The things carved in stone were supposed to be cold, but because the elder brother always carried them with him, the little monkey was warmed by the body heat, hotter than Xiaodong's hands.
He was holding the little monkey, and he was about to stand back at this moment with any doubts in his heart.
"For me?"
The elder brother smiled and nodded.
The little brother's room is too empty, and he is still young, there is nothing in the room that belongs to a teenager, it is empty, making people feel a little unspeakable uncomfortable.
When the junior brother came to the mountain, his luggage was just such a small burden, except for two changes of clothes, there was nothing else, it made people feel sad. At the foot of the mountain, a half-grown child like him always has a lot of gadgets. The life of the younger brother must not be like this, but he is very sensible and never asks for this or that. The more sensible it is, the more distressing it is.
Xiaodong held the little monkey tightly.
He saw the elder brother choose materials, watched him cut and carve the stone, but at that time he didn't know that it was for himself.
In fact, Mo Chen didn't guess right. Before Xiaodong went back and forth to Liushan, his life was different from that of ordinary children. He had no playmates, and he didn't have any favorite gadgets. I won’t talk about it when I don’t remember anything. Since he can remember, he has always followed his uncle everywhere, and he doesn’t stay there for a long time. Since he doesn’t even have a home, he doesn’t have anything that belongs to him. Once where they lived, the neighbor had a little yellow dog, who was very close to Xiaodong, and would wag his tail whenever he saw him, and Xiaodong was willing to feed it something and play with it. But it is impossible for him to raise these cats and dogs himself. Another time, he and his uncle saw dough kneaders in the market. The craftsmanship was very good, and the kneaded birds, animals, insects, fish, and characters were all lifelike. He looked and looked, and when his uncle asked him if he wanted it, he still shook his head.
It costs two pennies for a noodle maker. Besides, where do you put it after you buy it
Uncle treats him very little, and never lacks his food and clothing, but he is not so careful, and he can't remember that children need other things besides food and clothing.
Xiaodong held the little monkey tightly, so hard that his palms were sweating.
"Thank you, brother."
"It's not a precious thing, you can use it to press books. When the weather is warmer and I go down the mountain again, I will bring you some things back, but I don't know what you like."
"All, I like all of them." Xiaodong didn't know what was wrong with him. It was obviously a very happy event, but my heart was sour, my nose was sore, and my voice trembled a little: "But senior brother has business to do when he goes out, don't delay things because of odd things."
"I can't delay." Eldest brother asked him: "How are you these two days? I heard from Junior Brother Jiang that you have caught a cold again?"
"No, no." Xiaodong quickly denied, waving his hands and said, "Brother Jiang has already forced me to drink a lot of ginger soup, and any amount of cold will be driven away."
He didn't like the smell of ginger at first, so Brother Jiang asked the people in the kitchen to cook it thicker, and fed him several times in a row. It was so spicy that he seemed to be on fire from his mouth to his stomach, and he hiccupped again after half a day. The smell of ginger came up again, not to mention how uncomfortable it was.
Mo Chen also saw it, smiled, and didn't mention this anymore.
Xiaodong kept holding on to the little monkey, and after seeing off the elder brother, he couldn't help but look left and right, reluctant to let go. The stone was indeed the one that the elder brother found on Lunjian Peak, and Xiaodong was no stranger to it. But he hadn’t seen the elder brother who carved stones. He didn’t expect that the master’s craftsmanship was quite good. The little monkey was carved vividly, with a curled tail and a peach in its paws. Carved out with two leaves. Look carefully, the monkey's mouth is slit, curved, and still smiling.
Xiaodong held the little monkey in both hands, and the more he looked at it, the more he liked it. He didn't even want to put it away when he was sleeping at night, so he put it next to the pillow so that he could see it again when he woke up.
After the joy finally subsided and the sleepiness started to rise, Xiaodong remembered an important matter.
He forgot to ask his brother. Senior Liu said that the master would send him away, did the master agree? Are you really planning to let him leave Huiliu Mountain
Xiaodong also understood in his heart that Senior Liu did not say that out of bad intentions. He didn't look like a very sophisticated person, and he sounded like he knew his uncle in the past. Even if the friendship is not good, a well-known senior expert has no reason to play tricks on a child like him. Senior Liu said that he is not suitable to worship under the master, which shows that he is really not suitable.
But Xiaodong didn't want to leave.
Even if the master will arrange for him a more suitable place for him, he doesn't want to leave.
Waiting for tomorrow, when the master is free, he went to tell the master that he didn't want to leave and he wanted to stay in Huiliu Mountain. If the master does not agree, he will kneel down and beg, and he can also ask the senior brother Jiang to intercede for him.
After Senior Liu got off Lunjian Peak, he still carried his sword case on his back. Before Xiaodong saw the little monkey, he still had doubts about whether the sword box was really empty, but now he no longer has the slightest doubt. Everything he saw in his dream was real, not his imagination. Since there was no sword in Senior Liu's sword box in the dream, then there must be no sword.
... It's just that he doesn't quite understand why he dreams of these things? Even though Xiaodong was young and had little experience, he knew that this was not an ordinary thing. He and his uncle have also traveled to many places, and have never heard of any capable people with such abilities.
Uncle didn't seem to have either, and he didn't tell him whether the rest of the Yun family had one.
I don't think so.
Then the question came, why did he have such a strange ability
Xiaodong couldn't figure it out, seeing the little monkey was happy for a while, then worried for a while, and couldn't sleep well all night.
There were many things to do when I got up the next day. The master wrote the pairs early in the morning and asked them to stick them on the door. Not only are there pairs, but there are also blessings written on red paper, and they are even pasted on the stakes in front of the main hall. Huiliu Mountain has added a lot of joy for the New Year.
Before Xiaodong dared to approach the master, he pestered the senior brother in and out. If Mo Chen wanted to do something, he rushed to fight. Mo Chen wanted to send someone, so he ran errands first. At the end of the day, Mo Chen was a little dumbfounded.
Junior Brother, this is obviously something on his mind. Otherwise, even if the brothers and sisters are good friends, they won't be so clingy.
He asked once, but Xiaodong hesitated to speak.
He wanted to ask the big brother, the master really didn't want to send him away, did he
But the words stopped.
It's not that he doesn't want to tell the senior brother, but he's really flustered and has no idea. He really wants to discuss it with someone. If the senior brother can tell him not to leave, it will be considered as a pill for him. However, he didn't know how to tell the elder brother. If the eldest brother asked him, how did he know, how would Xiaodong answer
Senior Liu only told the master, maybe the senior brother didn't hear the truth, and Xiaodong didn't go to Lunjianfeng, how could he know? Could it be that he told the senior brother that he dreamed of it
This obviously doesn't make sense.
Senior brother saw that he refused to speak, but he could tell that the things in his heart must be very troublesome, otherwise it would not be so difficult to speak out.
Could it be that he was bullied
Or is it that the child likes something, but dare not open his mouth when he wants it
No, Mo Chen shook his head and dismissed all these thoughts.
There are only so many people on the mountain, and the guests should not do such a thing. As for the other juniors, Mo Chen can guarantee that they will not do this. When Linglong and Jiang Fan were brought back, Mo Chen was already sensible. Two can be said to be his favorite. As for Junior Brother Chen, although he was a bit bored, he would not do anything to bully the weak.
He asked again, Xiaodong was a little hesitant, but he still said what he meant.
"Eldest brother, I haven't gained much from my sword practice recently. If the master tests me..."
It turned out that I was worried about this.
Mo Chen heaved a sigh of relief: "It doesn't matter. As long as you are willing to work hard, the master will not be angry. What the master dislikes the most is the kind of people who have nothing to do but are clever but sneaky. The master said before that if people always think that they are You are smart, you can fool others, but in the end you are only fooling yourself.”
"But… "
What if he is really not this piece of material, and the master thinks he is rotten wood and is determined to send him away
Mo Chen was not impatient at all, and comforted him carefully: "I'll help you figure out the sword path in the evening, your time to go up the mountain is short, so the master won't be too strict with you."
Xiaodong still asked what was in his heart: "Senior brother, what if the master thinks that I am unbearable and wants to send me to other places instead of letting me stay in Huiliu Mountain?"
Mo Chen was taken aback.
He didn't expect his junior brother to ask such a sentence.
In fact, when Senior Liu said this to his master in Lun Jianfeng, Mo Chen also heard it.
But he didn't take it to heart at the time.
The junior brother has already worshiped his teacher seriously, unlike those outer disciples, if there is no major change, it is impossible for a disciple to join another teacher. Speaking of bad talent, there are many people with bad talent in the world, if they drive people away because of bad talent, how can there be such a reason
At the time when Senior Liu said that, the master didn't reject it outright, probably for the sake of Senior Liu's face, the master probably wouldn't want to send the younger brother away.
He didn't expect his junior brother to be worried about this.
"What? Did someone say something to you?"
The first thing Mo Chen thought of was that someone was threatening the junior brother. Was it those uninvited guests who mocked him? Or is it that some of those outer disciples are restless and envious that the junior brother can become the master's disciple at a young age
"No, no one said anything to me." Xiaodong quickly explained: "It's just that I feel that I am too unworthy..."
"You don't have to worry about this. Didn't I say that the master values the character of the disciple, and the talent is second to him. Have you ever heard of someone who was kicked out of the teacher's school because of poor talent?"
It seems that I have never heard of it.
But Senior Liu said that sending him away was for his own good, so if Master really wanted to send him away for his own good? (to be continued)