as she was speaking, her coarse cloth skirt moved, and a little boy came out from behind. Very small, skinny like a little monkey.

It's just that the little monkey rolled his eyes, showed two white eyes to Shen Bailing very bluntly, and sneered: "Are you stupid, can such dirty things be eaten?" The meat bun's eyes were full of pity.

Mrs. Li hurriedly patted him on the head, and reprimanded: "How can anyone talk to people like this? Make it up soon." It's just that she is weak, not only the women in the village often bully her in words, but also her own son Not afraid of her either.

The little monkey only gave Shen Bailing a blank look, and grabbed the corner of his mother's clothes to force her into the door.Mrs. Li had no choice but to smile apologetically at Bailing, followed her son into the door, and comforted her son softly when the door was closed: "Okay, don't take off the coat for mother, this body of dirt is also I don't know where it rolled around... Hurry up and drink some hot water, there will be enough in the porcelain bowl on the stove..."

Shen Bailing held the cold bun and stood blankly on the other side of the fence for a while.Although he also has a mother, at this time he is really envious of that skinny child. The tenderness and love like drizzle moistens things, but he can't exchange it no matter what he wants.

The monkey-like clever little ghost seemed to have noticed something from the way Shen Bailing looked at his mother that day. Since then, whenever he saw Shen Bailing, he would always give him a blank look, especially when Shen Bailing was concocting the fragrant medicine. When they came to make trouble, they either kicked the newly tied fence door crookedly, or knocked over the flat baskets covered with dried herbs and dried flowers that were drying under the eaves.

Shen Bailing thought he was 19 years old, even among monsters he was no longer a child. Although his body had not grown up, he still had the mind of an adult, so he didn't care about that little monkey.Seeing this, Mrs. Li felt even worse, so when Shen Bailing went to the mountain to collect medicine, she often went to the broken thatched hut to accompany and take care of Shen Danqing.

This day, Shen Bailing had already asked her mother that the tea tree was in the depression on the mountain, and she also heard that as long as those fragrant leaves and tender buds were steamed properly, they could not only be brewed for drinking, but also sold to passing traders or scholars in the village. He was very moved by the popularity, and immediately went up the mountain with a basket on his back.

When they came back with a basket full of tea leaves, there was another noise as soon as they entered the entrance of the village.Shen Bailing followed the sound to the front of the house, and sure enough it was the little monkey who caused trouble again, but this time many people gathered around to watch the excitement.When he looked around, most of the onlookers were mocking or gloating. It was obvious that they had deep resentment towards that child on weekdays, and they didn't know where this five-year-old child caused so much resentment.

Li Shi hugged her son, her face was a little humble, and everyone around her was pointing fingers, but she just kept bowing to the person in front of her: "Yun...Young Master Jin, what you said is certainly reasonable, but... …It’s just that it’s not going to be done by our kids.”

Shen Bailing put the basket under the eaves, and simply stood in front of the house and took a look.The "Young Master Jin" Li's talking about looks to be only in his twenties, with a very thin body and a long robe and scarf. He looks like a frail literati, but he wants to show the aura of the military general among his ancestors.With a long face, he said coldly: "My books are drying outside the house, but after half an hour of reading again, a lot of ink is poured on them. In the whole village, Yun Tianqing from your family is the most mischievous , someone saw him passing by my house today... Who else would it be?"

Shen Bailing raised her eyebrows slightly, and said in her heart: Yun Tianqing?It turns out that this is the name of the little monkey, which sounds very nice.

"That's right, that's right!" A woman surrounded by the fence hurriedly interjected, "Master Yunjin is the son of the village chief's family and a scholar, so can you be wrong?" A pungent village woman.

"No, a few days ago I tripped my younger brother up a lot and got a big bruise on his forehead. He's so bad at only five years old, and he will definitely do harm to one side when he grows up!"

"you do not say!"

The other villagers also talked a lot, and they were all partial to and convinced Yun Jin in their words, and they had no sympathy for Li Shi and the five-year-old Yun Tianqing.

The little monkey was held in his mother's arms, but his mother was just a cowardly country girl, facing the crowd, how could she defend herself?He rolled his eyes, but he looked like he was not afraid of anything, staring at a pair of black and white eyes and blurting out: "I didn't! I didn't go to your house, and I didn't touch your broken book!"

"You!" Yun Jin was furious, pointing at him and said, "Speaking of seniority, you have to call me uncle anyway, and now you dare to be so indifferent! You are used to lying, and you will naturally say no if you touch me. Look at my "The Analects of Confucius" and "Spring and Autumn" must have been dirty by you!"

"That's right, I think so too." The pungent village woman repeatedly echoed, "I saw with my own eyes that he was wandering around outside the village chief's house at noon. A brat who was born by a mother but not taught by a father!"

When Shen Bailing heard this, he already understood most of it.Mrs. Li helped him take care of his mother on weekdays. Although he never thanked him in person, he was really grateful in his heart. Seeing that the village woman said so badly, and none of the villagers refuted it, he couldn't help but feel a little angry. He wanted to help a group, so he raised his He raised his voice and said: "You people, are you bullying the orphans and widows without evidence? Today at noon, the little monkey was clearly messing around in the backyard of my house and ruined a lot of my medicinal herbs. This aunt said so, but Let him find an excuse not to pay me? It’s okay to sell those medicines to the salesman, and he can make a lot of money. If he doesn’t pay, is it possible that you should pay?”

Li Shi, Yun Tianqing and the people around them were stunned when they heard the interjection.