Chapter 5:

The Chen family's eldest iron cow climbed on a tall jujube tree, and the little friends under the tree looked at him with expectant eyes with their necks held up, which made him feel a little proud.
He quietly glanced at the sister Xianger of Mr. Yu’s house. When she first came, this sister looked yellow and thin. After being raised in her husband’s house for two years, her face was bulging, her skin was white, and she was so beautiful. The appearance is very attractive, and the children in this circle of the alley do not like to play with her. Maybe it was learning with her husband, she and the children here are not the same. I never make myself dirty, don't cry, wear clean clothes, smile sweetly. But if Xiang'er wants to make trouble, no one can escape her teasing.
Tie Niu plucked the branches adorned with jujubes and threw them into the hands of the little friend. Don't look at the crooked jujubes a bit ugly, they are sweet to the mouth, they are one of the children's favorite snacks. Hidden selfishness, he aimed at the branch with the most and fullest fruits and threw it into Yuan Xianger's hands.
Yuan Xiang'er stood under the tree and looked up at the children picking fruits from the tree. Her real childhood was actually spent in various interest classes with expensive tuition.
High-end cars, full-time drivers, and tightly packed schedules, rushing back and forth every day on the way to various training courses, hardly remember any entertainment time.
Unexpectedly, he is already in his twenties, and after a new life, he can relax like this and get a carefree and playful childhood.
The children who were busy grabbing the jujube could not see. At this moment, standing beside Yuan Xianger was a black figure several times taller than them. It was Yuan Xianger who saw "Yuan" on the bridge pier when he came to town on the first day of the year.
A tall man with broad shoulders, a small black head, and a big monster with vertical eyes on his head, mixed in with a group of children, looking forward to watching the children on the tree throw the fruit down.
Yuan Xiang'er received another jujube, and Daniel could always accurately throw the fruit into her arms every other time. She didn't even have to rush forward with her friends to fight for it, and the fruit in her arms was too much. Up.
Yuan Xiang'er looked at the top of the tree without squinting eyes, but calmly handed a hanging jujube to the hand of the demon beside him. The big demon stretched out his hand in a daze to catch them.
After coming for so long, Yuan Xiang'er discovered that although this monster was huge, it did just like playing in the crowd just like what the master said, and hadn't done anything extraordinary. Yuan Xiang'er slowly stopped being afraid of him. At this moment, she even felt that this monster had been watching for so long, maybe she just wanted a fruit.
Sure enough, the big monster was holding a small hanging fruit, looking left and right, squatting to the side, tilting his head and studying what was in his hand.
Daniel jumped down from the tree and patted his pants: "Okay, that's it, you can't pick it up no matter how high it is."
"Can't you pick it up? I'm just that."
"It's a pity, there are still so many on it, next time you bring a bamboo pole."
The little friends walked back regretfully, and suddenly heard a loud noise from the top of the tree. Jujubes, leaves, and caterpillars fell all over their heads, smashing them all over their faces.
"Oh, where does the wind come from?"
"A lot of fruit, pick it up quickly."
The children jogged and avoided while picking up fruits all over.
In the world they couldn't see, the black figure standing by the tree was puffing out his chest, and let out a long breath. That breath even blew a hurricane, hula la shook down the fruit on the tree.
The children who had a good harvest washed the jujube by the stream, put them in the skirts of their clothes, and ate them sweetly. After eating, they still have a task to go into the mountains to pick up some firewood to take home.
Only Yuan Xianger of these children doesn't have to do this job.
On weekdays, she neither picks firewood nor hogweed, nor does she even need to carry water to cook. Every day she plays without studying homework. Her clothes are always clean, her hands are white and tender, and she often has fragrant chicken legs when she comes home. The envy of all friends.
"Xiang'er, we will be back in a while, you are here to wait for us."
The partners waved goodbye to her. Yuan Xianger was not boring to sit alone by the stream. Now this world without any electronic products is not as boring as she imagined, but every day makes her feel novel and interesting.
For example, at this moment, on the bank of a stream not far from her, a little man with human limbs, wearing cyan clothes, but with a frog head, is climbing up a slippery big rock. He seemed to want to pick the few red raspberries hanging on the shore. The stones were covered with moss, so he didn't keep his hands, so that every time he climbed a few steps, he slipped down and his small body rolled down all the way. go with.
Yuan Xiang'er hid in a peek and got bad thoughts. He clearly saw that the frogman was about to reach the fruit, but quietly stretched out a branch and swung it under his feet, causing him to plop and roll into the grass again. go with.
She squeezed a smile and watched the little frogman climb up in a daze. The eyesight of the frogman seemed not very good, and she couldn't see Yuan Xiang'er who was sitting still. After he got up from the grass, he touched his head dumbly. He didn't understand why he fell, so he continued to climb. Yuan Xiang'er, the eldest lady who is not very kind, was fascinated with a smile in her heart.
After bullying the little fairy several times, Yuan Xianger heard a faint crying from the depths of the jungle. She listened to her for a while, stood up, and lifted the frogman's collar to the top of the rock. Put it on the top, stroke a few raspberries, and put them on the leaves in front of the silly frogman.
"Stop teasing you, let's eat it."
Yuan Xianger followed the cries and looked for it. Separating the branches and leaves of the shrubs, she saw a trap set by a hunter. Sharp iron clamps clamped a lynx cub. The blood on the legs of the just-full-month-old kitten was dripping and unable to break free. She lay on the grass and shed tears. A soft cry.
Seeing Yuan Xianger's appearance, it exploded and uttered, "Ah, it's a terrible human being. Father, help me, Father, help me."
Yuan Xianger was picked up by his milky voice. She has liked such fluffy creatures since her last life. She stretched out her hand and slammed open the iron clamp as the kitten yelled, pinched the back of the kitten's neck, and carefully lifted the injured kitten from the trap.
"Ah! It's a human being, it's terrible. Don't lean over, don't catch me!" The little cat was held in Yuan Xiang'er's hand, and stretched out her tender little hairy paws in an attempt to resist.
"Don't make trouble," Yuan Xianger squeezed the cat's neck skillfully to prevent this little thing from succeeding, "I will look at the wound on your leg."
There was blood on the thin hairy legs, and a light touch caused the kitten to scream, and I didn't know if it was painful or scared.
There was a low and angry roar from the jungle. For a moment, the fishy wind rushed towards the face, flying sand and rocks, and a huge cat monster jumped out of the forest, roaring towards Yuan Xiang'er volleyed.
The mouth of the cracked blood basin was splashing with saliva all the way, and Yuan Xianger could clearly see the row of sharp teeth flashing with cold light and the huge tongue covered with barbed thorns.
She had no doubt that taking this bite off would make her head be different, blood splattered on the spot, and the gods could not save her life.
This is the first time Yuan Xianger has truly experienced the horror of a monster. It's not playing, it's not practicing, it's your own life if you accidentally lose it.
The stench of the stench made her cold, the fear of death penetrated into the pores and captured the heart. Between life and death, all the spell forbidden spells taught by the master in the past two years passed through her mind like a horse.
Rokko curse? No, that requires magical instruments.
Draw five thunder symbols? Not to mention that in such a stressful and chaotic moment, even at home on weekdays, with the table set up and calm, you may not be able to make one out of ten, and there is no power.
Set the sky? Don't hurry at all.
Call Yang Shen Yin soldiers? Oh, this one won't.
Yuan Xiang'er panicked now. She realized that she seemed to have learned a lot, but when it came to actual combat, she still couldn't take any defense methods.
The fierce claw wind of the big cat demon has been blown to the skin, and a burning sensation suddenly spread from Yuan Xiang'er's waist. On the way out of Yuanjia Village, she kept carrying the talisman hand-wrapped by her father. At this moment, the talisman in the sachet suddenly exploded with golden light, and a circle of golden circles with complicated patterns appeared in front of Yuan Xianger. Wen, that fine and majestic rune was shining with gold, and at the moment of his death, it blocked the cat demon's violent blow.
Master’s amulet protected her,
"Don't be impulsive, this is just a misunderstanding. I didn't hurt this kitten. I happened to pass by." Yuan Xianger raised the small cat in his hand and seized the opportunity to try to explain the situation.
The red-eyed cat demon couldn't listen to her words at this time, and furiously attacked with his paws. This fragile human could easily take her life with just one paw.
But no matter how angrily it changes its position and angle, the golden buckler can always appear in front of it accurately, blocking the attack without any leakage.
The coercion and fierce offensive of the big demon rolled up the dust in the sky, causing the earth to shake, flying sand and rocks. In the sky and darkness, only the seemingly weak golden rune, constantly lit up with Jin Hui, firmly stood in front of Yuan Xiang'er.
Yuan Xiang'er forced herself to calm down. She came out to play and didn't bring anything. She could only bite her fingers and converge her mind to depict the five thunder symbols that could summon the sky thunder.
The talisman that Yu Yao taught was different from the complicated talisman-making process of the rituals taught in the world. What emphasizes is that Taoism is naturally aura and aura. It seems to be a lot simpler, but in fact it is very willful. The so-called spiritual rhinoceros is extremely difficult to capture. Yuan Xianger has been practicing for a long time, but still can't touch the doorway. Often among the ten or twenty talisman, there is not one that can be used effectively.
Master Yu Yao still doesn't care about her. He only says every day: Xiang'er is great, it's okay, let's play, let's play.
At this moment, his life was hanging by a thread, Yuan Xianger didn't dare to be careless, and concentrated his energy to make a charm.
The red rune faintly appeared in the air.
Succeeded!
Yuan Xianger was too late to be happy, only to see a few thunderclouds floating in the sky, and a thin flash of lightning, the thin electric current hit the cat monster like a small hill, no effect at all, but it exploded. He was just more furious.
Yuan Xiang'er stamped her feet with anger, she could only point her sword and make a talisman again.
At this moment, a small blue fish swimming suddenly appeared in front of her eyes.
The little fish wagged its tail and swam quickly in the air. Yuan Xianger rubbed his eyes, and it split into two, turning into two small fishes, one red and one black.
The two little fishes face each other end to end, then turn around and gradually grow bigger and become a huge Pisces gossip.
Suddenly, there was silence around him, as if being covered by a huge transparent circular shield, the wind and sand did not blow, the earth did not shake, and the messy grass blades in the sky were slowly falling.
A familiar figure appeared in front of Yuan Xiang'er. The person raised his finger and waved lightly, and the cat demon outside the shield rolled out a long way, overwhelming the thick trees along the way.
There was a cry like a baby crying from the sky and the earth, Xiqu's figure jumped out from the ground, and his hoofs were digging the ground, and his black body instantly became huge, with a pair of sharp long horns against the cat demon who just got up. Fell to the ground.
Yu Yao Lingong condensed four transparent water columns, restraining the movement of the cat demon, and raised the little milk cat that was trembling in Yuan Xianger's hand and threw it far.
"Return it to you, don't show up again, or you will be banned for a hundred years."
The fierce behemoth hunched its back and roared. Finally gave up the plan to continue the attack, picked up his own child, a few jumped, and disappeared among the mountains.
Yuan Xianger's horrified heart became calm in an instant, and she dropped her limbs and sat on the ground.
Yu Yao turned his face to look at her, and touched her head with a smile: "Oh, Xiang'er can already refer to the empty book charm. It seems that he will be able to become a teacher soon."
Yuan Xiang'er smirked with lingering fears. At this moment, she felt that Master's so-called "teaching" was just a joke.
The behemoth that almost took her life just now, is as difficult as a mountain for her to shake, but the master can easily solve it by raising his fingers. He is still far behind the master, how can he be a teacher?
With a master, the carefree childhood seems to last indefinitely. You can learn academic methods easily and casually every day, and play with your friends or goblins. Time is like a trickle, silent and silent. The ground flows eastward.
When the sycamore leaves in the yard turned yellow again, the sickness seemed to be getting worse. She stopped teaching Yuan Xiang'er, lying on the dim bed and could hardly get up.
Yuan Xiang'er went into the room to see her, only to see her face pale, her eyes blank, if it weren't for the occasional breath of warmth, it was almost like a person who had already died.
Master Yu Yao stopped going out during this period. Most of the time, he sat on the edge of the bed, holding his pale and weak hand, and silently looking at his wife on the bed.
Since getting acquainted, Master has been very casual and easy to do with everything, even with a bit of innocence that is rarely seen in adults. It was the first time Yuan Xiang'er saw him look so sad.
On a particularly good day, Yuan Xiang'er stood under the phoenix tree and couldn't help but ask about the demon lying on the branch.
"Stealing fat, do you know what kind of illness the wife got?"
There was a sneer from the canopy, and the elegant white feathers fell gently, "What's wrong with her, but her life is counted up, she can't continue."
Thieves’ handsome face came out of the branches and leaves,
Xiao Xiang’er, do you know that the short life span of your humans is in the eyes of our demons, and it’s no different from the dying mayfly. Many of our demons are willing to and Mankind's signing of a contract is not because it is powerless to resist, but because the long years are too boring to play a game in the world."
He stretched out his white wings and scratched the tip of Yuan Xiang'er’s nose gently, "I think I just took a few naps, how come you have become taller. Is it because I sleep in winter and you are about to change? A white-haired old woman, decayed into the mud."
"Steal fat, she's still a child, don't scare her." Yu Yao's voice came from under the porch.
"Huh, don't you have to know sooner or later?" Stealing Zhi retracted his wings somewhat boringly.
Yu Yao walked out slowly from the shadow of the eaves. The noon sun was very bright, hitting the mottled shade on his gentle face, he reached out his hand to touch Yuan Xiang'er's head, and said with a smile as usual, "It is indeed a lot taller."
"Master, stealing fat, he just said..."
"Xiang'er, what this school pays attention to is Taoism and nature." Yu Yao squatted down in front of her, staring into her eyes earnestly, "Dao begets one, one life, two, two, three, three, and everything in this world is You can't get rid of the word nature. Life and death in the world should be natural and should not be overly attached."
Yu Yao's teaching to Yuan Xianger has always been very casual. Okay, let's go play, it doesn't matter if you don't understand, it is the mantra that he most often talks about. He seldom said such mysterious and mysterious doctrine, Yuan Xianger said that he didn't quite understand it.
"It’s okay if you don’t understand it now. It’s just that Master didn’t want you to come into contact with the monsters in the mountains, but now think about it, how can you be forced to do things that you can’t restrain yourself as a teacher. I just hope that when you grow up, you can have peace. Master has a different perspective on life."
Yuan Xianger heard it in a cloud of mist. She looked at Master’s eyes so close for the first time, and then realized that Master’s eyes seemed a little different from ordinary people. Thousands of worlds in the deep sea.
Maybe it’s been a long time looking at such eyes. Yuan Xianger dreamed of the sea when she took a nap. She seemed to have a long dream. After listening to the sound of the waves for a long time,
The afternoon sun came in through the paper windows, and the courtyard was silent.
Yuan Xianger woke up, rubbed his eyes, and walked into the yard, always feeling that something was different from usual.
It's not quite right, it's too quiet.
In addition to stealing fat and rhino channels, the master also has many apostles, large and small. In the past, even when the master was away, the eaves, under the floor, the shade of the walls and the trees in this courtyard could always hear those little elves. The sound of twitter.
But at this moment, everything seemed to disappear suddenly, so quiet that you could not hear a bug.
"Steal fat? Xiqu?" There was no such low voice from the floor, and the leaves in the courtyard stood motionless on the treetops.
"Master? Where did everyone go?" Yuan Xiang'er yelled at the courtyard with her hands folded.
Sitting on the side of the stone table under the sycamore tree was a slender figure. The man was wearing a flimsy skirt with his sideburns high behind his head, looking up at the clouds on the horizon.
Hearing the shouting, she turned her face, her complexion was ruddy, and she was beautiful like a jade. It was Yuan Xianger's wife who could not afford to be sick for a long time.
"Mother, how did you get up?" Yuan Xiang'er grabbed her hand in surprise and joy, "Mother, are you alright?"
Yun Niang nodded, and reached out to touch Yuan Xiang'er's cheek. Her palms are soft and warm, not as cold as usual,
"That's great, Master, does he know? By the way, Master, how about my Master? Why can't I see him everywhere."
Yunniang smiled lightly and did not answer her question. Instead, she stood up holding Yuan Xiang'er's hand and walked out of the courtyard with her.
"Your master has something to go out, and it will take some time before he comes back."
Because the sister smiled when she said this, Yuan Xiang'er didn't expect the so-called living a few days, maybe three or two days, of course, it might be years and months.
The villagers in the market were very surprised to see Lady Yun going out.
"Oh, lady, is this great?"
"The gentleman must be so happy."
"What kind of fruit does the lady want to buy? It's hard to make the lady suffer, let my kid bring it back for you."
Yun Niang smiled and responded one by one. She was like an ordinary woman, wearing a turban, carrying a bamboo blue, carrying Yuan Xianger, and bending over to pick and choose vegetables at the market.
"Madam, what is this?" Yuan Xiang'er asked inexplicably.
"Buy some fruits and vegetables for today's dinner."
"Master is not at home, and the wife is not in good health. Just leave these trivial matters to the disciple. How can we let the wife do it yourself?"
When Yu Yao was here, the chores of fetching water and cooking rice at home were always taken care of by Yu Yao. Yuan Xianger has lived carefree like a real child for these years. She also enjoys being treated as a child. The feeling of pampering.
But now that the master is out, she feels that she is still a principled person. She should provoke these things by herself, and can't make the teacher who has just recovered from the illness tired. After all, she is not actually a child.
Although she can't cook for two lifetimes, it's not too late to learn now.
"Nonsense, you are just a few years old, and if the master is not there, naturally there will be a teacher who will cook for you." Yun Niang stretched out her white fingers and tapped on Yuan Xiang'er's nose. "How did your Master spoil you? Spoil you the same way. Tell me, what do you want to eat tonight? Can you eat rock candy elbow?"
Yuan Xiang'er swallowed. She was especially greedy for meat when she was growing up, so she instantly gave up her principle of just standing up, "Eat... eat, who won't eat rock sugar elbows."
The two of them walked to the house arm in arm, and the sky was covered with clouds and dense scaly clouds, and the glow was shining, like an immortal passing by. Yuan Xiang'er has only seen such a beautiful Xiaguang once in her memory.