The news that my family had a pot of "butterfly flowers" Cymbidium was spreading rapidly, of course, this was also caused by the deliberate spread of the parents.

In the following period, it attracted many people to visit. It was also the first time I discovered that there were many people in the county who liked orchids. My parents had a good vision and this industry made great achievements.

Many people have looked at this pot of Cymbidium, and they have proposed to buy it. The price has increased from 50 yuan to 100 yuan, 200 yuan, and in the end some people have paid 500 yuan.

"Good, a pot of orchid is really worth so much." Looking at the orchid friends who kept visiting my house, I felt very embarrassed.

In fact, I have already used my spiritual sense to detect this pot of Cymbidium. The spiritual energy contained in it is no different from other orchids, but it is just a unique appearance.

But in the eyes of the world, it has become the best.

Driven by the mutated cymbidium, other flowers and trees in my family have also begun to sell well, and their business has been several times better than before. My parents were so happy that they couldn't stop talking, and their faces were filled with joy.

The father had no intention of selling the cypress orchid. He said that he could not sell it at a high price in the county town. He asked someone to sell it when he went to the provincial capital to purchase goods in a few days.

During this period, I did not continue to drip spiritual liquid into the flowers.

Too much is not too much... I am afraid that using too much spiritual liquid will make my parents see abnormalities. In addition, my intuition tells me that it is not a good thing for my parents if this continues.

I was sitting in the yard thinking about it, and my godfather's cousin Hu Daming came. In the past, my cousin and I were not very close, and I had contacted each other once or twice every year. Now in the county, he comes to me every now and then, and quickly get to know each other.

Before my cousin entered the yard, he shouted loudly: "Xiaohao, come out quickly, I will take you to the supermarket today."

"What is there to shop in supermarkets? It's just that there are more things to sell inside." In 1998, supermarkets were also high-end places in the county town. In people's eyes, buying things in supermarkets is a very tasteful thing.

My mother took me to the supermarket two days ago. My only feeling was that there were so many people. I had to queue up to pay the bills. I bought things there on hot days, which was purely afflicted. Since my practice of Taoism, I have become more and more indifferent, and I am unwilling to go to lively places with many people and lively places.

"Let's go, just take it with me." My cousin pulled me out of the house. He was far away from home. He whispered: "We won't go to the supermarket today, I'll take you to a fun place."

"Where to go?" I asked, seeing his mysterious appearance.

"Arrival soon, you will know soon." He kept showing off and continued walking forward with me.

After walking for about ten minutes, I turned into the alley.

My cousin pointed to a sign not far away and smiled and said, "It's here."

"Fun Game Hall" clearly saw the big words on the signboard, and then I realized that my cousin brought me to play games. There are also games halls in Liaoyang Town. There are many students in our school who climbed over the wall to play games at night. But I am not interested in this kind of game, so I have never been exposed to it.

"Let's go in and see if there is a seat." My cousin couldn't wait to pull me.

When I entered the game hall, I couldn't help but wrinkle my nose. The air inside was dirty, making people want to sneeze. After taking a few deep breaths, I adapted and turned my head to look at the surrounding environment. There were dozens of square sizes here, and there were game consoles crowded together. In front of each game console were surrounded by many teenagers as old as me, one by one shouting wildly: "Go up, hurry up!!" "GO!GO!"

"How is it, is it exciting?" My cousin enjoyed this atmosphere very much, and his eyes were filled with excitement at this moment.

"Are you afraid that my godfather will beat you up if he finds out..." I asked back.

"How can he know if you don't tell me? Xiaohao, you can't be a traitor." My cousin said with a serious face.

"Don't worry, my godfather asked me and said we're going to the supermarket."

"clever"

Next, my cousin led me around the game hall and introduced the games one by one: "Famous Generals", "Knights of the Round Table", "Brothers of the Snow Mountain", "The Three Kingdoms"... It can be seen that he is very familiar with these games.

As he was introducing, seeing that there was no one in front of a game console, he suddenly rushed over. Before I could react, my cousin was already sitting in the seat, causing the other two boys who arrived left in great depression.

"You have to grab a seat quickly. In my dad's words, 'I can't catch up with you, and I can't catch up with you every step'" my cousin proudly talked about his experience, and at the end he had to teach me to play games.

After I refused, he started to work hard, and his hands were slamming on the game console.

For two hours, I even asked me to sit in my seat to help me see the machine when I went to the bathroom.

The game made people crazy... The ten yuan game coins were used up, and my cousin left the game hall dejectedly.

He staggered when he first went out. If I hadn't been quick to help me, he would have fallen to the ground.

"Dirty, dizzy, dazzled," said my cousin gasping for breath.

"Slow down, it must be because the game has been played for too long." At this time, I realized that the white light on my cousin was a little weaker than before, which was obviously caused by fatigue.

No wonder people often say that games harm people. My cousin is the most obvious example. If this continues, my body will sooner or later collapse. I sighed in my heart and started persuading me.

My cousin agreed and when I said too much, he replied impatiently: "Xiaohao, why are you the same as my dad... At our age, what else can you do besides studying and playing games?"

What can I do? At this age group... I suddenly realized that my tone just now was a bit like an adult being preached. In my cousin's eyes, playing games is just a normal thing, but I can't feel this kind of joy. My parents said some time ago that I was too boring and didn't want young people at all.

Perhaps this is the price of practicing Taoism!!

The thought that was suppressed in the heart emerged for the second time: Is it right to practice Taoism?... I am willing to give up, and I have to give up and gain... The mind comes from, the body cannot be tired, and the environment cannot be confused. The nature of the Tathagata can only be helped by doing it in a straightforward manner.

It has nothing to do with practicing Taoism... I don’t like those things myself!!

Silently recite the words you had seen, so that your mind could be completely calmed down. At the same time, the scissors magic weapon in the Nirvana Palace kept oozing out a little bit of energy, and it was more relaxed and free to run between the acupoints...

***

At night, I was about to start practicing, but I heard my parents whispering next door.

"His father, how much is this pot of Cymbidium worth?" My mother's voice was extremely low, but it was still clearly heard into my ears.

"I've already inquired. If I get the provincial capital, it should be fine for 3,000 yuan."

"It's so worth it?" the mother shouted in surprise.

I was also a little surprised when I heard this.

"What's the matter? We've seen those prices at the orchid fair before, aren't they higher?" My mother reacted so much, but her father didn't understand.

"It's different, we planted this!"

"Yes, I also think it's luck this time. With this pot of Cymbidium, I finally made up for the deficits in the first two months... But I also reminded me that we should not rush to expand the scale for the time being, and then we will talk about it when we truly master the flower breeding technology.

This time I am lucky, but I can’t do long-term business by relying on luck…” My father’s voice was filled with fear.

Then I heard my mother's approval again, "You are right. Now that we think about it, we were so excited about that decision."

After listening to my parents' conversation, I felt happy.

It seems that my parents were not overwhelmed by this incident, but instead let them fade away their impetuousness and truly remain silent.

After talking for a few words, my mother brought the topic to me again.

"His father, will Xiaohao transfer to the county town to study at the beginning of school?"

"What are you doing in the county? He is studying well at Liaoyang Middle School."

"I'm not at ease with Xiaohao in his hometown alone. His second uncle told me that this child wouldn't go to his house for dinner on Sundays, and he would cook by himself every time he came back. We were busy some time ago and couldn't settle down, so I didn't say anything. Now that the business is getting better, let him take him over as well. Let Xiaohao's godfather find someone and transfer to the No. 1 High School."

"Yes, you'll decide this"

After hearing this, I was originally happy and depressed. I didn’t want to transfer to school, nor did I want to leave the school I was already familiar with... Fortunately, I still have so long to leave school, so I must change my mother’s mind.

After breakfast the next day, my cousin came again and said she wanted to take me out for fun.

"No," I thought he would take me to play games, but I refused to drop it.

"Xiao Hao, this time it's not a game. Today is the fifteenth day of the sixth lunar month, on the day of Liu Daojun ascending, there is a temple fair in Haichan Palace, let's go together." My cousin explained hurriedly.

"Haichan Palace Temple Fair?" I immediately became interested.

Qinghe County has a long history and many cultural relics and historical sites in its jurisdiction. The most mysterious and famous are Sizhou Courtyard and Haichan Palace.

Sizhou Courtyard was built in the late Tang Dynasty and there is a pagoda called Sizhou Tower. When I was a child, I often heard from my grandmother that there was a spring at the bottom of the Sizhou Tower, along with the East China Sea. Sizhou Tower was used to suppress springs. If the Sizhou Tower fell off, the water would surging out from the underground and flood Qinghe County.

In addition, this ancient tower is very strange. Every few years, smoke appears on the top of the tower. Sometimes it reunited in the shape of mushrooms, sometimes it drifted in the wind like a veil, with strands of threads and continuous. The scene is magical and spectacular, and it is called "The Smoke of the Guta". After liberation, this situation occurred three times, namely 1953, 1975, and 1990.

I once borrowed a copy of "Qinghe County Chronicles" from Principal Zhao, and this wonder was mentioned in it, so I understand it very clearly.

Haichan Palace is also very mysterious. It worships Liu Haichan, one of the Five Patriarchs of Quanzhen Dao, Mingwu, Hongdao, and Chunyou Emperor. Liu Haichan is the one among the folk legend Liu Hai opera Golden Toad. It is said that he once became an immortal in Baiyun Mountain, Qinghe County.

After seeing these two places in the "Qinghe County Chronicles", I was very curious and wanted to go over and see them in person. Perhaps I could find some ruins of ancient people's practice of Taoism from there.

Unfortunately, they are too far from the county town, and their parents have been busy for a while and have no chance to take me there. As for me alone, my mother is worried.

Now that my cousin is here, my mother finally agreed. She took twenty yuan out of her pocket and asked us to buy something if we were hungry on the way.

We took the bus on the bus and rushed for half an hour before finally reaching the foot of Baiyun Mountain.

Baiyun Mountain is indeed well-known. The heat waves outside are blowing, but the cool breeze is rippling in the mountains. As soon as we stepped into the mountain gate, we felt that the heat in our hearts had completely dropped.

Along the way, there were stalls on both sides of the mountain road. Most of them were snack sheds, such as "Wang Ji Baishui Sheep Head", "Sauce Bread Plum", and "Wonton Guo". Looking at the bidding, they were all time-honored brands in Qinghe County.

"Can you eat?" my cousin pointed to the shed next to her.

"Not to eat" I shook my head. I came here after dinner in the morning and am not hungry at all now.

Walking forward again, there was a siege stall where many tourists gathered.

I greeted my cousin, and the two hurried over. I saw boxes of cigarettes, mud dolls, glass tea cups, small mirrors, small toys, candies and other items placed on the stall. There was also a chalk line several meters away from these items.

The rules of ring rigging are very simple. I read it for a moment and then understood. Participants first buy the ring rigging, then stand outside the chalk line and aim at what they want, and throw the ring directly over. If the ring is in, the item belongs to the thrower.

The ferrule is not expensive, it costs two cents each.

My cousin took a fancy to a toy spear and immediately ran to the vendor and bought a three-dollar ferrule. Then he handed me a few and said, "Do you try too?"

After throwing over a dozen circles, I didn't get caught. Amid the regret of the onlookers, my cousin wanted to turn over and buy them again. I grabbed him and said, "Brother Ming, look at me."

Seeing that my cousin was interested in the spear, I naturally wanted to help him get the trap. When I walked to the chalk line, I took a breath, threw out the ring in my hand, and kept praying in my heart: "Come, set!"

The circle suddenly became slow in my eyes, just like a slow motion in the movie, slowly sliding into the distance. Where my mind moved, my spiritual consciousness actually had some sense between the lifeless circle, which seemed to be able to control it.

In the sight of the people around, the circle touched the spear and then rolled to the ground.
To be continued...