The little Taoist priest took a few steps back, then with bright steps and a body as light as a swallow, he jumped up, seven or eight feet high. He was ready to climb over the wall with one hand. However, thinking that the tiles above were unstable, his hand slipped.
I almost fell down.
Fortunately, his body skills were good enough, and he was able to resolve the crisis with just a slight lift of his palm, and he landed smoothly into the temple.
He took a closer look and glanced around, only to realize that this was a vegetable garden, with a row of cucumbers planted in front of it. The cucumber vines were all supported by bamboo poles, standing very high, just blocking his figure.
The little Taoist took a deep breath. When he calmed down, he swallowed when he saw the fresh cucumbers hanging on the bamboo pole.
He has never eaten any serious vegetables since he has been eating whole grains. There is also a vegetable garden in the Taoist temple, but the white radish grown in it has a hint of sweetness when eaten raw, but every time he eats it, his chest feels burning.
.
Those white radishes will eventually be made into pickles and placed in a large vat in the kitchen. A large stick of dried radish is what he and his master usually eat.
At this time, he saw a large green vegetable garden in front of him for the first time.
The saliva from the corner of his mouth almost flowed out, and he unconsciously reached out his hand to an emerald-like cucumber.
But before his hand touched the cucumber, a pebble hit the back of his hand accurately.
The little Taoist priest quickly put away the hand he just extended, regardless of the stinging pain on the back of his hand, and hurriedly glanced around, trying to find the person who hit him with stones.
"Hey, I'm here!" A naughty voice came from behind him.
Looking up, a little girl in red linen sitting on the dilapidated wall was looking at him with a smile. That smile made the little Taoist stay in place and did not dare to move.
"What are you looking at? Be careful, I'll dig out your penis!" The little girl in red put away her smile and revealed a fierce expression.
The little Taoist priest was so frightened that he sat down on the ground.
Seeing the little Taoist priest who was startled by her, the girl in red could no longer hold her face and laughed.
She jumped off the wall and walked slowly to the little Taoist priest. Her eyes were like crescent moons as she smiled while holding her waist.
"May I have your name!"
"Li Yushan!"
After asking and answering, the two of them became acquainted.
From the girl's mouth, Taoist Priest Li Yushan learned that she was from the temple and this vegetable garden belonged to her.
After the girl in red met him, she seemed to have endless things to talk about. It was originally to find out the secrets of the temple, but for some reason, Li Yushan seemed to have forgotten his purpose and actually chatted with the girl in red for a long time.
This meeting seemed like destiny!
It wasn't until the sky got dark that Li Yushan remembered that he should leave.
He just wanted to leave and always wanted to ask the other person's name, but after chatting for so long, he still didn't dare to ask.
It was said that the two of them were chatting, but in fact it was the girl in red who was doing the talking. He was nodding aside or talking about Taoist things. But whenever he talked about Taoist things, the girl in red would stare with a pair of crescent-shaped eyes.
My eyes turned into stars, and I yearned for them very much.
"Oh, it would be great if I were in your master's Taoist temple. I could go out and play every day. My father never lets me leave this vegetable garden and doesn't allow others to play with me. I'm almost bored to death!"
Looking at the somewhat sad girl in red, Li Yushan didn't know how to comfort her. After holding it in for a long time, he finally said, "Then can I come and play with you in the future?"
The girl in red's eyes turned into crescent shapes again, she nodded vigorously, and said excitedly, "Of course!"
The little Taoist priest Li Yushan lowered his head and his face was a little red.
When he left, the girl in red picked two cucumbers and gave them to him.
"You and your master each have one stick, remember to come and play with me!"
The girl carelessly stuffed two fresh cucumbers to Li Yushan.
He was a teenager. After seeing the cucumber, he swallowed again. The words he just wanted to say were swallowed back. In the end, he could only nod and planned to ask again next time, but when he just turned around and was about to leave
At this time, the girl stopped him.
"By the way, Li Yushan." The girl in red stopped the little Taoist priest and said somewhat dejectedly: "I don't have a name, but you can call me Matchmaker in the future!"
After saying that, he turned around and left. Looking at the disappearing figure, Li Yushan smiled!
After returning to the Taoist temple, the little Taoist priest gave both cucumbers to the master.
"master!"
The old Taoist priest stared at Li Yushan and shook his head.
"I'm not hungry, take it out!"
Li Yushan looked happy and returned to his house with the cucumber.
In the following days, he would go to the temple's vegetable garden every few days to play with the matchmaker. Gradually, the two were no longer satisfied with chatting and catching butterflies. From Li Yushan's mouth, she learned about the bustling town down the mountain, and how
Beautiful scenery of the back mountain valley.
She longed for these places very much, but unfortunately she never had the chance to go.
Until one day, Li Yushan came up with an idea.
It was snowing heavily, and the two built a snowman. Then the matchmaker put her coat on the snowman, and stepped on the little Taoist priest's shoulders to climb out of the courtyard wall.
The two of them walked around the mountain road and took the back mountain path, played all the way, looked at the snow scene in the valley, and then went down the mountain to the town. Looking at the crystal clear candied haws, they both swallowed their saliva.
Seeing the matchmaker's greedy look, the little Taoist priest secretly vowed that he would make money to buy candied haws for the matchmaker in the future.
After taking the matchmaker to see all the new things in the market, the two of them left happily. Li Yushan remembered everything that the matchmaker was interested in.
When he met the matchmaker, he fell in love with her.
At this time, going down the mountain together moved my secular heart again.
After sending the matchmaker back, Li Yushan stepped on the thick snow and returned to the Taoist temple step by step. He was so lost along the way that he didn't notice that there were many footprints in the snow.
When he returned to the Taoist temple, he discovered that the Taoist temple, which was already dilapidated, was now even more dilapidated.
The wooden door was smashed, the only square table in the yard was broken into two pieces, and the only container in the kitchen, the jar containing dried radishes, was also smashed to pieces.
The little Taoist priest didn't know why, so he rushed into the house and shouted: "Master!"
"Yushan!" The old Taoist priest with his forehead covered with buns, sitting cross-legged on the futon, called out to the hurried little Taoist priest.
"Master, what's wrong with you!" Li Yushan quickly stepped forward to help the old Taoist priest who wanted to get up.
"It's okay, you don't need to help me. You just need to tell me now whether you plan to stay here or follow me out of here." The old Taoist priest stared at the little Taoist priest, and the two were deadlocked here.
Li Yushan avoided his eyes, took a few steps back and lowered his head. He didn't know how to answer for a moment. He never thought that the master would take him away, and he never thought about leaving here and leaving the Valley of the Past.