Buddhism

Ever since Nai Nai was born, Qing Mo has had the determination to recognize Nai Nai as a younger sister.Full of enthusiasm, he ran around, saying that he wanted to give a very heavy gift to Nai Nai who was about to be full moon.

Due to the cold wind and snow these days, Mu Youfang did not go out with them to search frantically, but nestled in the forest garden with Kongqing and Chitong.

Today's cold, windy and snowy weather has not stopped, and the weather outside was originally foggy, but now it is even darker.It's already dinner time, and the two who went out to mess around haven't come back yet.Mu Youfang sat on the wooden bench and looked forward to it. They had all returned by this time in the past.

Kong Qing also felt a little strange: "In the past, everyone should have come back at this time, why haven't you seen anyone today?"

"It's almost here!" As soon as Chi Tong finished speaking, he heard Qing Mo's voice from outside the door, and he shouted: "We're back!"

Mu Youfang immediately got up and ran over to open the door. Qing Mo and Zhizi were not afraid of the cold, so they didn't wear cloaks.The wind and snow had never stopped outside, and the two of them came back despite the cold wind and heavy snow. At this time, there was a layer of hoarfrost on the top of their heads, shoulders, and even their eyebrows.Qing Mo grabbed Zhi Zi who was about to run inside and said: "Shake the wind and snow, and then go in slowly, don't let my daughter-in-law catch the cold, or I will never end with you."

Zhizi rolled his eyes and was speechless: "Got it." He honestly shook off the white snow on his body, and used his spiritual power to warm his body even more.

Mu Youfang stood at the door and looked at Qingmo reproachfully: "How could it be so exaggerated." Zhizi's slightly resentful eyes made him feel a little embarrassed.

Qing Mo smiled and waved at him: "Hurry up and go in, the wind and snow outside are so heavy, it won't be good if you catch the wind and cold."

Zhizi shook the wind and snow before they entered the door, and after entering, he turned around and made a face at the two of them, before running towards Kongqing.

Qing Mo raised her eyebrows, not caring about his dissatisfaction at all.Mu Youfang smiled, his brows and eyes were sweet.

When Qing Mo came in, Mu Youfang closed the door smoothly. Qing Mo confirmed that his hands were not cold, so he took his hand, and the two walked inside together.

"Kongqing, guess what we found today?" Zhizi said while picking rice into his mouth.

Kong Qing was afraid that he would choke, so he served him a bowl of soup: "Don't choke, just swallow the food."

"Oh!" Zhizi slightly stretched his neck and swallowed the food in his mouth.

Seeing his starving appearance, Kong Qing asked puzzledly, "Have you not eaten since you went out?"

Zhizi nodded: "No." As a half-demon, Zhizi has been used to eating three meals a day since Kongqing, but suddenly he didn't eat on time one day, and he felt the feeling of hunger from before. .

"Why don't you eat? Where did you go?" Kong Qing asked.

"They have gone to the valley of the abyss in Yunshan." Chitong raised his eyes and glanced at Zhizi and said.

After Chitong had said it, Zhizi stopped talking about it: "That's right, we're going to the valley of the abyss."

"Chitong, why do you know everything!" Qing Mo led Mu Youfang over, a little dissatisfied, their sense of mystery was completely useless in front of Chitong.

"As long as it's still within the range of Yunshan Mountain, I won't know where it is." Chitong glanced at Qingmo and said calmly.

Qing Mo sneered, and proudly said: "Nan Ming has been hiding in the belly of Yunshan Mountain for so many years, and you haven't noticed it at all."

Chi Tong glanced at Qing Mo sideways, as if looking at an idiot: "You also know that it is in the belly of Yunshan, it is obvious that when his mother hid in the belly of the mountain, it was before I came to Yunshan to practice .”

"However, it's a little regretful that he didn't come back this time when we got married. I don't know what he's doing. The first year has passed, and I haven't seen him come back." Qing Mo suddenly missed Nan Ming a little bit.

"If you want to come back, you will come back naturally." Qing Mo said.

Since they parted at the inn, Nan Ming had not sent a letter, and they had no way of knowing what was going on with him.The only thing they can do now is wait for his return.

This topic was a bit heavy, Kong Qing decided to change the topic, followed what Zhizi said earlier, and asked, "What are you doing in the Valley of the Abyss?"

"I wanted to try my luck to see if I could find the magic medicine." Qing Mo said after taking a mouthful of rice.

"Did you find it?" Mu Youfang asked.

"We didn't find the magic medicine that Chitong said, but we found something else." Qing Mo also overheard that Chitong said that in the valley of the abyss, there is a magic medicine that can prolong life if people take it blindly.I happened to pass by here today and stopped by to have a look, but I couldn't find it.

Chitong took a sip of the soup, and said calmly, "I've already given that medicine to Kong Qing."

"Ah! Why is this? No wonder we haven't found it after searching for a long time." Qing Mo was very resentful. He and Zhizi searched all over the Valley of the Abyss, but they couldn't find it because Chi Tong picked it up first. , What a waste of work.

"You never asked me, how did I know you went there looking for this thing." Chi Tong laughed.

Kong Qing looked confused, not knowing when he had taken such a blind medicine.Of course he didn't know, because his food was prepared by Chitong, and he only knew to eat after making it, so why would he ask what the ingredients were inside every day.

"Then what did you find?" Mu Youfang asked after putting a piece of meat into Qing Mo's bowl.

Qing Mo stretched out his hand, and in his empty hand, several fat insect-like things appeared in an instant. If you look carefully, you can still see them wriggling slowly.

Mu Youfang had also been on the ground before, and he was not afraid of bugs. He took a closer look, but couldn't see what it was, and asked curiously, "What is this?"

"Cordyceps!" Zhizi announced the answer.During the discussion, Zhizi had already finished two bowls of rice.

"This thing is very clever, you two have put in a lot of work." Chitong also knows that there is a thing called Cordyceps sinensis in the valley of the abyss. This thing is very clever in winter, and it is difficult to catch them without absolute strength and patience.

Cordyceps sinensis is a very rare medicinal material. Mu Youfang saw it by chance when he was studying.But what I saw before was a picture, and the picture should be the dried Cordyceps sinensis after it died. Today I saw the live one, and the shape is a little different, so I didn't recognize it.

When Chitong was concocting alchemy, Kong Qing would also help him, so he had seen this thing before, but it was not as thick and fat as these.It can be seen that these in Qing Mo's hands are indeed not extraordinary.

"That's right, it took us a lot of effort to catch the biggest ones." Qing Mo raised his chin at Zhizi, expressing that Zhizi also contributed a lot.His cultivation base has been reduced by more than half now, without the assistance of Zhizi, it would be really difficult for him to catch the Cordyceps sinensis that is about to become refined.

"Are you going to give this to Nai Nai?" Mu Youfang asked.

"The bug is not dead yet, Chitong, give me a container that can hold this thing." Qing Mo said.

Chi Tong took out a white jade bottle, injected a burst of spiritual energy into it, and handed it to Qing Mo: "Here!"

Qing Mo put the other two into a bottle and handed them to Zhizi: "Hey, there are four in total, we will share them equally, two for each person. You can give it to anyone you want."

Qing Mo said to Mu Youfang: "I won't give it to her. She doesn't need it now. Give her a full moon gift as a farewell. These two will be stewed for you to make up for."

"Eh... is this necessary?" Mu Youfang thought that he was not sick or in pain, so why did he make up for it like this.

"Of course it is necessary." Qing Mo nodded affirmatively.

Holding the bottle in his hand, Zhizi asked in puzzlement, "Can't you give this to Nai Nai?" It was something they managed to catch, and it was indeed a good thing.

"It's ok, but she can't eat it yet, too much nourishment is not suitable for her. So you can wait until she grows up, and it's the same if you give it to her." Kong Qing explained.

"That's it." Zhizi thought for a while, and poured out one of the two from the white jade bottle.He put it in the palm of his hand and brought it in front of Kong Qing: "It's enough to leave one for Nai Nai, this one is for you."

"You idiot, Kong Qing has already taken that magical medicine, and this thing has no effect on Kong Qing." Qing Mo said

Kong Qing smiled and said: "Yes, you should keep it well, maybe it will come in handy in the future."

"Okay." Zhizi pursed his lips, packed the Cordyceps sinensis, and put the bottle away.

. . . . . .

After the meal, several people sat together and looked at the "trophies" that Qing Mo and Zhi Zi had brought back from outside these days.

The things on the table were all dazzled: "Tomorrow is Nai's full moon day, which gift did you decide to give Nai?"

Qingmo and Zhizi go out every day and bring things back every day, but they are always dissatisfied, and always feel that there are better and more suitable gifts for Nai, so they have collected a lot of "gifts" so far. Gift".

What silk and satin, gold, silver and jade, jewelry and playthings, a large pile of dazzling arrays are placed on the table.

Qing Mo and Zhi Zi looked at the pile of things on the table, and said in unison: "I don't know."

Mu Youfang felt that the two of them were funny: "Nai Nai is still a baby now, she doesn't know anything yet, why are you taking such painstaking efforts?"

"Sister should have the best things in the world." Zhizi insisted.Zhizi had a childhood of homelessness and starvation.So he subconsciously wanted to make up for the beautiful childhood he had lost with Mu Shuangnai, whom he recognized as his younger sister when he was just born.

Zhizi's stubbornness was understood after everyone knew the reason, and everyone felt sorry for him, so they stopped persuading him.

"I remember the habit of children in the capital wearing collars. How about we make an exclusive collar for Nai Nai?" Mu Youfang suggested.If you are not satisfied with the ones you bought from outside, then you might as well make one yourself.

"When you said that, I remembered it too. This can be done." Qing Mo agreed.

"Then, you come to design the pattern, and I'll start building it after the drawing is done." Qing Mo freed up his private collection of gold bricks and silver, and carefully selected a few gold bricks the size of a palm.

"Qing Mo, she is still a child, she can be made of silver, gold is too ostentatious." Seeing this, Mu Youfang hurriedly stopped Qing Mo's idea of ​​using gold.

"Where's the ostentation? Aren't the clothes they wear in the capital also made of pure gold, or gold inlaid with jade?" Qing Mo wondered why gold couldn't be used.

Both Kong Qing and Chi Tong felt speechless, and Qing Mo's heartless nature has never been better.In this small village, wearing a silver collar is already a great thing, but he actually wanted to make a necklace inlaid with gold and jade for Nai Nai.As far as Mu Chaosheng has always been simple and low-key, let alone whether he will accept him, even if he accepts him, he will not let Nai wear it out.Wealth has not been exposed since ancient times. In their "backcountry" place, owning such precious things will inevitably attract people's envy and concern, and may even cause unwarranted disasters.

As the head of a village, Mu Chaosheng's situation is very unfavorable for him to manage the affairs of the village.Although the Mu family village is small, it is his duty, and he is obliged to do his duty well with all his heart.If he behaves too rich, it will create a sense of distance in people, and it will attract the jealousy and jealousy of others, and he will be resented by some villainous people, and missed by those with evil intentions.He is such a transparent person, he will not understand.

However, Zhizi didn't understand the pros and cons, so he asked, "Why can't my younger sister wear a necklace inlaid with gold and jade? Compared with silver, gold is more valuable, and jade is even more precious than priceless jade."

"So here is the problem. If it is in a place like the capital, it is completely no problem to wear this for Nai Nai, because everyone is used to it. But it is different in Mujia Village. If it is too expensive and expensive, it will cause others to covet it. , it will inevitably attract jealousy and miss. It is not a good thing to be missed all the time. Nai Nai is still so young and has no self-protection ability. Everyone is innocent and pregnant. This may affect her life safe."

Zhizi was stunned, Qing Mo was speechless, both of them had expressions of horror and depression.The two thought about it, and it was indeed the case.The people in Mujia Village are ordinary people, and although they are not living in poverty, they are still considered poor.Thinking about it, I have never seen such a precious thing. This thing is very valuable. If it is really tricked and worried about being stolen or bought by someone, they must be able to live a good life without worrying about food and clothing.People die for money, birds die for food, and it is inevitable that there will be frenzied and unruly people who want to kill and snatch it.

"Okay, let's use silver then!" Qing Mo put down the gold brick in his hand and exchanged a few ingots of silver.

"Then I'll draw a picture." Mu Youfang got up to find a pen and ink.

"Qing Mo wants to give the collar he made, so what should I give?" Zhizi asked distressed.

"There are so many things here, isn't it enough for you to choose?" With a table full of things, Kong Qing felt that it should be enough to pick out a suitable gift.

"It still doesn't feel good enough." Zhizi held his face and was still sullen.

"Nai Nai is still young, you really don't have to do this. When she grows up a bit and has something she likes, wouldn't it be better for you to give it to her according to her preferences." Kong Qing comforted.

Zhizi has always listened to Kong Qing's words.He thought about it for a while and then he understood, and immediately he didn't struggle with it, and waved his hand: "It doesn't matter, just give these to Nai Nai."

"That's a good idea." Qing Mo nodded in agreement.

Mu Youfang and Kong Qing were deeply speechless. Mu Chaosheng was a simple farmer, and he was already hesitant when he took the golden leaf from his son last time.At this time, the two of them actually want to give all the things on this table to Nai Nai.Everything on this table is of great value, and Mu Chaosheng will probably feel terrified by then.

But if they don't give it away, it's useless to keep this thing here. They don't usually use it on the top of Yunshan Mountain.

"You can send it off, but you have to send it off quietly." Mu Youfang said helplessly.

"I know." Qing Mo happily put away his gold bricks, and responded.

In order not to make too much noise, Qingmo and Zhizi sent the things to Nai that night.

It was already midnight when they sent them there, and Mu Chaosheng, Liu Qianqian, and the newborn Nai Nai had already fallen asleep, unaware that their room was already full of great gifts.

The next day, it was Liu Qianqian who woke up first.She looked at the situation in the house, at a loss, and hurriedly woke up Mu Chaosheng who was still asleep.

Mu Chaosheng hurriedly got out of bed and looked at the huge pile of presents in disbelief.The corners of his mouth twitched uncontrollably, thinking: "Qing Mo is too exaggerated, do these valuable things really seem like he doesn't need money?"

Nai Nai also woke up, she turned over in the warm quilt, the soul bell on her feet made a crisp sound.Liu Qianqian came back to her senses in shock, and saw a delicate silver collar and a letter beside her daughter's pillow.

Mu Chaosheng took the letter and started to read it. After reading it, he was angry and funny at the same time.

Liu Qianqian pointed to a large pile of gifts and said, "Can these things be returned?" Just by looking at them, she knew that they were worth a lot, and Liu Qianqian was a little apprehensive.

"Maybe I can't send it back, so put it away first, don't say anything to the public." Mu Chaosheng put the silver collar on Nai Nai, Nai Nai just woke up, squinting and yawning.

"Okay...Okay." Liu Qianqian is a gentle and honest little woman, and after hearing what her husband-in-law said, she agreed.It perfectly interprets the tradition that the husband is heaven and everything the husband says is right.

Mu Chaosheng hugged Liu Qianqian's shoulders, and said with a smile, "It's okay, don't publicize it to the outside world, don't reveal your wealth, so as not to cause trouble. Save these as a dowry for Nai Nai in the future."

Liu Qianqian snuggled into his arms, looking at her infant daughter with a gentle smile.Mu Chaosheng has always treated her very well and took good care of her, both emotionally and physically.She was sweet and satisfied, and felt deeply that she had married the right person.