Poor children

Chapter 42 The last disciple of the old god

一
In the blink of an eye, it was the eighth day of April again. Naturally, there were many more people worshiping at Lingjiu Temple than usual. People were setting up stalls from the mountain gate to the city gate. Paoer and Mrs. Su took half a day off to attend the temple fair with Laibao. , wanting to join in the excitement of the half day, Tiedaner came to pick them up at dawn, and the three of them walked and chatted to Lingjiu Temple.

The road was crowded with people, and the cries of vendors kept coming and going. Those selling cigarettes, gouache, hairpins, rings and jade pendants, cloth and silk, people selling dough and candy, noodles and tea, baubles, books, calligraphy and paintings. , the pauper stopped in front of a stall selling jewelry, picked up a sandalwood hairpin with auspicious cloud patterns on the stall, and looked at it carefully. Thinking that the hairpin on Sanyang's head was very worn out after many years of use, the pauper took the hairpin. She bought the hairpin and planned to change it for her master when she went back. Noble came over again and pestered her for candy. She looked at every bookstall and bought a few books that she had not read yet.

The three of them walked up the mountain while shopping. The closer they got to the mountain gate, the more crowded they felt. After finally reaching the main hall, the poor boy offered incense and knelt down, and then the few of them walked around the temple again.

"Your master is a Taoist priest, why did you come to worship the Buddha?" Tiedan'er teased

"The Tao talks about this life, and the Buddha talks about the afterlife. What's wrong with me not only cultivating this life but also believing in the afterlife?" Pao'er asked, "Tao talks about nature, following one's heart, one's nature, one's joy, and one's fate. Buddhism talks about cause and effect. If you sow good deeds, you will reap them." Good results. Taoists advocate good things on the water and benefit all things without fighting. Buddhism says that you should not do any evil, perform good deeds, be compassionate to others, abandon evil and promote good. Although the Dharma is different, the word "good" does not make any difference. If you only believe in good, why bother about who is your teacher. , which house should I worship?"

"Sister is right" Lai Baodao
"Little brat, what do you know?" Tiedan'er arrived.

"Sister taught me that I understand that people are inherently good"

two

The three of them walked all the way chatting and then rushed down the mountain. As soon as they entered the city gate, they saw a few people coming towards them. If they were careless, they were not good people. Those few people also saw the pauper from a distance, so they greeted him with a smile.
"Whose girl is this girl? I didn't know there was such a girl in the capital." One of them stretched out his hand to touch the poor boy's face as he spoke.

Tiedan'er grabbed his hand and said, "Be respectful."

The man was suddenly grabbed by the hand, and was very displeased at being frightened. "You stay away from me, what's the matter with you? Be careful, I won't be polite to you." After saying that, he came over to pull the poor boy, Laibao tried his best. He grabbed the poor man's hand and scolded the man. Tiedan'er hurriedly stepped forward and pushed the man to the ground. The man suddenly got angry, stood up, grabbed Tiedan'er and shined a light on his face. After a while, the two started to struggle. Seeing this, several people who were traveling with the man gathered around and kicked Tiedan'er to death. Pao'er went up to try to pull them away, but she was just a girl. I didn't have much strength, so when I was in a hurry, two people came in on horseback from outside the city. Seeing this, they rushed up and pulled the attacker away. The poor man hurriedly climbed to Tiedan'er to check. The other person was still conscious, but his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. , there are many bruises and bleeding places on the body

The poor man helped Tiedan'er up, and then he remembered to thank the person who came. When he looked up, he saw that it was not someone else. "Uncle? Uncle Jin Shun'er?"

"Ah, ah!" Uncle Fang looked a little embarrassed.
"Why are you here? Thank you two for saving me just now," Pao'er said
"If there's anything to thank you for, it's all due." Uncle Fang said, "What matters now is his injury. Don't just worry about saying thank you. Let's go and see his injury first."

three

"Shopkeeper Xu, shopkeeper Xu!" Paoer shouted anxiously in the drug store.
"Don't be so anxious, don't you think I'm doing well?" Tiedan'er kept comforting the poor boy.

Shopkeeper Xu was having lunch, and when he heard someone calling him, he ran over from the backyard with his rice bowl in a hurry. When he saw Tiedan'er's injuries, he didn't ask any more questions, and ordered the waiter to apply the gold wound medicine on him, and then I took my pulse to see if there were any internal injuries, and prescribed some decoction. I was busy for a while.
Opposite, Master Sanyang saw a group of people he knew walking past him, and entered the drug store without even saying hello to him. "Huh? You? This! Senior brother, have you seen that these children are getting more and more serious now?" There are no rules anymore. Why, now I pass by you and me as if I didn’t even see them.”

It turns out that Immortal Wang came down the mountain to join in the fun today, and he just came to Sanyang Master to chat, "I'm older, and I'm not as serious about etiquette as you are. Maybe Shopkeeper Xu is more concerned about these disciples than you are." The two of us are more important," the old god said with a smile while stroking his beard.
After a long time, the group of people came out of the medicine shop again. Then they remembered that they had just seen two Taoist priests sitting across from each other, so they all came over together.

"Master" Fang Shaoqin and Pao'er saluted the two together
"grandfather"

"Uncle"

"Uncle?" Pao'er called Fang Shaoqin in surprise.

"He is your master." Fang Shaoqin pointed to Master Sanyang, and then to the old immortal Wang, "He is my master and you" and pointed to Master Sanyang and the old immortal again, "He is his junior brother, so you are my junior sister." Master?" Pao'er asked, Master Sanyang nodded silently.

"Uh! Senior brother" the poor boy saluted Fang Shaoqin again, and Fang Shaoqin touched his neck in embarrassment
Shopkeeper Xu, who did not understand the confusing master-disciple relationship between them and only cared about money, asked, "Who will pay for the medical treatment?"

Master Sanyang looked at the sky and pretended not to hear. Uncle Fang looked at the sky on the other side and pretended not to hear.

"I'll give it" to Noble, and he took out two copper coins from his purse and handed them to shopkeeper Xu

"Girl, you should keep these two dollars to buy candies." Shopkeeper Xu didn't want her, and said to Master Sanyang, "Taoist priest can't be so stingy all the time. You still have to give the money that should be given."

"What should be given?" Master Sanyang said, "Who are you treating? I'm not sick, my disciple is fine, and the little girl is alive and well and still has money."

four

"Are you Huang Tiedan'er?" The old god suddenly spoke and asked Tiedan'er directly.
"Reply to the Taoist priest, I am Huang Tiedan'er."

"Well, you and I have some fate. Are you willing to follow me to Liangyue Mountain to practice?"

"How many days should I go? I can't leave for too long. I have to protect and take care of the poor children," Tiedan'er said.

Fang Shaoqin couldn't help but snorted, "You are the only one who still protects her. Look at your injuries. You can't even protect yourself now and you still want to protect others."

Tiedan'er has no words

The old god said again, "You worship me as your master, and I will teach you how to do kneading. Then you can protect the poor children well in the future. What do you think?"

"Then if I worship you, will I never see them again?"

"Of course not. I still have to come here a few times a year. I will come back when you finish your studies. Look at your senior brother." The old god glanced at Fang Shaoqin. "He is lazy and tired of studying all day long." , I have learned swordsmanship well. I still have many skills that have not been passed down to others. You are quite talented. I will teach you more. Do you want to be able to beat him?"

"Then, can you beat him?" Tiedan'er looked at Master Sanyang
"He! You can beat him without learning. Life! You have to set bigger goals." The old god arrived
"Then I'll learn from you"

Daoist Sanyang sat there and blew his beard with anger, "If you accept apprentices, you will accept apprentices. What should I do if I'm disgusting? I beat and kicked vulgarly all day long. It's just right. Whoever's apprentice pays for it, so I don't know what to do if I save money."

Fang Shaoqin was also very helpless, "My junior sister is my nephew's sister, and my junior brother is my nephew's adopted brother. Master! If you want to recruit more apprentices in the future, can you take them farther away?"

(End of this chapter)