The Pioneer of the Rebirth Era

Compared with the children's toys in Yangjia Village, the children's toys in the toy city are more delicate, and the people in Yanghuopi city don't play with them. They like to play with foreign muskets and slingshot guns, and then roll hoops.

These days, if you can roll on an iron hoop, wear a belt around your waist, carry a water bottle next to you, have a pair of white pull-back shoes, and wear a military cap, then you will definitely be cool. .

Now the children in the city do not have the squeamishness of the later generations, and they don't look down on Yang Dongxu, a child from the countryside. They play with Yang Dongxu within a few days.

But Yang Dongxu didn't want to play with them. Apart from marbles, he was also a little interested, because the skills of a few kids in the courtyard really surprised him, so he naturally exchanged ideas. Afterwards, it proved that his treasured sword was not old, and he returned the winning marbles to others, otherwise a few kids would cry, and one didn't pay attention to winning a little too much.

He has no interest in little boys taking pictures, bamboo people and so on. Naturally, the little girl's shuttlecock kicking and hand rope are even less interesting. So apart from going crazy to get familiar with the children in the big courtyard a few days ago, Yang Dongxu started to become a little lonely again.

But even Du is followed by a small tail - Wu Xue.

Wu Xue's nickname is Xiaoxue. She is six years old this year, one year older than Yang Dongxu's sister and one year younger than him. With two braids, it looks pink and lovely. Her parents are both workers, so they are busy from morning till night to take care of her.

Usually, Xiaoxue can be sent to the nursery school. The current nursery school has no learning tasks, but a few adults watch the children play and prevent them from fighting, so they are usually at ease.

But during this summer vacation, Xiaoxue's parents were a little dumbfounded, usually they could only drag the elderly in the courtyard to take care of her. But the elderly also have their own things to do, so they can't always help you look after the children, can they? My own children also follow the older children to run around and play.

I don't know whether Yang Dongxu's maturity beyond his peers gave Xiaoxue a sense of security, or whether he didn't bully Xiaoxue and cried when he first came here, so he didn't have any shadows in his heart. In short, Xiaoxue became his follower after wandering around in the courtyard for a few days, and Brother Xu shouted affectionately behind him.

When I saw Xiaoxue Yang Dongxu, I couldn't help but think of my sister in the countryside, so I have nothing to say. After spending a few days in the courtyard like this, Yang Dongxu led Xiaoxue's little hand out of the gate.

There is no place for fun, although there are some small merchants and hawkers in the city selling some things in the alleys, but those things can't attract Yang Dongxu's attention at all.

There are few shops around, and there are some stalls next to the Huodezhenjun Temple not far away. After a few glances, they are meaningless, they are all things to coax children, so he dragged Xiaoxue into the temple. to play.

It is a bit strange that Yang Dongxu, a Taoist priest, is not a monk living in the temple, but you can understand when you see that the people enshrined in it are all Taoist gods and so on.

There is no need to buy tickets for temples at this time, except for a few Taoist priests who saw Yang Dongxu and Xiaoxue and said a few words to go out and play and don’t run around here, for fear that children will be too skinny to damage things in the temple. People control you.

"Tsk tsk tsk, they are all good things. If you get them back, they will be treasures in a few decades." Yang Dongxu's eyes lit up as he looked at the incense burners and lamps in the temple.

Although he doesn't know how to identify antiques, these must be authentic. People these days are sincere, and they are even more in awe of gods and so on. Naturally, they will not use some vain things to fool the gods like later generations.

"Brother Xu, I'm hungry." Yang Dongxu, who was constantly thinking about how to get these antiques home, ran from room to room, but was pulled by Xiaoxue.

"Ah" looking at the baby Yang Dongxu forgot the time, he stretched his head out from under the eaves and saw that it was indeed noon.

Reluctantly looking at the rooms that have not been entered, Yang Dongxu had no choice but to hold Xiaoxue and prepare to go home for dinner. Zhou Yiren was very reassuring of him, so the key was hung around his neck, and he went home to cook whatever he wanted to eat. Zhou Yiren didn't come back to eat at work at noon.

In the morning Zhou Yiren bought him breakfast, and in the evening he brought food back from the canteen of his work unit. Yang Dongxu despised him for cooking once and he never cooked again.

Therefore, Yang Dongxu became deeply worried about his living standard. He really couldn't understand how Zhou Yiren survived so many years in Yangjiacun without being poisoned to death by cooking so bad.

"Sniff." Just as he was about to hold Xiaoxue's little hand and leave, a scent wafted into his nostrils, and Xiaoxue next to him also twitched his nose like a puppy, no wonder he wasn't hungry anymore. Yes.

Not leaving, Yang Dongxu followed the scent to see if he could have lunch, anyway, the two of them couldn't eat much, or they would pay for it at worst.

When he left Yangjiacun, Yang Dongxu's parents gave him a huge sum of 500 yuan. Of course, Zhou Yiren kept the money, but he just kept it and didn't hide it. Zhou Yiren never cared about Yang Dongxu's money, and he knew that he would not take it indiscriminately. So at this time, Yang Dongxu has a huge sum of two yuan in his pocket. It's not a big problem to eat a meal.

Following the scent, Yang Dongxu passed through a side door, walked forward along the narrow corridor for a certain distance, and a small courtyard appeared in Yang Dongxu's vision.

I didn't have time to pay attention to how such a remote courtyard appeared in the temple, and the house looked very dilapidated. His eyes were fixed on a small wooden cabin on the left side of the small courtyard, and the fragrance came from inside. And he could also hear the creaking sound of the meat being stir-fried in the pan.

Xiaoxue was a little scared when she came to the unfamiliar small courtyard. Although she kept swallowing her saliva smelling the smell of meat, she dragged Yang Dongxu from going forward.

Yang Dongxu patted her little hand comfortingly, and then shouted at the hut: "Is anyone there, is the meal ready?"

This voice startled Xiaoxue, and there was a clanging sound from the kitchen, as if the spatula had been dropped on the ground. The next moment, an old man in Taoist robes with a Taoist headband on his head poked his head out from the kitchen.

"If you mess with my lunch, I won't expose you for eating meat." Yang Dongxu controlled the muscles on his face to make himself look more serious.

But where can he be so serious as a kid over seven years old? Although the clothes on his body were a little white after washing, Yang Dongxu really couldn't bear the lice or other small animals crawling around on his body, and he was too clean when he was in his own home.

Right now, a little boy dressed plainly and cleanly can definitely be equated with cuteness. After all, Yang Dongxu is not ugly, and his living conditions are better than the child's malnourished skinny skin.

"Exposing you, the old Taoist believed in Zhengyi, not Quanzhen, not to mention eating meat and getting married." Seeing the two little kids, the Taoist breathed a sigh of relief and gave Yang Dongxu a hard look. His voice frightened him a lot.

Now it was Yang Dongxu's turn to be dumbfounded. In his eyes, all monks and Taoists all over the world seemed to be the same. As for what Buddha he believed in and what teaching he was divided into, he really didn't know. Looking at the appearance of this old Taoist priest, it seems that he is not joking.

"I don't know what the name of the Daoist Master is called. The monks are merciful, and the Buddha cut meat to feed eagles. Can you let us have lunch?" Yang Dongxu had no choice but to smile instead of frightening.

"That's the Buddha. I'm a Taoist priest and I believe in Sanqing." The old Taoist stared at Yang Dongxu speechlessly and shrank his head back, muttering incessantly, "I've seen a ghost, do children look like this now?"

Xiaoxue took Yang Dongxu's hand and wanted him to leave. Although the smell of meat was very attractive to her, the old Taoist didn't seem like a good person.

The old Taoist's words made Yang Dongxu blush a little, and rubbed his nose to hide his embarrassment. It would be excusable if he didn't know the difference between Zhengyi and Quanzhen. But it is a bit embarrassing to ask the Taoist priest to show mercy with what the Buddha said. Isn't this scolding the bald man in front of the monk, and his brain is trapped by the door?

However, Yang Dongxu, who is in his forties, has a thick skin. Since the other party didn't directly drive him away, it proves that there is something to this matter. Besides, the smell of meat is really attractive, and his stomach has been short of oil and water these two days.

He dragged Xiaoxue, who was a little scared, to sit down at the stone table under the vines in the small courtyard. There were already two dishes on the stone table with bowls upside down. Obviously this was where the old Taoist priests ate.

Seeing that the little kid in front of him was not scared away, but walked into the kitchen as if no one else was there, picked up a gourd ladle, scooped up half a scoop of water, ran to the yard to wash the little girl's hands, and washed himself, the old Taoist stared wide-eyed. My eyes felt like I was really hit by a ghost today.

"Child, which family are you from?" Seeing the two little kids sitting on the stone bench, drooling at the dishes on the plate, but not eating first, the old Taoist came out of the kitchen with a casserole and asked .

The casserole is tumbling and bubbling, and the meat inside is tumbling with the bubbles, exuding a mouth-watering meaty aroma. This is a pot of rabbit meat, because Yang Dongxu saw the rabbit head in the pot at a glance. Although the rabbit meat in July is not as fat as in autumn, after several months of eating grass, it will not be as bad as in winter, and it still tastes good.

"The one in Mao'er Hutong opposite, just moved here." Looking at the old Taoist priest holding three small bowls and three pairs of chopsticks, Yang Dongxu knew that his lunch was in order.

But when he saw that there were only three dishes on the table, he frowned: "Get another dish, how can you eat three dishes?"

"Shouting, people don't know a lot. If you like to eat or not, you will fall down." Hearing Yang Dongxu's words, the old Taoist was stunned for a moment, then opened his mouth and laughed. While laughing, he winked at Yang Dongxu like an old child .

There is a saying in the old rules that when entertaining guests, there is no singular number of dishes, because the singular number of dishes is called "lame dishes" and is used to serve bastards, but people are poor now, so if three dishes are a bit more particular, five, or seven The dishes are not serious and the noodles don't care much.

But three dishes are too obvious, no matter how rural or poor people are, when entertaining guests, they will serve four dishes with random peanuts, even if it is just freshly picked green dates from the tree.

"Children are not considered guests, you can do whatever you want." Yang Dongxu muttered, picked up a few pieces of rabbit meat with few bones and put them in Xiaoxue's bowl to cool first, then picked up his own small bowl and put some vegetables in Xiaoxue's bowl Feed her in front of her.

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