One thought of Acacia, one thought of perseverance

Chapter 71

The Qingxu Temple began to welcome pilgrims from all over the world from the next day, and the villagers still had lingering fears after the catastrophe, so they worked very hard.Many people also invited statues of gods to go home to worship.It is inevitable that Rong Chenzi will preside over the consecration ceremony of the statue.He was worried about mussels, and feared that he would betray the villagers' desire for Taoism.In the end, it was Qingxuan who suggested that every day when Rong Chenzi was doing the ashram, he would place the mussels in the big cauldron in the center of the ashram. ——

Originally, it was considered that the gossip tripod was half as deep as a person, and she had a place to play when she came here, but she couldn't crawl away.But it doesn't seem to like this place at all, and it cries in it every day. This creature is born with no difference from a river clam, and the only innate skill is to cry.Rong Chenzi couldn't coax her in front of his disciples and pilgrims, but his mind was completely disturbed.Occasionally, in the middle of the lecture, I forgot the next sentence.

Ye Tian was idle anyway, so she changed hands for Rong Chenzi, and played with He Mum when he was busy.

If Ye Tian didn't like this mussel in the past, then now she simply hates this mussel.She never knew that a river clam could be so boring—it just crawled back and forth on the ground every day without stopping for a moment.What's more frightening is that its shell seems to be itchy, either pinching this or that.And she has a skill in holding things - no matter what material it is, it always seems to know how to hold it and it is easy to damage it.

Ye Tian scolded it on purpose, but it didn't understand, so hit her if he wanted to, but he was afraid of breaking her shell, so he was so angry that his seven orifices smoked.

Rong Chenzi arranged for her very carefully, feeding her water once an hour, and feeding her a small bowl each time.Before feeding, dissolve the voicing talisman and add two spoonfuls of sugar.With this frequency, she often looks for water sources everywhere, and wants to crawl away if she is not paying attention.

Ye Tian has never raised a child, but she is really tired just looking at this mussel every day!The river clam has grown to the size of a palm, but Ye Tian is still afraid of stepping on her, and takes care of her every day like a three-year-old child.Ye Tian swore that she hadn't even bothered to show the alchemy furnace to the second senior brother.All the nap time at noon was sacrificed.

But the clam was still unhappy, if she didn't pay attention, the broken clam would crawl towards the door.

It was Qingxuan who saw the headache of the auntie and wife, and then thought of a way-give her a toy that is durable and novel, and it will probably make her quieter.He discussed with his juniors for a long time, and at last the disciples of Qingxu Guan used their housekeeping skills to weave many grasshoppers, roosters, crickets, etc. out of reeds and thatch.As expected, He Mu liked it very much, and Qing Su led his junior brother to fold a bunch of piglets, rabbits and so on, so that she would have something to play with all day long.

Every day in Ye Tian's room, she would either crawl around with a paper dumpling in her mouth, or forcefully pinch a grasshopper in her mouth.Sure enough, I no longer thought about leaving all day long.Ye Tian also heaved a sigh of relief, occasionally squinting for a while, taking a nap or something, she felt relieved.

But if one was not careful, the delicate ax feet of the clam were cut by the thatch.Now she was finally at peace, she stayed in her shell for a long time without moving.Ye Tian was also uneasy, like a cat that broke a vase.After all, the senior brother entrusted him to take care of him, so why did he let him cut off his feet?She made an exception and fed the mussel an extra bowl of water. The mussel huddled in its shell and couldn't come out, so it cried a little less when drinking water.

Ye Tian was afraid that Rong Chenzi would know that he was going to be reprimanded, so he secretly fed him a few more bowls of water.The more the mussel drank, the more it wanted to drink, and it gradually became better.

Ye Tian clapped her hands, thinking that river mussels are not so difficult to raise...as long as they are given enough water.The mussel cried when it stopped feeding, and Ye Tian fed a lot without knowing it.Rong Chenzi led his disciples to finish the evening class, and went to Ye Tian's room to pick up mussels, and felt that she... seemed not as lively as before.

But thinking that the disciples folded a lot of toys, they probably were tired from playing, so they didn't care.Ye Tian was really guilty, so she didn't dare to say more.

At night, after meditating, Rong Chenzi hugged the mussel into his arms, the mussel huddled in its shell and remained motionless.He gently stroked the fine lines on the clam shell: "Don't you want to crawl around all day long...Grow up quickly, and when you grow up, I'll take you to the temple fair at the foot of the mountain."

The clam still ignored it, and she would spit out a few bubbles in the evening.Rong Chenzi only said that she was not in good spirits, and didn't talk to her too much, he wrapped her arms around her, closed his eyes and rested his mind.After sleeping until midnight, his sleeves felt cold, and when he touched them, they were soaked.He only thought that the mussel was naughty, and patted her shell lightly: "Sleep well."

Unexpectedly, the shell under her palm opened again, and she spit out a lot of water again.Rong Chenzi sat up in his cloak, turned on the wall lamp, and looked at her carefully, only to find that she was vomiting.He pointed to the mussel and said, "Did you steal the water?"

The mussel seemed to be suffering, the clam shell opened and spit out a puddle of water.

Rong Chenzi didn't dare to delay any longer, he immediately picked up the oil lamp on the table and lit it, wrapped the mussels in a wet towel, and roasted them far away from the fire.This time the water went down very quickly, but the clam seemed to be terrified, and the cry was no longer a cry, but a bit like a night owl's scream.Rong Chenzi was startled, and hurriedly put her back on the couch, her whole shell was shaking violently, Rong Chenzi put her against his chest, adjusted his breath slightly, and used the Xuantian Talisman Fire Technique to consume her Get rid of excess water in the body.

After practicing continuously for an hour, Rong Chenzi was drenched in sweat, and the mussel felt better and began to spit bubbles.

The next day, Rong Chenzi slept until the end of the hour, and it was rare for the little Taoists to see their master getting up late, so they thought it was the mussel that had returned to its human body.On the contrary, when Rong Chenzi handed the mussel to Ye Tian again, he said: "Don't let her get wet, and don't feed her too much, she doesn't know how hungry or full, just pinch the amount. There are also smaller things Don't let her play, she vomited some straw dragonflies yesterday."

Ye Tian had a ghost in her heart, so naturally she didn't dare to say more.Instead, she took away the toys in the room that were easy to cut her and those that were easy to be swallowed by her.After discussing with Qing Su, Qing Xuan led his younger brother to weave some toys with red strings, all of which were made so big that at least her shell wouldn't fit in it. This barely solved the problem of mussels' mental entertainment.

The wound on the clam's ax foot is always bad, Ye Tian was afraid that Rong Chenzi would find out, but he couldn't find a way to heal it.Fortunately, Qingyun makes turtledove and mushroom soup every day. As long as there is soup for this product, there is no need to cry.Ye Tian didn't dare to feed too much, just a little bit each time.Later, the number of times increased, and I even got a little experience.The hunger of this broken river clam is also divided into stars, usually one to six stars.If the shell is opened one to three times in a row, it means that it is not very hungry, but just wants a delicious mouth.If you open the shell four to six times in a row, it means that you are really hungry and you need to feed something to fill your stomach.

Ye Tian couldn't help laughing, and told Rong Chenzi about it, Rong Chenzi touched her shell, and also sighed with a smile: "You are so greedy, how did you live when no one fed you before?"

The mussels are growing up day by day, and now they are about a foot long.Ye Tian was very happy, as if raising small animals had developed feelings, she couldn't help being very careful with the mussels.He Mum is also familiar with her, every time Rong Chenzi gets up in the morning, feeds her, and picks her up, she knows that she is going to see Ye Tian.

She was lazy when she turned into a human body, but she was very diligent when she turned into a river clam.Ye Tian only took her to the dining hall once, and it memorized the location, and realized that the turtledove and mushroom soup she drank every day was served from here!Since then, it has been trying to crawl from Ye Tian's room to the dining hall every day.Ye Tian often crawls and disappears without paying attention, but if you look along the road to the dining hall, you will definitely find it.

The little Taoist priests in the temple are used to it. Every time they see it struggling on the road, they bend down to hug it and take it to its destination.As soon as it arrived at the dining hall, it was so excited that it crawled all over the ground.The little Taoist priests have to see if there are any ants on the ground even when they set foot on it... for fear of stepping on it.Even Qing Zhen didn't understand, while pulling the bellows, he complained to Qing Yun who was making soup for the river mussels: "Didn't Master say that she passed the catastrophe and became a fairy..."

Qing Yun was very calm: "That's so strange, she was special when she was a human... she must be a special fairy when she became a fairy."

Qingzhen looked at the dusty ground, clam that was pinching Qingyun's lantern trousers, and the mussel cheering him on, and remained silent.

One night in February.Something strange happened in Lijiaji, Rong Chenzi was always worried that there would be troubles after the snake call, so he paid special attention to it, packed his things overnight and prepared to rush over.The mussel was soundly asleep, he touched its shell, the corners of his mouth slightly raised: "Would you like to come with me?"

The mussel doesn't open its shell—it hasn't had the turtledove and mushroom soup in the morning, and it doesn't want to leave.Rong Chenzi shook his head: "Then you follow Xiaoye obediently, I will come back as soon as I go. Huh?"

The clam seems to have a little understanding of human language, but like a dog, it understands common language, but it still doesn't understand it when it is complicated.After Rong Chenzi finished speaking, it was about to crawl under the couch, Rong Chenzi quickly picked her up: "I'll carry you there."

It was still dark outside, and the view was pitch black.The cherry blossoms bloomed late this year, and they haven't thanked yet. Rong Chenzi walked on the stone road with it in his arms. In the middle of the night, when the frost was heavy, he hugged the clam close to his chest: "The dewdrops of the cherry blossoms are very fragrant, do you want to taste it? "

The clam in his arms opened its shell, Rong Chenzi picked a few flowers to feed it dew, and softly told him: "Be good when I'm not here, listen to Xiaoye and don't crawl around."

The clam concentrated on drinking the dew and ignored him.It thinks that Rong Chenzi is the meanest among so many people, Ye Tian and Qing Yun, as long as they open a few more shells, they will always feed something.Rong Chenzi came every day according to the time, and he wouldn't feed him if he didn't have the time, and he wouldn't feed him no matter how many times he opened the shell.What's more, he is often away, and after playing with toys with him for a while, there is always something to send her to Ye Tian.

Therefore, the river clam is not very affectionate to him, and it still can't figure out why it must sleep with him at night. If only it could sleep with Qing Yun, Qing Yun will make delicious food...

So the night after Rong Chenzi left, the mussels disappeared.Ye Tian was so anxious that she almost fainted, she just brought a doll for He Peng, and when she left, she obediently stayed on the couch, but after a while, she disappeared.The little Taoist priests searched every corner of Qingxu Temple, and found more than [-] mountain and river mussels.They really have the same head and the same color.

After comparing for a long time, I didn't see which one it was, Ye Tian was about to cry: "Bitch, it's just you!"

In desperation, Qingyun offered a magic weapon and made two shrimp balls, and there were not even a single shell of more than twenty river mussels—none.

Since it was about to light up at night, everyone decided to continue searching after eating. Qingyun went back to her room to change clothes, and found this clam from under her tofu-shaped quilt. It hid well and was very proud of it. like a statue.

Qingyun picked her up, and the little Taoist priests in Qingxu Temple fell back into her stomach.

Ye Tian held her in his arms, and knocked on its shell after a long time: "Don't run around, what if someone steps on you!"

The mussel opened its shell six or seven times one after another—she could smell the aroma of shrimp balls!

Ye Tian finally found a way to deal with her, put the shrimp balls in the food box, feed it a little at a time, it won't break it, and it will guard the rest, and it won't crawl around when you beat it with a broom.

The consequence of being too careful is that after Rong Chenzi came back, He Mu didn't recognize him.

On that day, the peach blossoms were in full bloom, and the fallen petals were red.Rong Chenzi brought five-spice sunflower seeds to the mussel, and the mussel was very happy, but don't allow Chenzi to feed it.Rong Chenzi cried when he touched it, it wanted to sleep with Ye Tian.Ye Tian peeled the melon seeds, grinning from ear to ear: "Brother, let me tell you what's good about you, you can't even raise a river mussel!"

(End of this chapter)