Chapter 280 [The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked]
Chapter 280 [The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked]
A bucket was lifted from the well.
A half-grown boy stood by the well, with his upper body bare, revealing his strong body. He carried a bucket full of water with one hand, then walked to the kitchen in the yard and poured the water into the water tank.
Then the boy ran back to the well with the bucket and fetched water again.
After going back and forth several times, the water tank next to the kitchen was finally full.
The young man wiped the sweat from his forehead and exhaled.
He looked at the sun intently, then ran to the other side of the kitchen, grabbed the ax on the ground, weighed it in his hand a few times, and started chopping firewood.
Suddenly, a berry was thrown over, hitting the boy squarely on the head.
The young man raised his eyebrows and ignored him.
When another berry flew in again, suddenly a cold light flashed in mid-air!
A shadow of an ax accurately split the berries flying in the air into two!
"Erya, if you have nothing to do, go and kill the chicken for me, and don't disturb my work."
The young man muttered angrily, lowered the ax in his hand, and looked up.
On an osmanthus tree in the yard, Situ Beixuan was sitting on the treetop, holding a thread-bound book in his hand, pretending to be shaking his head, but in the other hand, he was holding a few berries.
"I've told you countless times, call me Situ Beixuan!" Erya put down the book and said dissatisfied: "Have you ever seen me call you Tiezhu?"
"It's just a name, you can call it whatever you want. Besides, the name Tiezhu was given by Master, and I think it sounds pretty good to me."
"What's wrong with the name Nangong Yin?" Erya shouted dissatisfied, "I read a lot of books before I gave you such a nice name!"
"Because my surname is not Nangong." The young man shook his head.
"My surname is not Situ either." Erya curled her lips and said, "Our parents didn't raise us, so why should we use our original surname? There's nothing wrong with naming ourselves something nice."
"As long as you like it, I think Tiezhu is a good name." The young man looked at Erya, frowned and said, "Are you really not going to kill the chicken for me?"
"Master said that what I practice is Yin Yang. I want to avoid cause and effect and do as little killing as possible."
"... Even though it's cooked, I don't see you eating less."
"Nangong Yin, you entered the Tao through martial arts, and practicing killing is also a spiritual practice, so you should kill the chicken yourself."
"Then help me catch it."
"I said you can't get involved in karma! Even if I don't kill the chicken, but I help you catch it, I'm also getting involved in karma."
"You can find so many reasons for being lazy. No wonder you like reading so much. Do you think it's all from books?"
While the two children were bickering, the young man had already chopped dozens of pieces of firewood into pieces.
Then he casually chopped the ax on the wooden pile, turned around and ran into the kitchen.
But he took out a yellow-orange corn from the steamer on the stove, walked to the yard, glanced at Erya sitting on the tree, thought for a moment, broke it in half, and threw one half over.
Erya took it and took a bite with a smile on his face: "Senior brother is still kind to me."
"snort."
The boy gnawed away the corn in several licks, then turned around and threw half of the corn cob into the furnace to burn it.
He also grabbed a handful of water from the water tank and wiped his mouth.
Turning his head, he saw Erya sitting on the treetop, nibbling delicately.
After a while, Wu Datao's angry shouts came from the yard.
"Where's the corn I steamed? I want to use it to make medicine!! Where did it go?!"
The young man had a simple and blank expression on his face, spread his hands, but looked at the osmanthus tree.
Wu Taotao saw Erya sitting on the sweet-scented osmanthus tree, with his hands behind his back, but there was still a corn kernel in the corner of his mouth...
Wu Daotao yelled and cursed, took off his slippers, ran over, grabbed his apprentice's feet and pulled her down from the tree. He started to push the soles of his shoes onto her buttocks.
Hearing the shouts of his junior sister and the scolding of his master, the young man sighed, turned around, and continued chopping firewood.
Why……
The life in this sect is actually quite nourishing.
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Down the cross slope.
A shabby tractor drove down the hillside, and then a teenager jumped out of the car.
He took out his wallet, counted out two bills and handed them to the old farmer driving the tractor. He also took out his cigarette case, smoked a red Jinling and handed it to the farmer.
The old farmer continued with a smile, clamped it on his ears, waved his hand and drove away.
Chen Nuo looked up at the small slope.
Bluestone steps were laid out piece by piece.
Behind a sparse dwarf tree, a courtyard wall is exposed, with a red base and white walls.
The courtyard gate is an eave with open double door panels and green tiles stacked on top.
Walking up the hillside step by step, Chen Nuo looked relaxed and looked up at the plaque on the door.
"Qingyun...hey, I'm not afraid of people suing you for piracy."
Looking inside, he saw the little Erya whom he had seen in the huge yard, under an osmanthus tree...
Well, that is the kid Iris, who is kneeling there listlessly, with his hands raised high, holding a washboard in his hand, and there is a bowl of water on the washboard.
"It's even! If it spills, I'll kneel for half an hour longer!"
A middle-aged woman with an ordinary appearance, wearing a gray khaki, stood nearby with a stick in her hand and shouted coldly.
She looked like a common rural woman in the countryside, but Chen Nuo's heart skipped a beat when he took one look at her!
Under the keen sense, it was as if he had "sneaked" a ball of vitality and burning spiritual power!
Looking again, Wu Daotao was sitting on a pony at the entrance of a hall in the yard.
But there was a bruise on his face, and he was applying plaster on his face with a grin.
“I’m getting bolder and bolder!”
The middle-aged woman scolded Erya with a livid face: "Your master taught you, but you dare to fight against your master! Do you know this is bullying the master and destroying the ancestors?"
Erya looked sad and said aggrievedly: "Master's wife, how dare I hit Master! It's really unfair!
It was obviously Master who hit me, but I ran away and dodged him, but he fell down and hit his face on the threshold!
No matter how ignorant I am of etiquette, I will never do anything like fighting Master..."
"Still stubborn! Your master is teaching you, why are you running away!
Won’t you just kneel down and accept the punishment?”
The middle-aged woman glared and shouted.
"Then... who wouldn't run away after being beaten!" Erya rolled her eyes: "If you teach your disciple a lesson, won't he run away?"
"That's natural! What our sect teaches is a rule! The master teaches the disciple, and the disciple should accept the punishment honestly! This is the right thing to do!"
The middle-aged woman shouted.
Erya immediately shook her head: "Senior Wife, I don't believe it! My senior brother Tiezhu will never be so obedient. If you want to punish him, he will definitely run away."
Tie Zhu, who was standing in the kitchen watching the excitement, suddenly felt his scalp numb!
Damn it!
Here comes the little junior sister's means of revenge!
Just as he was about to turn around and run away, the middle-aged woman turned around and stared at him.
"Tie Zhu, come here."
"...Master's wife." The young man came over with a smile: "I have been working just now, I don't know anything."
"I asked you to come over and kneel down, will you obey me?" The middle-aged woman stared at her apprentice.
The young man was stunned and glanced helplessly at Erya who was kneeling there.
Erya rolled her eyes at him.
The young man sighed, walked over slowly, and knelt on the ground side by side with Erya.
"Well, if Master wants to punish me, of course I won't run away. Whatever you want me to do is what I should do."
"Okay, then you and Erya can kneel down together." The middle-aged woman snorted.
With that said, she walked over slowly, stood beside the boy, and said with a cold face: "How can you have so many evil thoughts at such a young age?
Each and every one of you, if you don’t learn from the good ones, you will try to imitate your incompetent master in terms of character!
Tie Zhu, I originally thought you were a simple and honest person, but why are you so bad now?
How on earth did you become a senior brother? You have no appearance at all!
Erya is your junior sister. If you have any problems with her, you should teach her a lesson with the dignity of a senior brother!
By engaging in these crooked ways, we have simply lost the dignity of our family!
And you, Erya!
Act clever in front of me!
If you don't accept that you have been tricked by your senior brother, just tell me openly and honestly.
What are you planning!
You two didn’t even have dinner tonight! Just keep kneeling! Reflect on it!”
After saying that, the middle-aged woman sighed: "I don't have to worry about any of them!"
As he spoke, he rolled his eyes at Wu Daotao, who was grinning and applying plaster: "The old one is careless, the young one is ineffective!
The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked!
It seems that in this sect, the three fat children are the most honest!"
After hearing this, Erya rolled her eyes and muttered: "He's the real bad guy, okay!"
That piece of bacon hanging on the beam a few days ago, do you really think he said it was picked up by a wild cat?"
When the middle-aged woman heard this, she immediately stared and shouted: "What did you say!"
"I didn't say anything." Erya shook her head.
"Three fat guys!!"
The middle-aged woman immediately shouted!
Plop!
A chubby figure suddenly fell from the rafter, and rolled into a ball on the ground. Then he slowly got up, wiped his chubby face vigorously, and said with a smile: "Master's wife, you called me? I..."
I don’t know anything! I’m meditating and sleeping on the rafters.”
The middle-aged woman looked unkind: "Your second senior sister said you stole the bacon?"
"Nonsense!" The third fat man said with an open face, "You and Master have taught me that taking something without asking is a thief!
I, Ouyang Shanhe, walk upright, sit up straight, behave in a well-behaved manner, and do things openly, how could I do such a small thing!"
After saying that, he looked at Erya and said seriously: "Senior sister, don't try to taint someone's innocence!"
Erya snorted, but didn't look at him. She just looked at the middle-aged woman: "Master's wife, you can't finish such a big piece of bacon in one meal."
The middle-aged woman's eyelids twitched, she turned to look at the three fat men, and took a deep breath: "Where did you hide the leftovers you ate?"
"What did mom say? How do I know...it was obviously stolen by a cat...oh!!"
As soon as I finished speaking, I suddenly heard a scream!
I saw a whip suddenly appeared in the middle-aged woman's hand, and she whipped the three fat men on the buttocks.
This guy covered his butt with both hands and jumped three feet high.
"Tell me, where is it hidden? Don't let me ask you a third time!" the middle-aged woman said coldly.
"... Wrap it in oilcloth and hide it under the memorial tablet of the ancestor." The three fat men immediately explained everything, and pointed at Tiezhu and said: "Elder brother's idea! He said it is safest to hide it under the tablet of the ancestor.
, you won’t turn over the cards!”
The middle-aged woman's face turned pale with anger: "Okay! The boss, second, and third... are not good things!
It seems that only the fourth child..."
At this point, I suddenly stopped talking.
The middle-aged woman ran into the back room, and after a while, she pulled out a little one.
A little girl with braids was brought out by a middle-aged woman.
The little girl seemed to have not woken up from her nap, rubbing her eyes with the back of her hand.
"Fourth girl, tell me, what's the best way to make bacon?" The middle-aged woman deliberately smiled softly and said, "My wife is going to make something for you to eat tonight."
"Eat it by steaming it! Steam it, cut it into slices, and put it between steamed buns... it's delicious." The chubby little girl said while wiping the saliva from the corner of her mouth...
Suddenly, he caught a glimpse of the yard, where Tie Zhu Erya was kneeling, and the third fat man was covering his buttocks with his hands.
The little boy was suddenly excited, his eyes rolled a few times, and suddenly he said "ouch" and covered his stomach with his hands: "Master's wife, my stomach hurts, it hurts... I have to go to the latrine..."
After only two steps, he was pulled back by his pigtails.
After a flutter, the little girl knelt down and covered her face with her hands: "It's not me, it's not me... When they stole the meat... I was just helping to let loose..."
Seeing that the mistress’ face is getting worse and worse...
"No! Where did you get the money to buy the steamed buns?"
"Ah this..." The little girl was stunned and suddenly became embarrassed.
Seeing that the whip in the master's hand has been raised...
The little girl was so anxious that she screamed!
"We discovered the private money hidden by Master!!"
brush!
The whip was raised halfway and then gently put down.
"Fuck!!"
Wu Daotao immediately jumped up from the ground and shouted: "The scoundrel is spitting blood! I..."
"It's under the half brick under the water tank! It's wrapped in oilcloth!"
Wu Daotao was stunned for a moment, his eyes met the middle-aged woman, and he immediately ran away without saying a word!
The woman had a livid face and chased after him with a whip in hand.
Chen Nuo: "………………"
Standing outside the threshold, Chen Xiaowu thought for a while and finally reached out and patted the door panel.
Bang bang bang!
Wu Daotao heard this and immediately ran over. A whip struck his heel from behind. Wu Daotao jumped up and down and almost fell into Chen Nuo's arms.
Chen Nuo quickly supported Wu Daotao with both hands: "That... Senior Brother..."
"Junior brother, save me!!"
Seeing the middle-aged woman chasing after him, Chen Nuo quickly pulled Wu Daotao behind him, stopped him in the middle and said with a smile: "This must be the sister-in-law..."
"Get out of the way!"
The middle-aged woman shouted coldly, raised her hand, and the whip circled Chen Nuo like a snake and headed behind him.
Chen Nuo reached out to pick up the whip. The woman said "Hey" and flicked her wrist. Chen Nuo was about to grab the whip, but suddenly his hand was empty!
Chen Nuo's heart moved!
Now that he has recovered about one-third of his strength, he can grasp even bullets, let alone whips!
"Wu Daotao! Come back!" The woman squinted at Chen Nuo, unable to tell where he was coming from, but her first reaction was to call her husband.
"This is my junior brother!" Wu Daotao hid behind Chen Nuo and stuck out half of his head.
The middle-aged woman's eyes flashed: "Junior brother? The one from Jinling?"
"...Well, I should be the one to talk about." Chen Nuo smiled politely: "Hello, sister-in-law, my name is Chen Nuo."
The alert look on the middle-aged woman's face suddenly disappeared, and the whip in her hand disappeared with a flicker.
Chen Nuo could see clearly that the thin whip was made of unknown material. When the woman shook it lightly, it suddenly curled up and retracted into the woman's sleeve.
This skill looks very good!
The middle-aged woman looked at Chen Nuo carefully and nodded thoughtfully: "I always heard him talking about you, that junior brother in Jinling City... I heard that you have a great background and are very capable..."
Chen Nuo was about to say politely, "I don't dare to take it seriously."
But I heard the woman sigh softly, shake her head and curl her lips: "...that's it?"
The smile on Chen Nuo's face froze.
The middle-aged woman squinted her eyes and glanced at Wu Daotao behind Chen Nuo: "We have guests coming, so I'll let you go today. Come in!"
"Eh!"
Wu Daotao breathed a sigh of relief and was about to come back.
"I said let Chen Nuo come in!
Did I let you in?!"
The middle-aged woman's eyes widened, and Wu Daotao suddenly became shorter.
"You should reflect here carefully! When will you figure it out? When will you come in again?" the middle-aged woman said coldly.
Then he glanced at Chen Nuo: "I'm a guest from afar, come in and have a glass of water."
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Well, this middle-aged woman is really serious.
When you say drink water, you really mean drink water!
A small table was set up in the yard, and Chen Nuo sat on a small horse.
On the table in front of you is a bowl of water!
The water is clear and there is no trace of tea foam left in it.
The middle-aged woman sat quietly in front of Chen Nuo.
"Mr. Chen Nuo, why don't you stay in Jinling and come to our door? What's the matter?"
Chen Nuo was also sizing up this middle-aged woman.
This woman is very skilled, and she had previously spied on the other party's mental power. Although she only used her newly acquired "sensing" ability to observe from a distance, she did not spy in detail.
But this woman's mental strength is indeed very strong.
She looks ordinary, and she is wearing a common rural women's jacket.
The only thing that is strange about her whole body is her eyes.
The eyeballs are more white than black, which makes them look a bit weird.
"There is indeed something wrong." Chen Nuo thought for a while and smiled: "A few days ago, thanks to Senior Brother Wu, I came to help. I encountered some troubles that time. It was also thanks to Senior Brother's help. Oh, by the way, there are also distinguished disciples.
Erya...little friend Situ Beixuan..."
"So are you here to express your gratitude?" the middle-aged woman asked.
"Uh...let's forget it."
When the middle-aged woman heard this, she looked at Chen Nuo, shook her head and said, "That's inappropriate."
"Huh? What's wrong?"
The woman's tone was blank, and she said coldly: "Since you have gone all the way to come all the way to express your gratitude. But let's see, you didn't even bring a bag, and you came to thank people with nothing."
"Well……"
"To get here from Jinling, if you take a bus, the ticket will cost dozens of yuan.
You come to say thank you, not to mention bringing some gifts. When you enter the village, pass by the market and cut a few pounds of meat.
You come to the door empty-handed like this. Seeing that it is getting late, I have to keep you for a meal...
Are you here to thank someone?
Or do you come to your door to have a meal?
Why are young people today so ignorant of etiquette when doing things?"
Even though Chen Yanluo calls himself the Dog Saint, he couldn't help feeling uneasy and feeling a fever on his face after hearing these words.
"What the sister-in-law said is indeed true!"
Chen Xiaowu felt happy. He looked up at the houses in the yard and saw the statues and tablets in the main room...
With a thought in his heart, he slowly said: "But my sister-in-law misunderstood me.
How could I be so ignorant!
I was thinking that if I just bought some tacky food gifts, I couldn’t express my gratitude to my senior brother!
Let's see, I have some wealth. When I came here this time, I tried to do something to help my senior brother reshape the statue of the Qingyun Sect into a golden body!
how?"
"Reshape the golden body?" The middle-aged woman's expression suddenly became much kinder.
"right!"
"That...is quite a lot of money."
"It's okay, I'll go out." Chen Nuo smiled.
brush!!
The middle-aged woman smiled and suddenly took out a notebook and a pen from under the table, and slapped it on the table!
As soon as I turned the page, I started writing quickly!
"Here is a good man, layman Chen Nuo, who wholeheartedly pursues the Tao and has a pious and kind heart! In order to promote the Tao and Dharma, I will donate my wealth to help! Special donation:
Gold powder: eight taels and eight coins.
One grade of cinnabar: ten jars.
Tung oil: ten barrels.
Incense: ten volumes.
The materials and miscellaneous materials required for the statue must be donated..."
Having said this, the woman raised her head and glanced at Chen Nuo: "Junior brother Chen, in addition to the main materials... I'm afraid I'll also need some money for other miscellaneous items."
Chen Nuo thought about it in his mind.
All the major consumables such as gold powder and tung oil have been counted.
The rest of the main body of the statue actually doesn't cost much.
We can find some workers in the countryside, such as masons, carpenters, etc., to build statues, etc. The sand, stone, wood and labor costs will not cost much.
Prices were low again in 2001.
Three to five thousand is enough.
Be generous and double it for him.
Chen Nuo smiled and said: "Then I will donate another eight..."
"Okay, then eighty thousand."
The woman quickly grabbed the topic and quickly wrote the number "80,000" on the paper.
Chen Xiaowu was stunned!
The woman finished writing quickly, then swiped the paper, tore off the paper, and pushed it in front of Chen Nuo.
He smiled and said: "Junior brother, you are talking empty words. Since it is a donation, there must be a written record.
Come on, please sign below.
By the way, press your fingerprints too!"
After saying that, a box of ink pads was thrown in front of Chen Nuo.
Chen Nuo looked at the banknotes and ink pads in front of him...
Then he looked at the four disciples kneeling in the courtyard to receive their punishment.
There is also Wu Daotao who is squatting outside the courtyard gate introspecting...
Look at the woman in front of you again.
Damn it!!
This Qingyun Gate, the upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked!
The root turns out to be in you!
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