Chapter 18 18: I have been waiting for you for a long time
Chen Jin left the table and strolled away from the ancestral hall, gradually leaving the noisy excitement behind him.
Suddenly there were footsteps chasing behind me: "Brother, brother, wait a moment."
The voice was crisp and clear, it was my cousin Chen Min.
She held a homemade iron kerosene lamp in her hand and panted: "It's dark outside and the road is difficult. It's not safe for you to be alone. Dad asked me to give you a ride."
Chen Jin laughed dumbly: "If you send me away, won't you be the only one when you come back?"
"I'm not afraid. Even though I'm young, I'm used to walking at night."
Chen Min said loudly, her delicate little face looking particularly determined under the light.
The children of the poor are already in charge of the family. In the countryside, children, regardless of gender, do not have any spoiled and delicate temperament.
When Chen Min was six or seven years old, she often followed adults up the mountain to collect firewood and wild fruits.
Although she is a girl, she has done a lot of things like fishing in rivers, climbing trees and digging out bird eggs. She has a fierce temper and has developed a lot of courage.
Perhaps Chen and his wife have raised their only daughter as a son since she was a child.
Chen Jin thought for a moment and said, "Let's do this. Give me the oil lamp. I will have a lamp to illuminate the road, so I won't be afraid."
"No."
But the girl was very insistent: "If I don't send you back, my father will definitely scold me."
Chen Jin chuckled: "That's alright, let's go."
Change your mind immediately.
If you want to see the family god of Chen Liang's family, you will have plenty of opportunities, so there is no need to rush.
"Well, I'm going ahead, brother, you follow me."
With that said, Chen Min walked ahead with a light in hand.
Looking at her slightly thin mid-length back, the clothes on her body were ill-fitting and looked too big, blowing in the wind.
Inexplicably, Chen Jin felt a warm touch deep in his heart.
Late autumn is coming to an end, the temperature is cold and the insects are chirping in the fields.
Actually, it's not that dark outside because of the moonlight.
One small and one big, one behind the other, maybe there was nothing to talk about, so they didn’t say anything and walked silently on the country road.
It was Chen Jin who spoke first and broke the silence: "Xiao Min, have you ever thought about what you want to do in the future?"
Chen Min said: "What can someone like me do? When I grow up, just find someone to marry."
"Don't you want to go out for a walk and take a look?"
"I've never even been to the county town. My mother said the road is far and difficult to walk, and there are many bad people in the city. If I go there, I will be abducted."
Chen Jin asked directly: "Do you want to go?"
Chen Min hesitated for a moment and then answered with one word: "I want to."
Chen Jin then said: "If there is a chance, I will take you to visit the county town."
The girl suddenly stood still, turned around, and said with bright eyes: "Do you mean what you say?"
Chen Jin smiled slightly: "If I promise others, I will definitely do it."
Chen Min immediately beamed and smiled: "That's great...Brother, I have something to ask you, I don't know if I should ask you."
"Ask."
"Why do I feel like you have changed as a person? You are very different from before."
Chen Jin asked: "Was I bad before?"
Chen Min replied: "It's not that it's bad, it's that you have never spoken to me like this, and you would never take me to the city to play."
"At that time, I had to concentrate on studying and testing for merit."
"Brother, I heard that I did well in the exam and I will go to the capital to take the exam in the future. How far is the capital?"
"It's quite far..."
The two of them talked, crossed the river, went up the slope, and came to the outside of the small house.
Chen Min stopped and said crisply: "Brother, I saw you enter the house and then went back."
Chen Jin said: "Come in, I have something for you." "Oh."
Chen Min blinked his big eyes and followed into the house without asking any more questions.
Chen Jin took out the writing brush and paper and spread it out on the table.
He held the brush in his hand and suddenly put it into his mouth and licked it with his tongue.
Chen Min next to him was very surprised and couldn't help asking: "Brother, what are you doing?"
Chen Jin replied: "This is 'moistening the pen'. Use saliva to melt the tip of the pen to make it easier to write."
As he spoke, he picked up his pen and wrote one word on a piece of white paper:
"just"!
The font is correct and meticulous.
He did not add new ink, but used the old ink remaining on the tip of the pen. Although it is not much, it is enough to mix it with saliva and write the character "正" with few strokes.
Chen Min was illiterate, so he asked again: "Brother, what words did you write?"
Chen Jin blew to dry the ink, then began to fold it into a triangle and handed it over: "This is the character '正'. I fold it into an amulet and give it to you. Don't lose it."
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Chen Min said "hmm", took it, and put it close to her body with great care: "Thank you brother, I'll go home."
Chen Jin walked her to the door.
Chen Min turned around and waved to him: "Brother, please go back to the house quickly and close the doors and windows. Dad said that wolves will come down the mountain to look for food."
"Okay."
Chen Jin did not go back to the house immediately, but watched the man leave with a flash of light, out of sight, and then he called out slowly: "Come out."
The figure of the old wolf appeared, holding a plump golden pheasant in his mouth, and placed it flatteringly in front of Chen Jin.
Chen Jin reached out and patted the wolf's head: "I won't go up the mountain tonight. You stay in the temple and don't run around."
"Woo."
The old wolf nodded and left, quickly disappearing into the night.
Chen Jin took the golden pheasant and while there was still time, he set up a fire to boil water and slaughtered the chicken cleanly.
I plan to take it to my uncle's house to eat tomorrow morning.
But it’s hard to find an excuse.
Last time it was "just wait and see", what should I say this time?
You can't say "frightened chicken"...
I hung up the pheasant, washed myself a bit, and began to meditate and do my daily homework.
In recent days, I have been eating well and practicing quite smoothly. If this momentum continues, we will soon be able to break through to the middle stage of refining Qi, which is the second stage.
After finishing my homework, it was getting late at night and I was ready to go to bed.
The house is simple and simple, and the bedding is old and patched. It takes a while to cover the body to cover up the warmth.
However, Chen Jin has no plans to change.
As your practice improves, as long as you break through to the three realms, you will have good resistance to the cold and heat of the climate.
Not so afraid of the cold.
He closed his eyes and fell asleep slowly.
Suddenly, a cold wind seemed to blow in from the gaps in the doors and windows, and the temperature in the room dropped rapidly.
"Cold..."
Chen Jin seemed to be murmuring in his dream, his teeth chattering, and he subconsciously rolled up the quilt and wrapped it into a ball.
But in an instant, the quilt on his body became so heavy that it suppressed him. His breathing became rapid and he almost couldn't breathe.
What's going on?
He began to struggle desperately, but he couldn't get rid of it at all.
Whoops!
The door opened directly, and a black shadow floated in like a ghost, and went straight to the bed, with a cruel smile on his face.
However, the next moment, the smile immediately solidified on his face.
I saw Chen Jin sitting up as if nothing had happened: "I have been waiting for you for a long time."
(End of chapter)