Listening to its sound and watching the movement, Shi Lei shook his head helplessly, thinking, no need to guess, it must be rhubarb back, except for it, who can shake the old locust tree as thick as a bucket.

"Grandma, Rhubarb is back," Shi Lei said hello and walked outside the small courtyard.

Coming to the gate of the small courtyard, Shi Lei first glanced into the distance, and then looked at the location of the old locust tree.

I saw that next to the old locust tree, there was a bull about two meters high at the shoulder, with golden hair, burly body, full of muscles, looking up at its mighty bull head, a bull's spirit, majestic, and the bucket was thick and the old locust tree was still slightly thinner beside it.

Looking at the itching on the old locust tree, Shi Lei felt a slight anger in his heart.

walked up to Rhubarb, reached out and patted the hard tendon flesh on its front legs, and said reprimandingly: "Rhubarb, how many times have I told you, I didn't let you itch here, why didn't you listen, look, the bark is about to be dropped by you,"

"What about my grandfather, did you little guy run back ahead of schedule?"

The rhubarb, which was originally majestic, stopped itching when he saw Shi Lei, and slowly lowered his head, losing a little bullish spirit.

Xiaohu stood at the gate of the small courtyard, looking at the state of Rhubarb, his face was full of questions and said: "Stone, I wonder, Rhubarb saw how you became so well-behaved, you know, your Rhubarb is the boss of our cattle in the mountains,"

"Once, I saw the scene of its dry fight, the bull in the next village on the top of the head that was broken and bleeding, and finally the bull was lifted up and fell far away, I heard that the cow did not go up the mountain to graze for more than a week, and sometimes, when your uncle Hong was on the side, it would play a little temper."

For Xiaohu's questioning, Shi Lei just smiled slightly, as for why Rhubarb is so close to himself, I'm afraid it will start from a few years, I still remember when I first came to my grandmother's house, everything here made me feel very strange, depressed, every day in my mind is the expectation and miss of my family, that kind of thinking to the extreme, I will come to the mountain road to look into the distance, pray for a miracle,

Once in the process of waiting, I was suddenly disturbed by a sound, that was the first time I noticed the rhubarb, at that time, it was just a calf, only one or two months in size, the body was covered with golden long hair, a pair of bull's eyes full of spirituality, fat and cute calf, immediately attracted their attention, through contact Shi Lei was surprised to find that the calf is very smart, and, also very humane, after that, no matter where he goes, he often takes it, and gradually establishes a deep feeling, Even if he sleeps, he will prepare a place next to the bed, so that now, although Rhubarb can't go into the hut to sleep, he still refuses to change places in the open space in front of the hut, and people who don't know will always ask curiously, whenever this time Shi Lei always smiled slightly and didn't answer silently.

"Xiaohu, why don't we ride the rhubarb and go to the east slope to find my grandfather?" This will be idle, Shi Lei said proposingly.

Hearing this, Xiaohu waved his hand again and again, and said: "Forget it, last time I rode rhubarb, if it wasn't for you, I would have fallen off it, it doesn't like to be approached by others, and besides, if you go to the east slope, you will definitely see my grandfather, you know, I saw him..., alas, it's better not to go." ”

Seeing Xiaohu's expression, Shi Lei said with some understanding: "Oh...., since that's the case, let's not go." ”

At this time, Tian Tian stood on the village road, as if she had discovered something interesting, and reminded her: "Look, there seems to be something interesting in the direction of Xiao Zhuang's house, Sister Lingling and they all ran over." ”

Xiaoshanniu Village, although it is not big, but due to the different terrain, standing at the end of the village is not able to see what is happening at the head of the village, seeing that the friends are running towards the end of the village, Shi Lei's heart is also full of curiosity,

"You two go first, I'll tie up the rhubarb and come."

Shi Lei pulled the rhubarb back to the yard and tied it to the cow trough, and after saying hello to his grandmother, he walked out of the small courtyard and chased in the direction where his partners left.

The village itself is not very large, and it was quickly clear what attracted the little friends by crossing the stream in the middle of the village.

It turned out that there was a Taoist in the wheat field at the head of the village, no wonder they were happy.

The villagers in the mountains, for the monks and Taoists who come here, are very friendly, hoping to make a good fortune and accumulate merits, and in the eyes of children, these are the ways pursued by the masters outside the world, which are full of mystery, and they like to imitate them very much, once there are cultivators here, they also hope to learn a trick and a half from these masters.

When Shi Lei saw the appearance of the Taoist man, he couldn't help but feel happy in his heart, just because this Taoist person was different from the monk he usually saw.

I saw that this person was not only dressed in tatters, but also had a lot of wild grass and dust on his body, and his long scattered hair also blocked half of his face, making it difficult to see his appearance, but from the white hair growing from his hair, it could be seen that this person was a little older.

However, this person seemed very happy to see the children in the village, talking and laughing with the dolls around him, and from time to time he made some exaggerated movements, which made the friends laugh.

Maybe it was because she heard the sound outside, Xiaozhuang's grandmother walked out of the small courtyard with a vegetable frame in her hand, and happened to meet Shi Lei, who had just walked to the door, "It's Xiao Lei, come to play with Xiao Zhuang, what's going on over there?" ”

Seeing the visitor, Shi Lei politely replied: "Well, come out and walk around before eating, no, I was attracted by this Taoist, so I came over to take a look."

"Look, if you don't say it, I really didn't pay attention, this is the monk from that mountain! I'll take a look," he said, putting the vegetable basket on the bluestone at the door, and Yu Shilei walked to the wheat field together.

"Xiao Zhuang, don't make trouble, go, go up and play," Xiao Zhuang's grandmother came to everyone and scolded the village doll and said.

Seeing that the dolls got out of the way, Grandma Xiaozhuang came to the Taoist with a smile on her face, and asked kindly: "Dare to ask, where is the master, what is the monk doing in our Niutou Mountain?" ”

"It's a guest, I don't know if we have anything in the mountains to help, just say?"

"Niutou Mountain, by the way, it's Niutou Mountain," the man, muttering a word, stood in place, his eyes looking at the original direction, as if looking for something.

Seeing that the Taoist stood in place and gossiped and didn't pay attention to himself, Xiaozhuang's grandmother gradually lost her patience, turned to look at the group of naughty little guys in front of her, and said: "You little guys, just play at this door, don't fight, don't go up the mountain, don't hear it, I'll go cook first, if there is something to call someone, Xiaozhuang's father is in the house." ”

A group of little guys hurriedly nodded in agreement, and after Grandma Xiaozhuang went back, Xiaohu walked up to Shi Lei and said, "Stone, why did you come, you don't know how interesting this Taoist priest was just now." ”

"What's so interesting about this Taoist priest?" Shi Lei asked curiously.

Xiaohu looked at Shi Lei's curious appearance, replied seriously, and said, "I don't know." ”

"You ......"

Xiaohu's words almost made Shi Lei choke half to death, but fortunately, Tian Tian hurriedly added beside him, "He seems to be asking for directions, but he seems to have forgotten the name of the place, so he will be like just now." ”

At this moment, the Taoist suddenly came to Shi Lei, grabbed Shi Lei's wrist and asked, "Are you called Shi Lei and live on the east side of the village?" ”

The sudden change made Shi Lei a little stunned for a while, and subconsciously replied, "Yes, my name is Shi Lei." ”

I saw that the Taoist nodded slightly, and after his eyes patrolled around Shi Lei's body, he muttered, "It seems that I am still a little late, but the problem is not big, and the condition has not continued to deteriorate." ”

The muttering in the mouth of the Taoist, Shi Lei naturally heard more clearly because of the departure, but what he said made Shi Lei feel shocked, how could a stranger know about his illness, only his grandmother and himself knew about this matter, and no one else knew.

Looking at the appearance of the Taoist looking at himself, Shi Lei's heart was full of defense, his body retreated slightly, and he asked vigilantly: "Who are you?" ”

How do you know that after hearing Shi Lei's words, he just smiled slightly, grabbed Shi Lei's wrist, glanced around, picked up Shi Lei, and went east along the village road, walking like flying, leaving only a trail of dust on the road.

"He..., that.... The madman took Brother Shi Lei away, Brother Xiaohu, what should I do, woo," Seeing Shi Lei being taken away by the Taoist, the sweet little girl was crying and shouting anxiously.

"Madman, you stop for me and put the stone down for me," Seeing that the Dao man suddenly took away Shi Lei, Xiaohu's chubby little face was full of anger, and he scolded loudly.

When he heard the anxious cry of the little sister, he couldn't help but stop, and hurriedly comforted: "Tiantian, don't worry, there is Brother Xiaohu here, I'll chase him now, you go home and call grandpa and my father to chase him together." ”

After talking to Tiantian, Xiaohu got up and rushed out of the wheat field, sprinting towards the Taoist, which was faster than the speed of picking dates before.

Picked up by the Taoist, Shi Lei felt that his body was out of control, and after a few breaths, the two came to his grandmother's courtyard together.

Just when Shi Lei was still shocked, his grandmother walked out of the kitchen, looked at the Taoist as if she was facing a great enemy, and then looked at Shi Lei worriedly, and then his grandfather also walked out of the main house, and came to his grandmother's side in three or two steps to watch the Taoist together.

Followed by his uncle Xu Hong also rushed out of the kitchen, and the atmosphere in the small courtyard was tense to the extreme.

Who knew that after the Taoist saw everyone's hateful gaze, not only was he not angry, but stepped forward to give a deep salute, and said happily: "The two elders have always been good, the younger Yuchenzi, entrusted by Miss Lan, came to disturb Shi Lei." ”

"You're Jade Dust?" Shangguan Jing looked at the Taoist with suspicious eyes, took two steps forward inadvertently, looked at it carefully, and then laughed uncontrollably for a while.

Hearing Shangguan Jing's laughter, the tense atmosphere in the small courtyard suddenly became much more relaxed.

Looking at the appearance of the Taoist, my grandfather also stepped forward and joked, "You are Yuchenzi!" How did it become like this, I thought there was a madman in the house! ”

The Taoist shook his head slightly, sighed, and said, "Alas! It's hard to say, let's go into the house and talk in detail. ”

"Yes, yes, yes, look at your outfit, it makes people forget the way of hospitality, old man, take Yuchenzi to the main house first, and the meal will be ready immediately," Shangguan Jing said with a smile on his face.

Grandpa hurriedly nodded in response, and led the man to the main house.

After watching the Taoist leave, Shangguan Jing said again: "Xu Hong, go get some water and let Yuchenzi freshen up." ”

"Okay!" Xu Hong replied and acted quickly according to his grandmother's instructions.

Everyone dispersed, leaving only Shi Lei alone in the small courtyard, staring at the Taoist who was grooming on the edge of the main house, and the memories of his childhood quietly surfaced in his mind.

At this time, Xiaohu ran into the yard panting and asked anxiously, "Stone, what about that madman, are you okay?" ”

Shi Lei glanced at Xiaohu and said lightly: "Xiaohu, I'm fine, that person is not crazy, he is my mother's senior brother." ”

Looking at Xiaohu's surprised look, Shi Lei stopped talking, looking at the jade dust Taoist in the main room, but his mood at the moment was difficult to calm down.

Wang Xinyi, who returned to the kitchen to deliver meals to the guests, looked at the two little guys standing in the courtyard and reminded her: "What are you two doing in the courtyard?" The meal is ready, come and eat. ”

Although at this moment, Shi Lei's heart was full of worries, but looking at his aunt's concerned eyes, he still entered the kitchen with Xiaohu.