Taoist temple in the mountains

Chapter 117, what they need is the future

In order to prove his point, Village Chief Fang led the three of them into the village.

In autumn, when the weather turns cold, the old people are reluctant to go out for a walk and stay indoors for fear of getting sick.

In poor villages, getting sick means going out of the village, and inconvenient transportation means spending money to go out of the village.

Only children who are not afraid of the sky and the earth will play on the village road against the cold wind. Some people even jump into the ditch shirtless to catch the small fish inside, full of childlike fun.

However, even the children's playful actions cannot conceal the poverty and dilapidation of the village.

The houses are dilapidated, the mountain roads are muddy, and every household relies on the ancestral Susukida to make ends meet.

"This is the mountain of Mangshan Village, the land of Mangshan Village, and the people of Mangshan Village." The village chief Fang sighed and said, "Children live innocent lives, and adults live idly. This is the reality."

Wang Fengxia was dumbfounded. Originally, she thought that the things she donated could change a little bit, but now she realized that even if they accepted the donation, it would be a drop in the bucket and useless. Apart from satisfying her own vanity, there was no real help.

There is no hope, and the secluded paradise does not seem to be so beautiful.

After a few people approached, these children also hid shyly, just watching here secretly through the crack of the door.

"Some changes are needed here, but it's not something that can be changed with condolences." Village Chief Fang said with emotion.

At this moment, one of the children seemed to have the courage to walk towards the crowd.

It was a little boy wearing a thin black shirt. The clothes were not black at first, they were white shirts, but because they were too dirty, they turned into black shirts.

The little boy was also covered in black mud and dust, and his hands were dirty.

"Auntie. Are you here to deliver snacks?" The little boy hesitated for a moment, then walked up to Wang Fengxia and said.

"No. We're not here to deliver snacks. The snacks are still at the village head." Wang Fengxia said, but the snacks placed at the village head were still intact.

The little boy pouted in disappointment, then oh, and ran away quickly, very directly.

"What is it? The snacks are at the head of the village," Wang Fengxia muttered.

At this moment, Li Yun suddenly spoke up.

"Let's follow up and take a look, look at this kid."

Village head Fang didn't say anything, didn't nod or shake his head.

Wang Fengxia and Lin Xiaohu also had no objections and followed the child.

The walls of the house are bare, the walls are leaking, and even the door is just a small wooden board. Apart from a small bed, there is no furniture. Wear clothes that only a child can wear.

No one else means there is only one person in the family.

The child washes up skillfully, cooks rice skillfully, and divides the rice porridge into two bowls skillfully, one bowl to eat now and the other bowl to eat at night.

It is cruel and realistic for children.

Wang Fengxia was silent, no wonder this child wants to eat snacks, honestly, she probably can spit it out after eating this thing every day.
"He is not alone. Many children are like this. Their parents are missing. The grandparents at home are old and have even passed away. Only the children are left at home, living on the rice porridge that everyone donates. There is no hope for the future. I can only rot in this village without seeing the future."

After the village chief Fang finished speaking, he took a few people to visit the village here again. Indeed, there are several families without parents, only children living alone. These children are of different ages, ranging from 10 to 18 years old. Both.

Some children were sleeping, and some children were playing in the fields, covered in mud, innocent and lively, and they did not look like they were facing the cruel future at all.

Although isolated from the world, but the mind is pure, without any contamination, has been innocent, pure and innocent.

Poor, but innocent and happy.

Even if there is only some rice porridge to eat, it can't stop their childlike innocence.

"They still don't know what is about to face them." Village Chief Fang sighed softly. How do the children know their current situation?

Wang Fengxia and Lin Xiaohu were silent, the happier the children were, the more uncomfortable they were, looking at these children who lost their future.
At this time, Li Yun broke the silence and said calmly.

"Maybe, let's ask them what they think."

"The child is young, how do you understand these things?" Before the village chief Fang finished speaking, Li Yun walked up first.

When these children saw Li Yun approaching, they were very obedient and did not roll in the mud, as if they were afraid of splashing mud, and looked at Li Yun with timid expressions.

Li Yun didn't care, and stepped into the quagmire. He didn't care at all about the contamination of his immortal Taoist robe. After walking in front of the children, he knelt down and said.

"Children, isn't it cold to wear so little?"

"I'm not cold. It's good for us to play in the mud at the head of the village." One of the children said.

"So, do you like playing with mud?" Li Yun smiled lightly.

Seeing Li Yun's friendly and friendly appearance, the children also subconsciously approached, without any timidity.

One of the little girls with a ponytail said: "We like it."

"Do you think this place is good? After playing in the mud all the time, what do you want to do in the future?" Li Yun continued.

Some of the children nodded, some shook their heads, and some neither nodded nor shook their heads.

These children are very cheerful and have a strong desire to express themselves when it comes to speaking.

"I want to be a taxi driver in the future! Then I can go to my parents anytime!" said a child with a snot bubble.

"I don't want to play in mud, I want to be a doctor! Then I can treat grandma." said the little girl with ponytail just now.

"I think."

More and more children spoke enthusiastically, and the village chief Fang and Wang Fengxia at the other end could hear them.

These kids are not resting on their laurels.
Li Yun touched the heads of these children encouragingly, then stood up and walked towards Village Chief Fang and others.

He fell into the muddy water, got up but was clean, without any dust and muddy water on his body, just like a real fairy, entering the world without being contaminated by the world of mortals.

Looking at this scene, Village Chief Fang could only sigh with emotion.

"I've seen a lot at my age, but it's the first time I've seen such a miraculous figure as the Taoist priest"

"Small tricks are not worth mentioning." Li Yun smiled lightly, brushed the topic aside, and said, "Children, what you need is not snacks, nor some comfort items."

"What they... need is the future."

(End of this chapter)