See the wind and snow again.

The city of Pisces Jade Realm is already showing signs of the approaching New Year. The vendors in and around the streets are naturally working a lot harder. Even if everyone is almost rich, no one will dislike having too much money. Therefore, although the old snow has not yet melted in the long street

The new snow has fallen again, and the layers are the most slippery. However, the city is still lively, and even people from far outside the city come to the city to visit the market to pick up new year's goods.

They came one after another, and with the footsteps of countless people, most of the snow in the city was removed, making it unobstructed. There is only one city in the Pisces Jade Realm, and the inner and outer cities are so large that they still cannot accommodate the people who come to market during heavy snowfall.

So there is a strange scene in front of us. Except for a few people wearing hats, almost everyone has frost and snow on their heads. Looking at it, everyone has white heads, which adds a bit of interest.

During such seasons, there are certainly many smart merchants in the city. The shops that are open to welcome business slightly lower the prices of the items in the shops, which happen to be at quite attractive prices. Judging from the smart people running errands and negotiating prices in the shops,

It’s the tongue that blooms like a hob and destroys those who come to the door.

There is no hesitation left, but for those who think the price is acceptable, most of them fall in love without knowing it, either by the extremely clever flattery, or by the people in the shop who are not aware of the price.

Rotten Tongue put away his worries, and within a few days, all the merchants in the city made enough money.

Together with the pastry shop in the city, the business has been very good recently. After all, the New Year is approaching. Even the people who are accustomed to being frugal in daily life have to buy some pastries for their families to try. During the New Year season, they always have to taste some pastries that they were reluctant to part with in the past.

The fresh things you buy are probably more full of the New Year flavor. If you are used to being wealthy, you may not have such a strong New Year feeling.

Wei. The owner of the pastry shop is a middle-aged man. He fell ill when he was young, resulting in half of his body being inflexible. However, it is precisely because of this that he has learned the art of making shortcakes and tea cakes and passed down from his ancestors.

Next, it’s true that the shortbread is made of exquisite ingredients and the price is really not cheap, but the business is often not bad, not to mention that in this season, it often opens at sunrise.

The shortbread shop sold out before noon, and there were still dozens or hundreds of people waiting outside. Although the owner of the shortbread shop is already in his prime, he has not yet gotten married. Most of the others are curious about this skill alone and his steady and down-to-earth attitude.

His temperament and his family are very prosperous, but he is still unwilling to seek marriage. Most of his contemporaries have children who are already in their early teens.

I really don’t envy you at all, and I don’t believe anyone. But the shop owner always smiles honestly and says he is worried about his children. If he inherits such a strange disease, he will have no way to seek medical advice, why would he come to the human world so easily?

It's not that I'm suffering, and besides, I really don't know how to get close to women. I can only take care of this shop, I am good at making cakes, and I can't learn how to please girls.

To say that the unsociable pastry shop owner is familiar with anyone, it is probably only the swordsman who once killed a dragon on the river. It is said that the latter bought cakes on credit and should be disliked. But the shop owner who has always been taciturn

When the main words are the most

At that time, when the swordsman came to buy cakes, I don’t know whether it was because he had a similar temperament or because the swordsman had said a lot of things about the world, and the cake shop owner, who was often honest, honest and even a little shy, would always talk to the swordsman for a long time.

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But as of today, the swordsman has been in the future for more than ten days. When the shop owner goes out to look for ingredients for shortbread, he often wants to visit the swordsman's mansion, but after thinking about it, he doesn't seem to be that familiar, so he goes there rashly.

I had to please him, so I put my thoughts aside for the time being, but even if the supply of shortcakes exceeded the demand every day, I would always leave one for the swordsman.

Recently, there has been another regular customer in the pastry shop, but it is the old man from the blacksmith shop who always refuses to show his face. Perhaps he has been spoiled by the surprisingly fresh taste of the pastry. Every day before dawn, there are few people in the city.

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The weird old man who was still shirtless always came to the door first and asked for a box of shortbread. He happened to enter the house and chatted with the shop owner for half an hour. When there were more people in the city, he clapped his hands and left, continuing to do his own thing.

Business.

What surprised the owner of the pastry shop was that this old man who rarely showed up and spent all day working in the blacksmith shop actually recognized the swordsman who had been here for a long time, and in his words he looked down upon his younger generation.

It seemed like it was worthless, which made the pastry shop owner quite surprised.

The old man said that the young man still owed him something, but he has not paid it back yet. It is also very interesting these days. It is the uncle who owes money on credit, and the person who collects debts will lose his status. It is not always possible to say all the good things.

Being able to recover old debts is because some people are not aware of the declining trend of the world, which makes the shop owner very confused. However, he doesn't have much insight in the first place, so he can only listen to the old man's complaints and often take the time to ask Yun Zhong how he is doing.

Hey, the old man sneered, and then sighed, saying that he wouldn't have to save the cake for that boy for a while. If he didn't study many things carefully, he would inevitably feel like he was living a confused life with the crowd; but if he really wanted to ask for someone,

Being clear and careful is like carrying a heavy burden and walking down a blind alley. It is estimated that even when you find your way around, you will be weighed down by the heavy burden and become less human. Whether you are crushed first or you have to straighten out the way forward depends on your own destiny.

Although the words were covered in mist, the owner of the pastry shop still heard the hidden meaning, and was naturally a little worried. He rubbed his hands nervously and used his rather inflexible left hand to add lamp oil, "So, Yun Shaoxia has faced a difficult situation this time, that is,

I'm not very capable, so I don't know how to help you. You've always been reluctant to move around, probably because you're an expert and don't want to live in the world. If you can help Young Master Yun, I'd be very grateful."

"You know, the word gratitude is worthless." The old man took a bite of the shortbread with satisfaction, looked at the dull and honest face of the person in front of him, and said without hesitation, "You and I met by chance, but it was just a casual conversation.

The last two times, brother, your gratitude is really not that important to me. We are all businessmen. There is no reason to sell cakes without paying money. We need to see real and stable benefits before we are willing to pay.

It is common sense in the world to ask for the lowest possible price. Besides, if you can’t help, you just can’t help. You don’t know what that kid has experienced over the years, but I know that even though the journey seems to be difficult, whenever big things happen or things happen,

In a troubled situation, most people will stand up to answer questions and block the misguided path. Over time, this person's walking skills are low and he will suffer a big loss sooner or later, so even if I want to help, I can only watch with cold eyes."

"But you are different. Sometimes the crucial point to break the game can be obtained without any effort. Maybe when that kid goes out again and meets you, a person with extremely good pastry skills, he will be able to find the most crucial point.

Whether the reasons are sufficient to convince yourself, or whether you can find a way to solve the problem yourself, you will benefit a lot."

The owner of the pastry shop really wanted to say that he would deliver a box of pastries to his door every day from now on, but after thinking about it for a moment, he still felt a little shabby. Most likely, the owner of the blacksmith shop who spoke well did not care about these pastries, even if he himself

It's not a bad job, but it can't be considered a valuable item.

The old man rested enough and finished eating the box of cakes in front of him. He stood up and was about to leave when he remembered to tell him, "Don't keep that box of cakes for Mr. Yun. Anyway, they deliver it to me every day. Now I do it every day."

When you go out for a walk, you naturally don't bother that boy to come and deliver the cakes. The Clay Bodhisattva cannot save himself when crossing the river, so how can he let him deliver the cakes."

"It doesn't matter where the box of cakes Yun Shaoxia buys every day is sent, but it is a matter between the store and the customer. People who do business sometimes don't just care about money, as long as it is enough."

The old man who walked out of the door stopped for a moment, hummed coldly, and walked away.

People who have lived in the city for many years know that the old man in the blacksmith shop here has not been out of the city for many years, and rarely even goes out. They thought that this old man was also a god who had been incapacitated for many years, and no longer needed to eat or drink, let alone

He said he was going out of town, and every time he came to visit, the old man was always busy with his shirtless iron, and his craftsmanship was superb.

It only takes half a day to get a new hoe, but even so, the people in the city are still very unfamiliar with this old man. An old man who never goes out has no relatives and no friends. Such a stubborn stone stands in the city, even if others want to chat with him.

In other words, the old man rarely talked to others, so he naturally ignored other people's good intentions, and he is still alone until now.

But today after the old man returned home, he put on neat and tidy clothes, put his sleeves on his hands and left the city.

One of the boatmen carrying people across the river was missing a strong old man. When the old man inquired about the time, he heard that the two or three boatmen said that the old man had returned to his hometown, and most of the time his children had taken him back to live and recuperate. He had been busy for almost a lifetime and enjoyed

After a few days of happiness, I guess I won’t come back here again.

After all, we are ordinary people, how can we expect that gods are by our side.

Perhaps because he had not been out of the city for many years, the old man felt a little emotional, so he became more generous and threw a lot of money to the boatman.

In the cold winter, the river is frozen. Only a very narrow section of the river has not been frozen. Most people are stepping on the extremely thick river ice. Except for those who are leisurely and interesting and are willing to take a boat, there is really no business coming to the boatman.

Thanks a lot, he planned to earn more copper coins, and when he sang loudly, he was full of heroism. The old man walked to the mountain

At the foot of the cliff, I stepped straight into the cave, picked a place to sit down, and arranged the tea cups on the table. There was no sign of a visitor. I turned a blind eye to the old man in front of me who looked almost exactly like me. He crossed his legs and looked around, muttering.

After saying a few words about how cold my mother is, I continued to play with the objects on the table without saying a word.

The old man opposite was no less skilled in cultivating his Qi. Since he didn't speak, the old man didn't speak either. He pulled up the iron rope to look at the waves of the cold pool, and then sat down peacefully, like an old monk in meditation.

No one knew what these two identical old men said, but in the end the blacksmith shop owner walked away angrily and walked into the heavy snow.

The old man in the cave still looked indifferent. He took a sip of the extremely hot boiling tea and showed no joy or sadness.

There is a saying among Taoist sects about beheading three corpses. It was originally intended to get rid of people's ignorance, greed, delusions and distracting thoughts, but now someone has gone against the grain. Now it turns out that he has beheaded the shopkeeper of the blacksmith shop in the city, or the shopkeeper of the blacksmith shop has killed him. Even if he has reached the realm of transcendence and sainthood,

None of the old men could figure out the secret, and they could only know one thing, that is, the old blacksmith was more like a human being, and he himself was even less human.

[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo Reading recently to catch up on books, change sources, and read aloud with many sounds. www. Android and Apple are available.]

"Obviously, you and I know the four words on the plaque, but we still want to leave this matter to that young man because you don't have the face to write those four words now."
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