Those years of farming in the mountains

Chapter 11 The Taoist goes down the mountain (seeking nothing (˙ー˙))

As the saying goes, there are people beyond people, and mountains beyond mountains.

Just like what Chen Yu was doing at this time, he managed to get off the Qingtai with great difficulty, but he saw a mountain blocking his way before he went far.

"Xiao Daoist, but is this Taoist Li Daoist of Yunheguan on Qingtai Mountain?"

In the distance, there was a green bull sweeping its tail, chewing the tender grass in its mouth, and walking towards him with a half-grown baby on its back.

Chen Yu looked and saw an old man wearing a bamboo hat standing in the field beside him, holding a ox rope in his hand, walked up to him, and asked a question in the local dialect.

Having inherited his memory, he can read, write, listen, and listen well, but he has some difficulties in dialect, so he uses Mandarin, which is the dialect of this world.

"Old man, you're being polite. My family teacher's surname is Li. How dare you ask me?"

Chen Yu didn't neglect, looking at the old man's appearance, he would be in his fifties or sixties at least, and he could be regarded as a very old elder in this world.

While showing a bit of respect appropriately, he was also a little uncertain about the relationship between the old Taoist priest in front of him.

The next moment, the old man waved his hands again and again, and laughed:

"Don't be too polite, Taoist leader. Back then, Daoist Li helped the villages below the mountain a lot. If it weren't for him, which of the [-] or [-] villages in the ten miles and eight townships under Qingtai Mountain would be able to live in peace for so many years?"

The old man spoke sharply, not only full of spirit but also quite organized, unlike a country old man with white beard and hair and thin yellow cheeks.

I only heard him say again, "A few years ago, I often went up to the mountain to listen to Li Daochang's sermons, but later on, as I got older, my legs and feet trembled so much that I couldn't climb up the mountain anymore."

Speaking of this, the old man seemed to be a little emotional. He glanced at the high mountain not far away, as if he could still see the Taoist temple on the mountain, and was in a trance.

There are many Taoist temples near Qingtai, but in the eyes of the old man, Daoist Li Daoist of Yunhe Temple is the most powerful, and all kinds of Taoist classics are at his fingertips.

It's a pity that I couldn't listen to it again before Dao Changxian left.

Afterwards, the two of them chatted while standing on the edge of the field while it was still early.

The big green cow looked at it, then buried its head and continued to eat the grass.

The doll on the cow's back looked left and right, stretched out its small hands from time to time to grab and shake in the air, and babbled and babbled at the butterflies circling on the grass in the distant fields.

According to the old man, his family is in a village called Yungu behind the mountain, and he lived here for generations. There were two craftsmen in his ancestors, a carpenter and a stonemason.

Not carpentry and stonework, but a craftsman with a master's legacy.

The status and ability to support the family of the two cannot be compared at all.The former is dirty, while the latter has food wherever he goes.

That stonemason was the old man's father, and he had participated in the construction of the Cloud Crane Temple.

"Back then, life was still peaceful, and Guangyong Mansion was still called Guangping Mansion. It's not like it is now, alas..."

The old man's father said to him that when the Yunhe Temple was first built, he brought his own dry food up the mountain to help the workers, and he was brought along with him, who was young at the time, to help move stones and wood.

Chen Yu listened from the side, but he didn't remember these things in his previous life, and the old Taoist didn't talk much about them, of course he might have talked about them, but the elm head in his previous life didn't remember them at all.

But no matter what, listening to the old man narrating the past word by word, he was not at all impatient, but listened with gusto.

During the period, Chen Yu also occasionally took over the conversation, because he saw that the old man was influenced by his parents and yearned for the Taoist manager, so he inserted some fables and sentences from the Taoism books, and from time to time he added two sentences. According to Zou Zou's words, the two talked happily for a while.

moo~
Ouch!The bull's horn gently pushed against the old man who was fascinated by the conversation. After the interruption, the two turned their heads to look, only to find that the doll on the bull's back had half of its body leaning out at some point, as if it was about to fall the next moment. on the ground.

But without realizing it, he opened his teeth and claws to play with the butterflies flying around.

The old man's heart tightened, and he quickly took it over, holding the baby's upper body in his arms.

"Shuiba, you were so careless! I almost fell, if I were to fall to the ground, my butt would explode!"

While teasing, he 'reprimanded' in a soft voice.

Chen Yu was excited to see it, and stretched out his fingers in front of the doll's round face, shaking it from side to side.

Anyway, he has a bit of martial arts, and his fingers are far more flexible than ordinary people. At first glance, it looks like two villains are dancing.

ah!raving!

As expected, the little baby was attracted, and the thick head poked out from the old man's arms, and a pair of big black eyes moved left and right with his fingers.

"This doll is spiritual."

Chen Yu praised it sincerely.

It can be seen that the old man's love for children is unadulterated, so after hearing what Li Daochang's disciples said, the smile on the old man's face could no longer be concealed, and the corners of his mouth almost grinned to the heels of his ears, very happy.

The two chatted for a few more words, and then parted ways.

Before leaving, the old man invited Chen Yu to visit Yungu Village in the future, and the young Taoist accepted the hospitality with a smile.

Continue on the road.

The trails in the mountains gradually become less cramped, and the trees on both sides become sparser.

The fields went far away, and the mountains fell behind. After walking for about half an hour, a wide road appeared in front of us.

In the past two or three months, Chen Yu went down the mountain once, so he naturally recognized that it was an official road. It is said that it was opened up during the previous dynasty. This dirt road about ten miles long was built.

Don't underestimate the fact that it is only ten miles away. Judging from the labor force of this era, it is estimated that financial resources and manpower will be spent.

This is because Qingtai Mountain is closer to Deshiya County, otherwise, if it is as remote as Gufang Mountain and Luofeng Mountain, let alone wide roads, there are very few small roads close to the mountain side.

In ancient times, it was not easy.

Not far away, a group of chariots and horses ran past shoulder to shoulder with rolling dust.

Chen Yu took a look, the carriage was jolting violently, as if it was about to fly at any moment, it is estimated that the people in the carriage were too anxious, otherwise they would not gallop on this kind of dirt road.

Along the way, the flow of people gradually increased.

Some farmers who rushed to the early market returned with empty donkey carts that had been sold clean, and some got up late, and at this time they rushed to the county with their full goods.

After walking for a while, the city wall was vaguely in sight.

Shiya County is located in the southwest of Guangyong Mansion, and its location is not considered an important one. The many wars in the past tens of hundreds of years have hardly affected this place - of course, this is compared to other places, and in fact this place has suffered from military disasters.It's just that the number of times is far less than those in dangerous cities.

Even now, there is a group of bandits entrenched on Baiguo Mountain, which is only [-] miles away from the county seat. Last year, they gathered together and rebelled.

Hearing the name, plowing the sky, plowing the fields, one can tell at a glance that it is a group of mud legs that cannot survive gathering people to make trouble.

The county government didn't pay much attention to it, and the local landlords didn't pay much attention to it at first.But things seem to have changed recently.The group of rich men and lords joined together and heard that they gathered 50 people, gathered hunters from nearby villages, and invited several boxers to help out.It seems that there is a wave of bandits coming into the mountains.

All of the above is what Chen Yu heard from the elder brother wearing a felt hat next to him when he entered the city. The middle-aged elder brother has two mustaches, and when he says a word, his eyeballs are rolling around, looking treacherous. He looked like a member of the group of landlords and old fortunes in his mouth.

Not too much to join in the fun, he stepped through the wide open city gate and walked into the city, and the hustle and bustle suddenly hit his face.

Buyers, street walkers, and errand runners, he also saw a few practitioners at the corner of the road performing chest breaking boulders, surrounded by a crowd, and the atmosphere was very lively.

Chen Yu was a little puzzled for a while, didn't he say that there was a fight in the north last time, and he had chatted with the old cattle herder before, and they all said that the current situation is dangerous.Why is the situation in the city now much more lively than it was a month ago.

After thinking about it, maybe something new has changed.A good place to get news appeared in his mind.

So I picked a direction and walked some distance, looked up.

Yiyuan Tea House.

Looking at the hot scene in his eyes, he strode into...

　There are too few updates, I reflect on it, and I repent.

　　But I just won't change - at least not yet

　　Slightly slightly~(￣▽￣～)~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)