Chapter 16: Meet or Miss
Day 10.
The tenth day that Li Dioudiu was extremely anticipated finally came. He got up early in the morning and started working hard. He took off the courtyard clothes and changed them back to his original clothes. Although they were worn out, he had already washed them cleanly.
I took the things and prepared to go out, but then I thought that my master hadn't seen him wearing a yard uniform yet, so I ran back to change it. The bags of people brought a lot of things, including food and wine, and what Aunt Wu had prepared for him yesterday afternoon. The wine was borrowed from Xiahouzhuo, and Xiahouzhuo said he had to pay it back in the future.
Xiahou Zhuo also said to him... You have to fight for everything you want yourself, instead of getting used to the alms that others have given you. Don't think that it is taking advantage, that is turning yourself into a slave.
Li Dioudi brought more things, and he seemed clumsy when walking. He had to walk at least four miles from the academy to Wuweiguan, but he didn't feel it was hard, and he felt that he had brought less.
When he arrived at the entrance of the academy, he was about to go out but saw the teacher Yan Qingzhi standing there waiting. Li Diou was a little panicked when he saw Yan Qingzhi. This was probably the case when the child saw the teacher.
Yan Qingzhi said in a plain tone: "I want to go out to do business, and I happen to go along with the place you are going. Get on the bus, I'll take you a ride."
For a moment, Li Dioudiu was a little uncomfortable, and Yan Qingzhi almost never looked so kind to him.
He got into the carriage outside the door, and Yan Qingzhi pointed to a package on the carriage: "There are two sets of clothes here, which I wear in old clothes. I didn't plan to ask for it anymore, but I thought I would throw it away, you..."
"Thank you sir."
Li Dioudiu took the cloth bag and hugged it in his arms, without saying anything more.
Yan Qingzhi was silent for a while and said, "Did you go to see Xiahou Zhuo yesterday?"
"Yes sir."
"Go less in the future."
"Okay sir."
Yan Qingzhi seemed to have noticed that the atmosphere was a little awkward, and both of them fell into silence for a moment.
A long time later, Yan Qingzhi glanced at Li Dioudiu and said, "You and Xiahou Zhuo are not the same type of people."
"I know sir."
Yan Qingzhi said something like Li Dioudiu replied, Yan Qingzhi seemed to be out of interest. Without saying anything, the carriage slowly moved forward along the street. The journey of the four miles seemed to be slower than walking, and no one spoke. The carriage seemed to be as quiet as if there was no one, but no one would not be so embarrassed.
"arrive."
Yan Qingzhi's carriage stopped, and he looked at Li Dioudiu: "I sent you here because I wanted your master to see that you came by the car, and to let him know that you are really different when you enter the academy."
Li Dioudiu was shocked. After getting off the car, he leaned over to Yan Qingzhi in the carriage and bowed: "Thank you, Mr.."
"You go."
Yan Qingzhi reached out and pulled the curtain of the carriage back, and the carriage continued to move forward. In fact, Yan Qingzhi had nothing to do and was not going to go along with the way. He just wanted to see what the old man he respected looked like.
The old man didn't come.
Li Dioudiu stood at the door of Wuwei Temple and looked around. There was no shadow of his master. There was an open space at the door of Wuwei Temple. You could see it all at once. When Li Dioudiu stood there with a bunch of things, he was so confused that he didn't seem to be unable to find anyone, but he threw himself away.
A child is in the wilderness and cannot be seen by anyone. It is probably Li Dioudiu’s mood at this time.
“Master…”
Li Dioudi kept looking around, but there was no sign of his master in the sight. He was unwilling to give up and ran to the side of Wuwei Temple to look. Without his master, he ran to the other side to look at it, but there was still no master.
No matter how strong a child is, he is still a child. Li Dioudi burst into tears with a wow.
Behind a big tree in the distance, a dirty long-eyed Taoist hid in the middle of the night and looked at Li Dioudi carefully. At the moment when Li Dioudi burst into tears, he almost couldn't help but rush over and hug the child.
But he can't. If Li Dioudi saw him like this now, would Li Dioudi be so sad? He knew Li Dioudi very well. As long as Li Dioudi saw his homeless appearance, he would leave the academy and choose to return to him.
No.
The child has embarked on a different road, with scenery ahead. Even if he cannot be rich and noble, he will be at least clean and bright. He has worked hard to send the child to the main road, and he is still one last step away.
Let this child give up on himself, this is the last step.
The long-browed Taoist wiped his tears and leaned against the tree and took a deep breath. He didn't dare to look at it anymore. If he continued to look at it, his heart would crack.
He looked down at his clothes, and he still brought Li Dioudi to Jizhou City. It was even more worn and dirty, and the color of the Taoist robe could no longer be seen. If... if he could have a clean piece of clothes, he would have rushed over and picked up the child.
Li Dioudiu was waiting for the torture of waiting this day, isn’t the same old Taoist? He was even more tormented than Li Dioudiudi.
The closer the days are, the more painful he is. He tried his best to find a clean dress, but he had no choice. Even if he died, he would not steal or rob, nor would he beg. He was a Taoist sect, and he had to be worthy of his ancestors and his identity as a Taoist.
He has been living by divination for so many years, and has never cheated a person who is unconscience-free. He has a clear idea of how much money he has to do and say as much as he does. He knows that he is also a fraud for living, but he just says some beautiful words for money. Rich or bad people buy such beautiful words from him to seek peace of mind.
He is a conflicted person, and sometimes even the conflicted self looks down on himself.
Just this morning, he wanted to leave the Taoist temple forever, but he really couldn't help it. After trying it many times, he couldn't convince himself.
On the way, he encountered a ditch, and he squatted there and washed his face seriously. Although the water was not clean, he washed his face cleanly.
"Diudi'er...Don't blame Master for being cruel."
The old Taoist leaned against the tree and muttered to himself, his legs trembling and he couldn't stand any longer.
"Master sent you to Yangguan Avenue, but Master can't go up. Master can't drag you if he can't go up. He can't be your burden. Child... I wish you a bright future and Master will say goodbye."
He raised his hand and wiped his eyes hard, took a deep breath, and walked forward with great strides.
The long-browed Taoist strode forward, trembling step by step.
Li Dioudiu's heart-wrenching cry came from behind him. The old Taoist's heart seemed to be cut back and forth by a knife. He wanted to turn his head and run back countless times. He had such impulses every breath, but he endured it again and again.
Li Dioudi would definitely be angry in the academy because he was not from a wealthy family. How many cold words should an eleven-year-old child bear every day? If people know that he has such a down-and-out master, he would be even more looked down upon.
It would be fine if he cried for a while, but he would be fine if he cried for a while.
When the old Taoist was walking, he lowered his head and saw the broken clothes on his body. He felt resentment for the first time.
God, I have never lost my heart. Why can't I get a decent gift if I do good deeds every day?
The decent he wanted was just a clean and decent dress.
I don’t know how far I walked, but the old Taoist couldn’t hold on anymore. He sat down and leaned against the wall and cried. Li Dioudiu could still hear the hoarse crying sound in the distance. The old Taoist grinned and cried silently.
With a click, something fell in front of the old Taoist. He subconsciously looked at it. Passers-by threw a copper coin in front of him. He shook his head: "I'm not Hanako, I won't beg."
"hehe."
The passerby glanced at him: "Do you want love, don't you think it's too little?"
The old Taoist picked up the copper coin and wanted to pay it back, but the man had already walked away and was cursing while walking. He might think that it was not worth it for his good deeds but he was angry.
The old Taoist put the copper coin back on the ground and stood up with the wall. He could not sit down like this. If Li Dioudi saw him, all his efforts would be wasted. He came just to look at the child again.
He walked forward with the wall, and at this moment a person appeared in front of him.
"Don't cut off his life."
Someone was talking in front of him.
The old Taoist looked up and recognized it as the gentleman in the car at first sight. When Li Dioudi got off the carriage, he kept secretly watching and saw what the gentleman looked like.
Diudier looks so beautiful in her beautiful courtyard uniform. She looks so arrogant when she sits in the carriage. That is the life he should have.
Yan Qingzhi looked at the old Taoist, and he had always been calm and calm, but he felt uncomfortable and wanted to roar.
"He will stop thinking."
Yan Qingzhi said another sentence.
"I......"
The old Taoist looked at his clothes again and shook his head and said, "I can't see him like this. Instead of pestering him to have no intention of studying, it's better to be cruel... Sir, please let us go."
"You are the one who knows him best."
Yan Qing said word by word: "In the academy, I am giving him anger because I want to train his character. I call him a poor man and to temper his patience. I have suffered more from me. In the future, he will be able to calm down when he goes back to school and face other people's bullying."
"I don't allow him to walk around with people of noble origins. I don't want him to be a gangster or a follower of others. He has arrogance in his bones and cannot be jealous of others' charity and make this arrogance become slavery."
"I don't allow him to do this or not, because I know it's not easy for him to enter the academy. There has been no student like him in the past thirty-six years."
Yan Qingzhi said: "So I respect you, but now I look down on you. What I do is not to cut off his life, but what you do now."
The old Taoist opened his mouth and was speechless.
"You are the one who knows Li Chi the best. If he loses his love, what's the point of being alive? You let an eleven-year-old child have the desire to die. Are you really good to him? I have always told other students that you are not studying for anyone, but for yourself, but I can't say this to him, he is studying for you."
Yan Qingzhi shook his head and turned around and left: "You think about it yourself."
The old Taoist looked at Yan Qingzhi's back as he was leaving, and finally chose to leave.
Just then, a hoarse cry came from behind him.
"Master!"
The old Taoist's shoulder trembled suddenly. He wanted to turn around, but he didn't dare.
Li Diudou ran over wildly, throwing all the things in his hand [pencil novel www.qbxs.xyz], running behind the old Taoist and hugging him, hugging him so tightly.
"No, don't smear your hospital clothes!"
The old Taoist quickly turned around and tried to push Li Dioudi away, but how could Li Dioudi let go? He hugged the old Taoist's waist for a long time. Then Li Dioudi suddenly bit the old Taoist's arm, very hard.
The old man burst into tears.
“Master…”
"The master is here."
"Master, do you want to run away?"
"No... Master forgot to change his clothes. Master is pretending to be poor and cheating people now."
"You'll just lie to me."
Li Dioudi rubbed his nose and tears on his master's clothes, and then smiled: "Master, have you ever eaten dumplings? Dumplings with fair skin and beautiful appearance."
The old Taoist: "Ah?"
On the wall in the distance, Xiahou Zhuo, who was sitting there looking at this side, had a sour nose, but after hearing this, he squirted.
What a broken child.
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Chapter completed!