When Zhu Lian arrived at the New Year's Eve shop, he felt that the shop had not been open for too long and the stove had become a decoration, so he asked Pei Qian to buy some vegetables and come back, saying that he wanted to cook a meal, which was very lively.
Pei Qian was worried about Sister Xiu who was going to Yuye River, and was unwilling to move. He thought about waiting for Sister Xiu to come back. He said that the straw shop next door was open every day, so why don't we go there to have a meal and wine?
Miss Er's craftsmanship is pretty good, and the whole Qilong Lane can smell the aroma of the food. Zhu Lian didn't agree, saying that every shop has its own popular Feng Shui, and you can enjoy the food, but you can't bring back the popularity. Where does the popularity come from?
, it is nothing more than eating and drinking, there is smoke from the kitchen, the sheets are turned in the sun, it is best to have some sound of reading, just the sound of the abacus is not enough, it is difficult to retain wealth in the world, you have to rely on your popularity to help gather it together.
at home.
Pei Qian had no choice, except that the old cook had many rules and was particular about weird things, but he couldn't convince him of his principles. Pei Qian had no choice but to take the right guardian's millet grains with him and planned to go to a street shop not far away to buy some game and vegetables. When Shi Rou came back,
Feeling ashamed and scared, she always felt that Zhu Lian was beating herself up, despising herself for being a human being and not a ghost. She could not help Luo Luoshan earn a lot of money, but also ruined the feng shui of the shop, so Shi Rou secretly took out his personal money.
Pei Qian gave Pei Qian money. At that time, Pei Qian said that it would be better to record it in the shop's account. Before Shi Rou could take back the money bag, Pei Qian put a bag of copper coins into his sleeve, stamped his feet, and complained.
Sister Shi Rou, you are really out of touch, don't do this next time. Then you took Zhou Mi Li and shouted away, disappearing in an instant.
The town has now become the county seat of Huaihuang County. There are many shops in the streets and alleys. Many shops have begun to sell antiques. Most of them are looked down upon by Niujiaoshan Baofuzhai. However, as long as you sell one piece, you can easily get a few fairy coins.
You can buy a house in the county town. In fact, the Caotou shop in Qilong Lane is quite famous now. The items displayed in the shop are not only expensive, but at least they are real. But they are a bit expensive, so I bought them.
There are not many people there, but there are many people watching.
Because there is an endless stream of Dali students who come here to pay homage to Lao Ci Mountain, the Wenwu Temple of Shenxian Tomb, travel to many Xianjia Mountains in the west, go to Piyun Mountain, and visit Linlu Academy. As for those who take the Xianjia Ferry
The monks who came down from the Niujiao Mountain Ferry were nothing more than scholars on study tours. They reversed the scenic route and saw the peach trees in Taoye Lane, the iron lock well near Xinghua Lane, and the selling of cakes and preserved fruits in Qilong Lane.
The New Year's Eve shop, the Caotou shop that looks like selling groceries, but is actually associated with fairy spirit, and the new school opened by the Chen family in Longwei River, these are places that outsiders often have to stop by.
People come and go, and the small town is bustling with people.
Zhu Lian went to the kitchen, but there was no water in the water tank, so he found a pole and carried two buckets on his shoulders. Nowadays, the iron-locked well cannot be used to collect water, so it was imprisoned. The Dali court was in the small town.
Several new wells have been dug to save the common people from having trouble drinking water. However, the elderly locals always complain that the water tastes wrong and is not as sweet as the water from Suolongjing. You need to drink water to live your life, just don't delay
Talking about it, just like the old people were heartbroken without the old locust tree that provided shade and coolness, but now the grandchildren with snot on their faces and wearing crotchless pants are living a happy and carefree life.
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The New Year's Eve shop was suddenly deserted. Shi Rou sat alone behind the counter, a little uncomfortable, thinking about what Pei Qian would buy to take home, and then thinking about Zhu Lian putting on an apron and cooking with a spatula in hand.
Shi Rou couldn't help but want to laugh at the scene. She glanced at the afterglow of dusk outside the door and saw that she was returning home little by little. After a busy day, she finished her work and rested.
The Caotou shop next door is also under the name of Luo Luo Shan. The business is profitable. Compared with the own shop which seems to have a thicker and more trivial account book, it is actually much better. If you sell just one piece, it will be like a New Year's shop for many years.
.The blind old Taoist Jia Sheng no longer likes to appear in public anymore. His practice has reached a bottleneck, so he handed over the business of his shop to his two disciples, the unsmiling lame young man Zhao Denggao, and the well-behaved and clever Tian Jiuer.
Taoist Jia Lao spends most of the year practicing in Huanghu Mountain, which has recently become the Luolu Mountain Domain, and does not care about worldly affairs.
Most people who practice Taoism are like this.
Ordinary people spend half their lives in bed, while Qi practitioners spend most of their lives meditating and practicing, far away from people and cut off from the world of mortals. The so-called experience of going down the mountain is just another person's heart, sharpening one's own Taoist heart. According to Zhu Lian's casual chat with Pei Qian before
If you only practice in the mountain Taoist temple, it is nothing more than using the Taoist mind to explore the heavenly mind and just sitting there. You can achieve something, but it is extremely difficult to achieve great success, so you have to be still and think about it, and take the initiative to walk into the world of mortals.
According to Zhu Lian, what is the character of such a deity on the mountain who is so far away from the human world, a guest in the cloud who is used to listening to the mountain breeze and pine nuts falling? Not very good. He only talks about the size of his fist, his level of realm, and his long-term heart. He has spent hundreds of years on the mountain.
, it may not be as far as the short life of the people at the foot of the mountain. If the journey is far away, you have to deal with more people. After all, there are fewer people on the mountain.
Shi Rou felt that these words seemed unreasonable, but upon closer inspection, they made some sense.
As for the young mountain owner of my family, he is quite different. He has never been idle. He leaves such a large family business unattended and works as a hands-off shopkeeper all year round. He spends far more time traveling outside than staying at the top of his own mountain.
Enjoy happiness and practice.
It is said that Chen Lingjun made great contributions to the acquisition of that big mountain with excellent water transport. Both Luolu Mountain and Huanghu Mountain paid the land deed with one hand and the records of the Longzhou Governor's Office, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Households.
After being registered, Huanghu Mountain quietly became the property in the name of the young mountain owner. Shi Rou was not very close to Taoist Jia, who was obsessed with owning such a mountain, and always felt that he was too philistine.
The feng shui of Huanghu Mountain is not simple, is it something you, Jia Sheng, can covet?
Before and after becoming the registered enshrinement of Luopo Mountain, Jia Laodao was the only two people. Before, he was very polite to Shi Rou. He was very polite to Shi Rou, and would sit here for a long time even if he had nothing to say.
After the three masters and apprentices became registered worshipers, Jia Laodao stopped coming to the New Year's Eve shop. Shi Rou knew that she was putting on airs with herself, and thought that she would take the initiative to sit next door and say a few words of praise.
, Shi Rou prefers not to.
In the past, she was too busy worrying about things and didn't think much about anything. Unknowingly, after so many years of peaceful life, Shi Rou finally had a lot of leftover flavors.
The young mountain owner who bought the mountain was really shrewd. He had always made a lot of money, and he was still the kind of person who kept his head busy and made money without showing it to anyone. A poor boy who was born in Mubo Alley had never read a book for a day. After becoming rich, he never had any
It's really rare to show off your thoughts at all, but to say that the mountain owner is stingy is definitely not the case. Even for Shi Rou, who can't take any credit, it can be considered extremely generous. Those mountain owners are all young mountain owners.
At a very low price, not only that, there are ready-made mansions of the Immortal Family in Huanghu Mountain, which were all handed over to the Luopo Mountain Patriarch Hall. The situation is similar in Cinnabar Mountain, and there is a ready-made large ferry in Niujiao Mountain, not to mention that.
The fairy shops in Baofengzhai, which were built with a lot of fairy money, also fell into the pocket of Luo Luoshan.
Zhu Lian returned with water and arrived with his front legs. Pei Qian and Zhou Mili, each carrying a bamboo basket, arrived with their hind legs.
Zhou MiLi helped light the fire and puffed up his cheeks to deal with the fire blower. While choosing vegetables, Pei Qian teased Xiao MiLi to take it easy and be careful to blow the entire stove away. Xiao MiLi smiled and sucked a lot of plant ashes into his mouth.
Inside, Pei Qian laughed heartily, and Zhou Mili laughed, saying that he was almost full. The old cook put on an apron, carefully washed the chopping board with well water, sharpened the kitchen knife, and was ready to show off his skills.
Shi Rou couldn't help even if she wanted to. Standing at the door of the kitchen seemed a bit redundant and it was difficult to leave. She just stood at the door and acted like a doorkeeper.
In fact, Shi Rou didn't feel any embarrassment, she had always been like this anyway. She looked at the excitement in the kitchen, but it was just that the New Year had not yet passed, so it seemed that the New Year was already in the air.
Zhu Lian cuts vegetables with a knife, and the flowing water is pleasing to the eye.
Pei Qian stood aside and praised: "What a great knife skill. Old cook, why don't you use your knife against the enemy?"
Zhu Lian didn't even raise his head and said with a smile: "A kitchen knife? If you have to keep a weapon close to your body, wouldn't it look better to travel far away with a sword?"
Pei Qian said helplessly: "I'm surprised. Old cook, you were certainly not very handsome when you were young. How could you come up with so many tricks?"
Zhu Lian said: "Because you are not handsome, you have to be picky. Otherwise, if you break the pot, you will not be able to find a wife."
Pei Qian said: "Then have you found it? We are too far apart in that world, and you are not well-known. I haven't heard much about your deeds in the world."
Zhu Lian said casually: "Jin Tuan'er jujube mud cake, haven't you heard of it long ago in the capital of Nanyuan Kingdom?"
Pei Qian immediately glared and said softly: "Walls have ears, it's the old Jianghu, so careless! I, a small Jianghu in the front, regretted it when I talked about this country or capital city. If you didn't correct your mistake at the time, you were already wrong.
Why are you here now?"
Zhu Lian nodded and smiled: "It makes sense, I will definitely pay attention to it in the future."
Pei Qian asked: "I wonder if Mr. Zhong and Cao Mutou dare to come back this year?"
Zhu Lian shook his head and said, "It's difficult. When a scholar goes to that Posu Island, it's like a woman going to the shops at the foot of Elk Cliff in Daixuan Mountain. Some of them go shopping."
Pei Qian asked again: "Then who will write the Spring Festival couplets this year? Master's ancestral home, Luolu Mountain, Jise Peak Ancestral Hall, Bamboo House, plus those houses, and so many hills elsewhere, it seems like there will be a lot to write about.
ah."
Zhu Lian smiled and said: "If you are too busy, Brother Dafeng and I can help."
Pei Qian frowned and said: "Old cook, I can reluctantly agree to help you, but can Zheng Dafeng really read his handwriting? I'm afraid that his handwriting is too evil-proofing, and the mountain spirits and ghosts will scare him away, but don't take that good fortune and wealth away."
They were all scared away."
Zhu Lian said: "Brother Dafeng is actually very good at everything except playing chess and writing."
But Zhu Lian suddenly said: "Forget it, we still won't let brother Dafeng contribute."
Pei Qian became happy.
Zhou Mili, who was sitting on the small bench next to the stove, had been holding the bamboo blowtorch with a puzzled look on his face. Pei Qian sat aside, eating melon seeds, and explained in a low voice: "Praising someone for their beauty is actually criticizing someone for being ugly.
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Zhou Mili glanced at the old cook, then at Shi Rou, thinking about Zheng Dafeng's appearance, and grinned. In the Luopo Mountain family, it seems that now Wei Shanjun's appearance is more worthy of the mountain scenery?
Zhu Lian asked Na Shirou to cook two side dishes.
Shi Rou wanted to refuse, but she didn't dare.
Zhu Lian gathered up his apron and sat on the threshold of the kitchen.
Pei Qian finished eating the melon seeds and began to crack his fingers, "My master, Wei Shanjun, and Big White Goose, worship Zhou Fei. In fact, there are still many good-looking people in Luolu Mountain."
Zhou Mili put his hand to his mouth, leaned close to Pei Qian's ear, and whispered: "The sect on the mountain can make money through Jinghua Shuiyue. He said that in fact, the easiest way to make money in the world is to earn the fairy money from those fairies.
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Pei Qian grabbed Zhou Mili's ear and said, "What are you thinking about? Can my master earn this kind of money?"
Zhou Mili changed his words: "No, absolutely not!"
To be continued...