In the backyard of Yang's drug store, Sudian, nicknamed Rouge, this female martial artist was alone, guarding the empty backyard of the drug store.
Junior brother Shi Lingshan returned to his home in Taoye Lane.
Su Dian doesn't feel lonely or depressed, he has been used to it since he was a child, and he feels uncomfortable when there are many people.
The medicine shop is in the style of a front shop and a back shop. Decoction and drying of medicinal materials are all in the backyard. Beyond the main house is the residence of Old Man Yang.
The door to the east wing was closed. Usually only when Li Huai returned to his hometown and came to hang out, Old Yang would open the door. Only the west wing was vacated early and given to Su Dian.
There is also a utility room in the corner of the yard. There are all kinds of old objects and bottles in it. The key to the room was left with Su Dian. Master once told her that when Li Huai returns to his hometown next time, he will fight with Li Huai.
He said hello and told the guy in the room that a lot of old things had been left to him, and he could sell them or give them away as he pleased.
There was a bench placed under the eaves on the south side opposite to the main house on the north side. Su Dian never sat on it, and his junior disciples were not allowed to sit there casually.
She is like guarding an old shop and helping Master to keep some old rules.
Su Dian is a martial arts fanatic, but tonight she was rare. She just sat on the chair in a daze, with her feet on the edge of the brazier, thinking about some past events.
Finally coming back to his senses, Su Dian lowered his head, stretched out his fingers, and twisted his trouser legs that were slightly hot from the fire.
The door of the drug store was ajar. Someone pushed the door open, walked through the front store, lifted the curtain, and the young man called out, "Sister."
Su Dian on the side room responded, it was his junior brother Shi Lingshan who came to visit.
Shi Lingshan entered the house, moved a bench, and sat next to the brazier. Su Dian said with a smile: "It's not unlucky for you to ask about the medicine shop when you ask for dinner."
Shi Lingshan stretched out his hand to warm himself by the fire, deliberately pretending to be stupid, "Is there such a thing?"
The family is more lively, with four generations living under one roof, and the ancestral home is in Taoye Lane, so they are not that poor. However, Shi Lingshan is still worried that the senior sister will be alone and the drug store will be too deserted.
He knew that the senior sister had no relatives or relatives in the small town since the uncle she depended on passed away. It seemed that she didn't even have a poor relative who could say a few words of greetings on weekdays.
Shi Lingshan took out a pack of pastries from the New Year's shop from his sleeve and said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Shi gave it to me over at Qilong Lane."
Su Dian hesitated for a moment, then reached out and took the pastry wrapped in oil paper, "Did you really ask about dinner?"
During the New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve, people from Fulu Street and Taoye Lane, as well as people outside these two streets and alleys, generally do not move around each other.
In the old town, there were four surnames and ten clans on Fulu Street and Taoye Lane. In the early days of the town, the big families, the four major surnames, Lu, Li, Zhao, Song, were always headed by the Lu family, because the Lu family dynasty was in the process of collapse.
Previously, it was the suzerain of the Song family in Dali, and the founding emperor of the Lu family had inextricable connections with the Lu family in Fulu Street. In addition, the ten clans like Yuan, Cao, and Xie all had important figures in their ancestors.
, they all became famous after leaving Li Zhudongtian. For example, Cao Hang and Yuan Xing, who were regarded as ministers of the Great Li Zhongxing, created the two major Shangzhu surnames in the Great Li court today, in addition to Nan Posuo.
Cao Xi, the swordsman from Luzhou, and Xie Shi, the heavenly king from Luzhou in Beiju, etc.
Just talking about the Mud Bottle Lane, there are Chen Ping'an, the hermit official, Song Jixin, the king of the Great Li vassal, and Gu Can, the direct disciple of Zheng Juzhong.
Over there is the Zhenhai Tower in Nan Posu Island, where the ancestral residence of Cao Xi, the swordsman stationed, is located.
As for Su Dian, apart from her relationship with the drug store, the only person she knew in her hometown town was Hu Feng, who was a few years older than her. Hu Feng's family used to own a grocery store.
He would often work as a part-time laborer with his grandfather, doing brick and carpentry work, or going from house to house to help sharpen knives. However, Hu Feng also left his hometown, but even if Hu Feng stayed here, Su Dian and him
There's nothing to talk about either.
Shi Lingshan smiled and said, "Guess who I saw just now over there in Qilong Lane?"
Su Dian kept silent and chewed the cake carefully. Anyway, no one he saw was worth making a fuss about.
Many years ago, there would often be an unkempt, sallow and skinny little girl on the Qilong Lane. She would pretend to pass by the Qilong Lane accidentally, walking very slowly, sniffing gently and smelling the fragrance of the cakes.
Grumbling with hunger.
The delicious pastries that I had only dreamed of when I was young, as well as the colorful fabrics in the cloth shop, once made that hungry and cold girl feel that they were the most unattainable good things in the world. However, when she grew up, she had everything on hand.
Now that I have money, I don’t know why, but I don’t seem to think about it at all.
Shi Lingshan said: "When I looked at her from a distance, she seemed to be Wang Zhu from Qilong Lane."
He used to be a fellow villager in a small town just a stone's throw away, but now he is a big shot far away.
Su Dian just hummed. She was not from the same place anyway, and she was not interested in the wealth and fortune of these fellow villagers.
Today's Old Longzhou and Xinchuzhou are recognized as a land of hidden dragons and crouching tigers, where strange people and strangers gather. But from Sudian's point of view, they are incomparable to those in the past.
The first group of outsiders bought the fairy house on the top of the mountain in the western mountains. As long as they didn't resell it at a low price, it can now be regarded as a cornucopia of wealth.
Later, some well-informed monks who came after hearing the news, together with the local people, bought the ancestral houses in the town, or bought the snake gallstones picked up from the Longxu River at a "high price", and embedded them in the walls.
The bronze mirror, ancient coins, porcelain and other old objects seemed to have become extremely valuable overnight. The only things that became worthless were those that our ancestors had worked hard to save for generations.
Broken silver, or gold and silver jewelry that every household brings to the bottom of the box.
Nowadays, many Qi practitioners who live anonymously in this small town live in seclusion all year round, using those dilapidated houses as dojos for their practice.
Their household registrations and mountain genealogy records are secretly managed by the Longquan County Kiln Supervision and Construction Office. As for the Huaihuang County Government, they still don’t know the identities and backgrounds of these mountain gods. Anyway, no one is causing trouble. Compared with ordinary counties, they are simply
It's a place where roads are not lost, so that the county government's government affairs are extremely clear and clear. In the city, the exams are excellent every year. After all, there are not even any thieves jumping over the wall to steal, let alone trivial disputes between parents.
Already.
The spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the luck of mountains and rivers, magical weapons and spiritual weapons, these foreign monks with sharp eyes and quick hands have indeed earned them all. Everyone has gained something, and almost no one has lost anything.
Let me just say one thing, someone once went to Tianmu to exchange fists with the ancient gods who crossed the border and violated the ban, and brought several golden rains to Aquarius Continent. Although almost all of them were captured by Wei Shanjun of Beiyue, even though they seemed to belong to the Piyunshan family
But Wei Bo is a tiger after all, and the entire territory of Beiyue will rise with the tide. The luck of the mountains and rivers will become stronger, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth will become more abundant. The Taoist monks who live in seclusion in Huaihuang County and the mountains to the west will be able to eat.
Xia drinks dew and eats to fullness. Over the past twenty years, monks have quietly broken through from time to time.
Shi Lingshan asked casually: "Senior sister, how many people do you think there are in our sect?"
According to the seniority division of their lineage, the genealogy couldn't be simpler. Anyway, there is only one master who teaches boxing. On the surface, Su Dian and Shi Lingshan, there are two senior brothers above, but Li Er and Zheng Dafeng are the only ones who take care of the family.
One of them went to Luzhou, Beiju, and the other went to Wucai Tianxia. As for whether there are other senior brothers and sisters, it has always been a mystery. Old man Yang didn't like to mention this. Shi Lingshan once asked, but he was scolded.
, Old Man Yang has always been like this, either he won't speak at all, otherwise he will say something ugly when he opens his mouth, scolding this disciple of Shi Lingshan. If you think of going out to recognize your senior brother, are you trying to flatter yourself, or will the Shi family in Taoye Lane starve you?
Now, you have to go to another house to beg for a hot piece of shit to eat?
After that, Shi Lingshan didn't dare to ask any more questions.
Su Dian thought for a while and said: "I don't know how many people there are specifically, how many people are listed in the family tree, and how many people are alive today, but apart from the two senior brothers Li and Zheng, there are indeed others.
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Shi Lingshan raised his head, full of curiosity.
Su Dian shook his head and said: "I know the names of the two senior brothers and sisters, but the master has not said whether their identities can be revealed, so don't ask any more questions."
The two brothers and sisters in the room have very different temperaments. From Shi Lingshan's point of view, the master didn't say it's not possible, it's just okay.
But when it comes to Senior Sister Su Dian, Master didn't say it was okay, it just wasn't okay.
Su Dian suddenly said: "I plan to follow Master's instructions and spend this new year. When Li Huai comes back and tells him some things, I will go on a long trip."
Shi Lingshan asked: "Where are you going, senior sister? How far is the journey? Is it an ancient battlefield site in another continent?"
He and his senior sister have not left Aquarius Continent yet.
Among the younger generation in the town, one seems to like to travel far more than the other.
Su Dian knew that this junior brother had misunderstood, and explained: "I plan to practice alone this time, and I won't take you with me."
Shi Lingshan was greatly disappointed, but he didn't bother with it because he knew that his senior sister had a very stubborn temper and she would never change her mind.
It was rare for Su Dian to have a smiling face and said, "Next time we meet, I'll treat you to a drink."
Shi Lingshan only cared about being happy and smiling stupidly.
It would be better to invite others to the wedding banquet.
The young man didn't notice that the senior sister's face, whose head was lowered, was illuminated by the charcoal fire, and there was some sadness in her eyebrows.
One is optimistic and the other is pessimistic.
In the eyes of the former, all long journeys are for the day of reunion.
From the latter's perspective, all encounters are the preparation for parting.
After going out to experience this, when Su Dian reaches the far-traveling realm in Haoran Tianxia, ​​she will find a senior brother named Xie Xinen.
The other party is far away in Qingming world.
According to Master, this senior brother Xie is doing well now, but he has changed his name and is no longer called Xie Xin'en.
Just by listening to Master's tone, Su Dian could guess that Senior Brother Xie had already accumulated quite a fortune in that world.
To be continued...