Chapter 2 Don't beg from immortals, dare to fight with heaven
Although he was carrying a load, Li Yunsheng went down the mountain before dark. The father and son built a thatched hut on the side of the road west of the foot of the mountain. The thatched hut was built by the father and son two or three years ago. They cut down a few trees on the mountain and moved some rocks. They repaired it every year, after all, they had to stay here for a month.
After two or three years of repair and repair, this thatched hut has now become a different story, with stoves, tables, chairs, and beds all available, and the walls are firmly covered with mud, so that the wind cannot penetrate the wind.
Li Yunsheng sorted out the straw hat and straw raincoat, then started boiling water on the stove, and then carefully scooped a small bowl of flour from the jar behind the stove to start kneading the noodles. Halfway through, he suddenly stopped, thought about taking out an egg from the jar containing the flour and beat it into the flour, and waited until the noodles were mixed and cut into thin strips, and the water in the pot also opened. He put the cut noodles into the pot, picked half a spoonful of lard from the small clay pot on the stove and put it in. As soon as the lard was infused with boiling water, it melted and turned into a layer of beautiful oil flowers. He added another handful of spicy food. Finally, he covered the lid and sat in front of the stove to set the fire.
After following Li Shanzhu outside for so many years, Li Yunsheng has made good rice. Although the ingredients are very ordinary, he has made it very attentive and made some ordinary foods delicious.
Li Yunsheng and his son were very punctual in their work. Every morning, they carried their loads up the mountain with a light dawn. His father Li Shanzhu just took a short rest in the small pavilion and continued to go to Ziyun Temple to help the temple do some trivial matters. Li Yunsheng sold hats and straw raincoats in the small pavilion, and sometimes followed him to Ziyun Temple. Until it was dark, Li Yunsheng went down the mountain and went back to the house to cook. Every time the rice was almost cooked, the bowls and chopsticks were arranged, and Li Shanzhu came back.
The same was true on this day. Li Yunsheng carefully wiped the small wooden table for eating in the house, washed two sets of dishes and wiped them clean with a dry cloth and arranged them on the table. The knock on the door sounded.
The one who entered the door was Li Shanzhu. Although he was as thin and dark as Li Yunsheng, he had to bend down to walk in through the door. Li Shanzhu looked like most farmers, and looked dull and didn't talk much. When he saw Li Yunsheng, he just nodded and then sat down at the table.
After serving two bowls of steaming noodles, Li Yunsheng sat down with him.
"You can put less oil." After looking at the oily flowers and a few wild green onions floating in the bowl, Li Shanzhu said with a hint of fatigue in her voice.
Li Yunsheng curled his lips, put the chopsticks into the bowl without saying a word, grabbed a piece of noodles and put them into his mouth.
"Bang, bang..."
At this time, the knock on the door came again. Li Yunsheng hesitated for a moment, looked at Li Shanzhu who was pulling his face hard into his mouth, put down the bowls and chopsticks in a little unhappy and walked to the door and opened the door.
An old woman stood at the door, the one Li Yunsheng met in the pavilion today.
"I'm here to return the straw raincoat." The old man said with a shriveled mouth.
"I'm sorry, the old man."
At this time, Li Shanzhu also put down the bowls and chopsticks and stood up. He pulled Li Yunsheng away, standing there standing there. When he saw the straw raincoat in the old woman's hand, he understood that his good son must have been kind enough to give someone a straw raincoat.
As he said that, Li Shanzhu took the straw raincoat from the old woman.
"We are eating noodles, which is just one night. Do you want it?"
Li Yunsheng, who was standing beside him, looked at the old woman in the wind and rain outside the house, hesitated for a moment and spoke.
"Okay, I asked about the fragrance from afar, it smells so good." The old woman squinted her eyes and smiled, and her words were filled with joy.
"The old man doesn't mind it, just come in and have a bowl. The room is warmer, and it's time to stop after the rain."
Li Shanzhu is not the kind of stingy person. She immediately invited the old man in and patted Li Yunsheng on the head while facing the old man. There was no extra noodles at home? Even the bowls and chopsticks were just two pairs!
As if nothing happened, Li Yunsheng asked the old man to sit in his original position and pushed the bowls and chopsticks to her.
"Little baby, why don't you eat it?"
The old woman picked up the bowls and chopsticks, looked up at Li Yunsheng strangely. At this time, Li Yunsheng had already walked to the stove and took out a book to read it with the fire in the stove.
“I’ve eaten.”
Hearing this, the old woman giggled, and then didn't ask much, she started eating with relish. After eating the noodles inside, she drank the soup clean, and then said with satisfaction:
"I haven't eaten such delicious noodles for many years."
Li Shanzhu just thought she was a compliment joke, and didn't say anything but laughed.
After eating noodles, the rain had not stopped and the old man had no intention of leaving. She asked Li Shanzhu curiously: "You father and son don't seem to be locals, so why did you come to this wilderness and let your children suffer these crimes?"
She looked at Li Yunsheng who was reading in front of the stove with great care.
"well……"
Li Shanzhu sighed. I wonder if it was because the old woman sitting in front of him was an old woman with no power to tie a chicken. He did not hide it and told him about the past of the Li family and even the evil monk who had been cursed by the evil monk.
"I think my Li family has done good deeds for generations, but now it ends up here. Even my male members of the Li family can live beyond forty years old! We really have no way out. Now the Li family is the only two of us. You said that if the Li family is in my hands, I will be ashamed of my ancestors!"
"Is there such a strange thing in this world? It's really unheard of." The old woman looked surprised.
"If it hadn't been for the fact that it had happened to me, I wouldn't believe it." Li Shanzhu smiled bitterly, "So whenever we hear a trace of immortals over the years, we will find something and ask for an opportunity."
"This is probably harder than finding a needle in a haystack." The old woman shook her head, "Is this fairy trail hard to find. Even if you really encounter it, you may not help you. After all, we are just ants in the eyes of the immortals."
"Who said no?" Li Shanzhu's expression was bleak, "But you can't just accept your fate like this."
When Li Shanzhu said this, Li Yunsheng, not far away, curled his lips again. This scene happened to be seen by the old woman. The old woman said with a funny look: "Little baby, what are you laughing at?"
Hearing this, Li Shanzhu cut Li Yunsheng into a glance, thinking to himself that when there is no one there, you are not old or young, but if there is outsiders, you are still so unworthy of your face. When someone leaves, I won’t let you have a good meal.
Li Yunsheng's nature was naturally not scared by being glared at. He put down the book in his hand and sorted out his thoughts in his mind, and then said in a somewhat childish voice: "I think it's better for us to live a better life than daddy than to search for that vague fairy trail. You know that the immortal is not merciful, but he will have been asking for it for ten years. He said he would not accept his fate, but what you did was just a perfunctory way."
Speaking of this, Li Yunsheng paused again, thought about it seriously, and said with a stern expression: "If you really don't accept your fate, you should not beg for mercy from those immortals, but you dare to fight with this heaven and this fate."
The two adults were startled by the bold words of a child. After a moment of being stunned, Li Shanzhu raised his fist and glared at Li Yunsheng again, and said viciously: "The skin is itchy again, right?" However, the woman did not laugh at Li Yunsheng, but thought about it carefully, and then smiled lovingly: "Don't beg for the immortals, dare to fight with the sky! It was said very well, very good!" It seemed that Li Yunsheng's words made her very happy.
"Bang, bang."
Just when Li Shanzhu was confused by the old woman's excellent words, someone knocked on the door again. Li Shanzhu wanted to open the door, but the old man stood up and waved his hand to stop him. She smiled and looked at Li Shanzhu and said, "It should be the little girl who came to pick me up."
As soon as the door opened, it was indeed a woman standing outside the door, but the woman's appearance was so dark that she couldn't see clearly.
"I think the rain seems to be unable to stop tonight, so I will pick you up." The woman's voice was surprisingly nice, just like the sound of the wind chime outside the summer window, which made people feel refreshed.
The old woman nodded. She stood at the door and turned to look at Li Yunsheng on the other side of the stove, raised her hand and waved to him: "Little baby, come!"
Seeing the old woman calling him, Li Yunsheng walked over with some confusion.
"I am at my age and I shouldn't have eaten your little baby's stuff." The old woman smiled embarrassedly and said, "I didn't bring anything when I came. I only had this bottle of sugar pills I brought for my grandson. I'll give it to you!"
She took out an exquisite white porcelain bottle and handed it to Li Yunsheng.
If others were to refuse and be humble, Li Yunsheng would naturally be unkind and impolite, so he took the bottle casually.
"Old ancestor, this is..." The woman in the dark said in a low voice. Although her voice was very low, Li Yunsheng could still hear the anxiousness in her voice.
"What does a bottle of sugar pill count?"
The old woman waved her hand and told the woman not to say more. Li Yunsheng felt a little displeased with the woman's words and thought to himself that she was just a bottle of sugar pills.
"Little baby, it looks like it will be thunderous tonight. I'll go to bed early if I have nothing to do."
The old woman looked at the sky, then turned to remind Li Yunsheng.
Even if the old woman didn't say it, the two of them wouldn't go out tonight, but they still nodded.
Chapter completed!