Old man Jiang said this, and my parents suddenly understood, why did old man Jiang wander around like a homeless man in this area, and he spent a long time trying to accept an apprentice? And this apprentice, my parents also vaguely feel that it has something to do with their son.

"I know that my apprentice will appear in this area, but I don't know where it is, just waiting in this village to meet my disciple. In the past few years, the outside world has also been chaotic, although I am not afraid, but in this village, I feel the feeling of paradise, and I am happy to stay here. It was destined that I met your son, and from the moment I saw him, I knew that he would be my future disciple, so it is my duty to be good to your son. After saying all this, Old Man Jiang sat down again, looking at his face, there was a rare apprehension, it could be seen that he was very concerned about this disciple and this inheritance.

At this time, the old monk Huijue, who had not spoken, also spoke: "Your son is a Taoist boy, and he is destined to have a fate with Taoism, which is also good for him. If it were a Buddha boy, I would have taken in disciples. ”

It turned out that it was not to be sent to the Tao, but that Old Man Jiang was going to accept apprentices, which also explained why Old Man Jiang was so good to his son.

My dad breathed a sigh of relief, if it was a matter of his son's life, he had to send his son to learn something, and he would eventually agree, but in that era, not to mention whether some Taoist temples were difficult to protect themselves, he rushed to his own house, which must be a typical example, and it was definitely a matter that affected the whole family.

If I was an apprentice to Old Man Jiang, my dad was a little loose when I thought of Old Man Jiang's ability, but when I thought of me as a child, my dad felt reluctant, and when I thought about it deeply, I thought of separation, and my dad's heart hurt.

Before my dad could speak, my mother was already in tears, she looked at the old man Jiang pitifully, and said, "Master Jiang, I can't bear it." ”

Before Old Man Jiang could speak, my father also said: "Master Jiang, I'm not afraid of your jokes, not only is my mother reluctant, but I'm also reluctant!" I know you're good for the child, and I know you have a real skill, but I'm good."

Old man Jiang sighed for the second time and said, "If things become forced, it will be boring, then it will go against my heart, and besides, the third boy is still young now, and he has no right to decide." I've helped him get rid of the evil creatures that he's been ridding with, and I'm sure the years will be fine. I don't force this disciple to accept it, just let it all go according to fate. ”

After saying this, the old man Jiang got up to say goodbye, the old monk Huijue recited a Buddha name, and also got up to say goodbye, just when the two were about to leave, my mother remembered something, and quickly took off the tiger claw on my neck and handed it to the old man Jiang.

"Master Jiang, I don't mean anything else, you didn't become an apprentice, why are we embarrassed to accept such a valuable thing? You help us so much, we don't have it" My mother said a little incoherently, she really didn't mean anything superfluous, she just felt that Old Man Jiang had helped a lot, and she rejected Old Man Jiang again, why was she embarrassed to accept such valuable things from others?

"You also see that this thing is valuable?" Old man Jiang looked at my mother with some incredulity, how can a village woman have this kind of knowledge?

"yes, I can recognize that the thing in this circle is gold." My mom looked sincere.

Old man Jiang said with a smile: "Bring it to the child, his innate spiritual sense is heavy, and he is especially easy to bump into evil things, and he may not be able to collide, with this tiger claw to protect himself, he can also keep him safe." ”

"Master Jiang, this" My mother was really moved, when it came to her son, she was reluctant to pay it back, not because of greed for money, but because of the sentence to keep me safe, which moved her.

"Gone." Old man Jiang was also chic, pulled his torn jacket tighter, turned around and left.

But the old monk Huijue said to my mother very sincerely: "If you figure it out, you can come to the mountain to find us, I will accompany him to live on the mountain for a few days, and I don't have any other skills, but Tianyantong and Tianertong are also quite virtuous." ”

After speaking, the old monk Huijue also followed behind the old man Jiang's ass and left, which made my mother hold the tiger tooth and be a little stunned, do you say that the relationship between the old monk Huijue and the old man Jiang is good or bad? I can't think clearly.

Time flew by, and months passed in the blink of an eye since that incident.

Although it is a not very stable era, but the big things can not stop people's enthusiasm for the Spring Festival, this winter is about to pass, the Spring Festival is approaching, everyone in this remote village is busy, in order to celebrate the Spring Festival and prepare, everywhere is filled with rare joy all year round.

My family is no exception, red couplets, red lanterns, sugar cubes, melon seeds and peanuts My mother is too busy to touch the ground, what about my father? Although my family did not feed the pigs this year, it is indispensable to help any family that kills the pigs, and I will bring back some pork and pigs into the water or something.

My two elder sisters put on brand new red cloth jackets, which my mother saved for half a year for my two sisters, and I also wore tiger head hats and tiger head shoes, and the family was beaming.

But as the Spring Festival approached, the weather was getting colder and colder, so that night, my mother took away the needlework in her hand, took out a jacket from the cabinet and said to my father, "You can go up the mountain tomorrow." ”

"What's wrong?" My dad took a sip of sugarcane wine, a little puzzled, this cold day, it's going to be the Spring Festival, what to do on the mountain?

"I haven't seen Master Jiang in a few days, don't you think?" My mother always thinks of Old Man Jiang's goodness.

"Yes, I was still thinking about letting him go down the mountain to have a reunion dinner with us on this Chinese New Year's Eve, but I didn't expect you to be more anxious than me." In fact, my dad didn't forget that old man Jiang was good, but he and my mother obviously didn't want to go together.

"Invite him to a Chinese New Year's Eve dinner for sure, how can you stay alone in the mountains for the New Year? I want you to go up the mountain, I sent this jacket to Master Jiang, I found some old cotton, and got some new cotton to add, and changed it with your old clothes, you see the weather is cold. "A woman's heart should be more careful in the end.

"Heh, you really have a heart, I saw it a few days ago, and I thought you did it for me. I don't know if the old monk Huijue is still there? Otherwise, I won't be able to find Master Jiang when I go up the mountain. "My dad was a little worried.

"Master Jiang is capable, he will definitely see you, don't worry." My mother has strong confidence in Old Man Jiang's ability.

"Okay then."

My parents' discussion of this matter ended here, I thought that I would go up the mountain to find Old Man Jiang the next day, but I didn't want to, early in the morning, Old Man Jiang came to the door by himself.

"Is it Master Jiang?" At this time, it was approaching the Spring Festival, and it was still late in the morning, looking at the vague figure at the door, my father who opened the door was still a little unsure.

"Well, let's go inside." Old man Jiang simply returned.

When my father heard this, he hurriedly greeted the old man Jiang into the hall, shouting, "Master Jiang is here," and called my mother to get up and burn the stove, and turned on the only light in the hall.

As the yellow light lit up the room, my dad saw the old man Jiang clearly, and he was stunned for a moment.

In my father's impression, the old man Jiang was clean once, and that was the time when he did things for me, and when he and the old monk came back, he was sloppy with a sloppy beard, but he didn't want today's old man Jiang not only to hurry, but also to be so different.

What is the image of Old Man Jiang at this time? The hair is barbed, it is no longer the same as before, and it is all neatly combed in the back, which is the popular big back head of the cadres at that time, although the hair color is a little gray, but there is a sense of majesty in it.

His face was clean, his beard had already been shaved, and there were no wrinkles on his face, but by the vicissitudes of life, he knew that he was no longer a young man.

The old man Jiang was wearing a brand-new gray tunic, still woolen, and the buttons were neatly buttoned, looking straight and imposing.

As for the outside, Old Man Jiang was wearing a black coat, which looked like a tweed, which was even more amazing.

This identity is clearly those people in the city, and it is only worn by big cadres, I didn't expect that Old Man Jiang still has this dress, and my father, who has never worn any good clothes in his life, is very envious.

The only thing that doesn't match is that the old man Jiang carried a snakeskin bag, which simply destroyed the momentum of this body, and no matter how much this body should be equipped with a briefcase, it is the kind that the old monk Huijue mentioned last time.

In addition, the young feeling of old man Jiang is back, where is he still like an old man? At the time of the practice, my dad thought that Old Man Jiang looked like a middle-aged man, and this time the feeling was even more obvious.

For a while, my dad was in a trance, and he felt that he couldn't figure out the real age of Old Man Jiang.