The young Daoist took a few steps back. His footsteps were bright and clear, and his body was as light as a swallow. With a leap, he reached a height of seven to eight feet. He pressed down with one hand and was about to flip over the wall. However, the tiles above were unstable, and his hand slipped and he almost fell down.
Fortunately, his movement technique was good enough. With a light lift of his palm, he resolved this crisis and smoothly landed inside the temple.
He focused his eyes and scanned his surroundings. Only then did he discover that this was a vegetable garden. In front of him was a row of cucumbers. The cucumbers' vines were supported by bamboo poles. They stood very high and just happened to block his figure.
The young Daoist let out a long sigh of relief. When he calmed down and saw the fresh cucumbers on the bamboo poles, the young Daoist swallowed his saliva.
He had been eating coarse grains since he was young and had never eaten any proper vegetables. There was also a vegetable garden in the Daoist temple, but it was planted with white radishes. Although there was a hint of sweetness when eaten raw, every time he ate them, his chest would burn with pain.
Those white radishes would eventually be made into salted vegetables and placed in a large jar in the kitchen. A large stick of dried radishes was what he and his master usually ate.
At this moment, it was the first time he had seen a large and lush green vegetable garden in front of him.
The corner of his mouth was about to drip with saliva. He unconsciously reached out his hand towards a jade-like cucumber.
However, before his hand could touch the cucumber, a small stone accurately hit the back of his hand.
The young Daoist quickly withdrew his hand. He didn't care about the stinging pain coming from the back of his hand. He hurriedly scanned his surroundings, wanting to find the person who had hit him with the stone.
"Hey, I'm here!" A mischievous voice came from behind him.
He raised his head and saw a little girl in red linen sitting on top of a dilapidated wall looking at him with a smile. That smile made the young Daoist freeze in place, not daring to move.
"What are you looking at? Be careful that this young lady doesn't dig out your two suns!" The little girl in red withdrew her smile and revealed a fiendish appearance.
The young Daoist was really frightened and sat down on the ground.
Seeing the young Daoist startled by her, the little girl in red could no longer keep a straight face and laughed out loud.
She jumped down from the wall and slowly walked in front of the young Daoist. When she laughed with her hands on her waist, her eyes were like crescent moons.
"What's your name!"
"Li Yushan!"
With one question and one answer, the two of them could be considered acquaintances.
From the girl's mouth, the young Daoist priest Li Yushan learned that she was a member of the temple and that this vegetable garden belonged to her.
After the red-dressed girl saw him, she seemed to have endless things to say. She had originally come to inquire about the secrets of the temple, but for some reason, Li Yushan seemed to have forgotten his purpose and ended up chatting with the red-dressed girl for a long time.
It was as if this encounter was destined by the heavens!
Only when the sky gradually darkened did Li Yushan remember that he had to leave.
It was just that he, who wanted to leave, had always wanted to ask the other party's name, but after chatting for so long, he still didn't dare to ask.
Although it was supposed to be a conversation between the two of them, it was actually the red-clothed girl who was talking. He would nod or talk about the Daoist temple. However, whenever he talked about the Daoist temple, the red-clothed girl would widen her eyes. Her pair of crescent-shaped eyes would turn into Star. She looked forward to it.
"Alas, if only I were in your master's Daoist temple. I could go out and play every day. My father never lets me leave this vegetable garden, nor does he allow others to play with me. I'm bored to death!"
Looking at the red-clothed girl who was somewhat worried, Li Yushan didn't know how to comfort her. After a long time, he finally said, "Then can I come and play with you in the future?"
The red-clothed girl's eyes turned into crescent-shaped eyes again. She nodded vigorously and said excitedly, "Of course!"
The young Daoist priest Li Yushan lowered his head and blushed.
When he left, the red-clothed girl picked two cucumbers and gave them to him.
"You and your master can have one each. Remember to come and play with me!"
The girl casually stuffed two fresh cucumbers into Li Yushan's hands.
He was originally a teenager, so when he saw the cucumbers, he swallowed his saliva and swallowed back the words he wanted to say. In the end, he could only nod and plan to ask next time. However, just as he turned around and was about to leave, the girl called out to him.
"Oh right, Li Yushan." The red-clothed girl called out to the young Daoist priest and said somewhat dejectedly, "I don't have a name, but you can call me Hong Niang in the future!"
After saying that, she turned around and left. Looking at her disappearing figure, Li Yushan smiled!
After returning to the Daoist temple, the young Daoist priest gave the two cucumbers to his master.
"Master!"
The old Daoist priest stared at Li Yushan and shook his head.
"I'm not hungry. Take them out!"
Li Yushan's face lit up with joy. He took the cucumbers and returned to his room.
In the following days, he went to the temple's vegetable garden every few days to play with Hong Niang. Gradually, the two of them were no longer satisfied with chatting and catching butterflies. From Li Yushan, she learned about the bustling town at the foot of the mountain and the beautiful scenery in the valley behind the mountain.
She yearned for these places very much, but unfortunately, she never had the chance to go there.
Until one day, Li Yushan thought of an idea.
In the heavy snow, the two of them built a snowman. Hong Niang then put her coat on the snowman and stepped on the young Daoist priest's shoulder to climb over the courtyard wall.
The two of them went around the mountain path and walked on the small path behind the mountain. They played along the way and looked at the snowy scenery in the valley. Then, they went down the mountain and went to the small town. Looking at the sparkling and translucent sugar-coated haws, the two of them swallowed their saliva.
Seeing Hong Niang's envious expression, the young Daoist priest secretly swore that he would earn money to buy her sugar-coated haws in the future.
After taking Hong Niang to look at the new things in the market, the two of them happily left. Li Yushan firmly remembered everything that Hong Niang was interested in.
When he met Hong Niang, he was moved by the mundane world.
When they went down the mountain together, he was moved by the mundane world again.
After sending Hong Niang back, Li Yushan stepped on the thick snow and returned to the Daoist temple step by step. Along the way, he lost his soul and didn't notice that there were many footprints in the snow.
When he returned to the Daoist temple, he discovered that the originally dilapidated Daoist temple had become even more dilapidated.
The wooden door had been smashed and the only square table in the courtyard had been broken into two halves. The only utensil in the kitchen, the jar of dried radishes, had also been smashed into pieces.
The young Daoist priest didn't know what was going on. He hastily rushed into the room and shouted, "Master!"
"Yushan!" The old Daoist priest, whose forehead was full of bumps, called out to the young Daoist priest, who was sitting cross-legged on a praying mat.
"Master, what's wrong?!" Li Yushan hastily went forward to help the old Daoist priest, who wanted to get up.
"It's nothing. You don't need to help me. Now, you just need to tell me, do you plan to stay here or leave with me?" The old Daoist priest stared at the young Daoist priest. The two of them were in a deadlock.
Li Yushan avoided his gaze and retreated a few steps. He lowered his head and didn't know how to answer. He never thought that his master would take him away. He also never thought that he would leave this place and leave Reborn Valley.
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