The Stairway to Immortality

Outsiders came to the village, and the calm village became lively, and the village chief and the village elders came out to greet the old bachelor.

Shi Zi and his friends also joined in the fun, and the hospitable villagers got together, and took out the wine and peanuts hidden in the cellar, as well as all kinds of food, to entertain the guests from afar.

The original old man was a scribe in the Later Liang Kingdom, because of the chaos of war and turmoil, he could not be quiet, and traveled around many countries, just wanting to seek a pure land to settle down, and walked to Fuyu Town, Min Kingdom, only to know that there is such a remote village, and the whole village has lived for so many years, only to learn from the old man that their country is called Min State, and the town dozens of miles away is called Fuyu Town.

The old man was talking to everyone about what he had seen and heard along the way, suddenly there was a thunder in the clear sky, followed by the wind and clouds, not long after a while, it rained heavily, and the elders of the village felt that the rain was brought by the old man, so the whole village, old and young, got up and knelt down together to thank the old man.

At this time, the men, women and children of the whole village have returned to the village, the rain fell, the village chief led everyone to bow down to the earth and the sky, knelt down to worship the old scribe, thanked him for bringing the rain, after thanking the old man, the adults in the village took the rope and the animal trap, went to the woods to catch hares, hunt pheasants, dig mountain mice, and thank the old man with game.

After several years of drought, cracked fields, slowly healing, the rain watered the seedlings, the yellow seedlings also came to life, the river began to rise, patches of green appeared in the mountains and fields, and the dry earth slowly regained its vitality.

A month later, the elders of the village ordered that a spacious wooden house be built for the old bachelor in the woods at the edge of the village, with all the facilities in it, a dining table, two or three wooden chairs, a bookcase, and a coffee table, all according to the old bachelor's requirements.

The screens and bookshelves, these are things that no one in the village has ever seen, they are all made by the old man who drew sketches, found the carpenters in the town, and looked at the sketches.

Every day, Shizi would run to the old bachelor's house to take a sneak look, he wanted to learn to write, to recognize words, because every time he dreamed, he was anxious when he saw the words on the wall, and he wanted to know what kind of consciousness it was?

After a long time, gradually the old man noticed this black and thin child, but every time he beckoned Shizi to his side, Shizi ran away shyly.

In a blink of an eye, summer has arrived, the fields have solved the drought because of the rain, and the adults are not to mention how happy they are when they look at the green crops.

During this time, in response to the response of the villagers, the village chief went to the old bachelor to chat for a few days, begging the old man to teach the children to learn literacy, so that the next generation of this nameless village can understand some knowledge, so that they can go far away and read and write.

The old man smiled slightly, and saw that the villagers in this remote place were self-motivated, and he was very satisfied, and he also generously agreed to this request, and the time for the start of the class was set for seven days later, and he taught the children in the grain field in the village.

This scribe old man's surname is inexplicable rain, the word Tianzhi, he is a famous university scholar in the Later Liang Kingdom, a great musician, his surname is in the Later Liang Kingdom, that is an extremely noble surname, the Later Liang Emperor was angry because of the outspokenness of the old man Mo Yu, he wanted to kill and couldn't kill, in a fit of anger, he gave the old man a position as a lobbyist, sent him to travel abroad, and never wanted to see him again, the old man Mo walked out of the Later Liang country, his heart was cold, and he had no worries about his country.

His traveling life began, crossing the mountains, crossing the rivers, seeing all the states of life, watching the battlefield and killing from afar, and putting the trivial things on the road into his heart one by one, his future was not concerned at all, and he just wanted to live in seclusion indifferently and enjoy the future days peacefully.

Starting from Houliang through many countries, it took five years to arrive in Minguo, Minguo's territory is not large, and the war is slightly less than that of other countries, and then he came to this remote and nameless village, and saw these enthusiastic and motivated villagers, so that he had a sense of belonging, so he stayed, and had the heart to teach the next generation in the village.

In the days before the school started, Shi Zi and his friends still caught hares, caught mountain mice, laughed and played every day, and the old man's decision will bring earth-shaking changes to these children who are playing happily.

This is a fortunate thing in the village, and it also makes the villagers see a glimmer of hope, the villagers who don't know a single word, generation after generation live in this land, and now Mo Lao will use his knowledge to change this village.

The elders of the village and the village chief all went to the ancestral hall to burn incense and pray, thank the heavens, thank the earth, thank the ancestors, bless the wind and rain every year, after the village chief bowed, there were tears in his resolute eyes flashing, and he would have this blessing during his tenure as the village head, which was the supreme glory of his life.

When he is old, he will tell all this to the young people in the village, what a proud thing it is, the smell of incense that is rare in the ancestral hall on weekdays, today's incense is extraordinarily strong, all floated out of the ancestral hall, floating into the sky, the village chief and the elders are very excited, looking at the ancestors one by one.

"Our village doesn't even have a name, a nameless village with two surnames, how can He De summon such a capable old bachelor, the children have teachers, in the future, our village may produce big officials, it will glorify the lintel, and it will make our village one of the best among the surrounding villages, hahaha, just thinking about it is happy" The village chief turned his back to the ancestral rank, smiled and said with a smile outside the gate, and the surrounding elders also nodded yes.

After a while, they began to talk about their future plans and expectations for the children, and the prosperity of this small village was just around the corner, the ancestral hall was full of laughter, the sun in the sky was shining on the earth, the white clouds were floating in the air, the grass on the ground was swaying slightly, and the village chief's smile was as good as the weather today.

Seven days are coming in a blink of an eye, the people of the village are still busy in the field, there is not a single cloud in the sky, the sun is unscrupulous to release its heat, a small pergola is erected in the grain field, a long table is placed in the pergola, a feather fan is placed on the table, and on the cushion behind the table sits an old man with his eyes slightly closed, and a short and thin man stands beside him, holding a ring ruler, looking at more than twenty or thirty children of different ages in the open space of the grain field.

Because of the idea of male superiority and inferiority of women, the village elders and village chiefs did not allow girls to learn knowledge, but Mo Lao did not have that idea and allowed girls to learn secretly.

"Today I will talk about the first lesson, the first lesson is not to learn words, not to read texts, I will talk about today's countries," Mo Lao finished speaking, and wrote a Min character on a smooth, clean and wide wooden board with charcoal.

He pointed to the words on the wooden board with his hand and said, "This is a Min character, this is your Min country, the king of Min, his name is Sun Minyan, and he is a lustful and timid king." The

children all looked at Mo Lao, and only one child was holding a branch on the ground and writing crookedly on the wooden board, muttering in his mouth.

"Min is the name of your country, and it is also the first word you know. Mo

Lao talked about the names of various countries today, and the names of the emperors and kings, and wrote on the wooden board Nanliang, Wu, Houliang, Zhao, Jin, Beifan, Yue, Dongxia, Houzhou, Min, Jin, Mo Lao watched the children listen to it with relish, and he spoke more energetically, and the more he talked, the happier he became.

Shizi listened attentively, holding a branch in his hand and writing continuously.

After class, the village chief looked at the children's distant figures and said, "Hey, in this war-torn year, the older children, fourteen or fifteen years old, will be arrested and sent to serve as soldiers, even if they are not old and tall, they will be taken away." "

It's gone, there are few wars in the Min country, but it is also very concerned about catching and raising soldiers, and the two surrounding countries are often provocative, it's sad and sad" Mo Lao looked up at the sky and sighed lightly.

This class was taught for an hour, the children did not feel exposed to the sun, they were very focused, Mo Lao was very happy and satisfied with this, after class, Mo Lao asked Ma Wuqi to find stones to his wooden house, and a thin figure entered the wooden house.

Mo Lao looked up and down at this hair that was a little yellow, a small dark face, under the slender eyebrows, a pair of big eyes, a closer look is still a double eyelid, a small nose and a small mouth, it looks cute, a little shy, a little panicked, like a frightened chicken, with his head down and dare not look up.

"What's your name, little doll," Mo Lao asked after looking at it.

"My name is Shizi, and my family named me Zhao Shiyi," Shizi replied.

"Haha, Shizi, Zhao Shiyi?" Mo Lao smiled, and wrote on the ground casually, Zhao Shiyi's three words.

"I don't know these three words, my father said that the surname Zhao is Zhao, the stone of the stone, one is the word of an insect" Shi Zi finally mustered up his courage, raised his head and looked at Mo Lao and said seriously.

Mo Lao looked at Shi Zi's serious expression, laughed, and then shook his head.

"This name was given by Uncle Ma Wuqi, my father's name in exchange for things, and he is the most learned person in our village," Shi Zi said.

Mo Lao looked at the stone, and said with gentle eyes and soft words, "Do you

like to write and read?" Tell me, why do you like to write?" The stone lowered his head and thought about it, and said seriously, "I like it, I can write a lot of benefits, and I can earn a lot of delicious food by naming others and reading letterheads in the future."

Mo Lao laughed again, such a big child, even if it is normal to admit food, Mo Lao stretched out his left hand and counted it, after a while, he looked at Shi Zi with a smile and said, "Ma Wuqiqi's name is not available, I'll give you another name, what do you think?"

Mo Lao likes Shizi This child did this, Shi Zi looked at Mo Lao and thought for a while and said

, "Is the name useful?" "If the name is good, maybe it will bring you luck in the future." Mo Lao said very surely, Shizi thought for a while and agreed.

"It's called Zhao Shiyu, you will use this name in the future, there is jade in the stone, that is, there is a treasure in the stone, it seems ordinary on the surface, but it is a treasure inside.

Shi Zi smiled slightly, it was now the period of tooth loss, and he had only one front tooth left, and he felt that the new name was better.

"Zhao Shiyu, if you have nothing to do in the future, you can come to me, you like to write and recognize words, how about the old man teach you a few more words?"

The purpose of Shizi learning words is very simple, he wants to understand what kind of consciousness the words on the wall in the elliptical space in the dream are.

"Mo Lao, in addition to literacy, you can teach me something else, I want to learn everything, can you teach me more?"

Mo Lao Lang paused for a moment, and then said with a smile, "Yes, yes, as long as you want to learn, I can teach you what I will, you can teach it, it's good, it's good if you have this idea." At

this time, Ma Wuqi came, the village chief ordered him to take care of Mo Lao's daily life, Shizi saw Ma Wuqi coming, so he said goodbye to Mo Lao, happily went home, and when he got home, he told his father what Mo Lao said and gave him a new name.

Because he knew that Mo Lao liked stones, the happy father shouted, "Child, make one more dish today, I want to have a drink, this good thing should be a few more drinks." "