Chapter 1 Youth

Maoshan!

is a famous Taoist mountain in Jiangsu Province, China. It is the birthplace of the Shangqing School of Taoism. It is called the "Shangqing Sect Altar" by Taoists and has the reputation of "the first blessed land, the eighth cave heaven"!

Because of the twists and turns of the mountain, it is shaped like the word "already", so it is called Juqu Mountain. Taoists call it "the golden mausoleum of Juqu, which is the blessed land of nourishing the truth and the spiritual ruins of gods".

In the Western Han Dynasty, Mao Ying, Mao Gu and Mao Zhong, the three brothers of the Mao family in Xianyang, Shaanxi Province, came to Qushan to practice Taoism and do good deeds, benefiting the world. Later generations changed Qushan to Sanmao Mountain, referred to "Maoshan" in order to commemorate Mao's merits.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, Maoshan Taoism reached its heyday. There were more than 300 Taoist buildings of various sizes, such as palaces, temples, halls, and yu, and thousands of Taoist priests, including the saying "three palaces, five temples, and seventy-two Mao'an."

However, in the 1980s, after the decade of catastrophe, Maoshan seemed to be a little in decline. Although it was repaired in the early 1980s, it was still difficult to show the incense of the heyday.

At the foothills of the mountain near the Jintan land boundary, there are several small villages, only a hundred large families, a smaller village, or even more than a dozen households. Every morning and evening, you can see bursts of cooking smoke rising everywhere at the foot of the mountain.

When the children in these villages reach the age of school, they have to walk five or six miles to the school in the town.

There is no such thing as boarding in this era. You have to rush home obediently after school. Fortunately, there are no large beasts near Maoshan. If you are used to running on the road, there will be no accident.

"Brother Ye Zi, there will be a holiday tomorrow. Shall we celebrate tonight? Would you like to steal corn from the corn field of Li Erling's house?

On a mountain path, three or four half-size children in their nines and teens, carrying patched schoolbags on military green, a pair of small eyes dripping to both sides of the road, and cloth shoes with exposed toes kicked the pebbles on the ground.

When it comes to eating, except for the little boy walking in the middle, the other little guys have bright eyes and can't help swallowing into their stomachs.

Although the chief designer has shouted the slogan of reform and opening up at this time, a city on the southern coast is also undergoing vigorous construction.

But in this remote mountain village, children who are at the age of "half-sized, poor old". In their spare time every day, in addition to playing, they talk about eating the most.

Ye Tian, who was walking among several people, heard the little fat man's words and said, "What kind of corn do you eat? Come to my house to eat fish in the evening, as well as crabs and eels..."

When it comes to family background, Ye Tian's family is a foreigner, which can be said to be the poorest of these families, but Ye Tian's father always tries his best to supplement nutrition for his son. There is no meat to eat. This fish has never been broken.

Hearing that there was fish to eat, the saliva of several little guys suddenly flowed out. Ye's uncle's skill of cooking fish is amazing. Even the fish soup boiled in white water can also make people have an endless aftertaste.

"Brother Yezi, you caught the yellow eel, didn't you? You're so good that I can't catch it all the time."

A little fat man looked at Ye Tian with envy. He could look like a scale at the age of eight or nine, which was definitely the result of stuffing it into his mouth when he saw something that could be eaten.

This eel fishing is a technical job, but the tool is simple. Just use a bicycle strip. One end is sharpened, bent into a hook, and the other end is bent into a circle.

After finding the eel hole, you can put the hook into the hole. If the eel eats the hook, push it inward so that all the hooks enter the mouth, turn the angle, pull out of the hole, and hold the eel's neck with the other hand in time to raise the fish hole.

It's easy to say, but it's extremely difficult to master the heat. Ye Tian can become the child king of several villages around here. In addition to fighting all the same age without opponents, the skill of catching eels with one hand is not even comparable to that of many adults.

"Look at what you're greedy for. What's to eat for yellow eels? Crabs are delicious. This month is just the time to eat crabs..."

Maoshan Mountain is located in the water town of the south of the Yangtze River, and there are many streams at the foot of the mountain. However, people seem to be not very interested in crabs. Few people catch them to eat them. Instead, people who catch eels can be seen everywhere. In this era of poor materials, people are also trying to

Ye Tian curled his lips, waved his fist, looked at several friends around him with threatening eyes, and said, "No one can tell my father about Yu Qingya's crying today, otherwise..."

"Brother Ye Zi, don't worry, we won't say..."

With a flattering expression, the little fat man leaned over to Ye Tian and asked, "Brother Ye Zi, put the mirror on your feet and see clearly in her skirt?"

"Of course I saw it clearly, but... she found it at a glance..."

Ye Tian said with a pale face that the little girl's film was too funny. He cried and ran to tell the teacher that he had taken the double hundred exam this year and did not get the certificate of a good student.

However, it seems that he has been in primary school for five years. Ye Tianci's exam is full marks, but he has never got a certificate from home. He either tied the braids of his female classmate to a chair or threw firecrackers in the men's toilet. The parents shouted a lot.

"Brother Ye Zi, why don't we... Let's have dinner and go to see Er Yanzi's wife take a shower? I know that Er Yanzi is going to go to the reservoir to get a fishing net today..."

The little fat man turned his eyes and came up with a bad idea. It's not that these children developed early. It's really boring in this remote mountain village, so that these kids have nowhere to vent their energy.

"Done, but be careful, you guys, don't get me out if you get caught..."

Ye Tian nodded. It was not the first time for them to do this. It is said that since the day Ye Tian was five years old and Li Lengzi got married, he had drilled under the bed of his new house, and the next day he went to learn to the villagers.

Of course, Ye Tian doesn't understand what "hum ah" means, and he hasn't figured it out yet.

As several little guys were talking, they had seen the village not far away. They suddenly accelerated their pace and ran to the entrance of the village. Originally, they squatted under the big locust tree at the entrance of the village to meet a yellow dog. After seeing these guys, they quickly clamped their tails and shrank back.

The village where Ye Tian is located is called Li Zhuang. As the name implies, except for Ye Tian and his son, all the rest of the people in this village are surnamed Li. It is said that during the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, the two brothers fled from northern Jiangsu to have this village.

Li Zhuang is not very big. There are only 23 households in total. From the beginning of the village to the end of the village, you can run back and forth in a few minutes,

On the outer wall of the bluestone house in the village, there is still a "fight for private criticism" and "to carry out the proletarian ** revolution to the end!" Wait for the words painted with lime.

"Fatty, Erdan, you guys go home and come over..." When he walked to the village, Ye Tian stopped, and his home was at the entrance of the village.

Ye Tian's family was originally an ancestral hall in the village, but in that decade, the ancestral thrones were smashed by those fanatical red generals who were looking for "breaking feudal superstitions" all day long, and the ancestral hall became the residence of the educated youth in the countryside.

However, with the return of the educated youths, they originally lived in the ancestral hall of more than a dozen people, but now there are only Ye Tian and his son, and the large place is a little dilapidated.

"Dad, I'm back. I took the double hundred exam again this year..."

Ye Tian shouted loudly as soon as he entered the courtyard. Unlike the Jiangnan dialect he just said to his friends, Ye Tian spoke authentic Mandarin at this moment, which seemed to have a Beijing accent.

"Bad boy, why are you so loud? Is there something bad again?"

As the saying goes, the son is not the father. After hearing Ye Tian's voice, the middle-aged man in the yard stood up straight and laughed and scolded. Every year, he was taught a lesson by the teacher several times. Of course, he knew his son's ability to make trouble.

Ye Tian's appearance is six points similar to his father's, but compared with Ye Dongping's resolute face, Ye Tian's face is slightly weak,

When Ye Tian was young, people who came to the village outside as guests always praised the girl for being so beautiful when he saw Ye Tian. When Ye Tian was five years old, he climbed up Maoshan alone, saying that he was going to learn from his teacher to be a man.

If it hadn't been for the monk in Maoshan, after watching the Shaolin Temple broadcast by the projection team, it would have been estimated that Ye Tian would have dared to shave his hair and became a monk.

"Nothing, Dad, let me help you kill the eel..."

Ye Tian threw his schoolbag aside, took a board from the door with a smile, and nailed a nail to the top of the board.

Put the board on the ground. Ye Tian reached out and grabbed a yellow eel from the basin next to him and skillfully nailed it to the board. He made a knife out of his right hand. With a gentle stroke, he cut the belly of the yellow eel.

After copying in the water, Ye Tian's right hand flashed a few times on the board quickly and shook casually. A catty of yellow eel fell into the prepared enamel jar next to him.

After so many years of dependence between father and son, it is obviously not the first time to work together. After Ye Tian cleaned up the yellow eel, the lard in Ye Dongping pot was also heated. After adding some chopped green onion and peppers, the eel slices were poured into the pot. With the sound of "sneering", a fragrance filled

In a short time, a large enamel jar stir-fried eel slices, a braised fish and a bowl of fish head soup were placed on the table. In addition, there were home-grown vegetables. In rural areas, these dishes are also very rich.

Although there are only three dishes, the amount is very sufficient. The fish alone weighs six or seven catties, and with three catties of eel slices, it is enough for five or six people.

"It smells so good, Lao Ye. I bought some yellow rice wine when I came back from town. Let's have a few drinks together..."

With a burst of laughter, a person of the same age as Ye Dongping came in. Behind him, he was followed by a few fat guys, but all of them shrank their heads and looked at Ye Tian.

"Teacher Yu..."

After seeing the person, Ye Tian immediately became much more honest. He stood up and shouted the teacher in a regular manner. The person came was not only his head teacher, but also Yu Qingya's father. Who knows if he came to complain today?

Yu Haoran looked at Ye Tian with an honest face and laughed and scolded, "Sty boy, learning is good, but it's too naughty. Moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic and labor must be developed in an all-round way..."

Looking at his student, Yu Haoran also couldn't laugh or cry. Ye Tian's academic performance is nothing to say. Not to mention the primary school in the town, he can also be one of the best in the county, but if he doesn't learn well, he will focus on playing all day long.

However, the teacher always prefers students with good academic performance. Although he is strict, he still likes it in his heart. After calling his parents several times, Yu Haoran made friends with Ye Donghe.

Like Ye Dongping, Yu Haoran is also an outside educated youth, but because he found a partner in the local area, he did not return to Shanghai. From 1978 to now, he has been teaching in primary school.

Seeing Yu Haoran's expression, Ye Dongping smiled and said, "Mr. Yu, is this boy in trouble again? If you don't hit the house for three days, just think of it as your own child. Don't be soft when you teach a lesson..."

"How is it, Dad? I'm hungry. Let's eat..."

Ye Tian looked at the teacher with a guilty heart, but he also knew that since the head teacher and his own son became friends, he had not made many small reports. It seems that he could avoid it again today.

"Eat, eat, come on, Lao Ye, let's go first..."

Sure enough, Yu Haoran did not mention what happened at school. When several little guys gathered around the table, he picked up the glass full of wine and touched Ye Dongping.

"This wine... is tasteless, or Erguotou is strong enough..." Ye Dongping shook his head with a glass of wine, as if he thought of something, and his eyes were slightly gloomy.

Yu Haoran put down the glass and said, "Lao Ye, I just have something to tell you..."

The adults were drinking and chatting, but a few little guys were not idle. The chopsticks flew. First, they put a piece of fish into their mouths, then buried a piece of eel in the bowl, and finally stared at the next target, all of which were like wolf cubs.

"Dad, Mr. Yu, we are full..." Three or five minutes later, the dishes on the table were swept away. Ye Tian stood up with a pat on his stomach and looked at the door.

"Stinky boy, one can eat more than the other..."

Looking at the empty bowl on the table, Ye Dongping laughed and scolded, stood up and said, "Let's all go out to play. Mr. Yu, I'll stir-fry some more peanuts. You talk about it slowly..."

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Although Li Zhuang has not yet installed a TV at home, the nights in the countryside in summer are still relatively lively. People who come out to chat after dinner, as well as the frogs and insects in the fields, all add a bit of vitality to the small village.

"Brother Ye Zi, show me..."

Under the window of a small yard, three small heads were squeezing into the room. Through the moonlight outside the window, you can faintly see the white body in the room with the lights off.

Although their age is not enough to cause changes in a certain part of the body, it is a good capital to brag to their school classmates. As long as a few little guys are not at home, they always enjoy this activity.

"Little bunny, are you looking for death?"

Just when Ye Tian and others whispered about the black mole on the buttocks of the second daughter-in-law, whether it was on the left or the right, there was a sudden explosion at the door of the yard.

"Damn it, fat man, didn't you say that Er Yanzi would not come back until midnight? If I had known that I had taken the gossip myself..."

Ye Tian knew Er Benzi's temper. If he was caught, the whole village who would shout would know that he didn't think that if he had helped Er Benzi hug a chicken when he got married, he would be treated differently.

Seeing Er Yanzi blocking the yard, several little guys suddenly became birds and beasts and ran to both sides one after another. The wall in the countryside was only more than one meter high, and even the little fat man could turn over.

As soon as Ye Tian ran to the edge of the wall, there was a fat cry behind him. When he looked back, he twisted his ear and grinned dry.

"This fool..."

Ye Tian muttered, but his movements did not slow down at all. After his right hand propped on the earthen wall about the same height as his own, he jumped up and turned out deftly.

"Alas, let's go to the master's place today..."

After leaving Er Yanzi's yard, Ye Tian did not go home and ran directly to the hillside behind the village. He didn't want to be beaten on the first day of the holiday. It was not too late to hide in the mountain for a few days before going home.

Although Maoshan is high and dense, Ye Tian is not afraid. When he was five years old, he dared to drill into the old forest on the mountain, but he went up the wrong mountain. By chance, he met an old Taoist priest who called himself surnamed Li in a dilapidated Taoist temple, and was fooled by him to worship the

Ye Tian didn't know how old Li Daoshi was, but the old Taoist priest often said that when Commander Chen Yi was fighting guerrilla in Maoshan, he was called by an uncle.

Ye Tian didn't know who Commander Chen was when he was when he was young, but after learning about Chen Yi, he often laughed at the old Taoist priest's bragging, and the old Taoist priest was not angry, but just laughed and said nothing.

Although the old guy was a little naive and forced him to recite books such as "Ma Yi Xiang Fa" and "Water Mirror Collection" all day long, he really had a good job. Ye Tian only learned some qi guidance skills from him and was invincible at the same age.

It took almost an hour to go from Lizhuang to the Taoist temple on the mountain. In the middle of the road, there was a sudden rainstorm in the sky. When Ye Tian rushed to the Taoist temple, he was drenched like a drowned chicken.

"Master, master, I'm coming..." Ye Tian got into the Taoist temple from the rain curtain.

This Taoist temple is not very big. In addition to the main hall at the entrance, there are only two wing rooms behind. Due to disrepair, the door is dilapidated. Last year, it was chopping and burned by an old man, which saved Ye Tian from knocking on the door.

"Master, where are the people?"

Ye Qiantian walked around the back room of the hall, but found that the old Taoist priest was not in the Taoist temple. He scratched his head and walked back to the main hall and worshipped a statue in the middle of the hall.

is different from the Taoist temple, the main peak of Maoshan, which is dedicated to Sanqing. The statue in this Taoist temple is an ordinary statue of a Taoist priest.

The Taoist priest on the platform was dressed in sacks, tied his hair in a bun, and put his left hand on his chest on the side of his body, but raised his right hand to the top of his head, holding a palm-sized clay compass. The whole shape looked quite strange.

According to the old Taoist priest, this is their ancestor in sackcloth. Although they are not affected by the incense of the world, they should be worshipped sincerely.

"There's nothing wrong with such a heavy rain, will there be nothing wrong with the old man?"

Suddenly, there was a thunderbolt, and the whole Taoist temple seemed to shake. Ye Tian looked back at the outside and couldn't help worrying about the old Taoist priest.

"Huh? What's the sound?"

Just as Ye Tian was looking out, he suddenly heard a "quack" sound behind him. Looking back, he found that the clay sculpture fell straight down in his direction.

"Master, I'm not respectful without you..."

When Ye Tian looked up, the statue of the Taoist priest in Mayi had been pressed towards him like a hill. Ye Tian hurriedly retreated. Because of his short figure, he could avoid the ancestor's head.

It's just that when Ye Tian was glad to escape from the disaster, he suddenly felt a sharp pain coming from the top of his head, but the right hand of the statue raised over his head just hit Ye Tian's little head.

Although it was a clay sculpture's hand, the force could not be underestimated. The blood on the top of Ye Tian's head suddenly flowed down. He only felt that his eyes were dark, and he fainted.

And the clay sculpture, which is more than two meters high, fell from the platform and fell to pieces. I don't know if this ancestor in sackcloth would be counted as having this disaster thousands of years ago?

The head is the most dense place for human capillaries. Even if the skin is scratched at ordinary times, it will also bleed. Ye Tian's small body fell to the ground, and soon the blood dyed the ground around him red.

The rainstorm outside is getting more and more urgent. Lightning is raging in the sky, and the dilapidated Taoist temple is shattering in this storm, as if it may collapse at any time.

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