Daoist Abandoned Wisdom

Tao Xinian entered the meditation for two hours.Seeing that Xiu Yuan hadn't returned yet, he was a little curious, so he walked towards the backyard.

He rarely goes to the backyard. Abo raises more than a dozen chickens in the backyard. He neither feeds the chickens nor chops firewood, so naturally he doesn't go there.

There was the crackling sound of firewood burning in the air, and chickens cooed faintly in the chicken coop.He looked around, and Xiu Yuan was standing in the open space outside the fence, burning a fire.Next to it was a large pile of fresh firewood, and a small pile of wet charcoal.

Tao Xinian now understood that he was burning charcoal.

Xiu Yuan turned around, saw Tao Xinian standing behind him, and said, "I see that there is not much charcoal in the kitchen."

Tao Xinian thought for a while. A few days ago, Abo indeed said that there was not much firewood and charcoal left.

"Since Xiuyuan came, Abo has nothing to do. You are a guest, so you don't have to rush. I am the host, so I don't want to let it go..."

Tao Xinian was a little ashamed, he seemed to have an all-round servant in the past few days, there were forty or fifty servants in the family, but after thinking about it, none of them was as capable as Xiu Yuan.

"It's okay, move your muscles and bones."

The snow has stopped, and it is the coldest time for the ice and snow to melt.Xiu Yuan looked down the mountain and said, "The snow on the mountain should melt."

Tao Xinian knew that he was going to leave, and said, "Your injury is still not healed."

There was no emotion in Xiu Yuan's light brown eyes.

"It's almost too good, I'll go down the mountain in the day after tomorrow."

On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, the sky is clear and the ice and snow melt.

As soon as it was dawn, Xiu Yuan put on the mended monk's robe and prepared to go down the mountain.Walking to Tao Xinian's door, he hesitated for a while, then turned around.

I said goodbye yesterday, and it's still early today, that person is sleeping, so don't bother me.

"Hey, Xiuyuan? Wait a minute, I'm going down the mountain too, let's go together."

Words came from the door, there was a ping-pong sound in the room, the jar was overturned, and Abo's voice came out angrily: "Dead demon, what are you doing so early today... It's not that we don't want to go down until noon... …Well……"

Tao Xinian opened the door. He was only wearing obscene clothes and his hair was untied, but he was in good spirits.He breathed into his palms, rubbed his hands together, and said, "I haven't gone out for a long time, and I don't have enough rice, oil and salt, so I just go down the mountain with you. Wait for me, it will be over soon!" After speaking, he went back and kicked He kicked Abo, "Get up and pack your things!"

Tao Xinian knew that Xiu Yuan would get up early, so he didn't mention going down the mountain with him.Unexpectedly, he woke up inexplicably before dawn today, tossing and turning unable to fall asleep, when he heard the sound of the door opening next door, he immediately jumped up.

Xiu Yuan stood outside the door, not knowing what he could do to help, so he just stood there.Tao Xinian rummaged through the box, probably because he had too many clothes and couldn't find what he was satisfied with. After searching for almost a quarter of an hour, he finally picked out a set.Suddenly thought of Xiu Yuan standing outside the door, smiled at him, and closed the door.

Abolai didn't want to move on the ground, anyway, he didn't need to dress up, he didn't even need to change his clothes, it wouldn't be too late to clean up after Tao Xinian was done.

Tao Xinian changed into clothes and combed her hair in front of the bronze mirror.Abo looked at him with his head sideways, and commented unceremoniously: "Dao, you are so flirtatiously dressed today!"

"You know shit!"

"I'm still thinking about your luck! Don't think about it, wishful thinking..."

Tao Xinian ignored him, and wore a high bun, wearing a blue jade crown and a sandalwood hairpin.

Today he is wearing a stone blue body with two crotches, the neckline is embroidered with a pattern of white plums, and the fabric is woven with dark patterns all over the body, which is gorgeous and not vulgar.The waist is very tight, showing the tight waist unreservedly, making the waist look thin and the legs long.The hem and sleeves of the clothes are relatively wide and very elegant.

He used to like this clothes very much, and he rarely wore them after he went up the mountain, but now he wears the same clothes as before, only a little shorter.It seems that his figure has not changed much in the past few years, but he has grown a little taller.

"Wearing so thin, you will die of cold!"

Tao Xinian picked out another tea-white thick cloak to cover outside, and said, "It shouldn't be cold this way, right?"

After finishing speaking, he remembered that Xiu Yuan was still waiting for him, so he hurriedly went to the kitchen to get some hot water, washed up in a hurry, and then stood neatly in front of Xiu Yuan, his whole body was full of energy and spirit like jade, not like a person who went up the mountain to clean up The Taoist priest is clearly the handsome and handsome prince of Jinling City.

Xiu Yuan seemed a little surprised, but immediately recovered his indifferent expression.Tao Xinian felt a little embarrassed, and said, "Cultivating Fate, I really kept you waiting..."

Abo stood behind the pillar, carrying a small bamboo box on his back, and was also ready.He said with a sullen face: "This is not going down the mountain to buy, it is clearly going down the mountain to seduce people..."

Abo handed the small bamboo box to Tao Xinian, and he shrunk into a small ball as if dehydrated, and jumped into the bamboo box, almost weightless.Tao Xinian carried the bamboo box on his back, and the two left the Taoist temple one after the other.

Seeing that Xiu Yuan was empty-handed, Tao Xinian asked: "Xiu Yuan, do you need to bring some dry food to eat on the road? Is it enough for the money? Do you have a place to live?"

"You don't need to worry, sir."

"Then... may I know where you are going?"

"Guangzhai Temple."

Tao Xinian snorted, "Guangzhai Temple, a good place to go. It is the old residence of the Holy Majesty today, and it was later converted into a Buddhist temple. I heard that the Holy Majesty often goes to Guangzhai Temple to offer incense, and occasionally stays overnight."

Walking to the mountainside, Xiuyuan's footsteps seemed to slow down, and he looked at a flat ground covered with thin snow, as if he was a bit nostalgic.Tao Xinian looked left and right, and saw a small wolf's tail protruding from an unmelted snowdrift.He frowned slightly, his steps remained the same, and he followed Xiu Yuan all the way, talking one after another.Abo would also add a few words, and after crossing the mountainside to the foot of the mountain, he was quiet in fear of being seen.

Near the foot of the mountain, several nearby woodcutters were chopping firewood at the foot of the mountain. One of them, an old man with disheveled hair, stared at Tao Xinian for a long time, and shouted, "Isn't this the... mentally retarded Taoist priest on Qinglong Mountain? It's not the same today. You're wearing Taoist robes! You're so handsome..."

Hearing the old man's words, several young woodcutters also turned their heads to see Tao Xinian.

A slight snicker came from inside the bamboo box, Tao Xinian almost greeted the old man's family all over in his heart, and said with a fake smile: "Old man, you have made a mistake, poor Taoist means abandoning wisdom."

The old man scratched his matted hair, "Oh... I'm sorry, I'm sorry... The old man has a bad memory..."

Tao Xinian: "..."

This happened before he went down the mountain, Tao Xinian continued to move forward with a dark face, the corners of Xiu Yuan's mouth twitched, and he didn't look back.

After entering the city, the number of people gradually increased, and the two had to part.

Xiu Yuan bowed his hands to Tao Xinian, and said: "Taoist Taoist, you have been taken care of these few days, and the grace of saving your life will never be forgotten. Don't let it go today. If you have a destiny in the future, you will definitely repay it."

Tao Xinian also bowed his hand and said goodbye to him, feeling a little bit reluctant in his heart.He said: "Goodbye by fate, I wish you peace."

Watching Xiu Yuan leave, Tao Xinian turned and went to the market to buy the necessary items.

After the Spring Festival, the streets and alleys are still lively, and the crowds come and go like fish swimming in the water.The hawkers in the market are vying to sell, which is a peaceful and prosperous scene.

Oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, half a bag of japonica rice, a small bag of wheat flour, two catties of pork, one catty of shiitake mushrooms, one catty of red dates, three catties of oranges, half a catty of rock sugar, two taels of wolfberry, pine nut candy, sesame candy, osmanthus cake, mung bean cake... It stands to reason that the box should be very heavy, but in fact the weight Tao Xinian can feel is only about one-third of the weight of this pile of things.

This bamboo box is one of the magic weapons that the master left him, it can hold the things in a small half of the room, and it can reduce the weight.Every time Tao Xinian goes down the mountain, he must take it with him, which can save a lot of porter's money.Without this bamboo box, it would be impossible for him to carry all the money up the mountain by himself, and he would have to ask someone to carry it.It would cost at least fifty or sixty renminbi to hire a porter, not to mention the cold weather and slippery roads, so there might not be anyone willing to go to Qinglong Mountain.

Tao Xinian bought a lot of things, Ah Bo hummed in the back, and reminded in a low voice: "It's almost there, you won't be able to carry any more!"

Tao Xinian felt that it was not too heavy, and wanted to add something more.After finally going out for a trip, after going back, it was half a month and a month before I could not go down the mountain.After thinking about it for a while, I went to Dongshi, intending to visit the store I liked before and buy a few volumes of books to go back.

Tao Xinian was looking at jade pendants in the jade shop, of course, he must just look at them and not buy them.His father bought him a few yuan, but judging from the momentum, in a few years, it is impossible to pawn it out, and it is absolutely impossible to buy a new one.

"Hey, isn't this a pity for the year? I changed my clothes and almost didn't dare to recognize it. Why, don't you want to be a Taoist priest?"

He turned his head to look, and Yu Yuandao, who was dressed in brocade clothes, was standing behind him, looking at him with a smile.

"A long way!" Tao Xinian exclaimed, "I didn't expect to run into you as soon as I went out, and I just thought about going to the house to visit if it's still early in the day after I finished shopping!"

Hehe, I am happy to be happy, but I will definitely not visit the mansion.

Yu Yuandao married a wife and had a son a few years ago, and now he has a son and a daughter, so he must give some blessings to the new year.Tens of pennies are definitely not enough, and hundreds of pennies are too heavy. At least one tael of silver is more suitable for one child, and two taels of silver is more suitable for two children.This money is not worth mentioning to the wealthy Yu family.However...he recalled what was left in his wallet, and there were only about three taels of silver and sixty or seventy cash...

If he just went down the mountain to buy some necessities, the money would be enough for him to spend half a year.

It can only be said that fortunately Yu Yuandao went out alone.