The bucket is very heavy, especially when you walk out of the alley, turn right 100 meters away to fetch water, and then carry the filled bucket back, and then cross the alley, it is really difficult.
If the water in the bucket spills out, it will be in vain.
Walking in the narrowest place, you can't use any strength, it's very strenuous.
Chen Li went back and forth more than twenty times before filling the big vat with water. He was already sweating from exhaustion and his arms were sore.
He shook his arms and wiped the sweat from his forehead.
No matter how bad-tempered Bai Qi was, he was too embarrassed to let Chen Li do useless work. He took out ten copper coins and handed them to Chen Li. He fetched the water and got 10 copper coins, which was considered a profit.
If he were a coolie carrying sacks by the river, he would probably be high by now.
Chen Li still shook his head stubbornly, "I can't ask for your money." Then he turned and left. When he walked to the old lady, he pretended to ask the old lady if she had seen a thin, blue-haired, one-horned deer man.
.
The old lady naturally shook her head in confusion, and Chen Li pretended to continue looking for someone and walked away.
Bai Qi put his hands behind his back and watched Chen Li leave seriously without saying a word.
But the old lady snorted, "Are you a hippopotamus? Why do you drink so much water?"
Bai Qi was standing at the door staring at Chen Li. When he heard the old lady's sarcasm, he immediately snorted louder, then turned around and entered the yard, slamming the old wooden door shut.
The old lady glanced at the closed wooden door, fanned herself, curled her lips, and muttered, "You damn old man!" Then she continued to squint her eyes and enjoy the rare breeze under the fan.
……………………
After running around for a day and encountering many things, Chen Li returned home and practiced sword practice as usual, exercising his body, and then returned to his room to continue meditating.
Chen Li entered a meditative state. It took about a quarter of an hour. His spirit entered a state of emptiness, and the sounds and sights around him became a bit ethereal.
Release your spirit, explore the environment around your room, and the particles in the air become active. The fire element is sparkling and bright, always jumping with excitement. The water element is gentle and cool, gurgling steadily. The electric element is always
It jumps out very suddenly, hides again, always explodes, and then suddenly escapes.
The fire element is explosive, the water element is warm and gentle, and the thunder and lightning element is unruly.
Chen Li must work hard to capture the thunder and lightning elements, and then guide the thunder and lightning elements towards him through spiritual connection.
Then use your mental power to feel the form of the thunder and lightning elements connected together.
When they are together, what kind of pattern is very dangerous, what kind of state is out of control, and what kind of arrangement will have higher stability...
The thunder and lightning element is like a shy girl. Chen Li is trying hard to understand her, trying hard to get close to her, and trying hard to integrate into her, so that he can control her when they are dependent on each other in the future.
But this shy thunder and lightning girl is always dodging, trying to welcome and resisting. Sometimes it seems that she has been controlled, but she suddenly forms a string of blue thunder and lightning elements and rushes away. Sometimes she seems to ignore him.
They ignored him, but suddenly they formed a ball and rushed in front of him.
Compared with the fire element and water element, the thunder and lightning element is a little more abstract.
Forgive her for her unrestrained love of freedom throughout her life...
Often by the time meditation ends, Chen Li is sweating profusely and so tired that he just wants to lie motionless on the bed.
He remembered that a magician once described how they controlled magic elements, just like having sex with an unrestrained girl. Just make an expression on your face, and the other person will immediately know where your pleasure is, and can cooperate quickly and considerately.
But at this moment, Chen Li couldn't feel that refreshing feeling at all, and could only work hard to chase the magic elements.
The next day, Chen Li exercised and meditated in his small yard. In the evening, he went to the alley beside the southeast city wall.
Old man Bai was still struggling to carry the bucket. Chen Li smiled slightly and walked over.
"Old man, let me do it." Chen Li reached out and grabbed the bucket from the old man's hand.
Bai Qi turned his hand and hid, "You have nothing to do every day, why do you come here to fetch water for me? Have you nothing to do?"
Chen Li had already thought about the words to answer him, and then said with a smile: "Does the old man have no relatives? At such an old age, my body can't bear to do all this work by myself. I want to exercise anyway, and I am doing it at home every day."
The same goes for pillars and water." As he spoke, he clenched his fists to show off his arm muscles. But the result was that the skinny flesh on his arms trembled, and his body was really in poor shape.
The old man frowned, "Which family do you have a child from?"
Chen Li smiled and replied: "I am from the Chen family in the south of the city. Even if you tell me, you don't know that the family has declined." Although he was smiling, his eyes were a little sad. He hurriedly pursed his lips and said with a smile: "Old man, don't feel uncomfortable.
Sorry, I have nothing to do when I stay at home, so I can do some meaningful and good things here."
Bai Qi snorted, "I have nothing to do, go learn some skills, come here to fetch water."
"Hey, Old Man Bai, why do you choose when someone gives you a job? Boy, how about you fetch water for me?" The old lady was still sitting at the door fanning herself, looking at Chen Li, smiling kindly, but in response to
Old Man Bai's words were full of irony.
"You have a son, why do you ask others to work for you?" Old Man Bai snorted again.
The old lady shook her fan and looked at old man Bai's servile look. She laughed happily and covered her face with her fan.
Old Man Bai gritted his teeth angrily and turned to look at Chen Li, only to see that this boy was already walking towards the entrance of the alley carrying a bucket.
"What kind of virtue have you accumulated? There are still people fetching water for you. I guess you will be tired of it in two days. You will definitely not see this guy tomorrow." The old lady looked at Chen Li's back as he struggled to carry the bucket. This guy
He's so thin and doesn't have much strength.
When Chen Li came back from fetching the first bucket of water, Old Man Bai didn't say anything, but just observed Chen Li carefully from the side.
Chen Li felt as if he was being stripped naked for inspection. Bai Qi's eyes were sharp. Chen Li knew that this old man was a senior who had really seen the world. He didn't want to hide anything, so he smiled naturally, and then came
Fetching water back and forth.
When Chen Li started to fetch water, the water tank was almost empty. In other words, Bai Qi used up the full tank of water overnight. What was he doing?
Chen Li was puzzled while fetching water.
When the jar of water was filled, Chen Li's hands were still weak. He felt that his arms were so weak that he could not hold his fists, but he still smiled and left.
Old Man Bai looked at Chen Li, his eyes still just glaring at him, with a straight face, neither saying gratitude nor saying goodbye. He just looked at Chen Li and greeted him with a smile, then left alone.
The old lady next door made a bet that Chen Li would never come again.
But the next day, Chen Li arrived as scheduled.
Old Baitou did not go to fetch water this time, but sat at the door, waiting for Chen Li.
When the old lady saw Chen Li coming over, her eyes widened. Is this guy a fool? He actually came over to fetch water for the old man again? He couldn't get the money, and the old man wouldn't even give him a good look.
ah!
As the old lady wished, Old Man Bai didn't even smile. He just pointed at the bucket in front of him, then leaned against the wooden door behind him and drank the water.
Chen Li lowered his head and glanced at the leaves soaked in the water Bai Qi was drinking. They were light yellow with red veins, and the remaining fire grass, the favorite water-soaked sacred grass of the fire mage.
Just as Chen Li walked over and bent down to pick up the bucket, he suddenly felt a strong pressure squeezing towards him. He raised his head suddenly, concentrated all his energy, and tried hard to respond, but felt that
The mental force exerting pressure was as powerful as a giant's punch, and he was just a fragile ant.
Feeling that he was hitting a stone with an egg, Chen Li still tried his best to resist. A layer of cold sweat broke out in an instant, and his hair and clothes were soaked in an instant.
Within ten seconds, the pressure disappeared as suddenly as it came.
Chen Li was out of breath. He pretended not to know the source of this spiritual power and looked at Old Man Bai and the old lady with doubts in his eyes.
Old Man Bai drank the Yuhuo grass water leisurely, his expression was at ease and there was nothing unusual about it.
When he turned to look at the neighbor's old lady, he saw the old lady fanning herself and looking around. She found Chen Li looking at her. When she looked over, she saw that Chen Li's face was pale and she immediately frowned, "Hey.
?Boy, what's wrong with you? Are you sick?"
Chen Li stood up, feeling weak. He turned around and looked around again, and then said in a weak voice: "No... I'm fine."
Old Man Bai didn't say anything, and stared at Chen Li with his shrewd eyes, as if he had seen through something.
Chen Li smiled weakly, still picked up the bucket, turned around and walked away, pretending to look around as he walked, as if he was looking for something.
"Silly boy." The old lady clicked her tongue a few times and started fanning herself again. Occasionally, she turned around and complained to the old man.
Bai Qi occasionally snorted back or glared angrily, but it was difficult for him to have any strong counterattack against the old lady.
On this day, Chen Li took twice as long to fetch water as he did the previous two days, always stopping and stopping.
Bai Qi's mental power was too strong. Fortunately, he was only testing himself. If... he might kill Chen Li in a matter of minutes. Even if he didn't die, he would still have to turn into a soulless corpse.
Chen Li felt guilty because he had contacted him too hastily. It was always difficult to infer the emotions of a strong person. He didn't really understand Bai Qi, he just heard about it.
He felt a little scared. After filling a jar of water, he said goodbye to Bai Qi calmly, still feeling a little weak.
On the way home, Chen Li kept recalling the uncomfortable feeling of being mentally pressured. However, when he saw the environment in which he lived and the brothers of the Chen family who worked hard but had difficulty making much progress, he thought of living in this place.
Mother in the thatched house.
He gritted his teeth and decided to go tomorrow.
He can't live a mediocre life, and he will not be a coward in a new life.
－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－－Please support the new book, please vote for collection and recommendation ^o^