This confusion did not last long. During evening self-study, I had no intention of doing my homework at all. I held a book called "Selected Compositions for Middle School Students" and read it casually.

I accidentally saw a title "On "On "Rare to Be Confused"". This is an argumentative essay. The author refuted Zheng Banqiao's attitude towards life from three aspects.

I didn't care about his argument, but I stared at the four words "rare and confused" for a long time.

"Dingling..." The bell rang after class, suddenly awakening me, and my confused spiritual consciousness suddenly became clear.

Yes, it’s rare to be confused. I actually got into the horns. Since I can’t figure it out, don’t think so much anymore. Regardless of whether there are immortals in the world, I just need to follow my own thoughts. I want to practice "Daozang" and continue practicing!

A simple thing actually puzzled me for so long... Daobai Xiu has been doing this during this period.

After clarifying my mind, my attention has shifted to several methods of practicing Taoism.

Zhang Songxi proved the Tao through martial arts, "Explanation of Huangting Jing", "Annotation of Dadong True Sutra" and "Daozang". Although the methods of practicing Taoism here are different, they have different paths and the same destination.

It’s like from home to school, the starting point and end point are certain, but there are many roads to go in the middle. I just need to choose one of them and go on.

Well, to describe it in a sentence I just saw in the composition book: All roads lead to Rome!

I really didn't expect that my confusion was awakened by the four words "rare confusion". Thanks to Zheng Banqiao. After strengthening my belief in practicing Taoism, I became normal again.

The days are like the flowing water between my fingers, quietly passing by my confusion, the way of knowing the way and practicing Baguazhang. What Principal Zhao said, "The Taoist says, 'Human nature dies, the way of nature live! Love dies, the way of love lives!'", and I gradually abandon these words behind my mind.

After the final exam, our winter vacation life began.

During this period, people working outside the village have returned one after another. The originally deserted countryside has become lively, and many people have more laughter and joy.

In their words, the world outside is very big and wonderful, and Balipo and even Liaoyang Town are not comparable.

On the 27th day of the twelfth lunar month, my parents finally rushed home.

My mother bought me two new sets of clothes, saying that they were popular in big cities and could not be bought in clothing stores in our town.

In half a year, my height has grown by seven or eight centimeters again, and I am already a big guy in the class.

Seeing that I was wearing new clothes, my mother was very grateful and even said that she had chosen a large size, otherwise she would not be able to wear it at all now.

When my parents came back, I was naturally very happy. I stayed at home all day and didn’t want to go out. Putting aside the Taoist practice itself, I was still a twelve or thirteen-year-old child. My parents were so powerful for so long, so of course I missed it. However, I still didn’t let them know about Ah Huang.

After there were other people at home, Ah Huang no longer appeared in the yard during the day. It was not until the night when I was practicing in the house, that it secretly jumped out of the window. At dawn, it left quietly again.

On the afternoon of the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, Su Junjie asked me to burn paper on the old grave.

When he returned to the village, he specifically reminded him: "Su Hao, don't sleep at home tonight. After dinner, go to my house to watch over the night."

"What are you doing?"

"Picking firecrackers. Last year, many people started setting off firecrackers at twelve o'clock. We got up late, and we didn't pick up more than Heiwa and others. This year, we won't sleep, so we try to pick up more."

We children were born just a few years after the reform and opening up. The countryside was not rich, so it was already very good to be able to fill our stomachs. We didn’t have much money to discover toys and equipment for playing.

Firecrackers are one of them, and many children like to play with them. However, parents are afraid that they will hurt us, so they don’t buy them at all. There is no way, so we have to find an opportunity to pick up firecrackers.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, every household will set off a long whip.

This is a good time for us to pick up firecrackers. Children basically do not take off their clothes when they sleep at night. Whenever they hear the sound, they immediately carry the mine light and the flashlight run out.

When the firecrackers are set off, they rushed forward to pick up the squins. If they are lucky, they can still pick up a small piece of firecrackers that have not been set off.

Of course, there are also bold ones. They rushed up as soon as they were lit. At the risk of collapse, they directly tore off the unlit part behind.

Last year, when the three of us picked up cannons, Su Junjie did this. At that time, his uncle's house lit firecrackers and went back to the house to worship the gods. No one guarded him outside. Su Junjie ran over directly, stretched out his hand and pulled the firecrackers off for a long time, and then the three of us quickly slipped away. Within two minutes of his uncle's house entering the house, he heard the sound of firecrackers stop. He thought the lead was destroyed, so he hurried out to see. Unexpectedly, the firecrackers were stolen by us! Haha!

At the end of the day, the firecrackers I picked up can fill a can of bottles. We store these explosives to make earth detonators and fried fish, which can basically last for several months.

"Junjie, you and Yutao go and pick up cannons, I won't go." Suddenly, I found that I had grown up and my mentality was much more mature than my peers. Those carefree childhoods gradually left me.

Picking up cannons... This is a game that only children play.

"A year has passed by the sound of firecrackers, and the spring breeze brings warmth to the slaughter of the summer." Amid the crackling sound of firecrackers, the new year has begun and I have grown one year older.

At the beginning of the new year, I suddenly realized that my spiritual consciousness had also changed. Everything around me seemed to become clear. This change was not seen simply with my eyes, but felt by my spiritual consciousness.

Even if the Yin God is out of my body, I can see a faint white light shrouded in my parents. At first I was a little worried, not knowing what was going on. I felt relieved when I saw that there were people coming to pay New Year's greetings. Perhaps this was the three lamps burning on the human body, but I didn't see them.

When I went out to pay New Year's greetings and walked in the middle of the village, this wonderful feeling became even stronger. The changes around me were reflected in my mind, as if I was watching a movie, and it was extremely clear. An old hen next door was digging food in the courtyard wall, and a magpies were building a nest on the poplar tree above my head. Behind me, a few local dogs were chasing each other and playing with each other.

***

On the seventh day of the lunar month, my parents led me to visit my godfather's house as usual.

Last year, my godfather led a group of construction workers to do projects in the county town. He made a lot of money and directly sent me the New Year's money to Zhang Baiyuan's old man's head.

I was so happy that I was a little unstable... I even felt a little unstable in Daoxin. You know, other relatives usually give New Year's money, usually five yuan and ten yuan, and even twenty yuan is very small.

After seeing this, the parents repeatedly stopped him, saying that the child was still young and could not give such a large amount of money.

But my godfather said that he refused to take it back... But the 100 yuan was not in my hands in the end. Before it was warm, my mother took it away on the way back. She said that she would save it for me.

This situation has been many times, and I have gotten used to it, and I honestly handed over it.

In fact, with Ah Huang here, making money is not difficult. I caught wild game a few times before the New Year, and the money I sold was still more than 200. This is my small treasury, and even my mother didn't know about it.

On the tenth day of the lunar month, the school started. After I went to school, my parents set out on the way south again.

Just a few days after the New Year, when I met my classmates, I found that everyone had joy on their faces.

Teaching fees, distributing books, attending classes... the days of school are dull.

Of course, there are new changes. We re-arranged seats according to the grades. This time Lin Qingqing and I were at the front and back tables, and neither of us sat against the wall. This made it convenient for her to feed Ah Huang. Almost every time she came back to the canteen for dinner, she would bring some snacks.

Ah Huang is not loyal. He has the temptation of snacks and doesn't care about me at all. During the day, he lies on Lin Qingqing's legs and sleeps. When the teacher gets off the podium, he will get into the desk and rush. But when I practice at night, this guy is still by my side and never leaves.

Because of Ah Huang, Lin Qingqing and I gradually became familiar with each other.

After class, the two people occasionally chat together.

Of course... we are pure relationships between men and women. Children of the 12 or 3 years old in the 1990s didn't have so many mixed ideas.

Through her, I also learned a lot about girls. For example, XX likes to talk in her sleep when she sleeps, and XX never brushes her teeth when she wakes up in the morning.

"Su Hao, do you know that someone in our dormitory is playing with the pen fairy?" After one day, Lin Qingqing turned her head and whispered to me.

"What is the Pen Fairy?" Seeing her mysterious appearance, I asked curiously.

"You don't even know Bixian, it's so old-fashioned." She talked about the process of Bixian to me.

A piece of paper and a pen is operated by two people to complete the ceremony. One person holds the pen with his left hand and the other with his right hand. The tip of the pen touches the center of the white paper, and then asks the pen fairy out...

"Isn't this a god inviting God?" After listening to her narration, I spoke. Although I don't know where the Bixian came from, this method is no different from the rural ones.

In the 1980s, "Invite God" was very popular in our area. The peace talisman that my grandmother prayed for me when she was a child was also strictly a kind of invitation to God, but I haven't heard of it in recent years.

Some of them invite the gods to invite Guanyin, some of them invite the ancestors, and some even claim that Taizu and Taizong can invite them.

I used to think this was superstition. After embarking on the path of cultivation, I realized that it was not as simple as superstition. The effect of those peace talismans was not that gods were blessed, but that they contained the essence of heaven and earth, which could ward off evil spirits.

As for asking God to come down to earth, it is naturally impossible to invite gods and immortals. In my opinion, it is very likely that the one who invites a lonely ghost.

Thinking of this, I reminded me: "You'd better not mess around. If it's dirty, it's very troublesome."

"It's very effective. You didn't watch it on the spot. You really know how to write by yourself. We'll try it tonight." Lin Qingqing's face was full of excitement and curiosity, just like when I first came into contact with the scissors magic weapon. She didn't listen to my words at all.

"Let's do this, I'll give you something and just wear it on your body at night." As I said that, I took out a talisman folded into a triangle from the pencil case.

This is a talisman that I made when I was idle not long ago, but now it comes in handy.

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Alas... I wrote this chapter very hard. I deleted it, and I finally felt unsatisfied. I was so slow that it was almost 1:00 a.m. I could only post what I just wrote.

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