Let's follow the king, little master

The bank is frozen, but the fish and grass inside continue to wander in the river with the help of the oxygen in the middle of the melted river.But even so, people from the countryside still seldom fish on weekdays in winter.But this year is different, I saw a lot of people gathering on the edge of the remnant ice and carefully fishing for fish.

Although people from the countryside have some silver in their hands because they rely on fishing in summer, food is more important. What can be worse than a poor harvest for farmers.They have money to buy food but in the end they can't pay for profiteers to raise the price of food, so all the money they have worked so hard to save is used for food, but it is still not enough.

Li Mu's family was in such a predicament.Li Mu has three older brothers and one older sister. The third elder sister has already been married, and the eldest brother has also married a wife. The second elder brother originally planned to get married after the Chinese New Year this year. There was not much money left.

Father Li, who was sitting in the yard smoking a local cigarette, thought for a while, then suddenly slapped his thigh, and shouted: "That's it." The decision was nothing else, it was a decision to choose between the fourth child and Li Mu To become a monk.

When the first emperor was in power, he admired Buddhism, and many scholars began to translate Buddhist books.The number of people who believed in Buddhism increased sharply, and the corresponding temples also gradually increased.Moreover, according to the policy left by the former emperor, the court will provide appropriate supplies to those who become monks under the age of 15.The amount of this supply varies from state to state and even from county to county.Cong County supplies ten taels of silver, and ten taels of silver is enough for a family to survive the winter and allow the second child to marry a wife.

The largest temple in Qinzhou is called Wude Temple, which is located in Cong County, second only to Mingshan Temple in Kyoto, Qingzhou, and is the second largest temple in the country.Every time it comes to the Congxian Lantern Festival, the monks in the temple will go to various places to beg, so if anyone wants to become a monk at this time, he must ask the monks to see if he has a relationship with the Buddha, and then bring them to the temple for the abbot or monks to teach. Being a monk depends on good luck.And the so-called appearance is born from the heart, the first thing a monk looks at is appearance.

So on the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month after Yu Che and Li Mu parted ways, the Li family's parents invited a monk from Wude Temple.The parents of the Li family let the fourth son Li Zhe and Li Mu stand in front of the invited monks.

At this time, I have to mention Li Mu's appearance. Although Li Mu is short, he is still far behind his elder brother Li Zhe, who is one year younger than him, but Li Mu's appearance is basically like the Li family. The rustic clothes in the house, and sometimes the body is covered with dirt, but strangers will always see Li Mu's beautiful little face first, with a melon-seeded face and two pairs of big eyes that seem to be able to talk.

As I said before, Li Mu took home the things Yu Che brought home, but the Li family was never surprised. One of the reasons is that it has something to do with the customs in the village, but another important point is that Li Mu did receive a lot of things. People in the village love it, and anyone who has any delicious food will share some with Li Mu when he passes by.

Although the fourth child of the Li family was also very energetic, he was not honest at all looking left and right while standing, and Li Mu just kept his head down.The monk picked up the fruit on the table, this fruit was bought by Li's father with the last money of the family, no one in the family ate it, the monk picked up the fruit and lowered it to Li Mu's eyes, Li Mu looked at the monk.Waiting for the big eyes to look at the monk, the small beeping mouth reveals ignorance.The monk smiled and handed the apple to Li Mu, and it was done.

It is true that destiny is a good fortune. Normally, when Yu Che came to Li Mu, he would chat a little bit or look around to understand a little bit, but Yu Che kept telling Li Mu how much he missed him. Don't care about anything else either.If he knew about Li Mu's situation and would help him anyway, maybe Li Mu wouldn't go to the monastery.What's the use of imagining so much, sometimes you can't hide from your life.

The ewes finally gave birth to their lambs, and the lambs, who can run when they are born, are constantly playing in a limited space.Li Mu, who didn't know his future fate by the guardrail, squatted and looked at the lambs.

Looking at the frisky lambs, Li Mu thought of Xiao Qi.Not long after Li Mu's birthday, Xiao Qi was threatened by Li Zhe and forced to be sent back to the mountain.Father Li told Li Mu that the harvest was not good this year and he couldn't raise useless things, but he didn't make things difficult for Li Mu.Li Zhe, on the other hand, wanted to kill Xiao Qi frequently because he wanted to eat meat, but Li Mu couldn't bear it, so he could only cry and went to the mountain to release Xiao Qi.

Xiao Qi was very psychic, as if he knew why Li Mu let him go, Xiao Qi, who had grown so big, threw himself on Li Mu, and after a while, Xiao Qi left.Because of this, although Li Mu felt uncomfortable, he accepted the fact.Moreover, Mother Li also comforted Li Mu by saying that the animals raised at home can become immortals when they return to the mountain, so Li Mu hoped that Xiao Qi could become immortal.But he didn't tell Yu Che about this, he felt that Yu Che was going to do something dangerous, and telling him about it would make him sad.

"Hey." Han Jingwen came over to scare Li Mu, interrupting Li Mu's train of thought.

Li Mu still held his face in his hands and moved his body to look at Han Jingwen, and said with a smile:

"You're here."

"Yes, you won't look for me if I don't come." Han Jingwen complained.

"Our family has two more lambs." Li Mu said.

"It's true that I was born jumping and jumping. It would be great if I was born like this." Han Jingwen squatted next to Li Mu, "Tomorrow, my aunt and I will go to the Lantern Festival to buy new year's goods. You should go too."

"I won't go. My mother is in a bad mood these days. Let her know that she will be angry and even more sad." Li Mu said.

"It won't happen this time. Aunt Li came to our house to find my aunt, and told her to take you to the Lantern Festival." Han Jingwen said with a smile.

"Really?"

"Of course. I will go tonight, and my aunt readily agreed. I will pick you up then." Han Jingwen said with a smile.

Han Jingwen's aunt, Shen Huixin, is a well-known beauty in Cong County. Han Jingwen's parents passed away early, and she lived with Shen Huixin since she was a child.Shen Huixin opened a lady's house, not only in Cong County, but even the daughters of many dignitaries in other counties in Qinzhou would bring their children to Congxiang to find Shen Huixin.As mentioned earlier, Cong County is the hometown of ladies, and many noble concubines come from here, and Shen Huixin taught that she is now a concubine in the palace, and her reputation is spreading more and more widely.

She has followed Shen Huixin since she was a child. Naturally, she is different from the people in the village. Han Jingwen is always clean and soft-spoken. Except for sometimes looking for Li Mu, the rest is studying at home. Like the daughter of a high-ranking official, Han Jingwen knows as much. , even more noble than the daughter of a wealthy family because of her more attractive appearance.

That night Li Mu followed Shen Huixin's car to the Lantern Festival.Li Mu seldom comes to the market. Every time he sells fish, his elder brother goes with Li's father. Li Mu is not yet old enough.On the other hand, she secretly followed Han Jingwen to the Lantern Festival last time, but this time it was aboveboard.Before Li Li's mother came, she took Li Mu and gave him a few borrowed copper coins and confessed softly:

"Play if you have fun, buy what you want to eat, and it's okay to play for a while."

Han Jingwen wore a veil and walked side by side with Shen Huixin, followed by the coachman and servants to pick up the shopping.And Li Mu followed behind them.Han Jingwen wanted to go with Li Mu frequently, but was stopped by Shen Huixin.

Even this year's severe drought can't stop the joy of celebrating the new year. If you have money or not, you have to go to the Lantern Festival.Those who sell small things still set up stalls to buy small things, not to mention those who run shops. The drought can't hit them, and some people even took the opportunity to make a lot of money.It's just obvious that there are more gamblers and robbers this year than in previous years, so people never bring too much money with them when they come out.

There are all kinds of things sold on the street, such as food, play, clothing, and things that are not usually available will appear during the Lantern Festival.Li Mu held a few copper coins given by Li's mother, and the copper coins that Han Jingwen stuffed into his hand when he got off the carriage. Looking at the things on the street curiously, he separated from Han Jingwen and the others carelessly. By the time Li Mu reacted, the four of them had already disappeared.