Siheyuan: Relieve stress and relieve worries

Chapter 1234 Wang Zhan's Daydreams
Su Yun looked at the dirty old man with some doubt. The dirty old man thought for a moment and said, "Su Yun, time flies in the mountains. Do you know what the situation is like outside? Do you know what year it is outside?"

Su Yun shook his head, looked at Master Xuanwen, and said, "I heard my master mention that there's a war going on outside, and that my father was one of the soldiers. How come my father's war is over?"

"Su Yun, the war is over now, but your father won't be coming back. He has sacrificed himself. That's the news I brought back this time." The dirty old man didn't beat around the bush and told Su Yun the truth directly, because he knew that Su Yun was different from others.

Su Yun panicked for a moment, then lowered her head and muttered to herself, "My mother said she's waiting for me to come back."

The dirty old man didn't speak, but lit his pipe. Master Xuanwen glanced at him unhappily, then said to Su Yun, "Disciple, you were born in 1940, the same year your father passed away. This year is 1955. The outside world is now peaceful. The world has changed. Do you want to go and see it?"

Su Yun looked at Master Xuanwen, stood up, and said, "No, Master, I'm a little flustered. I'm going to find Master Monkey, and I won't be back for the next few days."

After saying that, Su Yun put on his bearskin cloak and hat, ignored the three people's stares, pushed open the door and went out, disappearing into the night.

The dirty old man looked at the closed door and said, "Sigh, he's still just a kid, but the organization is pressuring him, so I can't do anything about it. By the way, what level is Su Yun at now?"

"The Core Formation Realm!" Xuan Qing replied with great envy.

In a cave halfway up Harald South Mountain, a group of monkeys played by themselves. The old monkey king lay on his platform, leaning against a stone bed, eating fruit and drinking wine brewed for him by his disciples and grand-disciples, completely content.

Suddenly, a hand snatched the gourd from its mouth and pushed it aside. The old monkey king was about to get angry when he saw that it was Su Yun, the young man. The old monkey king looked at him with gentle eyes, then called out to the monkeys around him. Soon, the stone bed was filled with fruit and a gourd.

Su Yun thanked him and began drinking while confiding his frustrations to the Monkey King. When the moon rose over the mountaintop, Su Yun collapsed drunk on the stone bed. The old Monkey King thoughtfully covered him with a bearskin cloak and then lay down beside him to sleep.

Su Yun had a nemesis and a friend in the Haral Mountains. His nemesis was Xiao Jin. When Xiao Jin was young, he bullied Su Yun. If Xuan Qing hadn't appeared in time, who knows what would have happened to Su Yun. Su Yun held a grudge afterward. When his skills were fully developed and his fists and feet had greatly improved, he began to cause trouble for Xiao Jin. At first, they were evenly matched. But when Su Yun was about ten years old, Xiao Jin, although an adult, was no longer able to beat Su Yun. This was when Su Yun began to hunt down Xiao Jin.

Su Yun was wicked. He caught Xiao Jin, but instead of killing it, he beat it up and then released it. Then he followed Xiao Jin, and whenever Xiao Jin hunted prey, he would snatch it away. He followed Xiao Jin for several days in a row, while Xiao Jin ran away frantically on an empty stomach.

One of my friends is the old monkey king. I don't know where this old monkey king came from, but he brought his disciples and grand-disciples with him. When he first arrived, he was attacked and threatened by the surrounding beasts. Every time, Su Yun came to his rescue. Then the old monkey king would share his monkey wine and various fruits that his disciples and grand-disciples had picked with Su Yun like a treasure.

Whenever Su Yun hit a bottleneck and felt frustrated, he would go to the old monkey king's territory for a while, and take the opportunity to meditate and cultivate at the top of Haral Mountain. Strangely enough, Su Yun would always make progress afterward. After each visit, Su Yun would pat the old monkey's head and say with a smile, "You are my lucky monkey king."

The next day, when the old monkey king woke up from the stone bed, Su Yun was nowhere to be seen. He knew that Su Yun had gone to the mountaintop to practice his skills and meditate again, so he prepared some fruit and waited for Su Yun to return. But this time he was disappointed. Su Yun did not return as usual, but went to his old house on the west side of Su Family Village.

The village of Su was just waking up, and it was the time when wisps of smoke rose from the chimneys. Every household was busy preparing food, and Su Yun's family was no exception. When Su Yun pushed open the courtyard gate, her mother was busy in the kitchen. The old lady hadn't gotten up yet, but the fire was already lit, and the kerosene lamp was also on. Hearing the noise at the gate, Su Yun's mother peeked out from the kitchen. The moment she saw Su Yun, she froze. This was the first time Su Yun had returned home since she came to the mountain at the age of three. Su Yun's face was full of exhaustion. She called out, "Mother!" and then tears involuntarily streamed down her face. Su Yun's mother was shocked and rushed out.

Su's mother hugged Su Wen tightly and said anxiously, "What's wrong? What's wrong? Did your master kick you off the mountain? It's alright, if you don't want to go, then don't go. It's good for you to stay at home with your mother."

Su's mother was incoherent, and seeing Su Yun's tears, she felt heartbroken. Su Yun slowly calmed down and said, "Mother, I'm hungry."

"Lifen, who is it? What's wrong?" Grandma Su's anxious voice came from inside the house.

"It's nothing, it's Yun'er who's back. Come on, come inside and see your grandma. Dinner will be ready soon." Su's mother let go of Su Yun, pushed him into the house, and then turned and went to the kitchen.

Su Yun walked into the east room of the main house. The old lady had already anxiously gotten off the kang (a heated brick bed). Su Yun saw that her grandmother hadn't even put on her clothes yet, so she quickly stopped her and said, "Grandma, don't rush, get back on the kang. I'll stay with you. I'm back to stay for a few days."

Grandma Su was delighted and said "okay" repeatedly, then pulled Su Yun onto the kang (heated brick bed).

While Su's mother could visit Su Yun twice a year, Su's grandmother couldn't. After all, she was getting old and could only visit once a year, and each visit was incredibly difficult. But the grandmother insisted on going every time.

Grandma Su then started asking Su Yun all sorts of questions, and before long the conversation turned to marriage and having children, leaving Su Yun a little confused. She said, "Grandma, I'm only fifteen years old."

"Oh dear, Yun'er, yesterday was your birthday, wasn't it? How could I forget? You're already fifteen, a big boy now. Look how careless Grandma is. I'll make you something delicious tonight, authentic Huaiyang cuisine." Grandma Su said with a sudden realization.

A short while later, Su's mother brought in breakfast: three bowls of noodles, a bowl of stir-fried pork, a bowl of steamed egg custard, and two small dishes of pickled vegetables.

As he placed the food on the table, he said, "What a coincidence! The clan just distributed meat and eggs yesterday, and my Yun'er is so lucky."

Su Yun was having breakfast with his grandmother and mother, chatting idly, but he didn't mention his father at all, as he didn't know how to bring it up.

At Shangqing Temple, after the morning prayers, Master Xuanwen and the dirty old man sat facing each other.

Master Xuanwen drank his wild tea, while the dirty old man continued drinking his wine. After a long while, Master Xuanwen asked, "I went down the mountain a few years ago and returned to my hometown. At that time, the dwarf had just surrendered. How come we've been completely liberated in the last few years? You won, didn't you?"

(End of this chapter)