Chapter 7 Initial

At dinner, it was dark.

On the big bamboo peak, the back mountain is a whole piece of bamboo forest. And everyone's house construction is in the front peak, and the most important thing is the quiet hall of the main hall. Tian Buyi and his wife and his daughter live in the back hall. Next to the Shoujing Hall is the cloister courtyard where the disciples live. However, because the number of people is too small, there are more houses than people. Everyone lives alone in one room, and even the new Zhang Xiaofan has one. In terms of living conditions alone, Dazhufeng is rarely better than his peers.

All that's left is the Taiji hole and the kitchen and dining room. At this time, all the disciples gathered in the dining room, and Lao Liu Du Bishu, who was in charge of the meal, served the food on the table in a plate. Most of them were vegetarian dishes and less meaty. The disciples sat on the right side of the long table in the hall in turn. Song Daren sat at the front, and Zhang Xiaofan accompanied the last seat. There is a large chair and two smaller chairs at the table and opposite, which seems to be prepared for Tian Buyi's family.

Zhang Xiaofan looked at the seat that was still empty beside him, which was the seat of the busy Lao Liu Du Bishu. After a while, Du Bishu finally finished the meal, washed his hands, sat back in his seat, and waited for the master with everyone.

Du Bishu is quite young, with a thin and sharp face, big triangle eyes, and a slippery and active appearance, which is very clever. After he sat down, he looked at Zhang Xiaofan and smiled, "Little brother, what's your name?"

Zhang Xiaofan said honestly, "Zhang Xiaofan."

Du Bishu nodded, pointed to himself and said, "I'm your sixth brother Du Bishu."

Zhang Xiaofan shouted respectfully, "Sixth Brother."

Du Bishu coughed, patted him on the shoulder, and said with a smile, "Come and taste your brother's craftsmanship later."

Seeing the aroma of the table full of food, Zhang Xiaofan couldn't help swallowing his saliva and nodded hard.

Du Bishu suddenly smiled and was very ambiguous. He pointed to the door of the hall and said, "Little brother, when the master's wife and the little sister will come in from there, shall we make a bet?"

Zhang Xiaofan was stunned, and everyone else in the seat turned around one after another, with a smile on his face. Lao Wu Lv Daxin, who sat on Du Bishu, laughed and said, "Lao Liu, are you addicted to gambling again?"

He Dazhi, with a thin and slender face next to him, smiled and said, "He hasn't won for a long time. Now he's going to cheat the children?"

"Go, go, go!" Du Bishu waved his hand repeatedly, ignored everyone, smiled and said to Zhang Xiaofan, "Little brother, guess who will be the first to step into this door when the three people in the master's family? Well, you just got started. Let's guess first, not to mention being a senior brother bullying you.

Wu Dayi, the second brother sitting in the distance, shouted, "Little brother, if it's a bet, you first ask him what if he lost and what if he won?"

Du Bishu snorted and said, "Are you afraid that I will pay back the bill? I, Du Bishu, walk around the world, rely on gambling goods that are famous in the world (everyone laughs: you haven't won!). Little brother, if you guess, I will help you cut the bamboo for ten days. If you lose, help me wash the dishes for ten days. How about that?"

Everyone laughed again, and Song Dayen laughed and scolded: "It's not promising."

Seeing that all the brothers were smiling and kind, Zhang Xiaofan did not regard himself as an outsider. He felt warm in his heart and said, "Okay."

Du Bishu patted his thigh, and his whole body was suddenly in high spirits and radiant. He said, "Little brother, who do you think will come first, master, master and little sister?"

Everyone's eyes fell on Zhang Xiaofan. Zhang Xiaofan thought to himself that the head of Qingyunmen respected the master, and it must be the first master Tian Buyi to come in. He shouted, "I guess Master must have come in first."

Everyone laughed, and Lv Daxin shook his head and said, "I didn't expect to be cheated by Lao Liu to win once today."

Du Bishu was very happy. He looked at Zhang Xiaofan with a confused face and said happily, "Little brother, I tell you, in fact, every time the master's family is the first to rush in. Haha, come and help me wash the dishes later."

Zhang Xiaofan touched his head and couldn't help laughing. He nodded and said, "Yes, sixth brother."

Zheng Dali, who is short and strong in the third row, smiled and said, "Lao Liu, how are you embarrassed?"

Du Bishu turned his eyes and said, "Lao San, what are you talking about? I'm not forced. Everyone is willing to gamble and lose, isn't it, little brother?"

Zhang Xiaofan nodded and suddenly heard Song Daren say, "Master is here."

Everyone's face turned pale, and they all stood up, facing the door to greet the teacher. A moment later, Tian Buyi's short and fat body appeared at the door, and then behind him was...

It's empty!

He actually came alone.

Everyone was stunned, and Du Bishu couldn't help grabbing, "Master, where is the master and the little sister?"

Tian Buyi glanced at him and said lightly, "Your sister went back to her mother's house with her little sister."

Everyone was stunned, but after a while, someone couldn't help laughing. Seeing Tian Buyi staggering in, Zhang Xiaofan looked embarrassed and didn't dare to laugh. Du Bishu was stunned.

Tian Buyi sat in his big chair, waved his hand and said, "Let's eat."

The disciples then sat down and looked at Du Bishu with a smile. Tian Buyi glanced at Zhang Xiaofan and said to Song Daren, "Have you told him the rules and precepts?"

Song Dayen nodded and said, "Yes, I have told my younger brother about the twelve rules and twenty precepts. As for those basic practices of Taoism, I see that my little brother is a little tired for the first time today, and I plan to formally teach him tomorrow.

Tian Buyi nodded, agreed, and said to Zhang Xiaofan, "Lao Qi."

Before Zhang Xiaofan could understand, Du Bishu pushed him around him. Then he realized that the master was calling him and quickly stood up and said, "My disciple is here."

Tian Buyi shook his head, and his confidence in this slow-react disciple went a little. He said, "You just follow the elder brother first and remember to learn with your heart. There is no end to the sea of Taoism and diligence. Even if your qualifications are poor, as long as you endure and work hard, you may not be able to learn

Zhang Xiaofan obeyed the imperial edict and said respectfully, "Yes."

Tian Buyi waved his hand: "Eat."

Zhang Xiaofan was short and sat in a chair with a big bowl in his hand. He couldn't catch the dishes a little farther away, but Du Bishu next to him was quite kind. He clamped it for him several times and laughed in a low voice, "Little brother, eat more." Looking at his appearance, he didn't care about losing the bet at all, and the bet was really not bad.

Zhang Xiaofan was grateful in his heart. He nodded repeatedly, ate for a while, and secretly asked, "Sixth Brother."

Du Bishu turned his head and said, "What?"

Zhang Xiaofan said, "Why does the master still have her mother's family?" In his little care, the people of Qingyunmen are all first-class immortals, and there is no secular concern.

Du Bishu spat, "Of course, the master is also a human. However, the master said that when the master went back to her mother's house, it was not really her mother's house, but that she went back to Uncle Xiaozhufeng Shuiyue.

Zhang Xiaofan was surprised and said, "What?"

Du Bishu lowered his voice and said, "When my wife was young, she was born in the line of Xiaozhufeng. She was a sister to Xiaozhufeng's first Shuiyue Master, and her relationship was excellent. Later, I don't know what happened. The master's flowery woman actually married the master. I heard that many male uncles in Qingyunmen couldn't think about it at that time..."

"Puff", a chopstick hit Du Bishu's forehead, and the force was not light, and it turned red. The two were shocked, but saw that Tian Buyi looked angry and lost one chopstick in his hand. Du Bishu turned his head and spit out his tongue at Zhang Xiaofan. The two dared not say any more. They bowed their heads and ate desperately.

At this time, Song Dayen said to Tian Buyi, "Master, this time the head of the real person called the seven veins party. Why didn't Uncle Shuiyue come?"

Tian Buyi snorted, picked up another pair of chopsticks and said, "It's not the old aunt who pretended to be sick. She sent someone to say to the boss brother that she had a headache and couldn't get a fever. So did the head of the family, and he actually believed it. Humph, if she comes today, even if I can't get the good one, I may not spread it out..."

He Dazhi, the fourth disciple under the seat, coughed twice and whispered, "Master, Uncle Shuiyue never accept male disciples."

Tian Buyi suffocated, shook his head and said, "And your master's wife, as soon as she heard what was wrong with Shuiyue, she immediately took Linger to see her, as if the sky had collapsed, really."

The disciples looked at each other with joy on their faces. Song Daren hesitated for a moment and then asked tentatively, "Master, I don't know how long my wife will stay with Uncle Shuiyue?"

Tian Buyi stared at him and said angrily, "How many days, go today, and I'll be back tonight."

"Alas!" The disciples sighed everywhere, and they all looked disappointed. Tian Buyi looked at it, snorted and said to Song Daren, "Today, the master guided you to practice again?"

Before Song Dayen spoke, the second child, Wu Dayi, had already robbed, "Master, don't ask him. The eldest brother is about to escape today. It's so shameless."

Song Dayen said angrily, "Nonsense, I am ordered by my master to help my little brother..."

"Woo..." Everyone booed everywhere.

After eating this meal for half an hour, after everyone left, Zhang Xiaofan wanted to stay and help Du Bishu wash the dishes, but Du Bishu smiled and said, "Little brother, thank you very much, but I can do what I do here. You bet on me. Don't worry, I'll cut the bamboo for you tomorrow.

Zhang Xiaofan was a little embarrassed. He was about to say something, but he heard Song Dayen's voice and said, "Lao Liu, don't help him." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Song Daren coming in from outside the door and said to Zhang Xiaofan, "Little brother, come on, I'll take you to your room."

Zhang Xiaofan nodded, but Du Bishu said aside, "Big brother, what are you talking about?"

Song Dayen said, "The little brother has just started. He is about to lay a good foundation, and it's not the time to be lazy."

Du Bishu grabbed his head and said, "That's right. Well, little brother, I'll think I owe you once this time. If you have anything to do in the future, just ask me to do it for me, okay?"

Zhang Xiaofan said, "Sixth brother, let's forget it, anyway..."

Du Bishu's face was solemn, and he said awe-inspiringly, "What's the point? I'm not the kind of person who doesn't distinguish between right and wrong and is loyal and treacherous. If you promise, you will naturally do it. Otherwise, you will fall behind the conversation and be laughed at by your brothers

Zhang Xiaofan nodded, but he still didn't understand what this had to do with the indisputation of right and wrong and the indisputation of loyalty and treachery?

Song Dayen took Zhang Xiaofan's hand and said, "Little brother, come on, I'll take you to your new room."

The two walked out of the kitchen, the sky was already dark, and a bright moon slowly rose and hung in the sky. They walked past the entrance of the quiet hall. Zhang Xiaofan looked in and saw that the lights were all out and dark. Only the moonlight was sprinkled in front of the hall, which was quite gloomy.

After a while, they returned to the corridor where the disciples lived. Song Dayen took him to a room at the end of the right head and said, "Little brother, I lived in the room when you woke up during the day. All the other brothers lived in turn, all on the right, and no one lived in the seven rooms on the left." After a pause, he looked at Zhang Xiaofan and said, "Are you afraid to live alone?"

Zhang Xiaofan shook his head.

Song Dayen smiled and said, "That's it. How can we men be afraid of loneliness! Come on, let's go in." With that, he took Zhang Xiaofan in.

Zhang Xiaofan looked at this strange place that will accompany for a long time in the future: a small courtyard, a green pine on the left, five or six bamboos on the right, and two or three people tall. The small stone eggs in the yard were paved into paths, and the lawns were on both sides. The night wind blew, the leaves and bamboo branches shook gently, and a faint fragrance of grass came, which was very pure.

Song Dayen opened the door, went in, lit the light, and said, "Little brother, come in."

Zhang Xiaofan walked in and saw that the decoration in the room was as simple as in Song Dayen's room. There were no tables, chairs and beds next to him.

Song Dayen said, "I have cleaned this place today, so you can stay for a while. The mountain life is bitter. You are young, and you may feel lonely, but we who learn Taoism have to endure all kinds of hardships. You have to do the things you live in the future by yourself.

Zhang Xiaofan said, "I know, big brother."

Song Dayen nodded, looked left and right again, and said, "I'll go back if there's nothing to do. If you are tired all day, go to bed early.

Zhang Xiaofan answered and sent the eldest brother to the door. He suddenly remembered something and said, "Big brother, why haven't you guys come out to walk around now?"

Song Dayen laughed and said, "You don't know that the least we have been studying in Dazhufeng for decades. It is rare to go out on weekdays. This Dazhufeng has been familiar with it for a long time, so we are too lazy to walk around. For example, the fourth brother loves to read, the second brother loves humming, and

Only then did Zhang Xiaofan understand that Song Dayen touched his head with a smile, told him a few more words, and turned around and left.

Zhang Xiaofan returned to the room and closed the door. In an instant, he suddenly felt that the whole world suddenly calmed down, and there was no voice. He silently walked to the table and sat in a daze for a while. With nothing to do, he blew out the lights, took off his coat and lay down **. I don't know how long it took to tosss and turn, and I fell asleep in a daze.

"Ah!"

In the dark, Zhang Xiaofan shouted in a low voice, sat up and gasped. Just now, he dreamed of returning to the grass temple village, seeing his parents, children's playmates, and other uncles and aunts. They were very happy, but suddenly they all turned into dead bodies, bleeding into a river, which was extremely horrible. He shook his whole body and woke up like this.

He sat in ** for a long time, his breathing gradually calmed down, and his eyes slowly adapted to the darkness. He saw that the window door was slightly slanted, and there was a faint moonlight, which slanted in and sprinkled on the green brick ground, like frost and snow.

Zhang Xiaofan was not sleepy. He got up and walked to the door. He opened the door and went out.

There was silence around, and there was a faint sound of insects in an unknown place, one or two, cut low, and the moon was like water, sprinkled on his body.

He looked up at the sky and saw the stars, the moon was just empty, bright and bright.

"I don't know how Jingyu is now. Can't he sleep?" He said a word in a low voice, sighed, and was about to turn around and enter the room. Suddenly, his chest loosened, and something rolled out of his close-fitting clothes and fell to the ground.

Zhang Xiaofan was shocked and bent down to pick it up, but it was the dark purple and dull bead. There was a small hole in the middle of the bead, which seemed to be the jade rosary of that day. These days, he has suffered great changes and has long forgotten this thing. Now he remembers that Pu Zhi told him to throw away this pearl at that time.

Thinking of this, there was a sudden pain in his heart. His parents didn't leave him anything. Puzhi had a shallow relationship with him, but when they got together overnight, they were also like relatives, and this ugly bead was the only thing Puzhi left him.

Zhang Xiaofan raised his hand and raised the bead into the air, facing the moonlight, against the moonlight. He saw that the color of the bead had actually turned lighter, turning into lavender, translucent, and faintly saw a faint blue gas spinning inside, as if it was spiritual, and wanted to break out. It's just that every time the green gas approaches the surface of the bead, a small "sniper" will light up there and block it back.

After watching it for a long time, Zhang Xiaofan felt a little love in his heart, and remembered that this was the only thing that Puzhi remembered, and he was really reluctant to lose it. After thinking for a long time, he untied a red rope from his neck, which was tied by his parents to bless his long life and safety. Generally, people will hang some gold medal silver locks, but his family is poor and can only be replaced by a red rope.

At present, he put on and tied the beads with a red rope and hung them on the meat on his chest. He didn't feel cold, but it was a little warm. He smiled at himself, looked up at the bright moon in the sky, turned around and walked back to the room, and went to sleep again.

His first day at Qingyunmen ended like this.