Big Bodhi [The Great Enlightenment] - Chapter 734

[Chapter 706]

Chapter 706 The

cold wind is biting, mixed with fine snow howling and screaming in the night, making the already dilapidated mountain temple even more dilapidated, and even the half of the roof is crumbling, it seems that it will fall in the snow at any time collapsed in.

“Uncle Liu, the wind and snow are getting bigger and bigger, and I’m too cold to walk!”

Xiao Zhuzi was trembling all over, holding a rag package tightly with his pale hands. When Liu Daniu came back from hunting this time, he only had two pieces of dry food left.

Not far away, a burly man picked him up and strode into the mountain temple amidst the howling cold wind.

“Then rest here until dawn, and return to the village when the sun comes out and the wind and snow are less,” Liu Daniu kicked two rotten wooden planks with his feet, and leaned on half the wall of the mountain temple to build a A simple shack, “I took you out to learn hunting this time. I really didn’t expect to encounter such a heavy snowstorm. Not only did I get nothing, but even the dry food I brought was almost finished. If this continues, our father and I may be really happy.” I’m going to freeze to death at the foot of Zhaoyang Mountain.”

Xiaozhuzi curled up, got into the innermost part of the wooden shack, put down the package, covered his red nose with his hands, and said in a muffled voice: “Uncle Liu, I’m warm now It’s time.”

Liu Daniu leaned on the cold and damp wall of the mountain temple, took off the bow and arrow behind his back, with a trace of worry on his resolute face, sighed, and said, “If the snowstorm doesn’t come tomorrow, Stop, we are about to run out of food.”

A gust of cold wind blew past the mountain temple, the small pillar couldn’t help shivering, leaned in subconsciously, looked at the shriveled package under his feet, and remained silent .

He grew up in Liujia Village on Zhaoyang Mountain. His parents were both killed by intelligent wild animals when they were out hunting. It was Liu Daniu in the village who brought him up. It can be said that he is not like his parents, but better than them.

This is the first time that Liu Daniu took him out to learn hunting. He never expected to encounter such a terrible snowstorm. Now, the distance that is within half a day on weekdays has become unreachable.

“Uncle Liu, what’s that!?”

Xiao Zhuzi tightened the coarse padded jacket on his body, and suddenly caught a glimpse of gold from the corner of his eyes, and couldn’t help but look under the mountain god statue.

“Don’t make a fuss!”

Liu Daniu turned his head and looked at the corner under the stone platform of the mountain god statue.

It was a golden brocade.

Liu Daniu stood up, with a serious expression, stepped forward to touch the texture of the brocade, and couldn’t help but said: “Even in Zhaoyang Mountain City, I have never seen such soft and smooth silk and satin. The bread here is…”

Stretching out his hand to push aside the soft golden silk, Liu Daniu took half a step back and couldn’t help exclaiming, “Whose family’s child is this!”

The brocade was brushed by his palm , scattered all around, revealing a white baby carved from jade.

The baby was about a few months old, looked at Liu Daniu and Xiao Zhuzi with his eyes open, he didn’t cry or make trouble, and he didn’t seem to feel the cold around him at all.

Little Zhuzi didn’t care about his cold hands and feet, so he quickly climbed out of the wooden shack, stepped forward and hugged the ball of golden brocade, with a faint cry in his voice: “Whose parents are so cruel, they actually left their children in the wind and snow?” I don’t care about it!”

But he never noticed that the golden brocade wrapping the baby exuded an indescribable warmth, which even made the open-air ruined temple much warmer.

Liu Daniu looked around, but he couldn’t see half a person, his eyes fell on the baby’s pink face, his expression was a bit unbearable, and he said: “The one who can afford such high-quality silk must be from Zhaoyang Mountain City. Wealthy people, but now…”

Xiao Zhuzi hugged the ball of brocade silk tightly, gritted his teeth, and said, “I think it’s the illegitimate child of some family member and concubine. He was afraid that the main house would find any clues, so he cruelly left him here. Uncle Liu, we will leave him here.” Take it back to Liu’s Village.”

Liu Daniu saw Xiao Zhuzi standing in the cold wind unconsciously, and said in surprise, “Aren’t you cold?!” Xiao Zhuzi woke up suddenly, and quickly carried the baby to

Liu Daniu In front of him, he said: “Uncle Liu, touch it, this swaddle is really warm and tight!”

Liu Daniu stretched out his hand, and the golden brocade wrapping the baby was indeed extremely warm, he couldn’t help but look up at the broken baby. The statue of the mountain god said: “It should be that the master of the mountain god couldn’t bear us to freeze to death, so he brought the baby here, go and get the dry food!” “

I see, Uncle Liu!” Xiao Zhuzi handed the baby to Liu Daniu, squatting The lower body took the two dry and hard steamed buns from the package, and brought them up.

Liu Daniu took the dry food in one hand, and wanted to chew it in his mouth before spitting it out, but when his eyes fell on the baby’s face, he hesitated for a while, and finally broke the dry food with his rough palm, and went The snow water on the ground was rubbed into powder and carefully sent into the baby’s mouth.

“Uncle Liu, you are…”

Xiao Zhuzi was a little puzzled.

While feeding the baby, Liu Daniu smiled and said, “These children from wealthy families in Zhaoyang Mountain City are different from us, even if they don’t want to eat the things I chewed, the snow layer on the ground is clear and clean. I can give it away.”

Xiaozhuzi suddenly realized, he looked at the snow layer on the ground that hadn’t moved for a long time, and suddenly seemed to realize something, looked sideways to the outside of the mountain temple, and said in surprise: “The snow has stopped!”

Liu Daniu raised his head to look around, and sure enough, the wind at the foot of Zhaoyang Mountain gradually died down, and even the snowflakes that had been blowing up just now disappeared.

“Let’s go up the mountain as soon as the wind stops and the snow rests!”

Liu Daniu stood up with joy on his resolute face.

“okay!”

Xiao Zhuzi grinned happily, his somewhat flushed face was full of smiles.

Bang!

A sound of falling to the ground came to his ears, Xiao Zhuzi had sharp eyes, and he saw something that fell from the baby’s swaddle at a glance, and said loudly: “Uncle Liu, something has fallen!” Liu Daniu looked down and saw a piece of it

. The palm-sized white jade carving fell to the corner of the temple wall that had not been soaked by the wind and snow.

“This should be a token left by his parents. Let’s put it away for now, but I have never seen the words on it.”

Liu Daniu stepped forward to pick up the small and exquisite jade tablet, and in an instant, a A cold and clear breath spread throughout the body.

Xiao Zhuzi looked up and saw a small character engraved on the back of the jade card, but the seal character seemed to be an ancient seal character that had been lost long ago, and it was different from the characters used in Zhaoyang Mountain today.

All of a sudden, a cold breath swept out from the jade tablet, making Xiaozhuzi feel blessed here, and subconsciously said: “This is ‘sleeve’!” Liu Daniu asked suspiciously: “How did you know

?

” Zhu Zi was stunned for a while, and said falteringly: “I don’t know.”

Liu Daniu stretched out his hand and flicked his head, and said with a smile: “If you say ‘sleeve’, then it is ‘sleeve’, this is the parent of the child. His name should be the same as the token left behind.”

Xiao Zhuzi said in a low voice: “Uncle Liu, let’s go back quickly!”

Liu Daniu nodded, stretched out his hand to tighten the baby’s swaddle, and held the baby’s hand with the other hand. Small pillars, striding out of this dilapidated mountain temple.

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(end of this chapter)