Xiaoyaoshanjun

Chapter 59: For Immortality

It was getting dark soon. When Tian Buli was having dinner with the five rabbits, the rabbit girl in human form suddenly became quiet.

"Master, someone is coming down the mountain."

After hearing this, Tian Buli looked at Rabbit Lady and quickly stood up, "I'll go take a look. The four of you, stop talking. Rabbit Lady, cover your ears."

"Yes!" The rabbit girl quickly took out a towel from her arms and wrapped it around her head to cover the pair of rabbit ears.

The rabbit girl can maintain her human form for six or seven hours a day. The four little rabbits are not very experienced and they stay in the little rabbit form most of the time.

Except for class time, I spend most of the time in bunny form. This saves effort and makes me feel comfortable.

Tian Buli walked out of the courtyard gate and looked at the earthen slope in the distance, and saw five men, women, old and young coming towards this side, carrying a lot of things.

There were old men and young men, as well as women and little girls.

Tian Buli went back to continue eating, and more than ten minutes later those people arrived at the door.

Tiantou stood carefully at the door and spoke to Tian Buli and Tu Niang who were eating inside.

"My dear husband, the rent for our house is ready. We didn't get much money this year. I have prepared everything you want."

A few days ago, Tian Buli asked Danier to tell her family some things, including this year's rent issue.

At this time, Tian Buli walked over and looked at the Tiantou family carrying the things they were carrying.

Eggs, bamboo mats, bamboo baskets, mosquito nets, mosquito fumigants, millet, steamed buns, axes, and knives.

"That's enough. This is enough for the rent this year. Next year, we will farm well."

After Tian Buli inspected the work, he told him the result.

Tiantou breathed a sigh of relief, saving about a hundred coins this year.

"Thank you, young master. With you managing the hundreds of acres of land in the village, we villagers can finally live a good life!"

Tian Buli smiled and said, "Let's go back. The road will be hard to walk on when it gets dark."

"Okay, then we'll go back. You're busy, little sir."

Tiantou took his son, daughter-in-law and granddaughter back home, and felt much more relieved after paying the rent smoothly.

Paying taxes every year is a big deal. You can’t avoid negotiating with those powerful people, and you’ll always be targeted.

After the villagers left, Tian Buli closed the door and continued eating and drinking tea.

The appearance of the bunny girl did not seem strange.

Because Tian Buli was not a permanent resident of the village, and he often went to the county town outside the village.

Having a few more women in an ordinary family would cause gossip, but Tian Buli didn’t have that worry and could easily register their children.

After dinner, we watched the sunset together, letting the body digest the food quietly without disturbing the functioning of the digestive organs by moving randomly.

After half an hour of silence, Tian Buli said to Rabbit Lady, "Rabbit Lady, you are old, and you must have some martial arts skills to guard my house in the future. You can practice martial arts with me in the next few days."

The rabbit lady nodded and said, "Okay, since I followed the master, my strength has increased a lot."

"Me too!" The little black rabbit also sat up and spoke.

The other three rabbits ate only after the little black rabbit was full, and were still lying there lazily.

There were many flying insects on the mountain. Tian Buli, who was unarmed, and Tu Niang, who was holding a wooden hammer, had been practicing in the yard for only two or three minutes before they were driven back by all kinds of flying mosquitoes.

Tian Buli first went to boil water for a bath, and then he and Rabbit Lady set up the mosquito net.

The rabbits don’t have to worry about mosquitoes, but Tian Buli has been annoyed by the mosquitoes in the mountains for several days. Today he finally got a mosquito net.

The mosquito net can block flying insects, but it can't block the sound of flying insects. The annoying sound of insects always rings in my ears suddenly. Fortunately, I have lived here for a while and have long been accustomed to these faint sounds.

Rabbits sleep for a relatively short time, so Tian Buli woke up after sleeping for four or five hours. He got up at night and began to meditate.

Although I don’t know how to practice Taoism, I feel relaxed just looking at the moon with five rabbits.

As long as you don't feel uncomfortable, just follow your instinct.

The practice of martial arts can be postponed, but I will never give up.

After getting up early in the morning, Tian Buli put on his shoes and took out a pair of cloth shoes for Rabbit Girl.

"You are in better health than the little rabbits. From today on, practice more in human form. It will be good to have someone at home."

The bunny girl quickly said, "Okay."

Tian Buli handed over the shoes. "Although your previous shoes are still wearable, they are dirty and torn. I bought you a pair of shoes. Come run with me today."

The rabbit lady looked at the embroidered cloth shoes and said happily: "Good, these shoes look really beautiful!"

Four rabbits squatted beside the bed and looked at the bunny girl putting on her shoes on the ground, huddled together and looked at her curiously.

After changing the bunny girl into socks and shoes, and putting on a headscarf and clothes, Tian Buli took the bunny girl and the four little rabbits out for exercise.

The weather was still very cool in the morning. The air on the mountain was relatively cold. There was moisture on the ground and on the passing grass leaves. It was easy for your clothes to be stained by moisture when you passed by.

Tian Buli and Rabbit Girl walked along the mountain road they had walked many times. The weeds on the ground were still taller than the rabbits, but they had left some traces.

In the circle where I run frequently, a path that is clearly different from the surrounding areas has gradually emerged.

Tian Buli was holding two wooden barrels in his hands, and the rabbit lady and the four rabbits just had to run.

Everyone's bodies quickly became hot and tired.

As usual, after taking the last step into the yard, the rabbits all found a place to lie down and rest and catch their breath.

Rabbit Lady and Tian Buli arrived last, but the little rabbit ran faster than them.

The main reason why the bunny girl has a human-shaped body is that she cannot run fast, so she needs more exercise.

Tian Buli poured two buckets of water into the water tank, and fetched two buckets of water every morning, noon and evening for bathing and cooking.

While eating, Tian Buli talked to Tu Niang about today’s martial arts practice.

"Your health is too poor, and I don't know if you can learn my martial arts, but regular training can improve your strength and reaction speed."

The rabbit lady said: "When I am a rabbit, I can be strong and save trouble."

Tian Buli has his own considerations.

"When you were a rabbit, you could deal with fewer disasters. Rabbits eat less and it's easier to find food. Now we can get enough to eat easily. You should also learn more skills to deal with various disasters on the road to immortality."

"For example, if you encounter a dog, you will probably not be able to outrun it when you turn into rabbits and run. I asked you to practice martial arts with me so that you can learn more ways to deal with various disasters."

"If you have a hammer in your hand and you see a dog, don't run away or scream and tremble in fear, but hit it on the head with the hammer, you can avoid many kinds of misfortune."

"As a rabbit or a human being, we will encounter many unexpected things and disasters in the future, so we need to learn more ways."

"Medical skills, martial arts, arithmetic, farming skills, Taoism, magic, all skills are for protecting one's own life."

"You pick up weapons and practice various techniques. When you learn how to fight and defeat the enemy, you will no longer be an ordinary monster."

"Thousands of magic, thousands of changes, all we want is immortality."

(End of this chapter)